Hi everybody
I just spend the last 2 hours reading the various docs on the net, the
devfsd manpage
and /etc/init.d/devfsd but still can't figure out how to create a
symlink /dev/dvd --> /dev/hdd.
The symlink shall be persistent between reboots. Any help appreciated .
I'm running sid with kerne
Brendan O'Connor wrote:
>
> Looking further, I found out that my cable isp does not offer persistent
> hostnames. I checked what the hostname is under windows, and it's
> 'NAME.mn.rr.comDEST' which doesn't seem to mean anything (nor work with
> linux...) Any suggestions at all would be very
Brendan O'Connor wrote:
>
> I have my ethernet card detected and working (using tulip.o, and etherconf
> from Progeny), connected to a cable modem, but the internet isn't working at
> all.
>
> # The ethernet interface, configured by etherconf
> iface eth0 inet dhcp
> hostname progeny
"Stephen E. Hargrove" wrote:
>
> On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, Mircea Luca wrote:
>
> > I would agree that everything looks right.What happens if you type
> > ifup eth0
> > or in the worst case try and bring it up manually ?
> > ifconfig eth0 192.168.2.6
"Stephen E. Hargrove" wrote:
>
> On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, Mircea Luca wrote:
>
> > "Stephen E. Hargrove" wrote:
> > >
> > > At startup, I get the following message:
> > >
> > > Configuring network interfaces: /etc/network/interfac
"Price, Tim" wrote:
I'm not Jeff either, but have you considered catting you /dev/sndstat?
This often contains a clue as to what is misconfigured!
Good luck
-tim
>
> > -Original Message-----
> > From: Mircea Luca [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
"Stephen E. Hargrove" wrote:
>
> I have the following /etc/network/interfaces:
>
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
>
> auto eth0
> iface eth0 inet static
> address 192.168.2.6
> netmask 255.255.255.0
> network 192.168.2.0
> broadcast 192.168.2.255
> gatew
"Stephen E. Hargrove" wrote:
>
> On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, eric wrote:
> >
> > Do you know what may cause /de/dsp : No such device,
> > when I run
> > cat /dev/random > /dev/dsp
>
> i'm not jeff, but the first thing to check for is an improperly configured
> sound card.
> --
> steve
Not being Jeff
Mark Devin wrote:
>
> "Jeff Levy - [EMAIL PROTECTED]" wrote:
>
> > i assume your dsl provider is using dhcp, i could be wrong.
> >
> > if it is, grab a package called "pump", unless it's already installed. if
> > you don't know, su to root (type 'su', enter password), type "pump", press
> > enter
Ethan Benson wrote:
>
> On Sun, Apr 01, 2001 at 09:48:06PM -0700, Mircea Luca wrote:
> >
> > Sorry for jmping in here,but then what is the solution to this
> > small dilema :
> > lilo depends on logrotate,logrotate depends on mailx
>
> lilo depending on
Ethan Benson wrote:
>
> it is NOT appropriate, no user should be a member of that group.
> mailx simply can't be used to read mail any more. Deal with it.
>
> --
Sorry for jmping in here,but then what is the solution to this
small dilema :
lilo depends on logrotate,logrotate depends on mailx
S
Hi everybody
What are you people use for video-chat from Linux to somebody on a
windows
box (similar to buddy-phone in Windows) ?
The only thing I've found doing a google search was q-see-mee but that
segfaults
so it's pretty much out of the question.
I'm using sid if that matters,Logitech qui
Krzys Majewski wrote:
>
> This is strictly non-Debian but I haven't found any info on this
> anywhere so maybe someone can help: can I run a PIII with the CPU fan
> unplugged, provided I underclock it? I ran my Katmai 500MHz processor
> with the fan unplugged for a whole day, underclock
eric wrote:
>
> do anyone know where is kde2.1 download?
> sincere
> eric
>
http://kde.debian.net
Stan Brown wrote:
>
> I installled console-log, because it looked useful.
>
> However once I did that, I could not get the machine in question to shutdown
> cleanly, it always hung at shutting down console-log.
>
> So, I tried to remove it with dselect. dslect hung while suting it down alos.
>
Nick wrote:
>
> Hi list,
>
> I have an internal network setup behind linux on a single static IP
> I am having problem reolving names but can ping IP's numericaly.
>
> I set up dhcp to allocate 192.168.1.0/24 throught the internal network
> Then I setup ipchains very basic, just to get it all go
Eric R Cheney wrote:
>
> Just want to follow-up and say thanks. The follow up because there were a
> couple of hypotheses about what could go wrong. Jeremy Nickurak's
> hypothesis did the trickso people compiling kernel's under unstable
> take note.
Maybe we would if the replies would've be
Neil Booth wrote:
>
> Henning Otte wrote:-
>
> > > What kind of modem? Winmodems aren't supported. (In
> > > general).
> >
> > How do I find out, if I've got a winmodem?
> > (It's called 'ASKEY 56k Plug&Play Modem', it supports Rockwell K56flex,
> > but not V.90)
>
> Is it internal or external?
Martin WHEELER wrote:
>
> Can anyone help me out on this one?
>
> Upgrading from 2.2r2 using testing, apt-get barfed horribly over moving
> from xfree86 3 to 4.
>
> Current situation is the usual circular unmet dependencies circus:
>
> can't install xlibs 4 because xpm4g 3.6 is to be installed
David Steinberg wrote:
>
> On Wed, 28 Feb 2001, Greg Gilbert wrote:
>
> > But I'd highly recommend against using the Helix packages. I've
> > found that they have conflicts with other packages on a recurring
> > basis.
>
> Really? I've been using Helix/Ximian on Debian (first potato then
> wood
Lily O'Connor wrote:
>
> I'm using wvdial to connect to my ISP. It connects and starts pppd, but
> none of my internet apps (lynx, telnet, fetchmail) can connect to any host.
> I think wvdial or pppd isn't setting finding the DNS correctly...
>
> Any help would be much appreciated!!!
>
> --
> T
Vadim Kutsyy wrote:
>
> Jason, good idea. I took care about ssh (removed all [K,S]20ssh).
> Hoever I have no clue what to do with aother ports.
>
> port 13: daytime
> port 37: time
> port 9: discard
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks.
>
Those are started by inetd.Comment them in /etc/inetd.conf then
test
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http://www.MyOwnEmail.com
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all the mail I send to the list is going to some .jp address.Any ideas ?
It's only the mail to this specific debian list that is redirected.
Bostjan Muller wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> I would like to know if there are any debian floppies that would enable a
> person to install debian on reiserfs file system? I tested some I found on the
> freshmeat, but they had serious module conflicts with the ones from the debian
> iso's.
>
> THX in advanc
Eric Cheng wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> Perhaps after an abnormal shutdown the files list file of dpkg was
> damaged. Now I cannot dpkg -i or apt-get install anything. It complained
> about "dpkg: error processing :
> files list file for package `libgnome-pilot0' is missing final newline". I
> tr
Stewart Jenkins wrote:
> Ok. I can leave the unix/:7101 uncommented and it starts x just fine. The
> truetype path is what is causing the "can't find default font 'fixed'" error.
>
> --
If you're using xfstt you don't need anything else(IMHO).Just run xfstt
--sync
and that should be enough.On
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> You need to recompile your kernel with "advanced power management BIOS
> support" turned on. I think that's the only option you need (someone
> correct me if I'm wrong). Your BIOS needs to support this as well (I
> believe most modern BIOSs do).
>
> Gerry
>
On the
Gerardo wrote:
> I already solve the first problem but still have one. I managed to run the
> loadlin archive and run the linux kernel, it began detecting all my computer
> devices, well at least that was what I think it was doing.
>
> BUT, during this checkout, it stopped on a line that goes lik
Mircea Luca wrote:
>
> Holger Rauch wrote:
> >
> > Hi!
> >
> > How can I make Apt automatically follow recommendations and/or
> > suggestions? This feature would be useful to me since I would like to
> > obtain the documentation to a package as well a
CC'd to debian-user for other ideas
> Gerardo wrote:
> I´m a new user to Debian. I have been traing to install several times your
> "vanilla" flavor of debian in to my cumputer.
It's not mine,I'm just another user .:-)
> I partitioned my harddisk with MS-DOS "fdisk" command, and no I got one
>
Nick wrote:
>
> Hey Marc,
>
> Well, I am sorry I did leave out that extra 2. It was 2.2r2, I apologize.
>
> To answer your last question, I didn't use any boot options. I am using a
> Athlon 1.1 ThunderBird on a Asus A7V motherboard.
>
> The laptop I tried was a Presario 1220 w/ a Cyrix CPU 2
D-Man wrote:
>
> Hi all!
>
> I have 2 hard drives in my computer:
>
> o an 8GB Quantum Bigfoot that came with the computer, Win98
> preinstalled (/dev/hda)
>
> o a 10GB Maxtor that I bought ~1 year later and installed myself
> (/dev/hdc)
>
> I also have a DVD-ROM (/dev/hdb) and a Zip dri
Ionel Mugurel Ciob?c? wrote:
>
> > >
> > > Why is no list debian-user-romanian, I am de only Romanian using
> > > Debian?
> > >
> >
> > Nope,you're not,but I guess most of us learned everything computer_related
> > in
> > English so we don't need a
> > romanian translation.:-)
>
> Yes, I agree,
Ionel Mugurel Ciob?c? wrote:
>
>
> Why is no list debian-user-romanian, I am de only Romanian using
> Debian?
>
Nope,you're not,but I guess most of us learned everything computer_related in
English so we don't need a
romanian translation.:-)
I've tried to install RedHat(5.2 at the time) in Ro
Shel Johnson wrote:
>
> What are the server's URL I could put in my source.list??.. It appears Stormix
> Technologies is about to go belly up and I need to add the Debian's
> addresses..
>
> Shel
http://www.debian.org/misc/README.mirrors
Roberto Diaz wrote:
>
> > >
> >
> > It's called mkboot.It is part of debianutils package.
> >
>
> I was a little bit confused with its man page.. so mkboot wont touch my
> hard disk? do I understand well?
>
> Regards
>
> Roberto
No it won't unless you give it the -i option.Don't give the -i a
Roberto Diaz wrote:
>
> Hi.. and be patient..
>
> I got used to mkbootdisk to make boot floppies for my systems (RedHat
> based) just in case of disaster..
>
> Now I am very happy with debian.. its great but I cant find this utility
> anymore!!..
>
> Ho do I do easily a boot floppy disk for my
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I've wasted another hour or so trying to answer this simple
> question, starting at IBM's Laptop support homepage.
>
> To paraphrase somebody else, if I knew who I would give
> credit, but... I have seen a lot of progress in my lifetime of
> computing experience, and
Tristan wrote:
>
> I use win2k on a non-network computer with only 1 HD (8gigs), and i want to
> also install debian. I still need windows for a few things, but would use
> debian more often. I want to install both on my hd, and be able to boot up
> debian without needing a floppy.
> I've installe
> warfride wrote:
>
> I'm trying to connect to the internet on my potato(2.2r0) box.
>
> I use an onboard PCTEL modem and it's driver (yes it's a winmodem, but
> it has a driver and it worked on RedHat)
>
> I've used WvDial to manage the connection, but have used various
> others ie, Gnomes one,
Peter Hugosson-Miller wrote:
>
> I'm trying to make sense of this thread, but I guess I'm too dense: exactly
> when
> would this boot logo show up?
>
> 1) post LILO but pre kernel load?
> 2) post kernel load but pre init?
> 3) Is it used as a background picture for xdm or gdm?
>
> FWIW, I've ne
Francois Menard wrote:
>
> Has anybody update the patch that enables the Whirl logo instead of the
> Tux logo on boot ?
>
> -=Francois=-
>
Yes, it works,but you have to recompile the kernel after you apply the
patch for the new logo.
Rogerio Brito wrote:
>
> First of all, I must say that I'm enjoying this discussion a
> lot and that although I never used this pentium-builder thing,
> I think that it's pretty slick.
>
> I guess that recompiling every package is not worth the
> trouble, b
Rob VanFleet wrote:
>
> On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 08:06:19PM -0800, Joey Hess wrote:
> > Rob VanFleet wrote:
> > > How does one go about changing the message priority in debconf?
> >
> > You may be looking for 'dpkg-reconfigure debconf' -- without a bit more
> > explination I can't tell for sure.
>
Russell Coker wrote:
>
> On Sunday 07 January 2001 05:20, Tibor D. wrote:
> > Russell Coker wrote:
> > > On Saturday 06 January 2001 21:19, Tibor D. wrote:
> > >> Could you imagin squid.conf without any comments and example-lines? The
> > >
> > > Incidentally I have recently submitted a proposal f
Jeronimo Pellegrini wrote:
> Hmm... The package only changes the -mcpu and -march flags.
>
> I think it's easy to change the script for someone who knows Perl and the
> stuff checked there. (I'm not too familiar with those, although I could
> try something and make a .deb)
Greatly appreciated
>
Jeronimo Pellegrini wrote:
>
> On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 06:38:59PM +, Mircea Luca wrote:
> > Jeronimo Pellegrini wrote:
> > > dpkg --print-avail pentium-builder
> > Thanks,that was quick
> >
> > Now since the package doesn't have a man page and
Jeronimo Pellegrini wrote:
>
> On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 06:24:01PM +, Mircea Luca wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I'd like to recompile some parts of my install(sid) specific for my
> > system
> > mainly what is set up already
Hi
I'd like to recompile some parts of my install(sid) specific for my
system
mainly what is set up already in .bash_profile (for both root and user)
-
#Begin /root/.bash_profile
alias ls='ls -a -color'
PS1='\u:\w$'
TERM=linux
CFLAGS="-O3 -march=k6 -mcpu=k6
Kent Nyberg wrote:
>
> I was going to try LPP today so i patched the 2.2.18 kernel against that
> and it worked perfect.
> I compiled the kernel with vesa framebuffer and edited lilo
> to:
>
> vga=0x301
> append="console=/dev/tty2 CONSOLE=/dev/tty2"
>
> It workes perfectly, the logo shows when
Rob wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> Occasionally I install a Debian package that I
> do not want to start everytime I boot. In this
> situation, I usually use update-rc.d and either
> stick the init script into a specific runlevel
> or just remove it from all runlevels.
>
> This works fine, however, when
Jerrud wrote:
>
> Hello
>
> I`m trying to compile the 2.2.18 kernel on my Storm Linux (debian based)
> computer, and I`m having troubles doing so. After I unpack the kernel,
> do make xconfig, make dep, and then make clean, I get an error in make
> bzImage. I get this error during "make bzImage"
Thibaut Cousin wrote:
Imwheel is, in principle, not necessary to make the wheel work. The wheel
> support can be implemented directly in applications. KDE has built-in wheel
> support, so the only required thing is the line "ZAxisMapping 4 5" in
> XF86Config. The same is true for Gnome apps or
Hi
I'm running unstable ,KDE2 ,gdm,kernel 2.4test12,X4 . My problem is
simple.The wheel won't work in Netscape unless I open an xterm and start
imwheel .The wheel works fine otherwise in other KDE apps altough if I
do an "ps aux | grep imwheel " it will show only the grep which means
AFAIK that im
Gordon Sadler wrote:
>
> Follow up sent to debian-user as it seems more appropriate.
Not really,I think it's more a devel-issue since you just can't run
apt-get as user by default ,nor there is a stripped down version
of apt AFAIK.
> I'm no expert but have you tried apt-get source?
> After down
"Helgi Ãrn" wrote:
> * Does Storm keep the same directory structure as Debian/GNU Linux?
yes
> * Am I running Debian/GNU when running Storm or just a cheap clone?
Debian + easier install + Specific Storm Administration packages
> * Where are the Storm Linux users? The mail list doesn't see
Oswald Buddenhagen wrote:
>
> > > I agree, we could start xdm in rnlevel 3 and "su someuser startx" in
> > > runlevel
> > > 4.
> > >
> > Great,I'll keep an eye and try it as soon as it's done.Thanks.
> >
> why do you want to wait? ;-)
>
> i attached my auto-login script again. now it has the aut
Bernd Eckenfels wrote:
>
> On Sat, Jun 24, 2000 at 12:33:41PM +, Mircea Luca wrote:
> > I'm a regular user and I think it would be really cool if the autologin
> > would/could be implemented as specific to a run-level.This way the
> > sysadmin could specify the
Hi
I'm a regular user and I think it would be really cool if the autologin
would/could be implemented as specific to a run-level.This way the
sysadmin could specify the default-run level and for one user would be
great.It would be neat for a home user since the "admin " part is really
happening no
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