Re: bash scripting question

2002-11-03 Thread shaulka
On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 10:05:45PM -0600, Michael Heironimus wrote: > On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 10:51:00PM -0500, Neal Lippman wrote: > > shell variable to the alphabet string (export alpha="A,B,C,...,Z"), but > > then the command: > > for x in {$alpha} ; > > do > > echo $x; > >

Re: compiling freeradius

2002-11-01 Thread shaulka
On Thu, Oct 31, 2002 at 03:02:48PM +0200, Alexey Chetroi wrote: > Hello All, > > I'm trying to compile freeradius from the cvs source. > It has debian/rules file. I'm trying to package it, but it > fails on this step: > > [lex.lexa]$ fakeroot debian/rules binary > dh_clean > dh_installdirs > m

Re: apt help

2002-10-30 Thread shaulka
On Thu, Oct 31, 2002 at 10:56:14AM +0530, Amit Shah wrote: > Hi, > > I'm working with apt and have a few queries: > > 1. I've copied the first 3 woody disks on my hard disk in > /var/cache/apt/cds/[123]. > > I want apt to recognize these sources as the primary installation sources. I > made chan

Re: Switching between X and consoles with stock kernel?

2002-10-26 Thread shaulka
On Sat, Oct 26, 2002 at 08:46:35AM -0500, Lance Simmons wrote: > Is there a module I need to load in order to be able to switch from X to > the console? > > I'm trying to move from compiling my own kernels without initrd to using > a stock debian kernel with initrd, and have run into a problem: wh

Re: Changing Hostname

2002-10-26 Thread shaulka
On Sat, Oct 26, 2002 at 09:27:32AM -0400, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > How do you change your host name after your installation is done? > (network settings) $ hostname -h Usage: hostname [-v] {hostname|-F file} set host name (from file) domainname [-v] {nisdomain|-F file} set NIS do

Re: Easy way to compile loop.o?

2002-10-26 Thread shaulka
On Fri, Oct 25, 2002 at 11:44:24PM -0400, Seneca wrote: > On Sat, Oct 26, 2002 at 05:29:23AM +0200, Q. Gong wrote: > > Is it possible to only compile and add a module loop.o without recompiling > > the whole kernel? Thanks in advance. > > Yes it is. The way that I've done it is (with appropriate p

Re: /sbin/ifconfig shows eth0, but not "RUNNING"?

2002-10-26 Thread shaulka
On Fri, Oct 25, 2002 at 02:33:58PM -0700, Adar Dembo wrote: > I am trying to run a piece of software that apparently depends on a > "RUNNING" message in ifconfig. > > dh3:/etc/tss2# /sbin/ifconfig > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:E0:18:2A:00:59 > inet addr:128.12.19.34 Bcast:1

Re: keeping pppd alive?

2002-10-25 Thread shaulka
On Fri, Oct 25, 2002 at 04:29:45PM +0200, Bruno Boettcher wrote: > On Fri, Oct 25, 2002 at 04:21:08PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Not what your friend told you but might be helpful: > > Depending on the reasons for the disconnections you might want to explore > > pppd persistent option. > a

Re: keeping pppd alive?

2002-10-25 Thread shaulka
On Fri, Oct 25, 2002 at 12:15:34PM +0200, Bruno Boettcher wrote: > Hello! > > i am on an ADSL connection, and most of the time the ppd daemon copes > well with the periodical disconnects, but some times it dies... > > i wnat to keep the line up and running as neatly as possible... > i made a scri

Re: dist-upgrade

2002-10-24 Thread shaulka
On Thu, Oct 24, 2002 at 01:30:03PM +0200, Johan van der Walt wrote: > I tried this morning to upgrade from potato to woody. The procedure I > followed was: > > apt-cdrom add > apt-get update > apt-get dist-upgrade > > After inserting the appropriate CD, apt-get returned the following the > eror m

Re: Problems with isdn...

2002-10-23 Thread shaulka
On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 09:25:30AM +0100, Randy Orrison wrote: > | -Original Message- > | From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:shaulka@;bezeqint.net] > | Sent: 22 October 2002 15:54 > | > | One advantage of PCI is that irq/port are done automatically > | for you, or so I believe. Is the card

Re: From Modem to DSL or Sask-Tel Enhanced High Speed Internet

2002-10-23 Thread shaulka
On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 07:48:06AM -0600, Dan.Hunt wrote: > Hello Debian Users > I am migrating my Woody firewall machine from dial up modem to static IP > DSL. In Saskatchewan Canada that's Sask-Tel Enhanced High Speed > Internet. > > I put the second NIC into the last pci slot. It is a DLINK D

Re: Problems with isdn...

2002-10-22 Thread shaulka
On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 02:16:23PM +0100, Randy Orrison wrote: > I have installed an Asus ISDNLink 128k card (it says on the box > P-IN100-ST-D, and on the card 80-TA200S106-1) in my debian box. I've > done modconf and added isdn and hisax (I'm using the 2.2.20 kernel). I > installed isapnptools

Re: A couple of small questions

2002-10-22 Thread shaulka
On Sun, Oct 20, 2002 at 07:38:40PM +0100, Steve Hargreaves wrote: > Hi there, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On 20-Oct-02, you said: > > s>> i) After much difficulty installing, and eventually having to do a hybrid > s>> Debian 2.2/3.0 install to get a working system, and then playing about > s>> (probabl

Re: install cd hanging at boot on checking partitions

2002-10-16 Thread shaulka
On Wed, Oct 16, 2002 at 04:15:09PM -0700, Kendall Shaw wrote: > Hi, > > Using isolinux woody cd, the boot hangs after: > > something ttyS01 something > > If I boot with bf24 to use a 2.4 kernel, it hangs after: > > hdc: something 70324/16/63 > ... > /dev/ide/something same as hdc [PTBL] 429

Error when compiling the kernel.

2002-10-10 Thread shaulka
With kernel-source-2.4.19, Version: 2.4.19-3, ld -m elf_i386 -T /tmp/kernel-source-2.4.19/arch/i386/vmlinux.lds -e stext arch/i386/kernel/head.o arch/i386/kernel/init_task.o init/main.o init/version.o init/do_mounts.o \ --start-group \ arch/i386/kernel/kernel.o arch/i386/mm

Re: mgetty hangs machine

2002-09-29 Thread shaulka
On Sun, Sep 29, 2002 at 01:44:01PM +0200, martin f krafft wrote: > i use the following line in /etc/inittab to make mgetty provide me > with a login prompt through modem dialin: > > T3:23:respawn:/sbin/mgetty -D -x0 -n3 -s 57600 ttyS0 > > this works fine except when i turn the modem off, then

Re: Kernel panic

2002-09-27 Thread shaulka
On Fri, Sep 27, 2002 at 08:15:47AM +0530, J.S.Sahambi wrote: > One thing more. Following is the dir list of /boot: > > * > jsahambi@ws97:/boot$ ll > total 6788 > -rw-r--r--1 root root 547232 Jul 10 14:55 > System.map-2.4.18-bf2.4 > -rw-r--r--1 root root 42

Re: kernel panic on build of 2.4.18

2002-09-26 Thread shaulka
On Fri, Sep 27, 2002 at 01:41:26AM +1000, bob parker wrote: > Hi debian-users, > I'm running Woody with the latest online updates. > > I've just compiled the 2.4.18 kernel using the Debian standard method > from 7.1.1 of the Debian Reference. > > I've configured in scsi cdrom/burner support, and

Re: Kernel panic

2002-09-26 Thread shaulka
On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 03:06:11PM +0530, J.S.Sahambi wrote: > I patched some files and then made the kernel "2.4.19-patched" with the > following commands: > > fakeroot make-kpkg --append-to-version -patched kernel_image > > > and then installed the kernel with : > dpkg -i kernel-image-2.4.19

Changing a .deb name consistently. Easier to build from source?

2002-09-26 Thread shaulka
How can I change a deb name in a consistent manner without building it from source? Will it be easier then building it from source? For example, can I extract it with dpkg-deb, modify a few files and repackage it? The problem I have at hands is that I have a kernel image kernel-image-2.4.19-

Re: can't boot new kernel - VFS error

2002-09-25 Thread shaulka
On Wed, Sep 25, 2002 at 10:52:30AM -0500, John Reinke wrote: > (I'm resending this, since I don't see it in the archives for yesterday.) > > I've not been successful with any of the solutions to similar problems > I've found on the web so far, so hopefully someone here can offer > suggestions. >

Re: 2.4.19 + aic7xxx won't boot. No problem with 2.4.18.

2002-09-25 Thread shaulka
On Tue, Sep 24, 2002 at 02:50:06AM -0500, John Manko wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >On Mon, Sep 23, 2002 at 04:11:33PM -0500, John Manko wrote: > > > > > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>I can't boot with a self made kernel image compiled from > >>>kernel-source-2.4.19:

Re: 2.4.19 + aic7xxx won't boot. No problem with 2.4.18.

2002-09-23 Thread shaulka
On Mon, Sep 23, 2002 at 04:11:33PM -0500, John Manko wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >I can't boot with a self made kernel image compiled from > >kernel-source-2.4.19: > > 1. when the probe option is turned on in the kernel configuration > >I am getting a kernel debugging information.

2.4.19 + aic7xxx won't boot. No problem with 2.4.18.

2002-09-23 Thread shaulka
I can't boot with a self made kernel image compiled from kernel-source-2.4.19: 1. when the probe option is turned on in the kernel configuration I am getting a kernel debugging information. 2. without the probe option it halts after announcing it can not device 8 or something that l

Re: Iptables`

2002-09-21 Thread shaulka
On Sat, Sep 21, 2002 at 02:18:18PM +0200, Marek wrote: > Hi > > If i try to run iptables i get this error: modprobe: Can't locate module > ip_tables > iptables v1.2.6a: can't initialize iptables table `filter': iptables > who? (do you need to insmod?) > Perhaps iptables or your kernel needs to

Re: Lyx package

2002-09-18 Thread shaulka
On Tue, Sep 17, 2002 at 12:30:38PM +0200, Riaan Rottier wrote: > Hi > > Does anybody know if the Lyx package are still being maintained, version > 1.2 has been out since May this year and 1.2.1 since August. Or are the > perhaps other problems that prevent the updated versions from being > packa

Re: Problem installing

2002-09-17 Thread shaulka
On Tue, Sep 17, 2002 at 06:08:11AM -0600, Dave Bartmess wrote: > I tried to update from the unstable list (in order to get some fixes > that aren't in stable list yet), but got the following errors: > > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > You might want to run `apt-

Re: Pentium 90 64 Mo in home network - what to do with it?

2002-09-17 Thread shaulka
On Tue, Sep 17, 2002 at 10:34:47AM +0200, Jerome Lacoste (Frisurf) wrote: > > Hei, > > A friend of mine is going to have a broadband connection at home. He > already has a Pentium II 350 Mhz that he uses as desktop and server > running Red Hat. He uses the machine for some personal development a

Re: compile one kernel module

2002-09-09 Thread shaulka
On Mon, Sep 09, 2002 at 07:05:53AM -0700, Michael West wrote: > I is possible to compile just a single kernel module and copy it to > /lib/modules by hand and have it work? > > Sometimes with new hardware I end up trial and error compiling to > see what will work. Just doing

486 machine with >=9.1G Scsi drive?

2002-09-02 Thread shaulka
Will Debian run on 486 machine with a >= 9.1G Scsi drive? The Scsi host adapter is either Adaptec AHA2842A (aic7xxx driver) or Adaptec AHA1542 (aha1542 driver). In particular, leaving the boot process aside, are there any issues of using these old adapters with large disks during normal system ru

Re: script to search ebay?

2002-09-02 Thread shaulka
On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 02:33:32PM +0100, Karl E. Jorgensen wrote: > On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 12:07:02AM -0500, Lance Hoffmeyer wrote: > > Anyone have any idea how I can create a script that will search > > ebay and put the results in a text file? > > > > I thought of starting with links > > > >

Re: floppy install problem

2002-08-31 Thread shaulka
On Sat, Aug 31, 2002 at 04:23:11PM -0400, Hal wrote: > I have a debian potato box on which I have decided to do a fresh install > of woody rather than an upgrade (I am turning a former wksta into a > server and don't need 60% of the packages now on it). The floppy I am > using was previously u

Re: Kernel extremely large after compile

2002-08-31 Thread shaulka
On Sat, Aug 31, 2002 at 01:59:57PM -0500, Joey McDaniel wrote: > I'm running a standard Woody system on an Athlon 850. A compile of > Kernel 2.4.18 with IDE, PPP, Sound, PS/2 and very little else comes up > with a kernel a little over 2 megs. This is the second installation of > Woody on the c

Re: kernel source location

2002-08-31 Thread shaulka
On Sat, Aug 31, 2002 at 03:40:22AM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-08-31 19:02:36 +1000]: > > Do i need /usr/include/linux and /usr/include/asm ? > > Yes. Some source code will reference it. But most importantly libc > will reference it internally to other headers

Re: wget asp pages recursively?

2002-08-31 Thread shaulka
On Fri, Aug 30, 2002 at 10:54:15PM -0400, Matthew Weier O'Phinney wrote: > On Sat, Aug 31, 2002 at 05:19:19AM -0400, Michael D. Crawford wrote: > > I'd like to download a sequence of pages which are produced by someone's > > asp application so that I may read them while I am offline. > > > > Is

Re: turn script to daemon?

2002-08-30 Thread shaulka
On Fri, Aug 30, 2002 at 11:12:35AM -0700, Mike Egglestone wrote: > Hello, > I have downloaded this unique program. > (its a binary file of some sort that is used as a database) > Anyway, I can launch it by typing the command > # ./atrt.linux & > > I can run ps ax and see that the program is runni

Re: slattach and /etc/network/interfaces

2002-08-30 Thread shaulka
On Fri, Aug 30, 2002 at 09:50:00PM +0200, Pieter-Tjerk de Boer wrote: > Hello, > > I'm moving my network initialization scripts from /etc/init.d/networking > to the "new" "standard" place for such things on Debian, namely > /etc/network/interfaces . > However, I run into problems with the extra p

Re: Copying ISO Images onto HD

2002-08-30 Thread shaulka
On Fri, Aug 30, 2002 at 03:15:58PM -0400, Phil Beder wrote: > On Thu, 29 Aug 2002 21:23:41 +0300 > Amir Tal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Friday 30 August 2002 21:03, Phil Beder wrote: > > > I'm trying to set up my first Debian server in a mixed > > > platform environment(macs & win). Its f

Re: kernel source

2002-05-08 Thread shaulka
rnel-source-2.4.18 -- Shaul Karl email: shaulka(replace with the at - @ - character)bezeqint.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Installing X on woody

2002-05-07 Thread shaulka
thout the simulation flag, -s) ? > I'm starting to feel pretty sheepish about asking for help in the > first place. But thanks to all who've offered advice, I have a better > idea what I need to educate myself about. > > Michael -- Shaul Karl email: shaulka(re

Re: New Debian distribution concept?

2002-05-07 Thread shaulka
ues have not popped up in the last weeks because due to the coming release but what have been said is archived. -- Shaul Karl email: shaulka(replace with the at - @ - character)bezeqint.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: troubles

2002-05-07 Thread shaulka
ct text of the error messages? -- Shaul Karl email: shaulka(replace with the at - @ - character)bezeqint.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Installing X on woody

2002-05-07 Thread shaulka
all x-window-system > Best regards, > Michael > > -- > D. Michael McFarland > Department of Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering > University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >

Re: driver-#.bin disk installation

2002-05-07 Thread shaulka
a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Shaul Karl email: shaulka(replace with the at - @ - character)bezeqint.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Not parseable as a System.map?

2002-05-05 Thread shaulka
not get solved it will be easier to find whether it was the problem and if it was, what was the offending operation. > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Shaul Karl

Re: Linksys NC100 network card

2002-05-05 Thread shaulka
IBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Shaul Karl email: shaulka(replace with the at - @ - character)bezeqint.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: kernel source and image

2002-05-03 Thread shaulka
bols...). > Thanks > > Antoine > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Shaul Karl email: shaulka(replace with the at - @ - character)bezeqint.net -- To UNSUBSC

Re: perl and dpkg

2002-05-03 Thread shaulka
f/Db.pm line 5. > BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at > /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Db.pm line 5. > Compilation failed in require at > /usr/share/debconf/frontend line 22. > BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at > /usr/share/debconf/frontend line 22. > dpkg: error while cleaning up: > subprocess post-removal scr

Re: Fighting with lilo

2002-02-19 Thread shaulka
railway station, > | devoid of taste and style, becomes an > | element of beauty in the landscape > | which first made it ugly.--R\'emy De > | Gourmont > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIB

Re: ntp: not synchronized?

2001-08-04 Thread shaulka
On Sat, Aug 04, 2001 at 05:33:53AM -0700, Erik Steffl wrote: > ktb wrote: > > > > On Fri, Aug 03, 2001 at 11:25:02PM -0700, Erik Steffl wrote: > > > I have the ntp running and see no error messages while it's running > > > but ntptime returnes error, the time is few minutes off and ntpdc says >

C programming: What does this construct in printf(_(" means?

2001-06-20 Thread shaulka
What does the construct _("What ever format string I use") means in the context of printf? For example: [00:50:20 tmp]$ grep -C1 printf\(_\( util-linux-2.11b/misc-utils/script.c if (!strcmp(argv[1], "-V") || !strcmp(argv[1], "--version")) { printf(_("%

Noting in /var/cache/man/cat? ?

2001-06-13 Thread shaulka
Doesn't /var/cache/man/cat? suppose to keep formated man pages? On my machine it is empty: [03:56:42 tmp]$ ls /var/cache/man/cat? /var/cache/man/cat1: /var/cache/man/cat2: /var/cache/man/cat3: /var/cache/man/cat4: /var/cache/man/cat5: /var/cache/man/cat6: /var/cache/man/cat7: /var/cache/man

Re: Kernel upgrade.

2001-06-07 Thread shaulka
On Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 08:41:38AM -0400, Chapman, Matt wrote: > Hi, > > I am running the sparc version potato.. > > I changed my sources.list for apt to woody and was able to do a successful > apt-get dist-upgrade > > Now how do I get the new kernel? > > -matt > With x86 architecture I woul

Re: Mgetty

2001-06-04 Thread shaulka
On Sun, Jun 03, 2001 at 07:06:06PM -0300, Jordi S. Bunster wrote: > > Anyone using Mgetty and a Cyclades multi port board? > > I installed the mgetty package and created the devices, as well > as the inittab entries (just like the examples found in Debian) > but the modems wont stop blinking th

Re: connecting through a proxy

2001-05-07 Thread shaulka
Alternatively, for apt you can try the Acquire section of /usr/share/doc/apt/examples/configure-index.gz On Mon, May 07, 2001 at 02:01:38PM -0500, Jason P. Holland wrote: > i always set my shell environment variables http_proxy and ftp_proxy and it > works for apt-get. not sure about the behavi

missing /lib/security/pam_condev.so?

2001-05-06 Thread shaulka
[10:04:32 tmp]$ tail -6 /var/log/syslog.0 May 6 06:40:40 rakefet: PAM unable to dlopen(/lib/security/pam_condev.so) May 6 06:40:40 rakefet: PAM [dlerror: /lib/security/pam_condev.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory] May 6 06:40:40 rakefet: PAM adding faulty

enable hdparm at boot

2001-04-14 Thread shaulka
After struggling with the shell for some time I have come up with the following modifications for /etc/hdparm.conf and /etc/init.d/hdparm.sh that were suggested by Tommi Komulainen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. (Tommi Komulainen suggestions can be seen as bug report #87451.) The following: 1) Does not use

Where to put hdparm to be activated at boot time?

2001-04-12 Thread shaulka
Hello, What is the preferred file for hdparm to be activated at boot time? (/etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh ?) -- Shaul Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Midnight commander

2001-04-01 Thread shaulka
On Sun, Apr 01, 2001 at 01:13:32PM -0500, Brian Nelson wrote: > Then don't delete gnome... Gnome and kde will co-exist just fine. > Try installing the mc (midnight commander) package. Hopefully this will make it a permanent resident on your system. > > On Sun, Apr 01, 2001 at 12:00:52PM -070

Re: up to date kernel programming

2001-04-01 Thread shaulka
On Sun, Apr 01, 2001 at 12:39:43PM +0200, Sebastiaan wrote: > Hi, > > can someone point me to a more up to date document about writing device > drivers? > > I read some docs described in Documentation/kernel-docs.txt, but they are > obsolete. The given examples do not work and the kernel source i

Re: How to get addressbook working with tk8.2 and tk8.3 installed -fyi

2001-03-29 Thread shaulka
On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 03:17:13PM -0700, Jimmy Richards wrote: > Hello, > > Several days ago someone was getting an error message trying to run > addressbook. I just wanted to let anyone who wanted to get it running how to > do so. Just run this command and it should work > > update-altern