Re: diskcrash -> /var gone, was: Re: Plattencrash -> /var weg?

1998-07-08 Thread Dirk Luetjens
hello, > > 3.) got a list of installed packages from /usr/doc/* directories. > should be possible to do this with dpkg --get-selections, which can of > course then just be redirected into a file: > dpkg --get-selections > filename > and then > dpkg --set-selections < filename Ok, I haven´t tired

diskcrash -> /var gone, was: Re: Plattencrash -> /var weg?

1998-07-08 Thread Dirk Luetjens
Hello, On Wed, 8 Jul 1998, Jens B. Jorgensen wrote: > I would politely ask you to pose your question in english as this is an > english-language list. Oh, I´m sorry. This message should have gone to the german debian user list. Nevertheless, the problem was, that after a diskcrash my /var direct

Plattencrash -> /var weg?

1998-07-08 Thread Dirk Luetjens
Hi, mir ist gestern waehrend eines Backup die Platte gestorben. Leider war das /var Verzeichnis noch nicht gesichert. (/var Verzeichnis lag auf der defekten Platte, das restliche System auf einer anderen). Folglich sind alle Verzeichnisse in /var und damint auch die Debian Datenbanken weg. Wie kan

libc5 Version von mesa für hamm?

1998-04-30 Thread Dirk Luetjens
Hallo, ich suche die mesa2 libraries in einer libc5 Version für ein hamm System. Hat jemand eine Idee? Dirk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Q: Programming for console and X11?

1997-09-29 Thread Dirk Luetjens
Hello, I wanted to write an aplication which is capable of running in a graphics mode but also on a text console. I though of having the same look & feel in both modes. Since is only uses buttons, checkboxes, selection lists and tabulars it should be possible to provide a console equivalent. In c

can't load library

1997-01-15 Thread Dirk Luetjens
Ricardo Aler Mur writes: > Hi, > > I have the following problems. Probably they are related somehow. > > 1- When I try to execute fvwm (or fvwm2 or gwm) I get the error message: > > fvwm: can't load library 'libXpm.so.4' > > However, the library is where it is supposed to be > (/usr/

netscape and LANG variable

1997-01-15 Thread Dirk Luetjens
Hi, it seems that netscape has problems when the environment variable LANG is set to de_DE. The postscript file produced by netscape isn't correct in this case e.g. With LANG variable set: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] translate [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] scale and without 36.2

purged package base while update to Debian 1.2.2

1997-01-15 Thread Dirk Luetjens
Hi, during an update form Debian 1.1 to Debian 1.2.2 I purged the base package "base" from Debian 1.1 (dselect show this package as obsolete) Afterwards all files in /dev where missing. Are there any substitutions for this package? Which package must I reinstall to get everything working? What

Installation of texbin (Update Debian 1.1 -> Debian 1.2)

1997-01-15 Thread Dirk Luetjens
Hello I wanted to upgrade a system to Debian 1.2.2. I ran into problems with the tex packages, because texbin refuse to install dpkg -i /mnt/debian/stable/binary/tex/texbin_3.1415-5.deb (Reading database ... 25360 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace texbin 3.1415-5

Backspace, Delete with less in xterm

1997-01-15 Thread Dirk Luetjens
Hello less does not do backspace and delete correct, when having the variable TERM=xterm set. While using the search command backspace sends delete and delete sends ESC[3~. With TERM=linux it's ok. Backspace and delete are doing the right thing in the command line. BTW: Does somebody know how

xterm_color in Debian1.2.2?

1997-01-15 Thread Dirk Luetjens
Hello How to get xterm_color in Debian1.2.2? I have tried the xterm version with different switches +dc, +cm, but I do not get any colors with ls -F --color=auto. Any Ideas? -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL

using mirror with delete_excl

1997-01-08 Thread Dirk Luetjens
Hi, I tried to mirror the debian archive with the mirror command. I like to keep the local tree although in the debian hirarchie, so I included the line delete_excl=(/mnt/debian/local) to the config file. But the files in the local tree are still delete during the mirror process. the config file:

xemacs, vm and the "FROM"adress line?

1997-01-08 Thread Dirk Luetjens
Hi, does somebody know, how to convince xemacs to use another "From" line when genrating mail. Writing mails with the command line "mail" ends up with the correct adress line: > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dirk Luetjens) Compoing emails with xemacs ends up in > F

List of installation problems for 1.2.1

1997-01-07 Thread Dirk Luetjens
Hello, There is a bug in Debian-1.2.1 concerning zlib1_1.0.4-4.deb The most programs have a Dependency-rule like this: zlib1 (>=1.03-1) and this is not satisfied by the new Package zlib1_1.0.4-4.deb I think renaming all files with zlib1_1.0.4-4 to zlib1_1.04-4 should solve the Problem Dirk

Telnet: usernames bigger than 8 characters?

1996-12-17 Thread Dirk Luetjens
Hello, is it possible that telnet strips the user name whenn logging into another machine to 8 characters? >plus:~# telnet minus >Connected to minus.lfm.rwth-aachen.de. >Escape character is '^]'. >Debian Linux 1.1 >Copyright (C) 1993-1996 Debian Association, Inc. and others > >minus login: 123456

lpr, lprm on remote machines

1996-12-10 Thread Dirk Luetjens
Hello, we have a small problem using the combination of lpr, lprm on a remote machine. A user, who started a printjob with lpr is not allowed to remove his own printjob on the other machine. The /etc/passwd and /etc/group files are distributed with nis, so both computer use the same user-id and gr

Re: creating custom boot disk

1996-12-05 Thread Dirk Luetjens
Bruce Perens writes: > Look for a file "CONFIG" in /usr/src/linux after you've installed the I didn't find it. > kernel-source 2.0.25 package. That's the config that I used to build the > kernel. The biggest change from previous ones is that you must configure > in the initial ram disk driver.

creating custom boot disk

1996-12-05 Thread Dirk Luetjens
Hello, is there a way to create a custom boot disk for replacement for the /rex/disk-i386/current/resq1440.bin disk? Is there a list what must be minimal included into the kernel to get the system to boot, e.g. ms-dos support, ... ? Dirk -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the wo

wrong name of kernel-packages?

1996-12-05 Thread Dirk Luetjens
Hello, why are some packages named in this way, with the underscore behind the version number, kernel-source-2.0.23_0.deb ^ and not in the form kernel-source_2.0.23-0.deb ? This causes dselect to treat this as "available version 0" All the kernel packages are named like this

Re: rdist as root?

1996-11-20 Thread Dirk Luetjens
Larry Daffner writes: > > Dirk Luetjens writes: > -> > -> How can I invoke a rdist command as root to distribute the /usr/local/ > -> tree to the other computers in the network? > > First, make a file "distfile", which will look something like

rdist as root?

1996-11-19 Thread Dirk Luetjens
How can I invoke a rdist command as root to distribute the /usr/local/ tree to the other computers in the network? Dirk -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

cfengine?

1996-11-18 Thread Dirk Luetjens
in cfengine all machines belong to several classes, e.g mail_server = ( tango ) mail_client = ( samba rumba ) home_server = ( samba ) ... In a cfengine-file one can use these classes to perfom any action. But when I want to perform the e.g. the following action copy: mail_server:: do som

bigger network!

1996-11-18 Thread Dirk Luetjens
Hello again, thank to everybody how help me during the installation in a "bigger network". It took me a few days to get everything to run, but now I hope I can work on my normal job again. Dirk -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble

debian installation in a bigger network

1996-10-25 Thread Dirk Luetjens
Hello We plan to install the debian distribution in the whole network. I was looking for a master installation script to run the installation process automatically from a nfs mounted directory or via ftp. Are there any solutions for that. We want to keep the computers also all together at the sam

nfs_stat_to_errno: bad nfs status return value: 116?

1996-09-23 Thread Dirk Luetjens
Hello, what does this mean? nfs_stat_to_errno: bad nfs status return value: 116 I get it in conjunction with the amd. Dirk

amd with nis-maps?

1996-09-23 Thread Dirk Luetjens
Hello, I have a small problem using amd with nis maps. The problem rises when referring to the directory where the nis map is mounted. Let me explain it step by step: - I created I master amd map with the following contest >/test amd.nis >/test2 /root/amd.home where amd.nis is the NIS map: ># p

NIS vs. NYS question?

1996-08-29 Thread Dirk Luetjens
Hello, I have a small problem integrating a new debian system into an existing bad maintained network. I installed the NIS package, everything so far is ok. ypbind connects to an NIS-Server, but to the wrong one. So I wanted to connect explicit to another with the option: > >ypbind -S lfm,fee > b

I'm looking for a demo user ...

1996-08-27 Thread Dirk Luetjens
Hello, I just have installed debian on my system. It was wonderful. Everything worked fine until ... - I was used to have the /etc/profile for the bash and other configuration files to be more configured than they are now. I don't want to say that they are not configured at all, the system works