EXT2 under Win95 - FSDEXT2
Hi! can someone email this program to me please? I can't seem to get thru to either of the mirrors - http://www.yipton.demon.co.uk or http://www.globalxs.nl/home/p/pvs/index.htm Many thanks!! Timothy -- E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 30-Aug-98 Time: 20:15:22 This message was sent by XFMail. Powered by GNU/Linux 2.0. --
Mucking with filesystem
Hi! I want to make my current /home/ filesystem bigger to store my ever growing user owned source files. So how can/should I can automount (on boot) another, (previously vfat,) partition under my user's home directory and have my user own it just like the rest of the stuff there? Thanks, Timothy -- E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 30-Aug-98 Time: 20:32:46 This message was sent by XFMail. Powered by GNU/Linux 2.0. --
Linux SMP
I'm wonder, and perhap some you linux buffs could help. HOw great is the performance gain from SMP? I have been debating this with a friend. I know linux has muli-threaded capability, but like the kernal isn't explicitly multithreaded(or is it), yeah you can compile it for multiple processors, and the same with other application without explicitly using the threads library, sort of creating multiple processes.. Are these process indpendent of each other in a way that a noticable benefit would be gained from SMP. I'm new to the detail of SMP so any information would be nice Thanks Philip Thiem [EMAIL PROTECTED]
*H*E*L*P* (fwd)
You really should post to Debian-user with questions like this. I am sorry I don't have time to answer questions such as this most of the time. I took the liberty of forwarding your message to the list. Igor. --- Forwarded Message Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivery-Date: Sun Aug 30 23:15:58 1998 Received: from localhost [127.0.0.1] (igor) by hmm.nothinbut.net with esmtp (Exim 2.02 #1 (Debian)) id 0zDKRh-0003M7-00; Sun, 30 Aug 1998 23:15:57 -0400 Received: from mail.nothinbut.net by fetchmail-4.5.6 POP3 for (single-drop); Sun, 30 Aug 1998 23:15:57 EDT Received: from master.debian.org ([EMAIL PROTECTED] [205.229.104.5]) by bigpapa.nothinbut.net (8.8.8/8.8.8/Debian/GNU) with SMTP id WAA03966 for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sun, 30 Aug 1998 22:35:30 -0400 Received: (qmail 2581 invoked by uid 992); 31 Aug 1998 02:35:27 - Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: (qmail 2577 invoked from network); 31 Aug 1998 02:35:25 - Received: from sdq1.tricom.net (205.160.164.2) by debian.novare.net with SMTP; 31 Aug 1998 02:35:25 - Received: from rider (net0port64.tricom.net [205.160.164.84]) by sdq1.tricom.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id WAA27302 for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sun, 30 Aug 1998 22:36:18 +0400 (GMT) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 02:06:00 -0300 From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: ID #35375-x <>, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: Unkown Organization X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: *H*E*L*P* Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-UIDL: f0731565686ed2dccf6ff420b29bbddb I am not writting because I want to write a FAQ. I am writting to you because I can't find anyone else to write to! Please, you have to help me!!! I bought 4 CD's of Debian from CheapBytes. I installed the CD's everything was very confusing but I somehow managed to install Debian and get it working with Windows 95 on the same computer. I have a Pentium 150 with 32 Mb ram and a 1 Gb hard drive. I have a PnP Modem (33.6Kpbs) and a PnP sound card (AWE64 Gold). Now, I tried my level best to learn a few commands of Linux. But I think it is simply impossible. I have downloaded the Debian Manual. I am still searching for a way to access my drives. I don't even know how to copy files in this Operating System. It seems that this operating system is very cAsE-SeNsEtIvE! I read many FAQ's but all the FAQ's tell you is that Linus Para... made Linux with a bunch of Hackers! Then it tells you how good Linux is and how bad windows 95 is. But I haven't come across a single Help file or a FAQ that actually tells you how to use this Operating System. Please send me some info on the basic commands and on how I can connect to internet using Linux. I know there is a isapnp utility and it is supposed to configure my PnP Hardware using the isapnp.conf file (which is a dump from the isapnpdump file). Anyhow, the problem is the diald or the pppd. I don't know. What to do. I am at a stage at which I am pulling out my hair in frustation. Please Help Me. !! Any Help Will Be Highly Appreciated - Thank You-- --- End of Forwarded Message -- Proudly running Debian Linux! Linux vs. Windows is a no-Win situation Igor Grobman [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cant't get ppp working.
hi all,, I have been trying,w/o success, to connect to my isp. here is my plog pppd started by root, uid 0 abort on (BUSY) abort on (NO CARRIER) abort on (VOICE) abort on (NO DAILTONE) abort on (NO ANSWER) send (ATZ^M) expect (OK) ATZ^M^M OK -- got it Send (ATDT8630585) expect(CONNECT) ^M ATDT8630585^m CONNECT --got it SEND (\d) Serial connection established Using interface ppp0 Connect:ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS2 Sent[LCP ConfReq id=0x1] last message repeated 10 times last message repeated 12 times Hangup (SIGHUP) Modem hangup Connection terminated EXIT any clues,, what is it looking for? many thanx Mark
PCMCIA-CS: configure?
Dear Debian users, I have installed Debian 2.0 successfully, including X. I'd like to install pgplot, tgif, Netscape 4, for which I need an ethernet connection: the former 2 packages are not on the CDs, and the latter requres some archive files to be put on /tmp to work. I have an IBM THinkpad 760CD on which I have been using an Accton Ethernet Card with success in a previous Linux installation (SuSE 4.2, made for me by a person who has left in the meantime). I have installed the pcmcia-cs package: what should be done next? Just edit the pcmcia.connf file? Examples? Thank you. Remo | Dr. Remo Badii | Paul Scherrer Institute | | Nonlinear Dynamics and | 5232 Villigen PSI | | Stochastic Processes Group | Switzerland | ||___| | badii "at" psi.ch | http://www1.psi.ch/~badii | ||___|
Re: 3 com(USR) modem
Michael B. Taylor wrote: [snipped] > > You will need ppp, net_std, and net_base packages. I think ppp is now > ppp_pam or something. You will need to set up your ppp options and > your chat script. I think there is now a package that automates this task, > but I cant remember what it is called. > I think you are talking about wvdial. It is available as a deb package. Just run dselect using ftp to get it from one of the mirrors Regards, ST --
Re: Intel EtherExpress Pro problems
>You may want to try turning off the PNP bios setting for that PCI slot. I did that >with the the Intel PR440FX and was able to load the module. > >Also look at http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/eepro100.html > >Gary Thanks for that, Gary. The above link eventually led me to the right solution. Basically, the BIOS had assigned the same interrupt to the SCSI and Ethernet PCI controllers. (bah, stupid BIOSes :). Anyway, just going into the BIOS config, clearing out all resource configuration data, and rebooting did the trick. IRQs were re-assigned at bootup, this time correctly :). #- David Khoury | Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (Whatever is said in Latin sounds profound.) #-
APM support?
I cannot remember having seen any suggestion to include APM support in the kernel during the (successful) installation of Debian 2.0 from the CDs using dselect. Do I really have to load the source file(s) from an FTP site and compile the kernel myself? How do I find out what else has been included as an option in the present kernel, so that I can include it in my next compilation (by the way, the first one in my life)? Thank you. Remo | Dr. Remo Badii | Paul Scherrer Institute | | Nonlinear Dynamics and | 5232 Villigen PSI | | Stochastic Processes Group | Switzerland | ||___| | badii "at" psi.ch | http://www1.psi.ch/~badii | ||___|
exim problem (relay)
hello, I have hamm debian and I installed exim on it. I use this machine as a server. I send you the mainlog and rejectlog files. Could someone help me to understand what's happend with those reject host messages. Another problem is why I cannot read the e-mail messages from ppp user? (loggin with modem to another ISP and from there with a mail browser to my server) TIA. Bubulac A. Tatiana 1998-08-25 11:23:00 Start queue run: pid=8925 1998-08-25 11:23:00 End queue run: pid=8925 1998-08-25 11:23:57 0zBEOR-0002K5-00 <= [EMAIL PROTECTED] H=mx04.netaddress.usa.net [204.68.24.141] P=smtp S=20029 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1998-08-25 11:23:57 0zBEOR-0002K5-00 ** [EMAIL PROTECTED]: unknown local-part "lcojoc" in domain "alpha2.infim.ro" 1998-08-25 11:23:57 0zBEOT-0002K7-00 <= <> R=0zBEOR-0002K5-00 U=mail P=local S=20824 1998-08-25 11:23:57 0zBEOR-0002K5-00 Error message sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1998-08-25 11:23:57 0zBEOR-0002K5-00 Completed 1998-08-25 11:24:54 0zBEOT-0002K7-00 => [EMAIL PROTECTED] R=lookuphost T=remote_smtp H=listproc.pcworld.com [209.1.23.15] 1998-08-25 11:24:54 0zBEOT-0002K7-00 Completed 1998-08-25 11:28:14 0zBESb-0002NV-00 <= [EMAIL PROTECTED] H=sv2.ictp.trieste.it [140.105.16.62] P=esmtp S=931 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1998-08-25 11:28:14 0zBESb-0002NV-00 ** [EMAIL PROTECTED]: unknown local-part "manuela" in domain "alpha2.infim.ro" 1998-08-25 11:28:14 0zBESc-0002OI-00 <= <> R=0zBESb-0002NV-00 U=mail P=local S=1709 1998-08-25 11:28:14 0zBESb-0002NV-00 Error message sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1998-08-25 11:28:14 0zBESb-0002NV-00 Completed 1998-08-25 11:28:24 0zBESc-0002OI-00 => [EMAIL PROTECTED] R=lookuphost T=remote_smtp H=sv2.ictp.trieste.it [140.105.16.62] 1998-08-25 11:28:24 0zBESc-0002OI-00 Completed 1998-08-25 11:35:43 0zBEZn-0002X6-00 <= [EMAIL PROTECTED] H=main.hasdeu.bz.edu.ro (hasdeu.bz.edu.ro) [193.231.139.17] U=teodor P=esmtp S=1269 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1998-08-25 11:35:43 0zBEZn-0002X6-00 ** [EMAIL PROTECTED]: unknown local-part "mtudor" in domain "alpha2.infim.ro" 1998-08-25 11:35:43 0zBEZr-0002XA-00 <= <> R=0zBEZn-0002X6-00 U=mail P=local S=2048 1998-08-25 11:35:43 0zBEZn-0002X6-00 Error message sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1998-08-25 11:35:43 0zBEZn-0002X6-00 Completed 1998-08-25 11:36:09 0zBEZr-0002XA-00 => [EMAIL PROTECTED] R=lookuphost T=remote_smtp H=hasdeu.bz.edu.ro [193.231.139.17] 1998-08-25 11:36:09 0zBEZr-0002XA-00 Completed 1998-08-25 11:38:00 Start queue run: pid=9749 1998-08-25 11:38:00 End queue run: pid=9749 1998-08-25 11:53:01 Start queue run: pid=240 1998-08-25 11:53:01 End queue run: pid=240 1998-08-25 12:08:01 Start queue run: pid=329 1998-08-25 12:08:01 End queue run: pid=329 1998-08-25 12:23:01 Start queue run: pid=217 1998-08-25 12:23:01 End queue run: pid=217 1998-08-25 12:38:01 Start queue run: pid=284 1998-08-25 12:38:01 End queue run: pid=284 1998-08-25 12:53:01 Start queue run: pid=332 1998-08-25 12:53:02 End queue run: pid=332 1998-08-25 13:08:01 Start queue run: pid=270 1998-08-25 13:08:01 End queue run: pid=270 1998-08-25 13:23:01 Start queue run: pid=816 1998-08-25 13:23:01 End queue run: pid=816 1998-08-25 13:35:08 0zBGRQ-JZ-00 <= [EMAIL PROTECTED] U=borco P=local S=312 1998-08-25 13:35:08 0zBGRQ-JZ-00 system_aliases director: failed to open /etc/aliases for linear search: No such file or directory 1998-08-25 13:35:08 0zBGRQ-JZ-00 == [EMAIL PROTECTED] D=system_aliases defer (-18): failed to open /etc/aliases for linear search: No such file or directory 1998-08-25 13:36:13 0zBGST-Ji-00 <= [EMAIL PROTECTED] U=borco P=local S=318 1998-08-25 13:36:13 0zBGST-Ji-00 system_aliases director: failed to open /etc/aliases for linear search: No such file or directory 1998-08-25 13:36:13 0zBGST-Ji-00 == [EMAIL PROTECTED] D=system_aliases defer (-18): failed to open /etc/aliases for linear search: No such file or directory 1998-08-25 13:37:50 0zBGU2-Jr-00 <= [EMAIL PROTECTED] U=borco P=local S=320 1998-08-25 13:37:50 0zBGU2-Jr-00 => borco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> D=localuser T=local_delivery 1998-08-25 13:37:50 0zBGU2-Jr-00 Completed 1998-08-25 13:38:00 Start queue run: pid=1237 1998-08-25 13:38:00 0zBGST-Ji-00 => borco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> D=localuser T=local_delivery 1998-08-25 13:38:00 0zBGST-Ji-00 Completed 1998-08-25 13:38:00 0zBGRQ-JZ-00 => borco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> D=localuser T=local_delivery 1998-08-25 13:38:00 0zBGRQ-JZ-00 Completed 1998-08-25 13:38:00 End queue run: pid=1237 1998-08-25 13:53:00 Start queue run: pid=2597 1998-08-25 13:53:00 End queue run: pid=2597 1998-08-25 14:08:01 Start queue run: pid=3849 1998-08-25 14:08:01 End queue run: pid=3849 1998-08-25 14:09:38 0zBGyo-000108-00 <= [EMAIL PROTECTED] U=borco P=local-smtp S=438 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1998-08-25 14:09:38 0zBGyo-000108-00 => mariana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> D=localuser T=local_delivery 1998-08-25 14:09:39 0zBGyo-000108-00 Completed 1998-08-25 14:23:00 Start queue run: pid=4619 1998-08-25 14:23:00 End queue run: pid=4619 1998-08-25 14:25:2
Re: Debian 2.0 and KDE
Hi, Many thanks to those who replied. Now downloaded and first impressions favourable. Roland -- Roland Hinkley A Debian Linux Site Gloucestershire UK
Re: How to reinstall packages ?
Thanks, This looks more like what I have wanted. Ionutz On Fri, 28 Aug 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > It is quite easy in fact: > > # STEP 1: > # first mount your cdrom; > # I have an entry for it in /etc/fstab, but you may > # have to specify the physical device here too > # (oh and _first_ insert the physical cd of course.) > # > mount /cdrom > > # STEP 2: > # cd to the right place in the directory tree of > # your favorite debian release on the cd. > # YMMV because the layout changed a bit recently. > # > cd /cdrom/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-i386 > > # STEP 3: > # make dpkg do its thing. > # read the fine dpkg manpage to learn what the > # "GREB" options mean exactly. > # > dpkg -iGREB * > > # STEP 4: > # depending on what is on your cd, you may want to > # reiterate steps 2 and 3, substituting "contrib", > # "non-free" or "non-US" for "main" in step 2. > > Cheers, > > > Joost >
Re: How to reinstall packages ?
OK, I'll read teh manpage before trying it. :) I didn't try it yet. Ionutz On Fri, 28 Aug 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > BT!! klonk! SCRIETCH! > > I made a small brainfart^H^H^H^H^Herror, this in fact doesn't work if you > want to reinstall as it skips everything that is already installed. And > it tries to install everything that wasn't installed before :-/ > > *blush* I hope this didn't screw your system > > Instead, at step 3 do: > > dpkg -iRO * > > to recurse and install only selected packages. > > BTW, it never hurts to read the manpage, even if you think you know what > you're doing *blush again* > > Cheers, > > > Joost >
Re: PCMCIA-CS: configure?
Remo Badii wrote: > I have an IBM THinkpad 760CD on which I have been using an Accton > Ethernet Card with success in a previous Linux installation (SuSE 4.2, > made for me by a person who has left in the meantime). > I have installed the pcmcia-cs package: what should be done next? As I type, Laptop to ethernet... 1) get the kernel source code 2) configure a new kernel with * 1) TCP/IP enabled in the Networking options 2) Network Device Support and Ethernet enabled, but don't specify the card at all.** 3) do a make dep, followed by a make-kpkg clean 4) next, do "make-kpkg --revision=personal.1 kernel_image" to make a .deb file of your new kernel 5) now do a "make-kpkg --revision=personal.1 modules_image" to make the pcmcia modules. 6) now change to "../" and find the two .deb files linux...deb and pcmcia...deb 7) finally install the two deb files (dpkg -i lin... pcm...) 8) reboot. * I make no warrenty for anything - if it blows up, it blows up. Make a backup boot image & get LILO working before you start! ** The pcmcia drivers will pick up whatever devices are in the pcmcia slots, don't be tempted to force the selection in the kernel - it won't work. -- Ian Stuart Computing Services The University of Edinburgh
Re: PCMCIA-CS: configure?
Dear Ian, If the PCMCIA doesn't work, I can't get the source since I have a 2-CD binary distribution. Now I read your next mail which just beeped on the screen (typing at a Vax). Remo | Dr. Remo Badii | Paul Scherrer Institute | | Nonlinear Dynamics and | 5232 Villigen PSI | | Stochastic Processes Group | Switzerland | ||___| | badii "at" psi.ch | http://www1.psi.ch/~badii | ||___| | Spammers' section: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | ||
Re: Where is stig-paren and pc-mode ?
Hi, Thanks. I've already discovered pc-mode.el and configured it. The stig-paren.el is similar to paren.el. Someone said it's better than paren so I installed it. It isn't from any Debian package (I've remembered after I've posted the message *blush*). Ionutz On Fri, 28 Aug 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 28 Aug, Ionut Borcoman at lungu wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On my old hamm frozen system I used to use stig-paren.el and pc-mode.el. > > Now, I do not find them anymore. > > Can anybody tell me which package they are packed in, please ? > > pc-mode.el > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dpkg -S pc-mode.el > emacs20: /usr/share/emacs/20.2/lisp/emulation/pc-mode.elc > emacs20-el: /usr/share/emacs/20.2/lisp/emulation/pc-mode.el > > Ie is in emacs20-el > > Am attaching it too since it isn't very large... > > Couldn't find stig-paren.el tho... What does it do? Maybe something > else has replaced it? > > /Michael
Sendmail and virtualdomains
Hello, today I tried to reconfigure mySendmail 8.8.8 (hamm distribution) to set up some virtualdomains. I followed instructions I've seen at www.sendmail.org/virtual-hosting.html and added line FEATURE(virtusertable, `dbm /etc/virtusertable')dnl to my /etc/mail/sendmail.mc file (at the end of file, to preserve my configuration). Then I run sendmailconfig and Ooops ... get error message "Class dbm not supported" or sth like this. Am I doing sth wrong ? How can I set up virtualhosting properly ? All advices appreciate, thanx, Adam Heczko, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Technical University of Silesia Gliwice, Poland
Re: APM support?
On Mon, Aug 31, 1998 at 08:32:58AM +0200, Remo Badii wrote: > I cannot remember having seen any suggestion to include APM support in > the kernel during the (successful) installation of Debian 2.0 from the > CDs using dselect. Do I really have to load the source file(s) from an > FTP site and compile the kernel myself? > How do I find out what else has been included as an option in the > present kernel, so that I can include it in my next compilation (by the > way, the first one in my life)? > Thank you. > Remo Yes, I guess you will have to recompile the kernel. But you do not have to download it. It is on the CD. You will need to install: kernel-source-2.0.34 kernel-package <- This one is important Then have a look at /usr/doc/kernel-package/README.gz with zless. Before actually doing it you can send me an e-mail with things you might not understand. Rafa
Re: Cheapbytes mess-up debian [FW: Debian 2.0 CD's]
> I noticed that same problem. The CD has a readme on it (somewhere, > don't have it with me right now) that says something to the effect of > "it appears that any CD with all the pacakges on it can be called > 'official', as there is not standard directory layout" or something to > that effect. > > I guess I just took their word for it, but it certainly doesn't cast the > Debian project in a good light that the cd_autoup.sh script won't work > without manually (and without instruction) making lots of silly symlinks > in a temporary directory and running it from there. > Perhaps it is silly, but I can't understand why the official CD isn't simply a mirror of the relevant files and directories of Debian's official ftp site. I think that this way the problems like the one of cd_autoup.sh would be much less distrurbing. Making the official CD a mirror of Debian's official ftp site would also help (a little) in the release of new versions. And it would also help (a little) new users to get used to the directory structure of the ftp sites.
Re: Cheapbytes mess-up debian [FW: Debian 2.0 CD's]
Hi, > > I guess I just took their word for it, but it certainly doesn't cast the > > Debian project in a good light that the cd_autoup.sh script won't work > > without manually (and without instruction) making lots of silly symlinks > > in a temporary directory and running it from there. We're currently developing scripts for generating debian cd's... can you please mail me the layout they should have?? thanks, gerhard
Xlib: Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key
Hi, I've some problems with some programs under X : when i try to run xosview, for exemple, i get the following message : =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= titine:~# Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key Can't open display named =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Since i'm new to the Debian system, i'd like to know where to configure such an information. BTW : i've another _big_ pb : sometimes X freeze my system :-( No way to even get a console, the only solution is to push the reset button... Yesterday, this problem arose when i try to use xadmin and push the Date/Time editor button... (the Runlevel, File System and Printer editor buttons are not available, is it normal ?) I've a CPU Cyrix P166+ with 96 Mo EDO Ram. I'm working with the Windowmaker environment given with the Hamm distribution. Is there any report of such a problem ? Thanx, -- --- Éric Jacoboni « J'ai épuisé le tout-venant, je vais me risquer dans le bizarre » (M. Audiard) ---
Re: Compose-key and X11-geometry issues.
On Sat, Aug 29, 1998 at 09:15:35PM +0200, Johann Spies wrote: > 1. Since upgrading to Debian 2.0 my compose key (Control-. on a normal > screen and Control-Scroll-lock in X11) does not work anymore. In X11 I had > to run xkeycaps to restore it, but I do not know how to restore it in for > normal use. My .inputrc looks like this: Is ctrl-period defined as the compose key (see "dumpkeys")? > 2. It took me a long time to customize settings for xterm, pine and emacs > for X11 using Debian 1.3.1. Now those settings have no effect under > Debian 2.0. I do not know how to get that right again. I hope that using > Linux does not mean that I have to all the configuration over again every > time I do an upgrade. My .xsession and .Xdefaults - files are apparently > ignored by X. "mv .Xdefaults .Xresources" and make sure you have "allow-user-resources" and "allow-user-xsession" in /etc/X11/config . HTH, Ray -- PATRIOTISM A great British writer once said that if he had to choose between betraying his country and betraying a friend he hoped he would have the decency to betray his country. - The Hipcrime Vocab by Chad C. Mulligan
majordomo
Hello folks :-) Please, I need help about create a list in majordomo. I read the **newlist** file (where there is instructions to create a list), but I does not understand the step 7: -- 7) Now issue a 'config .admin' command to Majordomo. -- what must I do? Can somebody tell me whow must I do to create a list?I need an example. REgards.
smartlist gateway
Hello,,, Is there and .deb package to susbcribe/unsubscribe with SmartList? I'm looking for something like one that is in Debian Support pages. REgards.
Network connection
After problems with no network connection from the PCMCIA card (which worked since the beginning), I found out a solution: I issued the command route add -net 129.129.0.0 netmask 255.255.0.0 dev eth0 Questions: (1) Is this correct (/elegant)? (2) Is this permanent or do I have to reissue the command after each reboot? Thank you and to all who tried to help me a couple of hours ago. Remo | Dr. Remo Badii | Paul Scherrer Institute | | Nonlinear Dynamics and | 5232 Villigen PSI | | Stochastic Processes Group | Switzerland | ||___| | badii "at" psi.ch | http://www1.psi.ch/~badii | ||___|
Re: Network connection
Hello Remo: Within the /etc/init.d/network file your network route command should be specified ( for your network ). Check this file to make certain that the route arguments are correct. Every time you boot your system, the ifconfig and route directives will be issued based on the contents of the network file. Otherwise you will have to manually issue this route command every time you boot your system. Peter -Original Message- From: Remo Badii <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: DEBIAN-USER@lists.debian.org Date: Monday, August 31, 1998 6:23 AM Subject: Network connection >After problems with no network connection from the PCMCIA card (which >worked since the beginning), I found out a solution: >I issued the command >route add -net 129.129.0.0 netmask 255.255.0.0 dev eth0 > >Questions: (1) Is this correct (/elegant)? > (2) Is this permanent or do I have to reissue the command > after each reboot? >Thank you and to all who tried to help me a couple of hours ago. >Remo > >| Dr. Remo Badii | Paul Scherrer Institute | >| Nonlinear Dynamics and | 5232 Villigen PSI | >| Stochastic Processes Group | Switzerland | >||___| >| badii "at" psi.ch | http://www1.psi.ch/~badii | >||___| > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:2.1 N:Iannarelli;Peter FN:Peter Iannarelli ORG:GenX Internet Laboratories TITLE:Engineer TEL;WORK;VOICE:1+ 416-929-1885 TEL;WORK;FAX:1+416-929-1056 ADR;WORK:;Madison;20 Madison Ave.;Toronto;Ontario;;Canada LABEL;WORK;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Madison=0D=0A20 Madison Ave.=0D=0AToronto, Ontario=0D=0ACanada URL: URL:http://www.genxl.com EMAIL;PREF;INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] REV:19980831T103326Z END:VCARD
Re: Network connection
Dear Peter, the file /etc/inet.d/netwerk contains ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 route add -net 127.0.0.0 I'll append route add -net my_IP netmask my_mask dev eth0 Do I have to specify dev eth0? (My only way of connecting will be through this ethernet port, by the way). Thank you for your prompt and clear answer. Remo | Dr. Remo Badii | Paul Scherrer Institute | | Nonlinear Dynamics and | 5232 Villigen PSI | | Stochastic Processes Group | Switzerland | ||___| | badii "at" psi.ch | http://www1.psi.ch/~badii | ||___|
Re: Cheapbytes mess-up debian [FW: Debian 2.0 CD's]
On 31-Aug-1998, Gerhard Poul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > > > I guess I just took their word for it, but it certainly doesn't cast the > > > Debian project in a good light that the cd_autoup.sh script won't work > > > without manually (and without instruction) making lots of silly symlinks > > > in a temporary directory and running it from there. > > We're currently developing scripts for generating debian cd's... > > can you please mail me the layout they should have?? Have had a look at the scripts in the debian-cd package. Using these and a debian mirror, you can generate an debian CD pretty easily. -- Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Benjamin Franklin Tyson Dowd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://tyse.net
Re: Linux SMP
>HOw great is the performance gain from SMP? I have been debating this >with a friend. I know linux has muli-threaded capability, but like the I'm not a linux guru, in fact, I'd label myself as a linux struggler. That aside, I can tell you that the performance gain of multiple processors entirely what you wish to do with the linux box. If your linux computer provides access to a ppp connection, as in a firewall, trust me, SMP won't give you any real performance. Same goes for most database applications. Where SMP really flies is when you are compiling, using some kind of CAD or spreadsheet software, or something that's calculation or processor intensive. A good friend of mine is running Linux (Redhad actually) on his dual-pentium pro 128Mb machine, which he uses primarily for games, X, and PC-board layout software. All three of the applications run lightening quick, while still being a webserver/ftpserver off a dial-up connection. By coincidence, I have the identical machine (we got them at a computer fair at the same time), but running NT instead, doing basically the same thing. Quake runs faster on my NT box, the dial-up internet connection absolutely KILLS my system performance, and the PC-Board layout software also chokes. Of course, this is comparing apples and oranges - NT software is much different than Unix software. Maybe prettier in some aspects, but its slooow. To utilize SMP, you have to recompile the operating system, no doubt about that. Sorry for the tangent.
Re: Linux SMP
>HOw great is the performance gain from SMP? I have been debating this >with a friend. I know linux has muli-threaded capability, but like the I'm not a linux guru, in fact, I'd label myself as a linux struggler. That aside, I can tell you that the performance gain of multiple processors entirely what you wish to do with the linux box. If your linux computer provides access to a ppp connection, as in a firewall, trust me, SMP won't give you any real performance. Same goes for most database applications. Where SMP really flies is when you are compiling, using some kind of CAD or spreadsheet software, or something that's calculation or processor intensive. A good friend of mine is running Linux (Redhad actually) on his dual-pentium pro 128Mb machine, which he uses primarily for games, X, and PC-board layout software. All three of the applications run lightening quick, while still being a webserver/ftpserver off a dial-up connection. By coincidence, I have the identical machine (we got them at a computer fair at the same time), but running NT instead, doing basically the same thing. Quake runs faster on my NT box, the dial-up internet connection absolutely KILLS my system performance, and the PC-Board layout software also chokes. Of course, this is comparing apples and oranges - NT software is much different than Unix software. Maybe prettier in some aspects, but its slooow. To utilize SMP, you have to recompile the operating system, no doubt about that. Sorry for the tangent. Frederic Breitwieser Bridgeport, CT 06606 Homebrew Automotive Website: http://www.xephic.dynip.com/ Wanted - RWD Buick Flywheel that fits the 3.8L / 4.1L! -
Re: cant't get ppp working.
On Sun, 30 Aug 1998, James Minor wrote: > CONNECT > --got it > SEND (\d) > Serial connection established > Using interface ppp0 > Connect:ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS2 > Sent[LCP ConfReq id=0x1] > last message repeated 10 times > last message repeated 12 times > Hangup (SIGHUP) > Modem hangup > Connection terminated > EXIT > > > any clues,, what is it looking for? A userid/password login sequence? Did you use pppconfig to setup ppp? Have you tried walking through the connect sequence manually with minicom? That might help you debug the automated procedure. Cheers, Joost
Re: Xlib: Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key
On 31 Aug 1998, Eric Jacoboni wrote: > I've some problems with some programs under X : when i try to run > xosview, for exemple, i get the following message : > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > titine:~# Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > Xlib: Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key > Can't open display named > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > Since i'm new to the Debian system, i'd like to know where to > configure such an information. Hi, Let me guess.. you start x as normal user (or login with xdm as user) and then you su to root and try to run X11 programs as root on the display that is owned by the user? That won't work. You'll have to do this: $ su - password: # export $DISPLAY=:0 # export $XAUTHORITY=/home/user/.Xauthority # some-xclientprog & # Substitute the right username for user in the line above. Only root can do this, because root can read anybody's files, even if the files are mode 600 (shows up in "ls -l" as r-- - readable only for the owner of the files.) Alternatively, install ssh. Ssh (among other things) does connection forwarding for xclients.) With ssh it would work like this: $ ssh -l root localhost password: # some-xclientprog & # Cheers, Joost
Re: *H*E*L*P* (fwd)
Hi, > I bought 4 CD's of Debian from CheapBytes. I installed the CD's > everything was very confusing but I somehow managed to install Debian > and get it working with Windows 95 on the same computer. I have a > Pentium 150 with 32 Mb ram and a 1 Gb hard drive. I have a PnP Modem > (33.6Kpbs) and a PnP sound card (AWE64 Gold). Now, I tried my level best > to learn a few commands of Linux. But I think it is simply impossible. I > have downloaded the Debian Manual. I am still searching for a way to > access my drives. I don't even know how to copy files in this Operating > System. Welcome to Linux! > It seems that this operating system is very cAsE-SeNsEtIvE! I That observation is correct, unix is case sensitive. > read many FAQ's but all the FAQ's tell you is that Linus Para... made > Linux with a bunch of Hackers! Then it tells you how good Linux is and > how bad windows 95 is. But I haven't come across a single Help file or a > FAQ that actually tells you how to use this Operating System. Try "linux for dummies" or "unix for dummies." Despite the silly title, they might actually be quite useful if you're totally new to unix. If you are already familiar with msdos, then the dos2unix-HOWTO might be what you need. I'll explain below where to get HOWTO's You should certainly look at http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP There, you'll find a lot of good documentation. "Running Linux" for example is a book that you can buy in the bookstore or download from sunsite. There are a couple more of these books downloadable from the net. BTW, it doesn't hurt to buy one, it reads a lot more comfortable. Also on sunsite you'll find a myriad of HOWTO's. You can actually install them on your own computer as a debian package. Look for the doc-linux-text and doc-linux-html packages on your cd. It will install in /usr/doc/HOWTO. Oh, did I tell you yet that all debian packages install some documentation in /usr/doc/ ? Last but not least there are the manpages. You seem to have missed those. In fact, the unix system is fairly well documented overall, compared to msdos. Try "man man" and "man bash" for starters. You can find what manpages package "foo" contains by typing "dpkg -L foo | grep man" Besides man pages, there are also a lot of "info" pages on your system. Those often provide even more extensive forms of documentation, but the info browser program is a bit difficult to learn. You should definately install the dwww package on your system. When you do that, you can read the documentation on your system with your favorite webbrowser. Just point it at http://localhost/dwww > Please send me some info on the basic commands. When I got started with linux, I read a whole lot of HOWTO's and bought some books. Particularly useful are "Learning the bash shell," "Linux in a nutshell," "Running Linux" and "The Linux network administrator's guide." > how I can connect to internet using Linux. I know there is a isapnp > utility and it is supposed to configure my PnP Hardware using the > isapnp.conf file (which is a dump from the isapnpdump file). First install the isapnptools package. Then read the pnpdump and isapnp manpages (if I remember correctly.) Then configure /etc/isapnp.conf. Yes, I know it's hard, but that's because plug-'n-pray just plain sucks. borrow a friend's external modem if you're getting short on hair to pull out :-) Okay, when you know for certain that the modem works now (you can test it with the minicom program in the package with the same name) it is finally time to set up ppp. Just type "pppconfig" (as root of course, and you must have pppconfig installed, type "dpkg -s pppconfig to check that.) Pppconfig makes internet easy. > Anyhow, the problem is the diald or the pppd. Don't try diald until you figure out ppp in the first place. Cheers, Joost
help w pppd+isdnutils+diald?
Any German (or maybe even Dutch) users out there care to walk me through what must be a very typical setup here in Germany--async PPP over an ISDN dial-up? I just can't find my case in any of the many German and Dutch examples on the Web--and the files are moved in Debian (or hamm?) anyway. Gibt's nicht vielleicht einen deutschen Leser, der mir bei einer wohl recht typischen Konfiguration zur Seite stehen moechte? Ich moechte meine ganz normale ISDN-Verbindung zum ISP in Debian 2.0 nachbauen. (HiSax ist installiert und findet die AVM-Karte einwandfrei--bloss die ganze Skripterei verwirrt mich.) Just mail me--this won't interest very many on the list, I reckon. Thanks, Tony Tony Crawford [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Exim fail to receive mails !?!
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (George Bonser) wrote:
>
>Since I do UUCP, all of my installations are non-standard. I run Exim but
>Debian does not know that, it thinks I am running smail. I simply
>hand-copied the Exim binary into place on the target machines, created the
>needed directories, set all permissions as Debian does for exim. I have
>Exim facing the internet for SMTP and it hands off mail destined for my
>uucp sites to smail which does the routing/spooling. It is really a kluge.
This sounds really bogus.
Do you *really* need smail's bangpath handling? With this, I mean using
the uucp maps etc. to figure out the correct routing etc. If all you
have is a number of uucp neighbours with which you have to exchange
email, exim is fully up to the task, given a couple of changes to the
exim.conf file.
I use exim with uucp on two debian systems. These are globally the
changes needed:
In the global part:
trusted_users = mail:uucp
for receiving mail correctly.
In the transports section:
uucp:
driver = pipe
user = nobody
command = "/usr/bin/uux -r - $host!rmail ${local_part}"
return_fail_output = true
In the routers section, below any possible smtp entries:
xs4all:
driver = domainlist
transport = uucp
route_list = "xs4all.nl xs4all"
I only want to send emails over the uucp link if they're destined for
the xs4all.nl domain, which explains the route_list. However, "transport
= uucp" works fine for the smarthost and other entries as well.
Furthermore a rewrite rule may be necessary if your uucp partner sends
mail to a bang path. I don't need that with xs4all, but I can look it up
on the other system (not local for me at the moment) if necessary.
Paul Slootman
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at making good operating systems." (Linus Torvalds, August 1997)
New files from ftp?
After installing Debian 2.0 last week from CDs, I am now trying to install Netscape 4, pgplot, and tgif using dselect and ftp from the ftp.denian.org site. I also got the message "getting ... xfntpex_3.3.2.3 ... xserver-svga ...". Is this because there are new versions of these files? I only wanted the three I mentioned above and did not select anythign else. Should I stop the download process? Remo | Dr. Remo Badii | Paul Scherrer Institute | | Nonlinear Dynamics and | 5232 Villigen PSI | | Stochastic Processes Group | Switzerland | ||___| | badii "at" psi.ch | http://www1.psi.ch/~badii | ||___| | Spammers' section: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | ||
Re: Xlib: Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key
* Eric Jacoboni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | | I've some problems with some programs under X : when i try to run | xosview, for exemple, i get the following message : | | =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= | titine:~# Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server | Xlib: Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key | Can't open display named | =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= | | Since i'm new to the Debian system, i'd like to know where to | configure such an information. Since your prompt shows a "#" I assume you try this as root. From the error I also assume that you have logged in as another user. The reason you get this error is because user B is not allowed to open windows on a display controlled by user A. If user A wants to allow this, he can type 'xhost +localhost' to allow everyone on localhost to open windows. 'man xhost' -- .elOle.
Files from FTP.DEBIAN.ORG
I see that I have version 3.3.2.2-4 while now 3.3.2.3-1 is available. Loading those files and installing will destroy my system or not? Simple, direct, and silly question. Please answer before I press RETURN. Thank you. Remo | Dr. Remo Badii | Paul Scherrer Institute | | Nonlinear Dynamics and | 5232 Villigen PSI | | Stochastic Processes Group | Switzerland | ||___| | badii "at" psi.ch | http://www1.psi.ch/~badii | ||___| | Spammers' section: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | ||
Netscape 4.xx
I selected Netscape 4 using dselect and ftp. The version number shown is 4.0-12 and one is informed that an archive must be put in /tmp. I could not find any such file in ftp.netscape.com /pub/communicator as indicated in the dselect documentation about this package. Any help? Thank you for the n-th time. Remo | Dr. Remo Badii | Paul Scherrer Institute | | Nonlinear Dynamics and | 5232 Villigen PSI | | Stochastic Processes Group | Switzerland | ||___| | badii "at" psi.ch | http://www1.psi.ch/~badii | ||___|
Re: Vim leaves ~ files
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Miquel van Smoorenburg) wrote: >In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Danny ter Haar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>Hint for the maintainer: please set a default of NO backups ! > >Has already been done in the version in slink IIRC That would be great (haven't checked yet). Note that other people's concerns for vim to do the "safe" thing (i.e. leave the backups until you know how vim works) is bogus, as I've been using vim for at least 5 years (hmmm, version 1.27) and "knew" that vim doesn't leave backups. Otherwise, if backups are preferred, put them somewhere all together like /tmp so that the system isn't littered with these ~ files everywhere. Now to remove the "set tw=78" which causes gratuitious line wraps, very painful when editing e.g. a shell script. Rely on the autocommands to turn this feature on for emails etc, that works fine! Also, put "set directory=~/tmp,/var/tmp,/tmp,.". This causes the "swap file" (where the backup stuff is kept if something happens in the middle of an edit session) to be put in one of those directories, the first if possible etc. That prevents those pesky ".swp" files appearing in the current directory, which screw up your terminal when you do "grep bla *" due to control characters in the swap file being printed. In fact, at one time in Vim development, the current directory was the default, until people protested for the reasons I listed above. Now debian's vim maintainer restored the old problems :-( The first thing I do on a new debian installation is edit /etc/vimrc :-( The second thing is 'rm /etc/vimrc~' ... Paul Slootman -- home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.wurtel.demon.nl | Murphy Software, Enschede, the Netherlands "In my opinion MS is a lot better at making money than it is at making good operating systems." (Linus Torvalds, August 1997)
Very much OFFTOPIC: But help needed :)
Hi All, I am trying to build a system fro my friend with AMD K6 - 300. The motherboard has a AGP slot and four PCI slots. When I plugged in my old PCI video card, there is no signal to the monitor. Does he need a AGP video card ? If so, which AGP card works fine with Debian and also with GGI (very early but still..)? Does AGP cards support SVGA or accelarated servers? Thanks and regards, Vaidhy ** Alike for those who for Today prepare And those that after a Tomorrow stare; A Muezzin from Tower of Darkness cries, "Fools, your reward is nether here not there". - Omar Khayyam **
Netscape 4.06 and installer
I am sorry for the previous message about Netscape 4.0-12: this is an installer. I am now copying the communicator v4.06 into /tmp. I presume dselect will check its existence when I'll reselect Netscape4.0-12 once I'm ready. Remo
Re (off topic ?) AGP video card with debian
> > Hi All, > > I am trying to build a system fro my friend with AMD K6 - 300. The > motherboard has a AGP slot and four PCI slots. When I plugged in my old PCI > video card, there is no signal to the monitor. Does he need a AGP video card > ? > > If so, which AGP card works fine with Debian and also with GGI (very early > but still..)? > > Does AGP cards support SVGA or accelarated servers? Don't know about GGI, but I just installed debian 2.0 on a system with a Diamond Viper 330 AGP. It works fine with the svga xserver, on 8, 16, and 32 bit color depths, except that in the 32 bit depth the screen shows some flicjkering pixels when there are changes on the screen (like moving a window, or running xaos in autopilot mode). Anyone noticed this too? HTH, Eric -- E.L. Meijer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | tel. office +31 40 2472189 Eindhoven Univ. of Technology | tel. lab. +31 40 2475032 Lab. for Catalysis and Inorg. Chem. (TAK) | tel. fax+31 40 2455054
Re: APM support?
On Mon, Aug 31, 1998 at 08:32:58AM +0200, Remo Badii wrote: > I cannot remember having seen any suggestion to include APM support in > the kernel during the (successful) installation of Debian 2.0 from the > CDs using dselect. Do I really have to load the source file(s) from an > FTP site and compile the kernel myself? Yes. And download kernel-package as well, it will make your life _MUCH_ easier. > How do I find out what else has been included as an option in the > present kernel, so that I can include it in my next compilation (by the > way, the first one in my life)? Look for this file: /boot/config-2.0.34 (your version may vary) I believe it is a copy of the /usr/src/linux/.config file used to build the installed kernel. Luck, Pann -- What's All the Buzz About Linux? http://www.rdrop.com/users/pann/
Re: /etc/ppp/options
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: | I would say that pppd looks at /etc/ppp/options and at | /etc/ppp/peers/ISP_name. | Since you can connect to the ISP as root, I guess that your problem is pppd | permitions. does ls show the existance of /etc/ppp/options when you are | looking as root ? Does pppd is suid ? It turns out that in order to run pppd as non-root the file /etc/ppp/options must exist. I verified this by downloading the source and taking a peek at it. I suppose it's some type of security consideration. At any rate, I created that file with the single option "noipdefault" and now I don't have any trouble running pppd (or pon, or xisp) as a user. Thanks to everyone for their help! Gary
X and PPP Problems w/ Debian 1.3
-- Forwarded message -- Date: 30 Aug 98 20:15:20 EDT From: Scorpion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: linux-newbie@vger.rutgers.edu Subject: Debian Hello, I just switched from Slackware to Debian. Before that I switched from Redhat to Slackware. Redhat is still my favorite, but my RH CD is scratched and won't install. So I am trying new things. I am using Debian 1.3. X won't work. I try to use the Config program, but when it says it is switching to Graphics mode, it exists with can't connect to server errors. PPP won't work. I am using the same PPP scripts that worked with both Re dHat and Slackware. With Debian, they start and wait a couple seconds, then t hey quit. They never do any dialing. I have the correct location of chat an d pppd (/usr/sbin/). Later Scorpion http://schoolblows.ml.org ICQ: 4762079 AIM: MeT SCorP IRCNet and DALNet: [Stoner] «»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«» «» | "I got this real moron thing I do, it's called | | thinking. And I'm not a very good American | | because I like to form my own opinions. I don't | | just roll over when I'm told to. And my first| | rule is I don't believe anything the government | | tells me." -George Carlin| «»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»
Re: *H*E*L*P* (fwd)
> From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: *H*E*L*P*
> I am not writting because I want to write a FAQ. I am writting to
> you because I can't find anyone else to write to! Please, you have
> to help me!!!
Ouch, you sound a little despirate my friend.
> I bought 4 CD's of Debian from CheapBytes. I installed the
> CD's everything was very confusing but I somehow managed to install
> Debian and get it working with Windows 95 on the same computer.
Sounds like you've made your first steps into a larger world.
Congratulations!
> Now, I tried my level best to learn a few commands of Linux. But I
> think it is simply impossible. I have downloaded the Debian Manual.
> I am still searching for a way to access my drives.
Drives -- I'm assuming you're speaking of your floppy and CDROM -- can
be accessed using the 'mount' and 'umount' commands (for 'mount' and
'unmount' respectively). The floppy drive device is typically
/dev/fd0 and the CDROM -- if set up as master on the secondary IDE
channel -- is /dev/hdc. To access the floppy, you would type the
command:
mount /dev/fd0 /floppy
This would allow you to see the contents of the floppy by using 'cd'
to change to the '/floppy' directory in your root. Once you are
finished looking at your floppy use the umount command like this:
umount /floppy
A similar method can be used to mount the CDROM. (SEE ALSO:
CDROM-HOWTO, man pages: mount, umount)
> I don't even know how to copy files in this Operating System. It
> seems that this operating system is very cAsE-SeNsEtIvE!
I believe Igor mentioned "Linux for Dummies"... Great book! I
recommend it to any newcomer. (I was one of those unfortunate souls
who didn't own a computer of my own during college and was forced to
learn UNIX on a vt100 terminal without the aid of a book... I loved
it!) Also, pick up a "Quick reference" card for Unix or Linux at one
of your local computer suppliers. (I actually bought mine at a
college bookstore.) But, to get you started...
cpCopies file1 to file2.
mvMoves file1 to file2 (also used to
rename files).
ls Lists the directory contents
more Views the contents of a file 1-pg/time
less A nicer 'more'
See 'man ' for more details.
There's also a useful little thing called a pipe ('|'). With it, you
can view the directory contents in a page-by-page format...
ls | more
That should get you started, but you sould seriously visit your local
library or bookstore for a more comprehensive intro...
> I read many FAQ's but all the FAQ's tell you is that Linus Para...
> made Linux with a bunch of Hackers! Then it tells you how good
> Linux is and how bad windows 95 is. But I haven't come across a
> single Help file or a FAQ that actually tells you how to use this
> Operating System.
Hackers?! * grin * And they did a damned good job of it, too. :)
Yes, Linux can be a bit daunting at times, but believe me, it's well
worth the sweat and blood you put into it.
[...snip pnp discussion...Igor answered that as well as any...]
Chewie / Gunnarr
++
| Chad Walstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |
| http://www.itasca.net/~gunnarr |
++
Re: "standard" HAMM connecting on its own to internet?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Doug Thistlethwaite) wrote: > >I am having a strange problem with my recently upgraded BO --> HAMM system. I >have a router (pipeline 50) connected to a very small network (2 machines). I >have noticed that my ISDN line has been active when no one is using the >computers at all. > >Is there something in the "standard" (just upgraded) HAMM release that would >periodically connect to the internet by itself? During the day, I get charged >a I've noticed that samba is prone to causing dialouts. According to a cursory glance at the problem, samba binds to all available interfaces, and broadcasts regularly to announce its workgroups and stuff like that. Those broadcasts may be causing it. Alternatively, Win95 pc's also do similar broadcasts, which is a problem when using masquerading in combination with an isdn card in autodial mode... In both cases, ipfwadm can be your friend :-) Paul Slootman -- home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.wurtel.demon.nl | Murphy Software, Enschede, the Netherlands "In my opinion MS is a lot better at making money than it is at making good operating systems." (Linus Torvalds, August 1997)
Re: How to receive mail under WIN95 from another Debian PC ?
Nathan E Norman wrote: > On Tue, 25 Aug 1998, Mike Schmitz wrote: > [...] > : I would recommend IMAP. [...] > There have been 2 or 3 CERT advisories on IMAP in the past 60 days. Not on IMAP proper. IMAP is a protocol. The CERT advisories have been for buffer overflows in some of the daemons that implement the protocol. The protocol is not inherently insecure--Mark Crispin at UW has gone to great lengths to design the protocol with security in mind. -- /-Charles R. (C. R.) Oldham | NCA Commission on Schools -\ /[EMAIL PROTECTED] | Arizona State University _-\ /-V:602/965-8700 F:602/965-9423 | Tempe, AZ USA X_>-\
Re: *H*E*L*P* (fwd)
Rider I congratulate you on having successfully installed the Debian GNU/Linux system. You need to read an introductory Unix book, such as O'reilly's "Learning the UNIX Operating System" or one of Sobel's books such as Hands On Linux series books from AWL. YOu need to learn a basic text command line set for getting around UNIX or Linux. Write me directly, not on the list, and I will send you some of the material I give my students. There are Linux web pages that are tutorial in nature, I'm sure that someone on this list will mention the URLs. A remark or two: Linux is just a free re implementation of the ideas and ideals of the Unix(tm) operating system by a bunch of wonderful people. It is better than Lose 95 or Lose NT in part because it is free, in part because it is very much more robust than M$ operating systems. It is not nearly as satisfactory from the point of view of Ms Average user because it requires some technical knowledge to use, and there really are no "killer (desktop) applications" yet. But for software development, web hosting, or teaching computer science, there is no better enviroment. --David Teague [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- LINUX: the FREE 32 bit OS for [3456]86 PC's available NOW! David B Teague | Ask me how user interface copyrights & software [EMAIL PROTECTED] | patents make programing a dangerous business. On Sun, 30 Aug 1998, Igor Grobman wrote: > > > You really should post to Debian-user with questions like this. I am sorry I > don't have time to answer questions such as this most of the time. I > took the > liberty of forwarding your message to the list. > > > Igor. > > --- Forwarded Message > > Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Delivery-Date: Sun Aug 30 23:15:58 1998 > Reply-To: ID #35375-x <>, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], > [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: *H*E*L*P* > > I am not writting because I want to write a FAQ. I am writting to you > because I can't find anyone else to write to! Please, you have to help > me!!! > > I bought 4 CD's of Debian from CheapBytes. I installed the CD's > everything was very confusing but I somehow managed to install Debian > and get it working with Windows 95 on the same computer. I have a > Pentium 150 with 32 Mb ram and a 1 Gb hard drive. I have a PnP Modem > (33.6Kpbs) and a PnP sound card (AWE64 Gold). Now, I tried my level best > to learn a few commands of Linux. But I think it is simply impossible. I > have downloaded the Debian Manual. I am still searching for a way to > access my drives. I don't even know how to copy files in this Operating > System. It seems that this operating system is very cAsE-SeNsEtIvE! I > read many FAQ's but all the FAQ's tell you is that Linus Para... made > Linux with a bunch of Hackers! Then it tells you how good Linux is and > how bad windows 95 is. But I haven't come across a single Help file or a > FAQ that actually tells you how to use this Operating System. > > Please send me some info on the basic commands and on how I can connect > to internet using Linux. I know there is a isapnp utility and it is > supposed to configure my PnP Hardware using the isapnp.conf file (which > is a dump from the isapnpdump file). Anyhow, the problem is the diald or > the pppd. I don't know. What to do. I am at a stage at which I am > pulling out my hair in frustation. Please Help Me. > > > !! Any Help Will Be Highly Appreciated > > - Thank You-- > > > --- End of Forwarded Message > > > -- > Proudly running Debian Linux! Linux vs. Windows is a no-Win situation > Igor Grobman [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
Re: Xisp and mutiple ISPs
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: | Frederic Breitwieser writes: | > I do this in NT currently with no issues - but I have a program to do so. | > At the rate I'm going, give me a month to have something that works for | > you guys to lobotomize. | | The problem is not so much one of code as it is one of policy. I could | hack out a script that would munge the relevant files into submission, but | a real solution must be scalable and compatible with everything elses that | needs those files. Exactly! Like I said, I have a script, and it works fine, but it's hardly a general solution and almost certainly wouldn't suit the needs of others. I would think something along the lines of a /etc/dialups directory with subdirectories for each ISP that contains the necessary files. So, say I have 3 ISP's named, Dog_Slow, Too_Expensive, Work, then I'd have a directory structure like: /etc/dialups Dog_Slow/ etc/resolv.conf etc/hosts etc/smail/routers etc/smail/config Too_Expensive/ etc/resolv.conf etc/hosts etc/smail/routers etc/smail/config Work/ etc/resolv.conf etc/hosts etc/smail/routers etc/smail/config Now the script, or program, that does the setup for a specific ISP just needs to traverse the entire directory tree for that ISP and copy the files to the necessary system directory before initiating the connection to the ISP. It's easy to add and remove files from the setup by merely creating them in the proper location under the /etc/dialups/ directory structure. The tricky bit is that some of them may require that daemons be restarted, sendmail comes to mind, although I don't use that on my Debian systems, and/or other actions besides simple file copies. That's half the battle, then you need a nice interface to generate these files automatically and copy them to their respective locations before connecting to the desired ISP. And all of this needs to be doable by a user in the proper group, as well as root. Personally I'd have no problem with requiring root to set up each of the ISPs and then just have them accessible by users in a specific group. That's my idea anyway, and I'll probably modify my scripts to work along these lines unless someone can offer any suggestions on a piece of software that already works like this, or let me know if someone else is already working on something like this. Gary
Re: Is there a Debian package for SANE 0.74 or 0.73?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Does anyone have, or know the whereabouts of, the latest SANE package >for Debian? Even 0.73 would be OK. I need support for my Agfa Snapscan >scanner which isn't in the 'current' 0.72 package. Tell dselect to use the 'unstable' distribution, it is in the 2.1-to-be version. Alternatively, if you don't want lots of other updates as well, get ftp://ftp.debian.org/pub/debian/dists/slink/main/binary-i386/graphics/sane_0.74-1.deb Paul Slootman -- home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.wurtel.demon.nl | Murphy Software, Enschede, the Netherlands "In my opinion MS is a lot better at making money than it is at making good operating systems." (Linus Torvalds, August 1997)
bug in "make-kpkg modules_image"
It took me a whiel to figure out what was going on here. I was trying compile a kernel & pcmcia stuff for another computer (using a P2 for a 486). It seems that "make-kpkg modules_image" runs the pcmcia config script, with a string of \n's to take the defaults--forcing the package defaults, rather than the current config. I had to edit the Makefile to change the default to that it would use the source directory rather than the currently loaded kernel. Is this a bug, or is there a way around that I didn't find in the doc's? rick - - -- These opinions will not be those of ISU until it pays my retainer. - --- End of Unsent Draft --- End of Forwarded Message -- These opinions will not be those of ISU until it pays my retainer.
Re: More CDROM troubles
On Sat, 29 Aug 1998, Lazar Fleysher wrote: > It never detects the master device on the secondary channel, thus my cdrom > is connected as a slave on the secondary( without any master devices on it > which contradicts to IDE specifications..) CDROM is accessible from linux > and dos. That's really strange. The reason I say this is because I've successfully installed Deb 2.0 via CDROM setup as Master on the Secondary IDE channel (/dev/hdc). In addition, I haven't had any problems mounting and unmounting it when needed. I'm using an older CDROM (4X Mitsumi - I think), but that really shouldn't matter (unless you've got a pre-ATAPI CDROM). Do you think it might have something to do with your motherboard? Chewie / Gunnarr ++ | Chad Walstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | | http://www.itasca.net/~gunnarr | ++
Re: 3 com(USR) modem
Michael B. Taylor wrote: > You will need to set up your ppp options and > your chat script. I think there is now a package that automates this task, > but I cant remember what it is called. LUK ShunTim writes: > I think you are talking about wvdial. He means pppconfig. It is in base, and also a seperate package. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI
RE: PLIP and win95
John, There is a program called "PLIP.EXE" freely available from Crynwr (http://www.crynwr.com). It is a packet driver designed to run under DOS and sends packets from the parallel port to WINSOCK.DLL. I am in the process of setting it up on my Win95 box, but have not completed it yet. I would be interested to hear about your progress. Please feel to email me directly or via this list. Good luck! --David > -Original Message- > From: john mcpeek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, August 30, 1998 7:51 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: PLIP and win95 > > > > Does anyone know how to make win95 use the LPT port as the network > interface so I can setup a link between my linux box with PLIP and my > win95 box > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe > [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
Re: Netscape 4.xx
Remo Badii wrote: > > I selected Netscape 4 using dselect and ftp. > The version number shown is 4.0-12 and one is informed that an archive > must be put in /tmp. I could not find any such file in ftp.netscape.com > /pub/communicator as indicated in the dselect documentation about this > package. > Any help? > Thank you for the n-th time. > Remo I myself put netscape 4.06 under /tmp, and it worked fine. I guess 4.0-12 is just a version of a wrapper not the netscape browser, so any 4.0* netscape should work. -- Andrius Sabanas - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.taide.com
Xaw
Hi, I was looking around and find the ``Xaw-Xpm'' page ( http://www.zip.com.au/~bb/XawXpm/ ). Its a hack of Xaw, and i think its provides a much more nice interface for the Xaw-application.(so shows the screenshots...) Im wondering, is that Xaw-hack as a debian package ?? (if yes, where?) .___.__ / / / Phillip Neumann / Thanks / [EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ./__./
Re: Reading CD image from CD: slow!
Hi! Zini Enrico ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > When I try to read the ISO image from a CD, either with cat or dd, the reading > speed (I read with a SCSI 4x/2x Philips CDD2600 cd-writer) seems to be around > 70Kb per second (half 1x !). If I mount the CD I can read at full 4x, no > problem: what could it be? Do I need some utility to set cd reading speed or > such? I suppose dd's default blocksize of 512 Byte kills performance on several CD-Drives. I use dd if=/dev/scd0 of=tmp.iso bs=2k count=$(( `isosize /dev/scd0` / 2048 )) which is reasonable fast (and avoids reading the unreadable sectors at the end) Rainer -- KeyID=58341901 fingerprint=A5 57 04 B3 69 88 A1 FB 78 1D B5 64 E0 BF 72 EB pgpbiHYB9zjSP.pgp Description: PGP signature
Fetchmail don't work for me !
i need to keep a messages from a pop3 account and send it to my machine via smtp in multi-drop mode. well i use this form : poll protocol pop3 user password smtp all messages are stored in the root account not each recipients. i can't found the problem , my local DNS is ok and exim work very well for me but not fetchmail. i've read the FAQ but i haven't any ideas, please can you help me ? Many thanks per advance , Tony Tony Schonfeld - F5GIT - GRENOBLE - Voice/Data/Fax: +33 (0)476932598 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://schonfeld.home.ml.org - http://www.voiron.com/associations/ham/ Hamnet (ax25): [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Exim and Smarthost
On Sun, 30 Aug 1998, George Bonser wrote: > > Are both server1 and server2 running bind? Any mail server should also be > a nameserver. yes but i've fix the probleme at server2 in exim.conf in line : sender_host_reject_relay = thanks , Tony > > > > On Sun, 30 Aug 1998, Tony Schonfeld wrote: > > > > > i've setup two machines with exim , > > server1 send all trafic to the smarthost server2. > > When server2 is not connected to the net , cannot resolve a lot > > of domain and reject temporary the trafic from server1. > > i use the default smarthost setup from debain 2.0 > > > > Any idea ? > > > > > > Tony Schonfeld - F5GIT - GRENOBLE - Voice/Data/Fax: +33 (0)476932598 > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > WWW: http://schonfeld.home.ml.org - http://www.voiron.com/associations/ham/ > > Hamnet (ax25): [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > > > > > > > George Bonser > > The Linux "We're never going out of business" sale at an FTP site near you! > > Tony Schonfeld - F5GIT - GRENOBLE - Voice/Data/Fax: +33 (0)476932598 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://schonfeld.home.ml.org - http://www.voiron.com/associations/ham/ Hamnet (ax25): [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
AGP Video Cards?
I'm trying to get a good AGP video card to work with Debian 2.0. Looking at the list of supported cards in the xf86config utility I see the "matrox Milenium II (AGP)." However this card seems hard to find now since it's been replaced by the new one G200. Does anybody know if this new card is supported? Any advice on any other AGP card? Thank you, -- Pedro I. Sanchez ---\r\nGet your free email from altavista.iname.com
Maelstrom crashes under X
Hi, I try to run Maelstrom under X (XF86_Mach64), and I get the following message: X Error of failed request: BadAccess (attempt to access private resource denied) Major opcode of failed request: 129 (MIT-SHM) Minor opcode of failed request: 3 (X_ShmPutImage) Serial number of failed request: 96 Current serial number in output stream: 97 It does not work even under root. What is the matter? -- Andrius Sabanas - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.taide.com
RE: PLIP and win95
I have never used it but Win95 has this built in. Select the following to install the driver. Start Menu-Setup-Control Panel-Add/Remove Programs-Windows Setup- Communications-Direct Cable Connection. Is that not what you want? As a discouraging side note, this is a quote from section 9 of the new PLIP mini-HOWTO. http://www.cli.di.unipi.it/~controzz/PLIP-Mini-HOWTO.txt.gz "No, so far nobody reported me a successful link between Linux and Windows 95. if somebody succeds in setting up this link, please let me know immediately: thousand of PLIP users await these news!" Good luck *- David Karlin wrote about "RE: PLIP and win95" | John, | There is a program called "PLIP.EXE" freely available from Crynwr | (http://www.crynwr.com). It is a packet driver designed to run under DOS | and sends packets from the parallel port to WINSOCK.DLL. | | I am in the process of setting it up on my Win95 box, but have not completed | it yet. I would be interested to hear about your progress. Please feel to | email me directly or via this list. | | Good luck! | | --David | | > -Original Message- | > From: john mcpeek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | > Sent: Sunday, August 30, 1998 7:51 AM | > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org | > Subject: PLIP and win95 | > | > | > | > Does anyone know how to make win95 use the LPT port as the network | > interface so I can setup a link between my linux box with PLIP and my | > win95 box | > -- Brian - "Never criticize anybody until you have walked a mile in their shoes, because by that time you will be a mile away and have their shoes." - unknown Mechanical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis -
Re: Fetchmail don't work for me !
*- Tony Schonfeld wrote about "Fetchmail don't work for me !" | i need to keep a messages from a pop3 account and send it to my | machine via smtp in multi-drop mode. | | well i use this form : | | poll protocol pop3 | user password smtp | | all messages are stored in the root account not each recipients. | i can't found the problem , my local DNS is ok and exim work very | well for me but not fetchmail. | i've read the FAQ but i haven't any ideas, please can you help me ? | | Many thanks per advance , Tony | Just a guess but it doesn't look like you are telling fetchmail who to send the remote mail to on the local machine. >From the fetchmail man page. Here's what a simple retrieval configuration for a multi- drop mailbox looks like: poll pop.provider.net: user maildrop with pass secret1 to golux hurkle=happy snark here This says that the mailbox of account `maildrop' on the server is a multi-drop box, and that messages in it should be parsed for the server user names `golux', `hurkle', and `snark'. It further specifies that `golux' and `snark' have the same name on the client as on the server, but mail for server user `hurkle' should be delivered to client user `happy'. You might also want to check out the fetchmailconfig setup program. -- Brian - "Never criticize anybody until you have walked a mile in their shoes, because by that time you will be a mile away and have their shoes." - unknown Mechanical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis -
RE: PLIP and win95
> I have never used it but Win95 has this built in. > Select the following to install the driver. > > Start Menu-Setup-Control Panel-Add/Remove Programs-Windows Setup- > Communications-Direct Cable Connection. > > Is that not what you want? That is (probably) *not* what one wants for a win95 plip connection. From what I have read, win95's "Direct Cable Connection" must run at *both* ends of the connection. > > As a discouraging side note, this is a quote from section 9 of the new > PLIP mini-HOWTO. > http://www.cli.di.unipi.it/~controzz/PLIP-Mini-HOWTO.txt.gz "No, so far nobody reported me a successful link between Linux and Windows 95. if somebody succeds in setting up this link, please let me know immediately: thousand of PLIP users await these news!" I recently received an email forwarded to me from someone who claims to have successfully made such a connection. It involves a (imho) a rather kludgy solution involving PLIP.EXE, Trumpet Winsock (original 16-bit version). I think that I've deleted that particular email, but I have a hardcopy somewhere and will post it when I come across it. Good luck *- David Karlin wrote about "RE: PLIP and win95" | John, | There is a program called "PLIP.EXE" freely available from Crynwr | (http://www.crynwr.com). It is a packet driver designed to run under DOS | and sends packets from the parallel port to WINSOCK.DLL. | | I am in the process of setting it up on my Win95 box, but have not completed | it yet. I would be interested to hear about your progress. Please feel to | email me directly or via this list. | | Good luck! | | --David | | > -Original Message- | > From: john mcpeek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | > Sent: Sunday, August 30, 1998 7:51 AM | > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org | > Subject: PLIP and win95 | > | > | > | > Does anyone know how to make win95 use the LPT port as the network | > interface so I can setup a link between my linux box with PLIP and my | > win95 box | > -- Brian - "Never criticize anybody until you have walked a mile in their shoes, because by that time you will be a mile away and have their shoes." - unknown Mechanical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis - -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
kernel package
When I installed debian 2.0 from CD I was asked what modules I wanted configured into the kernel. These modules are called out in /etc/modules. I have rebuilt the kernel using the kernel package utility. This created a debian kernel-image package which I installed, thus upgrading my kernel. (neat!) It seems to have done everything, except modify the /etc/modules file. Is there a utility that modifies this file to reflect the modules built with the new kernel, or do I have to do this by hand? (I added module support for java, minux, etc). _ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: Maelstrom crashes under X
> I try to run Maelstrom under X (XF86_Mach64), and I get the following > message: > > X Error of failed request: BadAccess (attempt to access private > resource denied) > Major opcode of failed request: 129 (MIT-SHM) > Minor opcode of failed request: 3 (X_ShmPutImage) > Serial number of failed request: 96 > Current serial number in output stream: 97 > > It does not work even under root. What is the matter? Current version of maelstrom does not support 24/32 bpp screen depths. Run X in 16bpp mode to enjoy maelstrom for now :) Alex Y.
network unreachable
Hi, I am using 3com 3c905tx with RedHat and although the network card seems to be "recognized" during installation, the network is unreachable...even the local network with winNT server. For example, the response to ping 204.60.134.10 is "network unreachable" and the response to lynx http://204.60.134.10 is "Alert!: unable to connect to remote host" and "lynx: Can't access startfile http://204.60.134.10"; where 204.60.134.10 is the nt server on the lan. Please note that the reponse is similar for remote IP's. Thanks, Rich
Re: Linux SMP
Philip Thiem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm wonder, and perhap some you linux buffs could help. HOw great is the > performance gain from SMP? I run on a two processor pentium pro machine all of the time - for doing development, "make -j [ something >1 ]" gives about double compilation speed, as multiple gcc's get spawned onto the two processors. Multi-CPU pentium machines (as opposed to PII or PPro) are not supposed to see as much of a benefit, as the two processors share L2 cache. Others have pointed out, too, that the 2.1.x performance is supposed to be much better than 2.0.34. I'm running 2.1.104, and I'd say that I have noticed a stellar difference. The performance I was used to under 2.0.34 was pretty impressive for the stuff I do, though - for a kernel bound job, 2.1.x might make a big difference. Hopefully this is a useful answer :-) Later, Dale -- + finger for pgp public key -+ | Dale E. Martin | Clifton Labs, Inc. | Senior Computer Engineer| | [EMAIL PROTECTED]|http://www.clifton-labs.com | +--+
Modules
Just installed Debian 2.0, and now I have a question about modules. I have managed to get isapnp setup my network card properly. When I manually give: insmod /lib/modules/2.0.34/net/ 8390.0 insmod /lib/modules/2.0.34/net/ne io=0x220 irq=11 I get the message that the ne modules has been successfully loaded. Now I want to ne.o module to be loaded at boot. How/what/where? Dennis!
Ext2: Superblocks
It appears the power outages we experienced last week may have done some disk damage to our ftp mirror of Debian! It appears I cannot read the superblock on the ftp drive/partition. I believe ext2 stores this information elsewhere on the disk and can fix this by using something other than the default superblock. I have heard of it on this list, but am having a rough time finding this info to fix the problem! Can anybody help me out? Thanks, Dennis -- Dennis Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | phone: 353.4844 Network Admin, College of Engineering, MSU | pager: 222.5875
Re: Is there a Debian package for SANE 0.74 or 0.73?
I have a UMAX Astra 1200s: When using sane 0.74-1 my GIMP locks up on startup with an xsession? error of plugin crash. So i've had to downgrade to 0.72-1.1 Any ideas on how to fix 0.74? > Tell dselect to use the 'unstable' distribution, it is in the 2.1-to-be > version. Alternatively, if you don't want lots of other updates as well, > get > ftp://ftp.debian.org/pub/debian/dists/slink/main/binary-i386/graphics/sane_0.7 > 4-1.deb -- E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 31-Aug-98 Time: 14:04:32 This message was sent by XFMail. Powered by GNU/Linux 2.0. --
Re: Netscape 4.xx
On Mon, 31 Aug 1998, Andrius Sabanas wrote: > Remo Badii wrote: > > > > I selected Netscape 4 using dselect and ftp. > > The version number shown is 4.0-12 and one is informed that an archive > > must be put in /tmp. I could not find any such file in ftp.netscape.com > > /pub/communicator as indicated in the dselect documentation about this > > package. > > Any help? > > Thank you for the n-th time. > > Remo > > I myself put netscape 4.06 under /tmp, and it worked fine. I guess > 4.0-12 is just a version of a wrapper not the netscape browser, so any > 4.0* netscape should work. One minor note here: I installed communicator-pro-v406-export.x86-unknown-linux2.0.tar.gz, using 4.0-12, but had to edit the name to communicator-v406-export.x86-unknown-linux2.0.tar.gz to get the script to accept it. Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen
Re: Modules
On Sun, 30 Aug 1998, Dennis Janssen wrote: > Just installed Debian 2.0, and now I have a question about modules. > > I have managed to get isapnp setup my network card properly. When I manually > give: >insmod /lib/modules/2.0.34/net/ 8390.0 >insmod /lib/modules/2.0.34/net/ne io=0x220 irq=11 > I get the message that the ne modules has been successfully loaded. > > Now I want to ne.o module to be loaded at boot. How/what/where? I added a file /etc/init.d/local containing such things as insmod (actually I used depmod and modprobe) and ran update-rc.d. Maybe you could do it with /etc/modules, but I haven't tried that. Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen
Compatibility Libs
I have a question relating to the compatibility libs, and ld configuration. I have been VERY pleased with the libc5 compatibility in Hamm! Unfortunately, I have custody of two RedHat 5.x boxes, which cannot be migrated in the forseable future. I would like to copy the directories /lib/libc5-compat /usr/lib/libc5-compat To the RedHat boxes, add the appropriate entries to /etc/ld.so.conf, and re-run ldconfig. Will this work? Is there something I am missing here, that has been "cooked-up" to maintain parallel libc5/Glibc2 configurations and load-order? Thanks! == Jeremiah Cornelius "Been there, done that, and have the T-shirt." _ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: Network connection
On Mon, Aug 31, 1998 at 12:38:34PM +0200, Remo Badii wrote: > Dear Peter, > > the file /etc/inet.d/netwerk contains > > ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 > route add -net 127.0.0.0 > > I'll append > > route add -net my_IP netmask my_mask dev eth0 > > Do I have to specify dev eth0? (My only way of connecting will be > through this ethernet port, by the way). > Thank you for your prompt and clear answer. > Remo My /etc/init.d/network file contains: #! /bin/sh ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 route add -net 127.0.0.0 ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255 route add -net 192.168.1.0 Hope this helps! Rafa
how to compile against libc5?
On a Hamm and later system how do I compile against libc5 and its headers? -- = Linux, because I'd like to *get there* today
Re: (off topic ?) AGP video card with debian
On Mon, 31 Aug 1998, E.L. Meijer Eric" wrote: [snip] > Don't know about GGI, but I just installed debian 2.0 on a system with a > Diamond Viper 330 AGP. It works fine with the svga xserver, on 8, 16, > and 32 bit color depths, except that in the 32 bit depth the screen > shows some flicjkering pixels when there are changes on the screen (like > moving a window, or running xaos in autopilot mode). Anyone noticed > this too? > [snip] I've experianced the same thing with 32 bit depth. Am using the XF86_S3 server from slink. What might it be? -- -Josh Co-Admin of California.ZUH.net (Azog) ..and always remember..."arf is god spelled funny." -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.12 Comments: www.geekcode.com GCS d---(pu) s+:- a16 C++>$ UL+++>$ P+ L+++ !E W-- N+++ o? K+ w--- !O !M V- PS+++ PE-- Y+ PGP+ t 5 X+ R tv+ b+ DI+ D+ G+ e-> h! r++ y- --END GEEK CODE BLOCK--
Re: how to compile against libc5?
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Shaleh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On a Hamm and later system how do I compile against libc5 and its >headers? Install the altdev packages, and then set your path to include /usr/i486-linuxlibc1/bin first: export PATH=/usr/i486-linuxlibc1/bin:$PATH et voila Mike. -- Miquel van Smoorenburg | Our vision is to speed up time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] | eventually eliminating it. <*>
Is there a way to get rid of Pine's "Sender"-field?
Pine puts a "Sender: mylocalhostname" in my mail and some spam filters find it annoying. How can I change or disable that? Johann -- | Johann Spies Windsorlaan 19 | | [EMAIL PROTECTED]3201 Pietermaritzburg | | Tel/Faks Nr. +27 331-46-1310 Suid-Afrika (South Africa) | -- " ...Take heed, and beware of covetousness; for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth." Luke 12:15
Re: Compose-key and X11-geometry issues.
On Mon, 31 Aug 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sat, Aug 29, 1998 at 09:15:35PM +0200, Johann Spies wrote: > > 1. Since upgrading to Debian 2.0 my compose key (Control-. on a normal > > screen and Control-Scroll-lock in X11) does not work anymore. In X11 I had > > to run xkeycaps to restore it, but I do not know how to restore it in for > > normal use. My .inputrc looks like this: > > Is ctrl-period defined as the compose key (see "dumpkeys")? No. There are just the references to the different characters that can be formed by using compose e.g. keymaps 0-2,4-6,8-9,12 alt_is_meta ... compose '`' 'A' to 'À' compose '`' 'a' to 'à' ... How do I define the compose key? According to the Keyboard-and-Console-HOWTO.gz Control-period is the default Compose Key. That was the case in Debian 1.3.1. I am using the US keyboard definition. Do I have to change to some European keyboard? > > 2. It took me a long time to customize settings for xterm, pine and emacs > > for X11 using Debian 1.3.1. Now those settings have no effect under > > Debian 2.0. I do not know how to get that right again. I hope that using > > Linux does not mean that I have to all the configuration over again every > > time I do an upgrade. My .xsession and .Xdefaults - files are apparently > > ignored by X. > > "mv .Xdefaults .Xresources" and make sure you have "allow-user-resources" > and "allow-user-xsession" in /etc/X11/config . My .Xdefaults and .Xresource have the same contents: - *XmTextField.translations: #override\n\ osfDelete: delete-next-character() XTerm*utmpInhibit: false emacs.font: 7x14 emacs.geometry: 85x30 xpdf.geometry:80x32 pine.geometry: 101x32 xterm.geometry: 101x32 lynx.geometry:101x32k --- Here is the contents of my /etc/X11/config: - run-xconsole obey-nologin allow-user-resources allow-user-modmap allow-user-xsession allow-failsafe #start-xdm #xdm-start-server no-xdm-start-server no-start-xdm - I still seems that X is ignoring it. Johann -- | Johann Spies Windsorlaan 19 | | [EMAIL PROTECTED]3201 Pietermaritzburg | | Tel/Faks Nr. +27 331-46-1310 Suid-Afrika (South Africa) | -- " ...Take heed, and beware of covetousness; for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth." Luke 12:15
Printing to a windows shared printer
Hi all! I am having some problems with printing to a windows shared printer over the network. It is a NEC SuperScript 860. If I do "lpr -Pnec myfile.txt" then the green light goes blink-blink...blink-blink...blink-blink... which means "PCL data left in printer". Pressing the button on the front makes the text print. However, if I attempt to print from lyx then I get what looks like the contents of a dvi to my untrained eye. Does anyone know how I can fix this? I am using lpr, not lprng. Here is my /etc/printcap: -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- lp|lj|hplj4l|HP Laserjet 4L:\ :lp=/dev/lp1:sd=/var/spool/lpd/hplj4l:\ :sh:pw#80:pl#72:px#1440:mx#0:\ :if=/etc/magicfilter/ljet4l-filter:\ :af=/var/log/lp-acct:lf=/var/log/lp-errs: nec:\ :lp=/dev/null:sh:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/nec:\ :if=/usr/sbin/smbprint: -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- The local hplj4l works fine. Here is /usr/sbin/smbprint with a pile of comments removed: -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- #!/bin/sh -x logfile=/tmp/smb-print.log ( echo translate echo "print -" cat ) | smbclient "//alpha/NEC" -N -P >> $logfile -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Can anyone help me? Thanks in advance Ian -- Ian Lynagh - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.sol.no/~balchen/igloo/ Multitasking: Screwing up several things at once...
Re: As user: swap capslock/cntrl?
Alan Su wrote: > > Anders Hammarquist wrote (Fri, 28 Aug 1998 19:45:20 +0200 ): > |> > |>I think you can swap them in the console as well by using loadkeys. I'm > |>afraid I can't offer you any help as to how to go about doing it though. > |> > > so i'll shamelessly use this as a segue to a question i've had for a > while. i've actually accomplished this by running 'loadkeys -d' after > changing /usr/src/linux/drivers/char/defkeymap.map. the following > lines: > > keycode 29 = Control > keycode 58 = Caps_Lock > > were changed to: > > keycode 29 = Caps_Lock > keycode 58 = Control > > since this works so well, i decided to try to roll my own kernel with > the key table in that file. so i run 'loadkeys -d -m' to generate > defkeymap.c and recompile the kernel. for some reason the key > bindings don't take. am i doing this correctly? has anyone else > accomplished such a feat? thanks. > > -alan > Debian also loads a "default" keymap during startup. I'm not sure, I think the 'kbd' package sets this up. Anyway, look in /etc/kbd/ for another default.map[.gz]. Instead of patching the kernel you can put your custom defkeymap.map here as default.map[.gz]. -- Ed C.
Re: Installing communicator 4.06
Dale E. Martin wrote: > > Alexey Vyskubov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > There is glibc2 version of Communicator 4.06. I use it. > > If you have only libc5 version, install netscape4 package. > > This one tells you about old libraries you have to install (from /oldlibs > > dir) > > and puts appropriate wrapper around netscape. > > > > -- > > Alexey Vyskubov > > In your experience, does the libc6 build work OK? I'm using the 4.5b1 > libc6 build, and it crashes any time you use text input on forms twice. > (like, if you do two searches in one yahoo session.) It's pretty useless - > if the 4.06 version works, I'll definitely switch. > > Later, > Dale > -- NS 4.5 is definitely buggy. I went back to 4.05 (now 4.06) because of this. -- Ed C.
Re: Eterm/rxvt/xterm/xvt..
Jeremy Hinegardner wrote: > > I have a problem with xterm/rxvt/Eterm. All of them when hitting the > backspace key just beep at me. On xvt the backspace works properly. What > needs to be set to make the backspace work properly for xterm,rxvt and > Eterm? > > Thanks, > > Jeremy > FWIW, have you tried '*VT100*backarrowKey: false' in your Xresources file? If you have the newer (2.0) version of this file, there is a section at the top that talks about the backspace key. This probably only applies to xterm. -- Ed C.
Re: Help with hamm needed! Where did GetOpt.h, Regex.h, generic.h etc. , go?
Igor Bubel wrote: > > Hello, > > I am using Debian to develop and add software modules to a larger program > for a software company. Recently, I successfully updated my Debian 1.3 to 2.0, > using autoup.sh and then dselect to get the latest packages. So far, all > works fairly well, until I start compiling the software of the company. It > seems as if I have not installed all header files like GetOpt.h, Regex.h, > generic.h etc. I found in the mailing list archive that popt.h does > replace GetOpt.h if I understood it correctly. But I couldn't find any > information about generic.h and Regex.h. > > My question is: Could someone kindly pinpoint me to documentation or to a > solution for this problem? Why are these header files not included into > Debian anymore? > > Thank you very much in advance. > > Igor Bubel > You'll find those files in the 'libc6-dev' package. -- Ed C.
Re: Modules
On Sun, Aug 30, 1998 at 10:36:07PM +0200, Dennis Janssen wrote: > Just installed Debian 2.0, and now I have a question about modules. > > I have managed to get isapnp setup my network card properly. When I manually > give: >insmod /lib/modules/2.0.34/net/ 8390.0 >insmod /lib/modules/2.0.34/net/ne io=0x220 irq=11 > I get the message that the ne modules has been successfully loaded. > > Now I want to ne.o module to be loaded at boot. How/what/where? $ cat /etc/init.d/isapnp #! /bin/sh # /etc/init.d/isapnp: configure Plug and Play boards test -x /sbin/isapnp || exit 0 if [ -r /etc/isapnp.conf ]; then /sbin/isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf fi # install the pnp devices /sbin/insmod /lib/modules/2.0.34/net/8390.o /sbin/insmod /lib/modules/2.0.34/net/ne.o io=0x240 exit 0 Luck, Pann -- What's All the Buzz About Linux? http://www.rdrop.com/users/pann/
Re: kernel package
Kenneth Scharf wrote: > > When I installed debian 2.0 from CD I was asked what modules I wanted > configured into the kernel. These modules are called out in > /etc/modules. I have rebuilt the kernel using the kernel package > utility. This created a debian kernel-image package which I > installed, thus upgrading my kernel. (neat!) It seems to have done > everything, except modify the /etc/modules file. Is there a utility > that modifies this file to reflect the modules built with the new > kernel, or do I have to do this by hand? (I added module support for > java, minux, etc). > 'depmod -a' does this. IIRC, the make-kpg should do this though...hmmm. -- Ed C.
Re[2]: Is there a Debian package for SANE 0.74 or 0.73?
Paul Slootman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Tell dselect to use the 'unstable' distribution, it is in the > 2.1-to-be > version. Alternatively, if you don't want lots of other updates as > well, > get > ftp://ftp.debian.org/pub/debian/dists/slink/main/binary-i386/graphics/sane_0.74-1.deb Cheers, Paul. I have downloaded and installed the package. Works great! -- Phillip Deackes Debian Linux v.2.0
Re[2]: Is there a Debian package for SANE 0.74 or 0.73?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have a UMAX Astra 1200s: When using sane 0.74-1 my GIMP > locks up on > startup with an xsession? error of plugin crash. So i've had to > downgrade to > 0.72-1.1 Any ideas on how to fix 0.74? When I found the 0.74 version and installed it, I had the same problem. Don't know exactly what did it, but I started xscanimage as sudo root, then started Gimp as sudo root, then did 'ln -s /dev/sg0 /dev/sga' and somewhere along the line it all worked and I can now use the scanner as a regular user Worth a try! -- Phillip Deackes Debian Linux v.2.0
Re: Eterm/rxvt/xterm/xvt..
> Jeremy Hinegardner wrote: > > > > I have a problem with xterm/rxvt/Eterm. All of them when hitting the > > backspace key just beep at me. On xvt the backspace works properly. What > > needs to be set to make the backspace work properly for xterm,rxvt and > > Eterm? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Jeremy > > > > > FWIW, have you tried '*VT100*backarrowKey: false' in your Xresources > file? If you have the newer (2.0) version of this file, there is a > section at the top that talks about the backspace key. This probably > only applies to xterm. > > > -- > Ed C. > This weekend I figured out how to fix it. I had to add the line: keycode 22 = BackSpace to my Xmodmap file. When I did a xmodmap -pke to find out if BackSpace was even defined, It wasn't. So I added it and all is good. I have Debian 2.0 (fresh off the CD). And I did see the Xresources information. I tried it out but it didn't seem to do anything. The Xmodmap seemed to fix everything. -jeremy
Re: Fetchmail don't work for me !
> all messages are stored in the root account not each recipients. I've tried umpteen variations in my configurations and I run into the same thing. No matter what I do, fetchmail won't store mail in the user's account, only in root's. The kludge that I've worked out is to put an individual system crontab entry for each user. The crontab points to a small script in the user's home directory which runs fetchmail as the individual user. This, of course, requires that each user has their own fetchmail config file in their home directory and their own individual setup. This works for me as I only have a few users on my home box, but would be a nightmare in a production machine with lots of users. -- Regards,| Debian GNU/ __ o http://www.debian.org . |/ / _ _ _ _ _ __ __ Randy | / /__ / / / \// //_// \ \/ / ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | // /_/ /_/\/ /___/ /_/\_\ http://www.golgotha.net | ...because lockups are for convicts...
help with x
I set my default color depth to 32 bit and now nothing displays on my screen. Is there a way to exit it back to the prompt so I can change the default back to 24 bit. thanx, Brian
Error backing up with tob
When I try to back up using tob, I get the following error: afio: "/dev/ftape": Invalid argument This is using afio version 2.4.4-2 from slink. Is this version not compatible? Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen
Re: help with x
I'd try Ctrl-Alt-Backspace. At 06:48 PM 8/31/1998 -0400, Brian D Kellogg wrote: >I set my default color depth to 32 bit and now nothing displays on my >screen. Is there a way to exit it back to the prompt so I can change the >default back to 24 bit. > >thanx, > >Brian > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > === Kent West | Technology Support/ | 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 | ===
Re: why does dselect read entire CD?
"Chris R. Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I finally got a Debian 2.0 CD, and upgrading has been really easy. However, > why does dselect feel the need to read every package file and say "skipping > deselected file" ?? This really slows down the upgrade on my slower CD-ROM, > since it aparently has to perform an access for every package file whether > I want it or not. > > Is there some way to prevent dselect from doing this? Use the mountable or mounted method. Jens -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] KeyID: 2048/E451C639 1998/01/28 Print: 5F 3D 43 1E 24 1E CC 48 1E 05 93 3A A7 10 73 37 All things are either sacred or profane. The former to ecclesiasts bring gain; The latter to the devil appertain. -- Dumbo Omohundro
Re: APT
Phillip Neumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > Im with hamm, and want some packages from slink like gnome. What is the > recomended way to obtain this packages? If i select the unstable dir of > a debian ftp in the apt configuration, apt said it will dowload the > selected packages (gnome) plus upgrade the `old' packages of hamm to the > unstable of slink. I dont want to do that becose of the unstability of > slink. What sould i do to make apt get only the new packages and NOT to > upgrade the installed ones? I use dselect for upgrades (it is only pointed to the stable tree via ftp-method). I use apt-get install xyz, if I want packages from slink. HTH, Jens -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] KeyID: 2048/E451C639 1998/01/28 Print: 5F 3D 43 1E 24 1E CC 48 1E 05 93 3A A7 10 73 37 Global War[m|n|p|r]ing? -- Peter G. Neumann (Comp.Risks 19.91)
RE: cant't get ppp working.
I also am having problems...heck..i can't even get debian installed cause I wantr to do a ftp install. I get teh same message about the asyncmap butm ine goes an extra step further and reports something about link not 8 bit clean or 7 bit set 0 or something like that. I saw someone had the same problem on the mailing list archive but didnt not see a response. Anyone know how to fix this?...My ISP uses PAP if that helps any. And I used pppconfig to generate all the scripts. Thnkx Mohammad > -Original Message- > From: James Minor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, August 31, 1998 12:53 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: cant't get ppp working. > > > hi all,, I have been trying,w/o success, to connect to my isp. > here is my plog > pppd started by root, uid 0 > abort on (BUSY) > abort on (NO CARRIER) > abort on (VOICE) > abort on (NO DAILTONE) > abort on (NO ANSWER) > send (ATZ^M) > expect (OK) > ATZ^M^M > OK > -- got it > Send (ATDT8630585) > expect(CONNECT) > ^M > ATDT8630585^m > CONNECT > --got it > SEND (\d) > Serial connection established > Using interface ppp0 > Connect:ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS2 > Sent[LCP ConfReq id=0x1] > last message repeated 10 times > last message repeated 12 times > Hangup (SIGHUP) > Modem hangup > Connection terminated > EXIT > > > any clues,, what is it looking for? > many thanx > Mark > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe > [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
Re: GPIB-ENET
Lazar Fleysher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi EVeryone, > > I was just wondering if someone ever wrote a c-library for a General > Purpouse Interface Bus(GPIB) controller with ethernet interface? Have a look at the Linux Lab Project. http://ftp.llp.fu-berlin.de/ You will find drivers there. Jens -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] KeyID: 2048/E451C639 1998/01/28 Print: 5F 3D 43 1E 24 1E CC 48 1E 05 93 3A A7 10 73 37 "This is the difference: Unix is an OS with tradition, the other are illogical from scratch." -- free translation from Anselm Lignau's comment in de.comp.os.unix.discussion
