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I got a 486 machine that I have installed Debian 1.31 version on. It has a 3COM 3C905 tx PCI card in it. The system does not recognize the PCI card. Do I need to get something and recompile the kernal in order for linux to see the pci card? Tony Koehn This email originated from ourtownusa.com.

Praise the Lord it worked......

Well after weeks and days of trying I finally got this thing to work.., [EMAIL PROTECTED] your method of fixing this worked and was straight to the point. I do appreciate everyones efforts in helping me out with this particular problem. I have seen several comments posted about what the doc

RE-COMPILING the Kernel...

Just so I know and have my ducks in order. Is this the correct method for re-compiling my Kernel?? cd /usr/src/Linux make config make dep make zImage make zdisk make zlilo Is this correct? Can someone explain briefly each step and why I have to do this??? I just want to understand it more. T

Re: It still don't work......

PA>If that is 2 meg total you need more. If it's 2 meg used, OK. I usually PA>create a swap partition of 32mb or more. Often I create them at the max PA>usable 128mb because I tend to really hammer the system with a lot of PA>tasks. PA>> The date on the floppy is 5-28-97 (looking at the rescue di

Re: It still don't work......

IG>Date: Sat, 05 Jul 1997 12:27:57 -0400 IG>From: Igor Grobman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> IG>did you type ldconfig (as root) after that? That might be the problem. IG>if that doesn't work, try reinstalling dpkg with dpkg -i (it includes dselec IG>HTH. Yes I did. I did find dpkg-dev and installed t

Re: It still don't work......

PA>I will be sending the 1.3.1 CD Monday. One of my machines is a 386DX40 PA>with 8 mb and a soundblaster 2x cd drive that is flaky under windows. I PA>have a 540 mb IDE drive in it that I use just for testing and I have good PA>results with it installing from my CD or from my network. PA>What d

It still don't work......

Well here we go again A little background so some of you remember. I installed debain 1.3 (7) times. Have been having trouble getting dselect to install files using the ftp access method. I keep getting this can't map /lib/libc message. Well someone sugested that I type this ln -s

Re: Anyone available that I can call???

DW>I suspect that your problems are with the ftp method (this was not tested DW>as extensivly as it should have been) DW>You indicated that you have tried this 7 times. Was it from scratch each DW>time? That is, did you start over and do a fresh install each time? Yes each time was a start over.

Re: I just can't get 1.3 to work using dselect....

LE>By now, I'm getting the feeling that something with your set is horribly LE>broken - your hardware or the software/installation. LE>I think, however, we can focus on the gcc + cpp + libraries region for LE>now, because I get the impression that dselect's install only fails LE>because of reaso

Re: I just can't get 1.3 to work using dselect....

LE>Hi again, LE>thinking a bit more of it, it might be a good idea to make an ldconfig LE>(as root) to see what's the matter with your libraries. Maybe it even LE>solves your problems. LE>By the way, how much experience do you have with Linux in general? I LE>hope this question doesn't sound ru

Re: Anyone available that I can call???

Bruce, When I run ldconfig here is what it says ldconfig: warning: can't open /usr/lib/libc.so (No such file or directory), skipping ldconfig: warning: can't open /usr/lib/libm.so (No such file or directory), skipping When I look for these files they point to: libc.so -> /lib/libc.so.

Anyone available that I can call???

Is there anyone out there that I could call concerning my problem installing debian 1.3. I have only had one responce on my posted questions... and am no farther ahead than I was a week ago. Whats my problem??? Well ok, let's see, the installation of the base system works correctly. I can boot

gcc errors.....

I have been having a terrible time installing 1.3 I keep getting gcc: can't map '/lib/libc5.so.5' This message might also be the same but have dpkg: instead of gcc: What does this mean and what am I doing wrong. Tony This email originated from ourtownusa.com. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILI

I just can't get 1.3 to work using dselect....

I am having so much problems I just flat have not been able to get past DSELECT. I have totally re-installed everything.(about 5 times) Everytime I bring up dselect and select FTP. (My Machine is connected to the net via ethernet). I get up to the point of installtion... Here is my f