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From: "Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc:
Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 8:04 AM
Subject: Re: [TLUG]: startx -> /usr/bin/X11/X no such file
>
>
> Do you still get this issue if you try to upgrade for force a fresh
> install of XFree86?
Yes, t
Hello all,
Frustrated. Original running woody now sid trying to
resolve this issue. I am hoping that one of you has
crossed this bridge and are able to help!
xf86config runs without snag... but when
'startx' -> fails, b/c no /usr/bin/X11/X
My understanding is that X should be a symlink to a
v
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From: "Eric Christopherson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 3:36 PM
Subject: Re: Getting started with KDE today Dec. 15, 2001
> On Sat, Dec 15, 2001 at 10:12:16AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > How do I clean up all the kde packages th
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2001 11:26 PM
Subject: ipmasq: DENY internet to gateway
> Thank you Tobias, Karsten, and all other debians,
>
> I have me ipmasq pkg and confs back on my potato 2.2r3
> machine, and have been reading ... I
Thank you Tobias, Karsten, and all other debians,
I have me ipmasq pkg and confs back on my potato 2.2r3
machine, and have been reading ... I am a little
overwhelmed by how ipmasq works -- previously someone
suggested it would work "out of box" *harhar*
the default rules are blocking my @home d
As only a true newbie could...
I screwed up the configs for ipmasq. To start
fresh I
'apt-get remove ipmasq' and 'rm -r /etc/ipmasq'.
Of course, now when I reinstall it via apt-get, it does not give me
any of the config files -> the rules . How do I get
them back?!
How can I reset apt-get or w
Hello Matt and all,
Thank you for the quick reply. Is that the "correct" place
for the route info? Right now via interfaces the
machines are speaking well together, but the lack of
entries not having the numeous route table entries
is quite contrary and concerning to all the networking
HOW-TOs
I am having the darnest time getting my first Debian
machine(s) / ethernet network set up...Debian
Potato... I cannot figure out what script or
configuration file to put the 'route -add ...'
commands in?
Best regards,
Lloyd
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Hello,
Being prompted for this part and that part, I imagine
this is to support using updated copies or a mixed
media install.
A rescue disk, aka boot disk aka start disk,
includes your boot loader, kernel, kernel mods...
It depends, you probably want to use one of the rescue
disk(s) on on
Hello Michael,
I am new to Debian, but my understanding of the role
of maintainer is that you do not necessarily need to
be able to patch the product the package you are
maintaining contains, but know the package, and
how it fits in to Debian. The more you know about the
product, the program's
:
http://lhd.datapower.com/db/dispproduct.php3?DISP?2245
But alas, I fear that this card will not partake in
the Debianization. Anyway, able to assist?
Best regards,
the Lloyder
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Hello Ben et all,
As Ben identified, now way, way, way out in left field:
You are very right, my bad... I have no idea what is
in the xbox. I meant the other gaming new gaming
system that I am not excited about, the
Nintendo "GAMECUBE".
Best regards,
Lloyd
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F
Hello Theo,
I totally hear you! I am coming from a similar place.
Boredom is not the best motivation though becuase we will
want you to stay around ;-)
'debian-user' correct me if I am wrong.
There is actually three CDs. Only CD 1 is
required, actually you can get the system installed
with j
Comments below.
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From: "Brian Nelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 4:26 AM
Subject: Re: Stale Documentation: ethernet cards
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> > SUMMARY:
> > * getting Debian setup is very likely to be very
> > dependent on
Fact and assertion do not necessarily negate each
other. Someone used the line on me once and I
was wowed ;-)
Regarding consumer pc: you are correct, in my
opinion. I appreciated that you must have had significant
experience, because of your carefully worded "pc level hardware".
Is there an
DISCLAIMER: I am employed by IBM as a software developer in Database
Technologies.
Ben, fact or assertion? Assertion. There is IBM
hardware in many PC level hardware components that
you own and think are some of the best. IBM is a
major EOM supplier of PC level hardware.
Example, IBM made mo
SUMMARY:
* getting Debian setup is very likely to be very
dependent on "manually" getting the ethernet card(s)
online
* Linux Ethernet-Howto is very stale!
** many other Howto's are also very stale!
I am trying to shed the shackles of M$, but documentation
has weighed upon me like a mountain.
* Meta-discussion *
I really think that is bad news for newbies
and many others.
Why do they call it an unstable then?
What is debian-test for then? or any of the
other debian mailing lists? Surely, there
must be a better forum for the next, next
release?!
Best regards,
Lloyd
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I am new, so do not eat me, but is this the best place
(debian-user) to be discussing 'sid'. We have not
even got woody out the door. Save us newbies from the
discussion, when we cannot even getting potato
sliced. debian-dev or debian-test appropriate?
Best regards,
Lloyd
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Mark et all,
You have it right. Exactly right!
If the installer is currently in a similar state, the
kernel modules stuff should be taken out of the installer, net cards should be
handled well, kernel
modules stuff should be well documented,
and people should be educated on the 'lsmod' and
'
Hello Gianguido,
The quick answers. Yes, it defaults to 1.5, it is
simple to invoke in 2, -2, but using 1.5 or 2 is not
so simple as getting the latest and greatest. If you
really only plan on using 2 and there is no chance
that you are / will be going commercial, do check
out
http://www.sn
What have I brought myself into...
I do not think that I am going to get done any of the
things that made me want to switch to Linux and
Debian... I am going to be contributing to Debian
(documentation) :-|
Documentation being out of date is the understatement
of the last century!
Please ple
That looks like the right path, though I do not see that host
as being listed in http://cdimage.debian.org/rsync-mirrors.html
I do not know if it is only ftp & http, but the images on uk.debian
are password protected. You are doing the right thing,
try one of the sites listed on rsync-mirrors.ht
What makes going to http://cdimage.debian.org/ "the preferred method", and
http://www.linuxiso.org/ "the the cheap copout".
I got disk 1 using cdimage.debian.org and disk 2 using linuxiso.org, and bottom
line, ISO was much faster and much easier.
NOTE: results may vary ;-)
I understand that
Do not know the answers to your other questions,
19preX comes before 19
Worth noting is 20 was released yesterday. Check out www.kernel.org
Best regards,
Lloyd
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As a wise man recently said,
"http://linuxiso.org/ has them,
other places can be found on the debian.org web site
if you lie about how you will be doing the install."
Let us know if you have any difficulties.
Best regards,
Lloyd
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From: "Stan Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECT
As a wise man recently said,
"http://linuxiso.org/ has them,
other places can be found on the debian.org web site
if you lie about how you will be doing the install."
Let us know if you have any difficulties.
Best regards,
Lloyd
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From: Brad Taylor
To: debian-user
/' or 'ftp://' and changed '::' to '/'
Who "owns" the README:
23 Sept 1999
J.A. Bezemer
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
?
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Hello Faust et all,
I completely disagree with you, Faust. That view could be
elitest. If you have a problem with the question don't answer.
Sure, it is best to encourage people to be self sufficient
-- they will also likely be the most successful. Linux, Debian
and most other software need
If this list is for both new and experienced users, the "RTFM" is far from
appropiate. MTY, I wish I knew how to help.
Best regards,
Lloyd
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From: "Faust Andrei Tanasescu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 8:04 PM
Subject: Re: Port 766
> R
Yall,
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From: "dman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 4:24 PM
Subject: Re: [debian-user] install with 3 partitions
> On Fri, Nov 02, 2001 at 01:13:24PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> | I guess my question degenerates to,
> | "Is there an '
Yall,
I am starting to think that the search functionality does not work, so hot.
What should I have searched on? This is also a very good reason to
have a mailing list FAQ and/or a new user mailing list with [debian-new].
We do want to encourage people to use/contribute to debian. ;-)
I woul
I guess my question degenerates to,
"Is there an 'out of box' way to install debian potato where you isolate
/, /boot, /etc, /bin, /sbin, /lib, /dev
on a partition without partitioning up every thing else?
Possibly putting /tmp in its own partition as well, but then you might as
well isolati
oops, sorry 'bout that.
Thanks for the info Mark...So unless I have the space initially for two big
partions or I divide the drive up for all of the partitions initially, I am out
of luck?
Best regards,
Lloyd
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From: "Mark Ferlatte" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent:
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From: "Mark Ferlatte" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 3:31 PM
Subject: Re: [debian-user] install with 3 partitions
> On Fri, Nov 02, 2001 at 02:17:29PM -0600, Rich Puhek wrote:
> > Um... You can't mount /home, /tmp, /usr, and /var on hda5.
Yall,
Following "Installing Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 For Intel x86
Chapter 4 Partitioning Your Hard Drive "
As recommended, I have layed down three partitions:
hda1 Primary, bootable 50MB ext2
hda5 Logical, 1GB ext2
hda6 Logical, 233MB swap
I want:
/ -> hda1
/home, /tmp, /usr, /var, -> dha5
>Fr
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From: "Craig Dickson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 12:56 PM
Subject: Re: [debian-user] I'm coming on board
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > (a) It seems that much of www.debian.org is not responding, so I have
> > been using one of the [n
Thanks for the feedback Kurt.
> > (e) Anyway to automatically have the subject line identify the mailing
> > list. A few of my other mailing lists have that, example
> > Subject: [debian-user]: a big problem !!!
> > Subject: Re: [debian-user]: a big problem !!!
> > Subject: Re:[debian-user]: a bi
Hello all,
I am attempting to get into Linux/Debian in a big way. I have decided
that M$ WinXP is the last straw for my personal computing.
(a) It seems that much of www.debian.org is not responding, so I have
been using one of the [nation].debian.org sites.
But these do not seem to have access
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