Andy Firman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Okay. I have a question about this from the kernel README:
>
>Do NOT use the /usr/src/linux area! This area has a (usually
>incomplete) set of kernel headers that are used by the library header
>files. They should match the library, and not g
"Monique Y. Herman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Just wondering if anyone else has seen this. On one of my machines,
> aptitude works like a champ. On the other, as of a week or so ago,
> every package that would normally be aqua (available for upgrade) in the
> "g" screen is instead white and
Beck Zoltan Gyula <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'm trying to configure a kerberos server, I read the documentation and
> followed the instructions, but something is wrong I think.
Make sure you've checked the usual things, in particular that the
clocks on all of your machines agree to within fiv
Michael Kahle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have a server that is dedicated to doing backups via Amanda. I have
> recently purchased a Intel Pro 1000 Server adapter for this machine.
What kind of an adaptor is it? A network card? More recent 2.4
kernels should include a driver for this, as "
"Francois Lachance" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I want to keep my PC clock set to the right time based on a time server. I
> think that this should work, but I get the following:
>
> phoney:~# apt-get install ntpdate
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> E: Couldn
Joel Konkle-Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> For some reason I had thought that fsck wasn't needed if I was running
> ext3. I installed Woody using ext3 for my main partition, but still,
> every 32nd boot, the system runs fsck.
>
> Is there some setting I'm missing that tells it that I'm runni
Raquel Rice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'm looking for a "step-by-step" HOWTO for creating a .deb package.
Have you looked at http://www.debian.org/devel/? There's links to
lots of official documentation there, including Debian Policy and the
Developers' Reference. The debian-mentors list m
Abdul Latip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Once in a while, users are asking me about the compatibilty problem of
> Linux. They reasoning that M$Office can be installed anywhere like
> Win98, WinME, WinNT, et. al. Whereas it is hard to install a
> RedHat package into Debian, and so on.
...and it's
Martin Dickopp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> U N T E S T E D :
> -
>
> find olddir -type d | while read d; do mkdir "`echo \"$d\" | sed
> s,^olddir,newdir,`"; done
> find olddir -type f -name \*.mp3 | while read f; do mv "$f" "`echo \"$f\" | sed
> s,^olddir,newdir,`"; done
I thi
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> There have been a number of postings about fonts over the last few
> months. But the discussion seems to me to miss the point.
Since this is kind of a meta-rant, a meta-answer seems to be
appropriate...
> If you install Windows, you don't have to know anything about
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> What is the preferred way to add or remove a /etc/init.d/ service
> from certain runlevels?
'ln -s' and 'rm', respectively.
> The Debian Policy Manual and man pages suggest I should use
> update-rc.d rather than manipulate the symlinks directly.
They suggest that *De
Karol Czachorowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Is there any way I could recompile existing packages in my system?
> apt-build has no documentation and seems not to work...
You might look through some of the generic Debian developer
documentation...
> And if I use apt-get source and build manua
Richard Hoskins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo dpkg -r libgphoto2-2
>dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of libgphoto2-2:
> libgphoto2-port0 depends on libgphoto2-2.
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo dpkg -r libgphoto2-port0
>dpkg: dependency problems pre
hanasaki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Running sarge (+ xfree 4.3 from unstable) and kernel 2.6.1
> Is there any lmsensors client available? xsensors doesnt run and
> results in the following in syslog
>
> kernel: xsensors: numerical sysctl 7 2 1 is obsolete.
You'd need to get lm-sensors 2.8.2 o
Marius Amado Alves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I cannot get X to work properly.
>
> "startx" runs but shows in a 320x200 mode
> even though I select a higher mode in the configuration.
>
> Also, it shows only in the bottom half of the screen.
>
> The input devices seem to work. The problem is ju
Matt Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Now, if this information were stored in a file, it would be simple to
> manipulate with regex's:
>
> sed 's/@/ -at- /' addressfile
>
> But I don't see an obvious way to get sed or awwk to take variable values
> as input. I can do the following:
>
> FROM=`f
Paul Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 03:56:13 +0100, knoppix wrote:
>
> Kernels work differently than other debian packages. Each kernel revision
> is a *different* package. So, do:
>
> apt-get update
> apt-cache search kernel-image
> apt-get install kernel-image-whateve
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> One of the authors in this thread seems to suggest that Debian 3
> already comes with 2.4.20
Joel Konkle-Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'm considering adding a 2.4.24 kernel from backports.org to my pure
> Woody system to get support for my multitude of peripherals and such.
>
> Are there any catches that I should look out for before I go for it?
>
> I noticed that this will also u
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Forest Fisher) writes:
> I'm trying to upgrade from the 2.4.18 kernel that installs with the
> bf24 flavor to hopefully a 2.6.1 kernel but at the very least, a
> 2.4.24 kernel. I put the zipped source code (i.e.
> linux-2.6.1.tar.bz2) into the /usr/src directory, checked to mak
Pedro Hernandez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> --- Rus Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > On Thu, 22 Jan 2004,
> Pedro >
>> Debian stable aims for well, stability so the old packages are
>> known to be secure and work. If you want newer versions have a look
>> at things
> Ok. I can buy that.
Curtis Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I just installed Debian (woody) on a new box. Whenever I invoke X11
> (kdm) the keyboard stops working. When configuring xserver, I have
> tried both pc101 and pc104 (I think it starts pc). But the same
> results. I have also tried xserver-xfree86 an
Antonio Rodriguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 03:49:59PM +, Colin Watson wrote:
>> On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 10:10:49AM -0500, Timothy M. Spear wrote:
>> >If I choose to install the current Sarge Release, when Sarge
>> > becomes the stable release, how do I change t
glenn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Firstly just because I used the tla MTU doesn't mean I undertand it,
"Maximum transmission unit", it's the largest packet size that can be
sent out over some particular interface. For Ethernet the standard
MTU is 1500 bytes; you can apparently get better inter
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I am trying to rsh to my server. I am using kerberos authentication. I
> believe I have configured everything correctly, but rsh simply
> complains: "hostname: Connection refused".
That message generally implies that nothing at all is listening for an
rsh server, at le
Abdul Latip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I would like to know where to get information about how to make
> aliases like in /etc/modules.conf for non modules (i.e. compiled
> in the kernel).
Mostly you don't; the only way to configure drivers built into the
kernel is by passing the right command-
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (enantiomer) writes:
> David Z Maze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>> My laptop's /etc/network/interfaces file looks very loosely like
>>
>> iface eth0 inet dhcp
>>
>> iface n
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (enantiomer) writes:
> Recently I looked into setting up my laptop so that it could switch
> between static and dhcp. I looked at an article on this group and
> tried the suggestion and it didn't work. I restored my interfaces
> file back to normal (i had commented out what I h
Attila Csosz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> How to setup a dhcp client? My computer connected to an another(server)
> the server act as a "dhcp server". If I put the following lines to the
> /etc/network/interfaces
>
> auto eth0
> iface eth0 inet dhcp
>
> Is it enough or should I start a client pro
Antony Gelberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Anyone know how to change the font size in the following line:
> rxvt -fn "-*-trebuchet ms-medium-r-*-*-*-*-100-100-*-*-*-*"
That's a font spec requesting a non-bold non-italic font named
"trebuchet ms" at 100 dpi, at any size. Adding a point size mig
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Ramasubramanian Ramesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Often one is not sure of the choices and strength of
> packages/utilities and tend to install multiple utilies for the same
> purpose. For example I have about 3 or 4 cd players and assortme
Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> if {the first word of "uname -a" is Linux}
> then echo "You're logging into Linux"
> else
> echo "You're logging into something else, probably Solaris"
> fi
For yet another approach:
case `uname -a` in
Linux*)
echo "You're logging into Linux"
;
Tony Baechler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hello all. This is my first post to the list, so sorry if this is
> off topic. I have a Dlink di604 hardware router. I am running
> Debian Woody. Is there a way I can get Linux to listen to multiple
> ip addresses (not the internal 192.168 block, but
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(Summary: external router machine has external address 82.77.83.33/27,
with routable internal network 81.196.166.97/29 and internal NAT
network
"0debian user" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi I am running Debian unstable with kernel image 2.2.18
(! But I guess if you installed woody from a non-bf24 kernel and then
updated, you could legitimately have something this ancient.)
> 1) What kernel should I install (a 2.4.24 stable kernel or
"Dave's List Addy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I am trying to install the latest Debian with the ISO
> bf2.4-3.023-netinst. I am doing this with Virtual PC 6.1 on an Apple
> iMac 17 " Flat Panel with a G4 1.25 MHz. I can get the install to
> boot and start, my problem is on selecting the correct
"Ritesh Raj Sarraf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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> i'm a newbie to Debian. I just shifted from RedHat. I've got two lan
> cards on my debian system. one connected to the internet and the
> other t
gmorais <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> when I use free in command line I get:
>
>total used free shared
>buffers cached
> Mem:449300 219144 230156 0 5560 149084
> -/+ buffers/cache: 64500
Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Is it possible to switch the active user in X without actually logging
> out using the graphical interface( (x|g|k)dm ) like with the change
> users option of m$ XP ?
Not as such. A common thing to do is to switch to an X console
(Ctrl+Alt+F1), log in a
"s. keeling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> What a strange loop I've landed in. I started out trying to make
> en_CA locale work. "dpkg-reconfigure locales" everybody said, but
> that didn't do it. Once I edited /etc/locale.gen and
> /etc/locale.alias, then ran locale-gen, it was finally fixed.
Łukasz Rożej <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Can anybody tel what should I do to get my X Window working?
> Here's what it says when I try to run it:
>
> (...)
> Could not init font path element unix/:7100, removing from list
>
> Fatal server error
> could not open default font 'fixed'
> (...)
What
Mike Mestnik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On my system I have small monitors that I drive at high resolutions.
> This makes my DPI about 130. With this DPI it's vary obvious that
> text is bigger, while EVERYTHING else remains small. This has
> created a lot of bugs dealing with fonts being big
"Jan Albrecht" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> after my debian is working without problems on my firewall for a few months,
> I have two more or less simple questions:
>
> #1
> While updating or installing a package the computer needs a lot of
> time. For example updating 2 packages took about 45 mi
Alphonse Ogulla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Just wondering, what happens to the system when you remove an
> installed package or component of a package and replace/update with
> a tar.gz compiled From source application? Can this break the system
> -- leading to dependancy issues?
"Don't do tha
Matt Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> here's something that ocmes up a lot for me:
>
> I use locate to find a bunch of files:
>
> % locate charter | grep -i font
> /usr/share/texmf/fonts/afm/bitstrea/charter
> /usr/share/texmf/fonts/tfm/bitstrea/charter
> /usr/share/texmf/fonts/type1/bitstrea
David Purton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Does anyone know of a simple way to print a page of labels from a
> single eps file?
>
> I could always import the eps into scribus lots of times, but I'm
> hoping there is a simpler way like eps2labels... or some such thing.
>
> Any ideas?
Not simple, b
Scott Berry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I am having a problem converting tracks from my cdrom which is
> "/dev/cdrom." This is the error message I get when I try to do this:
> abcde
> Getting CD track info... cd-discid: /dev/cdrom: CDROMREADTOCHDR:
> Input/output error
> abcde error: CD could n
"Jonathan Lassoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I want to boot the debian woody install on the second drive, and have been
> with a boot floppy for a few months now.
[...]
> Well the original disk reprted all kinds of bad sectors while
> writing it, so I found a floppy that works, and it still fa
Antony Gelberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I've dealt with quite a few LANs over the years. I'd like to try
> something that I never have done before...
>
> I work with ADSL providers who allocate 5 public IP addresses (sometimes
> 1) to a connection. If I have a LAN of, say, 20 workstations,
j smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> i want to write a program to read array of Java applet running in
> browser.
I'm unclear that there's a good way to do that; if you actually needed
something that complicated, I'd probably write a stand-alone Java
application (or a stand-alone program in your
Stephen Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Where can I find a list of Deb command corresponding to RPM. Is there
> similarity/equivalent
The 'dpkg' command is most similar to the 'rpm' command; if you have
an individual .deb file, 'dpkg -i foo.deb' will install it, replacing
any previously exist
Paul Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Sat, 27 Dec 2003 00:44:50 -0200, Bruno Vane wrote:
>
>> someone can help me to setup an us robotics courier v.everything external
>> modem on debian 3.1?
>> my linux is detecting the modem, and the modem dials to the provider, but
>> cant establish the
Paul Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> If one is setting up a server, one may only want to run an X server
> (XFree86, for example) on that machine, and not an X client. Other
> machines on the network would be running X clients and connecting with the
> server's X server. One doesn't need st
David Baron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> The problem that I had, several times, was a shutdown hangup on
> something like "deconfiguring inetd".
The script that's getting run at that point is /etc/init.d/inetd; if
this is happening repeatedly, you might look at that script further.
> If I "jour
Shaul Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I am trying to upgrade apt-show-versions. I have installed 0.04 and
> am going to have 0.05. What bothers me is that the dependencies for
> apt-show-versions are
>
> perl | perl-5.005 | perl-5.004, apt.
...for which version of apt-show-versions?
{
"David G. Schlecht" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I've tried recompiling a new GCC but can't because the current one
> is too far out of date.
That surprises me a little; I thought a goal of gcc was to be
compilable with random crufty vendor K&R C compiler. But this isn't
actually something I'm
Sam Rosenfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I am having trouble installing a kernel image which seems to depend on
> initrd. The error message below is a verbatim message which follows the
> halting of the installation. For some reason after I add
> 'initrd=/initrd' I cannot run lilo. Do I need
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> i have started using unix recently i have an problem using fortran
> i have write a program in fortran namely test.f that uses a subroutine
> d
Stephen Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> My Debian 3.0 box, newly installed, is running LILO and Ext3. Can I
> use 'dselect' to change the bootload to GRUB and FS to Reiser
> without making another clean installation. OR is there any other
> way?.
Not as such. You can use dselect (or aptitude
Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Mon, Dec 22, 2003 at 10:33:04PM +1300, Paul William wrote:
>>
>> How can I use antialised fonts in emacs? I am using unstable.
My understanding of the situation is that doing this would entail
modifying Emacs's rendering engine to use something that
Piers Kittel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I've got an ancient 486 which needs its kernel recompiled, but it is
> extremely slow, and the hard drive isn't big enough - and I think it's
> possible to recompile the kernel on my main PC and transfer the kernel
> and modules over - how to do this?
Bu
kean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> trying run debian in new dell poweredge server rather
> redhat. everything workout fine until I get stuck in the networkcard
> problem.
> Couldn't find the e1000 network card binary driver for the kernel
> 2.4.20 image.
Which version of Debian? Which kernel, ex
"Vahric MUHTARYAN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> First debian package menagment like FreeBSD Port Collection . I want
> to ask Does asp-get understand dep. I mean if some dep. Need Does it
> install it itself or I have to it manuelly .
If you're installing packages using dselect or an APT-based t
"Gruessle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I did goggle for floating screen and floating display I don't know
> what else to look for you tell me what you would call this.
>
> If I change resolution with "Ctrl Alt + or -" to a smaller
> resolution I do get bigger everything, but my display bust out
"Joseph A. Nagy, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> If I drop out of X (how do you kill X once it is going?)
Ctrl+Alt+Bksp will kill your X server; if you're running under a
display manager [gdm, kdm, xdm, wdm], that will probably restart the
server, so you'd need to log in on the console as root
Bill Kalebaugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> David Z Maze wrote:
>
>>You probably don't want a full XFree86 4.3 install, just the X server
>>for hardware support. On my laptop, I downloaded the Xxserv.tgz and
>>Xmod.tgz binary tarballs from xfree86.org, unpac
Stephen Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I just finished another clean installation of Debian 3.0 with
> net-installer (Sarge) and encountered starting xserver problem
>
> Vedio card - WinFast GeForce2 MX
> RAM - 32MB
> driver chosen - nv
...
> (--) Chipset GeForce2 MX/MX 400 found
> (II) NV(0):
"mmissett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> /etc/network/interfaces has the following: first, it says the
> connection is static, which it isn't, it's DHCP.
First off, I'd try fixing that. Run 'ifdown eth0', replace the
current eth0 stanza with 'iface eth0 inet dhcp', then run 'ifup eth0'
and see w
stan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I see that my Debian machine has a getopt utility installed to use in
> parseing options to shell scripts. The man page mentions example scripts,
> but I cna't seem to find them on my machine.
>
> I also can't figure out the upstream source of this program, else
Dobai-Pataky Balint <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> i have a webcam logging all motion into jpgs, my php code does lots with
> it, except after i convert selected jpgs copied into the workin' folder,
> and after conversion i'd like to rm them from php or by hand it'll give:
> rm *.jpg
> su: /bin/rm:
Lukas Ruf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> is there any way to install xfree 4.3 on my Debian unstable box
> without switching to experimental?
>
> Thanks for any explanation on how I could achieve that!
You probably don't want a full XFree86 4.3 install, just the X server
for hardware support. On
"Gruessle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Usually I chouse to make my own mind up, but man there is so match to
> read on all this if I don't get help I will be never done.
> Also usually I like to get the best, so I was thinking proftp at first.
>
> But I need something basic easy to config., some
Dobai-Pataky Balint <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> yet another nvidia problem.
> i got a 2.4.22-1-686, and the kernel headers for it, for wich
> nvidia-linux-1.0-4496-pkg2.run said that there is no file in
> include...
>From just recently running the NVidia installer, it does have a prompt
for whe
"Gruessle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Is there a way I can open man files in a text editor.
Emacs has a major mode for editing 'roff files, like man pages, if
that's what you're looking for.
> I like to print one but have not configured my printer jet.
'man -t' will produce postscript from a
"Gruessle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I found following in the "Configuration HOWTO" manual.
> My question is what software do U use as Logbook and what in RCS?
>
> 2.2. Start the Logbook!
> To keep your installation in shape, it's essential that you know exactly
> what happened to your machine
"Abhay Watwe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have a Dell Dimension 8300 which came preloaded with XP on the first hard
> drive. I added a second hard drive and installed Debian Woody on it. I
> installed LILO with MBR on /dev/hdb1 which is my / partition. The machine
> does not have a floppy d
"Gruessle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> How do I find out what the right image is for a AMD 700?
>
> apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.18-bf2.4
> apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.18-1-686
>
> 386, 586, k6 and k7 systems
That's an Athlon chip, right? Probably 2.4.18-1-k7 is the "best"
pick, since
"Braxton Neate" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I know this is a question that gets asked a lot, but googling around
> I can't seem to find a good answer. I'm re-installing a web/sql
> server which currently has one large root partition and a swap
> partition. This is obviously not the best setup.
Rob Benton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'm trying to install the xfree86 packages with the /opt directory as
> root. I've tried using --instdir but the install fails on the
> pre/postinst scripts. Is there an easy way to do this without having to
> build my own package?
No. In general, dpkg'
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I would like to ask about the icmp messasages sending in linux
> 2.4.x. I have two subnets: 192.168.0.0/24 and 192.168.1.0/24 on the
> same ethernet segment. There is a gateway in each subnet
> (192.168.0.1 and 192.168.1.1). Clients use netmask
> 255.255.255.0. Routers
Alvin Oga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> i've just gotten the distro to recognize the Netgear WG311 pci
> 802.11g card ( have a linksys card too but havent tested it yet )
>
> - note that its "g" 54Mbps ... vs the slower 802.11[a/b]
Nitpicking, 802.11a is also advertised as 54mbps, but ru
Marcos José Setim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Please, which the function of make dep?
It depends on how the makefile is set up (search for a line that says
"dep:"), but usually what this does is look through the source files
for a particular program and generate extra Makefile lines such that,
"Jeffrey L. Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Quoting David Z Maze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>> "Jeffrey L. Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>> > Is the I2C support only in 2.4.x? I would like to use the
>> > lm-sensors
"Jeffrey L. Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Is the I2C support only in 2.4.x? I would like to use the
> lm-sensors package.
The packages in Debian claim to support kernel 2.4 and not kernel
2.6. The upstream Web page (http://secure.netroedge.com/~lm78/)
claims that there's now userspace s
Michael Montagne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I use Grub as a bootloader. After making a kernel .deb using
> make-kpkg, I'm running dpkg -i Near the end you are asked to if
> you want to make a boot block. What is this? Is it just an entry in
> Grub or LILO? What I'm most concerned about
Wolfgang Pfeiffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> So, in short, what I found by googling about for some time: The correct
> way seems to be to put the kernel-source in my (non-root) home
> directory, and then
> cd /usr/src/
> ln -s /home//kernel-sources linux
>
> and then, as non-root, compile the
"Geoff Bagley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> My firewall captures the IP addresses of people who "ping" my TCP
> ports. They consist of the standard four eight-bit integers. The
> firewall "whois" command is able to back-track some of these, others
> not.
>
> Is there a programme, Linux or Windo
"Han Huynh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I know this isn't a bash/korn shell script news group, but the fact is
> I can't find one. Since bash/ksh is the default linux shell, I was
> hoping someone could answer a few pretty simple questions.
>
> Is there any way to export a variable for one par
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sebastia Altemir) writes:
> My LINEX (Spanish Debian with 2.4.20 kernel) instaled ok,
> but the ethernet card was not detected, so nothing (eth0) was instaled.
>
> "lspci -v" says "02.0c.0 MYSON Tech Inc : unknown device 0803".
>
> If I run "modprobe fealnx", it runs OK (lsmod d
"Mark Healey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I've received a number of suggesions for my X problem. Before I try
> any of them I'd like to disable my graphical login screen. It is
> either gpm or gdm. I can't remember which one is the login screen and
> which is the console mouse driver.
gdm is
"Bob Tilley (AT&T)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I wish to use the expression "catl " to execute the
> commands "cat | less".
>
> Is it possible to use 'alias' in the definition?
>
> "alias catl='cat $0 | less'" seems like a good idea, but I don't
> know if the '$0' works in a simple alias.
I t
(Not speaking for Debian at all.)
"Dr. MacQuigg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 1) What is a "sniffed password", and how do they know the attacker
> used a password that was "sniffed", rather than just stolen out of
> someone's notebook?
It sounds like someone's personal machine got broken into,
Bill Moseley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Wed, Dec 03, 2003 at 10:43:43AM -0500, David Z Maze wrote:
>>
>> Yes, that's right. The important thing is that you need to make sure
>> the drivers for your root disk and filesystem (probably "IDE disk" an
Harshwardhan Nagaonkar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> So, does this mean that I can compile my kernel without initrd, and it
> will still not break on debian? I understand that this will involve
> editing /etc/lilo.conf and getting rid of the initrd line. Any other
> gotchas that I should know abou
"Jacob S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Ok, I haven't seen anyone else ask it, so I'll ask the dumb question I
> couldn't find an answer for. :-)
>
> Is the 2.2 kernel series affected by the bug found in the 2.4 and 2.6
> kernel tree? My assumption would be yes, but if not, it would save me
> so
"Monique Y. Herman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Mon, 01 Dec 2003 at 16:55 GMT, Alan Shutko penned:
>> Nick Welch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>>> I suppose mke2fs(8) is where that comes from specifically. Easy
>>> to disable the periodic checks, though:
>>>
>>> tune2fs -i 0 -c 0 /dev/hda6
Brian McGroarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 4. Any debs you built yourself will need manual sum generation with a
> command similar to step 2 pointing to the directory with the debs.
If you're going off building (or rebuilding) .debs yourself, and the
package is debhelper-based, it's easy enoug
Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I picked up on most of the syntax, but there are a few points, such
> as it appears that using XTerm. affects all exterms even if they
> were called through a link (x-terminal-emulator for example) while
> xterm. affects only when called as xterm or wha
Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Wed, Nov 26, 2003 at 10:53:04PM -0500, David Z Maze wrote:
>> Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>> > I just installed the files for a new document type from cpan (latex8).
>> > I put them int
UnKnown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi people, got a little problem, I inherit a computer on my shob its a
> testing machine so it originally had sid installed upgraded from
> woody.
...huh? Which one is it? If it's "woody upgraded to sid" it's
probably an unstable machine, not testing.
> Th
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