Re.Re. Total Confusion

2001-06-03 Thread Sidney Brooks
More information for Andrew Perrin. Using minicom, I was able to stay connected. ipchains -a invalid option route -n still headings, but no data nslookup www.debian.org nslookup command not found ping -c 198.186.203.20 ping:send to:Network is unreachable

install

2001-06-03 Thread 김수진 / 金秀珍
I am a beginner. I have no experience linux. Where Can I get CD for Debian? or how can I get a diskette for install?? Help!!

Re. Total Confusion

2001-06-03 Thread Sidney Brooks
Andrew Perrin asked: - What's the output of lsmod? nls_cp437 lp parport_pc unix Although ppp is not here, when I type insmod ppp, the response is that I already have the newest version. - Once you connect, what's the output of: I can only use wvdial si

Re: [PLUG] File copy method that is twice as fast as "cp -a".

2001-06-03 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Sun, Jun 03, 2001 at 09:30:03AM -0700, Russell Senior wrote: > > "Karl" == Karl M Hegbloom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Karl> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ # time (cd /usr/local/src/ && tar pcf - > Karl> cvs.gnome.org) | (cd /mnt/tmp/src/ && tar pxf -) > > Just for your reference, there is a tar

resizing a partition with GNU parted

2001-06-03 Thread burningclown
Hi, I'm trying to resize my root Linux partition to make room for a FreeBSD installation. Unfortunately, the partition I want to resize (/dev/hda3) is the one where parted is installed -- when I run parted and try to resize /dev/hda3, I get a warning telling me that the partition is in use. Is t

RE: A little off topic - Microsoft Networking Problem

2001-06-03 Thread Ian Perry
Petr, Many Thanks. Problem solved. Actually the Linux machines do not have samba installed, they are simply mail, web, squid etc. I know that none of the Windows machines have "Browse Master" enabled. At least they weren't when we set them up (unless the mysterious Mr Nobody and his fiddling f

How do I pass init= to the kernel?

2001-06-03 Thread Margarete Hans
When trying to install Debian from a DOS partition, using loadlin, the kernel booted, but then I got the following message: Partition check: hda: hda1 hda2 hda3 < hda5 hda6 hda7 > RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block invalid compressed format (err=2)<6>apm: BIOS version 1.1 Flags 0x03 (Driver

wmaker and it's icons

2001-06-03 Thread Sergio E. Schvezov
hi this is kind of a simple problem (i guess), i'm having some trouble when i resize the icons from 64x64 2 48x48, the applets don't resize with the icons and they seem useless as they are bigger than the icons that hold them, any help apreciated TIA

Wanted: apt-changes tool

2001-06-03 Thread Graham Williams
Is there such a thing as a tool for debian that looks at a current installation and compares it to what's available (via whatever sources.list is pointing to) and summarises the changes. For example, list all installed packages, their current version number, and the available version number. So

Re: High Load Average

2001-06-03 Thread Nate Amsden
"Jordi S. Bunster" wrote: > We JUST installed the server. I mean, there's nothing hand > compiled, except for Amavis. But it doesn't eat that much CPU amavis is VERY cpu intensive i run it on many systems. is there a lot of mail going through the system? is there a lot of big attachments? one of

Re: High Load Average

2001-06-03 Thread Christoph Simon
On Sun, 3 Jun 2001 23:18:41 -0300 (BRT) "Jordi S. Bunster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > you have a run away process and/or a memory leak > > > > ( amd and intel cpu behave slightly differently for > > ( the same code... > > Mmm .. speaking about internal programs, we only have some perl >

Re: adduser

2001-06-03 Thread John Hasler
Daniel Jones writes: > First, does debian use a different version of adduser than other > Unices/Linux distributions? Yes. On most distributions 'adduser' is merely a link to 'useradd'. On Debian adduser is a versatile front-end to useradd. man adduser. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dancing

Re: differences Debian and Corel?

2001-06-03 Thread John Galt
On Sun, 3 Jun 2001, Jonathan D. Proulx wrote: >On Sun, Jun 03, 2001 at 09:03:30AM -0400, Jonathan Freiermuth wrote: > >:Short answer - yes. >:Real answer - yes, if you are willing to learn. >: >:I've never personally used Corel, but I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess >:that Corel did its best t

Re: High Load Average

2001-06-03 Thread Noah L. Meyerhans
On Sun, Jun 03, 2001 at 11:18:41PM -0300, Jordi S. Bunster wrote: > 91 processes: 89 sleeping, 2 running, 0 zombie, 0 stopped > CPU states: 68.7% user, 31.2% system, 0.0% nice, 0.0% idle > Mem: 257856K av, 229104K used, 28752K free, 103600K shrd, > 73192K buff > Swap: 128484K av, 0K used,

Re: High Load Average

2001-06-03 Thread Petr \[Dingo\] Dvorak
On Sun, 3 Jun 2001, Jordi S. Bunster wrote: JSB> > you have a run away process and/or a memory leak JSB> > JSB> > ( amd and intel cpu behave slightly differently for JSB> > ( the same code... JSB> JSB> Mmm .. speaking about internal programs, we only have some perl JSB> scripts. Perl is the com

Re: A little off topic - Microsoft Networking Problem

2001-06-03 Thread Petr \[Dingo\] Dvorak
On Mon, 4 Jun 2001, Ian Perry wrote: IP> I know this is a little off topic but... IP> IP> I have a network of 100+ operating Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, Netware Server, IP> Linux (here I have to add that the machines running linux and netware have IP> been up continuously for over 11 months and nev

Re: Currency of packages

2001-06-03 Thread Noah L. Meyerhans
On Fri, Jun 01, 2001 at 08:51:07AM -0700, Nate Amsden wrote: > > I'd like to hear how Debian old-timers work with this. > > we deal with it. i run cyrus imap 1.5.x and many other "old" packages > from stable. they are in stable for a reason..they are stable :) I don't agree. I think "stable" is

Re: High Load Average

2001-06-03 Thread Jordi S. Bunster
> you have a run away process and/or a memory leak > > ( amd and intel cpu behave slightly differently for > ( the same code... Mmm .. speaking about internal programs, we only have some perl scripts. Perl is the compiled one, right? > what apps is running??? We JUST installed the server. I me

adduser

2001-06-03 Thread Daniel Jones
Two questions. First, does debian use a different version of adduser than other Unices/Linux distributions? I'm trying to set up samba as a PDC. The HOWTO at http://bioserve.latrobe.edu.au/samba/adding.html says to add a user for a machine using the following command: adduser –g machines –c

A little off topic - Microsoft Networking Problem

2001-06-03 Thread Ian Perry
I know this is a little off topic but... I have a network of 100+ operating Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, Netware Server, Linux (here I have to add that the machines running linux and netware have been up continuously for over 11 months and never missed a beat unlike the others mentioned) On the wind

Re: High Load Average

2001-06-03 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ay or you could have a hacker running an irc on your machine -- if the rest of your lan/machines is fine... than probably not c ya alvin On Sun, 3 Jun 2001, Alvin Oga wrote: > > hi ya jordi > > you have a run away process and/or a memory leak > > ( amd and intel cpu behave slightly d

Re: Currency of packages

2001-06-03 Thread John Galt
I'm thinking tinker && reboot... If tinker fails, you really don't want to kill your uptime... On Sat, 2 Jun 2001, Rob Mahurin wrote: >On Fri, Jun 01, 2001 at 09:32:53AM -0700, Jaye Inabnit ke6sls wrote: >> >> where stable rules. Maintenance then isn't 'tinker & reboot', > >Shouldn't this be 'ti

Re: High Load Average

2001-06-03 Thread Christoph Simon
On Sun, 3 Jun 2001 22:51:51 -0300 (BRT) "Jordi S. Bunster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just a question: Is there any reason in particular for a Debian > Box keep its load average always over 6? Not really. Did you try top to find out which processes are doing that? Maybe you where running a Net

Re: Need help with NVIDIA driver installation

2001-06-03 Thread Bob Nielsen
I recommend that you download the following: ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/contrib/n/nvidia-glx-src/nvidia-glx-src_0.9.769-1_i386.deb ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/contrib/n/nvidia-kernel-src/nvidia-kernel-src_0.9.769-1_i386.deb Install these and follow the (rather terse) instructions

Re: High Load Average

2001-06-03 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya jordi you have a run away process and/or a memory leak ( amd and intel cpu behave slightly differently for ( the same code... what apps is running??? top -i ps axuw c ya alvin On Sun, 3 Jun 2001, Jordi S. Bunster wrote: > > Just a question: Is there any reason in particular for a D

Re: High Load Average

2001-06-03 Thread Forrest English
what is running on it? have you checked top for processes? -- Forrest English http://truffula.net "When we have nothing left to give There will be no reason for us to live But when we have nothing left to lose You will have nothing left to use" -Fugazi On Sun, 3 Jun 2001, Jordi S. Bunster

Need help with NVIDIA driver installation

2001-06-03 Thread Abner Gershon
I have been trying to install the NVIDIA drivers for my NVIDIA 32mb GeForce 2 card without much success. I succeeded in downloading two tar files from the NVIDIA web site under windows and then decompressing them into my /usr/local directory. This created two new directories /usr/local/NVIDIA_GLX-0

High Load Average

2001-06-03 Thread Jordi S. Bunster
Just a question: Is there any reason in particular for a Debian Box keep its load average always over 6? It is a AMD Athlon 750 Mhz with 256 Megs of RAM, running potato and 2.2.19, compiled to run on i686. It has the Patches Debian puts on the stock kernel, and the new-style raid patches, althoug

Need help with NVIDIA driver installation

2001-06-03 Thread Abner Gershon
I have been trying to install the NVIDIA drivers for my NVIDIA 32mb GeForce 2 card without much success. I succeeded in downloading two tar files from the NVIDIA web site under windows and then decompressing them into my /usr/local directory. This created two new directories /usr/local/NVIDIA_GLX-0

Re: Re. Total Confusion

2001-06-03 Thread Andrew Perrin
I really don't think it's a BIOS issue, particularly since you can dial up using other OSes. I"ve asked the following several times and you haven't responded; I'll ask once more, then shut up, assuming that non-response means you're not interested in following through. - What's the output of lsmo

Re. Total Confusion

2001-06-03 Thread Sidney Brooks
In case it may be of help to someone in the future, this is how I got into my printer troubles. I installed Windows98, Redhat 6.2, and Debian Potato on three separate partitions of my hard drive. I dutifully made boot floppies for Redhat and Debian. However, Redhat gives you no choice about li

Re: hard disk - smart failure predicted??

2001-06-03 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya > > On boot up I got the message: > > " Smart Failure Predicted on Primary Master: WDCAC33200C > > Self Monitoring Analysis And Reporting (SMART) > > The drive thinks it's dying. > It's probably right. backup your user data NOW while you still can... pull the ide cables... replace

Re: hard disk - smart failure predicted??

2001-06-03 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Mon, Jun 04, 2001 at 01:09:05AM +0300, vordoo wrote: > Hi, > > On boot up I got the message: > " Smart Failure Predicted on Primary Master: WDCAC33200C Self Monitoring Analysis And Reporting (SMART) The drive thinks it's dying. It's probably right. > WARNING backup & replace H.D" > what is

Fwd: X startup problem

2001-06-03 Thread Ed Falis
I upgraded two machines to woody/testing a couple of days ago, starting from the libranet 1.9.1 distribution. One seems fine; one doesn't. The problem is that regardless of the user logging in, if Windowmaker or gnome is selected as the default window manager, it flashes up on the screen, then

Re: IDE tape drive question

2001-06-03 Thread Alson van der Meulen
On Sun, Jun 03, 2001 at 11:34:50PM -0400, Ed Lawson wrote: > I am trying to use an IDE tape drive with Debian. The drive is > identified during boot, but I am lost on how to access it. > Under SuSE and RH and as much of the documentation on tape drives > mentions, there > is a /dev/ht0 device fo

Re: upgrade of woody--downgrade of apache

2001-06-03 Thread Jan-Hendrik Palic
On Fri, Jun 01, 2001 at 01:22:22AM -0500, Wayne Sitton wrote: >I originally was running Debian stable. Runing a php4 website. Because of >another project, I had to upgrade to woody. The problem is, The apache >vesion in woody, does not work with php4. So I want to downgrade my version >of apache

Re: How can i get my printer to work??

2001-06-03 Thread John Hughes
>> Nifty quote. Btw, setting up a printer under Debian is >> a royal PITA... really. And FYI, Mac's ain't that bad. hehe. Not my quote. anyways, there must be a way to get printers to work in debian. Everything is there, it just doesnt work... Im trying to figure out why. Who knows what

IDE tape drive question

2001-06-03 Thread Ed Lawson
I am trying to use an IDE tape drive with Debian. The drive is identified during boot, but I am lost on how to access it. Under SuSE and RH and as much of the documentation on tape drives mentions, there is a /dev/ht0 device for such drives. I see nothing similar in /dev/ on my Debian box. How

Re: differences Debian and Corel?

2001-06-03 Thread Greg Madden
"Jonathan D. Proulx" wrote: snip > I've never used Corel either so caveat lector, but if it's Debian > derived, can't he just edit /etc/apt/sources and do a dist-upgrade? > > This would leave the kernel in tact and let him keep all his data and > whatever frobs he likes from Corel. Corel is a ble

Re: [OT] Coding w/ vim

2001-06-03 Thread D-Man
On Sun, Jun 03, 2001 at 11:06:09PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: | Matthias Richter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | >Cameron Matheson wrote on Sat Jun 02, 2001 at 03:45:30PM: | >> 2. How do I set the tab-spacing? I like to code w/ two-space tab-stops, | >> but vim defaults to 8 :( | > | >set tabstop=2 |

hard disk - smart failure predicted??

2001-06-03 Thread vordoo
Hi, On boot up I got the message: " Smart Failure Predicted on Primary Master: WDCAC33200C WARNING backup & replace H.D" what is wrong, do I run get a new H.D?? Thanks, Jeff _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://m

Mgetty

2001-06-03 Thread Jordi S. Bunster
Anyone using Mgetty and a Cyclades multi port board? I installed the mgetty package and created the devices, as well as the inittab entries (just like the examples found in Debian) but the modems wont stop blinking the ARQ/FAX light , and they don't answer. What's possibly wrong? Jordi S.

Re: [OT] Coding w/ vim

2001-06-03 Thread Colin Watson
Matthias Richter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Cameron Matheson wrote on Sat Jun 02, 2001 at 03:45:30PM: >> 2. How do I set the tab-spacing? I like to code w/ two-space tab-stops, >> but vim defaults to 8 :( > >set tabstop=2 >set expandtabs > >this expands tabs (which is a good idea IMHO) and sets s

Re: METAFONT

2001-06-03 Thread J.H.M. Dassen \(Ray\)
On Sun, Jun 03, 2001 at 23:14:01 +, Robin Gerard wrote: > I tried to use METAFONT and when I did > mf dessinmf.mf I got this message : > proofrulethickness .05u > (1) mf: Window support for X was not compiled > into this binary Indeed. Use "mfw" instead of "mf" if you want

Re: perl

2001-06-03 Thread Colin Watson
Robin Gerard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I want to install perl-5.6.1 (tar.gz) >do I have to remove perl-5.005 before ? You can install it in /usr/local/bin so that most programs on your system will keep on using the version of perl they're known to work correctly with, but you can use the newer o

Re: Fwd: apt-get: What will get removed?

2001-06-03 Thread Colin Watson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rick Pasotto) wrote: >There are several packages in 'testing' that I'd like to upgrade to. >When I run 'apt-get -s install' on them the results include this line >(reformated): > >Remv xpm4g [pixmap communicator-smotif-475 gnucash mctools-lite > xscreensaver-gl xbill xboard n

Re: compiling from cvs

2001-06-03 Thread Colin Watson
David Z Maze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Brendon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >B> i'm trying to compile konverse from cvs, how would i usually go about this >B> when there's no configure script, > >Yup. Storing generated files (like configure) in CVS is generally a >poor idea, since they can vary

Re: Optimizing libc6 et al...

2001-06-03 Thread Colin Watson
"Jonathan D. Proulx" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Anyway, my question is has anyone replaced system libraries using >apt-get -b source? > >Seems like this would be the most bang for the buck as it were, but >also the greatest risk. At one stage there were optimized libc6 packages available (libc6-i

METAFONT

2001-06-03 Thread Robin Gerard
hello, I tried to use METAFONT and when I did mf dessinmf.mf I got this message : proofrulethickness .05u (1) mf: Window support for X was not compiled into this binary (2) mf: to do so, rerun configure --with-x, recompile and reinstall (3) mf: (or perhaps you ju

Re: Getting Started!

2001-06-03 Thread Jonathan D. Proulx
On Sun, Jun 03, 2001 at 10:22:39PM +0200, HawkY wrote: :Hi! : :I'm new to Debian and to Linux too. (I've just (tried to) installed Debian :Potato next to a Win2k.) And I have questions: : :How can I get a list of my installed packages. ( dpkg ???) This is rarely necissary, but if you want to use

Re: exit[139]

2001-06-03 Thread J.H.M. Dassen \(Ray\)
On Sun, Jun 03, 2001 at 13:40:08 -0600, user list wrote: > Ideally, I'd like someone to tell me what exit code 139 means. 139 = 128 + 11 --> signal 11 --> time to read http://www.bitwizard.nl/sig11 HTH, Ray -- PATRIOTISM A great British writer once said that if he had to choose between betrayi

Användbar gränssnitt!

2001-06-03 Thread Jonas Arlid
Jag använder nu Microsoft ME men funderar på att installera debian paralelt med det. Den första frågan som jag ställer mig då är. -Är det svårt att få bukt med det? Jag använde Slackware för ca ett år sedan men tog bort det för att det tog för mycket tid att lära sig. Jag kunde använda det hjälplig

Re: Getting Started!

2001-06-03 Thread Forrest English
On Sun, 3 Jun 2001, HawkY wrote: > Hi! > > I'm new to Debian and to Linux too. (I've just (tried to) installed Debian > Potato next to a Win2k.) And I have questions: > > How can I get a list of my installed packages. ( dpkg ???) dpkg -l | less > Does this command list the packages I've in

Getting Started!

2001-06-03 Thread HawkY
Hi! I'm new to Debian and to Linux too. (I've just (tried to) installed Debian Potato next to a Win2k.) And I have questions: How can I get a list of my installed packages. ( dpkg ???) Does this command list the packages I've installed with mc? How can I install a bunch of packages with one si

Re: make-kpkg broken ?

2001-06-03 Thread Joey Hess
reiner wrote: > make: [stamp-configure] Error 1 (ignored) > dpkg-gencontrol: warning: unknown substitution variable ${kvers} > dpkg-gencontrol: warning: unknown substitution variable ${kversdeb} > dpkg-gencontrol: warning: unknown substitution variable ${kvers} > dpkg-deb: parse error, in file `deb

Re: Xmame

2001-06-03 Thread James Leigh
xmame is only an emulator. It can do nothing itself. look here http://mame.dk/ and notice this directory /usr/lib/games/xmame/roms/ james On Sat, 02 Jun 2001 11:32:10 Chris Spencer wrote: > I'm running Debian unstable and just downloaded all of the Xmame .debs. > Unfortunately I can't get Xmam

exit[139]

2001-06-03 Thread user list
I'm trying to find a list of exit codes for g77, which I'm guessing is the same as gcc. Can anyone point me to a document with a list of even cryptic labels. Ideally, I'd like someone to tell me what exit code 139 means. Art Edwards

Re: Xmame

2001-06-03 Thread James Leigh
Xmame is an emulator. It can do nothing by it self. take a look here http://www.mame.dk/ and notice this directory: /usr/lib/games/xmame/roms/ no problem, james On Sat, 02 Jun 2001 11:32:10 Chris Spencer wrote: > I'm running Debian unstable and just downloaded all of the Xmame .debs. > Unfortu

Re: OT: exam.cls?

2001-06-03 Thread Johann Spies
> "M" == Marcelo Chiapparini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: M> Hi! this is a bit OT, sorry. I will give a math exam and I M> would like to write it in LaTex. Does exist a latex class for M> doing this? (like article.cls for write articles) There is an exam.cls in tetex-extra which

Optimizing libc6 et al...

2001-06-03 Thread Jonathan D. Proulx
Hi, after reading some recent posts about apt-get -b source and pentium-builder, I'm toying with the idea of optimizing the hell out of my ppro system. Brief testing of a rebuild of the sysutils package got me a 6% decrease in the time to run memtest (I picked this because it takes a non-trivial

Re: Matrox G400 3d HW acceleration under Woody

2001-06-03 Thread Lee Elliott
Dominique Deleris wrote: > > Hello... > > I'd like to play games with my Woody box : I have a Matrox G400 > card, and I'd really appreciate to get HW 3d acceleration to play > SOF (soldier of fortune). > > When I start the game, it is relly slow :(, no > acceleration at all. > > Her

Re. Total Confusion

2001-06-03 Thread Sidney Brooks
Answers to recent questions. After using wvdial, the contents of /var/log/messages: syslog 1.3-3# 33.1: restart Output of lsmod: ppp Size 203000 When I give command pon, I just get: /usr/sbin/pppd: proxyarp option is disabled. It is not clear to me what is meant by -am line in /etc/ppp/options

Re: Compilacao de kernel

2001-06-03 Thread Antonio Lobato
On Sun, 03 Jun 2001 08:46:17 -0400 Gleydson Mazioli da Silva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Verifique se o pacote gcc-i386-bin, bin86, bison, estão instalados. Me > parece que > o bison agora faz parte das dependências de compilação do kernel 2.4, > mesmo ainda > não tendo sido incluido como tal no

Re: How to use junkbuster in lynx?

2001-06-03 Thread Jonathan D. Proulx
Hi, I haven't used junkbuster, but assuming it's a normal proxy server (atleast it's interface the browser deals with) set the environment variable http_proxy="http://proxy.host.name:port"; This works for my squid proxy, apt-get will also respect this variable as will wget and probably other com

How to use junkbuster in lynx?

2001-06-03 Thread Robert Cymbala
Can lynx be configured to use junkbuster? I've looked around at - lynx "?" help screens - Google search - debian-user search - /etc/lynx.cfg but haven't found anything that suggests it can be done (with the exception of junkbuster's package page, that suggests using lynx: http://packag

Re: Matrox G400 3d HW acceleration under Woody

2001-06-03 Thread Sean Morgan
On Sun, Jun 03, 2001 at 07:41:49PM +0200, Dominique Deleris wrote: > Hello... > > I'd like to play games with my Woody box : I have a Matrox G400 > card, and I'd really appreciate to get HW 3d acceleration to play > SOF (soldier of fortune). > > When I start the game, it is relly slow

Matrox G400 3d HW acceleration under Woody

2001-06-03 Thread Dominique Deleris
Hello... I'd like to play games with my Woody box : I have a Matrox G400 card, and I'd really appreciate to get HW 3d acceleration to play SOF (soldier of fortune). When I start the game, it is relly slow :(, no acceleration at all. Here is my XF86Config-4 file (configured w/ Matrox

Re: Re. Total Confusion

2001-06-03 Thread Andrew Perrin
To repeat what others have said: - What's the output of lsmod? - Once you connect, what's the output of: ipchains -a route -n nslookup www.debian.org ping -c5 198.186.203.20 traceroute 198.186.203.20 - What are the contents of /var/log/messages with respect

Re: oh crikey, it's ALSA all over again

2001-06-03 Thread Andreas Tscharner
> hi, > > just recently installed alsa drivers too...so, i'm just wondering: you > said you untarred alsa into the modules subdirectory? normally the alsa > installation script should do that for you. also, you shouldn't have to > copy files around...with debian anyway. i remember, coming from sus

Re: cdrom?cdburner?

2001-06-03 Thread csj
On Monday 04 June 2001 13:43, Chris wrote: > How to set up cdrom in fstab so i can access it. Looked in linux > doc. and read cdburner how tro but still cannot get cd to mount.. > Aslo have all modules loaded ide-scsi for burner. It is an imation > 12.10.32. Kernel acknoledges it but still won

Alsa and Kernel 2.4.5

2001-06-03 Thread Andreas Tscharner
Hello World, I cannot compile the alsa drivers any longer with kernel 2.4.5 (Kernel 2.4.4 worked) using make-kpkg modules_image Has anyone the same problem? Greets Andreas -- Andreas Tscharner Hain't we got all the fools in town on our side? And hain't that a big enough majority in any

Re: fakeroot problem - fixed?

2001-06-03 Thread csj
On Saturday 02 June 2001 21:36, Harry Henry Gebel wrote: > On Sat, Jun 02, 2001 at 05:55:35AM +0800, csj wrote: > > With fakeroot 0.4.4-9.2, a build exits with > > > > [stderr abridged and graciously spaced for clarity] > > > > /usr/bin/perl: error while loading shared libraries: > > libfa

make-kpkg broken ?

2001-06-03 Thread reiner
Hi all, I don't know if something is broken due to kernel-panic with 2.4.3ac14 within a debian-upgrade via dselect. (2.4.3ac14 seems to crash reproducable during an debian-upgrade, this gives a lot of files in lost&found :-() Now 2.4.5ac7 is running. Will see if this one is better:-) make-kpkg wo

Re: voodoo trouble - sanity is at stake here.

2001-06-03 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
begin: Alson van der Meulen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> quote > On Sun, Jun 03, 2001 at 09:40:21AM -0700, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > > hey all, > > > > my girlfriend asked me to fix something on her computer, and i'm at a > > loss... > > > > she has a voodoo3 / woody / X 4.0 > > > > hardware accelerati

Re: voodoo trouble - sanity is at stake here.

2001-06-03 Thread Alson van der Meulen
On Sun, Jun 03, 2001 at 09:40:21AM -0700, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > hey all, > > my girlfriend asked me to fix something on her computer, and i'm at a loss... > > she has a voodoo3 / woody / X 4.0 > > hardware acceleration is obviously working for root (gears looks great, and > independent of w

voodoo trouble - sanity is at stake here.

2001-06-03 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
hey all, my girlfriend asked me to fix something on her computer, and i'm at a loss... she has a voodoo3 / woody / X 4.0 hardware acceleration is obviously working for root (gears looks great, and independent of window size; quake3 looks great). it's obviously NOT working for non-root users (g

Re: modem problem: No dial tone (solved)

2001-06-03 Thread San Segkhoonthod
--- Matthias Richter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2001 15:03:41 +0200 > From: Matthias Richter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: San Segkhoonthod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: modem problem: No dial tone > > San Segkhoonthod wrote on Sun Jun 03, 2001 at > 05:46:36AM: > > I am having

Re: iptables and 2.4.4 kernel in testing

2001-06-03 Thread Wayne Topa
Subject: iptables and 2.4.4 kernel in testing Date: Sat, Jun 02, 2001 at 11:44:17PM -0400 In reply to:Simon Read Quoting Simon Read([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Folks, > > I'm trying to build a firewall using the 2.4.4 kernel and iptables. > The kernel seems to configure and build

Re: [PLUG] File copy method that is twice as fast as "cp -a".

2001-06-03 Thread Russell Senior
> "Karl" == Karl M Hegbloom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Karl> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ # time (cd /usr/local/src/ && tar pcf - Karl> cvs.gnome.org) | (cd /mnt/tmp/src/ && tar pxf -) Just for your reference, there is a tar option that makes your shell construction much easier: tar -C /usr/local

Re: Help: squid on a dial-up machine

2001-06-03 Thread Paul Wright
On Sat, 02 Jun 2001 17:32:18 EDT, Eugene wrote: > > Hello, > > I have a problem with squid (2.4.1-5) seemingly ignoring the '-D' > during the startup. > > When booting, squid dies because it cannot find nameservers (of > course! I'm on a dial-up!), despite being told (per man page) to > "disabl

Re: iptables and 2.4.4 kernel in testing

2001-06-03 Thread Timothy C . Klein
On Saturday 02 June 2001 09:44 pm, Simon Read wrote: > Folks, > > I'm trying to build a firewall using the 2.4.4 kernel and iptables. > The kernel seems to configure and build without problems, but when I > try to run iptables to specify a rule I get a message like: > > modprobe: Can't locate

Thanks for everything

2001-06-03 Thread Mel Herndon
Just wanted to say thank you to everyone that replied to my problem not being able to mount the cdrom, it never did compile iso9660 support into the kernel. This pc was built using HCL from several dists. It has worked with openlinux, mandrake, rh 5.2, 6, 7.1 suse 6.4 and turbolinux. Never had any

Re. Total Confusion

2001-06-03 Thread Sidney Brooks
Thanks to good advice here, I have solved my printer problem. When it became clear that lilo was loading the wrong kenel, I removed Debian and Redhat from my computer. I then cleaned out mbr. I reinstalled Debian. The kernel is now 2.2.19 pre17. I used the echo method and it printed. Hopin

Re: modem problem: No dial tone

2001-06-03 Thread John Hasler
San writes: > BTW, It works fine in Windows but I had to uncheck "Wait for dial tone > before dialing". So, this question is how I can set the option in > debian. Assuming that you are starting ppp with pon or a compatible program, run pppconfig, go to the 'Advanced' menu, select 'Modemint', and

Re: Re. Total Confusion

2001-06-03 Thread Andrew Perrin
>From the rest of the discussion, it's clear that LILO is incorrectly loading your redhat kernel when you intend debian, and that's leading to your other problems. Read man lilo.conf, edit /etc/lilo.conf, run lilo, and reboot, and report back. --

Re: cdrom?cdburner?

2001-06-03 Thread Bud Rogers
On Sunday 03 June 2001 11:42, Leonard Leblanc wrote: > According to my knowledge, you can only mount a cd-rom drive if there > actually is a cd in there. I wouldn't suggest putting it in /etc/fstab > unless you are always planning on leaving a cd in the drive. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ grep cdrom /etc

Re: cdrom?cdburner?

2001-06-03 Thread Leonard Leblanc
According to my knowledge, you can only mount a cd-rom drive if there actually is a cd in there. I wouldn't suggest putting it in /etc/fstab unless you are always planning on leaving a cd in the drive. Leonard Leblanc Webmaster / Intranet Administrator www.emergeknowledge.com - Original Mes

Re: compiling from cvs

2001-06-03 Thread Brendon
> B> Lately i've been compiling more and more things from cvs to get the > B> most up to date versions, but not being familar with the compiling > B> process i sometimes have no clue what to do. > > This is probably a bad idea, then. Developers tend to use CVS as a > place to store the absolutely-

keymap problem

2001-06-03 Thread Arno Baier
Hi i'm usen deb potato and set up keymaps with kbdconfig. i selected de-latin1-nodeadkeys. during testing all chars were ok, but after reloading with loadkeys i can't get the typical german keys (ß,ö etc). what can i do? thanx arno

Re: How can i get my printer to work??

2001-06-03 Thread Wayne Topa
Subject: Re: How can i get my printer to work?? Date: Sat, Jun 02, 2001 at 10:45:48PM -0500 In reply to:John Hughes Quoting John Hughes([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > >> > >>Subject: How can i get my printer to work?? > >>Date: Sat, Jun 02, 2001 at 02:59:37PM -0500 > >> > >> In

Fwd: apt-get: What will get removed?

2001-06-03 Thread Rick Pasotto
There are several packages in 'testing' that I'd like to upgrade to. When I run 'apt-get -s install' on them the results include this line (reformated): Remv xpm4g [pixmap communicator-smotif-475 gnucash mctools-lite xscreensaver-gl xbill xboard nighthawk xmcpustate plan gnome-control-ce

cdrom?cdburner?

2001-06-03 Thread Chris
How to set up cdrom in fstab so i can access it.  Looked in linux doc. and read cdburner how tro  but still cannot get cd to mount..  Aslo  have all modules loaded ide-scsi for burner. It is an imation 12.10.32.  Kernel acknoledges it but still wont mount???  cdrecord -scanbus lists it as sr

Re: compiling from cvs

2001-06-03 Thread David Z Maze
Brendon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: B> Lately i've been compiling more and more things from cvs to get the B> most up to date versions, but not being familar with the compiling B> process i sometimes have no clue what to do. This is probably a bad idea, then. Developers tend to use CVS as a plac

Re: differences Debian and Corel?

2001-06-03 Thread Jonathan D. Proulx
On Sun, Jun 03, 2001 at 09:03:30AM -0400, Jonathan Freiermuth wrote: :Short answer - yes. :Real answer - yes, if you are willing to learn. : :I've never personally used Corel, but I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess :that Corel did its best to hide the complexities of Linux from the user. : :Deb

Re: Re. Total Confusion

2001-06-03 Thread Jonathan D. Proulx
On Sun, Jun 03, 2001 at 04:36:58AM -0700, Sidney Brooks wrote: :Thanks to Steve Kowalik, who wrote the following, the problem if not the :solution is becoming clear. :I have Windows on partition hda1, Redhat on hda6, and Debian on hda8. :Because of what Steve wrote, I did uname -a for Redhat and

Re: differences Debian and Corel?

2001-06-03 Thread Jonathan Freiermuth
On Sun, Jun 03, 2001 at 06:53:26PM -0700, Herman Christiani wrote: > Hi All, > This is my first posting in this group, > I'm using at the moment a dualboot machine, NT4 and Corel Linux 1.2 > since there is no further development regarding Corel Linux I'm > contemplating to change to Debian (potato)

modem problem: No dial tone

2001-06-03 Thread San Segkhoonthod
Hi, I am having with modem not working in my debian box. When I tested my modem using minicom and type "ATDT" followed by phone number, it said "No Dial Tone". BTW, It works fine in Windows but I had to uncheck "Wait for dial tone before dialing". So, this question is how I can set the option in

Re: iptables and 2.4.4 kernel in testing

2001-06-03 Thread Jonathan Freiermuth
On Sun, Jun 03, 2001 at 08:55:25PM +1000, Steve Kowalik wrote: > GRAH!! > Modules Are Good[tm]. > My boss refuses to use modules, and I hate it. > iptables works best as modules. Using it directly in the kernel prevents the > use of the ipchains and ipfwadm compatibility, and prevents updating > "b

Re. Total Confusion

2001-06-03 Thread Sidney Brooks
Thanks to Steve Kowalik, who wrote the following, the problem if not the solution is becoming clear. On Sat, Jun 02, 2001 at 09:35:35PM -0700, Sidney Brooks uttered: > I ran depmod -a as root and got: > Can't open /lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/modules.dep for writing. > > Again the number seems to ind

RE: http-ssl

2001-06-03 Thread Bill Lumsden
or apt-get install apache-ssl -Original Message- From: J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, 3 June 2001 7:39 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: http-ssl On Sat, Jun 02, 2001 at 20:04:46 +0200, Eamon Roque wrote: > I'm looking for the http-ssl package

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