Re: 1.1 Beta Install (11 June 1996 disks)

1996-06-14 Thread Christian Hudon
On Fri, 14 Jun 1996, Derek Lee wrote: > My system is a Dell XPS which I don't think is so uncommon, and > it came with a PS2 mouse. So please please please include psaux support > as a module in the kernel-image packages. This is a 'me-too' message. Gateway 2000 computers also come with a PS2 mou

Re: .xinitrc

1996-06-14 Thread Heiko Schlittermann
Yves Arrouye wrote: : : Rick Hawkins writes: : > one more, probably minor thing: with it set up for xdm, it ignores the : > .xinitrc file in my home directory. am i missing something obvious? : : When one uses xdm, the .xsession file is used instead. You can just have : one that looks like: :

Re: 1.1 Beta Install (11 June 1996 disks)

1996-06-14 Thread Derek Lee
>> Andy Dougherty wrote: >> 1. My PS/2 mouse no longer works. I'll try to track this down >>today. If you cannot find psaux.o and misc.o in /lib/modules/misc/ , then you probably have to build them yourself. If you have them, then add the line 'psaux.o' to your /etc/modules file. This is my pro

Re: 1.1 Beta Install (11 June 1996 disks)

1996-06-14 Thread Scott Barker
Chris Walker said: > Andy Dougherty wrote: > > 1. My PS/2 mouse no longer works. I'll try to track this down today. > > Try compiling the kernel with PS/2 mouse support in the kernel, rather than > as a module. I can't use the kernel-image-1.99.7 for this reason, as lack of > mouse support seems

Re: 1.1 Beta Install (11 June 1996 disks)

1996-06-14 Thread Andy Dougherty
On Fri, 14 Jun 1996, Chris Walker wrote: > Andy Dougherty wrote: > > > > I tried a fresh install of 1.1 Beta using the 11 June 1996 disks. > > > > 1. My PS/2 mouse no longer works. I'll try to track this down today. > > Try compiling the kernel with PS/2 mouse support in the kernel, rather th

Re: tin package

1996-06-14 Thread Guy Maor
On Fri, 14 Jun 1996, Scott Barker wrote: > Any ideas why there is still a tin package in the 'contrib' dir, when there is > already one in buzz/binary/news? Fixed. Thanks.

Re: Packages file for buzz

1996-06-14 Thread Guy Maor
On Fri, 14 Jun 1996, Scott Barker wrote: > The Packages file for 'buzz' still references all packages to the 'unstable' > directory. Is this a bug? Being fixed.

Re: .xinitrc

1996-06-14 Thread Rob Browning
Yves Arrouye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > When one uses xdm, the .xsession file is used instead. You can just have > one that looks like: > > #! /bin/sh > > sh $HOME/.xinitrc Or just ln -s .xinitrc .xsession which has worked fine for me. I do the same for .Xdefaults -> .Xresourc

.xinitrc

1996-06-14 Thread Yves Arrouye
Rick Hawkins writes: > > one more, probably minor thing: with it set up for xdm, it ignores the > .xinitrc file in my home directory. am i missing something obvious? > When one uses xdm, the .xsession file is used instead. You can just have one that looks like: #! /bin/sh

Re: 1.1 Beta Install (11 June 1996 disks)

1996-06-14 Thread Chris Walker
Andy Dougherty wrote: > > I tried a fresh install of 1.1 Beta using the 11 June 1996 disks. > > The installation disks worked quite well, including modules configuration. > The core dump in configuring the net/ modules is indeed gone. My > /etc/modules file is also now properly populated with th

Re: Loading X Windows

1996-06-14 Thread Chris Walker
Buddha Buck wrote: > > > > > > Is it possible to start an X session from the shell? > > > > yes. type "startx" at the command line, as any user, and the machine is > > transformed. you can end with alt-ctl-backspace. > > > > > Also, does X allow multiple sessions at once? > > > > what do you mea

Packages file for buzz

1996-06-14 Thread Scott Barker
The Packages file for 'buzz' still references all packages to the 'unstable' directory. Is this a bug? -- Scott Barker Linux Consultant [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cuug.ab.ca:8001/~barkers/ (under construction) [ I try to reply to all e-mail within 5 days. If you don't ] [ get a response by

Re: X-window keys

1996-06-14 Thread Max Hyre
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Dear readers: Thanks for the info! Martin Alonso Soto Jacome's <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> answer got to me first: > Well, that's exactly what xdm is intended for. xdm tries to keep an > xserver running permanently, so that you can always login to the syste

tin package

1996-06-14 Thread Scott Barker
Any ideas why there is still a tin package in the 'contrib' dir, when there is already one in buzz/binary/news? -- Scott Barker Linux Consultant [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cuug.ab.ca:8001/~barkers/ (under construction) [ I try to reply to all e-mail within 5 days. If you don't ] [ get a res

Re: X-window keys

1996-06-14 Thread Luis Francisco Gonzalez
>Dear Debianites: > >Let me clarify my previous post... (I just thought to go back and > try it for accuracy---maybe next time I'll think to do so *before* > posting :-).) > > > why ctl-alt-bs might not kill X? > >Rather, ``why X comes right back after dying''? After ctl-alt-bs, > X

Re: X-window keys

1996-06-14 Thread Martin Alonso Soto Jacome
On Fri, 14 Jun 1996, Max Hyre wrote: >Rather, ``why X comes right back after dying''? After ctl-alt-bs, > X does indeed appear to die---everything goes black, I see the virtual > terminal from which I started xdm momentarily, then I'm back in X > again. Well, that's exactly what xdm is inten

1.1 Beta Install (11 June 1996 disks)

1996-06-14 Thread Andy Dougherty
I tried a fresh install of 1.1 Beta using the 11 June 1996 disks. The installation disks worked quite well, including modules configuration. The core dump in configuring the net/ modules is indeed gone. My /etc/modules file is also now properly populated with the modules I selected. Good job. Th

Re: X-window keys

1996-06-14 Thread Max Hyre
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Dear Debianites: Let me clarify my previous post... (I just thought to go back and try it for accuracy---maybe next time I'll think to do so *before* posting :-).) > why ctl-alt-bs might not kill X? Rather, ``why X comes right back after dying''? Aft

X-window keys (was: Re: Unidentified subject!)

1996-06-14 Thread Max Hyre
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Dear Debianists: While we're on the subject, does anyone have any suggestions as to why ctl-alt-bs might not kill X? I was running a 0.93R6 system, started X with xdm from a (non-root, I think) command line, but could't get out as advertised. I tried

Re: No terminal capabilities after upgrade

1996-06-14 Thread Guy Maor
On Thu, 13 Jun 1996, Gerry Jensen wrote: > Still don't know where this termcap file comes from. It's also on my > Debian system at home and also belongs to no installed package. It was a conffile of 0.93r6 base. It's not used by any package, and it's safe to delete it. If you need termcap comp

Re: Loading X Windows

1996-06-14 Thread Guy Maor
On Fri, 14 Jun 1996, Buddha Buck wrote: > Or, if you are desparate and foolish enough (and have a lot of memory), > you -can- run multiple X servers on different virtual consoles. I've > done this in the past. I don't recommend it. I run multiple X servers (at different bit depths) on differe

Majordomo install problem

1996-06-14 Thread Juhani Luhtanen
I have installed the new 1.1 and everything went fine except for the majordomo package. I get Failed to create group majordom: adduser: the user you specified already exist when I try to run dpkg --install with the majordomo.deb file. All in all I am very pleased with the new Debian. Thanks

Re: Unidentified subject!

1996-06-14 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Thu, 13 Jun 1996, Noam Rettig wrote: > I'm rather new to Debian, so this may seem trivial. It certainly is > frustrating. I was in an X session and wanted to switch to another console. > I figured out that Ctrl+Alt+Fn will work. However, I can't switch back. > 'who' says that I am using the

Re: debian v1.1 probs

1996-06-14 Thread Martin Konold
On Thu, 13 Jun 1996, Dale Scheetz wrote: > On Thu, 13 Jun 1996, Rick Hawkins wrote: > As I understand it, there can not be two versions of the same package in > the same archive. Ok, how about the same solution Debian uses for gnu gs versa Alladin gs? Yours, martin

Re: rcp/permission/nfs problems

1996-06-14 Thread Michael Meskes
Hi Rick, > ONe of the machines gets a response of > > # /etc/init.d/netstd_nfs start > Starting remote filesystem services: nfsd mountd ugidd pcnfsd bwnfsd > rpc: RPC: U > nable to receive; errno = Connection refused Is your rpc.portmap running? It should be started from /etc/init.d/netbase. >

Re: package conflicts

1996-06-14 Thread Michael Meskes
David Gaudine writes: >> > psfonts > >There's gsfonts, fonts for ghostscript. Is that what you mean? > > I got some sort of "can't find psfonts" error, I forget the details, > when I was using a bad copy of one of the package in the tex directory. > I can't check the name of the packag

Apache server

1996-06-14 Thread ' ALLAN W. BART
hello, i havew an old 386dx pc and i was thinking about learning about http servers, it has 4mb of ram and iwas wondering if it would be possible to use this a a learning platform? allan

Re: installation notes

1996-06-14 Thread Scott Barker
Rick Hawkins said: > > > You have to install dpkg-ftp. > > > After much hunting, I found this in /debian/project/experimental > > which mirror did you find this on? i just tried caldera, and it's not > there. I've accidentally removed it from one of my machines, and am > trying to move the file

ftp-install problem in Debian 1.11

1996-06-14 Thread David C Winters
Here's a message I sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED], before I discovered and signed on to this list. Has anyone else encountered this? If yes, what was your solution? Thanks. // Begin Forwarded Message: I'm working on an installation of 1.11, specifically the 1996_6_11 version. I'm

kernel-package and Lilo

1996-06-14 Thread Kevin M Bealer
I love the kernel-package thing; but the other day I used it to install a kernel and the vmlinuz.old kernel was not in boot (I deleted it accidentally). The system would not boot -- may I humbly suggest that the install process for the generated package checks if "lilo" returns an error and throw

Re: No terminal capabilities after upgrade

1996-06-14 Thread Gerry Jensen
> HELP! I just upgraded to Debian 1.1 from .93. Now whenever I try to > run anything that requires any terminal capabilities, I get something > like "xterm: unable to find usable termcap entry", or "Terminal type > vt100 is unknown". I have ncurses-base-1.9.9e-1, > ncurses-bin-1.9.9e-1, and ncu

Re: Loading X Windows

1996-06-14 Thread Buddha Buck
> > > Is it possible to start an X session from the shell? > > yes. type "startx" at the command line, as any user, and the machine is > transformed. you can end with alt-ctl-backspace. > > > Also, does X allow multiple sessions at once? > > what do you mean by this. you can have multiple wi

Re: Loading X Windows

1996-06-14 Thread Rick Hawkins
> Is it possible to start an X session from the shell? yes. type "startx" at the command line, as any user, and the machine is transformed. you can end with alt-ctl-backspace. > Also, does X allow multiple sessions at once? what do you mean by this. you can have multiple windows open. type

Re: DEBIAN Linux on floppy disks

1996-06-14 Thread Ed Donovan
Kevin - That'd work; I had this grim problem. If fact (beware: tale of hardship :-) to install most of my Debian system, I had to sneakernet the .deb files via msdos floppies from a _Mac_ with net access, and which could only fit ~850K on the disks. So, I ran 'split' on them on my unix ISP fir

No terminal capabilities after upgrade

1996-06-14 Thread Gerry Jensen
HELP! I just upgraded to Debian 1.1 from .93. Now whenever I try to run anything that requires any terminal capabilities, I get something like "xterm: unable to find usable termcap entry", or "Terminal type vt100 is unknown". I have ncurses-base-1.9.9e-1, ncurses-bin-1.9.9e-1, and ncurses3.0-1.9

Re: Unidentified subject!

1996-06-14 Thread Syrus Nemat-Nasser
On Thu, 13 Jun 1996, Noam Rettig wrote: > I'm rather new to Debian, so this may seem trivial. It certainly is > frustrating. I was in an X session and wanted to switch to another console. > I figured out that Ctrl+Alt+Fn will work. However, I can't switch back. > 'who' says that I am using the

Loading X Windows

1996-06-14 Thread Noam Rettig
Is it possible to start an X session from the shell? Also, does X allow multiple sessions at once? Thanks In Advance, [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Unidentified subject!

1996-06-14 Thread Noam Rettig
I'm rather new to Debian, so this may seem trivial. It certainly is frustrating. I was in an X session and wanted to switch to another console. I figured out that Ctrl+Alt+Fn will work. However, I can't switch back. 'who' says that I am using the ttyp0 console. How do I switch to it? Any help

Local area talk protocal (LAT)?

1996-06-14 Thread Craig Harmon
Hello again, Firstly thank you to all those that responded to my first question. Hopefully this one will not be as trivial. On the Windows NT network, I am trying to connect to another machine. Using the Windows Fro Workgroups there is a terminal emulation/connection software called SmarTerm

rcp/permission/nfs problems

1996-06-14 Thread Rick Hawkins
i'm having rcp problems with nfs. unfortuneately, i have now idea what rcp is. ONe of the machines gets a response of # /etc/init.d/netstd_nfs start Starting remote filesystem services: nfsd mountd ugidd pcnfsd bwnfsd rpc: RPC: U nable to receive; errno = Connection refused while starting (

Re: debian v1.1 probs

1996-06-14 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Thu, 13 Jun 1996, Rick Hawkins wrote: > > > also, i couldn't find pine/pico anywhere on the debian tree. i was > > > Because of a new, restrictive copyright, the pine package now lives in the > > non-free section :-( > > what about including the older, free, version as a package? > As I und