getting bash back on a system

Well, I managed the dumbest: I uninstalled bash (don't ask, please don't ask why...). Though apt complained it didn't want to...I did. Ouch! Well, the system really has problems without bash, and I can't get it back on. dselect quits. apt quits. Actually, I got half way through the uninstall

exim problem?

Hello. I have exim set up at home. Problem is that I can't e-mail directly to my box from a host external to the network. I can fetch mail using fetchmail from outside the network, but that's it. When I try to e-mail from an external host to the box, I eventually get a message saying "faile

cable modems

Hi all. I recently got connected using cable modem and noticed that the download speed is terribly slow under linux. I get good download speeds under Windows2000 but my linux connection is just terrible in comparison. Anyone know what the story is with linux and cable modems and any fixes? An

printer woes

Hi all. I'm making progress but still stuck setting up a printer with debian... Right now I have magicfilter on the system and BSD style lpr I've run through the /usr/sbin/magicfilterconig routine and set up an appropriate filter for my printer The printer is connected to the parallel

printer setup

Any advice on documentation or where to look for documentation about setting up a printer in debian? I've got an O'Riely book and the debian web page doesn't seem to have a talk about setting up a printer where it's easy to find. Can any one point me in the right direction? Thanks, Eric Cheney

Re: FW: FW: D-Link DFE-530TX+ via-rhine.o module

I'm pretty sure the DFE-530TX+ uses the RealTek rtl-8139 driverI have the same card and that is what I use the DFE-530TX (notice no '+') uses the via-rhine module (I think)... I had the DFE-530TX a year ago and used via-rhine I moved to the DFE-530TX+ specifically to get away from via-

Re: kernel compile error

d...thanks -Eric On Sun, 11 Mar 2001, Jeremy Nickurak wrote: > In linux/arch/i386/boot/Makefile, all the "-oformat" occurances need to be > changed to "--oformat". > > On Sun, 11 Mar 2001 19:11:18 Eric R Cheney wrote: > > OK, then when I go to copy the bzImag

kernel compile error

Hi folks. Any one know of what I'm doing wrong trying to compile in a new 2.4.2 kernel? I'm running debian unstable, kernel 2.2.18pre21 and want to use kernel 2.4.2I got the source code from kernel.org.OK, then I went through the usual steps that have worked for me in the past # ma

help with X

Hi all. I'm new to debian after a year using redhat. I'm trying to get X-4.02 in unstable versionno luck... Here's the error message I get in bash: "Cannot stat /etc/x11/X (No such file or directory), aborting The thing that baffles me is that I've installed X using dselect and gone thro