Re: apt-get netscape v4.76 problem

2001-01-06 Thread Bob Nielsen
It looks like you are missing either communicator-smotif-476 or navigator-smotif-476, which are the packages containing the executable. On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 09:33:48PM -0800, Xucaen wrote: > Yikes! > I have done: > apt-get install netscape-base-4 > apt-get install netscape-base-476 > apt-get i

Re: apt-get netscape v4.76 problem

2001-01-06 Thread Nate Amsden
try doing just apt-get install communicator i would remove all the other netscape packages first apt may do it for you but if it were my system i'd do it(you won't waste any time downloading them again as they still should be in apt's cache) nate Xucaen wrote: > > Yikes! > I have done: > apt-

apt-get netscape v4.76 problem

2001-01-06 Thread Xucaen
Yikes! I have done: apt-get install netscape-base-4 apt-get install netscape-base-476 apt-get install netscape-java-476 apt-get install navigator-base-476 apt-get install communicator-base-476 but NONE of these ever installs the netscape executable. or, if it is, I can't find it anywhere to run it

Re: lilo.conf 21.6.1 will soon be out

2001-01-06 Thread Russell Coker
On Sunday 07 January 2001 07:34, Mircea Luca wrote: > Since this thread is CC'ed to debian-user,is it a known fact that > message=/boot/graphic_screen doesn't work with the new lilo or is it a > bug > I should report ?For now I installed the storm's version of lilo and > holded > the official lilo(

Re: Cannot Open /dev/dsp device

2001-01-06 Thread David B . Harris
To quote Aaron Maxwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, # Hi. xanim complains that it cannot open the /dev/dsp # device. Funny thing is, I'm in the audio group and the # device's permissions seem legit: # Can't Open /dev/dsp device # ^C # yomama[12]% If some other program is using /dev/dsp, you'll also ge

Re: runlevels and XF86Setup??

2001-01-06 Thread Xucaen
--- "Eric G . Miller" wrote: > On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 07:57:57PM -0800, > Xucaen wrote: > > > > --- "Eric G . Miller" wrote: > > > On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 07:12:56PM -0800, > > > Xucaen wrote: > > > > in /etc/rc3.d I canged the symlink of > S99xdm > > > from > > > > ../init.d/xdm to /dev/null

Cannot Open /dev/dsp device

2001-01-06 Thread Aaron Maxwell
Hi. xanim complains that it cannot open the /dev/dsp device. Funny thing is, I'm in the audio group and the device's permissions seem legit: yomama[8]% groups amaxwell audio yomama[9]% ls -l /dev/dsp crw-rw1 root audio 14, 3 Jun 28 2000 /dev/dsp yomama[10]% ls -l `which xanim`

Re: Parallel Printer Port Problem

2001-01-06 Thread Jeffrey S. Coppock
GREAT NEWS!!! It's working! I don't really understand why, but I was able to narrow it down to lpr as the culprit (with several peoples help). So, after reinstalling lprng several times, I decided to try lpr. LPR WORKS! I don't know what the difference is, but it's enough. I reinstalled ma

Re: Packaging Policy.

2001-01-06 Thread Corey Popelier
> You are right about this. My point was that taking over a package and > calling it official without the maintainer's knowledge is not very > nice. Since Corey is probably not about to do this, it was probably > not the best language to use. Correct, I'm sure as hell not about to do that :) But

Re: lilo.conf

2001-01-06 Thread Mircea Luca
Russell Coker wrote: > > On Sunday 07 January 2001 05:20, Tibor D. wrote: > > Russell Coker wrote: > > > On Saturday 06 January 2001 21:19, Tibor D. wrote: > > >> Could you imagin squid.conf without any comments and example-lines? The > > > > > > Incidentally I have recently submitted a proposal f

Re: runlevels and XF86Setup??

2001-01-06 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 07:57:57PM -0800, Xucaen wrote: > > --- "Eric G . Miller" wrote: > > On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 07:12:56PM -0800, > > Xucaen wrote: > > > in /etc/rc3.d I canged the symlink of S99xdm > > from > > > ../init.d/xdm to /dev/null > > > > Aargh! Don't do that. Just remove the sym

Re: 2.4.0 and 3com 905c

2001-01-06 Thread Corey Popelier
http://linuxtoday.com In the notes for 2.4.0ac3 as just released by Alan Cox is reference to: o Add support for the newer 3c905 cards (Andrew Morton) Perhaps trying this patch might be worth your while. Cheers, Corey J. Popelier http://members.dingoblue.net.au/~pancreas On S

Re: debconf

2001-01-06 Thread Rob VanFleet
On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 08:06:19PM -0800, Joey Hess wrote: > Rob VanFleet wrote: > > How does one go about changing the message priority in debconf? > > You may be looking for 'dpkg-reconfigure debconf' -- without a bit more > explination I can't tell for sure. Sorry about the vagueness. Basica

Re: debconf

2001-01-06 Thread Joey Hess
Rob VanFleet wrote: > How does one go about changing the message priority in debconf? You may be looking for 'dpkg-reconfigure debconf' -- without a bit more explination I can't tell for sure. -- see shy jo

Re: Packaging Policy.

2001-01-06 Thread Joey Hess
Chris Gray wrote: > For example, how about this? > > - > > I, Chris Gray, have the official wmnetselect package on my apt site, > > http://www.cs.mcgill.ca/~cgray4 > > - > > Since I'm not the maintainer (you are), isn't what I have just done > unethical? It doesn't bother me one bi

Re: lilo.conf

2001-01-06 Thread Russell Coker
On Sunday 07 January 2001 05:20, Tibor D. wrote: > Russell Coker wrote: > > On Saturday 06 January 2001 21:19, Tibor D. wrote: > >> Could you imagin squid.conf without any comments and example-lines? The > > > > Incidentally I have recently submitted a proposal for debconf'ing Squid. > > I've forwa

Re: runlevels and XF86Setup??

2001-01-06 Thread Xucaen
--- "Eric G . Miller" wrote: > On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 07:12:56PM -0800, > Xucaen wrote: > > in /etc/rc3.d I canged the symlink of S99xdm > from > > ../init.d/xdm to /dev/null > > Aargh! Don't do that. Just remove the symlink > S99xdm and XDM will not > be run at boot for the given runlevel. A

debconf

2001-01-06 Thread Rob VanFleet
How does one go about changing the message priority in debconf? -Rob

Re: runlevels and XF86Setup??

2001-01-06 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 07:12:56PM -0800, Xucaen wrote: > Hi all!!! > > During the last few weeks, there have been > discussions about how to keep X from > automatically starting upon booting the system. > Most replys leaned towards disabling xdm in the > runlevel directory. This does work. Howeve

Re: CPU optimization

2001-01-06 Thread Mircea Luca
Jeronimo Pellegrini wrote: > Hmm... The package only changes the -mcpu and -march flags. > > I think it's easy to change the script for someone who knows Perl and the > stuff checked there. (I'm not too familiar with those, although I could > try something and make a .deb) Greatly appreciated >

runlevels and XF86Setup??

2001-01-06 Thread Xucaen
Hi all!!! During the last few weeks, there have been discussions about how to keep X from automatically starting upon booting the system. Most replys leaned towards disabling xdm in the runlevel directory. This does work. However, I came upon something strange. Here's what I did. My default runle

Re: Packaging Policy.

2001-01-06 Thread Chris Gray
> Joey Hess writes: jh> Chris Gray wrote: cp> recall. Now I don't know what the status of the maintainer of cp> this package is, but what are the Debian policy/ethical issues cp> involved if I suddenly piped up and said I had [unofficial?] cp> packages available for this?

Re: CPU optimization

2001-01-06 Thread Jeronimo Pellegrini
On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 06:53:33PM +, Mircea Luca wrote: > Hmm..OK ,let's see if I understood this corectly : > > > DEBIAN_BUILDARCH=k6 > export DEBIAN_BUILDARCH > > This should do it for the k6 stuff. Yes. > What about the code optimization ( -O3).This doesn't seem to be > addressed and a

Re: [2.4.0] migration to devfs

2001-01-06 Thread Leen Besselink
> lr-xr-xr-x1 root root 33 Jan 1 1970 /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 -> > ../ide/host0/bus1/target1/lun0/cd > lr-xr-xr-x1 root root 30 Jan 1 1970 /dev/discs/disc0 -> > ../ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/ > lr-xr-xr-x1 root root 30 Jan 1 1970 /dev/discs/

Re: CPU optimization

2001-01-06 Thread Mircea Luca
Jeronimo Pellegrini wrote: > > On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 06:38:59PM +, Mircea Luca wrote: > > Jeronimo Pellegrini wrote: > > > dpkg --print-avail pentium-builder > > Thanks,that was quick > > > > Now since the package doesn't have a man page and I don't read perl > > will that code read my envir

sbpcd mount fails during install

2001-01-06 Thread Hugh Martin
I'm having trouble installing Debian 2.2_11 on a 486 with a SoundBlaster 16 Value card driving a CR-563-B CD-ROM drive. I use "sbpcd=0x220,1" for the command line parameter (the address is 220 when configured under DOS and works correctly there). Installation of the sbpcd driver is successful, bu

Re: CPU optimization

2001-01-06 Thread Jeronimo Pellegrini
On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 06:38:59PM +, Mircea Luca wrote: > Jeronimo Pellegrini wrote: > > dpkg --print-avail pentium-builder > Thanks,that was quick > > Now since the package doesn't have a man page and I don't read perl > will that code read my environment settings or do I have to edit that >

Re: CPU optimization

2001-01-06 Thread Mircea Luca
Jeronimo Pellegrini wrote: > > On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 06:24:01PM +, Mircea Luca wrote: > > Hi > > > > I'd like to recompile some parts of my install(sid) specific for my > > system > > mainly what is set up already in .bash_profile (for both root and user) > >

Re: [2.4.0] migration to devfs

2001-01-06 Thread Phil Brutsche
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 06:09:54PM +0100, Andreas Jellinghaus wrote: > > 2.) boot. fsck will fail. do manual fsck, remount / rw, edit /etc/fstab: > > /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 /

Re: CPU optimization

2001-01-06 Thread Jeronimo Pellegrini
On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 06:24:01PM +, Mircea Luca wrote: > Hi > > I'd like to recompile some parts of my install(sid) specific for my > system > mainly what is set up already in .bash_profile (for both root and user) > - > #Begin /root/.bash_profile > a

Re: kernel 2.4.0 and audio cd

2001-01-06 Thread Hall Stevenson
* Anthony Fox ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010106 16:26]: > After compiling and running a 2.4.0 kernel, I can no longer play > audio cds. I can mount data cds just fine, but not audio cds. If I > try to mount an audio cd I get the following error: You don't mount audio CDs. Just stick 'em in and play..

CPU optimization

2001-01-06 Thread Mircea Luca
Hi I'd like to recompile some parts of my install(sid) specific for my system mainly what is set up already in .bash_profile (for both root and user) - #Begin /root/.bash_profile alias ls='ls -a -color' PS1='\u:\w$' TERM=linux CFLAGS="-O3 -march=k6 -mcpu=k6

Re: FrameBuffer and XF86

2001-01-06 Thread Tommy Wu
"Jason Holland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > well, i can tell you that is one of the problems for sure. you need to post > the rest of your xfconfig file for us though. maybe somebody will see > something else. > = my XF86config == # File generated by anXious - the Debian X Configurat

Re: Some refreshing news

2001-01-06 Thread Ray Percival
Wine works well with some of them use the cvs builds. -- Original Message -- From: "Gary Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 17:08:48 +0100 >On 5 Jan 2001, you wrote: > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >> > upgraded my motherboard and CPU last n

Re: Packaging Policy.

2001-01-06 Thread Joey Hess
Chris Gray wrote: > cp> recall. Now I don't know what the status of the maintainer of > cp> this package is, but what are the Debian policy/ethical issues > cp> involved if I suddenly piped up and said I had [unofficial?] > cp> packages available for this? > > It's called hijacking

Re: [2.4.0] migration to devfs

2001-01-06 Thread John Hasler
Ethan Benson writes: > don't force your preferences on others. you like devfs use it, don't > force me to do the same. You are free to fork your own version of Debian and/or the Linux kernel whenever you see fit. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, Wisconsin

RE: FrameBuffer and XF86

2001-01-06 Thread Jason Holland
well, i can tell you that is one of the problems for sure. you need to post the rest of your xfconfig file for us though. maybe somebody will see something else. Jason > -Original Message- > From: Tommy Wu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2001 7:51 PM > To: [EMAIL

Re: [2.4.0] migration to devfs

2001-01-06 Thread David B . Harris
To quote Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, # So if you have a problem with something, talk to the authors. Spewing # bile across the lists of an unrelated project is just going to be # conterproductive for you in the long run. I apologize for my part in this argument. It really upsets me to see this,

Re: FrameBuffer and XF86

2001-01-06 Thread Tommy Wu
"Jason Holland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > SubSection "Display" > > Depth 32 > > Modes "default" > > Virtual 1024 768 > > EndSubSection > > EndSection > Take the Virtual line out I've tried this. There is no different for me. They still be

Re: [2.4.0] migration to devfs

2001-01-06 Thread Joey Hess
Ethan Benson wrote: > i have heard all the arguments for devfs (long ago on linux-kernel) i > still don't want it. i just want the option to leave it off is that > so much to ask? I'm puzzled. You're saying you are a subscriber to linux-kernel. So why are you posting your drivel *here*? The user

RE: FrameBuffer and XF86

2001-01-06 Thread Jason Holland
> SubSection "Display" > Depth 32 > Modes "default" > Virtual 1024 768 > EndSubSection > EndSection Take the Virtual line out Jason

FrameBuffer and XF86

2001-01-06 Thread Tommy Wu
Hi! Does anyone know how to change the XWindow resolution for FBDev server ? I'm using a Permedia2 for framebuffer. It's work fine. But when I startup KDE2 with kdm (XF86 3.3.6), the desktop resolution is very very large virtual screen. Could I set the resoltion to a 1024x768 siz

Re: Parallel Printer Port Problem

2001-01-06 Thread Jeffrey S. Coppock
Okay, here's where I'm at: I checked the permissions of the log directories and files and the files are all set to 0660. LPR is setuid root [I used 'find / -perm -4000 -print' to check ] I tried 'lpr -D 1 ' and got this: bash$ lpr -D 1 dell_specs.txt 2001-01-06-17:29:32.042 [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: [2.4.0] migration to devfs

2001-01-06 Thread Ethan Benson
On Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 12:03:54PM +1100, Brian May wrote: > > My understanding is that chown/chgrp/chmod will work fine without > devfsd. as long as you never reboot. i don't reboot often, but i have to do it from time to time. i have heard all the arguments for devfs (long ago on linux-kernel

Re: useradd problem(!)

2001-01-06 Thread Sven Burgener
On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 05:44:04PM +, Malcolm Parsons wrote: > useradd and adduser are two different programs from two different pacakges, > the configuration of one does not affect the other: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dpkg -S /usr/sbin/useradd > passwd: /usr/sbin/useradd > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$

Re: [2.4.0] migration to devfs

2001-01-06 Thread David B . Harris
To quote Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, # On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 07:46:53PM -0500, David B. Harris wrote: # > You might want to consider changing your attitude a bit. These people # # oh i want choice, my attitude is clearly flawed afterall if i did not # want choice i would still be letting M

Re: [2.4.0] migration to devfs

2001-01-06 Thread Brian May
> "Ethan" == Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Ethan> On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 06:38:16PM -0600, Jason Holland Ethan> wrote: >> Devfs has a compatibility mode which can be turned on. it >> enables the old device paths, like /dev/hda4, to coexist with >> the new paths

Re: [2.4.0] migration to devfs

2001-01-06 Thread Ethan Benson
On Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 11:52:17AM +1100, Brian May wrote: > > Have a look at Documentation/filesystems/devfs/README, with the Linux > kernel (at least 2.4.0test10) - there are a number of good reasons for > why devfs is required, mentioned there. I recommend anyone interested > in devfs should re

Re: [2.4.0] migration to devfs

2001-01-06 Thread Ethan Benson
On Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 12:51:58AM +, Pollywog wrote: > I am confused.Is there some stuff I need to read in order to > prepare for this change in my favorite OS? > Just tell me what I need to read and I will get right on it. If I > have to migrate, I need a map :) you don't need to mi

ldap, ldap everywhere

2001-01-06 Thread Known Human Nick Rusnov
Hi. I'm going to be running a moderately sized network, and I was wondering how difficult it would be to setup ldap as teh authentication for it? How integrated are various utilities into ldap? I read that adduser doesn't support ldap, so should a script that uses adduser to create the user, the

Re: [2.4.0] migration to devfs

2001-01-06 Thread Ethan Benson
On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 07:46:53PM -0500, David B. Harris wrote: > You might want to consider changing your attitude a bit. These people oh i want choice, my attitude is clearly flawed afterall if i did not want choice i would still be letting MS or Apple tell me what to do. -- Ethan Benson ht

Re: [2.4.0] migration to devfs

2001-01-06 Thread Ethan Benson
On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 06:50:52PM -0600, Jason Holland wrote: > > haha! i happen to agree that the path names are ridiculous. however, i'd they certainly are rediculous. > rather have a 100 devices to look through, than 5000 without devfs turned > on. isn't it nice to have a choice? yes its

Re: [2.4.0] migration to devfs

2001-01-06 Thread Brian May
> "Ethan" == Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Ethan> On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 01:34:07PM -0500, S.Salman Ahmed Ethan> wrote: >> I have one question regarding devfs: does it offer any >> performance improvements over the traditional non-devfs setup, >> or is devfs sim

Re: [2.4.0] migration to devfs

2001-01-06 Thread Pollywog
I am confused. Is there some stuff I need to read in order to prepare for this change in my favorite OS? Just tell me what I need to read and I will get right on it. If I have to migrate, I need a map :) -- Andrew On Sat, 6 Jan 2001 15:46:13 -0900, Ethan Benson said: > On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at

Re: 2.4.0 and 3com 905c

2001-01-06 Thread Henrique M Holschuh
> > > i've been using stock kernel 2.2.17 that came with potato. it > > > recognized my 3com nic (as 3com 3c905c) and works wonderfully. 3c905cx are broken in 2.4.0, but earlier models (such as my 3c905b PCI card) work just fine. A patch to fix the issue with the 3c905cx was sent to the linux-ke

RE: [2.4.0] migration to devfs

2001-01-06 Thread Jason Holland
> > > On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 06:38:16PM -0600, Jason Holland wrote: > > Devfs has a compatibility mode which can be turned on. it > enables the old > > device paths, like /dev/hda4, to coexist with the new > paths, though mount > > will report the new path. > > it does that though a kludge daemon

xemacs alt-del kiss of death

2001-01-06 Thread debian
does anyone else see this problem? within an 'xterm', run 'emacs -nw', then type meta-. it always suspends my xterm and gives me the command prompt: [1]+ Stopped xemacs -nw % however, typing fg puts xemacs into a weird mode that makes it unusable. i can't seem to remap the meta

Re: [2.4.0] migration to devfs

2001-01-06 Thread Ethan Benson
On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 06:38:16PM -0600, Jason Holland wrote: > Devfs has a compatibility mode which can be turned on. it enables the old > device paths, like /dev/hda4, to coexist with the new paths, though mount > will report the new path. it does that though a kludge daemon. the same kludge

Re: W sprawie ISO

2001-01-06 Thread David B . Harris
To quote "Micha³ Rymaszewski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, # Czesc # Chcialem sie dowiedziec skad mozna sciagnac najnowsza dystrybucje Debiana w wersji stable w formacie ISO # # Z gory serdeczne dzieki za pomoc http://cdimage.debian.org That'll help you out :) Dave

Re: [2.4.0] migration to devfs

2001-01-06 Thread David B . Harris
To quote Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, # i fail to see how typing: # # /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 # # instead of /dev/hda1 or /dev/wd0a whenever i need to do anything # related to raw devices is a performance improvment. nor is writing # huge kludgy initscripts or bloated daemons

Re: [2.4.0] migration to devfs

2001-01-06 Thread Ethan Benson
On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 07:21:11PM -0500, David B. Harris wrote: > To quote Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > # > 2.) boot. fsck will fail. do manual fsck, remount / rw, edit > /etc/fstab: > # > /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 /boot ext2 defaults0 > 2 > # > /dev/ide/host0/bu

Re: Packaging Policy.

2001-01-06 Thread Colin Watson
Corey Popelier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >My issue is this, 5.5.3 is actually about 5 or 6 versions behind the >times. It was from about Sept last year if I recall. Now I don't know what >the status of the maintainer of this package is, but what are the Debian >policy/ethical issues involved if I

RE: [2.4.0] migration to devfs

2001-01-06 Thread Jason Holland
Devfs has a compatibility mode which can be turned on. it enables the old device paths, like /dev/hda4, to coexist with the new paths, though mount will report the new path. Jason > > > On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 01:34:07PM -0500, S.Salman Ahmed wrote: > > > > I have one question regarding devfs: d

W sprawie ISO

2001-01-06 Thread Michał Rymaszewski
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Re: [2.4.0] migration to devfs

2001-01-06 Thread Ethan Benson
On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 01:34:07PM -0500, S.Salman Ahmed wrote: > > I have one question regarding devfs: does it offer any performance > improvements over the traditional non-devfs setup, or is devfs simply a > 'structural' change ? i fail to see how typing: /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part

RE: 2.4.0 and 3com 905c

2001-01-06 Thread Jason Holland
> A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > > > i've been using stock kernel 2.2.17 that came with potato. it > > recognized my 3com nic (as 3com 3c905c) and works wonderfully. > > > > i would like to ungrade to kernel 2.4.0 (now that it's stable). > > after rebooting a custom 2

RE: emu10k1 module

2001-01-06 Thread Jason Holland
Anthony, In /etc/modules.conf alias sound emu10k1 should do the trick. Jason > > I have auto module loading compiled into my kernel. How do I > specify that when an application attempts to access the sound > hardware that the kernel should install the emu10k1 module into the > running kern

Re: [2.4.0] migration to devfs

2001-01-06 Thread Brian May
> "Andreas" == Andreas Jellinghaus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Andreas> 2.) boot. fsck will fail. do manual fsck, remount / rw, Andreas> edit /etc/fstab: /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 Andreas> /boot ext2 defaults 0 2 Andreas> /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part2 none

Re: [2.4.0] migration to devfs

2001-01-06 Thread David B . Harris
To quote Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, # > 2.) boot. fsck will fail. do manual fsck, remount / rw, edit /etc/fstab: # > /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 /boot ext2 defaults 0 2 # > /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part2 none swap sw 0 0 # > /dev/ide/host0/bus0

Re: [2.4.0] migration to devfs

2001-01-06 Thread Ethan Benson
On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 06:09:54PM +0100, Andreas Jellinghaus wrote: > 2.) boot. fsck will fail. do manual fsck, remount / rw, edit /etc/fstab: > /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 /boot ext2 defaults0 2 > /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part2 none swap sw 0 >

Re: netscape v4.76 libc problem

2001-01-06 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 03:48:44PM -0800, Xucaen wrote: > Hi all! > I need some advice. I am running Debian v2.2r2, > XFREE v3.3.6, I just installed Netscape v4.76. > The installation was successful. But when I try > to run netscape I get an error concerning libc. > The README says there is a known

Re: Package pools and Japanese Debian problems

2001-01-06 Thread Colin Watson
Neil Booth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I use Japanese Debian, and ever since pools were introduced I've not >been able to update many packages at all without download errors, It looks like ftp.debian.or.jp/debian-jp/ is badly broken; it doesn't know about package pools. I expect it will get progre

Re: SRC-install

2001-01-06 Thread Jeronimo Pellegrini
:: Matthias Wieser writes: >> apt-get -b install package > I wanted to use dselect, does it support it? ( I could not choose any > package that was available in source) > Or is there another frontend, that does support the feature, apt-get > has? I don't think any of them do that... But I could

Re: SRC-install

2001-01-06 Thread Matthias Wieser
> apt-get -b install package I wanted to use dselect, does it support it? ( I could not choose any package that was available in source) Or is there another frontend, that does support the feature, apt-get has? (I wanted to install everything while I am somewhere) (thus it would be convinient to

netscape v4.76 libc problem

2001-01-06 Thread Xucaen
Hi all! I need some advice. I am running Debian v2.2r2, XFREE v3.3.6, I just installed Netscape v4.76. The installation was successful. But when I try to run netscape I get an error concerning libc. The README says there is a known incompatibility with Netscape and libc and to go to http://sunsite.

Re: GCC and EGCS

2001-01-06 Thread Jeronimo Pellegrini
:: staf wagemakers writes: > The latest gcc sersion 2.96 ( which is the default compiler on Red Hat 7 ) > has > a few bugs and isn't able to compile the Linux kernel. This version of gcc is > only a pre-release therefor I wouldn't use this version at all... There was some flame war in linux-ke

Re: System security question

2001-01-06 Thread Viktor Rosenfeld
"Marco C ." wrote: > and I have another question: my netstat revealed these strange ports: > tcp0 0 *:6000 *:*LISTEN This is the X server, if I am not mistaken. IHMO nothing to worry about. > tcp0 0 *:1024 *:*LISTEN Dunno, what

Re: eml attached file problem

2001-01-06 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 10:10:51PM +0100, Nicolas Bertolissio wrote: > Hello, > > I've a potato upgraded in woody, and I'm using balsa_0.9.5-1.0.pre5-1. > I've received a mail with an attachment that is an .eml file format > (see below). I can read html parts even if there are html tags but I'd >

Re: GNOME Mail Client

2001-01-06 Thread Brad Burns
> > I use Sylpheed too, and I like it. > > I find that Pronto is great - it can use MySQL for storing emails which makes > it ideal for huge amounts of mail from losts of mailing lists. Searches are > VERY fast! At the moment I am using Sylpheed, and it's very nice.. I have not settled though

Re: SRC-install

2001-01-06 Thread Jeronimo Pellegrini
On Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 01:23:37AM +0100, Matthias Wieser wrote: > Is it possible to force APT to install from source? Yes. > I want to edit my sources.list that way, that apt just get's the sources > and then compiles everything himself. is that possible or is that utopy > getting into my mind?

SRC-install

2001-01-06 Thread Matthias Wieser
Is it possible to force APT to install from source? I want to edit my sources.list that way, that apt just get's the sources and then compiles everything himself. is that possible or is that utopy getting into my mind? Thank you, mattHias Wieser (pls.: cc me, because of lots of the trafic I somet

Re: Previous post: modem hangup

2001-01-06 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 10:01:32AM -0800, David S. Bach wrote: > Last week there was a post about avoiding a modem hangup by > specifying /dev/cua??? instead of /dev/ttyS?. /dev/cu?? has been deprecated for some time now (years even). Are you saying you want the modem to keep the line open, even

Re: gpm and wheelmouse

2001-01-06 Thread David B . Harris
To quote "Rick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, # my post was slightly premature (or maybe just got my thoughts in order, as # I investigated further into gpm.conf and found that where I had Hey, no worries :) Personally, it took me more than a month to get gpm+X working properly, although it wasn't wholly

Re: gpm and wheelmouse

2001-01-06 Thread Rick
Thank you, my post was slightly premature (or maybe just got my thoughts in order, as I investigated further into gpm.conf and found that where I had type=ps2 I needed type=imps2 now the wheelie doodad is working happily in mozilla (not ns4 tho---gotta play around some more) and xterm and wh

Re: GCC and EGCS

2001-01-06 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 11:49:11PM +0100, Raffaele Sandrini wrote: > Thanks a lot for your help. I also compile all my stuff on GCC 2.95.2 > without having any troubbles at anytime. I'm just wundering what the GREAT > > difference between the releases could be. I mean the language for example >

Re: apt question

2001-01-06 Thread Igor Mozetic
> What I am trying to do is install the latest version of the sawfish > window manager. It resides in the unstable section. The problem is > that I want to install only what is required from the unstable base. I > tried pressing "R" and "D" so that only the packages I selected would be > install

Re: emu10k1 module

2001-01-06 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 08:27:52AM -0500, Anthony Fox wrote: > I have auto module loading compiled into my kernel. How do I > specify that when an application attempts to access the sound > hardware that the kernel should install the emu10k1 module into the > running kernel? Right now, the kernel

Re: GCC and EGCS

2001-01-06 Thread Raffaele Sandrini
On Saturday 06 January 2001 22:19, Mike wrote: > Raffaele Sandrini wrote: > > Does EGCS exist today? or is it included in GCC. Many software recomments > > to be compiled with egcs (???). > > Like others have said already, gcc and egcs merged some time back. > > > I have GCC 2.95.2 installed on my

Re: kernel 2.4.0 and audio cd

2001-01-06 Thread Shawn D'Alimonte
On January 6, 2001 11:29 am, Anthony Fox wrote: > After compiling and running a 2.4.0 kernel, I can no longer play > audio cds. I can mount data cds just fine, but not audio cds. If I > try to mount an audio cd I get the following error: > Has anyone seen this problem or does anyone know what t

Re: gpm and wheelmouse

2001-01-06 Thread David B . Harris
To quote Rick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, # Option "Protocol""Intellimouse" Just to be sure, the protocol for an Intellimouse-compatible mouse on the PS/2 port is "IMPS/2". I dunno if your mouse is on a serial, USB, or PS/2 port, but I figured it was worth mentioning. Dave

gpm and wheelmouse

2001-01-06 Thread Rick
Hello, I needed to install XF86 4.0.2 in order to get my GeForce2 MX vid to work. I did the install manually and it works happily except that I cannot get the wheel of my Logitech TrackMan Marble to work. My mouse config is as follows: Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse" Option

Re: GNOME Mail Client

2001-01-06 Thread Matthew Sackman
On Sat, 6 Jan 2001 13:16:09 -0500, David B. Harris said: > To quote Raghavendra Bhat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > # Brad Burns posts: > # > # > Can anyone recommend a good GNOME Mail Client ? > # > > # > # U mean a mail client based on the GTK libs ? > # Plump for Sylpheed. It is good. > >

Re: apt question

2001-01-06 Thread Jim McCloskey
|> What I am trying to do is install the latest version of the sawfish |> window manager. It resides in the unstable section. The problem is |> that I want to install only what is required from the unstable base. I |> tried pressing "R" and "D" so that only the packages I selected would be

Re: Ad blocking with Squid

2001-01-06 Thread David B . Harris
# - I don't want to run both Junkbuster and Squid because I would see # this as wasteful. I guess that's somewhat true. I have both of them running. JunkBuster forwards its requests to squid(on port 3128), so that only the stuff junkbuster lets through gets downloaded. Some of my family members

Re: 2.4.0 and 3com 905c

2001-01-06 Thread Phil Brutsche
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > i've been using stock kernel 2.2.17 that came with potato. it > recognized my 3com nic (as 3com 3c905c) and works wonderfully. > > i would like to ungrade to kernel 2.4.0 (now that it's sta

Re: trouble getting fetchmail to start SOLVED

2001-01-06 Thread David B . Harris
To quote Ross Boylan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, # By the way, is there any reliable way to capture all the messages # which go to the console on system startup? dmesg and the various files # in /var/log do not get everything that shows on the screen--for # example, fetchmail's complaint when it couldn't

Turning off services SOLVED

2001-01-06 Thread Ross Boylan
At various times I have wanted to turn off certain daemons without uninstalling their packages. I couldn't find any good way to do this, so I wrote a little script. I'm making it available under the GPL. I've since discovered that the some packages also create a bunch of crontab jobs, and they a

Re: GCC and EGCS

2001-01-06 Thread staf wagemakers
On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 05:00:14PM +0100, Raffaele Sandrini wrote: > I am really confused over the different compilers wich seems to be > together. > > Does EGCS exist today? or is it included in GCC. Many software recomments > to be compiled with egcs (???). I have GCC 2.95.2 installed on my ma

Re: Ad blocking with Squid

2001-01-06 Thread Nate Amsden
Francois Gouget wrote: > >Is there a Debian package that would configure Squid to do ad > blocking? > > Background: > - I'm running squid at home to provide a unified cache to my local > network. > - I don't want to run Junkbuster because AFAIK it's not a cache. > - I don't want to run bot

Re: trouble getting fetchmail to start SOLVED

2001-01-06 Thread Ross Boylan
On Fri, Jan 05, 2001 at 10:46:29PM -0800, Ross Boylan wrote: Thanks for all the ideas. I solved the problem, though I'm still not sure why it was a problem. When the /init.d/fetchmail script runs from the system start up environment, it is unable to find /root/.fetchmailrc (or it is unwilling to

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