Re: No Internet Connection (DHCP)

[Andy Saxena]

Brian W. Carver wrote:
>Your assumptions below are correct.
>
>I am using potato 2.2 r5, but this problem started when a dselect session 
>went bad
>and I believe that I may now have some sid and some woody packages.
>
>I know I have a new xdm interface because it looks totally different when 
>I boot up
>now.  I had the internet working just fine, had the dselect problems, did a
>control-alt-backspace to login again and it wouldn't take my root 
>password.  So I
>pressed reset on the computer, it booted up again, this time with the new 
>xdm login
>box that says debian and has the swirl on it, and then it took my root 
>login no
>problem.  Ever since that fateful reboot, I've had no internet.
>
>I searched the whole disk and I do not have a dhclient.conf.  I didn't 

Potato has the dhcp-client software - it has a /etc/dhclient.conf file.
As Jason suggested, looking up in /etc/init.d/ is also a great idea - in
fact you should start with that itself, looking for keywords like boot,
pump, dhcp, dhclient, etc.

>used to need
>one, or at least *I* never made any changes to one to get online before.

Sometimes, computers behave in mysterious ways :-). But seriously, as
mentioned by Jason, you might have pump, or perhaps bootp. You can
search by

$ dpkg -l bootp

The generic version is 

$ dpkg -l 'regular-expr-matching-the-package-name'

So,

$ dpkg -l '*boot*'

would show up all packages that contain 'boot' in their name. And you
can use "dpkg -L" to list all files in a package. I don't know if you
know these commands already, but they are there if need to use them.


>
>Why would my "server" machine have a "client" config file anyway?  (The 
>terminology
>in the world of networking always baffles me.)

Jason has already answered this correctly.

>
>One way to solve my problems might be if I could get apt-get/dselect to go 
>back to
>the potato cd-roms I have and undo all the changes that went crazy during 
>that
>dselect session.  Is there a way to do this short of re-installing potato 
>from
>scratch?  (P.S. my sources.list file no longer lists the cdroms, what's 
>the exact
>phrasing I need in that file?)  Thanks!

Look up the man pages on apt-cdrom and sources.list.

By the way, I noticed some peculiarities in your dhcpd.conf relating to
the name server entries.

Anyway, have you tried pinging by IP address? If not, try to ping
216.239.33.101. It's the IP address for www.google.com.


-Andy


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Re: My network card

[Crispin Wellington]

The file you have atached is the rtl8139 driver. This is already in the
kernel. Log in as root. Enter 'modconf' Choose network devices and then
load your driver. If its the correct driver it should say 'Successfully
Loaded'

Kind Regards
Crispin Wellington

On Sun, 2002-04-07 at 13:30, Ariel Folonier wrote:
> Dear Friends:
> 
> I've bought Potato 2.2 about 6 months ago, and now I have the chance of using 
> the software.
> 
> I managed to install the software but it did not recognized my network card.
> 
> I've got a Compac 5363 machine, K6 processor, with an Accton SMC1211TX (PCI) 
> card, and an ADSL interent connection.
> 
> I installed software from Roaring Penguin (www.roaringpenguin.com) and it is 
> working fine, but I only need now to setup the linux kernel in order to allow 
> it to recognize my card.
> 
> I downloaded the attached file, which is a sort of driver, but when I tried 
> to compile it, many errors appear.
> 
> Could somebody give me some instruction to help me with this matter?
> 
> Kind Regards
> 
> 
> Ariel Folonier
> Argentina
> 54-3461-430543 /15670721 (Cellular)
> 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

> /* rtl8139.c: A RealTek RTL8129/8139 Fast Ethernet driver for Linux. */
> /*
>   Written 1997-1999 by Donald Becker.
> 
>   This software may be used and distributed according to the terms
>   of the GNU Public License, incorporated herein by reference.
> All other rights reserved.
> 
>   This driver is for boards based on the RTL8129 and RTL8139 PCI ethernet
>   chips.
> 
>   The author may be reached as [EMAIL PROTECTED], or C/O
>   Center of Excellence in Space Data and Information Sciences
>  Code 930.5, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt MD 20771
> 
>   Support and updates available at
>   http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/rtl8139.html
> 
>   Twister-tuning table provided by Kinston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
> */
> 
> static const char *version =
> "rtl8139.c:v1.06 3/16/99 Donald Becker 
> http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/rtl8139.html\n";;
> 
> /* A few user-configurable values. */
> /* Maximum events (Rx packets, etc.) to handle at each interrupt. */
> static int max_interrupt_work = 20;
> #define rtl8129_debug debug
> static int rtl8129_debug = 1;
> 
> /* Maximum number of multicast addresses to filter (vs. Rx-all-multicast).
>The RTL chips use a 64 element hash table based on the Ethernet CRC.  */
> static int multicast_filter_limit = 32;
> 
> /* Used to pass the full-duplex flag, etc. */
> #define MAX_UNITS 8   /* More are supported, limit only on options */
> static int options[MAX_UNITS] = {-1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1};
> static int full_duplex[MAX_UNITS] = {-1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1};
> 
> /* Size of the in-memory receive ring. */
> #define RX_BUF_LEN_IDX3   /* 0==8K, 1==16K, 
> 2==32K, 3==64K */
> #define RX_BUF_LEN (8192 << RX_BUF_LEN_IDX)
> /* Size of the Tx bounce buffers -- must be at least (dev->mtu+14+4). */
> #define TX_BUF_SIZE   1536
> 
> /* PCI Tuning Parameters
>Threshold is bytes transferred to chip before transmission starts. */
> #define TX_FIFO_THRESH 256/* In bytes, rounded down to 32 byte units. */
> 
> /* The following settings are log_2(bytes)-4:  0 == 16 bytes .. 6==1024. */
> #define RX_FIFO_THRESH4   /* Rx buffer level before first 
> PCI xfer.  */
> #define RX_DMA_BURST  4   /* Maximum PCI burst, '4' is 256 bytes 
> */
> #define TX_DMA_BURST  4   /* Calculate as 16< 
> /* Operational parameters that usually are not changed. */
> /* Time in jiffies before concluding the transmitter is hung. */
> #define TX_TIMEOUT  (4*HZ)
> 
> #ifndef __OPTIMIZE__
> #warning  You must compile this file with the correct options!
> #warning  See the last lines of the source file.
> #error You must compile this driver with "-O".
> #endif
> 
> #include 
> #ifdef MODULE
> #ifdef MODVERSIONS
> #include 
> #endif
> #include 
> #include 
> #else
> #define MOD_INC_USE_COUNT
> #define MOD_DEC_USE_COUNT
> #endif
> 
> #include 
> #include 
> #include 
> #include 
> #include 
> #include 
> #include 
> #include 
> #include 
> #include 
> #include 
> #include 
> #include /* Processor type for cache alignment. 
> */
> #include 
> #include 
> 
> /* Kernel compatibility defines, some common to David Hind's PCMCIA package.
>This is only in the support-all-kernels source code. */
> 
> #define RUN_AT(x) (jiffies + (x))
> 
> #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < 0x20123
> #define test_and_set_bit(val, addr) set_bit(val, addr)
> #endif
> #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE <= 0x20139
> #define   net_device_stats enet_statistics
> #else
> #define NETSTATS_VER2
> #endif
> #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < 0x20155  ||  defined(CARDBUS)
> /* G, the PCI code changed, but did not consider CardBus... */
> #include 
> #define PCI_SUPPORT_VER1
> #else
> #define PCI_SUPPORT_VER2
> #endif
> #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < 0x20159
> #define dev_fr

Re: Scroll mouse?

[Crispin Wellington]

On Sun, 2002-04-07 at 08:38, Jeremy Petzold wrote:
> Florentin Ionescu wrote:
> 
> >what mouse ?
> >
> >On Sat, 6 Apr 2002, jeremy wrote :
> >
> >| Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2002 14:00:32 -0500
> >| From: jeremy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >| To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> >| Subject: Scroll mouse?
> >| Resent-Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2002 16:06:51 -0800
> >| Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> >|
> >| I have the ZAxisMapping set correctly in my XFree86-4.conf file but I do 
> >not
> >| seem to be able to get scrolling to work...any Idea what is wrong?\
> >|
> >| Thanks
> >|
> >|
> >|
> >
> logitech optical USB using a USB to PS/2 adapter

Make sure the "protocol" of the mouse is set to "imps/2" not "ps/2"

Crispin Wellington




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Re: Per user info directory

[Harry Putnam]

Faheem Mitha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> On 7 Apr 2002, Harry Putnam wrote:
>
>> What is the general technique to allow users to have their own info
>> directory or at least an `dir' file that concatenates per user info
>> files into a place that allows `info whatever_software' to work.
>
> Have you looked at the texinfo manual? There is a section "Creating and
> Installing Info Files", which may be what you are looking for. See
> particularly the subsection "Installing an Info File" and then the
> sub-sub-section "Info Files in Other Directories". If you have problems,
> get back to us.

[...]

> Let me know how it works for you.

I have a fairly good idea how to do this the texinfo way, and read
with emacs.  That isn't what I'm asking about.  I tried to make this
clear but apparently it didn't come thru. 

For example:  The install-info tools used by texinfo (gnu
install-info) readily creates a dir file with simple syntax.
`install-info info_file dir_file'.  Dir file will be created if it
doesn't exist.

This does not hold for debian install-info.  (near as I can tell)

Far as I see, debian defaults to its own install-info which doesn't
play by the same rules.  And I want to set this up for reading by the
stand alone info reader, not emacs.  Again there are differences.
Theoretically they should both work with some of the same techniques
but that doesn't seem to be the case so far.

What this is all about is info to include in the tramp distribution
about using install-info, and special section on using install-info on
debian.  Its different than other distributions in that regard.

I'm trying to write a patch for the tramp.info file that covers that topic.



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Recent changes in woody broke vmware: AIO: NOT_IMPLEMENTED?

[Syrus Nemat-Nasser]

Hello.

I am still using vmware 2.0.4 on a Debian woody system with kernel 2.4.18.
I had a working version of vmware, and a recent 'apt-get upgrade' in the
last day or two seems to have caused this error when vmware tries to
restore the Win98 session:

VMware Workstation PANIC:
AIO: NOT_IMPLEMENTED F(566): 1081

Does anyone have an idea about what I could try to further diagnose the
problem. Like the previous post regarding this problem (for VMware 3.0), I
don't know to what AIO refers.

Thanks.

-- Syrus


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less and xterm

[Patrik Modesto]

Hi!

The problem: less and zless programs unset options 'Enable Application
Cursor Keys' and 'Enable Application Keypad' in xterm.

Every new xterm window has these options set correctly accoding to the
.Xresources file.  After use of less or zless, these options are unset.
:-(

Can anyone help?

Thanks,
Patrik

Environment:
Debian testing daily updated
xterm -version: XFree86 4.1.0(165)
less --version: less 374
.Xresources: attached to mail
XTerm*scrollBar: false
XTerm*font: -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal-*-*-130-*-*-c-*-iso8859-2
XTerm*modifier: mod1

XTerm*appkeypadDefault: true
XTerm*appcursorDefault: true

XTerm*scrollkey: true

XTerm*autoWrap: true
XTerm*reverseWrap: true


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Re: Recent changes in woody broke vmware: AIO: NOT_IMPLEMENTED?

[Meir Kriheli]

On Sunday 07 April 2002 10:11, Syrus Nemat-Nasser wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I am still using vmware 2.0.4 on a Debian woody system with kernel 2.4.18.
> I had a working version of vmware, and a recent 'apt-get upgrade' in the
> last day or two seems to have caused this error when vmware tries to
> restore the Win98 session:
>
>   VMware Workstation PANIC:
>   AIO: NOT_IMPLEMENTED F(566): 1081
>
> Does anyone have an idea about what I could try to further diagnose the
> problem. Like the previous post regarding this problem (for VMware 3.0), I
> don't know to what AIO refers.
>
> Thanks.
>
> -- Syrus

I had the same problem with SID and vmware 3 build 1455. I mailed them and as 
a reply the told me that this was resolved with 3.1beta. I didn't got the 
time to test it now, maybe next week.
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Re: Is Mozilla mail brian dead?

[Patrick Kirk]

On Sat, 2002-04-06 at 23:40, Kent West wrote:
> Patrick Kirk wrote:
> 
> >Hi all,
> >
> > I

[snip]
 

Sorry about that.  I was looking for a lightweight alternative to
Evolution that would play nice with mutt.  spent about 30 minutes
searching Moz menus and Google looking for a box to put my password in
and then got very annoyed.

Seriously, a trip to www.joelonprogramming.com should be compulsory for
whoever came up with this idea of not asking for the password as part of
creating the account...every single new user gets an error message as
their first experience.  How daft is that?
> >

> >
> I use Mozilla Mail almost exclusively. It occasionally crashes 
> (especially when trying to do anything with the Address Book, which has 
> some serious issues), but other than that I like it rather well.
> 
> I believe you'll find password management to be under Tasks/Privacy and 
> Security/Password Manager.

No.  Thats for slashdot and the like.
> 
> I don't believe that's what your problem is however. It sounds like 
> perhaps you have a network problem or a typo in the mail server's 
> address, etc.

Using IMAP on the localhost running it from an Xsession across the
network.  Works a treat with Evolution, if a little slow because the
server is a P200MMX from 1997.  But it does work.

Actually now that I think of it, Evolution also presents an error
message the first time you use it.  You have to exit, re-enter and then
it asks for the password.

Maybe its a Linux thing.  "If they are willing to compile a kernel, they
must be masochists.  Lets make them work for their mail" - could be the
philosophy.
> 
> Are you using IMAP or POP?
> 
> You might delete the account and then recreate it. If there's a typo 
> somewhere that you just "can't see", that should take care of it.

I only did that twice before sending my rant.  But its a good first
step.  Thanks for replying...
> 
> Kent
> 
> 
> 
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Re: Scroll mouse?

[Florentin Ionescu]

Try this link  -
http://www.linuxnetmag.com/en/issue5/m5mouse1.html

Check /etc/gpm.conf and/or paste it in e-mail.

Florentin.


On Sat, 6 Apr 2002, Jeremy Petzold wrote :

| Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2002 19:38:10 -0500
| From: Jeremy Petzold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
| To: Florentin Ionescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
| Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
| Subject: Re: Scroll mouse?
| Resent-Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2002 16:47:52 -0800
| Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org
|
| Florentin Ionescu wrote:
|
| >what mouse ?
| >
| >On Sat, 6 Apr 2002, jeremy wrote :
| >
| >| Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2002 14:00:32 -0500
| >| From: jeremy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
| >| To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
| >| Subject: Scroll mouse?
| >| Resent-Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2002 16:06:51 -0800
| >| Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org
| >|
| >| I have the ZAxisMapping set correctly in my XFree86-4.conf file but I do 
not
| >| seem to be able to get scrolling to work...any Idea what is wrong?\
| >|
| >| Thanks
| >|
| >|
| >|
| >
| logitech optical USB using a USB to PS/2 adapter


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Make users belong to indivdiual groups.

[Klaus Ade Johnstad]

I have 60-70 users on my system, all have been added with the useradd -m
command, which I realize now made them belong to the same group 'users',
had I used the command adduser instead then they would have ended up
belongig to individual groups, which is what I need...

My problem commes from the fact that the users want to have a dirctory
that they all can read/write in, this I can achieve if I make them all
belong to individual groups, and then make this group a member of another
group that actually owns this shared directory, and then change the umask
to 002 of every user, and possibly put a 3770 on this shared dierectory.

I can to all of this by hand, but I wonder if anyone possibly knows of a
script that could help me out a bit, otherwise I'll have to use the whole
night.


PS  All my users are middle-aged teachers happily embracing linux.

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SOLVED Re: more alt key questions

[Bob Thibodeau]

After sleeping on it, I realized that I needed to combine
some of the solutions I had tried. I had to switch meta <-> alt
AND turn off wm grabbing. I had thought I did that, but
apparently not.

Thanks, everybody!

Bob


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Re: less and xterm

[Vincent Lefevre]

On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 09:55:47 +0200, Patrik Modesto wrote:
> The problem: less and zless programs unset options 'Enable Application
> Cursor Keys' and 'Enable Application Keypad' in xterm.

I think this is what they should do.

> Every new xterm window has these options set correctly accoding to the
> .Xresources file.  After use of less or zless, these options are unset.
> :-(

Why do you want to set these options? I don't think they should normally
be set.

For instance, Mutt sets these the application cursor and keypad modes,
and one can launch less from Mutt. So, one could think that the same
problem would happen after quitting less. But IIRC, Mutt does things
concerning the terminal before starting an application and after the
application quits (I don't know exactly).

However, it may be difficult for you to do similar things automatically.
Perhaps you could write a wrapper that unsets these modes, calls less,
and sets these modes again... You could also see if there's an option
in less to tell it not to change these modes (but I don't think so, as
I searched for such an option in the past, for the opposite reason as
these modes didn't work in less + some terminal by default). I don't
know if there's a better solution.

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Re: Is Mozilla mail brian dead?

[Luiz Carlos Santos de Alencar]

Patrick Kirk wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
>  I tried Mozilla today.
> Perhaps I missed something very obvious
> but there's nowhere to enter your password when you set up a mail
> account.

No, there isn't (refering Mozilla 5.0)

>  When you fire it it up it sits there giving silly
> "Connection refused" messages.

... doesn't seems to be direct related to Mozilla

> 
> Obviously it _must_ work

... for sure

> and no doubt that under some obscure menu
> there's a "Hide your email passwords here and even you will never find
> them" option.

No such menu or option

> ...
> 
> OK.  Now that's off my chest could someone please tell me how to tell
> Mozilla mail that my mail server asks for a password and is there a
> way for it to store that password?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Patrick
> 

Unless you told Mozilla in the first "get messages" to
save the password you gave, you will be asked to give
it each time you want to access the mailbox.

-- 
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Re: Make users belong to indivdiual groups.

[Crispin Wellington]

On Sun, 2002-04-07 at 16:50, Klaus Ade Johnstad wrote:
> I have 60-70 users on my system, all have been added with the useradd -m
> command, which I realize now made them belong to the same group 'users',
> had I used the command adduser instead then they would have ended up
> belongig to individual groups, which is what I need...
> 
> My problem commes from the fact that the users want to have a dirctory
> that they all can read/write in, this I can achieve if I make them all
> belong to individual groups, and then make this group a member of another
> group that actually owns this shared directory, and then change the umask
> to 002 of every user, and possibly put a 3770 on this shared dierectory.

If they are all in group users, why not just chown a directory to group
users and set the groups read, write and execute bits?

mkdir /var/sharedspace
chgroup users /var/sharedspace
chmod g+rwx /var/sharedspace

> I can to all of this by hand, but I wonder if anyone possibly knows of a
> script that could help me out a bit, otherwise I'll have to use the whole
> night.

Change the umasks of every user? How about changing /etc/profile?

Don't spend all night doing it. Such scripts are normally very simple.
If you post a very specific question to the list, I'm sure we can write
a script to the list. For example.

Every user on the system is in the /home directory. In all their home
directories is a file .bashrc and in that file is a line umask 022. I
want to change every occurance of that line in those files to read umask
002. How to I do that easily with a script?

For which the answer is

for dir in /home/*; do cat $dir/.bashrc | sed -e 's/umask 022/umask
002/g' > /tmp/user.temp; cp /tmp/user.temp $dir/.bashrc; done

Crispin Wellington


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configure error 10 with dpkg

[Andreas Grabner]

Hi once again since i lost a lot of mails :-(
there was no dependencies problem and i cant install a lot of different
packages.
What scripts ar used for pre-, post- config (bash,python ??)
 


Hi
 i have got a problem since some weeks which doesn't solve it self and i
 can't solve it. There are more and more packages which exits with
 exit status 10. Because i can't find a solution i ask the list for help

 thanks 

 Andreas Grabner

here te debugging output:

dpkg -i  console-common_0.7.13_all.deb

(Lese Datenbank ... 67127 Dateien und Verzeichnisse sind derzeit installiert.)
Entpacke console-common (aus console-common_0.7.13_all.deb) ...
debconf (db): making DbDriver of type File
debconf (db configdb): started; filename is /var/cache/debconf/config.dat
debconf (db configdb): loading database
debconf (db): making DbDriver of type File
debconf (db templatedb): started; filename is /var/cache/debconf/templates.dat
debconf (db templatedb): loading database
debconf (developer): frontend started
debconf (user): trying frontend Dialog
debconf (developer): frontend running, package name is console-common
debconf (developer): starting /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/config configure 0.7.12
debconf (developer): <-- CAPB backup
debconf (developer): --> 0 multiselect backup
debconf (developer): <-- SUBST console-data/keymap/full choices 
debconf (developer): --> 10 console-data/keymap/full doesn't exist
debconf (developer): <-- INPUT high console-data/keymap/policy
debconf (developer): --> 10 "console-data/keymap/policy" doesn't exist
debconf (developer): <-- GO
debconf (developer): --> 0 ok
debconf (developer): <-- GET console-data/keymap/policy
debconf (developer): --> 10 console-data/keymap/policy doesn't exist
debconf (developer): <-- INPUT high console-data/keymap/family
debconf (developer): --> 10 "console-data/keymap/family" doesn't exist
debconf (developer): <-- GO
debconf (developer): --> 0 ok
debconf (developer): <-- GET console-data/keymap/family
debconf (developer): --> 10 console-data/keymap/family doesn't exist
debconf (developer): <-- INPUT high 
console-data/keymap/console-data/keymap/family_doesn_t_exist/layout
debconf (developer): --> 10 
"console-data/keymap/console-data/keymap/family_doesn_t_exist/layout" doesn't 
exist
debconf (developer): <-- GO
debconf (developer): --> 0 ok
debconf (developer): <-- GET console-data/keymap/family
debconf (developer): --> 10 console-data/keymap/family doesn't exist
debconf (developer): <-- GET 
console-data/keymap/console-data/keymap/family_doesn_t_exist/layout
debconf (developer): --> 10 
console-data/keymap/console-data/keymap/family_doesn_t_exist/layout doesn't 
exist
debconf (developer): <-- INPUT medium 
console-data/keymap/console-data/keymap/family_doesn_t_exist/console-data/keymap/console-data/keymap/family_doesn_t_exist/layout_doesn_t_exist/variant
debconf (developer): --> 10 
"console-data/keymap/console-data/keymap/family_doesn_t_exist/console-data/keymap/console-data/keymap/family_doesn_t_exist/layout_doesn_t_exist/variant"
 doesn't exist
debconf (developer): <-- GO
debconf (developer): --> 0 ok
debconf (developer): <-- GET console-data/keymap/family
debconf (developer): --> 10 console-data/keymap/family doesn't exist
debconf (developer): <-- GET 
console-data/keymap/console-data/keymap/family_doesn_t_exist/layout
debconf (developer): --> 10 
console-data/keymap/console-data/keymap/family_doesn_t_exist/layout doesn't 
exist
debconf (developer): <-- GET 
console-data/keymap/console-data/keymap/family_doesn_t_exist/console-data/keymap/console-data/keymap/family_doesn_t_exist/layout_doesn_t_exist/variant
debconf (developer): --> 10 
console-data/keymap/console-data/keymap/family_doesn_t_exist/console-data/keymap/console-data/keymap/family_doesn_t_exist/layout_doesn_t_exist/variant
 doesn't exist
debconf (developer): <-- INPUT low 
console-data/keymap/console-data/keymap/family_doesn_t_exist/console-data/keymap/console-data/keymap/family_doesn_t_exist/layout_doesn_t_exist/console-data/keymap/console-data/keymap/family_doesn_t_exist/console-data/keymap/console-data/keymap/family_doesn_t_exist/layout_doesn_t_exist/variant_doesn_t_exist/keymap
debconf (developer): --> 10 
"console-data/keymap/console-data/keymap/family_doesn_t_exist/console-data/keymap/console-data/keymap/family_doesn_t_exist/layout_doesn_t_exist/console-data/keymap/console-data/keymap/family_doesn_t_exist/console-data/keymap/console-data/keymap/family_doesn_t_exist/layout_doesn_t_exist/variant_doesn_t_exist/keymap"
 doesn't exist
debconf (developer): <-- GO
debconf (developer): --> 0 ok
debconf (developer): starting /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst install 0.7.12
debconf (developer): <-- GET console-data/keymap/qwertz/german/standard/keymap
debconf (developer): --> 10 console-data/keymap/qwertz/german/standard/keymap 
doesn't exist
debconf (developer): <-- GET console-data/keymap/full
debconf (developer): --> 10 console-data/keymap/full doesn't exist
debconf (developer): <-- GET console-data/keymap/famil

Re: mail client and maildir

[Karsten Heymann]

* Rob Weir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [020406 09:41]:

> On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 09:24:21PM -0800, Jeff wrote:
> > Is that any mail client that supports maildirs, other than Mutt of
> > course?
> 
> I seem to remember that KMail uses a Maildir-ish format...I switched
> to mutt a while back tho, so I'm not sure.

The changelog for KDE 3.0 sais that KMail 1.4 now supports maildir.
unfortunately that version of KMail is at the moment only available 
as part of kde3, not as a single source and it isn't packages afaik.

Gruß,

Karsten

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Re: Problem recognising floppy with debian

[Karsten Heymann]

(I cc to debian-user. hopefully that's ok for you)

* David Goodenough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [020405 17:04]:
> On Friday 05 April 2002 09:51, Karsten Heymann wrote:
> >
> > You're perfectly right. To mount the floppy, use
> >
> > mount /floppy
> 
> This will work IFF you have msdos or vfat in /etc/file systems and the
> line in fstab for the floppy contains the auto option.

You likely mean /proc/filesystems. Yes that's true. 'modprobe vfat'
would be a good idea as well.

Thanks,

Karsten

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Re: Strange Problem with Promise Card and Zip drive

[Karsten Heymann]

* Johannes Rohr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [020405 17:03]:
> Gordon Talge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>...
> > I have a Promise Card to add IDE devices to my system. 
> > I have a IOMEGA ZIP 100 ATAPI hooked up to the card as
^
> > hde and a Maxtor 5T060H6 hard disk as hdf. They both are
> > grouped together as ide2.
>... 
> Why do you do so? 
> 
> I'd say you need to modprobe the ZIP driver module called "ppa"
> instead. (or "imm" if you have a newer ZIP drive with 250 MB)

Really? I thought those modules were only for parallel port zips, not
for atapi-ones. 

Gruß,

Karsten

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SOLVED: pppd always on

[martin f krafft]

also sprach martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.04.05.1238 +0200]:
> > Don't put demand in your options, put these two lines in:
> > 
> > persist
> > holdoff 0
> 
> i had that, but then when i got disconnected once/24h (frickin' german
> telekom!), it wouldn't reestablish...
> 
> i'll try again...

okay, i found the problem... at times, the first couple of redial
attempts after a forced disconnection failed. the "maxfail" parameter
has a default of 10, so after 10 failed tries, pppd would exit.
setting maxfail to 0 along with persist and holdoff 0 ensures that the
connection through pppd is as always on as possible (lovely
construction those last five words, don't you think?).

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Re: Is Mozilla mail brian dead? SOLVED

[Patrick Kirk]

> 
> Unless you told Mozilla in the first "get messages" to
> save the password you gave, you will be asked to give
> it each time you want to access the mailbox.
> 
> -- 
It doesn't ask for a password when I click get messages.  I think its
best just assume that Moz can't cope with IMAP on localhost and stick
with Evolution.

Thanks all who replied.

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installing Gnome

[Michael Palmer]

hello,
 
i need help installing Ximian gnome on my debian 
2.2r5 system. I have 300+ .deb files for the gnome installation. I type "dpkg 
-iEG *.deb" and its gets to a certain lib and says "segmentation error" 

please help.
 
Mitchell Palmer

Re: installing Gnome

[Crispin Wellington]

On Sun, 2002-04-07 at 20:05, Michael Palmer wrote:
> hello,
> 
> i need help installing Ximian gnome on my debian 2.2r5 system. I have 300+ 
> .deb files for the gnome installation. I type "dpkg -iEG *.deb" and its gets 
> to a certain lib and says "segmentation error" 
> please help.

I installed it on a potato system ages ago by downloading all the debs,
sticking them in a directory hierachy, using dpkg-scanpackages to create
the Packages file, adding this location as a source in my source.list
and then apt-get installing task-ximian-gnome.

Its a little indepth, and the scripts to lay it out and run
dpkg-scanpackages is at work. If no one has a better solution, Ill post
it tomorrow.

Kind Regards
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Building a single user Internet terminal

[Erik van der Meulen]

Dear Group - I would like to build on old iron (P90/64Mb) a simple
Galeon only Internet terminal. I have prepared a Sid configuration 
that contains the following:

- Internet access
- IceWM-experimental
- Galeon

Things seem to work well (b.t.w. any chance of adjusting the Gnome fonts
in menus etc for Galeon under IceWM? It is very bulky now, while the
IceWM fonts are nice and small)

I was thinking about this:

- Boot straight into Galeon without the need for user authentication.
- Provide some means for a user to safely shut down the system prior
  to power-down (preferably from the GUI)

I would be very pleased with suggestions on how to accomplish the above!

Not too sure what else there is to do. If there are any good readings,
I would be interested. Tips too of course!

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Can't start X based programs on a remote host

[Ralf Doppelstein]

Hi *,

I have 2 woody based hosts with gnome/gdm, last update at last night. I try to
open i.e. xclock on the remote host and show on the local host. I always get
the message
Can't open display: :0.

I do the following steps:
A)
  localhost: xhost +
 ssh remotehost
  remotehost: export DISPLAY=...
  xclock
-> Error
B)
  localhost:  xauth extract - $DISPLAY | ssh remotehost xauth merge -
  remotehost: export DISPLAY=...
  xclock
-> Error

In older debian distris version A) was working.
What is wrong? Has anyone an idea?
Thanks for help
Ralf


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Problem installing gdm

[Frank Hart]

Hi all,
I've been using Debian for about a month now (switched from SuSE) and
I'm very happy with it. Looks like SuSE became a little too easy and I
was getting annoyed to reinstall every 3 months when a new version
came available (still think it's a fine distro though).
Debian is running on my desktop pc (woody) and the firewall (potato).

Ofcourse there is one little problem witch I can't figure out myself.
I've installed gdm before without a problem, but recently I wanted to
give Gnome a try and wanted to switch from wdm to gdm. But a apt-get
install gdm gives me 2 errors:

Setting up gdm (2.2.5.4-2) ...
scrollkeeper-update: /usr/local/share/omf: No such file or directory
Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-games/aisleriot-it.omf
Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-games/aisleriot-C.omf
Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-games/gnome-mines-C.omf
Registering /usr/share/omf/gnome-games/gnome-stones-C.omf

dpkg: error processing gdm (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 gdm
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

When I try to remove gdm it only works when I do a dpkg-reconfigure
wdm and select wdm as the default display manager. Otherwise the
apt-get remove gdm just hangs. After a ctrl-c it gives me

dpkg: error while cleaning up:
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 gdm
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Has it got something to do with scrollkeeper (the first error)?
How can I see what kind of error dpkg is having problems with?

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Re: Building a single user Internet terminal

[Crispin Wellington]

On Sun, 2002-04-07 at 20:25, Erik van der Meulen wrote:
> Dear Group - I would like to build on old iron (P90/64Mb) a simple
> Galeon only Internet terminal. I have prepared a Sid configuration 
> that contains the following:
> 
> - Internet access
> - IceWM-experimental
> - Galeon
> 
> Things seem to work well (b.t.w. any chance of adjusting the Gnome fonts
> in menus etc for Galeon under IceWM? It is very bulky now, while the
> IceWM fonts are nice and small)
> 
> I was thinking about this:
> 
> - Boot straight into Galeon without the need for user authentication.

Have a script that starts X for a certain user and begins galeon. Run
this as a respawn process under /etc/inittab. Make a certain runlevel be
kiosk mode (the default). Make other run levels the admin mode (normal
logins etc). 

/etc/inittab line something like

ki:2:respawn:su -c /usr/local/bin/runkiosk kioskuser

/usr/local/bin/runkiosk could basically just startx, and let kioskusers
.Xsession file do the rest.

Perhaps try running it without any WM at all. Use -geometry to make
galeon fullscreen.

> - Provide some means for a user to safely shut down the system prior
>   to power-down (preferably from the GUI)

Have the whole system use ext3. Have no shutdown at all (just switch it
off like a stereo)

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Re: Building a single user Internet terminal

[martin f krafft]

also sprach Erik van der Meulen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.04.07.1425 +0200]:
> Dear Group - I would like to build on old iron (P90/64Mb) a simple
> Galeon only Internet terminal. I have prepared a Sid configuration 
> that contains the following:

not quite your solution, but look at how jamie did it for inspiration:

http://www.dnalounge.com/backstage/src/kiosk/

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Re: USB Mass Storage in 2.4.18-686

[Thomas R. Shemanske]

Sorry to be so long in getting back to the list, but I had been working 
at home on a laptop with USB options compiled into the kernel, and 
wanted to make sure that using them as modules was not the problem.  I 
am at work now where I am running a 2.4.18 kernel built from the debian 
source packages (and USB as modules), and the Sandisk card reader works 
flawlessly.


I will attach my kerenl config file for comparison, and make a few comments


Here is the output of lsmod:

Module  Size  Used byTainted: PF
usb-storage20412   0
vmnet  18048   5
vmmon  19636   0
ipt_ttl  608   0 (autoclean)
ipt_unclean 6656   0 (autoclean)
ipt_state576   0 (autoclean)
ipt_MASQUERADE  1696   0 (unused)
ipt_TOS  992   0 (unused)
ipt_REDIRECT 736   0 (unused)
ipt_REJECT  2720   0 (unused)
ip_conntrack_ftp3392   0 (unused)
sbp2   13696   1
sd_mod  9852   2
mousedev3776   0 (unused)
hid12544   0 (unused)
ide-scsi7360   0
ipt_limit960   4 (autoclean)
ipt_LOG 3072   4 (autoclean)
iptable_nat18036   0 (autoclean) [ipt_MASQUERADE ipt_REDIRECT]
ip_conntrack   19084   3 (autoclean) [ipt_state ipt_MASQUERADE 
ipt_REDIRECT ip_conntrack_ftp iptable_nat]

iptable_mangle  2112   0 (autoclean) (unused)
emu10k150592   1
ac97_codec  9504   0 [emu10k1]
ppp_deflate39040   0 (unused)
bsd_comp3968   0 (unused)
ppp_async   6176   0 (unused)
ppp_generic15560   0 [ppp_deflate bsd_comp ppp_async]
slhc4288   0 [ppp_generic]
ppdev   8068   0 (unused)
loop7984   0
apm 9308   0
khttpd 21376   1
video1394  15140   0 (unused)
raw1394 6480   0
ohci1394   14944   1 [video1394]
ieee1394   23656   0 [sbp2 video1394 raw1394 ohci1394]
acm 5056   0 (unused)
usbserial  16800   0 (unused)
usb-uhci   20996   0 (unused)
usbcore47808   1 [usb-storage hid acm usbserial usb-uhci]

sg 23588   0
scsi_mod   50876   5 [usb-storage sbp2 sd_mod ide-scsi sg]
lp  6080   0
parport_pc 14468   1
parport23456   1 [ppdev lp parport_pc]
vfat9180   1
fat28792   0 [vfat]


Here is the output of mount:

hecke-trs$ mount
/dev/hda2 on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
/dev/hda5 on /tmp type ext3 (rw)
/dev/hda6 on /usr type ext3 (rw)
/dev/hda7 on /usr/local type ext3 (rw)
/dev/hda8 on /var type ext3 (rw)
/dev/hda10 on /home type ext3 (rw)
/dev/hda11 on /scratch type ext3 (rw)
/dev/hda1 on /windows type vfat (rw)
/proc/bus/usb on /proc/bus/usb type usbdevfs (rw)
/dev/sdb1 on /LaCie type ext3 (rw)
/dev/sda1 on /sandisk type vfat (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,user=trs)


Note the line /proc/bus/usb on /proc/bus/usb type usbdevfs (rw)

I do not manually generate that line.  It arises from one of the 
standard USB managers:


hecke-trs$ dpkg -l | grep USB
ii  usbmgr 0.4.8-5User-Mode daemon which loads/unloads 
USB ker

ii  usbutils   0.9-1  USB console utilities
ii  usbview1.0-1  USB device viewer

I assume usbmgr does it.

I have attached my config file from the kernel build.


Finally, a small plug for debian kernel source packages.  While I have 
certainly built kernels from kernel.org source (especially when playing 
with the ac patches while waiting for virtual memory to settle down), I 
prefer debian source packages for the simple reason that whenever a 
security issue arises with the kernel, the patched kernel is released, 
and I don't have to worry about anything but

make-kpkg clean
make-kpkg --revision= kernel_image


Good luck

Tom

john wrote:


Hi

I recently installed kernel image 2.4.18-686 under Woody but found I was 
unable to mount my Sandisk CF reader (SDDR-31), whereas under 2.4.17-686

this works flawlessly.

So I get the source - debian kernel-source-2.4.18-4, configure it, compile.
Still no go, but I get a handy error message (I expect because I
turned on kernel debugging):

# mount /mnt/cam
resize_dma_pool: unknown device type -1
mount: /dev/sda1 is not a valid block device

I'm using the same usb/scsi configure options as in my successful
2.4.17 kernel, and the appropriate modules all seem to be loaded:

# lsmod grep 'usb\|scsi'
usb-storage48000   0  (unused)
scsi_mod   84984   2  [sd_mod usb-storage]
usbcore48192   0  [uhci usb-storage]

... usb-storage is unused though, as if the kernel can't find the
device 

Re: Can't start X based programs on a remote host

[Karsten M. Self]

on Sun, Apr 07, 2002, Ralf Doppelstein ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Hi *,
> 
> I have 2 woody based hosts with gnome/gdm, last update at last night.
> I try to open i.e. xclock on the remote host and show on the local
> host. 

X disables remote tcp connections by default in Debian.  You can't do
that, and you don't want to.

> I always get the message
> Can't open display: :0.

This is a feature.

> I do the following steps:
> A)
>   localhost: xhost +

*Don't* do that.

>  ssh remotehost

The command you meant to use was:

   $ ssh -X remotehost

...make sure your ssh config allows X11 forwarding (this is also
disabled by default).

Peace.

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Re: Debian on PS2 with 2.5" IDE raid??

[Anthony DeRobertis]

On Fri, 2002-04-05 at 04:00, Rob Weir wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 03, 2002 at 11:16:25PM +0800, Patrick Hsieh wrote:
> > I'd like to install Debian on Sony PS2 with 2 2.5" IDE disks as software
> > raid disk array. Is it possible? Is there anyone having experience?
> 
> [Disclaimer: I've never tried this, nor thought about it before, but
> here goes...]

You missed the most important part --- he wants to install on a Sony
Playstation 2, a video game console.

Compared to that stunt, RAID is easy! I think there are even custom boot
disks for RAID. For PS2, I'm not even sure which of Woody's 11
architectures to try.

With some quick googling, it appears to be MIPS. So, you _might_ be able
to install debian's MIPS port, but you'll need to use a proper kernel
image and possibly a custom boot loader.


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Re: Linksys Wireless WDT11 w/ Woody

[Mike Madden]

Thanks for the info.  I couldn't find Linux drivers
on the Linksys page.  However, it looks like it will
work.  It's just a matter of some research and
experimentation.

Thanks,

Mike

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
> Although I don't own these products I had them under serious consideration to
> buy and may still buy them.  Any research that I've done on their use on Linux
> indicates that their support is fair to excellent, and probably even so under 
> a
> 2.2 kernel.
> 
> I would recommend doing a bit of research on Linux and wireless first.  A few
> quick links will take you to sites based on the subject.  And if memory serves
> me correct, Linksys may even have Linux drivers on their site.
> 
> BTW, I have tried that Linksys Router you mention, and it does work very well
> (browser-based config).
>


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Re: Building a single user Internet terminal

[Erik van der Meulen]

On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 08:44:06PM +0800, Crispin Wellington wrote:

> Have a script that starts X for a certain user and begins galeon. Run
> this as a respawn process under /etc/inittab. Make a certain runlevel be
> kiosk mode (the default). Make other run levels the admin mode (normal
> logins etc). 

Thanks a lot for your prompt answer! It sounds pretty much like what I
want. I have tried to follow your advice and came across one or two
little issues. 

> /etc/inittab line something like

> ki:2:respawn:su -c /usr/local/bin/runkiosk kioskuser

I have replaced the line:

  l2:2:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 2

in the inittab with your suggestion, in the hope that would do the
required.

> /usr/local/bin/runkiosk could basically just startx, and let kioskusers
> .Xsession file do the rest.

Also I have made this, only containing 'startx'.
Now if I reboot, I see no X, but a message repeating:

  X: user not authorised to run the X server, aborting.

And a few more lines. I think I understand what is happening, but am not
too sure how to fix it.

> Perhaps try running it without any WM at all. Use -geometry to make
> galeon fullscreen.

That is something I would like to experiment with, but am not able to
picture how to do it. The 'alternatives' system allows me to switch
between IceWM and TWM, but not do without at all.

> > - Provide some means for a user to safely shut down the system prior
> >   to power-down (preferably from the GUI)

> Have the whole system use ext3. Have no shutdown at all (just switch it
> off like a stereo)

That would be brilliant. But again (sorry about my ignorance) I do not
really now how to get there. I seem to recall that the default install
(Woody and upgrade to Sid right after) does not have ext3 support.
Suppose a kernel rebuild would be required? Also, I have two partitions,
large root and a small boot (and swap also). I think I have read
sometime that /boot needed to be ext2... Further, is there a command for
converting an existing ext2 -> 3, or do I need to make a new
installation.

Sorry for all these questions, help is _much_ appreciated!

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Re: Building a single user Internet terminal

[Shawn McMahon]

begin  quoting what Crispin Wellington said on Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 08:44:06PM 
+0800:
> 
> Have the whole system use ext3. Have no shutdown at all (just switch it
> off like a stereo)

Jeebus.  Do you tell people with airbags to not bother using their
brakes, just go ahead and hit a tree to stop?

ext3 decreases the likelihood of you losing data doing this, but it does
not make it IMPOSSIBLE for you to lose data doing this.

There are many other better solutions.  One, if they will always be
shutting down from the console, is to edit /etc/inittab so that
ctrl-alt-del does a shutdown -h instead of a shutdown -r.



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Re: Building a single user Internet terminal

[Crispin Wellington]

On Sun, 2002-04-07 at 21:30, Erik van der Meulen wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 08:44:06PM +0800, Crispin Wellington wrote:
> 
> > Have a script that starts X for a certain user and begins galeon. Run
> > this as a respawn process under /etc/inittab. Make a certain runlevel be
> > kiosk mode (the default). Make other run levels the admin mode (normal
> > logins etc). 
> 
> Thanks a lot for your prompt answer! It sounds pretty much like what I
> want. I have tried to follow your advice and came across one or two
> little issues. 
> 
> > /etc/inittab line something like
> 
> > ki:2:respawn:su -c /usr/local/bin/runkiosk kioskuser
> 
> I have replaced the line:
> 
>   l2:2:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 2

leave the standard rc scripts in there. Make sure that xdm/gdm/kdm is
not started via symlinks from /etc/rc2.d. Add the respawn in as an extra
runlevel 2 respawn.

Heck, come to think of it, you could make an /etc/init.d/kiosk script
that starts the kiosk, and stick it at the end of the rc2 startup.

> in the inittab with your suggestion, in the hope that would do the
> required.
> 
> > /usr/local/bin/runkiosk could basically just startx, and let kioskusers
> > .Xsession file do the rest.
> 
> Also I have made this, only containing 'startx'.
> Now if I reboot, I see no X, but a message repeating:
> 
>   X: user not authorised to run the X server, aborting.

The su -c command should change to a acceptable user. Interesting error.
If you change su -c /usr/local/bin/runkiosk kioskuser to su -c
/usr/local/bin/runkiosk root, does it work? (not that thats a solution,
just helps in locating the problem)

> And a few more lines. I think I understand what is happening, but am not
> too sure how to fix it.
> 
> > Perhaps try running it without any WM at all. Use -geometry to make
> > galeon fullscreen.
> 
> That is something I would like to experiment with, but am not able to
> picture how to do it. The 'alternatives' system allows me to switch
> between IceWM and TWM, but not do without at all.

Your .Xsession would be just 'galeon -geometry 1024x768+0+0'. No window
manager at all.

> > > - Provide some means for a user to safely shut down the system prior
> > >   to power-down (preferably from the GUI)
> 
> > Have the whole system use ext3. Have no shutdown at all (just switch it
> > off like a stereo)
> 
> That would be brilliant. But again (sorry about my ignorance) I do not
> really now how to get there. I seem to recall that the default install
> (Woody and upgrade to Sid right after) does not have ext3 support.
> Suppose a kernel rebuild would be required? Also, I have two partitions,
> large root and a small boot (and swap also). I think I have read
> sometime that /boot needed to be ext2... Further, is there a command for
> converting an existing ext2 -> 3, or do I need to make a new
> installation.

If your kernel has ext3 support built in, use tune2fs to convert to
ext3. /boot can be ext3 aswell.

Crispin




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Re: Recent changes in woody broke vmware: AIO: NOT_IMPLEMENTED?

[Kent West]

On Sun, 2002-04-07 at 03:20, Meir Kriheli wrote:
> On Sunday 07 April 2002 10:11, Syrus Nemat-Nasser wrote:
> > Hello.
> >
> > I am still using vmware 2.0.4 on a Debian woody system with kernel 2.4.18.
> > I had a working version of vmware, and a recent 'apt-get upgrade' in the
> > last day or two seems to have caused this error when vmware tries to
> > restore the Win98 session:
> >
> > VMware Workstation PANIC:
> > AIO: NOT_IMPLEMENTED F(566): 1081
> >
> > Does anyone have an idea about what I could try to further diagnose the
> > problem. Like the previous post regarding this problem (for VMware 3.0), I
> > don't know to what AIO refers.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > -- Syrus
> 
> I had the same problem with SID and vmware 3 build 1455. I mailed them and as 
> a reply the told me that this was resolved with 3.1beta. I didn't got the 
> time to test it now, maybe next week.
> --
> Meir Kriheli
> 

Having run into the same problem, I downloaded the 3.1beta, and yes, the
problem is now solved.

Kent



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High Memory usage

[Scott Henson]

I recently added a new 256M sdram module to my computer and started
noticing some weird behavior.  For one the kernel is only able to detect
628M of the total 640M.  I know I can fix that with a simple append, but
I noticed some really wierd memory usage.  When I just simply open up
gnome, nautilus seems to be using up over 130M as a normal point of
operation.  Then when I start up evolution it seems to start being the
memory hog and it seems that nautilus simply gives up the memory it was
using.  I have seen memory usage of over 400M by evolution.  I like my
shinny new RAM and all, but I dont understand all this extra memory
usage by programs that used to run fine with no swapping back when I had
only 384M.  Any explanations?

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rapper Ice Cube said. "But these haters need to realize that  if you
mess with the man upstairs, you will get your ass smote. True dat."





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Re: Building a single user Internet terminal

[Crispin Wellington]

On Sun, 2002-04-07 at 21:33, Shawn McMahon wrote:
> begin  quoting what Crispin Wellington said on Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 
> 08:44:06PM +0800:
> > 
> > Have the whole system use ext3. Have no shutdown at all (just switch it
> > off like a stereo)
> 
> Jeebus.  Do you tell people with airbags to not bother using their
> brakes, just go ahead and hit a tree to stop?

hehe. No.

> ext3 decreases the likelihood of you losing data doing this, but it does
> not make it IMPOSSIBLE for you to lose data doing this.

Have faith in ext3. Your filesystem integrity will be fine. How much
precious data do you keep on a kiosk any how?

If worried, mount the whole system read only. Have a small r/w partition
thats re-formatted on boot and created in a default state by un tarring
a tar ball. Sym link all files that need writing into there. Even
better, make it a ram disk.

Then just power off, willy nilly :) Its not windows.

I built a linux kiosk image a few years ago that ran completely of an
autobooting CD-ROM. Read only is tricky to get working, but helps with
the power off problem. This was back in the days before journalling
aswell.

> There are many other better solutions.  One, if they will always be
> shutting down from the console, is to edit /etc/inittab so that
> ctrl-alt-del does a shutdown -h instead of a shutdown -r.

Thats a good idea too. Unless you're in X.

Crispin


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I wish to ask a silly question on starting an ftp server

[shyamk]

How do you start an FTP server program ?
This might be a silly question , but it is
something for which I have no answer.

In our server , we faced a two-fold problem :

o  One that we could not log-in as any user.This I solved
   by entering single-user mode (on rebooting after we knew
   something was wrong).
o  The second thing is we can not ftp  onto our server !
   This has to mean that the FTP server program , was :
   - either corrupted
   - or not installed
   - or mysteriously  un-installed

   We settled for the first reason , because
   /usr/sbin/in.ftpd
   existed.

   Now I tried /usr/sbin/in.ftpd -S which is supposed to make the
   daemon run.But when I did a
   ps -A|less   or   ps -A|grep in.ftpd

   I did not find any semblance to ftp among the processes
   displayed.

   Please help me out. My problem is extermely urgent.

Thanks in advance,
Shyam
   

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Re: Is Mozilla mail brian dead?

[Kent West]

On Sun, 2002-04-07 at 03:34, Patrick Kirk wrote:
> On Sat, 2002-04-06 at 23:40, Kent West wrote:
> > Patrick Kirk wrote:
> > 
> > >Hi all,
> > >
> > > I
> 
> [snip]
>  
> 
> Sorry about that.  I was looking for a lightweight alternative to
> Evolution that would play nice with mutt.  spent about 30 minutes
> searching Moz menus and Google looking for a box to put my password in
> and then got very annoyed.
> 
> Seriously, a trip to www.joelonprogramming.com should be compulsory for

This link "could not be found". Maybe the server's down?



> > I believe you'll find password management to be under Tasks/Privacy and 
> > Security/Password Manager.
> 
> No.  Thats for slashdot and the like.

OK. Wasn't sure, since I don't have Moz remember my password. It just
seemed logical since the checkbox to remember your password says
something like "Do you want Password Manager to remember your password?"

> > 
> > I don't believe that's what your problem is however. It sounds like 
> > perhaps you have a network problem or a typo in the mail server's 
> > address, etc.
> 
> Using IMAP on the localhost running it from an Xsession across the
> network.  Works a treat with Evolution, if a little slow because the
> server is a P200MMX from 1997.  But it does work.

I can't expunge mail using IMAP in Evolution. It always pops up an error
about too many parameters for UID or something similar. I tried
searching for a listed bug, in preparation for posting one, but the only
search options I could find for Evolution was to search by number. If I
knew the number of the bug, I wouldn't need to search for it. Duh!
Needless to say, I didn't post the bug, and I don't usually use
Evolution because of it. Ironically however, I'm using it right now to
type this message.

> 
> Actually now that I think of it, Evolution also presents an error
> message the first time you use it.  You have to exit, re-enter and then
> it asks for the password.
> 
Some app, I don't remember if it's Evolution or Balsa or Sylpheed or
what, doesn't even show the newly created IMAP account until you exit
and restart the app. At least that's the way it was a couple of months
ago. Maybe it's fixed by now.

> Maybe its a Linux thing.  "If they are willing to compile a kernel, they
> must be masochists.  Lets make them work for their mail" - could be the
> philosophy.

Yeah, as much as I love GNU/Linux, there are some serious usability
issues to be resolved yet in many products.
 
> > Are you using IMAP or POP?
> > 
> > You might delete the account and then recreate it. If there's a typo 
> > somewhere that you just "can't see", that should take care of it.
> 
> I only did that twice before sending my rant.  But its a good first
> step.  Thanks for replying...
> > 
> > Kent
> > 
> > 
> Patrick
> 

Sorry I wasn't able to help. If any ideas come to me, I'll pass them
along.

Kent



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Re: I wish to ask a silly question on starting an ftp server

[Crispin Wellington]

On Sun, 2002-04-07 at 22:05, shyamk wrote:
> 
> How do you start an FTP server program ?
> This might be a silly question , but it is
> something for which I have no answer.
> 
> In our server , we faced a two-fold problem :
> 
> o  One that we could not log-in as any user.This I solved
>by entering single-user mode (on rebooting after we knew
>something was wrong).
> o  The second thing is we can not ftp  onto our server !
>This has to mean that the FTP server program , was :
>- either corrupted
>- or not installed
>- or mysteriously  un-installed
> 
>We settled for the first reason , because
>/usr/sbin/in.ftpd
>existed.
> 
>Now I tried /usr/sbin/in.ftpd -S which is supposed to make the
>daemon run.But when I did a
>ps -A|less   or   ps -A|grep in.ftpd
> 
>I did not find any semblance to ftp among the processes
>displayed.
> 
>Please help me out. My problem is extermely urgent.

Your /usr/sbin/in.ftpd may be running under inetd which means it wont be
in the task list until someone connects to it.

Running in single user mode, it will never start, because inetd doesn't
run in single user mode. Run it in multi user mode. If its not working
properly in multi user mode, find out why and fix that.

Kind Regards
Crispin Wellington




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Re: configure error 10 with dpkg

[Kent West]

On Sun, 2002-04-07 at 07:15, Andreas Grabner wrote:
> Hi once again since i lost a lot of mails :-(
> there was no dependencies problem and i cant install a lot of different
> packages.
> What scripts ar used for pre-, post- config (bash,python ??)
>  
> 
> 
> Hi
>  i have got a problem since some weeks which doesn't solve it self and i
>  can't solve it. There are more and more packages which exits with
>  exit status 10. Because i can't find a solution i ask the list for help
> 
>  thanks 
> 
>  Andreas Grabner
>

Colin Watson solved my similar problem with the following:
> Your debconf database is broken in some exciting way. Backing up and
> moving aside /var/cache/debconf/config.dat and
> /var/cache/debconf/templates.dat may help, although Joey may have some
> more cunning solution.

You can find the entire thread if you want here:

http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2002/debian-user-200203/msg03185.html

with the final answering post here:

http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2002/debian-user-200203/msg03322.html

Kent



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Matrox G400 Hardware Acceleration

[Michael J. Madden]

Has anyone gotten hardware acceleration for the Matrox G400 working
under Woody.  I am using XFree86 4.1.0-14 with kernel 2.4.18.

I keep getting the following message in XFree86.0.log and glxinfo
reports direct rendering is disabled.
(==) MGA(0): Direct rendering disabled

Here is my XFree86Config-4 file:

### BEGIN DEBCONF SECTION
# XF86Config-4 (XFree86 server configuration file) generated by dexconf, the
# Debian X Configuration tool, using values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the XF86Config-4 manual page.
# (Type "man XF86Config-4" at the shell prompt.)
#
# If you want your changes to this file preserved by dexconf, only make changes
# before the "### BEGIN DEBCONF SECTION" line above, and/or after the
# "### END DEBCONF SECTION" line below.

Section "Files"
FontPath"unix/:7100"# local font server
# if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these
FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load"GLcore"
Load"bitmap"
Load"dbe"
Load"ddc"
Load"dri"
Load"extmod"
Load"freetype"
Load"glx"
Load"int10"
Load"pex5"
Load"record"
Load"speedo"
Load"type1"
Load"vbe"
Load"xie"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier  "Generic Keyboard"
Driver  "keyboard"
Option  "CoreKeyboard"
Option  "XkbRules"  "xfree86"
Option  "XkbModel"  "pc104"
Option  "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier  "Configured Mouse"
Driver  "mouse"
Option  "CorePointer"
Option  "Device""/dev/ttyS0"
Option  "Protocol"  "Microsoft"
Option  "Emulate3Buttons"   "true"
Option  "ZAxisMapping"  "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier  "Generic Mouse"
Driver  "mouse"
Option  "SendCoreEvents""true"
Option  "Device""/dev/input/mice"
Option  "Protocol"  "ImPS/2"
Option  "Emulate3Buttons"   "true"
Option  "ZAxisMapping"  "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier  "MGA"
VendorName  "Matrox"
Driver  "mga"
Option  "AGPMode" "1"
VideoRam32768
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier  "Generic Monitor"
HorizSync   30-94
VertRefresh 50-75
Option  "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier  "Default Screen"
Device  "MGA"
Monitor "Generic Monitor"
DefaultDepth16
SubSection "Display"
Depth   1
Modes   "1280x1024"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth   4
Modes   "1280x1024"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth   8
Modes   "1280x1024"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth   15
Modes   "1280x1024"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth   16
Modes   "1280x1024"
ViewPort0 0
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth   24
Modes   "1280x1024"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier  "Default Layout"
Screen  "Default Screen"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
InputDevice "Generic Mouse"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode0666
EndSection

### END DEBCONF SECTION


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system logs not getting rotated

[Rick Pasotto]

ii  logrotate  3.5.9-7Log rotation utility

For several weeks now my system logs have not been getting rotated. All
logging is going to the .0 files. syslog, daemon.log, auth.log, etc.
remain at zero length and syslog.0, daemon.log.0, auth.log.0, etc keep
growing. If I reboot logging goes to the correct file until the first
rotation.

Is this a config problem or is there a problem with whichever program
(logrotate?) does the rotating? Doesn't klogd need to be told to close
the old file and open the new one? Where does that happen?

I find no reference to these files in either logrotate.d or
logrotate.conf nor in the system crontabs. Where is this setup?

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Re: Building a single user Internet terminal

[Kent West]

On Sun, 2002-04-07 at 08:47, Crispin Wellington wrote:
> On Sun, 2002-04-07 at 21:30, Erik van der Meulen wrote:
> > On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 08:44:06PM +0800, Crispin Wellington wrote:
> > 
> > > Have a script that starts X for a certain user and begins galeon. Run
> > > this as a respawn process under /etc/inittab. Make a certain runlevel be
> > > kiosk mode (the default). Make other run levels the admin mode (normal
> > > logins etc). 
> > 
> > Thanks a lot for your prompt answer! It sounds pretty much like what I
> > want. I have tried to follow your advice and came across one or two
> > little issues. 
> > 
> > > /etc/inittab line something like
> > 
> > > ki:2:respawn:su -c /usr/local/bin/runkiosk kioskuser
> > 
> > I have replaced the line:
> > 
> >   l2:2:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 2
> 
> leave the standard rc scripts in there. Make sure that xdm/gdm/kdm is
> not started via symlinks from /etc/rc2.d. Add the respawn in as an extra
> runlevel 2 respawn.
> 
> Heck, come to think of it, you could make an /etc/init.d/kiosk script
> that starts the kiosk, and stick it at the end of the rc2 startup.
> 
> > in the inittab with your suggestion, in the hope that would do the
> > required.
> > 
> > > /usr/local/bin/runkiosk could basically just startx, and let kioskusers
> > > .Xsession file do the rest.
> > 
> > Also I have made this, only containing 'startx'.
> > Now if I reboot, I see no X, but a message repeating:
> > 
> >   X: user not authorised to run the X server, aborting.
> 
> The su -c command should change to a acceptable user. Interesting error.
> If you change su -c /usr/local/bin/runkiosk kioskuser to su -c
> /usr/local/bin/runkiosk root, does it work? (not that thats a solution,
> just helps in locating the problem)
> 
> > And a few more lines. I think I understand what is happening, but am not
> > too sure how to fix it.
> > 
> > > Perhaps try running it without any WM at all. Use -geometry to make
> > > galeon fullscreen.
> > 
> > That is something I would like to experiment with, but am not able to
> > picture how to do it. The 'alternatives' system allows me to switch
> > between IceWM and TWM, but not do without at all.
> 
> Your .Xsession would be just 'galeon -geometry 1024x768+0+0'. No window
> manager at all.
> 
> > > > - Provide some means for a user to safely shut down the system prior
> > > >   to power-down (preferably from the GUI)
> > 
> > > Have the whole system use ext3. Have no shutdown at all (just switch it
> > > off like a stereo)
> > 
> > That would be brilliant. But again (sorry about my ignorance) I do not
> > really now how to get there. I seem to recall that the default install
> > (Woody and upgrade to Sid right after) does not have ext3 support.
> > Suppose a kernel rebuild would be required? Also, I have two partitions,
> > large root and a small boot (and swap also). I think I have read
> > sometime that /boot needed to be ext2... Further, is there a command for
> > converting an existing ext2 -> 3, or do I need to make a new
> > installation.
> 
> If your kernel has ext3 support built in, use tune2fs to convert to
> ext3. /boot can be ext3 aswell.
> 
> Crispin
> 

I did this just last month. What I did was create a user, guest, with
password guest. Editted the /etc/issue file to say something like "Log
on as 'guest' with password 'guest'". This way, when the machine is
powered up, they see a text screen with instructions.

The .xinitrc for guest has lines in it like so:

icewm &
while ; do galeon; done

The .bashrc for guest has a line at the bottom:

startx

Thus, when the guest logs in, it starts X, and icewm is started, and
galeon is started. If they quit Galeon, it starts right back up. If they
quit X (either via menus or Ctrl-Alt-Backspace), they see the
instructions for logging in.

I originally tried to get startx to work as a respawned process directly
from /etc/inittab, but I ran into problems similar to what you're
experiencing. Decided to solve that in the future, and do quick&dirty
for now.

I gave up on not having a window manager, because when new windows pop
up (as many web sites are wont to do), you can't move/resize/close them
easily.

I used icepref to turn off the taskbar, although you can still get the
menus by right-clicking on the desktop.

You can create menu entries and scripts to do a graceful
shutdown/restart, but I didn't bother, because, well, why? Except for
power outages, Linux runs forever. And if X hangs, Ctrl-Alt-Backspace to
the rescue (although some local overseer of the kiosk needs to be made
aware of the basics of solving these issues).

It's not a perfect solution, but like I said, it's quick and dirty.

Kent



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Re: I wish to ask a silly question on starting an ftp server

[Kent West]

On Sun, 2002-04-07 at 09:13, Crispin Wellington wrote:
> On Sun, 2002-04-07 at 22:05, shyamk wrote:
> > 
> > How do you start an FTP server program ?
> > This might be a silly question , but it is
> > something for which I have no answer.
> > 
> > In our server , we faced a two-fold problem :
> > 
> > o  One that we could not log-in as any user.This I solved
> >by entering single-user mode (on rebooting after we knew
> >something was wrong).
> > o  The second thing is we can not ftp  onto our server !
> >This has to mean that the FTP server program , was :
> >- either corrupted
> >- or not installed
> >- or mysteriously  un-installed
> > 
> >We settled for the first reason , because
> >/usr/sbin/in.ftpd
> >existed.
> > 
> >Now I tried /usr/sbin/in.ftpd -S which is supposed to make the
> >daemon run.But when I did a
> >ps -A|less   or   ps -A|grep in.ftpd
> > 
> >I did not find any semblance to ftp among the processes
> >displayed.
> > 
> >Please help me out. My problem is extermely urgent.
> 

I don't have any specific answers, but if you have ssh installed on the
server, I would suggest not using ftp, and instead use the sftp feature
of the ssh client. This may not be practical in your case, but it's
worth mentioning.

Kent



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fatal error: no screens found

[Henry B.]

Hello

Please help me out here. I dont seem to be able to use my Matrox G450 card 
with my IIYama 8617 monitor. But I tried another monitor and configured it 
with 100% the right settings and I got the same error. Installed the latest 
matrox drivers, but I already compiled the matrox driver in my 2.4.18 kernel.

I tried everything. (I think) What am I doing wrong ?

thank you for your help!

Henry

henry:~# startx

warning: process set to nice value -11 instead of -10 as requested

This is a pre-release version of XFree86, and is not supported in any
way.  Bugs may be reported to XFree86@XFree86.Org and patches submitted
to [EMAIL PROTECTED]  Before reporting bugs in pre-release versions,
please check the latest version in the XFree86 CVS repository
(http://www.XFree86.Org/cvs)

XFree86 Version 4.1.0.1 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6510)
Release Date: 21 December 2001
If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is
newer than the above date, look for a newer version before
reporting problems.  (See http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ)
Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.17 i686 [ELF]
Module Loader present
(==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Sun Apr  7 18:05:55 2002
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4"
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
 (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
 (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) ServerLayout "Default Layout"
(**) |-->Screen "Default Screen" (0)
(**) |   |-->Monitor "Generic Monitor"
(**) |   |-->Device "Generic Video Card"
(**) |-->Input Device "Generic Keyboard"
(**) XKB: rules: "xfree86"
(**) XKB: model: "pc104"
(**) XKB: layout: "us"
(**) |-->Input Device "Configured Mouse"
(**) |-->Input Device "Generic Mouse"
(**) FontPath set to 
"unix/:7100,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
(==) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
(--) using VT number 8

(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a
(II) Module bitmap: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a
(II) Module pcidata: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 0.1.0
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libscanpci.a
(II) Module scanpci: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 0.1.0
(II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libscanpci.a
(--) PCI: (0:10:0) BrookTree 848 rev 18, Mem @ 0xda001000/12
(--) PCI:*(1:0:0) Matrox MGA G400 AGP rev 130, Mem @ 0xd400/25, 
0xd600/14, 0xd700/23
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libGLcore.a
(II) Module GLcore: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdbe.a
(II) Module dbe: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libddc.a
(II) Module ddc: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdri.a
(II) Module dri: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libdrm.a
(II) Module drm: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libextmod.a
(II) Module extmod: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libfreetype.a
(II) Module freetype: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.1.9
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.a
(II) Module glx: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libint10.a
(II) Module int10: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libpex5.a
(II) Module pex5: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/librecord.a
(II) Module record: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.13.0
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libspeedo.a
(II) Module speedo: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libtype1.a
(II) Module type1: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvbe.a
(II) Module vbe: vendor="T

Re: xfree86 4.1.0-15 broke my display

[Craig Duncan]

Anthony DeRobertis writes:
 > On Thursday, April 4, 2002, at 04:19 PM, Craig Duncan wrote:
 > 
 > > Jeffrey W. Baker writes:
 > >
 > >> Well, I use apt-get clean on occasion.  The -14 release of XFree86 was
 > >> several months ago.  Would be nice if there was apt-get
 > >> clean-except-last-version i supposed.
 > >
 > > apt-get autoclean
 > 
 > unless the manpage lies, that is not what autoclean does. 
 > Manpage says it erases debs that are not downloadable anymore 
 > (not in Packages.gz, I suppose)

Sorry.  My mistake.  You're right.


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Re: Matrox G400 Hardware Acceleration

[Michael J. Madden]

As soon as I mailed this I figured it out.  I needed to compile in the
Matrox driver into my 2.4.18 kernel.  I had the AGP support but no
Matrox support.

Thanks,

Mike

On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 09:29:10AM -0500, Michael J. Madden wrote:
> Has anyone gotten hardware acceleration for the Matrox G400 working
> under Woody.  I am using XFree86 4.1.0-14 with kernel 2.4.18.
> 
> I keep getting the following message in XFree86.0.log and glxinfo
> reports direct rendering is disabled.
> (==) MGA(0): Direct rendering disabled
> 
> Here is my XFree86Config-4 file:
> 
> ### BEGIN DEBCONF SECTION
> # XF86Config-4 (XFree86 server configuration file) generated by dexconf, the
> # Debian X Configuration tool, using values from the debconf database.
> #
> # Edit this file with caution, and see the XF86Config-4 manual page.
> # (Type "man XF86Config-4" at the shell prompt.)
> #
> # If you want your changes to this file preserved by dexconf, only make 
> changes
> # before the "### BEGIN DEBCONF SECTION" line above, and/or after the
> # "### END DEBCONF SECTION" line below.
> 
> Section "Files"
>   FontPath"unix/:7100"# local font server
>   # if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these
>   FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
>   FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
>   FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
>   FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
>   FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
>   FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
>   FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
>   FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Module"
>   Load"GLcore"
>   Load"bitmap"
>   Load"dbe"
>   Load"ddc"
>   Load"dri"
>   Load"extmod"
>   Load"freetype"
>   Load"glx"
>   Load"int10"
>   Load"pex5"
>   Load"record"
>   Load"speedo"
>   Load"type1"
>   Load"vbe"
>   Load"xie"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
>   Identifier  "Generic Keyboard"
>   Driver  "keyboard"
>   Option  "CoreKeyboard"
>   Option  "XkbRules"  "xfree86"
>   Option  "XkbModel"  "pc104"
>   Option  "XkbLayout" "us"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
>   Identifier  "Configured Mouse"
>   Driver  "mouse"
>   Option  "CorePointer"
>   Option  "Device""/dev/ttyS0"
>   Option  "Protocol"  "Microsoft"
>   Option  "Emulate3Buttons"   "true"
>   Option  "ZAxisMapping"  "4 5"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
>   Identifier  "Generic Mouse"
>   Driver  "mouse"
>   Option  "SendCoreEvents""true"
>   Option  "Device""/dev/input/mice"
>   Option  "Protocol"  "ImPS/2"
>   Option  "Emulate3Buttons"   "true"
>   Option  "ZAxisMapping"  "4 5"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Device"
>   Identifier  "MGA"
>   VendorName  "Matrox"
>   Driver  "mga"
>   Option  "AGPMode" "1"
>   VideoRam32768
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Monitor"
>   Identifier  "Generic Monitor"
>   HorizSync   30-94
>   VertRefresh 50-75
>   Option  "DPMS"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Screen"
>   Identifier  "Default Screen"
>   Device  "MGA"
>   Monitor "Generic Monitor"
>   DefaultDepth16
>   SubSection "Display"
>   Depth   1
>   Modes   "1280x1024"
>   EndSubSection
>   SubSection "Display"
>   Depth   4
>   Modes   "1280x1024"
>   EndSubSection
>   SubSection "Display"
>   Depth   8
>   Modes   "1280x1024"
>   EndSubSection
>   SubSection "Display"
>   Depth   15
>   Modes   "1280x1024"
>   EndSubSection
>   SubSection "Display"
>   Depth   16
>   Modes   "1280x1024"
>   ViewPort0 0
>   EndSubSection
>   SubSection "Display"
>   Depth   24
>   Modes   "1280x1024"
>   EndSubSection
> EndSection
> 
> Section "ServerLayout"
>   Identifier  "Default Layout"
>   Screen  "Default Screen"
>   InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
>   InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
>   InputDevice "Generic Mouse"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "DRI"
>   Mode0666
> EndSection
> 
> ### END DEBCONF SECTION
> 
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Re: installing oracle 9i

[Holger Rauch]

Hi!

Why not give SAP DB a try? It's open source.

For more info: http:/www.sapdb.org

It uses table spaces (called "devspaces" in SAP lingo) and you are also
given the ability to reconstruct/synchronize a database based on redo
logs.

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Re: Building a single user Internet terminal

[Alex Bernson]

My suggestion would be to use straight sawfish for a window manager. 
It's lightning fast when used alone.  Also you could configure a
shortcut key such as ctrl-alt-esc to shutdown.   If memory serves all
you have to do is replace the gnome-session& in your .xsession with
sawfish&

On Sun, 2002-04-07 at 07:52, Kent West wrote:
> On Sun, 2002-04-07 at 08:47, Crispin Wellington wrote:
> > On Sun, 2002-04-07 at 21:30, Erik van der Meulen wrote:
> > > On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 08:44:06PM +0800, Crispin Wellington wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Have a script that starts X for a certain user and begins galeon. Run
> > > > this as a respawn process under /etc/inittab. Make a certain runlevel be
> > > > kiosk mode (the default). Make other run levels the admin mode (normal
> > > > logins etc). 
> > > 
> > > Thanks a lot for your prompt answer! It sounds pretty much like what I
> > > want. I have tried to follow your advice and came across one or two
> > > little issues. 
> > > 
> > > > /etc/inittab line something like
> > > 
> > > > ki:2:respawn:su -c /usr/local/bin/runkiosk kioskuser
> > > 
> > > I have replaced the line:
> > > 
> > >   l2:2:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 2
> > 
> > leave the standard rc scripts in there. Make sure that xdm/gdm/kdm is
> > not started via symlinks from /etc/rc2.d. Add the respawn in as an extra
> > runlevel 2 respawn.
> > 
> > Heck, come to think of it, you could make an /etc/init.d/kiosk script
> > that starts the kiosk, and stick it at the end of the rc2 startup.
> > 
> > > in the inittab with your suggestion, in the hope that would do the
> > > required.
> > > 
> > > > /usr/local/bin/runkiosk could basically just startx, and let kioskusers
> > > > .Xsession file do the rest.
> > > 
> > > Also I have made this, only containing 'startx'.
> > > Now if I reboot, I see no X, but a message repeating:
> > > 
> > >   X: user not authorised to run the X server, aborting.
> > 
> > The su -c command should change to a acceptable user. Interesting error.
> > If you change su -c /usr/local/bin/runkiosk kioskuser to su -c
> > /usr/local/bin/runkiosk root, does it work? (not that thats a solution,
> > just helps in locating the problem)
> > 
> > > And a few more lines. I think I understand what is happening, but am not
> > > too sure how to fix it.
> > > 
> > > > Perhaps try running it without any WM at all. Use -geometry to make
> > > > galeon fullscreen.
> > > 
> > > That is something I would like to experiment with, but am not able to
> > > picture how to do it. The 'alternatives' system allows me to switch
> > > between IceWM and TWM, but not do without at all.
> > 
> > Your .Xsession would be just 'galeon -geometry 1024x768+0+0'. No window
> > manager at all.
> > 
> > > > > - Provide some means for a user to safely shut down the system prior
> > > > >   to power-down (preferably from the GUI)
> > > 
> > > > Have the whole system use ext3. Have no shutdown at all (just switch it
> > > > off like a stereo)
> > > 
> > > That would be brilliant. But again (sorry about my ignorance) I do not
> > > really now how to get there. I seem to recall that the default install
> > > (Woody and upgrade to Sid right after) does not have ext3 support.
> > > Suppose a kernel rebuild would be required? Also, I have two partitions,
> > > large root and a small boot (and swap also). I think I have read
> > > sometime that /boot needed to be ext2... Further, is there a command for
> > > converting an existing ext2 -> 3, or do I need to make a new
> > > installation.
> > 
> > If your kernel has ext3 support built in, use tune2fs to convert to
> > ext3. /boot can be ext3 aswell.
> > 
> > Crispin
> > 
> 
> I did this just last month. What I did was create a user, guest, with
> password guest. Editted the /etc/issue file to say something like "Log
> on as 'guest' with password 'guest'". This way, when the machine is
> powered up, they see a text screen with instructions.
> 
> The .xinitrc for guest has lines in it like so:
> 
> icewm &
> while ; do galeon; done
> 
> The .bashrc for guest has a line at the bottom:
> 
> startx
> 
> Thus, when the guest logs in, it starts X, and icewm is started, and
> galeon is started. If they quit Galeon, it starts right back up. If they
> quit X (either via menus or Ctrl-Alt-Backspace), they see the
> instructions for logging in.
> 
> I originally tried to get startx to work as a respawned process directly
> >from /etc/inittab, but I ran into problems similar to what you're
> experiencing. Decided to solve that in the future, and do quick&dirty
> for now.
> 
> I gave up on not having a window manager, because when new windows pop
> up (as many web sites are wont to do), you can't move/resize/close them
> easily.
> 
> I used icepref to turn off the taskbar, although you can still get the
> menus by right-clicking on the desktop.
> 
> You can create menu entries and scripts to do a graceful
> shutdown/restart, but I didn't bother, because, well, why? Except for
> power outages, Linux runs forever. And i

daylight savings time

[Cheryl Homiak]

My clock has allways automatically done this change, but not this year! I wonder
why.



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fwd Please Help Me,lost all my icons on bottom of puter???

[Gajude18z]

please help if able and thanks, it's just all empty at the bottom , don't know what happened, they were there this am. Thanks Jude
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Re: Problems with Debian 3.0 and UT

[benfarrell]

Quoting "Kevin C. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> > My question is, is there any debian users that have got the
> > GOTY version of UT to work on Debian Woody ?
> 
> I have UT GOTY running fine with unstable.
> I don't remember if I had trouble at first or not. 
> Sorry I don't have any suggestions. I can work though. 
> 

I'II assume you've updated recently ?? (I did a apt-get
update / upgrade this weekend).

Strangely enough running 'ldd ut-bin' from the System
directory returns this nice looking error:

/usr/bin/ldd: line 1:   708 Segmentation fault 
LD_TRACE_LOADED_OBJECTS=1 LD_WARN= LD_BIND_NOW=
LD_LIBRARY_VERSION=$verify_out LD_VERBOSE= "$file"

running ldd on ucc-bin works fine ...

/me scratches head.

I think I am going to do a install of potato and upgrade
XFree to version 4.x and see if ut works ... 

Ben Farrell



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Re: Is Mozilla mail brian dead?

[Crispin Wellington]

On Sun, 2002-04-07 at 22:08, Kent West wrote:
> On Sun, 2002-04-07 at 03:34, Patrick Kirk wrote:
> > 
> > Seriously, a trip to www.joelonprogramming.com should be compulsory for
> 
> This link "could not be found". Maybe the server's down?

www.joelonsoftware.com

Crispin



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Re: Building a single user Internet terminal

[Erik van der Meulen]

On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 09:47:38PM +0800, Crispin Wellington wrote:

> > Also I have made this, only containing 'startx'.
> > Now if I reboot, I see no X, but a message repeating:
> > 
> >   X: user not authorised to run the X server, aborting.

> The su -c command should change to a acceptable user. Interesting error.
> If you change su -c /usr/local/bin/runkiosk kioskuser to su -c
> /usr/local/bin/runkiosk root, does it work? (not that thats a solution,
> just helps in locating the problem)

I did as you suggested and am now running successfully as root!
As you said, not the best solution, but I do not understand why
the userid kioskuser does not work...

Curious for any more thoughts...

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Re: daylight savings time

[Dave Carrigan]

Cheryl Homiak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> My clock has allways automatically done this change, but not this
> year! I wonder why.

Under Linux/Unix, the clock doesn't change; it's always set to Greenwich
Mean Time. The value of your TZ environment variable determines how
software interprets that time. If TZ is set appropriately, then when DST
begins, your software will start interpreting the time as daylight
savings, and it will appear that your clock has changed. However, it
hasn't changed; just the external representation has changed.

In general, TZ should get set correctly if the /etc/localtime file
contains the correct timezone info file. You can copy a file from
/usr/share/zoneinfo to /etc/localtime, or use the tzconfig program,
which does essentially the same thing.

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Re: daylight savings time

[Walt Mankowski]

On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 09:54:24AM -0700, Dave Carrigan wrote:
> In general, TZ should get set correctly if the /etc/localtime file
> contains the correct timezone info file. You can copy a file from
> /usr/share/zoneinfo to /etc/localtime, or use the tzconfig program,
> which does essentially the same thing.

Or better yet, create a symbolic link to it.

Walt


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Re: X Forwarding via SSH

[Dimitri Maziuk]

* Alvin Oga ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly:
...
> if you are sitting on a machine called foo and ssh into westek
> 
> 
> foo:/home/westk> xhost +westek
> 
> westek[westk]:/home/westk> export  DISPLAY=foo:0.0
> westek[westk]:/home/westk> gqview &
>   #
>   # should disply on the machine foo
>   #

This is a really bad advice: it bypasses ssh X forwarding,
so it a) doesn't help with OP's problem, and b) is insecure.
It shouldn't work anyway: X on foo should be running with
-nolisten tcp.

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Re: Building a single user Internet terminal

[Daniel Similä]

On Sun, 7 Apr 2002 18:52:40 +0200
Erik van der Meulen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 09:47:38PM +0800, Crispin Wellington wrote:
> 
> > > Also I have made this, only containing 'startx'.
> > > Now if I reboot, I see no X, but a message repeating:
> > > 
> > >   X: user not authorised to run the X server, aborting.
> 
> > The su -c command should change to a acceptable user. Interesting error.
> > If you change su -c /usr/local/bin/runkiosk kioskuser to su -c
> > /usr/local/bin/runkiosk root, does it work? (not that thats a solution,
> > just helps in locating the problem)
> 
> I did as you suggested and am now running successfully as root!
> As you said, not the best solution, but I do not understand why
> the userid kioskuser does not work...
> 
> Curious for any more thoughts...
> 
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what about a su command in .xsession ?


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Re: daylight savings time

[Dave Carrigan]

Walt Mankowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Or better yet, create a symbolic link to it.

I think a symlink would be better as well, but Debian doesn't do it for
some reason:

 $ ls -li /etc/localtime /usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Pacific 
  152487 -rw-r--r--1 root root 1017 Mar 31 10:27 /etc/localtime
   38530 -rw-r--r--4 root root 1017 Mar 24 08:59 
/usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Pacific
 $ diff /etc/localtime /usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Pacific 

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Re: installing oracle 9i

[jim lewis]

On Thu, Apr 04, 2002 at 08:26:43PM -0700, Jason Majors wrote:
> > Uh, what?  bash is a bourne shell (and then some).  ash is probably a
> > more "pure" bourne shell; it's not clear to me whether it strives more
> > for bourne or POSIX compliance.  Who told you debian didn't have a
> > bourne shell?  I'd request that they reach between their legs, grasp
> > their neck firmly and pull hard ... they just _might_ pull their head
> > out of their ass.
> Oracle support says it must be the bourne shell, not the bourne again
> shell.
> Most likely an excuse to put the pressure on somebody else, but that's
> what their tech said.
> 
I installed oracle 8.1.7 on linux about a year ago.  I don't know
if 9i is any better (I suspect not).  I had to use ash for /bin/sh
and I had to have awk installed and it had to be /bin/awk.  Think
I used gawk but I can't remember now (I've slept since then).  The
install was via the java install tool oracle has but it calls other
stuff.  The computer I installed it on was a p5-133 with 128 Mb ram.
It didn't run too well.  The sample database took 96Mb memory.  I can
use sqlplus and such and it works ok as a client...

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Re: KDE3 and Woody

[Gabor Gludovatz]

> > Is Woody going to use KDE3 or do I need an upgrade to Sid?
>
> KDE3 will likely not end up in woody.

Hi,

does someone know when will be available the KDE3 to Sid?

thx,
  Gabor



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Re: Newbie:dpkg,dselect,apt?

[gob]

At 09:22 07/04/02 -0700, Eric Hanchrow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


I can think of two ways you might get that version of X running:

* Look at http://packages.debian.org/testing/x11/xserver-common.html
  to see what other packages you might need -- I'll bet you need
  xserver-xfree86.  Download and install those.

or

* If your laptop is running a version of Debian older than "woody"
  (aka "testing") upgrade to woody.  Doing so will automatically
  upgrade X.


Your suggestion is what I've just been doing: looking at the debian site, 
and I need


xserver_xfree86 4.1.0-14
xserver-common 4.1.0-14
xfree86-common 4.1.0-14

I'm about to reboot into that partition and see if I have any of these, 
plus the correct versions of the other dependant files listed (debianutils, 
debconf, libc6, zlib1g).


I'm also trying to find out if I need a kernel update to go with 
this.  Searches so far don't suggest this is the case.  Any comments?


I attempted a dialup with the winmodem/linmodem (HAMR 5600 voicemodem from 
SmartLink) with WvDial, which failed:


WvDial:Internet dialer version 1.41
Cannot open /dev/ttyS2: Input/Output error.

I checked the IRQ and port, and set them to 10 and 0x3e8 respectively 
(previously 4 and ), but still got the I/O error.  It seems that I'm 
going to have to obtain kernel 2.4.6 for any success.  I don't even know if 
its possible to install this without the full upgrade.


What I will do is try to reset my sources.list and see if there are any 
dialup packages on the CDs that could help.  Its becoming apparent to me 
that this is even more critical than the X system.


If all else fails, I'll see my brother about Woody CD upgrades.

Thanks for your help, Eric.

Tim


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Re: Recent changes in woody broke vmware: AIO: NOT_IMPLEMENTED?

[Warren Dodge]

The VMWare 3.1 beta takes care of the problem.
BTW, the updated libc6_2.2.5-4 package was the particular one that VMWare 3.0 
couldn't deal with.

On Saturday,  April 06 2002 23:11, Syrus Nemat-Nasser wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I am still using vmware 2.0.4 on a Debian woody system with kernel 2.4.18.
> I had a working version of vmware, and a recent 'apt-get upgrade' in the
> last day or two seems to have caused this error when vmware tries to
> restore the Win98 session:
>
>   VMware Workstation PANIC:
>   AIO: NOT_IMPLEMENTED F(566): 1081
>
> Does anyone have an idea about what I could try to further diagnose the
> problem. Like the previous post regarding this problem (for VMware 3.0), I
> don't know to what AIO refers.
>
> Thanks.
>
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Re: Mutt and From: line

[Alexander Schmehl]

* Matthew Daubenspeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [020406 23:54]:


> I have been messing with mutt and trying to make it display my name
> currectly for FAR too long, and I have gotten no where.
Take a look at the sample finds you can find, if you are using google
searching for "mutt config example" or something similar.
I found this very usefull.
You should search for something like 
"set my_hdr=From: Your Name <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>"

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Re: daylight savings time

[John Hasler]

Walt writes:
> Or better yet, create a symbolic link to it.

That's what Debian does, but copying would be better if you want your
clock to work right when /usr/share is not mounted.
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sequencers in Debian Woody

[Juha Erkkila]

hello Linux audio users and fellow debianists

about a month ago i upgraded my system from Debian Potato to Woody,
looking forward to see all the interesting sound applications people
have been writing, and which ones of those have been packaged for
Debian.  overall, i've been fairly happy with them, with the exception
of all the four sequencers in Woody: Sted2, Rosegarden, Brahms and
Muse

i hope i'm not expecting too much from any of these:  all i want to do
is to record my playing from the midi-keyboard while using Timidity as
a soft synth, and then being able to save my playing as a midi-file.
my Ensoniq ES1371 [AudioPCI-97] sound card doesn't have a built-in
synth, so i have to use Timidity (or something similar).  my
midi-keyboard is known as "MK-61 midi keyboard controller", with
15-pin "midi port", connected to the soundcard that also feeds power
to the keyboard

there doesn't appear to be any hardware problem, as i can do 'cat
/dev/sequencer' and i get some output, "test audio and midi" in PD
assures me that at least PD can read my midi-keyboard correctly, and
(more convincingly) 'timidity -iA -B 2,8 -Os && aconnect 64:0 128:0'
enables me to drive Timidity with the keyboard.  yet despite these i'm
still unable to do any midi-recording with any of these sequencers
while rendering my playing with Timidity

some info on my configurations:  i'm using 2.4.18 kernel and i've
tried using both ALSA 0.5.12a-2 and 0.9+0beta10-6.
my /etc/alsa/modutils/0.5 and /etc/alsa/modutils/0.9 are identical:

--cut--
# --- BEGIN: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. ---
# --- ALSACONF verion 0.4.3b ---
alias char-major-116 snd
alias snd-card-0 snd-card-ens1371
alias char-major-14 soundcore
alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0
alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss
options snd snd_major=116 snd_cards_limit=2 snd_device_mode=0660 
snd_device_gid=29 snd_device_uid=0
options snd-card-ens1371 snd_index=0 snd_id=ENSONIQ
# --- END: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. ---

# virtual midi:
alias snd-card-1 snd-card-virmidi
alias sound-slot-1 snd-card-1
options snd-card-virmidi snd_index=1 snd_id=VIRTUAL_MIDI
--cut--

okay, here's my experiences with all these four sequencers:

Sted2 (2.07m+20010303-3) [ALSA 0.5 and 0.9]:  (note: Sted2 has to be
patched or run as 'LC_CTYPE=C sted2' or something similar in a
scandanavian environment when using X.)  i have configured it with a
line 'player=1,timidity -id -f -EFchorus=0 -EFreverb=0 -s44.1 -Os' in
/etc/sted2/sted2.cnf, and it can load and play midi-files without a
problem.  while using either the default setting or
'midi_port=/dev/sequencer', it informs me with 'MIDI IN : midi' in the
main screen.  after choosing a track and while trying to record into
it, it responds to my first keyboard press with a ticking metronome.
i hit my keyboard but no sound comes out nor actual recording happens.
i can stop this by pressing reset.  during this so-called recording
sted2 consumes all the CPU power available.  the track remains empty,
even though i tried switching recording channels, output mode
(thru/off) and sync (int/ext).  with 'midi_port=/dev/midi' it tells me
'MIDI IN : NoConnect' and doesn't react at all

Rosegarden (2.1pl3-1) [both 0.5 and 0.9]:  quite like Sted2.  in 'MIDI
Setup' it prefers /dev/sequencer.  i can start Timidity in the
background as ALSA sequencer interface mode, and direct the playing
into Timidity port 0.  the playing works without much problems (there
may be some caused by bad latencies).  when trying to record from
"MIDI 0-0", it just hangs and i have to kill the sequencer process.
switching MIDI 0-0 to "Timidity port 0" doesn't help either

Brahms (1.02-3) [ALSA 0.5]:  documentation says that only version of
ALSA it can be run with is 0.5.x.  when run with 'brahms -o alsa', i
cannot choose any options for the output of the tracks, and when
trying to play an imported midi-file brahms doesn't indicate it's
going forward.  when trying to record nothing moves forward

Brahms [ALSA 0.9]: the binary uses the libasound.so.2 -shared library,
suggesting it needs something from ALSA 0.9 (?), so i gave it a try.
it does run, but behaves just like with ALSA 0.5

Brahms [libarts-alsa & ALSA 0.9]: i can record and play with this,
using arts instruments as synths.  nice, promising, but ready-made
arts instruments sound horrible, and i haven't yet bothered to look
artsbuilder.  is there a way to connect this to Timidity?  (Timidity
is of version 2.10.4-2.2, and it doesn't have arts-plugin)

Muse (0.5.2-1) [ALSA 0.5]:  the binaries in Debian won't work with
ALSA 0.5, and there doesn't appear to be a command line option to
switch to use OSS-emulation

Muse [ALSA 0.9]: i can create a track, add iiwu-1 instance to soft
synths -list, add it to a midi-port table and then i have to switch
device name to MIDI 0-0 so that i can mark it as a recording sour

Re: USB Mass Storage in 2.4.18-686

[john]

On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 09:01:47AM -0400, Thomas R. Shemanske wrote:
> Sorry to be so long in getting back to the list, but I had been working 
> at home on a laptop with USB options compiled into the kernel, and 
> wanted to make sure that using them as modules was not the problem.  I 
> am at work now where I am running a 2.4.18 kernel built from the debian 
> source packages (and USB as modules), and the Sandisk card reader works 
> flawlessly.

Thanks so much - I now have a 2.4.18 with the card reader working.

> I will attach my kerenl config file for comparison, and make a few comments

[snip]

> usb-uhci   20996   0 (unused)

I found that I needed to edit /etc/modules, changing

uhci

to 

usb-uhci

Since this is a fairly new installation I think modconf may have set it
to uhci when I installed. Wonder if the stock kernel will now use the
reader with that option? I'll have to try I suppose.

Anyway, for comparison

$sudo lsmod
Module  Size  Used byTainted: P  
sd_mod  9852   2  (autoclean)
ipt_REJECT  2784   1  (autoclean)
ipt_LOG 3104   2  (autoclean)
ipt_state608   2  (autoclean)
ipt_MASQUERADE  1216   1  (autoclean)
iptable_nat12724   1  (autoclean) [ipt_MASQUERADE]
ip_conntrack   12876   2  (autoclean) [ipt_state ipt_MASQUERADE 
iptable_nat]
iptable_filter  1728   1  (autoclean)
ip_tables  10464   8  [ipt_REJECT ipt_LOG ipt_state ipt_MASQUERADE 
iptable_nat iptable_filter]
ppp_deflate39040   0  (autoclean)
bsd_comp3968   0  (autoclean)
ppp_async   6176   1  (autoclean)
ppp_generic18728   3  (autoclean) [ppp_deflate bsd_comp ppp_async]
slhc4352   0  (autoclean) [ppp_generic]
agpgart21056   3  (autoclean)
NVdriver  945280  10 
ide-cd 26336   0  (autoclean)
cdrom  28896   0  (autoclean) [ide-cd]
usb-uhci   20996   0  (unused)
nbd14688   0  (unused)
sound  53388   0  (unused)
usb-storage20412   1 
scsi_mod   51548   2  [sd_mod usb-storage]
usbcore48448   0  [usb-uhci usb-storage]
tulip  37408   1 
smbfs  31232   0  (unused)
efs 6752   0  (unused)
unix   13316 102  (autoclean)

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ethernet upgrade

[xucaen]

Hi all,
I am researching upgrading my thinnet 10BaseT to twisted pair 100BaseT.
I am loading the ne module from etc/modules. I plan on upgrading my Linksys
10Base cards with Linksys 100base cards. I believe I will not need to load
a different module. Is this in fact true?

Is there a HOWTO out there that talks about different configurations of network
hardware? I want to read up on hubs and routers. I might possibly dable in DSL
using a router.

Thanks!!

Xucaen


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Re: less and xterm

[Patrick Kirk]

On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 09:55:47AM +0200, Patrik Modesto wrote:
>Hi!
>
>The problem: less and zless programs unset options 'Enable Application
>Cursor Keys' and 'Enable Application Keypad' in xterm.
>

Would you consider using aterm instead?  Its smaller and lighter than
xterm and does you want. 


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Re: KIZOMBE KAMARA

[Patrick Kirk]

On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 10:02:53AM -0700, peter kamara wrote:
>FROM KIZOMBE KAMARA
>DAKAR SENEGAL. 
>TEL:221-6680399.

How does one cathch these with a spam filter?  To exclude emails with the names 
of West African countries seems a little too broad.  Its almost always a 
Colonel who has recently died.  "late father" perhaps? 

Has anyone got a tripwire that catches these?

Thanks,

Patrick

PS - I still prefer the ones that invite you to a meeting at which you will 
"sing agreements." :-)


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Recent Woody ISO

[Jaye Inabnit ke6sls]

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Greetings:

Yesterday, I pulled down disk 1 of the unofficial Woody.  I tried to use it 
for an install on a friends RedHat boxen.  It started well (boot) and we 
proceeded through the install.  Finally, boot options were presented, and we 
choose the floppy method.  This failed each time with known good floppies.  I 
finally pulled a 2.2.r3 out and used it, and finally got the nic working, and 
performed a dist-upgrade.

What I would like to learn is where I can get a very recent copy of Woody for 
the next box (a P100)?  I could find no mirrors in the US, only over seas 
which, even with my bw, was very slow.

Thanks for any tips.  Tatah
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Network connection utility

[Jaye Inabnit ke6sls]

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Greetings:

Does anyone know of a utility to reconfigure a network quickly from dialup to 
lan-via-ethernet and back without network breakage?  Would like to use it 
when people bring dialup boxen here to add to my lan for upgrading to Woody.

Thank you
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Re: configure error 10 with dpkg

[Colin Watson]

On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 09:24:22AM -0500, Kent West wrote:
> On Sun, 2002-04-07 at 07:15, Andreas Grabner wrote:
> >  i have got a problem since some weeks which doesn't solve it self and i
> >  can't solve it. There are more and more packages which exits with
> >  exit status 10. Because i can't find a solution i ask the list for help
> 
> Colin Watson solved my similar problem with the following:
> > Your debconf database is broken in some exciting way. Backing up and
> > moving aside /var/cache/debconf/config.dat and
> > /var/cache/debconf/templates.dat may help, although Joey may have some
> > more cunning solution.

The "more cunning solution" in question might consist of running
/usr/share/debconf/fix_db.pl. Again, do back up the database first just
in case.

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Re: more alt key questions

[Richard Cobbe]

Lo, on Saturday, April 6, Bob Thibodeau did write:

> On Sat, Apr 06, 2002 at 04:16:35PM -0600, Richard Cobbe wrote:

> > First step: see what keysym your alt keys are generating.  Run xev (from
> > the xbase-clients package), make sure the new window has focus, and hit
> > both alt keys.  If you want the plastic bump labeled `alt' on your
> > keyboard to act as meta in emacs, then you should see something like the
> > following:



> > KeyRelease event, serial 27, synthetic NO, window 0x161,
> > root 0x31, subw 0x0, time 223020366, (56,121), root:(810,145),
> > state 0x8, keycode 113 (keysym 0xffe8, Meta_R), same_screen YES,
   ~~~  ~
> > XLookupString gives 0 characters:  ""



> Events are received, 64 and 113.

Since you've already fixed this, I'm just nitpicking.  The relevant
details here are not the keycodes but the keysyms.  Your keyboard
generates, in hardware, a number corresponding to each key (= physical
piece of plastic) on the board; this number is the keycode.  The X
server receives this and maps it into a keysym.  The server sends the
keysym to the application with input focus; apps should never see raw
keycodes.  (On PC hardware, anyway; not sure about how other systems
work off the top of my head.)

For this situation, you'd want to see the keys generating keysyms Meta_L
and Meta_R.

Richard


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Re: Chrooted Debian install from base image (was Re: Instalation question: Toshiba TECRA 8000)

[Colin Watson]

On Sat, Apr 06, 2002 at 08:52:50PM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote:
>   - Schlep in a package list from another source that you'd like to run:
> 
>   # On other box:
>   $ dpkg --get-selections > file
>   $ $EDIT file
> 
>   # Transfer file to your new system (floppy, network, carrier
>   # pigeon, whatever).
> 
>   $ dpkg --set-selections < file
> 
>   # In theory, the following works, though I had to kick it a few
>   # times to make it go right:
> 
>   $ apt-get dist-upgrade  # This should work.
>   $ apt-get dselect-upgrade   # This is what I ended up using.
> 
> FIXME:  ...can someone straighten me out on this?

I'm fairly sure you need to use 'apt-get dselect-upgrade' (or 'dselect
install') to act on what you've set using 'dpkg --set-selections'. The
dist-upgrade method makes its own decisions, while dselect-upgrade
actually pays attention to what you've just set in /var/lib/dpkg/status.

Cheers,

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Re: Mutt and From: line

[Jerome Acks Jr]

On Sat, Apr 06, 2002 at 04:54:36PM -0500, Matthew Daubenspeck wrote:
> I have been messing with mutt and trying to make it display my name
> currectly for FAR too long, and I have gotten no where.
> 
> I have tried every combination of set realname, set from, my_hdr From:
> with every combination of strings I can think of, and I cannot get mutt
> to display my full name in the mutt message list menu. Instead, it just
> displays to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> What the heck am I doing wrong?

I have exim/fetchmail/procmail/mutt setup. As far as I can tell, exim
is generating the From line by combining email address from
/etc/email-addresses and name pulled from /etc/passwd.

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Re: system logs not getting rotated

[Mark S. Reglewski]

On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 10:50:19AM -0400, Rick Pasotto wrote:
> ii  logrotate  3.5.9-7Log rotation utility
> 
> For several weeks now my system logs have not been getting rotated. All
> logging is going to the .0 files. syslog, daemon.log, auth.log, etc.
> remain at zero length and syslog.0, daemon.log.0, auth.log.0, etc keep
> growing. If I reboot logging goes to the correct file until the first
> rotation.
> 
> Is this a config problem or is there a problem with whichever program
> (logrotate?) does the rotating? Doesn't klogd need to be told to close
> the old file and open the new one? Where does that happen?
> 
> I find no reference to these files in either logrotate.d or
> logrotate.conf nor in the system crontabs. Where is this setup?

Rick, logrotate has nothing to do with the files you are interested in, as
you see from logrotate.conf.  

Look at your /etc/cron.daily/sysklogd and /etc/cron.weekly/sysklogd scripts. 
They use the /usr/bin/savelog utility to rotate system logs.  If log
rotation is broken on your system, something must be wrong here.

You might want to look at man savelog and man syslogd-listfiles.

Do you use exim as MTA?  Exim log rotation is handled by
/etc/cron.daily/exim, also using savelog.  Are your exim logs being rotated
okay?  If so, you'll have a working log rotation script for comparison.

Cordially,
Mark S. Reglewski
  




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Re: Problems with Debian 3.0 and UT

[Kevin C. Smith]

On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 05:16:33PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Quoting "Kevin C. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> 
> > > My question is, is there any debian users that have got the
> > > GOTY version of UT to work on Debian Woody ?
> > 
> > I have UT GOTY running fine with unstable.
> > I don't remember if I had trouble at first or not. 
> > Sorry I don't have any suggestions. I can work though. 
> > 
> 
> I'II assume you've updated recently ?? (I did a apt-get
> update / upgrade this weekend).
> 
> Strangely enough running 'ldd ut-bin' from the System
> directory returns this nice looking error:
> 
> /usr/bin/ldd: line 1:   708 Segmentation fault 
> LD_TRACE_LOADED_OBJECTS=1 LD_WARN= LD_BIND_NOW=
> LD_LIBRARY_VERSION=$verify_out LD_VERBOSE= "$file"
> 
> running ldd on ucc-bin works fine ...
> 
> /me scratches head.
> 
> I think I am going to do a install of potato and upgrade
> XFree to version 4.x and see if ut works ... 
> 

Apt-get upgraded 30 minutes ago. UT continues to run fine. 

debian:/home/kevin# ldd /usr/local/games/ut/System/ut-bin 
libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x4001d000)
libnsl.so.1 => /lib/libnsl.so.1 (0x4002)
libpthread.so.0 => /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0x40035000)
Engine.so => not found
Core.so => not found
libSDL-1.1.so.0 => not found
libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0x40049000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x4006a000)
/lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x4000)

Did you us this installer: ut-install-436-GOTY.run?
If not reinstall using it.

http://mirrors.sunsite.dk/lokigames/installers/ut/ut-install-436-GOTY.run

Upgrading to XFree86 4.x is a good idea. 
xfree86-common 4.1.0-14 is in Wood/Testing.


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Reducing font size in X

[Erik van der Meulen]

Dear group - I have just installed a Sid box supposed to run only X and
Galeon. I found that the default install leves me with rather large
fonts for the applications.
I recall having solved this before by exchanging the FontPath for 100dpi
and 75dpi in XF86Config. Now I have tried this again without success.
I have noticed a new FontPath on top of the config file:

  FontPath "unix/:7100"

I suppose this has something to do with it (in fact I am sure, if I
comment that line, things work as expected).

Can someone point me to the mechanism for changing the font size here?

Thanks a lot!

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Re: IPV6 things...

[Markus Grunwald]

Hi !

> > Are YOU using ipv6 ? No ? Well, me neither. It's a nice thing and I
> > will use it if I have to, but up to now, everything here is ipv4.
> 
> Well, yes, actually. It's a really nice thing, and I'd recommend using
> it voluntarily before you absolutely *have* to. 

Hmm. Where can I read something how to do it ? (I found no howto...)
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Re: exim and DoD - ipv6 dns lookup

[Markus Grunwald]

Hello,

> > marvin is my mailserver and gateway. It is running exim. When I
> > connect to smtp on marvin from another computer (telnet marvin 25),
> > exim does an ipv6 dns lookup for "marvin" which fires up my DoD line
> > :(  
> > 
> > Apr  2 12:55:32 marvin named[2315]: query log on 
> > Apr  2 12:56:22 marvin named[2315]:
> > XX+/192.168.42.103/marvin.galaxy.home//IN Apr  2 12:56:22 marvin
> > named[2315]: ns_forw: sendto([129.187.10.25].53): Network is
> > unreachable Apr  2 12:56:22 marvin named[2315]:
> > XX+/192.168.42.103/marvin.galaxy.home//IN Apr  2 12:56:22 marvin
> > named[2315]: XX+/192.168.42.103/marvin//IN Apr  2 12:56:23
> > marvin named[2315]: XX+/192.168.42.103/marvin//IN Apr  2
> > 12:57:14 marvin named[2315]: query log off  
> Are you also running named?
Yes, on marvin (192.168.42.103)

> It sure looks that way. Can you tell it that
> it's authoritative for galaxy.home. and that it should never ask its
> forwarders (or anyone else) about it?
I don't know how. I have not much clue about nameservers...
 
> Also, I'm not sure I understand what those log lines mean, exactly. Is
> 192.168.42.103 the computer you're connecting from, or is that
> marvin's address? It looks to me like 192.168.42.103 is asking named
> for marvin's address, not that marvin is doing a lookup for itself.
> (Unless marvin == 192.168.42.103, of course.)
You are right: 192.168.42.103 is "eddie.galaxy.home". Eddie is the
computer, on which i do the "telnet marvin 25". Do you have a hint how
to stop eddie doing that lookup ? (There is no bind running on eddie...)


> A simpler (but not as elegant) solution would be to add an entry for
> marvin in your /etc/hosts .

/etc/hosts on eddie and marvin contains the line:
192.168.42.99   marvin.galaxy.home  marvin


> I assume all of your LAN machines are using
> marvin's named as their DNS,
No, I have four computers which rely on their /etc/hosts. 

> so adding the zone would give you the
> advantage of being able to address machines by their internal names.
I dont have any idea what you mean ;) Sorry, never had time to learn
more about bind...

> Please tell me if my assumptions are wrong,
50/50 - you're doing good !

> or if this doesn't work for
> you, or you need help configuring bind.
Well, I first had to learn a lot about bind - it's not fair to let you
do all the work... Do you have any hints, what I could read ?

Perhaps, you have another hint to help me, now that you have new infos ?

Thank you very much for your help !
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ICEWM-Configuration

[Josef Oswald]

Sorry if I need to ask this question here, after spending a couple of
hours ( trial and error approach) to start IceWM with 4 Program's on 4
different workspaces without much luck I turn to this newsgroup for
help :-( 

this is at the very end of .icewm/winoptions file:

xemacs-21.4.6-mule.workspace:0 # starts on WSP1 
Worker.workspace:1 <-this too works 
mozilla-bin.Mozilla-bin.workspace:2 
#gqview.workspace:3
Gqview.workspace:3 # starts on W-sp one
#/usr/bin/gqview.workspace:3
#/usr/bin/Gqview.workspace: 3
Xterm.workspace:4
#xterm.workspace:4
#Gimp.workspace:5

As can be seen I tried it with Path set, no Path, first letter small
or big, all have the same effect, they are all started at Work-space
one, and I need to move them by hand to their assigned workspaces.  

In order for those program's to start, I had to set in Gnome the
Program's to start. I would like to disable Gnome to startup, but
without Gnome, I have to start all program's by hand. 

I know maybe I should have tried a Linux-distribution that is more
newbie-friendly, but after fooling around with Caldera 2.4 and
Mandrake and a early Suse 6.4 I figured I should give Debian a try,
now I have spend quite a lot of time to set this Distro up, and just
because of ICEWM I don't want to change again.

Also do I need to set something else in .icewm/preferences too? 


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Re: fatal error: no screens found

[Simon Hepburn]

> (**) MGA(0): Using framebuffer device

You aren't using the framebuffer.

> Section "Device"
> Identifier  "Generic Video Card"
> Driver  "mga"

Comment out this line:
># Option  "UseFBDev"  "true"

> Videoram32768
> EndSection

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Re: Recent Woody ISO

[Brian W. Carver]

Woody ISOs can be found at: http://www.linuxiso.org/debian.html

Not sure if there are more recent ones than that.

Jaye Inabnit ke6sls wrote:

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> Yesterday, I pulled down disk 1 of the unofficial Woody.  I tried to use it
> for an install on a friends RedHat boxen.  It started well (boot) and we
> proceeded through the install.  Finally, boot options were presented, and we
> choose the floppy method.  This failed each time with known good floppies.  I
> finally pulled a 2.2.r3 out and used it, and finally got the nic working, and
> performed a dist-upgrade.
>
> What I would like to learn is where I can get a very recent copy of Woody for
> the next box (a P100)?  I could find no mirrors in the US, only over seas
> which, even with my bw, was very slow.
>
> Thanks for any tips.  Tatah
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Re: Recent changes in woody broke vmware: AIO: NOT_IMPLEMENTED?

[Greg C. Madden]

On Sat, 2002-04-06 at 22:11, Syrus Nemat-Nasser wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> I am still using vmware 2.0.4 on a Debian woody system with kernel 2.4.18.
> I had a working version of vmware, and a recent 'apt-get upgrade' in the
> last day or two seems to have caused this error when vmware tries to
> restore the Win98 session:
> 
>   VMware Workstation PANIC:
>   AIO: NOT_IMPLEMENTED F(566): 1081
> 
> Does anyone have an idea about what I could try to further diagnose the
> problem. Like the previous post regarding this problem (for VMware 3.0), I
> don't know to what AIO refers.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> -- Syrus

What breaks VMware during an upgrade is libc6. Ver 2.2.5-3 works ,
2.2.5-4 breaks it.The VMware list (news.vmware.com) has this and says
the new beta 3.1 fixes it. I tried the beta and got an error meesage
about perl being broken. I went back to libc6 2.2.5-3 and all is well.
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sequencers in Debian Woody

[Juha Erkkila]

i'm terribly sorry for the re-post, but i just realized i subscribe
from LAU with different email-address, and thus this email didn't get
through.. (and i even cross-post... argh)

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hello Linux audio users and fellow debianists

about a month ago i upgraded my system from Debian Potato to Woody,
looking forward to see all the interesting sound applications people
have been writing, and which ones of those have been packaged for
Debian.  overall, i've been fairly happy with them, with the exception
of all the four sequencers in Woody: Sted2, Rosegarden, Brahms and
Muse

i hope i'm not expecting too much from any of these:  all i want to do
is to record my playing from the midi-keyboard while using Timidity as
a soft synth, and then being able to save my playing as a midi-file.
my Ensoniq ES1371 [AudioPCI-97] sound card doesn't have a built-in
synth, so i have to use Timidity (or something similar).  my
midi-keyboard is known as "MK-61 midi keyboard controller", with
15-pin "midi port", connected to the soundcard that also feeds power
to the keyboard

there doesn't appear to be any hardware problem, as i can do 'cat
/dev/sequencer' and i get some output, "test audio and midi" in PD
assures me that at least PD can read my midi-keyboard correctly, and
(more convincingly) 'timidity -iA -B 2,8 -Os && aconnect 64:0 128:0'
enables me to drive Timidity with the keyboard.  yet despite these i'm
still unable to do any midi-recording with any of these sequencers
while rendering my playing with Timidity

some info on my configurations:  i'm using 2.4.18 kernel and i've
tried using both ALSA 0.5.12a-2 and 0.9+0beta10-6.
my /etc/alsa/modutils/0.5 and /etc/alsa/modutils/0.9 are identical:

--cut--
# --- BEGIN: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. ---
# --- ALSACONF verion 0.4.3b ---
alias char-major-116 snd
alias snd-card-0 snd-card-ens1371
alias char-major-14 soundcore
alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0
alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss
options snd snd_major=116 snd_cards_limit=2 snd_device_mode=0660 
snd_device_gid=29 snd_device_uid=0
options snd-card-ens1371 snd_index=0 snd_id=ENSONIQ
# --- END: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. ---

# virtual midi:
alias snd-card-1 snd-card-virmidi
alias sound-slot-1 snd-card-1
options snd-card-virmidi snd_index=1 snd_id=VIRTUAL_MIDI
--cut--

okay, here's my experiences with all these four sequencers:

Sted2 (2.07m+20010303-3) [ALSA 0.5 and 0.9]:  (note: Sted2 has to be
patched or run as 'LC_CTYPE=C sted2' or something similar in a
scandanavian environment when using X.)  i have configured it with a
line 'player=1,timidity -id -f -EFchorus=0 -EFreverb=0 -s44.1 -Os' in
/etc/sted2/sted2.cnf, and it can load and play midi-files without a
problem.  while using either the default setting or
'midi_port=/dev/sequencer', it informs me with 'MIDI IN : midi' in the
main screen.  after choosing a track and while trying to record into
it, it responds to my first keyboard press with a ticking metronome.
i hit my keyboard but no sound comes out nor actual recording happens.
i can stop this by pressing reset.  during this so-called recording
sted2 consumes all the CPU power available.  the track remains empty,
even though i tried switching recording channels, output mode
(thru/off) and sync (int/ext).  with 'midi_port=/dev/midi' it tells me
'MIDI IN : NoConnect' and doesn't react at all

Rosegarden (2.1pl3-1) [both 0.5 and 0.9]:  quite like Sted2.  in 'MIDI
Setup' it prefers /dev/sequencer.  i can start Timidity in the
background as ALSA sequencer interface mode, and direct the playing
into Timidity port 0.  the playing works without much problems (there
may be some caused by bad latencies).  when trying to record from
"MIDI 0-0", it just hangs and i have to kill the sequencer process.
switching MIDI 0-0 to "Timidity port 0" doesn't help either

Brahms (1.02-3) [ALSA 0.5]:  documentation says that only version of
ALSA it can be run with is 0.5.x.  when run with 'brahms -o alsa', i
cannot choose any options for the output of the tracks, and when
trying to play an imported midi-file brahms doesn't indicate it's
going forward.  when trying to record nothing moves forward

Brahms [ALSA 0.9]: the binary uses the libasound.so.2 -shared library,
suggesting it needs something from ALSA 0.9 (?), so i gave it a try.
it does run, but behaves just like with ALSA 0.5

Brahms [libarts-alsa & ALSA 0.9]: i can record and play with this,
using arts instruments as synths.  nice, promising, but ready-made
arts instruments sound horrible, and i haven't yet bothered to look
artsbuilder.  is there a way to connect this to Timidity?  (Timidity
is of version 2.10.4-2.2, and it doesn't have arts-plugin)

Muse (0.5.2-1) [ALSA 0.5]:  the binaries in Debian won't work with
ALSA 0.5, and there doesn't appear to be a command line option to
switch to use OSS-emulation

Muse [ALSA 

Re: THANKS

[Andreas Grabner]

On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 09:24:22AM -0500, Kent West wrote:
> Colin Watson solved my similar problem with the following:
> > Your debconf database is broken in some exciting way. Backing up and
> > moving aside /var/cache/debconf/config.dat and
> > /var/cache/debconf/templates.dat may help, although Joey may have some
> > more cunning solution.
> 
> You can find the entire thread if you want here:
> 
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2002/debian-user-200203/msg03185.html
> 
> with the final answering post here:
> 
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2002/debian-user-200203/msg03322.html
> 
> Kent
> 


Thanks Thanks Thanks
> 


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Re: Recent Woody ISO

[Michael J. Madden]

About a week ago, I downloaded the first cd from ftp.fsn.hu.  I have
a DSL connection, and I noticed it was quite quick even though it is
in Hungary. In the past, I've also seen good speed from the Australian
site ftp.planetmirror.com.

Take a look at http://www.debian.org/CD/http-ftp/#testing for unofficial
cd images of the testing distribution.

Thanks,
Mike

On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 11:11:39AM -0700, Jaye Inabnit ke6sls wrote:
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> Greetings:
> 
> Yesterday, I pulled down disk 1 of the unofficial Woody.  I tried to use it 
> for an install on a friends RedHat boxen.  It started well (boot) and we 
> proceeded through the install.  Finally, boot options were presented, and we 
> choose the floppy method.  This failed each time with known good floppies.  I 
> finally pulled a 2.2.r3 out and used it, and finally got the nic working, and 
> performed a dist-upgrade.
> 
> What I would like to learn is where I can get a very recent copy of Woody for 
> the next box (a P100)?  I could find no mirrors in the US, only over seas 
> which, even with my bw, was very slow.
> 
> Thanks for any tips.  Tatah
> - -- 
> 
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Re: Chrooted Debian install from base image (was Re: Instalation question: Toshiba TECRA 8000)

[Carel Fellinger]

On Sat, Apr 06, 2002 at 08:52:50PM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> This is a draft of a HOWTO I'm working on for doing a chrooted Debian 

thanks for taking your time to add this usefull document.

> install.  It's a method I've found useful over the years.

Yep very handy.  I started using it when I needed woody goodies and
didn't want to take the risk and do a full upgrade.

> The one component I _don't_ address here is module configuration for
> support of networking, sound, etc.  Not sure how best to deal with this.

Not sure what you're at here, but if it's just module configuration
why not hint at modconf?
 
...
> As an alternative, it's possible to bypass the installation CD using one
> of several other methods of getting a base image onto the system.

It would be nice if you could mention some of the other aproaches, like
netinstall and give a link to the iso.

Oh, and I myself are very carefull in my examples to use a telling
prompt.  In your code below you stick to `$ ' as prompt even when
one clearly has to be root for the command to work.  I would suggest
to use `# ' there and use `###' to begin a comment.  Or maybe even
better use `TRB: ' as prompt for the commands used while running
TRB, and switch to `debian: ' once debian is running (chrooted).
 

>   Performing A chroot Debian Install From A Booted System
>   ---
> 
> The goal is to end up with an upacked tarball of the base system on a

I was under the impression that woody didn't have such a tarball any more,
and now that woody is due to be released next week:) it might be wise to
make this a little bit more future proof.  E.g. debootstrap seems very
promissing it's merely a sh script so I guess it could work with TRB.
I merely tried it from a chrooted woody and from its father potato:

   # apt-get debootstrap
   # debootstrap --verbose --unpack-tarball /tmp/basedebs.tar woody woody2


...
> keep on rolling.  Thus it's a "zero downtime" GNU/Linux install.  Also a

nah, a near zero downtime, you have to reboot once you know:)

...
> Getting Started
> ---
...
> My preference is for separate partitions, in order of preference for
> creation: /, swap, /boot, /usr, /home, /tmp, /var, and /usr/local.  If

funny, I would think /boot is far less important to have separate then
/usr.  But then, I've either small disks or modern motherboards, so no
1024 cylinder limit here.  Or do you have other arguments to separate
/ and /boot?

...
> Mount two of your partitions to /mnt/debinst and /mnt/utility.  While
> you're at it, make sure a /mnt/floppy directory exists. 

Is this in accordance with FSH (or what ever the beast is named).  I
remember some discussions a while ago, but missed the final verdict.

 
> Transferring The Base Image
> ---

This can be done with debootstrap too, so you merely need to tell how
to install debootstrap on a non debian system.  And maybe were to get
basedebs.tar as debootstrap can use a local copy of that tarball too.



> Configuring The Base System
> --
> 
> You've now got a real Debian system, though rather lean, on disk.
> Chroot into it:
> 
> $ chroot . bin/bash

One thing I always wondered how to deal with was with preventing
daemons to start / stop in the chrooted woody, especially as this
automatically happens when you install a new (version) `daemon'
packet.  Initially debootstrap uses a trick to prevent daemons from
really being started.  Might be worth explaining the trick and how it
can be used later on.


...
>- /etc/hostname -- your system's host name -- 2 - 63 characters.

Maybe worth mentioning that it shouldn't contain the domain part?


...
> Reboot to confirm your settings.  If your system doesn't come up, you've

If you go the debootstrap path, you need to install a kernel package first.


...
>   # In theory, the following works, though I had to kick it a few
>   # times to make it go right:
> 
>   $ apt-get dist-upgrade  # This should work.
>   $ apt-get dselect-upgrade   # This is what I ended up using.
> 
> FIXME:  ...can someone straighten me out on this?

I'm no expert on the subject, but I thought dselect-upgrade is only usefull
when you used dselect to select packages and want apt-get to install them.

 
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Re: X Forwarding via SSH

[Alvin Oga]

hi ya dima

not sure, but, think you missed my out-of-order ssh commandline 
inserted back in  before your comments below
   connections between foo and westek is assumed to be over ssh

( am assuming that they had done ssh before having the
( X11 DISPLAY problem 

lots of things can be done to run securely or 
other "conveniences"  good or bad is up to them...
( usually not a problem till its too late ...

c ya
alvin

- X11 should not be running if security is an issue...
- if one insists on running X11, one should never login as root in xdm...
- ssh/X11 forwarding is assumed to be on still...

On Sun, 7 Apr 2002, Dimitri Maziuk wrote:

> * Alvin Oga ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly:
> ...
> > if you are sitting on a machine called foo and ssh into westek
> > 
> > 
> > foo:/home/westk> xhost +westek
> > 
> > westek[westk]:/home/westk> export  DISPLAY=foo:0.0
> > westek[westk]:/home/westk> gqview &
> > #
> > # should disply on the machine foo
> > #

#
# to go from westek to foo
#
westek[westk]:/home/westk> ssh -X -l westk foo

( or vice versa )

> This is a really bad advice: it bypasses ssh X forwarding,
> so it a) doesn't help with OP's problem, and b) is insecure.
> It shouldn't work anyway: X on foo should be running with
> -nolisten tcp.
> 


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Re: Recent changes in woody broke vmware: AIO: NOT_IMPLEMENTED?

[Syrus Nemat-Nasser]

On 7 Apr 2002, Eric Hanchrow wrote:

> ..this error when vmware tries to restore the Win98 session:
> 
> VMware Workstation PANIC:
> AIO: NOT_IMPLEMENTED F(566): 1081
> 
> Shoot.  I'm having the same problem, and have no solutions.  

Hello Eric and other Debian users:

I have a workaround for users of vmware 2.0.4 who don't want to upgrade to
vmware 3.1. This is crude, and from now on vmware must be run as root
(unless someone patches the old vmware for the changes to libc6).

Copy a libc6 2.2.5-3 binary from somewhere. The file you need is
/lib/libc-2.2.5.so. I used a woody machine that has not been upgraded in
the last two days. Now, in my personal vmware directory, I made an oldlibs
directory:

[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:~/vmware/oldlibs$ v
total 1148
-rwxr-xr-x 1 syrus  syrus  1170812 Apr 7 13:00 libc-2.2.5.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 syrus  syrus   15 Apr 7 12:59 libc.so.6 -> ./libc-2.2.5.so

The following script, run as root (using sudo), will now run vmware:

#!/bin/bash
#
# Preload old libc6 so vmware 2.0.4 will continue to run
export LD_PRELOAD=/home/syrus/vmware/oldlibs/libc.so.6
exec /usr/local/bin/vmware



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Re: Network connection utility

[Sean 'Shaleh' Perry]

> Does anyone know of a utility to reconfigure a network quickly from dialup to
> lan-via-ethernet and back without network breakage?  Would like to use it 
> when people bring dialup boxen here to add to my lan for upgrading to Woody.
> 

run a dhcp server locally and have a copy of dhcp-client on cd/floppy to
install on their computer.  It is the fastest way to go.


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insmod

[gob]

At 10:50 07/04/02 -0700, Eric Hanchrow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> "gob" == gob  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

gob> If all else fails, I'll see my brother about Woody CD
gob> upgrades.

If that means that you're certain you're running something older than
Woody, then I'd suggest you upgrade to Woody before you do anything
else.  That's because the xfree packages you want to use require
(sigh) a newer version of the GNU C library than that on your system.
And you can't have both libraries present at once ... if you upgrade
the library, then every other package will break.  That Would Be Bad.


Yes it is potato I'm running.  I'll go with your suggestion and try to get 
Woody.  I've managed to install the PCMCIA package off the CDs, had a 
glitch and now must learn about insmod.


I have what is probably a very basic problem, maybe you can help.  I ran 
through dselect and installed various packages, but one remained 
uninstalled.  The message was as follows:


"The actual kernel modules for this package in pcmcia-modules-version> package were not installed.  Suggest you move /lib/modules/2.2.19 
to (eg.) /lib/modules/2.2.19.old and reinstall this package".  (part of 
this is from memory-might be wrong!)


I have renamed the file as suggested, but do not know the syntax of the 
next step.  I presume it is something like insmod pcmcia-modules-<2.2.19> 
...(this part I don't know).  I've tried man insmod and 
only confused myself.  Any suggestions for the newbie?  Or am I so off the 
mark I should back off and wait for Woody?  It seems upgrades are required 
to get my winmodem going-not a good option!


TIA, Tim



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Re: Recent Woody ISO

[Greg C. Madden]

On Sun, 2002-04-07 at 10:11, Jaye Inabnit ke6sls wrote:
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> 
> What I would like to learn is where I can get a very recent copy of Woody for 
> the next box (a P100)?  I could find no mirrors in the US, only over seas 
> which, even with my bw, was very slow.
> 
> Thanks for any tips.  Tatah

A good way to keep current iso's is with the 'jigdo' program.
http://www.debian.org/CD/jigdo-cd/
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Debian GNU/Linux 3.0



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Re: Chrooted Debian install from base image (was Re: Instalation question: Toshiba TECRA 8000)

[Patrick Kirk]

On Sun, 2002-04-07 at 05:52, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> This is a draft of a HOWTO I'm working on for doing a chrooted Debian 
> install.  It's a method I've found useful over the years.
> 

Hi,

I wonder if you would find this link on the gentoo site useful.  IMO it
is the most elegant set of instructions for a chroot install I've used. 
I think its because chroot is the _only_ way to install Gentoo.
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/build.html


They also have an altinstall page where you can install from a single
floppy and NFS.  The instructions on how to use mount -o loop for a cd
are really useful if you only have an iso image.
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/altinstall.html

In a lot of ways, Gentoo has a site that has more useful tutorials and
tips than most Linux resources because their lead developer does them
for IBM. http://www.gentoo.org/index-articles.html is well worth a
visit.

BTW, I stopped using Gentoo after a week or so.  It is a lovely distro
and portage has the potential to be as good as dpkg.  Its very modern
and up to date - having a small developer and small number of apps helps
them a lot.

But Debian is better in that its more solid (Gentoo installs seem to
work when the mood takes them or else just chew up your cpu for a couple
of hours before bombing out).  I run a mix of testing/unstable and it
seems like only a couple of hours from things being released by Ximian
or whoever. And you get all the compiling from source benefits as well
with the deb-src things.

I only wish that I could get the apt-get source only things to stick.  I
used it for a few apps only to have them overwritten by binaries on my
next apt-get update && apt-get upgrade.  However, like most things in
IT, its a question of rtfm-ing I suppose ;-)

Patrick


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Re: Recent Woody ISO

[Jaye Inabnit ke6sls]

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On Sunday 07 April 2002 12:20 pm, Brian W. Carver wrote:
> Woody ISOs can be found at: http://www.linuxiso.org/debian.html
>
> Not sure if there are more recent ones than that.
>
> Jaye Inabnit ke6sls wrote:
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> > Greetings:
> >
> > Yesterday, I pulled down disk 1 of the unofficial Woody.  I tried to use
> > it for an install on a friends RedHat boxen.  It started well (boot) and
> > we proceeded through the install.  Finally, boot options were presented,
> > and we choose the floppy method.  This failed each time with known good
> > floppies.  I finally pulled a 2.2.r3 out and used it, and finally got the
> > nic working, and performed a dist-upgrade.
> >
> > What I would like to learn is where I can get a very recent copy of Woody
> > for the next box (a P100)?  I could find no mirrors in the US, only over
> > seas which, even with my bw, was very slow.
> >
> > Thanks for any tips.  Tatah

Greetings Brian:

That link is down for the actual image, also it states the build is 1/3/2002, 
which isn't too recent.  I did search the debian archives, and had checked 
this link out from a prior post during my original quest.  Yet I am still 
most interested in seeing what will be the final Woody install method.

Thank you, be well
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Re: Linksys Wireless WDT11 w/ Woody

[Peter Hicks]

On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 08:29:35AM -0500, Mike Madden wrote:
>Thanks for the info.  I couldn't find Linux drivers
>on the Linksys page.  However, it looks like it will
>work.  It's just a matter of some research and
>experimentation.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Mike
>
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

There are currently 2 sets of drivers that work with the Prism2 cards,
the hermes drivers that come with the 2.4 kernel, and the wlan-ng
drivers. The wlan-ng drivers are the better of the 2, and are
available from linux-wlan.org. These are the linux drivers that most
companies will suggest, ie. if you go to the SMC website, these are
the linux drivers they offer. I have found that most of the prism2
cards are about equal. They all need windows to do a firmware upgrade.
They key is to find a friend with a windows laptop ;-)

I think the best cards out there are the cisco aironet cards. They
actually monitor on all 12 channels, so if you bring the card into
monitor mode, you can grab frames from all channels at the same time.

:^P

>> 
>> Although I don't own these products I had them under serious consideration to
>> buy and may still buy them.  Any research that I've done on their use on 
>> Linux
>> indicates that their support is fair to excellent, and probably even so 
>> under a
>> 2.2 kernel.
>> 
>> I would recommend doing a bit of research on Linux and wireless first.  A few
>> quick links will take you to sites based on the subject.  And if memory 
>> serves
>> me correct, Linksys may even have Linux drivers on their site.
>> 
>> BTW, I have tried that Linksys Router you mention, and it does work very well
>> (browser-based config).
>>
>
>
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