Re: xconsole transparency
Emil Soleyman-Zomalan wrote: > > Hi, > > I have seen screenshots of themes at Themes.org with their > xconsoles being transparent. I went ahead and got wterm through > apt but do not know how to "exactly" go about doing it. I was > wondering if anyone can guide me through the process? > > You can execute it like this: wterm -tr you will want to work out text colors and such. wterm is taken from rxvt, so you will be able to use rxvt's options. I like the ol' wterm -bg black -fg white -tr have fun. -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= dyer[EMAIL PROTECTED] =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: xconsole transparency
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- I know how to get wterm to become transparent, but what I should have said was how can wterm's transparency and other options be applied to xconsole. I'm looking for some way to alter the command /usr/X11R6/bin/xconsole - -notify . -file /dev/xconsole to incorporate wterm. Thanks for the suggestions though dyer. On Mon, 6 Sep 1999, dyer wrote: > Emil Soleyman-Zomalan wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I have seen screenshots of themes at Themes.org with their > > xconsoles being transparent. I went ahead and got wterm through > > apt but do not know how to "exactly" go about doing it. I was > > wondering if anyone can guide me through the process? > > > > > > You can execute it like this: > wterm -tr > > you will want to work out text colors and such. wterm is > taken from rxvt, so you will be able to use rxvt's options. > I like the ol' > wterm -bg black -fg white -tr > > have fun. > -- > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > dyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: 2.6.3a Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBN9RglpR1y289fgXxAQFKcQQAlPrK8v0BduAl4IIJhcnMtiIcY+EMnvhx CJfllDXLKP4rKoRAQWdMRbgabS+a1xK1fcdUu5kJMnyjOWdsAUXHd2CaogZNP8B+ dsIIjnxd5KV4I9bzdsfniNJtTogYTY579pzi6yM53JG0tdr5BN2Ucupn0E22EXz2 uEYia6V0+/o= =eE0t -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: How to fully utilise a 10 GB harddisk
> From: Seth R Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > [WinNT] ... cannot install onto a partition larger > than two gigs That can't be right. I created, formatted, and installed onto a 4GB partition with Windows NT. Daniel
Re: library lost - need help, please
Peter Mickle wrote: > > hello readers, > > NEW USER question/problem, need help if possible. in trying to solve one > shared libraries problem, i unintentionally removed the following library: > > /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-linux/egcs-2.91.60/libstdc++.so > > i don't know how to "reinstall" that file. i do not know the exact package > to which it belongs, searching at http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages > for "libstdc++" returns: > libstdc++2.9-dev2.91.60-5; > libstdc++2.8 2.90.29-2; and > libstdc++2.9 2.91.60-5. > > i can't "install" any of these packages through dselect because they are > all marked "installed; install (was: install)", and when i try to install > through apt-get, i get the message "sorry, libstdc++2.9-dev is already the > newest version. i can download "libstdc++2.9-dev_2.91.60-5.deb" into my > /tmp directory, but then i don't know how to "execute" the ".deb" file, or > even if i should. > > i have exhausted my self-help efforts and i will really appreciate any > help or direction, that way i can get back to solving the problem which i > was solving when i killed the needed file. > > try prompt# dpkg --remove libstdc++2.9-dev prompt# apt-get install libstdc++2.9-dev hth -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= dyer[EMAIL PROTECTED] =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: hard disks more than 8gb
> From: Kenneth Scharf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Fdisk reported my 17.2 maxtor (which the bios > sizes as about 16.8gb, so maxtor lies a little). Why are so many computer users so ignorant of international standards? Daniel
Re: xconsole transparency
Emil Soleyman-Zomalan wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > I know how to get wterm to become transparent, but what I should have said > was how can wterm's transparency and other options be applied to xconsole. > I'm looking for some way to alter the command /usr/X11R6/bin/xconsole > - -notify . -file /dev/xconsole to incorporate wterm. Thanks for the > suggestions though dyer. > Hmmm... Have a look at the rt package in X11/ -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= dyer[EMAIL PROTECTED] =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
problem instaling debian
hi, I have a linux debian distribution from a VIDI cd , it's a croatian magazin, but I dont have instalation guide. please send me an instalation guide Strahil Peskov mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED],mpt.com.mk Macedonia
Automounting CD-ROMs and Samba 2.0.5a
I've got a Debian 2.2 machine running Samba 2.0.5a that I'd like to share a CD-ROM drive from. Basically I'd like to have the CD-ROM mount and unmount before and after usage. So far I can get the drive to mount automatically using the exec option in Samba, however no files are visable from Windows -- Only if I TELNET to the machine and look at the mount point. Does anyone have a suggestion on how to set the exec and postexec options so they'll actually work with a Debian system?
console-apt's interface to dependency information
Does anyone know if there are plans to make console-apt deal with presenting dependency information to the user in a way analogous to that of dselect? Right now, the UI basically seems to ignore such information, and depends on apt-get (or the equivalent library) to `automatically' make everything kosher, but this behavior is *really dangerous*. I managed to screw up my system by deleting just a few packages, and it took dselect to fix things. Dselect's behavior -- detecting dependencies and conflicts, and confirming them with the user *as soon as he tries to mark a package for addition/removal* is infinitely easier to deal with. It presents any unintended consequences in a very concise and easily digested way, and makes it very easy to cancel the action if they are too severe. I agree with those who say that dselect is a bit clunky; console-apt is at least a lot prettier (having the entire screen available for showing the package list is great -- just changing dselect to do that would be a great improvement!). But as it stands, it seems too dangerous to use except for the simplest changes... -Miles -- Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra. Suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night the ice weasels come. --Nietzsche
Re: hard disks more than 8gb
Daniel Barclay said: > > From: Kenneth Scharf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Fdisk reported my 17.2 maxtor (which the bios > > sizes as about 16.8gb, so maxtor lies a little). > > Why are so many computer users so ignorant of international > standards? What do international standards have to do with it? I doubt that this is due to one source using G = 10^9 and the other using G = 2^30; any disk loses some of its (theoretical) capacity when formatted because the format itself is data and uses some of that capacity. 'Losing' 0.4G out of a 17G drive sounds about right.
ssh
Hi Does anyone know where i can download the debian package ssh (secure shell) thanx
Re: ssh
> Hi > > Does anyone know where i can download the debian package ssh (secure shell) > > thanx Its not availible from debian or any other distro. You needto do a quick search on the net.it's somewhere in Finland :) Andrew --- Andrei S. Ivanov [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] UIN 12402354 http://scorpio.myip.org<--All the pages bundled together. ---
Re: ssh
On Mon, 6 Sep 1999, Andrei Ivanov wrote: : > Hi : > : > Does anyone know where i can download the debian package ssh (secure shell) : > : > thanx : : Its not availible from debian or any other distro. You needto do a quick : search on the net.it's somewhere in Finland :) Absolutely incorrect. ssh is avaiable at non-us.debian.org Add the following to /etc/apt/sources.list: deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable non-US -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet 410 South Phillips Avenue Sioux Falls, SD mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP Key: (0xA33B86E9)
Re: ssh
On 07-Sep-99 Andrei Ivanov wrote: >> Hi >> >> Does anyone know where i can download the debian package ssh (secure >> shell) >> >> thanx > > Its not availible from debian or any other distro. You needto do a quick > search on the net.it's somewhere in Finland :) Isn't it available from Debian in "non-us"? deb ftp://nonus.debian.org/debian-non-US potato/non-US main contrib non-free -- Andrew
Re: ssh
My mistake. When I was looking for it 2 weeks ago, the links were broken. I guess they are back up now. Andrew --- Andrei S. Ivanov [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] UIN 12402354 http://scorpio.myip.org<--All the pages bundled together. ---
RE: ssh
> Does anyone know where i can download the debian package ssh (secure shell) You can get it through 'apt-get install ssh', but I'm not sure what you should do if you're outside of the U.S. You can probably download it manually from here: http://www.debian.org/Packages/stable/non-us/ssh.html -- Bart Szyszka [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:4982727 B Grafyx http://www.bgrafyx.com L.J.R. Engineering http://www.ljreng.com PHP Interest Group http://www.gigabee.com/pig/
gpm2
Hi thanx for the info for ssh... now i need the .deb for gmp2 as ssh requires it. Thanx
Re: How to uninstall X
Brad wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > On Mon, 6 Sep 1999, Andrei Ivanov wrote: > > > > > Since I'm having so much trouble getting the extended-half of my > > > > keyboard to work (arrow keys, pg-up/dn, etc), I'm thinking it might be > > > > good just to purge all X-related files and do a clean install of the X > > > > Window System. > > > > > > > > Preferably someone can tell me how to fix my keys; alternatively, can > > > > anyone tell me the best way to wipe X and do a clean install? > > > > > > Hi! > > > > > > To uninstall, deselect all X11 packages (by typing "_" in dselect) and do > > > a > > > remove in dselect. > > > > > > Hope this helps, Stephan Hachinger > > > > Well, due to dependancy problems dslect will try to uninstall ALL packages > > that are X-related, including Netscape and apps like that. I doubt that is > > desired. The best solution would be to use > > dpkg --force-depends --purge packagename > > This will warn you about all the packages that depend on packagename, but > > will remove the packagename without deinstalling anything else. I did this > > to replace X in my machine also, works good. > > You can tell dselect to ignore the dependancies. Just use 'Q' (that's > shift-q) instead of enter to exit the package selection screen, then > choose Remove from the dselect menu. > > You should of course fix the situation quicky, so as not to leave your > machine in a broken state. Thanks for all the help, folks, but I no longer need to reinstall X Window; (it wouldn't have fixed the problem anyway); turns out that the reason my keyboard wasn't working properly is that the FBDev server (which I needed to use in order to get my currently unsupported Rage128 video card to work) doesn't support the XKEYBOARD extension. Uncommenting the "XkbDisable" line in XF86Config allowed me to finally get control of the keyboard (I then had to make some mods via Xmodmap, but at least things are working now). Thanks, again!
Re: problem instaling debian
> strahil peskov wrote: > > hi, > I have a linux debian distribution from a VIDI cd , > it's a croatian magazin, but I dont have instalation guide. > please send me an instalation guide > Strahil Peskov mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED],mpt.com.mk > Macedonia > http://www.debian.org/releases/slink/ Once there, you'll need to click on the appropriate installation manual link for the architecture of computer you have (probably Intel X86).
umask question
What should the umask be in /etc/profile and also in the root user's .bash_profile and .bashrc ? I accidentally deleted /root a few days ago and I am not sure I have these correct. thanks -- Andrew - GnuPG Public KeyID: 0x48109681
Re: How to fully utilise a 10 GB harddisk
On Mon, Sep 06, 1999 at 08:45:14PM -0400, Daniel Barclay wrote: > > > > From: Seth R Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > [WinNT] ... cannot install onto a partition larger > > than two gigs > > That can't be right. I created, formatted, and installed > onto a 4GB partition with Windows NT. Eh? How? :) The only way I can think of is to preformat the NTFS partition under another WinNT box, and then install to that partition -- but that is going outside the bounds of what one could call a normal installation. :) -- Seth Arnold | http://www.willamette.edu/~sarnold/ Hate spam? See http://maps.vix.com/rbl/ for help Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread!
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Release names
Just a slightly offtopic question, what are the names Debian chooses for the releases? I mean, bo, hamm, slink and potato? Gabor Urban --- Lufthansa Systems Hungaria KfT mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel : (36)-1-431-2949 Fax :(36)-1-431-2977 I am not a cat to play with the mouse.
Dselect vs apt
Which tool is recommanded for a box not connected to the internet. I am isntalling from CDs. Gabor Urban --- Lufthansa Systems Hungaria KfT mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel : (36)-1-431-2949 Fax :(36)-1-431-2977 I am not a cat to play with the mouse.
File system questions
> Hi everybody, > > Is there a way to read/write an NTFS drive in slink? > (I coud not find a driver in modconf.) > > How can I use the nls_* file system types? I guess I need > nls_cp852 and/or nls_iso8859_2 for Hungarian nls support, > but I found no difference after I installed them. > > Thanks, > Tamas
Re: Release names
Hi Urban,
On Tue, Sep 07, 1999 at 07:22:30AM +0200, Urban Gabor wrote:
> Just a slightly offtopic question, what are the names Debian chooses for
> the releases? I mean, bo, hamm, slink and potato?
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Re: Automounting CD-ROMs and Samba 2.0.5a
On Mon, Sep 06, 1999 at 09:21:25PM -0400, Alec Smith wrote: > I've got a Debian 2.2 machine running Samba 2.0.5a that I'd like to share > a CD-ROM drive from. Basically I'd like to have the CD-ROM mount and > unmount before and after usage. So far I can get the drive to mount > automatically using the exec option in Samba, however no files are visable > from Windows -- Only if I TELNET to the machine and look at the mount > point. > > Does anyone have a suggestion on how to set the exec and postexec options > so they'll actually work with a Debian system? I suggest to use autofs: Install the autofs module by including a line autofs in /etc/modules and say # modprobe autofs Now install the autofs tools with apt-get install autofs Finally Put a line like the following in /etc/auto.master: /m /etc/auto.removable -t5 and create a file in /etc with snip -- # This is an automounter map and it has the following format # key [ -mount-options-separated-by-comma ] location # Details may be found in the autofs(5) manpage cd -fstype=iso9660,ro :/dev/scd0 floppy -fstype=vfat,quiet,gid=25,umask=002 :/dev/fd0 zip-fstype=vfat,quiet,gid=25,umask=002 :/dev/hdc4 snap -- You need to modify the devices to suit your environment of course. Now create the mountpoint # mkdir /m and start the autmomounter with # /etc/init.d/autofs The path to your cdrom is now /m/cd, which is what you will need for the "path" setting in /etc/smb.conf I never could make the sambe exec option work and this has the added bonus to work for local users too and also for several users at once. Nils -- Plug-and-Play is really nice, unfortunately it only works 50% of the time. To be specific the "Plug" almost always works.--unknown source pgpasqJrd09gn.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Automounting CD-ROMs and Samba 2.0.5a
hi ya Nils http://www.linux-consulting.com/Amd_AutoFS/autofs-HOWTO.html have fun alvin > --4LwthZj+AV2mq5CX > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > On Mon, Sep 06, 1999 at 09:21:25PM -0400, Alec Smith wrote: > > I've got a Debian 2.2 machine running Samba 2.0.5a that I'd like to share > > a CD-ROM drive from. Basically I'd like to have the CD-ROM mount and > > unmount before and after usage. So far I can get the drive to mount > > automatically using the exec option in Samba, however no files are visable > > from Windows -- Only if I TELNET to the machine and look at the mount > > point. > >=20 > > Does anyone have a suggestion on how to set the exec and postexec options > > so they'll actually work with a Debian system? > I suggest to use autofs: > > Install the autofs module by including a line > autofs > in /etc/modules and say > # modprobe autofs > > Now install the autofs tools with > apt-get install autofs > > Finally Put a line like the following in /etc/auto.master: > > /m /etc/auto.removable -t5 > > and create a file in /etc with > snip -- > # This is an automounter map and it has the following format > # key [ -mount-options-separated-by-comma ] location > # Details may be found in the autofs(5) manpage > > cd -fstype=3Diso9660,ro :/dev/scd0 > floppy -fstype=3Dvfat,quiet,gid=3D25,umask=3D002 :/dev/fd0 > zip-fstype=3Dvfat,quiet,gid=3D25,umask=3D002 :/dev/hdc4 > snap -- > You need to modify the devices to suit your environment of course. > > Now create the mountpoint=20 > # mkdir /m > and start the autmomounter with > # /etc/init.d/autofs > > The path to your cdrom is now /m/cd, which is what you will need for the=20 > "path" setting in /etc/smb.conf > > I never could make the sambe exec option work and this has the added bonus > to work for local users too and also for several users at once. > > Nils >
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libstdc++.2.8.so
HI, an error occured when I launched netscape on a Linu xplatform. The error message is : "libstdc++.so.2.8: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory" could you say me what to do? Thank you very much.
Re: speaking of qpopper...
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Pollywog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I am finding these messages in my logs. I use Exim with fetchmail and >qpopper. Debian Potato. > >Sep 6 22:35:19 lilypad in.qpopper[18514]: @localhost: -ERR Too few >arguments >for the auth command. So fetchmail is sending a command to qpopper that it doesn't understand. Perhaps fetchmail is just probing what it can and cannot do. You can safely ignore this, it's not an error (despite the misleading -ERR). You can probably configure fetchmail not to do this. Mike. -- ... somehow I have a feeling the hurting hasn't even begun yet -- Bill, "The Terrible Thunderlizards"
Re: Release names
I forget which of the various FAQs has it, but they ar all characters from the movie Toy Story. (No, I don' know about potato, but I bet it is. :) On Tue, Sep 07, 1999 at 07:22:30AM +0200, Urban Gabor wrote: > Just a slightly offtopic question, what are the names Debian chooses for > the releases? I mean, bo, hamm, slink and potato? > > Gabor Urban --- Lufthansa Systems Hungaria KfT > mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel : (36)-1-431-2949 Fax :(36)-1-431-2977 > I am not a cat to play with the mouse. > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Seth Arnold | http://www.willamette.edu/~sarnold/ Hate spam? See http://maps.vix.com/rbl/ for help Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread!
Re: Dselect vs apt
It is your choice. I understand that using apt-cdrom will let you use entries for apt to read off of CD, but dselect has its nice features too -- eg, you can see multiple packages at a time (not enough for my tastes, but you really only need it while instlaling.. :) On Tue, Sep 07, 1999 at 07:24:00AM +0200, Urban Gabor wrote: > Which tool is recommanded for a box not connected to the internet. I am > isntalling from CDs. > > Gabor Urban --- Lufthansa Systems Hungaria KfT > mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel : (36)-1-431-2949 Fax :(36)-1-431-2977 > I am not a cat to play with the mouse. > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Seth Arnold | http://www.willamette.edu/~sarnold/ Hate spam? See http://maps.vix.com/rbl/ for help Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread!
Modules
Hi all, this is not a question about debian, but... I've readed the Module Programming Guide in LDP but it doesn't explain how to create filesystem modules. Where can I read about it ? Thanks. Juli-Manel Merino Vidal [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://jmmv.cjb.net >>> Running Debian/GNU Linux 2.2
Can't Log into FTPD
I'm currently using the most updated unstable. Whenever I attempt to FTP into my machine, it won't authorize me to log in. Even when I ftp localhost, using my username/pw, it denies access. I've removed and reinstalled the ftpd package 3 or 4 times.. and its the same. nothing in the man page said anything about this problem. any suggestions? - harlan
Re: Can't Log into FTPD
If it bugs you that much, you could install proftpd. :) On Tue, Sep 07, 1999 at 04:24:00AM -0400, Harlan Crystal wrote: > I'm currently using the most updated unstable. > > Whenever I attempt to FTP into my machine, it won't authorize me to log in. > Even when I ftp localhost, using my username/pw, it denies access. > > I've removed and reinstalled the ftpd package 3 or 4 times.. and its the > same. nothing in the man page said anything about this problem. > > any suggestions? > > > - harlan > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Seth Arnold | http://www.willamette.edu/~sarnold/ Hate spam? See http://maps.vix.com/rbl/ for help Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread!
Re: How to fully utilise a 10 GB harddisk
> 240 heads x 63 sect/track x 1023 cyls = 15467760 total sectors > How can I use the missing 2.5 GBs? > The machine is a rather up-to-date PIII. It came with NT Wstn preinstalled, > and that saw all 10 GBs. After I erased NT and tried to reinstall it > (surptise, surprise), the NT installer only saw approx. 8 GBs... Are you sure that the drive (in machine's SETUP) is configured to LBA? I had the same trouble with a Maxtor hd (10Gb) and it only worked ok when I did a ROM update in my QDI board. Look for the page of your mainbord manufacturer and find an update. Interesting... It worked after I entered the drive's geometry by hand and LBA mode... Taupter
Re: No me funciona bien.
> Mi problema es que cuando empieza a preparar el testeo, parte del > testeo lo > ejecuta pero al llegar a las lineas donde se detecta el Disco Duro > (HD) Y el > CD-ROM (CD), se queda bloqueado, no sige cargando hasta llegar a la > inteface de preparacion de particiones, etc,etc. > > Total que me quedo, colgado en la preinstalación, y me gustaría saber > como arreglarlo. Creo que sea eso: Tu unidad de CD-ROM está en la misma IDE del disco duro. Ponga otro flat-cable e conecte el CD-ROM en la segunda IDE. Yo tuve errores como dump, reset, core dump cuando el CD-ROM estava en la misma IDE. Deseo que funcione. P.D.: Escusa my español. Taupter
qpopper
Hi all! I'm trying to set up a Linux box on an old SparcServer. However, qpopper tricks me; whatever I try, I can't download letters from the beast by pop3. It says something like a maillock error, and the /var/spool/mail/pop directory actually contains the mentioned files but all of them are of size 0. Any suggestions?... Thanks. L.
efax package
I just installed the E-fax package , but the man pages are missing, the 2 .gz files in /usr/doc/efax talk about extensive help in the man pages.. any one know what happened? (I am using Debian 2.0.2 cds) Thanks, Ken
samba: cannot change password from Windws NT
I setup samba as a PDC for Windows NT. It works. But when I want to change the password from the Win NT machine I get: The User name or old password is incorrect. Letters in... And in the smb logfile I get: smbd/chgpasswd.c:check_oem_password(699) check_oem_password: incorrect password length (445298348). The same when I want to change the password using smbpasswd I didn't change the according lines in smb.conf. They read: unix password sync = true passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u passwd chat = *New\spassword:* %n\n *Re-enter\snew\spassword:* %n\n *Password\schanged.* . What could be wrong? Stef
PDC in samba
> How did you configure Samba as a PDC? Last I heard Samba didn't yet handle > NT Domain logins since the code was under heavy development. samba can be a PDC since version 2 Stef
getright or netvampire for Debian?
Is there any similar software for Debian? Jure
Re: getright or netvampire for Debian?
Hi, On Tue, Sep 07, 1999 at 01:28:28PM +0200, Jure wrote: > Is there any similar software for Debian? wget. It's part of the GNU progject and it comes with the Debian distribution. So long, Stephan -- Stephan Engelke[EMAIL PROTECTED] *** Meddle not in the affairs of wizards, for <> ... ribbit. ***
Re: 2.2.* on slink
Pere Camps wrote: > > Hi! > > Can I run 2.2.12 on slink without problems or do I have to update > some packages from potato? Check out this page for the list of things you need to update from potato: http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/running-kernel-2.2 I'm running Linux 2.2.12. Besides the updates mentioned above, the only other change I had to make was to change references to "lp1" to "lp0" (the lp devices have been renumbered for Linux 2.2). - Kris
dselect question
Hi all, I use dselect for (un)installation of Debian Slink/Potao and I wonder how the message "dpkg -warning: while removing directoty `/usr/doc/' not empty ...'" can be avoided i.e., how can I obtain that "doc" directories of removed packages will be removed too? Thanks, Alberto Maurizi
Enlightenment pager
Hi all, How can I disable the Enlightenment pagers that appere when I run it ? I'm tired closing them, because I use the gnome pager instead. Thanks. --- ** Powered by Debian/GNU Linux ** Linux User 140860 Machine 61143 Juli-Manel Merino Vidal -->> [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://jmmv.cjb.net
Re: console-apt's interface to dependency information
Miles Bader wrote: > at least a lot prettier (having the entire screen available for > showing the package list is great -- just changing dselect to do that > would be a great improvement!). But as it stands, it seems too ---end quoted text--- err.. dselect already does this... Try shift+i to toggle the display. (Uses the entire screen to show the package list) -- Regards, Steve Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, useful, technically accurate, and friendly. Reboots are for kernels and hardware upgrades.
Possibility of Booth at Alternative Linux, Montreal.
[ Notes: This e-mail is cross-posted, please, edit the to and ] [ CC lines before sending it.] I will give a conference about Debian at Alternative Linux at Montreal, Canada, November 1st, 2nd and 3rd. There's also a possibility to buy a 10x10 booth w/ electricity and network access for 2500$. I can't be there the three days so, we also have to find some people to be there. We can also ask to join the Corel or FSF booths (I know that Corel, RMS and ESR will be there). I appreciate to have the contact address Debian have for those organizations/companies (Corel, OpenSource.ORG, FSF). Here the translation of my conference subject: Debian: Open Yard. Presentation of Debian Project, a community of more than 500 volunteers building in an open environment one of the most popular Linux Distribution. Talk about the history of the project, its goals, its products and its organization. We'll see also how can you contribute to Debian, both as an individual and an organization. Thanks a lot for an insight, Fabien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Fabien NinolesChevalier servant de la Dame Catherine des Rosiers aka Corbeau aka le Veneur Gris Debian GNU/Linux maintainer E-mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WebPage:http://www.tzone.org/~fabien RSA PGP KEY [E3723845]: 1C C1 4F A6 EE E5 4D 99 4F 80 2D 2D 1F 85 C1 70 pgpUjCidwTmxO.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: library lost - need help, please
On Mon, Sep 06, 1999 at 07:05:14PM -0400, Peter Mickle wrote: > hello readers, > > NEW USER question/problem, need help if possible. in trying to solve one > shared libraries problem, i unintentionally removed the following library: > > /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-linux/egcs-2.91.60/libstdc++.so > Hi Peter! Actually apt and dselect are frontends to the real Debian package management tool - "dpkg" They both assusme that if the package is installed - it does not need to be reinstalled - which is perfectly true unless the packege is broken - like in your case. (BTW - there should be an option for apt to force reinstalls, shouldn't it?) In your case the best way is to: dpkg -i libstdc++2.9-dev_2.91.60-5.deb which installs the package. Also, if you have Midnight Commander you can try tapping enter on the package file and then be able to browse/install the package contents. hope this helps, Marcin -- Marcin Owsiany [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: xconsole transparency
> I know how to get wterm to become transparent, but what I should have said > was how can wterm's transparency and other options be applied to xconsole. are you sure it was really xconsole that was transparent? Maybe it was just an eterm with "tail -f logfilename" running in it? Marcin -- Marcin Owsiany [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ssh
On Mon, Sep 06, 1999 at 10:41:11PM -0400, B. Szyszka wrote: > > Does anyone know where i can download the debian package ssh (secure shell) > > You can get it through 'apt-get install ssh', but I'm not sure what you should > do if you're outside of the U.S. You can probably download it manually from > here: > http://www.debian.org/Packages/stable/non-us/ssh.html no, no, no I'm outside US (Poland) and apt-get install ssh works just fine for me. Just need to add a non-us section mirror I've got: deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable non-US in my sources.list hope this helps, Marcin -- Marcin Owsiany [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: File system questions
On Tue, Sep 07, 1999 at 08:46:48AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi everybody, > > > > Is there a way to read/write an NTFS drive in slink? > > (I coud not find a driver in modconf.) You need to recompile the kernel. I'm not sure about 2.0.x, but 2.2.x has NTFS support for sure - AFAIK only readonly support is considered stable, but rw is also there "for the brave" :) > > How can I use the nls_* file system types? I guess I need > > nls_cp852 and/or nls_iso8859_2 for Hungarian nls support, > > but I found no difference after I installed them. Luckily I'm Polish, so i need iso-8859-2 as well :) >From what i remember from reading the docs some long time ago these modules are only helpful (but not essential) for use with the msdos-like filesystems (msdos,vfat) - so you can see your national chars in file NAMES. The modules themselves do not work after installing, you'll need special mount options for them, to be active. I've got: defaults,noatime,nodev,umask=000,quiet,codepage=437,iocharset=iso8859-2,noexec in options for my win95 filesystems read mount(8) for more/accurate info. hope this helps Marcin -- Marcin Owsiany [EMAIL PROTECTED]
init id S
I'm showing this periodically, and I haven't a clue what it is: INIT: id "S" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes Anyone know what this is? K
How do you apt-get WORDVIEW?
It is very interesting to be able to view Microsoft Word files under Linux. What must I include in my apt/source.list in order to install the program "wordview"? What is the name of the corresponding package? On the other hand, is there any program to edit and generate Microsoft Word files under Linux? Thanks in advance, Manuel Arenaz
Re: Reading Word format files?
Anthony Campbell wrote: > Thanks to all for replies. I've now found two apps that will do this: > word2x and mswordview. Both are available for slink; I found word2x to > be the more convenient. > Where can you install these aplications from? Via apt-get?
Re: Release names
*- On 7 Sep, Seth R Arnold wrote about "Re: Release names" > I forget which of the various FAQs has it, but they ar all characters from > the movie Toy Story. (No, I don' know about potato, but I bet it is. :) > Mr. Potato Head. > On Tue, Sep 07, 1999 at 07:22:30AM +0200, Urban Gabor wrote: >> Just a slightly offtopic question, what are the names Debian chooses for >> the releases? I mean, bo, hamm, slink and potato? >> -- Brian - Mechanical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis -
Re: Sound Woes
On Sun, Sep 05, 1999 at 05:15:37PM -0500, Kent West wrote: > I have successfully configured sound on a couple of Debian boxes, but > only as a result of hit&miss luck. On this box with an AudioPCI 64 > (Ensonique 1371 I believe), I haven't had any success. > > When I run "make menuconfig", I specified that sound support should be > loaded as a module, and that the Ensonique 1371 should be loaded as a > module. Do I also need to load the OSS drivers? Or are they only needed > if the sound card is not listed in the list above the OSS drivers (which > is what I understood to be the case)? I have the same card, but I compiled the ES1371-driver not as module. IIRC you have to define aliases for the sound driver in /etc/conf.modules if you want to use it as module. Here, with the driver compiled directly into the kernel it works fine with no other configuration at all, except for that the card does not support midi. HTH Tobias -- e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] / www : http://www.startrek-web.de /obias Zimpel Attentat, Terrorist, Anschlag, Plutonium, Bombe, Drogen, Passwort, Schluessel, Kryptographie (Fuer den BND :-) )
Re: getright or netvampire for Debian?
On Tue, 7 Sep 1999, Jure wrote: > Is there any similar software for Debian? > > Jure > Use wget... it's not graphical but you can resume downloads easily. wget -c http_file_or_ftp It allows a lot of options, as getting entire sites, doing mirrors, etc. If you want a ftp client with resume and more capacities, try ncftp. bye. --- ** Powered by Debian/GNU Linux ** Linux User 140860 Machine 61143 Juli-Manel Merino Vidal -->> [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://jmmv.cjb.net
Re: init id S
On 7 Sep 1999, Koyote wrote: > I'm showing this periodically, and I haven't a clue what it is: > > INIT: id "S" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes In which console ? Look at /etc/inittab, where the gettys are run. Perhaps one of them has the path wrong or something. If init can't find the getty properly, it shows that kind of errors (because it runs it a lot of times, so, respawning too fast...). Bye. > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > --- ** Powered by Debian/GNU Linux ** Linux User 140860 Machine 61143 Juli-Manel Merino Vidal -->> [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://jmmv.cjb.net
RE: ssh
> > You can get it through 'apt-get install ssh', but I'm not sure what you > > should > > do if you're outside of the U.S. You can probably download it manually from > > here: > > http://www.debian.org/Packages/stable/non-us/ssh.html > no, no, no > I'm outside US (Poland) and apt-get install ssh works just fine for me. > Just need to add a non-us section mirror > I've got: > deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable non-US > in my sources.list Oh, well actually I was referring to the part on their site about ssh being exported to outside the U.S., but I didn't read far enough as it looks like using a mirror outside of the U.S. like you did would be fine. : ) -- Bart Szyszka [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:4982727 B Grafyx http://www.bgrafyx.com L.J.R. Engineering http://www.ljreng.com PHP Interest Group http://www.gigabee.com/pig/
font-lock-mode in Xemacs
Anyone know how to quickly add .php3 extension to the C++ mode in Xemacs? -- Cheers, Lance Levsen Web Development, PW Group (306)665-3588, (306)477-3166
Re: recs1440.bin boot fails in SCSI init
On Tue, 7 Sep 1999, Jim Ziegler wrote: : On Fri, 03 Sep 1999, Tom Kuiper wrote: : > While booting an AST Premmia LX P/60 from a resc1440.bin or resc1440-safe.bin : > disk (images from the official 2.1 CD-ROM) the booting hangs during the SCSI : > initialization. It gets this far: : > ... : > ((scsi0) found at PCI 14/0 : > (scsi0) Narrow Channel, SCSI ID=7, 16/255 SCBs : > (scsi0) Downloading sequencer code... 412 instructions. : > : > The same computer boots fine from a previous COL 1.1 kernel on its (SCSI) : > hard disk. In that case the SCSI driver is identified as aic7xxx. : > : > An almost identical machine (more meomory, IDE hard disk) works fine from a : > Slackware kernel which is a little over a year old and also uses the aic7xxx : > driver. : > : : I am having the same problem with an Industrial Computer Source system. [ moving to -user since it doesn't belong on -devel ] http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/debian-user-9907/msg01161.html http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/ has the ability to search the archives (at the bottom). -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet 410 South Phillips Avenue Sioux Falls, SD mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP Key: (0xA33B86E9)
Re: samba: cannot change password from Windws NT
On Tue, 7 Sep 1999, Debian Mail wrote: > I setup samba as a PDC for Windows NT. It works. But when I want to > change the password from the Win NT machine I get: > The User name or old password is incorrect. Letters in... > And in the smb logfile I get: > smbd/chgpasswd.c:check_oem_password(699) > check_oem_password: incorrect password length (445298348). > > The same when I want to change the password using smbpasswd > I didn't change the according lines in smb.conf. They read: > > unix password sync = true > passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u > passwd chat = *New\spassword:* %n\n *Re-enter\snew\spassword:* %n\n > *Password\schanged.* . > > What could be wrong? I've got similar problem too. It looks like a bug, so I submitted a bug report (bug# 43492). I have not heard form the maintainer yet. You might want to contribute your information to this bug report. Sergey.
Re: Reading Word format files?
Manuel Arenaz Silva wrote: > > Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > Thanks to all for replies. I've now found two apps that will do this: > > word2x and mswordview. Both are available for slink; I found word2x to > > be the more convenient. > > > > Where can you install these aplications from? Via apt-get? > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null apt-get install mswordview apt-get install word2x apt-get install abiword (if you want it also)
Re: Sound Woes
> I have the same card, but I compiled the ES1371-driver not as module. IIRC > you have to define aliases for the sound driver in /etc/conf.modules if you > want to use it as module. > > Here, with the driver compiled directly into the kernel it works fine with no > other configuration at all, except for that the card does not support midi. > I have several es1370/1371 card around. All are working fine as module. I just put es1370/es1371 in /etc/modules. On one machine that need 2.0.x kernel, in order to co-operate with another specific driver, I use red-hat patched kernel that come with 5.2. So far, no problem. Cheers, Chanop -- ,-. | Chanop Silpa-Anan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | | Australian National University | | Tel. +61 2 6279 8826, +61 2 6279 8837 (office hour) | | +61 2 6249 5240 (home +voice mail) | | Debian GNU Hurd ICQ uin 11366301| `-'
Re: How do you apt-get WORDVIEW?
Manuel Arenaz Silva wrote: > > It is very interesting to be able to view Microsoft Word files under > Linux. What must I include in my apt/source.list in order to install the > program "wordview"? What is the name of the corresponding package? Your normal location for .deb packages should work I would think. The package name is mswordview. > On the other hand, is there any program to edit and generate Microsoft > Word files under Linux? StarOffice is the first that comes to mind. > Thanks in advance, > > Manuel Arenaz > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: Can't Log into FTPD
You might want to check your /etc/inetd.conf file. If the line for ftpd is commented out, remove the comment character and restart inetd. Ernest Johanson Web Systems Administrator Fuller Theological Seminary On Tue, 7 Sep 1999, Harlan Crystal wrote: > Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 04:24:00 -0400 > From: Harlan Crystal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Can't Log into FTPD > > I'm currently using the most updated unstable. > > Whenever I attempt to FTP into my machine, it won't authorize me to log in. > Even when I ftp localhost, using my username/pw, it denies access. > > I've removed and reinstalled the ftpd package 3 or 4 times.. and its the > same. nothing in the man page said anything about this problem. > > any suggestions? > > > - harlan >
Re: How do you apt-get WORDVIEW?
Kent West wrote: > Manuel Arenaz Silva wrote: > > > > It is very interesting to be able to view Microsoft Word files under > > Linux. What must I include in my apt/source.list in order to install the > > program "wordview"? What is the name of the corresponding package? > > Your normal location for .deb packages should work I would think. The > package name is mswordview. The problem is that I still haven't used apt-get, so I don't know which is "a normal location for .deb packages" because I don't anyone. Could you pleasa tell me which is the content of your apt/source.list file? Thanks.
Having a couple of odd problems...
First (running potato updated this morning, 7-Sep-99 0800 CDT: There's a postscript printer hanging off an NT server. I can print ASCII to it just fine via smbclient. However, every postscript job I send to the printer is printed on legal-size paper. I have explicitly sized the PS jobs via psresize. There are no odd filters in /etc/printcap: lp:\ :lp=/dev/null:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\ :if=/usr/local/bin/smbprint: If I move the PS jobs to an NT client machine, they print via ghostscript there just fine, on letter-sized paper. None of the PS jobs are requesting legal-size. This worked up until last week, and the NT admins disavow any changes. Second: I've put a server for my home network together out of spare parts; it's a 486 system but will suit my needs. I already have another 486-based infrastructure system running on this network. All installation floppies were created with the 2.1 installation CDROM dated 3-3-99, burned from one of the official CDROM images. The system boots the Rescue Floppy fine; partitions the HD fine, mounts and installs the Rescue Floppy just fine. However, the system fails to recognize the Drivers Floppy when inserted. Yes, I'm sure it's the correct disk. Yes, I checked via mdir on another box. Yes, I tried more than one floppy. No, there's no CDROM in this box (I was intending to do an NFS install). I've done several dozen installations from this set of CDROMs and I've never had this particular problem. Any insight into either of these problems would be appreciated. -- Cerebus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Sapere Aude"
xdm problem
Hello people... I am having a strange problem here with xdm. When I start it it kills the keyboard (no input possible at keyboards, numlock led is dead, but the mouse is still working). However, X runs perfectly fine. I first thought it was a hardware problem, but: I copied my system configuration onto a machine where xdm was previously working fine, and now it shows the same symptoms. Any idea of what could be causing this? I can give my whole package selection to whoever wants it, if that can help. I know the problem is quite vague, so i would like to know if anyone has experienced something similar. Both machines have an S3 ViRGE, using the SVGA server (i tried the s3v server too). Thank you, Lex PS: please cc to me -- PGP key: 'finger [EMAIL PROTECTED]' or on http://130.104.19.230/~lex pgpgGzG0w39b9.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: How to uninstall X
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Mon, 6 Sep 1999, Greg Vence wrote: > Brad wrote: > > > > You can tell dselect to ignore the dependancies. Just use 'Q' (that's > > shift-q) instead of enter to exit the package selection screen, then > > choose Remove from the dselect menu. > > > > You should of course fix the situation quicky, so as not to leave your > > machine in a broken state. > > Could I use this to allow install when the dependencies are incorrect? > i.e. the main xlib 3.3.4 for slink is versioned 3.3.4-0slink1 when it's > dependents require >= 3.3.4-1 You could, but then you'll always have to use shift-Q to exit the dselect package selection screen. Also, apt-get may refuse to run citing the broken dependancy. Instead, you may want to get the sources for 3.3.4-0slink1 and change the version number (in the changelog), or get the sources for whatever needs 3.3.4-1 and change the dependancy. Also, consider that it may be versioned this way on purpose, to prevent you from installing potato-compiled apps on a slink system (which can cause problems). In this case, recompiling the apps yourself would be the better course. - -- finger for PGP public key. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBN9VFWb7M/9WKZLW5AQEfzwQAkiLUX0tWiQM3Eew92fsk8CvEvaTT6pPw SWclEfGH8VVTiRXSMLDsszYm8RbfqpX0D3hP900F85HPykeXs7yPde6cNg7oidg2 C/NEJwZrYhW8ijPiUn2IjoWTWwbVfrOQ4AYJmvivWPQYNA2dRlJ0yaC/ZmxlJypz IrHHwMxAAEY= =qcjW -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: 3 things: exim, isdn, login.defs
On Mon, Sep 06, 1999 at 09:37:39PM +0200, Peter Palfrader aka Weasel wrote: > I check every 5 minutes wheter there is something in exim's queue ( if > (exim -bp | grep -q '.*'; ); then...) and if this is the case I go > online and force a queue run. Afterwards I go offline. > The problem I encountered is that exim does it queue run in the > backgroud which in generel might be a good idea but it is not in my > case since I have to do a while loop after initiating the queue run > until there is nothing more in the queue. This might raise problems if > my smarthost is down due to some reason and I never can flush the > mails. > So I'ld like to know wheter there is a way to tell exim to do it's > queue run in the foreground and exit when everything is done. The queue run is started by the script /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/exim. You could either remove it or (perhaps better) modify it to create a lock file while the queue is running. An alternative approach is to use something like diald to bring the link up and down as needed. -- Mark Brown mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Trying to avoid grumpiness) http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~broonie/ EUFShttp://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/societies/filmsoc/ pgpKekyoH69Of.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: qpopper
I've had a similar problem with qpopper on a P-150, so it is probably not a function of architecture. I tried deleting the lockfile on the server, but as soon as I tried to retrieve the mail, it created a new lockfile on the server and I get the same error. I installed cucipop (non-free, unfortunately) and the problem disappeared. Bob On Tue, Sep 07, 1999 at 11:28:15AM +0200, Levente Hársfalvi wrote: > Hi all! > > I'm trying to set up a Linux box on an old SparcServer. However, qpopper > tricks me; whatever I try, I can't download letters from the beast by > pop3. > > It says something like a maillock error, and the /var/spool/mail/pop > directory actually contains the mentioned files but all of them are of > size 0. > > Any suggestions?... > > > Thanks. > > L. > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen
Re: How do you apt-get WORDVIEW?
On Tue, Sep 07, 1999 at 04:05:47PM +0200, Manuel Arenaz Silva wrote: > It is very interesting to be able to view Microsoft Word files under > Linux. What must I include in my apt/source.list in order to install the > program "wordview"? What is the name of the corresponding package? There's mswordview, but that converts Word files to html. > > On the other hand, is there any program to edit and generate Microsoft > Word files under Linux? abiword Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen
Re: How do you apt-get WORDVIEW?
Manuel Arenaz Silva wrote: > > Kent West wrote: > > > Manuel Arenaz Silva wrote: > > > > > > It is very interesting to be able to view Microsoft Word files under > > > Linux. What must I include in my apt/source.list in order to install the > > > program "wordview"? What is the name of the corresponding package? > > > > Your normal location for .deb packages should work I would think. The > > package name is mswordview. > > The problem is that I still haven't used apt-get, so I don't know which is "a > normal > location for .deb packages" because I don't anyone. Could you pleasa tell me > which is > the content of your apt/source.list > file? > > Thanks. > It depends on whether you're installing from CD or ftp or what. I'm on an ethernet LAN connected to a T1, so I use apt-ftp and pull my stuff from the network. My sources.list looks like: deb http://llug.sep.bnl.gov/debian stable main contrib non-free deb http://llug.sep.bnl.gov/debian unstable main contrib non-free Notice that I'm pulling from unstable; you might not want to if you don't want to run the risk of hosing your system. After setting your sources.list, run apt-get update in order to update apt's local list of available packages, then run apt-get install in order to install whatever package.
Missing functions in debian's packaging system
As good as debian's package system is, I can't find any way to find out what packages depended upon a package which has been removed. For example, if I remove the communicator-smotif package, I'd like to be able to also remove the packages it depended upon. I know I could check the 'Depends:' line for a package before I remove it, but it would be nice if that information was included as part of the package removal process. Perhaps even an option to dpkg to remove a package and all packages that it depended on (as long as those packages are required by another package). It would also be nice if there was a command that could be used to look for a package based on a description (for example, I'd like to quickly find out which package gives me quake, or the realvideo player). I know that I can peruse the 'available' file for this information, but from a new users' perspective, there should be a more obvious way to do this. Finally, I was wondering if there were any efforts underway to merge RedHat's and Debian's package formats. Yes, I know 'alien' can handle rpms, but it can't handle conflicts in filenames and so forth between rpms and official debs. If the linux community could have a common package format (like we have a common kernel), it would allow users to mix and match packages from different sources (assuming there was some common base system). Maybe it's a pipe dream, but I think it would be neat to be able to change distributions just by installing a few packages. -- Scott Barker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Consultant http://www.mostlylinux.ab.ca/scott Looking for a husband? Know anyone looking for a husband? Well, I'm looking for a wife. See http://www.mostlylinux.ab.ca/scott/wife.shtml Want a good deal on a personal computer in Calgary, Alberta, Canada? Visit http://www.mostlylinux.ab.ca/scott/computers.shtml [ Unsolicited commercial and junk e-mail will be proof-read for US$100 ] "Never underestimate the power of human stupidity." - ???
Re: init id S
On Tue, Sep 07, 1999 at 09:12:30AM -0500, Koyote wrote: > I'm showing this periodically, and I haven't a clue what it is: > > INIT: id "S" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes > > Anyone know what this is? > Look at your /etc/inittab what has id "S". -- o--o ___ |Leszek Gerwatowski|_/_|_\ o--o (o\__/o)=) "Don't fix it if it isn't broken"
memcpy/memcmp type warnings
I am running slink with a 2.2.11 kernel, with minimal changes to support the kernel as per the Debian web page. Using gcc 2.7.2.3 I get the following on an app's compilation: In file included from hbb.c:15: /usr/include/string.h:38: warning: conflicting types for built-in function `memcpy' /usr/include/string.h:60: warning: conflicting types for built-in function `memcmp' What is out of sync here? rob [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cracklib
Hello I get messages in my root mailbox about cracklib. It always prints the same two numbers. What does this mean?
Re: getright or netvampire for Debian?
Hi all, what about downloader for X? http://www.krasu.ru/soft/chuchelo/ It looks good. I translated its potfile to pt_BR last weekend. It's free to use but restricted? Any developer could package it? Thanks, Paulo Henrique Quoting Juli-Manel Merino Vidal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > On Tue, 7 Sep 1999, Jure wrote: > > > Is there any similar software for Debian? > > > > Jure > > > > Use wget... it's not graphical but you can resume downloads easily. > wget -c http_file_or_ftp > It allows a lot of options, as getting entire sites, doing mirrors, etc. > > If you want a ftp client with resume and more capacities, try ncftp. > > bye. > > --- > ** Powered by Debian/GNU Linux ** > Linux User 140860 Machine 61143 > > Juli-Manel Merino Vidal -->> [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://jmmv.cjb.net
limiting NIS access
Hi, This is not Debian secific question. My system use NIS on all Sun machine. I have a dew debian boxes running on the same network which use NIS from Sun machine. How could I limit an access to debian box to only some account. I still would like to use NIS because of passsword maintenaince for user. Is there a method in limiting NIS access. Now every user who has account on Sun machine can log on to debian box with homedir=/ TIA Chanop -- ,-. | Chanop Silpa-Anan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | | Australian National University | | visit my web site (not yet finished)| | http://hilbert.anu.edu.au/~chanop/ | | Debian GNU Hurd ICQ uin 11366301| `-'
Re: limiting NIS access
Read NIS-howto, for example you can create group and give them /bin/false as a login shell. On Wed, Sep 08, 1999 at 04:31:13AM +1000, Chanop Silpa-Anan wrote: > Hi, > > This is not Debian secific question. My system use NIS on all Sun machine. I > have a dew debian boxes running on the same network which use NIS from Sun > machine. > > How could I limit an access to debian box to only some account. I still would > like to use NIS because of passsword maintenaince for user. > > Is there a method in limiting NIS access. Now every user who has account on > Sun machine can log on to debian box with homedir=/ > > TIA > > Chanop > -- -- Marcin Kurc Indiana Institute of Technology System Administrator http://me.indtech.edu http://www.indtech.edu
Re: Missing functions in debian's packaging system
Scott Barker wrote: > > As good as debian's package system is, I can't find any way to find out what > packages depended upon a package which has been removed. For example, if I > remove the communicator-smotif package, I'd like to be able to also remove the > packages it depended upon. I know I could check the 'Depends:' line for a > package before I remove it, but it would be nice if that information was > included as part of the package removal process. Perhaps even an option to > dpkg to remove a package and all packages that it depended on (as long as > those packages are required by another package). > > It would also be nice if there was a command that could be used to look for a > package based on a description (for example, I'd like to quickly find out > which package gives me quake, or the realvideo player). I know that I can > peruse the 'available' file for this information, but from a new users' > perspective, there should be a more obvious way to do this. > > Finally, I was wondering if there were any efforts underway to merge RedHat's > and Debian's package formats. Yes, I know 'alien' can handle rpms, but it > can't handle conflicts in filenames and so forth between rpms and official > debs. If the linux community could have a common package format (like we have > a common kernel), it would allow users to mix and match packages from > different sources (assuming there was some common base system). Maybe it's a > pipe dream, but I think it would be neat to be able to change distributions > just by installing a few packages. Then they would not really be "different distributions", would they?:-) On a serious note though the notion of having a "common basic Linux/UNIX distribution format" that all of the distro's can start from would be great. Even if the proposed directory tree and dependencies was purely a design tree and never existed anywhere, the uniformity would be of great benefit to anyone porting software. That is in fact the original plan for unix hence the common software libraries, devs, etc. A common uniformly recognized directory tree and a common set of libs and dependencies should exist. Come to think of it, they may already be there but no one is using them. Anyone know?? -- John Foster AdVance-Computing Systems [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ# 19460173
Re: getright or netvampire for Debian?
Also try iglooftp (it's free & beta, or shareware & stable), or greed, which is kindof like a console based getright. --dave On Tue, 7 Sep 1999, Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira wrote: > Hi all, > what about downloader for X? > http://www.krasu.ru/soft/chuchelo/ > It looks good. I translated its potfile to pt_BR last weekend. > It's free to use but restricted? > Any developer could package it? > Thanks, Paulo Henrique > Quoting Juli-Manel Merino Vidal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > On Tue, 7 Sep 1999, Jure wrote: > > > > > Is there any similar software for Debian? > > > > > > Jure > > > > > > > Use wget... it's not graphical but you can resume downloads easily. > > wget -c http_file_or_ftp > > It allows a lot of options, as getting entire sites, doing mirrors, etc. > > > > If you want a ftp client with resume and more capacities, try ncftp. > > > > bye. > > > > --- > > ** Powered by Debian/GNU Linux ** > > Linux User 140860 Machine 61143 > > > > Juli-Manel Merino Vidal -->> [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://jmmv.cjb.net > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > >
RE: bash prompts question
On 06-Sep-99 Hamish Moffatt wrote: > I'm (experimenting with) converting my interactive > environment from tcsh to bash. One thing I miss: tcsh supports > a %B token in the prompt to go bold, and it expands it to something > terminal-specific at run time. Any way to do this in bash, > besides something terminal-specific? (And what's a terminal-specific > way to do it anyway?) > It takes terminal sequences to do this. Don't know them however.
Re: How do you apt-get WORDVIEW?
No, abiword isn't stable yet. Use wordperfect (It's full wordperfect, for free, for linux, It's stable and fast, supports .doc and .rtf) or staroffice (a ms offfice clone taht's huge and bloated and slow, but also free) --dave On Tue, 7 Sep 1999, Bob Nielsen wrote: > On Tue, Sep 07, 1999 at 04:05:47PM +0200, Manuel Arenaz Silva wrote: > > It is very interesting to be able to view Microsoft Word files under > > Linux. What must I include in my apt/source.list in order to install the > > program "wordview"? What is the name of the corresponding package? > > There's mswordview, but that converts Word files to html. > > > > On the other hand, is there any program to edit and generate Microsoft > > Word files under Linux? > > abiword > > Bob > > -- > Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > >
Mail from MS Outlook systems undecipherable.
Hi All! I am wondering how to get netscape or some mail reader to negotiate mail that is forwarded as attachments from MS Outlook. The attachment says it is "application/ms-tnef" base 64 encoded. How do you open these in netscape on linux? -- John Foster AdVance-Computing Systems [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ# 19460173
Re: hard disks more than 8gb
>> Fdisk reported my 17.2 maxtor (which the bios >> sizes as about 16.8gb, so maxtor lies a little). > > >Why are so many computer users so ignorant of >international >standards? Yeah I know 16.8 x 1.024 = 17.2 Only I have a maxtor 5.4gb drive that IS reported by the bios as 5400mb. Seems Maxtor can't make up their mind as to what standard they ARE using at the moment. === Amateur Radio, when all else fails! http://www.qsl.net/wa2mze Debian Gnu Linux, Live Free or . __ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com
offtopic: bttv
Hi all, I need help with bttv! This summer I was using Slink. At the beginning, when I 'insmod bttv card=6' linux crashed completly. Then, at the end of the summer, insmod worked fine and I was able to see the TV. I don't know what was happening. Now, I've removed debian completly, and installed potato. I've compiled kernel 2.2.12 (I was using 2.2.4) and insmod fails again. The videodev is compiled into the kernel and bttv, i2c, tuner and msp3400 are modules. I can install all of them except bttv. I don't know what's happening, but I need HELP!. Oh, I have an AverMedia TV Phone kit (with tuner, type 1) & Sound Blaster 16. Thanks. --- ** Powered by Debian/GNU Linux ** Linux User 140860 Machine 61143 Juli-Manel Merino Vidal -->> [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://jmmv.cjb.net
quake2 / gl problems
O.k. it seems that no matter how I try I can't seem to get quake2 to utilize
my voodoo2 card. It's a diamond monster fusion, I am using the xbanshee server
that I aliened from an rpm. I have installed the glide deb, mesa4g, and the
/dev/3dfx BS. When I try to run quake2 from console all I get is software @
320x240 ("Yuck") when I try to run frox X I get this crap in the term:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] .quake2}$ sudo ./quake2.real +set gl_driver lib3dfxgl.so
+set vid_ref glx
Added packfile ./baseq2/pak0.pak (3307 files)
Added packfile ./baseq2/pak1.pak (279 files)
Added packfile ./baseq2/pak2.pak (2 files)
execing default.cfg
execing config.cfg
Console initialized.
--- sound initialization ---
sound sampling rate: 11025
--- Loading ref_glx.so ---
ref_gl version: GL 0.01
R_SetMode() - CDS not allowed with this driver
Initializing OpenGL display
...setting mode 3: 640 480
Received signal 11, exiting...
I have read, and read, and read. Nothing seems to help. I am so close to
buying another hard drive so I can play this damn game with some good
graphics. Anyone that could off me some help would forever be my hero.
--
Ben Lutgens
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Entry in apt/sources.list to install StarOffice
Hello, Can someone tell me what entry must I add to my apt/sources.list in order to install StarOffice? Thanks.
building a package
Hi! I trying to learn to build packages from their source packages and I've run into trouble. I've just downloaded an source package from my mirror and now I'm triying to make a compiled package. The package is ppp from the unstable tree. After downloaded I've executed: $ dpkg-source -x ppp_2.3.9-1.dsc $ dpkg --build ppp-2.3.9 And I get: dpkg-deb: failed to open package info file `ppp-2.3.9/DEBIAN/control' for reading: No such file or directory I've renamed ppp-2.3.9/bebian to ppp-2.3.9/DEBIAN but now I get: dpkg-deb: parse error, in file `ppp-2.3.9/DEBIAN/control' near line 6: missing package name I'm sure I could dig more info and start looking more deeply into the references, but I must be missing something here if this doesn't work now. Can somebody help me? TIA! -- p.
Re: cracklib
On Tue, 7 Sep 1999, John Davis wrote: > I get messages in my root mailbox about cracklib. It always prints the > same two numbers. What does this mean? This is the output from the /etc/cron.daily/cracklib file. I've fixed this in the potato release of cracklib-runtime so you could try installing that version. Alternately, edit the cron.daily script to redirect the output of crack_packer to /dev/null. -- Jean Pierre Debian cracklib-runtime maintainer.
Debian, NT
Hi all, I just got permission to install Debian on a Windows NT machine here at my college. I'd like to get this installation working really nicely, partly to show off the possibilities of Linux to those in my office, but also so I can develop properly. To that end, I plan on resizing the hard drive using Partition Magic, then installing System Commander, then installing Debian. Up to this point it's what I've done numerous times before. Now to the new stuff. The NT machine is on a network, and automagically mounts our userspace when we log in. I'd like to be able to do this automagically too. So, what, in the consensus of the list, do I need to do for this to work nicely? Thanks -- -bob You know you've landed with the wheels up when it takes full power to taxi. ** * Robert Kerr, The morphing guy. *368 Clyde Building, BYU * * [EMAIL PROTECTED] *Provo, Utah 84602* * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Phone: (801) 378-2029 * * http://www.et.byu.edu/~kerrr* Fax: (801) 378-4449 * **
Re: Problem with open_1.40-10_i386.deb
Big Gaute wrote: > I'm a fairly satisfied Debian 2.1 user. I recently installed the > open_1.40-10_i386.deb That's your problem. You need at least open_1.4-10.1_i386.deb. It is in debian 2.1r3. The older version is seriously broken. -- see shy jo
Re: quake2 / gl problems
On Tue, 7 Sep 1999, Ben Lutgens wrote:
> O.k. it seems that no matter how I try I can't seem to get quake2 to utilize
> my voodoo2 card. It's a diamond monster fusion, I am using the xbanshee server
> that I aliened from an rpm. I have installed the glide deb, mesa4g, and the
> /dev/3dfx BS. When I try to run quake2 from console all I get is software @
> 320x240 ("Yuck") when I try to run frox X I get this crap in the term:
Make sure to read the Quake HOWTO and the Linux 3Dfx HOWTO (at
http://www.gamers.org/dEngine/xf3D/howto/3Dfx-HOWTO.html). You probably
have, but just in case...
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] .quake2}$ sudo ./quake2.real +set gl_driver lib3dfxgl.so
> +set vid_ref glx
I don't think you want the "glx" part in there. As I understand it, only
the TNT and G200 cards need that. It'll actually slow things down.
Also, make sure you've got SVGAlib configured properly - the 3Dfx driver
uses that to get the keyboard and mouse stuff...
Sincerely,
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Re: limiting NIS access
On Wed, Sep 08, 1999 at 04:31:13AM +1000, Chanop Silpa-Anan wrote: > How could I limit an access to debian box to only some account. I still would > like to use NIS because of passsword maintenaince for user. > Is there a method in limiting NIS access. Now every user who has account on > Sun machine can log on to debian box with homedir=/ One approach is to create a netgroup containing those users that are allowed to log into the machine in question, and then making the NIS entries in /etc/passwd @netgroup:: +::/bin/false where netgroup is the name of the netgroup containing the authorised users and /bin/false is some shell which denies access (you might wish to make it something that prints a message explaining what's happening). When looking for a password entry, the system will take the first entry that is matched, so users in the netgroup will be able to log in as normal while everyone else will have their shell replaced by something that logs them out again. -- Mark Brown mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Trying to avoid grumpiness) http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~broonie/ EUFShttp://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/societies/filmsoc/ pgpFurbYRbp3z.pgp Description: PGP signature
RE: building a package
On 07-Sep-99 Pere Camps wrote: > Hi! > > I trying to learn to build packages from their source packages and > I've run into trouble. > > I've just downloaded an source package from my mirror and now I'm > triying to make a compiled package. The package is ppp from the unstable > tree. > > After downloaded I've executed: > > $ dpkg-source -x ppp_2.3.9-1.dsc > $ dpkg --build ppp-2.3.9 > dpkg --build creates a deb from a compiled source tree. What you want to do is either: cd ppp-2.3.9 a) debian/rules binary b) dpkg-buildpackage -us That will make the deb for you. Be prepared to install other debs to meet compile time depends.
