Re: AGAIN HELP!!!: Debian on ThinkPad 380XD

Alexander Kushnirenko wrote: > Thanks for the help! It's started to work. We managed to start installation > process, partitioned disks, installed base system, prepare a bootable floppy > etc... > > Problem: > 1. When we reboot computer it prints: > LILIO: linux.. > > AND R

Re: HELP!!!: Debian on ThinkPad 380XD

Alexander Kushnirenko wrote: > > Hi, > > We are trying to install debian 2.0 from floppies on ThinkPad, we used 2 > floppies resc1440tecra.bin resc1440.bin. Here is what's going on: > > 1. We boot from floppy see long message with > boot: > at the end > > 2. type > boot: linux floppy=thinkpad

Re: some questions

D'jinnie wrote: > > I don't seem to have too much luck with fine-tuning my Debian machine. I > can't find xv (which I really like), compile all of the pine 4.05 dist > (undefined references to crypt) and other little annoyances. Dselect just > swamps me with all the packages with no way of isolati

Re: Resc1440 Floppy locks up during install of Debian 2.0

Dave White wrote: > The Rescue/boot floppy locks up after the following: > > Loading root.bin > Loading linux . > < here is where it locks up > > -I've formatted three different floppies > -downloaded resc1440.bin from two different sites > -tried "linux floppy=thinkpad" with

Re: slink

Rick Knebel wrote: > > Hi, > > What is the difference between slink and unstable on the debian ftp site. Currently, nothing; `slink' is the code name for the unstable distribution, just as `hamm' is the code name for the stable distribution. When slink becomes ready for beta testing, it will be

Re: X windows...

David Warnock wrote: > I suggest you look in the man pages for startx. You should see that the > default X server to start is X. On my system that was starting the wrong > server so I changed X to be a symbolic link to XF86_SVGA. On a Debia

Re: Debian and Reh Hat Questions

Jens B. Jorgensen wrote: > Dip is for an old package called 'dip'. It was sort of line 'pon' I think. > Since the > package has long since gone away I find it annoying we're still stuck with > the group. On the contrary, dip is still available in slink. I use it to dial up my ISP since it's the

Re: 2.0.35-1 menuconfig error

George Bonser wrote: > > WHen trying to make menuconfig on 2.0.35-1 I get the following: > > scripts/Menuconfig: line 1183: 8917 Segmentation fault $DIALOG > --backtitle "$backtitle" --infobox "Preparing configuration scripts..." 3 > 40 > make: *** [menuconfig] Error 1 > > If I issue the c

Re: XDM setup, how to change default color depth

Chris R. Martin wrote: > > How can I convince xdm that I want to run at a 32-bit color depth by > default rather than 8 bpp? Do I need to 'hack up' my XF86Config file so > that 32 bpp is the only one availible, or can I somehow pass a parameter to > the X server when it is started up? The short

Re: Installing XFSTT on HAMM

Doug Thistlethwaite wrote: > > Thanks for the insight everyone! > > I take it that the slink version doesn't require any library changes to work > (like > some of the stuff post BO upgrade. (I just upgraded last week so I have not > figured everything - or much of anything - out yet :). Yes, s

Re: Installing XFSTT on HAMM

The xfstt package that comes with hamm is very minimalistic in terms of documentation and user setup. You might be better off installing the more up-to-date package in slink, which more-or-less takes care of everything for you. Anyway, here's a brief description of what you need to do: 1. Put a

Re: stupidity and disaster

Jim, I might be wrong, but I seem to recall reading somewhere that the shell the system uses to boot up must be physically present in /bin and not symlinked to somewhere else like /usr/local/bin. The default setup is to have /bin/sh symlinked to /bin/bash. This is supposed to be a security preca

Re: More Linux in the press

Steve Lamb wrote: > The problem with that is two fold. They paint a false picture of Linux > and they also strengthen the hold of those applications have on the market by > insisting they be everywhere. I've been bitten by that misconception. I've > been asked three times now to submit my re

Re: auctex not happening

[A courtesy copy has also been sent to the auctex package maintainer.] Waldemar ¯urowski wrote: > AFAIK it is not. AUCTeX is separate package for Emacs, and there is > "native"(?) tex-mode in Emacs. In other words, if someone wants to use > AuCTeX, she/he should put require tex-site in .emacs. Ma

Re: Building Kernel for Sound

Doug Thistlethwaite wrote: > > Thanks for the input George, > > I have looked all through the bo archive (using dselect) for a package called > make-kpkg. I do not see one on my mirror by that name. That should be `kernel-package'. It should be in the `misc' section, IIRC. Noel -- transfer,

Re: auctex not happening

Mark Phillips wrote: > > Hi, > > I've recently upgraded to hamm. The auctex package installed fine, > but it doesn't seem to start up when I use emacs! > > Previously when I loaded a latex document into emacs, it would > automatically go into auctex mode. Now when I do it, it goes into a > non

Re: Netscape Mail problem

Matthew Myers wrote: > > When I try to send mail to this list server using netscape mail, it never > gets here. I sent this using pine. I have tried this before and after a > complete Debian re-install and always have the same results. What's the > deal with netscape mail? You need to set up N

Re: "rdir" directory graph util for Linux?

the lone gunman wrote: > > In my DOS days, I had this program called "rdir." It displayed a > "Relative Directory size" for first level directories off of the > root in the form of a pie graph. [SNIP description] > Anyway, it was great when it came time to clean up my harddrive, > because I co

Re: libXpm and xgalaga

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > While trying to get xgalaga set up I ran ./configure as laid out in the > install doc, and got an error message about libXpm not being found. [snip configuration troubles] Why don't you just install the Debian xgalaga package? It should be in non-free, I think. That

Re: errors running startx

Keith wrote: > > I have been battling xwindows for a few days now. Everyone has been very > helpful, but I am still not running. Stick with it! This is the hardest part of installation for everyone. > I downloaded xlib6_3.3-4.deb and installed it using dpkg -i > xlib6_3.3-4.deb. I got an error

Re: xWindows can't load

Noah L. Meyerhans wrote: > > On Mon, 11 May 1998, Keith Alen Vance wrote: > > > When I run startx I get the following: > > > > xauth: can't load library 'libXmu.so.6' > > xinit: can't load library 'libXmu.so.6' > > This particular problem should disappear if you issue the following > command bef

Re: where do I download the Kernel Source

Keith wrote: > > I am going to upgrade my kernel from 2.0.29 to 2.0.33. I downloaded the > kernel, a file called linux-2.0.33.tar.gz. Does this file contain the > kernel source, it seems to small 6.3meg. If this does not contain the > kernel source where do I get it from? When I look at all the ft

Re: Shells in /usr/bin?

Asher Haig wrote: > > Why are the shells from .deb packages put in /usr/bin? Shells are generally > kept in /bin to the extent of my knowledge... I believe you are not entirely correct: bash is kept in /bin. /bin/sh is a symlink to /bin/bash. csh is also in /bin, although this is a symlink to /

Re: Hamm & LaTeX: regmar.sty?

Will Lowe wrote: > > I'm using the tetex distribution in hamm. I need to set my margins to > normal US default ones; I used to do this with regmar.sty in > previous/other versions of latex. How do I do this in tetex -- I can't > find "regmar.sty" anywhere ... Use `fullpage.sty', eg, \documen

Re: strftime() produces segmentation fault

Torsten Hilbrich wrote: > > Noel Yap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Not strictly Debian, but I *am* a Debian user so > > > > I am trying to ACeDB > > <http://probe.nalusda.gov:8000/acedocs/acedbfaq.html>. However, both > > the text

strftime() produces segmentation fault

Not strictly Debian, but I *am* a Debian user so I am trying to ACeDB . However, both the text and graphical programs (tace and xace, respectively) produce a segmentation fault when trying to reinitialize the database. gdb just says: Prog

Re: Another X problem

On Thu, 04 Dec 1997, Paul Rightly wrote: > I successfully reinstalled Debian on my Thinkpad 365XD. [...] > Once I got a PCMCIA modem and got this laptop "connected," I upgraded it to > the > lastest in stable (this moved X from 3.2 to 3.3). I cannot get X to work > correctly now. When I "startx"

Re: /etc/rc[0-6].d directories missing in Debian 1.3.1

On Thu Jul 24 12:45:31 -0700 1997, Sam Ockman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I found the rc directories in /var/backup along with the file rc.symlink > there. I put them back where they belong. It still seems important that we > figure out what caused this (maybe this belongs in Debian developer...

Re: make-kpkg build error

Karlheinz Nolte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I get the following error, if I try to build a custom kernel with > make-kpkg: > > --snip > make[3]: Entering directory > `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.0.27/arch/i386/boot' > as86 -0 -a -o bbootsect.o bbootsect.s > make[3]: as86: Command not

Re: 1.3.1 font problem in X

On Fri Jul 11 19:29:26 -0400 1997, digger vermont <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > I upgraded from 1.3.0 to 1.3.1 which was mostly an X upgrade to 3.3-3. > Now, none of the upgraded and important (misc, 75dp1, and 100dpi I believe) > font paths are recognized. I tried running mkfontdir

Re: Problems with Debian 1.3 new installation and ThinkPad 365XD.

On Fri Jul 11 17:03:41 -0500 1997, Timothy J. Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm attempting a new install on the ThinkPad 365XD w/800x600 > display, 40Mb RAM, CDROM and external floppy; at boot, the system reports > root.bin loaded, then linux, then it simply halts. I have a similar sys