Re: Another Newbie Q : Sound Configuration
Andrew J Fortune wrote: > > Hi all, > > What is the best way to configure my sound card in Debian Linux ? > I'd like to piggy-back on this thread if I may. I've been unable to get sound working since I made the transition to Debian about six months ago. It hasn't been a major issue for me, but now that I'm out of school, there are several things I'd like to accomplish for the summer. Sound is one of them. I have a AWE 64 that's PNP. From Windows, the resources it's using are: 16-bit audio: IRQ 09 DMA 01 DMA 07 I/O 0240-024F I/O 0300-0301 I/O 0388-038B MIDI: I/O 0640-0643 I/O 0A40-0A43 I/O 0E40-0E43 Game port: I/O 0200-0207 I've tried to follow the instructions for setting up sound, but without success. I've been able to compile kernels (pre-2.2.0) under other dists, but Debian has been a no-go for me. Any pointers *greatly* appreciated -- __ _ Mark Wagnon Debian GNU/ -o) / / (_)__ __ __ Chula Vista, CA /\\/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / [EMAIL PROTECTED] _\_v/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ http://www.debian.org
apt-get is correcting dependencies--still!
Hi all:
I decided to step up to potato tonight. I edited my /etc/sources.list
file and did a
# apt-get update
# apt-get -f dist-upgrade
as per the README. All went well with the download, but part way through
the config KDE locked up on me. I couldn't do anything. Ctrl-alt-F#, etc
wouldn't get me out of X, and I was really bummed, cuz the upgrade was
taking place on another desktop. I let it go for a while hoping that
control would be restored, but no, so I shut the power off. Reboot gave
me tons of errors and I had to run fsck manually (scarry). I guess
everything got fixed so I rebooted again, and did a
# dpkg --configure -a
and got everything but three packages configured. So I did a
# apt-get update
# apt-get -f upgrade
and apt-get reported the following
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Correcting Dependencies...
and that's where it's been for the past three hours. There's no disk
activity at all.
Does anyone know what's going on here? Should I ctrl-c it and try again?
TIA
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Re: BE MORE SIMPLE!!!!
Pollywog wrote: > > On 09-Jun-99 Craig McPherson wrote: > > 5. Don't get frustrated! For me, figuring out which files I had to > > download to get a base system up & running was much harder than > > the installation itself! :) (well, except for rescuing my partition table > > from the brink of oblivion, that was kinda nerve-wracking) > > REMEMBER: install.txt is your friend! Read it, read it again, save it, > > print it out, pray to it for good luck, etc. > > > > Here's the addy of the file on one of the FTP sites: > > ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/slink/main/disks- > > i386/current/install.txt > > > > And the directory containing the files that you'll need to download in > > order to boot into Linux for the first time: > > ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/slink/main/disks-i386/current/ > > Is there a place where I can get a bootable CD to install from so that I don't > need the base floppies? CheapBytes disks seem to have problems in this regard > (some versions). Hmmm, I got my discs from cheapbytes and they boot fine. In fact all of my cheapbytes discs boot okay. Actually that's a bit misleading since I only have three sets ;) -- __ _ Mark Wagnon Debian GNU/ -o) / / (_)__ __ __ Chula Vista, CA /\\/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / [EMAIL PROTECTED] _\_v/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ http://www.debian.org
Re: BE MORE SIMPLE!!!!
debian wrote:
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> I agree George.. I went from Slackware (used it for 4 years) to using Debian
> just 7 days ago.. Debian and apt-get rocks.
>
Amen! I installed SuSE and RedHat on my other computer, and then
realized that I couldn't upgrade quite as easily. Needless to say, I
scrubbed its drives and installed Debian.
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Re: apt-get is correcting dependencies--still!
Will Lowe wrote:
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> I've noticed similar things once in a while; apt will get stuck sometimes
> if you interrupt it while it's working. This usually works for me:
[snip]
Will,
Thanks for the reply.
I tried your suggestions but I am still having problems. I can't seem to
install any of the problematic packages either manually or with apt-get.
They fail when configuration begins. I am also unable to remove the
offending packages with dpkg -r or --purge. I keep getting the following
error message
Selecting previously deselected package dotfile-rtin.
(Reading database ... dpkg: error processing dotfile-rtin_0.02-5.1.deb
(--install):
files list file for package `dotfile-rtin' is truncated
Errors were encountered while processing:
dotfile-rtin_0.02-5.1.deb
Processing was halted because there were too many errors.
How can I get rid of these files and start fresh? Do you know where this
files list file is located?
These little problems are keeping me from running apt-get at all.
Thanks again for your help
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Re: apt-get is correcting dependencies--still!
Will Lowe wrote:
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[snip]
> before we get too much farther, check and make sure that the /var
> filesystem isn't full.
My /var is on my root partition, and there is still 1.7 gigs free on it.
Is there a limit on how much space files under /var can eat up? There
are a bunch of debs in /var/cache/apt/archives that are waiting for
config.
Oh well. I've got lots of time for this. And I'm happy as long as I can
still use email, browse WWW, and play with learing C.
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Re: apt-get is correcting dependencies--still!
Will Lowe wrote: > > I *think* this is /var/lib/dpkg/info/dotfile-rtin.list ... see what's > going on with that file. > > You might be able to edit /var/lib/dpkg/status to convince dpkg that > dotfile-rtin isn't installed, and then dpkg -i it again. Note that I > don't think I've ever actually done this, so making backups (or seeking > further advice) would be prudent here. Will: Thanks for the reply. You're about 10 hours too late :) I re-installed last night. I now have a potato system, and apt-get is nice and quiet. I'll keep this in mind in case I mess up again--which will most likely happen somewhere down the road. Thanks for your time and help. Now I'm off to configure sound for my system. late -- __ _ Mark Wagnon Debian GNU/ -o) / / (_)__ __ __ Chula Vista, CA /\\/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / [EMAIL PROTECTED] _\_v/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ http://www.debian.org
Still Trying [WAS: Re: Another Newbie Q : Sound Configuration]
I want to thank everyone who replied. I'm sorry it took so long to get back to this, but tonight is the first night that I've been able to play :) I've consulted the Sound-HOWTO, the SoundBlaster-HOWTO, the Kernel-HOWTO, and various emails from the arhives and Dejanews. Yet I still have no sound. I don't know what my problem is. One problem I'm having is with the HOWTOs. Some are old and list kernel options that aren't available/are different in the 2.2.9 kernel. So I'm not sure what and where I'm screwing up. So I'll try to list what I've done and hopefully someone can spot where I went wrong. I've made some progress. I've been able to get my isapnp.conf file to yield no errors. However, none of the options matched what I wrote down from my windows sound settings, so I changed them to reflect them. Isapnp runs without bombing though, so I'm assuming that what I did was okay. I then installed the awe-drv and awe-midi packages. After that, I configured my kernel and made the following selections under sound: CONFIG_SOUND=m CONFIG_SOUND_OSS=m CONFIG_SOUND_SB=m CONFIG_SOUND_ADLIB=m CONFIG_SOUND_YM3812=m CONFIG_LOWLEVEL_SOUND=y CONFIG_AWE32_SYNTH=m (I think that's it. I pulled these from my .config) After installing the new kernel and rebooting I ran modprobe -a sound, that does nothing. Also there is no sound entry under /proc/devices. cat /dev/sndstat yields nothing also. Any ideas? TIA -- __ _ Mark Wagnon Debian GNU/ -o) / / (_)__ __ __ Chula Vista, CA /\\/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / [EMAIL PROTECTED] _\_v/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ http://www.debian.org
Re: Still Trying [WAS: Re: Another Newbie Q : Sound Configuration]
Jason Willoughby wrote: > '-a'? The man page doesn't mention what that option does except in the > context of the '-t' option. Try doing an 'lsmod' to make sure the modules I was just following the suggestions for testing in the SoundBlaster-HOWTO. I don't know what it does either :) lsmod gives no sound stuff. I ran modprobe sb, and then lsmod gave me: Module Size Used by uart401 5904 0 sound 56312 0 [uart401] soundlow 224 0 [sound] soundcore 2148 3 [sound] also, /proc/devices now has a sound entry, but /dev/sndstat has no sound stuff in it. > If nothing's being loaded, do a 'modprobe sb'. If that doesn't do > anything, an error message will probably have been printed to > /var/log/syslog. My syslog looks like: Jun 11 10:47:53 smaug kernel: Soundblaster audio driver Copyright (C) by Hannu S avolainen 1993-1996 Jun 11 10:47:53 smaug kernel: sb_card: I/O, IRQ, and DMA are mandatory Jun 11 10:52:37 smaug modprobe: can't locate module sound-slot-0 Jun 11 10:52:37 smaug modprobe: can't locate module sound-service-0-3 Jun 11 10:53:20 smaug modprobe: can't locate module sound-slot-0 Jun 11 10:53:20 smaug modprobe: can't locate module sound-service-0-3 I don't remember what the first line is in reference to, but the lst two pairs are from running modprobe sound. Looking at the first line, I'm wondering if my isapnp stuff is okay. from dmesg I got: Soundblaster audio driver Copyright (C) by Hannu Savolainen 1993-1996 sb_card: I/O, IRQ, and DMA are mandatory at the end of my boot messages. The rest is lopped off. For some reason dmesg only gives me part of the message. Does Windows report the IRQ, DMA and I/O settings differenty than what Linux might? Thanks for your help. Man if I ever get sound working, I'm gonna write a little howto that walks people like through the steps :) Thanks again -- __ _ Mark Wagnon Debian GNU/ -o) / / (_)__ __ __ Chula Vista, CA /\\/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / [EMAIL PROTECTED] _\_v/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ http://www.debian.org
Re: Still Trying [WAS: Re: Another Newbie Q : Sound Configuration]
Jean-Philippe Guérard wrote: > > You need to read two documents : > > AWE32 > README.awe > > in the Documentation/Sound/ folder of the kernel documentation or sources. > [snip] > Having ISAPnP correctly set up is very important. Nothing will work if it is > not the case. But you don't need to have the same parameters in Windows and > Linux (except maybe if you boot with loadlin). [snip] > You need to configure the modules with the right parameters (the io > addresses, irq, dma, etc. you've set up in ISA-PnP). > > Use modconf to set up the modules with the right parameters. > > (io, irq, dma, dma16, mpu_io for the sb module -- io for the adlib_card > module) > Thank you. I read them and added the recommended lines to my /etc/modules.conf file and *now* I have sound!!! I think that I've been as far as I've been last night in setting up sound, but I never did this last step. To think that I did all that reading and stuff and to fail for not putting in a couple of lines in my /etc/modules.conf! :) I just had a midi problem, but I think I entered the wrong value. Thanks again. -- __ _ Mark Wagnon Debian GNU/ -o) / / (_)__ __ __ Chula Vista, CA /\\/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / [EMAIL PROTECTED] _\_v/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ http://www.debian.org
Re: Help!!
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > What is the difference between the i386 version and the others?? i386 is the version that runs on Intel 386 and above computers. the others, alpha, sun, mips, etc, run on those computer architectures. Check out http://www.debian.org/ports/ for more info. hth -- __ _ Mark Wagnon Debian GNU/ -o) / / (_)__ __ __ Chula Vista, CA /\\/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / [EMAIL PROTECTED] _\_v/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ http://www.debian.org
apt-get upgrade tries to replace my kernel-image
I run apt-get update/upgrade daily. Everytime I do, I'm always prompted
about replacing my kernel-image. I don't want to cuz I've compiled my
own. How do I get it to stop? Do I have to go into dselect and put it on
hold? Or is there some other way that I can do it?
TIA
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Re: apt-get upgrade tries to replace my kernel-image
Jean-Yves F. Barbier wrote:
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> Had the same (under 2.0.36), its because the executable version on CDz is
> 2.0.36-3, but when you compile, the version number is, by default 1.00.
> Change your revision number (read man make-dpkg) to a correct value, and
> remove
> the original kernel.
Ah, that makes sense. So apt-get thinks the version I have installed is
older than the "current" one.
Thanks, I'll check that out.
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Re: apt-get upgrade tries to replace my kernel-image
Bob Nielsen wrote:
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> The best way I've found around this is to use epochs when compiling my
> own kernel with make-kpkg:
>
> make-kpkg --revision=1:custom.1.0 kernel_image
>
> This is discussed in the kernel-package docs.
Thanks. Forgive my ignorance, but what are epochs? Hmmm. I'm off to
change my revision number!
Thanks again
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debs for WindowMaker sound stuff?
Since I've managed to get sound working to some degree, I thought I'd
play with some of the sound options of WM, only I can't seem to find any
debs for them. Does anyone know where I might find debs for WSoundPrefs,
wmsoundconfig, and WMSound? If not, then I guess I'll roll 'em myself.
TIA
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Re: NIC woes
Julienna Chu wrote:
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> Guys,
>
> My NIC is not detected properly whe nI boot up. I have to pass the
> irq, etc. options thorugh lilo to make Debian recognize it properly.
>
> i.e. At the lilo prompt O enter,
>
> lilo=linux ether= 11,0x300,0,0,eth0
>
> Can I just stick in
> ether= 11,0x300,0,0,eth0 in lilo.conf and make it work?
I'm not sure, but I think you could put it in your lilo.conf as:
append="ether=11,0x300,0,0,eth0"
Check out the lilo and lilo.conf man pages to be sure
hth
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RealPlayer G2 under Debian
Is anyone using RealPlayer G2? I downloaded it tonight and installed it
in my home directory. It runs when I click on a link that's a real audio
type file, but then it responds with this error:
Cannot open the audio device. Another application may be using it.
I'm not running any other apps that use the audio to my knowledge. I was
playing few CDs earlier though. I'm also using KDE right now, so I don't
know if that has anything to do with it.
Any hints, tips, tricks greatly appreciated...
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Re: Kernel 2.2.9 and soundblaster module
Ingo Hohmann wrote:
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> Hi,
>
> is there something about soundblaster support that I should
> have known by now? Seems that my irq, ... settings get lost
> when I compile soundblaster support as a module. (Sound works
> when compiled in, but I get "device is busy" error, when I
> use modules and try to insmod sb.o)
>
> Is there a possibilty to set irq, ... when using modules? Or
> is it another problem?
Did you add some entries to your /etc/modules.conf file? I have the
following added to the bottom:
alias sound sb
alias midi awe_wave
post-install awe_wave /usr/bin/sfxload /usr/synthfm.sbk
options sb io=0x240 irq=9 dma=1 dma16=7 mpu_io=0x300
and I do a modprobe sb to get sound going.
Setting up sound has been extremely frustrating, but I managed to get it
going. I've been happily playing CDs since Sunday :)
Also, have you looked at AWE32 and README.awe in the Documentation/Sound
directory? The info they contained (referring to my addition to
/etc/modules.conf) was what I needed to finaly get sound going. I had my
isapnp.conf file and my kernel ready to go, but until I added those four
lines, I couldn't get sound.
hth
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Re: debs for WindowMaker sound stuff?
Ben Messinger wrote:
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[snip]
>
> Slink debs for wmsound are at:
>
> http://master.debian.org/~mmagallo/packages/
>
> The other sound related packages are listed there, but the deb's are
> missing (tarballs are there though). Perhaps they are still being
> prepared. I updated WM and wmsound tonight from the above url with no
> problems.
Excellent. Thank you, I'll check out that url...
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Re: Debian Updates?
Marc Matteo wrote: > > Hi all, [snip] > > What about security updates? I've added "deb > http://security.debian.org/ stable updates" to my sources.list file but > I see that not all the security updates are in "security.debian.org" but > rather some (like procmail) are still in "proposed-updates". > > How does "proposed-updates" differ from "unstable"? > > Speaking of unstable. What if my favorite package of "foo-1.0" gets > updated to "foo-1.1". Will that package ever make it back into the > "stable" tree or will is belong to the "unstable" tree until that whole > tree becomes the next stable release? If it's going to remain in the > "unstable" tree is there a way to automatically get apt to show it, > *and* offer me a choice of the "unstable" foo-1.1 or the "stable" > foo-1.0? I assume that if I add an 'unstable' entry to my sources.list > file I will have essentially initiated and "update" to the "unstable" > tree - I don't necessarily want that (yet). > > I hope you'll excuse my meandering confusion with this question. I'm kinda curious about some of this to. I took a look at the README in the proposed updates directory, and it reads that the proposed updates dir is the place where the fixed debs reside until their testin is complete. Then I guess they're moved to the stable dir. It provides a line for your sources.list file if you want to access those files, but I'm not sure how "stable" they are. It's: deb http://ftp1.us.debian.org/debian dists/proposed-updates/ Proposed updates seems to differ from unstable in that it provides a temporary place for fixed debs before they get put into stable (the current release). Unstable is the place where *new* versions are kept until they are ready for the next release. I'm confusing myself here :) So, proposed-updates are fixes to the current release that are in the process of being tested, and unstable is where all work for the next release go. As for your question on your favorite app, I think it depends on whether the version number was changed because of a new software release by the developer, or if it was changed to reflect a fix. I think that once stable begins shipping, then no new packages (new versions or just plain new to debian) are added to it. Those are put in unstable for the next release. hth -- __ _ Mark Wagnon Debian GNU/ -o) / / (_)__ __ __ Chula Vista, CA /\\/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / [EMAIL PROTECTED] _\_v/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ http://www.debian.org
Re: Netscape crashing -- a lot.
Craig McPherson wrote: > > I'm hoping that someone will be able to offer some advice on this, > because it's annoying when a program crashes under Linux even > more often than it crashes under Windows. > I'm having trouble with netscape too. I've tried several things to get around the problem, but I haven't been able to yet. I had upgraded to potato, and I thought that was my problem so I stepped back down to slink again. I'm still ahving problems though. I don't remember having this much trouble before my move to potato though. I've been installing the debianized netscape stuff though, whereas before I had a glibc copy of 4.51 that worked pretty good. I may be going back to that if I can't find out what's going on, and that's pretty hard because my problem is that my whole system locks up hard. I can't do anthing but shut off the power. Could java be the culprit? I'm gonna remove the netscape java stuff and see what happens... -- __ _ Mark Wagnon Debian GNU/ -o) / / (_)__ __ __ Chula Vista, CA /\\/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / [EMAIL PROTECTED] _\_v/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ http://www.debian.org
Re: RealPlayer G2 under Debian
Craig Hancock wrote: > > What are the permissions on /dev/dsp That was it. How come I didn't think of that? Thanks! -- __ _ Mark Wagnon Debian GNU/ -o) / / (_)__ __ __ Chula Vista, CA /\\/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / [EMAIL PROTECTED] _\_v/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ http://www.debian.org
Re: Kernel 2.2.9 and soundblaster module
Brad wrote:
[snip]
>
> On my system, i put a script in /etc/init.d to automatically insert the
> proper sound modules on boot (after isapnp runs and configures the card)
Brad,
would you mind sharing your script? I took a loot at those in init.d
(most specifically that of xfstt) and I think I need some guidance
before I try to write my own.
tia
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Potential solution to netscape crashing?
Hi all: I too have been plagued by netscape since moving up to potato. I thought it was a WM thing, but that wasn't it. I thought it was a netscape version thing, but it wasn't that either. I moved back to slink, but *that* wasn't it either! So I decided to remover java support and I haven't had a problem in the last couple of days (knock on wood). I was perusing the newsgroups and came across this. There are also several references to it on deja too. The fix seems to be a strange one, and particular to a redhat system. The posting is as follows: > > > I'm using Netscape Communicator with RedHat 6.0 on my box and it just dies > > anytime it has to view a Java applet. Is there any work-around for this? > How > > about installing a Java VM? Anything would help. I want to view job > listings > > Common problem. To fix, add > > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi > (and, if you have the 100dpi fonts) > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi > > to the catalogue section of /etc/X11/fs/config > > Then restart xfs with /etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs restart > > See Deja for more. I took a look at my xfs in init.d and I don't have a catalogue section. Maybe someone else who knows what theyre doing can try this out and see if it works? hth, and tia -- __ _ Mark Wagnon Debian GNU/ -o) / / (_)__ __ __ Chula Vista, CA /\\/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / [EMAIL PROTECTED] _\_v/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ http://www.debian.org
Re: vim config question
Shao Zhang wrote:
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> Hi,
> Thanks for the help. But with the laststatus=2, I now have a bar, but
> only with the filename
> displayed. I would like to have as much as those in emacs...
If you add set ruler to your .exrc then you'll get the cursor position
also.
What information from the emacs status bar to you want? Some of the
infor displayed there is particular to emacs.
hth
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Re: newbie: installing new drivers
David Brode wrote: > > 1. I just added an ethernet card to my system (3Com SC509TP) and I > understand that I'm supposed to use the driver 3c509. My question is *how* > do I get the system to load that driver? (If I were installing linux again > I could use dbootstrap, but I have the feeling there's an easier way.) The > boot msg doesn't have any "eht0" mention or any other mention of the card. > > 2. how would your answer change if I told you I had TWO ethernet cards I > wanted to install? hi, you need to reconfigure and compile a new kernel. Check out the kernel-Howto and the debian FAQ's kernel section at: http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/debian-faq-11.html for more info. When you type make menuconfig in the /usr/src/linux directory, one of the categories is Network Device Support. Under that, select 3COM cards and then select the 3c509 driver. I have two NICs installed. They are both the same and they are both recognized at boot. If they're different, then I would think you just select the driver needed as you did for the 3c509. hth -- __ _ Mark Wagnon Debian GNU/ -o) / / (_)__ __ __ Chula Vista, CA /\\/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / [EMAIL PROTECTED] _\_v/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ http://www.debian.org
Re: libXt.a, libX11.a
"Eric G . Miller" wrote: > > I'm trying to compile GRASS, but it wants these X libraries: > libXt.a & libX11.a. Unfortunately, they don't exist. I do > have libXt.so.6 and libX11.so. Question: Would rewriting > the config script so it uses the Elf shared libraries as > opposed to the "ar" type libraries work? If not, where can > I get the "ar" type libraries? Hi Eric, Whenever I seem to be missing libraries or any file for that matter, I always go to the Debian package search page. It's at the bottom of http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages and there are two ways to search. I always use the "Search the Contents[...]" method by just plugging in the missing filename. For the libXt.a file, I got this result: usr/X11R6/lib/libXt.a x11/xlib6g-static usr/i486-linuxlibc1/lib/libXt.a oldlibs/xlib6-static and for libX11.a I got: usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.ax11/xlib6g-static usr/i486-linuxlibc1/lib/libX11.a oldlibs/xlib6-static so you have two choices, but you probably want the current glibc version. hth -- __ _ Mark Wagnon Debian GNU/ -o) / / (_)__ __ __ Chula Vista, CA /\\/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / [EMAIL PROTECTED] _\_v/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ http://www.debian.org
Re: unknown message
scratch wrote: > > IIRC, this message probably means that you have recently updated to a 2.2 > kernel. In this kernel, ifconfig sets it own routes, so there is no more > need for a manual 'route add'. Check your init.d scripts, especially > '/etc/init.d/network'. > > OTOH, I could be completely wrong here, and this message seems like the > thing i described, but really isn't and you *are* trying to set a wrong > route. I get this message too. Last night I was searching the archives on dmesg and this error message came up several times. From some of the postings, it would seem that you're right. There was a fix--commenting out some line or another. I forgot what exactly and I haven't gone back to take another look. A search on SIOCADDRT would turn up those fixes though. hth -- __ _ Mark Wagnon Debian GNU/ -o) / / (_)__ __ __ Chula Vista, CA /\\/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / [EMAIL PROTECTED] _\_v/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ http://www.debian.org
Re: upgrading Xfree86
Shawn Nguyen wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I am running Debian 2.1 and have X version 3.3.3.2 which doesn't seem
> to fully support my Trident Providia 9685 video card, so I wanted to upgrade
> to X version 3.3.3.1. Can anyone please tell me what line I should add to my
> apt-get source file so that I can run an upgrade of X? Thanks for any help.
Shawn,
add deb http://ftp.netgod.net x/ and you'll be good as gold
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updating clock automagically with crontab
Hi
For some reason, my system clock has gone screwy. I lose varying amounts
of time during the day.
I read these from an earlier post, and it works great, however, it's
beginning to be come a pain to su to root and run them every couple of
hours.
So, I was perusing my Unix System V: A Practical Guide and decided to
give contab a shot.
>From the man pages and the book, I've come up with the following set of
commands to get my system clock updated hourly:
# crontab
# 0 * * * * rdate time.nist.gov ; hwclock --systohc
# control-D
Will this work for updating my clock every hour on the hour?
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Re: updating clock automagically with crontab
Never mind...I got it ;) BTW, what I posted previously didn't work. -- __ _ Mark Wagnon Debian GNU/ -o) / / (_)__ __ __ Chula Vista, CA /\\/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / [EMAIL PROTECTED] _\_v/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ http://www.debian.org
Re: X-server for Matrox Millennium G200 AGP
rathon wrote:
>
> Hello,
> I never got a response for this request. Sorry for re-posting one more
> time.
> Rathon.
I have the same card and I'm using version 3.3.3 of X and the G200 is
supported. To upgrade place the following in your sources.list file is
/etc/apt/:
deb http://ftp.netgod.net x/
then run
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
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Email Config Questions
Hi all;
I've decided to try and configure my home system to send and
receive email the right way (not using Netscape). The reason for
the switch is that I eventually want to be able to access my email
remotely using telnet/ssh (another thing I need to learn about). I have
a few questions about setting this up, but first I'd like to present my
situation.
I am connected to the Internet via a cable-modem with the [EMAIL PROTECTED]
service. So I am always connected (unless I reboot to Windows for a
little gaming).
I figure that I am going to use exim, but I don't know which
default configuration I should start with (Internet site or
Internet site using smarthost). Also, will exim alone work? or do I
also need to use fetchmail?
Also, my email address is [EMAIL PROTECTED], but my username on my
system is mwagnon. So I want incoming mail that's addressed to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] to be delivered to mwagnon. Is this a pain, or
should I create a new account using mwagnon1?
If anyone has experience in setting up there machine with the @home
service and is willing to share their configs, I'd appreciate it.
Also, if you know of any other documentation on setting up mail
with exim I'd appreciate it. I'm a big dummy, and the spec file for
exim is scaring me.
tia
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Re: Email Config Questions
Thanks Stephen and Didi for replying.
Okay, I installed fetchmail and created my .fetchmailrc file. I
configured exim using the #2 option and added my mail server as the
smarthost.
When I ran fetchmail -v with mail on the server I got an error
(something about localhost). When I ran it without mail on the server, I
didn't get any errors. Also, sending mail from mutt gave a
strange/cryptic error message (to follow). I checked out the fetchmail
FAQ and uncommented the smtp entry in my /etc/inetd.conf file.
Now when I run fetchmail -v I get several screenfuls of info. Messages
are found, but they aren't popped of the server. Here's the error
message (actually only the last part of it):
fetchmail: POP3> TOP 5
fetchmail: POP3< +OK 2762 octets
reading message 5 of 5 (2762 octets)
fetchmail: SMTP> MAIL
FROM:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
SIZE=2762
fetchmail: SMTP< 421 Unexpected failure, please try later
fetchmail: SMTP error: 421 Unexpected failure, please try later
fetchmail: SMTP> RSET
fetchmail: SMTP< 250 Reset OK
fetchmail: SMTP< 220 smaug.cv1.sdca.home.com ESMTP Exim 3.02 #1 Thu, 01
Jul 1999 23:52:39 -0700
fetchmail: SMTP> HELO localhost
fetchmail: SMTP< 250 smaug.cv1.sdca.home.com Hello mwagnon at localhost
[127.0.0.1]
fetchmail: SMTP> MAIL FROM:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
fetchmail: SMTP< 250 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> is syntactically
correct
fetchmail: SMTP> RCPT
TO:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
fetchmail: SMTP< 250
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> is
syntactically correct
fetchmail: SMTP> DATA
fetchmail: SMTP< 354 Enter message, ending with "." on a line by itself
fetchmail: SMTP: (bounce-message body)
fetchmail: SMTP>. (EOM)
fetchmail: SMTP< 421 Unexpected failure, please try later
. not flushed
fetchmail: POP3> QUIT
fetchmail: POP3< +OK mwagnon1 InterMail POP3 server signing off.
fetchmail: SMTP> QUIT
fetchmail: normal termination, status 0
When I try to send a message I get this:
File /tmp/mutt-smaug-376-0 saved.
1999-07-02 00:06:01 10zxOb-6F-00 Expansion of "Received: ${if
def:sender_rcvhost {from ${sender_rcvhost}\n\t}{${if def:sender_ident
{from ${sender_ident} }}${if def:sender_helo_name
{(helo=${sender_helo_name})\n\tby ${primary_hostname} ${if
def:received_protocol {with ${received_protocol}}} (Exim
${version_number} #${compile_number} (Debian))\n\t${if def:received_for
{for $received_for\n\t}}id ${message_id}${if def:received_for {\n\tfor
<$received_for}>}" (received_header_text) failed: syntax error in "else"
substring
Error sending message, child exited 1 ().
I assume that they are related somehow, and that fixing one will fix the
other.
Where might I look to decode this?
thanks again for your help
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Re: Email Config Questions
Didi Damian wrote: > > The error that you got from sendmail might have been caused by not having > 'localhost' added to exim.conf on this line: It's in there. In fact it was in there twice, so I removed one. [snip] > > I haven't messed with SMTP in inetd at all but I would restore the entry in > inetd.conf and fix the above line in exim.conf (in case it's not already > there) > and try again. From the error message it looks like fetchmail is configured > right > and the problem is with SMTP. > I have one line in inetd.conf with smpt and exim in it this is it: smtpstream tcp nowait mail/usr/sbin/exim exim -bs Is this all I need there? I'm running potato btw, if that matters. I just did an update/upgrade and a new exim was installed, but that didn't change things :( BTW, that strange error message seems to come from exim. I found a section in the exim.conf file that looks a lot like it. thanks again -- __ _ Mark Wagnon Debian GNU/ -o) / / (_)__ __ __ Chula Vista, CA /\\/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / [EMAIL PROTECTED] _\_v/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ http://www.debian.org
Re: Email Config Questions
Okay, I couldn't figure out what I did wrong with setting up exim. so I re-installed slink and started from there. I repeated the steps Stephen and Didi gave me and now I have mail!!! Cool. Thanks guys. Now all I have to do is learn the ins and outs of mutt :) -- __ _ Mark Wagnon Debian GNU/ -o) / / (_)__ __ __ Chula Vista, CA /\\/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / [EMAIL PROTECTED] _\_v/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ http://www.debian.org
Re: kde
On Sat, Jul 03, 1999 at 09:47:25PM +0300, Micha Feigin wrote:
> Are there debian packages for the kde apps?
>
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>
What KDE apps are you talking about? Do you just want KDE, or are you
looking for something specific? I've got KDE installed and I got debs
from ftp://ftp.us.kde.org there may be other files in there, but I
haven't looked.
hth
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Networking Question
Hi everyone:
I've got another question (or two). I've been trying to get networking
setup and I seem to be on the right track. I have a book entitled "The
Linux Network" and I've managed to get my two systems to ping each
other. In fact, they're doing it right now. It's so cool to see those
little lights on my hub blink! Anyway, I manually entered in a bunch
of stuff with ifconfig and route on each computer, and now I guess I
need to create some scripts to do it automagically (?) when I
boot. The book refers to two files: /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 and
/etc/rc.d/rc.inet2. The book ships with Slackware, so I guess it's
Slackware specific in this sense. Where do I write the necessary
scripts to configure networking?
Also, if I seem to be leaving anything out (as in, if by just getting
my systems to ping each other, I might be off-track on getting this
going) please let me know.
I'm going to go grab a beer to celebrate...
tia
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Re: Remove funny files
On Sun, Jul 04, 1999 at 08:22:56PM +0200, Rolf Edlund wrote: > Hi! > > I was playing around with Tar, and done a verry foolish thing.. :-) > > tar -cvf --exclude=files.txt allfiles.tar * > > That gives me a '--exclude=files.txt' file. Trying to remove it as 'rm -i > --exclude=files.txt' was unpossible. But when I go upp one directory, then > it was easy to remove the file. > > rm -i Backupfiles/--exclude=files.txt > > ..but maby you allready know about this. :-) > > - * Linux - a more stable way to live * - > > -- > Mvh Rolf Edlund > Tel:070-3049194 > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > Hi, I played around with it and I got it to delete by running mc then highlighting the offending file and pressing F8 hth -- __ _ Mark Wagnon Debian GNU/ -o) / / (_)__ __ __ Chula Vista, CA /\\/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / [EMAIL PROTECTED] _\_v/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ http://www.debian.org
Securing system
Hi all:
Okay. I seem to have my two computers networked together. In fact I've
telneted into my machine that has a direct internet connection to
write this email.
I have some questions on how to go about making my system more
secure. When I first had my cable modem installed, one of the first
things I did was comment out the services in /etc/inet.conf. Now I've
gone back and un-commented the line for telnet (I assumed I had to in
order to telnet into my gateway (is that right?)). But i've read in
the past that telnet isn't very secure and that people can intercept
logins and passwords when one telnets to a computer.
Can anyone supply some security related resources that can get this
neophyte started? I realize that the first thing I should do is
upgrade my kernel (and I'll do it today).
tia
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Re: Securing system
On Sun, Jul 04, 1999 at 10:55:44PM +0100, Steve George wrote: > The first thing you should do is comment telnet back in until you > have drawn up your security strategy ;-) Okay! :) > > The standard things people will tell you to do are: > - turn everything off What is "everything"? I've downloaded the lasg and have been reading through it...but so far I have only disable things in /etc/inetd.conf. Are there other locations that I need to be concerned with? > - use inetd/wrappers with PARANOIA for anything you *have* to have on > - use packet filtering ie ipchains > - use a logchecker > - keep backups for WHEN you get broken into. Uh oh, sounds like I'm gonna be busy for weekends to come! > Unfortunately if you are on a cable modem you are easy meat since > your available 24/7 and because often the people who connect have no > real security idea they are a useful staging post for a cracker. I > currently get scanned about 2x a day at work and often they are from > IP's that resolve to cable modems. I know, that was one of the reasons it took me so long to get a cable modem. I'm not too concerned about my systems (I tend to re-install several times a year, and my home machines are a hobby--they don't put food on the table), but I really don't want some cracker messing with other systems via mine. But you has to step off the curb sometimes... I've started playing with ssh, and so far everything seems fairly straight forward. Once I get this stuff down Samba's next. Thanks for you help! -- __ _ Mark Wagnon Debian GNU/ -o) / / (_)__ __ __ Chula Vista, CA /\\/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / [EMAIL PROTECTED] _\_v/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ http://www.debian.org
SIOCADDRT error [WAS: Networking Question]
Hi again,
When I try to restart /etc/init.d/network or set the route from the
cli, I get an SIOCADDRT: Invalid argument error. I searched through
the archives, and the only thing I found was a reference to 2.2.*
kernels and upgrade netbase to the one in potato.
The kernel on this machine is 2.0.36. It worked earlier today when I
ran ifconfig and route by hand. If I recall correctly, it also worked
when I edited the /etc/init.d/network script to setup the interfaces
autmatically and restarted it.
This is what I've done to possibly screw it up. I wanted to install
ssh, but I realized that I had compile my kernel without scsi support
(and I have a scsi cdrom drive--okay, okay stop laughing). I
reconfigured the kernel with the same .config, the only difference
being that I added scsi support to it. So I compiled (via make-kpkg),
installed and rebooted. Then it dawns on me that ssh is in non-us and
I don't have non-us on the cdroms. So I decided the easiest way is to
simply enable telnet on my main computer, telnet in and copy ssh from
/var/cache/apt/archives and the disable it. This is where I find I
can't connect. I couldn't ping either.
Anyone know how I might solve this dilemna? I can't upgrade cuz I
can't get a connection, so that's out.
Any suggestions...?
tia
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Re: [Debian] can't upgrade from slink to potato
On Mon, Jul 05, 1999 at 10:17:46AM +0200, Nico De Ranter wrote:
>
> Howdy,
>
> I'm trying to upgrade my slink system to potato (I need a newer
> ppp version). I first used dselect to have a look at the new
> package in potato but when I run "apt-get update; apt-get dist-upgrade"
> apt tells me there are no packages to upgrade. Apparently apt thinks
> my system is already up-to-date. Any idea how I can convince apt
> to do the upgrade anyway?
What does your /etc/apt/sources/list file look like? You need to
edit the line that reads:
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
to read:
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free
^^
then you can run apt-get update and apt-get upgrade. If you don't
want to go all the way with potato, I belive you can just do am
apt-get install ppp-whatever and it'll upgrade the necessary
packages for you. Check out the man page and /usr/doc/apt for more
info.
hth
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Re: A small help needed in Opti931 sound card configuration
On Mon, Jul 05, 1999 at 01:51:46PM +0530, Ramakrishnan M wrote:
>
> Is there anything else needed??? The program
> ad1848_mixer_reroute.c was compile d and put in the root
> directory.While running it I got the output "/dev/mixer:
> no such device".The device exists,but the driver is unable to
> initialze it seem s.
> Can you please help me in pointing out the problem??
I think I had this problem (different sound card). What are the
permissions on /dev/mixer? They should be 666.
hth
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Re: Tab Tab program/command line editing
Matthew Dalton wrote:
>
> Me neither. It's a pain in the arse to have to go back to a Windows box
> and use the feature-void dos command shell.
>
Whenever I have to navigate around in DOS, I'm always hitting tab try to
complete commands. I love the filename completion *feature*
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Networking Success! and a Q about IP Masq
Thanks to everyone!
I finally managed to get my networking problem figured out. For some
reason some of the arguments to route that the book I have suggested
didn't work right (I couldn't even ping 127.0.0.1!) I was pulling my
hair out over what I thought was a module problem (I re-compiled my
kernel umpteen times).
I just got IP Masquerading going (too easy!) and its great to browse
from my other linux box. I'm running an older kernel and I plan to get
the latest asap. Right now I'm using ipfwadm to set up masquerading, but
I seem to recall that has been changed with 2.2 kernels...is that right?
If so is it just as easy to set up?
Hopefully by next weekend I'll have my windows machine wired in too.
Thanks again
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problems running dvips (or xdvi) OR what's up with tetex?
Hi all,
I'm trying to update my resume. I've run latex on the file with no
errors reported, but if I try to view the dvi file or make a postscript
file, I get a bunch of errors complaining about not being able to find
fonts. I've never used any fonts other than the default fonts that come
with the system.
I originally wrote my resume under slink, and now I'm running potato.
Okay here is part of the error message:
This is dvips(k) 5.82 Copyright 1998 Radical Eye Software
(www.radicaleye.com)
' TeX output 1999.07.08:2254' -> resume.ps
kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 600 --mag magstep\(2.0\)
--dpi 864 cmbx12
mktexpk: Mismatched mode ljfour and resolution 600; ignoring mode.
mktexpk: Running mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=magstep(2.0); nonstopmode; input
cmbx12
This is METAFONT, Version 2.7182 (Web2C 7.2)
I can't find the base file `mf.base'!
mktexpk: `mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=magstep(2.0); nonstopmode; input
cmbx12' failed.
kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log.
dvips: Font cmbx12 not found, characters will be left blank.
kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 600 --mag 1+0/600 --dpi 600
cmr12
mktexpk: Mismatched mode ljfour and resolution 600; ignoring mode.
mktexpk: Running mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1+0/600; nonstopmode; input
cmr12
and it keeps repeating until the file is processed. I searched for
mf.base and cmbx12 and they aren't even installed. They are supposed to
be in tetex-base (which I have installed) under /usr/share/texmf/fonts,
but there are any files there nor any where on my system.
Does anyone use TeX/LaTeX here. Have you had this problem? Know how to
fix it?
tia
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Re: sndconfig.rpm to .deb question
Bob Bernstein wrote:
>
> Yes. And I would have been dead without sndconfig. I used alien to create a
> deb and then installed the deb.
>
> The rpm I used was: sndconfig-0.33-1.i386.rpm. This on a potato level Debian
> system...
Hi,
I was curious, so I dl'd sndconfig and ran alien -d on the rpm. I got a
deb package, but I also got an error about a libnewt.so.0.40. However
the version that's in potato is libnewt.so.0.30. Did you get this error?
If so what did you do, or does sndconfig run anyway?
tia
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Re: In-home networking
Robbie Huffman wrote:
>
> Greets all,
>
> I'm looking for some good pointers on how to configure the software for
> an in-home network. I've managed it before, but I was hoping that now
> I could find some better resources on the web. Are there any that any of
> you would recommend?
Hi Robbie,
I'm sure there are plenty of online sources, but I've managed to get a
small network up and running using a book entitled "The Linux Network"
by Fred Butzen and Christopher Hilton. It's kind of Slackware oriented
in some areas (but I received corrections from the fine people on this
list), but I found it extremely helpful in walking me through the
configuration. It gives a background on networking and the goes into
installing/configuring a network. It also covers ip-masquerading, and
connecting windows computers also. Great book!
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Re: sndconfig.rpm to .deb question
Bob Bernstein wrote:
>
[snip]
>
> Yes, I got that error. (I had forgotten about that.)
>
> I did an alien rpm->deb with the newt-0.40-9.i386.rpm and installed the
> resultant deb.
Thanks for getting back to me. I installed both debs and sndconfig runs
fine. Now I need to recompile my kernel...
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Re: WP .debs?
aidanc wrote:
>
> I want to download and install WordPerfect (any version), but before I
> just go ahead and getting it from Corel's site, does anyone know if and
> where any .debs exist?
WordPerfect has its own installation program. All you do is download it
and install it. Check out http://linux.corel.com/ for more info.
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Re: sndconfig.rpm to .deb question
Mark Brown wrote:
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> Probably as much to do with nobody having sufficient interest and
> enthusiasm as anything else.
>
Is it difficult to maintain a package? I wouldn't mind learning, but I
think it's beyond my capability right now. I just added that to my list
of things I'd like to be able to do...we'll see if it's realized.
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Re: eeek ... new debian HP look
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> Agreed, it is rather sinful :) It is much to tall. The letters should be the
> same height as the pig's tail. The letters are LOW QUALITY! They take up to
> much space.
Wow. I think it's supposed to look a little rough around the edges. It
looks better smaller. I saved the image and brought it up in the gimp,
and it's not that big, but it's blown up on the page. What I want to
know is whats the deal with the fuzzies around it?
I dug the penguin, so I'm not changing my sig yet!
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Re: rxvt as default shell
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Is there a way to have rxvt used in place of xterm in
> all instances?
Are you talking about as in what shell you choose to run from a menu in
your window manager? If so, edit the menu files for your window manager
to run rxvt (or add it as an option).
If not, what are you refering to? Do you mean stuff like when you run
jed or something off the debian menu you want it started with rxvt
instead?
In that case, I would assume you need to copy the menu files to you home
dir and edit them, replacing instances of xterm with rxvt.
There may be another way, but this was *my* best shot.
> I'd like to do the equivalent of symlinking
> xterm to rxvt but so that it won't get clobbered in a
> future update.
I'm not sure if you want to do this. As far as I know, both xterm and
rxvt have the same options that can be passed to them, but if they
didn't, some things may not work. I'd just do what I mentioned above
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Procmail and Pine
Hi all, I'm trying to get procmail to sort my messages into several folders under ~/mail. Right now they're all in my inbox and it's hell reading through them. I've read through the man pages for procmail and procmailrc, and I've checked out a few links from the procmail FAQ (I think). I ran across this link on setting up my files: http://acsweb.ucis.dal.ca/fsg/notes/procmail.html It seems pretty straight forward, but so far, nothing's getting sorted :( Here are the files that I've set up for the task of sorting my mail: .forward: "|IFS=' ' && exec /usr/bin/procmail -f- || exit 75 #mwagnon1" .procmailrc: VERBOSE=off MAILDIR=$HOME/mail PMDIR=$HOME/.procmail LOGFILE=$PMDIR/log INCLUDERC=$PMDIR/rc.debian #INCLUDERC=$PMDIR/rc.kplug #INCLUDERC=$PMDIR/rc.suse INCLUDERC=$PMDIR/rc.test .procmail/rc.debian: :0: * ^Resent-From:debian-user@lists.debian.org Debian .procmail/rc.test: :0: * ^Subject:.*test * ^From.*mwagnon test I thought these were okay, but I can't tell--reg. expressions and I aren't friends! Does anyone have any other procmail sources that I can look at? tia --- __ _ Mark Wagnon Debian GNU/ -o) / / (_)__ __ __ Chula Vista, CA /\\/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / [EMAIL PROTECTED] _\_v/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ http://www.debian.org
Re: Procmail and Pine
Now I can't send email to myself. I tried to send a message from yahoo
and I got this error:
---
This message was created automatically by mail delivery software.
A message that you sent could not be delivered to all of its
recipients. The
following address(es) failed:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
generated |IFS=' ' && exec /usr/bin/procmail -f- || exit 75
#mwagnon1:
"IFS='" command not found for address_pipe transport
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I wonder how many other messages are bouncing? Any ideas?
tia
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Re: Procmail and Pine
On Fri, 16 Jul 1999, Johann Spies wrote:
>
> Here is my .forward (I use exim with procmail. I believe the same can be
> done with exim alone, but I have not tried it):
>
[snip]
>
> and one of the files (shortened) in my .procmail directory:
>
[procmail recipes snipped]
Thanks Johann. I changed my .forward and it resembles the second line of
yours. It's workig now (mail's not bouncing). I had to repair some of my
procmail filters to get them to do their job, and it looks like they are.
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Re: Linux LAN probs - a shaggy dog story?
Patrick Kirk wrote:
>
[snip]
>
> Help please. Why am I unable to give internet access to my machines on the
> LAN?
Hi Patrick,
I too am playing with getting my home network up and running. I seem to
be done for the most part. Question, do you have your gateway box set up
as a gateway box? My setup is like this: I have two PCs, one of with is
connected via a cable modem, so I have two NICs in the gateway and one
in the ordinary host. On my gateway machine, my /etc/init.d/network file
has two sets of values (one for each NIC). I'm assuming that you're able
to connect to the world on your gateway machine. My file looks like so:
#! /bin/sh
ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1
route add -net 127.0.0.0
#
IPADDR0=#.#.#.#
NETMASK0=255.255.255.0
NETWORK0=#.#.#.#
BROADCAST0=#.#.#.255
GATEWAY0=#.#.#.1
#
IPADDR1=192.168.1.100
NETMASK1=255.255.255.0
NETWORK1=192.168.1.0
BROADCAST1=192.168.1.255
#
ifconfig eth0 ${IPADDR0} netmask ${NETMASK0} broadcast ${BROADCAST0}
route add -net ${NETWORK0}
[ "${GATEWAY0}" ] && route add default gw ${GATEWAY0} metric 1
#
ifconfig eth1 ${IPADDR1} netmask ${NETMASK1} broadcast ${BROADCAST1}
route add -net ${NETWORK1} netmask ${NETMASK1} dev eth1
On the ordinary host (I'm taking a shot in the dark here cuz, it's
running windows at this time), your /etc/init.d/network should be
similar, only with one nic. You also need to make sure you have the
ifconfig and route commands executed like in the first incantation (the
one with the default gateway).
I hope I'm not leaving anything out, but if you contine to have
problems, feel free to contact me publicly or privately (public is
preferred, so this gets into the archive, and that others can spot my
screw-ups)
hth
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Re: Printing Problem
Kelvin Chow wrote: > > Dear Debian Users, > > I am having trouble with printing. At first, I just couldn't get lpd > running, but now it has started mysteriously. I managed to "lpr ". [lpq stuff snipped] > > Seems like the system constantly thinks that my printer is a network > printer. It is only connected to a parallel port. I am currently using > LPRng, potato distribution and 2.2.10 kernel. Hi Kelvin, I get the same output from lpq. I also have the same printer. What exactly is the problem? No output at all, munged output? I had a bear of a time getting my printer to work under hamm and slink. I received the advice from someone on this list several month ago to install the gs-aladdin package to replace the gs package. That solve me problems with printing garbage back then and that's what I've continued to do with potato. Can you print directly to the printer with cat foo > /dev/lp[0,1]? Did you install the lp module during installation? Did you run magicfilter config? hth -- __ _ Mark Wagnon Debian GNU/ -o) / / (_)__ __ __ Chula Vista, CA /\\/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / [EMAIL PROTECTED] _\_v/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ http://www.debian.org
Re: need help adding entry to sources.list
On Sun, Jul 18, 1999 at 02:05:31AM -, Pollywog wrote:
> Adding new entries to my /etc/apt/sources.list has been a trial and error
> process for me, but I could not manage this one:
>
> ftp://nonus.debian.org/debian-non-US/dists/unstable/non-US/main/binary-i386/
>
> Anyone care to enlighten me? Pointing to documentation would be sufficient.
I think that all you need to add is:
deb ftp://nonus.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable non-US
I use my local university's site to keep my system up to date and
all I have added is the path to the dists dir...
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Re: What provides glib.h?
On 07/17/99 09:12 PM, egm2@jps.net wrote:
> I was trying to recompile gphoto from source (to change a hardwired
> line speed parameter) but it errored when trying to find
> /usr/include/glib.h because I don't have it. I have many of the *-dev
> packages, so I was wondering what package I'm missing. I tried a
> search, but the packages I came up with I already have installed. Here
> is the exact output of make:
>
>
I didn't know if you were running slink or potato, so I did a search for slink.
/usr/include/glib.h is supplied by two packages:
devel/libgtk-dev
devel/libglib-dev
I don't know which one will fix your problem though.
hth
btw, if you want to search for yourself, go to
http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages
and scroll down to the bottom. If you already knew this, sorry ;)
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Re: 3rd Call for help - Lost network card after Potato Upgrade
On 07/17/99 10:48 PM, Doug Thistlethwaite wrote:
> Hello, I hope someone can help me with this. It seems like it should
> not to hard to fix, but without any knowledge of how or where the
> network services are started / initialized, I don't think I will figure
> it out without help.
>
Hmm. I;m not how much assistance I'm going to be but here goes. Do you have
support for you NIC either compiled into your kernel or as modules?
What does your /etc/init.d/network file look like? This file is where you set
up your network devices.
I hope this gets this thread started, because I'veonly had my computers
networked for a couple weeks and I'm still figuring things out.
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Re: 3rd Call for help - Lost network card after Potato Upgrade
On 07/17/99 11:59 PM, Doug Thistlethwaite wrote: > Ok, > > I went into modconf and select "net" and "ne". > > It said that this module was currently installed on my system. It gave me > two choices, > > Exit or Remove the module from the kernel. > Where do I specify the io-0x300? I do not see anywhere in the modconf that > allows me to > edit anything. > > Doug > AFAIK, it's in /etc/conf.modules -- __ _ Mark Wagnon Debian GNU/ -o) / / (_)__ __ __ Chula Vista, CA /\\/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / [EMAIL PROTECTED] _\_v/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ http://www.debian.org
Re: KDE: can't connect to X server
On 07/18/99 09:20 PM, G. Crimp wrote:
> I'm not having any trouble getting ahold of the kde debs. The
> problme is finding a deb of a version of qt that is suitable for the version
> of kde available in deb package form.
>
> Does anyone know of a qt*1.42*.deb anywhere ?
I have one here on my system. It's laying around from when I ran slink, but I've
moved to potato. Its qt1g_1.42-2_i386.deb. I can't remember where I got it off
hand, but I'll try to find out.
I'll be in touch...
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Re: KDE: can't connect to X server
On 07/18/99 09:20 PM, G. Crimp wrote:
>
> Does anyone know of a qt*1.42*.deb anywhere ?
>
I got it at ftp://ftp.us.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/1.1.1/distribution/deb/
I hope that's what you're looking for...
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Re: A Pet Peeve about posting on the lists
Mark Brown wrote:
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> Don't do that! The standard line length is 80 columns, and all sane
> mail clients can display that without problems. Most Unix mail clients
> do *not* do word wrapping in either display mode (spacing may be
To check that I'm not unknowingly sending long lines, how does
this look? Messed up threads and jacked quotes *are* irritating.
I hope I'm not one of the culprits.
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apt-get bails with this error...
Hi all, I was installing upgrading one of my machines to potato, and apt-get did what I thought was its business, but it seemed too short of a period of time for it to finish. I did an apt-get upgrade (assuming I was officially at the potato level) and apt-get gives me this: E: Size mismatch for package fdflush I re-installed fdflush by hand, but that didn't work. Any ideas? Should I try to install a package from another mirror? tia -- __ _ Mark Wagnon Debian GNU/ -o) / / (_)__ __ __ Chula Vista, CA /\\/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / [EMAIL PROTECTED] _\_v/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ http://www.debian.org
Re: apt-get bails with this error...
Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
>
> This will only happen if APT went to download a package and what it
> downloaded was the wrong size - ie your mirror is busted. If you run
> apt-get again then it will perform a resume operation, assuming that the
> mirror you are using is in the process of downloading it.
That's strange. Your reply to me arrived before my post showed up
on the list(?) Thanks for the speedy response! I did a dumb
thing. When I installed it by hand, I installed the slink version
(doh!!!). I fixed that and apt-get continued the upgrade. Thanks
for the info.
>
> Otherwise use another mirror - you may or may not have to erase
> /var/cache/apt/archives/partial/* by hand - it depends on what was wrong
> with your mirror and what apt version you are using. (0.3.11 will recover
> fully if you run it enough times ;>)
That's what I like about apt. It'll grind its way through
anything.
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Mysterious, spontaneous reboot trying to run e
Hi all, I compiled Enlightenment this morning from the tgz sources. All went well and I edited the /etc/X11/windowmanagers (is there a better way to do this? or am I okay with editing this file?) file to include enlightenment (+ the path) to run E as the first wm. Well X started and just sat there like it was trying to figure something out, then my machine rebooted. I decided to give it another shot so I fireed up X again, and now it seems fine. Has anyone had this happen before, know where I might find info on what happened? tia -- __ _ Mark Wagnon Debian GNU/ -o) / / (_)__ __ __ Chula Vista, CA /\\/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / [EMAIL PROTECTED] _\_v/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ http://www.debian.org
Re: Mysterious, spontaneous reboot trying to run e
Stephen Pitts wrote: > > A better way to do it is to add "exec enlightenment" to your ~/.xsession. Cool, thanks. > Enlightenment has done strange things to people's systems: it > generated a 700+ MB core dump that filled up a friend's hard drive. Wow! Yeah, I've had problems with enlightenment debs, so I thought I'd try to build it myself. All seemed to go okay after resolving dependeny issues for compilation. Other than that initial reboot, I haven't had any problems. However, I've restarted from my ~/.xsession and now my cursor is different. Go figure. > > If you use the .xsession method to start enlightenment, .xsession-errors > contains any error messages it encountered while trying to start it. > > What kernel version are you running? 2.0.36 right now. I plan on installing a new kernel asap though. Thanks for the reply! -- __ _ Mark Wagnon Debian GNU/ -o) / / (_)__ __ __ Chula Vista, CA /\\/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / [EMAIL PROTECTED] _\_v/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ http://www.debian.org
Re: Adobe Acrobat Reader in slink
Matthew Edwards wrote:
>
> I downloaded Adobe Acrobat Reader for linux and installed it on my Debian
> 2.1 distribution (2.9.9 kernel). When I tried to run it, first it told me
> it couldn't find various libX... libs. After i put that dir(/usr/X11R6/lib)
> in the lib search path for the script, it gives me a segmentation fault. I
> haven't been able to run RealPlayer, or WordPerfect for linux either, for
> similar reasons. Is there just something wrong with my setup?
These programs often need libs that are in the oldlibs section.
What you need to do is write down the libs that the programs are
complaining about. then point your browser to
http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages then scroll down till you
see the Search Contents of the Latest Release search engine.
Enter the names (one at a time) and search. You'll get a listing
of files and the packages that contain them. Install the packages
you should be good as gold.
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Re: Netscape crashing - Why do we have to rely on Netscape?
Phillip Deackes wrote: > > What I cannot understand is why we have only Netscape as a *viable* > graphical web browser. I am no programmer so maybe someone could point > out why there aren't several to choose from. I am aware of old ports of > Mosaic and the 'test-bed' Amayana? (sorry, can't remember the exact > name). I am also aware of Mozilla. is that usable yet? > > Thinking about it, there are not that many choices available for Windows > either - I was investigating some for use by my students and it appeared > most 'alternatives' were based on IE and just provided a different front > end. Yeah I know what you mean. Have you looked into opera? I haven't taken a look recently, but there was a windows version and they were working on versions for Linux and others. I think their homepage is http://www.opera.com Check them out. I'm gonna head over their right now... -- __ _ Mark Wagnon Debian GNU/ -o) / / (_)__ __ __ Chula Vista, CA /\\/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / [EMAIL PROTECTED] _\_v/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ http://www.debian.org
Re: Initial thoughts about Debian 2.1 (and I need some help!)
Phil Dyer wrote:
>
> I think the correct line for the slink debs is:
> deb http://www.netgod.net x/
> or
> deb ftp://ftp.netgod.net x/
> (notice no '/debian')^
I think it's:
deb http://ftp.netgod.net/ x/
I'm curious about the answer to Salman Ahmed's first question
too.
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Re: Initial thoughts about Debian 2.1 (and I need some help!)
Brian Servis wrote:
>
> You could also add a vt escape code to the top of the /etc/issue if
> mingetty is not an option.
>
> clear > /tmp/clear.txt # clear is in ncurses-bin
> cat /tmp/clear.txt /etc/issue > /etc/issue.clear
> mv /etc/issue /etc/issue.noclear
> mv /etc/issue.clear /etc/issue
That's pretty sweet! Works like a charm. Now I'll take a look and
mingetty.
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Mozilla Segfaulting OR Making debs from src and diffs
Is there a howto/faq that goes into how to apply the diff.tgz file to the orig.tar.gz file to get a deb? I completely forgot about Mozilla and after the above discussion on browsers, I decided to give it a try. Unfortunately it segfaulted on me. I thought that I might try compiling it myself, but I wanted a nice deb for my efforts. Can anyone help me out here? tia -- __ _ Mark Wagnon Debian GNU/ -o) / / (_)__ __ __ Chula Vista, CA /\\/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / [EMAIL PROTECTED] _\_v/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ http://www.debian.org
Re: Mozilla Segfaulting OR Making debs from src and diffs
Scratch that. I found some info in the Debian FAQ. It sure is taking a LONG time to compile though! -- __ _ Mark Wagnon Debian GNU/ -o) / / (_)__ __ __ Chula Vista, CA /\\/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / [EMAIL PROTECTED] _\_v/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ http://www.debian.org
Re: Configuring a monitor?
virtanen wrote: > > Yes it was that. > > It should have been the right one. That Mattrox Millenium seems to be > using SVGA. > > Someone suggested using ctl-alt-+(num) to switch between resolutions. > That method never worked. There was only that one resolution available. > > There might be support for that card available in later xfree-debs, I'll > see...? Someone suggested that. > > But yesterday night the whole system crashed again. There has been a > strange problem with the machine. Sometimes while booting the power goes > off suddently and then the whole system is unusable, because the whole > file-system is broken then. It made it again... I'm no guru, but this is damn peculiar. I noticed that someone mentioned that you grab the latest X. Do you know what version you're using? Is the G100 listed in the card database? I have a G200 myself, and I had to upgrade to 3.3.3.1-10 cuz the X on the slink CDs didn't support my card. Also, when specifying the horizontal and vertical frequencies, are you pressing after entering each range in the appropriate box? I noticed that when you don't, the values you type in aren't reflected in the red bars indicating the ranges. I don't know if this is significant, but it doesn't seem to hurt. To switch between resolutions you press the combo Ctrl-Alt-(+/-) to cycle forward and backward thru them. -- __ _ Mark Wagnon Debian GNU/ -o) / / (_)__ __ __ Chula Vista, CA /\\/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / [EMAIL PROTECTED] _\_v/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ http://www.debian.org
Re: Linux freezing up
Wim Kerkhoff wrote: > > I have on several occasions experienced a lockup of my system. For no > apparent reason, it will freeze up. It will not respond to any keyboard > control: Ctrl-Alt-Backspace doesn't kill X, Ctrl-c, Ctrl-z, Ctrl-Alt-Del > don't > do anything. Caps lock, etc don't toggle the keyboard lights either. > > What did find kind of strange, though, it was still connected to my ISP via > modem, and masquarading for the rest of the network. I could ping it from a > win95 box, and 'see' the Internet through it. I couldn't telnet/ftp into it > though, only ping and masq. > > I had an uptime of 12 days when this happened. It has done it before. Where > would the problem lie? Hardware? Kernel? > > I'm running: > -Kernel 2.2.10 > -Potato > -AMD K6-350 on an A-trend Motherboard I've had similar problems that weren't limited to potato or 2.2.10, they happened when I ran slink and a 2.0.36 kernel too. I also had a similar setup as you: amd-k62 250, kernel 2.2.10, and an epox mobo. My system would lock up hard, I couldn't even ping the net from my windows box. I can't count how many times I gave the old three finger salute to my system. I thought it was netscape that gave me all the problems, and it did seem to be a common denominator. I tried different windowmanagers too with the same results. Last week I through in the towel and dropped my 333 MHz celeron into my box and I've had almost no problems (today it crapped out for some reason). I'm running a libc5 version of netscape and I'm using Enlightenment and gnome for X. So, I guess I'm trying to say is that you're not alone :) -- __ _ Mark Wagnon Debian GNU/ -o) / / (_)__ __ __ Chula Vista, CA /\\/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / [EMAIL PROTECTED] _\_v/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ http://www.debian.org
Re: newbie² in trouble: installation failshello there, (please forgive my poor English)I've got an interesting case for you linux wizzkids...I tried to install Debian 2.1 and now i can't boot from hard disk andfloppy, or reinstall the system:I tried to install Debian 2.1 on a 486 with floppies.I managed to bootfrom hard disk, and started doing some linux. Soon i got tired ofdownloading the packages each time i wanted to try something new andordered the cdroms. First wanted to configure the cd-driver for mycreative labs CR-563 B in linux, it never worked out(also in dselect).After a while i convinced myself it would be better to reinstall (whatwould allow me to repartition as well). I still had a rescue and a bootdisk. I repartitioned, and wanted to continue with a cdrom-installation.I couldn't configure my cdrom-driver. I tried a few things, and gave itup. When i wanted to reboot, i found out my hard disk was empty(ipartitioned it), and i tried to reboot with my boot disk. Linux stoppedbooting with an 'unable to open an initial console' message. Then icould only try to reinstall with floppies. When i started the wholeinstallation once again everything seemed allright, till i came at'install the OS kernel and modules' where you have to insert the rescuedisk (it was already inserted). i got 'this is not the rescuefloppy...'message. tried it again and again, nothing helped. I threw thefloppy away, took another computer, rawrited2 resc1440.bin to it, thisone didn't work either, nor did any other floppy.(all formatted 14.4disks that allowed me to start the installation but stopped at the samepoint).So these are my questions: how can i get Linux to understand that i'musing the right floppies?how can i configure my CR-563creative labs in the installation program?what is this message when i bootfrom a boot-floppy:'unable to open an initial console'?here are some technical details: MB: Sis85c47,BIOS: Award v 4.50G,12MBram, SB16 with CR-563B CDROM (proprietary), linuxver: Debian 2.1, kernel
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Re: Configuring a monitor?
virtanen wrote: > > I'm getting tired of this. But it might be the case that I just have to > remember to shut the power off altogether before booting debian... because > it lasted this time quite long... before it... When the system crashes, all the mounted filesystems are checked to make sure that they are okay. On large partitions/slower machines, this can take a while. When my system crashes, it takes upwards of five minutes to get through the boot process. > > It wasn't there. I was just upgrading for that 3.3.3.1.-10 when the > whole system crashed (again). That might be the solution for the whole > thing. > > I'll try to do that nex time, if I once more install debian in this damn > machine... It can be frustrating at times. You'll get there. When you were upgrading to the new X packages, were you running X? I was informed a couple months ago that this is unwise. Upgrade from the console instead. Also, HOW are you upgrading? Are you using apt-get? This is the easiest way to keep your system up to date. You can upgrade to the latest X using apt-get by putting deb http://ftp.netgod.net/ x/ in your /etc/apt/sources.list file, and running apt-get update apt-get upgrade if you didn't already know that. > > > I have a > > G200 myself, and I had to upgrade to 3.3.3.1-10 cuz the X on the > > slink CDs didn't support my card. > > > > Also, when specifying the horizontal and vertical frequencies, > > are you pressing after entering each range in the > > appropriate box? I noticed that when you don't, the values you > > type in aren't reflected in the red bars indicating the ranges. I > > don't know if this is significant, but it doesn't seem to hurt. > > I don't think that I did that. > Try that when you re-run XF86Setup after upgrading. > > > > To switch between resolutions you press the combo Ctrl-Alt-(+/-) > > to cycle forward and backward thru them. > > > > That did not work at all. It could be that you didn't have any other resolutions to choose from. I don't. Well, good luck, hang in there, and let us know how it's going! -- __ _ Mark Wagnon Debian GNU/ -o) / / (_)__ __ __ Chula Vista, CA /\\/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / [EMAIL PROTECTED] _\_v/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ http://www.debian.org
Re: SSH 2
Rune Linding Raun wrote: > > i need SSH2 daemon on my system does it excist as a .deb? Take a look at http://www.debian.org/Packages/unstable/non-us/ssh2.html -- __ _ Mark Wagnon Debian GNU/ -o) / / (_)__ __ __ Chula Vista, CA /\\/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / [EMAIL PROTECTED] _\_v/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ http://www.debian.org
Re: How to escape this for the bash shell...
Nate Duehr wrote:
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> I have a file named :
>
> ?[4~?[4~?[4~?[4~?[4~?[4~?[4~?[4~?[4~?[4~
>
> ... in my home directory.
>
have you tried 'rm ./FILE'? There are several ways to delete
files with weird filenames.
There was a thread on it last month. Take a look at:
http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/debian-user-9907/msg00289.html
and follow that thread. BTW, it's entitled "Remove funny files"
hth
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Re: PS printing question
Johan Dewaele wrote: > [snip] > * When trying to print files from gv or gimp or acroread etc, I get or > nothing or on the printer : > > Error: /undefined in FFF > Operand stack: > Execution stack: > %inter > > * When I try to print a .ps file thru "raw" I get the ps file in text. > Thru other filters, nothing(?) happens. > * When invoking gs with parameters like : > gs -dSAFER -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=cdj500 -sOutputFile=\|lpr file.ps > gs loads an number of fonts and stops ... > > I would apreciate any help or direction where to find an answer or where > I missed something. I had similar problems with my laserjet. What I ended up doing was replacing gs with gs-aladdin. hth -- __ _ Mark Wagnon Debian GNU/ -o) / / (_)__ __ __ Chula Vista, CA /\\/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / [EMAIL PROTECTED] _\_v/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ http://www.debian.org
e2fsck error on boot
Hi all- I've managed to install the base system via floppies and I've spent several hours downloading packaged with dselect, and all seemed to be progressing nicely. I've only rebooted the system twice, and after downloading and installing something to do with the libc5 libraries, dselect instructed me to reboot when it was finished. So after everything was installed and configured, I rebooted the machine with Ctrl-Alt-Del, but I didn't stop to think if that's okay with Debian (it's posed no problem with any other dist that I've installed), so the system rebooted and when fsck started to check my filesystems it barfed up the following: ---Begin fsck message--- Couldn't find ext2 super-block while trying to open /dev/hda The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2 filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2 filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the superblock is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock: e2fsck -b 8193 fsck failed. Please repair manually and reboot. Please note that the root filesystem is currently mounted read-only. To remount it read-write: #mount -n -o remount,rw / ---End fsck message --- I entered my root password and typed e2fsck -b 8193 /dev/hda1 at the prompt. fsck ran and asked me to fix a few things, and exited without any error messages. I rebooted (this time with shutdown -r now) and was presented with the same error message. I tried again, this time mounting the root filesystem read-write as mentioned above, but then fsck complained that the system was mounted and asked me if it should continue. Not sure of the consequences, I declined. The only thing that I can think of that affected the mounting of filesystems was I edited the /etc/fstab to include my cdrom, cdwriter, and floppy drive. I cleaned it up a little as it was "ugly", but I didn't modify any of the info on lines already present execept to format them nicer with tabs. I've never been presented with an error like this before, so I don't know what to do or where to look. I can't even bring up a man page on e2fsck. Am I screwed, or is there a solution to my dilemna? I would surely be disappointed if I had to trash everything I had accomplished up to this point. Heck I was proud of myself, because last year I couldn't figure out dselect! Thanks for any help, Mark
Re: e2fsck error on boot
Thank you for the quick response. I must have gone a little crazy with the 'x' when editing /etc/fstab. That was the problem. Thanks again for getting me back up and running, Mark --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Curious question - does the bootup message really say /dev/hda rather > than /dev/hda1? If so, that may be your problem. Check to see if in > editing your /etc/fstab, you didn't lose a "1" in the first line.
Debian Books?
Hi all- I'm relatively new to Debian (just migrated from S.u.S.E.) and was wondering if anyone knows of any books that have a Debian slant. I'd like to know things like is there a debian command equivalent to rpm -q with rpm-based distributions and any other little tidbits specific to Debian. I'd search the list archives, but that would require that I know what I'm looking for. One thing that I can't figure out is how to set up a color ls. I copied a custom DIR_COLORS file to /etc, and created an alias for ls with the --color option but some of my files, namely those that are archived, compressed,etc., and image files don't display any color whatsoever. Also, I seem to be having problems setting permissions and ownerships correctly on files so that I can start a ppp connection as a user. I have been able to install my ppp-scripts in other dists and change a few ownerships and permissions and bingo, I can start a dialup session without a problem. Also is there some sort of log file that I can peruse to see all that I have installed on my system? I'm installing via ftp over a 57K modem because the cd-roms I bought from cheapbytes are screwy. Thanks for reading and I'm sure I'll be posting frequently as I acclimate to Debian. Mark
Thanks! Was [Re: Debian Books?]
On Thu, Aug 20, 1998 at 05:54:41PM -0700, Mark Wagnon wrote: > One thing that I can't figure out is how to set up a color ls. I copied > a custom DIR_COLORS file to /etc, and created an alias for ls with > the --color option but some of my files, namely those that are archived, > compressed,etc., and image files don't display any color whatsoever. I didn't know that the file was called LS_COLORS. I followed the instructions in the info files and I now have color in my ls! > Also, I seem to be having problems setting permissions and ownerships > correctly on files so that I can start a ppp connection as a user. This was my fault. I mistakenly chmoded (is that right??) my /etc/ppp directory to 644, bummer. All better now. I haven't checked the dpkg stuff yet, but I'm sure all will be okay. Thanks again Phillip and Eric Mark
Re: installation from a FAT32 partition
I had a similar problem when I tried to install the Debian base system from a Windows 98 (FAT32) partition. The problem is (I think) is that linux kernels prior to 2.0.35 don't have support for fat32 partitions. I was running S.u.S.E. Linux when I upgraded to Windows 98. I couldn't mount my Windows partitions anymore. I had to download the 2.0.35 source and recompile. After that, I could mount my Windows 98 partitions as type vfat with no problem. Unless you are able to find a rescue disk with the 2.0.35 kernel on it, I think you'll have to install via cdrom, or ftp. I ordered cdroms, but they didn't work so I installed via ftp. I'm using a 57K modem, and I have spent the last couple of nights downloading and installing. It's really not too bad. Hope this helps, Mark --- On Fri, Aug 21, 1998 at 12:44:12PM -0400, dwt77 wrote: > In both the Debian and Red Hat installation programs I've gotten to >the point where I choose my installation method (HD) and in both cases >the program does not recognize my hda1 (FAT32) parition, preventing me >from completing the installation. Debian tells me that "no partitions >not already mounted were detected" and Red Hat (which provides a list >of partitions) simply does not show the one (hda1) on which its software >resides. The partition programs (cfdisk, disk druid, and fdisk) had no >trouble recognizing this partition. Any suggestions?
Re: dumb WordPerfect question
"James R. Lunsford" wrote: > > Brian Morgan wrote: > > > Thanks for using NetForward! > > http://www.netforward.com > > v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v > > > > I've successfully unzipped and installed WordPerfect 8 onto /usr/local/wp8. > > Now what? What's the name of the executable and where is it? Readme's > > aren't helping. > > The exact same thing happened to me. I gave up on it. There were some problems with the wordperfect installation instructions. These instructions apply to the smaller, segmented files. o What you need to do is copy all the files to an empty directory, and make sure their filenames are lowercase. o Unzip each of them. o Untar the gui00 file only. o Run the Runme executalble. o Follow the instruction presented by the installation program HTH --- __ _ Mark Wagnon -o) / / (_)__ __ __ Chula Vista, CA /\\/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _\_v/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\
Re: dumb WordPerfect question
"James R. Lunsford" wrote:
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> I had the large 27(?) meg file. I put it in /usr/local and untarred it, then
> installed it.
> It seemed to go well but the 2 times I tried it, no xwp file.
Do you mean that you could not find xwp, or do you mean that you typed
xwp and nothing happened? If the former, i don't really have a clue.
Maybe you can try to get the smaller files. I always do that because my
dialup connection gets flaky sometimes. If the latter, do you remember
what directory you installed wordperfect to? I installed mine into
/usr/local/WordPerfect, making xwp in /usr/local/WordPerfect/wpbin. To
run xwp you either need to have the /usr/local/WordPerfect/wpbin
directory in your path, or you need to specify the full path to it when
you run it.
I am assuming that you completed the installation (selected language,
printers, etc.) successfully.
hth
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Controlling Volume on an Audio CD?
Hey All I finally bought a cable to connect my sound card and cd-rom drive. I started up workbone and it sounds great! Is there a keypress or other utility that will allow me to control the volume though? I'm using a hamm system. Thanks, -- __ _ Mark Wagnon -o) / / (_)__ __ __ Chula Vista, CA /\\/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _\_v/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\
Re: Controlling Volume on an Audio CD?
"M.C. Vernon" wrote:
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> Aumix is the best IMHO
Thanks. I'd have to agree :)
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Re: KDE 1.1 (-19990207-1)
"Gregory T. Norris" wrote: > > Looks like I was a tad hasty toward the end there... It seems that the > "-1" revision of the two kdesupport*.deb packages are ok. I see that > they've now removed all of the other (bad) "-1" packages, as well. > Looks like it should all be fixed! I'm grabbing them right now. Will these run on a hamm system? I figured I'd get them now and have them handy when I make the move to slink, but does anyone know if they'll install on hamm? Maybe I should get the tarballs instead? -- __ _ Mark Wagnon -o) / / (_)__ __ __ Chula Vista, CA /\\/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _\_v/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\
Re: Installing Sound Card
Doug Thistlethwaite wrote: > > Hello, > > I'm looking for someone who would help walk me through the process of > installing > my sound card on my 2.0.33 kernel system. I have read the howto's and such > and > I am totally confused! My attempt to generate a kernel resulted in a 1.6MB > monstrosity that is to big to run... I have been playing with this on and off > for 4 months... > > My system is a P166 64MB system running the current debian release. The sound > card os a SoundPro "Soundblaster/PRO compatible card" that has absolutely no > marking on it. The chip it uses is a SoundPro HT1869V+ (F30446) 9729. I'm pretty much totally ignorant as far as setting up sound is concerned, but here is what I did. Your mileage may vary. The first thing you need to do is to find out all the info you can on your sound card: IRQ, I/O addresses, DMA. You can get this info from within win9X, buy going into the control panel, clicking on system, then clicking on your sound card, or something to that effect. Sorry, but I haven't used windows in a while :) Now I got a list similar (with less detail) off of another mailing list. I was lucky because the guy had the same card I have (SB AWE 64), and my setting were the same. I don't know what all the specs are. I'll indicate where I'm clueless with an '***', and I'll give you the values I entered in brackets []. Next get into the /usr/src/linux dir and type make xconfig. Then do each of these: click on Sound click y for Sound card support click y for Sound Blaster (SB, SBPro, SB16, clones) support scroll down a little ways click y for /dev/dsp and /dev/audio support click y for MIDI interface support click y for FM systhesizer (YM3812/OPL-3) support enter your I/O base address for I/O base for SB...[I entered 220] enter yor IRQ for Sound Blaster IRQ...[5] enter your DMA for Sound Blaster DMA... [1] enter other DMA for Sound Blaster 16 bit DMA... [1]*** enter your MPU for MPU401 I/O base... [330]*** enter -1 for SB MPU401 IRQ... [-1]*** scroll all the way down (leaving all other entries alone) enter 65536 for your Audio DMA buffer size that's it! Save, exit, and recompile and you should be golden! I hope this isn't too confusing :) -- __ _ Mark Wagnon -o) / / (_)__ __ __ Chula Vista, CA /\\/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _\_v/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\
Re: WordPerfect: suddenly ending storing
Dave Swegen wrote:
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> Am I the only one who after exiting WP has a process called wpexc ruuning?
> I have to manually kill off the darn thing...
>
> dave
I never noticed it before, but I too have it running. I have the
commercial version installed. That's strange. Well I'm off to kill it
now.
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Re: Circuit design software?
Andrei Ivanov wrote:
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> Afternoon all.
> Is there any circuit design software for Linux?
There is a bunch of circuit related files at:
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/circuits/
I don't know what they do, but maybe you find what you're looking for
there :)
HTH
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Re: Installing Sound Card
Doug Thistlethwaite wrote:
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> Thanks for the reply. Is there a way to get the card setting without going to
> windows... My system doesn't have windows on it at all. I installed linux
> directly
> onto it. Its kind of MS free... As much as I could make it.
>
> Doug
I think that isapnptools will do that. I haven't used it in a while, but
you can find it here:
ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-i386/admin/isapnptools_1.13-3.1.deb
Check it out, it's like 40k so it's a quick download.
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Re: where is /usr/src.linux???
rich wrote: > > I am just now trying to compile my kernel for sound as per Marl Wagnon's > recent suggestions, but lo and behold, no /usr/src/linux and on top > of that, the only directory in my /usr/src directory is REDHAT?!?!?! > What's up here? So I just tried to go to /usr/src and type "make > xconfig" and I get the message "no rule to make target "xconfig". Stop" > I am baffled - please help! > > ps - I am running slink, which I freshly installed after vetoing > hamm > > Rich heh. Have you installed the kernel-source package yet? It'll put the source in /usr/src/kernel-source-2.0.34 and make a link to it named linux. Here's what my /usr/src/ looks like: drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 1024 Feb 6 22:38 kernel-headers-2.0.32 drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 1024 Feb 9 09:28 kernel-source-2.0.34 drwxr-xr-x 15 1046 1046 1024 Feb 11 22:37 kernel-source-2.0.36 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root src20 Feb 9 18:00 linux -> kernel-source-2.0.36 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root src21 Feb 6 22:48 linux-2.0.32 -> kernel-headers-2.0.32 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root src20 Feb 9 09:12 linux-2.0.34 -> kernel-source-2.0.34 -rw-r--r-- 1 root src 7269221 Feb 9 17:56 linux-2.0.36.tar.gz You might have to make your window a little bigger to see it nicely. I started off by installing the kernel-source-2.0.34 package via dselect and it stuck everything in there. To upgrade, download the kernel sources from somewhere like www.kernel.org. Copy it into /usr/src. remove the link called 'linux', untar and unzip the source. It installs it into a directory called linux. change the name to kernel-sources-2.0.36 (or whatever, according to which sources you got). make a new link called linux that points to kernel-sources-2.0.36. cd to linux (which will put you in the kernel-source-2.0.36 directory). type make config (or menuconfig, or xconfig, I like xconfig). Follow my directions from the earlier post and that should do it for you. --- Mark Wagnon -o) / / (_)__ __ __ Chula Vista, CA /\\/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _\_v/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\
dircolors and LS_COLORS
Can anyone tell me what file that the LS_COLORS environment variable is
set? I thought is was in /etc/profile, but it's not there. I'm asking
because I'd like to add the *.bz2 extension so that bzipped files are
the same color as other compressed files.
TIA
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Re: Network doesn't work
Mitch Blevins wrote:
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> The newer NetGear cards ship with a floppy that contains their
> own version of tulip.c which is not necessarily the same tulip.c
> that is included in your kernel tarball.
>
> Replace the tulip.c in the kernel tree with the one included on
> the floppy and recompile, reboot, etc.
> Maybe that will work.
>
> -Mitch
Are these decent NICs? I'm planning a home network, and I saw NetGear
cards for about $30 US each. I read that Linux was one of the supported
OSes, and read on their website that they had their own tulip drivers.
I've heard a lot of recommendation for tulip-based NICs.
TIA
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