Re: Encrypted Filesystems
On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 02:05:41PM +1000, Damon Muller wrote: > Quoth Rog?rio Brito, > > I'm also interested in encrypted filesystems and I think that > > the only way to go (reasonable one, that is) is to use the > > international kernel patch available at > > http://www.kerneli.org/. > > I remember seeing a project recently which was a kernel module which > allowed you to have encrypted loopback devices with patching the kernel > of using the international kernel patch. Not sure if this is it, but I've been playing around just with the international patch using a loopback device (in the standard kernel). (I compiled them all as modules, but I think you meant some other non-standard kernel patch / module.) Anyway, there's a howto on linuxdoc.org, Loopback-Encrypted-Filesystem-HOWTO. HTH, Mike McGuire
Re: Firewall program for Debian?
On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 05:11:32PM -0400, dman wrote: > On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 01:48:11PM -0700, Brandon High wrote: > | On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 03:58:57PM -0400, Han Yoo wrote: > | > > | > Basically, I have the 2.2.19 kernel. > | > Is any of the programs that you mentined easy enough to be utilized by a > | > Debian novice without going into the heavy-duty configuration? > | > | 2.2.x uses IP-chains for its packet filter. This will allow you to block > | certain ports and provide IP masquerade functions, but won't give you the > | alerting provided by ZoneAlarm. You'll need to install an IDS (intrusion > | detection system) as well. > > ipchains and iptables have a logging facility so you can log packets > if you want to. It is still up to you to actually read the logs > though. > > | I can't recommend one offhand, but you may want to ask on debian-security. > > tripwire is one I've heard mentioned here before. > Tripwire is not a firewall..rather it warns you about unexpected file permission changes etc. "Quote" Tripwire is a file integrity checker - a utility that com- pares a designated set of files and directories against information stored in a previously generated database. Added or deleted files are flagged and reported, as are any files that have changed from their previously recorded state in the database. When run against system files on a regular basis, any file changes would be spotted when Tripwire is next run, giving system administrators infor- mation to enact damage control measures immediately. "End Quote" Cliff > -D > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
Re: how do i extract a bullet from my foot (tar woes)
On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 08:32:40PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In linux.debian.user, you wrote: > > hello: > > > > i have managed to insert a bullet in my poda courtesy of tar and my > > ineptness! that is, i did: > > > > tar -cvIf --remove-files /tmp/foo.tz /opt/tmp > > > > silly me filled up my current directory with a file called > > "--remove-files". > > my question is: how the heck to i get rid of this beast > > > > i've tried > > rm -f "--remove-files" > > rm -f '--remove-files' > > rm -f "\\-\\-remove\\-files" > > rm -f "\-\-remove\-files" > > rm -f '\\-\\-remove\\-files' > > rm -f '\-\-remove\-files' > > > > all with the same lack of success! > > > > any assist in this would be most appreciated. > > > > -- > > regards, > > allen wayne best > > Another way to remove it would be to go to the directory and run 'mc' > (midnight commander) Highlight the offending file and do F8. > > Anita > > This is amazing :) Someone ought to write a HOWTO on this. "How to remove files with problematic filenames" The "--" feature is obviously the *right* way, but the least creative. There are other little challenges for the reader. Create a file whose name is "backspace" or has a clear screen sequence as it's name and try to delete it, using "rm -i" is cheating. Remember the only disallowed characters in a filename are NULL and "/" Keep on rocking Cliff > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
fixing demand-dialing ppp
I have the same problem that is described in bug #103843: my woody box can't do demand-dialing ppp. While the bug is still open, the maintainer (Eduard Bloch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) posted this response: > The reason is the kernel-mode-pppoe patch, having removed it > the pppd seems to start fine. I have no clue what this is supposed to mean. I got pristine 2.2.19 sources from ftp.us.kernel.org and built a kernel with make-kpkg, but I still have the problem. I've tried both building ppp into the kernel and building it as a module, but both fail. A couple of points that might be relevant: 1) My woody box that is having this problem is running ip masquerade. 2) I've been building these kernels on a sid box with make-kpkg, then installing them on my woody box. Anyone have any suggestions? | Forrest Cahoon | [EMAIL PROTECTED] |--| | 850 21st Ave SE |--| Only unbalanced people | | Mpls MN 55414-2514 | |can tip the scales... |
OT: AMD chips cause kernel errors and hangs?
We have a Linux cluster of 1000 nodes. I wasn't involved in setting it up.
They use RedHat 6.2 kernel 2.2.19. Dual AMD 1.2GHz, 2GB memory, 2GB swap,
GB ethernet.
Several nodes hang and/or get kernel errors every day. The first causes
that come to mind are bad RAM and running out of virtual memory. I've
pasted some logs below.
The slaves mostly run FORTRAN code compiled with Lahey F95 v6.0 and g77
(0.5.24-19981002).
What else could cause these errors? Are there special kernel config issues
for AMD chips?
I've run Linux for 9 years, always used Intel CPUs, used Debian since
before the first official release ("buzz"), but never heard of so many
problems.
ch_binary_handler+67/168] [do_execve+417/516] [sys_execve+75/124]
[system_call+52/56]
Aug 21 06:35:07 hou000752cs kernel: Code: f6 46 24 01 74 52 8b 4c 24 68 39
4e 14 75 49 8b 4c 24 64 31
Aug 21 06:35:07 hou000752cs inetd[458]: pid 11124: exit signal 11
Aug 21 06:35:07 hou000752cs kernel: Unable to handle kernel paging request
at virtual address 00ff0024
Aug 21 06:35:07 hou000752cs kernel: current->tss.cr3 = 1463e000, %cr3 =
1463e000
Aug 21 06:35:07 hou000752cs kernel: *pde =
Aug 21 06:35:07 hou000752cs kernel: Oops:
Aug 21 06:35:07 hou000752cs kernel: CPU:0
Aug 21 06:35:07 hou000752cs kernel: EIP:
0010:[locks_remove_posix+44/152]
Aug 21 06:35:07 hou000752cs kernel: EFLAGS: 00010206
Aug 21 06:35:07 hou000752cs kernel: eax: 94629b04 ebx: be6b35a0 ecx:
94629a94 edx: 947f6920
Aug 21 06:35:07 hou000752cs kernel: esi: 00ff edi: 942157c0 ebp:
94629b04 esp: 93a9bc28
Aug 21 06:35:07 hou000752cs kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018
Aug 21 06:35:07 hou000752cs kernel: Process in.ftpd (pid: 11125, process
nr: 30, stackpage=93a9b000)
Aug 21 06:35:07 hou000752cs kernel: Stack: 942157c0 bcc13f60 94629b04
94629a94 8012699a 94785f00 93a9a000 94785f00
Aug 21 06:35:07 hou000752cs kernel:fff7 0202 93f45aa0
00013000 93f45a40 2aabf000 93f45adc 80135619
Aug 21 06:35:07 hou000752cs kernel:80135626 93f45a40 08085fc0
0806b800 bcc13f60 80126991 be6b35a0
Aug 21 06:35:07 hou000752cs kernel: Call Trace: [filp_close+82/92]
[load_elf_interp+677/708] [load_elf_interp+690/708] [filp
Aug 21 04:02:00 hou000721cs anacron[5515]: Updated timestamp for job
`cron.daily' to 2001-08-21
Aug 21 04:02:01 hou000721cs kernel: Unable to handle kernel paging request
at virtual address 11008010
Aug 21 04:02:01 hou000721cs kernel: current->tss.cr3 = 145aa000, %cr3 =
145aa000
Aug 21 04:02:01 hou000721cs kernel: *pde =
Aug 21 04:02:01 hou000721cs kernel: Oops:
Aug 21 04:02:01 hou000721cs kernel: CPU:0
Aug 21 04:02:01 hou000721cs kernel: EIP:0010:[d_lookup+100/224]
Aug 21 04:02:01 hou000721cs kernel: EFLAGS: 00010217
Aug 21 04:02:01 hou000721cs kernel: eax: beee9a88 ebx: 11007ff8 ecx:
0022 edx: bee0
Aug 21 04:02:01 hou000721cs kernel: esi: 322f6ef6 edi: ac72f00a ebp:
11008010 esp: 8542bf3c
Aug 21 04:02:01 hou000721cs kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018
Aug 21 04:02:01 hou000721cs kernel: Process slocate (pid: 5612, process
nr: 18, stackpage=8542b000)
Aug 21 04:02:01 hou000721cs kernel: Stack: ac72f00a beee9a88
ac72f000 322f6ef6 000a 8012df0c aa7363e0
Aug 21 04:02:01 hou000721cs kernel:8542bf84 8542bf84 8012e187
aa7363e0 8542bf84 ac72f000 ac72f000
Aug 21 04:02:01 hou000721cs kernel:8542a000 7c38 ac72f000
000a 322f6ef6 8012e284 ac72f000 aa7363e0
Aug 21 04:02:01 hou000721cs kernel: Call Trace: [cached_lookup+16/84]
[lookup_dentry+275/488] [__namei+40/88] [sys_newlstat+42/140]
[system_call+52/56]
Aug 21 04:02:01 hou000721cs kernel: Code: 8b 6d 00 8b 74 24 18 39 73 48 75
5c 8b 74 24 24 39 73 0c 75
Aug 19 12:10:00 hou000669cs kernel: Unable to handle kernel paging request
at virtual address d2040200
Aug 19 12:10:00 hou000669cs kernel: current->tss.cr3 = 11c09000, %cr3 =
11c09000
Aug 19 12:10:00 hou000669cs kernel: *pde =
Aug 19 12:10:00 hou000669cs kernel: Oops:
Aug 19 12:10:00 hou000669cs kernel: CPU:0
Aug 19 12:10:00 hou000669cs kernel: EIP:0010:[flush_old_exec+196/552]
Aug 19 12:10:00 hou000669cs kernel: EFLAGS: 00010246
Aug 19 12:10:00 hou000669cs kernel: eax: ebx: 9b04 ecx:
9b041e5c edx: 11c09000
Aug 19 12:10:00 hou000669cs kernel: esi: edi: 801e59c3 ebp:
9a5c4000 esp: 9b041ca0
Aug 19 12:10:00 hou000669cs kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018
Aug 19 12:10:00 hou000669cs kernel: Process crond (pid: 15182, process nr:
24, stackpage=9b041000)
Aug 19 12:10:00 hou000669cs kernel: Stack: 801e59c3 befddf80
9b04 80135d52 9b041e5c 8021e718 fff
8
Aug 19 12:10:00 hou000669cs kernel:9b04
00030003 0001 1990 003
4
Aug 19 12:10:00 hou00
Re: glibc version
On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 05:56:58PM -0700, Jason Majors wrote: > but anyway...your answers: > glibc == libc6 > Woody meets that requirement. > You might need libc6-dev too for headers and such. Are there different versions of libc available? What if you are using Woody (glibc 2.2), and need support for glibc2.1? I know you can do both libc5 and libc6 (glibc2.x), but can you do different versions of glibc? My understanding is that glibc2.1 and glibc2.2 broke binary compatibility. Looked for it earlier (to unstaill SimCity3000), and couldn't find 2.1 -- John__ email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quis custodiet ipsos custodes icq: thales @ 17755648 # I'm subscribed to this list, no need to cc: ##
a woodied gnumeric
Any word on when woody will have an installable gnumeric? -- Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD Maintainer of comp.mail.mh FAQ and mh-e. Vote Libertarian! If you're passed on the right, you're in the wrong lane.
Re: debian linux and SMP
On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 11:59:11PM -0500, nick lidakis wrote: > I have heard of numerous quirks with certain video cards. I wanted to run a > tyan > 230 with a radeon 32Mb video adapter. Do you have any problems > as far as the machine locking up or behaving in a strange manner? There aren't > that many reviews of this board online. A google search turns up little. > Would your recommend this board for running Debian? Any special > considerations? > I plan on swaping this boards into a Antec SX830 (300W PS), Radeon 32 Mb AGP > DDR, 512Mb Micron Ram, 3com NIC and ensoniq ES 1371 sound card. Well, I have a Tyan Tiger 100 (not exactly what you have) with a Diamond Viper 770 (NVidia TNT2?), and haven't had any problem so far (had it for 2+ years... ever since Intel 450 PIII was new). I haven't heard anything special about Radeon (which chipset, do you know?). Micron Ram should be fine, 3COM Nic should be fine (although not the cheapest. I've tried with the Realtek too,and several brands of nics. All works). Used to have Ensoniq sound card (Soundblaster 128?), and those works fine. Seems your system should work fine with Linux. These days, if you buy from namebrands, it pretty much works with Linux. Only pieces of hardware I have had problems with are with new techs, like USB etc. The only thing is, you might have to go to 2.4.x to make some of the newer hardware work (some of the later nics etc. ). Let me know if you have any more questions. -- John__ email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quis custodiet ipsos custodes icq: thales @ 17755648 Yahoo Messenger: jfjellstad
Re: kdev 2.2 debs for testing distributions....
Nicolas Salvagno wrote: > > hi , > > i'd like to install kde 2.2 on my workstation, but i don't want to be in sid > version?? > > so. > > Where can i find theses deb for testing version?? The ones in sid work fine in testing. At least for me so far:-) John
Re: VMware and Debian
Thanks for answers but they don't solve my problem (but they are very good hints for later operations). I downloaded the VMware-2.0.4-1142.tar.gz from their site. I read the INSTALL file where it is written: To install/upgrade VMware for Linux, run the program "vmware-install.pl". But I didn't find any file vmware-install.pl(only an uninstall file). Where did you find it? Dan
Re: forgot root password on head- and keyboardless machine *blush*
High, On Tue, 21 Aug 2001, Stig Brautaset wrote: > * dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake thus: > > On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 06:02:07PM +0100, Stig Brautaset wrote: > > | I have a head- and keyboardless machine running debian potato that I > > | used to log into with ssh. Now I have forgotten the password. *blush* > > > > The easiest way is to borrow a head and keyboard from somewhere and > > boot into "single" user mode. Hmm, now if you had a way to reboot ... > > I know that this is a solution but I don't have a keyboard. I have a > screen I could use, but I really don't want to buy a new keyboard just > to do this... (my friends all have ps/2 keyboards, whilst my machine > uses the old din-style). > But it is surely preferable that you have a keyboard attached. When situations like this happens, you need to safely reboot the computer, NOT just hit reset. Greetz, Sebastiaan
Debian install - How to create a 'floppy module' for Raid controller?
Hello everybody, I am trying to install Debian 2.2r3 on a new server with AMI Express 500 Raid controller. As the install program doesn't find any HDD, I am asked to "preload essential modules from a floppy", aka my Raid controller driver. I have ".c" and ".h" driver files for Linux. My question is : how to make such a "module floppy"? What should be found on such a floppy? Thank you for your help! Jean-Pascal RIGNAULT Smerwick Ltd. Taiwan Branch.
Re: Apt - Segmentation faulty Tree
On Aug 22 2001, cdpye wrote: > I have been using apt-get for some time without trouble, however now (after > doing update) when I go to install update,etc. I get this error > Reading Package Lists... Done > Segmentation faulty Tree... 50% > Tried -f & it comes to same error. (...) I have also seen much more segmentation faults from apt-get now than, say, six months ago. Strange. Anyway, I think that the solution for this would be to download a newer (or older) apt package from the Debian repository and then use dpkg -i to install it. I think that this would help, but I'm not sure. Hope this helps, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogério Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: OT: AMD chips cause kernel errors and hangs?
On Aug 21 2001, Rick Macdonald wrote: > Several nodes hang and/or get kernel errors every day. The first causes > that come to mind are bad RAM and running out of virtual memory. I've > pasted some logs below. (...) I guess that the best solution would be for you to run these Oops through ksymoops (apt-get install ksymoops) and send some detailed reports of the situations with the decoded Oops attached to the Linux Kernel mailing list. They would have more potential to solve your problems. []s, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogério Brito - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: Xwindows color depth
High, On Tue, 21 Aug 2001, David Frischknecht wrote: > Hello, > > I'm having trouble trying to get XWindows to load up > in any color depth higher than 16bpp. I have my > Win98SE setup for 24bpp color, but XWindows doesn't > want to load up in that color depth. Can someone help > me out? Thanks. > Do you use the same resolution? What does the screen section say? It should look like something: Section "Screen" Identifier "Default Screen" Device "Diamond Fire GL1000 Pro" Monitor "Relisys" DefaultDepth24 SubSection "Display" <...> Greetz, Sebastiaan
Re: Debian install - How to create a 'floppy module' for Raid controller?
High, On Wed, 22 Aug 2001, JP Rignault - Smerwick Ltd. wrote: > Hello everybody, > > > I am trying to install Debian 2.2r3 on a new server with AMI > Express 500 Raid controller. > > As the install program doesn't find any HDD, I am asked to > "preload essential modules from a floppy", aka my Raid > controller driver. I have ".c" and ".h" driver files for Linux. > > My question is : how to make such a "module floppy"? > What should be found on such a floppy? > First you have to compile these modules using a 2.2.19 kernel. For this, you need an installed Linux distro. Then format a floppy with ext2 fs, copy the compiled module (.o) to it and start the installation. Do not use the module floppy option, but switch to the second console and activate it. Mount the floppy and do an ordinary 'insmod /floppy/raid.o'. When loaded succesfully you can continue the installation on the first console. After the drivers have been installed you can copye the module to /target/lib/modules/2.2.19/scsi/ or something. Note that if you install Linux on this raid, it should probably be compiled in the kernel and not as module, but I am not sure. Greetz, Sebastiaan
Re: loading Galeon seems to have killed X
on Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 06:54:39PM -0700, James A. Hilsenteger ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > I received some help earlier but still struggling. I downloaded and installed > Galeon and even got Galeon running except fo the fact that my fonts within X > were all screwed up. I decided to reboot to see if that might clear up the > issue. > > I rebooted, and on some advice, I ran > /usr/sbin/locale-gen > > That did something.. but now I can't run X.I type 'startx' and get the reply > 'command unknown'. > I looked in usr/X11R6/bin and usr/bin/X11 and startx is not even shown. Please stop posting HTML to this list. Is the package xbase-clients installed? startx is part of this package. Check with: dpkg -s xbase-clients ...if it *is* installed, you've managed to lose files, which is not a good thing. -- Karsten M. Self http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org Free Dmitry! Boycott Adobe! Repeal the DMCA!http://www.freesklyarov.org Geek for Hirehttp://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html pgpXPzJGzySnk.pgp Description: PGP signature
Can't get Quake-3dfx to run
I have been trying to run Quake-3dfx. But whenever I do I get this Removing symlink ./idsw/pak0.pak Removing symlink ./idsw/base ln: `/home/tachys/.quake/./idsw/pak0.pak': File exists ourbase /usr/share/games/quake/idsw basename of ourbase idsw QuakeForge (UQuake) v0.1.1 Added packfile ./base/pak0.pak (339 files) FindFile: can't find gfx/pop.lmp Console initialized. UDP Initialized Exe: 04:26:17 Feb 27 2000 16.0 megabyte heap /dev/dsp: No such device Could not open /dev/dsp S_Startup: SNDDMA_Init failed. gd error (glide): Can't find or access Banshee/V3 board gd error (glide): grSstSelect: non-existent SST/usr/games/quake-3dfx: line 59: 785 Segmentation fault $0.real $@ I am running Xfree86 4.1.0 and have a Voodoo 3 3000 board
Re: glibc version
On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 11:01:12PM -0700, John L. Fjellstad wrote: > Are there different versions of libc available? What if you are using > Woody (glibc 2.2), and need support for glibc2.1? > I know you can do both libc5 and libc6 (glibc2.x), but can you do > different versions of glibc? My understanding is that > glibc2.1 and glibc2.2 broke binary compatibility. You're thinking of glibc2.0 to glibc2.1, and even then it only broke some programs that used undocumented interfaces to the library. glibc2.1 to glibc2.2 is perfectly fine; there are lots of packages in Debian that haven't needed new uploads since glibc2.2 arrived and that still work, and I've just spent the last day and a half testing proprietary code at work that was compiled for glibc2.1 and running on glibc2.2 without any problems. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Exim catch-all recipient
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Brooks R. Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Greetings, > Okay, I give up. I've RTFM. I've tried. I've played. How do you get >Exim to redirect mail from an unknown non-user to a given account instead of >bouncing it. I need a catch-all recipient, and I can't figure it out. An >example for that added clarity [EMAIL PROTECTED] gets bounced. I want it >([EMAIL PROTECTED]) sent to (valid) [EMAIL PROTECTED] or some other >user. In /etc/exim.conf (or /etc/exim/exim.conf if you're running woody), in the DIRECTORS part, at the end (after the localuser: director) add a catch-all director that matches all addresses that the previous directors couldn't resolve: catchall: driver = smartuser new_address = [EMAIL PROTECTED] .. that's all Mike. -- "Answering above the the original message is called top posting. Sometimes also called the Jeopardy style. Usenet is Q & A not A & Q." -- Bob Gootee
Re: how do i extract a bullet from my foot (tar woes)
On Mon, Aug 20, 2001 at 02:26:37PM -0700, allen wayne best just ramblin in his amx wrote: > hello: > > i have managed to insert a bullet in my poda courtesy of tar and my > ineptness! that is, i did: > > tar -cvIf --remove-files /tmp/foo.tz /opt/tmp > > silly me filled up my current directory with a file called "--remove-files". > my question is: how the heck to i get rid of this beast > rm -- --remove-files (-- turns the option processing off - man getopt) Miso&Frankie -- The danger from computers is not that they will eventually get as smart as men but that we will meanwhile agree to meet them halfway. pgpWtTYKJ1s38.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Encrypted Filesystems
On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 01:39:41AM -0400, Mike McGuire wrote: > > I remember seeing a project recently which was a kernel module which > > allowed you to have encrypted loopback devices with patching the kernel > > of using the international kernel patch. > > Not sure if this is it, but I've been playing around just with the > international patch using a loopback device (in the standard kernel). > (I compiled them all as modules, but I think you meant some other > non-standard kernel patch / module.) Anyway, there's a howto on > linuxdoc.org, Loopback-Encrypted-Filesystem-HOWTO. Anyone happen to know the current state of the crypto patches? I haven't seen a new patch for 2.4 since april... for 2.4.3! Cheers, Iain
Re: Firewall program for Debian?
On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 03:58:57PM -0400, Han Yoo wrote: > > Basically, I have the 2.2.19 kernel. > Is any of the programs that you mentined easy enough to be utilized by a > Debian > novice without going into the heavy-duty configuration? > there is something called pmfirewall. http://www.pointman.org/PMFirewall/ sam -- (Sam Varghese) http://www.gnubies.com
Re: Bad signature on partition table
I have used parted with success in a situation where I got the same error message from cfdisk. Maybe it can help here also. > > c. cfdisk hda gives the error message 'Fatal Error: >Bad Signature on partition table - press any key >etc. to leave' >fdisk hda gives no message - just locks Potato >completely. If I try to re-login (as opposed to >reboot), the message 'hda: lost interrupt' keeps >recurring. Johann -- Johann Spies Telefoon: 021-808 4036 Informasietegnologie, Universiteit van Stellenbosch "For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape." I Thessalonians 5:2,3
Re: Soundblaster 16
Bob Nielsen
i tried to install my isa pnp soundblaster like you discribed, a sound system
should be activated in the kernel...
(now it is a different installation)
i used the things you wrote but it said
output dma timeout
probably irq/dma conflict
what can i do?
i already used different settings for dma16 and irq
markus
> Many SB16 cards can be configured to select PnP or a fixed IRQ. If
> yours has that capability, you should definitely use a fixed IRQ. In
> my case, I created /etc/modutils/sb with the following line:
>
> options io=0x220 irq=7 dma=1 dma16=5 mpu_io=330
>
> I then ran 'update-modules' (which creates /etc/modules.conf) and
> 'insmod sb' and sound was working.
>
> I put this line in /etc/modules, so sound would be enabled after boot:
> sb #Soundblaster 16
>
> Bob
>
> On Thu, Jul 19, 2001 at 09:22:17AM -0400, Adam Bell wrote:
> > I have the same card.
> >
> > Probably your problem is that it's in plug and play mode, and since it's
> > an ISA card that is suckland for Linux.
> >
> > You need a package called isapnp (apt-get install isapnp), which might
> > already be there. Then you need to dump the output of pnpdump --config
> > into /etc/isapnp.conf (as root). Then you should be set recognizing the
> > card (IF isa plug and play is enabled in your kernel...which it should
> > be. If not, check modconf / recompile kernel with isapnp support). Try
> > isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf. It should recognize some crap and your sound
> > card, and tell you your settings (dma, dma16, io, irq) Write down those
> > 4 things, then go into modconf. The module you want is "sb" in with all
> > the other cards (It'll automagically get sound-core and all that other
> > crap). For parameters, pass it all those 4 things ("io=0x220 dma=1
> > dma16=5 irq=5" for example).
> >
> > Now it should be recognizable, BUT probably only to root. Anyone whom
> > you wish to make able to use the card needs to be added to the "audio"
> > group.
> >
> > OR, you could use ALSA, but I don't know how. :)
> >
> > --adam b.
> >
> > BTW, you don't strictly have to have the kernel call isapnp; it's just a
> > lot cleaner. You can also use preloads in your system init scripts, and
> > you can find how to do this on the net. I didn't need to...I just added
> > isapnp.conf to /etc and everything worked after I installed the sb
> > module.
> >
> > Hi
> > I have got a Debian gnu/linux 2.2 potato on my PC.
> > My problem is the soundcard while using KDE2.
> > I have a Creative Soundblaster sb16
> > I am not able to get the card working.
> > As I am a real linux-greenhorn I do not know how to do nearly anything,
> > but you all know the start is the hardest... If you could send me a list
> > of the things I have to do I would be very glad.
> >
> > Thank you very much.
> > Yours Markus Hansen.
> >
> > German Version:
> >
> > Hi ich habe ein Debian gnu/linux 2.2 potato installiert.
> > Mein problem ist momentan der sound.
> > Ich habe eine Creative Soundblaster sb16.
> > Ich habe KDE2 und weiss nicht wie ich die karte zum laufen kriege. Es
> > waere sehr nett von Euch, wenn ihr mir eine art Anleitung oder so
> > schreiben koenntet. Ich bin der (fast) totale Linux Anfaenger und somit
> > bitzte ich Euch um Nachsicht.
> >
> > Vielen dank im voraus
> > Euer Markus Hansen
Re: VMware and Debian
#include Dan Pomohaci wrote on Wed Aug 22, 2001 um 09:49:17AM: > To install/upgrade VMware for Linux, run the program "vmware-install.pl". > > But I didn't find any file vmware-install.pl(only an uninstall file). Then your tarball is corructed while downloading, or has not full extracted or whatever. > Where did you find it? /tmp # tar zxf /download/VMware-2.0.4-1142.tar.gz /tmp # ls vmware-distrib/ bin etcINSTALLinstall.pl man doc FILES installer lib vmware-install.pl Gruss/Regards, Eduard. -- Das wahrlich arnoootische daran ist, das wahrscheinlich _alle_ Regulars diesem Thread absolut faziniert folgen, nur traut sich keiner was zu sagen, weil man die beiden ja offiziell im Killfile hat. Alexander Stielau in de.alt.arnooo
Re: fixing demand-dialing ppp
#include Forrest Cahoon wrote on Wed Aug 22, 2001 um 12:41:58AM: > > The reason is the kernel-mode-pppoe patch, having removed it > > the pppd seems to start fine. > > I have no clue what this is supposed to mean. I got pristine 2.2.19 NOT the patch IN THE KERNEL! The pppd was patched in order to use the kernel support some weeks ago, but the patch is broken and makes dialing-on-demand unuseable. > 1) My woody box that is having this problem is running ip masquerade. Then you don't the demand keyword in your options file. people.debian.org/~blade/testing Gruss/Regards, Eduard. -- Möchten Sie Ihre Festplatten formatieren? [J]etzt nicht [N]a klar
launch apps with special keys
hi, i mapped my compaq armada's special keys (info, home, search, mail) but now i'd like to know how i can launch an app when i press one of those keys in x. i read about xevd but there's no sample config file available (google didn't help ether) and i also can't find anything in the windowmaker docs on how to map the mail key to something like xterm -e mutt. any ideas? tia martin -- factline Krisper Fabro Harnoncourt OEG (www.factline.com)
Re: VMware and Debian
Eduard Bloch wrote: > > /tmp # tar zxf /download/VMware-2.0.4-1142.tar.gz A related question. Does vmware-2.0.4-1142 run with 2.4.7 kernel? When I run vmware-install.pl I got compilation error messages. Anyone has experienced the same problem? Any hint? TIA -- (@ @) ---oOO(_)OOo Los pecados de los tres mundos desapareceran conmigo. Alexis Roda - Universitat Rovira i Virgili - Reus, Tarragona (Spain)
Re: Soundblaster 16
On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 12:27:29PM +0200, Markus Hansen wrote: > Bob Nielsen > > i tried to install my isa pnp soundblaster like you discribed, a > sound system should be activated in the kernel... (now it is a different > installation) i used the things you wrote but it said output dma timeout > probably irq/dma conflict what can i do? i already used different settings > for dma16 and irq > > > Many SB16 cards can be configured to select PnP or a fixed IRQ. If > > yours has that capability, you should definitely use a fixed IRQ. In > > my case, I created /etc/modutils/sb with the following line: > > > > options io=0x220 irq=7 dma=1 dma16=5 mpu_io=330 > > > > I then ran 'update-modules' (which creates /etc/modules.conf) and > > 'insmod sb' and sound was working. > > > > I put this line in /etc/modules, so sound would be enabled after boot: > > sb #Soundblaster 16 Another posibility you could try is installing the sndconfig package. I know it available in sid (unstable) but I don't know if it's packaged for stable. -- steven yap
pilot-xfer stopped working after kernel upgrade to 2.4.9
Hi All, I have upgraded my Debian box to kernel 2.4.9 I have added: deb http://people.debian.org/~bunk/debian potato main deb-src http://people.debian.org/~bunk/debian potato main to my /etc/apt/sources.list and upgraded the necessary packages. Now, when I run the pilot-xfer, it displays the message: Waiting for connection on /dev/pilot (press the HotSync button now)... And waits forever. I've stated that the appropriate modules are loaded: (Output from lsmod: Module Size Used by ircomm-tty 32080 1 (autoclean) ircomm 14576 0 (autoclean) [ircomm-tty] [...] ) But I've noticed that serial interrupts are not activated: (Output from cat /proc/interrupts: 0: 128286 XT-PIC timer 1: 4372 XT-PIC keyboard 2: 0 XT-PIC cascade 8: 1 XT-PIC rtc 9: 0 XT-PIC eth0 10: 7160 XT-PIC es1371, eth1 12: 37128 XT-PIC PS/2 Mouse 14: 7780 XT-PIC ide0 15: 41 XT-PIC ide1 NMI: 0 ERR: 0 MIS: 0 ) So it seems that irda modules do not communicate properly with the serial device? I've tried to load "irport" or "irtty" modules by hand but it didn't help The BIOS is probably configured properly, because IrDA works with Win98. Everything worked perfectly before the kernel upgrade :-( -- TIA & Regards, Wojciech M. Zabolotny http://www.ise.pw.edu.pl/~wzab <--> [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ise.pw.edu.pl/~wzab/picadc/picadc.html - Build your FREE Data Acquisition System
Re: pilot-xfer stopped working after kernel upgrade to 2.4.9
> Now, when I run the pilot-xfer, it displays the message: > Waiting for connection on /dev/pilot (press the HotSync button now)... > And waits forever. I've stated that the appropriate modules are loaded: > (Output from lsmod: > Module Size Used by > ircomm-tty 32080 1 (autoclean) > ircomm 14576 0 (autoclean) [ircomm-tty] > [...] > ) > But I've noticed that serial interrupts are not activated: > (Output from cat /proc/interrupts: What kernel did you run before? Did you use 'make oldconfig' before you made the new kernel? Are the modules for the serial modules in /lib/modules/2.4.9? Did you forget to compile them in the kernel? 'dmesg | grep serial' after a reboot might help. !thomas
Re: pilot-xfer stopped working after kernel upgrade to 2.4.9
On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 02:04:34PM +0200, thomas wrote: > > What kernel did you run before? Did you use 'make oldconfig' before you > made the new kernel? I used "make menuconfig" and configured the kernel by hand (having read the configuration from the old 2.2.18 config), was it wrong? Does "oldconfig" makes some magic conversions from old version of configfile? >Are the modules for the serial modules in > /lib/modules/2.4.9? Did you forget to compile them in the kernel? > 'dmesg | grep serial' after a reboot might help. No my serial driver is configured into the kernel dmesg | grep serial outputs nothing, but 'dmesg | grep 165' reports: ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A ttyS01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A When I use my own program using the serial port or "minicom" the serial interrupts get activated (in /proc interrupts: CPU0 0: 570951 XT-PIC timer 1: 16118 XT-PIC keyboard 2: 0 XT-PIC cascade 4: 9 XT-PIC serial 8: 1 XT-PIC rtc 9: 138453 XT-PIC eth0 10: 35904 XT-PIC es1371, eth1 12: 221904 XT-PIC PS/2 Mouse 14: 37033 XT-PIC ide0 15: 41 XT-PIC ide1 NMI: 0 ERR: 0 MIS: 0 ) So it is not a problem with serial drivers probably. (Anyway irport should work even without serial driver, but didn't) -- Regards, Wojciech M. Zabolotny http://www.ise.pw.edu.pl/~wzab <--> [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org Use Linux - save your data and time
Re: HTML composer ?
* Daniel Toffetti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 2001-08-21 09:31 +0200: > Is there any graphical HTML composer which runs happily on Woody and > KDE ? I don't need any advanced features, only lists, performatted > paragraphs and the like. I just want to avoid typing the tags... > > Daniel Do you know bluefish? The potato version seems to be uncapable of syntax higlighting, the woody version might be(?). A. B. andre DOT berger AT web DOT de pgpYNPADd9P8t.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: fixing demand-dialing ppp
Forrest Cahoon quotes Eduard Bloch: > The reason is the kernel-mode-pppoe patch, having removed it > the pppd seems to start fine. And writes: > I have no clue what this is supposed to mean. I got pristine 2.2.19 > sources from ftp.us.kernel.org and built a kernel with make-kpkg, but I > still have the problem. He means the kernel-mode-pppoe patch for pppd, not for the kernel. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, Wisconsin
Re: launch apps with special keys
At 998502913s since epoch (08/22/01 06:55:13 -0400 UTC), Martin W?rtele wrote: > i mapped my compaq armada's special keys (info, home, search, mail) but now > i'd like to know how i can launch an app when i press one of those keys in > x. After much fooling around with my Microsoft Natural keyboard, I found the "hotkeys" package to work quite well. I've set it to start up with X, and now it sits in the background and waits for those special keys to be pressed. You can also try to assign the keys through the window manager (IceWM can do this), but this requires the keys to be mapped correctly. Hotkeys does not require the keys have X11 Mappings; you can just use the raw keycodes. Jason -- Jason Healy| [EMAIL PROTECTED] LogN Systems | http://www.logn.net/
Ethernet Card Setup
Hello, I am new to Debian, and am having difficulty setting up my Network Card. I currently have a 3Com 3C905-TX PCI 10/100 network card. It is apparently supported in the kernel distributed with the current Potato release. I have read that it should be auto-detected. It doesn’t seem to be detected and set up in the Debian Install. How do I go about configuring it? Cheers, Nathan
Re: Ethernet Card Setup
On Wednesday 22 August 2001 09:08, Nathan Goss wrote: > Hello, > > I am new to Debian, and am having difficulty setting up > my Network Card. > > I currently have a 3Com 3C905-TX PCI 10/100 network > card. > > It is apparently supported in the kernel distributed with > the current Potato release. I have read that it should be > auto-detected. > > It doesnt seem to be detected and set up in the Debian > Install. > > How do I go about configuring it? > > Cheers, > > Nathan Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"; name="Attachment: 1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Ethernet-HOWTO.html READ my friend good luck! -- //-- Jeff Reed //-- One of those Linux People //-- Metro West Boston Linux User Group //-- [EMAIL PROTECTED] //-- http://www.linuxbusca.com/ //-- http://www.blu.org/ //-- http://www.wlug.org/
Re: Ethernet Card Setup
I think the driver's for this card are only included in the compact kernel. Go grab the compact rescue and root floppies and try again. -Wes On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 11:08:02PM +1000, Nathan Goss wrote: > Hello, > > I am new to Debian, and am having difficulty setting up my Network Card. > > I currently have a 3Com 3C905-TX PCI 10/100 network card. > > It is apparently supported in the kernel distributed with the current Potato > release. I have read that it should be auto-detected. > > It doesnt seem to be detected and set up in the Debian Install. > > How do I go about configuring it? > > Cheers, > > Nathan -- * Wes Byne Water Quality Modeling and Watershed Assessments [EMAIL PROTECTED] (voice):706-542-6041 http://watershed.engr.uga.edu *
Re: Ethernet Card Setup
> I am new to Debian, and am having difficulty > setting up my Network Card. > > I currently have a 3Com 3C905-TX PCI > 10/100 network card. > > It is apparently supported in the kernel distributed > with the current Potato release. I have read that it > should be auto-detected. > > It doesn't seem to be detected and set up in the > Debian Install. > > How do I go about configuring it? Try disabling the "Plug-n-Play Operating System" setting in your BIOS, if you have one. It may be worded differently, but you should get the idea... I *think* (and I'd like to know the answer for sure in case anyone knows) that the kernel drivers for various pieces of hardware only looks at 'x' number of settings, i.e. IRQ and IO address. They're considered 'standard' settings for that particular device. If you have 'PnP O/S' setting enabled in your BIOS, it doesn't assign the settings, but instead, lets the operating system do it. Hall
backspace problem
Hello, I recently upgraded my debian (unstable) and some things broke. I was able to fix most of it. I have a rather annoying problem that I can't solve. Seems like the backspace key is messed up. I functions properly in applications like pan, mozilla, ... and at the commandline but when I press backspace in vim I keep getting this weird character, This also happens with the less viewer Any ideas? Thanks -Jeroen- ;-) -- Jeroen Valcke jeroen@valcke.com ICQ# 30116911 Home page: http://www.valcke.com/jeroen
Sound cards & Linux?
Hello, I just want to express my appreciation for all the help I've gotten from the members of this list. I'm practically a Linux newbie, so all of the configuration that's needed to get it up and running is unfamiliar to me. I'd like to know how I could get my ESS Audiodrive sound card to work with Linux. I know it's SoundBlaster compatible, but I'm not sure which SoundBlaster protocol it's compatible with. Could somebody help me out with this? Thanks a bunch. :-)David A. Frischknechthttp://www.fishnetonline.freeurl.comDo You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $0.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger.
Re: DNS and BIND 8.2.3
On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 09:09:30PM -0400, Michael W. Cole wrote: > I am using BIND8 trying to set up a DNS server (authoritative) for my > domain (mpjcri.org). Linux v2.2.19. The network of two hosts are > connected via a hub which is then connected to an Internet Router. > I can ping all the hosts locally and distant sites. I can telnet in and > out. But when I try to use my Netscape browser from my Mac host, I get > stopped at the router and have to enter the username and password and > then it takes me to the router setup page. Could this have something to do with your router's configuration?
hdparm problem
Hi, For some reason Hdparm stopped working in two of my Debian machines (one kernel 2.2.19-ide, another kernel 2.2.19pre17-idepci ). Testing (hdparm -t/T) works fine but any parameter i try to change, (e.g., hdparm -c 1 /dev/hda1) fails (eg., HDIO_SET_32BIT failed: Invalid argument). But these were working fine some time ago. Any suggestions? help? cheers, Guilherme _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
Re: Killing your keyb.controller... was: Re: forgot root password on head- and keyboardless machine *blush*
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 10:24:34PM +0200, Emil Pedersen wrote: > > > > Just to add some more noice to the list ;-) > > > > [statement] Hot-plugging keyboards works _MOST_ of the time. > > > > It is true for at least PS/2-keyboard, since the only machine I've > > managed to destroy this way is an Digital Celebris 590. My other > > machines with PS/2 have survived, so for ps2 types the statement is > > true. > > > > When it comes to DIN-keyboards, I have NOT been able to kill any machine > > this way. > > > > Finaly, since I have one more Celebris 590 I _could_ verify that these > > machines DO die when keyboard is hot-swapped, but I think it might be a > > waste of computers if I succeed... ;-) > > Erk. I must be lucky, since mine hasn't died the few times I've hotswapped > ps2 stuff on it. Hrmm. Need to get it netbooting one of these days, or > find a disk for it, and have spare CPU cycles. > > What do you run for disk on yours? These appear unable to correctly > resolve anything over 8GB for booting. Hehe, I don't actually run anything on the machine yet. The disk in it is an 600-650MB, so it's recognized. I intenden to shit in two smaller disks and use it as a firewall, but I think now it's going to be tough informing the bios that the new disks should be accepted. Perhaps I'll use it as webserver or some other silly task. Hmm, just got an idea; gott'a go look for a VNC server for OS2... // Emil
Re: Ethernet Card Setup
On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 11:08:02PM +1000, Nathan Goss wrote: > Hello, > > I am new to Debian, and am having difficulty setting up my Network Card. > > I currently have a 3Com 3C905-TX PCI 10/100 network card. > > It is apparently supported in the kernel distributed with the current Potato > release. I have read that it should be auto-detected. > > It doesn?t seem to be detected and set up in the Debian Install. > > How do I go about configuring it? The driver is complied as a module, rather than into kernel... just run insmod to install it: insmod 3c59x Note that you'll need to include it in /etc/modules to have it insmod'ed at startup: echo 3c59x >> /etc/modules You can now configure it with ifconfig, or edit /etc/network/interfaces to have it configured at boot-up. Read the ifconfig(8) and the interfaces(5) man pages for details. Checking out the Ethernet-HOWTO at linuxdoc.org would be a smart move also... HTH, Iain
Choosing a Debian Variant
This is a message I /should/ have sent before I even tried to install Debian. Oh well, better late than never. Here's the deal: I want Debian on my machine. Mandrake is in many ways wonderful; it has the best install in the world (in my experience); it has loads of bundled software; and it does a great job of detecting and configuring existing hardware. However, it's a toy OS. Administration can be confusing and goofy; there's rarely a canonical Mandrake Way to do common tasks like there is a Debian Way; upgrading is a joke; and besides, it has no Policy. After doing a lot of reading, I've come to the conclusion that Debian is the most technically superior distro out there. So, I want Debian, and I'm determined to install it. However, there are some requirements I have. There are certain things I want on my new Debian system, and I don't want to dick around with configuring them after the install, or waiting hours or days for large packages to download over my measly 56k connection. Here's what I want out-of-box: ReiserFS: I've had great experiences with this on Mandrake. It's fast, and when the power goes out unexpectedly I needn't worry about disk integrity. I want to be able to format my boot/system partition with ReiserFS during the install. KDE 2.2(Preferred)/KDE 2.1(Acceptable): I use both KDE and GNOME apps, and I don't want to wait hours to upgrade to a recent KDE. GNOME 1.4(preferred)/GNOME 1.2(acceptable): See above. XFree86 4.*: Must include drivers for an NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 Kernel 2.4.* Nice-To-Haves: GRUB as the default bootloader: I like GRUB. It's less finicky than LILO. The other things I want in a Debian variant: A good installer. Not necessarily a super-easy one; but one that people have found is solid and doesn't do anything nonsensical (like overwrite your MBR after asking a single, non-obvious question *cough*Progeny*cough*). Also one that either a) auto-detects hardware *WELL*, or b) prompts the user for hardware info. Not one that does a half-assed job of hardware detection, and leaves the system half-configured. I want it to be very Debian-Compatible. By which I mean, I want to be able to grab packages from standard Debian "testing" or "unstable", and have them install without conflicts. Basicly I don't want a lot of unnecessary proprietary tweaks. So, there are my requirements. What I'm trying to figure out is, which Debian Variant to install. I've already tried Progeny, and found it lacking in many respects. What I'm asking is, should I go with Libranet? Or should I chance using Stormix, even though they are out of business? Or is Progeny really my best bet, and I should stick with it? Or should I just tough it out and get an Official Debian CD, and suffer through hours of package downloads? Is there any Debian-based distro I'm missing? (I have no interest in Corel, that's why it's not listed) Thanks for your time, -Avdi Grimm __ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/
Re: home firewall problems
On Mon, 20 Aug 2001 07:13:56 -0500 (CDT) Gene Gallistel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i'm setting up a firewall for my home network and i'm having problems w/ > my network cards. > > eth0 connects to the internal LAN w/ address 10.10.10.1 > eth1 connects to my cable modem gets a dhcp address > > the problem: if both cards are listed in /etc/network/interfaces eth1 > will error out on its configuration. this happens both at boot time ^ can you post some error messages etc.? > network configuration and if i restart the networking service. eth0 will > work fine and be able to communicate with all workstations on the > internal network. > if i remove eth0's entry from the interfaces file and reboot eth1 > will work perfectly. this has been confusing me for the last few days, so > if anyone has ideas i would really like to hear them. > > below is a copy of my /etc/network/interfaces file: > > # The loopback interface > iface lo inet loopback > > #eth0 > iface eth0 inet static > address 10.10.10.1 > netmask 255.255.255.0 > network 10.10.10.0 > broadcast 10.10.10.255 > > # The first network card-this entry was created during the Debian installation > iface eth1 inet dhcp > What does 'ifconfig' say? Are both interfaces listed or just one? Your problem could be a simple interrupt conflict. If both interfaces are listed, pls post the output of 'route -n', I noticed you do not have a 'gateway' line in your interfaces file. HTH, Stefan.
How can I upgrade
*formerly GECOS * SUCCESS --- `aptget' is a work of art...thanx all...gb
Re: Choosing a Debian Variant
On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 07:29:39AM -0700, Avdi B. Grimm wrote: > Here's what I want out-of-box: No, I really shouldn't say it. But anyway. What you've just asked for reads almost exactly like the specs for Mandrake 8.1 (due out in a month or so). In my experience, you're not going to get this out-of-box from Debian, because it tends to focus on stability rather than bleeding edge (though you always have the option of moving to testing/unstable via apt-get and friends), whereas Mandrake sticks the latest version of everything in and tries to make it work together. Both paths have merits. But if you want the latest stuff, you're not going to find it in standard Debian without a fairly long upgrade process. Possibly Progeny and others have more recent packages while still being based on Debian, you might have some joy with them.
logout problem
Hi to all! sometimes, when I logout, the monitor freezes with a black background and blue vertical lines. Nothing else can be done, and I am forced to reset the system. What could be the problem? I run potato 2.2.r3 + ximian gnome. Thanks in advance for the help! Regards, Marcelo -- Marcelo Chiapparini DFT-IF/UERJ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: OT: AMD chips cause kernel errors and hangs?
I just got an AMD chip and noticed that witht the RAM set to 133MHz in the
BIOS it would lock under Debian or Win98. It happened on my box and my
girlfriend's identical box. I'd suggest checking the memory settings.
On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 11:59:06PM -0600, Rick Macdonald scribbled...
> We have a Linux cluster of 1000 nodes. I wasn't involved in setting it up.
> They use RedHat 6.2 kernel 2.2.19. Dual AMD 1.2GHz, 2GB memory, 2GB swap,
> GB ethernet.
>
> Several nodes hang and/or get kernel errors every day. The first causes
> that come to mind are bad RAM and running out of virtual memory. I've
> pasted some logs below.
>
> The slaves mostly run FORTRAN code compiled with Lahey F95 v6.0 and g77
> (0.5.24-19981002).
>
> What else could cause these errors? Are there special kernel config issues
> for AMD chips?
>
> I've run Linux for 9 years, always used Intel CPUs, used Debian since
> before the first official release ("buzz"), but never heard of so many
> problems.
>
> ch_binary_handler+67/168] [do_execve+417/516] [sys_execve+75/124]
> [system_call+52/56]
> Aug 21 06:35:07 hou000752cs kernel: Code: f6 46 24 01 74 52 8b 4c 24 68 39
> 4e 14 75 49 8b 4c 24 64 31
> Aug 21 06:35:07 hou000752cs inetd[458]: pid 11124: exit signal 11
> Aug 21 06:35:07 hou000752cs kernel: Unable to handle kernel paging request
> at virtual address 00ff0024
> Aug 21 06:35:07 hou000752cs kernel: current->tss.cr3 = 1463e000, %cr3
> 1463e000
> Aug 21 06:35:07 hou000752cs kernel: *pde =
> Aug 21 06:35:07 hou000752cs kernel: Oops:
> Aug 21 06:35:07 hou000752cs kernel: CPU:0
> Aug 21 06:35:07 hou000752cs kernel: EIP:
> 0010:[locks_remove_posix+44/152]
> Aug 21 06:35:07 hou000752cs kernel: EFLAGS: 00010206
> Aug 21 06:35:07 hou000752cs kernel: eax: 94629b04 ebx: be6b35a0 ecx:
> 94629a94 edx: 947f6920
> Aug 21 06:35:07 hou000752cs kernel: esi: 00ff edi: 942157c0 ebp:
> 94629b04 esp: 93a9bc28
> Aug 21 06:35:07 hou000752cs kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018
> Aug 21 06:35:07 hou000752cs kernel: Process in.ftpd (pid: 11125, process
> nr: 30, stackpage=93a9b000)
> Aug 21 06:35:07 hou000752cs kernel: Stack: 942157c0 bcc13f60 94629b04
> 94629a94 8012699a 94785f00 93a9a000 94785f00
> Aug 21 06:35:07 hou000752cs kernel:fff7 0202 93f45aa0
> 00013000 93f45a40 2aabf000 93f45adc 80135619
> Aug 21 06:35:07 hou000752cs kernel:80135626 93f45a40 08085fc0
> 0806b800 bcc13f60 80126991 be6b35a0
> Aug 21 06:35:07 hou000752cs kernel: Call Trace: [filp_close+82/92]
> [load_elf_interp+677/708] [load_elf_interp+690/708] [filp
>
>
>
> Aug 21 04:02:00 hou000721cs anacron[5515]: Updated timestamp for job
> `cron.daily' to 2001-08-21
> Aug 21 04:02:01 hou000721cs kernel: Unable to handle kernel paging request
> at virtual address 11008010
> Aug 21 04:02:01 hou000721cs kernel: current->tss.cr3 = 145aa000, %cr3
> 145aa000
> Aug 21 04:02:01 hou000721cs kernel: *pde =
> Aug 21 04:02:01 hou000721cs kernel: Oops:
> Aug 21 04:02:01 hou000721cs kernel: CPU:0
> Aug 21 04:02:01 hou000721cs kernel: EIP:0010:[d_lookup+100/224]
> Aug 21 04:02:01 hou000721cs kernel: EFLAGS: 00010217
> Aug 21 04:02:01 hou000721cs kernel: eax: beee9a88 ebx: 11007ff8 ecx:
> 0022 edx: bee0
> Aug 21 04:02:01 hou000721cs kernel: esi: 322f6ef6 edi: ac72f00a ebp:
> 11008010 esp: 8542bf3c
> Aug 21 04:02:01 hou000721cs kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018
> Aug 21 04:02:01 hou000721cs kernel: Process slocate (pid: 5612, process
> nr: 18, stackpage=8542b000)
> Aug 21 04:02:01 hou000721cs kernel: Stack: ac72f00a beee9a88
> ac72f000 322f6ef6 000a 8012df0c aa7363e0
> Aug 21 04:02:01 hou000721cs kernel:8542bf84 8542bf84 8012e187
> aa7363e0 8542bf84 ac72f000 ac72f000
> Aug 21 04:02:01 hou000721cs kernel:8542a000 7c38 ac72f000
> 000a 322f6ef6 8012e284 ac72f000 aa7363e0
> Aug 21 04:02:01 hou000721cs kernel: Call Trace: [cached_lookup+16/84]
> [lookup_dentry+275/488] [__namei+40/88] [sys_newlstat+42/140]
> [system_call+52/56]
> Aug 21 04:02:01 hou000721cs kernel: Code: 8b 6d 00 8b 74 24 18 39 73 48 75
> 5c 8b 74 24 24 39 73 0c 75
>
>
>
> Aug 19 12:10:00 hou000669cs kernel: Unable to handle kernel paging request
> at virtual address d2040200
> Aug 19 12:10:00 hou000669cs kernel: current->tss.cr3 = 11c09000, %cr3
> 11c09000
> Aug 19 12:10:00 hou000669cs kernel: *pde =
> Aug 19 12:10:00 hou000669cs kernel: Oops:
> Aug 19 12:10:00 hou000669cs kernel: CPU:0
> Aug 19 12:10:00 hou000669cs kernel: EIP:0010:[flush_old_exec+196/552]
> Aug 19 12:10:00 hou000669cs kernel: EFLAGS: 00010246
> Aug 19 12:10:00 hou000669cs kernel: eax: ebx: 9b040
Re: Sound cards & Linux?
Most SB compatibles mean the SB16 'standard'. You need to add the lines soundcore sb to /etc/modules to get it to load at boot. and run "insmod soundcore" and "insmod sb" to get it to run now. On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 06:53:35AM -0700, David Frischknecht scribbled... > Hello, > > I just want to express my appreciation for all the help I've gotten from > the members of this list. I'm practically a Linux newbie, so all of the > configuration that's needed to get it up and running is unfamiliar to me. > I'd like to know how I could get my ESS Audiodrive sound card to work > with Linux. I know it's SoundBlaster compatible, but I'm not sure which > SoundBlaster protocol it's compatible with. Could somebody help me out > with this? Thanks a bunch. :-) > > > > David A. Frischknecht > http://www.fishnetonline.freeurl.com > > > > - > Do You Yahoo!? > Make international calls for as low as $0.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger. > --0-320775342-998488415=:76913 > Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii > > Hello, > I just want to express my appreciation for all the help I've gotten > from the members of this list. I'm practically a Linux newbie, so > all of the configuration that's needed to get it up and running is > unfamiliar to me. I'd like to know how I could get my ESS > Audiodrive sound card to work with Linux. I know it's SoundBlaster > compatible, but I'm not sure which SoundBlaster protocol it's compatible > with. Could somebody help me out with this? Thanks a > bunch. :-)David A. Frischknecht href="http://www.fishnetonline.freeurl.com";>http://www.fishnetonline.freeurl.com > size=1>Do You Yahoo!? > Make http://phonecard.yahoo.com/";>international calls for as > low as $0.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger. > --0-320775342-998488415=:76913-- > --0-1621698773-998488415=:76913-- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
Ask for information
I am writing to ask this information: I want to know if it is possible to convert Informix 2.1000B Software Development Kit (SDK) in Debian Gnu-Linux 2.2r3 "Potato". If it is possible, please, tell me where I can find any resource. Your help is foundamental to decide to buy a Debian distribution, in fact I want to use O.S. Linux to run Informix 2.1000B. Any help are welcome. Cifarma S.r.l. Phone +39881661186 Fax +39881663487 Viale ofanto 212 - 71100 Foggia (Italy)
Network install switching to ppp access
Greetings; I like Debian. I have at home a computer I installed Debian from floppy. And I now connect to the internet via ppp with no problem. Unfortunately the software installation is kind of slow. So for a second computer I found T1/T2 access and after the floppy install I upgraded via the network. *Much* faster. But the machine is intended for dial-up use only. With perhaps another trip to the rj45 for additional major software upgrades. I first used wvdial to make the connection. After disconnecting the rj45. But I couldn't access the internet. I rebooted the computer with no network connection. Still no luck via modem. I then went through pppconfig/pon. Still no network response. Where should I look for the answer to my dilemma? Which is; how to make a network-installed Debian box access the internet via modem? And for that matter. I'd like to take my home machine in to the same rj45 for faster updates/upgrades. How can I make that ppp-installed Debian box access the intenet via nic? I'm not a dumb man. So if someone could point me in the right direction I'll be off and running! Tony - Visit iWon.com - the Internet's largest guaranteed cash giveaway! Click here now for your "Thank You" gift: http://www.iwon.com/giftcenter/0,2612,,00.html?t_id=20157
kde source list for potato
Hello: I have this entry in my sources.list deb ftp://kde.debian.net/pub/kde potato main crypto for download KDE packages and since two days ago I am experimenting timeouts problems. could you tell me if this url has been changed? Any type of help will be appreciated Thx. -- Alejandro Diego Garin GNU/Linux user #151577 counter.li.org Licq #2502623
Re: Ask for information
High, > I am writing to ask this information: I want to know if it is possible > to convert Informix 2.1000B Software Development Kit (SDK) in Debian > Gnu-Linux 2.2r3 "Potato". If it is possible, please, tell me where I > can find any resource. Your help is foundamental to decide to buy a > Debian distribution, in fact I want to use O.S. Linux to run Informix > 2.1000B. Any help are welcome. > Please enable line wrap at 72 chars. thanx. Well, I took a look at their website (http://www.informix.com/evaluate/) and there seem to be much different versions available. I think it is more wise to contact them and ask which version would be best for you. Every ordinary program that runs under Linux, also runs under Debian. If the program is packed (e.g. .rpm) you could use 'alien' to convert it to a Debian package. BTW: how do you mean 'buy'? It is free and can be downloaded. At most it will cost you $5 for the first CD, which should be enough to try. No big investment. Greetz, Sebastiaan
Re: Network install switching to ppp access
High, On Wed, 22 Aug 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Greetings; > > I like Debian. > > And for that matter. I'd like to take my home machine in to the same rj45 > for faster updates/upgrades. How can I make that ppp-installed Debian box > access the intenet via nic? > > If you have a gateway on the lan, it is very simple. Switch to an active console during second stage installation an log in as root. By hand: # insmod (or modprobe <...>) # ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 up # route add default gw 192.168.1.254 eth0 and edit /etc/resolv.conf: domain sacred-key.org nameserver 130.161.180.1 nameserver 130.161.180.65 with your favorite data. You should be able to have a network connection. When this works, you can use 'modconf' to configure your network card and edit /etc/network/interfaces: iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 network 192.168.1.0 gateway 192.168.1.3 Greetz, Sebastiaan
Re: Firewall program for Debian?
* Sam Varghese ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 03:58:57PM -0400, Han Yoo wrote: > > > > Basically, I have the 2.2.19 kernel. > > Is any of the programs that you mentined easy enough to be utilized by a > > Debian > > novice without going into the heavy-duty configuration? > > > > there is something called pmfirewall. > http://www.pointman.org/PMFirewall/ > > sam > -- > (Sam Varghese) > http://www.gnubies.com Also there is rcf firewall based on ipchains. Config file could not be simplier and it is virtually bug-free. I've used it for over a year now and have no complaints at all. I think the website is http://rcf.mvlan.net:8080/ I think they have a Debian package, but I always use their install script. It's all well done. Alex.
Re: Ethernet Card Setup
Hi, On Wed, 22 Aug 2001, Nathan Goss wrote: > I currently have a 3Com 3C905-TX PCI 10/100 network card. > > It is apparently supported in the kernel distributed with the current Potato > release. I have read that it should be auto-detected. > > It doesnt seem to be detected and set up in the Debian Install. I just had the same problem with an Intel Etherexpress Pro 100 card which I know is supported and autodetected because I've done the same installation on other machines a number of times. My problem was caused by the card not seating properly in its slot. I tried it in two different slots so I thought that couldn't be the problem. Never rule out really silly causes of problems... George Karaolides 8, Costakis Pantelides St., tel: +35 79 68 08 86 Strovolos, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Nicosia CY 2057, web: www.karaolides.com Republic of Cyprus
USB/Scanner, how to start?
hmm, what I have to do, to make my USB Scanner working? It's an Agfa SnapScan 1212 there is no /proc/pci there is no usb entry at /proc/interrupts however usb support ist generally compiled as module, but which modules do I really need? Any hints? thanx, JT -- /\ | http://www.jtheuer.de (Elektronik, Perl, Linux)| | mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | \/ VISIT: http://www.radiotux.de - Das Internetradio rund um Linux http://www.kdevelop.org - Entwicklung unter KDE
Re: C library not found!
On Tue, 21 Aug 2001 00:06:13 -0400 (EDT) Faheem Mitha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 21 Aug 2001, Yong Jing Hung wrote: > > > Does anyone know why the C library doesn't work? I try to do 'man > > fork' but it doesn not pick up. It simply says that there isn't any > > manual page for it? Can someone help me here? Thanks. > > You want the libc info manual. Install the deb package glibc-doc (at > least > that is what it is called on potato), and fire up your favourite info > viewer. The node you want is called libc. In emacs you do > > Ctrl h and then i. Type m for menu. Then enter libc at the prompt. > > Or you could use > > info -f libc > > at a shell prompt (stand-alone info viewer). > > For fork you might want to look at the node "Creating a Process". > > Sincerely, Faheem Mitha. > Another possibility I might mention: the manpages for the library functions are in the package 'manpages-dev'. Mart -- 'Quoth the mailserver: 554!' pgpMoCn6xlkW5.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Peoplestreet/Microsoft/Quantum
On Tue, 21 Aug 2001 08:55:46 -0400 "Tina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > PLEASE GIVE US YOUR THOUGHTS ON ANY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES > OR STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS WITH PEOPLESTREET. > We will certainly welcome your donation to 'Software In The Public Interest'. See http://www.debian.org/MailingLists for details. Mart -- 'Quoth the mailserver: 554!' pgpBE8sT8Xwdc.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Encrypted Filesystems
On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 10:13:02AM +, Iain Smith wrote: > > Anyone happen to know the current state of the crypto patches? I haven't seen > a new patch for 2.4 since april... for 2.4.3! Yeah, that's it, I guess. Maybe they got it right the first time. :) One minor problem (too minor to bother fixing, apparently) is that the kernel makefile changed slightly somewhere between 2.4.3 and now. So the patch fails on a chunk of Makefile. Editing by hand works. If you're trying and don't quite know how to do that, here's what it should look like: ... CORE_FILES =kernel/kernel.o mm/mm.o fs/fs.o ipc/ipc.o NETWORKS=net/network.o CRYPTO =crypto/crypto.o LIBS=$(TOPDIR)/lib/lib.a SUBDIRS =kernel drivers mm fs net ipc lib crypto DRIVERS-n := ... HTH, Mike McGuire
Re: OT: AMD chips cause kernel errors and hangs?
On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 11:59:06PM -0600, Rick Macdonald wrote: > > We have a Linux cluster of 1000 nodes. I wasn't involved in setting it up. > They use RedHat 6.2 kernel 2.2.19. Dual AMD 1.2GHz, 2GB memory, 2GB swap, > GB ethernet. > Quoting the latest Kernel Traffic (kt.zork.net), which summerizes the kernel development list: 'But Alan Cox pointed out, "Athlon SMP will actually not always work with 2.2.' I suggest pointing this out to the one who *did* set up the cluster, and perhaps persuading him/her to move to 2.4 and a distro that supports it. As for your hardware, I am jelous. Where do I sign up for an account? :) Mike
Re: Choosing a Debian Variant
Avdi B. Grimm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here's what I want out-of-box: Libranet is the closest debian solution to your requirements: ReierFS, up-to-date kde, gnome, etc. A new version will be out by the end of August, according to their newsletter. I use it at home because I don't have a broadband connection :-(. You'll have to grab grub separately from debian, because it's not included in Libranet. Libranet's installer isn't as flashy as Mandrake or Progeny, however. -- Bruce Mobarry
dual displays
Hi, I'm thinking about getting the ATI RADEON VE Dual Display video card but haven't been able to find much info on running it in linux. I have heard that the RADEON series needs xserver 4.1.0 but this dual display card is a little different. Has anyone got dual displays running in debian using a single dual display card? If so, how is it? Are there any other dual display cards that you know of that do work in debian? Any info would be a great help. I'm currently running woody. andy
Re: a woodied gnumeric
On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 11:17:43PM -0700, Bill Wohler wrote: > Any word on when woody will have an installable gnumeric? > Gnumeric has been updated in sid a couple of times in the past few days. I am told that sid -> woody typically takes two weeks if all goes well, so maybe in two weeks. Mike
Re: Why so big(2)
* dman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 03:51:16PM +0100, P Kirk wrote: > > | I don't have anything other than samba and python installed. How can > | /usr/share be so big? > > Actually you have a lot of stuff installed that you don't need if the > machine is only going to be a samba server and/or gateway/firewall. > Also remember that all documentation goes in /usr/share as well. [long list snipped] > This list is things that I don't think you need on this system. If > you intend to have a nice, useful desktop system then they are good to > have but are probably not going to be used on a firewall/gateway > system. It all depends on how the system is going to be used, which > only you know. I also noticed that you have 3 different vi clones > installed -- you probably only need 1. You could probably also remove > a bunch of other libraries, but you'll need to check the dependencies > that apt reports when you try and remove them. A good way to semi-automate cleaning up unneeded libraries is with orphaner, the frontend for deborphan. Bruce.
Re: how to make exim run queue only when ppp link is up?
On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 02:21:19AM +0100, Stig Brautaset wrote: > Diald keeps bringing up the link on request from exim. I have only had > this problem since I made a fresh install about a week ago. Earlier, the > exim cron-entry that run the queue was controlled by a set of scripts > in diald's ip-up.d and ip-down.d directories, but not so now. Why is > that? I could of course move the thing myself, but I want to do this the > debian way. I have tried dpkg-reconfigure exim, but that didn't work... I think what you're looking for is the exim cron job that runs every 15 minutes. I'd look into disabling that, but I don't remember if there's some special Debian way to edit cron entries. Here's where it is: '/etc/cron.d/exim'. I *think* if you change it, it either won't be updated or it'll ask you to when exim inevitably gets updated. I probably would have looked into it when I was messing with diald a while back, but I just gave up instead. Not to discourage you or anything, I'm just lazy. :) HTH, Mike McGuire
FortranPlus F95 Compiler Packs: New Release now shipping
Dear support customer, As a previous user of our customer support service, we hope you would be interested to know that Release 2.22a of our FortranPlus F95 compiler is now shipping. This new release has substantial enhancements to the Student Pack capability, and to the support software included with the Standard and Professional Packs. Enhancements (with prices) include: Student Pack (GBP45.00 boxed, 40.00 online) Now has an enhanced compilation limit: 2000 lines per file. Still the best value around; now better suited to graduate student use. Standard Pack (GBP160.00 boxed, 135.00 online: academic discount applicable) - Now shipping with the revised Fortran95 CaseBook and Release 3 of MATHLIB - a major upgrade which includes: New linear algebra routines New: 1-D and 2-D Splines New: Polynomial and Chebyshev curve fitting New optimisation and ODE routines. Professional Pack (GBP285.00 boxed: academic discount applicable) - Now shipping with revised Casebook and MATHLIB Release 3, plus new Encyclopaedia volumes: CoCo: Conditional Compilation facilities VPA: Variable Precision Arithmetic module, including numeric intrinsics (sin, cos, exp etc) Plus online volumes: Programming in Fortran90/95 (Morgan & Schonfelder) Numerical Methods in Practice (New: Hopkins & Phillips) Documentation Most documentation has been revised and reformatted for this release. Enhancements include: Revised Fortran95 Casebook: new sections on Accessing MATLAB graphics Profiling Using CoCo New Online volume: Numerical Methods in Practice using the Fortran Encyclopaedia by Chris Phillips and Tim Hopkins Suitable as a text or as a companion to the MATHLIB and SFLIB volumes of the Encyclopaedia. Upgrade Prices == For existing customers, version upgrade prices are available as follows: Student to V2.22a Student: GBP15.00 Standard to V2.22a Standard:GBP50.00 Professional to V2.22a Professional:GBP75.00 Upgrade prices are also available if you need a higher level Pack: examples Student to Standard GBP115 (GBP92 academic) Standard to ProfessionalGBP135 (GBP108 academic) All prices exclude VAT and P/P. For more details, go to http://www.nasoftware.co.uk or email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Should I Upgrade? = We have tried to avoid sending this email to existing customers; but just in case: If you have the previous Student Pack: the new version allows much larger programs to be compiled. If you have a Standard or Professional Pack: consider upgrading for the enhanced support software. If you have the V2.22 compiler, and are happy with your current support software: there is no need to upgrade to V2.22a. We want to email only interested persons. To be removed from this email list: please reply with REMOVE in the subject line
SoundBlaster Live not recognized!
Well I am getting crazy. I do not know how to install my SoundBlaster Live Card. I do not know how to configure the kernel and what libraries or programs I need. If anybody can help me and explain step by step what I should do in the kernel and what files I have to install I will be very pleased. I use Gnome. Thank you very much
Re: SoundBlaster Live not recognized!
To get my SBLive to work I had to compile a special kernel. I didn't see it in 2.2.17, so I got 2.2.19 (2.4.x would work too if you have that). On the soundcard page of the kernel config, look for soundblaster live, it will build an emu10k1.o module for you. If you don't know how to rebuild the kernel, read this: http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Kernel-HOWTO.html On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 07:07:38PM -0500, Juan Antonio scribbled... > Live Card. I do not know how to configure the kernel and what libraries > or programs I need. If anybody can help me and explain step by step what > I should do in the kernel and what files I have to install I will be > very pleased. > > I use Gnome. > > Thank you very much >
Removing folder in KMail
I've imported an Outlook 5 folder into KMail. Now I want to delete this folder, but the Remove option in the Folder menu in grayed out. Other folders I've created previously in KMail (not imported) don't have this problem, but inbox, outbox an the other 'system' folders do, so I guess perhaps the importing utility is causing the problem. Any ideas ? Thanks in advance !! Daniel -- "There is no spoon..." - The Matrix
launching mozilla from Pine
Dear People,
This might be offtopic, but...
I am currently using Mozilla 9.3, and Pine 4.21. I want to launch Mozilla
from Pine using the url-viewer feature. I currently have
# List of programs to open Internet URLs (e.g. http or ftp references).
url-viewers="/usr/bin/mozilla -remote 'openURL(_URL_)'",
"_TEST("test -n ${DISPLAY}")_ /usr/bin/mozilla _URL_"
The corresponding lines with netscape seemed to work Ok, but it doesn't
seem to work right with Mozilla. I want
a) Mozilla to start up if not already started.
b) If Mozilla is already running, it should be used in preference to
starting up a new copy.
Is there anyone who is using this combination and can help me? Thanks in
advance. I did a little searching on groups.google but didn't come up with
anything.
Sincerely, Faheem Mitha.
[Potato] IRQ/DMA/IO config with ISA PnP card (Was: Re: Soundblaster 16)
hello everybody ;)
On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 01:10:02PM -, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> From: Markus Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Soundblaster 16
> Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 12:27:29 +0200
> i tried to install my isa pnp soundblaster like you discribed, a sound system
> should be activated in the kernel...
> (now it is a different installation)
> i used the things you wrote but it said
> output dma timeout
> probably irq/dma conflict
> what can i do?
> i already used different settings for dma16 and irq
>
> > Many SB16 cards can be configured to select PnP or a fixed IRQ. If
> > yours has that capability, you should definitely use a fixed IRQ. In
> > my case, I created /etc/modutils/sb with the following line:
> > options io=0x220 irq=7 dma=1 dma16=5 mpu_io=330
> > I then ran 'update-modules' (which creates /etc/modules.conf) and
> > 'insmod sb' and sound was working.
> > I put this line in /etc/modules, so sound would be enabled after boot:
> > sb #Soundblaster 16
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 19, 2001 at 09:22:17AM -0400, Adam Bell wrote:
> > > I have the same card.
> > > Probably your problem is that it's in plug and play mode, and since it's
> > > an ISA card that is suckland for Linux.
> > > You need a package called isapnp (apt-get install isapnp), which might
> > > already be there. Then you need to dump the output of pnpdump --config
> > > into /etc/isapnp.conf (as root). Then you should be set recognizing the
> > > card (IF isa plug and play is enabled in your kernel...which it should
> > > be. If not, check modconf / recompile kernel with isapnp support). Try
> > > isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf. It should recognize some crap and your sound
> > > card, and tell you your settings (dma, dma16, io, irq) Write down those
> > > 4 things, then go into modconf. The module you want is "sb" in with all
> > > the other cards (It'll automagically get sound-core and all that other
> > > crap). For parameters, pass it all those 4 things ("io=0x220 dma=1
> > > dma16=5 irq=5" for example).
> > >
> > > Hi
> > > I have got a Debian gnu/linux 2.2 potato on my PC.
> > > My problem is the soundcard while using KDE2.
> > > I have a Creative Soundblaster sb16
well, I get a similar problem with my laptop (Clevo 668 Multimedia
Notebook), and with a Potato.
The soundcard is :
. controller : ESS1879
(proprietary driver), PnP, 16-bit stereo,
full-duplex 16-bit ADC, 3 DACs for audio,
music synthesis and I²S zoom-video max. record & playback
up to 44Khz stereo (WAVE audio) 20-voice FM music
(ESFM(tm) technology)
. wavetable : ESS692
. compatibility : Sound Blaster Pro(tm) 3.01, 16-bit FM,
MU401(UART mode), MS Windows Sound System(tm)
I have tried :
pnpdump -rDim :
# $Id: pnpdump.c,v 1.21 1999/12/09 22:28:33 fox Exp $
# # Release isapnptools-1.21 (library isapnptools-1.21)
# #
# # This is free software, see the sources for details.
# # This software has NO WARRANTY, use at your OWN RISK
# #
# # For details of the output file format, see isapnp.conf(5)
# #
# # For latest information and FAQ on isapnp and pnpdump see:
# # http://www.roestock.demon.co.uk/isapnptools/
# #
# # Compiler flags: -DREALTIME -DNEEDSETSCHEDULER -DABORT_ONRESERR
# # (for library: -DREALTIME -DNEEDSETSCHEDULER -DABORT_ONRESERR)
# #
# # Trying port address 0273
#
# # ff ff - bit 00, goodaddress 0
# # ff ff - bit 00, goodaddress 0
# # ff ff - bit 00, goodaddress 0
# # ff ff - bit 00, goodaddress 0
# # ff ff - bit 00, goodaddress 0
# # ff ff - bit 00, goodaddress 0
# # ff ff - bit 00, goodaddress 0
# # ff ff - bit 00, goodaddress 0 *** 00
# [...]
# Trying port address 03f3
# [...]
# fc fc - bit 00, goodaddress 0 *** csum *** 00
# No boards found
"No boards found"...! But, so, I got :
<- beginning of my /etc/isapnp.conf ->
#(debug)
#(IGNORECRC)
#(READPORT 0x3bb)
#(ISOLATE)
#(IDENTIFY *)
#(CONFIGURE DFX/1493 (LD 0 (IO 0 (BASE 0x3e8)) (INT 0 (IRQ 12 (MODE +E))) (A
CT Y)))
#(CONFIGURE DFX/1493 (LD 0 (REG 7 (PEEK)) (REG 0x30 (PEEK
#(CONFIGURE DFX/1493 (LD 1 (REG 7 (PEEK)) (REG 0x30 (PEEK
# Try to force logical device 2 (which doesn't exist)...
#(CONFIGURE DFX/1493 (LD 1 (REG 7 (POKE 2) (PEEK)) (REG 0x30 (PEEK
# .. hence this gives an error
#(CONFIGURE DFX/1493 (LD 2 (REG 7 (PEEK)) (REG 0x30 (PEEK
#(WAITFORKEY)
<- end of my /etc/isapnp.conf ->
then I reboot to have a look at the BIOS ; it offers the following
settings :
Audio Port Addresses : 220h-22Fh (default value)
240h-24Fh
260...
280
Midi Port Addresses : 300h-303h (default value)
310h-313h
320...
330...
Audio/Midi IRQ : IRQ 5 (default value)
IRQ 7
IRQ 9
IRQ 10
Audio DMA CH1 : DMA 0
DMA 1
DMA 3 (default value)
Audio DMA CH2
install problems on an lcIII
Ive ran linux before on an x86, but this has me baffeled. I want to get linux going on an old Mac lcIII, but i have no internet software on it and I can't for the life of me get a boot floppy working. I have a floppy but no cdrom on this thing. The only other computer i have is a pentium 2 500 running windows 2k. Please help Troy
Re: OT: AMD chips cause kernel errors and hangs?
Jason Majors wrote: I just got an AMD chip and noticed that witht the RAM set to 133MHz in the BIOS it would lock under Debian or Win98. It happened on my box and my girlfriend's identical box. I'd suggest checking the memory settings. On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 11:59:06PM -0600, Rick Macdonald scribbled... I got an FIC motherboard with an AMD 1.2GHz Athlon; the mobo has a jumper to switch between 100MHz and 133MHz bus speed. If I set it to 133, I can then go into CMOS and watch the temperature monitor climb and climb until the machine locks solid. Switching it back down to 100 allows the machine to work properly. I later got a hint that there's a 233-FSB flavor of 1.2 GHz Athlon, and a "normal" flavor. I suspect I got the wrong flavor. Mind you, I'm not very literate on modern hardware, so I may be speaking complete nonsense. Kent
Re: how to make exim run queue only when ppp link is up?
on Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 02:21:19AM +0100, Stig Brautaset ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Diald keeps bringing up the link on request from exim. I have only had > this problem since I made a fresh install about a week ago. Earlier, the > exim cron-entry that run the queue was controlled by a set of scripts > in diald's ip-up.d and ip-down.d directories, but not so now. Why is > that? I could of course move the thing myself, but I want to do this the > debian way. I have tried dpkg-reconfigure exim, but that didn't work... Two tacks that I could suggest. One is to run exim only when your PPP connection is up. Unfortunately, this has the side effect of disabling local deliver. You can specify commands to run on up and down actions in ppp-up.d and ppp-down.d. The other is to configure diald to ignore exim network requests. Note that this may cause exim timeouts. I've looked at diald from time to time but never actually configured it. -- Karsten M. Self http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org Free Dmitry! Boycott Adobe! Repeal the DMCA!http://www.freesklyarov.org Geek for Hirehttp://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html pgptTU0K9wuEr.pgp Description: PGP signature
[Potato] IRQ/DMA/IO config with ISA PnP card (Was: Re: Sound cards & Linux?)
On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 08:42:10AM -0700, Jason Majors wrote: > Most SB compatibles mean the SB16 'standard'. > You need to add the lines > soundcore > sb > to /etc/modules to get it to load at boot. > and run "insmod soundcore" and "insmod sb" to get it to run now. > > On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 06:53:35AM -0700, David Frischknecht scribbled... > > Hello, > > > > I just want to express my appreciation for all the help I've gotten from > > the members of this list. I'm practically a Linux newbie, so all of the > > configuration that's needed to get it up and running is unfamiliar to me. > > I'd like to know how I could get my ESS Audiodrive sound card to work > > with Linux. I know it's SoundBlaster compatible, but I'm not sure which > > SoundBlaster protocol it's compatible with. Could somebody help me out > > with this? Thanks a bunch. :-) see : Subject: [Potato] IRQ/DMA/IO config with ISA PnP card (Was: Re: Soundblaster 16) Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 19:37:11 +0200 any links/docs ? -- Phil
Re: Ethernet Card Setup
On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 09:34:43AM -0400, Hall Stevenson wrote: > > I am new to Debian, and am having difficulty > > setting up my Network Card. > > > > I currently have a 3Com 3C905-TX PCI > > 10/100 network card. > > > > It is apparently supported in the kernel distributed > > with the current Potato release. I have read that it > > should be auto-detected. > > > > It doesn't seem to be detected and set up in the > > Debian Install. > > > > How do I go about configuring it? > > Try disabling the "Plug-n-Play Operating System" setting in > your BIOS, if you have one. It may be worded differently, but > you should get the idea... > > I *think* (and I'd like to know the answer for sure in case > anyone knows) that the kernel drivers for various pieces of > hardware only looks at 'x' number of settings, i.e. IRQ and IO > address. They're considered 'standard' settings for that > particular device. If you have 'PnP O/S' setting enabled in > your BIOS, it doesn't assign the settings, but instead, lets > the operating system do it. I recently fought with a similar problem while trying to get the NIC of my new notebook working (an ASUS L8400K with onboard RTL8139 chip). I'm not entirely sure whether this has much to do with the original problem -- but anyway, just for the record: The card was being detected and I could load the appropriate driver module. But when trying an ifup or ifconfig, I always got a "SIOCSFFLAGS: Resource temporarily unavailable". A google search provided converging evidence that this has to do with an IRQ conflict, which made me take a closer look at the messages being output while the card was being detected. There I saw, that the PCI BIOS had assigned IRQ 0 (!) to the NIC -- no surprise there were conflicts... Further googling revealed that this is a M$-made PnP issue, so I looked for a way to disable PnP in the BIOS. Unfortunately, it took me while to realise that this ridiculous "Win98/W2K" vs. "Other" OS option in the Phoenix-BIOS (which I had not taken seriously before) really meant: "PnP enabled" vs. "PnP disabled"... Setting it to "Other" immediately solved the problem. To quote one of the NIC driver gurus, Donald Becker: "The PnP OS problem occurs because Microsoft has convinced BIOS makers to modify their PCI device configuration from the previous rational standard, to one that works well only with Microsoft operating systems. Where previously the BIOS allocated resources for and enabled the PCI device by default, it now does so only for boot devices and audio devices. (Why are audio devices specifically an exception? Because MS-Windows can't handle the resource allocation for them!) The solution is to either update to the latest driver, (the drivers are being re-worked to enable the devices) or to disable the "PnP OS" setting in the machine's BIOS setup. The reason Microsoft had to have this change implemented for them was that MS-Windows still handles some devices with "real-mode" drivers, and this change makes it easier to mix real-mode and protected-mode device drivers. This is an excellent example of Microsoft using its dominant position in the software industry force a technical change that is detrimental to other operating systems." (Donald Becker, http://scyld.com/expert/modules.html ) Sheesh! -- Erdmut Pfeifer science+computing ag -- Bugs come in through open windows. Keep Windows shut! --
mplayer opengl
Hi, When I do ./configure for compiling mplayer it says GL includes missing and opengl support is missing. I have a Riva TNT2 card and using the binary drivers from nvidia. How do I get mplayer to compile with opengl support. Actually is it neccessary that I compile it with such a support. What would be the advantage? regards harsha -- Chaos is found in the greatest abundance wherever order is being sought. It always defeats order for it is better organized.
Re: SoundBlaster Live not recognized!
>Well I am getting crazy. I do not know how to install my SoundBlaster = >Live Card. I do not know how to configure the kernel and what libraries = >or programs I need. If anybody can help me and explain step by step what = >I should do in the kernel and what files I have to install I will be = >very pleased. > >I use Gnome. > >Thank you very much To upgrade your kernel to 2.2.19 without recompiling, do an "apt-get install kernel-image-2.2.19". Then rerun lilo via "/sbin/lilo". If the output of LILO reported no errors, you've probably upgraded your kernel fine. Of course, be extra careful here and have a boot floopy available before you reboot as you can render your system unbootable (that's where your boot floopy comes to the rescue). After rebooting into your new 2.2.19 kernel, as root, type "modconf". From here you want to select the module "emu10k1". That's the module for the Soundblaster Live. Good luck:) Scott
Creating Install CD with reiserfs
Hi! I noticed that the most recent woody boot disks include a directory for Reiserfs support. How would one create a Debian install CD (with the debian-cd package) that uses this kernel / boot image? Thanks, Chris -- Christopher S. Swingley 930 Koyukuk Drive System / Network ManagerUniversity of Alaska Fairbanks IARC -- Frontier ProgramFairbanks, AK 99775 phone: 907-474-2689 fax: 907-474-2643 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]GNUPG and PGP2 keys at my web site web: http://www.frontier.iarc.uaf.edu/~cswingle pgpowOBOtiF4i.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: a woodied gnumeric
On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 11:17:43PM -0700, Bill Wohler wrote: > Any word on when woody will have an installable gnumeric? I've had gnumeric (0.64-1) running in woody for several months without problems. I don't recall having to install any non-woody packages to get it to install, but I have installed several unstable packages in other instances and possibly one of these was needed for gnumeric without my realizing it.
Re: VMware and Debian
On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 09:49:17AM +0300, Dan Pomohaci wrote: > Thanks for answers but they don't solve my problem (but they are very good > hints for later operations). > I downloaded the VMware-2.0.4-1142.tar.gz from their site. I read the > INSTALL file where it is written: > > To install/upgrade VMware for Linux, run the program "vmware-install.pl". > > But I didn't find any file vmware-install.pl(only an uninstall file). > Where did you find it? vmware-install.pl is a symlink to bin/vmware-uninstall.pl (but it also works to install).
Re: Mounting MS-DOS on bootup.
Karsten M. Self writes: > Add them to your /etc/fstab with 'auto' mount options. Which might catch the msdos file system instead of the vfat (Win95/98) filesystem module. Try the vfat option instead: /dev/hdb10 /mnt/dos/win98c vfat rw,gid=dos,umask=002 0 0 This will mount /dev/hdb10 as /mnt/dos/win98c and be read write for the dos group, which may or may not exist on your system, so make sure you create it, first, or change it to some other group. Andrew.
Re: forgot root password on head- and keyboardless machine *blush*
* Sebastiaan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake thus: > High, > > On Tue, 21 Aug 2001, Stig Brautaset wrote: > > > * dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake thus: > > > On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 06:02:07PM +0100, Stig Brautaset wrote: > > > | I have a head- and keyboardless machine running debian potato that I > > > | used to log into with ssh. Now I have forgotten the password. *blush* > > > > > > The easiest way is to borrow a head and keyboard from somewhere and > > > boot into "single" user mode. Hmm, now if you had a way to reboot ... > > > > I know that this is a solution but I don't have a keyboard. I have a > > screen I could use, but I really don't want to buy a new keyboard just > > to do this... (my friends all have ps/2 keyboards, whilst my machine > > uses the old din-style). > > > But it is surely preferable that you have a keyboard attached. When > situations like this happens, you need to safely reboot the computer, NOT > just hit reset. Of course :) but I had to take it with me on a plane, and didn't want to lug around on a lot of stuff I didn't need. I set it up before I left so that it booted up and accepted connections via ssh, and planned to do shutdowns via the network. I wasn't actuallly *planning* to forget the password you know :P Regards, Stig -- www.brautaset.org
Re: Upgrade
> Shaul Karl wrote: > > > > > Is there any way to upgrade to a higher version of debian ? I always get > > > lost in `dselect' or `apt-get' . Greg > > > > > > > Which version of debian are you currently using? What is your > > /etc/apt/sources.lists looks like? What is the output of apt-get when you > > are > > trying to use it? > > > > Basically, apt-get and dselect are the tools you have got. > > Perhaps you should start with apt-get and post more specific questions? > > Since > > apt-get does not requires much human intervention I tend to say that once > > you > > will post some specific questions and get answered to you will be using > > apt-get frequently. > > > > > > > > -- > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > -- > > > > Shaul Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I've gotten as far as `apt-get dist-upgrade', but it ended on a `file > (pkg) not found'. As for my version of debian it's (CorelLinux)2.1, I > bought the install disk for $10 Cdn at a used PC shop...please excuse my > incomplete reply I'm a little tired and this is one of those things that > gets lost in the mail bag if I don't respond...running `apt-get' was > good though...I've found the packages in /var/cache/apt...thank you for > your reply and any other words of advice/encouragement are > welcomed/appreciated...g.b. I have no experience with CorelLinux. I know that it is a derivative of Debian but I do not know how much it is different from a native Debian system. Doesn't Corel have a CorelLinux web page and mailing list? Perhaps it would be easier to use a native Debian CD and reinstall? Basically, on a native Debian machine all one has to do is to write a suitable /etc/apt/sources.list, run `apt-get update' and then `apt-get dist-upgrade'. As to what you got, I guess that lines prior to the `file (pkg) not found' are significant. Could you copy and paste a complete session and post it here? What else is there in /var/cache/apt? Here is what I got from today apt-get: bash-2.05# ls -R /var/cache/apt/ /var/cache/apt/: archives pkgcache.bin srcpkgcache.bin /var/cache/apt/archives: adduser_3.41_all.deb mime-support_3.12-1_all.deb autotools-dev_20010809.1_all.deb partial lock wenglish_2.0-2_all.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/partial: bash-2.05# -- Shaul Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Re: OT: AMD chips cause kernel errors and hangs?
On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 01:03:05PM -0500, Kent West wrote: > > I got an FIC motherboard with an AMD 1.2GHz Athlon; the mobo has a > jumper to switch between 100MHz and 133MHz bus speed. If I set it to > 133, I can then go into CMOS and watch the temperature monitor climb and > climb until the machine locks solid. Switching it back down to 100 > allows the machine to work properly. That's right, there are two separate types of Athlons - 100/200 MHz FSB and 133/266 MHz FSB. The speed that the chip is actually running at is determined by the FSB and the fixed[1] multiplier in the chip. Since you have a 1.2 GHz part, it's running a 12x multiplier (12 x 100). When you set the FSB to 133 MHz, you're essentially increasing (overclocking) your chip speed to 12 x 133, or 1.6 GHz. Without adequate cooling, you *will* cook your chip. In other words, unless you know for sure what you are doing, don't do it. Another consideration is memory. If you have PC100 memory and are trying to run it at 133, it may not work. For more information on overclocking, see http://www.anandtech.com and http://www.tomshardware.com. [1] There are ways to change the multiplier on the Slot A and Socket A Athlons, but vary from simple to not so simple. See the above sites for more info. -B -- Brandon High [EMAIL PROTECTED] Drink your Coffee! There are people in India sleeping. pgpRXUo7IAqAI.pgp Description: PGP signature
RE: fixing demand-dialing ppp
I had this same problem, so I manually removed woody ppp and installed potato ppp, then marked it 'hold' so that it wouldn't get replaced on the next apt-get upgrade. Since then, ppp demand-dial has been working just great on my woody ipmasq/demand-ppp 56k dail-out box. If you don't need whatever functionality might be in the latest ppp, but do need the demand-dial, then this might work for you as well. Of course, perhaps you've already tried this; in which case nevermind. :-) Shaun Crossley, Technician [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kootenay Computers (1995) Inc. 250-365-2323 (voice) 250-365-0151 (fax) -Original Message- From: Forrest Cahoon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, Aug 21, 2001 10:42 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: fixing demand-dialing ppp I have the same problem that is described in bug #103843: my woody box can't do demand-dialing ppp. While the bug is still open, the maintainer (Eduard Bloch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) posted this response: > The reason is the kernel-mode-pppoe patch, having removed it > the pppd seems to start fine. I have no clue what this is supposed to mean. I got pristine 2.2.19 sources from ftp.us.kernel.org and built a kernel with make-kpkg, but I still have the problem. I've tried both building ppp into the kernel and building it as a module, but both fail. A couple of points that might be relevant: 1) My woody box that is having this problem is running ip masquerade. 2) I've been building these kernels on a sid box with make-kpkg, then installing them on my woody box. Anyone have any suggestions? | Forrest Cahoon | [EMAIL PROTECTED] |--| | 850 21st Ave SE |--| Only unbalanced people | | Mpls MN 55414-2514 | |can tip the scales... | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Upgrade
> > > Shaul Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I've gotten as far as `apt-get dist-upgrade', but it ended > > on a `file (pkg) not found'. As for my version of debian > > it's (CorelLinux)2.1... > > I have no experience with CorelLinux. I know that it is a > derivative of Debian Corel Linux is *dead*. > Basically, on a native Debian machine all one has to do > is to write a suitable /etc/apt/sources.list, run > `apt-get update' and then `apt-get dist-upgrade'. I've read that attempting to 'upgrade' a Corel Linux system the normal Debian way will render the machine unusable. Again, I've *read* this, but have no experience with it. Hall
Re: mplayer opengl
* harsha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (2001-08-22 19:40): >When I do ./configure for compiling mplayer it says GL includes > missing and opengl support is missing. I have a Riva TNT2 card and using > the binary drivers from nvidia. How do I get mplayer to compile with > opengl support. Actually is it neccessary that I compile it with such a > support. What would be the advantage? According to the mplayer readme, OpenGL output is only supported on cards using Utah GLX, Matrox cards using DRI and ATI cards using DRI CVS, so you're outta luck :) I have a Geforce 2 myself, and I find that mplayer runs fine without OpenGL output. It would probably be faster, and reduce the load on your CPU, but since Nvidia's drivers are not open source, I doubt you'll ever see OpenGL output support from mplayer. My $0.02... Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Gnome panel + sawfish = very slow ?
I installed sawfish about 3 wks ago, and have installed a couple of revisions of gnome panel since then. However, if I bring up panel after starting sawfish, dragging a window becomes jerky and slow. I don't remember this behaviour in WindowMaker. Somtimes, but not always, panel complains about Sawfish not being Gnome compliant. So I suspect it is trying to make up for the supposed non-compliance by hooking into a lot of events it wouldn't otherwise. Other panel-related things are sluggish too, like menu drawing and tracing them with the mouse. Without panel, everything is snappy, but Sawfish is a bit limited :-( I know Sawfish is compliant, so what could be wrong? I'm running the latest debian unstable, XFree 4.1. Neil.
Re: FortranPlus F95 Compiler Packs: New Release now shipping
NAS Marketing wrote: > Upgrade Prices > == I wonder if they will offer a cross-grade/trade-in, i might giv'em g77 ;-) gk
Re: Choosing a Debian Variant
Debian unstable should be able to give you all of the end results you are looking for. However, you also want to get these things easily -- ie, good hardware detection, ReiserFS by default during the install, etc. This you probably won't be able to do. I was recently in a similar situation to you (wanting to migrate from RedHat). From my experience, installing debian will be hard. You will spend long hours reading man pages and HOWTOs and banging your head against the keyboard. You will do lots of posting to this mailing list. But eventually, you will get everything to work right, and it will be worth it. And installing debian the second time will be easy. My recommendation is, if possible, to install debian on a separate partition, and keep mandrake around. This way you can take your time figuring debian out, and having a working computer in the mean time. Plus, you can steal important things like XF86Config from Mandrake, rather than dealing with the inferior configuration tools that debian provides. Once you have everything working in debian the way you want it, you can delete your mandrake install and reclaim those partitions for something else. Or, you can format and start over, after backing up your config files. The hardest part may be ReiserFS... AFAIK debian won't do this during the install... you will probably have to roll a custom kernel and migrate partitions after installation. But don't take my word on this... hopefully someone more knowledgeable will post on this issue. Or, you might find that Libranet or Stormix fit your needs I don't really know anything about them. Good luck, Nathan On Wednesday 22 August 2001 10:29 am, Avdi B. Grimm wrote: > This is a message I /should/ have sent before I even tried > to install Debian. Oh well, better late than never. > > Here's the deal: I want Debian on my machine. Mandrake is > in many ways wonderful; it has the best install in the > world (in my experience); it has loads of bundled software; > and it does a great job of detecting and configuring > existing hardware. However, it's a toy OS. Administration > can be confusing and goofy; there's rarely a canonical > Mandrake Way to do common tasks like there is a Debian Way; > upgrading is a joke; and besides, it has no Policy. After > doing a lot of reading, I've come to the conclusion that > Debian is the most technically superior distro out there. > > So, I want Debian, and I'm determined to install it. > However, there are some requirements I have. There are > certain things I want on my new Debian system, and I don't > want to dick around with configuring them after the > install, or waiting hours or days for large packages to > download over my measly 56k connection. > > Here's what I want out-of-box: > > ReiserFS: I've had great experiences with this on Mandrake. > It's fast, and when the power goes out unexpectedly I > needn't worry about disk integrity. I want to be able to > format my boot/system partition with ReiserFS during the > install. > > KDE 2.2(Preferred)/KDE 2.1(Acceptable): I use both KDE and > GNOME apps, and I don't want to wait hours to upgrade to a > recent KDE. > > GNOME 1.4(preferred)/GNOME 1.2(acceptable): See above. > > XFree86 4.*: Must include drivers for an NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 > > Kernel 2.4.* > > Nice-To-Haves: > > GRUB as the default bootloader: I like GRUB. It's less > finicky than LILO. > > The other things I want in a Debian variant: > > A good installer. Not necessarily a super-easy one; but > one that people have found is solid and doesn't do anything > nonsensical (like overwrite your MBR after asking a single, > non-obvious question *cough*Progeny*cough*). Also one that > either a) auto-detects hardware *WELL*, or b) prompts the > user for hardware info. Not one that does a half-assed job > of hardware detection, and leaves the system > half-configured. > > I want it to be very Debian-Compatible. By which I mean, I > want to be able to grab packages from standard Debian > "testing" or "unstable", and have them install without > conflicts. Basicly I don't want a lot of unnecessary > proprietary tweaks. > > So, there are my requirements. What I'm trying to figure > out is, which Debian Variant to install. I've already tried > Progeny, and found it lacking in many respects. What I'm > asking is, should I go with Libranet? Or should I chance > using Stormix, even though they are out of business? Or is > Progeny really my best bet, and I should stick with it? Or > should I just tough it out and get an Official Debian CD, > and suffer through hours of package downloads? Is there > any Debian-based distro I'm missing? (I have no interest in > Corel, that's why it's not listed) > > Thanks for your time, > > -Avdi Grimm > > > > __ > Do You Yahoo!? > Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger > http://phonecard.yahoo.com/
Re: pilot-xfer stopped working after kernel upgrade to 2.4.9
> I used "make menuconfig" and configured the kernel by hand (having read > the configuration from the old 2.2.18 config), was it wrong? > Does "oldconfig" makes some magic conversions from old version of > configfile? It only works from 2.Y.x -> 2.Y.x anyway (not 2.2.x -> 2.4.x) afaik (you could try it out though). I think the problem might be the old 2.2.18 kernel to 2.4.9 upgrade. But since you upgraded all important packages (like modutils etc.) from the url you mentioned i'm kinda clueless. Maybe sth. went wrong. Pls check if lsmod -V gives 2.4.6 or higher. Does everything work if you boot the old kernel again? If nothing helps then build 2.4.9 again, you probably missed sth. during the config. !thomas
Re: launching mozilla from Pine
I do not think this is unique to Pine. Seems to be a mozilla thing.
Paul
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Faheem Mitha) writes:
> I am currently using Mozilla 9.3, and Pine 4.21. I want to launch Mozilla
> from Pine using the url-viewer feature. I currently have
>
> # List of programs to open Internet URLs (e.g. http or ftp references).
> url-viewers="/usr/bin/mozilla -remote 'openURL(_URL_)'",
> "_TEST("test -n ${DISPLAY}")_ /usr/bin/mozilla _URL_"
>
>
> The corresponding lines with netscape seemed to work Ok, but it doesn't
> seem to work right with Mozilla. I want
>
> a) Mozilla to start up if not already started.
> b) If Mozilla is already running, it should be used in preference to
> starting up a new copy.
>
> Is there anyone who is using this combination and can help me? Thanks in
> advance. I did a little searching on groups.google but didn't come up with
> anything.
--
* For God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son, *
* that whoever believes in Him should not perish...John 3:16 *
Re: Upgrade
Hall Stevenson wrote: Shaul Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I've gotten as far as `apt-get dist-upgrade', but it ended on a `file (pkg) not found'. As for my version of debian it's (CorelLinux)2.1... I have no experience with CorelLinux. I know that it is a derivative of Debian Corel Linux is *dead*. Please say more. Paul Scott
Re: USB/Scanner, how to start?
On Wed, 22 Aug 2001, Jan Torben Heuer wrote: > hmm, what I have to do, to make my USB Scanner working? > It's an Agfa SnapScan 1212 > > there is no /proc/pci > there is no usb entry at /proc/interrupts > however usb support ist generally compiled as module, but which modules do I > really need? You will need the USB module (or compiled into the kernel) and also the usbscanner and some other bits. You will need to read this page http://snapscan.sourceforge.net/ you will need to create the device node /dev/usbscanner and then install sane and xsane. Good luck though as I had problems getting it working and in the end took the Agfa back to the store and got an Epson scanner. I have heard other people have had problems but stick with it as it should work. Adam -- This message is Copyleft - all rights reversed Adam
