Kernel Installation Issues

installing the new kernel. The /boot/psdatabase file is linked to /boot/psdatabase-2.0.0. I couldn't find any corresponding files in the newly compiled kernel directory structure. It would seem that I should have a psdatabase-2.0.13-pnp as well. Jim -- Jim Worthington mailto:[EMAIL PROT

Can't do setuid

I need the ability to run my dialing script as root since the script makes hostname, domainname, and /etc/resolv changes. It appears that Debian Linux does not have setuid capability. Is this a feature that I can turn on through a configuration file? Do all Linux distributions (Slackware, Redh

Test - Can't post to list fron Linux (n2vwz account test)

Test - Please Ignore -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Plug and Play Kernel Support

e pnp/pnp.o to be linked into the kernel. What exactly do I have to do to cause pnp/pnp.o to be linked into the kernel? Thanks in Advance, Jim Sun Sep 22 01:03:29 EDT 1996 -- Jim Worthington mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Engineering Consultant: HDTV Display, Analog, RF, & Digital Design P

Worldnet.att.net via Linux PPP Connection

My ISP is worldnet.att.net. They use a PPP connection protocol developed by Shiva. I'm not sure whether it uses PAP or CHAP. I normally access using the windows 95 dialer by filling in the Username and Password fields. There is no logon / dialing script. Is anybody successfully connecting to W

Re: Getty ports - dumb question

Bill Roman wrote: > > They're running on your virtual consoles. Try holding down the left Alt > key and pressing function keys. Log in on each virtual console. Pretty > slick, eh? > > I used this feature a lot when I had only 4 MB of RAM, as that's not > enough to run X in (unless you like wat

Getty ports - dumb question

I did a ps and found these getty ports running: 186 2 S 0:00 /sbin/getty 9600 tty2 187 3 S 0:00 /sbin/getty 9600 tty3 188 4 S 0:00 /sbin/getty 9600 tty4 189 5 S 0:00 /sbin/getty 9600 tty5 190 6 S 0:00 /sbin/getty 9600 tty6 I only have 2 serial ports ttyS0 and ttyS1

Re: A couple of Problems

Vadik Vygonets wrote: > > On Sat, 7 Sep 1996, Jim Worthington wrote: > > > It looks as if my /etc/X11/Xsession file is not being read. After several hours of floundering, I got xdm working. xdm was not running, I believe because some of the xdm startup files including /etc/X11/Xs

Re: A couple of Problems

Vadik Vygonets wrote: > > On Sat, 7 Sep 1996, Jim Worthington wrote: > > > (1) Netscape 3.0B7 - non debian > > > > The backspace key doesn't work. Is this a setup problem? > > Put the following line in your /etc/X11/Xmodmap: > keycode 22 = BackSpa

A couple of Problems

I'm having the following problems, any suggestions woulg be greatly appreciated. Jim (1) Netscape 3.0B7 - non debian The backspace key doesn't work. Is this a setup problem? I'm using TCSH shell (2) xdm - Debian 1.1.0 release The Debian login window appears, After a correct login

Re: WABI

borik the Boris Yati Beletsky wrote: > > On Wed, 4 Sep 1996, Brian C. White wrote: > > |>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > |>Subject: Re: WABI > |> > |>> What is the present status of WABI for Linux? > |> > |>I've built "wine" package for debian and update it occasionally. > i am sorry > just interested ,

fvwm-95 - Making progress, but not there yet

I got rid of the xpm errors by installing xpm4.7-dev-3.4g-5.deb. fvwm95 compiled producing only one error: It's complaining about a missing "rplay" library Where can this package be found? I do not have operational sound under Linux. (I don't really care right now -- thats a lower priority is

WABI

What is the present status of WABI for Linux? How well does it perform? Thanks, Jim

I got fvwm-95 but can't get it to compile under Debian 1.1

I got fvwm-95 but I can't get it to compile under Debian 1.1: It's complaining about a missing file: xpm.h and a missing library: Xpm Is there a debian package for this xpm stuff? Where do I Look? Where do I install it? (if not Debian) Has anybody got fvwm-95 to compile? What did y

What is fvwm-95 and where can it be found

What is fvwm-95 and where can it be found? From the name, it sounds like it might emulate the Windows95 four button window format. Is this the case? Where is fvwm-95 located and what is it's developmental status. I prefer the windows 95 window format over most of the X manager formats that I

Re: /etc/passwd migration between systems

Gilbert Ramirez Jr. wrote: > > As Jim Worthington said: > > > > Has anybody successfully been able to run crack on Debian Linux 1.1? > > Randy Gobbel and I are looking at Crack right now on Linux (kernel 2.0.12). > > If you make FCRYPT equal to null in Sources

Re: /etc/passwd migration between systems

Bruce Perens wrote: > > This must be a bug. > > Bruce Can anybody verify this? Also I get the following message when trying to run crack ver 4.1: Crack v4.1f: The Password Cracker, (c) Alec D.E. Muffett, 1992 Version of crypt() being used internally is not compatible with standard

/etc/passwd migration between systems

I tried copying the /etc/passwd file from a Sun workstation to a Linux machine in order to create common user accounts. Linux, however would not decrypt the Sun passwords when correctly entered. Thei technique works fine between Solaris and Sun Unix. Does Linux use a different encryption algor

Re: OS/2 HPFS File System - Is this a Bug? + a note for the list maintainers

Martin Str|mberg wrote: > > Hello. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > > > I'm running OS/2 Warp with HPFS on several of my drives. > > > > I noticed that Linux 1.1 fdisk reveals two different file system > > identifiers for HPFS partitions: > > > > /dev/sda5 id 7 OS/2 HPFS > > > > /dev/hda2 i

Re: OS/2 HPFS File System - Is this a Bug?

Daniel Lynes wrote: > > On Tue, 13 Aug 1996 00:42:13 -0400, Jim Worthington wrote: > > > /dev/sda5 id 7 OS/2 HPFS > > /dev/hda2 id 17 Unknown > > >The Unknown partition type (id 17) was created by OS/2 Warp fdisk during > >the installation process. It

Re: Soundblaster 32 pnp kills ethernet card

Alastair Gregory wrote: > A while back I attempted to install a SB AWE32 PnP sound card, with > absolutely no success. It didn't appear to affect any of my other > cards, but it didn't work. It didn't work under Win95 either, and Creative > Labs' "support" was worse than useless. I exchanged it -

Re: OS/2 HPFS File System - Is this a Bug?

Shaya Potter wrote: > > On Tue, 13 Aug 1996, Jim Worthington wrote: > > > I'm running OS/2 Warp with HPFS on several of my drives. > > > > I noticed that Linux 1.1 fdisk reveals two different file system > > identifiers for these > > HPFS part

OS/2 HPFS File System - Is this a Bug?

I'm running OS/2 Warp with HPFS on several of my drives. I noticed that Linux 1.1 fdisk reveals two different file system identifiers for these HPFS partitions: /dev/sda5 id 7 OS/2 HPFS /dev/hda2 id 17 Unknown The Unknown partition type (id 17) was created by OS/2 Warp fdisk during the

Soundblaster 32 pnp kills ethernet card

I have a SoundBlaster 32 pnp audio card. When this card is installed, my 3Com 3C509B ethernet card is not recognized by Linux at boot time. The 3C509B is also a pnp device, but pnp is turned off and the card is manually configured. There aren't any interrupt or I/O conflicts that I can identify.

Re: How do I get GATEWAY2000 PS/2 mouse to work or The Case of The Missing Modules)

Mike Taylor wrote: > > On Thu, 8 Aug 1996, Mark Edward Johnston wrote: > > > > > I have installed Linux (Debian 1.1) on a friend's computer, > > but can't get X to work as it complains about not being able to > > find the mouse. > > > > The system is a Gateway 2000 DX2/66 with Cirrus Logic 5434

Re: help getting X and openwin to work?

> I really prefer running openwin, so I created the directory > /usr/openwin and copied all the stuff from my Slackware system over > to there (bin, lib, etc.) I can get openwin to start, display the As a Sun workstation user, I also prefer running openwin. I was under the impression that this