proftpd can't determine IP adress

Hi list, the professional ftp server isn't working since some days. The demon exits with the following error message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] /etc/init.d/proftpd start Starting professional ftp daemon: hugo.paed.uni-muenchen.de - Fatal: unable to determine IP address of 'hugo.paed.uni-muenchen.de'.

Postscript level 3 with dvips

Hi List, how can I create a postscript level 3 file from a dvi file? I use the tetex 1.0.2 distribution and it seems that dvips produce only Postscript level 2 files. Thanks, Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTE

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Hallo! I'm a new Linux user, so I've got some unsolved Problems. 1. First, the Linux Loader LILO doesn't work correctly. Win95 and Debian 1.3 run on my box, so if Win95 runs as default, Linux won't boot, if Linux runs as default, I'm unable to boot Win95. Her

Maybe OT: Debain and Real Time Kernel

Dear List! Maybe this is OT. I wanted to install a KU Real Time (KURT, http://www.ittc.ukans.edu/kurt/) kernel on a SuSE 6.4 system without succes. My question is if anyone of you have got some experiences with installing a realtime kernel on a debian system, maybe a KURT system, which is availabl

linking x11 programme failed

Dear all, I´ve succesfully installed Potato last week. It´s a real great release! I´ve got some trouble to compile a programm which needs the X11 lib. The linker returned, that there is no such a library: ld: can´t find -lX11 Is this the wrong option or is there a package missing? Thanks, Sve

Re: .deb

Sathish C wrote: > > Hi All > > I have Red Hat linux on my M/C. Can any body tell me how I can open > *.deb files? > > Thnk u in advance > > Bye > Kilaru Hi, try "alien". This perlsript can convert between different packets (rpm, deb and tgz). I think its shipped with your distribution. Bye,

XFree 4.0.1 and xdm

Hi all, I´ve succesfully installed Woody and XFree 4.0.1-8 last weekend. Only xdm shows a strange behavior. It starts nearly one minute after the system has bootet. It´s possiblke to login to a console, and suddenly xdm awakes. Any ideas? Regards, Sven

Mouse under X4

Hi all, I´ve got trouble to config my ps/2 two button mouse (Compaq) with X4. The "normal" ps/2 config does not work (although under X3...). Are there a tool what automatically detects the mouse and -protocol? Thanks, Sven

Re: Debian Task Installer

Adrian Nims wrote: > > There is a Debian Task Installer in Debian potato wich is run by > debian when you choose the simple mode when you install debian (when you > choose advanced it runs dselect). But I forgot the name of this program > and I want to run Debian Task Installer after the insta

Re: XFree 4.0.1 and xdm

Kenward Vaughan wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 28, 2000 at 10:07:03AM -0500, Scott Patterson wrote: > > > > > > > > >I=B4ve succesfully installed Woody and XFree 4.0.1-8 last weekend. Only > > >xdm shows a strange behavior. It starts nearly one minute after the > > >system has bootet. It=B4s possiblke to

reiserfs support

Hallo, does anybody know if the ReiserFs can be installed during the installation procedure of Debian 2.2? Or must the ext2 replaced after the installation? Happy easter, Sven

Documentation for the Xlib

Dear List, I want to port some old DOS-programs to Linux. The programs produce simple graphics like filled circles, moving rectangles etc. I´ve take a look in the xscreensaver sources, but I would find it very helpful, if there´s an overview about the xlib-functions. Is there any documentation abo

Re: .deb File

Amir wrote: > > Hello all ... > > I have downloaded a .deb file and want to examing the source but don't have > the full Debian system installed. > > I was wondering whether: > > a) Is there a utility for Linux/Windows that will allow me to unpack a > .deb file? the linux tool "alien" can

Library like DirectDraw or DirectX for Linux?

Dear List, is there a similar library for graphics programming like DirectDraw or DirectX on windows-systems for Linux (not OpenGL)? Bye, Sven

Re: Staroffice

Goeman Stefan wrote: > > Hello, > > I have seen some mails concerning StarOffice. > Can someone tell me where I can find this package, because I can not find it > on the Debian distribution > (or perhaps I am not searching good). > > Greetings, > > Stefan Goeman. > Hi, StarOffice is availab

Invalid boot signature

Hi all, today I've deleted all Windows/DOS stuff on one of our Debian (Potato) Boxes. Then I rearranged the hard disk. I know looks like: size in MB hda1BootPrimary Linux ext2 789.63 hda5Logical

Re: Invalid boot signature

Michael Heldebrant wrote: > > What does cfdisk have to say about your disk geometry? > --mike Disk Drive: /dev/hda Size: 10262568960 bytes Heads: 255 Sectors per Track: 63 Cylinders: 1247 There are no error messages generated by cfdisk By, Sven > On 10 Aug 2001 14:38:16

Re: Invalid boot signature

to it to see if > that fixes the problem. thanks for the tip, but this doesn't do the trick. lilo produced the same error message. Sven > > On 10 Aug 2001 16:34:33 +0200, Sven Garbade wrote: > > > Michael Heldebrant wrote: > > > > > > > &g

Re: Invalid boot signature

Michael Heldebrant wrote: > > Try a lilo -P fix -v 5 which should spit out tons of usefull goodies and > hopefully repair your partition table. > > or lilo -P ignore if fix doesn't work. thanks, this do the trick. I didn't delete the other=blabla section in lilo.conf ... By, Sven

setting locale fails

Hi there, running apt-get install bla produces this warning: perl: warning: Setting locale failed. perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings: LANGUAGE = (unset), LC_ALL = "de_DE", LANG = "de_DE" are supported and installed on your system. perl: warning: Fal

Re: 1024 Cylinder Violation

Jonathan David Pearce wrote: > > I installed potato on a friend's computer using the CDs and foolishly > disregarded the warning telling me the kernel must reside on the first > 1024 cylinders. The computer is question is a Pentium 90 with a 10 gig > disk, a 2 gig disk and a preexisting Windows 9

Re: 1024 Cylinder Violation

Jonathan David Pearce wrote: > > On Mon, 13 Aug 2001, Sven Garbade wrote: > > >Jonathan David Pearce wrote: > >> > >> I installed potato on a friend's computer using the CDs and foolishly > >> disregarded the warning telling me the kernel mus

mountig iso images as normal user

Hi there, is it possible to allow normal users to mount an iso-image (which is in the home directory)? Normally this must do root. Thanks, Sven

Mounting vfat filesystem via NFS

Hi all, maybe this is not Debian specific and so OT. I want to mount read/write (on my Debian Potato box) a vfat-Filesystem via NFS from a SUSE-Linux Box. Mounting is ok (via mount ~/labor), but the owner and group of the mounted directories and files is root.root, so I haven't any write permissio

Xfree 4.0.1 corrupted in testing?

Hi all, I uprgaded from Debian Potato Progeny (with Xfree 402, kernel 2.2.19/2.4.5) to testing yesterday. Update was succesfull, but know dri is disabled (agp and dri are compiled into the kernel and runs fine with both kernels before update). I even compiled a new 2.4.9 kernel, no success. In the

dri after upgrade to Xfree 4.1.0 doesn't work

Hi all, I want to complete my previous posting. After upgrading from Xfree 402 to Xfree 410 the error log shows the following: (EE) MGA(0): [dri] MGADRIScreenInit failed because of a version mismatch. [dri] mga.o kernel module version is 2.0.1 but version 3.0.x is needed. [dri] Disabling DRI. Se

dri in Xfree 4.1.0 for kernel 2.2.19

Hi all, is it possible get dri/drm from Xfree 4.1.0 running with the 2.2.19 kernel? I downloaded the dri sources from http://www.xfree86.org/~alanh but they doesn' compile under 2.2.19. Thanks, Sven

Changing default console keymap

Hi all, how do I change the default console keymap? Thanks, Sven

Modelines in Xfree 4.0.3

Hi all, I've calculated a modeline 1024x768x16 with a refresh rate at 100Hz, but don't know where to put it in XF86Config-4. I've got only a standard VESA Mode (1280x1024 or so at 86Hz). Some parts of my config file: Section "Monitor" Identifier "F520" HorizSync 30-70