Re: make menuconfig burp

root wrote: > apt-get install libncurses5-dev > Just like magic! thanks !! Dave

make menuconfig burp

I'm trying to build a kernel and "make menuconfig" gives the following error: debian:/usr/src/kernel-source-2.2.15# make menuconfig rm -f include/asm ( cd include ; ln -sf asm-i386 asm) make -C scripts/lxdialog all make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.2.15/scripts/lxdialog' find:

Re: kernel build

Corey Popelier wrote: > Yeah it certainly looks like you need Perl 5.005 (note the .005 in the > path below). I have both 5.004 and 5.005 installed. It's one of the > strange things, Perl, as I installed from 2.1 floppy set, then upgraded to > Potato, and Perl-Base got really mad at me so I had to

kernel build

I'm trying to build a kernel, but I seem to have run into a snag: debian:/usr/src/linux# make-kpkg clean Can't locate Getopt/Long.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5/5.005/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.005 /usr/local/lib/site_perl/i386-linux /usr/local/lib/site_perl /usr/lib/perl5 .) at /usr/

postfix help

I saw from earlier postings that quite a few of you are using postfix. I've been using netscrape for e-mail and a recent bout with X convinced me that I should set up e-mail "properly". I managed to get postfix on my machine and exim off, but I could use a hand configuring postfix. My machine i

Re: (xterm or rxvt) and VIM

Viktor Rosenfeld wrote: > Hi folks, > > I've been reading into the VIM online help a lot lately and I am truly > impressed what this editor can do for me. And to include the obligatory > flame bait: I'll never touch Emacs again -- which is, of course, > nonsense. > > Anyway, while the online help

Re: The Thrill of Debian Gnu/Linux

Colin Watson wrote: > John McBride <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >As soon as I got a base system working, I updated my sources.list and > >used "apt-get update". It failed after retreiving the pkg files with an > >E: message that some package names were too long. Presumably, my 2.1 > >slink CD has

gpm locks up blackbox

Why would blackbox have a problem with gpm? I removed it and everything works fine, but I'm just curious about the conflict. ( the wm would come up OK, but the rodent wouldn't work.) Later, Dave