On 4/13/02 8:28 AM, "David Wright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> 1) Is there any way to force dpkg to remove as much of a package as it
> can and then liquidate the entry from its database, regardless of
> whatever error codes any scripts return, thus allowing you to start over
> from a pristine
> "Viktor" == Viktor Rosenfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Viktor> You are mostly correct. IIRC, if the package structure
Viktor> changes, e.g. some packages get split up and others are
Viktor> added, then "upgrade" won't handle that and only upgrade
Viktor> the packages you
New install of 'testing'.
I've apt-gotten installed ssh
Running ssh yields a Segmentation fault.
Anyone else seeing this? Any advice on what to do? I removed the ssh
package and reinstalled. No luck.
> >>>>> "BK" == Bob Koss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> BK> You guys are all ahead of me. I'm still trying to upgrade to
> BK> 4.1.
> BK>
> BK> How did you generate the XFConfig-4 file? I ran XFree86
> B
> >
> >
> > i had the same problem: startx died, GDM login either. Applying the
> > above solved it.
> >
>
You guys are all ahead of me. I'm still trying to upgrade to 4.1.
How did you generate the XFConfig-4 file? I ran XFree86 -configure and it
wrote a file /root/XF86Config.new. It doesn't wor
> > empty file details field `MD5sum'
>
> apt/dpkg bug, not sure which yet, and I've no idea why doc-linux-html
> seems to be its favourite target today. Edit /var/lib/dpkg/available
> around the line number it quotes (it should be in a paragraph starting
> with "Package: doc-linux-html"), and re
I attempted to upgrade my working kde 2.1 system to 2.2. My attempt has left
me with a half-working, error spewing, broken konqueror, mess.
Attempting to complete the half-completed installation produces the following
error:
bear:~# apt-get -f install
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Depe
>
> Excuse my ignorance, but what's the attraction of watching DVD movies on a
> computer? It seems I'm better off in my comfy recliner chair or on the
> couch watching my 29 inch Panasonic GAOO then sitting at my desk in the
> den.
Some of us spend our evenings in hotel rooms.
Robert S. Kos
> Hello,
> You can upgrade the kernel without messing with anything else - all you
> have to do is either
> a) download the latest kernel-source packafe (apt-gettable) and compile
> in your needed options, make kpkg and so forth, or
> b) download the tar.gz from www.kernel.org - what I generally do
> >
> > I posted this on comp.linux.os.networking and didn't get any
> > responses. I'm hoping somebody here might be able to help.
> >
> >
> > I want to backup my laptop (thinkpad-wireless) to the tape drive in my
> > server (bear).
>
> Not sure why your nfs isn't working but I'd suggest trying du
I posted this on comp.linux.os.networking and didn't get any
responses. I'm hoping somebody here might be able to help.
I want to backup my laptop (thinkpad-wireless) to the tape drive in my
server (bear).
On my laptop, in /etc/exports:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] /root]# cat /etc/exports
/
>
> > I chose not to upgrade XFree. One problem at a time.
>
> Can you do that?
> I mean... can you unselect the packages you don't want to install? :-?
>
The installation / configuration tool asks you questions. I opted to leave
anything to do with X the way it was.
>
> well, finally i am doing this
>
> apt-get install kdebase
> next
> apt-get install koffice
> next
>
> I'm donwloading the packages now, this should work fine after all
>
Let us know when you're up and running in kde.
>
>I've just subscribed to the list a few days ago and I'm seeing
> many messages about people migrating from the Stable to the
> Testing version
> of Debian which makes me think that it's not such a painful
> process as I had
> thought.
>
>Is there a HOWTO or something (perhaps in the arch
>
> Hi Bob!
> I did:
> #apt-get update
> #apt-get install task-kde
> E: couldn't find package task-kde
>
> what should i do?
Now that's weird. Are you sure you're running Woody?
Do a 'apt-cache search task-kde'. I see three entries when I do that.
>
> I have installed woody (upgraded from potato) and now I would
> like to install
> Kde. My question is what is the magic apt-get command to start
> the whole kde
> install ?
> apt-get install __?__
I'm in exactly the same boat. I did an 'apt-cache search kde' and I see
task-kde near the end o
>
> When I upgraded from stable to testing all I did was
> change the stable to testing in tht sourceslist and
> away you go.. So do you need the stable lines in
> sources.list, I sy no.
I agree. I seem to be doing okay here by just replacing all occurances of
'potato' with 'testing'.
Robert
> >
> > I changed 'stable' to 'testing' everywhere in my
> /etc/apt/sources.list file.
>
> When using testing, I always left the deb lines for stable in the
> sources.list file. That is to say that I think rather than replacing
> your stable lines with testing, you should leave them there and add
I have a Debian stable system, but I'm thinking unstable might be in my
future.
This morning I thought I'd perform the simple task of compiling pan from
cvs.
Trying to do the autoconf / make thing led me to install several packages,
which required even more packages. I through up my hands when I
>
> Quoth Michael Heldebrant,
> > On Mon, 2001-09-17 at 12:01, Bob Koss wrote:
> > >
> > > I attempt to mount my win98 box known as thinkpad-wired on my
> linux box:
> > >
> > > bear:~# mount -t smbfs //thinkpad-wired/E /mnt/thinkpad-winb
I attempt to mount my win98 box known as thinkpad-wired on my linux box:
bear:~# mount -t smbfs //thinkpad-wired/E /mnt/thinkpad-winblows
session request to THINKPAD-WIRED failed
session request to *SMBSERVER failed
SMB connection failed
bear:~#
thinkpad-wireless is in /etc/hosts and the /mnt/t
I'm thinking of buying the Apple G4 Powerbook. Is the PPC distribution
the CD set that I want to buy?
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Senior Consultant | Object Oriented Design, C++, Java
www.objectmentor.com | Extreme Programming
IBM Thinkpads work well with Linux. I'm using one now.
There is a mailing list for linux-thinkpad users.
In the same off-topic spirit, I'm seriously thinking of getting a Powerbook.
Anybody have experience with OS-X versus Debian on one?
which drive? which kernel?
Robert S. Koss, Ph.D. | Training and Mentoring
Senior Consultant | Object Oriented Design
Object Mentor, Inc. | C++, Java
www.objectmentor.com| Extreme Programming
> -Original Message-
> From: Martin F Krafft [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent
go grab gaim.
Robert S. Koss, Ph.D. | Training and Mentoring
Senior Consultant | Object Oriented Design
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www.objectmentor.com| Extreme Programming
> -Original Message-
> From: David Frischknecht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursda
>
> I would like point out a problem with the installation
> instructions for Debian. Nowhere does the user receive a hint how
> to configure the Ethernet driver. I wasted considerable time
> getting my network connection up because I didn't know, 1) what
> my Ethernet card driver was and 2)what co
>
>
> any info about kernel 2.4.x ?
> any one have tried it ?
Yeah, it made my OnStream tape backup unusable.
Robert S. Koss, Ph.D. | Training and Mentoring
Senior Consultant | Object Oriented Design
Object Mentor, Inc. | C++, Java
www.objectmentor.com| Extreme Programming
RedHat has a handy utility called printtool for configuring printers.
Is there a Debian equivalent? If not, how do you folks configure printers?
Robert S. Koss, Ph.D. | Training and Mentoring
Senior Consultant | Object Oriented Design
Object Mentor, Inc. | C++, Java
www.objectmen
Ever since I switched from RH to Debian, I've been getting errors from tar
when I try to backup samba mounted file systems. The error is, "file changed
as we read it." There are many of these errors and there is nobody changing
any of the files. I rebooted the Win95 machine and didn't start any
app
> "Michael" == Michael Heldebrant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Michael> Just for informative purposes, what were /dev/mixer and
Michael> /dev/dsp set to before they wouldn't work?
They were both 660.
I still don't understand why changing them to 662 and 666 made sound
work, since the
> "Michael" == Michael Heldebrant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Michael> Just for informative purposes, what were /dev/mixer and
Michael> /dev/dsp set to before they wouldn't work?
They were both 660.
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Robert Koss, Ph.D. | Training, Mentoring, Contract Development
Senior Co
>>>>> "Ade" == Ade Talabi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Ade> Bob Koss, What is extreme programming?
Take every practice that is considered "good" in software development
(testing, reviews, etc) and turn the dials all the way up to 10.
Do everyth
audio 14, 3
Kamil> Apr 4 16:46 /dev/dsp crw-rw-rw- 1 root audio 14, 0 Apr 4
Kamil> 16:46 /dev/mixer
Kamil> That solved my audio problems. Hopefully it will solve
Kamil> yours.
Kamil> On August 16, 2001 04:24 pm, Bob Koss wrote:
>> >>&g
>>>>> "Michael" == Michael Heldebrant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Michael> On 16 Aug 2001 15:19:55 -0400, Bob Koss wrote:
>> >>>>> "Michael" == Michael Heldebrant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> writes:
>>
> "Michael" == Michael Heldebrant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Michael> Try logging out and logging back in.
Didn't work. But while I was at the non-X bash prompt, I tried firing
up mpg123 and that gave a better error message. The problem is
/dev/dsp.
rskoss is in group audio and /dev/d
> "Mike" == Mike Egglestone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Mike> Hi.. Any user that you want to be able to play audio...add
Mike> them to the audio group...
Hi Mike,
Didn't work.
adduser rskoss audio
That went fine.
Fired up xmms and got a "Couldn't open audio" message.
--
Robe
Potato install - root can play music through xmms. No other user can.
How do I determine which file needs to have its permissions changed?
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Robert Koss, Ph.D. | Training, Mentoring, Contract Development
Senior Consultant | Object Oriented Design, C++, Java
www.objectmentor.com | E
>
> Whenever I try to instal debian linux 2.2r3 off the cd (bootable) it
> installs the basehurd.tgz archive but then I don't know what to
> do because
> if I restart the PC then when booting off the hard disk, on the
> command line
> it just comes up and says
>
> LI
>
> thats it! whats wrong, can
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Marcus Günther [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 11:51 AM
> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> > Subject: Unresolved dependencies
> >
> >
> > Hi.
> >
> > I'm new to Debian and I think it is a very good distro.
> > Especially a
type: locate stdio.h
is it there? Mine is in /usr/include
If you don't have one, you'll need to install some more packages. I
installed the C++ development stuff when I first installed Debian.
Robert S. Koss, Ph.D. | Training and Mentoring
Senior Consultant | Object Oriented Desi
> "Daniel" == Daniel Toffetti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Daniel> I never installed a kernel using the woody mirrors
Daniel> yet. Whenever I upgrade a package using dselect, it simply
Daniel> unpacks it and configures it. I guess whether the
Daniel> installation of a kernel
>>>>> "rio" == rio Brito writes:
rio> On Aug 12 2001, Bob Koss wrote:
>> I added the above to sources.list, did a apt-get update, but
>> when I apt-cache search, all I see is jdk 1.1.x. I don't see
>> 1.3.x anywhere.
>>
> "Wayne" == Wayne Topa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> So, can I upgrade my kernel to 2.4.? Has anybody taken a newly
>> installed potato system and just upgraded the kernel to 2.4?
>> What headaches are in my future?
Wayne> I changed 4 boxen to 2.4.x. No worries.
Wayne>
> "Daniel" == Daniel Toffetti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Daniel> I've upgraded the default potato kernel to 2.4.3 by
Daniel> downloading the sources and following the instructions in
Daniel> the documentation of kernel-package.
Is there a reason you didn't get the latest and
I upgraded my potato install to kernel 2.4.7. When I rebooted, I was
greeted with a graphical login.
How can I go back to booting to a shell prompt and then starting X if
and only if I want to start X? All of the runlevels except 1 seem to
have xdm. Should I just pick a runlevel and delete the
> "Andreas" == Andreas Leitner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> personally I'm using blackdown jdk version 1.3.1 . It is
>> supplied as a debian package. I added this to my sources.list :
>> deb ftp://ftp.oleane.net/pub/java-linux/debian potato non-free
I added the above to sources
I'm still trying to get my OnStream tape driving working in Debian. I
was mistaken when I said that the driver was in the kernel. The driver
doesn't appear until 2.4. The kernel patches from OnStream are only
for 2.2.14 and 2.2.16. I'm running potato with 2.2.19.
So, can I upgrade my kernel to
> "Alvin" == Alvin Oga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Alvin> if the device is made properly... it should be like
Alvin> crw-rw 1 root disk 37, 0 May 5 1998 /dev/ht0
Alvin> until "ls -la /dev/ht0" looks liek the above line... there
Alvin> is no point to doing any mt/tar comm
> "Alvin" == Alvin Oga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Alvin> so you do NOT have /dev/ht0 as a device
Alvin> manually creaate a device called /dev/ht0 with mknod...
Alvin> and give it the type, and major and minor id
Alvin> if the device is made properly... it should be like
> "Alvin" == Alvin Oga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Alvin> did you try: cd /dev ./MAKEDEV ht0
That's exactly what I did.
Alvin> = should work, if not...
Alvin> more info
Alvin> http://www-wsg.cso.uiuc.edu/resources/unixguide/devices.html
Alvin> you do it the
> "Alvin" == Alvin Oga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Alvin> hi ya bob
Alvin> you created a file called /dev/ht0 that filled up the
Alvin> available space in / causes device full to tar
/dev/ht0 was supposed to go to my tape drive. Why didn't it???
--
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> "Alvin" == Alvin Oga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Alvin> you need to remove the file called /dev/ht0 that was
Alvin> created by the tar command when trying to write to tape
Alvin> that did not work...
Alvin> you need to create a tape decice called /dev/ht0 and/or ln
Alvin
> "Alvin" == Alvin Oga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Alvin> if the device is full... you have too much data
The device isn't full. When I issued the tar command, it worked for a
few seconds and then gave me the error message. Nothing went to tape.
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> "Michael" == Michael Heldebrant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Michael> You may need to install the ide-tape module if it's not
Michael> in the kernel you are running already.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/log$ grep OnStream dmesg
hdc: OnStream DI-30, ATAPI TAPE drive
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var
When this box was running RH, I would backup using my Onstream tape
drive thusly:
tar cvbf 64 /dev/ht0 /stuff /moreStuff
With my recent Debian install, this no longer works, giving me a
"device full" error.
But, with the 2.2.19 kernel included with Debian, the Onstream driver
is included in t
Problem solved!
Some combination of chmod a+rw and using the umask=0 option when
mounting solved it.
Now I can open my checkbook records on my wife's computer.
Unfortunately, now I know for a fact that I don't have enough to pay
the bills ;-)
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> "P" == P Kirk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
P> Hey Bob. Puzzling one this. You should cc the group on all
P> mail as athere are way more skilled players than me.
Sorry. I thought I was. I have to remember to hit 'F' instead of 'R'
when replying.
P> soemting is very odd here.
>>>>> "P" == P Kirk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
P> #! On Fri, Aug 10, 2001, Bob Koss wrote:
>> Mounting worked. By repeating the command I assume you meant
>> 'chown -R sue /mnt/dosE'. If so, that failed as it traversed
>
> "Patrick" == P Kirk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Patrick> Hi, There are a few diagnostic steps you need. First, if
Patrick> you login to the Debian box under your wife's ID, can you
Patrick> access the files? If yes, its a SAMBA problem. If not,
Patrick> we need to look at
I've been struggling for the last few days trying to get my wife's
Win95 laptop to access her Quicken files that I have on a fat16
partition on my linux machine. There is something about 'mount' that
is eluding me.
This was working fine in RH for years. When I changed to Debian last
week, it stop
>
> Have a look ay http://kde.debian.net
>
Wow, that was relatively easy. Thanks.
I have to say that this is the friendliest and most helpful Linux group I've
ever encountered.
Robert S. Koss, Ph.D. | Training and Mentoring
Senior Consultant | Object Oriented Design
Object Mentor,
I finally have a stable, functioning, system running X, using ice. It
works. Cool.
I would like to try KDE. What's my best plan to do this, since KDE is
in Woody? Should I do a dist-upgrade and then get the KDE packages,
or should I get the KDE packages in the order listed at kde.org and
hope th
In Redhat, I would: /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb restart
to restart a service.
How do I do that with Debian?
Robert S. Koss, Ph.D. | Training and Mentoring
Senior Consultant | Object Oriented Design
Object Mentor, Inc. | C++, Java
www.objectmentor.com| Extreme Programming
>
> Might you be able to use gaim instead? It works fine for me, and, as a
> bonus, you don't have to look at AOL's ad banners.
Thank you kindly.
I went off and downloaded the tar file and spent a long, long time trying to
figure out why ./configure wouldn't configure. I never did solve this.
I
> -Original Message-
> From: Dave Sherohman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 10:52 AM
> To: Debian User List
> Subject: Re: learning to find packages
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 03:13:48PM -0400, Bob Koss wrote:
> > Now aim just
>
> > I tried to enter libstdc++-lib6.1-1.so.2, and smaller pieces all the way
> > down to libstdc++ and didn't get any hits.
>
> Funny, I found it first time out. You want libstdc++2.9-glibc2.1 from
> the oldlibs section.
Found it, thank you.
Now aim just segfaults :-( It was working about tw
> >
> > I try to start an application and it says that it can't load
> > libstdc++-lib6.1-1.so.2.
>
> You should not have to deal with this problem.
I keep hearing that. ;-) Unfortunately, it doesn't match my experiences
over the last week :-(
> What application are you
> using? Was it insta
I'm still in library/package management hell.
I try to start an application and it says that it can't load
libstdc++-lib6.1-1.so.2.
I look in /usr/lib and I see that I have:
libstdc++3-lib6.1-2-2.10.0.so
libstdc++3-lib6.2-2-2.10.0.so
I tried to make a link from what the app wanted to what I ha
A related question
When I try to run an application and I get errors about missing
libraries, how do I know which package a given library is in?
> "Neil" == Neil Gibbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Neil> Hey all, a Newbie here. Love Debian, but I noticed some
Neil> things were
I'm going to try another (my fifth) install tomorrow, following the
steps you've posted below, and taking careful notes. The previous four
installation attempts have not gone well and I've managed to end up in
package dependency hell each time. Right now I have some bastardized
version between p
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