On Sun, Jun 18, 2017 at 05:24:52PM -0600, pplaw wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> In Stretch, I'd like to use WICD to manage network interfaces,
> but when I go through what had been my usual menu with Jessie
> (Programs > Applications > network > Monitoring > WIC
Hi,
In Stretch, I'd like to use WICD to manage network interfaces,
but when I go through what had been my usual menu with Jessie
(Programs > Applications > network > Monitoring > WICD), there's
no Monitoring > WICD.
How do I access and, thus, launch WICD?
Thanks,
b.
On Sun, Jun 18, 2017 at 08:54:34PM +0300, Teemu Likonen wrote:
> pp...@pcisys.net [2017-06-18 11:43:24-06] wrote:
>
> > 1: lo: mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group
> > default qlen 1
> > link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
> > inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
> >
On Sun, Jun 18, 2017 at 08:54:46PM +0200, Christian Seiler wrote:
> On 06/18/2017 08:25 PM, pplaw wrote:
> > The network I'm on at the moment hands out DHCP addresses. But, sometimes,
> > I'll hard-code the IP address for the computer (with ifconfig: ifconfig
&g
On Sun, Jun 18, 2017 at 08:54:34PM +0300, Teemu Likonen wrote:
> pp...@pcisys.net [2017-06-18 11:43:24-06] wrote:
>
__deletia__
> > 2: wlp1s0: mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN group
> > default qlen 1000
> > link/ether 4c:bb:58:20:0b:cd brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
> > 3: enx687f74158a8a: mtu 1500
Hi,
I installed Stretch, but have no network interfaces:
1: lo: mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group
default qlen 1
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 ::1/128 scope host
On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 10:12:25PM +0100, Sergio Da Silva wrote:
> Hi everybody,
>
> Recently I have tried to install a Debian system on a newly purchased Dell
> system. When trying to fill apt's package database with the contents of
> the CDs a strange error message appears saying that the system
On Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 11:06:53AM -0700, Randolph S. Kahle wrote:
>
> If I want to create a floppy to boot a system (so that I can
> burn it into a bootable CDROM during a subsequent step),
> do I use the mkboot utility?
>
> The documentation on mkboot is a little sparse and it is
> not clear if
On Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 01:17:11PM -0800, Seth Arnold wrote:
> Greetings folks;
>
> I cannot find an X terminal Emulator I like. I am hoping someone out
> there can point me in the right direction. (CC's on replies would be
> nice, BTW.)
>
> xterm doesn't let home/end work.
> aterm doesn't let ho
On Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 11:13:13AM +, Sunnanvind Briling Fenderson wrote:
> Bentley Taylor wrote:
> > during boot, do you get the 2 high beeps, meaning
> > that the box recognizes the pcmcia card
> > "presence"? or, do you get a high beep and then a
> > low one? or no beeps?
>
> I don't u
On Thu, Mar 15, 2001 at 08:50:20AM +, Sunnanvind Briling Fenderson wrote:
> Hi; I just installed Debian on my x86-notebook again (I ran it a lot last
> year, but never really mastered it), and I tried to run pppconfig to
> connect, via modem, to my ISP. Alas - it couldn't find my modem. At al
debs,
after getting a kernel panic, as a result of
trying to boot a custom kernel (2.2.18), i managed
to fsck dev/hda1 (using a rescue floppy). when i try
to boot via lilo, i can't open an initial console:
fs: mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
unable to open an initial console.
...sugges
On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 05:53:37PM -0500, W. Crowshaw wrote:
> Its sort of a pain in the ass, but when I am using nvi, I simply set
> line wrapping on its command line. ":set wraplen=75"
>
> --
> wcrowshaw
oops, that's what i meant to write.
bentley taylor.
//>
On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 11:50:50AM -0800, Steven E. Harris wrote:
> "Holp, John Mr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > In my .exrc file I have placed;
> >
> > set wm=9
> >
> > That will break the line 9 keystrokes from the right side, give it a
> > try.
>
> Still no good. I tried fiddling with
On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 01:11:10PM +, pplaw wrote:
> debs,
>
> i mucked up /dev/hdc to where it isn't listed as a
> block device (so i'm having trouble mounting it):
>
> ls -l /dev/hdc
>
> -rw-r--r-- 2 root root 0 Mar 12 10:06 /dev/hdc
>
> (one
debs,
i mucked up /dev/hdc to where it isn't listed as a
block device (so i'm having trouble mounting it):
ls -l /dev/hdc
-rw-r--r-- 2 root root 0 Mar 12 10:06 /dev/hdc
(one of my other boxes shows it the right way:
brw-rw 1 root disk 22, 0 Jul 5 2000
/dev/hdc.)
how do i make /dev/hd
On Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 01:09:13AM -0800, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote:
> on Tue, Mar 06, 2001 at 03:10:49PM +0000, pplaw ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > debs,
> >
> > i've installed slink for booting purposes. now i
> > want to upgrade to potato and install the cus
debs,
i've installed slink for booting purposes. now i
want to upgrade to potato and install the custom
packages. however, when in "update" in "dselect,"
i get a message that i'm trying to fetch the same
file twice:
attempt to fetch the same file twice
http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dist
debs,
please ignor prior messageproblem resolved. (i
didn't enter martin's suggestion exactly like he
wrote and i got the wrong results. his info was
right on the money! thanks!)
i can ping all key players--myself, the lan, and the
isp(i didn't know pinging could be this
beautiful).
On Mon, Mar 05, 2001 at 04:52:49PM -0500, MaD dUCK wrote:
> also sprach pplaw (on Mon, 05 Mar 2001 02:52:32PM +):
> > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric RefUse
> > Iface
> > 127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0
On Mon, Mar 05, 2001 at 04:29:35PM -0500, MaD dUCK wrote:
> also sprach pplaw (on Mon, 05 Mar 2001 02:26:42PM +):
> > cat /sbin/route gives me garbage characters. (am i using the wrong
> > command?)
>
> just run /sbin/route.
>
> actually, run
>
> /
On Mon, Mar 05, 2001 at 03:55:58PM -0500, MaD dUCK wrote:
> what does /sbin/route display?
//
cat /sbin/route gives me garbage characters. (am i using the wrong command?)
//
>
> also, i hope you aren't trying to use the 192.168.1.xxx address
> directly. i.e. i hope that your DSL router, or you
debs,
i have a box that won't load potato, so i
installed slink for booting purposes.
now, from the net, i want to install the custom
packages from potato. however, i can't ping my
box's ip addy (nor any other ip addy on my network).
but, i can ping localhost.
the nic is good--works with th
On Sat, Feb 24, 2001 at 07:49:15PM -0300, Mike G wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> anyone could help me on how to set the From: when using, or maybe in exim, I
> used pine before, but I like more mutt's editor :)
>
> Thnks
i'm not an expert, but here's what i've done:
in .muttrc, add a line like:
my_hdr Fr
Michael Madden wrote:
> I'd written yesterday describing problems with linux
> 2.4.0, Debian 2.2 R2, and NE2000/3C509 NICS. Thanks
> for all the help!
>
> The working solution was to download and install the
> new modutils package from:
> http://people.debian.org/~wakkerma/modutils_2.4.1-0potato1
Michael P. Soulier wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 09:54:23AM -0600, volunteer1 wrote:
> >
> > debs,
> >
> > i got to bash with my rescue disk. (glad to see my files are still there.)
> > i ran lilo and got scary results:
> >
> > /target/sbin/lilo: error in loading shared libraries
> > /targe
.
debs,
..so, when this happens, what can be done? (i think i tried some
sort of *probe and that was last time i "saw" my printing (lpr)
and dialout (pon) capabilities.)
regretting a possible reinstall on a potato box that was
perfect,
bentley taylor.
//
John Hasler wrote:
Some drivers "pro
redhat wise (according to brochures):
http://www.dell.com
http://www.tigerdirect.com
(i use dlinux woody/potato and have no financial ties to either of the above.)
hth,
bentley taylor.
//
brian moore wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 27, 2000 at 06:25:35PM -0700, Krzys Majewski wrote:
> > Can anyone reco
minal parameters: Input/output
error
Jul 26 10:31:09 HOST pppd[330]: Connect script failed
HOST:/home/bt# exit
exit
Script done on Wed Jul 26 13:10:41 2000
thx.
bentley taylor.
//
John Hasler wrote:
> pplaw writes:
> > with pon [isp1], i get no dialout. (...will send the ppp
debs,
as of last friday, i suddenly lost the ability to lpr and pon.
everything else is fine. i can still boot, get into x, run
wp8...
running potato on customized 2.2.16, i get this error message if
i lpr [file]:
"lpr: connect: connection refused
jobs queued, but cannot start daemon."
with
pplaw wrote:
> debs,
>
> i just got a sony picturebook (pcg-c1xs) yesterday.
>
> i did a smooth, harddrive install. (thanks project!)
>
> having a usb floppy drive, i want to make a boot floppy, but the
> box doesn't recognize /dev/fd0.
>
> eg. "$ moun
Richard Lyon wrote:
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Steve Lamb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Sunday, 30 April 2000 10:11 PM
> > To: Kovacs Istvan
> > Cc: Debian User List
> > Subject: Re: Mail/news software
> >
>
>
> >I don't like the Netscape browser on either Win98 or Linux. It'
debs,
i just got a sony picturebook (pcg-c1xs) yesterday.
i did a smooth, harddrive install. (thanks project!)
having a usb floppy drive, i want to make a boot floppy, but the
box doesn't recognize /dev/fd0.
eg. "$ mount /dev/fd0 /bt "
" mount: the kernel does not recognize /dev/fd0 a
=?iso-8859-15?Q?Jean-Philippe_Gu=E9rard?= wrote:
> >I am a bit unsure of what you use to access your floppy drive from
> >the Desktop. To access a floppy drive, you probably need to mount it
> >first with "fdmount" or "xvmount".
>
> --
> Jean-Philippe Guérard
> //
and "mount /dev/fd0 /" (but wi
debs,
my only stable lapbox won't boot slink anymore. (i hit the off
button before a complete "halt" was achieved--( a bonehead move,
i know)).here's the last portion of the script before it
hangs:
/dev/had5 was not cleanly unmounted; check forced.
/dev/hda5: unattached inode 37071
hi,
i've had no problem with wordperfect suite 8 on several of my debian linux,
"slink"
installs.
what are the error messages you get?
bentley taylor
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sandy Shapiro wrote:
> I have Debian 2.1 (Slink).
>
> I downloaded Wordperfect 8 for Linux (guilg00.gz).
>
> During the insta
debs,
i run slink on my lapbox, having a neomagic 2097 (magicgraph
128zv+) video "card."
xfree86 4.0 gives me these results:
1. twm default.
a. how do i get to icewm?--my fav.
2. default vga.
a. how do specify svga?
3. default screen size of 320x200.
a. how do i specify 640x
debs,
where's the "contents-i386.gz" file? (i.e., where does one get
it?)
ia, t.
--
>> Bentley Taylor <<
__
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
debs,
at work, i have a new dell dimension xps t5000. (9gb,500mhz,
yada, yada, yada.)
i have win98 on hda1 and slink on hda5/6. i installed win98
first. the device mgmr could see everything. then i installed
slink. now the pci ethernet controller cannot be "seen."of
course, slink works
debs,
i have a neomagic videro "card." dpkg shows that i have
xserver-neomagic 1.1.0-1-1, but i have no success with it. (if i
use the svga xserver, i get really big fonts that don't fit my
lapbox screen.)
suggestions?
ia,t.
--
>> Bentley Taylor <<
__
[EMAIL PROTE
debs,
how do i get my pcmcia card bus to work on a new e-machine
lapbox? here's the boot error message:
"starting pcmcia services:
modules/lib/modules/2.0.36/pcmcia/tcic.0: init_module: device or
resource busy"
i get a login prompt if i use a boot disk made from the "rescue"
install disk. how
debs,
i have a new lapbox that hangs at "starting pcmcia services:
modules." i'm going to need pcmcia support, but is there a way
to configure or disable it so that i can fininsh the install?
ia, t.
--
>> Bentley Taylor <<
__
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
debs,
i have a brand new dell deskbox with an internal modem--conexant
(mdp3900v.u modem)--that won't pon.
here's what i see:
$ setserial
$ /dev/ttyS0, uart: 16550A, port: 0x03f8, irq: 4
$ plog
...chat [348]: abort on (no carrier)
...chat [348]: abort on (voice)
...chat [348]: abort on (no d
debs,
is there a linux viewer (debian or otherwise) to play video clips in
mpeg or real player format?
ia, t.
bentley taylor.
//
debs,
wordperfect8 wants "libXt.so.6". ...didn't see it when searching
@ debian.org. could someone let me know where i can find it.
thx.
--
>> Bentley Taylor <<
__
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
debs,
i installed corel wp8 in my slink box. trying to run the app
(wp8), i get this error message: ./xwp: can't load library
'libXpm.so.4' (which doesn't appear to exist in/as a deb
package).
...suggestions?
ia, t.
--
>> Bentley Taylor <<
__
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
debs,
i've been using a few boxes at work for learning and using
dlinux. before i roll out a new box (for myself), i need to
make the ones i had been using 100% windoze--or in other words, i
need to free-up the part of the hard drives linux was using.
with the rescue disk, i already deleted the
debs,
anyone have luck using themes from themes.org?
using icewm in my slink box, i downloaded the theme"blueheart,"
gunzipped it, and moved it to the directory with the other icewm
themes.
how do i actually get the "theme" (blueheart) to come up?
thx.
bentley taylor.
//
debs,
what's the config to backspace in xterm?
btw: i'm running dlinux on 2 lapboxes and 2 deskboxes. on 1 lapbox,
i can backspace in xterm; the other boxes, i cannot...
ia, t.
bentley taylor.
//
debs,
i haven't gotten any threads since last friday. is the list taking
the holiday week off or is there a problem on my end?
thanks.
bentley taylor.
//
wow, your install curve was only 2-3 months! i started 06.29.1999 and got a
lapbox
on the net 11.15.1999! (it was worth every minute of it.) the more i learn,
the
happier i am. i'll leave the "easy way out" for those who like less
stimulation.
bentley taylor
//
Pavel V. Epifanov wrote:
debs,
my "startx" only works as "root." but i need to run it as
"non-root." (error message: "you are not authorised to run the x
server".)
i've added the non-root user name to "dip."
the file permissions for "startx" is "755". ("-rwxr-xr-x").
any suggestions?
ia, t.
bentley taylor.
//
debs,
how do i specify a smaller font for my xserver?
(xserver = xbf_neomagic)
(window manager = ice)
(svga display (screen) size = 8")
ia,t.
bentley taylor
//
debs,
how do i prevent twm from automatically being my window manager when i
type "startx"?
ia,t.
bentley taylor.
//
"do things well!" "do them with heart!"--linus torvalds, "Linux
Journal," (11/1999).
//
debs,
how do tell twm not to be my window manager when i type "startx"?
ia,t.
bentley taylor.
//
"do things well!" "do them with heart!"--linus torvalds, "Linux
Journal," (11/1999).
//
debs,
how do i stop x from starting automatically?
ia, t.
bentley taylor
//
"do things well. do them with heart"--linus torvalds, "linux journal"
(11/1999).
//
debs,
through pon (config'd with pppconfig), i can ping my isp's addy
(207.76.102.251), but i can't ping the domain (www.pcisys.net) (or any
other domain, including www.debian.org). therefore, i can't have a
successful apt with dselect.
how do i config linux to connect to domain names and not ju
debs,
pon used to work until i downloaded lots of files from the site and
then installed wvdial, which seems to start the pppd. i switch tty's
and ping the isp. nothing happens.
here's /var/log/ppp.log:
pppd 2.3.5 started by root, uid 0
using interface ppp0
cannot determine etherne
debs,
i'm tring to pon. nothing happens.
here's the /var/log/ppp.log:
pppd 2.3.5 started by root, uid0
tcgetattr: input/output error(5)
exit
pppd 2.3.5 started by root, uid0
using interface ppp0
connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/tty1
lcp: timout sending config-requests
connection terminated
receive se
debs,
1. according to windoze, my lapbox modem is config'd for com5 @/on
irq 10. the /dev file doesn't list a /ttyS4. how do i add it?
2. my deskbox modem is config'd for com4 @/on irq3. slink sees
/dev/ttyS3 @/on irq 3, but nothing happens when i pon the isp. (my
goal is to have successful
debs,
is wvdial "hanging" when the cursor gets a blank line after: " - - >
starting pppd
@ (date/time) 1999"? or am i supposed to do something? shouldn't i
get some
sort of prompt?
ia, t.
bentley taylor.
//
debs,
i've installed cdtool (and its dependencies), but i get no sound. i've
tried it on two lapboxes...same outcome. pointing to /dev/hdc as the
cdrom, do i need to do anything else in order to cdplay and actually
hear the music?
ia, t.
bentley taylor.
//
debs,
my modem irq is assumed to be irq=4; however, the real irq is irq=9.
what's the full command line to make the change? (i typed "setserial
/dev/ttyS2"; the response was, "/dev/ttyS2, uart: unknown, port: 0x03e8,
irq: 4".)
ia, t.
bentley taylor.
//
debs,
using cdtool's cdplay, i can't hear my cd's. are there any special
configs to get the audio? (there are no probs with the device
(/dev/hdc).)
ia,t.
bentley taylor.
//
debs,
i have a question, to which an answer is obvious probably to all but
me, regarding the modem driver, as my bootable linux box just gives me
a prompt when i "pon," regardless of the modem label (/dev/ttyS01;
/dev/ttyS02...):how does a newly reformatted hard drive, previously
running w
debs,
i've got vga monitor, which plugs into a port at the back of the
computer. i don't have a video card for the monitor, meaning that the
monitor connects to the motherboard via ribbon from the port.
i also have a 3-button, genius net mouse.
what selections do i make for these items in xf86
debs,
is there any harm to just typing "halt" or "reboot" instead of the
traditional "shutdown -h now," "shutdown -r now"...?
ia,t.
bentley.
//
debs,
for all it's worth, i've tried the floppies, countless downloads, and,
recently--today, the cd's; and all i have to show for the last 3 months is a
box that
boots linux, with no xwindows and no internet, yet.
i'll be glad when i get there.
bentley.
//
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In a
debs,
the error message i get when i try to rum "pon" is that "libpam.so.0" is
needed.
how do i get this file?
ia,t.
bentley taylor.
//
hello d-community,
i can at least boot d-linux (so, i get some "credit," right?).
however, i get probs w/ dselect ("installation script returned error
exit status 1"). it feels like i'm skipping steps/concepts, which are
probably explained in the man(ual).
anyway, the "pro" talk seems to be in
hi debian community,
i'm a newbie who would like an internet box running debian linux. i've
gotten a successful install, but i get error messages in dselect and
xterm:
1. re: dselect's install. "installation script returned error exit
status 1";
2. re: dselect's configure. "dpkg--configure r
hello debian community,
i've installed the base system from the net. however, i cannot
access/mount the dos partition, which is where i've downloaded other
packages. (i've tried "dselect" and "apt-get".)
...any suggestions.
thx.
bentley taylor.
//
hi,
i'm trying to install, boot, and configure debian linux.
onto my hard drive (partitioned into "c:" and "d:") i've downloaded the
required files (resc1440.bin,drv1440.bin, base2_1.tgz, root.bin, linux,
install.bat, and loadlin.exe). i type "install." when prompted for the
name of the kernel
hi,
from the direct links in the debian.org, install file, i've downloaded
all of the install files except the linux image kernel file. when i
click on the link, the browser tries to open the file (instead of
allowing me to save it to a disk).
should i just try to get the image kernel from a mi
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