Re: Debian, Slackware, RedHat and OSS (fwd)
On Tue, Jun 08, 1999 at 10:37:51PM -, Pollywog wrote: > > On 08-Jun-99 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > When I finally tried RedHat a couple of years later I was disgusted > > because it wanted me to do configuration using their 'tools' vs. just > > editing /etc/* --- I found that I could tweak it a lot less before the > > whole thing broke and I finally reinstalled Slack. > > This is one thing I disliked about Caldera OpenLinux; I had to use their > 'tools' to change simple things like a hostname. I sorta doubt that. Underneath it's all linux. You never _have_ to use "their tools." It's just a matter of finding where the distribution in question puts the configuration files and then vi is your friend. My experience with other distributions is limited in recent years, but a few days ago my boss brought me a laptop with the latest and greatest Caldera installed (via lizard, cute) but no PCMCIA. Well I chased through the wonderful GUI admin tool for half an hour trying to do it "their way." Eventually I used find against the CD and rpm -i to get the necessary packages installed. To their credit the PCMCIA packages matched the installed kernel so it was fairly trivial. Then I had to use find and grep to locate the PCMCIA network configuration to fix that up. Sounds like a lot of trouble for a distribution designed for the naive user, and it is, but no more mucking about than one does with any unfamiliar distribution. And it makes my point that, underneath all the glitz, it really is "just" linux. Cheers, Pann -- What's All the Buzz About Linux?L I N U X .~. The Choice /V\ http://www.ourmanpann.com/linux/ of a GNU /( )\ Generation ^^-^^
Re: Upgrading with two cd's, at once?
On Tue, Jun 08, 1999 at 08:43:20PM -0500, Chris Frost wrote: > I'm about to upgrade a box from hamm to slink and can have access to both > binary discs concurrently. Can I simply put both filename's (one under main > and the other contrib) and do an "apt-get dist-upgrade" and be done? Or will > I still need to go through deselect as well? (I hope not! :) CD 1 should be main, CD 2 both main and contrib, as not all the main packages fit on the first CD. I do this regularly with one CD mounted on /cdrom and the other mounted on /mnt. apt-get dist-upgrade will still want to get non-free and non-us packages from somewhere (the net in my case), but the only time I find I _HAVE_ to use dselect is for something like replacing smail with exim-- I've never found a way to convince dpkg to do that for me. Luck, Pann -- What's All the Buzz About Linux?L I N U X .~. The Choice /V\ http://www.ourmanpann.com/linux/ of a GNU /( )\ Generation ^^-^^
Re: [slrn] please, help whith slrnpull
slrn --spool On Fri, Jul 16, 1999 at 12:07:19PM +0200, J Horacio MG wrote: > Hi, > > I installed slrn and slrnpull. For a short while I tried "plain" slrn, > but what I really need is to be able to download the news to read, > reply, compose, etc. off line. > > So, I set up the slrnpull.conf like follows: > > - /etc/news/slrnpull.conf - > default 0 0 > group.news.one * * > group.news.two * * > ... > - /etc/news/slrnpull.conf - > > Then used the command: > > $ slrnpull -h news.vlc.servicom.es -d ~/News/slrnpull > > which seemed to work just fine. But the problem is with the newsreader > slrn, which works fine by itself (on line), but I can't make it open the > spool. These are the settings I placed in .slrnrc: > > - ~/.slrnrc - > set spool_inn_root "~/News/slrnpull" > set spool_root "~/News/slrnpull/news" > set spool_nov_root "~/News/slrnpull/news" > set read_active 1 > set use_slrnpull 1 > % > %set server_object "spool" > % > set spool_active_file "data/active" > set spool_activetimes_file "data/active.times" > set spool_newsgroups_file "data/newsgroups" > > %% -- The following filenames are relative to spool_nov_root > set spool_nov_file ".overview" > > set spool_check_up_on_nov 0 > - ~/.slrnrc - > > but I can't make slrn read the spool off line: > > $ slrn > slrn 0.9.5.3 (Oct 8 1998 11:59:00) > > Reading startup file /etc/news/slrn.rc. > Reading startup file /home/user/.slrnrc. > Connecting to host news.vlc.servicom.es ...news.vlc.servicom.es: Unknown > host. > slrn fatal error: > Failed to initialize server. > > Could anyone help me with this, please? I've gone through all slrn and > slrnpull documentation I've found, but nothins (actually, I haven't seen > any mention of slrnpull in slrn home page nor anywhere else, just > /usr/doc/slrnpull/README.gz). > > -- > Horacio > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Valencia - ESPAÑA > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- What's All the Buzz About Linux?L I N U X .~. The Choice /V\ http://www.ourmanpann.com/linux/ of a GNU /( )\ Generation ^^-^^
Re: New Users FAQ - comment?
On Tue, Jul 20, 1999 at 08:11:17AM +1000, Carley, Jason Australia" wrote: > I would be happy to look at putting such a list together. Essentially a Q&A > of the most common questions asked on the list. As a relative newbie myself > this will also help me learn more about my system. However, I may also need > some help from the more experienced users to come up with the One True > Answer. > > The sort of questions that could be answered include: > > How to get a TNT card working under X > > Where do I get KDE debs from > > How do I use the system help tools > > How do I shutdown > > Basics on using and setting up apt with sources.list > etc > > This would allow me to cleanse my guild at commenting on debian (including > problems) without really contributing to it. And may help ease bandwidth on > the list. > > Any comments welcome. A couple of years ago (I think) I decided to try and make a contribution back to Debian and did it by means of the URL in my signature block. It's a pretty complete step-by-step guide for installing hamm from scratch (there are some slink notes there, but they are real sketchy) and getting the applications most newbies want up and running. Note that there are _NO_ references to X on that page, something that might be rectified by someone such as yourself. I got some pretty positive feedback on this page and offer it as a possible framework for incorporating answers to the questions you've suggested above. Once such a page is in place, you can help a lot of folks on this list by pointing them to a specific URL that speaks to their newbie question. I'm sorry I haven't had time to keep the page current, but my excuse is that I now have a real job working full time with linux that saps the energy I used to have for doing that sort of thing. Luck, Pann -- What's All the Buzz About Linux?L I N U X .~. The Choice /V\ http://www.ourmanpann.com/linux/ of a GNU /( )\ Generation ^^-^^
Re: netscape 4.6
On Sun, Jun 06, 1999 at 02:54:17PM -0500, Brian Servis wrote: > http://widget.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis/netscape-base-4_14_i386.deb. > Before you install this though you will need to install the libwww-perl > and liburi-perl packages from unstable(it would be great if they were > in the above archive as well), they do not need libc6(>=2.1) so this is > not a problem. The easiest way to install them is to use dpkg on one > line: > > dpkg -i liburi-perl_1.01-1.deb libwww-perl_5.42-1.deb > netscape-base-4_14_i386.deb Brian, I was delighted when I read this message because I've been putting off trying Netscape 4.6 because of the netscape-base-4_14 issue. Well, there's more trouble in river city. The liburi-perl and libwww-perl packages in potato are newer than the ones you cite, and they run into the perl5 mess that's still settling out in potato. I'll CC this to netgod in the hopes that he'll add the appropriate packages to his WONDERFUL http://netgod.net/x/ site that will enable us to actually install the latest netscape in slink. And then there's RealAudio . . . ;-> Cheers, Pann -- What's All the Buzz About Linux?L I N U X .~. The Choice /V\ http://www.ourmanpann.com/linux/ of a GNU /( )\ Generation ^^-^^
LS-120 "Super Rescue" floppy
I'm trying to make a "super rescue" floppy on an LS-120 floppy. At work we have several machines with no "standard" floppy drive configured thusly: +--- master --- /dev/hda (hard drive) +--- IDE0 --| | +--- slave (no connection) | | +--- master --- /dev/hdc (CDROM) +--- IDE1 --| +--- slave /dev/hdd (LS-120) What I'm trying to do is create a bootable slink system on the LS-120 floppy. I can boot the official CD and with a minimum amount of fiddling get the base system installed on /dev/hdd (the LS-120 floppy). The problem is configuring lilo. I can tell the BIOS to boot first from A: or from LS/ZIP, and in either case (if memory serves, sorry) the symptoms are identical. If I leave the first line in /etc/lilo.conf /dev/hdd1 as set by liloconfig, the boot process hangs silently when you'd expect lilo to put in an appearance. If I change that line to /dev/hdd and rerun lilo, the boot process gets as far as lilo, but fails like this: L 01 01 01 ... /dev/hdd1 is the only partition on the LS-120 floppy, and is marked bootable. And yes, it's an ext2 partition. Ideas? Suggestions? Thanks. Cheers, Pann -- What's All the Buzz About Linux?L I N U X .~. The Choice /V\ http://www.ourmanpann.com/linux/ of a GNU /( )\ Generation ^^-^^
Re: majordomo documentation
On Sat, Jul 31, 1999 at 02:08:32PM -0700, Nate wrote: > Where can I get Howtos on setting up a majordomo list? Install majordomo and follow your nose: $ ls /usr/doc/majordomo/ FAQ.gzREADME.sequencer firewalls-digest.vol FUTURE.gz changelog.Debian.gz list-owner-info.gz INSTALL.gzchangelog.gz majordomo-faq.html NEWLIST.gzcopyright majordomo-faq.txt.gz NEWS digest.aliasesmajordomo.lisa6.ps.gz README.Debian firewalls-digest.cf majordomo.ora.gz README.Docfirewalls-digest.header man README.digest.gz firewalls-digest.num quick-digest-setup README.gz firewalls-digest.trailer sample.cf.gz Cheers, Pann -- What's All the Buzz About Linux?L I N U X .~. The Choice /V\ http://www.ourmanpann.com/linux/ of a GNU /( )\ Generation ^^-^^
Re: redirecting ports
On Wed, Jun 30, 1999 at 06:47:59PM -0700, Nate wrote: > I don't want to have to run any services on my firewall. I have on IP > address and I receive dns from the tzo services (like dhis except you > get your own domain and it's $$). > > I want to be able to run all my servers on an internal private IP. > > Thus, I want to redirect ports 25, 443, and 6667 to my internal > private IP of 192.168.1.x. > > I have experimented with redir and it keeps getting access failures. > > What am I doing wrong, or what is the best solution for this? After some problems with redir I installed rinetd and it's been very solid. Luck, Pann -- What's All the Buzz About Linux?L I N U X .~. The Choice /V\ http://www.ourmanpann.com/linux/ of a GNU /( )\ Generation ^^-^^
Re: Initial thoughts about Debian 2.1 (and I need some help!)
On Sat, Jul 31, 1999 at 07:41:19PM -0400, Salman Ahmed wrote: > However, I still have quite a few questions that I am hoping to > get answered : First let me compliment you on your detailed and well organized request for help. I'll pick off one of your questions that is easy for me and let others do the same. Keep in mind there is always More Than One Way To Do It. I'm giving you a "simple, brute force" solutions that has worked for me. > (2) If I download a bunch of .deb files myself to a dir on my HD, > how can I install them using a combination of dselect/apt ? I keep these in a separate directory. For example, the X packages from netgod are in /usr/local/netgod/ and the latest KDE packages are in /usr/local/kde/. Then I just do the following: # dpkg -i /usr/local/netgod/*.deb # dpkg -i /usr/local/kde/*.deb This simple and effective. Keeping the files togther and installing them with a single dpkg command means dependencies shouldn't be a problem. If you do come up with a dependency issue, just add the necessary package(s) to the appropriate directory. Luck, Pann -- What's All the Buzz About Linux?L I N U X .~. The Choice /V\ http://www.ourmanpann.com/linux/ of a GNU /( )\ Generation ^^-^^
Re: Initial thoughts about Debian 2.1 (and I need some help!)
On Sat, Jul 31, 1999 at 10:34:09PM -0400, Salman Ahmed wrote: > In some multi-user environments this type of behaviour (ie the screen not > getting cleared after a user has logged out) could almost be considered > a security risk seeing as how another user could see what the last user > had been doing. Granted this is not that big of a deal but I am surprised to > see this as default behaviour in Debian when other distros like RH already > do this by default. I am just curious, not wanting to start a flame war!! You just answered your own question: "In some multi-user environments .." On my system at home (where I'm the only user) I don't want anything scrolling (or being cleared) off the screen just because I've logged out. At work, it's a different story. And somebody had to choose the default and leave it for we who don't care for it to change our own environment. Cheers, Pann -- What's All the Buzz About Linux?L I N U X .~. The Choice /V\ http://www.ourmanpann.com/linux/ of a GNU /( )\ Generation ^^-^^
Re: Backing up just my personal stuff (was: backing up a complete Debian GNU/Linux system)
Here's my take on it: As root, dpkg --get-selections > /root/dpkg.selections cp -a /usr/src/linux/kernel-image*.deb /root/ Then backup /root /boot /etc /var /home /usr/local [/usr/lib/cgi-bin] To restore: install the base system copy dpkg.selections from the backup media to /root/ dpkg --set-selections < /root/dpkg.selections dselect (SKIP the "Select" step) restore what you've backed up dpkg -i /root/kernel_image*.deb lilo reboot and you should be there. FWIW, I've actually done this once under pressure with mostly success. I left out /usr/lib/cgi-bin/ and had to track down a bunch of scripts. YMMV. Cheers, Pann -- What's All the Buzz About Linux?L I N U X .~. The Choice /V\ http://www.ourmanpann.com/linux/ of a GNU /( )\ Generation ^^-^^
Re: Minicom OK, PPP very slow!
On Fri, Jul 31, 1998 at 09:55:02AM -0600, Young, Ed wrote: > > Last night I did a brand new install of 2.0. All went well and I wanted to > get ppp going. > > I saved the distribution ppp files and put in my old options, options.ttyS3, > net-connect, and net-chat files. Back up the files you're using now and run pppconfig and let it build a new configuration for you. Everything seems a bit different with later versions of ppp, but the pppconfig program is very straightforward and has given me good results on several different boxes. Luck, Pann -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: cd_autoup.sh broken... or is it me?
On Tue, Aug 04, 1998 at 11:50:07AM +, Jay Barbee wrote: > Can't find ../debian/hamm/hamm/binary-i386/libs/libstdc++2.8_*.deb! > aborting upgrade. > --- > > It is true my official cd does not have: /debian/hamm/hamm/binary- > i386/libs/libstdc++2.8_*.deb It's not you, a couple of packages got moved. Here's a comment from my modified version: # modified by pann to correct some paths # libstdc++2.8 moved from libs/ to base/ # libnet-perl moved from interpreters/ to base/ HTH. Cheers, Pann -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
bo -> hamm, network disappears!
Yesterday I upgraded two machines from bo to hamm. The first went well, and the second was fine until I rebooted, then the network disappeared. Since I had done the whole blinking upgrade across the network and had therefor shoved several dozen megabytes into the NIC in the hours just preceding the reboot, I'm skeptical that my network is gone owing to a hardware failure. Everything else is working. The machine is the company's mail server, and it's doing its uucp connections on schedule. And I just dialed in to get the stuff that's appended to this message. The only thing that gave an error during the upgrade was parsing boa.conf. Someone had removed a directory that was specified in that file. I went in and fixed that up. I don't know if boa is working or not because the network isn't. I just mention it because that's the only error of any sort I noticed. The NIC is properly detected at bootup, and the network is properly configured. No errors are reported during the boot process. The only errors I found in logs are samba's nmbd reporting that the network is not reachable. There are surely still some libc5 packages on the machine, because I didn't have a non-free tree available at the time of the upgrade. I had to go through and fix that up manually on the other machine. Perhaps the network on that machine didn't work until I did that and I just had no reason to notice it. I'll be doing that soon. In particular, util-linux gets held back by apt (as a dselect method) because it wants to replace getty, which is marked essential. I had to do that manually, and I haven't gotten that far yet on the second machine. Could that be related? Any input would be much appreciated. The following is from a dialup session I just had with the machine in question. It doesn't help me, but maybe one of you will see something obvious. Cheers, Pann [EMAIL PROTECTED] /sbin/ifconfig eth0 eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:80:C8:2E:AA:CC inet addr:192.168.1.7 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:1617 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:271 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 Collisions:0 Interrupt:10 Base address:0x300 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ping -c1 localhost PING localhost (127.0.0.1): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=1.7 ms --- localhost ping statistics --- 1 packets transmitted, 1 packets received, 0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max = 1.7/1.7/1.7 ms [EMAIL PROTECTED] ping -c1 dogbert PING dogbert.lignomat.com (192.168.1.7): 56 data bytes ping: sendto: Network is unreachable ping: wrote dogbert.lignomat.com 64 chars, ret=-1 --- dogbert.lignomat.com ping statistics --- 1 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss [EMAIL PROTECTED] ping -c1 dilbert PING dilbert.lignomat.com (192.168.1.11): 56 data bytes ping: sendto: Network is unreachable ping: wrote dilbert.lignomat.com 64 chars, ret=-1 --- dilbert.lignomat.com ping statistics --- 1 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss [EMAIL PROTECTED] /sbin/ifconfig eth0 eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:80:C8:2E:AA:CC inet addr:192.168.1.7 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:1619 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:271 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 Collisions:0 Interrupt:10 Base address:0x300
Re: bo -> hamm, network disappears! [SOLVED]
> On Wed, 12 Aug 1998, Pann McCuaig wrote: > >> Yesterday I upgraded two machines from bo to hamm. The first went well, >> and the second was fine until I rebooted, then the network disappeared. For some reason the `-net' option had been left off the `route add' lines in /etc/init.d/network. All better now.
Re: SCSI IOMEGA Zip
On Tue, Aug 18, 1998 at 12:49:16PM -0700, Marlon Urias wrote: > I'm having trouble getting my kernel to see a scsi zip > drive. I understand that there is a special module (ppa) > for parallel drives, but what about scsi drives? Nope, mine comes up just fine as /dev/sda on one machine, and /dev/sdb on another. Does your kernel recognize your SCSI controller? Cheers, Pann
Re: diald and ppp problems (now chap/pap, too)
On Thu, Aug 20, 1998 at 01:32:37PM -0400, Will Lowe wrote: > On Wed, 19 Aug 1998, Geoffrey L. Brimhall wrote: > > > So you should change the connect line to: > > > > connect "chat -v -f /the_base_path_to_myisp/myisp" > This works until the ppp server asks for chap/pap, and then the local > copy of pppd spawned by diald doesn't do it, so the remote server kicks > me off. Any way to make diald to pap/chap? Here's my /etc/diald/diald.options file: (look at the `pppd-options' line) --- # diald log file: do not change. accounting-log /var/log/diald.log # diald monitoring pipe: do not change. fifo /var/run/diald.fifo added by pann pppd-options noproxyarp noauth user pann mode ppp connect "/usr/sbin/chat -f /etc/chatscripts/provider" device /dev/ttyS0 speed 115200 modem lock crtscts local 192.168.0.1 remote 192.168.0.2 dynamic defaultroute include /etc/diald/standard.filter
Re: New installation problem
On Sat, Aug 22, 1998 at 02:39:16PM -0700, Lazar Fleysher wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I just downloaded hamm distribution and when I try to install it, the > system lock after detecting IDE CD-ROM. (If I disconnect the CD it works > fine, but then again, I can not boot with CD connected. > Any ideas of how to overcome the problem? > > Thank you, > > Lazar Create a rescue floppy and boot from that with the CD-ROM connected but the CD in your hand. When the first screen comes up as a result of booting the rescue floppy, insert the CD into the drive. The hamm CD is bootable, but not every system can boot it, and some choke trying. Luck, Pann
Re: correct procedure for make-kpkg
On Mon, Aug 24, 1998 at 02:08:50PM -0500, the lone gunman wrote: > > What is the correct procedure for building a home-grown custom kernel > with make-kpkg? What are the steps from installing the kernal source > package to installing the new, roll-your-own kernel? Actually, this is covered in the document at the URL in my sig. Hope it helps. Luck, Pann -- What's All the Buzz About Linux? http://www.rdrop.com/users/pann/
Re: DE-220 Ethernet Card
On Wed, Aug 26, 1998 at 10:03:01AM +0100, Nicholas Humfrey wrote: >Has anyone got the DE-220 EtherNet Card to work with Linux ? It is a > popular and very available card which is supposed to be ne2000 compatible > but is obviously not 100% compatible. It has PnP support and jumperless > configuration. The HOWTO says that a lot of the ne2000 clones are not > likely to work. But I thought seeing as this was so popular and widespread > that it might. > > In my 486 it set it up as IRQ=10 and IO=340 but the device installer told > me that the resource was busy or missing. I also borrowed a sn2000 from a > friend without any luck either. I have two DE-220P (the ISA PNP version) cards running in two different machines. In machine one, an old 486, I used the utility program that came with the card to fix it at IO=0x300 and IRQ=10. Told the ne module io=0x300 and everything is fine. In machine two, a newer K6 with PCI and modern BIOS, I installed the card (out of the box) and booted up Windows to make sure it worked, and then used `/sbin/pnpdump' and `man isapnp' to set it up. Luck, Pann
Re: Newbie's question: how to send&receive mail
On Thu, Aug 27, 1998 at 12:36:28AM -0500, Ed Cogburn wrote: > > Do you have X running? Are you setting up a server or are just an > end-user? The simplest thing to do as an end user is get Netscape's > Communicator/Navigator. This'll save you the trouble of setting up > smail/fetchmail/mutt/qpopper/slrn/trn ad. naueseum. Oh, it's not all that hard. And you almost surely need neither qpopper or trn. Setting up the others is described step-by-step at the URL in my sig. Luck, Pann -- What's All the Buzz About Linux? http://www.rdrop.com/users/pann/
Re: Debian 1.3.1 instal on a 386/40
On Thu, Aug 27, 1998 at 06:33:06AM +, Rolf Edlund wrote: > > But I'm still wondering, is Debian supporting non-ide cd-roms ? And what > about FPU emulation in kernel 2.0.30 ? Have tryed to look for info on > that, but have not found any. > Yes, and yes. Luck, Pann -- What's All the Buzz About Linux? http://www.rdrop.com/users/pann/
Re: ZIP Disk mounting: still no answer...so reposting
On Wed, Aug 26, 1998 at 07:58:17PM -0700, Michael Rudmin wrote: > I have an IOMEGA SCSI zip drive, with an IOMEGA zoom SCSI card > (non-bootable) on my 486. > > I haven't seen anything in the setup that tells me that the drive is > mountable. In addition, in the Debian documentation, (Chapter 4), the > info on mounting a zip drive is missing. > > Can anyone tell me more about how to mount it? Also, are there > specific drivers that I should install, or should have intalled when I > initialized my debian Linux Is the SCSI card detected at bootup? How about the drive? I have no idea if the default debian kernel supports your SCSI card (it supports many), but if it does you should see your ZIP drive detected, probably as /dev/sda. To mount it, as root, put in a disk and try mount -t msdos /dev/sda4 /mnt Yes, that's `sda4'. For some reason DOS ZIP disks are generally created with a single primary partition, 4. Luck, Pann -- What's All the Buzz About Linux? http://www.rdrop.com/users/pann/
Re: Random Return Addresses
On Thu, Aug 27, 1998 at 03:41:44AM -0500, David Densmore wrote: > Is there any way to get mail clients like Pine and Mutt to use a return > address other than [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I have tried both Pine and Mutt, and they only seem to allow me to have > my Linux userid as the return address. My Linux username is dave. My > ISP username is dden. > > This is the best I can get from Mutt: > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This is what I want: > > From: David Densmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In ~/.muttrc my_hdr From: David Densmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> You might also want to add the following to your ~/.bash_profile export REPLYTO="[EMAIL PROTECTED]" Luck, Pann -- What's All the Buzz About Linux? http://www.rdrop.com/users/pann/
Re: APM support?
On Mon, Aug 31, 1998 at 08:32:58AM +0200, Remo Badii wrote: > I cannot remember having seen any suggestion to include APM support in > the kernel during the (successful) installation of Debian 2.0 from the > CDs using dselect. Do I really have to load the source file(s) from an > FTP site and compile the kernel myself? Yes. And download kernel-package as well, it will make your life _MUCH_ easier. > How do I find out what else has been included as an option in the > present kernel, so that I can include it in my next compilation (by the > way, the first one in my life)? Look for this file: /boot/config-2.0.34 (your version may vary) I believe it is a copy of the /usr/src/linux/.config file used to build the installed kernel. Luck, Pann -- What's All the Buzz About Linux? http://www.rdrop.com/users/pann/
Re: Modules
On Sun, Aug 30, 1998 at 10:36:07PM +0200, Dennis Janssen wrote: > Just installed Debian 2.0, and now I have a question about modules. > > I have managed to get isapnp setup my network card properly. When I manually > give: >insmod /lib/modules/2.0.34/net/ 8390.0 >insmod /lib/modules/2.0.34/net/ne io=0x220 irq=11 > I get the message that the ne modules has been successfully loaded. > > Now I want to ne.o module to be loaded at boot. How/what/where? $ cat /etc/init.d/isapnp #! /bin/sh # /etc/init.d/isapnp: configure Plug and Play boards test -x /sbin/isapnp || exit 0 if [ -r /etc/isapnp.conf ]; then /sbin/isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf fi # install the pnp devices /sbin/insmod /lib/modules/2.0.34/net/8390.o /sbin/insmod /lib/modules/2.0.34/net/ne.o io=0x240 exit 0 Luck, Pann -- What's All the Buzz About Linux? http://www.rdrop.com/users/pann/
Re: Getting mail from a POP3 server
On Mon, Sep 14, 1998 at 10:53:57AM -0400, Mitchell Surface wrote: > This should be an easy question but I can't seem to find an answer. I > want to get my e-mail from my ISP's POP server. I've been messing around > with sendmail (which is overkill, I now realize) without any luck. Can > someone point me to a straight forward solution, preferably with > examples of the config files? I don't really care which software I use, > just so long as I can get it to work. My configuration, using smail and fetchmail, is detailed at the URL in my sig. HTH, Pann -- What's All the Buzz About Linux? http://www.rdrop.com/users/pann/
Re: Debian 2.0: pon works, diald gets PAP authentication failure
On Wed, Sep 16, 1998 at 12:51:46PM +, Ken Westerback wrote: > I have a working ppp connection, using PAP, available through pon or > wmppp as evidenced by the console messages: [logs and config files snipped] > Can anyone tell me what the problem might be? Sounds like you need to add the following line to your diald.options: pppd-options noauth user pann (using your own username, of course). My working configuration is detailed in the URL in my sig. HTH, Pann -- What's All the Buzz About Linux? http://www.rdrop.com/users/pann/
Re: ppp problems
On Thu, Sep 17, 1998 at 08:21:53AM -0700, Matt Porter wrote: > I've got two problems with ppp that have been ongoing for a while. My > system started at Debian 1.3 and has been upgraded through the whole > unstable hamm process to a stable 2.0 system and is currently up to date > as of about a week ago. > > I just started to have the need to use the ip-up scripting ability and > found that neither ip-up or ip-down are being executed by ppd. I did a > 'strings' on the current pppd binary to check what paths it was looking > for this stuff in and everything looks correct. I had remembered that > long ago the ppp stuff was in different paths so it might have been > possible that I was using files left around from 1.3 or something. >From /etc/ppp/ip-up # This script is run by the pppd after the link is established. # It uses run-parts to run scripts in /etc/ppp/ip-up.d, so to add routes, # set IP address, run the mailq etc. you should create script(s) there. > Also, I cannot start a ppp connection as any user other than root. It > fails to execute the chatscript as an unprivileged user yet all the > permissions seem correct. Add yourself (the "unprivileged user") to groups 'dip' and 'dialout'. HTH, Pann -- What's All the Buzz About Linux? http://www.rdrop.com/users/pann/
Re: ppp problems
On Thu, Sep 17, 1998 at 10:48:48AM -0700, Matt Porter wrote: > On Thu, 17 Sep 1998, Pann McCuaig wrote: >> On Thu, Sep 17, 1998 at 08:21:53AM -0700, Matt Porter wrote: > My scripts in ip-up.d and ip-down.d do not run, nor does the actual ip-up > or ip-down script itself (tested by throwing an echo command in there). >> Add yourself (the "unprivileged user") to groups 'dip' and 'dialout'. > My user is in those groups already. OK, here's my next suggestion (since you're using a bo->hamm upgraded system). Back everything ppp-related up, and then use pppconfig to set up your connection. And did you upgrade to the release version of 2.0? Earlier beta versions had a permissions problem, I believe on /etc/chatscripts/. Luck, Pann -- What's All the Buzz About Linux? http://www.rdrop.com/users/pann/
Re: MTA Frustration: Exim
On Sat, Sep 19, 1998 at 02:44:23PM +1200, Andrew wrote: [snip] > There must be tons of people in my position, on average a lot more > email-stupid than those with complex networks to manage. There should > really be a file saying "here's what you do if you're a single machine > user with a dial-up account". Maybe there is already, but I never found > it. Maybe it should be in the FAQ, or the FAQ_O_MATIC, or in the eximconf > script itself. A detailed description of a setup for a "single machine user with a dial-up account" can be found at the URL in my sig. It uses smail, not exim, 'cause that's sort of the debian "default" and it worked for me. Luck, Pann -- What's All the Buzz About Linux? http://www.rdrop.com/users/pann/
Re: Iomega Zip
On Sun, Sep 20, 1998 at 10:41:58AM -0400, Tom Malloy wrote: > According to the zip > howto you can put a small linux system on a zip drive therby having > linux available on any machine you attach your zipdrive to. That is the > next thing I will try FWIW, I've done it and the procedure I used is detailed at the URL in my sig. Luck, Pann -- What's All the Buzz About Linux? http://www.rdrop.com/users/pann/
Re: HOW: PRINTER INSTALL
On Fri, Sep 25, 1998 at 12:07:10AM -0700, BOB'S MAIL wrote: > I know this is simple, but how do I get my Okidata OL 410e installed at > LPT0 (LPT1). > > magicfilter sets parameters, but I need something that sets up the printer. > Like an installation script that creates a printer.conf file (or whatever > name). > > I have 9 books here and they don't say how to do this really simple stuff. > The Debian 2.0 install did NOT ask about the printer at all... Step 1: make sure the lp module is installed (look in /etc/modules) Step 2: watch the boot-up messages to see where it is -- if it's LPT1 under DOS it's probably lp0 under linux Step 3: run (as root) magicfilterconfig --force and answer the questions Cheers, Pann -- What's All the Buzz About Linux? http://www.rdrop.com/users/pann/
Re: xterm-debian
On Mon, Sep 28, 1998 at 12:00:47PM +0100, M.C. Vernon wrote: > > > *-"M.C. Vernon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > | > > | > Check out /usr/doc/xbase/README.Debian for the scoop. > > | > > | ? > > | > > | I've just read it, and it doesn't say anything about xterm-debian. > > > > On my slink system: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~> grep xterm-debian /usr/doc/xbase/README.Debian | wc -l > > 8 > > On my (mainly) hamm system: > > > pick:~/c$ grep xterm-debian /usr/doc/xbase/README.Debian | wc -l > 0 On my _COMPLETELY_ hamm system: $ grep xterm-debian /usr/doc/xbase/README.Debian | wc -l 8 So, what must be going on here? Cheers, Pann -- What's All the Buzz About Linux? http://www.rdrop.com/users/pann/
Re: install debian
On Tue, Sep 29, 1998 at 02:01:24PM -0700, Zheng Wang wrote: > Did someone successfully install Debian on Dell's workstation? I get > trouble in doing that. I try to install from the hard disk. When I run > install, it give me the following information: > > D:\>loadlin linux root=/dev/ram initrd=root.bin > LOADLIN v1.6 (C) 1994..1996 Hans Lermen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > CPU is in V86-mode (may be WINDOWS, EMM386, QEMM, 386MAX, ...) The best (IMHO) way around this is to create the rescue floppy (using the instuctions in install.html) and boot from that and point to your fat partition for the rest of the installation. The reason I say "best" is that you _really_do_need_ to have a rescue floppy around, and what better time to make it than before you need it? Luck, Pann -- What's All the Buzz About Linux? http://www.rdrop.com/users/pann/
Re: smail delays delivering mail from fetchmail
On Tue, Sep 29, 1998 at 08:55:19PM -0500, Fred Yankowski wrote: > I use fetchmail to download my mail from a POP3 server, and until > recently the local smail/in.smtp process that gets that mail from > fetchmail would immediately deliver the messages to my mailbox. Now > it queues the mail for delivery, but doesn't actually deliver it until > some minutes later. If I run 'runq' right after 'fetchmail' then the > mail *is* delivered immediately. > > So, how can I force smail to deliver the mail immediately again? I've Put the following at the end of your .fetchmailrc postconnect /usr/bin/runq Luck, Pann -- What's All the Buzz About Linux? http://www.rdrop.com/users/pann/
Re: X config/setup info.
On Fri, Oct 02, 1998 at 09:17:34AM -0700, Dunlap, Randy wrote: > Thanks to Pann and Chris for pointing out that I was still using > the VGA16 server instead of the S3 server. > > But ... did I miss something somewhere? Either XF86Config could have > modified /etc/X11/Xserver for me or it could have told me that I needed > to do it. I read lots of doc/faq files on XF86 config/setup and none > of them told me that I needed to modify /etc/X11/Xserver to use my > selected video server driver. > > Is this only a Debian "problem"? I think it's a debian problem when you "reconfigure" things. I recall having to hand edit this file as well as I was fumbling around with my first X install. I installed, purged, installed, re-ran config/setup, etc., several times until I was happy, but I don't think the server entry in /etc/X11/Xserver gets modified after the initial install. I'm going to cc this to debian-user trolling for comments. ;-) Cheers, Pann -- What's All the Buzz About Linux? http://www.rdrop.com/users/pann/
public mirrors of Incoming?
Are there any other public mirrors of Incoming in the US? I haven't been able to get into llug.sep.bnl.gov this afternoon, and none of the other US mirrors listed in README.mirrors has Incoming. I need pcmcia-modules for 2.0.34 to complete a test. Cheers, Pann -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Adduser
On Mon, Jun 22, 1998 at 08:53:59AM +0100, Graham Lillico +44 1785 248131 wrote: > I am currently using debian 1.3.1 and I noticed last night that the > adduser script isn't copying files from the /etc/skel directory > properly. It just copies the files but without anythin inside them, > i.e. I have set up some default bash scripts that I want all users to > run but after creating the user I have to copy the files manually, So > what I wan tto know is, is this a known problem? and is it present in > Hamm? Fixed in later versions of bo, not a problem in hamm. Cheers, Pann -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
diald w/ dynamic ip address
Can someone point me to a sample configuration of diald when the caller's ip address is dynamically assigned by the ISP? I've read the fine manual but the sample configuration file is for a fixed ip address and I can't find enough hints to make things work correctly. TIA, Pann -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
pon and permissions
> I've got hamm installed, and can use 'pon' to start ppp to hook up to > the net okay as root, but for the regular user account I made during > install I can not because I get 'permission denied' errors. I know > this has to do with permissions, so what do I change and how? I've > looked for a 'permissions faq' or 'HOWTO' and they don't exist and > I checked out the Debian Linux User's Guide and they don't really > explain permissions and what they are all about, just the syntax for > the commands. I know I can make something '--?--??---' with 'chmod > ??0', but I have no idea what the '--?---' means. If you guys > could tell me which ppp related files need to be set to what, and > point me to a good document that explains permissions nicely for > newbies, I would much appreciate it. I'm s sick of AOL. There are two steps: If you are user pann (I'm sure you're not, but I am), as root, adduser pann dip Also as root chown root.dip /etc/chatscripts/ The first step is a normal procedure, the second is owing to a bug in earlier versions of the ppp package for hamm, which is now fixed. Luck, Pann -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: slrnpull + trn?
On Sat, Jul 04, 1998 at 09:03:21AM -0300, Trevor Barrie wrote: > On Fri, 3 Jul 1998, Johann Spies wrote: > >> I use slrn --spool. I can't remember the details, but I know at first I >> had a lot of trouble to get it to work. If I remember correctly, I, as >> root, deleted the /var/news/ directory because of trouble getting the >> correct permissions. Thereafter the slrnpull created the directory with >> the correct permissions. > > Could you summarize what the correct permissions are? I'd rather not > have to redownload what I've got now if I can help it. Here are the permissions in my working setup. I think I had problems with article storage permissions way back when. $ ls -l /var/spool/slrnpull/ drwxr-xr-x 2 news news 1024 Jul 4 11:56 data -rw--- 1 root news 1899351 Jul 4 11:56 log drwxr-xr-x 13 news news 1024 Apr 28 14:05 news drwxrwxrwx 3 news news 1024 Jun 20 11:05 out.going -rw-r--r-- 1 news news 1854 May 22 09:26 slrnpull.conf $ ls -l /var/spool/slrnpull/news/ drwxr-xr-x 3 root pann 1024 Mar 22 08:55 agora drwxr-xr-x 3 root pann 1024 Mar 22 08:55 aol drwxr-xr-x 4 root pann 1024 May 22 07:50 linux drwxr-xr-x 3 root pann 1024 Mar 22 08:55 nevada drwxr-xr-x 4 root pann 1024 Mar 22 08:55 or drwxr-xr-x 4 news news 1024 Mar 22 08:55 orst drwxr-xr-x 3 root pann 1024 Apr 28 14:05 pdaxs drwxr-xr-x 4 root pann 1024 Mar 22 08:55 pdx drwxr-xr-x 4 root pann 1024 Mar 22 08:55 pnw drwxr-xr-x 3 root pann 1024 Mar 22 08:55 portland drwxr-xr-x 3 root pann 1024 Mar 22 08:55 seattle $ ls -l /var/spool/slrnpull/news/pdx/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root pann12288 Jul 4 11:55 forsale drwxr-xr-x 2 root pann 9216 Jul 4 06:58 singles I also had to put this umask line in my ip-up script to get things going, as I recall. . . . # last line umask 022 # begin: SLRNPULL_WITH_PPP (automatically added by slrnconfig) source /etc/slrnget.conf if [ "$USE_SLRNPULL" = "y" -a "$SLRNPULL_WITH_PPP" = "y" ] ; then slrnpull -h `cat /etc/news/server` >/dev/null; fi # end: SLRNPULL_WITH_PPP -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: problem with libpam0 and libpam-util in stable
On Wed, Jul 08, 1998 at 10:15:33PM -0500, Chris R. Martin wrote: > I'm probably missing something obvious here, but I can't seem to get > libpam0 and libpam-util to install, because aparently they depend on each > other. > > Do I need to use dpkg --force ?? No, just install them on the same line dpkg -i libpam0_*deb libpam-util_*deb (I'm pretty sure that worked for me, way back when.) Cheers, Pann -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: unsubscribe "helper line"
On Thu, Jul 09, 1998 at 01:50:13AM -0400, Daniel Martin at cush wrote: >> Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > Does this message strike anyone as significantly less helpful than the > former "mail a message with the subject "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED]" message? I'll grant you that > people screwed that up too, but this seems to be asking for people to > get confused. I'm with you. I think a larger subset of folks will screw this up. I'm sure it's an attempt to save a bit of bandwidth, but . . . -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: Long text file to edit..
On Sun, Jul 19, 1998 at 12:23:59AM +0100, Ted Harding wrote: > On 17-Jul-98 Carlos Marcos Kakihara wrote: > > I want to edit a 700MB text file. vi tells that the file is > > too long, and xemacs tells that "maximum buffer size something.." :) > > There is a way to view this file? > > Ehh?? Are you sure it's 700MB?? And are you sure it's a pure plain text file? > And, if so, have you thought about what that corresponds to? (And the same > question to the other contributors to this thread). Well, maybe not to actually edit, but certainly to view and search. A log file with a high debug level for example, used to catch an occasional and unpredictable oops that may happen once only every few days. Cheers, Pann -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: Small laptop, 120Mb HD: Linux?
On Fri, Jul 24, 1998 at 10:13:11AM -0600, Young, Ed wrote: > > I'd like to put Linux onto a Toshiba T2100 Satellite laptop with 120Mbyte > harddrive. I believe it's a 486sx. It has 8 megs of ram so I don't care to > run X. I'd like to put on a minimalist installation but I need to have some > emacsen, gcc. Optional but highly desireable is Octave, Perl. I'll be > installing the base with floppy disks, but will be installing the rest from > a parallel zip drive, if possible. > > I want to use it for a numerical analysis class so it needs quite a few > utilities, but we'll have to see how much I can fit on it. > > My questions are: > What is the best way to install? I do a base install, then put the packages I want on the zip disk and do "dpkg -i" from there. In fact, I have written scripts to do that for me since I have a "basic build" I want on several machines. > I can't install all the recommended stuff because that is just too big. My > tentative plan is to put base on it, see how much space is left, add emacs > with no x, add octave, and Perl. I'll need about 5 or 10 megs for user > account space. > > Can anyone who has had a similar situation or experience comment? Here's what my T2105CS looks like. It has 12MB of RAM and I've upgraded the HD to 1.3GB, of which about 300MB is used for Linux. This installation provides a very usable machine for me. This is hamm, from around the time it went beta. [EMAIL PROTECTED] uname -a Linux lapHamm 2.0.34 #1 Thu Jul 9 21:41:19 PDT 1998 i486 unknown [EMAIL PROTECTED] df / Filesystem 1024-blocks Used Available Capacity Mounted on /dev/hda8 302463 95179 191662 33% / [EMAIL PROTECTED] du -s /usr/src/ 31696 /usr/src I have kernel and pcmcia source taking up a fair chunk of space. You could replace that with emacs, maybe. ;-) [EMAIL PROTECTED] dpkg --list Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ NameVersionDescription +++-===-==- ii adduser 3.8Add users and groups to the system. ii ae 962-20 Anthony's Editor -- a tiny full-screen edito ii at 3.1.8-2.1 Delayed job execution and batch processing ii base-files 2.0Debian Base System Miscellaneous Files ii base-passwd 2.0.3.3Debian Base System Password/Group Files ii bash2.01.1-3 The GNU Bourne Again SHell ii bc 1.04-4 An arbitrary precision calculator language. ii bin86 0.13.0-4 16-bit assembler and loader ii binutils2.9.1-0.2 The GNU assembler, linker and binary utiliti ii bsdmainutils4.2More utilities from 4.4BSD-Lite. ii bsdutils4.2Basic utilities from 4.4BSD-Lite. ii cpio2.4.2-16 GNU cpio -- a program to manage archives of ii cpp 2.7.2.3-4.7The GNU C preprocessor. ii cron3.0pl1-45 management of regular background processing ii data-dumper 2.07-1.1 Store and retrieve perl data structures ii dc 1.04-4 An arbitrary precision reverse-polish calcul ii debianutils 1.9Miscellaneous utilities specific to Debian. ii diff2.7-16 File comparison utilities ii doc-debian 1.8Debian Manual, FAQ and other documents ii doc-linux 98.03-1Linux FAQ ii dpkg1.4.0.23.2 Package maintenance system for Debian Linux ii dpkg-dev1.4.0.23.2 Package building tools for Debian Linux ii dpkg-ftp1.4.9.6Ftp method for dselect. ii dpkg-mountable 0.7Enhanced access method for dselect ii e2fsprogs 1.10-17The EXT2 file system utilities and libraries ii ed 0.2-16 The classic unix line editor ii elvis-tiny 1.4-5 Tiny vi compatible editor for the base syste ii fdflush 1.0.0-12 A disk-flushing program. ii file3.24-4 Determines file type using "magic" numbers ii fileutils 3.16-5.2 GNU file management utilities. ii findutils 4.1-28 utilities for finding files--find, xargs, an ii gcc 2.7.2.3-4.7The GNU C compiler. ii gpm 1.13-5 General Purpose Mouse Interface ii grep2.1-8 GNU grep, egrep and fgrep. ii groff 1.11a-2GNU troff text-formatting system. ii gzip1.2.4-27 The GNU compression utility. ii hostname2.04 A utility to set/show the host name or domai ii iamerican 3.1.20-0.2 An American English dictionary for ispell. ii info3.9-5 Standalone GNU Info documentation browser ii isapnptools 1.13-3.1
Re: Telnet
On Fri, Jul 24, 1998 at 07:06:25AM -0500, Tomt wrote: > Now that that I got everything working, I was telneting into my linux box > and just playing around. > One thing I have noticed is that I cannot login as root across a telnet > connection. su is your friend. Cheers, Pann -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: dselect, dpkg, apt, gnome-apt???
On Thu, Feb 11, 1999 at 16:02 (-0500), MacKenzie, Andrew wrote: > My only real problem is the methods of keeping current. I install packages > using dpkg -i . I find the .deb packages on the ftp site or > other sites, download them then install. If there are dependencies, I go > looking for the required packages and install them. > > Is this the right way to do things in Debian? I gave up on dselect because > of the huge number of packages you must look at. I tried apt but it told me > some of my packages were configured wrong and would not go on. How would I > change this? apt-get -f install Keep current with apt-get update apt-get upgrade You _really_ need to figure apt out (not too tough). It's WONDERFUL. Luck, Pann -- What's All the Buzz About Linux? http://www.ourmanpann.com/linux/
Re: xdm question
On Sat, Feb 20, 1999 at 16:26 (-0800), Mark Wagnon wrote: > I successfully upgraded to slink from hamm. Yahoo! It only took about 10 > hours over 3 days to do it. apt is your friend!!! > > One question though. I rebooted my system and xdm started. I never use > xdm, but I thought okay I'll try it. It wouldn't let me log in either as > root or as a normal user. > > I did a ctrl-alt-F1 and found xdm in /etc/init.d/. Is it okay to remove > xdm from here without any adverse effects? Well, I did it anyway :) but > I was just wondering if I should seek an alternative solution. man update-rc.d Luck, -- your man pann
Re: KDE Configuration
On Wed, Feb 24, 1999 at 13:39 (+), Robert-Jan Kuijvenhoven wrote: > I have downloaded the KDE-Base using DSelect. However, dselect can't > configure KDE because the file qt1g is missing. DSelect can't find the > qt1g file in the package file. Here's what I used for a complete kde 1.1 installation on a hamm system (just yesterday as a matter of fact). The qt1g package is from potato, I think the rest of the (non-kde) packages are from slink. You'll also need libc6 and its cousins from slink. cddb_2.3-5.deb kdesupport0g_1.1-19990207-1_i386.deb giflib3g_3.0-5.2.deb kdetoys_1.1-19990207-2_i386.deb kdeadmin_1.1-19990207-2_i386.deb kdeutils_1.1-19990207-2_i386.deb kdebase-i18n_1.1-19990207-2_all.deb kdewallpapers_1.1-19990207-2_all.deb kdebase_1.1-19990207-2_i386.deblibjpeg62_6b-1.1.deb kdegames_1.1-19990207-2_i386.deb libncurses4_4.2-3.deb kdegraphics_1.1-19990207-2_i386.deblibstdc++2.9_2.91.60-5.deb kdelibs2g_1.1-19990207-2_i386.deb qt1g_1.42-1.deb kdemultimedia_1.1-19990207-2_i386.deb zlib1g_1.1.3-2.deb kdenetwork_1.1-19990207-2_i386.deb The way I did it was to put all these packages in /usr/local/kde_slink/ and then invoke dpkg -i /usr/local/kde_slink/*.deb Of course, YMMV. Luck, -- your man pann
Re: Debian and Redhat - are most linux users missing the point?
On Fri, Mar 05, 1999 at 05:13 (-0800), Kenneth Scharf wrote: > > But TECO was the greatest, most programmable, powerful editor ever. If > only > it had run on a *NIX OS :-( > > - > I remember when working at DEC being told that teco was more than an > editor, it was a language. Infact someone had written a StarTrek game > in teco. (They also wrote a startrek game in Cobol ... YUCK!) I remember someone standing up at a DECUS meeting and suggestin DEC write Fortran-77 in teco, since teco was the _ONLY_ "language" portable across all DEC platforms. -- your man pann
Bogomips disparity
I'll be looking for some docs to explain this, but in the meantime perhaps someone knows off the top . . . Just screwed together a couple of new boxes. AMD K6/2-350 CPUs. The kernel on the slink rescue disk (2.1.8) as well as the kernel installed as slink:kernel-image-2.0.36 both report ~350 bogomips. The kernel on Tom's Root Boot Disk reports ~700 bogomips. We're talking 2.0.36 in all cases. Any ideas? -- your man pann
Re: help me to undertand GMT time!!!!
On Wed, Mar 10, 1999 at 18:16 (-0600), John Hasler wrote: > > If it is 12:00 pm GMT it is 7:00am EST (12 - 5). > > 12:00 noon, please. 12:00 pm is midnight, as is 12:00 am. I don't think so. 12:00pm is noon (think about 12:01pm). -- your man pann
Re: Where's the HTML libc doc's ?
On Mon, Apr 05, 1999 at 09:46 (+0800), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've searched and searched but I can't find the documentation for glibc > in HTML format anywhere. > > The glibc-doc package claims to install both info & HTML format but I > can't find anything but info packages. > > Any ideas ? $ ls /usr/doc/glibc-doc/html/ libc_1.html libc_17.htmllibc_24.htmllibc_31.html libc_5.html libc_10.htmllibc_18.htmllibc_25.htmllibc_32.html libc_6.html libc_11.htmllibc_19.htmllibc_26.htmllibc_33.html libc_7.html libc_12.htmllibc_2.html libc_27.htmllibc_34.html libc_8.html libc_13.htmllibc_20.htmllibc_28.htmllibc_35.html libc_9.html libc_14.htmllibc_21.htmllibc_29.htmllibc_36.html libc_foot.html libc_15.htmllibc_22.htmllibc_3.html libc_37.html libc_toc.html libc_16.htmllibc_23.htmllibc_30.htmllibc_4.html Luck, Pann -- What's All the Buzz About Linux? http://www.ourmanpann.com/linux/
Re: writing man page
On Wed, Dec 09, 1998 at 02:25:35PM +0100, E.L. Meijer Eric" wrote: > Is there any tool available to write man pages (with all the standard > sections) and keep a nicely readable source? I am now writing the > thing directly in nroff, but the source is looking pretty awful. yodl -- your man pann
Re: Understanding apt-get
On Thu, Dec 10, 1998 at 06:32:51PM +, Phillip Deackes wrote: (Original Subject: RE: Debian very slow to get latest releases?) > I can't even beigin to understand apt-get. Then you haven't tried very hard. :-) It's dirt simple and you can see examples at http://www.ourmanpann.com/linux/ Luck, -- your man pann
Re: Netscape instability (hangs, crashes); is netscape4-4.0_12 installer compatible with 4.05?
On Fri, Dec 18, 1998 at 04:15:34PM -0500, Daniel Barclay wrote: > I tried installing 4.5 using the packages from slink(?), but they depend > on the slink version of libc6 and who knows what else, which I don't want to > mess with before slink is deemed stable. For what it's worth, I've installed those packages on several (otherwise) hamm systems without any problems, either with the install or with running netscape afterwards. First I installed libc6 and all the packages with the same version number as libc6 by pointing to frozen (slink) in /etc/apt/sources.list and executing: apt-get update apt-get install libc6 libc6-dev libc6-doc locales timezones Then I ftp'ed the netscape and navigator packages and installed manually with dpkg (because it wasn't clear what to ask apt to install): dpkg -i dpkg-awk_0.7.1.deb netscape-base-4_5.deb dpkg -i netscape-base-45_4.5-1.deb netscape-java-45_4.5-1.deb dpkg -i navigator-base-45_4.5-1.deb navigator-smotif-45_4.5-1.deb dpkg -i navigator-nethelp-45_4.5-1.deb (dpkg-awk showed up as a dependency somewhere along the way, I forget exactly where) YMMV. Luck, -- your man pann
debian-cd package broken? (hamm)
OK, I have a few questions. Background: We have a mirror (debian.ssc.com for those on the west coast who hadn't noticed) which makes on-site installs a breeze. However, we have employees who'd like to install Debian at home, so I thought "Gee, we have a mirror, why don't I just burn a CD or two?" Question 1: Why?? hamm: debian-cd_2.0.3.deb slink: debian-cd_2.0.2.deb Question 2: (the words "hack" and "frozen" both make me nervous in this context) There is a line in 'Configuration': # This is not the released version STATUS=frozen which I changed to STATUS=stable and there is a comment in 'Rules': # Create a dists/ subdir in debian/ subdir of the tmpdir. define init-dists # Hack for frozen (cd $(ARCHIVE); cp -dpRPl dists/$(STATUS) $(TMPDIR_MAIN)/debian) -ln -s $(STATUS) $(TMPDIR_MAIN)/debian/dists/stable -ln -s ../hamm $(TMPDIR_MAIN)/debian/dists/hamm endef Question/Comment 3: I want to burn a hamm CD. I execute 'make binary-i386' and /usr/src/debian-cd/Rules breaks down because it wants to copy fips15.zip and fips15c.zip, but the only file available for it is /home/ftp/pub/debian/tools/fips20.zip. OK, I fixed that. (But perhaps the script should be fixed?) Question 4: Now things move along swimmingly until mkiofs takes off. I guess it's assigning alternate file names. Here is the output, starting with the last line that looks correct to me, followed by a line that looks broken to me, and ending with the abend of the make. Using HFSUTILS.000;1 for /home/ftp/pub/debian/tmp/main/debian/hamm/hamm/binary-i386/otherosfs/hfsutils_3.1-3.deb (hfsutils-tcltk_3.1-3.deb) Using 2_0.000 for /home/ftp/pub/debian/tmp/main/debian/hamm/hamm/disks-i386/2.0.10_1998-07-17 (2.0.10_1998-07-21) Using RESC1440.000;1 for /home/ftp/pub/debian/tmp/main/debian/hamm/hamm/disks-i386/2.0.10_1998-07-21/resc1440tecra-fast.bin (resc1440.bin) Using RESC1440.001;1 for /home/ftp/pub/debian/tmp/main/debian/hamm/hamm/disks-i386/2.0.10_1998-07-21/resc1440.bin (resc1440tecra.bin) Using RESC1440.002;1 for /home/ftp/pub/debian/tmp/main/debian/hamm/hamm/disks-i386/2.0.10_1998-07-21/resc1440tecra.bin (resc1440-fast.bin) Using RESC1440.000;1 for /home/ftp/pub/debian/tmp/main/debian/hamm/hamm/disks-i386/2.0.10_1998-07-17/resc1440.bin (resc1440tecra.bin) Using RESC1440.000;1 for /home/ftp/pub/debian/tmp/main/install/resc1440tecra.bin (resc1440tecra-fast.bin) Using RESC1440.001;1 for /home/ftp/pub/debian/tmp/main/install/resc1440tecra-fast.bin (resc1440.bin) Using RESC1440.002;1 for /home/ftp/pub/debian/tmp/main/install/resc1440.bin (resc1440-fast.bin) Unable to open disc image file make: *** [binary-i386] Error 1 Any enlightenment would be greatly appreciated. Cheers, Pann -- Pann McCuaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] PO Box 55549, Seattle, WA 98155 Technical Manager Phone: (206) 782-7733 ext 122 SSC, Inc. www.ssc.comFax: (206) 782-7191 Linux Journal www.linuxjournal.com
Re: News reading
On Tue, Jan 05, 1999 at 05:58:42PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I am trying to install news reader on my computer. > I would like to be able to fetch news while online and then read them and > answer while offline. > > What do I need ? Cnews ? > Is there any good documentation about it ? I didn't found any HOWTO or things > like that about it > I'm quite satsified with slrn. -- your man pann
Re: lowmem install
On Tue, Jan 05, 1999 at 11:59:34AM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > where can I go to ftp the new lowmem.bin that fixes the inability of > lowmem.bin > go activate a swap partition. Debian web sight still carries > lowmwm.bin dated june 1998. I have been trying to install hamm (2.0) for > three months and seem to have two problems; swap space and boot file rw > permission. There is a workaround for the lowmem swap space problem at http://www.ourmanpann.com/linux/ Luck, -- your man pann
[OFF TOPIC] xterm, rxvt, kvt and color arrgggh!
Let me preface by saying I'm a command line kinda guy so I haven't dealt with X much. Having said that, I'm responsible for keeping a bunch of naive X users happy, so I'm learning as fast as I can. After upgrading workstations from bo to hamm, funny things happen in xterms (and cousins) with respect to color mapping. Most noticeable in mutt and elm. I'm typing this message in vim under mutt in a kvt under kde. My signature is underlined. Either vim (right now) or mutt (when I look at a message) will detect the signature and render it in a pleasing (?) contrasting color. This is fine at a text console, but for whatever reason xterm (and cousins) map this color to an underline. Somewhat annoying. Editing an html file in vim under kvt is _really_ annoying. I've been RTFMing X-related man pages until it hurts and I don't seem to be making any progress. Any pointers would be much appreciated. xterm or rxvt under afterstep and kvt under kde are most often used. vim, elm, and mutt are the applications that seem to be most problematic. Thanks. -- your man pann
Re: Debian and SuSE with Win98/FAT32 and NTFS
On Sun, Jan 10, 1999 at 11:00:14AM -0500, Danny R. Gray wrote: > that FAT32 for Win95B support is in Kernel 2.034, is this true and is it > read write? Also, since FAT32 supposedly did not change much from > Win95B to Win98 does it still work? What does the mount statement look > like? Works fine, hamm system, 2.0.34 kernel, from /etc/fstab: /dev/hda1 /win95 vfatnoauto,unhide I can't imagine any difference with Win98. And yes, it's read/write. Luck, -- your man pann
Re: Debian and SuSE with Win98/FAT32 and NTFS
On Sun, Jan 10, 1999 at 09:16:45PM +0300, Serge Gavrilov wrote: > On Sun, Jan 10, 1999 at 10:09:26AM -0800, Pann McCuaig wrote: > > On Sun, Jan 10, 1999 at 11:00:14AM -0500, Danny R. Gray wrote: > > > > > that FAT32 for Win95B support is in Kernel 2.034, is this true and is it > > > read write? Also, since FAT32 supposedly did not change much from > > > Win95B to Win98 does it still work? What does the mount statement look > > > like? > > > > Works fine, hamm system, 2.0.34 kernel, from /etc/fstab: > > > > /dev/hda1 /win95 vfatnoauto,unhide > > > > I can't imagine any difference with Win98. And yes, it's read/write. > > > > Hello Pann! > > Are you sure that you have FAT32 (not FAT16) ? > Quite sure: desktop# fdisk /dev/hda Command (m for help): p Disk /dev/hda: 64 heads, 63 sectors, 1023 cylinders Units = cylinders of 4032 * 512 bytes Device Boot BeginStart End Blocks Id System /dev/hda111 781 1574464+ b Unknown /dev/hda2 782 782 81466528 82 Linux swap /dev/hda3 * 815 815 1023 421344 83 Linux native Command (m for help): (If that partition were FAT16 fdisk would know its type.) -- your man pann
Re: KDE 1.1 and libstdc++2.9
On Mon, Jan 11, 1999 at 03:34:10PM -0700, John Greer wrote: > I would like to upgrade to the KDEpre1.1 and this requires that the > libstdc on my machine be the version that is in slink and I have a > HAMM machine. Will this break anything if i upgrade to this version > and fulfill the dependencies? I looked at it in dselect and the > dependencies seemed to be most all of the base-utilities but on the > web site they are no big deal. TIA! I've done this to 3 machines and it works. -- your man pann
SSC/Linux Journal to buy Debian workstations
SSC, Inc., publisher of Linux Journal magazine, is moving into new office space in a few weeks. As part of the move we're upgrading some obsolete user workstations. We'd be happy to receive bids from any vendors who might wish to supply us with replacement workstations. Basic Requirements: Pentium class CPU 64M RAM 2G HD 1.44MB floppy (LS-120 as an option) CDROM 10/100-BaseT NIC 4M Video RAM 17" Monitor Keyboard and Mouse Stable Debian distribution should be pre-installed and tested for functionality. We'll provide the successful bidder with a list of desired packages. Quantity: 10 Note that these are desktop workstations, not servers, so IDE disks will be fine. Feel free to exceed any of the listed requirements where it makes good economic sense to do so. The workstations we're replacing are primarily 486 boxes that have seen about 4 years of use. We'd like to think we'll turn these new boxes on and not turn them off again until we're ready to replace them, in another 4 years. :-) Thank you. -- Pann McCuaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] PO Box 55549, Seattle, WA 98155 Technical Manager Phone: (206) 782-7733 ext 122 SSC, Inc. www.ssc.comFax: (206) 782-7191 Linux Journal www.linuxjournal.com
Re: manually running cron
On Tue, Jan 12, 1999 at 10:10:33PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have cron installed, and I'm sure it should be running things that I'm not > currently running - like the locate database update. My problem is, I'm on a > laptop, and I shut it down when I'm done with it. So, is there a way to get > the cron stuff to run manually? Or possibly at bootuptime? install anacron (and RTFM :-) -- your man pann
Re: SQLs Servers in Debian
On Wed, Jan 13, 1999 at 02:52:49PM +1100, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > On Mon, Jan 11, 1999 at 04:27:30PM -0400, Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira > wrote: > > I have some questions: > > 1) Is there any frontend gui to postgres in Debian Hamm or Slink > > or Pota > > to? > > 2) Is there any frontend gui to mysql in Debian Hamm or Slink or > > Potato? > > Does it make much sense to have a generic gui frontend to an SQL db? > Usually you would want something specific to your database/application. Ah, here's a difference between the Pee-Cee world and the *nix world where there's something to be said for the "other place." It's really handy to be able to take a quick look at a database to see what the structure is like, how many tables, how many records, etc., etc. You can certainly do that with SQL (I do it regularly), but I do find myself remembering fondly how much easier it was to do in Paradox for DOS. Note that I'm not talking about an application-specific front end, that's an entirely different kettle of fish. -- your man pann
Re: Kernel recompiling w/o losing the defaults
On Wed, Jan 13, 1999 at 01:55:56PM +0100, Thomas Adams wrote: > I wanted to recompile the Kernel and leave all the default settings which > were used to produce the stock hamm 2.0.34 kernel in. There are some options > which I don't use, some which aren't in there and a recompile for my CPU which > is not a 386 wouldn't hurt either I thought. > > So I installed the kernel source tree, made a backup copy of .config and did a > make mrproper. Then when I wanted to set the options I put the saved .config > file back in place and tried to load it. This never worked, neither in make > menuconfig nor in make xconfig. > > Can anybody tell me what is going on and how I can setup the kernel with the > "stock hamm kernel" settings right in place? Two things. 1) install the kernel-package package and learn to use make-kpkg 2) if you install the kernel-image-2.0.34 package a copy of the .config file (supposedly) used to generate the kernel ends up in /boot (Note that this file is _not_ there after a base install.) Luck, -- your man pann
Re: Upgrade Info needed
On Wed, Jan 13, 1999 at 07:28:01AM -0700, Dan Furtney wrote: > I am under the impression that there is a way to do version upgrades > without reinstalling the entire system. True? If I were to get the 2.0 CD, > how big of a chore would it be to upgrade to Slink or even Potato. Absolutely true. slink or potato from hamm will be a piece of cake. One word of advice: if you're new to debian, go ahead and install hamm and then _WAIT_ until slink is _RELEASED_ before you upgrade. After you've been through that scenario, and if you read this list regularly, go for potato whenever you like (and at your own risk). > Are there any kind of administrative tools in the distribuitions? (Other > than adduser, useradd etc). Uh, I use vi a lot. ;-> > Suggested Debian specific books? http://www.linuxpress.com Luck, -- your man pann
Re: Kernel Compile
On Fri, Jan 15, 1999 at 01:22:40AM +, Nidge Jones wrote: > > Ok I give up, I have spent the entire evening trying to get my 2.0.36 source > to compile. But it won't ! > > Why has upgrading from 1.3.1 to 2.0 broken this ! Get kernel-package and read the docs (it makes kernel building WAY easy). Get the kernel-source-2.0.34 package. This is the stock hamm kernel. When this works for you, move on to 2.0.36 if you like. -- your man pann
Re: Kernel Compile
On Fri, Jan 15, 1999 at 05:42:33PM +, Nidge Jones wrote: > > I posted this once, but am not sure if it went OK As I am still getting > requests for the info below ?? Best plan when you're this frustrated is to go back to ground zero. Make sure the following packages from _hamm_ are correctly installed: bin86 binutils gcc libc6-dev ncurses3.4-dev make patch kernel-package kernel-source-2.0.34 Then execute the following commmands: cd /usr/src/linux make menuconfig make-kpkg clean make-kpkg --rev Testkernel.1.0 kernel_image dpkg -i /usr/src/kernel-image-2.0.34_Testkernel.1.0_i386.deb This has _never_ failed me and I've built _many_ kernels on _many_ boxes. Luck, -- your man pann
Re: Kernel Compile
On Fri, Jan 15, 1999 at 07:59:15PM +, Nidge Jones wrote: > > Pann McCuaig Writes.. > > > Make sure the following packages from _hamm_ are correctly installed: > > > > bin86 > > binutils > > gcc > > libc6-dev > > ncurses3.4-dev > > make > > patch > > kernel-package > > kernel-source-2.0.34 > > I will try this. However, perhaps you could enlighten me to what packages > *MUST* be installed for *OLD* source code to be compiled. > > I have lots of source code which compiled just great under 1.3.1 - but lots > (not all) of it fails to compile under 2.0. The problem (probably) is that libc6 and libc5 must co-exist on your upgraded system. There should be a libc6-upgrade howto somewhere that details this. Let's see, it's at http://www.debian.org/2.0/autoup/HOWTO/libc5-libc6-Mini-HOWTO.html This document tells you how to do a manual bo-->hamm upgrade, but it will discuss all the possibilities for the problems you're having. The packages I've listed above are required to compile (using make-kpkg and make menuconfig) a 2.0.34 kernel on a libc6 system. All the libc5-related *-dev packages should have been removed from your system during the upgrade, and will have to be re-installed from the oldlibs directory for your libc5 development environment to work as before. On this system, for example, I have the following: ii libc5 5.4.38-1.1 The Linux C library version 5 (run-time libr ii libc5-altdev5.4.38-1.1 The Linux C library version 5 (alternative d ii libc6 2.0.7u-7.1 The GNU C library version 2 (run-time files) ii libc6-dev 2.0.7u-7.1 The GNU C library version 2 (development fil > I feared that 2.0 would break my system, but was assured by many on here it > wouldn't. I was right, I am at the point now where the once loved fine tuned > excellent Debian OS I used to have, is now about as much use/fun as a WIN9x > box :( > > I wish I had just stuck with 1.3.1, it was way kewl and everything worked > like magic. 2.0 sucks like hell... in fact it sucks more than Redhat and > slackware at the moment too :- > > Thanks for the help and advice, never before in 7 years of Linux have I > had so many problems I cannot sort. Even as a novice all those years ago, > the level of frustration was nothing compared to now. Sorry to hear you're going through this. The libc5-->libc6 upgrade is the most perilous we've gone through since a.out to ELF. Now if you'd had redhat you'd have had to wipe your hard disk and start over to upgrade. It may be cold comfort, but if you'd done that with Debian 2.0 you wouldn't have run into this situation. The upside is, you _can_ recover from your current and will have a stable libc6 debian installation without throwing anything away. Just keep on truckin'. Luck, -- your man pann
Re: inetd web server.
On Fri, Jan 15, 1999 at 04:53:35PM -0500, Sergey Imennov wrote: Among other things, I use my Debian system to develop web pages. For a while I'm looking for a web server ( preferably as 'light' as possible), that would work^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H was designed to work from inetd. While I know that almost every server has a ServerType directive in its config files, I'm reluctant to use it, because, well, I'm under the impression that they aren't 'optimized' for inetd. Have a look at wn. Our servers (for the most part) run apache, but I have wn installed on my workstation so I can test cgi scripts, etc. without adding to network/server load. Works fine. Luck, -- your man pann
Re: Kernel Compile
On Fri, Jan 15, 1999 at 10:44:17PM +, Nidge Jones wrote: > Pann McCuaig Writes.. > > > The packages I've listed above are required to compile (using make-kpkg > > and make menuconfig) a 2.0.34 kernel on a libc6 system. > > Right I have 2.0.34 compiling now. Using the source code from the Debian CD > ...well at least on ONE of my boxes. (It's a start) > > However, using 2.0.35 or 2.0.36 source code still fails. Why is that ! [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/pann> grep "age: kernel-source-2\.0\.34" Packages.* Packages.hamm.main:Package: kernel-source-2.0.34 Packages.potato.main:Package: kernel-source-2.0.34 Packages.slink.main:Package: kernel-source-2.0.34 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/pann> grep "age: kernel-source-2\.0\.35" Packages.* Packages.potato.main:Package: kernel-source-2.0.35 Packages.slink.main:Package: kernel-source-2.0.35 Since the later kernel-source packages don't exist in hamm I'm guessing you need gcc (and friends) from slink to make this work. But I'm just guessing. 2.0.34 works fine on our hamm boxes and I won't be upgrading kernels until slink is released and we (eventually) upgrade our boxes to slink. If you need features in 2.0.36 then you'll have to figure this out. > What is different about the normal source code I pull off 'sunsite' and that > which is found on the Debian CD! Now I am really confused ;-) Ahh, grasshopper, you need someone more knowledgeable than I to explain this. Manoj? > > Just keep on truckin'. > > Yeah but having the best truck in the world is a bit sad when you can't > get any wheels to fit it. You just have to sit and look at it, cus it > aint going anywhere without them wheels ?! Sigh. -- your man pann
Re: printing/lpr
On Wed, Jan 27, 1999 at 03:05 (+), Gossamer wrote: > > Is there a way to set up the print stuff so that when I go > > lpr > > it adds margins and stuff? It's ugly as is. man pr -- your man pann
Re: reading /usr/doc files
On Thu, Jan 28, 1999 at 16:21 (-0500), Richard Hall wrote: > Is there a tool for reading the oodles of documentation in /usr/doc, or do > I just have to go in there, gunzip, and more? I think both mc and lynx handle that task fairly well. -- your man pann
Re: how to install packages w/o package file?
On Fri, Jan 29, 1999 at 10:38 (-0600), Brian Morgan wrote: > Could someone illustrate for me how to install these .deb files easily > without using dselect? If the packages are in your working directory: dpkg -i kdebase_981026-pre1.1-1_i386.deb etc. Luck, -- your man pann
Re: Installation
On Fri, Jan 29, 1999 at 11:53 (-0500), Michael W. Wernicki wrote: > 1. OS/2 2GB > 2. WIN 95 1GB > 3. Debian 1GB (inprocess) > 4. Boot Manager 10MB > > I would like to use the Boot Manager that comes with OS2 to boot Debian. > Anyone out there done this. Any lessons learned? How do I do it? If you go to http://www.ourmanpann.com/linux/ you'll find step-by-step installation instructions for Debian 2.0. Somewhere in there you'll find some discussion about /etc/fstab and /etc/lilo.conf. There are three sets of configuration files included. The ones you want to look at are "Laptop Config Files." (I use the OS/2 boot manager on my laptop to boot DOS 6.22/Win 3.1 or Win95 or OS/2 or Linux. Luck, -- your man pann
Re: Slink Base Install RANT
On Wed, Feb 03, 1999 at 17:56 (+), Enrique Zanardi wrote: > On Wed, Feb 03, 1999 at 09:04:23AM -0800, Pann McCuaig wrote: > > *** GET RID OF THE GODDAMN BLANK LINES IN THE MODULE DESCRIPTIONS! *** > > $ patch -p1 modconf < nice-rant > Error: Need descriptions. Send me patches. ;-) > > > When I raised this same issue while testing hamm I assumed it would be > > taken care of for slink. Silly me. I even went so far as to download the > > boot-floppies package to see if I could figure out where the text went > > and offer to fix it myself. With the time I had available I never did > > get the organization of that package deciphered. > > It's not boot-floppies the one to fix but modconf. Thanks for the info. I'll look into doing this. -- your man pann
Re: Kernel configurations
On Fri, Feb 05, 1999 at 23:18 (+), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I now have several networked Linux boxes; but they all have different > hardware and do different things and they have different kernels. > > I have trouble keeping track of what options are compiled into which > kernels and I'm beginning to be frustrated. Can anyone suggest a way > of doing this? If you're using a recent distribution your .config file is saved for you. This is on a hamm system: $ ls /boot System.map-2.0.34 chain.bmbr.b boot.0303 config-2.0.34 os2_d.b boot.b mapvmlinuz-2.0.34 config-2.0.34 is just what you think it is: $ diff /boot/config-2.0.34 /usr/src/linux/.config $ Luck, -- your man pann
Re: how and where to download boot floppy disks
On Wed, Feb 03, 1999 at 04:06 (-0500), Daniel Kahraman wrote: > Hello All: > > I've gone to the ftp.debian.org/pub/debian site but I cannot find > /stable/disks-i386 or any of the other possibilities listed Debian > GNU/Linux Installation features on page 16 of > http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/LDP/gs/node4.html > > Hard to even get started! Here is the actual path on debian.ssc.com: /pub/debian/hamm/hamm/disks-i386/2.0.10_1998-07-21 And it is symlinked to: /pub/debian/dists/stable/main/disks-i386/current Luck, -- your man pann
Re: Easy way to determine where files are installed?
On Sun, Aug 15, 1999 at 11:03:40PM -0700, André Bell wrote: > ) I've finished my admin install and apache install of debian and am trying > to figure out where all the *.conf files are copied to so I can edit them. $ locate httpd.conf /etc/apache/httpd.conf /etc/apache/httpd.conf.0 /usr/doc/apache/examples/httpd.conf /usr/doc/apache/examples/httpd.conf-dist-win.gz Note that this only works after /etc/cron.daily/find has run (in other words, not immediately following a fresh install unless you update the 'locate database' manually). Luck, Pann -- What's All the Buzz About Linux?L I N U X .~. The Choice /V\ http://www.ourmanpann.com/linux/ of a GNU /( )\ Generation ^^-^^
Re: Debian 2.1 disappointment
On Mon, Aug 23, 1999 at 05:32:17PM -0400, Scott McMillan wrote: [snip!] > know which CD to start with). Each time during the Install step > it would say 'Skipping deselected package: *' hundreds of times and > nothing seemed to get installed. It was as if the whole Profile step > was totally ignored. > > I have the following questions: > > - Has anyone been successful with the LinuxMall CD's? If so, how >did you get it to work. If you select the multi-cd option, you need to start with CD 2 (I've heard). > - Has anyone ever been able to get back to the Menu that asks you >about an initial profile without having to restart the entire >installation process over? No one ever has. These profiles exist only fleetingly. :-( My advice? Use the apt method with CD 1 and an /etc/apt/sources.list file that looks like this: deb file:/cdrom/debian stable main deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable non-US Your net connection has to be up if the last two lines are active (the base system is sufficient to get ppp running). Luck, Pann -- What's All the Buzz About Linux?L I N U X .~. The Choice /V\ http://www.ourmanpann.com/linux/ of a GNU /( )\ Generation ^^-^^
Re: No cut/paste on lynx
On Mon, Aug 30, 1999 at 09:11:29PM +0200, Debian Mail wrote: > I can cut and paste with left and middle mouse button without problem > from one xterm to another. Not so if lynx is running in an xterm: I > can neither cut nor paste. > > Any idea what could be wrong? Hold down the SHIFT key when you select text in lynx. Works for me either in a text console (gpm) or X. Luck, Pann -- What's All the Buzz About Linux?L I N U X .~. The Choice /V\ http://www.ourmanpann.com/linux/ of a GNU /( )\ Generation ^^-^^
Re: SCSI Tape Drive
On Tue, Aug 31, 1999 at 07:34:44AM -0500, Anthony Landreneau wrote: > Greetings, > I have recently installed a SONY SCSI tape drive onto my linux box. I > would like to use the Taper program to back up my hard drive to tape. But > I seem to be having a problem with getting the tape drive to work. > > When I do a cat on /proc/scsi/scsi I get: > > Attached devices: > Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00 > Vendor: SONY Model: SDX-300C Rev: 0300 > Type: Sequential-AccessANSI SCSI revision: 02 > > So the OS is "seeing" the hardware. However when I try to tar or write to > /dev/st0 I get an error saying device not found. Any insight onto this > matter would be very much appreciated. First step is to see if the device does indeed exist on your system. $ ls -l /dev/st? crw-rw 1 root disk 9, 0 Mar 22 1998 /dev/st0 crw-rw 1 root disk 9, 1 Mar 22 1998 /dev/st1 crw-rw 1 root disk 9, 2 Mar 22 1998 /dev/st2 crw-rw 1 root disk 9, 3 Mar 22 1998 /dev/st3 crw-rw 1 root disk 9, 4 Mar 22 1998 /dev/st4 crw-rw 1 root disk 9, 5 Mar 22 1998 /dev/st5 crw-rw 1 root disk 9, 6 Mar 22 1998 /dev/st6 crw-rw 1 root disk 9, 7 Mar 22 1998 /dev/st7 If it does not, them 'man MAKEDEV' to learn how to create it. And you need to have support for SCSI tape drives either compiled into your kernel or compiled as a module. $ ls /lib/modules/2.0.36/scsi st.o Luck, Pann -- What's All the Buzz About Linux?L I N U X .~. The Choice /V\ http://www.ourmanpann.com/linux/ of a GNU /( )\ Generation ^^-^^
Re: perl leap year function?
On Wed, Sep 01, 1999 at 12:55:41AM -0700, Aaron Van Couwenberghe wrote: > Just a question - > > I need an algorithm that can match a number of days with any month. For > this to be useful, I need a function that can tell me if it's a leap year > this year. > > Is there one available in any of the perl modules? If not I could just > hardcode the next few into my script... Date::Calc Luck, Pann -- What's All the Buzz About Linux?L I N U X .~. The Choice /V\ http://www.ourmanpann.com/linux/ of a GNU /( )\ Generation ^^-^^
Re: No cut/paste on lynx
On Tue, Aug 31, 1999 at 08:46:15AM -0500, Bruce Walzer wrote: > On Tue, Aug 31, 1999 at 12:26:55PM +0200, Debian Mail wrote: > > [...] > > > > Hold down the SHIFT key when you select text in lynx. Works for me > > > either in a text console (gpm) or X. > > > > Yep, that works. Thanks! > > Still strange that cut and paste without SHIFT does not work... > > Try clicking on a link. When I do that lynx opens it. It appears that lynx > is now intercepting the mouse events in an xterm for it's own purposes. Makes sense. You'll note that when selecting text in Netscape, if the text includes a link, you have to get some "surrounding" text to avoid having Netscape follow the link instead of selecting the text. Cheers, Pann -- What's All the Buzz About Linux?L I N U X .~. The Choice /V\ http://www.ourmanpann.com/linux/ of a GNU /( )\ Generation ^^-^^
Re: Fw: Cron run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily
On Wed, Sep 01, 1999 at 09:30:12AM +0100, Patrick Kirk wrote: > Hi all, > > Anyone know how I can stop getting these messages? Thanks in advance. > > - Original Message - > From: Cron Daemon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 1999 6:26 AM > Subject: Cron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily > > > > /etc/cron.daily/suidmanager: > > File /usr/lib/emacs/20.3/i386-debian-linux-gnu/movemail registered but not > installed Edit /etc/suid.conf and remove the line referring to movemail. Luck, Pann -- What's All the Buzz About Linux?L I N U X .~. The Choice /V\ http://www.ourmanpann.com/linux/ of a GNU /( )\ Generation ^^-^^
Re: light spreadsheet for stable?
On Wed, Sep 01, 1999 at 01:18:41PM -0500, Richard E. Hawkins wrote: > I need to find as light as possible a spreadsheet that still works > reasonably will for stable. I'll recall Thumper's daddy's advice, and > not say anything at all about oleo and siag. Staroffice 5 in 16mb is > out of the question, an gnumeric seems to want gnome, which suggest > that it too will suck resources. > > I really only need this for grades (so I need the elementary lookup > functions), and to hold/sort data to dump for mail-merge. But it needs > to play nicely with other applications on a 16mb system (And I'll leave > aside the issue of issuing faculty 16mb P120's . . . :) Package: sc Status: install ok installed Priority: optional Section: math Installed-Size: 196 Maintainer: Martin Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Version: 6.21-8 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.0.7u), libncurses4 Description: Spreadsheet Calculator This is a much modified version of the public domain spread sheet sc, which was posted to Usenet several years ago by Mark Weiser as vc, originally by James Gosling. It is based on rectangular table much like a financial spreadsheet. And if you're a vi user, you'll love the keystroke navigation. ;-> -- What's All the Buzz About Linux?L I N U X .~. The Choice /V\ http://www.ourmanpann.com/linux/ of a GNU /( )\ Generation ^^-^^
Re: What driver do i use for a 3com Etherlink XL pci
On Sat, Sep 04, 1999 at 04:34:35PM -0500, David Blackman wrote: > that's it, what driver do I use for a 3com etherlink XL pci, > > it's the card my DSL supplier supports Sounds like 3c59x. Comment from the source: This driver is for the 3Com "Vortex" and "Boomerang" series ethercards. Members of the series include Fast EtherLink 3c590/3c592/3c595/3c597 and the EtherLink XL 3c900 and 3c905 cards. Luck, Pann -- What's All the Buzz About Linux?L I N U X .~. The Choice /V\ http://www.ourmanpann.com/linux/ of a GNU /( )\ Generation ^^-^^
Re: Question of Firewall & Mail Servers
On Fri, Sep 17, 1999 at 14:11, Doug Thistlethwaite wrote: > I am working on adding a debian slink linux system as a fire wall to my > existing company network. When finished, we will have an ISDN router > connected to the linux firewall machine and a separate network card > connecting the internal network to the linux system. > > The mail server will be inside of the firewall and needs to receive SMTP > connections through the firewall. > My question is how is this done? There are (at least) two ways to do this. Another user has responded to tell you how to punch a hole in your firewall for port 25. You can also use a "store and forward" system to prevent anyone from outside your network from talking directly to port 25 on your mail server. One such system is smap, and another is smtpd. I've had good experience with the latter, no experience with the former. If memory serves, I selected smtpd because it was pretty much a drop-in on a debian slink system that was the firewall. I used rinetd on that system for punching holes in the firewall (port 22, ssh, for example). http://www.obtuse.com/smtpd.html http://www.boutell.com/rinetd/ Luck, Pann -- What's All the Buzz About Linux?L I N U X .~. The Choice /V\ http://www.ourmanpann.com/linux/ of a GNU /( )\ Generation ^^-^^
Re: partition this thing!
On Sun, Sep 26, 1999 at 23:02, tf wrote: > I'm about to install on or move to a new hd, and I'd like to divide it > up. I've read faqs and howtos, but I can't help thinking that if I > partition it by "feel", I'd just end up wasting alot of space. > > Ok, the drive's in another machine right now. reading it's case, it has > 6448.6 mb. > > This is my first try at more than swap and /.tiny /boot, giant > /home, right? Anyone feel like helping? Here's my standard formula, which I always use unless the machine in question has need of a separate /var partition, or it's going to be multi-boot: /boot 32MB swap128MB / the rest And don't fret. Luck, Pann -- geek by nature, Linux by choice L I N U X .~. The Choice /V\ http://www.ourmanpann.com/linux/ of a GNU /( )\ Generation ^^-^^
Re: X for Win95
On Tue, Sep 28, 1999 at 09:16, Jon Hughes wrote: > I've been working on my Linux box here at work from my windows computer > (easier to telnet into rather then move around and stuff). This is fine and > dandy, but I've been told there is a way you can actually get the X > server/KDE stuff to work remotly, through a Xwindow on Win95 or something > like that. It's not free, but seems to work well -- XWinPro http://www.labf.com/ You can download the real thing as a demo that times out after 30 minutes (and you can run it over and over, etc.). Send 'em $99 and they'll send you a license key. There are free alternatives, but I know about this because it's being provided by a contractor to run a Linux- (and X-) based application on Windoze desktops. I have confidence that the contractor has done his research and that XWinPro is a solid package. Luck, Pann -- geek by nature, Linux by choice L I N U X .~. The Choice /V\ http://www.ourmanpann.com/linux/ of a GNU /( )\ Generation ^^-^^
Re: txt 2 ps?
On Tue, Sep 28, 1999 at 23:26, erasmo perez wrote: > which package can i use in order to convert a text file (as created by > emacs) to a postscript file, but in a way i ould have control over > factors like: type and size of the font, spacing, identation, > justification, etc. Have a look at encscript and a2ps. Luck, Pann -- geek by nature, Linux by choice L I N U X .~. The Choice /V\ http://www.ourmanpann.com/linux/ of a GNU /( )\ Generation ^^-^^
Re: linux usage by well known sites
On Thu, Apr 15, 1999 at 22:12 (+0400), Eugene Sevinian wrote: > Hi ppl, > I would like to know if there are any > well known sites which are running linux? > I need some statistics to persuade some decision makers > to consider linux for a crusial task machine to provide > different internet services. All the sites we host run linux. www.ssc.com ftp.ssc.com debian.ssc.com www.linuxjournal.com interactive.linuxjournal.com www.linuxresources.com www.linuxgazette.com www.thegimp.com -- Pann McCuaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] PO Box 55549, Seattle, WA 98155 Technical Manager Phone: (206) 782-7733 ext 122 SSC, Inc. www.ssc.comFax: (206) 782-7191 Linux Journal www.linuxjournal.com
Re: linux usage by well known sites
On Thu, Apr 15, 1999 at 23:45 (+0400), Eugene Sevinian wrote: > BTW, how many hits usually occur at these sites? Is such info is > available? Typically we get between 300,000 and 500,000 hits per day total. This can spike (significantly) if one of the sites is mentioned on slashdot. We also get a big spike when the new issue of linuxgazette is posted. > > www.ssc.com > > ftp.ssc.com > > debian.ssc.com > > www.linuxjournal.com > > interactive.linuxjournal.com > > www.linuxresources.com > > www.linuxgazette.com > > www.thegimp.com -- your man pann
IP Masquerading, adding a network
I recently set up a network of machines using the private IP addresses 192.168.1.xxx. All machines are running Debian, a mix of bo, hamm, and slink. One slink machine which has two ethernet interfaces, 192.168.1.1 and , has the ipmasq package installed and is the gateway to the internet. The ipmasq package dropped right in and everything works fine with no special configuration at all--the defaults just work. All the machines on that network reach the internet, no worries. After the fact I added a second network using the 192.168.2.xxx addresses. One other machine (not 192.168.1.1) has two interfaces and gateways between the two internal networks. The necessary routes have been added so that all the machines on each internal network can see all the machines on both internal networks. The exception is, wouldn't you know, the IP masquerading gateway (192.168.1.1). It will not respond to a ping from a machine on the 192.168.2.0 network, and if I try to ping from 192.168.1.1 to a 192.168.2.xxx machine it tells me "operation not permitted." I've read the ipfwadm man page, the scripts in /etc/ipmask/rules/, the IP Masquerading How-To, visited web pages, etc., and it's still a mystery to me. Nowhere do I find (nor have I been able to deduce) a straightforward answer to the question: How do I tell the IP Masquerading gateway to treat packets from machines on the 192.168.2.0 network the same as it treats packets from machines on the 192.168.1.0 network? Thanks very much for any insight anyone can provide. -- What's All the Buzz About Linux? http://www.ourmanpann.com/linux/
Re: Installation to a zipdisk
On Fri, Apr 23, 1999 at 10:09:05PM +0200, Bon Lam wrote: > how to install a debian distribution to a zipdisk? > > is there anything like zipslack from debian? There are instructions (albeit for hamm) at the URL in my sig. Luck, Pann -- What's All the Buzz About Linux? http://www.ourmanpann.com/linux/
Re: What happened to aaaa?
On Fri, Apr 30, 1999 at 11:52:54AM -0700, Joey Hess wrote: > Dale Scheetz wrote: > > copies of my latest efforts. The book is called "Linux Volume 1: ac to > > zcat, the basics" > > acat? What happened to ? :-) > > -- > see shy jo, who was amused to discover last week. This piqued my curiosity so I had a look. It's a symlink to host. Anybody know what that's all about? Cheers, Pann -- What's All the Buzz About Linux? L I N U X .~. The Choice /V\ http://www.ourmanpann.com/linux/ of a GNU /( )\ Generation ^^-^^
Re: Roxen
On Wed, May 05, 1999 at 12:20:29PM -0400, Dan Nguyen wrote: > I'm interested in using the Roxen webserver, however, I'm currently > running Apache, and don't want anything to break. Does anyone know of > any problems which will occur if I do so? Well it all depends on what you're doing with your webserver. mod_perl, for example, is apache-centric. But for general purpose web serving Roxen is fine and has some attractive features, a drop-in mysql authentication module that works right out of the box, for example. Since you're running debian and (de)installation is so easy, why not just replace Apache with Roxen and see how it goes. You can always change back easily if something breaks. Luck, Pann -- What's All the Buzz About Linux? L I N U X .~. The Choice /V\ http://www.ourmanpann.com/linux/ of a GNU /( )\ Generation ^^-^^
