wlan in different environments -- one time with static network address, one time with dhcp

Hello, how do I configure my network (w/o reediting /etc/network/interfaces all the time) to work in different network environments: environment 1: static IP, static host name environment 2: dynamic IP over dhcp ? -- Johannes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wi

find dangling symlinks

Hello, how do I find dangling symlinks? -- Johannes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

changing user id for all files in a file system

Hello, is there a simple and fast way to change the user id for all files in the file system, say from 1234 to 5000? -- Johannes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

x11 and unplugging / plugging usb mouse w/o restarting X11 ?

Hi, is it possible to unplug / plug an usb mouse w/o restarting the x server (and the mouse recognized again by X11 if it's plugged in)? -- Johannes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

xchat: channel windows are totally black

Hi, I installed xchat (debian unstable). Unfortunately all channel windows are have just a black background and no text is visible. (Maybe the text color is also black?). Does anybody know how to solve this problem? -- Johannes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject o

reinstalling accidentially removed failes

Hi, I've accidentially removed some files in /usr/X11R6 but don't know which. Is there a way to find out, which files have been removed and which packages need to be reinstalled ? -- Johannes

isdn / ipppd

Hi, what do I have to make to use ipppd ? -- I already managed to connect with the normal pppd with a capiplugin.so (from isdn4linux source) with my FRITZ!PCMCIA, so the hardware problems (driver) seems to be solved. Now there is a boot script /etc/init.d/isdnutils which starts ipppd

apt-get doesn't install everything

Hi, since I've upgraded to woody (about 3-4 weeks ago) apt-get sometimes installs only part of the package. I have this from time to time and it seems not to be related to the package. Example: Last night I installed isdnutils, and it didn't install the /etc/isdn/ parts. I converted then the deb p

Re: Where is C 'pow' function?

On Mon, Nov 20, 2000 at 11:44:39AM -0700, Matt Miller wrote: > The following C program: > > #include > > int main () > { > double p = pow (2, 3); > return 0; > } > > fails to link. ld issues the following complaint: > > undefined reference to `pow

sysklogd vs. msyslog

are there any preferences of sysklogd vs. msyslog? -- Johannes

capt & locale-zh

wow! Trying to updgrade `locale-zh' with capt results in: [-] Packages that will be deleted [+] Req libc6base 2.2-1 3083 8312GNU C Library: Shared libra

imagemagick is not installable

Hi, me again, If I've installed geomview installing imagemagick fails because: ... Unpacking imagemagick (from .../imagemagick_5.2.5-2_i386.deb) ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/imagemagick_5.2.5-2_i386.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/usr/share/man/man1/animate.1.gz', wh

Re: netbase & nfs server

On Sat, Nov 18, 2000 at 06:50:28PM +0200, Tommi Komulainen wrote: [...] > Sounds like a problem indeed. You have the same version as I do, so my > guess is that your installation or dpkg database is corrupt. > Reinstalling net-tools should help. yeah. That helped. Thanks! -- Johannes

Re: netbase & nfs server

On Sat, Nov 18, 2000 at 03:14:19PM +0200, Tommi Komulainen wrote: > On Sat, Nov 18, 2000 at 12:25:42PM +0100, Johannes Zellner wrote: > > no. This is not the problem. The problem is that the > > new netbase is somehow broken. With the new netbase, > > programs like ifconfig an

Re: xlibs install problem

On Sat, Nov 18, 2000 at 12:20:24PM +0100, Johannes Zellner wrote: > but in one of the dpkg scripts. oops: ^but^bug -- Johannes

Re: capt segfaults

On Fri, Nov 17, 2000 at 02:46:28PM -0700, John Galt wrote: > > Sig11's are often diagnostic of memory errors. Look at ! Folks ! Although I'm new on this list I've yet /some/ knowledge about what SEGV could mean. (Thanks for your help anyway, help is always appreciated). > http://www.bitwizar

Re: netbase & nfs server

On Fri, Nov 17, 2000 at 11:36:59PM +0200, Tommi Komulainen wrote: > On Fri, Nov 17, 2000 at 10:33:11PM +0100, Johannes Zellner wrote: > > After upgrading netbase, the nfs-server doesn't work any more: > > Starting NFS servers:Cannot register service: RPC: Unable to receive; err

Re: xlibs install problem

On Sat, Nov 18, 2000 at 11:07:31AM +, Phillip Deackes wrote: > I cannot install the latest xlibs (xlibs_4.0.1-5_i386.deb) on my Woody system > because it complains about /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults. I get the > following error message using apt-get or dpkg: > > Preparing to replace xlibs

yellow in the linux console

Hi, I really hate the ugly brown in the linux console. Can I change this to be a bright yellow instead ? (also for reverse yellow) -- Johannes

dnsdomainname

After doing some massive upgrades, `dnsdomainname' doesn't work any more. (Also the lookup for a fully qualified hostname in `squid'). What should I do ? -- Johannes

Re: Large file support in Woody

On Fri, Nov 17, 2000 at 01:22:17PM -0700, Jeff Lessem wrote: > Now that woody is based on glibc2.2 I thought I would play with large > file support. Perhaps this was a mistake, as I have managed to create > a 3GB file, but I can't remove it. Any access to the file with the > fileutils package (ls

netbase & nfs server

After upgrading netbase, the nfs-server doesn't work any more: Starting NFS servers:Cannot register service: RPC: Unable to receive; errno = Connection refused what's the problem ? -- Johannes

capt segfaults

capt segfaults from time to time with the following message: Exit: "Signal Handler (sig11)" is this a known problem ? -- Johannes

squid w/o directory icons

Hello, is it possible to configure squid to provide /no/ directory icons? -- Johannes

Re: locale (gdk?)

On Thu, Nov 16, 2000 at 03:23:11AM +1100, Shao Zhang wrote: > Try edit the file /etc/locale.gen, > uncomment the locales you want, and then run localegen as root. thanks. works like a charm. (although it turned to be out to be `locale-gen'). -- Johannes

locale (gdk?)

Hello, yesterday I installed freeamp, which resulted in some other packages to be (re)installed. Now my (gdk) locale support seems to be broken. If I lauch a gtk-vim with LC_CTYPE=de_DE, I get Gdk-WARNING **: locale not supported by C library This worked formerly. What can I do ? -- Jo

order of ldconfig

Hello, what's the order of libs after having made ldconfig? I've a /etc/ld.so.conf /usr/local/lib /usr/lib /lib but `ldconfig -p' shows libvgagl.so.1 (libc6) => /usr/lib/libvgagl.so.1 libvgagl.so.1 (libc6) => /usr/local/lib/libvgagl.so.1 libvgagl.so (libc6) => /usr/lib/libvgagl.so