bad dist-upgrade - starting over

2002-05-21 Thread Eric Smith
oing - any distribution. thanx -- Eric Smith -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

printcap setting for lexmark 100XL

2002-05-05 Thread Eric Smith
I cannot get this printer to work when I boot into linux. With the same hardware it works perfectly in windows. Other printers I have no problem with from my Debian. Anyone have any success with this printer? thanx -- Eric Smith -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

printcap setting for lexmark 100XL

2002-03-27 Thread Eric Smith
Thats the cheapest smallest of the range, but I cannot get it to print with linux, even as a straight text only printer. Anyone have any success? -- Eric Smith -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

aspelling an grammer checking

2001-12-18 Thread Eric Smith
usr/share/doc/aspell/changelog.gz /usr/share/doc/aspell/README.gz /usr/share/doc/aspell/changelog.Debian.gz /usr/share/man /usr/share/man/man1 /usr/share/man/man1/word-list-compress.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/aspell.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/run-with-aspell.1.gz There seem to be some files missing - what gives? -- Eric Smith

setting up printer (ps)

2001-12-15 Thread Eric Smith
I can only print text. How do I set up support for ps? using one of the recent deskjets. thanx -- Eric Smith

Re: 8 character filenames on msdos floppy

2001-12-10 Thread Eric Smith
According to Eric Smith on Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 11:09:23AM +0100: > According to dman on Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 07:58:40AM -0500: > > On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 02:56:04AM -0800, Erik Steffl wrote: > > | Eric Smith wrote: > > | > > > | > How do I get unabridged filena

Re: 8 character filenames on msdos floppy

2001-12-10 Thread Eric Smith
According to dman on Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 07:58:40AM -0500: > On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 02:56:04AM -0800, Erik Steffl wrote: > | Eric Smith wrote: > | > > | > How do I get unabridged filenames viz project_one.doc insead of > | > projec~1.doc on floppies where files ha

8 character filenames on msdos floppy

2001-12-09 Thread Eric Smith
How do I get unabridged filenames viz project_one.doc insead of projec~1.doc on floppies where files have been saved in windows. thanx -- Eric Smith

zsh_history mangled on unstable

2001-12-05 Thread Eric Smith
to fix it with toggling these setting but they do not seem to be influencing the problem. export HISTFILE=~/.zsh_history export HISTSIZE=5 export SAVEHIST=5 # see if this helps HISTFILESIZE=8000 zsh Version: 4.0.4-3 Any ideas? -- Eric Smith

Re: new lilo installed and boot error

2001-11-28 Thread Eric Smith
xrwx1 root root 24 Nov 28 23:45 /vmlinuz -> /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.19-ide /etc/lilo.conf: boot=/dev/hda3 root=/dev/hda3 compact install=/boot/boot.b map=/boot/map vga=normal delay=20 image=/vmlinuz label=hohohoh read-only Thanx Don for your help - wish it was alla lot easier thoug

Re: sid - new lilo installed and boot error - SOLUTION?

2001-11-28 Thread Eric Smith
Could some one please advise whether this is the best / safest way to recover a bootable system? backup the / partition. reinstall a base system - upgrade this to sid - copy back the / omitting /boot (I actually have /boot on another partition). Thanks for an answer. According to Eric Smith

sid - new lilo installed and boot error

2001-11-27 Thread Eric Smith
1 root root 728 Nov 20 00:30 chain.b -rw-rw-r-- 1 root root0 Nov 27 22:31 bootmess.txt -rw--- 1 root root 512 Nov 27 22:47 boot.0303 -rw--- 1 root root 6656 Nov 27 22:49 map -- Eric Smith lba32 # Generated by liloconfig # Specifi

going back to Xfree86 3.x in unstable

2001-11-22 Thread Eric Smith
How do I go back to the previous version as the new Xfree dont support some old monitor that I am using? -- Eric Smith

insmod errors with 2.4.14

2001-11-22 Thread Eric Smith
ipt_state ipt_tcpmss ipt_tos ipt_unclean # ipchains ipfwadm -- Eric Smith

Re: eth0 <-> eth1

2001-11-21 Thread Eric Smith
the cable companies managed to lock in on the hardware of the card by the mac address. kewl -- Eric Smith

eth0 <-> eth1

2001-11-21 Thread Eric Smith
According to dman on Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 08:14:49PM -0500: > On Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 07:10:19PM +0100, Eric Smith wrote: > | Its been quite a saga - I have lost my (limited) hacking instinct. > | Having failed to get ipmasq to work on 2.2.19 (possibly something to > | do with eth

eth0 <-> eth1

2001-11-20 Thread Eric Smith
rors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:403035 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 25c25 < RX bytes:37332423 (35.6 Mb) TX bytes:37332423 (35.6 Mb) --- > RX bytes:39611275 (37.7 Mb) TX bytes:39611275 (37.7 Mb) :( -- Eric Smith Fruitcom.com Benelux Phone: +31 70 313 0240 Wireless: +31 617 232 304

2.4.14 ...Masquerade has not been enabled in the kernel.

2001-11-20 Thread Eric Smith
_queue # # # ipt_LOG # ipt_MARK # ipt_MASQUERADE # ipt_MIRROR # ipt_REDIRECT # ipt_REJECT # ipt_TCPMSS # ipt_TOS # ipt_limit # ipt_mac # ipt_mark # ipt_multiport # ipt_owner # ipt_state # ipt_tcpmss # ipt_tos # ipt_unclean # # # ipchains # ipfwadm # -- Eric Smith

RealTek RTL8129/8139 Fast Ethernet driver for kernel 2.4.14

2001-11-19 Thread Eric Smith
IS ther a module for this driver - seems nothing available in modconf. -- Eric Smith

best chart authoring tools

2001-11-17 Thread Eric Smith
For flow charts and commercial diagrams - what is the most convenient with auto-alignment, snap to etc. xfig dont work (for me) as advertised for one thing. suggestions? -- Eric Smith

Re: masquerading for internet access

2001-11-17 Thread Eric Smith
t I still get this kernel pollution from ipmasq: Packet log: input DENY eth0 PROTO=2 62.108.30.1:65535 224.0.0.1:65535 L=28 S=0xC0 I=33568 F=0x T=1 (#9) Packet log: input DENY eth0 PROTO=2 62.108.30.1:65535 224.0.0.1:65535 L=28 S=0xC0 I=34426 F=0x T=1 (#9) whats up? -- Eric Smith

Re: masquerading for internet access - swopping eth0 and eth1

2001-11-16 Thread Eric Smith
According to Michel Loos on Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 09:54:53PM -0200: > On Fri, 2001-11-16 at 21:41, Eric Smith wrote: > > > > I am on unstable and trying to give a client machine internet access. > > > > eth1 on the server gets internet access via cable modem via dhc

masquerading for internet access

2001-11-16 Thread Eric Smith
:( -- Eric Smith

Re: configuring X in unstable

2001-11-14 Thread Eric Smith
g xserver-xfree86 (--configure): package xserver-xfree86 is already installed and configured I am looking for I think the debconf interface - like when you do a fresh install -- Eric Smith

configuring X in unstable

2001-11-14 Thread Eric Smith
I do not like to hack Xf86Config and xf86config dont work in unstable, what should I use to optimise the display? -- Eric Smith

ipmasquerading on unstable

2001-11-14 Thread Eric Smith
=0xC0 I=39372 F=0x T=1 (#14) [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~] $ Packet log: input DENY eth1 PROTO=2 62.108.30.1:65535 224.0.0.1:65535 L=28 S=0xC0 I=39552 F=0x T=1 (#14) -- Eric Smith

recovering apt-get --fix-missing dist-upgrade

2001-11-13 Thread Eric Smith
(using .../archives/mc_4.5.55-1_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement mc ... Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/dictd_1.5.5-4_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) cherry# How do I recover the apt-get --fix-missing dist-upgrade? -- Eric Smith

Re: 404 Not Found when upgrading to unstable - next morning

2001-11-13 Thread Eric Smith
According to Andras BALI on Mon, Nov 12, 2001 at 11:13:29PM +0100: > On Mon, Nov 12, 2001 at 10:43:34PM +0100, Eric Smith wrote: > > > Err http://ftp.nl.debian.org unstable/main binutils 2.11.92.0.10-3 > > 404 Not Found > > The reason is: > > $ ncftpls ftp://ft

svg authoring

2001-11-12 Thread Eric Smith
Is there a debian package for a scalable vector graphics authoring tool? -- Eric Smith

404 Not Found when upgrading to unstable

2001-11-12 Thread Eric Smith
apt-cdrom. what would I make the root of the CD? Thanx -- Eric Smith

DHCP Servr configuration

2001-11-10 Thread Eric Smith
s, however, I experimented manually adding a default route (to both eth0 and eth1 of the debian). Nothing works to give the windows machine internet access. What could I be missing? -- Eric Smith

Re: IRQ conflict on ethernet cards - a solution

2001-11-06 Thread Eric Smith
e seen advised on this > list many times. > Thanx to you and schnobs - good answers. I solved the problem soon after sending the email by disabling irq 10 in the bios, then one card caught irq 9 and the other 4 - I thought there was meant to be some science in this stuff ;) ciao -- Eric Smith

IRQ conflict on ethernet cards

2001-11-06 Thread Eric Smith
all is fine but I cannot change the IRQ from 10 with it. How do I manually force the IRQ to be different on the two cards? Thank you. -- Eric Smith

docs on upgrading potato -> woody

2001-10-28 Thread Eric Smith
looked around on debian.org and found nothing. Please supply pointer to documentation on (safe(er)) ways of upgrading. thanx -- Eric Smith