GDM background image

Hi, I'm looking for a way to set the background image for gdm. I know it is set in /etc/gdm/Init/Default using xsetroot, but I want to set it to an image not a color. As far as images go, xsetroot apparently can only handle bitmaps. I'm wondering how I can set the background of gdm to a .jpg? Thank

installing Mach 64 Xserver

I installed debian from a 3 CD set. When I tried to use 'XF86Setup' I got as far as trying to install my video card and XF86Setup gave me the following message: "The server required by your card is not installed. Please install the MAch 64 serever as /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_Mach64 When I went through

Re: Nither telnet nor ftp are found on my menu?

> "Shaul" == Shaul Karl writes: Shaul> I haven't clarified myself properly: I was not reffering to the Shaul> executables. I was reffering to the menu entries, the ones that Shaul> you get when you use your left mouse button in the root of the Shaul> X windows system. Assuming that is install

Re: Install Debian on a PS/2 9557 with 486 & integral SCSI controller?

> I am considering buying a set of Debian installation CDs to install on > my PS/2 with a 486 SLC CPU, and an integral SCSI controller on the > motherboard. The bus is MCA, of course. I have a 540 MB SCSI hard > drive, and a 4X Sony, SCSI CD-ROM. > > With this equipment, is it likely that a Debia

Re: Multiple X consoles on LINUX

> "suraj" == suraj vijayan writes: suraj> I would like to get multiple X consoles on my LINUX PC. I'm suraj> able to switch to a different console by , suraj> but I'm unclear how to get xdm get running on all the consoles. See /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers -- Sergey Suleimanov

man stl?

Is there a man package for stdC++/STL? Something like ~$ man std::map::operator[] ? I find myself having to keep open a web browser to SGI's docs. Thanks! -Jonathan -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG public key available from http://lupavista.jamdata.net/gpg.asc ---

Creative Live Value !!

Hi All, I am using Creative Live Value !! card and Debian Potato. Earlier I was using RH 6.1, on which, it was giving excellent performance, with drivers downloaded from developer.soundblaster.com, even better performace than in Windows 98. I installed the same drivers in Deb, but unfortunately, t

Re: Multiple X consoles on LINUX

On Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 03:40:58AM +, suraj vijayan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I would like to get multiple X consoles on my LINUX PC. > I'm able to switch to a different console by , > but I'm unclear how to get xdm get running on all the consoles. I played with this briefly, could point y

DIVX?

Anyone got divx working? I guess I mean divx;) and not divx, gah. chris

Re: GDM background image

There are a number of ways to do it. I've never done it on Debian as since I switched over I've always used a black background with a nice image in GDM chooser. However on other distro's I used xv, xbanner and I think Electric Eyes at different times. I'm sure one or the other of these is availabl

Re: Framebuffer Console ???

> # VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x64k > vga=791 > > Is there any way to do this in Debian 2.2? > The Debian lilo objects to the 791 value. > > --- Yup.. but you need to recompile your kernel and under console drivers select yes for Support for frame b

Re: GDM background image

You can use any other program /usr/bin/X11/display -window root /usr/share/enlightenment/themes/BlueSteel/backgrounds/images/All-Good-People-4.jpg Jeff Hornsberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, I'm looking for a way to set the background image for gdm. I know it > is set in /etc/gdm/

Re: LILO to boot FreeBSD

** On Oct 17, Joel Dinel scribbled: [snip] > hdd: timeout waiting for DMA > hdd: irq timeout: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest } > hdd: DMA disabled > [PTBL] [1245/255/63] hdd1 > > How can I tell Linux to leave hdd completely alone ? try appending 'hdd=n

debian-user@lists.debian.org

On Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 09:03:13PM +0200 or thereabouts, Veit Waltemath wrote: > Change to 16 or 32bpp. This is an know behaviour from Netscape. > -- > cu Veit [EMAIL PROTECTED] [de] only 16 or 32? what about 24? i'm running at 24bpp and it still is in black and whit

Re: DIVX?

Krzys Majewski wrote: > > Anyone got divx working? I guess I mean divx;) and not divx, gah. > chris > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null Like a charm :-)... jt

debian-user@lists.debian.org

Rino Mardo wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 09:03:13PM +0200 or thereabouts, Veit Waltemath wrote: > > Change to 16 or 32bpp. This is an know behaviour from Netscape. > > -- > > cu Veit [EMAIL PROTECTED] [de] > > only 16 or 32? what about 24? i'm running at 24bpp and i

Re: man stl?

On Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 01:24:04AM -0400, Jonathan Lupa wrote: > Is there a man package for stdC++/STL? > > Something like ~$ man std::map::operator[] ? > > I find myself having to keep open a web browser to SGI's docs. Those SGI docs are available as a *.deb for local browsing. Same deal, bu

Re: LILO to boot FreeBSD

Hi Joel, try grub. This bootloader is in development still but for me it works great. With this bootloader you can boot BSD partitions and others like M$ and Linux with reiserfs. You will find this program on the GNU website or you can also install the Debian version. When you download the latest

debian-user@lists.debian.org

On Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 11:01:41AM +0400, Rino Mardo ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 09:03:13PM +0200 or thereabouts, Veit Waltemath wrote: > > Change to 16 or 32bpp. This is an know behaviour from Netscape. > > -- > > cu Veit [EMAIL PROTECTED] [de] >

debian-user@lists.debian.org

On Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 12:13:00AM -0700 or thereabouts, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > > > only 16 or 32? what about 24? i'm running at 24bpp and it still is in > > black > > and white. > > Netscape displays B&W icons at 24 bpp. It's a bug. > > Set your X session to *either* 16 or 32 bpp

Re: Scheme/lisp and music was: Common Lisp

On Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 08:45:00AM -0700, Stephen A. Witt wrote: > On Mon, 16 Oct 2000, Thomas Guettler wrote: > > > Hi all! > > > > I want to learn lisp or scheme, too. I have read the faqs at > > www.faqs.org, and I am still not convinced which language I should > > start to learn. Scheme is mu

debian-user@lists.debian.org

On Tue, 17 Oct 2000, Rino Mardo wrote: > hmm, thanks for the inputs. i'm using Galeon now or was forced to use it > because of this bug. anyone who is still having problems with netscape should > switch to either Galeon instead. just my 2cents. What is galeon? A browser? I am looking for a

Re: DIVX?

> Anyone got divx working? I guess I mean divx;) and not divx, gah. > chris yep. you still need the windows dll though, and xmps is still very alpha. but hey, better than nothing :) cheers damien pgplvY2cU0JAg.pgp Description: PGP signature

debian-user@lists.debian.org

On Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 02:48:02AM -0500 or thereabouts, Sanjeev Gupta wrote: > > > On Tue, 17 Oct 2000, Rino Mardo wrote: > > > hmm, thanks for the inputs. i'm using Galeon now or was forced to use it > > because of this bug. anyone who is still having problems with netscape > > should > > s

Weird X Problem

Hi all! yesterday, I experienced a very weird problem with X : the background of my Laptop become suddenly black, excepting two areas : one showed a fragment of a picture with a dog in it ( only the head an part of the body ), the other showed an half-schetched drawing which could be a dog

Re: GPM + Xfree86

Cancer Omega wrote: > > I installed GPM and got it working flawlessly with my Intellimouse PS/2. Now, > I start X, and my mouse will refuse to move. I commented out imwheel from my > ~/.xinitrc, same result. The only way I can get my mouse to work in X is to > kill GPM. > > Anybody else experi

Samba prints extra page

When I use Samba to print from my wife's Win95 box to my PostScript printer on my Debian 2.2 box, it always prints an extra blank page. Ordinary printing using Linux over the network does not print an extra page. Here is my /etc/smb.conf printing section: [printers] comment = All Printers b

oracle8i

Hi! I would like to know if there is a possibility to install oracle in debian and if there is some documents about it. regards /Juan Carlos

Re: DIVX?

yes. search for avifile on freshmeat. There's also an xmms-avi plugin (still in a pretty primitive state) and an xmps-avi plugin (distributed with avifile). Expect to have to muck around w/ it a bit, as avifile's autoconf is a bit...lacking.. Oh, and you'll need to get the win32 DLLs for it

What's with the Oracle for inux?

Hi, I've seen Oracle 8i on a CD ROM in a Magazine and was wondering if this was a Linux version of the Lite or Personal edition? I looked on their web site and found no mention of Linux for eiether and don't see them giving away the Standard. Anyone know what version and/or limitations it has? T

Re: installing Mach 64 Xserver

On Tue, 17 Oct 2000 07:34:46 Bob Edwards wrote: > I installed debian from a 3 CD set. When I tried to use 'XF86Setup' I > got as far as trying to install my video card and XF86Setup gave me the > following message: > > "The server required by your card is not installed. Please install the > MAch

problems with udma66

Hi all, I'm trying to use UDMA66 in my computer but haven't suceeded until now. Configuration: Epox EP-MVP3G2 with VIA MVP3 AGPset, K6-3D 450Mhz hda: Seagate ST313021A, ATA66 capable. hdparm -iI /dev/hda says: /dev/hda: Model=ST313021A, FwRev=3.03, SerialNo=3CT0A95K Config={ HardSect NotMFM

Re: IMP error: 'document contained no data'

On Tue, 17 Oct 2000 03:51:40 Matthew Thompson wrote: > On Mon, 16 Oct 2000, ian mckerrow wrote: > > > I've had that same spontanious error using netscape > > under MS. I tried to discover the cause but gave up > > after a few hours and went to bed. The next morning > > the error was absent. I

username?

Hi I have a computer, that is connected to the Internet from within a LAN, through a gateway. Thus my net was set up as 10.0.4.15, &c. According to the 'NET HOWTO' those numbers nor the name, Archimedes.brisen.rings.se, should never be sent out on the Internet. How come my name is set up in mc as

Re: IMP error: 'document contained no data'

Whoops, forgot. All relevant packages are potato, (except for the netscape from proposed-updates) and everything worked fine last week. No configuration changes. Did security updates during the weekend. Suddenly above error message. The setup is Horde, Imp, Php3, Postgresql, Netscape, Imap4, exim

ssh client for windows

Hi. I've now concluded that my timeout problem was with PuTTY. I'm using SecureCRT now and have left it idle for more than hour without being disconnected. Many thanks to those who responded! -- Who's watching the watchmen? Key fingerprint = E619 726E 3815 7A48 EAC7 E49F DF93 4E33 B069 088

Re: installing Mach 64 Xserver

You can also find the xserver-mach64 package at www.debian.org under "Distribution-->Debian packages"... Just do a search for the pacakge name in "stable". You can download the package using Windows and then transfer it to your Linux partition via any means possible. Then just do dpkg --install

Re: exim help needed (fwd)

On Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 06:30:37PM -0700, Krzys Majewski wrote: > > Doesn't your ISP offer you a SMTP-Relay-Server? If you are connected > > most of the time you don't need one anyway... > > Dunno, what's that? I want my mail going to/from my school server. To me it seems like you are assuming

Help: woody libc amd -ldb

I'm developing a gnome app, and with the recent changes to libc in woody, I can no longer compile it. The -ldb library fails to link with the error: /usr/sbin/ld: cannot find -ldb. Is there a work around for this? Thanks, Edgar.

Re: problems with udma66

On Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 12:05:40PM +0200, Francesc Oller wrote: > I'm trying to use UDMA66 in my computer but haven't suceeded > until now. > /dev/hda: ... > UDMA modes: mode0 mode1 mode2 mode3 *mode4 Should work > I use Debian GNU/Linux 2.2, kernel 2.2.17-ide with Andre Hedrick's IDE > patch

Re: username?

On Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 12:09:54PM +0200, guran remberg wrote: > I have a computer, that is connected to the Internet from within a LAN, > through a gateway. Thus my net was set up as 10.0.4.15, &c. According to > the 'NET HOWTO' those numbers nor the name, Archimedes.brisen.rings.se, > should n

debian-user@lists.debian.org

switch to either Galeon instead. just my 2cents. What is galeon? A browser? I am looking for a www browser, graphical, no java, but should support mpeg plugins. Something light, for a kiosk. Thanks yes it's a lightweight browser but i'm not sure if it has mpeg support. there is also m

Re: problems with udma66

>> I use Debian GNU/Linux 2.2, kernel 2.2.17-ide with Andre Hedrick's IDE >> patches applied. If you're using 2.2.17, I assume that's Andre Hedrick's patch... >> 2.- How come the kernel recognizes 'VT 82C597 Apollo VP3' instead of the >> more >> logical 'VT 82C598 Apollo MVP3'? Hedrick could n

Re: Help: woody libc amd -ldb

> I'm developing a gnome app, and with the recent changes to libc in > woody, I can no longer compile it. The -ldb library fails to link > with the error: > > /usr/sbin/ld: cannot find -ldb. > > Is there a work around for this? you really should be on debian-devel and/or debian-changes but for

Building kde2 from source packages

Hi there, Could anyone maybe give me a quick rundown on the procedure used to build kde2 from the source packages. Do I need to have the kde2 sourcetree somewhere? Thank you Alwyn

Re: Symlinking /tmp to /var...

Hello all, You were right, Brian, and Karsten, /var/tmp is NOT wiped on bootup. Sorry, my fault, didn't remember it exactly. Regards, Daniel On Mon, 16 Oct 2000 kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > On Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 10:19:08AM +0200, Daniel Reuter ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > Hello there, >

RE: What's with the Oracle for inux?

Jonathan, I don't know what version that magazine had, but if you got to http://technet.oracle.com, and register, you can download, or order a free version of Oracle 8i (8.1.6) for linux, either enterprise or standard edition. its a pretty sweet deal! kudos to oracle! Jason > > Hi, > > I've s

Re: Creative Live Value !!

On Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 11:22:23PM -0700, Debian GNU wrote: > Hi All, > > I am using Creative Live Value !! card and Debian > Potato. Earlier I was using RH 6.1, on which, it was > giving excellent performance, with drivers downloaded > from developer.soundblaster.com, even better > performace tha

RE: oracle8i

Juan, I've installed Oracle 8i on a woody box. I didn't use any documentation, I am not sure if there is any, but I just ran the installer off the cd. it worked perfectly. Jason > > Hi! > > I would like to know if there is a possibility to install oracle in > debian and if there is some > d

Re: First Install

On Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 04:41:27PM -0700, ian mckerrow wrote: > Hi all. > > I'm a newbie who's constantly getting tripped up by MS > baggage. I recently installed slink from CD onto a > amarda 4160T laptop as a trial and it all worked (up > to a point). I read docs which indicated the pcmcia > w

backup and rebuild strategy

Hi, I'm using a cheap, low-spec PC (running Debian 2.2) as a dial-up server, firewall, proxy webserver, etc. for my main home PC. Now I have it configured as I want it, I'd like to make some backups. The problem is that the only backup device available is a 100MB parallel-port Zip drive. This isn

Re: GDM background image

Jeff Hornsberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, I'm looking for a way to set the background image for gdm. I know it > is set in /etc/gdm/Init/Default using xsetroot, but I want to set it to > an image not a color. As far as images go, xsetroot apparently can only > handle bitmaps. I'm wonderin

Disk files

Hi, Is it possible to install Debian to a disk file so that I don't have to re-partition my hard disk. Thanks, Simon J. Bale.

Re: First Install

Thanks Thomas. I am using potato and when i use filesystem i'm asked to "Enter the dirctory the Debian mirror is located in. Enter mirror directory". It defaults to "/debian" and i have placed the pkgs there (on the dos partition). Unfortunatly it then says "Mirror not found. The directory does

Re: Creative Live Value !!

I am using Creative Live Value !! card and Debian Potato. Earlier I was using RH 6.1, on which, it was giving excellent performance, with drivers downloaded from developer.soundblaster.com, even better performace than in Windows 98. I installed the same drivers in Deb, but unfortunately, the so

Re: Problem with '/etc/shutdown.allow'

On Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 01:56:16PM +1100, Brian May wrote: > Wrong - shutdown.allow has no affect for ctrl+alt+del. You > can press this even if you are not logged in. Wrong, the existance of /etc/shutdown.allow means that a listed user must be logged in on any of the console tty's for control-al

Re: LILO to boot FreeBSD

On Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 09:11:31AM +0200, Sven Gaerner wrote: > Hi Joel, > > try grub. This bootloader is in development still but for me it works > great. With this bootloader you can boot BSD partitions and others like M$ and > Linux with reiserfs. > You will find this program on the GNU website

How to read pdf-files

Which program should I use to view a pdf.? AFAIK there is no acrobat reader for linux. Is there a possibility to read them at the command line? Stephan

Re: How to read pdf-files

On Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 03:44:45PM +0200, Stephan Kulka wrote: > > > Which program should I use to view a pdf.? AFAIK there is no acrobat > reader for linux. xpdf will do it and is Free software unlike the proprietary acrobat (which is available for x86 GNU/Linux iirc) > Is there a possibility

Simple sh or alias to list directories

Hello, I am trying to determine an easy alias or sh script that will list only the directories in a directory. It should have similar functionality to the ls command. E.g. [tom]$ lsd ~ should list only the directories in my home folder, not the files. Does anyone know of a way to do this ple

Wanted: Advice on Video Cards

On my home box I run Windows 98 for games and Debian(Woody) for serious (non-graphics-intensive) work. I want to upgrade my video card. I'm more interested in something that will be straightforward to install on both platforms and will give respectable performance for a while to come. I want to

Network printer

Hi Can a Linux box controls a network printer? Please email me the solution. Thanks! --- tcp

Re: How to read pdf-files

On Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 03:44:45PM +0200, Stephan Kulka wrote: > > Which program should I use to view a pdf.? AFAIK there is no acrobat > reader for linux. gv, gnome-gv, xpdf or maybe even acroread, which btw. is the Acrobat reader that didn't exist. :-> acroread is in non-free, but the others ar

ippp0 dials wrong number

Hi, as told in the subject: My ISDN-Card always dials a wrong number. I am in Germany and according to syslog my ippp0 always tries to dial to the netherlands (I am looking forward my next phone bill ;-). My environment is correct (DE). The according lines in the /etc/isdn/device.ippp0 seem to be

Re: Wanted: Advice on Video Cards

I like my Nvidia Geforce 256. I've always found the drivers easy to install, and it gives very respectable performance now. I've heard from some people that the drivers can be a nightmare if they don't like your system(don't know there). The drivers are also binary only, and slower to update than s

Magicfilter's filter files

Hi. Does anybody know which package includes magicfilter's filter files, eg. files in directory /etc/magicfilter? I accidently removed those, and they don't come back by reinstalling magicfilter. Thanks in advance, Petteri Heinonen email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel.: +358 (0)50 3363 286 addr.: Pehkus

Re: How to read pdf-files

On Tue, 17 Oct 2000, Stephan Kulka wrote: > Which program should I use to view a pdf.? AFAIK there is no acrobat > reader for linux. > Is there a possibility to read them at the command line? Try pdftotext in the xpdf package. Dwight -- Dwight Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Wanted: Advice on Video Cards

Greg, Thanks. I'll check it out. Yes, I only really need or want 2d under GNU/Linux. Chris -Original Message- From: Greg Gilbert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 10:06 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Wanted: Advice on Video Cards I like my Nvi

Re: First Install

On Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 05:34:42AM -0700, ian mckerrow wrote: > Thanks Thomas. > > I am using potato and when i use filesystem i'm asked > to "Enter the dirctory the Debian mirror is located > in. Enter mirror directory". It defaults to > "/debian" and i have placed the pkgs there (on the dos >

Re: What windows ssh client you use?

I'm using TeraTerm with the TTSSH extension, but I can not get my keyboard map correct. Cant seem to map F5 or the page up. I know its way off topic, but has anybody got a keyboard .cnf file they would like to share ?? Derm. - Original Message - From: "Andy Bastien" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To:

Re: Magicfilter's filter files

Hello Petteri, Strange, in my /var/lib/dpkg/info/magicfilter.list the filter-files in /etc/magicfilter are listed, so they should have been installed by magicfilter. Have you tried purging your broken magicfilter first? (dpkg --purge magicfilter). Regards, Daniel On Tue, 17 Oct 2000, Petteri Hei

Re: What's with the Oracle for inux?

Hi, Very. But for us poor miserable slobs here in 56k land, what's the dl size? No limitations on use, ie 60 days? Thanks. > I don't know what version that magazine had, but if you got to > http://technet.oracle.com, and register, you can download, or order a free > version of Oracle 8i (8.1.6

System.map problem

Hi everybody, after upgrade to 2.2.17 (from 2.0.36) I have noticed that when I give the ps command I get the following error: {aic7xxx_patch6_func} {rpc_debug} Warning: /boot/System.map-2.2.17 does not match kernel data. Warning: /usr/src/linux/System.map has an incorrect kernel version. after t

/etc/nologin

hi each system boot ereases /etc/nologin there's a way to solve this ? thanks, jaume.

RE: What's with the Oracle for inux?

The download size is i think 300 megs?? I would order the cd though. It comes in a few weeks, and its a full working, unlimited version. I can't remember anything about the license though, that is probably where they get you. Jason > > Hi, > > Very. But for us poor miserable slobs here in 56k

[OT] gcc-warnings

Hello there, I never quite understood the following warning message from gcc: sourcefile.c: linenumber: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast Unfortunately, I couldn't find a pointer on warning messages in the gcc-doc. Perhaps someone could enlighten me. Thanks. Regards,

Re: Weird X Problem

xscreensaver has a screensaver that downloads random images from the net... called web collage (or similar name)... could have been the screensaver? they all can be ran independently (they are just programs that xsreensaver run), so you might have one way or another run it... erik Franc

Re: Apt-getable CD-ROMs

Jesse Goerz wrote: > 1. I'm trying to create backup CD's that I can scan into my > sources.list file just like the distribution set does. Does anyone > know or have a source of information for this? You would use apt-cdrom for this. That designates the CDROMS as removable media to apt t

Re: oracle8i

Hello juan, Tuesday, October 17, 2000, 1:23:48 PM, you wrote: jcz> Hi! jcz> I would like to know if there is a possibility to install oracle in jcz> debian and if there is some jcz> documents about it. jcz> regards jcz> /Juan Carlos There is a possibility. I did so. -- Regards, Ivan

Re: Simple sh or alias to list directories

On Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 02:36:05PM +, Thomas Halahan wrote: > Hello, > I am trying to determine an easy alias or sh script that will list > only the directories in a directory. It should have similar > functionality to the ls command. E.g. > [tom]$ lsd ~ > should list only the directories in

Re: /etc/nologin

On Tue, 17 Oct 2000, Jaume Teixi wrote: > each system boot ereases /etc/nologin > > there's a way to solve this ? If you consider it a "problem" you can always modify the script that does it, namely /etc/init.d/rmnologin, it's a "conffile" so the change will be preserved in upgrades (unless you

Re: Simple sh or alias to list directories

On Tue, 17 Oct 2000, Thomas Halahan wrote: > I am trying to determine an easy alias or sh script that will list > only the directories in a directory. It should have similar > functionality to the ls command. E.g. > > [tom]$ lsd ~ Try this one: #!/bin/sh if [ $1 ]; then find $1 -max

Re: System.map problem

Lazar Fleysher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > after upgrade to 2.2.17 (from 2.0.36) I have noticed that when I give the > ps command I get the following error: > > {aic7xxx_patch6_func} {rpc_debug} > Warning: /boot/System.map-2.2.17 does not match kernel data. > Warning: /usr/src/linux/System.map

Re: /etc/nologin

Jaume Teixi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > each system boot ereases /etc/nologin > there's a way to solve this ? Remove the init-links for the script "rmnologin" (with update-rc.d)... moritz -- /* Moritz Schulte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * http://hp9001.fh-bielefeld.de/~moritz/ * PGP-Key ava

Re: Network printer

"Timothy C. Phan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Can a Linux box controls a network printer? Please email me the > solution. Thanks! Sure. :) Have you read the Printing Howto? What is your problem? While configuring magicfilter (a printer filter), you only have to give the Printer's IP addr

Re: Creative Live Value !!

> > I'm running the same card in potato but with a kernel 2.4.0-test7 and > the kernels own SBLive driver (seems to be the one Creative put > OpenSource some time ago), and... for what I tested by now, it *rocks*, > sound quality is much better than on the Window$9x. H, but just for > curiosit

Re: [OT] gcc-warnings

Daniel Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I never quite understood the following warning message from gcc: > > sourcefile.c: linenumber: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer > without a cast Well, that means, that you use an integer, where an pointer is expected. See the following p

Re: [OT] gcc-warnings

On Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 05:03:35PM +0200, Daniel Reuter wrote: > Hello there, > > I never quite understood the following warning message from gcc: > > sourcefile.c: linenumber: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer > without a cast Hi, this basically means exactly what it says: at tha

Re: [OT] gcc-warnings

Erdmut Pfeifer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 05:03:35PM +0200, Daniel Reuter wrote: >> I never quite understood the following warning message from gcc: >> >> sourcefile.c: linenumber: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer >> without a cast There's some documentation

Re: DIVX?

Hmm.. I got the xmps from "unstable", compiled the avi codec from xmps-0.1.1beta, put it in /usr/lib/xmps/Codecs, got the divxc32.dll, but when I click "configure" after selecting the avi codec in xmps, nothing happens. How did you get your xmps working? -chris Damien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> w

Re: Building kde2 from source packages

Hello! Compiling takes about 24 hours (with kOffice) on my P1/133 machine, so I did my last install with the packages at kde.tdyc.org, but the packages lead to dependency problems :(. These are the steps I did for installing it before I used the packages and which I will probably do again with th

Re: [OT] gcc-warnings

it means that an integer value was assigned to pointer variable, pointers are quite often some kinds of integers but not neccessarily so, I guessfollowing code would produce such an error message: int main(void) { void *ptr; int i = 319; ptr = i; /* problem here */ return 0; } t

Re: What documentation and what order

David - You're asking a million questions at once. Your best answer is to dig in and start doing things. Your best place to start would be in /usr/share/doc where you'll find the Debian-specific documentation, as well as documentation for most of your isntalled software. The reason much of the

Re: update 2.0.35 -> 2.0.38

Dwight Johnson wrote: > > Would someone kindly help in understanding all those new files after > > launching "make zImage"? > > They are artifacts of the kernel compile and link. > > > In /usr/src/linux/ a vmlinux exe file, ~1,2 MB large. > > In /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/ a zImage with -rw-..

Re: problems with udma66

Francesc Oller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > In fact, I'm using the patch because the other computer I own has an > ALI15X3 chipset and AFAIK it's only supported through the patch. Just BTW: This chipset is now supported by Linux 2.2, since 2.2.18pre5. >From the 2.2.18pre5-Changelog: o UDM

Linux Novice needs help with SPARC install

Good Afternoon: Anyone care to help me with the install on a SPARCstation 5. I've had exactly 6 days experience with Linux software and SUN hardware. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks. - Mark Mohrmann Video Broadcast Te

Re: install-mbr vs lilo

Oswald Buddenhagen wrote: Can anyone explain to me the difference between install-mbr and lilo? the layout of a (pc) hard drive: +---+---+---+-- | partition | few | first partition | second partition | table | wasted| +---+

Re: DIVX?

Andres Salomon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > with avifile). Expect to have to muck around w/ it a bit, as avifile's > autoconf is a bit...lacking.. Yeah, noticeably.. Two problems I got now are: 1) configure: warning: Could not find jpeg lib! Motion JPEG support is disabled. (I've g

Re: [OT] gcc-warnings

* Daniel Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Hello there, > > I never quite understood the following warning message from gcc: > > sourcefile.c: linenumber: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer > without a cast > > Unfortunately, I couldn't find a pointer on warning messages in the > gcc-do

Re: exim help needed (fwd)

Philipp Schulte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > To me it seems like you are assuming that mails _from_ you have to go > the same way like mails _to_ you. That is not the case! > An SMTP-Relay-Server may be located somewhere in the Internet, you > just need to be able to relay over it. Exim calls this

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