Re: pppoe in a debian 1.3

2002-03-25 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
bios. > Is there a way to install pppoe on a debian 1.3 ? > You would have to back port the ppp changes in the kernel and the pppd package. Does not look like an easy task unless you know the kernel pretty well. May be time for a new router )-: -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTEC

pppoe in a debian 1.3

2002-03-24 Thread Romuald PERINELLE
I have a local network at home and an ADSL connexion. I would like to install my linux box as a firewall for my network. Unfortunately I can't upgrade my debian version (1.3) because of compatibility reasons with my hardware and my bios. Is there a way to install pppoe on a debian 1.3 ? Ro

Re: IBM Thinkpad 560 install problem (debian 1.3)

1999-09-04 Thread Pollywog
t; sure if this was true for Debian 1.3, but it is true for 2.0 and beyond > for certain.) That is what I use on my 560, the Tecra rescue disk. With the regular rescue disk, the machine just goes into an endless loop of reboots. Also, don't use bzImage, just zImage will work. -- Andrew

Re: IBM Thinkpad 560 install problem (debian 1.3)

1999-09-04 Thread Syrus Nemat-Nasser
ill probably make the floppy fail after the first disk is read. Also, you'll need the tecra disks instead of the standard install disks (I'm not sure if this was true for Debian 1.3, but it is true for 2.0 and beyond for certain.) > Any and all help is greatly appreciated, I really want

re: IBM Thinkpad 560 install problem (debian 1.3)

1999-09-04 Thread Koyote
> This is my first attempt to install linux ever. I only have a 1.3 > debian distribution on CD, from "Boot" magazine, from 1996. It may > be that this version will never run on my system, or perhaps someone > out there can help me. The kernel is 2.0.29_2.0.29-7 You may want to make a set of fl

IBM Thinkpad 560 install problem (debian 1.3)

1999-09-04 Thread John Miskinis
Hello, I have been reading much information about the Thinkpad 560 and linux, but have not come across anything that relates to MY problem. This is my first attempt to install linux ever. I only have a 1.3 debian distribution on CD, from "Boot" magazine, from 1996. It may be that this version

Re: Debian 1.3 and Y2K compliance

1999-05-21 Thread J.H.M. Dassen
On Fri, May 21, 1999 at 13:28:47 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > My company has just discovered that one of our branches is running Debian > version 1.3. The company is quite happy for them to do so, but needs to > know if vanilla Debian 1.3 is year 2000 compliant. For general in

Debian 1.3 and Y2K compliance

1999-05-21 Thread Richard . Heggs
ow if vanilla Debian 1.3 is year 2000 compliant. If not, which version should we upgrade to? Any advice will be much appreciated. Many thanks in advance Richard

SVGA server for Debian 1.3?

1999-03-10 Thread Olof Oberg
Hi, where can I find the SVGA server for Debian 1.3? I have only found libc6 based binaries. Would be very happy if I could get hold of the old binaries. /mill -- # # S-mail: Olof Oberg # [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: X and PPP Problems w/ Debian 1.3

1998-09-02 Thread shaul
t is still my favorite, but my RH CD > is scratched and won't install. So I am trying new things. I am > using Debian 1.3. > > X won't work. I try to use the Config program, but when it says it is > switching to Graphics mode, it exists with can't connect to server > erro

X and PPP Problems w/ Debian 1.3

1998-08-31 Thread Marcus Johnson
RH CD is scratched and won't install. So I am trying new things. I am using Debian 1.3. X won't work. I try to use the Config program, but when it says it is switching to Graphics mode, it exists with can't connect to server errors. PPP won't work. I am using the same PP

recopying the base system file for Debian 1.3

1998-08-02 Thread Keith
ne or Elm. I think that some of my system is missing and was wondering if there is an easy way to reinstall all the base system files without screwing up my system. I am running Debian 1.3 and would like to some day run 2.0, but I don't want to do anything serious like that until I get my syste

Re: Debian 1.3 & libc6

1998-07-23 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Shaleh wrote: >>We have done all the work needed to support libc6 for you. Please do > >This stuff always seems odd to me. Has autoup stopped killing >people's systems? Yup, I've upgraded lots o

Re: Debian 1.3 & libc6

1998-07-23 Thread Shaleh
Apt is in slink, we can not put it in stable. Autoup.sh apparently still has a flake now and then. There is a howto in the hamm directory (I believe) which tells you step by step how and what to update by hand. This is how I and many others do it. Once you update the 5 or so needed packages, th

Re: Debian 1.3 & libc6

1998-07-23 Thread Carl Fink
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Shaleh wrote: >We have done all the work needed to support libc6 for you. Please do >not make yourself go through more hassle than needed. apt has a upgrade >feature which will update your system. We also have an "autoup.sh" >script on the ftp site which will upda

Re: Debian 1.3 & libc6

1998-07-22 Thread Shaleh
te: > > I have now Debian 1.3 and I want to install a libc6 manualy. Can anybody > > describe me how to do it? > I try to install glibc-2.0.6, and don't receive any error message while > compiling and installing, but no one programes can found libc.so.6 and > other.

Debian 1.3 & libc6

1998-07-22 Thread George Brink
I have now Debian 1.3 and I want to install a libc6 manualy. Can anybody describe me how to do it? I try to install glibc-2.0.6, and don't receive any error message while compiling and installing, but no one programes can found libc.so.6 and other. Need I to delete bad library

Re: Debian 1.3 with AHA2842B

1998-07-16 Thread Peter S Galbraith
Nathan E Norman wrote: > On Tue, 14 Jul 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > : I have a problem, installing debian 1.3 with AHA2842B VLB controller. > : > : When I'm booting the root.bin, I see this on the screen: > : In swapper task - not syncing. > > You need a

Re: Debian 1.3 with AHA2842B

1998-07-14 Thread Michael B. Taylor
the rest of the 2.0 installation set and install hamm. Mike On Tue, Jul 14, 1998 at 08:37:15PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello all! > > I have a problem, installing debian 1.3 with AHA2842B VLB controller. > > Hardware: > VLB motherboard with AWARD 4.50G bios > AHA

Re: Debian 1.3 with AHA2842B

1998-07-14 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Tue, 14 Jul 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : Hello all! : : I have a problem, installing debian 1.3 with AHA2842B VLB controller. : : Hardware: : VLB motherboard with AWARD 4.50G bios : AHA2842B controller with bios enabled : Quantum ProDrive LPS 270 MB : Sony CDU 76S : : When I'm bo

Debian 1.3 with AHA2842B

1998-07-14 Thread gzp
Hello all! I have a problem, installing debian 1.3 with AHA2842B VLB controller. Hardware: VLB motherboard with AWARD 4.50G bios AHA2842B controller with bios enabled Quantum ProDrive LPS 270 MB Sony CDU 76S When I'm booting the root.bin, I see this on the screen: scsi0: AHA284x/ ... 4.

Re: Adaptec 3940/3940W for standard Debian 1.3 install?

1998-07-11 Thread Nathan E Norman
he CDROM to start the install off. Nope, see above :) : 2) That Debian 1.3 default SCSI drivers don't work correctly : (perhaps I have to tell them something as a command line : parameter?) with the 3940/3940W second channel despite : apparently seeing the drives that are on it. Don't

Adaptec 3940/3940W for standard Debian 1.3 install?

1998-07-11 Thread Chris Evans
y NT and those drives were still NTFS formatted whereas the two drives recognised and reformatted OK had been converted to FAT when I was getting enough DOS access to the CDROM to start the install off. 2) That Debian 1.3 default SCSI drivers don't work correctly (perhaps I have to tell

Re: installing a modem under debian 1.3

1998-06-29 Thread Ed Cogburn
scott hussey wrote: > > I am a very novice Linux/Debian user and am trying to setup minicom. I am > curious about how to get minicom to recognize my modem. I read in the man > page that most linux systems have the serial port as /dev/modem or > /dev/cua#. How can I get Linux to install my modem a

Re: installing a modem under debian 1.3

1998-06-29 Thread john
John Kloss writes: > I have been told that /dev/cua# is deprecated and that docs using > /dev/cua# are out of date... Yes. They will disappear soon. > I'm pretty sure that /dev/modem is just a symbolic link.. Yes. It's always a symbolic link. > so to make /dev/modem type ln -s /dev/ttyS2 /dev

Re: installing a modem under debian 1.3

1998-06-29 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Sun, 28 Jun 1998, scott hussey wrote: > I am a very novice Linux/Debian user and am trying to setup minicom. I am > curious about how to get minicom to recognize my modem. I read in the man > page that most linux systems have the serial port as /dev/modem or > /dev/cua#. How can I get Linux to

Re: installing a modem under debian 1.3

1998-06-28 Thread John Kloss
On Sun, 28 Jun 1998, scott hussey wrote: > I am a very novice Linux/Debian user and am trying to setup minicom. I am > curious about how to get minicom to recognize my modem. I read in the man > page that most linux systems have the serial port as /dev/modem or > /dev/cua#. How can I get Linux to

installing a modem under debian 1.3

1998-06-28 Thread scott hussey
I am a very novice Linux/Debian user and am trying to setup minicom. I am curious about how to get minicom to recognize my modem. I read in the man page that most linux systems have the serial port as /dev/modem or /dev/cua#. How can I get Linux to install my modem as a dev. Currently, pppd recogn

Re: HELP! ImageMagick >= 3.9.1 for bo needed Was: Problems with ImageMagick in bo (Debian 1.3.r6)

1998-06-17 Thread paulwade
.1.r8 + +--+ On Wed, 17 Jun 1998, Wojciech Marek Zabolotny wrote: > Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 09:57:57 +0200 (CEST) > From: Wojciech Marek Zabolotny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Debian Users > Subject: HELP! ImageMagick >= 3.9.1 for bo needed Was: Problems with > Ima

Re: HELP! ImageMagick >= 3.9.1 for bo needed Was: Problems with ImageMagick in bo (Debian 1.3.r6)

1998-06-17 Thread Scott Ellis
On Wed, 17 Jun 1998, Wojciech Marek Zabolotny wrote: > I've checked ImageMagick 3.9.1 in RedHat 5.1, and it works OK. > Probably the reason of my problem is a bug in ImageMagick <= 3.8.2 > The another problem is however, that I can't find any newer version > which compiles in bo. The 4.0.4 version

HELP! ImageMagick >= 3.9.1 for bo needed Was: Problems with ImageMagick in bo (Debian 1.3.r6)

1998-06-17 Thread Wojciech Marek Zabolotny
Hi All! I've checked ImageMagick 3.9.1 in RedHat 5.1, and it works OK. Probably the reason of my problem is a bug in ImageMagick <= 3.8.2 The another problem is however, that I can't find any newer version which compiles in bo. The 4.0.4 version, which I've found in hamm distribution uses

Problems with ImageMagick in bo (Debian 1.3.r6)

1998-06-16 Thread Wojciech Marek Zabolotny
Hi All! Does anybody used successfully the "-draw" command with the "convert" program available in ImageMagick in bo distribution? The only graphic primitive it accepts is "circle". When I type: convert -pen "red" -draw "circle 5,5 10,10" image.gif im2.gif everything works fine, but wh

IP Masquerading - getting "ipfwadm: setsockopt failed ...". Is Debian 1.3 (bo) compiled with IP-masquerading?

1998-05-10 Thread Milan Zimmermann
I am wondering, is the default kernel from 386-binary(bo) compiled with Masquerading? I do not know if that is my problem, but whenever I try to use the "ipfwadm" command (with [hopefully] valid switches) I always get a message "ipfwadm: setsockopt failed: Protocol not available" Thanks, Milan

package sendmail 8.8.8 for debian 1.3 ???

1998-04-22 Thread Nicolas Weinachter
Is there any package sendmail8.8.8 for debian 1.3 ??? -- Nicolas Weinachter -- EXTERN e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Installing Debian 1.3 on AHA-2940

1998-02-15 Thread csiga
I tried it in two different ways, and I didn't manage to do it. The first: Booting from cdrom or rescue floppy. It died during the scsi initialization, right after the md driver. The second : I borrowed a zImage, made by Slackware, specifically for AHA 2940, and I started with loadlin--> lo

Re: debian 1.3 & 3c905 boomerang

1998-02-02 Thread Joost Kooij
On Mon, 2 Feb 1998, Maurizio Marini wrote: > Hi, > I've just installed a debian 1.3, and booting with boot disk eth0 3c905 is > not recognized. > So installed with dselect 2.0.30 kernel image and i copie it onto the boot > floppy. > Nothing changed. > The strange t

debian 1.3 & 3c905 boomerang

1998-02-02 Thread Maurizio Marini
Hi, I've just installed a debian 1.3, and booting with boot disk eth0 3c905 is not recognized. So installed with dselect 2.0.30 kernel image and i copie it onto the boot floppy. Nothing changed. The strange thing, is that i've already installe debian 1.3 on e pc with 3c905. this is

Re: Debian 1.3 and Windows NT

1998-01-13 Thread bhmit1
[ please hit the enter key every 75 char's or so. You're email program doesn't seem to do this for you. ] On Mon, 12 Jan 1998, Adam Greene wrote: > Hello, > > I am trying to run Linux on my computer at work, what we are running > normally is Windows 95 OSR on a Ethernet Star configured L

Re: Debian 1.3 and Windows NT

1998-01-13 Thread Martin Bialasinski
"Adam Greene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am trying to run Linux on my computer at work, what we are running > normally is Windows 95 OSR on a Ethernet Star configured LAN. The NIC is > 3com Etherlink XL 100baseTX (running as 10BaseT). We normally attach to a > Windows NT 4.0 server. I

Debian 1.3 and Windows NT

1998-01-12 Thread Adam Greene
Hello,       I am trying to run Linux on my computer at work, what we are running normally is Windows 95 OSR on a Ethernet Star configured LAN.  The NIC is 3com Etherlink XL 100baseTX (running as 10BaseT).  We normally attach to a Windows NT 4.0 server.  I installed Linux, took the informat

Re: problem with man- it hangs on Debian-1.3

1998-01-08 Thread Heikki Vatiainen
Are you using bash as your shell and have 'set -a' in /etc/profile or in any of your bash startup files? If so, try removing 'set -a' or running man under some other shell. Bash hanging with man when 'set -a' was in use was reported as bug #8390 during last summer. // Heikki -- Heikki Vatiain

Re: problem with man- it hangs on Debian-1.3

1998-01-08 Thread hawk
> > Dear Fellow Debian Users: > > (let me know if I've posted this to the wrong place; I don't think > it's a Debian bug per-se, but a local installation problem I can't > solve). > > I'm running Debian-1.3 on two machines, my home computer and my

problem with man- it hangs on Debian-1.3

1998-01-08 Thread David Konerding
Dear Fellow Debian Users: (let me know if I've posted this to the wrong place; I don't think it's a Debian bug per-se, but a local installation problem I can't solve). I'm running Debian-1.3 on two machines, my home computer and my work computer. My home computer runs

Re: debian 1.3 on thinkpad 760xl

1998-01-07 Thread Nils Rennebarth
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Fri, 2 Jan 1998, Steve Hsieh wrote: > John, > > On the IBM thinkpad 760, you must use the tecra boot disk in the > special directory, and not the standard bootdisk. If you build your > own kernel, you must build it with 'make zimage' and not 'make > bzimage

Re: debian 1.3 on thinkpad 760xl

1998-01-02 Thread Kevin J Poorman
Have you tried useing the tecra boot disks ... you might try these boot disk ... try installing from there as it will add that kernel to the hard drive ... I think that the tecra boot disks are made for the Laptops that can't handle BzImages I think they can be found in the /disks directory

debian 1.3 on digital hinote ultra 2?

1998-01-02 Thread Sen Nagata
hello, has anyone had any success installing debian 1.3 on a dec ultra hinote 2 latop? trying to install w/ the vanilla installation disks left me without pcmcia access (and hence no ethernet support in my case). could it be that the tecra disks should be used for the hinote as well

Re: debian 1.3 on thinkpad 760xl

1998-01-02 Thread Steve Hsieh
ive, as you may have discovered, is to use loadlin to boot from DOS. Steve On Thu, 1 Jan 1998, LKloss wrote: > attempts to install debian 1.3 and always the same problem. On reboot the > system hangs at > > LILO loading linux > > So the two main things here > > 1)

Re: debian 1.3 on thinkpad 760xl

1998-01-02 Thread bhmit1
If the thinkpad problem persist, try the tecra bootdisk (in the special directory I think). Brandon - Brandon Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "We all know linux is great... it PGP: finger -l [EMAIL PROTECTED] does infinite loops in 5 seconds" Phone: (757) 221-4847

Re: debian 1.3 on thinkpad 760xl

1998-01-01 Thread David Stern
On Thu, 01 Jan 1998 14:14:13 EST, LKloss wrote: > [..proper pre-install procedure snipped..] > > Now, first problem. I take the boot-rescue disk, put it in the disk drive, > reboot the system, get a message from debian giving me various help screens, > and then the boot: prompt. So I press return a

Fwd: debian 1.3 on thinkpad 760xl

1998-01-01 Thread LKloss
--- Begin Message --- --- Begin Message --- Let me be a bit more specific ... I no longer have NT on the machine. I formatted the whole disk in disgust. So lets just assume that currently I have nothing on the machine. I made the debian 1.3 floppies on a machine with a CD-Rom drive and DOS

Re: debian 1.3 on thinkpad 760xl

1998-01-01 Thread David Stern
On Thu, 01 Jan 1998 04:35:24 EST, LKloss wrote: > I recently bought the debian 1.3 cd's and an IBM thinkpad 760xl. The IBM came > with windows NT preinstalled. I have a 2.1Gig HD which I repartitioned into > two gig partitions using fips.exe. That worked fine. > > My NT partit

debian 1.3 on thinkpad 760xl

1998-01-01 Thread LKloss
I recently bought the debian 1.3 cd's and an IBM thinkpad 760xl. The IBM came with windows NT preinstalled. I have a 2.1Gig HD which I repartitioned into two gig partitions using fips.exe. That worked fine. My NT partition was booting fine (first partition) until I tried to install linux. I

Re: Debian 1.3 ignores more than 2 "groups".

1997-12-14 Thread Kevin Buhr
"Pedro Sanchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > However, when user-name logs in and types "groups" he gets, > > $ groups > user-name dialout > > Where is dip? In fact, I tested by adding user-name to more groups but to > my surprise "groups" always returns the same two groups! My first guess wo

Re: Debian 1.3 ignores more than 2 "groups".

1997-12-12 Thread Pedro Sanchez
That's it. I have to logout and login again for the new groups to take effect. I wasn't using X, just the console. Thank you for your answers. P. Sanchez -- In message "Debian 1.3 ignores more than 2 "groups".", [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > On Thu, Dec 1

Re: Debian 1.3 ignores more than 2 "groups".

1997-12-12 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Thu, Dec 11, 1997 at 07:18:16PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > > Where is dip? In fact, I tested by adding user-name to more groups but to > > my surprise "groups" always returns the same two groups! > > Odd: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/>groups > joey dialout cdrom floppy tape dos users pub network > >

Re: Debian 1.3 ignores more than 2 "groups".

1997-12-12 Thread Joey Hess
Pedro Sanchez wrote: > After this, /etc/group is ok, with user-name added where appropriate. > However, when user-name logs in and types "groups" he gets, > > $ groups > user-name dialout > > Where is dip? In fact, I tested by adding user-name to more groups but to > my surprise "groups" always r

Debian 1.3 ignores more than 2 "groups".

1997-12-11 Thread Pedro Sanchez
Hello, I have a fresh Debian 1.3 minimal installation, just the base packages and two or three more. As root I do # addgroup user-name dialout --> user user-name added to group dialout # addgroup user-name dip --> user user-name added to group dip After this, /etc/group is ok, with use

Re: Problem installing Debian 1.3

1997-12-10 Thread Gertjan Klein
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks, the thought here is that if a partition is a primary Linux > partition rather than a Linux partition sitting in a DOS extended > partition, perhaps a virus looking for DOS partitions will leave the LINUX > partitions alone. Whereas, viruses would recognise

Re: Problem installing Debian 1.3

1997-12-10 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Wed, 10 Dec 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Thanks, the thought here is that if a partition is a primary Linux partition > rather than a Linux partition sitting in a DOS extended partition, perhaps a > virus looking for DOS partitions will leave the LINUX partitions alone. > Whereas, viruses wo

Re: Problem installing Debian 1.3

1997-12-10 Thread tko
ns will leave the LINUX partitions alone. Whereas, viruses would recognise the extended partition as a DOS partition and reek havoc on the DOS, thus trashing any Linux partition residing within. Thus a rescue floppy might allow you to at least recover Linux. Any thoughts on this? -- -= Sent by De

Re: Problem installing Debian 1.3

1997-12-09 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Tue, 9 Dec 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have a question for you... What happens to the Linux partitions sitting in a > "extended" partition if the extended partition gets accidently _trashed_? > (like from a virus) > I assume it does the same thing as trashing a primary partition ... FUBA

Re: Problem installing Debian 1.3

1997-12-09 Thread tko
or > worse yet that their partition table was broken. Removing them with the > DOS tool has always fixed this problem in the past. > I have a question for you... What happens to the Linux partitions sitting in a "extended" partition if the extended partition gets accidently _tra

Re: Problem installing Debian 1.3

1997-12-09 Thread Gertjan Klein
Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Logical partitions created with DOS > fdisk are completely unusable by Linux, and often will result in cfdisk > reporting a broke partition table. In general, it is wise to assume human error or misunderstanding when problems with partition tables ap

Re: Problem installing Debian 1.3

1997-12-08 Thread Dale Scheetz
On 8 Dec 1997, Sten Anderson wrote: > > > > That's the problem-^ > > > > When You install debian (or most other distributions), you must remove > > these > > pseudo-partitions as only DOS understands them. > > Are you saying that linux can't handle

Re: Problem installing Debian 1.3

1997-12-08 Thread G John Lapeyre
On 8 Dec 1997, Sten Anderson wrote: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Gianluca Ryo Trimarchi writes: > > > > > > Few days ago I've installed my "new" hd (conner 1080mb) in my computer.= > > > It's > > > splitted in three partions: 1 primary (dos fat 16) e 2 logical for linux = > > > > That's

Re: Problem installing Debian 1.3

1997-12-08 Thread Sten Anderson
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Gianluca Ryo Trimarchi writes: > > > > Few days ago I've installed my "new" hd (conner 1080mb) in my computer.= > > It's > > splitted in three partions: 1 primary (dos fat 16) e 2 logical for linux = > > That's the problem-^^

Re: Problem installing Debian 1.3

1997-12-08 Thread tko
ump in and use the Linux version of fdisk to delete everything *EXCEPT* /dev/hda1. Then create new 'primary' partitions which will become the swap and root partitions. Use the 'type' command to switch the new swap partition from ext2 to swap. And then write it out when you are sati

Compile kernel 2.0.30 / Debian 1.3 ?

1997-12-08 Thread Marc Fleureck
Hi, System: Debian 1.3/kernel 2.0.30/pcmcia 3com 562D/563G card My goal is to recompile the kernel2.0.30 in order to solve some bug with pcmcia.(see below for the error message at boot time) I have installed pcmcia-source_2.9.6-3, same for pcmcia-cs and pcmcia-modules. Also kernel

Installing Debian 1.3 on Eurocom laptop

1997-12-02 Thread Laurent Andriantsiferana
Hi, I tried to install Debian 1.3 on my laptop : EUROCOM 6200. I already installed Debian on my previous laptop with no problems. I read the installation guide and several Linux HOWTO (Hardware Compatibility, Laptop, PCI ...) and I couldn't find any clue. First the technical specifications

Problem installing Debian 1.3

1997-11-27 Thread Gianluca \"Ryo\" Trimarchi
on the primary Eide channel (the old one is a Ibm 1700mb as master, three partitions fat 16), while the cd (Creative infra1800) is on the secondary channel as master. During the first step of the installation with Debian 1.3 distribution I haven't problems...all the hardware was founded (except

Re: immovable mouse cursor under XFree86 (Debian 1.3)

1997-11-06 Thread Stephen Ryan
Adrian Bridgett wrote: > I have a 2.1a mouse and it works fine on /dev/ttyS0. It isn't an > intellimouse. Here are the two bits of /etc/gpm.conf and /etc/X11/XF86Config > that might help. Let me know if there is any thing you would like me to try > to see what the problem is. I'm running (pretty mu

Re: immovable mouse cursor under XFree86 (Debian 1.3)

1997-11-06 Thread Adrian Bridgett
On Nov 05, Stephen Ryan wrote > Charles Read wrote: > > > > I'v installed Debian 1.3 on an AMD-K6 platform. > > My Xserver, XF86_S3V, starts out fine and autodetects > > the chipset used for my Nitro 3D (S3 ViRGE/GX). > > In the /etc/X11/XF86Setup, I specify

Re: Update: immovable mouse cursor under XFree86 (Debian 1.3)

1997-11-06 Thread Oliver Elphick
Ben Pfaff wrote: >There are certain ambiguities in the way that you specified how you >connected your mouse to the computer. Here are the correct >possibilities, to the best of my knowledge: > >1. Mouse is connected to a PS/2 (aka mini-DIN 6, which is circular) port. > The port

Re: Update: immovable mouse cursor under XFree86 (Debian 1.3)

1997-11-06 Thread Will Lowe
On Wed, 5 Nov 1997, Charles Read wrote: > I tried installing /dev/psaux with 'modconf'. > I get this result: > >Installation failed >/lib/modules/2.0.29/misc/psaux.o: >unresolved symbol kill_fasync_R689dfeeb Try (as root) insmod psaux and see if it hap

Re: Update: immovable mouse cursor under XFree86 (Debian 1.3)

1997-11-06 Thread Charles Read
I tried installing /dev/psaux with 'modconf'. I get this result: Installation failed /lib/modules/2.0.29/misc/psaux.o: unresolved symbol kill_fasync_R689dfeeb How can I fix this? Thanks, -c >There are two steps to fixing this. > >1) As root, run 'modconf',

Re: Update: immovable mouse cursor under XFree86 (Debian 1.3)

1997-11-06 Thread Ben Pfaff
"Charles Read" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I believe both "PS/2" and "/dev/mouse" > are correct. > > What else could be messing up the mouse/cursor? There are certain ambiguities in the way that you specified how you connected your mouse to the computer. Here are the correct possibilities, to

Re: Update: immovable mouse cursor under XFree86 (Debian 1.3)

1997-11-06 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
Charles Read wrote: > > The bottom of my mouse says the mouse > is an IntelliMouse 1.1A and PS/2 compatible. > The port the mouse plugs into is a PS/2 port > (ie, round). So within /etc/X11/XF86Config, > I changed (under the "Pointer" section) the > Protocol to be "PS/2", and then changed > the D

Re: Update: immovable mouse cursor under XFree86 (Debian 1.3)

1997-11-05 Thread Will Lowe
On Wed, 5 Nov 1997, Charles Read wrote: > I changed (under the "Pointer" section) the > Protocol to be "PS/2", and then changed > the Device to be "/dev/mouse" [On my box, > /dev/mouse is a link to /dev/ttyS0.]. I'm pretty sure you need /dev/psaux. Why don't you a) try deleteing /dev/psaux and

Update: immovable mouse cursor under XFree86 (Debian 1.3)

1997-11-05 Thread Charles Read
e could be messing up the mouse/cursor? -c >I'v installed Debian 1.3 on an AMD-K6 platform. >My Xserver, XF86_S3V, starts out fine and autodetects >the chipset used for my Nitro 3D (S3 ViRGE/GX). >In the /etc/X11/XF86Setup, I specify in the Pointer >section a protocol of &q

Re: immovable mouse cursor under XFree86 (Debian 1.3)

1997-11-05 Thread Stephen Ryan
Charles Read wrote: > > I'v installed Debian 1.3 on an AMD-K6 platform. > My Xserver, XF86_S3V, starts out fine and autodetects > the chipset used for my Nitro 3D (S3 ViRGE/GX). > In the /etc/X11/XF86Setup, I specify in the Pointer > section a protocol of "IntelliMo

immovable mouse cursor under XFree86 (Debian 1.3)

1997-11-05 Thread Charles Read
I'v installed Debian 1.3 on an AMD-K6 platform. My Xserver, XF86_S3V, starts out fine and autodetects the chipset used for my Nitro 3D (S3 ViRGE/GX). In the /etc/X11/XF86Setup, I specify in the Pointer section a protocol of "IntelliMouse" and a device of "/dev/ttyS0".

Debian 1.3 problems

1997-10-01 Thread bao . ha
I installed Debian 1.3. Now, I am having problems logging in as a normal user. When logging in root, I got a message about "delay bypassed, root allowed to log in". Also, when I shutdown, I got a prompt about logging in for maintenance mode, or control-d to shutdown. Pressing cont

Re: Debian 1.3 / Adaptec 284x VLB - problem

1997-08-29 Thread Damir J. Naden
Hi Benjamin de Coninck Owe; unless Mutt is confused,on Aug 28, you wrote : > I am trying to install debian 1.3 om my pc: > > ALI motherboard > Phoenix BIOS 4.03 > I486 DX4 - 100MhZ > Adaptec 2840A / 42A > > I am having trouble. Booting the rescuedisk at boot p

Debian 1.3 / Adaptec 284x VLB - problem

1997-08-28 Thread Benjamin de Coninck Owe
I am trying to install debian 1.3 om my pc: ALI motherboard Phoenix BIOS 4.03 I486 DX4 - 100MhZ Adaptec 2840A / 42A I am having trouble. Booting the rescuedisk at boot prompt I write: boot: linux aic7xxx=no_reset loading the kernel the computer writes: ... (aic7xxx): Encoutered

Re: IP aliasing in debian 1.3

1997-08-20 Thread Richard Ayres
On Wed, 20 Aug 1997, Dan Dooher wrote: > I'm trying to enable IP aliasing, but when a execute: > > "/sbin/insmod /lib/modules/`uname -r`/ipv4/ip_alias.o" > > It returns: "ip_alias.o: No such file or directory." > It sounds like you need to build yourself a custom kernel. Get the 'kernel-pack

IP aliasing in debian 1.3

1997-08-20 Thread Dan Dooher
Gang, I'm trying to enable IP aliasing, but when a execute: "/sbin/insmod /lib/modules/`uname -r`/ipv4/ip_alias.o" It returns: "ip_alias.o: No such file or directory." Can anyone tell me where I can get this and if there are any special instructions I should no about? Regards, Dan -- TO UNS

RE: problems with X in debian 1.3

1997-08-15 Thread John Cook
excerpt from a recent rant: >>There are *still* bugs in the 1.3 installation >(such as the problems with X). Are the X problems in 1.3 documented anywhere? I am about to try configuring/running X on a new 1.3.1 installation and would appreciate any pointers here. (I have an ATI WinTurbo (M

Re: Problems with first time install of Debian 1.3

1997-08-11 Thread Tim Sailer
In your email to me, STEVENS, TIM S., you wrote: > > > Everything seemed to go smoothly, until I rebooted.PC hangs when the > hard drive is first accessed. The letters > "LI" appear on the screen, with a blinking cursor after the I. If I boot > from the Custom Floppy and not the Rescue/

Problems with first time install of Debian 1.3

1997-08-11 Thread STEVENS, TIM S.
Everything seemed to go smoothly, until I rebooted.PC hangs when the hard drive is first accessed. The letters "LI" appear on the screen, with a blinking cursor after the I. If I boot from the Custom Floppy and not the Rescue/Setup floppy, I get the $ prompt. I am a new Debian user a

Re: Sendmail broken (Debian 1.3)

1997-08-05 Thread Pete Templin
On Sun, 27 Jul 1997, D. W. Wieboldt wrote: > Good suggestion. I think it is indeed timing out for want of a good > lookup. Have host name in /etc/hosts but that doesn't help. Now howto > hack sendmail into submission! Does anybody know the simple fix to the > .cf file to make it run? Thanks

Sendmail broken (Debian 1.3)

1997-07-28 Thread D. W. Wieboldt
I just built a new Debian 1.3 system from cdrom. Lots of things are running just fine, but somehow sendmail doesn't work. I want sendmail on this one so I can build a beeper gateway :-) Does anybody have any clues about what I should be looking for? Upon startup, sendmail hangs for a c

Re: Sendmail broken (Debian 1.3)

1997-07-28 Thread Graham Hughes
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- "D. W. Wieboldt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I just built a new Debian 1.3 system from cdrom. Lots of things are running > just fine, but somehow sendmail doesn't work. I want sendmail on this one > so I can build a beeper

Re: Sendmail broken (Debian 1.3)

1997-07-28 Thread George Bonser
> > > > This happens to me a lot. You have two options: put your hostname and > > IP address in /etc/hosts, or convince sendmail that it really doesn't > > need to do a DNS lookup. The second I don't remember how to do, but I > > think you can manage it from the M4 stuff (which is good; .cf file

Re: Sendmail broken (Debian 1.3)

1997-07-28 Thread D. W. Wieboldt
tes: > > > I just built a new Debian 1.3 system from cdrom. Lots of things are running > > just fine, but somehow sendmail doesn't work. I want sendmail on this one > > so I can build a beeper gateway :-) Does anybody have any clues about what > > I should be

Re: Sendmail broken (Debian 1.3)

1997-07-28 Thread Magossa'nyi A'rpa'd
On Sat, 26 Jul 1997, D. W. Wieboldt wrote: > WARNING: local host name (shiloh_a) is not qualified; fix $j in config file It is illegal to use '_' in hostnames, and newest dns servers are enforce this limitation AFAIK. Use '-' instead. --- GNU GPL: csak tiszta forrásból -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM TH

Re: PCMCIA problems with Debian 1.3

1997-07-23 Thread Olaf Weber
tmiller writes: > Mark Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> There have been a few people asking about problems with PCMCIA for >> Debian 1.3. The pcmcia-modules packages provided by Debian 1.3 are >> broken. > Odd; PCMCIA was the only major component that *did

Re: PCMCIA problems with Debian 1.3

1997-07-23 Thread Jason Costomiris
On Wed, 23 Jul 1997, Mark Phillips wrote: > There have been a few people asking about problems with PCMCIA for > Debian 1.3. The pcmcia-modules packages provided by Debian 1.3 are > broken. > > I got it working a few weeks ago with some difficulties. The way to solve >

Re: PCMCIA problems with Debian 1.3

1997-07-23 Thread Richard . Dansereau
> > Mark Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > There have been a few people asking about problems with PCMCIA for > > Debian 1.3. The pcmcia-modules packages provided by Debian 1.3 are > > broken. > > Odd; PCMCIA was the only major component

Re: PCMCIA problems with Debian 1.3

1997-07-23 Thread tmiller
Mark Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > There have been a few people asking about problems with PCMCIA for > Debian 1.3. The pcmcia-modules packages provided by Debian 1.3 are > broken. Odd; PCMCIA was the only major component that *didn't* give me problems wh

PCMCIA problems with Debian 1.3

1997-07-23 Thread Mark Phillips
Hi, There have been a few people asking about problems with PCMCIA for Debian 1.3. The pcmcia-modules packages provided by Debian 1.3 are broken. I got it working a few weeks ago with some difficulties. The way to solve it is to install a kernel-source package (either 2.0.29 or 2.0.30

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