RCS help (possible bug)

hi everyone, i'm trying to learn rcs to assist my uni project, however I'm unsure about the procedure to roll back versions (infact i think i may have found a bug). Say I have node_relations.c at version 1.4, but its stuffed. So i want to go back to version 1.2.1.1 (turned into .1.1 because i jus

more qs for cd-snapshot

hi again, well i have a more general question this time: why should I care if the mirror is not completely correct (ie dependencies and all that)? why should the cd-guy care if dependencies are not correctly filled? i would like to create a set of cds that mirrors my mirror, then periodically cr

staroffice library redirection

hi i'm trying to get staroffice to run on my potato system by pointing it towards slink libraries installed to my home dir. i've set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH to point to the right dirs and it seems to go ok, except for one thing: /usr/share/Office51/bin/soffice.bin: error in loading shared libraries:

Staroffice crashing again

hi, i just upgraded my potato today and now my staroffice is suffering from "unrecoverable errors". my question is: how do i narrow down which library is causing the problem? can i install some of slink's old libraries somewhere (like its libc6), and force soffice to use those libraries? thanks,

Re: video modes for X11

the >correct values. It should generate the mode lines for you automatically. >Of course, if this is what you did >On Sat, Sep 25, 1999 at 03:13:07PM +0800, Paul Harris wrote: >> hi, >> >> my lovely 17" monitor has a grainy-liney appearance when in 1280x10

video modes for X11

hi, my lovely 17" monitor has a grainy-liney appearance when in 1280x1024 mode, however its perfectly clear under windows. i have the .ini file that windows uses but am unsure how to set up the x11 modelines... can anyone help? thanks, Paul "If you can't make it good, make it look good."

Re: vrweb won't compile under potato

t 01:15:59AM +0800, Paul Harris wrote: > > hi, > > > > i'm trying to find _any_ vrml viewer for my potato system (recently > > upgraded from slink). vrweb was working fine, but now just segfaults. i > > reinstalled it and have the same problem. i downloaded the s

vrweb won't compile under potato

hi, i'm trying to find _any_ vrml viewer for my potato system (recently upgraded from slink). vrweb was working fine, but now just segfaults. i reinstalled it and have the same problem. i downloaded the source packages from my debian mirror and used the debian scripts to try and compile it, but th

re: smbmount-2.2.x

hi, i had some problems with my smbmounts when the NT server would reboot (haha) and i would lose the connections. the mount point would then give a "input/output" error if i tried to do anything with it. one day i noticed that my eterm that i mounted those points from was asking for "Password:"

80 min CD burning

hi all, i've got a whole pile of 80 minute writable cds here (I wanted 74 min but there was no stock), but I have discovered that xcdroast doesn't seem to have an "80 min cd" option when it comes to the burn. should i just try it anyway? can i get the 80 min storage space? is that option (in "Wri

QUICK RESPONSE PLEASE: onboard video?

hi, i am looking to buy a new system but I need to know if linux supports the onboard video and sound that comes with the slot 1 boards (this one is Intel). does anyone know out there? please respond before friday! thanks heaps, Paul

Re: [OFF-TOPIC] D-Link DE-650 - PCMCIA

> Short answer: do nothing. > > I don't know what the apne.o module is. But it sounds as if you > may be looking for a problem that isn't there. > > If you're compiling a kernel, you've got kernel-package, kernel-source > and pcmcia-source installed. Once you've configured the kernel in the > usu

Re: [OFF-TOPIC] D-Link DE-650 - PCMCIA

> > does anyone know if the kernel supports this card? i only saw options for > > the de-600 to de-620. > > I use one. It says NE2000 compatible when you plug it in. > I guess people get bored with adding new model numbers > when they're basically similar underneath. > > What's far more importan

[OFF-TOPIC] D-Link DE-650 - PCMCIA

hi, does anyone know if the kernel supports this card? i only saw options for the de-600 to de-620. thanks, Paul

Re: help with filesystem trouble

> > the problem with my evil crt1.o file that was hosed in a 'previous > > episode' from a bad filesystem crash through power cut via microsoft > > button (locked console and no chance to telnet for hours), and is still > > not fixed. just got some time to try again, so this time i'm trying > > deb

help with filesystem trouble

hi, the problem with my evil crt1.o file that was hosed in a 'previous episode' from a bad filesystem crash through power cut via microsoft button (locked console and no chance to telnet for hours), and is still not fixed. just got some time to try again, so this time i'm trying debugfs. this is a

Re: help, rogue file on hosed system

> On Mon, May 31, 1999 at 15:39:37 +0800, Paul Harris wrote: >> I found that a file from libc6-dev has been hosed with the system, its >> permissions are now: >> >> c---r- 1 123208224 32, 48 Jan 30 1987 /usr/lib/crt1.o >> >> but I can't

help, rogue file on hosed system

hi, I found that a file from libc6-dev has been hosed with the system, its permissions are now: c---r- 1 123208224 32, 48 Jan 30 1987 /usr/lib/crt1.o but I can't do anything with it... c69:~# rm /usr/lib/crt1.o rm: remove `/usr/lib/crt1.o', overriding mode 0040? y rm: /usr/lib/

svga package not installing fully

hi, i'm the one who just hosed his system, and the latest problem is getting a /etc/vga/libvga.config file to install. for some reason, the whole /etc/vga directory was gone after the hosing, so I do as I did for all packages that were partially stuffed: dpkg --force-depends -r svgalibg1 apt-get

Re: tty2 respawning too fast

e. then, read the > /dev/MAKEDEV script and the MAKEDEV(8) man page. i think the command > line you want is: > cd /dev ; ./MAKEDEV tty > but i'm not sure...you should double check with the script and the man > page. > > -alan > > Paul Harris wrote (Mon, 31

tty2 respawning too fast

hi, I just had my system hosed, but was able to recover in an hour with minimal (? will find out soon if not!) damage... however I'm getting the ol' INIT: Id "2" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes. Now I know WHY its doing this: my /dev/tty2 was hosed with the system, and I don't know h

cdrom speed wrong; cd scratch

hi, i have an ACER CD-912E (seems to be a very generic/cheap cdrom, but works fine), but linux has always detected it as: PIIX3: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 39 PIIX3: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later ide0: BM-DMA at 0xf000-0xf007, BIOS settings: hda:pio, hdb:pio ide1: BM-D

Re: apt-get problem & where is program x?

hi, it seems obvious to me, but whenever i am missing a program like startx, xterm, rgrep, libXpm, etc i just grep the Contents file: (or whatever for your architecture) this is in dists/slink/ zgrep xterm Contents-i386.gz | less if you get HEAPS of results, na

Re: smbfsx for slink

> > i tried smbmount-2.1.x "//buskiller/wal\'s world" jason -c 'mount bus' > > but then it says "wrong sharename", i tried all combinations and i either > > get one message or the other... > > Did you try it with single quotes? When i tested something before with > smbclient instead of smbmount-2

Re: smbfsx for slink

On Sat, 22 May 1999, Brad wrote: > > i run kernel 2.2.6, so i have to use smbfsx, to mount service: > > > > //buskiller/wal's world/ i run: > > > > smbmount-2.1.x "buskiller\\wal's world" jason -c 'mount bus' > > Have you tried escaping the apostrophy? Also, you can use forward slashes >

smbfsx for slink

hi, i'm wondering if others have this problem: i run kernel 2.2.6, so i have to use smbfsx, to mount service: //buskiller/wal's world/ i run: smbmount-2.1.x "buskiller\\wal's world" jason -c 'mount bus' and it tells me: Added interface.. Got a positive name query response from ... Serve

Staroffice 5.1 under slink

hi, yeah it works under slink fine... but i'm wondering if that is all they changed... apart from some small user interface diffs in the configuration section, nothing seems to have changed... i still see the little annoyances from 5.0... Paul

Re: xdm won't start X

On Wed, 7 Apr 1999, Craig Hancock wrote: > Look at your .xsession-errors or /var//log/xdm.log to see what is says for > errors and > get back to me > > craig > > Paul Harris wrote: > > > when I try to login through xdm, it disappears, I expect my X > > (win

xdm won't start X

hi, when I try to login through xdm, it disappears, I expect my X (windowmaker) to start up, but xdm comes back! as if nothing happened. I'd like to tell you more, but I can't figure out where to look for error messages... I read the xdm man page (some of it) and I don't want to have to use the -

Smail offline queue solution :^)

bind instances to K21bind, so it dies after ppp restarts named :)) woo hoo, hope this helps someone else, cause i couldn't find this solution out there! cya, Paul Harris