I'm using the Summer 1999 Infomagic distribution cd's and chose multicd
access method.
After going through the initial setup and logging in as root I couldn't
find any X11R6 related files anywhere, just empty directories. I tried
again using dselect.
Here's what I get a
> You know, I don't mean to rain on your parade too
> much, but I've read 2
> messages from you on different subjects talking
> about Potato being
> released "soon"...
>
> Let me start by saying whoever told you this was
> POSSIBLE is on crack.
> Why can we not release "soon"?
>
> * Our boot
On Sat, Jul 24, 1999 at 01:48:29AM -0700, Jonathan Walther wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Jul 1999, Joseph Carter wrote:
> > To everyone expecting a September release, WAKE UP! It's NOT going to
> > happen. It's NOT possible, not that soon. I think if we shoot for having
> > it out by the holidays it could
Hi all,
Debian is the last major distro on the 2.0.36 kernel. I like it because it
loads, runs like its supposed to and its free as in free speech.
Where is there some info on what potato is supposed to be? From the
description of broken bits obviously its planned to be very different from
slin
On Fri, 23 Jul 1999, Joseph Carter wrote:
> To everyone expecting a September release, WAKE UP! It's NOT going to
> happen. It's NOT possible, not that soon. I think if we shoot for having
> it out by the holidays it could be done, however we've seen what happens
Hey, I say we gun for a Christm
On Fri, Jul 23, 1999 at 11:12:05AM -0400, Kenneth Scharf wrote:
> The reason they no longer put Debian on their linux toolkit cd's (they
> say) is that at 4 cd's it is now too large. So they now have a
> SEPARATE debian 4 cd set. The latest (2.1r0x) will be out in August at
> $15 (plus postage).
Buddha Buck writes:
>
>If InfoMagic CD's were not reliable, it's because they were cutting
>their CDs (to shoehorn Debian into their toolkit CDs), and not taking
>the same quality control as we do when developing our official CD
>images.
>
>If InfoMagic is now shi
> Their web page still shows the 'ol blue eyes' logo on the CD. Someone
> > should tell them about the new logo?
>
> I thought InfoMagic CD's were not reliable.
If InfoMagic CD's were not reliable, it's because they were cutting
their CDs (to shoehorn
' logo on the CD. Someone
> should tell them about the new logo?
I thought InfoMagic CD's were not reliable.
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Check out www.infomagic.com.
The reason they no longer put Debian on their linux toolkit cd's (they
say) is that at 4 cd's it is now too large. So they now have a
SEPARATE debian 4 cd set. The latest (2.1r0x) will be out in August at
$15 (plus postage). You can subscribe for updates at $10 a p
n
the archive as 1.0. InfoMagic saw this, thought "Oooh, goody!" and put it
on their Debian CD.
It wasn't complete. It was severely broken. This led to the current system
of "stable" and "unstable", with version numbers only being setup when the
"current" vers
> From: David Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Bo is the current stable release; hamm is unstable. The names are just
> codenames, which never change. ...
> For some reason, some people object to the user of these codenames (don't
> ask me why; every project in real life has a codename) so ...
On Tue, 23 Sep 1997, Robert Grunloh wrote:
> Thanks to everyone who replied on this topic. I should mention that not
> all of my prev. failed installs were from a cd, a couple of times I
> downloaded a "base set" from the ftp site.
>
> But the important thing is, ok if "bo" is stable and "hamm" u
Thanks to everyone who replied on this topic. I should mention that not
all of my prev. failed installs were from a cd, a couple of times I
downloaded a "base set" from the ftp site.
But the important thing is, ok if "bo" is stable and "hamm" unstable, how
did the use of these terms originate? Alo
I wish you luck, Robert. I had used the previous few sets of CD from
Infomagic to install Debian. My memory reminds me that Infomagic
is BAD for Debian !! There were important packages, for instance
I can remember that xlib6_3.2-1a.1.deb which I thought is quite
important nowadays wasn't i
I wrote:
> Because they confuse Mr. Grunloh.
Bruce Perens writes:
> Be nice to the user, please.
Yes, precisely. Be nice to the user by taking note of what bothers him,
and fixing it. I meant no disrepect for Mr. Grunloh: he has every reason
to be confused. When a Debian user is baffled, it is
> Because they confuse Mr. Grunloh.
Be nice to the user, please.
I wish they'd just used the Official CD images, or at least the program
that generates the Official CD images. They'd have a bootable CD in that
case, and you would not need any floppies at all.
You should be able to install this w
David Wright writes:
> For some reason, some people object to the user of these codenames (don't
> ask me why; every project in real life has a codename)...
Because they confuse Mr. Grunloh.
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On Mon, 22 Sep 1997, Robert Grunloh wrote:
> But before I can do this, I have to ask: I've read the Debian FAQ on the
> web page, the part that explains the directory tree at the ftp sites; but
> what it should explain but doesn't is, what is hamm and bo? I see mention
> of these terms in announce
ay, I just got the Infomagic LDR 6-cd set from aug/sept. with Debian
1.3.1, are there any caveats before I try from it? I remember one some
time ago where it wasn't quite copied correctly to the Infomagic dist.
But before I can do this, I have to ask: I've read the Debian FAQ on the
web
Does anyone know if the Debian kernel in the Infomagic Dec 1996 CDROM
distribution is broken for modules?
I have found an old 486 machine and put my Debian HD in it. After
recompiling the kernel to use modules as much as possible, the new
kernel does not boot properly and either gives a panic
I have gotten around the problems of the April 97 LDR and
done a fresh Debian 1.2 installation by downloading 7 missing
files and creating a directory with correct symbolic links.
If anyone else is trying to install from this CD and would like more
details, I will try to supply. Otherwise, this i
> How long would it have taken an experienced Linux user to do a quick
> install of three different distributions just to make sure something
> major wasn't missing? Maybe a day at most?
W install all three distributions on our TRI-LINUX cd on two different
boxes ...
one that is all IDE and one
ce of a test suite. Their test
Edward> should be to deliver a pre-press CD to Debian for
Edward> confirmation.
Edward> Don't change vendors, change procedures. If InfoMagic
Edward> can't play by an "allow-verification-of-master" procedure
Edward&
So they didn't test it. I don't suppose a CD publisher who is
distributing other folks' stuff would ever be able to--especially in
the absence of a test suite. Their test should be to deliver a
pre-press CD to Debian for confirmation.
Don't change vendors, change procedures
>>>>> "Eric" == E L Meijer \(Eric\) writes:
Eric> Glenn asked:
>> Does anyone know if Infomagic corrected the missing files for
>> Debian on their April LDR?
Eric> I complained about the missing files to InfoMagic and g
Glenn asked:
> Does anyone know if Infomagic corrected the missing files for Debian
> on their April LDR?
I complained about the missing files to InfoMagic and got the following
reply:
E.L.
This set was mi
Hi,
Does anyone know if Infomagic corrected the missing files for Debian
on their April LDR?
TIA,
Glenn
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Thanks to all of you who helped me on that problem.
Now everythings works fine except pari but I think that now I'll be able to
cope with it.
I have to apologize because as one of you pointed out to me there was a FAQ
answering to the most part of my problem.
Laurent.
On Tue, 18 Mar 1997, Laurent PICOULEAU wrote:
> I bought InfoMagic Linux Developper's Ressource 6 CD set od december 1996.
..
> So what should I download to fix this apparently bad organised CD.
This is unfortunately a FAQ. Someone was kind enough to write a little
document abou
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On Tue, 18 Mar 1997, Laurent PICOULEAU wrote:
> So what should I download to fix this apparently bad organised CD.
I have TRI-LINUX from Linux Software Labs (I believe) and I had the same
problem (with the same three packages). Everything seems to work fine an
On Tue, 18 Mar 1997, Laurent PICOULEAU wrote:
> I bought InfoMagic Linux Developper's Ressource 6 CD set od december
> 1996. I've decided to install Debian from it but a bunch of packages
> can't configure after installation
Let me guess.. you installed all of the package
es to make this work)
Hope this helps,
Bernt.
> I bought InfoMagic Linux Developper's Ressource 6 CD set od december 1996.
> I've decided to install Debian from it but a bunch of packages can't
> configure after installation in particular LaTeX (and BTW lot of related
>
I bought InfoMagic Linux Developper's Ressource 6 CD set od december 1996. I've
decided to install Debian from it but a bunch of packages can't configure after
installation in particular LaTeX (and BTW lot of related packages too...) an
Pari which were of particular interes
On Fri, 17 Jan 1997, Daniel J. Mashao wrote:
> That what gets me with Debian. There seems to be happy users but for
> some of us the system seems not to work well. I may be among those who
> feel Debian has a long way to go and it may better to use other
> distributions. I tried upgrading to 2.0.
>
> Sad new. It seems like Debian1.2 on the Dec 1996 InfoMagic CD ROM is
> kind of broken: the X stuffs just would not install properly !!!
>
Not true !!
See ftp.fortuna.org:/pub/linux/Debian for Debian1.2 and then X3.2 installation
directly from InfoMagic CD#3 without (essenti
On Fri, 17 Jan 1997, H C Lai wrote:
> kind of broken: the X stuffs just would not install properly !!!
Check the Debian ftp site, there is some directory that discusses problems
with links. To come to think about it may be i-Connect CDs. I am sorry I
cannot give you more details.
> A guy in our l
Hi there,
Sad new. It seems like Debian1.2 on the Dec 1996 InfoMagic CD ROM is
kind of broken: the X stuffs just would not install properly !!!
A guy in our lab was going to install linux on one of the PC. Since I
am a happy Debain user, I suggested him to try Debain.
Unfortunately, while
Jan 15 '97
A few days ago (around Jan 6th '97) I have installed the Debian 1.2
on a HP Vectra XU system, using the InfoMagic "Linux Developer's
Resource" CD-ROM collection.
See ftp.fortuna.org/pub/linux/Debia
Jan 15 '97
This text summarizes my experiences with installation of the X Window System
(XFree86) atop of fresh installed Debian 1.2 systems.
All installations used the InfoMagic Linux Developer's Resource CD collection.
>
> Judith & Steve Hornett:
>
> >> Has anyone been successful in installing Debian 1.2 from the
> >> December InfoMagic LDR?
>
> Daniel S. Barclay:
>
> > I have, but I would not have survived it without this mailing list.
>
> Okay, I purc
Judith & Steve Hornett:
>> Has anyone been successful in installing Debian 1.2 from the
>> December InfoMagic LDR?
Daniel S. Barclay:
> I have, but I would not have survived it without this mailing list.
Okay, I purchased the InfoMagic set with Debian 1.1 only to find out
drive on the Slackware CDROM
in the LDR set. Can that module be used with kerneld?
>
> Has anyone been successful in installing Debian 1.2 from the
> December InfoMagic LDR?
I suggest using the msdos-1386 tree to install from. The binary tree has some
modules in the wrong order. (new then
Reading the "debian-user" list for a while I am convinced, that statements
like "this CD ROM is OK", "that CD ROM is bad" are purely subjective.
My experiences with the "InfoMagic LINUX Developer's Resource", Dec 1996,
are very positive. I am very
gt; and Slackware, I thought I'd give it a try.
>
> All of the diskettes load correctly, but when I get into Dselect,
> it can't find the main directories to start off of the root
> (contrib, etc).
>
> Has anyone been successful in installing Debian 1.2 from the
> Dec
> "Brian" == Brian Sheaff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Brian> My interest is using Linux as a mail gateway for a
Brian> Win95/Win3.11 LAN. The setup would be like this.
Brian> 1. The Linux PC would dial into local ISP. Get each users
Brian> mail from the local ISP. e.g. [EMAIL
Installation notes - debian 1.2 stable, as shipped on the
January InfoMagic Developer's Resource
Here are some observations and problems I found with attempting to
install Debian 1.2 from the latest Infomagic CD. I realise that some of
the problems listed here have been addressed already,
On Mon, 6 Jan 1997, Brian Sheaff wrote:
> I am also very interested in hearing from others who have purchased
> InfoMagic LDR CD's. Is it good value or am I better off with iConnect's
> CD's.
>
I bought the september '96 release and wouldn't bother about an
At 11:46 PM 5/01/97 -0500, you wrote:
>I just purchased the most recent version of the LDR a few days ago.
.
>Has anyone been successful in installing Debian 1.2 from the
>December InfoMagic LDR?
>
I am also very interested in hearing from others who have
purchased InfoMagic
when I get into Dselect,
it can't find the main directories to start off of the root
(contrib, etc).
Has anyone been successful in installing Debian 1.2 from the
December InfoMagic LDR?
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On Sun, 22 Dec 1996, Bruce Perens wrote:
> Did we go through this already? Try putting "ppp" in /etc/modules. It seems
> it gets loaded too slowly if kerneld loads it.
Hmm. I'm getting my ppp module loaded through kerneld and everything works
fine here.
Christian
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On Sun, 22 Dec 1996, Randall E. Price wrote:
> Bruce Perens wrote:
> >
> > I think you might also have to install "xext".
> >
>
> SO far adding the modules for pex and xie has solved the first problem,
> but now X11 starts up fine and appears to be working well and then it
> just exits without
Did we go through this already? Try putting "ppp" in /etc/modules. It seems
it gets loaded too slowly if kerneld loads it.
Thanks
Bruce
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Shaya Potter wrote:
Shaya;
Thanks for the help. X11 is now working, but PPPd is still broken. I
get this message when I start it:
Sorry - PPP driver version 0.0.0 is out of date.
Thanks,
Randy
>
> On Sun, 22 Dec 1996, Randall E. Price wrote:
>
> > Bruce Perens wrote:
> > >
> > > I think yo
On Sun, 22 Dec 1996, Randall E. Price wrote:
> Bruce Perens wrote:
> >
> > I think you might also have to install "xext".
> >
> > Bruce
> > --
> SO far adding the modules for pex and xie has solved the first problem,
> but now X11 starts up fine and appears to be working well and then it
would appreciate
> any guidance you can give on this as well.
>
> About a week ago I upgraded my Debian 1.1.13 system which was installed
> with i-connect's CD over ppp and had a completely working system and now
> doing a clean HD format and using the InfoMagic CD X11 and
Bruce Perens wrote:
>
> I think you might also have to install "xext".
>
> Bruce
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In your email to me, Shaya Potter, you wrote:
>
>
> Read the manpage for XF86Config, you need a section called modules, but I
> don't remember the syntax.
That will get rid of the error message, but X11 will still not
start. '/usr/X11R6/lib' needs to be added to /etc/ld.so.conf
and then 'ldcon
out. I did
verify that the ppp module is loading at bootup so I would appreciate
any guidance you can give on this as well.
About a week ago I upgraded my Debian 1.1.13 system which was installed
with i-connect's CD over ppp and had a completely working system and now
doing a clean HD format a
I think you might also have to install "xext".
Bruce
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Read the manpage for XF86Config, you need a section called modules, but I
don't remember the syntax.
Hope this helps,
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On Sat, 21 Dec 1996, Randall E. Price wrote:
> Well I received my InfoMagic Debian 1.2 and installed it over my Debian
>
Well I received my InfoMagic Debian 1.2 and installed it over my Debian
1.1 and it seemed to be broken so I installed it fresh and now X11 is
dead. Everytime I try to start X11 with xstart I get the following
messages after X11 fails to finish comming up:
PEX extension module not loaded
XIE
Just picked up the latest InfoMagic CDROM (green). It claims to have Debian
1.2 on it, but once again, there are a few problems (not like the 1.0 fiasco,
though). Here's a list -- consider this the early warning system for anyone
using Debian 1.2 off the infomagic cd:
First, the foll
On Sun, 8 Dec 1996, Bruce Perens wrote:
> I advised Joel to look over the licenses of the individual programs in
> non-free, and decide what he could legally include. I don't know if he'll
> have space.
Since there has been discussion of splitting up non-free, how about
creating a 'non-dist' for
Actually, it looks as if "contrib" made it onto the CD, but non-free did
not.
Bruce
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I think the license should be placed in the archive next to the package
so that it is easy to read.
Regarding InfoMagic, I think this time he only has one CD for Debian,
and thus some stuff like "contrib" and "non-free" might not make it on
to the CD.
Thanks
On Mon, 9 Dec 1996, Adam Shand wrote:
> >What I would like to see added to non-free (more than stable/unstable) is
> >the copyright files for each package, already unpacked, so the packages
> >don't need to be unpacked to be investigated. This would make it a lot
> >less work determining which pac
On Mon, 9 Dec 1996, Bruce Perens wrote:
> Regarding InfoMagic, I think this time he only has one CD for Debian,
> and thus some stuff like "contrib" and "non-free" might not make it on
> to the CD.
>
Hmm, the last InfoMagic Developer's Resource had only roo
I advised Joel to look over the licenses of the individual programs in
non-free, and decide what he could legally include. I don't know if he'll
have space.
Thanks
Bruce
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>What I would like to see added to non-free (more than stable/unstable) is
>the copyright files for each package, already unpacked, so the packages
>don't need to be unpacked to be investigated. This would make it a lot
>less work determining which packages might be included under various
>circumst
On Sun, 8 Dec 1996, Shaya Potter wrote:
> On Sun, 8 Dec 1996, Dale Scheetz wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 8 Dec 1996, Shaya Potter wrote:
> >
> > > On Sun, 8 Dec 1996, Karl Ferguson wrote:
> > >
> > > > The whole idea for the "non-free" area is that it belongs to programs
> > > > with
> > > > difficult
Hi Paul, You wrote:
Paul>
Paul> On Sat, 7 Dec 1996, Bruce Perens wrote:
Paul> Please advice Joel Goldberger to include the
Paul> non-free stuff as well because lots of people -- like me ;-) --
Paul> *do* need this software. I already wrote him a message asking
Paul> to do so but your word may
; because it may well break copyright laws.
>
You have never purchased a CD-ROM from I-Connect, did you? They do it just
like the humble user prefers it. The annoying thing about the InfoMagic
disks was that all programs out of non-free were present as *.rpm in
RedHat, as *.tgz in Slackw
Hi Shaya, You wrote:
Shaya>
Shaya> On Sun, 8 Dec 1996, Karl Ferguson wrote:
Shaya>
Shaya> This isn't exactly true. A package
Shaya> can go into non-free if commercial use is not allowed. A CD
Shaya> manufacturer can then put the package on the CD if they make a
Shaya> notice that commercial
On Sun, 8 Dec 1996, Dale Scheetz wrote:
> On Sun, 8 Dec 1996, Shaya Potter wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 8 Dec 1996, Karl Ferguson wrote:
> >
> > > The whole idea for the "non-free" area is that it belongs to programs with
> > > difficult copyright notices such as it's not to be distributed etc. I
> > >
On Sun, 8 Dec 1996, Shaya Potter wrote:
> On Sun, 8 Dec 1996, Karl Ferguson wrote:
>
> > The whole idea for the "non-free" area is that it belongs to programs with
> > difficult copyright notices such as it's not to be distributed etc. I
> > seriously doubt that any CD manufacturer will include
On Sun, 8 Dec 1996, Karl Ferguson wrote:
> At 03:09 PM 12/8/96 +0100, Paul Seelig wrote:
> >Please advice Joel Goldberger to include the non-free stuff as well
> >because lots of people -- like me ;-) -- *do* need this software. I
> >already wrote him a message asking to do so but your word may ha
On Sat, 7 Dec 1996, Bruce Perens wrote:
> They will have a real Debian 1.2 release on their CD. It's authorized.
> They've been holding off mastering the CD until I give the go-ahead.
> I will be sending them a list of MD5 checksums tomorrow morning just
> to be sure they get all of the files righ
From: David Welton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Debian - Latest "stable" release (Debian GNU/Linux 1.2)
They will have a real Debian 1.2 release on their CD. It's authorized.
They've been holding off mastering the CD until I give the go-ahead.
I will be sending them a list of MD5 checksums tomorrow morn
According to the Infomagic Web Page for the new 6 CD set:
IM>Mirror date: 1st week of December
Yet, it also states:
IM>* Debian - Latest "stable" release (Debian GNU/Linux 1.2)
So, what I'm wondering is if they are just going to mirror what they found
in the past week on
Hi Guys and Gals?,
I have recently purchased the aforementioned developers resource to
replace my old Slackware 1.0 professional. I trashed the old system
by mistake and decided to replace it instead with a new version.
I have a problem with the installation with both Red Hat and with the
Slackwa
Hi Paul,
There latest is dated september 1996 and it does include
Debian-1.1.4. This is not the latest stable release but its
a good starting point. You can istall from the CD and then
upgrade using ftp. Very nice!
Write if you need help.
--- Jean Pierre
On Wed, 23 Oct 1996, Paul Bennett wr
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On Wed, 23 Oct 1996, Paul Bennett wrote:
> I have been told that InfoMagic has just released a 6 cd-rom set for
> linux which includes the Debian/GNU Linux 1.1.4. Is this a stable
> and recent version or is a later version out there?
>
I'd
> I have been told that InfoMagic has just released a 6 cd-rom set for
> linux which includes the Debian/GNU Linux 1.1.4. Is this a stable
> and recent version or is a later version out there?
The numbered releases are stable, but not frozen: once fixes are applied,
the last
I have been told that InfoMagic has just released a 6 cd-rom set for
linux which includes the Debian/GNU Linux 1.1.4. Is this a stable
and recent version or is a later version out there?
Paul R. Bennett
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