For some reason, ppp is not being logged anymore on my hamm/slink box..
anyone else having the same results? If not, how do I fix it? I believe I
upgraded ppp yesterday, as the last logged time was 2:55pm... does not
even have disconnect logged.
Michael Beattie ([EMAIL PRO
Jinsong Zhao wrote:
>
> This problem may have been reported. The netscape (4.05) used to work
> on my Debian 1.3, but it simply says "segmentation fault" and
> quit. Seems to me Netscape only delivers libc5 version.
>
> Please advise! Thanks.
>
> Jinsong
>
> --
> Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscri
While in the process of testing a little script I wrote to do system
updates via apt-get I found a curious little problem:
child process exited abnormally
now I did some investigating under the shell that the scrip is written
for (tclsh) and found that no matter what I did apt-get always causes
t
This problem may have been reported. The netscape (4.05) used to work
on my Debian 1.3, but it simply says "segmentation fault" and
quit. Seems to me Netscape only delivers libc5 version.
Please advise! Thanks.
Jinsong
=> ...Or it works like the helpdesk I work on: Someone grabs an IP address,
=> DHCP gives out that address, user gets an IP conflict. User calls us, we
=> call net eng, who bounces the static address and leases it to the DHCP
user.
=> Static user calls us, we ask them why they're screwing up the ne
You don't need anything more than Lilo to do this. I tri-boot Win95,
NT and Linux all without anything more than Lilo. With these three,
the order that works the easiest is 1st Win95, then install NT, then
Linux or if Linux is there already, boot it, edit lilo.conf, and then
run lilo. If done i
> On Fri, 16 Oct 1998, Mrpeabody wrote:
>
> > I currently have debian running on a ide drive on my computer and I have
> > recently purchases a scsi drive so that I can boot windows from the
> > scsi. Can I use lilo to tell it to boot the scsi drive up and run
> > windows? Trying to make a dual
Is it possible to use Apt for files from the binary-all tree from Slink?
The binary-all does not contain a Packages.gz file...
Regards, Ruud.
Hrrm, an interesting puzzle: When I try to compile ktop or other kde
programs I get the error in the ./configure program that 'giflib23' is
not insatlled and that Ishould install the KDE support package.
however, Not only do I have the KDE support package installed, but it
appears that I have
> On Wed, Oct 14, 1998 at 11:34:16PM +0300, shaul wrote:
> > (1) Linux accept up to 128MB for a single swap partition (2) There is (was)
> > a
> > rule of thumb to have a swap size as twice as the RAM the machine has (3)
> > Having more RAM reduces the needs for swap.
>
> ya konw, i'm a little
Bootpart is what I use to do this. The process goes:
->install NT normally
->install linux
tell lilo to install itself on the boot block of the root
partition( do not tell it to use the MRB, NT does not like this)
Then read the documentation for Bootpart what you w
> If anyone is taking a survery...
> My machine also has 64M or ram, and I am using 128M of swap space (I
> figured with a 5.4GB drive I'd max out the swap partition.)
>
I am curious if that size of swap is realy needed: could you email the results
of a free command ?
Hi,
>>"Nikolai" == Nikolai Andreyevich Luzan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Nikolai> I only know two people running dual boot NT/linux (actually tri-boot
Nikolai> NT/95/linux) and they inform me that lilo won't boot NT or NT need the
Nikolai> mbr or something and so they have to use the NT bootloa
me wrote:
> On 16 Oct 1998, Rene Hojbjerg Larsen wrote:
>
> scsi: 0 hosts.
> scsi: detected total.[this is usual when it's working.]
> Partition check:
> hda: hda1 hda2 hda3 hda4
> [MS-DOS FS Ren 12, FAT 0, check=n, conv=b, uid=0, gid=0, umask=022, bmap]
> [me=0x52, cs=0, #f=81, fs=0, fl=48
Mike Touloumtzis ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote...
> I use a Dvorak keyboard, and I didn't have to do any keyboard
> reconfiguration under X other than the mandatory Delete/BackSpace
> business. I was pretty surprised it went so well, actually.
> I'm not using the XKEYBOARD extension, which doesn't hav
Nikolai Andreyevich Luzan wrote:
>
> On Fri, 16 Oct 1998, Mrpeabody wrote:
>
> > I currently have debian running on a ide drive on my computer and I have
> > recently purchases a scsi drive so that I can boot windows from the
> > scsi. Can I use lilo to tell it to boot the scsi drive up and run
me said
> On Fri, 16 Oct 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > me said
> > > On Fri, 16 Oct 1998, Stephen J. Carpenter wrote:
> > >
> > > and exits. fdisk /dev/hda1 won't give me a partition table because it's a
> > > dos disk.
> > >
> > Huh. Fdisk should be able to read the device regardless of
On Fri, Oct 16, 1998 at 11:42:47AM +0200, Frank Barknecht wrote:
> Bek Oberin hat gesagt: // Bek Oberin wrote:
>
> > One of the last remaining annoyances: I use a modified dvorak
> > keyboard layout (ie: not-quite-dvorak, but close) and do most of
> > my work in text-mode consoles. But sometimes
Quoting Michael Stone[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
=> ...Or it works like the helpdesk I work on: Someone grabs an IP address,
=> DHCP gives out that address, user gets an IP conflict. User calls us, we
=> call net eng, who bounces the static address and leases it to the DHCP
user.
=> Static user calls u
M.C. Vernon said
> Dear all,
>
> I want to change the type of hda1 from hurd to swap (or hurd swap
> if such a beast exists). Will doing this erase all the data on my disk?
>
As some on this list recently discovered - YES! Working with the partition
table can cause the loss of data. Best,
On Fri, 16 Oct 1998, Mrpeabody wrote:
> I currently have debian running on a ide drive on my computer and I have
> recently purchases a scsi drive so that I can boot windows from the
> scsi. Can I use lilo to tell it to boot the scsi drive up and run
> windows? Trying to make a dual boot machine
On: Thu, 15 Oct 1998 07:10:44 +0100 (BST) M C Vernon writes:
>
>> I also get similar messages for tetex-base and tetex-bin and can neither
>> install nor remove these packages.
>
> Yes, I have problems like this as well... :(
>
> tetex-bin included as an example. Shall I file a bug? and how do I
On: Thu, 15 Oct 1998 16:53:15 +0800 ayin writes:
>
> Dear Sir
> When I install the man-db package , the dselect utility tell me that
> I should have groff. But groff need libg++272.
>
> The problem is that I have installed libg++272( the dselect show
> installed) , but the groff item still shows
On: Thu, 15 Oct 1998 07:58:51 -0400 (EDT) Darxus writes:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ apt-get upgrade
> Updating package status cache...done
> Checking system integrity...ok
> The following packages will be REMOVED:
> tetex-bin
> The following packages have been kept back
> xscreensaver-gl siag
>
On Fri, 16 Oct 1998, M.C. Vernon wrote:
> I want to change the type of hda1 from hurd to swap (or hurd swap
> if such a beast exists). Will doing this erase all the data on my disk?
hell yes :) well changing the type ID won't but if you intend to use the
partition then you will have to do a
> I currently have debian running on a ide drive on my computer and I have
> recently purchases a scsi drive so that I can boot windows from the
> scsi. Can I use lilo to tell it to boot the scsi drive up and run
> windows? Trying to make a dual boot machine.
Check out Linux+NT-Loader mini-HOWTO
On 16 Oct 1998, Rene Hojbjerg Larsen wrote:
> me wrote:
>
> > thanks, yes, this works, and i can run cfdisk fine. cfdisk works fine. I
> > didn't change anything, but i tried to write the partition table, and
> > here's the error cfdisk gives:
> >
> > "Wrote partition table, but re-read table fa
Hi Debian users,
I'm using NIS since I setup it 2 weeks ago.
Now when I need to add more users I can't login using NIS.
2 weeks ago one guy helped me. I mailed him with my passwd and shadow
files and he complain me about security but his e-mail solved all of my doub
I currently have debian running on a ide drive on my computer and I have
recently purchases a scsi drive so that I can boot windows from the
scsi. Can I use lilo to tell it to boot the scsi drive up and run
windows? Trying to make a dual boot machine.
-thanks jeff
At 02:51 PM 10/16/1998 +0200, Lukas Eppler wrote:
>forms. You might try lynx and configure it with zgv as graphical viewer
>(runs in the console, but is quick as hell). Both have no java, so keep
>Gruss
>--
>Lukas Eppler (godot)
Does this mean there's a way to view images from text-based lynx with
me wrote:
> and exits. fdisk /dev/hda1 won't give me a partition table because it's a
> dos disk.
Yes, you use fdisk on the whole-disk devices such as /dev/hda and /dev/hdb
while you put file systems on the partition devices such as /dev/hda1 and
/dev/hda3.
> thanks, yes, this works, and i can r
On Fri, 16 Oct 1998, Tapio Lehtonen wrote:
> How should I proceed to get the Ethernet working? I would prefer to have
> it already during the initial installation, so I can install using FTP
> and NFS.
well the first question is do you know if there is any linux support
for the card at all? if the
Dear all,
I want to change the type of hda1 from hurd to swap (or hurd swap
if such a beast exists). Will doing this erase all the data on my disk?
Matthew
--
Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo
Steward of the Cambridge Tolkien Society
Selwyn College Computer Support
http://www.geocities.com/
Does Debian have a keyboard driver that provides a builtin | configurable
audio feedback? It occurs to me that I may after all be able to use
my old 386SX laptop for something other than a paperwight. But I need
the feedback to type efficiently. The Suns have the `click [-yn]'
util
Hello,
I tried installing Debian 2.0 from the 1998-07-21 dated rescue and
drivers disks. I used an IBM PS/2 model 80, 8580-111. Things work OK,
except there are no drivers for the Ethernet card. It is Micro Channel
version, 3COM Etherlink/MC. The PS/2 is not much use if I can not get it
networked
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said
>
> Howdy all.
>
> I have a user in Myrtle Beach/Seaside area of South Carolina, USA
> who needs some help. System disconnected while downloading packages,
> ppp-pam is installed, but not libpam.
>
> Now they can't get connected to their ISP so I can finish the install.
>
Shaleh wrote:
> Yes I did compile it w/ module support. I want to make it work, or find out
> why it does not work. No hacks please (-:
Module support and module auto loading (kerneld support) are two different
settings that must both be set to Y in the kernel config for kerneld to
work.
Assumi
On Fri, 16 Oct 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> G'day deb'ers
>
> I have just upgraded to slink and compiled the 2.0.35 kernel. I
> find a small problem with it.
>
> Dist Kernel Bigomips
>-- --
> Debian 2.0 linux 2.0.34 149.
me said
> On Fri, 16 Oct 1998, Stephen J. Carpenter wrote:
>
> and exits. fdisk /dev/hda1 won't give me a partition table because it's a
> dos disk.
>
Huh. Fdisk should be able to read the device regardless of what filesystem
types are on it. As far as I know all i386 systems build and use the
G'day deb'ers
I have just upgraded to slink and compiled the 2.0.35 kernel. I
find a small problem with it.
Dist Kernel Bigomips
-- --
Debian 2.0 linux 2.0.34 149.91
Debian 2.0 linux 2.0.35 130.66 ?
Slackware 3.
Ok. Create a file called .xinitrc in ~. Put the following line:
exec xterm
type "xinit" at the login prompt. Please then send toe output.
On 16-Oct-98 MJ Watson wrote:
> After installing 2.0 clean onto my PC, attempts to start up any
> window manager fails, as does just trying to start an xte
Just for grins I recompiled the kernel -- I changed none of the config options.
It works now. I can only assume that the module load "magic" was not done w/
the last kernel.
On 16-Oct-98 Nikolai Andreyevich Luzan wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Oct 1998, Shaleh wrote:
>
>> Yes I did compile it w/ module s
On Fri, 16 Oct 1998, Stephen J. Carpenter wrote:
> NEVER play with the partitions on a system without making a
> backup!
yep, i know.
> Have you tried looking at it in normal fdisk?
fdisk /dev/hda will show me the partition table clearly. no probs there.
if i try to write & exit, it gives me
All of a sudden I can't send out mail, if I try to force exim with -qf
I get
1998-10-16 19:01:26 0zUDEj-FQ-00 TCP service "smtp" not found
(using Exim version 1.92 #1 built 13-May-1998 10:01:52)
fetchmail delivers incoming mail without any trouble...
Is this something on my end or is it more
Being job application season for academics in economics, I dragged out
star office to prepare the letters. Recalling last year, i quickly
figured out that it would be easier to write a mail-merge patch to lyx
than to face the word-style merge again.
A crude version is working, but the hack us
** WARNING WARNING WARNING **
Those who are not brave, and who auto-upgrade from the slink tree, may want
to put their X packages on hold.
This build has not really been tested yet, but I'm really down to the wire
on the freeze. I'll be fixing bugs with the install/upgrade process as
they crop u
On Fri, 16 Oct 1998, Shaleh wrote:
> Yes I did compile it w/ module support. I want to make it work, or find out
> why it does not work. No hacks please (-:
ahh yes you did module support, but there are 2 other options that go
with modules, allow me to past from a make menuconfig
[*] Ena
After installing 2.0 clean onto my PC, attempts to start up any
window manager fails, as does just trying to start an xterm.
This output is from an attempt to start up fvwm2:
-
[FVWM][main]: <> Unknown option: `:0'
[FVWM][main]: <> Unknown o
On 16 Oct 1998, Rene Hojbjerg Larsen wrote:
> Jan Krupa wrote:
> > I have installed netscape4.5b2 under debian2.0.
> > When I try to read debian-user mailing list archives
> > (e.g. from September, august) first
> > time it's O.K. but next times on the same month archives
> > netscape just han
>>Winzip should be able to take it from there.
> > >>If not, is there any other way I can browse the documentation
> (/usr/doc,
> > .>>/usr/man, /usr/info) for debian while not actually at a PC with
> debian
> >>> running? Is it available on the web?
>
>>hmm well... with dwww the
Yes I did compile it w/ module support. I want to make it work, or find out
why it does not work. No hacks please (-:
On 16-Oct-98 Nikolai Andreyevich Luzan wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Oct 1998, Shaleh wrote:
>
>> My work machine is unable to load modules via kerneld. The file
>> /etc/modules
>> has
On Fri, 16 Oct 1998, Shaleh wrote:
> My work machine is unable to load modules via kerneld. The file /etc/modules
> has the "auto" line uncommented. What else can I do?
Do you have a kernel with support for the auto loading of modules?
Failing that just write a script whic will insmod the releva
On Fri, Oct 16, 1998 at 03:23:44PM +0200, Lukas Eppler wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I am looking for a new laptop for debian. If you run debian nicely, please
> let me know. I had some problems installing and running debian on my
> current laptop, and if I can avoid these on my next buy, I would be very
My work machine is unable to load modules via kerneld. The file /etc/modules
has the "auto" line uncommented. What else can I do?
Pierfrancesco Caci wrote:
> "E.L. Meijer \(Eric\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> linux/errno.h is in libc6-dev. You also should not try to compile 2.0
>
> Ok, reinstalled libc6-dev, I get these messages further on in the compilation:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/linux # make bzImage && make m
Stephen J. Carpenter wrote:
> I guess your home PC can't be acessed from work (ie having it online)
> too bad...I need to set mine up (one of these days) to let me tell it
> to conenct remotely.
xringd is your friend.
Just remember that if you have a dynamic IP you need a way to locate your
machi
Jan Krupa wrote:
> I have installed netscape4.5b2 under debian2.0.
> When I try to read debian-user mailing list archives
> (e.g. from September, august) first
> time it's O.K. but next times on the same month archives
> netscape just hangs I have to kill it (the archives are very big).
>
> Whe
Bob Eidt wrote:
> I Have installed Linux 2.0 from floppy disk to a unit without any non-
> linux partitions and have tried both using "pppconfig" and manually
> editing the provider files as indicated in "install.txt". FTP is the only
> method to my disposal of enhancing my installation.
>
> It wo
Hi,
I could not make Embperl working. As man page says, srm.conf contains
AddType text/html .epl
SetEnv EMBPERL_DEBUG 2285
SetHandler perl-script
PerlHandler HTML::Embperl
Options ExecCGI
mod_perl is installed and not commented in httpd.conf. When I request
simple test.epl page
EPL
I am running exim as my MTA, and I'm using fetchmail to retrieve my mail
from
my ISP. My ISP account is [EMAIL PROTECTED] My local account is
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
My mail is not getting delivered. fetchmail knows that [EMAIL PROTECTED]
is
russ here, and negotiates the mail retrieval. A script of
On Fri, 16 Oct 1998, Bob Eidt wrote:
> I Have installed Linux 2.0 from floppy disk to a unit without any non-
> linux partitions and have tried both using "pppconfig" and manually
> editing the provider files as indicated in "install.txt". FTP is the only
> method to my disposal of enhancing my in
Carl Vilbrandt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Is there a replacement for Quicken/Quickbooks ?
There are some clones for Quicken like gnucash or cbb, but i found
nothing like Quickbooks. But i tried to run Quickbooks with wine and
it works quite well... it's not as stable as i would wish, but i wor
Eric,
Are all of .deb files ar archives?I recall having tried to unpack some.deb
files with ar, and that didn't work.
Whether they are all ar files, what were they before they were archive
files?
--David
On Fri, 16 Oct 1998, E.L. Meijer (Eric) wrote:
> >
> > My question is, basically, can I
On Sun, Oct 11, 1998 at 07:16:54PM +0800, Richard L. Alhama wrote:
> are there any debianized themepacks (e.g Alien) it would be much easier if
> we could dpkg those themes then uninstall them if we don't like it.
Does that come from themes.org? If that's the case, the licenses on those
themes ar
On Thu, Oct 15, 1998 at 10:25:15PM -0500, Andrew Ivanov wrote:
> I have been trying to get my modem to work in debian, and unfortunately,
> unsuccessfully.
> I have 486DX4, it's got SupraExpress 336i Sp modem installed in it. My
> primary boot right now is Win95, until I can get debian setup. Modem
Thank you for your help, I thnk it's down to a chatscript problem know. I
started
doing some snooping, and I already have it on my system. I'm going to give my
ISP a
call and see if he can talk me through this over the phone, he runs Debian on
his
web servers and routers, he's a smart one.
Shal
On Thu, 15 Oct 1998, Andrew Ivanov wrote:
: I have been trying to get my modem to work in debian, and unfortunately,
: unsuccessfully.
: I have 486DX4, it's got SupraExpress 336i Sp modem installed in it. My
: primary boot right now is Win95, until I can get debian setup. Modem works
: perfec
On Fri, 16 Oct 1998, ing.Bubulac Angela Tatiana wrote:
: Ok. It work but now I receive in that user a lot of messages like that:
: Cron<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> /usr/sbin/exim -q && false with the next contnBet
: 1998-10-16 12:09:01 queue run: process 23976 crashed with signal 11 while
: deliverin
Hi,
I Have installed Linux 2.0 from floppy disk to a unit without any non-
linux partitions and have tried both using "pppconfig" and manually
editing the provider files as indicated in "install.txt". FTP is the only
method to my disposal of enhancing my installation.
It would seem the best I ca
On Fri, Oct 16, 1998 at 12:06:25PM +0100, Moore, Paul wrote:
> I am trying to get to grips with Debian, and I'd like to browse through
> the documentation. The problem I have is that my Debian PC is at one
> home, whereas the PC where I have the most chance to read documentation,
> print things out
On Thu, 15 Oct 1998, count zero wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Oct 1998, Phillip Neumann wrote:
> > Im searching for graphicals internet browsers...
> > What can you people recomend me?? (currently im using netscape)
> why u want to change? netscape it's not so ugly !
Hi,
You might try kfm, the filemanager
On Fri, Oct 16, 1998 at 09:07:14AM -0400, me wrote:
> Hi all---
>
> I'm new to Linux, and in the process of hacking cluelessly with my
> hard-drive setup I've managed to trash some vital part of my hard drive.
> Here's the general setup:
>
> /dev/hda1 (~100MB) Win95, formerly bootable, formerl
Hi there,
I am looking for a new laptop for debian. If you run debian nicely, please
let me know. I had some problems installing and running debian on my
current laptop, and if I can avoid these on my next buy, I would be very
glad.
So please drop a note if you are happy with your installation.
hello,
i am still trying to get pgp5 to work
the selftests work, i can encrypt a file with pgp, i can decrypt it using my
key, i can list the available keys etc.
now i added the key of a friend, receivend an encrypted attachmet to a mail,
when trying to decrypt i get the message couldn#t decr
On Sat, 17 Oct 1998, John Leget wrote:
> Just updated my system and things came apart around the above with the
> following error messages using "APT"
downgrade to perl5.004. perl5.005 has some problems and was removed from
slink.(checked yesterday, though).
[]s,
Mario O.de Menezes | "Many are
Hi all---
I'm new to Linux, and in the process of hacking cluelessly with my
hard-drive setup I've managed to trash some vital part of my hard drive.
Here's the general setup:
/dev/hda1 (~100MB) Win95, formerly bootable, formerly DOS
/dev/hda2 (~16MB) linux swap
/dev/hda3 (~200mb) linux
"E.L. Meijer \(Eric\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> >
> linux/errno.h is in libc6-dev. You also should not try to compile 2.0
Ok, reinstalled libc6-dev, I get these messages further on in the compilation:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/linux # make bzImage && make modules && make
modules_in
Just updated my system and things came apart around the above with the
following error messages using "APT"
##Preparing to replace
netstd 3.07-4 (using .../net/netstd_3.07-5.deb) ...
Can't locate DebianNet.pm in @INC (@INC contains:
/usr/lib/perl5/i3
[ netscape 4 chokes on mailing list archives ]
I recognize this behaviour. I suppose what is wrong is the netscape has
some, er, `shortcommings' (i.e. bugs). I always use lynx to access the
debian mailing list archives or bug-track system.
HTH,
Eric
--
E.L. Meijer ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
On Fri, Oct 16, 1998 at 01:48:27PM +0100, jrivas wrote:
> Anybody knows where i can get DFE-530TX (D-Link) drivers?
Isn't that one using a DEC chipset? If so, try the tulip driver.
Regards,
Jeff
--
It's time to close windows and open source.
Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds.
On Fri, Oct 16, 1998 at 11:08:17AM +0100,
G. Kapetanios wrote ...
> After reinstalling my system (hamm) from scratch I have no /dev/cdrom
> Is this obselete ? If yes then what is the name of the new device ?
/dev/cdrom is just a link to another device. Is your CDROM Drive
Atapi
I have installed netscape4.5b2 under debian2.0.
When I try to read debian-user mailing list archives
(e.g. from September, august) first
time it's O.K. but next times on the same month archives
netscape just hangs I have to kill it (the archives are very big).
When I try to read much smaller ar
On Fri, Oct 16, 1998 at 04:37:31AM +0200, Martin Schulze wrote:
> Plelase read
>
> http://master.debian.org/~doogie/why-debian_me.txt
>
> Chris Frost wrote:
> > I've got a few questions re: debian, coming from a longtime redhat user...
> >
> > I've been using redhat since around v4, and while I
Anybody knows where i can get DFE-530TX (D-Link) drivers?
Thank you for you time,
Esper
--- Begin Message ---
Necesito los drives para la tarjeta de red DFE-530TX (D-LINK) para
linux. Si alguien sabe donde poder conseguirlos que lo diga.
Un saludo,
Esper
P.D.
According to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> I am using a program called safedelete that you alias to rm. It is not
> a Debian package but is found on Sunsite. It saves the files in a
> directory in your home directory for a configurable amount of days.
I still like it very much, but I just recently
>From: J.H.M. Dassen (Ray)[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Presumably, .deb files are internally some form of tar/cpio archive - can
>> I get at the tar so that I can unpack it (I have Windows gzip, tar, etc
>> utilities).
>
>deb(5) documents the format. Basically, it's an ar(1) archive containing
>tar.
On Fri, Oct 16, 1998 at 12:06:25PM +0100, Moore, Paul wrote:
> My question is, basically, can I extract files from .deb format packages
> on a Windows box?
Probably, though I don't know how much work is involved.
> Presumably, .deb files are internally some form of tar/cpio archive - can
> I get
>
> My question is, basically, can I extract files from .deb format packages
> on a Windows box? Presumably, .deb files are internally some form of
> tar/cpio archive - can I get at the tar so that I can unpack it (I have
> Windows gzip, tar, etc utilities).
>
deb files are `ar' archives, they c
I am trying to get to grips with Debian, and I'd like to browse through
the documentation. The problem I have is that my Debian PC is at one
home, whereas the PC where I have the most chance to read documentation,
print things out, follow up references, etc, is at work. My current work
PC is Window
>
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> After reinstalling my system (hamm) from scratch I have no /dev/cdrom
> Is this obselete ? If yes then what is the name of the new device ?
> I have tried ./MAKEDEV cdrom and got an error
> Any ideas ?
> George
/dev/cdrom is not a device, but a symbolic link to the cdrom device.
If you
Dear all,
The new eterm depends on eterm-backgrounds, which is a package I
can't seem to find - the backgrounds packages are eterm-bg and eterm-bg-ok
Is this a bug, or am I being stupid again?
Matthew
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After reinstalling my system (hamm) from scratch I have no /dev/cdrom
Is this obselete ? If yes then what is the name of the new device ?
I have tried ./MAKEDEV cdrom and got an error
Any ideas ?
George
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George Kape
On Thu, Oct 15, 1998 at 12:01:59PM +0200, Rainer Clasen wrote:
> No! Not using dhcp means guessing a free IP - or better getting a real staic
> one.
There are other reasons for using dhcp. I have a notebook and it's very
handy for getting a relevant IP wherever I happen to be. At home
I have a sta
Ok. It work but now I receive in that user a lot of messages like that:
Cron<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> /usr/sbin/exim -q && false with the next contnBet
1998-10-16 12:09:01 queue run: process 23976 crashed with signal 11 while
delivering 0zUD7c-0004xc-00
1998-10-16 12:09:02 queue run: process 23981 cras
Bek Oberin hat gesagt: // Bek Oberin wrote:
> One of the last remaining annoyances: I use a modified dvorak
> keyboard layout (ie: not-quite-dvorak, but close) and do most of
> my work in text-mode consoles. But sometimes I have to boot up
> X to run Netscape or PilotManager.
>
> RedHad's X s
I'm hoping to run a course including the installation towards the end of next
week, but the machines I'll be using have a problem. When debian is installed
to boot off the hard disk, a prompt:
1FA:
comes up. According to the docs, this should mean that I can boot off
partition 1 of the hard
>
> I want a distro with everything.
> i have about 3.7 gigs to spare.
>
> the lsl has the official, binary, source, non-free us
> non us non free.
>
> if i install EVERYTHING on these discs, how big will
> everything be?
If you install EVERYTHING, you will be screwed. There are many package
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>
> I've trashed something. I've installed gcc from the 2.0 disks, it
> doesn't compile the linux kernel. Tried installing egcc, nope. It
> doesn't find some files. Tried downloading egcc from the slink
> directory. Same error.
>
> So this is the error I get when compiling kernel 2.1.125 with
In <"BwTCcC.A.87D.CLvJ2"@murphy>, on 10/16/98
at 12:01 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
>Problem. Not enough space for my root partition on hdb. At 100% use, I
>can't even send messages. I'd like to shrink a DOS partition on hda,
>expand the adjacent Linux swap partition into the freed space, th
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