Re: FHS-compliant location of X backgrounds?
On Tue, Jul 28, 1998 at 01:15:05PM +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > On Tue, Jul 28, 1998 at 12:11:30AM -0400, Shaleh wrote: > > As I recall, the FHS states that lib dirs are for libs (what you define > > a lib could be up for a debate) only. Someone care to wave the FHS > > under my nose and show me wrong (-: > > I think this has to do with the fact that we now have /usr/share, were > architecture independent data files can be stored. That's a good point.. I am not really sure about this. -- [ Razathorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] [ PGP public key http://www.sound.net/~fileland/pubkey.shtml ] [ Finger Print: B8 9B 4B F5 67 1C A3 86 2F 91 F2 81 08 08 79 49 ] -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
emacs not starting unless connected to the net
It comes up fine, because I have diald setup and it dials the Internet. I want it to come up without going on the net. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Keith) writes: > | My xemacs does not start unless I am connected to the internet. I do not > | use emacs for anything that needs me connected to the Net. I am assuming > that > | it has something to do with the email part of xemacs is there a way > | to make it not try adn dial the net everytime I open xemacs. Regular > | emacs works fine. > > Is it not coming up at all, or is it just taking a long time, like > minutes, to come up? Try it from the command line and give it a few > minutes. If it does eventually come up then it's probably a problem > with DNS on your machine. Do a > > hostname > > and make sure you have a line in your /etc/hosts file that looks like: > > 127.0.0.1 localhost > > where is whatever name is reported when you run the > hostname command. > > Gary > > -- Thanks, Keith MCNE You only get one chance at life, but if you do it right, you only need one. Debian GNU/Linuxhttp://www.naples.net/~nfn11988 - End of forwarded message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] - -- Thanks, Keith MCNE You only get one chance at life, but if you do it right, you only need one. Debian GNU/Linuxhttp://www.naples.net/~nfn11988 -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: qpoper?
Ummm this could be it, I went to the Hamm directory on ftp.debian.org. I didnt see any bo dir. Whats the difference (excuse the ignorant question)? Thanks. ---Bob Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Are you trying to install a hamm package on a bo system? > > Bob > > On Tue, 28 Jul 1998, Mikhali Mifsud wrote: > > > > > > > If I want pop access I (think) I have to install qpoper. When I try > > and install it it complains libc6 and libgdbmg1 is not installed. I > > checked stable/binary but couldnt find them. Any ideas? Thanks. > > > > > > == > > > > Im trying to stop an epidemic, while your driving the monkey to the airport. > > > > > > > > > > > > _ > > DO YOU YAHOO!? > > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > > > > > > Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen > > == Im trying to stop an epidemic, while your driving the monkey to the airport. _ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: I give UP
Paul Sellers wrote: > > All I wanted was info on installilng Linus on a Win95 system. A search on > "Win95" got 18 hits, none of which (summary) mentioned Win95. > Most everything I clicked off the main page didn't load (quickly). > > I was perusing the bootDisk #15 with Linux as the main item. > > How about if I install it on a Win3.1 system ?? > Perhaps I'm wrong but it sounds to me like you might be misunderstanding what Linux is. Linux is not an application but a full fledged operating system which can take the place of Win95 or Win3.1 . You therefore do not install it "on" a Win95 system or Win3.1 system (as you would install an application) but you install it on your computer (either as an equal to, or in place of, Win95/3.1) and choose which one operating system you will run at a time. > Guess I am not enough of a hacker to wade thru all the warnings and stuff > to d/l if and when this/that crashes. Not enough hours in the day to play > computer, help the wife, play with the kids, cut the grass etc and etc. Well, I can't solve anyone's life scheduling problems (let alone my own!) but learning Linux (or any flavor of Unix) does involve climbing a rather steep learning curve. It may not be for you, but speaking for myself (and probably many others) climbing that hill is well worth my time and very rewarding. Regards, Keith -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: qpoper?
On Tue, 28 Jul 1998, Mikhali Mifsud wrote: > Ummm this could be it, I went to the Hamm directory on ftp.debian.org. > I didnt see any bo dir. Whats the difference (excuse the ignorant > question)? bo = debian 1.3 hamm = debian 2.0 Before July 24, /dists/stable was linked to bo. At that time, Debian 2.0 (hamm) was released and in now linked to stable. bo is obsolete and has been removed (IMHO it should have been left on the mirrors for at least a month, however). If you are running Debian 1.3.1 or earlier, you will not be able to get new packages from the Debian mirrors and should SERIOUSLY consider upgrading to Debian 2.0. There are instructions at http://www.debian.org (and a more complete set at http://www.netgod.net). There is a critical order of package upgrading required in order to make the transition from libc5 to libc6 without breaking your system and the instructions in the URLs mentioned above give three different methods of accomplishing the upgrade with minimal risk. Bob Bob Nielsen Internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: 2.0 CD images and symlinks...
On 29-Jul-1998, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 28 Jul, Jens Ritter wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > >> got the CDimages for binary-i386 and contrib, md5sums check out, but > >> what is supposed to be symlinks (AFAIK), for instance from inside > >> binary-i386 to inside binary-all show up as zero-size plain files. > >> For instance //debian/hamm/hamm/binary-i386/text > > > > Try mounting them with -onojoliet > > Yes! That did it. Thank you! > > My man-page for mount (nor fstab) says nothing about -onojoliet (or > joliet at all), maybe I need a newer version of mount? (2.7l) > Or is this information stashed somewhere else? I think this might be a bug in kernel 2.0.33 -- it only happened with my 2.0.33 box (not my 2.0.32 and 2.0.34 boxes). I've also never seen documentation for it (I upgraded my kernel, instead). -- Tyson Dowd # "Bill Gates is a white persian cat and a monocle # away from becoming another James Bond villan." [EMAIL PROTECTED]# "No Mr Bond, I expect you to upgrade." http://www.cs.mu.oz.au/~trd #-- Dennis Miller and Terri Branch -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Diald and Windows NT/95
I am using Diald to maintain the PPP link on an ISDN link from a Linux box acting as a gateway for a local area network The system works well except that the link is always coming up and going back down after 36-37 seconds. The link comes backup again in 19-20 seconds and goes back down again after 36-37 seconds. The local area network has Windows NT and Windows 95 machines. I am running the standard filter that comes with Diald. I need some advice on: 1. What is causing the link to yo-yo and how to change the Windows boxes to stop the yo-yo from happening. 2. How to change the diald filter to stop the yo-yo actions. Thanks for your help. Butch Butch Kemper | Free sound advice available Kemper & Associates Consulting Group | "95% sound and 5% advice" 830-693-6967 | Refunds cheerfully provided -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: I give UP
On 28-Jul-1998, Paul Sellers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > All I wanted was info on installilng Linus on a Win95 system. A search on > "Win95" got 18 hits, none of which (summary) mentioned Win95. > Most everything I clicked off the main page didn't load (quickly). > > I was perusing the bootDisk #15 with Linux as the main item. > > How about if I install it on a Win3.1 system ?? > > Guess I am not enough of a hacker to wade thru all the warnings and stuff > to d/l if and when this/that crashes. Not enough hours in the day to play > computer, help the wife, play with the kids, cut the grass etc and etc. First you need to make a big hot cup of coffee/tea/hot-chocoloate. Then you need to relax for a minute or two. Ok. You seem to be confused about the concept of installing Linux on a system. If you want to install Linux on a PC that already has windows, you do it by simply installing it into a different partition. Then, later on, you can set up the computer to give you a choice of which partition to boot -- your old one with Windows, or your new one with Linux. At first, it's recommended to just use a boot disk -- the install process should offer to create one for you, then you can just stick it in the drive when you want to boot Linux (later you can set things up to get a choice between the two without using a floppy). So you will need to either use an existing partition on your hard drive, or re-partition your drive to make a new partition. Once you have an empty partition, you split it in two, Linux uses one as swap space, and one to store programs and data. That should help you get a bit further -- come back to debian-user and ask questions if you need to. -- Tyson. -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
[Fwd: [Fwd: PPP help]]
> I have recently installed Debian 2.0.10 and I am having trouble > configuring dial-up access to my ISP. This is absolutely my first time > installing Linux. I've been a UNIX user for years but I know probably > less than the basics about administration. The over-all problem is I > cannot connect to my ISP and here is what I know. > > I successfully installed the kernal and the base. When configuring the > driver modules, I loaded the cdrom driver, ppp driver, serial port > driver and the parallel port driver. I think it configured COMM2 > correctly but I don't know how to know for sure. The IRQ and Mem Address > look to be the same as in Windows (I think I found where they are set > manually during the install). I ran pppconfig and double checked the > output based on the Debian install documentation. When I run pon nothing > happens. If I look at the output using plog It says pppd started by root > and the next line says Input/Output error from tcgett..something or > other. If the actual log file would help I can send it later (it's at > home and I'm at work). > > Do I need to install a driver for the modem? I didn't see one included > in modconf. I have a SupraExpress PnP 33.6K modem on COMM2. I saw some > autoconfiguration utilities included with Debian but I am unsure on how > to use them and the man page viewer doesn't work (it's either not > installed/configured or not include, I don't know). > begin: vcard fn: Chris Wesneski n: Wesneski;Chris adr:http://wwp.mirabilis.com/8555629;;;Dallas, Texas;;;USA email;internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] note: [EMAIL PROTECTED] x-mozilla-cpt: ;0 x-mozilla-html: TRUE version:2.1 end:vcard
Re: TeTeX and timing package
Thanks Gary! TFMFONTS had "." in the path, so after copying the .tfm, .mf, and .pk files to my working directory everything started working. I'll try to figure out a better place to put the files after I learn a little more. On Tue, Jul 28, 1998 at 05:22:46PM -0600, Gary L. Hennigan wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lee Bradshaw) writes: > | Hi, > | > | I'm trying to use a package for drawing timing diagrams I downloaded from > | CTAN. I'm pretty new to TeX and haven't figured out all the programs yet. > | Specifically I don't where to place all the files in the package. I put them > | in a local directory and which was in my $TEXINPUTS environment > | variable. Here > | is part of the output from "latex main": > > [snip] > > TeTeX is much better than building TeX/LaTeX by hand, or other > distributions I've tried but TeX, in general, is sure a nightmare to > configure. > > Anyway, if I remember correctly, TFM files aren't found via the > TEXINPUTS environment variable, but via the TFMFONTS variable. Take a > look at the file /etc/texmf/texmf.cnf and look for that variable. If > that doesn't work look at the other gazillion variables in there to > see if you can find where the kpse software is trying to find it. > > One tool I've found that helps a lot with this sort of thing is > kpsewhich. It's what all the TeTeX software uses to find files, and > with the --debug switch it'll help you, slightly, try and find out why > a file isn't being found. > > Good Luck! > Gary -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Setting up Soundblaster PCI64 pnp
I recently purchased a SoundBlaster PCI64 PnP sound card and I'm having no luck getting it to run. I've tried compiling sound support for it in the kernel using the kernel-package tool and isapnp tools with the port and irq settings that run it under windows and dos and all I get is a error message from /dev/audio saying (device not configured). I don't think isapnp tools detects it. I recently gave away my older Sound Blaster compatible card that ran just fine under Debian. Does anyone have a SoundBlaster PCI64 PnP card that was set up successfully or have any ideas about it? Thanks... -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: dselect missing ftp option
Do you have the dpkg-ftp package installed? I think that's all you need. On Tue, Jul 28, 1998 at 05:31:10PM -0500, JonesMB wrote: > I am trying to update one of our Debian 1.3 systems here. It is being used > by > another group so will not get the upgrade to 2.0 just yet. When I run > dselect > I don't see ftp as one of the access methods to use. This is the first time > I > am seeing this. Do I need to enable something to see this option? > > TIA > jmb -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: Help required SB16 PnP
I agree, isapnp is the best way to do it as a general rule. I just wanted to confirm that there are bioses which do full initializations. The reason that mine worked out just fine is that none of the resources which are the first pick for the sound card are used on my system, so the values I was initializing with isapnp were the same as those that my bios does for me. _ _ | |(_) | _| | | | |___ | | |__/ | |__/ On Wed, 29 Jul 1998, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > On Tue, Jul 28, 1998 at 02:59:22PM -0500, Eric wrote: > > On Tue, 28 Jul 1998, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > > > > The Awe cards are a good example for partially initialization by PnP BIOS. > > > The pcm devices work, but for the Awe driver patch to work, isapnptools > > > is a > > > must (at least with my Bios. Maybe there are newer, better bios'es > > > available). > > > > I have a fairly new (96/97) AMI bios. My AWE64 gets fully initialized by > > it with no help from isapnp. > > The problem then is finding out what IO address etc the BIOS has assigned. > Even Windows 95 doesn't rely on the BIOS to do it; I prefer to use isapnptools > to be sure. > > > Hamish > -- > Hamish Moffatt, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Latest Debian packages at ftp://ftp.rising.com.au/pub/hamish. PGP#EFA6B9D5 > CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome. http://hamish.home.ml.org > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: Help required SB16 PnP
On Tue, Jul 28, 1998 at 02:59:22PM -0500, Eric wrote: > On Tue, 28 Jul 1998, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > > The Awe cards are a good example for partially initialization by PnP BIOS. > > The pcm devices work, but for the Awe driver patch to work, isapnptools is a > > must (at least with my Bios. Maybe there are newer, better bios'es > > available). > > I have a fairly new (96/97) AMI bios. My AWE64 gets fully initialized by > it with no help from isapnp. Are you really, really sure that you have it full initialized? Can you play midi music using "drvmidi" program with EMU8000 fonts? Do you have the awe-drv patch installed and working? Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.orgmaster.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09 -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: What should I buy ?
On Tue, Jul 28, 1998 at 02:19:17PM +, Ionut Borcoman at home wrote: > Hi, > > It is possible to obtain some money at the office for a new server. Here > is the 'generic configuration' that I have in mind: I don't know what this server is for. I sincerly hope you don't want to waste this stuff on a file server or so :) (For a file server, you neither need CPU power, nor graphic card, sound card or monitor). > - Dual Pentium II 300 AMD is working well, and maybe just go for an ALPHA 500 MHz :) > - 256 Mb RAM Yep. If you want to do Squid proxy caching, file serving or graphic processing, consider even more. > - Two 7Gb SCSI HDDs SCSI Controller: BusLogic is a must. Maybe get four smaller disks and use Software RAID to improve security- > - 2 Mb AGP Card > - 19" Monitor > - 4x SCSI CD-Recorder > - 32x CD-ROM The faster CD ROMs can cause problems (especially with bad CD's, for example, where the weight is not good distributed on the disc). So, it may work better with a slower CD Drive. However, good CD drives should be able to control themselves. > - Network Card (100 Mb/s) Probably don't buy 3com cards. Look in the Ethernet Howto for a list of supported cards. > - SoundBlaster Clone Don't buy clones! You'll have a hard time finding the right Linux driver, because they are not hardware compatibel. Buy a card you can find the name in the supported list (Sound-HOWTO): For example, SB 16 (original). > - Flatbed SCSI Scanner > - Small Postscript Printer > - Radio-modem > > - SO: Debian Slink Maybe Debian Hamm for stability, with a few selected packages upgraded. Have you considered a back up device? Also: ASUS motherboard. As much CPU cache as possible. Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.orgmaster.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09 -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: Setting up Soundblaster PCI64 pnp
On Tue, Jul 28, 1998 at 10:03:04PM -0400, Kronos wrote: > I recently purchased a SoundBlaster PCI64 PnP sound card and I'm having no > luck getting it to run. I've tried compiling sound support for it in the > kernel using the kernel-package tool and isapnp tools with the port and irq > settings that run it under windows and dos and all I get is a error message > from /dev/audio saying (device not configured). I don't think isapnp tools > detects it. I recently gave away my older Sound Blaster compatible card that > ran just fine under Debian. > Does anyone have a SoundBlaster PCI64 PnP card that was set up successfully > or have any ideas about it? > Thanks... IIRC, OSS/Free, the sound driver distributed with the Linux kernel, does not support the SoundBlaster PCI64. You need to buy OSS/Linux. Take a look at www.opensound.com. Adam Klein -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: Setting up Soundblaster PCI64 pnp
On Tue, Jul 28, 1998 at 10:03:04PM -0400, Kronos wrote: > Does anyone have a SoundBlaster PCI64 PnP card that was set up successfully > or have any ideas about it? /usr/doc/HOWTO/mini/Soundblaster-AWE.gz or http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/soundblaster.html And feel free to come back with questions to me personally. Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.orgmaster.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09 -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
AGP video card
I have a 2 part question really. First I ran the xbase-configure util. and got someparts of my xserver working correctly BUT the display isn't right. Now when i kill X and get to prompt and type xbase-configure it does nothing. I want to change my video card and monitor settings and don't know how to without this util. Can anyone help me? Part 2. I have a Fire GL 1000 , or also called Diamond Permidia 2 8MB AGP 2d/3d combo video card. I didn't see this in the list of video cards to select. Could someone please help me in setting up the correct server options for this. Urgency is the most important issue here I am at my wits end. Send Help(tm) Sincerly Yours,Joel Keating [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Problem with SCSI CD-ROM
Dear Debian users, trying to install Debian 2.0 from a Sony PCMCIA-Discman (PRD-250) using pcmcia-cs_3.0.0-9, I constantly get error messages of the following kind: scsi4: MEDIUM ERROR on channel 0, id 3, lun 0, CDB: 0x03 00 00 00 10 00 extra data not valid Current error sr0b: 00: sns = 70 3 ASC= 2 ASCQ= 0 Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x03 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x06 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x02 0x00 CD-ROM I/O error: dev 0b:00, sector 1338 I am using a self-compiled 2.0.34-kernel (with CONFIG_SCSI=y, CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR=y, and CONFIG_ISO9660=y) and a self-compiled matching version of the pcmcia-modules. The pcmcia config files are as provided by the Debian package. The relevant /etc/fstab entry is: /dev/scd0 /cdrom iso9660 ro,noauto 0 0 Where do I have to look for the source of this error? Yours Andreas Nolda -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: xacc brings my laptop to a crawl
Mike Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm trying to use xacc in the hamm release (xacc_1.0.17-2.deb), but > when I try to enter a number in the register window, the cursor blinks > exceedingly fast and it brings to X server to a near standstill. I > can still continue, but at a snail's pace, maybe a character every 10 > seconds. This occurs with both the lesstif and statically linked > motif version. So, does xacc have a bad polling mechanism or > something or do I have my Xserver misconfigured? > > Mike Roberts This is actually a bug in lesstif. (More accurately, in the libc6 lesstif contained in the package called "lesstifg") You can fix it (supposedly, according to the lesstifg maintainer) by installing the lesstifg from slink, version 0.84-1 or higher. (I think the current version is something like 0.85.3-1) Once you do install this, I _strongly_ suggest putting lesstifg on hold (with an equals sign) in dselect. Unfortunate mistakes with version numbering means that the hamm lesstifg will try to come back if you don't do this. -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: Mounting Win95 Shares with samba
Have you any ideas on what this is trying to tell me? elm# smbmount //gum/h /mnt Password: SMBFS: need mount version 6 mount error: Invalid argument Please look at smbmount's manual page for possible reasons Running 2.1.105 if that makes a difference. Lindsay =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lindsay Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Perth, Western Australia voice +61 8 9316 248632.0125S 115.8445Evk6lj Debian Linux =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: Diald and Windows NT/95
Butch Kemper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 1. What is causing the link to yo-yo and how to change the Windows > boxes to stop the yo-yo from happening. Doesn't diald come with some sort of monitor program? (use 'dpkg -L diald' to see what comes with diald) I think it's called 'dialdmon' or something like that? Why don't you watch that to find out what the windows boxes are doing? -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
installing current disks---old machine
I have tested the current resc1440-fast.bin rescue disk on a 386 motherboard with no hard drive.(Another garbage can PC for my classroom.)There isn't any hard drive yet in the system, but I thought I'd try to boot the rescue disk. After loading the linux kernel and uncompressing, the disk says it will now boot the kernel; however, it just tried to reboot, and goes back to square one. Is this due to lack of a hard disk, or some other problem? Alan Davis -- Alan E. Davis Marianas High School (Science Department) AAA196, Box 10001[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.saipan.netpci.com/~adavis Saipan, MP 9695015.16oN 145.7oEGMT+10 Northern Mariana Islands -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
fresh hamm installation...
i'm doing a fresh install of hamm, and i'm just wondering: what happened to the ftp method of installation? my choices were floppy, cd-rom or hard drive, but no option to do an ftp install. basically, i'm forced to do a floppy install since all i have on the system is win98, and in their great wisdom, microsoft has not provided a way to make a vanilla FAT partition. oh well...just curious. -alan -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
touching file dates
I pulled most of the HAMM binaries via ftp under Win95. Now that I have installed HAMM and moved the files to a proper set of directories under my ext2fs the file dates are the dates I pulled them down, NOT the dates from the ftp site where I got them (ftp.de.debian.org). Now that I'm trying to mirror the binaries with fmirror, it wants to get EVERYTHING because the file dayes are so mismatched. I've set up my config files to ignore the file time/date if its within at least roughly seconds ;-) but I'd rather correct the dates on my system without downloading the whole 800+meg (at 33.6) again. Any way to touch file dates to match those on a remote (ftp -- no login) system? Gerald V. Livingston II '69 Bug -- AirBall -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
dselect "parse" error in HAMM release
I'm new to the LINUX world and need some help solving this problem.
When I run dselect, and update, I get the message;
Checking for Packages file... FTP ERROR - Cannot parse
yeeaar-or-time at
/usr/lib/perl5/Debian/DpkgFtp.pm line 168.
No Packages files was updated.
update available list script returned error exit status 1.
This is line 165 - 170 from the DpkgFtp.pm file;
}
# build a system time
$time = timegm (0, $minutes, $hours, $day, $month, $year);
} else {
die "Regexp match failed on LIST output";
}
Thanks in advance for your help.
Craig Slusher "komik"
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Re: fresh hamm installation...
Alan Su wrote: > > i'm doing a fresh install of hamm, and i'm just wondering: what > happened to the ftp method of installation? my choices were floppy, > cd-rom or hard drive, but no option to do an ftp install. basically, > i'm forced to do a floppy install since all i have on the system is > win98, and in their great wisdom, microsoft has not provided a way to > make a vanilla FAT partition. oh well...just curious. I'm pretty sure I've made plain old MS-DOS 6.xx compatible FAT-16 partitions with Win 98. I remember when I first used it's fdisk it asked me if I want to make all partitions FAT32 (not in those words though, they just said if you have a big hard disk say yes or something). If you answered yes, there's probably a way to go back and answer no. Also, you could just download the Debian rescue disk and when the CFDISK part comes up you could make your FAT-16 partition then. > -alan > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: AGP video card
On Tue, 28 Jul 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have a 2 part question really. First I ran the xbase-configure util. > and got someparts of my xserver working correctly BUT the display isn't > right. Now when i kill X and get to prompt and type xbase-configure > it does nothing. I want to change my video card and monitor settings > and don't know how to without this util. Can anyone help me? > > Part 2. > > I have a Fire GL 1000 , or also called Diamond Permidia 2 8MB AGP 2d/3d > combo video card. I didn't see this in the list of video cards to select. > Could someone please help me in setting up the correct server options for > this. > > Urgency is the most important issue here I am at my wits end. Send Help(tm) > > > Sincerly Yours,Joel Keating > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I too have that exact video card. It's a great card but it does require a special X server. You need S.u.S.E's Elsa_GLoria server. You can acquire this at http://www.suse.com/. Just follow the links to their X page and to their Elsa_GLoria card. Installation instructions are also given on the page. One thing they don't tell you though that you have to do under Debian is delete the 'X' bin that should be in /usr/X11R6/bin and then just link the Elsa_GLoria bin (XSuSE_Elsa_GLoria I believe) to 'X'. If you have any other problems after doing this feel free to mail me. Brian .--[DrunkardNet]--. |-[ "If it's too big... don't eat it" ]-| |-[ Brian Weiss -- System Administrator ]-| |-[ http://www.got.net/~brian ]-| `-' -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
from which directory should i download?
Hello, I recently put together a spare machine out of recycled, discarded parts at a cost of zero cash dollars (The HDD actually came out of a friend's trash!). It is a weak machine, though: AMD '386-25, 5MB RAM 40MB HDD, parallel port, game port After putting together a free machine, Debian seemed like a natural choice for the OS. I installed 1.3 about a week ago but, as I'm a newbie, things weren't exactly how I would like. Rather than spend lots of time tweaking bo and _then_ upgrading to hamm, it seems more sensible to just start fresh with hamm (especially since I don't have any user files on the bo system yet) and then tweak. I was browsing ftp.debian.org and found (among others) the following directories: /debian/hamm/hamm/disks-i386/ /debian/hamm/main/disks-i386/2.0.10_1998-07-17/ /debian/hamm/main/disks-i386/2.0.10_1998-07-21/ /debian/hamm/main/disks-i386/current/ /debian/dists/hamm/hamm/disks-i386/2.0.10_1998-07-17/ /debian/dists/hamm/hamm/disks-i386/2.0.10_1998-07-21/ /debian/dists/hamm/hamm/disks-i386/current/ (you get the idea; there are lots of directories named "hamm") Which one should I use? Another question: Since my system has <6MB RAM, I used the low-memory procedure when installing bo. It didn't work until I did "lowmem" from the boot: prompt (i.e. boot: lowmem). This option was not documented in the install file (unless I managed to miss it). I think I read about it in an archive. Will "boot: lowmem" work with hamm as well? One more question: I have been messing around with PLIP on the bo setup and am wondering if I can use it to direct-connect with (excuse me)a win95 machine. Is this possible, or am I better off using s SLIP connection? Thanks for taking the time to read this. -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
SHELL: duping stdout and stderr to another file
Hi all I would like to know _how to copy_ (not start a new shell, eg: script) stdout and stderr _from a shell script_ to a file. Also It is interesting for me if there is a way to stop copying stdout and stderr... Thanks in advance, Ulisses PD: Oracle8 and Informix will be ported to Linux! http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayStory.pl?980717.whorlinux.htm - "Computers are useless. They can only give answers."Pablo Picasso -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
find -exec
Hi all
I would like to know if there is a way to make something like this
find -exec command1 {} | command2 \;
Thanks in advance,
Ulisses
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undump or unexec under Linux 2.0/2.1?
Hi all again Looking in the execellent perl book "Programming in Perl" from O'really I found that in some Unix systems there are undump/unexec wich seems to use core dumps to re-rerun programs... at the point it died... Any comment will be greatly appreciated, regards Ulisses PD: Oracle8 and Informix will be ported to Linux! http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayStory.pl?980717.whorlinux.htm - "Computers are useless. They can only give answers."Pablo Picasso -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: Diald and Windows NT/95
Hi! On Tue, 28 Jul 1998, Butch Kemper wrote: > > I am using Diald to maintain the PPP link on an ISDN link from a Linux box > acting as a gateway for a local area network > > The system works well except that the link is always coming up and going > back down after 36-37 seconds. The link comes backup again in 19-20 > seconds and goes back down again after 36-37 seconds. > > The local area network has Windows NT and Windows 95 machines. > > I am running the standard filter that comes with Diald. > > I need some advice on: > > 1. What is causing the link to yo-yo and how to change the Windows > boxes to stop the yo-yo from happening. > > 2. How to change the diald filter to stop the yo-yo actions. Maybe are the netbios (part of windows networking) requests to each other You can see it easily with dctrl monitor, also there's the option to use a packet sniffer such as tcpdump or sniffit to see what is really happening in the network This is what I have to avoid that (you must attach it to your /etc/diald/standard.filter If you find it as usefull as I, we could tell to include this in future diald packages, reply me if this is Ok to you ignore tcp tcp.source=tcp.netbios-ns ignore tcp tcp.dest=tcp.netbios-ns ignore udp udp.source=udp.netbios-ns ignore udp udp.dest=udp.netbios-ns ignore tcp tcp.source=tcp.netbios-dgm ignore tcp tcp.dest=tcp.netbios-dgm ignore udp udp.source=udp.netbios-dgm ignore udp udp.dest=udp.netbios-dgm ignore tcp tcp.source=tcp.netbios-ssn ignore tcp tcp.dest=tcp.netbios-ssn ignore udp udp.source=udp.netbios-ssn ignore udp udp.dest=udp.netbios-ssn Regards, Ulisses -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Error compiling kernels (2.0 and 2.1) with upgraded bo->hamm
Hi, I would like to know if someone knows what can cause the following error in the linker while building a kernel (2.0 or 2.1), but no while building apps Any comment will be greatly appreciated, regards Ulisses make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/kernel/linux/arch/i386/mm' make[1]: Entering directory `/root/kernel/linux/arch/i386/lib' make all_targets make[2]: Entering directory `/root/kernel/linux/arch/i386/lib' make[2]: Nothing to be done for `all_targets'. make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/kernel/linux/arch/i386/lib' make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/kernel/linux/arch/i386/lib' ld -m elf_i386 -Ttext 0x10 -e stext arch/i386/kernel/head.o init/main.o init/version.o \ arch/i386/kernel/kernel.o arch/i386/mm/mm.o kernel/kernel.o mm/mm.o fs/fs.o ipc/ipc.o net/network.a \ fs/filesystems.a \ drivers/block/block.a drivers/char/char.a drivers/net/net.a drivers/scsi/scsi.a drivers/pci/pci.a \ /root/kernel/linux/arch/i386/lib/lib.a /root/kernel/linux/lib/lib.a /root/kernel/linux/arch/i386/lib/lib.a -o vmlinux init/main.o(.data+0xf8): undefined reference to `ncr53c8xx_setup' arch/i386/kernel/kernel.o(.data+0x70): undefined reference to `sys_fork' arch/i386/kernel/kernel.o(.data+0x94): undefined reference to `sys_execve' arch/i386/kernel/kernel.o(.data+0x248): undefined reference to `sys_clone' arch/i386/kernel/kernel.o(.data+0x930): undefined reference to `dump_thread' arch/i386/kernel/kernel.o(.data+0x938): undefined reference to `dump_fpu' kernel/kernel.o: In function `do_fork': kernel/kernel.o(.text+0x21a6): undefined reference to `copy_thread' kernel/kernel.o: In function `release': kernel/kernel.o(.text+0x4ffd): undefined reference to `release_thread' kernel/kernel.o: In function `do_exit': kernel/kernel.o(.text+0x5834): undefined reference to `exit_thread' fs/fs.o: In function `flush_old_exec': fs/fs.o(.text+0x8689): undefined reference to `flush_thread' fs/fs.o: In function `elf_core_dump': fs/fs.o(.text+0xf544): undefined reference to `dump_fpu' fs/fs.o: In function `aout_core_dump': fs/fs.o(.text+0xfb3b): undefined reference to `dump_thread' drivers/char/char.a(keyboard.o): In function `show_ptregs': keyboard.o(.text+0x683): undefined reference to `show_regs' drivers/scsi/scsi.a(hosts.o)(.data+0x18): undefined reference to `ncr53c8xx_detect' drivers/scsi/scsi.a(hosts.o)(.data+0x28): undefined reference to `ncr53c8xx_queue_command' drivers/scsi/scsi.a(hosts.o)(.data+0x2c): undefined reference to `ncr53c8xx_abort' drivers/scsi/scsi.a(hosts.o)(.data+0x30): undefined reference to `ncr53c8xx_reset' make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1 -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
w18
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Re: IPX (ipxripd) and ppp
Hi! I've played with ipx with pppd, and got the interface installed, but didn't actually try to get routing going (I was trying to get bridging going, to play IPX games on my local network, and get a remote player to join from dial-in, never got it to work though - anyone have any ideas??? On 19 Jul 1998, Mike Patterson wrote: > 1) Some sites talk about tools like ipx_route and ipxping. None of these came >with the ipxripd package. Are these nessecary? ipx_route is in the ipx package, don't know about ipxping. ipx_interface is good to set up each interface, and then use route to connect them (how, I have no idea ;-) > 2) I've been given the impression by other sites that the ability for ipx >routing was built into the kernel, but given little more information than >the compile options to select. I have hardly found much info either. I set up ipx-bridge, found it didn't work, so I e-mailled the authors, found it was designed for kernel 1.2, rather than 2.0.x!! Install the package ipx, see if you can find any more info than I did. > 3) Still others name it as a function of the ppp daemon, so I went out and got >the source for 1.2g, and looked around for any mention of IPX. I found > none. >These pages would talk about options like: >+ipx-protocol > >ipx-network 0xBB05 > >ipx-node 2:0 > >ipx-accept-remoteA > >None of which work (although all are mentioned in the pppd man pages) I am running bo, what are you running? The packaged pppd has no ipx support, so I got a new one. I have pppd 2.2.0, with the patches for hamm installed. You should get a newer pppd, and compile it, make sure ipx is enabled. The patches from hamm have support for microsoft-wins I think (not too sure actually). Note that the commands for ipx and wins change with the newer pppd. HTH, any other questions, just ask, you never know I might know ;-) Tim. --- -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: AGP video card
[EMAIL PROTECTED] hat gesagt: // [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have a 2 part question really. First I ran the xbase-configure util. > and got someparts of my xserver working correctly BUT the display isn't > right. Now when i kill X and get to prompt and type xbase-configure > it does nothing. I want to change my video card and monitor settings > and don't know how to without this util. Can anyone help me? xbase-configure checks if there is a XF86Config file and refuses to run if it exists. One has to rename or delete /etc/X11/XF86Config before rerunning xbase-configure. But you don't use xbase-configure for your card because... > Part 2. > > I have a Fire GL 1000 , or also called Diamond Permidia 2 8MB AGP 2d/3d > combo video card. I didn't see this in the list of video cards to select. > Could someone please help me in setting up the correct server options for > this. ... for this card you need the xsuse-xserver as someone else here already pointed out. -- ____ Frank Barknecht __ __ trip\ \ / /wire __ / __// __ /__/ __// // __ \ \/ / __ \\ ___\ / / / / / / / // // /\ \\ ___\\ \ /_/ /_/ /_/ /_//_// / \ \\_\\_\ /_/\_\ -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: Printing Mac PS files containing binary data - THE ANSWER!!
The culprit is TCP/IP. We finally installed ppr which can send print jobs to a printer from a linux box using Appletalk rather than TCP/IP and it worked. This was after much stuffing around with every other link in the printing chain. lpr may still be a problem with it's aparaent inability to deal with binary data but TCP/IP is a definite problem. I do not know if LPRng can communitcate using Appletalk. On Fri, 17 Jul 1998, awcl wrote: > Hi Richard. > > I have the same problem. I tried all the triks on the book and finally I > thought I could hack lpr. The lpr documentation says the lpr cannot print > binary files. > You have to get LPRing or some commercial printing system for Linux. > I do not know place to get LPRing and I am not sure how that goes with Samba. > > > > If you get something going pls let me know.!!! > > Anil > > > Richard Wraith wrote: > > > We have a problem with binary PS files (primarily from Adobe applications > > like Photoshop, Illustrator etc) where they get corrupted on the way to > > the printer with the result that hundreds of pages spit out of the printer > > with a few random characters on them rather than one page of the desired > > print job. > > > > We think the problem lies in either netatalk or lpr or both. > > > > ASCII ps files print fine from all machines (Macs, PCs and Linux) > > > > We have very little trouble with files from PCs, but then our PCs do very > > little graphic work and hence are less likely to produce PS files with > > binary data buried inside. > > > > Has anyone any experience with this problem AND found a solution? > > > - Richard Wraith IT Co-ordinator Trinity College Parkville Melbourne Australia tel: +61-3-9349 0224mobile: 0417 361 093 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
RE: from which directory should i download?
> From: David Karlin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [...] > I was browsing ftp.debian.org and found (among others) the following > directories: > /debian/hamm/hamm/disks-i386/ > /debian/hamm/main/disks-i386/2.0.10_1998-07-17/ > /debian/hamm/main/disks-i386/2.0.10_1998-07-21/ > /debian/hamm/main/disks-i386/current/ > /debian/dists/hamm/hamm/disks-i386/2.0.10_1998-07-17/ > /debian/dists/hamm/hamm/disks-i386/2.0.10_1998-07-21/ > /debian/dists/hamm/hamm/disks-i386/current/ > (you get the idea; there are lots of directories named "hamm") > > Which one should I use? > /debian/hamm/main is a link to /debian/hamm/hamm /debian/dists/hamm is a link to /debian/hamm .../current is a link to .../2.0.10_1998-07-21 This leaves the following dir's left: /debian/hamm/main/disks-i386/2.0.10_1998-07-17/ /debian/hamm/main/disks-i386/2.0.10_1998-07-21/ As the last one is newer, some bugs should be fixed in that one, (and it IS the one the current link points to) I'd recommend you to find your bootdisks in that dir. [...] Regarding your other questions, someone else would be better suited to answer them. > > Thanks for taking the time to read this. > np.. :) -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
smail quitting
Hi! smail just quitted and left me without mail service. This is what paniclog says: 07/27/1998 13:07:49: accept failed: Connection timed out 07/27/1998 19:34:27: accept failed: Connection timed out 07/28/1998 12:39:39: accept failed: No route to host 07/28/1998 14:33:50: accept failed: No route to host 07/28/1998 15:06:26: accept failed: Connection timed out 07/28/1998 17:11:41: accept failed: Connection timed out 07/28/1998 19:38:31: accept failed: Connection reset by peer 07/29/1998 11:58:27: accept failed: No route to host 07/29/1998 11:58:32: accept failed: No route to host 07/29/1998 11:58:37: accept failed: No route to host 07/29/1998 11:58:42: accept failed: No route to host 07/29/1998 11:58:52: accept failed: No route to host 07/29/1998 11:59:17: accept failed: No route to host 07/29/1998 11:59:26: accept failed: No route to host 07/29/1998 11:59:31: accept failed: No route to host 07/29/1998 11:59:35: accept failed: No route to host 07/29/1998 11:59:40: accept failed: No route to host 07/29/1998 11:59:45: too many accept errors, quitting Does anybody know what to change in order to make smail not to quit whatever the reason? I'm going away for a month in 3 days and I don't want it to happen!!! TIA! Salutacions, Pere __oUltima Ratio Regum 2:343/108.91 - _`\<;_mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP key available --- (_)/ (_) http://casal.upc.es/~pere/ -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Strange Debian-Install problem... and workaround
Hello [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED] ! Downloading and installing Debian-hamm-2.0 showed up : A file problem (my god, I hoped to get rid of these M$-like messages ! Please, Dr. Debian, can you change that ?) Install procedure stops (after having done some work, creating directories, extracting lots of files, maybe even all of them) saying : "File Error ! There was a problem extracting the Base System from /shared_vfat_device/debian/hamm/hamm/disks-i386/base2_0.tgz". This message follows a fraction of second after a first error, hiding it nearly completely. That one contains ..."/lib/terminfo: F"..., all the rest is wiped out by the second message, which says "nothing" to me. The same thing happens with rawritten install disks, and original tgz file downloaded from mirrors, first from Germany, then Corea, then ftp.debian.org (I would have tried this one first, but one must have a kind of zen-state-of-mind, if you want to login there (-: ). It's each time the same result ! This happens on a Cyrix-133, 16M RAM, install it on an EMPTY 2.1Giga HD (hdc, want to put it into a bigger box later) with root=500M, 128 M swap, and all the rest free, mounted as /usr , so, guaranteed no disk space probs ;-) I worked around this : I installed 1.3 from CDrom (a dwarf, just enough to make upgrade work), then used the upgrade patch (there were some probs, too, but nothing harmful : 2 errors in the script, I could correct myself...) Well, I've got everything work fine (GIMP included, that was the reason for being in a hurry, needed it "the day before yesterday", didn't want to wait for new CD's), but I'd like to know WHAT was wrong with the base tgz-file ? Has anyone seen something similar? What did the message MEAN ? I had the file easily uncompressed (just to see, not to work with it ;-) ) under Lose95... Regards Norbert -- * * \ / *-- * --* / \This was TMTM (The Megabyte Text Magician) / * -- / [EMAIL PROTECTED] / http://www.globenet.org/periph / -"Since I have dual boot, Win95 has become much more stable" -"That's what YOU think. In reality since, sometimes you happen to shutdown Lose95 before the GPF does it for you..." -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Mutt, Exim, and the From: header
Mutt has decided to alter the From: line in my outgoing mail. I rewrite this header under Exim, changing the domain portion to that of my isp. But as you can see from the header in the present message, the rewrite portion has been replaced with '@'. When I check Exim's handling of things with 'exim -brw' the rewrite is correct. This happened once before, when I'd first installed Mutt. Then I fixed it the MicroSoft way, i.e. by reinstalling, but I'd rather understand this and really fix it. I'd appreciate any insight or tips about just where to look. Thanks. Curt -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: Mutt, Exim, and the From: header
On Wed, 29 Jul 1998 05:38:44 -0500, Curt Daugaard wrote: >I'd appreciate any insight or tips about just where to look. Why not just use the "set hostname" in mutt? EG: set hostname=calweb.com set hostname=teleute.dyn.ml.org set hostname=zippitydoda.com -- Steve C. Lamb | Opinions expressed by me are not my http://www.calweb.com/~morpheus| employer's. They hired me for my ICQ: 5107343 | skills and labor, not my opinions! ---+- -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: Mutt, Exim, and the From: header--CORRECTION
In looking at the From: line on my copy of my post sent by the list I see that my mailer has done yet another thing. To clarify, the usual corruption of my address is from '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' to 'cld@@'. Sorry for this second post. Curt -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: Mutt, Exim, and the From: header
On Wed, Jul 29, 1998 at 05:38:44AM -0500, Curt Daugaard wrote ... > Mutt has decided to alter the From: line in my outgoing mail. I > rewrite this header under Exim, changing the domain portion to > that of my isp. But as you can see from the header in the present > message, the rewrite portion has been replaced with '@'. > When I check Exim's handling of things with 'exim -brw' the > rewrite is correct. You can set a hostname in your ~/.muttrc. set hostname=hostname_of_your_isp.com Another method to set your from: -line: my_hdr From: Curt Daugaard Bye, Dominik -- Dominik Rothert E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Key fingerprint = 76 8D 3A CC 83 D8 B0 27 40 F1 D2 C5 A9 3F E9 68 -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: Mutt, Exim, and the From: header
On Wed, Jul 29, 1998 at 03:42:28AM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > > Why not just use the "set hostname" in mutt? EG: > > set hostname=calweb.com > set hostname=teleute.dyn.ml.org > set hostname=zippitydoda.com > Thanks, that solved it. I'm still bothered by the fact a working mailer set up could break in the same way more than once--angering my respondents and all--without my so much as touching its configuration. Curt -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: AGP video card
On Tue, 28 Jul 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > it does nothing. I want to change my video card and monitor settings > and don't know how to without this util. Can anyone help me? XF86_Setup or xf86config should do the job... > I have a Fire GL 1000 , or also called Diamond Permidia 2 8MB AGP 2d/3d > combo video card. I didn't see this in the list of video cards to select. You'll need the XFCom_3dlabs server from www.suse.com... It is not quite stable yet though. /(__ __|\ Lars Steinke, Research Student @ (\/ __)_www.fmf.uni-freiburg.de, Germany ) (_ / for PGP PKey and WWW-Page finger /___/[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: find -exec
Ulisses Alonso wrote:
>
>Hi all
>
>I would like to know if there is a way to make something like this
>
>find -exec command1 {} | command2 \;
I take it you want to run the pipeline `command1 | command2' on each file.
I don't think you can do this with find's own command line; the easiest way
is probably to write a little script and execute that instead:
myscript:
#! /bin/bash
if [ -z "$1" ]
then
echo No parameter
exit 1
fi
command1 $1 | command2
chmod a+x myscript
find -exec myscript {} \;
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loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will
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Re: Suppressing trailer page on remote printer
Lewis, James M. wrote: > > You must have a jetdirect... > > Telnet into it and do > "banner: 0" > (without the quotes) > > You can do / and it will tell you the current settings, ? gets help. COOOL!! I am now giggling maniacally at the idea that I'm in a telnet session to a printer - (opinionOfHP++). This is the way it's supposed to be... Oh yeah, and turning the banner off worked, too. Thanks! -- Paul Reavis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Design Lead Partner Software, Inc.http://www.partnersoft.com -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
SCSI Controller
Hi, I'm in the middle of getting a new PII (300MHz +) system. I'd like to know what SCSI controller should I get for the best performance and supporter driver on Linux: 1. BusLogic 2. Adaptec UW A. Onboard (which Motherboard) B. PCI Card Many thank in advance! -- Timothy C. Phan Intelligence Quest Research, INC. -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
.bz2???
What exactly is a bz2 file?? Is it bzip (the block sorting file compressor)?? -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
RE: .bz2???
bzip2, a newer version of bzip The formats are incompatible, that's why it's called bzip2 /Frock > -Original Message- > From: Adam Greene [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 29. juli 1998 15:20 > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: .bz2??? > > > What exactly is a bz2 file?? Is it bzip (the block sorting file > compressor)?? > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe > [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: AGP video card (fwd)
Hi, > page. One thing they don't tell you though that you have to do under > Debian is delete the 'X' bin that should be in /usr/X11R6/bin and then > just link the Elsa_GLoria bin (XSuSE_Elsa_GLoria I believe) to 'X'. I really don't think that is a good idea. Debian created that "X" as an suid wrapper for X servers so that the server wouldn't have to be suid. I have the same card (Fire GL 1000 Pro) and am using the server the "standard" Debian way. Instead of deleting Debian's "X," I would leave that X there and modify /etc/X11/Xserver to make Debian use the new X server (XFCom_3DLabs). You will also probably need to use SuSE's xf86config program. The last time I checked there was no new XF86Setup program that would work with this server, and the current stable XF86Setup program doesn't seem to work with this server (at least for me). When you run SuSE's xf86config, you should probably answer "no" to the question of whether you should install a symbolic called "X" to XFCom_3DLabs since this functionality is handled by Debian's "X" and the /etc/X11/Xserver file. As some one else on this list sayed, this X server is not very stable yet. I have had some problems with it. Again, I really don't think you should erase Debian's "X." If you do erase it, you may have problems later on when the Permedia2 X server becomes stable and becomes part of the XFree86 distribution meaning that it will eventually become a Debian package. When this happens, the lack of Debian's "X" will probably mean that future installations of XFree86 will not install properly. -Ossama -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
BIOS setting via software
Hi, Is there any linux stuff by which means it would be possible to change bios settings (particularly boot sequences etc) ? TIA, Eugene Sevinian CRD, YerPhI, 375036, Armenia URL: http://crdlx5.yerphi.am/prs/sevinian.html Phone: 374-2-344873 -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: AGP video card
If Permedia cards are not yet supported by XFree86, check the SuSE website. If you cant find it, let me know and I will dig it up for you. Mike On Tue, Jul 28, 1998 at 09:32:00PM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >[snip] > Part 2. > > I have a Fire GL 1000 , or also called Diamond Permidia 2 8MB AGP 2d/3d > combo video card. I didn't see this in the list of video cards to select. > Could someone please help me in setting up the correct server options for > this. > -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: I give UP
> >Well, I can't solve anyone's life scheduling problems (let alone my >own!) but learning Linux (or any flavor of Unix) does involve climbing >a rather steep learning curve. It may not be for you, but speaking >for myself (and probably many others) climbing that hill is well worth >my time and very rewarding. > >Regards, >Keith The learning curve is so steep for a novice that even Sir Edmund Hillary would have had problems :-) But once you've climbed out of the Microsoft generated smog you will be amazed at how far you can see. John -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Shared memory problem (SMC ethercard)
I am using 2 ethercards, one is a NE2000 and the other is an SMC card, however, I use the NE2000 driver for both of them. Most of the time they work well but every once in a while my smc card misbehaves. I am using debian linux by the way. I get error messages like: eth0: bogus packet size: 66788, status=0xff, nxpg=0x0 Apparently this is a shared memory problem common among PCI machines that are not configured to map in ISA memory devices. Threfore, you end up reading the PC's RAM (all 0xff values) instead of the RAM on the card that contains the data from the received packet. I am not 100% sure whether that is it but whether it is or isn't, I still don't know how to solve the problem. Any ideas? Ken -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
tools for downloading complex pages
Hi, I would like to khow is it possible to download files from www-pages which contain menu driven dialogs. Is there are any tools available for such propose (like wget)? Would be obliged for any tips, Eugene Sevinian CRD, YerPhI, 375036, Armenia URL: http://crdlx5.yerphi.am/prs/sevinian.html Phone: 374-2-344873 -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
FW: Compressed image found at block 0
First of all, I'd like to thank all of you for your suggestions on fixing the problem. I tried them all. The problem ended up being with memory. I guess Linux is more picky about memory than Win95 is. Thanx, Kelly Stuard [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- From: Kent West Sent: Monday, July 27, 1998 4:51 PM To: Kelly Stuard Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject:Re: Compressed image found at block 0 I've had similar problems. I tried different floppies and tried rawriting them several times; eventually I got a floppy that would boot properly. At this point, I think your problem is with the boot floppy, not the hard drive. Someone told me that floppy installs are notoriously unreliable, and that he's known of people who had to try formatting/rawriting a floppy several times before it would work (like in my case, mentioned above). Also, in the disk images directory of the ftp.debian.org site, which is where I downloaded my images from, there's a couple of alternative resc1440 images, one of which is specifically for most laptops and some desktops that have trouble reading the compressed image on the normal resc1440.bin disk. It's called resc1440-tecra.bin, or something similar. If reformatting/rawriting your floppy several times doesn't work, or if trying 3 or 4 different floppies doesn't work, you might try this alternative image. At 04:41 PM 7/27/1998 -0500, you wrote: >When installing Linux from the boot floppies for the first time, I get a fatal message : >Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 01:00 > >2 lines before that is the error: >RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0 >invalid compressed format (err=1)[MS-DOS FS Rel. 12,FAT 0, ... > >Any idea what it could be or what to do? >The drive WAS set up as a compressed drive. It has since been formatted, fdisked, low-level formatted, and every combo in-between. > >Kelly Stuard >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > === Kent West | Technology Support/Customer Service | Abilene Christian University| Voice: 915-674-2557 FAX: 915.674.6724 | ACU Station, Box 29005 | E-MAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Abilene, TX 79699-9005 | Ham:KC5ENO, General | === -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Installation lockup on boot?
I'm trying to install Debian 2.0 on my laptop to see what's changed, and I can't get the rescue disk to boot. I've tried both off of floppy and the loadlin off of the harddrive method. In both cases, it freezes right after the md line. I assume it's probably probing for scsi cards there, of which I have none. Any workarounds? Any reason the scsi drivers aren't compiled like modules like the net drivers are? :) I've got a Gateway Solo 9100LS, PII-266, 6.4 gig ide, 128 meg ram, no scsi anywhere, ide DVD and a 3com net and 3com modem pc card. Thanks in advance. --- David Muench - Project System Administrator Retrotech, Inc. - http://www.retrotech.com/ -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: Mutt, Exim, and the From: header--CORRECTION
On Wed, Jul 29, 1998 at 05:48:01AM -0500, Curt Daugaard wrote: > In looking at the From: line on my copy of my post sent by the > list I see that my mailer has done yet another thing. > > To clarify, the usual corruption of my address is from > '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' to 'cld@@'. > > Sorry for this second post. As others have said you can fix it in ~/.muttrc or /etc/Muttrc. Actually, I think this is a bug in either Mutt, exim, or their interaction, because it works just fine with smail. I think hostname and domain name handling on Unix is pretty messy all up. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Debian packages at ftp://ftp.rising.com.au/pub/hamish. PGP#EFA6B9D5 CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome. http://hamish.home.ml.org -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: Can only play mp3 files as root.
On Tue, 28 Jul 1998, Christopher Barry wrote: > Richard L. Alhama wrote: > > > > On Tue, 28 Jul 1998, Christopher Barry wrote: > > > > > > Can you decode any mp3 files using mpg123? I'm having some troubles with > > X11Amp myself. So I'm using eMusic or mpg123 for an mp3 decoder. > > What problems specifically are you having with x11amp? The procedure for > install seems to be: > > 1) grab x11amp from hamm > 2) dselect it > 3) adduser user_name audio > 4) chmod 770 /dev/audio /dev/dsp /dev/mixer > (after adding myself to group audio properly I wonder how many of those > permissions I really needed to change) > 5) log out and then back in so that the group changes go into effect > > X11Amp is the best looking mp3 player, as there are hundreds of skins to > choose from and you can make your own with The Gimp. And as a long time > NT/Windows user I'm really used to Winamp so it's nice to have the > familiarity. eMusic is the best looking out there IMHO. > I won't be using x11amp for forever though. I went to their page and > looked all over for the source or any references to a lack thereof and > then I mailed their programmer about it and he said they are planning on > going commercial and may release the source to the mp3 decoder itself > someday since they basically started off with an open source mpeg > decoder but they will never release the source to the entire package. > And since they didn't make their own gui either but rather copied > Winamp's pixel for pixel, it seems that the only 'real' programming they > did was the playlist editor and the ability to actually use Winamp's > skins, which is not a whole lot of innovation to be releasing a > commercial product, IMHO. I can't play any mp3 files, that's it. So I resort to the CLI to play it. I'm looking forward on d/l'ing a gtk frontend to mpg123. Or making one myself using gtk, but I think there are way too many gui frontends out there so I might as well use them. /\ Richard L. Alhama, Technical Support / \--, .o` /=" ,,'' \/ Cyberspace Laoag,ISP ``,,http://www2.cyberspace.com.ph/~keyoz "Overuse of the smiley is a mark of loserhood!" --The Jargon File *'' -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
American Cancer Society Email... HOAX! (fwd)
-- Forwarded message -- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 07:36:13 +0800 (PHT) From: Cito Maramba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Philippine Linux User's Group Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: American Cancer Society Email... HOAX! Sorry to use up the bandwidth but this article clearly shows that the American Cancer Society DOES NOT DONATE 3 cents for every email received. It's A HOAX, PEOPLE! And people who pass it on just perpetrate the hoax. DEATH TO SPAMMERS! Aardvark Daily "Spam not ours" says American Cancer Society Copyright © 1997 to 7am News 6 May 1997 The American Cancer Society is angry at reports that someone is using their name in an apparent attempt to compile a list of email addresses from those who fall for a sob-story about Little Jessica Mydek. A number of Aardvark readers have written asking if I knew whether the email they received was bona-fide or a scam - well it looks like a scam. The email states that Jessica Mydek is 7 years old and suffering from an acute and very rare case of cerebral carcinoma. It goes on to say that she has but 6 months to live and that the American Cancer Society and corporate sponsors will donate 3 cents towards continuing cancer research each time the letter is forwarded. Finally it requests that you email a list of your "collegues" [sic] and friends to an email address at AOL. Aardvark's research has indicated that the ACS have no involvement with this email. They do not have any record of the child in question and most certainly do not receive any donations as a result. Spokesperson for the ACS, Susan Jacobs, was very keen that the Internet public be informed that the ACS has nothing whatsoever to do with this email. AOL have been contacted to find out whether the address given in the email is bonafide and to advise them of a possible fraud. Chances are that this is a scam being perpetrated by someone looking to obtain a list of gullible Net users who can be targeted later with all manner of "special offers" and "we think you're so stupid you might be interested in this" type of deals. By claiming the involvement of ACS, this is clearly case of fraud and hopefully will be treated as such by the authorities. The advice of Aardvark and The American Cancer Society is - if you get a copy of this email - ignore it, don't send any email to the address specified and don't pass it on. /\ Richard L. Alhama, Technical Support / \--, .o` /=" ,,'' \/ Cyberspace Laoag,ISP ``,,http://www2.cyberspace.com.ph/~keyoz "Overuse of the smiley is a mark of loserhood!" --The Jargon File *'' -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: Mutt, Exim, and the From: header--CORRECTION
On 29 Jul 98 14:23:47 GMT, Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >As others have said you can fix it in ~/.muttrc or /etc/Muttrc. >Actually, I think this is a bug in either Mutt, exim, or their interaction, >because it works just fine with smail. I have no problem here, using mutt & exim. I don't need to set anything in muttrc. So I guess the problem is his exim setup. > >I think hostname and domain name handling on Unix is pretty messy all up. Agreed, I have problem with my hostname using slrn. I need to set it up in my .slrnrc -- *) Aria -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: SCSI Controller
>I'm in the middle of getting a new PII (300MHz +) system. I'd like >to know what SCSI controller should I get for the best performance and >supporter driver on Linux: > >1. BusLogic >2. Adaptec UW > >A. Onboard (which Motherboard) >B. PCI Card The Adaptec controllers have been flakey on Linux (though it may change as Adaptec has finally started giving out specs). With the current drivers Adaptec 2940 (aic7xxx) cards get confused under high load. The BusLogic MultiMaster BT958 controllers run quite well under Linux and (from my experience) are quite a bit faster than the Adaptec controllers. Onboard or as a PCI card rarely makes any difference, as the 'on bord' controllers are just the PCI card soldered directly on to the motherboard. Another contoller that seem to be working nicely are the Symbios Logic 53c875 based cards such as Asus's SC875. Regards, /Anders -- -- Of course I'm crazy, but that doesn't mean I'm wrong. Anders Hammarquist | Mud at Kingdoms| [EMAIL PROTECTED] NetGuide Scandinavia | telnet kingdoms.se 1812| Fax: +46 31 50 79 39 http://www.netg.se | | Tel: +46 31 50 79 40 -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
LILO Problem
I recently decided to install LILO on my laptop. According to the HOW-TO and liloconfig I should be able to hold shift while booting and get the following prompt: F1234: but mine has an extra step... when I hold shift while booting I get this prompt: AF1: If I press A (not lowercase, lowercase locks it up.) it runs the floppy drive. If I press 1 it boots my default win95 (which is fine.) If I press F (not lowercase, same as above) I get the F1234: menu at which time I can press 1 (Win95), or 2(Linux). I want to skip the first (AF1:) menu and go straight to the F1234: menu when I hold shift while booting. What did I do wrong? -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
pgp question
How do I sign somebody's key? Here's an example of the problem I'm having; [1:14am] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> pgp -ks ahpee Pretty Good Privacy(tm) 2.6.3ia - Public-key encryption for the masses. (c) 1990-96 Philip Zimmermann, Phil's Pretty Good Software. 1996-03-04 International version - not for use in the USA. Does not use RSAREF. Current time: 1998/07/29 15:14 GMT A secret key is required to make a signature. You specified no user ID to select your secret key, so the default user ID and key will be the most recently added key on your secret keyring. Looking for key for user 'ahpee': Key for user ID: Timothy Ahpee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1024-bit key, key ID 6C794091, created 1997/03/26 Key fingerprint = CD 51 BA 6D 15 C8 CB 9C DF A1 05 3D 9A 18 F7 DF Key is already signed by user ''. Key signature error. For a usage summary, type: pgp -h For more detailed help, consult the PGP User's Guide. This happens even if I try to sign my own key. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Debian packages at ftp://ftp.rising.com.au/pub/hamish. PGP#EFA6B9D5 CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome. http://hamish.home.ml.org -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: New to debian -- question about shells & unused accounts
On Tue, Jul 28, 1998 at 11:39:38AM -0500, Adam Keys wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 28, 1998 at 01:33:29AM -0700, Chris Ulrich wrote:
> > I recently got tired of taking care of my own installation of linux
> > and decided to install debian. So far, I've been pretty happy with it.
> >
> > I'm sure I'll have more questions later, but I've got some questions
> > right now.
> >
> > 1: Is it necessary to have all the dead accounts that come in the
> > distribution password have /bin/sh as the shell? Some, like nobody
> > and the qmail daemons, aren't suppose to have a real shell, because
> > people aren't suppose to be able to log in with those IDs. Ever. I
> > changed my password file, but it seems odd that they would be there
> > in the first place.
>
> What I do for accounts whose login should not be allowed is make the shell
> /dev/null. Their connection will be dropped as soon as login exits.
> Alternatively, you could write a shell script that says "Go away", etc. and
> then exec's /dev/null or just exits.
Actually...While this owrks...it is not the "Standard" way that
I have seen. It seems nmore common to make the shell
/bin/false
This is an executable (/dev/null is not and gives a permission denied error)
and is an executable which just exits (retuyrning a value nonetheless but
still just exiting)..or form the man page:
---man false---
FALSE(1) FALSE(1)
NAME
false - do nothing, unsuccessfully
SYNOPSIS
false
false {--help,--version}
---done---
this is wrong for debina tho...I just tried it...neither option works
of course...you could make their login shell /usr/bin/yes (or a wrapper that
runs /usr/bin/yes "Go AWAY!"
-STeve
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LILO Problem OOPS
I had something backwards: When I press F it runs the floppy when I press A it shows the F1234: menu, not the other way around. Anyway, I am just mainly concerned with skipping the initial AF1: menu. -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: [Debian] keyboard stops working on Compaq EP
>> >> Hi, >> >> I'm trying to install Debian 1.3.1 (can't use 2.0 for development reasons) >> on a new Compaq EP 6350. The Compaq has a ps2 style mouse and keyboard. >> Unfortunately about one time out of three when I boot the PC it hangs for a >> very short time after installing the PS/2 driver afterwards the keyboard and >> mouse are totaly unusable (Capslock doesn't even work). I can login remotely >> however and reboot the machine but it's not a very workable situation. >> >> Is there anybody who experienced the same problem and maybe has a solution >> for it? I've seen this happen a lot with different machines (which incidentally have NT installed). The BIOS simply does not initialize ps/2 ports at boot. You might just want to check the cables and if the manufacturer does have BIOS updates. --j -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: New to debian -- question about shells & unused accounts
Am Wed, 29 Jul 1998 schrieb Stephen J. Carpenter:
> I have seen. It seems nmore common to make the shell
> /bin/false
> This is an executable (/dev/null is not and gives a permission denied
> error) and is an executable which just exits (retuyrning a value
> nonetheless but still just exiting)..or form the man page:
> ---man false---
> FALSE(1) FALSE(1)
>
> NAME
> false - do nothing, unsuccessfully
>
> SYNOPSIS
> false
> false {--help,--version}
> ---done---
> this is wrong for debina tho...I just tried it...neither option works
> of course...
Why "of course"? It works for me:
:~$ /bin/false --help
Usage: /bin/false [OPTION]...
Exit unsuccessfully.
--help display this help and exit
--version output version information and exit
Report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
:~$ /bin/false --version
false (GNU sh-utils) 1.16
I suppose you typed:
:~$ false --help
:~$ false --version
:~$ type false
false is a shell builtin
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Re: dselect missing ftp option
Thanks for the responses to my request. It turns out that I needed to add the dpkg-ftp package. Is it possible to upgrade/update individual packages on 1.3 systems or any upgrades that have to done must be preceded by the 1.3 -> 2.0 upgrade. I ask because I am trying to get tcpdump but the only one I see is the one that requires libc6. Does that mean that the libc5-built packages are no longer available for download. The ftp sites I use are the one at Michigan and the ftp.debian.org site. TIA jmb >I am trying to update one of our Debian 1.3 systems here. It is being used by >another group so will not get the upgrade to 2.0 just yet. When I run dselect >I don't see ftp as one of the access methods to use. This is the first time I >am seeing this. Do I need to enable something to see this option? > >TIA >jmb > -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: dselect missing ftp option
On Wed, 29 Jul 1998, JonesMB wrote: > Is it possible to upgrade/update individual packages on 1.3 systems or any > upgrades that have to done must be preceded by the 1.3 -> 2.0 upgrade. I ask Well, you can upgrade the 1.3 packages, but the only thing to update them to is the 2.0 packages ... So, yes, unless you want to find source and install/compile it yourself locally, you'll have to do the libc5->libc6 upgrade. It's really not that bad, and you can then get all the nifty stuff in hamm ... Will -- | [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | http://www.cis.udel.edu/~lowe/ | |PGP Public Key: http://www.cis.udel.edu/~lowe/index.html#pgpkey| -- |And if you on tight to what you think is your thing | |you may find you're missing all the rest ...| |- Dave Matthews, "Best of What's Around" | -- -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: your mail
Hi... It's probably in the 2.0 upgrade. Download that first, then look for (presumably) a package `hwclock'. Alex On Wed, 22 Jul 1998, Chiou, Violet wrote: > Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 10:07:08 -0500 > From: "Chiou, Violet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'debian-user@lists.debian.org'" > Resent-Date: 22 Jul 1998 15:07:58 - > Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Resent-cc: recipient list not shown: ; > > Hi, > I read the Debian announce title " Debian and the millenium bug" which > mentioned " If you expect to run your 1.3 system through the millenium, you > can get a copy of the 'hwclock' program from 2.0 and replace the 'clock' > program presently on your system." Actually, that is the situation we have > right now. I just take over a Debian server and try to make all servers Y2K > compliant. If 'hwclock' is the solution, where can I download that program? > I had been looking over the Debian web side and only found the 2.0 beta > version upgrade. Please help! > > Violet Fen-Lan Chiou > Plano Solution Centre, EDS > (972)605-1625 > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: your mail
Hi... Note that Debian itself is fully Y2K compliant as shipped. If your system's BIOS stores dates in 4-digit format (most modern BIOSes and some older versions of AMIBIOS, even on some 386 and 486 machines, are also Y2K compliant), your system is fully Y2K compliant. Otherwise, the BIOS may affect time, in which case the `hwclock' program may be useful. (I'm not sure what it is because my Debian system is fully Y2K compliant anyway.) Alex On Wed, 22 Jul 1998, Chiou, Violet wrote: > Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 10:07:08 -0500 > From: "Chiou, Violet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'debian-user@lists.debian.org'" > Resent-Date: 22 Jul 1998 15:07:58 - > Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Resent-cc: recipient list not shown: ; > > Hi, > I read the Debian announce title " Debian and the millenium bug" which > mentioned " If you expect to run your 1.3 system through the millenium, you > can get a copy of the 'hwclock' program from 2.0 and replace the 'clock' > program presently on your system." Actually, that is the situation we have > right now. I just take over a Debian server and try to make all servers Y2K > compliant. If 'hwclock' is the solution, where can I download that program? > I had been looking over the Debian web side and only found the 2.0 beta > version upgrade. Please help! > > Violet Fen-Lan Chiou > Plano Solution Centre, EDS > (972)605-1625 > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: HTML HAMM Man Pages
Hi... Any system with dwww connected to the Web will do it. This includes mine. If you can't find any others, you can use mine at http://vulture667.dyn.ml.org (yeah, that's a modem server, but it's online a lot); click the `dwww' link on the left navigation bar to go straight to the dwww browser where you can get docs on software and man pages on my system. (and yes, the apt-get man page is there too :) Alex On Wed, 22 Jul 1998, Chris Russell wrote: > Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 09:11:22 -0700 > From: Chris Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: HTML HAMM Man Pages > Resent-Date: 22 Jul 1998 16:11:45 - > Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Resent-cc: recipient list not shown: ; > > Anyone know of a link to the hamm man pages via a browser since man is > not included in the base system? In particular apt-get. > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: more newbie questions: un(b)locking /dev/lp1
Hi... Maybe you should compile lp support in your kernel as a module. Besides saving memory and such, you can also rmmod and insmod it to possibly reset the lp* ports and solve your problem. Alex On Wed, 22 Jul 1998, Chris Evans wrote: > Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 17:12:34 +0100 > From: Chris Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: more newbie questions: un(b)locking /dev/lp1 > Resent-Date: 22 Jul 1998 16:13:00 - > Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Resent-cc: recipient list not shown: ; > > Thanks for input on installation of XF86. Now another question. I > have an HP LJ5MP attached to the Debian box via a t-switch as > the bulk of my work has to continue to be from NT until I master > this learning curve (feeble grin!) > > I got some output to the printer with a brief hack of /etc/printcap > using "Running LINUX" and a HOWTO or so as my guides. > Trouble was I used a longish printest and it was going to print out > umpteen pages as I'd forgotten the CR/LF issue so I switched off > the printer, cleared the paper jam and restarted. Now lpc etc all > report the printer is offline. > > In the meantime I hacked up an /etc/printcap with the help of > magicfilter (before I realised the Debian box couldn't see the printer > was back) but the system is now reporting that the printer is offline > (it's not, moving the T-switch and printing from NT shows that). cat > test > /dev/lp1 as root gets a statement that /dev/lp1 doesn't exist. > ls shows it does and the permissions look OK. cat test | /dev/lp1 > complains of a broken pipe. I suspect that shutdown and reboot > would clear this but surely there's an easier way? Anyone got the > answer or some clear directions in the umpteen sources of > documentation?! > > Anyone got a good printcap for the 5MP that will maximise > sensible use of the PCL and PS modes through magicfilter and got > good advice for a newbie on how to make sure the right format files > (CR/LF, Unix and PS) get handled appropriately? > > TIA > > > Chris > > Chris Evans, Senior Lecturer in Psychotherapy, > Locum Consultant to the > Prudence Skynner Family Therapy Clinic, > St. George's Hospital Medical School, London University > [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://psyctc.sghms.ac.uk/ > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: Linus Torvalds interview
Hi... I don't think Microsoft is an evil company, either. I just think they're overpressured to put out software. Communist, tolerant societies like the Linux community simply doesn't put QUITE that much pressure on developers. (although I'm sure it puts plenty of it on all of them...) Alex On Wed, 22 Jul 1998, Adrian Bridgett wrote: > Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 18:43:20 +0100 > From: Adrian Bridgett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: debian-user > Subject: Re: Linus Torvalds interview > Resent-Date: 22 Jul 1998 17:47:40 - > Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Resent-cc: recipient list not shown: ; > > On Tue, Jul 21, 1998 at 04:19:17PM -0700, Keith Beattie wrote: > > fyi, > > > > http://www.bootnet.com/youaskedforit/lip_linux_manifesto.html > > If that's the one I've seen it is well worth reading. Linux has his head > screwed on right (apart from the "I don't think Microsoft is an evil > company" bit which I completely disagree with ). > > Adrian > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.poboxes.com/adrian.bridgett > Windows NT - Unix in beta-testing. PGP key available on public key servers > Debian Linux http://www.debian.org The superior Linux distribution > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: Linus Torvalds interview
Hi... Well, Windows is a decent OS if you know how to use and configure it right (and work around its many bugs). If you can't deal with bugs in an OS you don't deserve to be allowed to use a computer, or even own one. Windows took many years to develop into its present state of glory and bugs alike. Do you think MS took only 5 minutes to design and implement the UI? Or FAT32? I don't think so. Alex On Thu, 23 Jul 1998, Richard L. Alhama wrote: > Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 02:12:44 +0800 (PHT) > From: "Richard L. Alhama" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Adrian Bridgett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: debian-user > Subject: Re: Linus Torvalds interview > Resent-Date: 22 Jul 1998 18:01:52 - > Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Resent-cc: recipient list not shown: ; > > On Wed, 22 Jul 1998, Adrian Bridgett wrote: > > > On Tue, Jul 21, 1998 at 04:19:17PM -0700, Keith Beattie wrote: > > > fyi, > > > > > > http://www.bootnet.com/youaskedforit/lip_linux_manifesto.html > > > > If that's the one I've seen it is well worth reading. Linux has his head > > Linux the OS or Linus the person? Do you mean that what LT says goes for > the linux community as well? > > > screwed on right (apart from the "I don't think Microsoft is an evil > > company" bit which I completely disagree with ). > > I do agree with him (Linus Torvalds) when he said that M$ only makes > crappy OS's. The apps are great 'cept for Office 97 but not their > compilers. Sheesshh, I hate all those M$ Visual compilers, Visual J++, > Visual anything, Visual anycrap. > > > Adrian > > > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.poboxes.com/adrian.bridgett > > Windows NT - Unix in beta-testing. PGP key available on public key servers > > Debian Linux http://www.debian.org The superior Linux distribution > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > > > > > /\ Richard L. Alhama, Technical Support > / \--, > .o` /=" > ,,'' \/ Cyberspace Laoag,ISP > ``,,http://www2.cyberspace.com.ph/~keyoz > "Overuse of the smiley is a mark of loserhood!" --The Jargon File > *'' > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
more linus!
Linus on the cover of this weeks Forbes! -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: "sys c:" doesn't work for me. Why ? What to do ?
Hi... Your C: drive in dosemu is write protected. Check dosemu.conf for anything about write proteection or something. (then again, it could also be the buggy as f***in' h*** FreeDOS kernel acting up again - try using a MS-DOS floppy if you haven't already) Alex On Wed, 22 Jul 1998, shaul wrote: > Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 21:22:27 +0300 (IDT) > From: shaul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: "sys c:" doesn't work for me. Why ? What to do ? > Resent-Date: 22 Jul 1998 19:46:28 - > Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Resent-cc: recipient list not shown: ; > > As is stated in the quickstart instructions, I tried to run 'dos -A', "dir c:" > and "sys c:". Everything seems to be O.K until the "sys c:", when I got: > ERROR: write protect! > ERROR: write protect! > What is wrong and how to fix it ? > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: emacs/xemacs conflict?
Hi... XEmacs also has a console mode with which you can replace GNU Emacs. I'm not sure that it's exactly the same, but it does work and is good. Alex On Wed, 22 Jul 1998, the lone gunman wrote: > Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 20:04:47 -0500 > From: the lone gunman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Matt Garman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Debian/GNU User's List > Subject: emacs/xemacs conflict? > Resent-Date: 23 Jul 1998 01:05:15 - > Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Resent-cc: recipient list not shown: ; > > > Why do the emacs and xemacs packages conflict under debian? I wanted > to try xemacs, but had to "dpkg -r emacs" before I could "dpkg -i > xemacs" > > Since I no longer have GNU emacs on my system, is it okay to make > /usr/local/bin/emacs a symbollic link to /usr/bin/xemacs? > > Also, I got a few warning messages about removing emacs, but I didn't > think to Shift-PageUp them and actually investigate. Should there be > any concern for the warnings I got when I did the "dpkg -r emacs" > (although I suppose this is a hard one to answer without actually > showing what these messages were, perhaps somebody has done this > before, though?). > > Any comments? > > Thanks! > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: .bz2???
On Wed, 29 Jul 1998, Adam Greene wrote: : What exactly is a bz2 file?? Is it bzip (the block sorting file : compressor)?? pavlov:~ $ file linux-2.0.35.tar.bz2 linux-2.0.35.tar.bz2: bzip2 compressed data, block size = 900k ^ -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet - 410 South Phillips Avenue - Sioux Falls, SD 57104 mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP Key: (0xA33B86E9) -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: Graphical Linux Logo on boot
Hi... I used that patch for a while. It messes with extended ASCII characters pretty badly. And I think it's Intel specific. Alex On Thu, 23 Jul 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 10:33:25 -0500 (EST) > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Graphical Linux Logo on boot > Resent-Date: 23 Jul 1998 15:27:54 - > Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Resent-cc: recipient list not shown: ; > > *-Curt E. Spann (23 Jul) > | Hello, > | I am wondering if there is any Linux version of the boot screen like in > Win95. So as linux is booting instead of seeing all that informtion it will > be a graphical image of Linux or something. If there isn't one I would like > to make one. Is it even possibly to make it? Will I have to modify the > kernel or what? > | > | Curt > | > | > (wrap your lines) > > There are some unsupported kernel patches that draw a penguin on the > screen while still showing the boot text. > > For 2.0.x series of kernels > http://www.linuxhq.com/patch/20-p0555.html > > For 2.1.x series of kernels > http://www.linuxhq.com/patch/21-p0803.html > http://www.linuxhq.com/patch/21-p0661.html > http://www.linuxhq.com/patch/21-p0651.html > > -- > Brian > > Mechanical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: Year 2000 compliance
Hi... Linux has no Y2K issues aside from the BIOS. It's that simple. However, sometime in the 2030s, it will have some time_t problems if not fixed by then. They should be, although you will probably need to upgrade your embedded system if you want it to keep running after then. Alex On Thu, 23 Jul 1998, Rick Fadler wrote: > Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 10:21:29 -0700 (PDT) > From: Rick Fadler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Year 2000 compliance > Resent-Date: 23 Jul 1998 17:22:49 - > Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Resent-cc: recipient list not shown: ; > > Hi, > > I'm assuming with all the year 2000 compliance hype that there > must be a document somewhere describing the year 2000 issues > related to specific Debian releases of linux. > > Specifically, we have built an embedded system using Debian > version 1.3. Being an embedded system, we've stripped out most of > the utilities and standard packages. We now need to verify that > our system is year 2000 compliant. > > Does anyone have any information on this? > > Rick Fadler > NetLeaf, Inc > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 425-643-9610 > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Hamm and 3com's 905 PCI.
Hi. After using Debian 2.0 at home (and enjoying it very much) I decided to bring it to work, install it on some computers and show the world that Debian is better then both Win.NT and RedHat5.1. Well, I didn't bring the CD with me since I knew that I can have it here through NFS. The problem is that the installation floppies (the drv1440, I mean) doesn't have 3com 90x PCI drivers, and I can't work. (I'm writing this from my other computer that has RedHat (that will hopefully become Debian as soon as I can get it to work with the network card)). BTW: At home I have an sbpro CDROM, and it has a module, but here I have an ATAPI CDROM that doesn't have any modules, will it work without any modules installed? BTW2: We're planning to replace out SunOSes machined with Linux and NT machines, and if I can show the other people here that Debian is superior than RH, out math faculty will be powered by Debian machines!!! Thanks, Liran Zvibel. --- http://www.math.tau.ac.il/~liranz/ -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: DVD support for linux
Hi... Ok, I'm going to respond to that one thing at a time... :P DVD: Should be supported, including MPEG, but don't expect proprietary stuff on DVDs to run. Video card: As long as X and svgalib support it, it should probably be fine. S3 Trio* based cards will definitely work. Odd things like Rendition Verite will not. Check if X and svgalib support a video card you like. SCSI vs. Ultra ATA: Ultra ATA/Ultra DMA is less expensive. Since harddisks can't really transfer even 33 MB/s (Ultra DMA), SCSI isn't important unless you want to use external devices or more than 7 of them instead of 4. Or if you want to network them with another machine. (yes, SCSI buses can be networked...) AWE 64 ISA/PCI: Both should be supported. Check kernel configs and packages. 66 MHz bus vs. 100 MHz: This will make a HUGE difference. Get a 100 MHz bus system if you can afford it, this should definitely make your system faster. You will need 100 MHz memory, though, so plan to replace that if you have older memory. AGP: Not sure. Alex On Thu, 23 Jul 1998, Curt E. Spann wrote: > Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 14:19:43 -0400 > From: "Curt E. Spann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: DVD support for linux > Resent-Date: 23 Jul 1998 18:17:12 - > Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Resent-cc: recipient list not shown: ; > > Hello, > I getting ready to purchase a new system but before I do I need to know > some stuff. First does Linux support dvd drives. What video card should I > get? If I have a choice between SCSI and Ultra ATA system which should I > get? SCSI is a little more expensive but is it really worth it? Is AWE 64 > PCI supported, or AWE 64 ISA? Also is there really a big difference between > 66Mhz bus and 100Mhz bus. I heard that it is just for the memory? Also AGP > info on that? > > > Thank you Very Very Much, > > Curt Spann > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: Hamm and 3com's 905 PCI.
> > The problem is that the installation floppies (the drv1440, I mean) > doesn't have 3com 90x PCI drivers, and I can't work. (I'm writing this > from my other computer that has RedHat (that will hopefully become > Debian as soon as I can get it to work with the network card)). > What you need to select is the 3c59x driver. It works equally well for 3c59x and 3c905 NICs. I've been using that driver for months now, with very little problem. Taren -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: DVD support for linux
Hi... It's really up to you. I really recommend building a machine from scratch, but if you insist on having someone else do it for you, a specialized Linux machine is probably a safe bet. (proprietary technology is a pain in the *** with Linux) Alex On Thu, 23 Jul 1998, Curt E. Spann wrote: > Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 14:40:20 -0400 > From: "Curt E. Spann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: DVD support for linux > Resent-Date: 23 Jul 1998 18:37:55 - > Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Resent-cc: recipient list not shown: ; > > Also if I am gonna buy a computer to use mostly for linux but also use > win98 just play some games...Not many but some. What manufacter should > I get the system from, Micron, Gateway, Dell, or one that make PC just for > Linux? > > -Original Message- > From: Shaleh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Curt E. Spann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Date: Thursday, July 23, 1998 2:29 PM > Subject: Re: DVD support for linux > > > >Fun Fun Fun > > > >Curt E. Spann wrote: > >> > >> Hello, > >> I getting ready to purchase a new system but before I do I need to > know > >> some stuff. First does Linux support dvd drives. > >Probably not yet. And since the DVD videos will also likely be useless > >ther is not much point. DVD is nice for TV's, waste of time for > >computers. > > > >>What video card should I get? > > > >You ask later so I will kill two birds with one stone. AGP is both > >poorly supported and a waste of money. AGP cards can actually lessen > >system performance. System resources are stolen to give the enhanced > >video. Also numerous motherboards have problems sharing AGP and other > >slots. Best recommendation is to avoid them (yeah I will get flack for > >this one). > > > >> If I have a choice between SCSI and Ultra ATA system which should I > >> get? SCSI is a little more expensive but is it really worth it? > > > >For a home workstation SCSI is not a great gain unless you intend to > >really beat the hard drive. Even then the new IDE's make this > >questionable. You will find that many UNIX vendors are shipping IDE in > >all but the highest end machines. > > > >>Is AWE 64 PCI supported, or AWE 64 ISA? > >Yes AWE is supported. > > > >> Also is there really a big difference between 66Mhz bus and 100Mhz > bus. > > > >The 100mhz is faster and will allow for more upgrades later. If you > >insist on dumping this much monery -- go for it. > > > >Now for my personal opinoin (-: > > > >GO to xfree86.org. Read what video cards have better support and why. > >Numerous card vendors are not supporting the free software community. I > >say the same thing about Intel. It seems hell bent on locking all > >hardware in an NDA (which means the free community has to pay for specs > >and can not give out the source). So if you would -- please do not > >support Intel. Buy an AMD or a Cyrix. > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
RE: LILO Problem
The prompts you are referring to aren't LILO prompts. When you run liloconfig LILO isn't installed as the master boot loader on your system another program is (I can't recall the name of the program that is used, but look thru the liloconfig script for details and then look into the appropriate /usr/doc subdirectory for boot manager configuration options.) Alternatively, skip liloconfig and create your own lilo.conf file that installs lilo as master boot loader. You have a lot more options available and a lot more features as well (lilo can load a boot sector from a logical partition or load the kernel directly from a logical partition for example, the boot manager used with bo can only load boot sectors from primary partitions.) Tony Richardson On Wednesday, July 29, 1998 11:15 AM, Matthew D. Myers [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I recently decided to install LILO on my laptop. According to the HOW-TO > and liloconfig I should be able to hold shift while booting and get the > following prompt: > > F1234: > > but mine has an extra step... when I hold shift while booting I get this > prompt: > > AF1: > > If I press A (not lowercase, lowercase locks it up.) it runs the floppy > drive. If I press 1 it boots my default win95 (which is fine.) If I press > F (not lowercase, same as above) I get the F1234: menu at which time I can > press 1 (Win95), or 2(Linux). > > I want to skip the first (AF1:) menu and go straight to the F1234: menu when > I hold shift while booting. What did I do wrong? > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > /dev/null > > -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: Hamm and 3com's 905 PCI.
On Wed, 29 Jul 1998, Taren wrote: > What you need to select is the 3c59x driver. It works equally well for > 3c59x and 3c905 NICs. I tried doing that, and it didn't work. I'll try again, and maybe I'll have more luck (and check that there is no problem with the NFS server...) > > I've been using that driver for months now, with very little problem. > > Taren > thanks, Liran, --- http://www.math.tau.ac.il/~liranz/ -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Filter for printer Canon bjc-4100..............
Hi I have a question about (my) printer. To print postscript i installed the magicfilter package and select the filter for canon bjc-600. It works fine. The only problem is that i have a canon 4100, and comparing with win95, that have the right filter, in linux, its much more slowly and cannot print in colors Where can i get a filter for canon bjc-4100 I have try with apsfilter, but it even dont have a filter for canon 600... Thanks, Phillip Neumann [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: SHELL: duping stdout and stderr to another file
> Hi all > > I would like to know _how to copy_ (not start a new shell, eg: script) > stdout and stderr _from a shell script_ to a file. Also It is interesting > for me if there is a way to stop copying stdout and stderr... > > Thanks in advance, > Take a look at the tee command. Its in the package shellutils. With tee you should be able to redirect stderr to stdout (for whatever shell you are using) and then use tee to copy stdout to a file. -- Jim Crumley | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: Setting up Soundblaster PCI64 pnp
On Tue, Jul 28, 1998 at 07:20:37PM -0700, Adam Klein wrote: > On Tue, Jul 28, 1998 at 10:03:04PM -0400, Kronos wrote: > > IIRC, OSS/Free, the sound driver distributed with the Linux kernel, does > not support the SoundBlaster PCI64. You need to buy OSS/Linux. Take a > look at www.opensound.com. It is true that OSS/Free does not support the Midi part of the AWE (beside OPL3 synthesis, which sounds plain bad). But the consequence is wrong. You can still use the awe patches from the awe-drv packages. They work great, and are free. They are also included in the 2.1.x kernels. My Howto explains how they can be configured and used. You can apply them by running "/usr/src/awe-drv/install.sh" No need to buy anything. Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god."Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.orgmaster.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09 -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: LILO Problem
wait the the Lilo prompt, then press shift. It gives you a few seconds before it automatically boots your default setting. On Wed, 29 Jul 1998, Matthew D. Myers wrote: > I recently decided to install LILO on my laptop. According to the HOW-TO > and liloconfig I should be able to hold shift while booting and get the > following prompt: > > F1234: > > but mine has an extra step... when I hold shift while booting I get this > prompt: > > AF1: > > If I press A (not lowercase, lowercase locks it up.) it runs the floppy > drive. If I press 1 it boots my default win95 (which is fine.) If I press > F (not lowercase, same as above) I get the F1234: menu at which time I can > press 1 (Win95), or 2(Linux). > > I want to skip the first (AF1:) menu and go straight to the F1234: menu when > I hold shift while booting. What did I do wrong? > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > |-| | [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Role-Player, Babylon 5 fanatic 1997-98 | |-| | Homepage: www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/ratirh (Careful it's not completed) | |-| | "The past brings pain, the future depression, | | the present disappointment. The only thing that remains is the moment.| | Live for the moment, and enjoy life. You only have one chance. " | |-| -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: Hamm and 3com's 905 PCI.
On Wed, 29 Jul 1998, Liran Zvibel wrote: > On Wed, 29 Jul 1998, Taren wrote: > > What you need to select is the 3c59x driver. It works equally well for > > 3c59x and 3c905 NICs. > I tried doing that, and it didn't work. > I'll try again, and maybe I'll have more luck (and check that there is no > problem with the NFS server...) I checked and there are no problem with the NFS server. > > > > I've been using that driver for months now, with very little problem. > > > > Taren > > > thanks, > Liran, > --- > http://www.math.tau.ac.il/~liranz/ > -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: Hamm and 3com's 905 PCI.
On Wed, 29 Jul 1998, Liran Zvibel wrote: > On Wed, 29 Jul 1998, Liran Zvibel wrote: > > > On Wed, 29 Jul 1998, Taren wrote: > > > What you need to select is the 3c59x driver. It works equally well for > > > 3c59x and 3c905 NICs. > > I tried doing that, and it didn't work. > > I'll try again, and maybe I'll have more luck (and check that there is no > > problem with the NFS server...) > I checked and there are no problem with the NFS server. > > > > > > > I've been using that driver for months now, with very little problem. > > > > > > Taren > > > > > thanks, > > Liran, > > --- > > http://www.math.tau.ac.il/~liranz/ > > I forgot to mension it before, but the reply I get is: mount: RPC: Port mapper failure - RPC: Timed Out Can you help? Liran. --- http://www.math.tau.ac.il/~liranz/ -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: Hamm and 3com's 905 PCI.
> > I forgot to mension it before, but the reply I get is: > mount: RPC: Port mapper failure - RPC: Timed Out > > Can you help? > Liran. > --- > http://www.math.tau.ac.il/~liranz/ > It sounds as if the problem is not with your modem, but with the nfs server. I've had that error when the file system I have been trying to mount hasn't been properly exported on the far end (i.e., the nfs server's side). You might try bouncing your system, on the off chance the problem is on your end... but I'd contact the administrator of the nfs server and make sure your DNS and/or IP address is included in the /etc/exports file on the server. Taren -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: Hamm and 3com's 905 PCI.
On Wed, 29 Jul 1998, Liran Zvibel wrote: : On Wed, 29 Jul 1998, Liran Zvibel wrote: : : > On Wed, 29 Jul 1998, Liran Zvibel wrote: : > : > > On Wed, 29 Jul 1998, Taren wrote: : > > > What you need to select is the 3c59x driver. It works equally well for : > > > 3c59x and 3c905 NICs. : > > I tried doing that, and it didn't work. : > > I'll try again, and maybe I'll have more luck (and check that there is no : > > problem with the NFS server...) : > I checked and there are no problem with the NFS server. Uh, so what IS the problem? Are you actually having driver problems with the NIC or some specific problem with NFS? : I forgot to mension it before, but the reply I get is: : mount: RPC: Port mapper failure - RPC: Timed Out Aha - so the NIC works, but trying to mount an NFS share on that machine does not. Is the NFS server running Debian? Some BSD NFS servers don't get along well with the NFS support in Linux. Did you edit /etc/exports on the server to allow access from the new machine? Have you inserted the NFS module or compiled NFS support into the kernel on the new machine? Have you examined the logs on the server to see if a connection is being attempted, but denied? -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet - 410 South Phillips Avenue - Sioux Falls, SD 57104 mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP Key: (0xA33B86E9) -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: Hamm and 3com's 905 PCI.
On Wed, 29 Jul 1998, Taren wrote: > > > > I forgot to mension it before, but the reply I get is: > > mount: RPC: Port mapper failure - RPC: Timed Out > > It sounds as if the problem is not with your modem, but with the nfs server. > I've had that error when the file system I have been trying to mount hasn't > been properly exported on the far end (i.e., the nfs server's side). You > might > try bouncing your system, on the off chance the problem is on your end... but > I'd contact the administrator of the nfs server and make sure your DNS and/or > IP address is included in the /etc/exports file on the server. > > Taren > The computer worked before (it was a win.NT station), and I now that the ethernet card works fine. I also know that the NFS has no problems since I was able to mount it and work with it from the RH computer, that is configured as the Debian one is (except for the hostname and ip). This is a Debian problem. BTW: When I get it to work (And it will work today, whether the machine wants to or not), what is the directory to mount? (/dists, /dists/hamm, /dists/hamm/hamm, /dists/hamm/hamm/binary-i386 , any other locatoin?) - just to save my time... Thanks, Liran. --- http://www.math.tau.ac.il/~liranz/ -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
