problem during boot-up
Hi folks, More about my upgrading problem. Using 'scroll-lock', I can read the following message during boot-up. Starting system log daemon : syslogd syslogd : cannot create /dev/log : address family not supported by protocol Does the above symptom ring a bell? Jack __Do You Yahoo!?Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
Problem still there
Hi, Yes, I used a 'hand-made' 2.6.3 kernel. I checked the kernel config to ensure that 'Unix domain sockets' is selected. I even re-create kernel from the source but the problem is still there. Further suggestions, pls. Cheers Jack __Do You Yahoo!?Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
Problem re-stated
Hi folks, I will re-state my problem. I had been running 'stable' for months when I decided to upgrade to 'testing' via the net. I did a apt 'update' followed by a 'dist upgrade'. Because the number of bytes to be downloaded exceeded my volume-based subscription for the month, I had to continue the upgrade the following month when I had accumulated enough volume. But then the system can only boot-up in basic command-line mode, without proper log, and cannot go online. Using 'scroll-lock', I can read the following message during boot-up. Starting system log daemon : syslogd syslogd : cannot create /dev/log : address family not supported by protocol Upon examining the log files: /var/log/syslog has only one line as follows: debian syslogd 1.4 #15 restart.XFree86.0.log is as follows:_XSERVTransSocketOpen: socket failed for local..Fatal server error:Cannot establish any listening sockets - Make sure an X server isn't already running. For your info, I was running a 2.6.3 kernel which I made from source. I had checked that 'Unix domain socket' was selected in the kernel config. I had re-make the kernel. dpkg --configure -a did not throw up any erroneous packages. Any suggestions pls reply on-list. Thanks. Jack Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! Get yours free!
syslogd problem
HI, I'm still stuck with this problem. syslogd : cannot create /dev/log : address family not supported by protocol The whole system is working only in basic command-line mode. Someone suggested downloading the 'Debian Installer' but that would eat into my monthly subscription volume which I want to reserve for the upgrading to 'sarge'. Isn't anyone out there that has solved a problem like mine before? Jack Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses.
Unresolved symbol
Hi, I think my syslog problem is more fundamental than I had thought. When I try to re-build the kernel, I encountered depmod: Unresolved symbol ... There are about 10 of these spread through .../drivers/.., .../fs/.. and ../net/atm/.. Are some files missing somewhere? Jack Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! Get yours free!
Fwd: problem solved
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Cannot display with 1024x768 res
Hi folks, This is an old problem that I can coming back to. I have not been able to select a res of 1024x768 for the display. If I select this res, the system will not boot into graphics mode. This is not a lack of memory problem for sure because I can use it under Win XP. I am running 'stable'. Could this be the problem? Jack __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - now with 250MB free storage. Learn more. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: cannot display with res of 1024x768
Hi folks, I'm afraid it's not that simple. I had tried it with 1024x768, it had not work that's why I took it out. Ohterwise I would not be able to go into graphics mode. Similarly for videoram. Try harder for me pls. Reply onlist pls. thks Jack __Do You Yahoo!?Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
re: cannot display with res 1024x768
Hi Ron, I have tried varying the no. of bits for color. I am sorry if you felt insulted but I too felt insulted by suggestions which are too obvious. But good suggestions are still welcomed. Cheers Jack __ Do you Yahoo!? All your favorites on one personal page Try My Yahoo! http://my.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
re: cannot display with res 1024x768
Hi, No one got any solution to my problem? I think this mail-list is dying. The number of pages per month has been in decline for the past months. Fewer people are posting, and fewer still are getting any solution to the problem posed. Any opinions to the contrary ? Jack Do you Yahoo!? Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone.
re: cannot display with res 1024x768
Hi, You can read through all the mails concerning my problem in Debian's Dec User mail-list by "Author". Cheers Jack Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - now with 250MB free storage. Learn more.
mounting cd-rw
Hi folks, I have problem trying to mount my Benq 52x32x52 cd-rw with command and error as attached. Where is my mistake? Thks Jack __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com debian:/cdrom# mount /dev/hdc -t ext2 /cdrom mount: block device /dev/hdc is write-protected, mounting read-only mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdc, or too many mounted file systems
Re: mounting cd-rw
I havd tried that. It doesn't help. Let's start from the beginning. If I have a blank cd-rw that I want to use in Linux. Do I have to do any steps before even attempting to mount it? I had assumed that all I need is to mount it and then do the file copying. Have I missed a step or two, like formatting, for instance? Jackjano kupec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: the cdrom/cdrw filesystem is iso9660, i think, so mount it with -t iso9660i hope this helpsjanojack kinnon wrote:>Hi folks,>>I have problem trying to mount my Benq 52x32x52 cd-rw>with command and error as attached.>>Where is my mistake?>>Thks>>Jack>> >>debian:/cdrom# mount /dev/hdc -t ext2 /cdrom>mount: block device /dev/hdc is write-protected, mounting read-only>mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdc,> or too many mounted file systems>> > Do you Yahoo!? Send a seasonal email greeting and help others. Do good.
Using cd-rw
Hi, I have read from the Net a howto about using cd-rw. It suggested that for a ide-atapi drive, of which mine is, the first thing to do is to config kernel to emulate scsi drive. Is this a must? Jack __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
re: using cd-rw
Hi, Is there a 'cd-rw howto' for Debian? Or one that is applicable to Debian too? Jack __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
System failed after upgraded aborted
Hi folks, My system could not go into graphics mode after I failed to upgrade from 'stable' to 'testing'. /var/log/syslog has only one line as follows: debian syslogd 1.4 #15 restart. XFree86.0.log is as follows:_XSERVTransSocketOpen: socket failed for local.. Fatal server error:Cannot establish any listening sockets - Make sure an X server isn't already running. Pls help.Thks Jack Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! Get yours free!
Re:System failed after upgrade aborted
Hi, I don't know which package is the culprit. Neither can I continue with the upgrading because I did it online and the current state of the system does not allow me to do that. Can I downgrade back to 'stable'? And how do I do that ? Jack __Do You Yahoo!?Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
xfree86 4.4.0
Hi folks, Is Xfree86 4.4.0 available for Debian stable? If so, how do I download a copy? Cheers __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: xfree86 4.4.0
Hi, I'm not familiar with those licencing stuff. Does it mean that future software fr xfree86 will no more be free? I have tried to search apt-get.org but it doesn't seem to work. It can't find even Debian packages I am currently using. Looks like I have to stick with 4.3.0 for the moment. How do I set the DPI? Can't do it thro' XF86Config-4. Cheers __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
re: Prolink Hurricane 8000 ADSL modem
Hi, I am able to 'make' amedyn now after downloading libusb and its dependent files from a debian site. Facing 'connection time-out' problem now but I have also found a forum in 'sourceforge' which is a more suitable place to discuss the Hurricane 8000. Cheers Do you Yahoo!?Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs
re:https
Hi folks, Thanks for the suggestion. It was the browser alright. I was using 'Konqueror 2.2.2" which does not have SSL support. Have switched to Mozilla. Cheers Do you Yahoo!?SBC Yahoo! - Internet access at a great low price.
pen tablet
Hi folks, I have one more device to config for Linux; a Genius wizardpen 5x4 pen tablet. Net search came up with a driver which requires XFree86 source and the installation procedure seems weird. A search thro' Debian package does not provide an alternative. I know that kernel-2.6.3 has support for Wacom tablet. Is there any later version that supports the Genius tablet? Have a nice weekend. Cheers Do you Yahoo!?SBC Yahoo! - Internet access at a great low price.
kernel and kdm problems
Hi folks, I have not been able to communicate for the last half month because my volume-based subscription had reached it's limit (crazily downloading after I got the modem to work). In additon to the ADSL modem, I have now got my Genius wizardpen tablet working as well, not fully though, it cannot simulate a mouse double-click. In the process of setting these up, I have also introduced some problems. Problem 1 In working on the tablet, I have to download the xfree86 source files and compile them, no problem here. This is all that is required for the tablet. But since I have the 4.3.1 source and I am currently using 4.1.1, I decided to do an upgrade. I do a 'make install'. This failed. After this, I could not boot up to kdm. The kdm.log indicated a "relocation error". a. How to deal with the error? b. Can I upgrade to xfree4.3.1 with the downloaded source files? Problem2 'make menuconfig' failed with the msg: 'scripts/lxdialog/dialog.h:29: curses.h: no such file or directory' I remember installing a libNcurses5 package which replaced a libcurses package. I think the two are mutually exclusive. Any suggestion? Cheers Do you Yahoo!?Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger
Backup to CD-RW
Hi folks, It's time for me to work out a good backup system. I am looking for a reliable software which is able to do incremental backup to a CD-RW. A search thro' the net throws up a lot but which one is best for Debian? Would appreciate some suggestions Cheers Do you Yahoo!?Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger
xfree86 'make isntall' error
Hi Thomas, My earlier msg about "c++ not available" was a mistake. The following is the error msg. make[4]: Entering directory `/usr/src/xc/lib/GL/GL' make[4]: *** No rule to make target `../../../lib/GL/glx/?*.o', needed by `libGL.so.1.2'. Stop. make[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/xc/lib/GL/GL' make[3]: *** [install] Error 2 make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/xc/lib/GL' make[2]: *** [install] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/xc/lib' make[1]: *** [install] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/xc' make: *** [install] Error 2 Hope this helps. Cheers __ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
no gui
Hi folks, My problem is getting worse. Now I can't go into gui, whether it's xdm or kdm. Before this, IIRC, I did a 'make' instead of 'make World' while building xfree86 4.3.0. Now when I do a 'startx' it would try to go into gui (screen re-sync) but return to command-line mode. When I do a 'startx >& xdm.log' and examine the log, there's no error. What's wrong? Cheers Do you Yahoo!?Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger
xfree86 4.3.0 build errors
Hi folks, I'm sorry the last mail was not explicit enough. Following 'make World' the following files and directory were reportedly not found: files: pam_appl.h, libxf86_os.a, png.h directory: ../exports/bin/xcursorgen What extra packages do I have to download? Cheers __Do You Yahoo!?Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
re:xfree86 4.3.0 build error
Hi The reason why I want to build from source is because I have the source files. It was downloaded via a friend's link which has an unlimited access. My own account is volume-based so I try to avoid downloading big files. How big is this package and where can I find it? Cheers Do you Yahoo!?Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger
gui basically ok
Hi folks, After a 'base-config' and selecting kdm as the display manager, I can enter kde by running 'startx' from command-line. Another words the system does not come up with a gui for login. Where is the error? How to start kdm from command-line? Cheers Do you Yahoo!?Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger
set up for Apache server
Hi folks, Next thing I want to do is to set up my machine as a web server using Apache. Any where to start? A good tutorial website perhaps? Or a reading list? Thks Do you Yahoo!?Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger
How to have better quality display?
Things are back to normal after I do an online-upgrade of kdm. I'm looking into the frills now. I am using Intel on-board Extreme Graphics. In xserver-xfree86 config, the selections are Vesa for controller and 800x600 for res. This does not give a good quality display. I'm sure Extremd Graphics can do better than this. Under WinXP it is like print-on-paper with non-jugged, smooth edges. Is there a better setting for the display? Cheers Do you Yahoo!?Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger
lWebsite creating software
Hi folks, I have installed Apache. Looking for a user-friendly (i.e. does not require programming) software to create web pages for website. Any available for Debian GNU?Linux? Cheers __ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Website creating software
Hi Thanks for the input. What I am referring to is something like the MS FrontPage, not just an ordinary editor. Cheers __ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re:Website creating software
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Cannot fill form in a web page
Hi folks, I am using Mozilla 1.0 and am having problem when I try to fill in the form of a webpage. A window pop up with the msg: This page contains information of a type (application/X-java-vm) that can only be viewed with the appropriate plug-in. Where do I get this X-java-vm? Cheers __ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to get better quality display
Hi folks, Sorry to have left out some details. My monitor is a HP Ultra VGA 1280 and my Intel chipset is 865G. I have upgraded xfree86 to 4.3.0. Don't see any improvement in display quality though. Now I can select i810 for controller. But even when I select res of 1024x768 and depth of 24 during config, the Xf86Config-4 file shows the highest res supported is 800x600 and the default depth 8. Any explanation? Cheers __ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re:Cannot fill form on a web page
Hi folks, Thanks for the info on jre. I can access www.apt-get.org but can't find any jre or jr2e package. There is a permanent error msg on the page. I prefer to install it as debian package. Is there any other site to get that package? Cheers Do you Yahoo!?Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger
kde file manager
Hi folks, The kde file manager takes too long to load up, about 40 seconds. Any way to speed it up? Cheers __ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cannot re-config xfree86
Hi folks, Problem after installing xfree86-4.3.0. Now when I do a 'dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86' the file XF86Config-4 is not updated. During the final stage of the installation, I have opted to use the old config files. Is it possible to re-run this stage of the operation? Cheers. __ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cannot re-config xfree86
Hi folks, I am able to run my desired settings by manually editing the XF86Config-4 file, selecting i810 controller, color depth of 24. The quality of the display has improved appreciably. I am selecting some warnings, error and information fr the log. Attaching the whole file would be wasting bandwidth. (WW) I810(0): Bad V_BIOS checksum (II) I810(0): Primary V_BIOS segment is: 0xc000 (WW) System lacks support for changing MTRRs (EE) GARTInit: Unable to open /dev/agpgart (No such device) (WW) I810(0): /dev/agpgart is either not available, or no memory is available for allocation. Using pre-allocated memory only. (II) I810(0): Not using built-in mode "1920x1440" (width too large for virtual size) (II) I810(0): Not using built-in mode "1600x1200" (width too large for virtual size) (II) I810(0): Not using built-in mode "1280x1024" (width too large for virtual size) (II) I810(0): Not using built-in mode "1024x768" (width too large for virtual size) (II) I810(0): 2564 kBytes additional video memory is required to enable tiling mode for DRI. (II) I810(0): 4 kBytes additional video memory is required to enable DRI. (II) I810(0): Disabling DRI. (--) I810(0): Virtual size is 800x600 (pitch 800 (**) I810(0): *Built-in mode "800x600" (**) I810(0): *Built-in mode "640x480" 1. How serious should the error and the warning be taken? Things are working OK. 2. Fr the (II), does it mean I cannot select a res of 1024x768 or higher? What about the DRI being disabled. What purpose does DRI serve? Cheers __ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re:Cannot re-config xfree86
Hi folks, The PC I am having is built from scratch. I buy the Intel 865GBFmotherboard w a 2.6GHz HT CPU, a 256MB single module memory, the storage peripherals, a chassis w a 450W PSU and assemble them up. The BIOS is fr Intel, the original was rev P10 but I had upgraded it to P14 a couple of months back. The on-board 865G chipset supports AGP which uses up to 64MB of the main memory for video RAM. Besides this there's also a 8x AGP slot. The BIOS video config is : AGP Aperture Size 64MB Primary Video Adapter AGP Frame Buffer Size 16MB I think the /dev/agpgart error and the DRI warning is because I don't have a card on the AGP slot and I have selected the device and DRI in the kernel config. My desired setting is 1024x768 res with 24-bit color. 64MB video ram should be able to support this, right? Cheers Do you Yahoo!?Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger
Better file manager
Hi folks, Is the file manager offered by KDE the best available for Debian GNU/Linux? As I mentioned before, it takes a long time to load up. Cheers Do you Yahoo!?Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger
Commercial-grade application software
Hi folks, I have now a working Linux system with an acceptable GUI and a broadband link for communication, all with freely available software. But without application software, they don't mean much. I'm looking for good application software in the areas of hardware and software design. In hardware design, I'm looking for E-CAD for analog and digital circuit design and simulation. Does SPICE run on Linux? In software design, I'm looking for development environment for C/C++-based programs. Recommendations and links to suitable sites would be appreciated. Cheers __Do You Yahoo!?Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: Better file manager
Hi, It's the file manager that is slow to load up because knoqueror browser comes up fast. mc is not too bad. I'm not able to apt-get xfe. Is it a 'stable' package? Cheers __ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Commercial-grade application software
Hi That's true, there are a lot of possible mix-and-match. I am looking for a completed one that may suit my needs. Basically I have in mind an integrated environment like those available fr Borland or MS. Cheers __ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
pen-mouse, dual-view
hi folks, A couple of questions. 1. I'm trying to config a system without keyboard or mouse. The idea is to use a pen-mouse with on-screen keyboard. In the Window XP, the pen-mouse and on-screen keyboard can be used from login onwards. But hardware keyboard is still required to interrupt the boot process and then to set-up the boot config. Will Debian GNU/Linux help to overcome this problem? 2. Does Debian GNU/Linux supports multi-view i.e. a system with two or more screens? Would appreciate some answers. Thanks. Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search - Find what youre looking for faster.
Upgrading
Thanks for the answers to my previous mail. Now one on upgrading. I know it's easy to upgrade from 'stable' to 'testing'; what about from 'compact' to 'vanilla' flavor? Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search - Find what youre looking for faster.
Floppyless installation
Thanks for the answer on upgrading. Now I want to do an Internet-based installation of a 'compact' flavor. This, I understand, avoids the use of a stack of floppies. It requires loading some initial files to the hard-disk, execute the correct files and then download more files from the Net. Folllowing instructions from the Debian sites, I had downloaded root.bin, install.bat, linux.bin, drivers.tgz, loadlin.exe. I edited install.bat so that the files referred in there has the right directory path. When I executed install.bat, in the 'cmd' window of XP, there was "Invalid keyboard code specified" in the beginning, followed by lines about CPU mode and ending with a line that reads "WARNING: Not enough free memory (load buffer size)." My PC has 256MB. Can someone tell me what's wrong? Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search - Find what youre looking for faster.
installation, Linux source code
hi folks, Thanks for the info on installation. Am considering using the 'minimal CD' option. It still requires 100+ MB of download. Seems rather big. What's in there? I haven't had a chance to download a Linux source. I know Linux is basically UNIX. C would be the source programming language. Does it's OOP derivative, C++, figure in Linux source code at all? What's the latest on the SCO claim? Will Linux continue to be free and open? What's chances of that? I am looking forward to some interesting answers. Have a nice day. Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search - Find what youre looking for faster.
More on installation
Hi folks, Thanks for the info on installation. I may not need to download any stuff. I have been passed a 'debian-30r1-i386-binary-1' cd-rom with 600+ MB of content. I start-off installation with a rescue.bin floppy, then the root.bin floppy, then proceed to load the drivers with drivers.tgz on the hard-disk. Next, to 'Install the Base System', I select cd-rom as the medium. Was prompted to 'Please place the first Debian cd-rom in the cd-rom drive.' which I did and then select 'choose from a list of all likely directories'. The response is "couldn't find directory containing basedebs.tar or lists/woody/main/binary-i386/Release.' Isn't what I have the 'first Debian cd-rom'? Could it be the format of the medium? The guy who passed me the cd-rom told me he has to do a 'mount -o loop -t iso9660..." to access the content, in Linux. What's your advice, folks? Just download basedeb.tar? Those replies on the fate of Linux is most interesting indeed. Ye, I support free and open Linux. Give it my 3L salute. Long Live Linux! Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search - Find what youre looking for faster.
more installation stuff
hi fiolks, Got started with the installation and encountered some problems. 1. I'm using a USB 56K modem. Window XP recognised it's port as COM3. In Debian installation, COM3 is /dev/ttyS2. No option for USB port? 2. I'm installation X-Window. I have two video ports, one is PCI S3ViRGE and the other is onboard Intel 82865G AGP. What's the X server driver for the Intel chip? I try out X-Window with the PCI controller. On boot-up, the screen goes blank and CTRL-ALT-F1 does not bring up the command-line screen. How now? Would appreciate some answers. Thanks Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search - Find what youre looking for faster.
installation kde, USB
Hi folks, Got X-Window working. Want to use kde but doesn't know how to start it. It's 'help manual' mentioned about simply replacing 'startx' with 'startkde' in the file .xinitrc. There's a 'xinitrc' file in /etc/X11 but there's no 'startx' in it. Where to look for it? USB modem is yet to be set-up. Yes, I am using 'compact stable'. The installation option only offers ttyS ports. Is USB not supported? have a nice weekend. Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - More reliable, more storage, less spam
installation, usb
Hi folks, Whether it's kde or usb, I'm putting them under one thread because they are problems I'm encountering during installation. My kernel version is 2.2.20. I'm referring to the port options available for modem during pppconfig. I'm keen to get the USB working; I've another device to get connected, a USB writing tablet. Cheers Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - More reliable, more storage, less spam
usb broadband modem
Hi folks, I want to upgrade to sid, via network installation. To deal with the download, I have upgraded to broadband service. The USB modem, which comes free with the subscription, is Prolink Hurricane 8000. Just found out from Prolink website this modem does not work with Linux. Hopefully the Linux community have developed a driver for it? Any pointer? Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time.
Upgraidng to 'testing'
Hi folks, Thanks for the link to the broadband modem driver. I was jumping the gun a bit. The driver is not going to help at this stage. I started off with 'stable' and a dial-up modem. Now I have upgraded to broadband. The idea was to have faster download to assist in upgrading to 'testing'. The trouble is that 'stable' only works with dial-up. INow I have 'stable' and broadband but cannot upgrade to 'testing'. Any suggestions ? Cheers Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway - Enter today
Upgrading to 'testing'
Hi folks, Thanks for the suggestions. And Kent, point taken. I'll be more explicit on every msg. First, my current set-up. I have 'stable' with a 2..2.20 kernel. My broadband modem is a Prolink Hurricane 8000 with a USB interface to the computer and a phone link to the wall phone socket. Under Window XP, it is configured for pppoE. I would like to use this set-up to upgrade from 'stable' to 'testing'; adding more network hardware is not an option. So, 'stable' does support broadband. It could be the kernel then. What's the link to the latest 'stable' kernel version? Cheers. Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway - Enter today
Upgrading kernel to 2.4.18
Hi folks, Thanks for the suggestion on the kernel. I could not go online under Linux to download anything until the modem is configured in. I just realise that the cd I have comes with kernel-source-2.4.18. So I carry out the steps for upgrading. Was really glad to discover that it supports ppp on Ethernet eventhough experimental only. I went through menu config, buildpackage etc, everything works fine all the way to the end with any error. But I could not reboot the system to the new version. Error msg : fsck.ext: No such file on the system while trying to open . the superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2 filesystem... There was a suggestion about creating a new superblock but it gives the same error msg when I tried it out. Any suggestion(s)? Cheers. Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway - Enter today
Setting up ADSL USB modem
Thanks Pigeon. The mistake was to set the ext2 selection to . I have upgraded to 2.4.18. Am working on the ADSL modem. Has anyone got the Prolink Hurricane 8000 modem working under Debian? I had downloaded some stuff from Linux.ie "Linux ZyXel 630-11 Modem Setup". The stuff is supposed to work to the Hurricane 8000 too. I followed the instructions but can't get pass step 5, "pre amedyn compilation", 'make' throw up a lot of errors. Had anyone tried this before? Cheers Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online by April 15th
kernel upgrading problem
Hi folks, I had successfully upgraded from 2.2.20 to 2.4.18 once. For some reason, I had to clear the system and start from 2.2.20. This time when I tried to upgrade to 2.4.18 again, I encountered the following error when executing 'menuconfig'. make -C scripts/lxdialog all /usr/bin/ls: cannot open file crt1.o: no such file or directory Have I miss out any package(s)? Cheers Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos: High-quality 4x6 digital prints for 25¢
https
Hi folks, I have set up my ADSL modem to work in Linux. I can read mails and surf web. There's a slight problem though. I can't do login from within a site, e.g., login to yahoo mail. A window would pop up with a msg "The protocol https is not supported". I had checked that the kdebase-libs is installed. I am running stable with kernel-2.6.3 and kde-2.2.2. Any suggestion would be appreciated. Cheers Do you Yahoo!?Yahoo! Movies - Buy advance tickets for 'Shrek 2'
problem in upgrading kernel from 2.4.18 to 2.6.3
Hi Thanks for the reply. I checked through .../Documentation/Changes. The GNU C minimal is 2.95.3. I have 2.95.4. I have higher version than required for 'make', 'binutils', 'util-linux' and 'module-init-tools'. I cannot do online install under Linux because the modem is not configured for Linux yet. What I am doing now is to download .tar.gz or .deb files to the Window partition, switch to Linux, mount the Win drive and cp over the files. For .tar.gz files I would 'tar' it and then follow the instructions in README and INSTALL. For .deb files, I would do a 'dpkg -i". This method is no good for package like gcc which has a lot of dependencies. Any other way I can do it? Cheers. Do you Yahoo!?Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs
re: problem in upgrading kernel from 2.4.18 to 2.6.3
Hi, kernel-package and libncurses5-dev are there. What I notice is that whatever that I mark as in the configuraion menu will give rise to the "Unresolved symbols ..." msg. Has it got to do with module-init-tools? This is present and of the right version. I run ver_linux to double-check. Any idea?? Cheers Do you Yahoo!?Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs
re: problem in upgrading kernel from 2.4.18 to 2.6.3
Hi Selecting all the items in Load Module Support doesn't help. Before the appearance of the "Unresolved symbols ...", the following statement was executed. if [-r System.map}; then /sbin/depmod -ae -F System.map -b /usr/src/linux/debian/tmp-image -r 2.6.3; fi A typical error msg is as follows: depmod: Unresolved symbols in /usr/src/linux/debian/tmp-image/lib/modules/2.6.3/kernel/drivers/net/xxx.ko where net/xxx.ko is the network module that I had selected in the config menu. Does this help? Cheers Do you Yahoo!?Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs
re: problem in upgrading kernel from 2.4.18 to 2.6.3
Hi, I have upgraded fr a dial-up to broadband using a Prolink Hurricane 8000 ADSL modem. I have a write-up which shows me how to get this animal working in Linux, based on the 2.6.3 kernel. So I have to get 2.6.3 working in order to get the modem working and not the other way round. It's worse than a Catch-22 here, isn't it? Cheers Do you Yahoo!?Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs
kernel upgrading basically ok now
HI The X server and the syslog problems are fixed by setting "Unix domain socket' in the config menu. This is found by searching Yahoo. The debian search is pretty useless, always 'no match'. The sytem can boot and come up with kde. A couple of doubts to clear. 1. The ttyS0 error is still around. The full error msg is: Loading the saved-state of the serial devices... modprobe: FATAL: error running install command for serial /dev/ttyS0: no such device. This msg appears only on the screen, not in syslog or kern.log 2. Msg in syslog: No module symbols loaded - kernel modules not enabled. There are several questions in Yahoo search on this but no answers. I am using module-init-tools-3.0. Would appreciate some answers. Cheers Do you Yahoo!?Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs
re:kernel upgrading basically ok now
Hi Thomas Thanks for the reply. For the /dev/ttyS0 error msg, I have checked the config. I have selected 8250/16550. For the 'kernel modules not enabled' msg, I have definitely selected "Loadable Module.." When I do a 'lsmod', the modules that I had selected in the config menu were listed. Could the msg be a red herring? Cheers Do you Yahoo!?Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs
Prolink Hurricane 8000 ADSL modem
Hi With the kernel-2.6.3 installed, I am back to working on the ADSL modem. What I am encountering is a gcc compilation problem. In the process of compiling the file amload.c, there are "undefined reference to" many usb functions followed by the line: collect2: ld returned 1 exit status Those usb functions are defined in a header file usb.h in the /usr/local/include dir. The compilation is done through a Makefile which has the line INCLUDES = -I../include. It seems like the /usr/loca/include dir is not search in the compilation process. How to check on this? In the 'man gcc" -Ixxx is supposed to add dir xxx to the list of dirs to be checked. How to know the standard dirs that are being checked? Cheers Do you Yahoo!?Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs
