Re: UML skas patches for "linux" kernel packages

2006-01-30 Thread Nic Ferrier
Tim Ruehsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi Nic, > > do you *really* need SKAS? UML works without SKAS, but I heard it should be > somewhat slower without it. I have 2 UML envs running on my SID desktop (an > old SID and a very old SuSE system). They are pretty well used by my > collegues as d

UML skas patches for "linux" kernel packages

2006-01-30 Thread Nic Ferrier
as patches. There is the package: kernel-patch-skas But this seems to apply to the old kernel-*** packages and not the new linux-*** ones. Does anyone know what I have to do to get a skas host kernel? Nic Ferrier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of &q

apt and etch: keys

2006-01-17 Thread Nic Ferrier
When I do an: apt-get update I'm getting this: W: GPG error: http://ftp.ticklers.org etch Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 010908312D230C5F W: GPG error: http://ftp.ticklers.org testing Release: The following sign

boot-floppies broken?

2002-04-30 Thread Nic Ferrier
My question is: is this a bug? Should I report it? I can't find any live bug that refers to the boot-floppies. Sorry if this is a dumb question. Nic Ferrier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Terminfo and emacs

2002-03-02 Thread Nic Ferrier
Harry Putnam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Nic Ferrier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > You can fix emacs by using > > > >apt-get install termcap-compat > > > > > > It's about time that emacs supported terminfo but unfo

Re: Terminfo and emacs

2002-03-02 Thread Nic Ferrier
Harry Putnam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I may have jacked up my terminfo database. > > I built emacs from sources today. A very recent beta of emacs-21. > Something like the rpm commands `rpm -qf ' will tell > exactly what package a file belongs to. Then with that info you can > say r

potato and glibc-2.2.3 distrib

2001-08-08 Thread Nic Ferrier
ltdl0 1.3.3-9.1 libltdl0-dev 1.3.3-9.1 libncurses44.2-9 libncurses55.0-6.0potato1 libncurses5-de 5.0-6.0potato1 libnet-telnet- 3.01-2 libstdc++2.10 2.95.2-13 libstdc++2.10- 2.95.2-13 libstdc++2.9-g 2.91.66-4 Please, please, please help. I just don't know what to do next. Nic Ferrier

UK mirror - problem?

2001-02-23 Thread Nic Ferrier
I'm not sure if this is the right place to raise this but I think there may be a problem with the current stable. I've just upgraded a debian stable (i386) and got some very strange config... 24 package were upgraded and apt went into config mode. Normal enough... but what it wanted me to config

man

2001-02-23 Thread Nic Ferrier
el) machines I have here. I'm very confused. Please help. Nic Ferrier

apt-get upgrade failure

1999-12-20 Thread Nic Ferrier
help please? Nic Ferrier

Potato upgrade problem

1999-12-16 Thread Nic Ferrier
le to do anything about this... I realise that the potato distrib is unstable and that I have to accept the thing being a bit wobbly but this seems to be more than just wobbly packages... it seems to be the apt system itself. Can anyone help please? Nic Ferrier

Emacs 20.4

1999-11-04 Thread Nic Ferrier
s with key tables) This is dashed inconveniant... it's strange though because it's fine outside of X. It would be great if someone could do me a favour and test this on their system to see if they get the same problem... if it's a problem I can find out how to fix it. Thanks very much. Nic Ferrier