new .deb files included) available? If not,
would it be a better idear to mirror the whole i386 debian stable tree
and build my own cd's?
Where do i get infos about the directory structure needed on such a cd?
Cheers,
Dirk
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client package (with programs like ncpmount), but all seems to suppose
an IPX network?? What do I need when the network is running TCP/IP?
Any hint would be helpfull, because I do not know much about novell.
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kas> The following files seem to be shared:
These are not files, but directories.
Dirk
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new software can also install files in /ets and
distributing /etc to the slave systems isn't a good idea.
Thank You very much for any help
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Hello again,
thank to everybody how help me during the installation in a "bigger
network". It took me a few days to get everything to run, but now I
hope I can work on my normal job again.
Dirk
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st for all classes if the hosts belongs to it or not?
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How can I invoke a rdist command as root to distribute the /usr/local/
tree to the other computers in the network?
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Larry Daffner writes:
>
> Dirk Luetjens writes:
> ->
> -> How can I invoke a rdist command as root to distribute the /usr/local/
> -> tree to the other computers in the network?
>
> First, make a file "distfile", which will look something like
named like this.
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Hello,
is there a way to create a custom boot disk for replacement for the
/rex/disk-i386/current/resq1440.bin disk?
Is there a list what must be minimal included into the kernel to get
the system to boot, e.g. ms-dos support, ... ?
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also the things to do. The floppy must be mounnted under /mnt to run
the rdev.sh script correct.
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group-id.
Although the apsfilter cannot access the contents of the cf* files.
Evaluation of the permisssons leads to:
On the computer that started the print job:
-rw-rw 1 daemon lp 72 Dec 10 16:03 cfA064Aa00955
-rw-rw 1 dirk lp 9763 Dec 10 16:03
and others
>
>minus login: 1234567890
>Password:
>From the logfile:
>minus in.telnetd[12161]: connect from plus.lfm.RWTH-Aachen.DE
>minus login: 1 LOGIN FAILURE FROM plus.lfm.RWTH-Aachen.DE, 12345678
As you can see the logfile shows that the username is stripped to
12345678.
Thanks
Hello,
There is a bug in Debian-1.2.1 concerning zlib1_1.0.4-4.deb
The most programs have a Dependency-rule like this: zlib1 (>=1.03-1)
and this is not satisfied by the new Package zlib1_1.0.4-4.deb
I think renaming all files with zlib1_1.0.4-4 to zlib1_1.04-4 should
solve the Problem
D
Hi,
does somebody know, how to convince xemacs to use another "From" line
when genrating mail.
Writing mails with the command line "mail" ends up with the correct
adress line:
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dirk Luetjens)
Compoing emails with xemacs ends up in
> F
l_ignore=(/mnt/debian/local)
> do_deletes=true
I do not understand pearl, so I couldn't get the solution while reading
the source.
Any ideas?
Dirk
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Hello
How to get xterm_color in Debian1.2.2?
I have tried the xterm version with different switches +dc, +cm, but I
do not get any colors with ls -F --color=auto.
Any Ideas?
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w how to get Backspace and delete work right in
ftp, lpc, ...
Dirk
P.S. I'm using the fresh Debian 1.2.2 distrib
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Hello
I wanted to upgrade a system to Debian 1.2.2. I ran into problems with
the tex packages, because texbin refuse to install
dpkg -i /mnt/debian/stable/binary/tex/texbin_3.1415-5.deb
(Reading database ... 25360 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace texbin 3.1415-5
ing?
What to do with other obsolete packages?
Thanks
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thout
36.2 705.2 translate
14.7 14.7 scale
This as an info for those who are wondering, why netscape is not
printing
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>
> But the library is also there ... any ideas?
>
> R. Aler
>
Solution to both questions:
Add /usr/X11R6/lib to /etc/ld.so.conf and run ldconfig -v
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> Stefan Walder writes:
> does anyone know how big a ext2-filesystem can be?
>From /usr/src/linux/fs/ext2/CHANGES:
Changes from version 0.5 to version 0.5a
[..]
- Check that no data can be written to a file past the 2GB limit.
[..]
Ciao,
> Jason Gunthorpe writes:
>> - Check that no data can be written to a file past the 2GB limit.
> ext2fs, like other file-systems seems to have a 2G per file limit
Oh, yes, sorry for that. It's a file, not the filesystem that has the 2GB
limit.
Ciao,
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is to have lynx, ncftp, ... all pop-up from fvwm in their own
windows. Once the job is finished, the screwed-up window disappears.
I am eagerly awaiting Mike's new set of ncurses libs --- a new upstream
version that supposedly fixes this problem. Soon at a mirror new you...
oundabout
August).
A very, very crude approximation can be had via
miles:~ [root] # dselect | tee logfile
but a lot of tr(1) or sed(1) filtering might be needed before that logfile
becomes useful.
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Carlos> The problem is that the links /usr/bin/cpp and /lib/cpp don't
Carlos> come with gcc. If gcc really gives everything, it should give these
Carlos> symlinks as well.
I think they now do in the very latest version, released yesterday.
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n crt1.o: No such file or directory
You are probably mixing aout and elf. g77 requires gcc-2.7.2-
which requires libc5.
You can simply use the f2c and fort77 packages from the stable tree together
with the aout library (libc4) and compiler (gcc-2.6.3).
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file. Check your /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny files to specify *who*
is allowed to get *what* from your machine. The man page to consult is
hosts_access(5).
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David> It would be nice to have an anon-ftp package which would set up ~ftp
David> as appropriate
Just install wu-ftpd.
You will see that Debian has one just like you suggest here.
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ELF, or can
Scott> libc and such be upgraded while retaining the ability to run a.out
Scott> stuff?
Very much so. You can all but two Elf progs on your box. Compile aout and
elf, just as you wish.
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packages available,
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local_dir=/disk_1/debian-stuff
...
local_dir=/disk_2/more-debian-stuff
...
local_dir=/disk_3/even-more-debian-stuff
That way, you see the whole as "one" (thanks to the links), but mirror
doesn't get confused.
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Dale> What do you do if you don't have contents.gz?
I presumed either ftp access or a cdrom as these are needed to procure the
missing package (sharutils in this example case).
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Brian> If you have a MIME compatible mail program, I can just email the
Brian> latest to you.
Or uuencode it.
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/knn> date '+%Z'
EDT
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/progs/knn> dpkg -s shellutils
Package: shellutils
Essential: yes
Status: install ok installed
Priority: required
Section: base
Maintainer: David P. Boswell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Version: 1.12-5
Pre-Depends: libc5 (>=
sebud being stored in ~/.rosebud.
*/5 * * * * fping -q rosebud && popclient -s -3 -P ~/.rosebud rosebud
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Craig> The ppp package should have a 'ppp' group, pppd should be owned by
Craig> root.ppp and it should be mode 1750.
Can we make that "dialout", please? Something already present and used by (at
least) dip and efax.
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he colourised xterm, both are Debian packages.
Hope this helps,
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olour-ls.rc`
Hope this helps,
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ofile and ~/.bashrc (ugly)
- rewrite the csh script as sh or bash (very ugly)
Hope this helps,
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C library version 5 (run-time libr
ii smail 3.1.29.1-21Electronic mail transport system.
Thanks for all pointers, Dirk
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he place I signed up from.
You can use either "procmail" or "mailagent" to filter your incoming mail
into different folders. Very, very convenient. Both packages are in the mail
directory of the Debian distribution.
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. When this was done, it was set to 19.28, and hasn't been fixed since.
I had that first changed to
(load "jka-compr")
which finds it's path automagically, and now, with 19.30, have
(auto-compression-mode 1)
which provides the same features.
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or
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e program one day will think it's native Fortran
which it is not.
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ed safely. Expect the
official release Real Soon Now (TM).
Emacs-19.31 seems a little more alert than 19.30. Nice job, Mark!
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David> Where is the .deb file?
Oh, sorry, I must have taken emacs-19.31 from the developers system.
The public archive lags a little, mostly a day, sometimes a little longer.
Expect to see emacs-19.31 in unstable/binary/editors any time now.
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Noam Rettig writes:
Noam> Currently the default pager on my system is 'more'. I want to
Noam> change it to 'most'. How should I do that?
Add this line to /etc/profile (or ~/.bash_profile)
export PAGER=most
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as "Running Linux". If you are _really_ lost, email me in private.
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s gateway) get sorted into that folder. I use similar ones for
other mailing lists.
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Dirk> > color-ls was removed here when I installed fileutils-3.13-1.
^^
Michael> Strange. On my site it wasn't.
Robert> same here. i installed fileutils-3.12-4. the color
is why --color=auto is a
better choice.
Guy> And fileutils does have a bug with regards to color-ls. It should
Guy> conflict and replace with it so that it will be removed automatically.
Guy> I'll file a report.
Yes, please add that it has Pre-Depen
rs. Maybe a postinst-script could ask if color-ls
Wichert> should be the new default, move ls to ls-normal and make ls a link
Wichert> to color-ls.
Don't worry. It is one and the same binary, bin/ls, which has no color as the
default. You have use the --color option to enab
Dirk> Oh yes, it was aliased to do that. Just start the dircolors (the old
Dirk> one from the color-ls package, that is) from the shell and you'll
Dirk> see.
Michael> I like to see that the standard ls is now colorized. But I wonder
Michael> why the old one isn
Robert> same here. i installed fileutils-3.12-4. the color-ls package still
^^
Robert> remains and wasn't removed
Dirk> Sure, 3.12-4 is not 3.13-{1,2}. Try a newer version of fileutils.
Michael> Sorry Dirk but
I neve
ackages/
Ricardo> Can a mirror be partial?
Sure, see the example /etc/mirror/packages/ftp.debian.org, but please not
that it was written with the old directory structure in mind.
Ricardo> Lastly, once I've gotten all that's required from FTP, is dselect
Ricardo> a good method
that you can
fetch it from
Debian-1.1.3/binary-all/net/mirror-2.8-6.deb
That should work with 0.93R6, but you should update to Debian-1.1 as many,
many things have improved. See the "upgrades" directory for hints and notes.
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procmail, and
email me for examples.
Dale> If that is not available in the mail-delivery-agent, then point me
Dale> to a package that will work with the target mail-delivery-agent.
Dale>
Dale> Thanks in advance for any help,
Pleasure.
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, not in
"Debian-1.1-fixed" aka "Debian-1.1.3" aka "buzz-fixed" aka "stable". You'll
find fileutils-3.13-2 in the base section.
Maybe wait a few days until fileutils-3.13-3 gets moved in which Erick
uploaded this morning to the developers site.
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Hi Lamar
I hope you don't mind that I put this back onto the list as other people
might wonder about this too.
Lamar> Hi, Dirk. I seem to be having some trouble getting posts to the
Lamar> debian-user list, so I'm mailing you directly.
Lamar>
Lamar> You posted
a one-command interface for other scripts.
Hope this helps, Dirk
- /usr/local/bin/dial ---
#!/bin/sh
#
# dial --- communicate via fifo `/etc/diald.fifo' with the diald daemon
#
# edd 12 Jul 96
if [ $# -ne 1 ]
then
echo "
e which replaced the now redundant
color-ls package.
Erick, is there a way that you can persuade/hack dircolors to do what the old
one did? Or put a note in the package to ease transition?
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Chris> 3. I can't find ftape anywhere. Does anyone know where to find this?
Since around 1.3.72, it is in the kernel sources in the directory
/usr/src/linux/drivers/char/ftape. Just recompile your kernel (use "make
menuconfig" or "make xconfig" instead of make
imply put netscape's binary into
/usr/local/lib/netscape, along with the moz3_0.zip and the XKeysymDB file,
and then use this script which is saved as /usr/local/bin/netscape
#!/bin/sh
XNLSPATH=/usr/lib/X11/nls/ \
XKEYSYMDB=/usr/local/lib/netscape/XKeysymDB \
exec /usr/local/lib/netscape/net
sr/doc/HOWTO/*
As the doc-linux package is updated monthly with the upstream HOWTOs, you
should always look for the newest one in unstable/binary-all/doc. Safe to
install on any system as it's only text. Hard to put a bug into that :-)
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need an internet name server on your machine?
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Bill Roman writes:
Bill> Why doesn't `ifconfig dummy songdog' work? It tells me:
Bill> SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
Try
ifconfig dummy0
route add
and if you use kerneld to load modules, add this in /etc/conf.modules:
alias dummy0 dummy
ape. Sadly, the second session
Ken> contained the /usr filesystem, so I lost everything :(
Moreover, you can simplify your life by using a program as tob which reads
from several filesystems. Debian tob's package is in the admin section.
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ites (-w) the correctly set time into the bios
using GMT (-u) time.
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ld always look for the newest one in unstable/binary-all/doc. Safe to
install on any system as it's only text. Hard to put a bug into that :-)
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-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
Hi!
I just discovered that the files in /usr/lib/perl5/pod are chmod 440
(-r--r-), which makes it impossible to use the diagnostic feature
of perl5:
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use diagnostics;
use strict;
as propagated in the Perl FAQ.
I
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
Hi!
I just installed the whole tex stuff. I now am trying to configure it
to make the fonts for my Epson Stylus 800 printer.
I've changed the dvips-file config.ps:
D 360
M epstylus
and added to Metafont's modes.mf
mode_def epstylus = % Ep
r), and then sets left, top, right and
bottom margins to 3cm. Vmargin is on CTAN hosts as
tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/other/misc/vmargin.sty
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provides the simple /usr/bin/mail that is so
handy for scripts. If the inn package you use does not depend on mailx, you
should report this as a bug.
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kage is
pretty good.
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tes,
when you cannot change the files on CD. Is it possible use a second
distribution on the harddisk, where I put only the files I want to
upgrade?
- I was although looking for the olwm window manager. Isn't there a
openwin package?
For any help, Thanks
Dirk
Hi!
My problem:
umrk:~$ dos
dos: can't find library 'libX11.so.6'
umrk:~$
Though it's in /usr/X11R6/lib/. I tried running ldconfig, making a
link to /usr/lib, but it did not help. What do I do wrong?
Debian/GNU 1.1.5 with Kernel 2.0.14.
Ciao,
- Krid -
etc?
Yes, apmd. Also available as a Debian package. Requires that the laptop
respects APM Bios 2.0 or 2.1, I believe (all new ones do).
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fm,fee
>
but afterwards I get:
>
>plus:/home/dirk# ypwhich
>can't yp_bind: Reason: RPC failure
>
On the NIS Server I see
>
>ypproc_domain_nonack("lfm") [From: 127.0.0.1:1463]
>-> OK.
>
after connecting with ypbind -S lfm,fee.
The lockfile tells
LvKoHPdl5NoVyYx8XKwGY7uxLv+Gx
lryf8i187AQ=
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ot;"" -5
Boris> it's aliases
Boris> ignore it
Or set up your /etc/conf.modules:
#alias eth0
#alias off
alias net-pf-4 off
alias net-pf-5 off
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eX?
I never had any problem whatsoever with LaTeX under Debian. And I update to
the most recent "rex" releases every two or three days (dselect rules !!).
I'll send you my "dpkg -l" output in private mail.
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M.
APM is in the "Character Devices" menu, after mice and tape and before
watchdog.
Giuseppe> What am I missing? Could anybody who's ben using APM tell me if
Giuseppe> they're happy with it?
Quite, especially with the apmd package. The suspend and sleep fe
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> I recently upgraded to the 2.0.17 kernel, although this problem
> occured with other non-debian kernels. I now get, on boot, and in
> my daemon log when use diald and pppd, Can't locate module net-pf-4
> "" "" "" -5
You have to a
iguration
is
/usr/lib/texmf/dvips/config.ps
for things as resolution, papersize, ... This should probably be in /etc and
softlinked back to /usr/lib/texmf/dvips/config.ps
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orks. The make breaks in the 2nd or
3rd subdirectory it visits --- but it does create the file "iBCS" in one of
the subdirs, and this is the module you are looking for. I usually move it to
/lib/modules/`uname -r`/ibcs.o, and have a script insmod it when needed.
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I can't help you there. While I use (and maintain) tob and afio, I never use
muti-volume backups as I do them off-line anyway. I just define my backup
"volumes" such that they will fit on one 170 MB tape. That holds /etc, /home
and /usr/local, which is all I need.
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install disks around February or March.
Thanks in advance, Dirk
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David> Do I have to completely remove TeX and then reinstall it?
Just downgrade to mfbasfnt-1.0-3 from the "stable" aka buzz-fixed release. It
contains a manfnt.mf so that TeX builds. "dpkg --configure babel" should then
set babel straight
to actual mail contest.
Mail-readers that can "thread" as the emacs VM or GNUS modes are also useful.
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have gotten them from
ftp://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/linux
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licy}.html/ that pretty much cover it
all.
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