On Sat, 5 Jul 1997, Alex Yukhimets wrote:
> > >>Well, true, but it was linked against Motif 1.2 which make it useless
> > >>for most of us who has Motif 2.0 :(
> >
> > >Works with lesstif too? ;)
> >
> > I have seen several posts which claimed this couldn't be done. What
> > steps would one ne
On 5 Jul 1997, Michael Harnois wrote:
> On Sat, 5 Jul 1997 17:28:21 -0400 (EDT), Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> said:
>
> > This looks like dpkg problems.
>
> > Try downgrading to 1.4.0.8 (the 1.3 release version) and see if that
> > fixes it.
>
> I really thought this was going to be the
Well, I've discovered (accidentally) what crashes and burns on my
system. Any .deb file which has been on a vfat filesystem will not
open with mc. If I download a file to a vfat system, I can't open it. If I
copy it from an ext2fs filesystem to a vfat system, I can't open
it. If I copy the same fil
> >I installed using May 30 diskette set (Debian 1.3.0, Kernel 2.0.29).
From
> >there, I chose the 3c59x module (I got this information from the above
URL
> >- like Dave mentioned, this should definitely be identified in modconf).
> >
> >I tried setting various options for this driver (as per the
> > That a mistake by the maintainer, and archive maintainer is on vacation, so
> > this problem never got corrected. It will be corrected with next release
> > of
> > libc5, I assume.
> >
> > >
> > > Always with the same error:
> > >
> > > ldconfig: warning: can't open /usr/X11R6/lib/usr/l
On Sat, 5 Jul 1997 17:28:21 -0400 (EDT), Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> This looks like dpkg problems.
> Try downgrading to 1.4.0.8 (the 1.3 release version) and see if that
> fixes it.
I really thought this was going to be the key ... nope.
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> That a mistake by the maintainer, and archive maintainer is on vacation, so
> this problem never got corrected. It will be corrected with next release of
> libc5, I assume.
>
> >
> > Always with the same error:
> >
> > ldconfig: warning: can't open /usr/X11R6/lib/usr/lib/libc5-compat
> > (
> Igor Grobman wrote:
> >
> > Looks like the installation of libc5, an essential package failed. Download
> > it
> > from debian/stable/binary-i386/libs and install with dpkg -i libc5*deb
> >
>
> yup, that's what i tried right after my original post -
> and i tried it again after reading your r
On 5 Jul, Reto Andreas Bachmann wrote:
> in particular though: Which package creates the file
> "/usr/X11R6/lib/usr/lib/libc5-compat" ?
>
$ dpkg -S libc5-compat
libc5: /usr/lib/libc5-compat
libc5: /lib/libc5-compat
$ dpkg -l libc5
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge
| Status=Not/Installed/Conf
>>
>> ./binutils_2.8.1-2.deb: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token `!'
>> ./binutils_2.8.1-2.deb: line 1: `!'
>>
> This looks like dpkg problems.
>
> Try downgrading to 1.4.0.8 (the 1.3 release version) and see if that fixes
> it.
>
This is not the case on my system. No errors when enteri
On 5 Jul 1997, Michael Harnois wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lindsay Allen) writes:
>
> > I certainly understand things better now and it seems that the
> > problem is not in mc at all. I just wiped every mc related file
> > from my box and installed Paul's mc_4.0-linux-1_i386.deb and it
> > behav
to make an 8 meg swap file called swap1 in the current directory:
dd if=/dev/zero of=swap1 bs=1024 count=8192
mkswap swap1 8192
sync
swapon swap1
But swap files are slower and can potentially cause problems, so swap
partitions are prefered. Just make the swap partition large enough that
you don't
> Brandon Mitchell writes:
>
> > 2) Is there a way to convert the following from my .procmailrc:
> > :0:
> > * .*(@mega.net|\
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]|\
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]|\
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]|\
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]|\
> > ...
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED])
> >
> > to search for one of these e-mail
Igor Grobman wrote:
>
> Looks like the installation of libc5, an essential package failed. Download it
> from debian/stable/binary-i386/libs and install with dpkg -i libc5*deb
>
yup, that's what i tried right after my original post -
and i tried it again after reading your reply - with
the same
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lindsay Allen) writes:
> I certainly understand things better now and it seems that the
> problem is not in mc at all. I just wiped every mc related file
> from my box and installed Paul's mc_4.0-linux-1_i386.deb and it
> behaves in exactly the same way. There is a lot of disk
Responding to the message of Sat, 5 Jul 1997 10:49:36 -0600
from [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
>
> Well here we go again
>
> A little background so some of you remember.
>
> I installed debain 1.3 (7) times. Have been having trouble getting
> dselect to install files using the ftp access method.
On Sat, 5 Jul 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> My config:
>
> paul's unofficial mc 4.0 package
> ii perl5.004-1
> ii libc6 2.0.3-4(don't know if it matters)
> ii dpkg1.4.0.11
> ii gzip1.2.4-14
> ii tar 1.12-1
>>Dale Scheetz wrote:
>One posibility is that perl is somehow broken.
[Sorry, this is rather long-winded]
Ok, here's what happens (from MC_LIB/extfs/README):
... command should list the complete archive content in the following format
(a little modified ls -l listing):
AAA NNN GG
I don't know how the hell I did it, but I broke whatis. Whereis works.
But whatis always returns "Nothing appropriate".
Whatis works on all my other machines. This machine is a clean 1.3.0
install, but I have installed quite a bit of extra junk.
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I am unable to get an old scsi disk recognized during installation, and
would appreciate help.
I am trying to install Debian on a rather old system with a Future Domain
TMC830 scsi controller. From information obtained from Adaptec's (they
bought Future Domain) web site, I have determined that th
On 5 Jul, Paul Seelig wrote:
>>
>> Not so fast.When I hit Enter on /CONTENTS I get
>> /..0
>>
>> and that's it.
>>
> Uh oh! That's strange! :-(
>
> So now we need to know all the hairy details: Do you have the latest
> 'dpkg' installed? I use version 1.
On Sat, 5 Jul 1997, Kevin M. Bealer wrote:
> You can get it from ftp.i-connect.com, in Incoming, and info, et al
> will run again.
That's ftp.i-connect.net I believe.
-douglas
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On Thu, 3 Jul 1997, Giuseppe Vacanti wrote:
> I installed my custom kernel and went to run `depmod -a'. I get the
> following error:
>
> modprobe: error reading ELF header: no such file or directory
This may be your problem:
If you install a custom kernel made with an older version of
ker
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lindsay Allen) writes:
> > On Fri, 4 Jul 1997, Lindsay Allen wrote:
> > > On /debian/bo/binary-i386/admin/acct_6.2-4.deb I get :-
> > >
> > > /.. 2048
> > > /CONTENTS0
> > > INFO
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Puryear) writes:
> In your /etc/mc/mc.ext you should have these:
>
> # deb
> regex/\.deb$
> Open=%cd deb:%d/%p/
> View=%view{ascii} dpkg-deb -c %f
>
> A while back, I reported this as bug, but I guess it was not fixed.
>
I'll report this to the MC upstre
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dima) writes:
> >In your /etc/mc/mc.ext you should have these:
> >
> ># deb
> >regex/\.deb$
> >Open=%cd deb:%d/%p/
> >View=%view{ascii} dpkg-deb -c %f
> ^^^
> Thanks. Using '%f' is recommended, tho'.
>
> It enables you
PA>If that is 2 meg total you need more. If it's 2 meg used, OK. I usually
PA>create a swap partition of 32mb or more. Often I create them at the max
PA>usable 128mb because I tend to really hammer the system with a lot of
PA>tasks.
PA>> The date on the floppy is 5-28-97 (looking at the rescue di
On Sat, 5 Jul 1997, Lindsay Allen wrote:
> Thanks to Paul, Dale, David and Dimitri for your help. I certainly
> understand things better now and it seems that the problem is not in mc at
> all. I just wiped every mc related file from my box and installed Paul's
> mc_4.0-linux-1_i386.deb and it b
IG>Date: Sat, 05 Jul 1997 12:27:57 -0400
IG>From: Igor Grobman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
IG>did you type ldconfig (as root) after that? That might be the problem.
IG>if that doesn't work, try reinstalling dpkg with dpkg -i (it includes dselec
IG>HTH.
Yes I did. I did find dpkg-dev and installed t
PA>I will be sending the 1.3.1 CD Monday. One of my machines is a 386DX40
PA>with 8 mb and a soundblaster 2x cd drive that is flaky under windows. I
PA>have a 540 mb IDE drive in it that I use just for testing and I have good
PA>results with it installing from my CD or from my network.
PA>What d
On Sat, 05 Jul 1997 12:13:06 EDT dpk ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Are there any examples available of making debian packages? I figured
> there would/has been a lot of questions about it, and was hoping someone
> has provided a brief example of a debian package being made.
Look at the hello p
Are there any examples available of making debian packages? I figured
there would/has been a lot of questions about it, and was hoping someone
has provided a brief example of a debian package being made.
Thanks,
Dennis
+ dp
On Jul 4, Alex Fan wrote
> Where can I find a Debian Distribution? Is it avilable on CDs or just
> from download?
Both. Download: see ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/README.mirrors ;
CDs: http://www.debian.org/vendors.html .
HTH,
Ray
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Well here we go again
A little background so some of you remember.
I installed debain 1.3 (7) times. Have been having trouble getting
dselect to install files using the ftp access method. I keep getting
this can't map /lib/libc message.
Well someone sugested that I type this
ln -s
On Jul 5, Mark Phillips wrote
> I am trying to install Debian on a Toshiba 410CS laptop. I am having
> problems creating a XF86Config file which will work. It complains that
> there is no mode "800x600" or something like that. But in the setup I
> specified this as one of the modes. Any ideas?
On 03-Jul-97 Will Lowe wrote:
>On Thu, 3 Jul 1997, Alex Fan wrote:
>
>> Is Debian a Linux distribution, just like Slackware and Radhat?
>
>Well, yes, it's a distribution. We'd like to think that it's somewhat
>nicer than Slackware and Redhat, tho :) .
And IMHO
it is ;-)
DEBIAN the best LIN
> >>Well, true, but it was linked against Motif 1.2 which make it useless
> >>for most of us who has Motif 2.0 :(
>
> >Works with lesstif too? ;)
>
> I have seen several posts which claimed this couldn't be done. What
> steps would one need to take to get this working?
What do you mean? Making
Looks like the installation of libc5, an essential package failed. Download it
from debian/stable/binary-i386/libs and install with dpkg -i libc5*deb
> Need Your Help:
>
> I was downloading some packages from "stable" so that
> I could try to build a custom kernel. While I was
> downloading a
>>Well, true, but it was linked against Motif 1.2 which make it useless
>>for most of us who has Motif 2.0 :(
>Works with lesstif too? ;)
I have seen several posts which claimed this couldn't be done. What
steps would one need to take to get this working?
Glen
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On Sat, Jul 05, 1997 at 07:44:02AM +1000, John Foster wrote:
> On Fri, 4 Jul 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > #!/bin/sh
> > cat <<__EOF__
> > No telnet login allowed.
> >
> > ** Insert the motd here **
> >
> > __EOF__
> > sleep 5
> > exit 0
> >
>
> And if the remote user managed to inter
On 5 Jul, John Foster wrote:
> On Fri, 4 Jul 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>> #!/bin/sh
>> cat <<__EOF__
>> No telnet login allowed.
>>
>> ** Insert the motd here **
>>
>> __EOF__
>> sleep 5
>> exit 0
>>
>
> And if the remote user managed to interrupt it would they get
> /bin/sh?, with EU
Lalo Martins wrote:
> On Jul 4, Jaakko Niemi wrote
> > [...] It would be though nice to have debianized
> > packages of pentium-optimize pieces in (let's say)
> "unstable-pentium"
>
> Wouldn't that be "binary-pentium"? (As well as there are binary-i386,
> etc)
nah, 'unstable-pentium' is about as
1. How do I add an extended module, written in C, to Python using the
Debian-version of Python? (e.g. pg95 - Pygres95 for interfacing
Postgres95).
2. Are there any debian-users using python as an interface to a PostgreSQL
or Postgres95?
3. Is there a possibility that PostgreSQL 6.1 will be availa
Hi,
I have an old bubble jet BJ-10SX cannon printer.
I have just set up lprng and magicfilter. I can print but only text .
I am not very sure as to how to incorporate the filter in /etc/printcap
I have triad the if statement and it didn't work.
( :if=\usr\sbin\magicfilter:\ ) I would be gratefu
On 4 Jul 1997, Linh Dang wrote:
> 1.2.8 and 1.3 exhitbit the same behaviour!!!
>
> My /usr/local mounted read-only when I install emacs. The package keep
> complaining about /usr/local is mounted read-only.
This is a bug, so please file a bug report against emacs.
The policy concerning /usr/loc
"Kevin M. Bealer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[snip]
> Also, installing this packages causes dselect to get really excited
> about dependencies, since everything wants the old libreadline, and
> the new one doesn't want to coexist. What is the solution to this
> sort of thing? For now, I have l
Hi Jesse,
I think the reason for this might be that the 'real' C library in
unstable is glibc-2, aka libc-6. It's the latest GNU C library with many
new things I don't have the slightest idea of ;-)
Fun,
Andree
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Thanks for the blazing fast response. :) Tried that to no avail (using
accelx 3.1 and the SVGA server from 3.2 - just noticed I had that package
on hold as I was using accelx).. after downloading the SVGA server from
xfree86 3.3, things are working again.
On Sat, 5 Jul 1997, Jesse Goldman wrote:
>> On Jul 4, Jaakko Niemi wrote
>> > [...] It would be though nice to have debianized
>> > packages of pentium-optimize pieces in (let's say) "unstable-pentium"
>>
>> Wouldn't that be "binary-pentium"? (As well as there are binary-i386, etc)
Ahh! Yes! That's the kind of error that can only happ
Hi,
This happened to me too once. Try running "mkfontdir" in the affected
directories. If it's the same problem I had, that will fix it.
J. Goldman
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Hi,
Someone just pointed out to me that the version of libc5 in "stable" is
5.4.33-3 while the version in "unstable" is 5.4.23-4. Does anyone know why
this might be? Thanks...
J. Goldman
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After upgrading to Xfree86 3.3 today, X does not complete startup, and
exits with the error:
failed to set default font path
'/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/AcceleratedX/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/'
Fatal server error:
could not o
On Sat, 5 Jul 1997, Mark Phillips wrote:
>
> I am trying to install netscape-3.01-4 package, but I need a copy of the
> original netscape distribution. I tried finding it via the netscape
> web page but couldn't find a mention of linux anywhere.
>
> Does anyone know where I can download it fr
>
> I am trying to install netscape-3.01-4 package, but I need a copy of the
> original netscape distribution. I tried finding it via the netscape
> web page but couldn't find a mention of linux anywhere.
>
> Does anyone know where I can download it from?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
I am trying to install netscape-3.01-4 package, but I need a copy of the
original netscape distribution. I tried finding it via the netscape
web page but couldn't find a mention of linux anywhere.
Does anyone know where I can download it from?
Thanks.
On 5 Jul 1997, Mark Eichin wrote:
> what needs a review are the outstanding inconsistencies between dpkg
> and the policy guide. (The guide should of course win :-) I
> understand Klee has put some effort into this though probably hasn't
> gotten around to this particular one; the simple appro
Peter Mutsaers wrote:
>I see a lot of packages appearing in unstable that depend on
>ncurses3.4. But no packages providing it is available (only
>ncurses3.0).
>
>Can anyone tell me where I can get ncurses3.4?
>
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I see a lot of packages appearing in unstable that depend on
ncurses3.4. But no packages providing it is available (only
ncurses3.0).
Can anyone tell me where I can get ncurses3.4?
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Hi,
I am trying to install Debian on a Toshiba 410CS laptop. I am having
problems creating a XF86Config file which will work. It complains that
there is no mode "800x600" or something like that. But in the setup
I specified this as one of the modes. Any ideas?
The second problem is that the
On Sat, 5 Jul 1997, Will Lowe wrote:
> Ok. I'm experimenting with moving from 1 huge disk partition to a few
> smaller ones, particarly /, /var, /usr, and /home.
>
> The thing is: the root systems's suppsed tobe in /, so the system can
> boot if anything else's screwed up. but mine won't
what needs a review are the outstanding inconsistencies between dpkg
and the policy guide. (The guide should of course win :-) I
understand Klee has put some effort into this though probably hasn't
gotten around to this particular one; the simple approach is for the
installer to tell dpkg "/usr/lo
On Fri, 4 Jul 1997, Lalo Martins wrote:
> On Jul 4, Jaakko Niemi wrote
> > [...] It would be though nice to have debianized
> > packages of pentium-optimize pieces in (let's say) "unstable-pentium"
>
> Wouldn't that be "binary-pentium"? (As well as there are binary-i386, etc)
Or binary-i586, bu
Ok. I'm experimenting with moving from 1 huge disk partition to a few
smaller ones, particarly /, /var, /usr, and /home.
The thing is: the root systems's suppsed tobe in /, so the system can
boot if anything else's screwed up. but mine won't boot unless I also
mount /var ...somthing about
On Jul 4, Jaakko Niemi wrote
> [...] It would be though nice to have debianized
> packages of pentium-optimize pieces in (let's say) "unstable-pentium"
Wouldn't that be "binary-pentium"? (As well as there are binary-i386, etc)
[]s,
|alo
On Fri, 4 Jul 1997, James R. Van Zandt wrote:
> >My /usr/local mounted read-only when I install emacs. The package keep
> >complaining about /usr/local is mounted read-only.
>
> packages are not allowed to store files into /usr/local. However, the
> emacs package is installing only directories:
On Fri, 4 Jul 1997, Paul Seelig wrote:
> Hi Lindsay!
>
> Too bad you didn't reply via debian-user! Please be so kind and post a
> followup containing the solution so that others learn it too.
Point taken.
> On Fri, 4 Jul 1997, Lindsay Allen wrote:
> > On /debian/bo/binary-i386/admin/acct_6.2
On Fri, 4 Jul 1997, Brandon Mitchell wrote:
> I was thinking about two ideas that may help Debian and general linux
> systems:
>
> 1) How about a simple tutorial that comes up after installing debian.
> Something that would offer 3 steps: 1. a general linux tutor for those
> people who are co
On 4 Jul 1997, Andy Spiegl wrote:
>
> I just recently got my new printer. It was easy to set up the
> magicfilter so that I can print anything I want. But the highest
> resolution I got was 360x180. Like this:
> /usr/bin/gs -dSAFER -dNOPAUSE -sPAPERSIZE=a4 -r360x180 -sDEVICE=epsonc
Check out
Hello Phil! :)
On Fri, 4 Jul 1997, Philippe Troin wrote:
> I've got a postscript initialization file to feed gs to correct colors
> for Stylus-500. Just in case you're interested :-)
Thanks! :) A while after I wrote that message, I read Andree
Leidenfrost's message about Stylus, and decided
Need Your Help:
I was downloading some packages from "stable" so that
I could try to build a custom kernel. While I was
downloading and installing (with dpkg), I got bored
and wanted to play maelstrom - but mealstrom refused
to start, same for xtetris. Then dpkg reported it was
having problems i
I'm trying to install the Debian Xwindows package for the
first time on my computer. I installed Xbase first, then installed
Xserver-SVGA in a separate dselect session. When Xwindows starts I get
a Xwindow screen with the default xterm window. In attempting to trace
the Xwindow initialization pr
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