Re: Converting RH to Deb
>> "GB" == George Bonser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: GB> Just wondering if there is anyone here familliar enough with the GB> Red Hat system to know if this is possible with a reasonable GB> effort: Someone tried (successfully) to convert his Redhat installation to Debian. But reading his notes, I would strongly consider to backup the important data and make a clean install. It does not seam sane, and I wonder how much cruft there is left. http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/3328/rh5todeb-howto.txt Ciao, Martin
staroffice question
Hi, I am thinking about getting Star Office for my Debian Box but I had a question. I noticed that there is a Star Office 5.0 edition available from the star office site. Do I have to download the older version (3.1) of Star Office in order for it to work with the Debian Installer? If anyone has any experience with this I'd just like some advice. Thanks in advance for any help. Shawn
Dual-boot install with SCSI HD
I want to install Debian 2.0 on an AMD K6-2 system. I'm using an ATAPI/IDE CD-ROM. My HD are both SCSI, running off a SIIG AP40 controller. One drive for Win95, the other for Debian. The boot drive boots Win95. The Debian install doesn't see the SCSI drives. How do I fix this? Thanks for any help. Paul Schwebel, Professional Techno-Geek San Dieguito Union High School District --- "Oh, you have to plug it in!!!" Get your free email from AltaVista at http://altavista.iname.com
Re: CD-R/RW Question
Sorry for sending this to you twice Kenneth... Seems I just can't get used to the Reply-To's. * Kenneth Scharf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I have also been told that the 2x and 4x drives only will write ONCE at > that speed without powering down the computer (and therefore the drive) > to let it cool down. But you can burn forever at 1x. Anyone had this > problem? Nope. I roasted both slink cd's, one at 2x speed and one at 4x speed without powering down my pc. I have an HP cdwriter+ 8100 that roasts CD-Rs at 4x speed and CD-RWs at 2x speed. -- Ulrik Haugen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours." -- Stephen Roberts
Re: staroffice question
On Fri, Mar 26, 1999 at 03:17:27PM -, Shawn Nguyen wrote: Hi, You don't must install a previous copy of staroffice, if You suck the staroffice package from the net there is a installation-routine which do the installation. it runs, .. very slow ... , but it runs ;-) only one thing is unlucky, You need to get a key for the license, if You don't have the key the version is time-limited > > I am thinking about getting Star Office for my Debian Box but I had a > question. I noticed that there is a Star Office 5.0 edition available from > the star office site. Do I have to download the older version (3.1) of > Star Office in order for it to work with the Debian Installer? If anyone > has any experience with this I'd just like some advice. Thanks in advance > for any help. > > Shawn > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Peter Berlau [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: CD-R/RW Question
I just burned 3 CDs back to back today at 2x speed. Never have heard of anything that requires you to power down after writing a CD, and frankly, any drive that would require such a thing wouldn't be used by me in the first place. I seriously doubt there is such a beast.
PHP & Apache 1.3.5
Hi, Does anyone know where can I find binary debs for PHP compiled to work with Apache 1.3.5? thanks in advance marek -- -BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK- Version: 2.6.3ia Comment: Requires PGP version 2.6 or later. mQCNAzao258AAAEEAM7hrSfj5QmbZMJ64b1COVrXNuraF95y8Djln0a37UBlLZQ7 4EJ9Die2V2kUSb4ndpCC5owSvR7KWBq6XYTVw7ne42PfzgIe/l+xG2e9pmztS1oZ Yhyow8aQ4Thlw286dvjuqWQ00M0s3XnWB24SpiQzsYZOwEfdlZ1EuNB7BOoNAAUR tCRNYXJlayBIYWJlcnNhY2sgPGdyZW5kZWxAdmlwLm5ldC5wbD6JAJUDBRA2qNuf nUS40HsE6g0BAfYuA/9NShgAKJ/iM5uSYmNXt6srSOIwUumqoVl0GVzXFHFPQaFB gqf2e2wNBIQH5DpGOYeyVW5GWsho+aM3lsPIMgCxKUb2sOuLzywl89GPnoAOc37B UQsbFdTH8cyQGoEjwHgqyu+7Omc5ptGXMjuYO0NN++tQsGRETcnwzSWviGExuA== =+3ah -END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-
Ever have one of those "cool!" moments?
I've been playing (read frustrating myself crazy) with Linux now for a few months. I have done an upgrade from hamm to slink. I figured out how to get X running. I figured out how to get KDE installed. I can call my ISP. I just had one of those "cool!" moments I thought I'd share with everyone since this list always seems to be filled with "it don't work!" posts. I just used pon under KDE, connected to my ISP, started up Netscape, and read my AOL e-mail. Now I'm replying to the list using AOL's NetMail from within Netscape. "Cool!" Call it my first productive task since I installed Linux. Now if I can just get Quicken 99 to run under Linux, I can finally get rid of "that OTHER OS". -Jay
Re: staroffice question
I simply used thier script to install it. This doesn't allow you to uninstall it with Dselect, but oh-well. Tabor Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Hi, > > I am thinking about getting Star Office for my Debian Box but I had a > question. I noticed that there is a Star Office 5.0 edition available from > the star office site. Do I have to download the older version (3.1) of > Star Office in order for it to work with the Debian Installer? If anyone > has any experience with this I'd just like some advice. Thanks in advance > for any help. > > Shawn
Re: CD-R/RW Question
I burn multiple CD's with my EIDE cd-rom burner all the time. And no where in the documentation did it tell me I couldn't. My software even let's me burn multiple copies. Tabor Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Netscape
Hi, if you want to keep this version of Netscape, just install the xlibc6 in the oldlibs directory and it should work. On 26-Mar-99 Bob Nielsen wrote: > You probably downloaded the libc5 version of netscape and installed used > the debian netscape4 installer package. You could install the necessary > libc5 packages, but I'd recommend installing the debianized version with > dselect (4.08 is in potato, 4.07 in slink) or getting the libc6 version at > ftp://ftp.netscape.com/pub/communicator/4.08/english/unix/unsupported/linux20_ > glibc2/ > and using the installer package again. > > Bob > > > On Fri, 26 Mar 1999, Kevin Lee wrote: > >> >> I just installed Netscape 4.08 using dselect on debian 2.1. When I try to >> start Netscape I get the following error: >> >> ./netscape: can't load library 'libXpm.so.4' >> >> I appreciate any help you all can give. >> >> >> >> >> Kevin Lee >> Vulcan Industries >> (205) 640-2433 >> >> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> http://www.vulcanind.com >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < >> /dev/null >> >> > > > Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > /dev/null > > Regards, Christian Dysthe Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 26-Mar-99 Time: 21:15:35 UIN: 33573035 This message was sent by XFmail Powered by Debian GNU/Linux
Re: Zombies
> BTW, has anyone else noticed that the manpage for ps(1) is uglier than sin? > Whose idea of nroff formatting is that? Mine looks okay; well, other than it being a man page and I find most man pages ugly to begin with, but only because I speak English instead of Developer :) (why don't they ever give real-life examples of the command instead of just techno-speak?) Okay- new question. When I tried to send this message I got an error from Netscape Messenger saying that I couldn't send it to Branden because the Administrator had prohibited it. AFAIK, "I" am the Administrator, and I don't recall ever prohibiting sending mail to anyone or anywhere. What gives?
Can't send-prohibited by Administrator (was Re: Zombies)
Kent West wrote: > Okay- new question. When I tried to send this message I got an error from > Netscape Messenger saying that I couldn't send it to Branden because the > Administrator had prohibited it. AFAIK, "I" am the Administrator, and I don't > recall ever prohibiting sending mail to anyone or anywhere. What gives? MORE INFO I changed my Netscape preferences so that my outgoing server was my ISP's server, and then I was able to send it. When it was set to "localhost" it didn't work, but I've never had any trouble before. Or have I sent any mail since installing Netscape? Hmmm, maybe I haven't; it's only been a few days, so that's possible. Anyone have any enlightment to share with me on this?
xfstt && printing
I'm having printing problems relating to my use of xfstt (true type server). My printer is attached to a little 486 machine which is being used as a dialup/print server. I don't have X installed, and don't have the room or power for it on that machine. Anyway, is there a way to make it see xfstt when printing? I just tried to print from netscape (which is using some true type fonts), and was given Error: /invalid font in findfont. Further in the error message it states that it can't find times new roman. Any help on how to fix this would be appreciated. TIA, chris
Re: Zombies
Kent West wrote: > Mine looks okay; well, other than it being a man page and I find most man > pages > ugly to begin with, but only because I speak English instead of Developer :) Have to agree with Brandon, it's completly broken. There _is_ no nroff formatting, they took a preformatted text file and stuck enough of a header on it so apropos works, but it's all preformatted. Nasty. .\" This man page is a horrid hack because *roff sucks. .\" The whole system is way obsolete. The internal header .\" stuff must die, and will when I figure out how to kill it. .\" I've already killed the wasteful left margin and screwy .\" old perfect justification. Gross! You'd think someone .\" invented this crap in 1973. Oh yeah, they did. Sorry. Heh. > (why don't they ever give real-life examples of the command instead of just > techno-speak?) Good ones do. :-) -- see shy jo
netstat entry
Evening all. I've found this entry in netstat output: tcp 57 1 Mizzou-AS7-21.mis:10802 pavlov.midco.net:ftp LAST_ACK Thing is, I don't remember connecting to pavlov.midco.net There are no entries in syslog with name pavlov, or xferlog, for that matter. Any ideas where else I can look if my system has been accessed by an outsider? Thanks, Andrew
Re: netstat entry
> Midco is one of the primary ftp mirrors for Debian. *slaps himself* Doh. I should have thought of that. Thanks a lot. Andrew
RE: Can't send-prohibited by Administrator (was Re: Zombies)
On 27-Mar-99 Kent West wrote: > Kent West wrote: >> Okay- new question. When I tried to send this message I got an error from >> Netscape Messenger saying that I couldn't send it to Branden because the >> Administrator had prohibited it. AFAIK, "I" am the Administrator, and I >> don't >> recall ever prohibiting sending mail to anyone or anywhere. What gives? > > Are you using Exim? -- Andrew [PGP5.0 Key ID 0x5EE61C37]
RE: Can't send-prohibited by Administrator (was Re: Zombies)
On 27-Mar-99 George Bonser wrote: > On Sat, 27 Mar 1999, Pollywog wrote: > >> Are you using Exim? > > He must be, Adminstrative Prohibition is the standard Exim wave off > message. > > George Bonser > > Support The THING -- http://shorelink.com/~grep/THING.html > I had the same problem with Netscape, and it was one of those Exim options you mentioned. -- Andrew [PGP5.0 KeyID 0x5EE61C37] [ICQ#175285]
Need printer help
I'm hoping someone out here can help me discover why my printer won't print. Until not very long ago, I was using a Slackware system, and sending my infrequent print jobs by hand using "gs -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=laserjet -sOutputFile=/dev/lp1". Now that I've switched to Debian, I can't get that much to work anymore. A good "tunelp /dev/lp1 -r" gets some response from the printer (in the form of some printhead movement), but nothing else will. Using gs sometimes causes the "busy" light to come on, but it quickly blinks out again. The Printing-HOWTO doesn't have any debugging hints. I'm lost. And my only guess is that the Debian setup for lpt1 is somehow different. Any pointers? Thanks, Robbie Huffman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Can't send-prohibited by Administrator (was Re: Zombies)
George Bonser wrote: > > BTW, what does /var/log/exim/rejectlog give as a reason for rejecting the > message? > > Support THING! (THing Is Not GNU). http://shorelink.com/~grep/THING.html 1999-03-26 22:57:34 refused relay (host reject) to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> from <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> H=westk03 (nicanor.acu.edu) [127.0.0.1] (westk)
Re: Netscape
Christian Dysthe wrote: > > Hi, > > if you want to keep this version of Netscape, just install the xlibc6 in the ** > oldlibs directory and it should work. I think Christian meant "xlib6". xlib6 is the X Window lib compiled for libc5, xlib6g is the libc6 version. In fact, the libc5 based version of NS requires several libs from the oldlibs section: libc5,libstdc++28 (I think), xlib6, and xpm4.7. I urge the original poster to simply get the libc6 version of NS, so they don't have to mess with the oldlibs junk. Either get the libc6 version from ftp.netscape.com and use the installer, or, if running slink and/or potato, then just install the Debianized NS (with its torrent of required base packages! Ick.). HTH, -- Ed C.
update-rc.d
Hi I'v received an answer to my question about managing links in rcx.d directories, but it wasn't what I was talking about. The update-rc.d scripts simply removes links AND scripts from init.d directory and I want only temporarly disable running some daemons during system startup (like netsysv or chkconfig from RedHat). Hm, is there only one solution = by hand??!! Hi Piotr Legiecki
Re: Sorry, it's sound again, pls. help
On Fri, 26 Mar 1999, O. Niepolt wrote: > which _is_ the standard kernel for slink? Would it make sense to use 2.2 > or to use ALSA? Where could I find 2.2 kernel debs? I'm asking this I have an SB16PnP and I recently posted the instructions on how I did the sound on my system to this debian-user list, see: http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/debian-user-9903/msg03187.html I think http://netgod.net/ has the latest kernel debs, but I don't know if there are any sound modules compiled in those debs. I'm currently running Debian 2.1 (slink), with kernel 2.2.4, and everything seems to work fine (except for the midi/synth, that is, and I've tried mostly anything I could think of to make it work. Not even the real OSS driver worked on that part). Roy Unsolicited commercial email with be billed at $350/message Roy Larsen, [EMAIL PROTECTED] To send me an email remove the `nospam.' part from the address.
Netscape 4.5 Crash
Hi, If i click on a mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]"> tag and my messenger-window is not open, Netscape crashes. If messenger-window is open, everyting goes well. Any solution (or do i have to wait until 5.0)? -- Bernhard DobbelsStudent Electronic Engineer option Automation and Computersystems. E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 25783372
Help with CD writing
Hello, I am using an ide cd-writer (HP7100i) to burn cd's. I have recompiled the kernel (2.0.34) with scsi emulation enabled. So far I am able to burn cd's after making an image of the files/directories I need to burn using mkisofs. I have some problems/questions for which I need some assistance: 1. When scsi emulation is enabled, how do I mount my regular cd's? 2. Xcdroast could detect both my ide-cd reader and writer. But I was not able to copy data/auido cd onto a blank cd. It always says that the cd-drive is empty. What has to be setup to get it working? Thanks for any suggestions, sridhar Sridhar M. A. Department of Physics University of Mysore, Manasagangotri Mysore 570 006, INDIA Tel: +91-821-516133 Fax: +91-821-516133 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***
Re: Can't get sound module installed
Just posting to thank everyone who helped me to sort this out. My problem was that I hadn't selected all the necessary options in the sound section of the config. I also needed to create the audio device files with: cd /dev ./MAKEDEV audio Thanks again Rich Graham Ashton wrote: > > On Friday 26 March, Richard Harran wrote: > > > Could someone please tell me either what I might be doing wrong, or how > > I could do the 'configure the sound driver with CONFIG_AUDIO option' > > thing. > > have you done either "make config", "make menuconfig" or "make xconfig" before > the "make dep; make clean" ? > > if not, that's your problem. you need to configure the kernel first so that > "make" knows which bits you want to build in. otherwise you won't be getting a > kernel that's customised to your hardware - you'll be getting the default, > which doesn't include audio support. "make menuconfig" and "make > xconfig" are nicer than "make config", but they all do the same job. > > read the documentation in the Documentation subdirectory of the kernel > source. I think there's a HOWTO on kernel compilation too - you'll find > it at http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/ > > -- > Graham > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: Debian 2.1 Installation a mess
>> "SN" == Shawn Nguyen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: SN> 10.) Finds out that GPM can't be set up because doesn't look like SN> serial module is running. So, did you install the serial module during installation? If not, use modconf to do it. Ciao, Martin
Re: what is "net-pf-19"?
On Wed, Mar 24, 1999 at 10:58:26PM -, Pollywog wrote: > > Isn't net-pf-19 for Appletalk? I had to disable it also. I believe Appletalk is "net-pf-5".
Re: install
>> "g" == gio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: g> We received your three CD's without boot disk. Is the boot disk g> missing or is there a different way to install Linux. You can install Debian from bootdisks (they are on the CD, you can create them), by booting from CD oder by running the install.bat. See the documentation in the install directory on the CD. g> I tried to boot from DOS, then went to the Linux CD and ran the g> boot.bat but Linux can't see the SCSI drive. It's hooked up to an g> Adaptec 7890 U2 controller. The HD is an IBM 9.1GB LVD. Help is g> greatly appreciated. This should work with Debian 2.1 In Debian 2.0, the kernel does not have drivers for this host adapter. Check http://www.debian.org/~adric/aic7xxx/ for updated bootdisks (hamm is the directory for the Debian 2.0 ones). Ciao, Martin
Re: MTA and SMTP ident
>> "GC" == G Crimp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: GC> The From: header is okay, but the envelope From header gets GC> written as [EMAIL PROTECTED] The my.isp.com is getting through GC> because I could tell smail that my visible_name was the domain of GC> my ISP and not the local machine name. GC> Some mailing lists don't like the fact the From: field and the GC> envelope don't agree and reject my mail. I believe you are wrong here. This would be damn stupid (BTW, the mailinglist might reject the message based on this, the receiving MTA however must not do this). I have no problems with something like that. Did you choose to send _all_ outgoing mail via your isp's smtp server (smarthost)? For me, I just set the visible_name and use the method described in http://www.debian.org/fom/137.html to change the From: and Sender: header (so I don't have to do it im every programm sending mails). Ciao, Martin
Re: Some questions about IP Masquerading
>> "MP" == Mark Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: MP> /sbin/depmod -a MP> /sbin/modprobe ip_masq_ftp MP> /sbin/modprobe ip_masq_raudio MP> ...etc MP> I presume that under debian I actually just add these modules to MP> /etc/modules?? Yes. MP> is short for "video live"?? And I have no idea about "cuseeme"?? Some video conferencing application (for Windows). MP> Why isn't "http" here --- doesn't it need a module? What about MP> "rlogin", "telnet", "ping" and "pop3" (email)?? These don't require special modules (for ping, you have to enable ICMP masquerading during kernel config). MP> 3. What does "ipv4" stand for? Is it specifically masquerading stuff? No, IPv4 is the usual IP protocol you use. MP> 4. The HOWTO says: MP> IMPORTANT: IP forwarding is disabled by default since 2.0.34 MP> kernels, please make sure you enable it by running MP> echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward MP> This seems a very strange way to enable something. Does it need to be MP> done at boot time, or when? Why is it done like this? Seems like a little thing to enhance security. You setup the thing (load the modules, setup the firewall), then, when the network is secure, you actually enable it. Ciao, Martin
Re: Coupla quick questions...
>> "GS" == Gary Singleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: GS> 2.) I noticed in my /var/log/syslog that when GS> connecting to my ISP I got the message "modprobe: can't GS> locate module char-major-10". I checked the archives GS> and dejanews and found some discussion but all I could GS> garner was to alias it to off in /etc/conf.modules. I GS> did it and the message went away but I don't really GS> understand what I did. I don't know why it wanted to use this module. According to /usr/src/linux/Documentation/devices.txt it is 10 charNon-serial mice, misc features GS> 3.) I think when I recompiled my kernel for sound I somehow lost GS> what used to be called "slhc" or slip header compression - I use GS> PPP so I don't know if I need it but... Maybe you didn't enable it, or you compiled it into the kernel (maybe it is created when you compile ppp as module). GS> 4.) What does "Cannot determine ethernet address for proxy ARP" GS> mean? I checked the archives/dejanews and determined that I GS> prolly don't need it so I turned it off in /etc/ppp/peers/provider GS> but I'd still like to know what it's for. It makes the box dialing in appear as if it is located at the remote LAN. Basically. Pretty advanced stuff. You don't need it, as you found out yourself. GS> 5.) (Last one I swear!) I noticed in my ppp.log that GS> my ISP may be trying chap first before pap - I'll post GS> the relevant parts of the log if necessary but here's GS> what looks important: GS> ...pppd[174]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq.. GS> ...pppd[174]: sent [LCP ConfRej... GS> ...pppd[174]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq.. GS> ...pppd[174]: send [LCP ConfNak... GS> ...pppd[174]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq... GS> Then it does some more stuff. Should I change my GS> config to chap? You could try it. It is more secure, and LCP negociation will be done a little but faster. Ciao, Martin
Two dosemu problems--second try
Can anyone shed any light on these? (1) I can't start dosemu in an X-window or use the modem except as root, even though I have "all c_all" permissions set for myself in the user config file. (Before I upgraded from v.66 to v.98.1 I was able to run under X, but I didn't try the modem.) (2) When I open a session in a dialup/3270 emulator package I use (Passport for dos), the cursor becomes invisible. (The cursor is visible when I first start the application, but vanishes when I open the terminal session.) None of the video settings for dosemu under X looks like a likely fix, though I have tried changing them. Thanks in advance. -- Curt Daugaard [EMAIL PROTECTED]
kernel 2.0.36 and netgear fa310 netcard
hi all, i'm using a 2.0.36 home-built kernel with a fa310 netgear card (10-100). the netgear driver (source) came in the floppy accompaining the card and replaced the tulip driver originally in 2.0.36 (i also tried the old one, but the card didn't work). this is my problem: the card is 'plugged' in a switch on a 100mb port (it's 100mb only, no autosense). the 100mb led on the card is lit. but ifconfig reports my card as if it were running at 10mb. who is lying? also: the card works at half-duplex mode. how can i make it run at full-duplex? i searched the source of tulip.c, but couldn't find any switch to turn it on. many thanks -- |||| ||| Marco Frattola Microsoft is not the answer ||`..'|| |||... Piacenza, ItalyMicrosoft is the question ||| ||| |||''[EMAIL PROTECTED] "No" is the answer ||| ||| ||| www.enjoy.it/users/~mk/index.html Live Linux, live free!
Re: update-rc.d
> > Hi > I'v received an answer to my question about managing links in rcx.d > directories, but it wasn't what I was talking about. > The update-rc.d scripts simply removes links AND scripts from init.d > directory and I want only temporarly disable > running some daemons during system startup (like netsysv or chkconfig from > RedHat). > Hm, is there only one solution = by hand??!! > actually it does not remove the script in /etc/init.d only the symlinks in the rc.? directories. So if you want the script but no rc entries, remove -f is safe. Another solution is to change the run levels a script starts in. if you always boot into run level 2, then making things not start in run level two means that you never see them. Look at the man page for update-rc.d, it is rather clear here.
svgalib mouse problems
Hello,
I'm having trouble in two areas whilst trying to learn to programme the mouse
under svgalib.
1. The programme that comes with the source mousetest.c once compiled will run
correctly for root but not for me (ivan). The error is "svgalib: Failed to
initialise mouse."
This programme is setuid root & there is no difficulty in setting up the
display - it's just the mouse operations that aren't recognised. BTW, another
mouse driven programme spin.c works perfectly no matter who runs it.
Also, the mouse works in X and on the console.
Does anyone have any ideas on this - I have checked the code numerous times &
can't find any reason for this peculiar behaviour ?
2. I have a small programme that I have written myself
int main(void)
{
int mousex,mousey;
int i;
vga_init();
vga_setmode(35);
gl_setcontextvga(35);
gl_enableclipping();
vga_setmousesupport(1);
printf("mousetype %d\n",vga_getmousetype());
mousex=mousey=100;
draw_mouse_cursor(mousex,mousey);
for(;;)
{
mouse_update();
mousex = mouse_getx();
mousey = mouse_gety();
draw_mouse_cursor(mousex,mousey);
if(vga_getkey()!=0) break;
}
This I have checked also and is setuid root as it should be but no matter who
runs the programme the mouse movement is not recognised.
I realise this is not the best place for detailed programming questions but the
c language newsgroup (comp.languages.c IIRC) seems to be pathologically devoted
to ANSII discussion only.
As always, any and all comments, answers & questions welcomed. A copy of
libvga.config file supplied on request.
Ivan.
Problems with S3 Trio 3D 2x AGP
Hello! I have a big problem: I have a S3 video card with 4 Mb but I'm not able to make it work fine. I've tried with the S3 and SVGA servers, but it only works with the VGA16. Video Card Specifications: S3 Trio 3D2x Version 2.0B.06 SuperProbe report chipset: 0x8a13
Star Office 5 & Potato/Glibc2.1??
pgpd3KtnN93Gk.pgp Description: PGP message
My thanks (belated) to Gregory Noonan
Dear Sir, Thank you for your redirection in the way of install. It helped me greatly in overcoming the hurdle to installation. Tim P.S. Sorry for the delay.I've been trying to get the install correctly configured but have run into problems w/ the perl and lib6 packages not configuring correctly..It taken a little of my time and I might have to bother the user list again soon to help me iron this one out too. Thanks Again!!! _ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
My thanks (belated) to Gregory Noonan
Dear Sir, Thank you for your redirection in the way of install. It helped me greatly in overcoming the hurdle to installation. Tim P.S. Sorry for the delay.I've been trying to get the install correctly configured but have run into problems w/ the perl and lib6 packages not configuring correctly..It taken a little of my time and I might have to bother the user list again soon to help me iron this one out too. Thanks Again!!! _ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: update-rc.d
On Sat, Mar 27, 1999 at 09:35:27AM +0100, Piotr Legiecki wrote: > Hi > I'v received an answer to my question about managing links in rcx.d > directories, but it wasn't what I was talking about. > The update-rc.d scripts simply removes links AND scripts from init.d > directory and I want only temporarly disable > running some daemons during system startup (like netsysv or chkconfig from > RedHat). > Hm, is there only one solution = by hand??!! install the file-rc package. It let's you manage your init scripts from a single conf file. You can comment out lines add lines etc. I use it on my home and production system. -- --- - - --- - - - --- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian GNU/Linux OpenLDAP Core - [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] UnixGroup Admin - Jordan Systems The Choice of the GNU Generation -- -- - - - --- --- -- - - --- - --
test - please ignore
This is a test. please ignore.
Colour Map Problem
Hi After much fooling around I have Communicator running but The problem now is the Colour map. Netscape requires true colour I can only seem to get 4 bit susdo colour. How can I get 8 bit or higher colour. In this mode Netscape goes black and White not to useful. Real hard on the eyes too as it sift in and out of colour as you move focus to other xwindows or off netscape. I would also like to use my windows 95 user directory for netscape can I point netscape there? This would keep my mail in order insted of leaving mail on the server then downloading again in windows. Shanta
Re: Netscape mail - multiple "profiles"?
Christian Dysthe wrote: > > Hi, > > I am running Netscape 4.5 under Debian (hamm). What I need is to be able is to > open different Messenger "profiles" with different mail folders, different Hi, I'm using Kde mail client. It have a multi-profile facilitie who works very well, like Netscape on Windows, with filters and etc. My use of Netscape is restricted for browsing only (it's superior than kfm). Vinicius > "From" addresses and different pop/smtp servers. Since Messenger isn't a multi > account email client yet (unbelievable!) I thought I could do it this way. > > There is maybe some command line options that makes Messenger read another ini > file on startup? > > I haver seen this done in Windows, but as a Linux newbie I do not feel I am > able to replicate this procedure yet. > > Can anyone help? >
RedHat = MS-Linux???
I've been toying with Linux for about 3 years now. I do not have it mastered, but I haven't given up either. Part of me is delighted with the current regognition of Linux (RedHat), but the other part fears that some entity such as Microsoft will somehow crawl out of the woodwork and take over. What are your views on this? Eventually I would like to be running Debian exclusively. I will admit though that I am learning on RedHat. Just curious.. Don
Question about mounting MS-DOS partition
(I'm new to this mailing list, so if I am sending this message to the wrong place, please accept my apologies.) I have installed Debian 2.0 alongisde Windows 95 by splitting the Windows partition, and it was relatively headache free (phew!). I didn't leave as much room on the Linux partition as I would like to have, because there was some file at the end of the MS-DOS parition that defragging didn't move. This didn't concern me, because I figured I could just mount the MS-DOS partition and use it for extra space. But my roommate, who assisted me with the installation, said that it's not a good idea to store and run Linux programs on the MS-DOS partition. Is this true, and if so, why? Oh, and might anyone know what the file is at the end of my MS-DOS partition? I don't run any sort of disk compression program. - Thanks, Bill
Re: Zombies
Package: procps Version: 1:1.9.0-2 Severity: wishlist On Fri, Mar 26, 1999 at 10:58:10PM -0600, Kent West wrote: > > BTW, has anyone else noticed that the manpage for ps(1) is uglier than sin? > > Whose idea of nroff formatting is that? > > Mine looks okay; well, other than it being a man page and I find most man > pages > ugly to begin with, but only because I speak English instead of Developer :) > (why don't they ever give real-life examples of the command instead of just > techno-speak?) It's not a man page at all. Especially, the author seems to be completely ignorant of any text formatiing system. Yeah, this is a bug report. ps (1) should be a man page formatted in the troff format. Thanks, Marcus .\" Man page for ps. .\" Quick hack conversion by Albert Cahalan, 1998. .\" Licensed under version 2 of the Gnu General Public License. .\" .\" This man page is a horrid hack because *roff sucks. .\" The whole system is way obsolete. The internal header .\" stuff must die, and will when I figure out how to kill it. .\" I've already killed the wasteful left margin and screwy .\" old perfect justification. Gross! You'd think someone .\" invented this crap in 1973. Oh yeah, they did. .\" .TH PS 1 "July 5, 1998" "Linux" "Linux User's Manual" .SH \fRNAME\fR ps \- report process status .ad r .na .ss 12 0 .in 0 .nh .nf SYNOPSIS ps [options] DESCRIPTION ps gives a snapshot of the current processes. If you want a repetitive update of this status, use top or gtop. This man page documents the /proc-based version of ps, or tries to. -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' Debian http://www.debian.org finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann GNUhttp://www.gnu.org master.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09
Hard Disk Boot Failure -- Endless 01 01 01 etc
When booting from hard disk, the system goes through memory test and then starts an endless stream of zeros and ones. Booting from floppy works fine. Any suggestions? This is a new installation of release 2.1 (Mar. 9). I have it on the first hard disk on the second IDE channel. As I'm building this server on my development machine, I'm turning off the other disks (Windoze) and primary IDE channel through the bios. I've installed Debian on three servers in the past in a simmilar manner (as well as I can remember) without any boot problems. Running on an Intel PentiumII Celeron, 350Mhz, ASUS P2B, 64 MB Ram, etc. Thanks for any ideas. Jeff Hill * HR On-Line: The Network for Workplace Issues ** Ph:416-604-7251 -- Fax:416-604-4708 ** http://www.hronline.com **
Re: Hard Disk Boot Failure -- Endless 01 01 01 etc
Jeff Hill wrote: > > When booting from hard disk, the system goes through memory test and > then starts an endless stream of zeros and ones. Booting from floppy > works fine. Any suggestions? It seems to me that LILO is broken on the HD. Try to reinstall LILO on the HD. ///Johan -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- "Better to ask questions and seem stupid than not ask to questions and remain stupid" -Unknown Johan Groth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Kupolen Data
Re: Question about mounting MS-DOS partition
On Sat, 27 Mar 1999, William R Pentney wrote: > > (I'm new to this mailing list, so if I am sending this message to the > wrong place, please accept my apologies.) > > I have installed Debian 2.0 alongisde Windows 95 by splitting the Windows > partition, and it was relatively headache free (phew!). I didn't leave as > much room on the Linux partition as I would like to have, because there > was some file at the end of the MS-DOS parition that defragging didn't > move. This didn't concern me, because I figured I could just mount the > MS-DOS partition and use it for extra space. But my roommate, who assisted > me with the installation, said that it's not a good idea to > store and run Linux programs on the MS-DOS partition. Is this true, and if > so, why? > > Oh, and might anyone know what the file is at the end of my MS-DOS > partition? I don't run any sort of disk compression program. It probably has either a S or H attribute. I assume you used fips to split the partition. The fips documentation deals with this. You need disable virtual memory, remove these attributes from any files which have them (keep a list), defrag, reinstate the attributes. Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen
Re: Sorry, it's sound again, pls. help
Roy-Anders Larsen wrote: > I have an SB16PnP and I recently posted the instructions on how I did the > sound on my system to this debian-user list, see: > http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/debian-user-9903/msg03187.html > I think http://netgod.net/ has the latest kernel debs, but I don't know if > there are any sound modules compiled in those debs. > I'm currently running Debian 2.1 (slink), with kernel 2.2.4, and > everything seems to work fine (except for the midi/synth, that is, and > I've tried mostly anything I could think of to make it work. Not even the > real OSS driver worked on that part). > Thanks a lot Roy for these tips, especially for the links! I think I'll go ahead and fetch a 2.2.* kernel and compile that, including sound according to your instructions; I believe there were some source debs under the URL that you gave me but I have to check that again. I must say it really pisses me off that I have to re-compile the kernel just to make the soundcard work (it happens that I have a SB16 PNP, too, that's fairly standard hardware IMHO even here in Germany), but maybe it's worth the effort. I just hope ppp and the other stuff won't complain after the upgrade. BTW, did you see an increase in mem requirements after switching to 2.2.4? Thanks again, -- Olaf
Where is "/etc/rc.d/rc.local" on Debian?
Hi, some non-Debian packaged software I have wanted to install requires to be started at boot time. Often script bits are to be included in: /etc/rc.d/rc.local On my Debian system (slink) I can not figure out where to add this since I do not find rc,local. I am a newbie and do not undestand the init files in Debian yet. I have tried to read up on it, but I am still confused. Can anyone help me out, please? TIA Regards, Christian Dysthe Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 27-Mar-99 Time: 15:07:00 UIN: 33573035 This message was sent by XFmail Powered by Debian GNU/Linux
Re: Star Office 5 & Potato/Glibc2.1??
>> "RKL" == Ryan K Losh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: RKL> I know that I'm probably a moron for running "up to date" potato RKL> systems. However, when potato moved to Glibc 2.1, my Star Office RKL> 5 stopped working. Is there any way to have BOTH Glibc 2.0 and RKL> 2.1, or is there some other way to make Star Office 5 work? Try this: From: Jules Bean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Slink to potato upgrade To: John Lines <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: Debian Developers X-Sent: 5 days, 20 hours, 5 minutes, 57 seconds ago Resent-From: debian-devel@lists.debian.org On Sun, 21 Mar 1999, John Lines wrote: > Anthony Towns wrote: >> As far as dodgy programs relying on undocumented features, I've no >> idea what could be done. Redoing those features just for jdk might be >> a good idea, maybe. :-/ > I have wondered about putting a copy of glibc2.0 into oldlibs and > providing wrappers for programs (such as StarOffice) which break, > and which we cant change. (Note I have not yet tried this, so I > don't know if it will work) It will work. Just make sure you also have a copy of the ld-linux.so from glib2.0. You need a wrapper something like this: LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/path/to/glibc2.0 /path/to/ld-linux.so.fromglibc2.0 /path/to/app/which/breaks (all one line) Jules
Re: Where is "/etc/rc.d/rc.local" on Debian?
Christian Dysthe wrote: > > Hi, > > some non-Debian packaged software I have wanted to install requires to be > started at boot time. Often script bits are to be included in: > > /etc/rc.d/rc.local > > On my Debian system (slink) I can not figure out where to add this since I do > not find rc,local. > > I am a newbie and do not undestand the init files in Debian yet. I have tried > to read up on it, but I am still confused. > > Can anyone help me out, please? I think what you're looking for is /etc/init.d. Hopefully someone else will post to confirm/deny this. HTH and LOL -- __ _ Mark Wagnon Debian GNU/ -o) / / (_)__ __ __ Chula Vista, CA /\\/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _\_v/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\
Netscape problem
Hi, Awhile back I saw something on here about a netscape problem I am getting now. I guess I should have saved that message. Anyway, it's got to do with netscape not being able to open the libXpm.so.4 library or soemthing like that. Does anyone knows what I need to do to get it to run? Thanks a lot for any help. Shawn
Re: Netscape problem
Shawn Nguyen wrote: > > Hi, > > Awhile back I saw something on here about a netscape problem I am > getting > now. I guess I should have saved that message. Anyway, it's got to do > with netscape not being able to open the libXpm.so.4 library or soemthing > like that. Does anyone knows what I need to do to get it to run? Thanks a > lot for any help. What version of Netscape are you running -- glibc or libc5? I'm running libc5 and I had to install xpm???.deb from the oldlibs directory. That may need you to install some other old libs, but I can't remember which. If you're using the glibc version, I believe that if you install the netscape4.deb and that should also install whatever you need to get things going. HTH, -- __ _ Mark Wagnon Debian GNU/ -o) / / (_)__ __ __ Chula Vista, CA /\\/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _\_v/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\
Re: Netscape problem
Shawn Nguyen wrote: > Hi, > > Awhile back I saw something on here about a netscape problem I am > getting > now. I guess I should have saved that message. Anyway, it's got to do > with netscape not being able to open the libXpm.so.4 library or soemthing > like that. Does anyone knows what I need to do to get it to run? Thanks a > lot for any help. Shawn, You need the old libc5 libs, (in oldlibs) or you can get the libc6 version of Netscape. BTW, you can search mailing list archives at debian's website. www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/ use glimpse and search for libXpm.so.4 > > > Shawn > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- dyer
Re: Where is "/etc/rc.d/rc.local" on Debian?
On Sat, 27 Mar 1999, George Bonser wrote: > > I am a newbie and do not undestand the init files in Debian yet. I have > > tried > > to read up on it, but I am still confused. > > > > Can anyone help me out, please? > > Debian uses standard System V init files. There is no such thing as rc.d > or rc.local in SysV, they come from BSD unix. You can fix the problem > partially by creating a /etc/rc.d directory and then under that symlinking > /etc/rc1.d to /etc/rc.d/rc1/d and so on for rc1.d through rc6.d as well as > init.d. Then you might create a file called local in /etc/init.d and > install it with update-rc.d with a 99 so it gets run last. Then symlink > /etc/init.d/local to /etc/rc.d/rc.local. Hmm... isn't that a bit overkill? Why don't you just put stuff in /etc/rc.boot or do cd /etc;mkdir rc.d;ln -sf rc.boot rc.d/rc.local??? marek -- -BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK- Version: 2.6.3ia Comment: Requires PGP version 2.6 or later. mQCNAzao258AAAEEAM7hrSfj5QmbZMJ64b1COVrXNuraF95y8Djln0a37UBlLZQ7 4EJ9Die2V2kUSb4ndpCC5owSvR7KWBq6XYTVw7ne42PfzgIe/l+xG2e9pmztS1oZ Yhyow8aQ4Thlw286dvjuqWQ00M0s3XnWB24SpiQzsYZOwEfdlZ1EuNB7BOoNAAUR tCRNYXJlayBIYWJlcnNhY2sgPGdyZW5kZWxAdmlwLm5ldC5wbD6JAJUDBRA2qNuf nUS40HsE6g0BAfYuA/9NShgAKJ/iM5uSYmNXt6srSOIwUumqoVl0GVzXFHFPQaFB gqf2e2wNBIQH5DpGOYeyVW5GWsho+aM3lsPIMgCxKUb2sOuLzywl89GPnoAOc37B UQsbFdTH8cyQGoEjwHgqyu+7Omc5ptGXMjuYO0NN++tQsGRETcnwzSWviGExuA== =+3ah -END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-
ftp & mail
Does Debian 2.0 (hamm) installation have an ftp and mail program included to use with the ppp? I have the pon and poff controlling my modem. It dials and makes all sorts of wierd noises but then what. I need ftp to avoid floppy problems in getting netscape and X packages. Thanks, Bill
Re: Two dosemu problems--second try--ONE SOLVED
So I'll respond to part of my own post. In searching usenet, I happend upon a solution (probably not the right one) to problem #1 (running under X and using the modem). Running "xhost +" got dosemu running in an X-window. (Huh, didn't used to have to do that.) Also, apparently in dosemu for an ordinary user to dial out the ttyS* device has to have group write permissions. I still have in invisible cursor, however. On Sat, Mar 27, 1999 at 07:41:30AM -0600, Curt Daugaard wrote: > Can anyone shed any light on these? > > (1) I can't start dosemu in an X-window or use the modem except as root, > even though I have "all c_all" permissions set for myself in the user > config file. (Before I upgraded from v.66 to v.98.1 I was able to run > under X, but I didn't try the modem.) > > (2) When I open a session in a dialup/3270 emulator package I use (Passport > for dos), the cursor becomes invisible. (The cursor is visible when I > first start the application, but vanishes when I open the terminal > session.) None of the video settings for dosemu under X looks like a > likely fix, though I have tried changing them. > > Thanks in advance. > > -- > > Curt Daugaard > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- Curt Daugaard [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Please remove '.NOSPAM' from my address when responding)
Re: ftp & mail
Weird noises you hear is modem, I believe. And it's perfectly normal. Anyway, once you can dial out to your ISP (do plog just to make sure that you are connected), you can use apt or dselect to ftp files over to your machine. No mail program though. And, before you can get Netscape, you need to install X. If you really really want to surf the net without X, get lynx. Basicly, what you got in base system is just enough to get you into shell, so you can install the rest of packages. Just base system will not get you anywhere, since it doesnt have X, man pages even, gcc or anything. So just read docs about dselect/apt and use those to install packages. If you don't succeed at ftpying files over to linux machine directly, you can (if you have windows on your machine) DL files to your windows partition, or dos, rather, and install files from there, using 'install from hard drive' access method in dselect. Andrew --- Andrei S. Ivanov [EMAIL PROTECTED] UIN 12402354 http://members.tripod.com/AnSIv <--Little things for Linux.
Re: ftp & mail
In foo.debian-user, you wrote: > Does Debian 2.0 (hamm) installation have an ftp and mail program included > to use with the ppp? I have the pon and poff controlling my modem. It dials > and makes all sorts of wierd noises but then what. I need ftp to > avoid floppy problems in getting netscape and X packages. Thanks, Bill There are many ftp and mail programs included. For the command line, you can use the program called "ftp" for ftp. And you can use the program called (surprisingly) "mail" for mail. However, dselect has methods build-in for getting packages. Try running dselect and choosing an access method. From there, you can download and install any number of programs for ftp and mail (Netscape, mutt, etc..) -Mitch
Re: Where is "/etc/rc.d/rc.local" on Debian?
Hi again, guess what I need to know is how do you start programs at boot on a Debian system. I have tried to put my "soundon* script from OSS in rc.boot and I get an error message when booting saying: "cat uses obsolete /proc/pci interface" It must be a way to load software/scripts in a simple way when booting. Or isn't it? On 27-Mar-99 Marek Habersack wrote: > On Sat, 27 Mar 1999, George Bonser wrote: > >> > I am a newbie and do not undestand the init files in Debian yet. I have >> > tried >> > to read up on it, but I am still confused. >> > >> > Can anyone help me out, please? >> >> Debian uses standard System V init files. There is no such thing as rc.d >> or rc.local in SysV, they come from BSD unix. You can fix the problem >> partially by creating a /etc/rc.d directory and then under that symlinking >> /etc/rc1.d to /etc/rc.d/rc1/d and so on for rc1.d through rc6.d as well as >> init.d. Then you might create a file called local in /etc/init.d and >> install it with update-rc.d with a 99 so it gets run last. Then symlink >> /etc/init.d/local to /etc/rc.d/rc.local. > Hmm... isn't that a bit overkill? Why don't you just put stuff in > /etc/rc.boot > or do cd /etc;mkdir rc.d;ln -sf rc.boot rc.d/rc.local??? > > marek > > -- > -BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK- > Version: 2.6.3ia > Comment: Requires PGP version 2.6 or later. > > mQCNAzao258AAAEEAM7hrSfj5QmbZMJ64b1COVrXNuraF95y8Djln0a37UBlLZQ7 > 4EJ9Die2V2kUSb4ndpCC5owSvR7KWBq6XYTVw7ne42PfzgIe/l+xG2e9pmztS1oZ > Yhyow8aQ4Thlw286dvjuqWQ00M0s3XnWB24SpiQzsYZOwEfdlZ1EuNB7BOoNAAUR > tCRNYXJlayBIYWJlcnNhY2sgPGdyZW5kZWxAdmlwLm5ldC5wbD6JAJUDBRA2qNuf > nUS40HsE6g0BAfYuA/9NShgAKJ/iM5uSYmNXt6srSOIwUumqoVl0GVzXFHFPQaFB > gqf2e2wNBIQH5DpGOYeyVW5GWsho+aM3lsPIMgCxKUb2sOuLzywl89GPnoAOc37B > UQsbFdTH8cyQGoEjwHgqyu+7Omc5ptGXMjuYO0NN++tQsGRETcnwzSWviGExuA== > =+3ah > -END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK- > > > Regards, Christian Dysthe Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 27-Mar-99 Time: 17:24:24 UIN: 33573035 This message was sent by XFmail Powered by Debian GNU/Linux
Re: Where is "/etc/rc.d/rc.local" on Debian?
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Marek Habersack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hmm... isn't that a bit overkill? Why don't you just put stuff in /etc/rc.boot >or do cd /etc;mkdir rc.d;ln -sf rc.boot rc.d/rc.local??? NO /etc/rc.boot and rc.local are totally different things. If you do not know what you are doing DO NOT use /etc/rc.boot Read about this in the archives. It has come up at least 60 times before. Mike. -- Indifference will certainly be the downfall of mankind, but who cares?
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What is flex ? Pathfinder
Re: Where is "/etc/rc.d/rc.local" on Debian?
On Sat, 27 Mar 1999, George Bonser wrote: > On Sat, 27 Mar 1999, Marek Habersack wrote: > > > On Sat, 27 Mar 1999, George Bonser wrote: > > Hmm... isn't that a bit overkill? Why don't you just put stuff in > > /etc/rc.boot > > or do cd /etc;mkdir rc.d;ln -sf rc.boot rc.d/rc.local??? > > > Not if you just want stuff designed for Red Hat to simply install. You can > do as you say for a single package, maybe, but it is probably better to > simulate the RH non-standard environment if you will be installing more > than one package designed for Red Hat (the hat is red from blood caused by > one pulling all of one's hair out trying to make sense of their goofy > layout). Just two questions: 1. What RH package there is which has no Debian equivalent? 2. Why should Debian be RH-compatible? If someone switches to Debian from RH s/he should be prepared that some (re)adaptation will be necessary. marek -- -BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK- Version: 2.6.3ia Comment: Requires PGP version 2.6 or later. mQCNAzao258AAAEEAM7hrSfj5QmbZMJ64b1COVrXNuraF95y8Djln0a37UBlLZQ7 4EJ9Die2V2kUSb4ndpCC5owSvR7KWBq6XYTVw7ne42PfzgIe/l+xG2e9pmztS1oZ Yhyow8aQ4Thlw286dvjuqWQ00M0s3XnWB24SpiQzsYZOwEfdlZ1EuNB7BOoNAAUR tCRNYXJlayBIYWJlcnNhY2sgPGdyZW5kZWxAdmlwLm5ldC5wbD6JAJUDBRA2qNuf nUS40HsE6g0BAfYuA/9NShgAKJ/iM5uSYmNXt6srSOIwUumqoVl0GVzXFHFPQaFB gqf2e2wNBIQH5DpGOYeyVW5GWsho+aM3lsPIMgCxKUb2sOuLzywl89GPnoAOc37B UQsbFdTH8cyQGoEjwHgqyu+7Omc5ptGXMjuYO0NN++tQsGRETcnwzSWviGExuA== =+3ah -END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-
Re: Where is "/etc/rc.d/rc.local" on Debian?
On 28 Mar 1999, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Marek Habersack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Hmm... isn't that a bit overkill? Why don't you just put stuff in > >/etc/rc.boot > >or do cd /etc;mkdir rc.d;ln -sf rc.boot rc.d/rc.local??? > > NO > > /etc/rc.boot and rc.local are totally different things. > > If you do not know what you are doing DO NOT use /etc/rc.boot > > Read about this in the archives. It has come up at least 60 times before. I know it is for one-time boottime initialization of some packages. But in the absense of rc.local it can be used, as a poor-man's substitute. OTOH, the two startup file layout standards haven't been designed to be intermixed, so I guess that this discussion is purely theoretical and inpractical... marek -- -BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK- Version: 2.6.3ia Comment: Requires PGP version 2.6 or later. mQCNAzao258AAAEEAM7hrSfj5QmbZMJ64b1COVrXNuraF95y8Djln0a37UBlLZQ7 4EJ9Die2V2kUSb4ndpCC5owSvR7KWBq6XYTVw7ne42PfzgIe/l+xG2e9pmztS1oZ Yhyow8aQ4Thlw286dvjuqWQ00M0s3XnWB24SpiQzsYZOwEfdlZ1EuNB7BOoNAAUR tCRNYXJlayBIYWJlcnNhY2sgPGdyZW5kZWxAdmlwLm5ldC5wbD6JAJUDBRA2qNuf nUS40HsE6g0BAfYuA/9NShgAKJ/iM5uSYmNXt6srSOIwUumqoVl0GVzXFHFPQaFB gqf2e2wNBIQH5DpGOYeyVW5GWsho+aM3lsPIMgCxKUb2sOuLzywl89GPnoAOc37B UQsbFdTH8cyQGoEjwHgqyu+7Omc5ptGXMjuYO0NN++tQsGRETcnwzSWviGExuA== =+3ah -END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-
Re: Where is "/etc/rc.d/rc.local" on Debian?
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Marek Habersack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >1. What RH package there is which has no Debian equivalent? >2. Why should Debian be RH-compatible? If someone switches to Debian from RH > s/he should be prepared that some (re)adaptation will be necessary. The guys from the LSB (Linux Base Standard) are currently talking with Debian and RedHat to agree on one standard /etc/init.d structure. It will probably be abstracted and have symbolic names and dependencies. Mike. -- Indifference will certainly be the downfall of mankind, but who cares?
