Re: [sgaerner@gmx.net: ]
> "s" == [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: s> I tried to install XFree86 Version 4.0.2 on a Potato system. s> Unfortunately apt/dselect does not upgrade xbase-client, so I'm s> not able to run X. When I run 'apt-get update' the status line s> begins with an 'Ign'. There seems to be a problem because this s> package is not upgraded. At a quick and dirty guess, that sounds like the warning that the Release file could not be found. Ignore it, unless you are using the new features in apt-get 0.5.0. s> Do you have an idea how to solve this? The original poster needs to give the output of "apt-get install xbase-client". "does not upgrade" could mean anything. eg. computer not switched on error, hard disk error, corrupted local file error, transfer error, Internet problems, broken mirror, lazy computer syndrome, etc. -- Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Re: Lexmark E312
I thought it may be useful to have the below information archived for anyone thinking about the Lexmark E312 in the future. -- Forwarded message -- Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 22:48:43 -0500 From: S.Salman Ahmed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Alec Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Lexmark E312 > "Alec" == Alec Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Alec> I did a quick search of the Debian mailing list and saw that Alec> you've got a Lexmark E312 running under Linux. I'm looking Alec> towards buying one and would appreciate any comments you may Alec> have about how to get it working and how it performs. Also, Alec> which version do you have? The E312L or the straight E312? The Alec> L model is about $75 cheaper but doesn't do PostScript which Alec> is OK by me if it will run on a Potato system. Alec> Alec, I saw your message on debian-user and was about to reply when I saw your direct email. I bought the Lexmark Optra E312 - NOT the Optra E312L. The E312 does native postscript. It comes w/ 4Mb RAM and speaks true Postscript and PCL6. I bought this printer based on the recommendations of http://www.linuxprinting.org. You can get more info on this model from: http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=321929 http://www.lexmark.com/canada/printers/laser/Optra/E312.html I was able to get this printer kinda working with CUPS. The only problem I have with CUPS is that when I spool text files from the command line, they don't get printed out. Spooling postscript files from the command line or printing via applications that generate postscript output directly works perfectly however. Currently I have this printer configured using lprng together with magicfilter (using the psonly600 filter). With lprng+magicfilter, I can print any file from either the command line or from any application and they print perfectly. But to be perfectly honest, I don't use this printer all that much. I just noticed that the Debian unstable CUPS packages have not been updated since they are still at version 1.1.4-3 even though the upstream CUPS packages are version 1.1.6 (which have probably fixed the bug that I described above about not being able to print text files from the command line). I had sent emails to the Debian CUPS maintainer asking to update the packages to the newer upstream version, but haven't heard from him!! BTW, the printer works like a charm in Windows - I have used mine under Windows NT Workstation 4.0 and Windows 2000. Bottom line is: (1) the printer quality is excellent, and you can configure many different printing options and settings if you experiment with magicfilter, lprng, apsfilter and the plethora of printing filters and software that are available on Debian. (2) this postscript printer is a lot cheaper than a similar offering from HP (the HP 1100 I think, which when I checked about 3 months ago was approx. CDN$400 more than the Optra E312), and is excellent for home use both cost wise and quality wise. (3) having a postscript printer makes life a lot easier in UNIX-land (Linux, *BSD, Solaris, etc.) and Windows land as well. My recommendation is that if you can afford to spend the extra $75, go for it. It's worth it. Also, Lexmark has been very good about releasing drivers, albeit closed-source binary only drivers, for Linux. BTW, under Debian using lprng and magicfilter you can configure this printer (assuming you have the necessary options configured in your kernel) in less than a minute! Both the Lexmark E312L and E312 are fairly recent offerings and you should have no problem running either one on debian potato or woody or sid with kernel 2.2 or 2.4. FWIW, I am running sid with kernel 2.4.2. HTH. Regards, -- Salman Ahmed ssahmed AT pathcom DOT com
Re: Communicator-after-Mozilla
I think you should promptly type where exactly are the two versions of the browsers I had the same problem but when I put two shortcuts with the exact path to th browsers I had no problems Michael P. Soulier wrote: On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 02:18:15PM +0100, Tibor D. wrote: Hello,I've installed the Netscape Communicator debs, and I installed the Mozilla 0.8 from mozilla.org.When I start up only the communicator, it runs ok.When I start up only mozilla, it runs ok.But: when I first start up mozilla, and then I'd like to start communicator too, then another mozilla-window is opening instead of communicator!Any ideas how to solve thist? I sometimes want to use both apps. Same thing happens to me. I guess you could hack the netscape invocationscript. Mike
RE: Getting to the GUI...
Many thanks to all who replied; both to the reflector and directly. I would like to comment on all the replies in one message. To those of you who took the time to answer, you will see my reply to your particular comments in one of the points. (1) My only config file is /etc/X11/XF86Config. And there is a link to it in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 (2) When running startx manually, it would dump both (**) lines and (--) lines. The (--) lines always stated that something was delete (a synonym for ignored I assume). So I assume it is indeed picking up the config file. See end of this message. (3) In XF86Free I have tried each and every given monitor as well as entering in the hsync and vsync as 30-58 and 50-90 respectively. NADA, always the connect error 11 from XF86Setup, or the "no screens found" if starting X manually. (4) Yes, I got two replies to an earlier posting that referred to adding a link. One said to "ln -s /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86Free /etc/X11/X" The other to "ln -s /usr/X11R6/bin/XF64_Mach64 /etc/X11/X In retrospect, given the purpose of /etc, they don't make sense but at that point I tried it anyway. There was no XF86Free in any of the directories that I have searched through so far. (5) Regarding runlevel 5. Yes, I have come from a "red hat" distro by virtue of playing with Mandrake. I will try setting it back to 2. In the short term I can certainly live with starting X manually, but ultimately I want it to boot to GUI directly. (6) Yes, why I am trying Debian is precisely that reason -- updating is purportedly much easier than in other distros. However, it would be nice to get it working!! And finally (if you will permit me a little political incorrectness and putting tongue firmly in cheek)... My wife said that all things considered she would rather see me playing with "Debbie Anne" than with "Mandrake". Ok... that was lame, but she did say it! Again thanks to all, I will keep plugging. But any additional ideas still welcome -rick from "startx 2> xlog.log - xlog.log - XFree86 Version 3.3.6 / X Window System (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6300) Release Date: January 8 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 2.2.14-va.4.4-i586 i686 [ELF] Configured drivers: Mach64: accelerated server for ATI Mach64 graphics adaptors (Patchlevel 1) (using VT number 7) XF86Config: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config (**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values (**) XKB: keymap: "xfree86(us)" (overrides other XKB settings) (**) Mouse: type: Microsoft, device: /dev/ttyS0, baudrate: 1200 (**) Mouse: buttons: 3 (**) Mach64: Graphics device ID: "ATI" (**) Mach64: Monitor ID: "Icon" (--) Mach64: Mode "640x480" needs vert refresh rate of 100.02 Hz. Deleted. (--) Mach64: Mode "800x600" needs hsync freq of 64.02 kHz. Deleted. (--) Mach64: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 62.50 kHz. Deleted. (--) Mach64: Mode "1152x864" needs hsync freq of 62.42 kHz. Deleted. (--) Mach64: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 64.25 kHz. Deleted. (--) Mach64: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 70.24 kHz. Deleted. (--) Mach64: Mode "1152x864" needs hsync freq of 70.88 kHz. Deleted. (--) Mach64: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 74.59 kHz. Deleted. (--) Mach64: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 75.00 kHz. Deleted. (--) Mach64: Mode "1152x864" needs hsync freq of 76.01 kHz. Deleted. (--) Mach64: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 78.86 kHz. Deleted. (--) Mach64: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 80.21 kHz. Deleted. (--) Mach64: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 81.13 kHz. Deleted. (--) Mach64: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 87.50 kHz. Deleted. (--) Mach64: Mode "1152x864" needs hsync freq of 89.62 kHz. Deleted. (--) Mach64: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 91.15 kHz. Deleted. (--) Mach64: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 93.75 kHz. Deleted. (--) Mach64: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 105.77 kHz. Deleted. (--) Mach64: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 107.16 kHz. Deleted. (--) Mach64: Mode "1800X1440" needs hsync freq of 96.15 kHz. Deleted. (--) Mach64: Mode "1800X1440" needs hsync freq of 104.52 kHz. Deleted. (**) FontPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/: unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ 75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Ty pe1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/,/usr/ X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/" *** None of the configured devices were detected.*** 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 X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown
HELP, ThinkPad380ED, Music
Anyhow - Dear Wizzards, How do I get to play music on my debian2.2? It does not recognize "sndconfig"! Why was I born intellectually challenged? Hearthstone. __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
Re: wine and woody
On Mon, 26 Feb 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > You need Windows in order to run win apps under Wine. this is not true - wine is getting better at emulating windows without windows installed - it comes with its own versions of all the main windows dlls > > > Now the problem seems to be that when I try to install Windows apps, > > they look for Windows files that WINE does not yet have, and point to > > where they can be obtained at Microsoft's website. At least the > > xlibosmesa errors are no longer a problem. I don't want to install > > Windows on my machine, so I will have to wait for future updates of > > WINE. > > > > Today people in droves hurry up past Heumoz to Villars on the road to the ski hills, so they can rush down them as fast as possible, so they can hurry up again in order to rush down again. In a way this is funny,... Francis A Schaeffer David Purton http://www.chariot.net.au/~dcpurton/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Considering Debian
Hi all, I've been using Linux for a long time (7ish years) and for the past year have been using RedHat 6.2. Anywho, my biggest complaint with RH is regarding RPM. The case in point is that I've wanted to install some new Gnome related RPM's that require the x-devel RPMs. The problem is that I've, by hand, upgraded X to 4.0x and the needed x-devel RPMs are 3.3.6. Of course I can tell it to ignore the dependancies but then what is the point of the dependancies? So, to make a long story short, how is the Debian package manager in this regards? Do the same problems exist? How easy is it to mix package installed pieces to pieces installed by hand? Thanks, --Rainer
Re: Can't Locate binfmt... something to worry about?
Colin Watson wrote: > > binfmt_misc isn't his problem, it's trying to execute random other files > for some reason, at which point the kernel constructs a module name > based on the first two bytes of the file and tries to modprobe it; it > only goes near binfmt_misc if that module has specifically registered > itself as knowing about the binary format in question. I haven't worked > out exactly what's causing it for him yet. I'm including a sample of the daemon.log. I haven't yet been able to see what causes it. But it usually happens once a day, but then 2 days can go by without anything... The only thing I can think of is that a month or so back I recompiled my kernel adding synthesizer suport for my SB card (op13). But in none of the occasions where I received the error have I been making use of any sound card... So, any help on what is causing this. Or how I can track down the app that is trying to open this non-recognized or zero length file is appreciated... > >You can remove one entry or all entries by echoing -1 to > >/proc/.../the_name or /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/status." > > Try the binfmt-support package in unstable, which should make > things a little easier to manage. :) What is this? And will it work on my potato system or do I have to get souref and compile Thanks, Jonathan -- /* Jonathan Gift [EMAIL PROTECTED] */
Re: Can't Locate binfmt... something to worry about?
PS. Attached log: Feb 13 01:24:23 palatine init: Switching to runlevel: 0 Feb 13 01:24:29 palatine apmd[488]: Exiting Feb 13 07:25:23 palatine apmd[146]: Version 3.0final (APM BIOS 1.2, Linux driver 1.13) Feb 13 07:25:23 palatine apmd[146]: Charge: * * * (-1% unknown) Feb 13 10:27:32 palatine modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module binfmt-0808 Feb 13 10:27:32 palatine modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module binfmt-0808 Feb 13 22:48:08 palatine init: Switching to runlevel: 0 Feb 13 22:48:14 palatine apmd[146]: Exiting Feb 14 07:12:20 palatine apmd[146]: Version 3.0final (APM BIOS 1.2, Linux driver 1.13) Feb 14 07:12:20 palatine apmd[146]: Charge: * * * (-1% unknown) Feb 14 13:26:19 palatine modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module binfmt-002a Feb 14 13:26:19 palatine modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module binfmt-002a Feb 14 23:38:44 palatine init: Switching to runlevel: 0 Feb 14 23:38:50 palatine apmd[146]: Exiting Feb 17 01:14:00 palatine init: Switching to runlevel: 0 Feb 17 01:14:06 palatine apmd[146]: Exiting Feb 17 07:21:15 palatine apmd[146]: Version 3.0final (APM BIOS 1.2, Linux driver 1.13) Feb 17 07:21:15 palatine apmd[146]: Charge: * * * (-1% unknown) Feb 17 16:06:29 palatine modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module binfmt- Feb 17 16:06:29 palatine modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module binfmt- Feb 17 19:42:49 palatine init: Switching to runlevel: 0 Feb 17 19:42:55 palatine apmd[146]: Exiting Feb 18 08:55:26 palatine apmd[146]: Version 3.0final (APM BIOS 1.2, Linux driver 1.13) Feb 18 08:55:26 palatine apmd[146]: Charge: * * * (-1% unknown) Feb 18 17:58:55 palatine modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module binfmt-0008 Feb 18 17:58:55 palatine modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module binfmt-0008 Feb 20 07:36:59 palatine apmd[146]: Version 3.0final (APM BIOS 1.2, Linux driver 1.13) Feb 20 07:36:59 palatine apmd[146]: Charge: * * * (-1% unknown) Feb 20 21:55:10 palatine modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module binfmt- Feb 20 21:55:10 palatine modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module binfmt- Feb 20 23:34:37 palatine init: Switching to runlevel: 0 Feb 20 23:34:44 palatine apmd[146]: Exiting -- /* Jonathan Gift [EMAIL PROTECTED] */
Re: Considering Debian
To quote "Rainer Mager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, # So, to make a long story short, how is the Debian package manager in this # regards? Do the same problems exist? Well, understand that there are two parts to the Debian packaging system. 'apt', and 'dpkg'. 'dpkg' is roughly equivalent to function, if not in features. 'apt' is a suite of utilities, and is generally what a user would use. Debian has what are called repositories; there are local mirrors in pretty much every country(I think ;). You can 'apt-get install ', and it will resolve dependancies for you. It'll install everything needs, within limits. Sometimes two packages conflict, and sometimes you'll need to manually over-ride it(so that the other package gets removed). Anyways, it's pretty slick, compared to 'rpm' :) # How easy is it to mix package installed # pieces to pieces installed by hand? It's bad. Very bad. :) To make a long story short, just don't. If you *must* install something manually, pass "--prefix=/opt --sysconfdir=/opt/etc" or something to ./configure, to keep your own compiled apps seperate from the packaging system. A *lot* of problems that Debian users have is because they're mixing Sid or Woody(unstable Debian branches) packages in a Potato(stable Debian, currently) system. This causes numerous problems. A lot of problems are also caused by people side-stepping the package management system. Basically, if 'apt-get' and 'dpkg' don't want to install a package, you shouldn't. Things will break, and break badly. Thank being said, there are some 6000 packages or so for Debian's Sid branch. That's an awful lot of packages :) Most are pretty up-to-date, too, except for a few notable exceptions like Mozilla(which is currently stalled at M18). It's not too often that you'll have to do a manual installation of an app. If the occasion arises, it's not too hard to make your own .deb out of a source tarball, but I'll leave that exercise up to you :) David Barclay Harris, Clan Barclay Aut agere, aut mori. (Either action, or death.)
NEWBIE: modules compiling
Hello, I am new to debian. I just installed Potato 2.2r2 with 2.2.18_pre21 kernel on a dell Celerion 3500 laptop. Everything worked fine but i had to recompile the kernel (I took the same kernel source version) to get apm working. I did it on the debian way (make-kpkg...) and found it very usefull and really great. Now I have to recompile the PCMCIA (among others) modules ; I was wondering if there was also a debian way of doing... Thanks for answering... Laurent Vancaillie.
RE: NEWBIE: modules compiling
If i were you i'd upgrade to kernel 2.4.x since it has muuuch better laptop support. Compiling the kernel with 'make menuconfig' seems to be the most reliable way to compile any required packages you might need. Give it a go, it' reliable/modern and feature rich. Joris -Original Message- From: Laurent VANCAILLIE [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 9:32 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: NEWBIE: modules compiling Hello, I am new to debian. I just installed Potato 2.2r2 with 2.2.18_pre21 kernel on a dell Celerion 3500 laptop. Everything worked fine but i had to recompile the kernel (I took the same kernel source version) to get apm working. I did it on the debian way (make-kpkg...) and found it very usefull and really great. Now I have to recompile the PCMCIA (among others) modules ; I was wondering if there was also a debian way of doing... Thanks for answering... Laurent Vancaillie. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: NEWBIE: modules compiling
On Tue, 27 Feb 2001, Joris Lambrecht wrote: > If i were you i'd upgrade to kernel 2.4.x since it has muuuch better laptop > support. Compiling the kernel with 'make menuconfig' seems to be the most > reliable way to compile any required packages you might need. > > Give it a go, it' reliable/modern and feature rich. > > Joris > ok i will try 2.4 but I am still with the same question... I recompiled my kernel using 'make menuconfig' and in the config i asked the PCMCIA features and others to be load as modules. So, now that my kernel is working I have to recompile the modules to work with that kernel, isn'it ? And i wondered if there was a "debian way" of compiling the modules... Thanks
RE: NEWBIE: modules compiling
Sorry, you'll have to do a 'make install' i guess, could be 'make modules' too but darned my memory is not very up to speed t'day. In the root of your kernel source is a document wich states all of the necessary steps to install kernel AND modules. This information can also be found in your howto's. Hope this was what you ware lookin for. Sorry not bein able to assist you further. I have no more time left for linux. Too Bad. Joris -Original Message- From: Laurent VANCAILLIE [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 9:59 AM To: Joris Lambrecht Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: RE: NEWBIE: modules compiling On Tue, 27 Feb 2001, Joris Lambrecht wrote: > If i were you i'd upgrade to kernel 2.4.x since it has muuuch better laptop > support. Compiling the kernel with 'make menuconfig' seems to be the most > reliable way to compile any required packages you might need. > > Give it a go, it' reliable/modern and feature rich. > > Joris > ok i will try 2.4 but I am still with the same question... I recompiled my kernel using 'make menuconfig' and in the config i asked the PCMCIA features and others to be load as modules. So, now that my kernel is working I have to recompile the modules to work with that kernel, isn'it ? And i wondered if there was a "debian way" of compiling the modules... Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: how do I enable telnet or ssh access?
> I have a debian install running the 2.4.2 kernel. I want to allow external > telnet/ssh access, but am not sure how. I apt-get'ed ssh and telnetd, but > don't really know where to go from here. If anyone could help me out, I"d > appreciate it. you don't actually need anything else! check if you have the sshd daemon running (ps ax | grep sshd) and check /etc/inetd.conf to see if the telnet line is commented out. man inetd.conf will help you out. then try $ telnet localhost and $ ssh localhost remember you can't telnet as root! hope it helps pietro.
RE: NEWBIE: modules compiling
Hi, to do it not the debian way: make menuconfig make dep make bzImage make modules make modules_install If you have only selected new modules, you possibly can leave out 'make bzImage', but with some kind modules, you need a little kernel support, so it is safe to recompile everything, unless you are hacking a buggy part of the kernel. Greetz, Sebastiaan On Tue, 27 Feb 2001, Joris Lambrecht wrote: > Sorry, > > you'll have to do a 'make install' i guess, could be 'make modules' too but > darned my memory is not very up to speed t'day. > > In the root of your kernel source is a document wich states all of the > necessary steps to install kernel AND modules. This information can also be > found in your howto's. > > Hope this was what you ware lookin for. > Sorry not bein able to assist you further. I have no more time left for > linux. Too Bad. > > Joris > > > -Original Message- > From: Laurent VANCAILLIE [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 9:59 AM > To: Joris Lambrecht > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: RE: NEWBIE: modules compiling > > > On Tue, 27 Feb 2001, Joris Lambrecht wrote: > > > If i were you i'd upgrade to kernel 2.4.x since it has muuuch better > laptop > > support. Compiling the kernel with 'make menuconfig' seems to be the most > > reliable way to compile any required packages you might need. > > > > Give it a go, it' reliable/modern and feature rich. > > > > Joris > > > > ok i will try 2.4 but I am still with the same question... > I recompiled my kernel using 'make menuconfig' and in the config i asked > the PCMCIA features and others to be load as modules. So, now that my > kernel is working I have to recompile the modules to work with that > kernel, isn'it ? > And i wondered if there was a "debian way" of compiling the modules... > > > Thanks > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
Re: Samba problem
> [2001/02/26 22:26:28, 0] locking/shmem_sysv.c:sysv_shm_open(566) > Can't create or use semaphore [1]. Error was Function not implemented > [2001/02/26 22:26:28, 0] locking/locking.c:locking_init(174) > ERROR: Failed to initialise share modes looks like you compiled your kernel without System V IPC. a lot of things can break this way, not just samba! you need to recompile the kernel. pietro.
Re: NEWBIE: modules compiling
Laurent VANCAILLIE wrote: > > On Tue, 27 Feb 2001, Joris Lambrecht wrote: > > > If i were you i'd upgrade to kernel 2.4.x since it has muuuch better laptop > > support. Compiling the kernel with 'make menuconfig' seems to be the most > > reliable way to compile any required packages you might need. > > > > Give it a go, it' reliable/modern and feature rich. > > > > Joris > > > > ok i will try 2.4 but I am still with the same question... > I recompiled my kernel using 'make menuconfig' and in the config i asked > the PCMCIA features and others to be load as modules. So, now that my > kernel is working I have to recompile the modules to work with that > kernel, isn'it ? > And i wondered if there was a "debian way" of compiling the modules... > > Thanks I have done this thinks 2 weeks ago for my DELL CPx with a kernel 2.2.17. In fact every thing is explain in the README file provided by the pcmcia-cs source from debian. If you follow the step you will create a pcmcia debian-package which suit your kernel. Just my 2$ Francois-Rene HAMELIN
Re: Lexmark E312
I'd like to add my praise for Lexmark and the printer. I got the E310 a few months ago, and have been quite pleased with it. With the base memory (2Mg, I think) it does postscript printing. It's worked well under windows and Linux. I have had a few anomalies, but the tech support has been pretty responsive. And when some of the problems started getting suspicious (a whine and alignment trouble with envelops) they shipped me a new printer right away. Companies that stand behind their products are a little rare, and it's a pleasure to run into one.
RE: Considering Debian
David (and all), Thanks for the reply. The part about mixing hand built stuff with pacages in concerning as I do this quite often. The number of available packages is encouraging but, nonetheless, I know occasions will arise. I've had to build/install by hand X, glibc, postgres, the kernel, gcc, freeamp, and others because of needing bleeding edge versions that fix bugs or because, in debugging the current version, I needed a non-stripped binary. Although the automatic installation abilities of apt sound nice, I find that I usually want to actually download the, in my case, RPM so that I can use it on multiple machines. That is, I question the benefit of this for me. Anyway, I wall continue to explore this and, once again, thanks for the info. --Rainer > -Original Message- > From: David B. Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 5:27 PM > To: Rainer Mager > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Considering Debian > > > To quote "Rainer Mager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > # So, to make a long story short, how is the Debian package manager in > this > # regards? Do the same problems exist? > > Well, understand that there are two parts to the Debian packaging > system. 'apt', and 'dpkg'. 'dpkg' is roughly equivalent to function, if > not in features. 'apt' is a suite of utilities, and is generally what a > user would use. Debian has what are called repositories; there are local > mirrors in pretty much every country(I think ;). You can 'apt-get > install ', and it will resolve dependancies for you. It'll > install everything needs, within limits. Sometimes two > packages conflict, and sometimes you'll need to manually over-ride it(so > that the other package gets removed). Anyways, it's pretty slick, > compared to 'rpm' :) > > # How easy is it to mix package installed > # pieces to pieces installed by hand? > > It's bad. Very bad. :) To make a long story short, just don't. If you > *must* install something manually, pass "--prefix=/opt > --sysconfdir=/opt/etc" or something to ./configure, to keep your own > compiled apps seperate from the packaging system. A *lot* of problems > that Debian users have is because they're mixing Sid or Woody(unstable > Debian branches) packages in a Potato(stable Debian, currently) system. > This causes numerous problems. A lot of problems are also caused by > people side-stepping the package management system. Basically, if > 'apt-get' and 'dpkg' don't want to install a package, you shouldn't. > Things will break, and break badly. > > Thank being said, there are some 6000 packages or so for Debian's Sid > branch. That's an awful lot of packages :) Most are pretty up-to-date, > too, except for a few notable exceptions like Mozilla(which is currently > stalled at M18). It's not too often that you'll have to do a manual > installation of an app. If the occasion arises, it's not too hard to > make your own .deb out of a source tarball, but I'll leave that exercise > up to you :) > > David Barclay Harris, Clan Barclay > Aut agere, aut mori. (Either action, or death.)
[OT]about NIKE, kind of in the debian/linux spirit.
>>> > > THIS IS GOOD... >>> > > >>> > > just send it along to someone >>> > > else...A really good example of Power To The People!!! and, I >>> > > think, a positive use of technology >>> > > I love some of the small, creative and persistent ways people find to >>> > > protest injustice in the world. It's worth reading this one thru. >>> > > Nike now lets you personalize your shoes by submitting a word or >>> > > phrase which they will stitch onto your shoes, under the swoosh. So >>> > > Jonah Peretti filled out the form and sent them $50 to >>> > > stitch"SWEATSHOP" on to his shoes. >>> > > Here's the response he got... >>> > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * >>> > > From: >>> > > "Personalize, NIKE iD" [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> > > To: "'Jonah H. Peretti'" [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> > > Subject: RE: Your NIKE iD order o16468000 >>> > > Your NIKE iD order was cancelled for one or more of the following >>> > > reasons: >>> > > 1) Your Personal iD contains another party's trademark or other >>> > > intellectual property >>> > > 2) Your Personal iD contains the name of an athlete or team we do >>> > > not have the legal right to use >>> > > 3) Your Personal iD was left blank. Did you not want any >>> > > personalization? >>> > > 4) Your Personal iD contains profanity or inappropriate slang, and >>> > > besides, your mother would slap us. >>> > > If you wish to reorder your NIKE iD product with a new >>> > > personalization please visit us again at www.nike.com >>> > > Thank you, NIKE iD >>> > > >>> > > From: "Jonah H. Peretti" [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> > > To: "Personalize, NIKE iD" [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> > > Subject: RE: Your NIKE iD order o16468000 >>> > > Greetings, >>> > > My order was canceled but my personal NIKE iD does not violate >>> > > any of the criteria outlined in your message. The Personal iD on my >>> > > custom ZOOM XC USA running shoes was the word "sweatshop." >>> > > Sweatshop is not: >>> > > 1) another's party's trademark, >>> > > 2) the name of an athlete, >>> > > 3) blank, or >>> > > 4) profanity. >>> > > I choose the iD because I wanted to remember the toil and labor of >>> > > the children that made my shoes. Could you please ship them to me >>> > > immediately. >>> > > Thanks and Happy New Year, Jonah Peretti >>> > > >>> > > From: "Personalize, NIKE iD" [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> > > To: "'Jonah H. Peretti'" [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> > > Subject: RE: Your NIKE iD order o16468000 >>> > > Dear NIKE iD Customer, >>> > > Your NIKE iD order was cancelled because the iD you have chosen >>> > > contains, as stated in the previous e-mail correspondence, >>> > > "inappropriate slang". If you wish to reorder your NIKE iD product >>> > > with a new personalization please visit us again at nike.com >>> > > Thank you, NIKE iD >>> > > >>> > > From: "Jonah H. Peretti" [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> > > To: "Personalize, NIKE iD" [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> > > Subject: RE: Your NIKE iD order o16468000 >>> > > Dear NIKE iD, >>> > > Thank you for your quick response to my inquiry about my custom >>> > > ZOOM XC USA running shoes. Although I commend you for your >>> > > prompt customer service, I disagree with the claim that my personal >>> > > iD was inappropriate slang. After consulting Webster's Dictionary, I >>> > > discovered that "sweatshop" is in fact part of standard English, and >>> > > not slang. >>> > > The word means: "a shop or factory in which workers are employed >>> > > for long hours at low wages and under unhealthy conditions" and its >>> > > origin dates from 1892. So my personal iD does meet the criteria >>> > > detailed in your first email. >>> > > Your web site advertises that the NIKE iD program is "about >>> > > freedom to choose and freedom to express who you are." I share >>> > > Nike's love of freedom and personal expression. The site also says >>> > > that "If you want it done right...build it yourself." I was thrilled to >>>be >>> > > able to build my own shoes, and my personal iD was offered as a >>> > > small token of appreciation for the sweatshop workers poised to help >>> > > me realize my vision. I hope that you will value my freedom of >>> > > expression and reconsider your decision to reject my order. >>> > > Thank you, Jonah Peretti >>> > > >>> > > From: "Personalize, NIKE iD" [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> > > To: "'Jonah H. Peretti'" [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> > > Subject: RE: Your NIKE iD order o16468000 >>> > > Dear NIKE iD Customer, >>> > > Regarding the rules for personalization it also states on the NIKE iD >>> > > web site that "Nike reserves the right to cancel any personal iD up to >>> > > 24 hours after it has been submitted". In addition, it further explains: >>> > > "While we honor most personal iDs, we cannot honor every one. >>> > > Some may be (or contain) other's trademarks, or the names of >>> > > certain professional sports teams, athletes or celebrities that Nike >>> > > does not have the right to use. Others may contain material that we >>> > > consider in
specifying depth of 16 & above in xfree86-4
Hi, I have an riva tnt graphics card with a nec multi-sync monitor capable of resolutions of up to 1024x768 @ 87hz interlaced but I can't seem to make XFree work above the color depth of 8??? I'd like to be able to run at least at 16 bpp or possibly 24 but I can't get past 8!!! whenever I try to run at 16 or 24 x-server doesn't start and complains and keeps looking for default depth 8. I can't understand why X loves 8 so much. Am I missing something here? _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
Re: Considering Debian
If the software exists in the Debian repository, you can always do an apt-get source which will dowload the source, to which you can make minor alterations as need be (like including debugging symbols), and then build the package using the existing rules setup by the package maintainer. Just a thought. Sean On Tuesday 27 February 2001 04:32, Rainer Mager wrote: > David (and all), > > Thanks for the reply. The part about mixing hand built stuff with > pacages > in concerning as I do this quite often. The number of available packages is > encouraging but, nonetheless, I know occasions will arise. I've had to > build/install by hand X, glibc, postgres, the kernel, gcc, freeamp, and > others because of needing bleeding edge versions that fix bugs or because, > in debugging the current version, I needed a non-stripped binary. > Although the automatic installation abilities of apt sound nice, I find > that I usually want to actually download the, in my case, RPM so that I can > use it on multiple machines. That is, I question the benefit of this for > me. > > Anyway, I wall continue to explore this and, once again, thanks for the > info. > > --Rainer > > > -Original Message- > > From: David B. Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 5:27 PM > > To: Rainer Mager > > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > Subject: Re: Considering Debian > > > > > > To quote "Rainer Mager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > > # So, to make a long story short, how is the Debian package manager in > > this > > # regards? Do the same problems exist? > > > > Well, understand that there are two parts to the Debian packaging > > system. 'apt', and 'dpkg'. 'dpkg' is roughly equivalent to function, if > > not in features. 'apt' is a suite of utilities, and is generally what a > > user would use. Debian has what are called repositories; there are local > > mirrors in pretty much every country(I think ;). You can 'apt-get > > install ', and it will resolve dependancies for you. It'll > > install everything needs, within limits. Sometimes two > > packages conflict, and sometimes you'll need to manually over-ride it(so > > that the other package gets removed). Anyways, it's pretty slick, > > compared to 'rpm' :) > > > > # How easy is it to mix package installed > > # pieces to pieces installed by hand? > > > > It's bad. Very bad. :) To make a long story short, just don't. If you > > *must* install something manually, pass "--prefix=/opt > > --sysconfdir=/opt/etc" or something to ./configure, to keep your own > > compiled apps seperate from the packaging system. A *lot* of problems > > that Debian users have is because they're mixing Sid or Woody(unstable > > Debian branches) packages in a Potato(stable Debian, currently) system. > > This causes numerous problems. A lot of problems are also caused by > > people side-stepping the package management system. Basically, if > > 'apt-get' and 'dpkg' don't want to install a package, you shouldn't. > > Things will break, and break badly. > > > > Thank being said, there are some 6000 packages or so for Debian's Sid > > branch. That's an awful lot of packages :) Most are pretty up-to-date, > > too, except for a few notable exceptions like Mozilla(which is currently > > stalled at M18). It's not too often that you'll have to do a manual > > installation of an app. If the occasion arises, it's not too hard to > > make your own .deb out of a source tarball, but I'll leave that exercise > > up to you :) > > > > David Barclay Harris, Clan Barclay > > Aut agere, aut mori. (Either action, or death.) -- Silence is the only virtue you have left.
TCP failover in software
I am setting up some machines with libnss-ldap to replace /etc/passwd with LDAP access for centralised account administration. I am concerned at what will happen if the LDAP server goes down or experiences a network failure. I have a secondary LDAP configured but I need a way to use it if the primary fails. It seems that libnss-ldap does not support this (I have reported a wishlist bug already). Is there any software in Debian which can do this for me? I imagine that it wouldn't be THAT difficult to write a program to listen on a port and then when a connection comes in it could make a connection to one of two other addresses based on which machine is running reliably. If there is no such software then I'll have to write a program myself. -- http://www.coker.com.au/bonnie++/ Bonnie++ hard drive benchmark http://www.coker.com.au/postal/ Postal SMTP/POP benchmark http://www.coker.com.au/projects.html Projects I am working on http://www.coker.com.au/~russell/ My home page
Re: Can't Locate binfmt... something to worry about?
On Sat, 24 Feb 2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > I've been getting the msg every two or three days now and know that > it's origin is a program accessing an empty file. The questions are: > > 1. Does this happen on most systems? 2. Is it something particular > to this system, and if so, how track down what is causing it? 1. Doesn't seem to happen on mine - but I'm not a regular log-watcher. 2. To locate files/directories of 0 size # find / -perm 755 -empty -print will give you a nice list from which to choose. HTH Glyn -- so here we are then http://members.tripod.co.uk/Christchurch2000uk Running Debian/Gnu Linux 10:32am up 2:43, 3 users, load average: 0.64, 0.44, 0.39
Re: Considering Debian
> David (and all), > > Thanks for the reply. The part about mixing hand built stuff with > pacages > in concerning as I do this quite often. The number of available packages is > encouraging but, nonetheless, I know occasions will arise. I've had to > build/install by hand X, glibc, postgres, the kernel, gcc, freeamp, and > others because of needing bleeding edge versions that fix bugs or because, > in debugging the current version, I needed a non-stripped binary. > Although the automatic installation abilities of apt sound nice, I > find > that I usually want to actually download the, in my case, RPM so that I can > use it on multiple machines. That is, I question the benefit of this for me. > > Anyway, I wall continue to explore this and, once again, thanks for > the > info. my 2E-2$: 1) if you keep your custom stuff in /usr/local and don't install the corresponding deb package you won't have problems; 2) you can use apt-get source to get the package source, apply your fixes and recompile (even with -g) the .deb file to install it on other machines (and remember to send the fix to the mantainer!); 3) you can usually find almost-bleeding-edge stuff in testing; 4) give debian a try anyway! pietro.
Re: specifying depth of 16 & above in xfree86-4
> "js" == john smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: js> Hi, js> I have an riva tnt graphics card with a nec multi-sync monitor capable js> of resolutions of up to 1024x768 @ 87hz interlaced but I can't seem to js> make XFree work above the color depth of 8??? I'd like to be able to js> run at least at 16 bpp or possibly 24 but I can't get past 8!!! js> whenever I try to run at 16 or 24 x-server doesn't start and complains js> and keeps looking for default depth 8. I can't understand why X loves js> 8 so much. Did you set HorizSync and VertRefresh ranges in your config file? If you haven't set them Xserver can take defaulted values which are too restrictive. 16 and 24 depth modes requires quite high values of HorizSync and VertRefresh. -- Ilya Martynov AGAVA Software Company, http://www.agava.com
Xfree86 4.0.2
Hi, I'm running a Potato (2.2r2) system and want to upgrade it to Xfree86 4.0.2 using the updated packages from the debian server. My question: Will the binary packages run on my system without problems or do I have to take the source package ? TIA, Jonas
Re: autofs or automount?
hi ya jonathan... use an automoutner cause... - it automatically mounts the directories/parititions you need - it automatically unmounts it when you no longer need it - minimize corrupting it/erasing it accidentally due to wierd/whacy errors likepower failures, hw resets use autofs if you have simple mountings /home /var/spool/mail use amd( ? ) if you need more interaction with sun, sgi, hp, etc..etc.. - if you need multi-mounts, multi-homed mounts, sub-mounts, and failovers you can explicitly manually mount if you only need it once in a while mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy when automounting stuff or in /etc/fstab and any automount config files - use soft mounts...to prevent your system from hanging while the other machine on the other side of the lan is rebooting - use intr option so that you can controlC out of any hung process - use hard mount for things like /home where you have to wait for the home server to be up and running before you can do anything penalty for using automounters... - you have to wait a few seconds for the resource to be maounted if its not yet available horror stories... - dont use "hard" mounts unless you have to... ( if you dont know why you need hard mountsuse soft mounts intead) - ( personal preferences ) To test the effects of the otehr machine on your own workstation ls -la the /other-server/home/foo/test.c ( assuming it is automounted or hard mounted or manually mounted ) pull the nic wire from the other-server - now site back and wait...till you get pissed have fun alvin http://www.linux-consulting.com/AutoFS/autofs-HOWTO.html On Mon, 26 Feb 2001, Jonathan Matthews wrote: > Thanks to those who responded so . . succinctly to my post about > needing to do on-demand NFS mounting. > > Just a quickie for the list, now: which should I use? > What are the implications of using one over the other? > Is either noticably faster, more robust, or simply better than the > other? > > Equally, has anyone got any horror stories about either . . ?
Re: how to view man pages.
MaD dUCK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >also sprach Xucaen (on Mon, 26 Feb 2001 06:06:48PM -0800): >> when I type man clear(3NCURSES) i get >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/src$ man clear(3NCURSES) >> bash: syntax error near unexpected token >> `clear(3' > >man 3 clear > >i know it's weird, but that's how it goes... Or 'man -S 3 -e ncurses clear' if you want to specify it completely, but that's rare. You should find more details in 'man man'. :) -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: gnome-core-devel
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I'm looking for a .deb package that provides >libgnomeui/gnome-window-icon.h and status-docklet.h > >There's an RPM package (gnome-core-devel) but I don't see a debian >equivalent. When will that be? Or what am I missing? libgnome-dev and libpanel-applet-dev respectively. There's a search engine at http://packages.debian.org/ for this kind of question. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Why XFce not on potato?
Hi, I found it in unstable and wondered why it wasn't included in potato. Any particular licensing reason? Thanks, Jonathan -- /* Jonathan Gift [EMAIL PROTECTED] */
Re: Printing Problems
I've found magicfilterconfig to be quite reliable. Primitive but reliable. And, I can't seem to get printtool to work either. At least it fails at setting up my local Canon BJ30 printer. It works fine with the BJ600 driver in magicfilter. Harald
Re: debconf / perl in unstable
> last time i tried to apt-get upgrade my potato/sid system to unstable, it > completely broke perl, debconf and apt. i was really displeased. I ran into this problem a while ago and had to install perl 5.6 from unstable. I installed the whole shebang as i tend to use perl rather extesively :) : perl-5.6 perl-5.6-base perl-5.6-debug perl-5.6-doc perl-5.6-suid perl-5.6-thread Works fine for me. Harald
Re: how do I enable telnet or ssh access?
* Philipp Schulte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010227 03:23]: > During the installation of ssh you were asked if you want to run the > ssh-deamon. If you chose to do so you can just go ahead and ssh into > your system. And if you did not choose yes and later changed your mind, enter "dpkg-reconfigure ssh" and you will be asked again. chris
Re: Xfree86 4.0.2
Hello, Am Dienstag, den 27. Februar 2001 11:57:41 schrieb Jonas Wolz: > I'm running a Potato (2.2r2) system and want to upgrade it to > Xfree86 4.0.2 using the updated packages from the debian server. My > question: Will the binary packages run on my system without problems > or do I have to take the source package ? You will have to update some other packages to the woddy-version if you use the woddy-version of xfree-4.0.2. You will have to install the new dephelpers (from woddy) if you want to compile xfree-4.0.2 yourself from debian-source-package on potato. At least it was this way when I upgraded mz potato to xfree-4.0.2, but this was mor then 4 weeks ago. I temporarily installed dephelpers into /tmp/dephelper and compiled xfree-4.0.2 from debian-source-package. MfG bmg -- "Des is völlig wurscht, was heut beschlos- | M G Berberich sen wird: I bin sowieso dagegn!" | [EMAIL PROTECTED] (SPD-Stadtrat Kurt Schindler; Regensburg) | www.fmi.uni-passau.de/~berberic pgp2LAkKQ7eZp.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Win4Lin
Setting up Win4Lin on Debian (tested 2.2) * get the Win4Lin rpm package * use alien to convert to a deb --> alien -d Win4lin*.rpm (don't use the -c switch) * install the deb * change directories to /opt/win4lin/ and run the script postinst-rpm.sh * if suidmanager is running on your system then open the file /etc/suid.conf and edit the Win4lin lines, changing 6146 124 to root bin: win4lin /opt/win4lin/bin/mountc root bin 4555 win4lin /opt/win4lin/mcd root bin 4555 win4lin /opt/win4lin/publicbin/dosexec root bin 4555 [Win4lin has permissions set to root bin, but suidmanager runs a cron job every day changing that to 6146 124, which makes Win4lin not run until you change it back. Editing suid.conf will solve this problem.] P.S. I running kernel 2.2.12, so can't help you with 2.2.18. If you can compile the kernel with support for Win4Lin then you're set. --hans At 05:24 PM 2/26/01 -0500, The Doctor wrote: >The win4lin installer seems heavily rpm-centric. >Has anyone had any luck getting win4lin to work? I just tried running alien on the rpm but I'm getting nowhere fast. >I recompiled my 2.2.18 kernel with their patches, but I'd appreciate anyones experience in a sequence of events to make this successful. >-- thedoctor
Re: Considering Debian
On Tue, Feb 27, 2001 at 06:32:10PM +0900, Rainer Mager wrote: > David (and all), > > Thanks for the reply. The part about mixing hand built stuff with > pacages > in concerning as I do this quite often. The number of available packages is > encouraging but, nonetheless, I know occasions will arise. I've had to > build/install by hand X, glibc, postgres, the kernel, gcc, freeamp, and > others because of needing bleeding edge versions that fix bugs or because, > in debugging the current version, I needed a non-stripped binary. use slackware. seriously, thats what you need. you can either use a packaging system or you don't, but not both. (for major stuff like libc, XFree et al) -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/ pgpbuddILeYST.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Why XFce not on potato?
On Tue, Feb 27, 2001 at 12:29:46PM +0100, Jonathan Gift wrote: > Hi, > > I found it in unstable and wondered why it wasn't included in potato. > Any particular licensing reason? its in sid (and probably testing too) so it probably simply was not yet packaged when potato froze, or it was too buggy and got removed. once potato froze there would be no new packages, when its stable its completely immutable except for security updates and very important bugfixes which are put into point releases. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/ pgpdsgz8snaEY.pgp Description: PGP signature
NAT/MASQ in single NIC
is it possible to do NAT/MASQ in single NIC with two ip address? if yes, then how? my comp has no dialup PPP IPs : 203.170.2.x and 192.168.1.1 and I want to masq 192.168.1.1/24
RE: Getting to the GUI...
Hi Rick, > (1) My only config file is /etc/X11/XF86Config. And there is a link to it > in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 Could you post this file, please? Together with the ouput of X you provided, it should enable us all to fix your problem. Best regards, Manuel
Re: X problems after upgrade
Hi, to solve the problem of the error message X: cannot stat /etc/X11/X (No such file or directory), aborting. giving up. xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to X server xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error. create a link to XFree86 in /etc/X11. $ cd /etc/X11 $ ln -s /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 X Bye, Sven -- +-+ | Please reply only to [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Other email addresses may no longer be valid... | | | | Do not send HTML mails, they may not be read... | +-+
Re: debconf / perl in unstable
"Forrest English" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >last time i tried to apt-get upgrade my potato/sid system to unstable, it >completely broke perl, debconf and apt. i was really displeased. > >i thought i'd give a shout and see if that's been fixed before i gave it >another try. late nights of reinstalling doesn't sound like much fun. Well, all you needed to do was 'apt-get install perl-5.6', possibly with a bit of hand-hacking. Anyway, perl has a new maintainer now, and should be fixed. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Considering Debian
> regarding RPM. The case in point is that I've wanted to install > some new Gnome related RPM's that require the x-devel > RPMs. The problem is that I've, by hand, upgraded X to 4.0x > and the needed x-devel RPMs are 3.3.6. Of course I can tell > it to ignore the dependancies but then what is the point of the > dependancies? Whether you use Debian's packaging system or Redhat's, if you install a package by hand (from source), the package system won't know about it... If you know you have the required package already installed, you're only option at that point is to tell it to ignore the requirement. To make your life easier, as some have already said, use one or the other, but not both. You can in fact mix them, but you'll still run into the "problems" you've already encountered. Hall
Re: Getting to the GUI...
Quoting Rick Commo ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > (3) In XF86Free I have tried each and every given monitor as well as > entering in the hsync and vsync as 30-58 and 50-90 respectively. It looks from the output as if you may have modelines that are far too ambitious. I don't know XF86Free or where it gets them from. > (**) Mach64: Graphics device ID: "ATI" > (**) Mach64: Monitor ID: "Icon" > (--) Mach64: Mode "640x480" needs vert refresh rate of 100.02 Hz. Deleted. That looks as if it's deleting # 640x480 @ 100 Hz, 53.01 kHz hsync modeline "640x480" 45.8 640 672 768 864 480 488 494 530 -HSync -VSync where you might use one of # 640x400 @ 70 Hz, 31.5 kHz hsync modeline "640x400" 25.175 640 664 760 800 400 409 411 450 # 640x480 @ 60 Hz, 31.5 kHz hsync Modeline "640x480" 25.175 640 664 760 800 480 491 493 525 # 640x480 @ 72 Hz, 36.5 kHz hsync Modeline "640x480" 31.5 640 680 720 864 480 488 491 521 # 640x480 @ 75 Hz, 37.50 kHz hsync Modeline "640x480" 31.5 640 656 720 840 480 481 484 500 -HSync -VSync Similarly > (--) Mach64: Mode "800x600" needs hsync freq of 64.02 kHz. Deleted. looks as if it's deleting # 800x600 @ 100 Hz, 64.02 kHz hsync modeline "800x600" 69.65 800 864 928 1088 600 604 610 640 -HSync -VSync where you might use one of # 800x600 @ 72 Hz, 48.0 kHz hsync Modeline "800x600" 50 800 856 976 1040 600 637 643 666 +hsync +vsync # 800x600 @ 85 Hz, 55.84 kHz hsync modeline "800x600" 60.75 800 864 928 1088 600 616 621 657 -HSync -VSync and so on. Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.
Problem booting from USB floppy
Hi all, I'm having problems booting from a USB floppy. My BIOS supports USB floppy boot (thinkpad X20), so I can boot a kernel from floppy no problem. Since the USB storage devices work using some sort of SCSI emulation, I have replaced the original kernel image on my boot disk with one that has SCSI support and USB mass storage support built in. In addition, I've used knl to modify the kernel with the following options: knl --kernel=/floppy/linux --prompt --root=/dev/sda In the syslinux.cfg file that accompanies the kernel in my initial debian boot disk, I have the following default: the following: DEFAULT linux APPEND vga=normal noinitrd load_ramdisk=1 prompt_ramdisk=1 ramdisk_size=16384 root=/dev/fd0 disksize=1.44 Since the usb floppy is on /dev/sda, I have added the following lines to the list of boot labels: LABEL usb KERNEL linux APPEND vga=normal noinitrd load_ramdisk=1 prompt_ramdisk=1 ramdisk_size=16384 root=/dev/sda My problems start when I try to load the second root floppy disk into RAM disk. I get the following odd behaviour: (1) If I boot the kernel with the default "linux" label, then as soon as the non-USB floppy driver is loaded into the kernel, then the kernel prompts for the ramdisk. I get the following: VFS: Insert root floppy disk to be loaded into RAM disk and press ENTER. As expected, if I switch the floppy to the root disk and press ENTER, the disk fails to loaded, since the regular floppy driver won't work. Note, after the root disk fails to be detected, more of the kernel loads, and I get get the following kernel messages, which suggest I've biult the kernel OK: scsi1: SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices Vendor: TEAC Model: FD-05PUB Rev: 1026 Type: Direct-AccessANSI SCSI revision: 02 Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi, channel 0, id 0, lin 0 sda : READ CAPACITY failed. sda : status = 1, message = 00, host = 0, driver = 08 sda : extended sense code = 2 sda : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size 1GB. sda: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 unable to read partition table (2) I've included (1) above since if I now boot the kernel with the "usb" label, which I expected to be OK, then I get no prompt for the root floppy to be loaded into the RAM disk! Instead, I get no prompt to swap disks, I just get VFS: Cannot open root device "sda" or 08:00 Please append a correct "root=" boot option Kernel panic: VFS: Unamble to mount root fs on 08:00 So what am I doing wrong? Why am I getting no prompt so I can take out the boot disk, replace it with the root disk, and type ENTER to continue with the installation? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Edgar.
missing qt2
I wanted to update to the final version of kde, but it got hold back because most of the packages have one dependency, that is not fullfilled. libqt2 can not be resolved - package does not seem to be available. I am using unstable and use the austrian mirror and the official server. Thank you for looking into things :-) Ciao Matthias PS: Thank you for the best support in the world, Ian!!! -- __ _ __ * /\_/\ \ \_/ \_/ / * Matthias Wieser * / \ \ /* ICQ#: 12597522 * / /\_/\ \ \_/^\_/ *[EMAIL PROTECTED] * WW WW *
RE: NAT/MASQ in single NIC
Yes it's possible. I can't recall the URI now but check www.linuxdoc.org and the IP_MASQ FAQ. Regards, M. -Original Message- From: Ker Ruben Ramos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 10:11 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: NAT/MASQ in single NIC is it possible to do NAT/MASQ in single NIC with two ip address? if yes, then how? my comp has no dialup PPP IPs : 203.170.2.x and 192.168.1.1 and I want to masq 192.168.1.1/24 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
read_intr: error - broken hard disk?
Hi all,
When I attempt to boot, I get the following
message come up several times:
hda: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
hda: read_intr: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
eventually followed by:
end_request: I/O error, dev 03:00 (hda), sector 0
unable to read partition table
Is this a broken hard disk, or is this something I can fix.
Thanks,
Edgar.
Upgraded to "testing" + 2.4.2 kernel, and dselect + SOCKS nit working
I've got a big problem, I hope someone can ppoint me in a direction on. I have a machine that lives behinf a corporate firewall. Historicaly, I have been able to get dslect to work using "runsocks dselct". I needed laregfile support on this machien, so yesterday, I canged /etc/apt/sources-list to point at testing, went ito dselect, and did an "install". Then I downloaded the 2.4.2 kernel, built and installed it using kernel-package. Now I have several problems, the bigest one of which is that dslect does not work anymore. Specificaly, I get messages like "Something Wicked happend resolving SITENAME" where SITENAME is for instnace "http.us.debian.or/http". Whats realley strnage is that I can "runsocsk ftp ftp.debian.org" and get a good conection. Could some kind soul sugest where to star, fixing this. I am in big trouble fixing the otehr problems untill I get the abiloty to load packages! -- Stan Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED]843-745-3154 Charleston SC. -- Windows 98: n. 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. - (c) 2000 Stan Brown. Redistribution via the Microsoft Network is prohibited.
Local mail not geting deliverd
If I do "mail -s foo user" and send a test message, it never shows up. I don't see anythign in /var/log/mail either (it's zero length). How should I start troubleshooting this? -- Stan Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED]843-745-3154 Charleston SC. -- Windows 98: n. 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. - (c) 2000 Stan Brown. Redistribution via the Microsoft Network is prohibited.
Re: X problems after upgrade
Quoting Sven Gaerner ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > to solve the problem of the error message > > X: cannot stat /etc/X11/X (No such file or directory), aborting. > giving up. > xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to X server > xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error. > > create a link to XFree86 in /etc/X11. > > $ cd /etc/X11 > $ ln -s /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 X I can't quite understand this. X is running and complains that it can't stat a file, so you create a link so that it can stat itself? Perhaps X wants to find its configuration file... --8< XFree86 uses a configuration file called XF86Config for its initial setup. This configuration file is searched for in the following places when the server is started as a normal user: /etc/X11/ /usr/X11R6/etc/X11/ /etc/X11/$XF86CONFIG /usr/X11R6/etc/X11/$XF86CONFIG /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 /etc/X11/XF86Config /etc/XF86Config /usr/X11R6/etc/X11/XF86Config. /usr/X11R6/etc/X11/XF86Config-4 /usr/X11R6/etc/X11/XF86Config /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config. /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config-4 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config where is a relative path (with no ".." components) specified with the -xf86config command line option, $XF86CONFIG is the relative path (with no ".." components) specified by that environment variable, and is the machines hostname as reported by gethostname(3) . --8< In particular, it's probably worth checking whether XF86CONFIG is getting set somehow. (Also read the man page if you start X as root as the list is then different.) Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.
ltx2rtf compiles on RedHat 6.2 but not on debian 2.2
Hello, I want to compile ltx2rtf on a debian machine, but the make fails. However, it works on a redhat 6.2, but the binary file Segm-Faults on debian 2.2. Did someone have an idea on the way to get it work on debian ? Is it a problem of gcc version ? thank you, --Nabil
Re: ltx2rtf compiles on RedHat 6.2 but not on debian 2.2
On Tue, Feb 27, 2001 at 03:34:05PM +0100, Nabil Hathout wrote: > Hello, > > I want to compile ltx2rtf on a debian machine, but the make fails. However, it > works on a redhat 6.2, but the binary file Segm-Faults on debian 2.2. Did > someone have an idea on the way to get it work on debian ? Is it a problem of > gcc version ? how does the compile fail? more then likely your missing a -dev package with a needed header file. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/ pgpHeGMlhUz0E.pgp Description: PGP signature
"ldconfig not found in PATH"
I have been getting the following message when trying use dselect: dpkg: `ldconfig' not found on PATH. dpkg: 1 expected program(s) not found on PATH. NB: root's PATH should usually contain /usr/local/sbin, /usr/sbin and /sbin. E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2) Some errors occurred while unpacking. I'm going to configure the packages that were installed. This may result in duplicate errors or errors caused by missing dependencies. This is OK, only the errors above this message are important. Please fix them and run [I]nstall again Press enter to continue. I don't know how to fix this, no matter what I do, I come up with this message, can anyone help? - . John Kerr Anderson `:::' ... .. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ::: * `::.::' Powered by: ::: .:: .:.::. .:: .:: `::. :' ::: :: :: :: :: ::.::. D E B I A N G N U/::: .::. .:: ::. `. .:' ::. 2. 2 ...:::.::' ... UNIX is user friendly. It's just selective about who its friends are. This E mail is 100% virus free! How do I know? Because no Microsoft products were used to generate it! -
Re: Xfree86 4.0.2 problems when using XF86Setup on testing distribution
On 27 Feb 2001, Jonas Wolz wrote: > Hi, > > I'm running a Potato (2.2r2) system and want to upgrade it to Xfree86 4.0.2 > using the updated packages from the debian server. > My question: Will the binary packages run on my system without problems or do > I > have to take the source package ? > Xfree version 4 is different kettle of fish from X 3.3. I am currently having difficulty getting it work as the XF86Setup program claims it succeeds but when I run startx I get errors (looks like it's time to read the manpage): (NOTE. when XF86Setup tries the non SVGA X-server, ATI Mach64 it starts or at least that is the way it looks, alas, I can NOT switch to another tty to confirm whether the process I think is indeed running... sigh... Error message: on 4.0.2 / X Window System (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6400) Release Date: 18 December 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 2.2.18 i686 [ELF] Module Loader present (==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Mon Feb 26 20:25:25 2001 (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4" Data incomplete in file /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 Device section "Primary Card" must have a Driver line. (EE) Problem parsing the config file (EE) Error from xf86HandleConfigFile() See the attached XF86Config-4 file -walter # XF86Config auto-generated by XF86Setup # # Copyright (c) 1996 by The XFree86 Project, Inc. # # Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a # copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), # to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation # the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, # and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the # Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: # # The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in # all copies or substantial portions of the Software. # # THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR # IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, # FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL # THE XFREE86 PROJECT BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, # WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF # OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE # SOFTWARE. # # Except as contained in this notice, the name of the XFree86 Project shall # not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or other # dealings in this Software without prior written authorization from the # XFree86 Project. # # See 'man XF86Config' for info on the format of this file Section "Files" RgbPath"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi" EndSection Section "ServerFlags" EndSection Section "Keyboard" Protocol"Standard" XkbRules"xfree86" XkbModel"pc101" XkbLayout "us" EndSection Section "Pointer" Protocol"Microsoft" Device "/dev/mouse" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Primary Monitor" VendorName "Unknown" ModelName "Unknown" HorizSync 30-82 VertRefresh 50-120 Modeline "1024x768" 115.50 1024 1056 1248 1440 768 771 781 802 -hsync -vsync EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Primary Card" VendorName "Unknown" BoardName "ATI Mach64" EndSection Section "Screen" Driver "Accel" Device "Primary Card" Monitor "Primary Monitor" DefaultColorDepth 16 SubSection "Display" Depth8 Modes"1024x768" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth15 Modes"1024x768" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth16 Modes"1024x768" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth24 Modes"1024x768" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth32 Modes"1024x768" EndSubSection EndSection Section "Screen" Driver "SVGA" Device "Primary Card" Monitor "Primary Monitor" DefaultColorDepth 16 SubSection "Display" Depth8 Modes"1
Help, please apt-get update problems
Yesterday I had a happy machine... I upggaded to testing, and built the 2.4.2 kernel using kernel-package. Now apt-get update is broken :-( I have to run it using runsocks, but I am begining to think that has nothig to do with the problem I am having. I can use runsocks with ftp and lynx and get good conetstions. Heres whats going on: Script started on Tue Feb 27 04:42:29 2001 debian:~# cat /etc/apt/sources.list deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free # deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main # deb http://spidermonkey.ximian.com/distributions/debian stable main debian:~# runsocks aptget -get update 0% [Working]Err http://http.us.debian.org testing/main Packages Something wicked happend resolving 'http.us.debian.org/http' 0% [Working]Err http://http.us.debian.org testing/main Release Something wicked happend resolving 'http.us.debian.org/http' 0% [Working]Err http://http.us.debian.org testing/contrib Packages Something wicked happend resolving 'http.us.debian.org/http' 0% [Working]Err http://http.us.debian.org testing/contrib Release Something wicked happend resolving 'http.us.debian.org/http' 0% [Working]Err http://http.us.debian.org testing/non-free Packages Something wicked happend resolving 'http.us.debian.org/http' 0% [Working]Err http://http.us.debian.org testing/non-free Release Something wicked happend resolving 'http.us.debian.org/http' 0% [Working]Failed to fetch http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/binary-i386/Packages Something wicked happend resolving 'http.us.debian.org/http' Failed to fetch http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/binary-i386/Release Something wicked happend resolving 'http.us.debian.org/http' Failed to fetch http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/contrib/binary-i386/Packages Something wicked happend resolving 'http.us.debian.org/http' Failed to fetch http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/contrib/binary-i386/Release Something wicked happend resolving 'http.us.debian.org/http' Failed to fetch http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/non-free/binary-i386/Packages Something wicked happend resolving 'http.us.debian.org/http' Failed to fetch http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/non-free/binary-i386/Release Something wicked happend resolving 'http.us.debian.org/http' Reading Package Lists... 0%Reading Package Lists... 100%Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... 0%Building Dependency Tree... 0%Building Dependency Tree... 50%Building Dependency Tree... 50%Building Dependency Tree... Done W: Couldn't stat source package list 'http://http.us.debian.org testing/main Packages' (/var/state/apt/lists/http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_testing_main_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: Couldn't stat source package list 'http://http.us.debian.org testing/contrib Packages' (/var/state/apt/lists/http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_testing_contrib_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: Couldn't stat source package list 'http://http.us.debian.org testing/non-free Packages' (/var/state/apt/lists/http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_testing_non-free_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these missing files E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead. debian:~# Script done on Tue Feb 27 04:43:01 2001 So, it seems to me, that apt-get is magling the names of the sources? How can I further troubleshoot/fix this problem? i'm stuck on fixing other problems till I get this one straighted out. Help, please. -- Stan Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED]843-745-3154 Charleston SC. -- Windows 98: n. 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. - (c) 2000 Stan Brown. Redistribution via the Microsoft Network is prohibited.
RE: "ldconfig not found in PATH"
Once i had a similar problem. i did two things: 1) modify the file /etc/ld.conf and added the path for ldconfig( i`m not sure about the name :-( i`m writing from a Windows machine so i can`t check it )see man for ldconfig it name the file there 2) Related to the problem was that i change glibc from 2.1 to 2.2 a really weird problem. At the end i reinstalled the system, but may be it is not your case. hope it help Regards -Mensaje original- De: John Kerr Anderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Enviado el: martes 27 de febrero de 2001 15:39 Para: Debian list Asunto: "ldconfig not found in PATH" I have been getting the following message when trying use dselect: dpkg: `ldconfig' not found on PATH. dpkg: 1 expected program(s) not found on PATH. NB: root's PATH should usually contain /usr/local/sbin, /usr/sbin and /sbin. E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2) Some errors occurred while unpacking. I'm going to configure the packages that were installed. This may result in duplicate errors or errors caused by missing dependencies. This is OK, only the errors above this message are important. Please fix them and run [I]nstall again Press enter to continue. I don't know how to fix this, no matter what I do, I come up with this message, can anyone help? - . John Kerr Anderson `:::' ... .. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ::: * `::.::' Powered by: ::: .:: .:.::. .:: .:: `::. :' ::: :: :: :: :: ::.::. D E B I A N G N U/::: .::. .:: ::. `. .:' ::. 2. 2 ...:::.::' ... UNIX is user friendly. It's just selective about who its friends are. This E mail is 100% virus free! How do I know? Because no Microsoft products were used to generate it! - -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
login & .bash_profile questions
I've RTFM, but I'm still not sure what the best place to put stuff I want to happen at login is. Is it safe to append stuff like 'alias ls='ls --color'' to the .bash_profile? Will that even work? .bashrc has that in it, uncommented, but it doesn't kick in. I'd appreciate any help.
I2O & SuperTrak100
Can somebody comment on usability of current i2o drivers in kernel 2.4.2 with Promise SuperTrak100 RAID controller? I did manage to mount the array as i2o disk, but I'm not entirely sure about stability. There seems to be some interrupt issue I'm trying to investigate. I would greatly appreciate comments from anybody since there is no support from Promise (yet?) Thanks David
AW: X problems after upgrade
Hello Sven, I had the same problem after upgrade from Debian 2.2r0->r2. In my case, I'm using a Matrox MGA Ultima/Impression 2MB-Grafic-Card with a commercial Xaccel-Server under /usr/bin/X11/bin. X-file in this directory doesn't have a symbolic link after this upgrade an this is still wondering to me. X was now a 6448kB big ELF 32-bit LSB executable. So I moved this X-file to X_2.2r2 and made a new symbolic link to the needing server: ln -s /usr/X11R6/bin/Xaccel X ...and after this X-Windows could be started by startx as desired ! Try to set this symbolic link to your installed X-Server. Good luck and greetings Christoph Walther mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Sven Gaerner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet am: Dienstag, 27. Februar 2001 14:20 An: debian-user@lists.debian.org Betreff: Re: X problems after upgrade Hi, to solve the problem of the error message X: cannot stat /etc/X11/X (No such file or directory), aborting. giving up. xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to X server xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error. create a link to XFree86 in /etc/X11. $ cd /etc/X11 $ ln -s /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 X Bye, Sven
Re: Xfree86 4.0.2 problems when using XF86Setup on testing distribution
Don't use XF86Setup to setup X 4. Use xf86config instead. The graphical tools have never worked very well with X 4. You might want to take a look at http://www.xfree86.org/4.0.2/RELNOTES1.html#1. While they no longer say that the graphical tools won't work you will notice that XF86setup is *not* listed. This is for a reason. As to the other question. I would suggest that you might consider just going to testing. This is what worked best for me. Also keep in mind that if you do go to testing you will most likely have to grabe xserver-xfree86, xbase-clients, xbase-fonts, and the other font packaages by hand. It is kind of a pain but all in all it is worth it as X 4 is much better. Also for me testing as been very stable. -- Original Message -- From: Walter Tautz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Walter Tautz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 09:50:50 -0500 (EST) > > >On 27 Feb 2001, Jonas Wolz wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I'm running a Potato (2.2r2) system and want to upgrade it to Xfree86 4.0.2 >> using the updated packages from the debian server. >> My question: Will the binary packages run on my system without problems or do I >> have to take the source package ? >> > >Xfree version 4 is different kettle of fish from X 3.3. I am currently having difficulty >getting it work as the XF86Setup program claims it succeeds but when I run startx I get >errors (looks like it's time to read the manpage): (NOTE. when XF86Setup tries the non SVGA >X-server, ATI Mach64 it starts or at least that is the way it looks, alas, I can NOT switch >to another tty to confirm whether the process I think is indeed running... sigh... > >Error message: > > > >on 4.0.2 / X Window System >(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6400) >Release Date: 18 December 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 2.2.18 i686 [ELF] >Module Loader present >(==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Mon Feb 26 20:25:25 2001 >(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4" >Data incomplete in file /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 >Device section "Primary Card" must have a Driver line. >(EE) Problem parsing the config file >(EE) Error from xf86HandleConfigFile() > >See the attached XF86Config-4 file > >-walter > >
RE: login & .bash_profile questions
You have to uncomment the inclusion of ~/.bashrc in ~/.bash_profile for ~/.bashrc's settings to be evaluated. After this log out of your shell & log back in for settings to take effect. -George > -Original Message- > From: Tom Schuetz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 10:03 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: login & .bash_profile questions > > > I've RTFM, but I'm still not sure what the best place to put > stuff I want to happen at login is. > > Is it safe to append stuff like 'alias ls='ls --color'' to > the .bash_profile? Will that even work? .bashrc has that in > it, uncommented, but it doesn't kick in. > > I'd appreciate any help. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
Re: ltx2rtf compiles on RedHat 6.2 but not on debian 2.2
How does it fail? What's the error message? -- Andrew J Perrin - Ph.D. Candidate, UC Berkeley, Dept. of Sociology Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA - http://demog.berkeley.edu/~aperrin [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 27 Feb 2001, Nabil Hathout wrote: > Hello, > > I want to compile ltx2rtf on a debian machine, but the make fails. However, it > works on a redhat 6.2, but the binary file Segm-Faults on debian 2.2. Did > someone have an idea on the way to get it work on debian ? Is it a problem of > gcc version ? > > thank you, > > --Nabil > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
cvs problems using cvs co -r woody boot-floppies
Keep getting the exact error (when running cvs co -r woody boot-floppies) ... cvs server: Updating boot-floppies/special cvs server: Updating boot-floppies/special/tecra cvs server: Updating boot-floppies/special/v30 cvs server: Updating boot-floppies/utilities U boot-floppies/utilities/.cvsignore U boot-floppies/utilities/Makefile U boot-floppies/utilities/floppy_split.c U boot-floppies/utilities/floppy_split.h cvs server: Updating boot-floppies/utilities/bf-utf cvs [server aborted]: out of memory; can not allocate 26 bytes cvs [server aborted]: out of memory; can not allocate 79 bytes Who do I report this to. Is it my fault? (I am running the testing distribution) NOTE I keep getting the exact same error message and it always stops at the bf-utf line. No matter how often I run this ... -walter
Re: NAT/MASQ in single NIC
Hi If you don't have a dial up ppp0, I assume you have things like DSL or cable. And if that is the case, you better off with 2 NICs since the collisions between the network and the internet is so high that it makes it not worth it to have only sigle NIC. Edwin Lau On Tue, 27 Feb 2001 08:11:01 Ker Ruben Ramos wrote: > is it possible to do NAT/MASQ in single NIC with two ip address? if yes, > then how? > > my comp has no dialup PPP > > IPs : 203.170.2.x and 192.168.1.1 > > and I want to masq 192.168.1.1/24 > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Edwin Lau ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
WindowMaker Question
Is there a "dock" program like "xbiff" that will visually notify me when my fetchmail daemon gets email delivered to me? -- Christopher W. Aiken, Scenery Hill, Pa, USA chris at cwaiken dot com, www.cwaiken.com : A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk, I have a work station
KDE packages being held back
Hello, This morning I attempted to apt-get update; apt-get dist-upgrade. I am told that the new KDE packages are being held back. Does anyone know why they should be held back? So I attempted to upgrade the KDE packages through dselect. The dependencies show that kscd depends on libasound which recommends alsa-base. My sound is working fine so I don't want to install any of the alsa packages. I cannot seem to purge or put on hold the alsa packages. What do I do to get the KDE upgrades? Thanks, Anthony
RE: WindowMaker Question
Hi, yes it does. Take a look at "The Dock App Warehouse" http://www.bensinclair.com/dockapp/ -- Pascal > -Message d'origine- > De: Christopher W. Aiken [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: mardi 27 février 2001 15:52 > À: Debian Users > Objet: WindowMaker Question > > > > Is there a "dock" program like "xbiff" that will visually > notify me when my fetchmail daemon gets email delivered > to me? > > -- > Christopher W. Aiken, Scenery Hill, Pa, USA > chris at cwaiken dot com, www.cwaiken.com > : > A bus station is where a bus stops. > A train station is where a train stops. > On my desk, I have a work station > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
Re: How does Debian handle local mail?
Stan Brown wrote: > How does Debian handle mail local to the machien? > > And where can I find out how the mail system is configured? There does > not seem > to be an /etc/mail directory. Who gets mail for whom is in /etc/aliases and is generated by exim. I use the default exim MTA with fetchmail, procmail (sorts and filters to folders) and mutt for threading/reading. -- LINUX~~nobody owns it~~everybody can use it~~anybody can improve it ~~~
apt-get..
Would this be the correct line to add for upgrading to testing: http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/ main contrib non-free ? Then I would just do an apt-get update followed by a apt-get dist upgrade? Thanks for your help in advance
pppconfig
I still have a problem establishing a connection to my ISP. I would like to establish email and connect my Netscape/StarOffice to the net. I have run pppconfig and ran "pon ridgenet" but nothing happens. I noted that I didn't have a "/dev/modem" so I created the following: ln -sf /dev/ttyS2 /dev/modem. Was I correct in creating the link? My desire is to call up Netscape and or StarOffice and send/receive email and browse the web. Is this the route to firing up my Netscape/StarOffice and send and receive email and use either for a web browser?? thanks [EMAIL PROTECTED] The following are a few of the selection in the pppconfig setup. Speed 115200 Port speed Com /dev/ttyS2 Modem com port Method PAP Authentication method The ISP claims PAP is the proper method, and I have tried the other schemes. Script from : /etc/chatscripts/providerridgenet # This chatfile was generated by pppconfig 2.0.5.# Please do not delete any of the comments. Pppconfig needs them.# # ispauth PAP# abortstringABORT BUSY ABORT 'NO CARRIER' ABORT VOICE ABORT 'NO DIALTONE' ABORT 'NO DIAL TONE' ABORT 'NO ANSWER'# modeminit'' ATZ# ispnumberOK-AT-OK ATDTreplace_with_number3750771# ispconnectCONNECT \d\c# prelogin# ispname# isppassword# postlogin# end of pppconfig stuff Script from: /etc/ppp/peers/providerridgenet # This optionfile was generated by pppconfig 2.0.5. # #hide-password noauthconnect "/usr/sbin/chat -v -f /etc/chatscripts/providerridgenet"debug/dev/ttyS2115200defaultroutenoipdefault user replace_with_your_login_namehammack ipparam providerridgenetremotename providerridgenet
Re: pppconfig
>From John Hammack, I misstated the part about pppconfig. It is a screen from pppconfig that specifies "Reviewing and changing entries. I still don't have ppp configured. I am revising my previous posting. Thank for you response. John - Original Message - From: "John Hasler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 9:40 AM Subject: Re: pppconfig > hammack writes: > > I still have a problem establishing a connection to my ISP. > > I don't understand what you mean by "The following is the pppconfig:", but > it appears that the instructions in pppconfig are not clear enough. You > have appended the phone number, username, etc to the place holders instead > of replacing the placeholders with the proper string. "replace_with..." > means exactly what it says: backspace over the placeholder and type in the > appropriate string in its place. > -- > John Hasler > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) > Dancing Horse Hill > Elmwood, WI > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ltx2rtf compiles on RedHat 6.2 but not on debian 2.2
The make log is below : hathout:~/ltx2rtf/src-gcc>make -f makefile.lnx rm -f main.o gcc -g -funsigned-char -c fonts.c -o fonts.o gcc -g -funsigned-char -c cdirect.c -o cdirect.o gcc -g -funsigned-char -c commands.c -o commands.o gcc -g -funsigned-char -c stack.c -o stack.o gcc -g -funsigned-char -c funct1.c -o funct1.o gcc -g -funsigned-char -c funct2.c -o funct2.o gcc -g -funsigned-char -c ignore.c -o ignore.o gcc -g -funsigned-char -DLIBDIR=\"/usr/local/lib/ltx2rtf\" -c main.c -o main.o main.c: In function `Convert': main.c:491: invalid operands to binary == make: *** [main.o] Error 1 the compilation works fine on my colleage's redhat machine with egcs-2.91.66. (on my debian machine, gcc is 2.95.2) Andrew Perrin writes: > How does it fail? What's the error message? > > -- > Andrew J Perrin - Ph.D. Candidate, UC Berkeley, Dept. of Sociology > Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA - http://demog.berkeley.edu/~aperrin > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Tue, 27 Feb 2001, Nabil Hathout wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I want to compile ltx2rtf on a debian machine, but the make fails. > > However, it > > works on a redhat 6.2, but the binary file Segm-Faults on debian 2.2. Did > > someone have an idea on the way to get it work on debian ? Is it a problem > > of > > gcc version ? > > > > thank you, > > > > --Nabil > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >
DPKG Errors w/Lilo?
I cannot figure out why it crashes. The following packages have been kept back netbase 102 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.17 packages not fully installed or removed.Need to get 0B/56.0MB of archives. After unpacking 479kB will be used.Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Setting up apt (0.5.0) ... Setting up debconf (0.5.65) ... (Reading database ... 30813 files and directories currently installed.)Preparing to replace lilo 1:21.6-10 (using .../lilo_1%3a21.7-1_i386.deb) ...already preserved: boot.balready preserved: boot-menu.balready preserved: chain.balready preserved: os2_d.b Rotating files /boot/*.preserve to avoid breakage on upgradeerror: cannot stat /etc/lilo-rotate.conf: No such file or directorydpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/lilo_1%3a21.7-1_i386.deb (--unpack): subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1Preparing to replace slang1-dev 1.4.1-1 (using .../slang1-dev_1.4.4-1_i386.deb) ...Unpacking replacement slang1-dev ...Preparing to replace slang1 1.4.1-1 (using .../slang1_1.4.4-1_i386.deb) ...Unpacking replacement slang1 ...Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/lilo_1%3a21.7-1_i386.debE: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
freeze when mounting cd image using loop
Hi I am having trouble trying to mount a cd image with the command mount -t iso9660 -o ro,loop=/dev/loop0 cd_image /cdrom I insert the loop module beforehand, but then the mount command just freezed at the prompt. (not the system) and I tried to umount it. again the command freezed. I tried to kill it with -9. and I can't kill it. when I try to do a ps ax it showed up with a status of DL. when I tried to shutdown the system, it freezed the shutdown (shutdown incorrectly) Someone know what's happening? Edwin Lau ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Root Password problem
ok .. i am a little new are retriving passwords with debian or anyh flavor of linux My boss decided to play sysop while i was home sick .. so how he changes the root password .. I have the machine here .. ( it doesn't have a cd-rom drive ) my question how can i change the root password back . Thanks in advance Daniel
Re: Samba problem
Doh! That would probably explain it, then. I didn't think I needed System V IPC - guess I was wrong. :( I'll recompile tonight and see what happens... Thanks for the help. :) Jason > > > [2001/02/26 22:26:28, 0] locking/shmem_sysv.c:sysv_shm_open(566) > > Can't create or use semaphore [1]. Error was Function not implemented > > [2001/02/26 22:26:28, 0] locking/locking.c:locking_init(174) > > ERROR: Failed to initialise share modes > > looks like you compiled your kernel without System V IPC. a lot of > things can break this way, not just samba! > you need to recompile the kernel. > > pietro. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
Re: freeze when mounting cd image using loop
Hmm, I don´t know if this will be actually helpful, but I usually just `modprobe loop; mount -o loop -t iso9660 blafasel.iso`, eg without any mention of /dev/loopX... hth, &rw On Tue, 27 Feb 2001 06:43:01 EST, Chun Kit Edwin Lau writes: > I am having trouble trying to mount a cd image with the command > >mount -t iso9660 -o ro,loop=/dev/loop0 cd_image /cdrom -- / Ing. Robert Waldner | Network Engineer | T: +43 1 89933 F: x533 \ \ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |KPNQwest/AT | DSA key ID: C33A2BC0 /
Re: Root Password problem
I'm assuming the "ask the boss for the new password" part hasn't worked? Daniel Ray wrote: > ok .. i am a little new are retriving passwords with debian or anyh > flavor of linux My boss decided to play sysop while i was home sick > .. so how he changes the root password .. I have the machine here .. ( > it doesn't have a cd-rom drive ) my question how can i change the > root password back . Thanks in advance Daniel
kevin
Hi Kevin , this is Shirley Dweck, Hank Dwecks daughter. When you fixed our computer (on east fourth street in Brooklyn) do you know if anyone saved the documents on a disc? If so, do you know where it is? Please write back as soon as you get a chance. Thank you very much for your help. Shirley Dweck [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Root Password problem
I guess it did not... ;) -Original Message- From: Mike Dresser [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 2:04 PM To: Daniel Ray Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Root Password problem I'm assuming the "ask the boss for the new password" part hasn't worked? Daniel Ray wrote: > ok .. i am a little new are retriving passwords with debian or anyh > flavor of linux My boss decided to play sysop while i was home sick > .. so how he changes the root password .. I have the machine here .. ( > it doesn't have a cd-rom drive ) my question how can i change the > root password back . Thanks in advance Daniel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: apt-get..
On Tue, Feb 27, 2001 at 11:00:45AM -0500, Dale Kosan wrote: > Would this be the correct line to add for upgrading to testing: > http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/ main contrib non-free ? > Then I would just do an apt-get update followed by a apt-get dist > upgrade? Thanks for your help in advance try apt-setup as described at groups.yahoo.com/group/newbiedoc/files/apt-get-intro.html then you should be able to change 'stable' to 'testing' or 'unstable' in /etc/apt/sources.list to suit your purposes, i'd think. -- It is always hazardous to ask "Why?" in science, but it is often interesting to do so just the same. -- Isaac Asimov, 'The Genetic Code' [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://groups.yahoo.com/group/newbieDoc -- we need your brain! http://www.dontUthink.com/ -- your brain needs us!
alien/perl
I was trying to install alien in order to convert some rpm's to deb's, so I downloaded the latest version of alien in deb format. I tried to dpkg --install it, but it balked at my not having the package "perl" installed on my system. I have perl-5.005, perl-5.005-base, perl-5.005-doc, perl-5.005-suid, and perl-base installed. I then went to dselect to try to find a package called "perl", which there is, but it conflicts with perl-5.005-base. A lot of other packages depend on the perl-5.005 packages, so installing the plain 'perl' package would break them. I'm new to debian/linux, so I don't want to mess things up by removing perl-5.005, but I want to get alien installed. Any solutions/suggestions? Also, I tried to dpkg --install perl-5.6.0-20_i386.deb from the unstable section, and again the problem of many of my packages depending on the perl-5.005 packages came up. -JB __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
need some help with ELM
This is actually a touch off-topic, but figured I'd throw it out, anyway. I have a website hosted on a RH box with a shell account. I'm trying to get ELM setup properly to read my mail from the shell. ELM was already installed, but nothing was configured. I am able to access my mail by using the 'elm -f inbox' command, but things are still not configured correctly. New messages are not identified with an 'N' (there's no ID at all), my return address is set to the box hostsname rather than my domain name. Come to think of it, none of the messages are identified at all (r for replied, N for new, etc) except for delete. I have looked around a bit for config information but have found nothing. Can anyone help me configure this properly or point me to documents that would help with this? Thanks.
Re: apt-get..
"Dale Kosan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Would this be the correct line to add for upgrading to testing: >http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/ main contrib non-free ? Nearly: deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free >Then I would just do an apt-get update followed by a apt-get dist >upgrade? 'apt-get dist-upgrade', but yes, that's right. Good luck! -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: alien/perl
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I was trying to install alien in order to convert some >rpm's to deb's, so I downloaded the latest version of >alien in deb format. That would be the one from unstable, then? That requires unstable's perl packages, which have been reorganized. Just use the one in your current distribution. >Also, I tried to dpkg --install perl-5.6.0-20_i386.deb >from the unstable section, and again the problem of >many of my packages depending on the perl-5.005 >packages came up. Again - don't, unless you want to upgrade to unstable. Even in unstable a lot of packages still haven't been updated to cope with the reorganization. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: "ldconfig not found in PATH"
John Kerr Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I have been getting the following message when trying use dselect: > >dpkg: `ldconfig' not found on PATH. >dpkg: 1 expected program(s) not found on PATH. >NB: root's PATH should usually contain /usr/local/sbin, /usr/sbin and >/sbin. So, if you type 'echo $PATH' in the root shell where you ran dselect, what do you get? -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
FTP fails
I have Debian 2.2_2 set up on my office PC. I have wu-fptd installed and running. I can "rlogin", "ssh", "telnet", etc. into my desktop PC from any other PC's on our LAN. What I can't to is FTP into my system. I get the following: >ftp n4cwaiken9 Connected to n4cwaiken9. 220 n4cwaiken9.ansys.com FTP server (Version wu-2.6.0(1) Name (n4cwaiken9:cwa): cwaiken 331 Password required for cwaiken. Password: 530 Login incorrect. Login failed. ftp> I removed wu-ftp and installed proftpd and I have the same problem. It will not accept my password. What am I missing? -- Christopher W. Aiken, Scenery Hill, Pa, USA chris at cwaiken dot com, www.cwaiken.com : A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk, I have a work station
Forbidden
Why the hell am I getting forbidden errors all of a sudden? All files have the correct permissions, but I still get forbidden errors.
Re: Root Password problem
he doesn't know what he did .. the system is on a video/mouse/keybroard switch box see it was my fault leaving the system login as root in the frist place .. since i am the only person that knows the system .. I didn't think there would have been a problem. hind sight is 20/20 sorry for the delay .. was at lunch Daniel
Re: Forbidden
Quoting Ken Sandell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Why the hell am I getting forbidden errors all of a sudden? > > All files have the correct permissions, but I still get forbidden errors. Because you shouldn't do that. (Whatever *that* is.) Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.
Re: How did linux corrupt hda1 (C: drive) fat16 filesystem?
Quoting Matthew Dalton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > M David Tilson wrote: > > > You didn't do 'cp foo /dev/hda1', did you? > > > > > Probably yes. Is there any way to recover? > > Have you tried running fsck.msdos under Linux? Not yet. First, I had to reinstall linux. Got potato up, but having xwoes etc etc. Found fsck in /sbin; but my versions do not include fsck.msdos. fsck reports that /mnt/hda1 has been corrupted Incidentally, how do you search debian cdrom for fsck.msdos. Locate doesn't seem to work. I find the debs, but they are all organized in packages (like communications, etc), and I don't know where to look. THanks, dave
Re: Lexmark E312
If you install the unstable version of magicfilter (1.2-42), it contains a filter for the E312 (which is a patch to the ps600-filter to handle PCL and PJL). Bob On Tue, Feb 27, 2001 at 01:29:02AM -0500, Alec Smith wrote: > I thought it may be useful to have the below information archived for > anyone thinking about the Lexmark E312 in the future. > > > -- Forwarded message -- > Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 22:48:43 -0500 > From: S.Salman Ahmed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Alec Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Lexmark E312 > > > "Alec" == Alec Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Alec> I did a quick search of the Debian mailing list and saw that > Alec> you've got a Lexmark E312 running under Linux. I'm looking > Alec> towards buying one and would appreciate any comments you may > Alec> have about how to get it working and how it performs. Also, > Alec> which version do you have? The E312L or the straight E312? The > Alec> L model is about $75 cheaper but doesn't do PostScript which > Alec> is OK by me if it will run on a Potato system. > Alec> > > Alec, > > I saw your message on debian-user and was about to reply when I saw your > direct email. I bought the Lexmark Optra E312 - NOT the Optra E312L. The > E312 does native postscript. It comes w/ 4Mb RAM and speaks true > Postscript and PCL6. > > I bought this printer based on the recommendations of > http://www.linuxprinting.org. You can get more info on this model from: > > http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=321929 > http://www.lexmark.com/canada/printers/laser/Optra/E312.html > > I was able to get this printer kinda working with CUPS. The only problem > I have with CUPS is that when I spool text files from the command line, > they don't get printed out. Spooling postscript files from the command > line or printing via applications that generate postscript output > directly works perfectly however. > > Currently I have this printer configured using lprng together with > magicfilter (using the psonly600 filter). With lprng+magicfilter, I can > print any file from either the command line or from any application and > they print perfectly. But to be perfectly honest, I don't use this > printer all that much. > > I just noticed that the Debian unstable CUPS packages have not been > updated since they are still at version 1.1.4-3 even though the upstream > CUPS packages are version 1.1.6 (which have probably fixed the bug that > I described above about not being able to print text files from the > command line). > > I had sent emails to the Debian CUPS maintainer asking to update the > packages to the newer upstream version, but haven't heard from him!! > > BTW, the printer works like a charm in Windows - I have used mine under > Windows NT Workstation 4.0 and Windows 2000. > > Bottom line is: > > (1) the printer quality is excellent, and you can configure many > different printing options and settings if you experiment with > magicfilter, lprng, apsfilter and the plethora of printing filters and > software that are available on Debian. > > (2) this postscript printer is a lot cheaper than a similar offering > from HP (the HP 1100 I think, which when I checked about 3 months ago > was approx. CDN$400 more than the Optra E312), and is excellent for home > use both cost wise and quality wise. > > (3) having a postscript printer makes life a lot easier in UNIX-land > (Linux, *BSD, Solaris, etc.) and Windows land as well. > > My recommendation is that if you can afford to spend the extra $75, go > for it. It's worth it. Also, Lexmark has been very good about releasing > drivers, albeit closed-source binary only drivers, for Linux. > > BTW, under Debian using lprng and magicfilter you can configure this > printer (assuming you have the necessary options configured in your > kernel) in less than a minute! > > Both the Lexmark E312L and E312 are fairly recent offerings and you > should have no problem running either one on debian potato or woody or > sid with kernel 2.2 or 2.4. FWIW, I am running sid with kernel 2.4.2. > > HTH. > > Regards, > > -- > Salman Ahmed > ssahmed AT pathcom DOT com > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bainbridge Island, WA http://www.oz.net/~nielsen IOTA NA-065, USI WA-028S
Re: Root Password problem
reboot the machine. When lilo comes up, tap shift. your prompt should change to LILO boot: type linux init=/bin/sh mount -o remount -o rw /dev/hda1 /(assuming your partition is hda1, of course) passwd change your password now, it'll tell you it was changed successfully. and reboot you'll be all set then =) This is why you never a) let your boss near the machine b) give him the root passwords c) leave a console logged in for him to "play with and learn from" Mike Dresser sysadmin Windsor Machine & Stamping Daniel Ray wrote: > he doesn't know what he did .. the system is on a > video/mouse/keybroard switch box > > see it was my fault leaving the system login as root in the frist place .. > > since i am the only person that knows the system .. I didn't think there > would have been a problem.
Re: Root Password problem
also sprach Martin Marconcini (on Tue, 27 Feb 2001 02:49:25PM -0300): > > ok .. i am a little new are retriving passwords with debian or anyh > > flavor of linux My boss decided to play sysop while i was home sick > > .. so how he changes the root password .. I have the machine here .. ( > > it doesn't have a cd-rom drive ) my question how can i change the > > root password back . Thanks in advance Daniel reboot the thing, when the lilo prompt comes up, start it with init=/bin/sh where image is your kernel image alias as defined in lilo.conf, and as visible when you hit tab at the prompt. this will boot straight into a root shell from which you can change the root password without it being logged even. this is horrible and it basically means that console access to a linux machine means root rights. there are two steps that any system administrator should take IMHO, and these are disabling floppy/cdrom boots as well as setting a password on the bios, and setting lilo's timeout to 0. if this is all taken care off, then you can recover by enabling floppy boot and rescueing that system. an attacker would have to open the box and reset (or crack) the bios. martin [greetings from the heart of the sun]# echo [EMAIL PROTECTED]:1:[EMAIL PROTECTED]@@@.net -- printer not ready. could be a fatal error. have a pen handy?
Re: Root Password problem
1. boot the system with a rescue floppy. 2. mount the root hard drive partition (assuming /etc doesn't have its own partition). 3. edit /etc/shadow so that the first line has no text between the first and second colons. 4. reboot. root now has no password. pete On Tue 27 Feb 01, 1:10 PM, Daniel Ray said: > he doesn't know what he did .. the system is on a > video/mouse/keybroard switch box > > see it was my fault leaving the system login as root in the frist place .. > > since i am the only person that knows the system .. I didn't think there > would have been a problem. > > > hind sight is 20/20 > > > sorry for the delay .. was at lunch > > > > Daniel > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- "...and here is fortress ovum being stormed by [EMAIL PROTECTED] millions of tiny warriors..."www.dirac.org/p -- Robert "Schweitzer" Picardo pgp42eBiUd7Am.pgp Description: PGP signature
pivot_root: where?
Hi, I am trying to make an initrd (without much succes yet). It is supposed to do the following: - mount an hfs filesystem on /mnt - mount a loopback ext2 filesystem from /mnt/linux.img on /new-root - set /new-root as the new root device - boot from it The doc about initrd in /usr/src/Docs tells me that I have to run pivot_root for the third step and that this command should be in util-linux. I have downloaded it from woody, but the command was not there. Tried several things, but without succes. I think I have to do something with rdev, but the docs are very limited. Can anybody help? Thanks in advance, Sebastiaan
Re: Forbidden
"Ken Sandell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Why the hell am I getting forbidden errors all of a sudden? > >All files have the correct permissions, but I still get forbidden errors. Permissions on the chain of parent directories up to the root? .htaccess files? Access rules in your web server configuration files? Without details the best we can do is guess ... Oh, please be a bit less abrupt. We're a volunteer support forum; nobody's getting paid to look after you. Thanks, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Root Password problem
If you use lilo (or grub) : if you normally boot by typing "linux" type instead "linux init=/bin/bash" (or /bin/sh, /bin/tcsh the shell you use/like) it will do a minimal boot ( you don't have anything ) and a shell root. Now do "passwd" and you should be able to type a new password without supplying the old one Good Luck Romain PS: if for some reason this does not work, I think you can also boot on a floppy (if you can't tweak your lilo), mount your usual root partition and erase the crypted fields of /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow. This means root doesn't have a password anymore... Then reboot (if you booted from a floppy) and change the root passwd immediately."if prompted for the older passwd just press Return" On Tue, 27 Feb 2001, Daniel Ray wrote: > ok .. i am a little new are retriving passwords with debian or anyh flavor of > linux > > > My boss decided to play sysop while i was home sick .. > > so how he changes the root password .. > > I have the machine here .. ( it doesn't have a cd-rom drive ) > > my question how can i change the root password back . > > > Thanks in advance > > Daniel >
