Smail hosed.
I've apparently hosed smail. Mail still comes in, but doesn't get put into my mailbox, it just sits in /var/spool/smail/input. I must have killed it while getting a Wascom tablet to work last weekend, played with libs. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Should I just kill smail and use a different mta? I've reinstalled it with no luck, found my old smail config files and set them up. --Dano
RE: reconfiguring a serial port -- please help
Does linux allow you set i/o and interrupts for each serial port? Win/dos
has a tendecy to share com1/com3 and com2/com4 in a way that you can't use
paired coms at the same time.
--Dano
> -Original Message-
> From: Richard Black [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, February 08, 1999 11:11 PM
> To: Debian User
> Subject: reconfiguring a serial port -- please help
>
> Hi all
>
> I am trying to reconfigure my serial ports and am having no luck. At
> the moment, I have my mouse on /dev/ttyS0 and an internal modem on
> /dev/ttyS1.
>
> What I want to do is put my modem on /dev/ttyS2 IRQ7 so that I can use
> the built in serial board (that I presume exists on my mother board) on
> /dev/ttyS1 (irq 3) for other stuff.
>
> First I changed the jumpers on my model to COM3 IRQ 7 (an unused IRQ)
> and added the following line in /etc/rc.boot/0setserial
>
> ${SETSERIAL} -b /dev/ttyS2 irq 7 port 0x3E8 skip_test autoconfig
> ${STD_FLAGS}
>
> and modifiyed my peers script for my dialup to look at ttyS2. Nothing.
> The modem did not so much as beep.
>
> Next I tried to change the interupt back to 3 (the original for
> /dev/ttyS1 just in case it was irq 7 that was the problem). Nothing.
>
> Finally, I tried to set the model to COM2 IRQ 7. Still nothing!
>
> It appears that the only setting that works is COM2 IRQ 3 :-(
>
>
> My motherboard is an intel triton EXP8551, my modem is some clone (it
> doesn't appear to have a brand name), and I'm using kernal 2.1.125.
>
> Help would be vastly appreciated.
>
> TIA
>
> Richard
>
>
> --
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Curious Question.
Just how closely does Linux match with Unix? If I know Linux and sitdown in front of a Unix terminal am I just going to notice a few differences (ie file locations and a couple of commands) or am I going to be lost? I think I already know the answer but would like confirmation. Thanks. --Dano
Re:Samba (or at least it was a while ago)
I seem to remember someone last week mentioning that they would like to create a 'dump' that people could write to but not view/retrieve. I might have stumbled across the answer, make the share directory's permissions write execute, and add the line create mode = 0222 in the smb.conf file. This should allow you to map a drive to the share and allow people to copy stuff into the directory but not see and retrieve (kinda like a roach motel). --Dano
RE: VNC
I just got the VNC to work by setting the font paths in the vnc.conf file to use ';' instead of ',' . Once that change was done it thing accually worked, now I just need to figure out how to use it... --Dano > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 1999 6:12 PM > To: Gregory T. Norris > Subject: Re: VNC > > On Tue, Mar 02, 1999 at 04:44:58PM -0600, Gregory T. Norris wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 02, 1999 at 12:24:00PM -0300, Phillip Neumann wrote: > > > Im trying to run vnc, but i have some troubles. > > > > > > I want run vncserver as me (filsin). When i do it i get, inside the > > > log file, this: > > > > > > _FontTransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111 > > [snipped] > > > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/sharefont/,unix/:7101' > > > Fatal server error: > > > could not open default font 'fixed' > > > > I was fighting a similar (sounding, at least) problem with vnc some time > > ago. Looks like you're using xfstt? Two things to try... firstly, do > > "ps auwx | grep [x]fstt" to make sure that xfstt is really running, > followed > > by "/etc/init.d/xfstt start" (as root) if it isn't. If that's not it, > > edit /etc/X11/XF86Config and replace > > > > FontPath "unix/:7101" > > > > with > > > > FontPath "tcp/localhost:7101" > > > > > > I never found out why, but vnc absolutely would not get along with xfstt > > using unix-domain sockets on my system. > > > > > Hi, > > > Well actually that worked (editing the XF86Config file). But now i have > the same error when tyring to run X: > > " > _FontTransSocketINETConnect: Can't get address for Join/ > failed to set default font path > '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:u > nscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts > /Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/u > sr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/,/usr/X11R6/ > lib/X11/fonts/freefont/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/sharefont/,tcp/Join/:7101 > ' > Fatal server error: > could not open default font 'fixed' > ". > > I guess i have to disable true type fonts... :-( > > > > > -- > > > Phillip Neumann >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > /dev/null
RE: lilo.conf~ syntax question??
Also don't forget that win98 writes its own stuff to the MBR during the install process and will take out lilo. --Dano > -Original Message- > From: Andrew Ivanov [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, January 22, 1999 12:04 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: lilo.conf~ syntax question?? > > > olleh< > > i am trying to configure Lilo to give me a choice between booting > NT,win98, > > and Linux...first, how do i determine what partition the MS O.S.'s > (i.e. > > hda2,3, etc...) reside on...once i have determined where they dwell, > should i > > use the following syntax in lilo.conf to give me the choice between > O.S.'s? > > If you want to make a choice between WinNT/98, why do you boot into > dos in > the example below? > But yes, the syntax is correct. > Just make sure you include all the > boot=/dev/hdXX > root=/dev/hdXX > messages that come right in the beginning of lilo.conf > > And to see where your partitions are, either break out the > windows startup disk and do > fdisk c: or fdisk d: or whatever > Or do it in linux > fdisk /dev/hda > fdisk /dev/hdb etc. > or > cfdisk /dev/hda > And so on. > > Andrew > > Never include a comment that will help | Andrew Ivanov > someone else understand your code. | [EMAIL PROTECTED] > If they understand it, they don't | ICQ: 12402354 > need you. | > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] > < /dev/null
RE: DeskJet 870
I have a Canon 4200 setup on my linux box and print to it from win98. The shared printer doesn't have any local filters on it and the win98 box uses the driver for the printer. Works just fine (and all the setting , ie color et al). You might want to try just setting the samba shared printer with no filters and the win box with the correct driver. Either that or see if you can convince win to just print with out formating the text for the printer and let the linux box deal with it. --Dano > -Original Message- > From: Alec Smith [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, January 22, 1999 12:17 PM > To: Jay Barbee > Subject: Re: DeskJet 870 > > I'll have to give it a try later... Thanks. > > People have suggested the 550c filter, but all it seems to do is spit > out > blank pages and partial print jobs when I print from a Winblows system > to > the Linux box using Samba. Someone else sent a modified filter more > specific to an 870 and it just plain didn't work. And here I was > thinking > that making the 870 work would be just as easy as setting up an old > DeskJet 520. > > > Alec > > > > On Fri, 22 Jan 1999, Jay Barbee wrote: > > > At 1/21/99 04:21 PM -0500, Alec Smith wrote: > > >Could anyone tell me how to make my DeskJet 870 operate under > Debian? For > > >example, a filter for Magicfilter or whichever. > > > > > > > My Djet 870Cxi is on a NT system that Debian still accesses via LPR. > But I > > did at one point have it hooked up and shared from Debian. Here is > how it > > looked in my printcap: > > > > dj|djet870|HP Deskjet 870:\ > > :lp=/dev/lp1:sd=/var/spool/lpd/djet870:\ > > :sh:pw#80:pl#66:px#1440:mx#0:\ > > :if=/etc/magicfilter/dj500c-filter:\ > > :af=/var/log/lp-acct:lf=/var/log/lp-errs: > > > > I will say that I did have problem with the magicfilter program. > The > > actual 550c driver that it installed filter would not execute. I > don't > > know if that was a bug or not, I got a new copy of that filter > (older > > version maybe) and put it in its place, and I have never had a > problem. > > > > I will attach the driver I use (4.73k). > > > > Other than that, you need to have the queue created in > /var/spool/lpd: > > drwxrwxr-x 2 lp lp 1024 Dec 16 09:36 djet870/ > > ..you can use a 'cp -a lp djet870' in the /var/spool/lpd directory, > and > > that should handle it for you. > > > > I know all of this sounds manual, but if the magicfilter install was > a bit > > much, this could be an easier route for you. > > > > Hope it helps > > --Jay > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] > < /dev/null
RE: Invisible files smbfs W95
It could be, there were problems with the orignal win95 tcp/ip stack. Supposedly service pack 1 takes care of this (or just install one of the later versions, there are five versions of 95). --Dano > -Original Message- > From: Kent West [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 1999 1:22 AM > To: Jiri Baum > Subject: Re: Invisible files smbfs W95 > > Jiri Baum wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > I have a weird ongoing problem: I connect to a W95 box, smbmount a > share, > > but some files on the share do not show up on directory listings - > even > > though they are there, I can open them (from the Linux box), etc. > Which > > files show up seems to change from session to session and sometimes > from > > listing to listing. > > > > Any suggestions, please? > > > > I connect to the Windows 95 [4.00.950] box over Ethernet and TCP/IP > and > > mount about a dozen filesystems from it. I have a mostly-hamm system > (samba > > 1.9.18p8-2, smbfs 2.0.2-5, libc6 2.0.7t-1). Not sure what else is > relevant. > > > > Jiri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe > [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > This may have absolutely no bearing, but I used to see a similar > thing on our network using only Windows. I never did find the > cause/solution, because about that time we were getting new > network equipment (converting to ATM) and transitioning to Win95 > from WFW, etc, and the problem went away. In other words, it > might not be a samba/Linux issue; it might be a > networking/Windows issue. > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] > < /dev/null
RE: dual boot?
Its possable with winnt 4.0. Winnt 4.0 and 95 react the same way to lilo, but this is with installing Linux after the win (I haven't tried the other way yet). Winnt 5.0 spazes if it detects linux (something about detecting another os. I really don't remember what it says), makes me wonder if Microsoft wants only one os (theirs) on a box. --Dano > -Original Message- > From: Kent West [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 1999 2:11 AM > To: Joo Hwan Jang > Subject: Re: dual boot? > > Joo Hwan Jang wrote: > > > > Dear whom it may concern. > > > > Hello? > > I am interest in Linux, but I don't decide yet if I choose it or > not. > > So I'd like to install Linux and Windows NT 4.0 together. > > That means I want to make my computer dual bootable. > > Is it possible? If so, how? > > Please let me know. > > After considering that, I intend to order one. > > > > Thank you. > > > > A prospective user. > > > > -- > > I know you can with Win95, and I *think* you can with NT 4.0. > > It can be done in several ways; you can use Linux's LILO program, > which allows you to choose at boot time which OS you want to boot > into, or you can use a boot floppy for Linux and boot off the > hard drive for NT, or you can probably configure NT to offer the > choice (like LILO), or you can use a third-party boot manager. > > Be aware that if you're unfamiliar with Linux/UNIX you've got a > TREMENDOUS learning curve in front of you. You'll get frustrated > and discouraged at times, but eventually you'll be glad you > started down this path. (If you've ever had to reboot Windows 3 > or 12 times just because you've added a new video card, etc, > you'll be amazed at the configuration changes you can make > without having to reboot Linux, and you'll LOVE the stability!) > > It's probably a little early to try to tell you how to > multi-boot, because it will depend on whether you're putting > Linux on a separate drive or just separate partitions and etc. > Even so, I'd try to give you more detail, except I've never done > it with NT; just Win95. Since Windows assumes it's the only OS > that anyone will ever use, it tends to be rude about the MBR > (Master Boot Record), so several people have suggested installing > Windows and then Linux rather than the other way around; it seems > to make the process a bit smoother. > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] > < /dev/null
RE: wine question
There is a tool/program that allows linux to read ntfs (and dos to read it too). I need to check around to find it again. I've never used it so I don't know how well it works. --Dano > -Original Message- > From: Rob Mahurin [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, February 04, 1999 8:52 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: wine question > > On Thu, Feb 04, 1999 at 01:40:21PM +0100, Lars Steinke wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 04, 1999 at 10:48:25PM +1100, Shao Zhang wrote: > > > Hi, > > > I have no idea how wine works, and I would like to have a try. > > > > > > > > > But my windoze is running nt4, and the file system is NTFS, will > > > wine support this?? > > > > Wine is a Windoze emulator for 16bit applications and I do not > > think you can use you Win NT installation as a basis for the > > emulator but I might be mistaken... > > > > I use wine occaisionally with an nt4 installation. The only problems that > I've encountered are that several programs that are reported to work under > wine do not. In general, I can run some small programs (freecell, > minesweeper :) but larger, useful programs such as Wordperfect (7) fail. > There is an option "-winver nt4" or something like that once you get it up > and running, but it hasn't worked any miracles for me. > > Also, you must be able to access your windoze partition to run wine; mine > is > vfat, so I'm okay, but I was under the impression that NTFS was unreadable > to Linux and that this is the source of many pains in many butts. > > > Check out www.wineHQ.com for information. > > why, what a phenomenal idea. I think I'll do that myself. > > Rob > > -- > Spouse, n.: > Someone who'll stand by you through all the trouble you > wouldn't have had if you'd stayed single. > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > /dev/null
Client side DHCP
I can't seem to find anything on this subject and am wondering if ya'll could help. I need to set up a box to get a dynamic ip from a NT server over the lan. Everything that I've managed to find on dynamic ip is for ppp, will the same methods work for ethernet? Or is there some other obscure little way that I haven't found yet? Thanks. --Dano
RE: Client side DHCP
I think (I have yet to acid test it) that the dhcpcd has done the trick. I just need to check the route (defalt gateway) which wasn't added when I started the thing. Thanks for the help. -Dano > -Original Message- > From: Mark Brown [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, April 19, 1999 2:09 PM > To: 'debian-user@lists.debian.org' > Subject: Re: Client side DHCP > > On Mon, Apr 19, 1999 at 10:25:54AM -0400, Dan Willard wrote: > > >I need to set up a box to get a dynamic ip from a NT server over the > lan. > > Everything that I've managed to find on dynamic ip is for ppp, will the > same > > methods work for ethernet? Or is there some other obscure little way > that I > > haven't found yet? Thanks. > > Either of dhcpcd or dhcp-client-beta should do the job for you. > > -- > Mark Brown mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Trying to avoid grumpiness) > http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~broonie/ > EUFShttp://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/societies/filmsoc/ > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > /dev/null
RE: The case of the missing 64 meg...
Linux won't recognize memory above 64 megs by itself. You need to add 'mem=128m' in your lilo.conf file. (or rather append = 'mem=128m'). Check out the lilo.conf man page for better details, I can't remember the exact syntax at the moment. --Dano > -Original Message- > From: Ernie Pasveer [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, April 22, 1999 12:01 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: The case of the missing 64 meg... > > I was hoping someone could help me. > > I have a system with 128 meg. of memory but I believe Linux only > sees half of it and the rest is wasted. > > Here's an output from 'top' > > 53 processes: 51 sleeping, 1 running, 0 zombie, 1 stopped > CPU states: 33.2% user, 11.8% system, 0.0% nice, 55.0% idle > Mem:64236K av, 40180K used, 24056K free, 10932K shrd,2548K buff > Swap: 130748K av, 28484K used, 102264K free > 14476K cached > > PID USERPRI NI SIZE RSS SHARE STAT LIB %CPU %MEMTIME > COMMAND > 1262 erniep 140744 744572 R0 23.7 1.1 > 0:01 top > 601 root100 1932 1128672 S0 14.2 1.7 > 0:11 kvt > 350 root 40 9184 4216568 S0 7.1 6.5 > 1:51 XF86_Mach64 > 1 root 0011276 56 S0 0.0 0.1 > 0:02 init > 2 root 000 00 SW 0 0.0 0.0 > 0:00 kflushd > 3 root-12 -120 00 SW<0 0.0 0.0 > 0:00 kswapd > > > Notice my Mem: av says 64236K available, 40180K used, 24056K free. I'm > missing 64 meg. > Am I wrong? What am I doing wrong? > > Thanks in advance. > > --ernie :^) > > "" > " My work... **" > "Seismic imaging software *II* ** " > "** ***II* " > " My hobby... ** * **** " > "Linux programming ** " > "" > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > /dev/null
RE: What are the Bogomips for a P166?
I get the same number with my P5 166s. Is your 225 a P-Pro? They changed something (I can't remember off hand, I want to say bus size) and that could account for the difference. Can't think of anything for the X problem tho'. --Dano > -Original Message- > From: Pedro Guerreiro [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, April 24, 1999 6:43 AM > To: Debian User > Subject: What are the Bogomips for a P166? > > Hi. > > I'm having a problem with a machine in the lab. It's a Pentium 166 with > 32Mb, > but the reported Bogomips are just 66.??. Somehow, this doesn't look to > normal > to me, since my Pentium 225 MMX is giving 447.?? Bogomips. > > One other thing is that since I've upgraded to Slink on that machine, X > became > unusable, since each time it needs to redisplay some part (or all) of the > screen, I can actually see it redraw _each_ line, taking about 1 minute to > redisplay the screen. > > Does anybody have any ideias? > -- > Pedro Guerreiro (aka digito)([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > Diplomacy: the art of letting someone have your own way. > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > /dev/null
RE: Disk geommetry, was Re: Kernel Upgrade: Why?
(I wasn't going to but...) Think of it as a record (ya' know those old odd looking vinyl things). It spins at 33.3 rpm but the sound/music doesn't change from outer to inner. Same deal with hard drives although the outside is 'spinning' faster, it still picks up the same amount of data per rotation as it would near the center. --Dano > -Original Message- > From: Richard Harran [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, April 23, 1999 8:35 PM > To: Jonathan Guthrie > Subject: Re: Disk geommetry, was Re: Kernel Upgrade: Why? > > I think that you are missing a very important point here. A hard disk, > unlike, for example, an audio CD-ROM, spins at a fixed angular > velocity. Thus the 'linear' speed over the disk surface is faster > towards the outside of the disk than towards the centre (as in v=wr). > Thus at the > very least, it would seem likely that the reading of a large amount of > data which was continuous would be quicker from the outside of the disk > than from the innner. (This probably represents a larger performance > increase with the large web-server than with the average single-user > system). > > That said, I take your point about the seek time depending on the > distance that the heads have to move, and it is evident that multihead > drives would be expected to improve performance. > > Rich > > Jonathan Guthrie wrote: > > > > On Thu, 22 Apr 1999, Ookhoi wrote: > > > > > Well, there was a discussion here about a benchmark Linux vs NT, and > > > some people here said that the preformance of Linux could have been > > > affected by the fact that Linux was near the center, and NT on the > outer > > > side. > > > > Probably not the reason. > > > > > And the data on the outer side passes the heads much faster than the > > > data on the inner side. But then, there is much more data on the outer > > > side, and a piece of data on the outer side will go round in the same > > > amount of time as a piece of data on the inner side.. > > > > I am not aware of any disks that use a higher density recording format > for > > the outer tracks than they do for the inner tracks. As far as I am > aware > > (and I really haven't paid much attention to such things since ST-277's > > were state of the art) the bit density of the outer tracks is LOWER than > > the bit density of the inner tracks. That's because the outer tracks > are > > physically larger, but they hold the same number of bits. > > > > Not that it matters. The whole disk spins as a single unit so even if > > there were more bits on the outer tracks, you'll still wait the same > > amount of time (on average) for the sector you want to come around. > Read > > on, and I'll explain. > > > > > So, is there an advantage if whe put for example swap at the outer > side > > > of a disk? > > > > NO! > > > > Look, the access times for disk are dominated by two times, the time to > > seek to the correct track and the time to wait for the data to come > around > > again on the disk. The time it takes the data to come around on the > disk > > is, on average, one half of the time it takes for the disk to go around > > once. That's independant of everything else and is a fairly short time, > > anyway. > > > > The time it takes to seek to the correct track depends upon where you're > > seeking from and where you're seeking to. Obviously, if the heads > happen > > to be at innermost cylinder, it will take longer to seek to the > outermost > > cylinder than if the heads were in the middle or toward the outside. > So, > > for higher performance in a situation where you're too cheap to add > enough > > RAM, you'll want the swap file near where the heads are likely to be. > > > > You can also turn that around. Seeking to the middle from either > extreme > > is likely to be faster than seeking to the other extreme. (This works > for > > both average and worst-case times.) > > > > Predicting where the heads are likely to be takes some doing, especially > > on systems with effective disk caches, but you can take some educated > > guesses. The middle of a disk is a better guess than either extreme, > but > > isn't necessarily the best guess. If you spend a lot of time reading > and > > writing (especially writing) files from a particular partition, you > might > > want to put the swap file near that partition on the principle that the > > heads are likely to be near there anyway, so it should reduce the amount > > of time waiting for any given swap. > > > > An extreme example of this would be where you dedicate an entire drive > to > > a (fairly small) swap partition. That's how the news servers I use do > it. > > For something less extreme, I kind of like the recommendation made by > OS/2 > > gurus: Their advice was to put the swap file in the most used partition > > on the least used drive. You might try something like that where you > put > > the swap partition in the middle of a disk that isn't used for very > much. > > >
RE: LOG messages
Should be under /var/log/messages although I have noticed that not everything gets logged there, probably just a setting thing (as usual) ... --Dano > -Original Message- > From: Fethi A. Okyar [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, April 24, 1999 8:07 PM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: LOG messages > > > I have a question about the whereabouts of the file that > contains the bootup messages. > > I know that this used to be under /var/log somewhere with > my previous SUSE experience, but I couldn't seem to find > where I expected it to be. If anybody knows this,I would > appreciate their help/ thank you... > > > Fethi Okyar > Research Assistant > Computational Solid Mechanics > MMAE Department, IIT > Chicago, IL 60616-3793 > > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > /dev/null
RE: X Windows installation
A good start would be xbase, xfnt75, xfnt100, xfntbase, and an xserver depending on what type of video card you have. If you use deselect it will let you know what other packages (I'm sure that I'm forgetting several) are needed to run xwindows. --Dano > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, April 25, 1999 7:47 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: X Windows installation > > hi > > which packages do i have to install for x windows? > > > --- > Sent through Global Message Exchange - http://www.gmx.net > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > /dev/null
RE: Installation
Provided that scsi loaded the cdrom should be /dev/scd0 (that a zero, I miss the ones with a dot/slash). Just enter that at the prompt and hopefully it will work. If write back to the list and someone will let you know whatever more is needed. --Dano > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, April 26, 1999 12:57 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Installation > > I am trying to install Debian 2.1 from Official Debian CD on a system with > WIN98 installed, and SCSI CD Rom, which is connected to Adaptec AVA-1505 > adapter (according to the list supported by Linux). My goal is to have > Linux as the only OS. I am starting the installation from the CD; after > creating Linux partitions I have to switch to Base floppy disks for kernel > installation, since my CD Rom is no longer valid. Despite that I have no > problem installing the base system and able to boot from the hard disk. > The problem starts when I am starting DSELECT program and trying to > install packages. I choose [A]ccess - install from CD Rom option and here > it prompts me: > "Insert the CD-Rom and Enter the block device name [/dev/cdrom]." What do > I have to do in order to mount CD Rom? And how? Any Input is very > welcomed. Thanks.
RE: Installation
On my box, at any rate, the /dev/scd0 means the first scsi cdrom. Has been that since I first put it on there. I suppose that I could be other scd#'s, since I'm just going by what my box says. --Dano > -Original Message- > From: Kent West [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 1999 4:52 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Dan Willard; debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Installation > > At 11:14 PM 4/26/1999 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >Thanks, but unfortunately it did not work. The error message was > something > >like "can not mount cdrom /dev/scd0 is not a block device. What is a > block > >device anyway > > A block device is a device that reads/writes data in chunks, like a hard > drive or CDROM; a character device is a device that reads/writes data one > character at a time, like a keyboard or (I believe) a printer. > > All devices have "names"; you're first IDE hard drive is /dev/hda and your > second IDE hard drive is /dev/hdb, etc. The first partition on the first > IDE drive is /dev/hda1 and the second partition would be /dev/hda2, etc. > > An IDE cdrom usually is the Master on the second IDE port, so it would be > /dev/hdc (if it were the slave on the second IDE port it would be > /dev/hdd, > etc). > > Since you apparently have SCSI devices, these "names" don't really fit in > your situation. Instead, the breakdown would look more like: > First drive = /dev/sda > first partition on first drive = /dev/sda1 > Second drive=/dev/sdb > 3rd partition on second drive = /dev/sdb3 > > Since I've never worked with a SCSI CDROM, I can't really give you any > real > answers, but you might try, as root, a command like: > mount -t iso9660 /dev/sdc /cdrom > where "-t is09660" means that this is a cdrom file system, and "/cdrom" is > an existing directory on your linux box that serves as a "mount point" for > mounting the cdrom drive. The "/dev/sdc" assumes that the drive is the > third device on the SCSI chain (I think), so if it's not the 3rd device, > modify the "c" part accordingly. I'm pretty sure you do NOT want > "/dev/scd0", because the "0" would (I would think) mean the 0th partition. > > Hope I'm not just spewing bad info left and right
RE: lost sound after changing video card
Having just gotten an SB16 to work yep. Irq 7 io 220 dma 1 dma 5 There are also io's for 320? and 388. (I think, I had to change mine around alot, so I might be wrong with these two). I had to recomple the module using the values I needed before the card would work. And activate the thing using isapnp with the same values. What a pain. --Dano > -Original Message- > From: Richard E. Hawkins Esq. [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 1999 8:58 AM > To: Allan M. Wind > Subject: Re: lost sound after changing video card > > Allen added, > > > > On 1999-04-27 16:23, Richard E. Hawkins Esq. wrote: > > > > The only obviuos thing that I think think of is IRQ, DMA or IO > > conflict which would prevent the (sound) driver to prosper. The > > device busy is normal though - at least, I've seen that with working > > cards as well. > > > eyryttyp0:hawk>cat /proc/ioports > -001f : dma1 > 0020-003f : pic1 > 0040-005f : timer > 0060-006f : keyboard > 0080-008f : dma page reg > 00a0-00bf : pic2 > 00c0-00df : dma2 > 00f0-00ff : fpu > 01f0-01f7 : ide0 > 02f8-02ff : serial(set) > 0300-031f : NE2000 > 03c0-03df : vga+ > 03f6-03f6 : ide0 > 03f8-03ff : serial(set) > 6300-6307 : ide0 > 6308-630f : ide1 > eyryttyp0:linux>cat /proc/interrupts >CPU0 > 0:6147164 XT-PIC timer > 1: 39264 XT-PIC keyboard > 2: 0 XT-PIC cascade > 4: 282277 XT-PIC serial > 10: 809859 XT-PIC NE2000 > 13: 1 XT-PIC fpu > 14: 98993 XT-PIC ide0 > NMI: 0 > > But now i notice that there seems to be no entry in /etc/modutils to > configure the sound module, and I need these because the defaults for > the sb module are for an uncommon irq. I had to put these in befroe to > get it to work, I wonder where they went. And does anywone know what > they are offhand for a 16bit soundblaster clone? (I can't remember what > I did with them). > > No, wait; that's not right. I know what I did with them, they just > seem to have left :) > > > > -- > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > /dev/null
RE: Samba completely crash my system!
I'd say that it was most likely to be a scsi problem, check you logs and see if the are any messages about scsi being reset. Personally, I have had very little trouble with samba but my one of my scsi drives would occasionally spaz and kill whatever transfer I had been doing. Also what kind of crash? System reboot type or something less severe. --Dano > -Original Message- > From: Fabio Massimo Di Nitto [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, April 29, 1999 3:01 PM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Samba completely crash my system! > > HELP! > > This is my situation. > > I've an intranet with a Linux server that export via samba a Raid4 scsi > disk > to 2 windoz client. > > often during any kind of transfer Linux crash. > > solution: > > 1) kill windoz (not possible) :))) > 2) don't use samba (see point1) > 3) > > please help me to find a solution because i need it! > > Thank a lots! > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > /dev/null
RE: Config multiple ips on one linux box
Don't the kernel version >2.2.0 require that a netmask be added with the ifconfig command? Just add the netmask. --Dano > -Original Message- > From: Shao Zhang [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 1999 9:10 AM > To: Debian > Subject: Config multiple ips on one linux box > > Hi, > > I am trying to set up seval ip addess on my linux machine. But when I > > run something like > > ifconfig eth0:1 203.63.219.30 up arp broadcast 203.63.219.255 > > I got the following messages: > > SIOCSIFADDR: Operation not supported by device > SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not supported by device > SIOCSIFBRDADDR: Operation not supported by device > SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not supported by device > > Am I missing something from my kernel(2.2.6)?? If I am, what is it?? > > Thanks in advance. > > Shao. > > -- > __ > __ > Shao Zhang - Running Debian 2.1 ___ _ _ > Department of Communications/ __| |_ __ _ ___ |_ / |_ __ _ _ _ __ > _ > University of New South Wales \__ \ ' \/ _` / _ \ / /| ' \/ _` | ' \/ > _` | > Sydney, Australia |___/_||_\__,_\___/ > /___|_||_\__,_|_||_\__, | > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > |___/ > __ > ___ > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > /dev/null
RE: wordperfect
Hmm, I'm using 24 bbp with the s3 xserver and haven't had any problems with netscape or wp. --Dano > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 1999 9:12 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: wordperfect > > In a message dated 5/12/99 12:00:53 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > Wordperfect runs, but the pictures and banners and icons are all > scrambled. > > > When it is starting up the banner that is supposed to have a pen on it > and > > say Wordperfect is just a scrambled mess of vertical lines. Once it > starts, > > all of the icons loook the > > My guess is you're using a resolution of 24bpp - don't - WP (and Netscape > for > that matter) won't support it. > > -Jay > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > /dev/null
RE: Want Debian mail pkg to replace MsOutlook (to MsExchange)
MS Exchange won't accept this type of connection unless it is told to. And it won't route smtp unless really, really told to (I found a 2x4 to works rather well). As who ever is in charge of the mail system if exchange is setup to handle pop3 (you can usually send mail to the level above, normally mail.isp.???). Enjoy. --Dano > -Original Message- > From: Leandro Dutra [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, May 13, 1999 6:10 PM > To: User Debian (Correio eletrônico) > Subject: RES: Want Debian mail pkg to replace MsOutlook (to > MsExchange) > > > Yes, you can use Netscape or any other mail client which > > supports IMAP4. This is the > > protocol you need to talk with Exchange Server. As an added > > bonus Netscape supports > > LDAP which you can use to search the directory on the > > Exchange Server. I use this > > myself (well, I'm using Netscape from WinNT 8( so I know it > > works). Just use your NT > > domain login and password. > > > Doesn't this needs some special configuration at the M$ Exchange > server? I've been trying to connect, but I can't. > > > Leandro Guimarães Faria Corcete Dutra > Amdocs (Brasil) Ltda > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > /dev/null
System has become unstable
My machine has started to reset itself. No warning, no errors, resets like someone hit the reset button on the case. Is this a feature of 2.1? Or something wrong with 2.2.5 and SMP? I've noticed that it happens whenever the memory used hits around 125 megs. Is there a way I can clean out the buffer (which is using about 80 megs)? The only package that stayed broken from the upgrade to 2.1 is emacs (which I don't use). Everything runs fine, the silly thing just resets itself a couple of times a week now. Really annoying. Thanks for any ideas. --Dano
RE: wmware on Debian
Didn't work worth a damn for me. The install spazed a couple of times, and when I got annoyed enough to remove it, it took a couple of things with it (like my mouse). I might try again in a month or so ... --Dano > -Original Message- > From: Pollywog [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, May 20, 1999 9:30 AM > To: debian-user list > Subject: wmware on Debian > > Has anyone installed VMware on a Debian system? There are no instructions > on > their website for Debian, only SuSE, Caldera, and RedHat. > > > -- > Andrew > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > /dev/null
RE: strange msg in bootup
The route command now requires a netmask. Just add one in to both of the
route commands and it should go away.
--Dano
> -Original Message-
> From: Ali Onur UYAR [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, May 21, 1999 5:47 PM
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: strange msg in bootup
>
> I have been using Linux for a year. I started with hamm and now I am using
> slink.
> I was running kernel 2.0.36 until last week.
> Then decided it was the time to tackle sound config.
> Then I realized it might had been a bit easier if I switched to 2.2 series
> kernels.
> Read a great deal of docs, installed the kernel 2.2.9 using
> kernel-package and
> it worked!
> Then I configured the sound card, configuring the Soundblaster Vibra16pnp
> troubled
> me a great deal, but everything was fine in the end.
>
> Now the problem is that I have recognized a strange message during boot
> up, and
> I am not
> exactly sure if it is related to this final upgrade.
> Just after the local file systems are mounted, a message is displayed on
> the
> console:
> SIOCADDRT: Invalid argument
> SIOCADDRT: Invalid argument
>
> Hunted around in /etc/rcS.d for some time and discovered that the message
> was
> displayed while
> the file /etc/rcS.d/S40network was being executed.
> Placing some echo commands here and there I tracked down the problem to
> the
> invocations of
> the route command.
>
> Doesn't seem to be a serious problem, as everything seems to be working,
> but
> what may be the
> cause for such an error msg, can anybody help. I do not have any
> experience with
> routing issues.
>
> Following is a listing of my /etc/rcS.d/S40network file, hope it will
> help:
>
> #! /bin/sh
> ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1
> route add -net 127.0.0.0
> IPADDR=144.122.246.42
> NETMASK=255.255.252.0
> NETWORK=144.122.244.0
> BROADCAST=144.122.247.255
> GATEWAY=144.122.246.1
> ifconfig eth0 ${IPADDR} netmask ${NETMASK} broadcast ${BROADCAST}
> route add -net ${NETWORK}
> [ "${GATEWAY}" ] && route add default gw ${GATEWAY} metric 1
>
>
>
> --
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> /dev/null
RE: Sound blaster 16 pnp
I had the same thing happen. I ended up having to check my i/o, irq. and dma(s) for my system to get what was free. Here is what I did, I have no idea if its correct but it works. isapnp with whatever conf file pnp came up with. modprobe sound insmod uart401 (in reality this probably isn't needed) insmod sb io=0x240 irq=10 dma=3 dma16=7 mpu_io=0x300 insmod opl3 io=0x388 All of the setting are specfic to my box. I had to rearrange a network card to free up space that the sound card wanted. There is a dos program to configure the sb16 (sorry I have no clue where I found it, I can try to find it again, probable still sitting on my system). I did notice that Linux didn't report all of the used irq's (video being one of them, noticed that by mistake, irq 5). Hope this helps. --Dano > -Original Message- > From: roddie [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, May 21, 1999 11:45 PM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Sound blaster 16 pnp > > Ok guys and gals, > > After 9 months of having a mute linux system, I have acquired a real > soundblaster 16 pnp. But, of course I can't get it to make noise. > > I have kernel 2.2.7 running. I have installed the soundcore and sound > modules, sb module will not install for me, saying that either the device > is busy, or that i input the wrong parameters. I have tried to install sb > module with parameters such as I/O=0x220, IRQ=5, DMA=1,5 but it doesn't > like the I/O characters. So I tried, 0x220, 5, 1 no lucky. I used pnpdump. > Then loaded edited the file. Loaded it via isapnp, and it seemed to work, > but didn't. cat /dev/sndstat. says this: > > - > OSS/Free:3.8s2++-971130 > Load type: Driver loaded as a module > Kernel: Linux gibby 2.2.7 #2 Mon May 10 13:25:46 EST 1999 i586 > Config options: 0 > > Installed drivers: > > Card config: > > Audio devices: > > Synth devices: > > Midi devices: > > Timers: > 0: System clock > > Mixers: > gibby:~# > > --- > > This is after an isapnp /etc/sound > > Any help > > Rod > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > /dev/null
RE: No screens found
Two things that would help, which version of debian are you running and
which version of X?
--Dano
> -Original Message-
> From: Jens Vogel [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, May 27, 1999 4:24 PM
> To: Debian-User Mailinglist
> Subject: No screens found
>
> Hi all!
>
>
> Recently I've installed Debian Linux on my system (i.e. UNIX is a new
> world for me) to get rid of the virus called "Windows" :-)
> Everything was fine and easy and I've learned a lot about the prompt. But
> I haven't been able to configure the X-Server yet (sorry if this is pretty
> old for you).
> When starting X with 'startx' I get the following error message:
>
> *** None of the configured devices were detected ***
> Fatal server error:
> no screens found
> _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
> giving up.
> xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to the X server
> xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error
>
> The same error occurs when using 'X' or 'xinit' instead but not as
> detailed as with 'startx'. I've tried both 'XF86Setup' and 'xf86config' to
> configure the server and everything works fine. 'XF86Setup' is able to
> start the X server for a test run where resolution and refresh rate are as
> I've defined them. My graphics card is 'Matrox Mystique I' so I use the
> SVGA server (installed correctly). My monitor has the following
> specifications:
>
> 17"
> 30 - 86 kHz horizontal sync.
> 50 - 150 Hz vertical sync.
> 170 MHz band width
> max. 1600 x 1200 pixels
>
> I've also checked the file 'XF86Config' and it's OK. Font path is defined
> and found, keyboard and mouse don't make any problems. In addition I
> haven't found any documentation about the error codes ('111' and '3').
> All my friends who know Linux (more or less) have never heared about this
> error messange so I hope someone can help me.
>
>
> Greets,
> Jens
> -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] <
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RE: Changing IP address
Samba sends out broadcast packets saying what services it has available to the network. If the netmask is set incorrectly the other machines on the network don't get the broadcast and don't see the machine in network neighborhood. Your router is dialing out 'cuse it thinks that the machine is on a different network and is trying to reach it through the net. The only samba setting that needs an ip (I think) is the 'win server'. 255.255.255.248 gives a range of 8 IPs, with six usable IPs (first is network ip, last is broadcast). --Dano > -Original Message- > From: Doug Thistlethwaite [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 1999 10:13 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Changing IP address > > Well, > > I have now have the linux system working on my network. I ended up > changing the network > broadcast, and netmask to (XXX.XXX.XXX.0, XXX.XXX.XXX.255, and > 255.255.255.0 > respectively). I do not know why I had to do this as my network mask was > far more > restrictive 255.255.255.248 with my last ISP. I guess I need to do a > little more studying > on what each of these parameters do. > > I do still have a few behavior problems (my network that is :) ! > > 1. My windows 95 system can not see my linux samba server in network > neighborhood (it use > to see it fine). I can type in the link by hand \\linuxsystemid\username > to create the > link. Does anybody know if there is a parameter in samba that relates to > system IP > addresses? > > 2. My router logs into the internet every time my windoze 95 system powers > up and connects > to the samba servers. I think this has to do with the netmask... > > Thanks to everyone who has helped! > > Doug >
RE: Death of a 2nd WD hard drive
How old is the computer? It sounds more like a hardware issue then software. If the power supply is freaking it can kill hard drives or a good spike can cause damage to the hard drive's circuit board. The clicking noise is usually associated with the drive heads being reset (slaming into park), and is a common indicator that the drive is going bad. I haven't heard of software ever causing this problem. Does it/did it happen when you power the system up? --Dano > -Original Message- > From: Douglas Federman [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 1999 11:00 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Death of a 2nd WD hard drive > > I have experienced the death of 2 new WD Caviar drives after installing > and running Debian Linux. Each drive started with a clicking noise, > several weeks later read errors appeared and now completely dead. WD > replaced the first drive without question. Before I replace the second, > could Linux be causing this? The machine is a Gateway P-II 350. > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > /dev/null
RE: Changing IP address
'k you are using a special case :). Normally ISPs like to seperate networks into subnets, guess they think that its too much of a hassle. Pipeline does have a configuration program that makes it easer to play with the router. With only getting three ip addresses you're kinda screwed, and have only two options that I can think of. Option #1 - use the settings that he gave you and live with the router dialing out. Option #2 - drop a second network card in your linux box and use ipmasq for an internal network. Sorry that this has been such a pain. --Dano
