A step forward with exim
At home I've set up a small network made of 1 server (debian 3.0 on an old pentium notebook and adsl internet connection) and a couple of PCs, one with linux debian and the other win 2000. My final aim is to use exim on the server as an SMTP, i.e., to forward mail from different users on my home network to the outside world through my ISP SMTP server. On the debian server I've build a very basic exim configuration selecting option 2 from eximconfig, and, adding some entries to the /etc/email-addresses. Finally, now I'm able to send email through sendmail FROM THE SERVER to the internet with exim correctly rewriting the "From:" address as I've instructed it. But, I'm unable to send email from mozilla mailer in A CLIENT, where I've setup the mailer for a known internal user (present also in email-addresses on the server) and in the SMTP field I've put the name of the SERVER computer. Bear in mind that during the configuration I've told exim to accept post from my machines (listed their IPs). Could someone straightforwardly tell me what are the necessasry steps to make exim on a server work as an SMTP? Thanks Vittorio -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Alpha setup
I installed a perfectly working debian 3.0 on a EV5 Compaq Alpha WS, running the 2.2.20 boxed kernel image. Now I've been trying to install the 2.4.18 (or better the new 2.4.20) kernel image but I've been invariably ending up in a kernel panic. I think that the problem is that I was unable to say my Alpha WS that it should have used initrd at booting time as only hinted by the installation documentation (very poor indeed!). Could someone out there explain (step by step) how I can tell such a WS that I want to use initrd? Ciao Vittorio -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
pppd on demand problems...
Having now hired a dsl line at home, I connected two Pentium PCs at home with a notebook functioning as a gateway server for the internet connection with 'pon dsl-provider demand idle 60' command through a rudimentary firewall (and a sshd session). Setting up the server I thought:the simplest, the better! Therefore no diald by far more complicated than ppp on demand which I'd learned had been somewhat enhanced (it works fine at last, they say), pppoe, openssh, iptables, kernel 2.4.19, lynx, all for a mere 300 MB of disk space. Now the problem is that if I launch a "lynx www.debian.org" either from the server or from a client the ppp session starts immediatedly and all works fine. But, once closed lynx, ppp doesn't hang up but stays connected endlessly. Could you please suggest why this can happen and - above all - the steps, the tests I should carry out to make it work (please, straightforward explanation will be highly appreciated!)? Ciao Vittorio -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[WAS] pppd on demand problems...
PLEASE HELP! Having now hired a dsl line at home, I connected two Pentium PCs at home with a notebook functioning as a gateway server for the internet connection with 'pon dsl-provider demand idle 60' command through a rudimentary firewall (and a sshd session). Setting up the server I thought:the simplest, the better! Therefore no diald by far more complicated than ppp on demand which I'd learned had been somewhat enhanced (it works fine at last, they say), pppoe, openssh, iptables, kernel 2.4.19, lynx, all for a mere 300 MB of disk space. Now the problem is that if I launch a "lynx www.debian.org" either from the server or from a client the ppp session starts immediatedly and all works fine. But, once closed lynx, ppp doesn't hang up but stays connected endlessly. Could you please suggest why this can happen and - above all - the steps, the tests I should carry out to make it work (please, straightforward explanation will be highly appreciated!)? Ciao Vittorio -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
DVD - driving me crazy...
I'd like to watch movies by means of my PC DVD reader. Now, I've installed ogle and xine by means of apt-get from debian stable and compiled mplayer from source. None of them works smoothly. After having symlinked /dev/cdrom to /dev/dvd (it didn't work at all before this!) OCCASIONALLY and SELDOM either ogle or xine work fine. Now I'm unable to even start a DVD movie: xine complains about a missing plugin for 'xine-ui; ogle simply crashes. Mplayer is the only one akwardly working issuing "mplayer -dvd nn" with nn=1,2,3. Is there anyone out there able to explain what's wrong with those programs and what to do to make them work (either xine or ogle)? OR Other suggestions? Thanks in advance for any help Ciao - Vittorio -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ADSL + exim mail server HELP!!
I simply put in my home directory a file .fetchmailrc like the following defaults forcecr limit 256000 poll mail.mymail.it with proto pop3 \ user l.bus with password qt4f9 fetchall poll mail.lib.it with proto pop3 \ user vc with password raa fetchall and then I issue a 'fetchmail' command. That's all Ciao Vittorio [EMAIL PROTECTED] [debian-user] <15/09/03 09:36 +0200>: > I have an Exim mail server behind an ADSL router. > How do i collect mail for my domains from my isp and pass it to exim > for distribution to the users boxes. > > I have tried fetchmail and it seems to only collect mail for one user at a > time . ?? > > Please help > Many Thanks > Gregroy Machin > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
How to deal cron(tab)
At home I set up a small woody server working as a proxy, firewall, router. It stays idle most of the time being used at night only by me & my daughters. I've noticed that cron(tab (I don't know, it's the standard installation, anyway!)) starts doing its job every 20 minutes, which is in my opinion useless and 'consumes' my server hd. How can I tell cron(-tab) to do its job every, say, 6 - 12 hours? Thanks Vittorio pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
shorewall: imap doesn't work any longer
I have setup a debian 3.0 server functioning as a gateway, router, **IMAP SERVER**, and firewall. It connects to the internet via a DSL ppp0 connection and to the internal network through eth1. Being an absolute beginner, I've set up shorewall with a basic configuration suggested in the net. Since then the imap connection from client to server isn't working any longer (the server collects mail from the internet; the mail is read by clients by means of imap). How should I configure shorewall to make the imap server work again (the imap traffic is between server's eth1 interface and client eth0 interface)? Step by step instructions will be highly appreciated. Ciao Vittorio pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Printing with the Gimp 1.2.3
It all works but I don't understand.. Under debian woody I have the gimp 1.2 and gimp-print. I've set my Epson 640 printer as my default printer by means of magicfilter according to the following scheme: 1) lp is 360 dpi 2) lp720 is 720x720 dpi 3) lp1440 is 1440x720 dpi Now, using the print command under the gimp I have (tentatively) selected in 'setup printer' the epson 640 as my printer, and lp as my printer name. It works! But I find it all a bit confusing I mean I've chosen lp (which is 360 dpi to me) and I've selected other resolutions than the 1). Then why should I tell the Gimp what my printer is? Isn't already selected by magicfilter? Shouldn't be enough to select printer name only (either lp, or lp720 or lp1440)? Is there anyone out there able to explain the basic of printing with the gimp? Ciao Vittorio -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Installing TrueType fonts
In a magazine I've found a CD with many ttf files for the use with Photoshop under windows. What's the straightforward way to install those ttf files under debian woody for the use with gnome 1.4, OpenOffice, and - above all - the Gimp? Ciao Vittorio -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Alt-clicking......
Context: PC with debian 3.0, gnome 1.4, sawfish. When under gnome I Alt-click in an application window I'm able to move the window on the desktop. Now, this is causing some problem with the gimp which for some command needs Alt-clicking not having the correspondent in the menu. How can I deactivate the fact that alt-clicking in a window makes it move around? Thanks & Ciao Vittorio -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Partitionless rescue booting
Rob Weir [debian-user] <13/11/02 18:57 +1100>: > On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 04:47:30PM -, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > I have the 2 official debian 3.0 installation CDs with the rescue > > stuff. I wonder if it's possible to boot with them without defining & > > mounting a real hd partition but using only the memory (I've 256 MB of > > memory). I didn't find any of the kind in the documentation in the > > CDs. If it is possible, a straightforward explanation about how to. > > You can certainly boot from the CDs without a HD. You want to install > into a RAM disk? That seems kind of pointless, but it can be done. > Maybe what you really want is Knoppix. I imagine the homepage is > http://knoppix.org/, but I'm not sure. > > -rob Well Rob, It happened to me that booting from CD and giving the root=/dev/hda1 option my system was unable to start because of corrupted files/directories. Using a RedHat 7.2 CD booting into a RAM Disk a could mount my /dev/hda1 partition, fix the faulty files, chroot to it, run lilo, and boot my Debian 3.0 again... Vittorio -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Callback ppp
At work they've installed a callback RAS. I've read the PPP documentation and had a look at the callback scripts that are far from being intuitive and easy to use. Is there EITHER any ready-to-use deb program able to to connect from debian 3.0 to my office via a modem? OR Someone able to explain the correct callback PPP procedure starting from the poor documentation I've mentioned in a straightforward way? Thanks & Ciao Vittorio -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Callback ppp
Alexey Chetroi [debian-user] <15/11/02 10:21 +0200>: > On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 05:45:16PM +, Vittorio wrote: > > > > At work they've installed a callback RAS. > > > > I've read the PPP documentation and had a look at the callback scripts > > that are far from being intuitive and easy to use. > > > > Is there > > > > EITHER > > > > any ready-to-use deb program able to to connect from debian 3.0 to my > > office via a modem? > > > > OR > > > > Someone able to explain the correct callback PPP procedure starting > > from the poor documentation I've mentioned in a straightforward way? > > man pppd is enough and there's always your friend google :) > pppd from woody supports "callback 123456" option. Exit code of pppd > is 14 on successful callback negotiation. Right after that I start pppd > with regular options beside chat-script: chat-script just should answer the > incoming call. It also possible to use dial-on-demand with callback. > > Well Alexey, Perhaps I'm not that smart because I'm only able to start ppp by means of pppconfig and pon/poff. Nonetheless I've read almost everything in the net about this subject. But I'm somewhat confused. What I need is a step by step explanation on how to make it. Therefore, the point is that at office there's a Windows NT RAS server with Callback protocol; my debian 3.0 linux box should call my office, GIVE the phone number to be called back and answer the call. What are the orderly steps to set up the connection (your real configuration, files could help as examples!)? Thanks Vittorio -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Callback ppp
Alexey Chetroi [debian-user] <17/11/02 12:02 +0200>: > On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 12:01:23AM +, Vittorio wrote: > > Alexey Chetroi [debian-user] <15/11/02 10:21 +0200>: > > > On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 05:45:16PM +, Vittorio wrote: > > > > > > > > At work they've installed a callback RAS. > > > > > > > > I've read the PPP documentation and had a look at the callback scripts > > > > that are far from being intuitive and easy to use. > > > > > > man pppd is enough and there's always your friend google :) > > > pppd from woody supports "callback 123456" option. Exit code of pppd > > > is 14 on successful callback negotiation. Right after that I start pppd > > > with regular options beside chat-script: chat-script just should answer the > > > incoming call. It also possible to use dial-on-demand with callback. > > > > Perhaps I'm not that smart because I'm only able to start ppp by means > > of pppconfig and pon/poff. Nonetheless I've read almost everything in > > the net about this subject. But I'm somewhat confused. What > > I need is a step by step explanation on how to make it. > > > Ok, take a look at my examples. I'm dialing in ISP's cisco AS and > request callback by CBCP (CallBack Control Protocol IIRC). windows RAS > has it also IMHO (correct me if I'm wrong). Anyway, this works for me :) > > -- options to request callback > > /etc/ppp/peers/cbreq > hide-password > noproxyarp > noauth > nodetach > connect "/usr/sbin/chat -v -f /etc/chatscripts/mtc" > debug > /dev/ttyS0 > 115200 > defaultroute > noipdefault > user PPP_Login_Name > 0:212.0.201.1 # i'm using dial-on-demand, so i need peer's ip >address to be specified > ipcp-accept-local # you can also add ipcp-accept-remote > ipparam provider > demand > usepeerdns > idle 600 > mru 546 # do I really need this? > mtu 546 > callback75# what number to call you > > -- options to answer callback > /etc/ppp/peers/cbans > hide-password > noauth > nodetach > connect "/usr/sbin/chat -v -f /etc/chatscripts/cbans" > debug > /dev/ttyS0 > 115200 > defaultroute > noipdefault > user PPP_Login_Name > 0:212.0.201.1 > ipcp-accept-local > ipparam provider > usepeerdns > idle 400 > mru 546 > mtu 546 > > /etc/chatscripts/mtc > s chatfile was generated by pppconfig 2.0.10. > # Please do not delete any of the comments. Pppconfig needs them. > # > # ispauth CHAP > # abortstring > ABORT BUSY ABORT VOICE ABORT 'NO DIALTONE' ABORT 'NO DIAL TONE' ABORT 'NO ANSWER' >ABORT DELAYED > # modeminit > '' ATZ > # ispnumber > OK-AT-OK ATDP500900 > CONNECT \d\c > > /etc/chatscripts/cbans > # This chatfile was generated by pppconfig 2.0.10. > # Please do not delete any of the comments. Pppconfig needs them. > # > # ispauth CHAP > # abortstring > ABORT BUSY ABORT VOICE ABORT 'NO DIALTONE' ABORT 'NO DIAL TONE' ABORT 'NO ANSWER' >ABORT DELAYED > RING ATA > CONNECT \d\c > > to dial your callback ISP, you just use next commands > # pppd call cbreq > (after this you should analyze return code, on successful callback > negotiation it returns 14) > # pppd call cbans > > I put all this into a script > /etc/ppp/onppp > #!/bin/sh > > while true; do > echo -n "requesting ppp callback..." > /usr/sbin/pppd call cbreq > if [ $? -eq 14 ]; then > echo "ok." > /usr/sbin/pppd call cbans > else > echo "Something wrong..." > fi > done > > to start ppp on boot I've changed ppp_on_boot to: > /etc/ppp/ppp_on_boot > ###!/bin/sh > # > # Rename this file to ppp_on_boot and pppd will be fired up as > # soon as the system comes up, connecting to `provider'. > # > # If you also make this file executable, and replace the first line > # with just "#!/bin/sh", the commands below will be executed instead. > # > > # The location of the ppp daemon itself (shouldn't need to be changed) > PPPD=/usr/sbin/pppd > # The default provider to connect to > #$PPPD call provider > /etc/ppp/onppp 1>/dev/null 2>&1 & > > > /etc/ppp/onppp should be executable. Hope this helps :) Good luck! > > -- > > Best regards, > Alexey Chetroi Thank you very much, indeed! We Italians say: one thousand thanks! Best Regards AND Merry Xmas & Happy New Year Vittorio -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Small mail server
At home where I have a dsl internet connection I set up a small debian 3.0 server to work - above all - as a gateway & firewall (masqueranding the 2 windows 2000 PCs which are connected to it) and connecting to the net via a "ppp on demand". Recently I have installed the uw-imapd & fetchmail debs to make M$ outlook express in the win2k box read mail from the imap server (the small debian 3 box again!). To test the installation I have been issuing the "fetchmail" command from the server manually to get the post from my pop3 external ISP, putting it in a folder and then checking from outlook express if it is able to read that folder via imap. It is! Now, I'd like to automate the procedure because I want to read my mail from my ISP through fetchmail & spamassassin, put my cleaned mail in a folder of the server to be read via imap by outlook express on a the win2k boxes. I know that IN THE CASE OF A PERMANENT INTERNET CONNECTION I can set fetchmail to read email systematically from an external pop3 ISP at fixed time intervals. But, I have a PPP ON DEMAND CONNECTION (for security reasons I'd loke to stick to this solution) therefore I wonder if it possible to configure the debian server to start the connection and run fetchmail as soon as M$ outlook express is opened and is looking for new mail. How can I do it? Ciao Vittorio pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Small mail server
Vittorio [debian-user] <03/06/03 12:05 +>: > At home where I have a dsl internet connection I set up a small debian > 3.0 server to work - above all - as a gateway & firewall > (masqueranding the 2 windows 2000 PCs which are connected to it) and > connecting to the net via a "ppp on demand". > > Recently I have installed the uw-imapd & fetchmail debs to make M$ > outlook express in the win2k box read mail from the imap server (the > small debian 3 box again!). To test the installation I have been > issuing the "fetchmail" command from the server manually to get the > post from my pop3 external ISP, putting it in a folder and then > checking from outlook express if it is able to read that folder via > imap. It is! > > Now, I'd like to automate the procedure because I want to read my mail > from my ISP through fetchmail & spamassassin, put my cleaned mail in a > folder of the server to be read via imap by outlook express on a the > win2k boxes. > > I know that IN THE CASE OF A PERMANENT INTERNET CONNECTION I can set > fetchmail to read email systematically from an external pop3 ISP at > fixed time intervals. > > But, I have a PPP ON DEMAND CONNECTION (for security reasons I'd loke > to stick to this solution) therefore I wonder if it possible to > configure the debian server to start the connection and run fetchmail > as soon as M$ outlook express is opened and is looking for new mail. > > How can I do it? > > Ciao > Vittorio > TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN Well, in the end - thanks to some confidential answer I got - I've found a solution! In /etc/ppp there's a script ip-up which executes all the scripts under the directory /etc/ppp/ip-up.d when ppp is triggered. One of these scripts is fetchmail. The trick is to copy your $HOME/.fetchmailrc under to /etc/fetchmailrc (without the initial dot). Now, every time an application like mozilla, ping or outlook express (in the win2k box) itself starts my ppp on demand on the small server, fetchmail immediatedly gets the mail from my external ISP and put it in the /var/mail/USER dir which I can access from outlook express. Besides this gives me the chance to download my mail directly from outlook express by clicking on "send/receive". Ciao Vittorio pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
[Again] small mail server & IPTABLES
At home where I have a dsl internet connection I set up a small debian 3.0 server to work - above all - as a gateway & IPTABLES firewall (masqueranding the 2 windows 2000 PCs which are connected to it) and connecting to the net via a "ppp on demand". Recently I have installed the uw-imapd & fetchmail debs to make M$ outlook express in the win2k box read mail (got by fetchmail through pop3 from my external ISP) from the imap server (the small debian 3 box again!). Now I DON'T want that from the outside world, from the Internet via ppp0 someone could access my imap server which is on duty for my internal network only. What IPTABLES lines should I add to my firewall to avoid these intrusions? Vittorio pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Troubles with Gnome2
Context: testing, gdm & gnome 1.4 Updating testing frequently I've been moved (unconsciously or perhaps by mistake: I run apt-get update; apt-get upgrade) to gnome2. Now I'm facing two major problems with gnome2: 1) When gdm starts gnome2 the following error fastidiously pops up: `Failed to activate "OAFIID:GNOME_SETTINGS_DAEMON" ' and then clicking on ok I can go under gnome2 (apparently without further inconvenience). 2) Even though I'm Italian, as far Debian linux is concerned, I prefer to stick to English as my "pet" language (just to partecipate to this group for instance); therefore I had set up gnome 1.4 in English. Well, out of the blue, gnome2 is now in Italian and it is absolutely insensitive to my efforts to change languages by means of gdm (which, by the way has been turned to Italian too!!??). Please help to fix 1 and 2. Ciao Vittorio -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Compiling 2.4.20
I've configured my kernel to my hardware but during compilation the following error pos up: gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.20/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -nostdinc -iwithprefix include -DKBUILD_BASENAME=super -c -o super.o super.c super.c: In function `read_super_block': super.c:869: warning: int format, long unsigned int arg (arg 2) super.c:944:14: missing terminating " character super.c: In function `reread_meta_blocks': super.c:945: error: stray '\' in program super.c:945: error: `ld' undeclared (first use in this function) super.c:945: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once super.c:945: error: for each function it appears in.) super.c:945: error: parse error before "n" super.c:945:12: missing terminating " character make[4]: *** [super.o] Error 1 make[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.20/fs/reiserfs' make[3]: *** [first_rule] Error 2 make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.20/fs/reiserfs' make[2]: *** [_subdir_reiserfs] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.20/fs' make[1]: *** [_dir_fs] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.20' make: *** [stamp-build] Error 2 What's the matter with it? Pleae help Vittorio pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
OpenOffice: failure at first start!
I don't know if it is a bit OT, anyway. Using the deb packages found in www.linux-debian.de I've just installed OpenOffice and created the corresponding workstation installation under my favourite user. Now, when I FIRST start ./soffice it opens and crashes immediatedly. Starting it again OpenOffice opens regularly and works great. Suggestions? Thanks Vittorio -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
CD ripping & burning speed...
I'm using woody and xcdroast (or cdparanoia & cdrecord) to burn my audio CDs. Now speaking with (would-be or so-called) "experts" at office of "high quality audio CD burning" I'm becoming somewhat confused. A part of them say "the lower the ripping and burning speed the better" so for both speeds they recommend not to go faster than 4x. Others say that ripping speed is critical, so the 4x limit should apply to this phase only. Finally, the remaing experts say that nowadays there are no limitations of any kind on speed. What's your opinion on this subject? Vittorio P.S. With the above-mentioned software is it possible to overburn a CD? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: CD ripping & burning speed...
Rob Weir [debian-user] <09/09/02 00:26 +1000>: > On Sat, Sep 07, 2002 at 04:11:12PM +, Vittorio wrote: > > A part of them say "the lower the ripping and burning speed the > > better" so for both speeds they recommend not to go faster than 4x. > > > > Others say that ripping speed is critical, so the 4x limit should > > apply to this phase only. > > > > Finally, the remaing experts say that nowadays there are no > > limitations of any kind on speed. > > P.S. With the above-mentioned software is it possible to overburn a CD? > > It sounds like these people are used to crappy, crappy windows software > for DAE. cdparanoia tries very, very hard to get a clean rip...I've set > it loose on a CD that was so scratched that it wouldn't play in any CD > player I could find, but cdparanoia managed to rip it without a single > pop or blip or skip. It did take a few hours tho...Basically, rip speed > is irrelavent to the user, except inasmuch as it takes up your time; > cdparanoia will take care of it, and, if you give it the '-z' option, > will not rest until it's satisfied there were no errors. > > It's probably the same thing with burning; a correct burn is a correct > burn is a correct burn. One thing that does matter tho is, as a bunch > of other people have said, is the media. Find the type that works for > you and stick with it, I guess. > > If you want to be really sure it's all working, you can easily test it: > rip a cd, burn it, keep the original wavs, rip the copy, run md5sum on > each wav. Of course, you might get md5 mismatches due to the rip > starting at different locations on the disc or something...Hmmm...sounds > like an experiment for next weekend. > > > > P.S. With the above-mentioned software is it possible to overburn a CD? > > I'm not quite sure what over burn means...Does it mean 'burn more data > than the CD nominally handle'? If so, then I'm fairly sure you can, > since cdrecord will let you burn a CD with the data coming from a pipe; > it's got no way of guessing how much data it will get fed, until it > receives it. > > As an aside, here's my method for copying CD's: > 1) Make a new directory and run 'cdparanoia -Bvz' (Batch, verbose, >'z'=don't ever skip). > 2) When that's done, run 'find -type f -name '*.wav'|wav2toc.pl' (where >wav2toc.pl is the attached Perl script. > 3) Follow the instruction, and burn away. > > Works great for me, and I've never managed to get a dud from it (even > while recompiling a kernel!). Of course, you could write just a little > more script and come up with something that just works thusly: > > 'Insert source disk' > (rip,rip,rip) > 'Insert blank' > (burn,burn,burn) > 'Done' > > but I'm lazy and couldn't be bothered. Hope this is useful to someone. > > -rob Useful indeed! Thanks to Rob & all the others for your detailed explanation (by the way, you've guessed it: with 'overburning' I meant 'to burn more data that the CD can "officially" handle'). I'm struck by the fact that the media is so relevant as far as burning is involved. Ciao & thanks again Vittorio -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: OpenOffice failure
Javier Bertoli [debian-user] <06/09/02 16:20 -0300>:
> On Sat, 31 Aug 2002, Phillip Hofmeister wrote:
>
> > All,
> >
> > For some reason when I upgraded to syslog-ng some time ago (removing
> > sysklogd) my kern.log stopped showing. My syslog-ng.conf file seems to
> > include a kern.log
>
> Yep. That happened to me too. Somebody, somewhere, sometime,
> posted a solution that helped me to get it working back again.
>
> All you need to do is to change the "source" line for the kernel
> log in syslog-ng.conf:
>
> source src { unix-dgram("/dev/log"); internal(); };
>
> Needs to be changed to
>
> source src {
> internal();
> unix-stream("/dev/log");
> file("/proc/kmsg");
> };
>
> And kill HUP syslog-ng (or restart it, whatever). And that's it.
>
> > Can anyone think why it would not be showing anything in kern.log?
>
> Nop. Don't know. Notice, however, that it changes from a dgram to
> a stream socket type. Perhaps the reason is there:
>
> From syslog-ng.conf:
>
>* unix-dgram - reads messages from the given
>AF_UNIX, SOCK_DGRAM socket (BSDi style)
>
>* unix-stream - reads messages from the given
>AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM socket (Linux style)
>
> Anyway, it should work. Hope this helps.
>
> Saludos
>
> Javier
>
Friends (and to whom it may concern), I solved my problem! Leafing
through OpenOffice mailing lists I've found that it is enough to add
unset SESSION_MANAGER
at the beginning of /usr/lib/openoffice/program/soffice file.
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Re: Kernel Panic with 2.4.19-686
Oliver Fuchs [debian-user] <11/09/02 05:44 +0200>: > On Wed, 11 Sep 2002, J.S.Sahambi wrote: > > > Well, thanks for the replies about kernel upgrading :) > > > > Based on these replies I just installed Kernel 2.4.19-686 with > > apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.19-686 > > > > Then I changed the lilo.conf for the new and old kernel. > > While booting from new kernel it panics and gives the following message > > and hangs: > > * > > VFS: Cannot open root device "306" or 03:06 > > Pleae append a correct "root=" boot option > > Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mont root fs on 03:06 > > **** > > Where can I find the unofficial deb packages for kernel 2.4.19, not present in Bunk's stuff? Vittorio -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fw: Problem with samba & win2k dfs
- Forwarded message from "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 17:13:49 +0100 To: list debian-user <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Problem with samba & win2k dfs Absolute newbie, till yesterday I was able to connect my debian 3.0 testing client box to a windows 2000 fileserver share modifying the boxed smb.conf accordingly. Now, the computer people at my office set up a dfs win2k box and my linux client is no longer able to access the share, that is, I connect to the dfs fileserver through username and password, I can see the directories, but can't go deep into them, in a nutshell I can't reach the *real* fileserver. My question is: What options should I modify/add to my smb.conf to access a win2k dfs fileserver from my beloved linux box? Ciao Vittorio -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] - End forwarded message - pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
mixture in sources.list
Somewhere, I think either in Morphix or in Knoppix which both are debian-derived, I've seen that in the sources.list file there where the lines for testing and unstable downloads from the debian site. If I repeat the same configuration how can I tell apt-get that I want to download e.g. Mozilla from unstable and exim from testing? Ciao Vittorio pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Latex documentation
Where can I find Latex manual and documentation on the Web? Vittorio
docbook & xml in Italian
Hi, I've installed docbook and experimented it with XML to build a tiny book. I'm enthusiastic about the way it builds well structured and nice-looking documents. Less enthusiastic instead about the dispersed and confusing documentation! Unfortunately the various 'Chapter', 'Paragraph', 'Index', etc. are written in English. How can I tell xml (or docbook?) that I want the Italian equivalent "Capitolo", "Paragrafo", etc.? Thanks in advance Vittorio
Re: Anacron job 'cron.daily'
I regularly receive the following message I can't make head or tail of. What's htdig for and htmerg? Could someone tell what should I do? Ciao Vittorio Anacron [25/06/01 09:16 +]: > /etc/cron.daily/htdig: > htmerge: Unable to open word list file '/var/spool/htdig/db.wordlist.work' >
Re: Nvi saved the file language.dat
As I've read in the net, I've configured the language for latex modifying language.dat file by hand decommenting Italian (I didn't use texconfig!). Now, at each boot, I'm receiving a message like this: Nvi recovery program [28/06/01 16:05 +]: > On Wed Jun 27 19:40:15 2001, the user root was editing a > file named /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/language.dat > on the machine debian, when it was saved for recovery. You > can recover most, if not all, of the changes to this file > using the -r option to vi: > > vi -r /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/language.dat > And issuing the following command: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config$ vi -r language.dat No files named language.dat, readable by you, to recover What shall I do? Ciao Vittorio
Uploaded fetchmail 5.3.3-3 (i386) to erlangen
I've subscribed the debian-changes list and now I'm somewhat confused by their subjects in which (I put it one in the subject of this message of mine) they say that files are uploaded to "erlangen". What the hell `erlangen' is? I'm accostumed every now and then to download updated packages for potato 2.2r3 from security.debian.org via dselect and update. Has anything changed in the meantime? Because I widely use fetchmail (v 5.3.3-1.2) what should I do to update it, if any?
Unwanted, huge messages
I use mutt with fetchmail to get loads of messages from the many lists I'm subscribed to. Now sometimes it happens that very long (say, exceeding 1,000,000 octets), unwanted messages slow down the download of 'wanted' messages. My question is: When using fetchmail how can I delete messages greater than a certain size (say 100,000 octets) directly on the POP3 server avoiding that slowdown? Ciao Vittorio
Re: Upgrading from 2.1r4 to 2.2
F Zimmermann [debian-user] <29/08/01 18:10 +0100>: > > On Wed, 29 Aug 2001, Gary Jones wrote: > > > Okay, I'm now nearly ready to make the switch - a full, functional > > backup has been taken. > > > > What I haven't seen anywhere is what happens if one has packages > > which are later than what apt-get knows about. For example, I > > installed X from 2.1r4 but found it didn't support my video card, so > > installed a new copy of X from a tarball. What will happen to such > > installations when I upgrade, does anyone know? > > > > > > -- > > Gary > > Did you make your own .deb packages from the tar balls? Then you are lucky > otherwise dpkg/apt wount see them at all. > How do you make your own .deb package from a tarball? Vittorio
Re: CD Writer
I'm now using an internal IDE WAITEC RAPTOR 12/10/32 under woody and it is all ok with cdrecord, cdparanoia xcdroast, etc. I don't need to use any specific driver beside ide-scsi and it all worked fine at first shot. Vittorio Howland, Curtis [debian-user] <20/11/01 14:43 +0900>: > I would be interested to discuss things with someone who is using a CD > writer under Debian. > > I don't need anything flashy, a USB connected device would be best from > a convenience standpoint, but are there any non-obvious problems? Here > in Japan, USB CD-RW drives are easy to get, but I would like to > short-cut my search if there are a few Debian-friendly brands or types > to specifically look for. > > Yes, I'm running the 2.4.12 kernel. > > Direct mail please, > > Curt- > > --- > Curt Howland +81-3-5772-5832 > KVH Telecom Japan, Ltd.IDC Division > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
ADSL & USB
I'd like to use an ADSL modem via USB. Is there anyone out there having experience of such ADSL modems under woody? Suggestions about particular makes? Thanks Vittorio
Re: ADSL & USB
Thanks for your replies. I don't know anything about the Alcatel modem you've mentioned. What I've seen around many a PC shop is ZYXEL 630/M ADSL/USB which here in Italy costs one third of the equivalent 640/M ETH/ADSL. Bye Vittorio Vittorio [debian-user] <22/11/01 13:34 +>: > I'd like to use an ADSL modem via USB. > > Is there anyone out there having experience of such ADSL modems under woody? > > Suggestions about particular makes? > > Thanks > Vittorio > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
Default folder
I'm using mutt to deal with the lists I've subscribed to. I'd like to have the folder folder I receive my personal mail ($HOME/IN.personale) to be automatically opened when I start Mutt. What should I do? Thanks
Help:Problems with routing
Please help! I can connect my portable PC to my desktop via ethernet cards (eth0) and use ping, NFS, samba etc. Now, after re-reading Net-HOWTO and following the examples in it, I've been trying to set my desktop and its eth0 and ppp0 connections as a router for my portable in order to use email and the internet on it by means of ethernet connection. In a nutshell, the first 'extremely simple' routing configuration in the HOWTO! Even though I've followed the easy instructions using the command 'route add..' etc, it simply doesn't work in my case. Here it is the basic configuration info On both system woody with 2.4.13 kernel On my desktop (the would-be router) Eth0 192.168.10.5 (desktop as an alias) # route Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric RefUse Iface 212.210.33.130 * 255.255.255.255 UH0 00 ppp0 192.168.10.0* 255.255.255.0 U 0 00 eth0 default desktop 0.0.0.0 UG0 00 eth0 On my portable PC (the only client) # route Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric RefUse Iface default desktop 255.255.255.0 UG0 00 eth0 192.168.10.0* 255.255.255.0 U 0 00 eth0 I can of course ping the eth0 on both sides using also their aliases but.. the result when I try to ping a working internet address from my client is as follows: #ping 195.110.96.65# PING 195.110.96.65 (195.110.96.65): 56 data bytes ping: sendto: Network is unreachable ping: wrote 195.110.96.65 64 chars, ret=-1 What's wrong with it? Vittorio
Re: Help:Problems with routing
> > Your desktop's default route should be ppp0, not eth0, like this: > > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric RefUse > Iface > 212.210.33.130 * 255.255.255.255 UH0 00 > ppp0 > 192.168.10.0* 255.255.255.0 U 0 00 > eth0 > default 212.210.33.130 0.0.0.0 UG0 00 > ppp0 > > from your current routing table, try to: > # route del default > # route add default gw 212.210.33.130 dev ppp0 I did it, to no avail This is the script from my "desktop" router woody:~# route Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric RefUse Iface 212.210.33.130 * 255.255.255.255 UH0 00 ppp0 192.168.10.0* 255.255.255.0 U 0 00 eth0 default 212.210.33.130 0.0.0.0 UG0 00 ppp0 woody:~# route del default gw 212.210.33.130 ppp0 woody:~# route add default gw 212.210.33.130 dev ppp0 # as you suggested Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric RefUse Iface 212.210.33.130 * 255.255.255.255 UH0 00 ppp0 192.168.10.0* 255.255.255.0 U 0 00 eth0 default 212.210.33.130 0.0.0.0 UG0 00 ppp0 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< And this is the script from my client: woody:~# route Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric RefUse Iface 192.168.10.0* 255.255.255.0 U 0 00 eth0 default desktop 0.0.0.0 UG0 00 eth0 woody:~# ping 195.110.96.65 PING 195.110.96.65 (195.110.96.65): 56 data bytes --- 195.110.96.65 ping statistics --- 43 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss woody:~# ping 195.110.96.65 PING 195.110.96.65 (195.110.96.65): 56 data bytes --- 195.110.96.65 ping statistics --- 22 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss woody:~# route del default gw desktop eth0 woody:~# ping route add default netmask 255.255.255.0 gw desktop eth0 woody:~# route Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric RefUse Iface default desktop.grtn255.255.255.0 UG0 00 eth0 192.168.10.0* 255.255.255.0 U 0 00 eth0 ping 195.110.96.65 PING 195.110.96.65 (195.110.96.65): 56 data bytes ping: sendto: Network is unreachable ping: wrote 195.110.96.65 64 chars, ret=-1 --- 195.110.96.65 ping statistics --- 4 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< So it still doesn't work. Any further suggestion? Vittorio
Re: Help:Problems with routing
Thank you San for your advice. Last night only I was able to deal with the problem of routing (out on business :-() and your proposed solution and now I'am able to ping whatever address on the internet from my client, BUT... the client is unable to resolve the names (I can ping 195.110.96.65 but not www.dada.it). What should I do? Thanks Vittorio San Segkhoonthod [debian-user] <24/11/01 22:43 +0700>: > And, for masquerading/simple firewall: > > iptables -A INPUT -i ppp0 -m state --state NEW,INVALID -j DROP > iptables -A FORWARD -i ppp0 -m state --state NEW,INVALID -j DROP > > iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o ppp0 -j MASQUERADE > > echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward > > assuming that your kernel was compiled with iptable support. > san > > > On Sat, 2001-11-24 at 22:33, San Segkhoonthod wrote: > > > Eth0 192.168.10.5 (desktop as an alias) > > > > > > # route > > > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref > > Use Iface > > > 212.210.33.130 * 255.255.255.255 UH0 0 > > 0 ppp0 > > > 192.168.10.0* 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 > > 0 eth0 > > > default desktop 0.0.0.0 UG0 0 > > 0 eth > > > > Your desktop's default route should be ppp0, not eth0, like this: > > > > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric RefUse > > Iface > > 212.210.33.130 * 255.255.255.255 UH0 00 > > ppp0 > > 192.168.10.0* 255.255.255.0 U 0 00 > > eth0 > > default 212.210.33.130 0.0.0.0 UG0 00 > > ppp0 > > > > from your current routing table, try to: > > # route del default > > # route add default gw 212.210.33.130 dev ppp0 > > > > san > > > > On Sat, 2001-11-24 at 22:49, Vittorio wrote: > > > Please help! > > > I can connect my portable PC to my desktop via ethernet > > > cards (eth0) and use ping, NFS, samba etc. > > > > > > Now, after re-reading Net-HOWTO and following the examples in it, I've > > > been trying to set my desktop and its eth0 and ppp0 connections as a > > > router for my portable in order to use email and the internet on it by > > > means of ethernet connection. In a nutshell, the first 'extremely > > > simple' routing configuration in the HOWTO! > > > > > > Even though I've followed the easy instructions using the command > > > 'route add..' etc, it simply doesn't work in my case. > > > > > > Here it is the basic configuration info > > > > > > On both system woody with 2.4.13 kernel > > > > > > On my desktop (the would-be router) > > > > > > Eth0 192.168.10.5 (desktop as an alias) > > > > > > # route > > > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric RefUse > > > Iface > > > 212.210.33.130 * 255.255.255.255 UH0 00 > > > ppp0 > > > 192.168.10.0* 255.255.255.0 U 0 00 > > > eth0 > > > default desktop 0.0.0.0 UG0 00 > > > eth0 > > > > > > On my portable PC (the only client) > > > > > > # route > > > Kernel IP routing table > > > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric RefUse > > > Iface > > > default desktop 255.255.255.0 UG0 00 > > > eth0 > > > 192.168.10.0* 255.255.255.0 U 0 00 > > > eth0 > > > > > > > > > I can of course ping the eth0 on both sides using also their aliases > > > but.. > > > the result when I try to ping a working internet address from my client > > > is as > > > follows: > > > > > > #ping 195.110.96.65# > > > > > > PING 195.110.96.65 (195.110.96.65): 56 data bytes > > > ping: sendto: Network is unreachable > > > ping: wrote 195.110.96.65 64 chars, ret=-1 > > > > > > > > > What's wrong with it? > > > > > > Vittorio > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
Re: Problems upgrading kernel
I don't know if this can help, but with 2.4.x kernel I had been having similar problems until I compiled the drivers for my NICs (a RealTek 8139 on my desktop and a ether100 on my laptop) statically in the kernel, not as module. This solved the problem! Vittorio Charles Baker [debian-user] <10/12/01 05:40 -0800>: > > --- William P Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have been trying to upgrade both a woody box and a > > sid box to a 2.4 kernel > > (2.4.16 and 2.4.14 respectively). I use make-kpkg > > and everthing seems to > > work fine but I don't have a network when I reboot > > into the new kernel. It > > looks like the nic module loads but I cannot ping > > anything. If I go back to > > the old kernel still installed on the system I have > > network connectivity > > just fine. I am using dhcp in both places so maybe > > that is an issue. I am > > installing it like this: > > > > Running dslelect and getting > > kernel-source-2.4.14.tar.bz2 > > bunzip2 and untar the source > > menuconfig > > make-kpkg -rev cusotm.1 kernel_image > > dpkg --install newkernelimage.deb > > > > Then I reboot. Any help on this would be greatly > > appreciated. > > > <> > > I have been having similar problems using the stock > kernel packages on my laptop. I haven't even tried > compiling my own custom kernel for 2.4.x yet. > > > = > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Hacking is a "Good Thing!" > See http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html > > __ > Do You Yahoo!? > Send your FREE holiday greetings online! > http://greetings.yahoo.com > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
pcmcia partial troubles
Friends, I have a laptop with woody + a tailored kernel 2.4.16 + pcmcia-cs 1.3.27 (both from Bunk's stuff). Now I have a D-Link DFE-680TXD pcmcia ethernet card and, I cannot believe it, D-Link supports Linux! For my old pcmcia network card, a 3Com589, I compiled support for PCMCIA and my card right into the kernel when re-compiling it. BUT.. I downloaded from D-Link support site a revised pcmcia-cs-3.1.15r3.tgz file in which is included the needed module for my pcmcia card: tulip_cb.c (in the documentation is written that it requires 2.0,2.2,2.3 kernels, no word about 2.4). What should I do next? I'm somewhat disorientated: 1) Should I compile the amended package provided by D-Link? 2) Could I force in some way the tulip_cb module into my kernel? Besides I wonder why this module has been eliminated from the latest versions both of the pcmcia package and from the new kernel? PLEASE HELP Vittorio
I forgot...
...how to set the Italian keyboard under woody. Please help.
stopping diald..
Under woody I've set up a small server to be a Squid proxy and to use diald to "dial on demand" on a shared telephone line (used both to make calls and to connect to the ISP). The problem is that when on a client netscape or explorer is erroneously started and immediatedly stopped while the line is busy diald goes on endlessly trying to connect to the provider. How can I limit the number of retrials under diald? Vittorio
Limiting access to bad URLs
Under woody I've setup a small server using Squid proxy and diald. Now, because the Internet will be used by children I don't want them to access pornographic material so in squid.conf I put the following (some words are in Italian): #SQUID.CONF begins exactly here http_port 8080 #We recommend you to use the following two lines. acl QUERY urlpath_regex cgi-bin \? no_cache deny QUERY #DO NOT ENTER acl niet1 url_regex -i sex acl niet2 url_regex -i sesso acl niet3 url_regex -i porn http_access deny niet1 http_access deny niet2 http_access deny niet3 I have tried with two Italian porno sites where in the urls are present the words "sesso" and "porno" but nothing prevented squid from loading them. Why? Could you please suggest a well-formed squid.conf to this aim? Vittorio
postgresql under woody
I've installed woody but with dselect I cannot find postgresql and pgaccess. Please help! Vittorio
Latex & letter's headers...
Well, actually Latex isn't that easy, is it? Or, it's definetely the easiest way of printing a rich and elegant book and report from scratch and with the easiest, console editor... Now, down to business! My problem is that I can write a letter with latex but I cannot find the right commands to insert the official colour logo of my firm (*.jpg,*.ps,*.pdf) into the header of the letter and other chats in the footer. I've been trying to look for a solution in the amazingly and misleadingly wide Latex documentation but couldn't find anything helpful. Could you please help me (giving an example if possible). Ciao Vittorio
Kernel 2.4:After Bunk....
I was used to upgrade my 2.4 kernel from Bunk's stuff. Now that Bunk is no longer a Debian developer I wonder who's going to take over and guarantee the upcoming versions of kernel 2.4? Ciao Vittorio
PCMCIA under potato
I've installed and compiled the pcmcia source coming with Bunk's stuff under potato and kernel 2.4.9 (of course enabling pcmcia in the kernel). Then I've installed pcmcia-cs. Now when I start pcmcia service with two cards inserted (a modem and an ethernet card) the answer is as follows: debian:/home/dada# /etc/init.d/pcmcia start Starting PCMCIA services: modules/lib/modules/2.4.9/pcmcia/i82365.o: init_module: No such device Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters /lib/modules/2.4.9/pcmcia/ds.o: init_module: Operation not permitted Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters cardmgr. What's going wrong? How can I detect what io port and irq is used by pcmcia and what should I set to have the pcmcia work? Vittorio
Compiling pcmcia support under kernel 2.4.9
I've installed and tailored Bunk's 2.4.9 kernel. Now I want to install pcmcia support from Bunk's stuff. I've read in pcmcia-cs README-2.4.9 that now with 2.4.x kernels I can compile either the support for pcmcia directly into the kernel or compile the modules coming with pcmcia-cs themselves. Am I right? Is there any difference in one option with respect to the other? And finally how pcmcia modules are compiled under potato? Ciao Vittorio
pcmcia & smartmedia
I've bought a nice Olympus Camedia 4040Z digital camera and the pcmcia card to read the 16 MB smartmedia card coming with the camera (I'd like to use gphoto and, above all, the Gimp). According to what I've read on this ML the pcmcia+smartmedia card can be read as an IDE drive, in a nutshell, as it were an hd. Now my questions are: 1) What driver for the card should I set (ide-cs?)? 2) How can I mount the simulated hd under a directory (that is, what is the device name /dev/hd? or what else?)? 3) What else do you advice to consider or set? Vittorio Please note that with my great satisfaction as a Debian addicted the pcmcia and smartmedia card DID NOT work properly under Windoz 98 because it cannot find the right driver. Beside, the USB connection of the camera to windoz 98 has been causing me troubles and troubles.
Non-Debian kernel source
Hi, I'm using potato with Bunk's 2.4.9 kernel suitably compiled for my hardware. Now I wonder if - according to your very revered opinion - it would be reproachable, disgusting to install a 2.4.12 (or better the forthcoming 2.4.13) kernel downloaded directly from www.kernel.org and compiled in the ordinary way make dep clean bzImage . I mean: what really is against it? Ciao Vittorio
Re: LaTeX templates
Hi Paul,
excuse me for my intrusion but being interested in the same subject could you
send me what you call your "simple class".
Vittorio
Paul Huygen [debian-user] <17/10/01 10:35 +0200>:
> martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > having tried LaTeX classes and style files, i am now resorting to
> > simple \includes for letters, invoices and whatever; classes and style
> > files are nice, but too complicated for my use
>
> Classes are not really complicated. In fact, you can make a kind of
> sub-class that inherits everyting from a general class and adds
> some customization. If you wish, I can send you my
> simple class that I use to make letters. On the other hand, inclusion
> of files with customization commands is simple too.
>
> > now, i have a number such "templates" and i'd like to keep them all in
> > one place, telling LaTeX of this include location. how?
>
> The file /etc/texmf/texmf.cnf determines the places where TeX looks
> for files. This file is well documented. For instance, my texmf.cnf
> contains lines like:
>
> HOMETEXMF = $HOME/texmf
> TEXMF = {!!$HOMETEXMF,!!$TEXMFLOCAL,!!$TEXMFMAIN}
> TEXINPUTS.latex = .;$TEXMF/tex/{latex,generic,}//
>
> These lines instruct Tex to look in my directory
>
> /home/paul/texmf/latex
>
> and subdirectories of this directory, to find LaTeX files.
>
>
> Actually, TeX does not search directly in the directories, but in
> lists of the files in those directories. When you put files in one of
> the directories, you have to update the file lists with the command
>
> mktexlsr
>
>
> Greet
>
> Paul Huygen
>
>
> --
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>
Woody & Gnome problems
I've just installed woody with xfree 4.1 and gnome 1.4, all from scratch. I've had some problems to launch X because issuing "startx" linux has been complaining that X was not executable. I've relinked X (which pointed to a non existent xserver_svga) to XFree86 and it all worked properly AS ROOT. Unfortunately, under a newly-defined user (dada) X invariably fails to start. Now I've tried with the classical .xinitrc & .xsession with the only line "gnome-session" to no avail. What's wrong with it and what should I do or check? Vittorio
Re: Woody & Gnome problems
Shaul Karl [debian-user] <21/10/01 09:20 +0200>: > > I've just installed woody with xfree 4.1 and gnome 1.4, all from scratch. > > > > I've had some problems to launch X because issuing "startx" linux has > > been complaining that X was not executable. I've relinked X (which > > pointed to a non existent xserver_svga) to XFree86 and it all worked > > properly AS ROOT. > > > > Unfortunately, under a newly-defined user (dada) X invariably fails to > > start. Now I've tried with the classical .xinitrc & .xsession with > > the only line "gnome-session" to no avail. > > > > What's wrong with it and what should I do or check? > > > > Vittorio > > > > > What is written in /etc/X11/Xserver? > -- > When responding, please quote my entire message. > > Shaul Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi Shaul, under /etc/X11/xserver there's only the file SecurityPolicy containing the folowing: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> version-1 # $Xorg: SecurityPolicy,v 1.3 2000/08/17 19:47:56 cpqbld Exp $ # The site policy fields are interpreted by the XC-QUERY-SECURITY-1 # authorization protocol. The values are arbitrary and site-specific. # Refer to the Security Extension Specification for the usage of the policies. #sitepolicy A #sitepolicy B #sitepolicy C # Property access rules: # property # ::= any | root | # ::= | = # :== [ | | ]* # :== r | w | d # r read # w write # d delete # :== a | i | e # a allow # i ignore # e error # Allow reading of application resources, but not writing. property RESOURCE_MANAGER rootar iw property SCREEN_RESOURCES rootar iw # Ignore attempts to use cut buffers. Giving errors causes apps to crash, # and allowing access may give away too much information. property CUT_BUFFER0rootirw property CUT_BUFFER1rootirw property CUT_BUFFER2rootirw property CUT_BUFFER3rootirw property CUT_BUFFER4rootirw property CUT_BUFFER5rootirw property CUT_BUFFER6rootirw property CUT_BUFFER7rootirw # If you are using Motif, you probably want these. property _MOTIF_DEFAULT_BINDINGSrootar iw property _MOTIF_DRAG_WINDOW rootar iw property _MOTIF_DRAG_TARGETSany ar iw property _MOTIF_DRAG_ATOMS any ar iw property _MOTIF_DRAG_ATOM_PAIRS any ar iw # If you are running CDE you also need these property _MOTIF_WM_INFO rootarw property TT_SESSION rootirw property WM_ICON_SIZE rootirw property "SDT Pixel Set"any irw # The next two rules let xwininfo -tree work when untrusted. property WM_NAMEany ar # Allow read of WM_CLASS, but only for windows with WM_NAME. # This might be more restrictive than necessary, but demonstrates # the facility, and is also an attempt to # say "top level windows only." property WM_CLASS WM_NAME ar # These next three let xlsclients work untrusted. Think carefully # before including these; giving away the client machine name and command # may be exposing too much. property WM_STATE WM_NAME ar property WM_CLIENT_MACHINE WM_NAME ar property WM_COMMAND WM_NAME ar # To let untrusted clients use the standard colormaps created by # xstdcmap, include these lines. property RGB_DEFAULT_MAProotar property RGB_BEST_MAP rootar property RGB_RED_MAProotar property RGB_GREEN_MAP rootar property RGB_BLUE_MAP rootar property RGB_GRAY_MAP rootar # To let untrusted clients use the color management database created # by xcmsdb, include these lines. property XDCCC_LINEAR_RGB_CORRECTIONrootar property XDCCC_LINEAR_RGB_MATRICES rootar property XDCCC_GRAY_SCREENWHITEPOINTrootar property XDCCC_GRAY_CORRECTION rootar # To let untrusted clients use the overlay visuals that many vendors # support, include this line. property SERVER_OVERLAY_VISUALS rootar >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm new to it, I was accostumed to 3.3.6. What's next? Vittorio
Re: Woody & Gnome problems
Dear friends, sorry to have bothered you but I found that something was wrong just wit the /tmp directory which turned out to be owned by root only as rw while other users were only allowed to read. I've fixed this ownership and now Gnome works. Why this happened I don't know exactly. Perhaps it was due to the fact that I copied a working woody installation from my laptop to a different partition of my desktop through the command "cp -a ...". Ciao Vittorio Vittorio [debian-user] <20/10/01 23:33 +>: > I've just installed woody with xfree 4.1 and gnome 1.4, all from scratch. > > I've had some problems to launch X because issuing "startx" linux has > been complaining that X was not executable. I've relinked X (which > pointed to a non existent xserver_svga) to XFree86 and it all worked > properly AS ROOT. > > Unfortunately, under a newly-defined user (dada) X invariably fails to > start. Now I've tried with the classical .xinitrc & .xsession with > the only line "gnome-session" to no avail. > > What's wrong with it and what should I do or check? > > Vittorio > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
Woody:Strange character representation
I've just finished installing woody and after setting up (with a certain difficulty) Gnome 1.4 now it all seems to work properly but the representation of characters under gnome terminal. In fact, if I launch mc under a gnome terminal, the lines delimiting and bordering the mc layout are represented with discontinuous, light, small, dotted squares (rectangles?). Why is that and what should I check? Vittorio
lpr doesn't work under woody
While under potato I didn't have any difficulty to make my Epson StylusColor 640 work using lpr and magicfilter, after installing woody from scratch I cannot print any longer. I'm using -as usual - lpr & magicfilter. I've installed the right filter using magicfilterconfig. To no avail! When I try for instance a "lpr /etc/motd" nothing happens. I've checked the connection with my printer issuing: echo /etc/motd > /dev/lp and the file is printed regularly. What should I check now to make the printer work? Vittorio
Re: lpr doesn't work under woody
What is weird is that many applications under gnome (netscape, gimp, staroffice with generic printer etc) are able to print correctly using "lpr -Plp" while the same command under a terminal/console dies silently. Vittorio Sebastiaan [debian-user] <23/10/01 16:07 +0200>: > Hi, > > On Tue, 23 Oct 2001, Vittorio wrote: > > > While under potato I didn't have any difficulty to make my Epson > > StylusColor 640 work using lpr and magicfilter, after installing woody > > from scratch I cannot print any longer. > > > > I'm using -as usual - lpr & magicfilter. I've installed the right > > filter using magicfilterconfig. To no avail! > > > > When I try for instance a "lpr /etc/motd" nothing happens. > > > > I've checked the connection with my printer issuing: > > echo /etc/motd > /dev/lp > > and the file is printed regularly. > > > > What should I check now to make the printer work? > > > Check /etc/printcap and try to figure out more with lpc (like 'lpc status > all') if the file arrives at the spool dir. > > Greetz, > Sebastiaan > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
Failing installing kernel-image-2.4.10 under woody
I can't install kernel image 2.4.10 in woody properly. Here's the script of #apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.10-586 Sorry, kernel-image-2.4.10-586 is already the newest version 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 7 not upgraded. 1 packages not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used. Setting up kernel-image-2.4.10-586 (2.4.10-1) ... depmod: Unexpected value (20) in '/lib/modules/2.4.10-586/kernel/drivers/ieee1394/sbp2.o' for ieee1394_device_size It is likely that the kernel structure has changed, if so then you probably need a new version of modutils to handle this kernel. Check linux/Documentation/Changes. sed: can't read /proc/mounts: No such file or directory Failed to create initrd image. dpkg: error processing kernel-image-2.4.10-586 (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 29 Errors were encountered while processing: kernel-image-2.4.10-586 E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) Now, the not fully installed package mentioned at the very beginning of this script is libggi2 because libggimisc2 is missing according to dselect and doesn't appear to be available (as a matter of fact I cannot see it in the listed packages). What's the matter with the kernel 2.4.10 and what should I do? Vittorio
Re: Failing installing kernel-image-2.4.10 under woody
Hi Blars, as a matter of fact it was dselect under woody to automatically select and install the package modutils-2.4.10-3 when I asked for kernel-2.4.10. So, do you mean that there's something wrong under debian woody? Vittorio Blars Blarson [debian-user] <24/10/01 02:01 -0700>: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >depmod: Unexpected value (20) in > >'/lib/modules/2.4.10-586/kernel/drivers/ieee1394/sbp2.o' for > >ieee1394_device_size > > It is likely that the kernel structure has changed, if so then > > you probably need a new version of modutils to handle this kernel. > > Like the messages says, that kernel isn't compatable with the modutils > you have installed. You need an older version of modutils :-( I think > modutils 2.4.8-1 will work (it does with kernel 2.4.9). I've got a > copy available on > http://bleep.blars.org/debian/dists/testing/main/binary-i386/base/modutils_2.4.8-1.deb > (It's no longer in testing.) > > -- > Blars Blarson [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.blars.org/blars.html > "Text is a way we cheat time." -- Patrick Nielsen Hayden >
using /home with potato & woody
In my laptop I've three partitions hda1= Debian Potato all directories but /home hda2= /home currently referring to Potato hda3= Woody all in this partition Now I'd like to refer both potato and woody to the same /home partition (hda2) and of course to the same user victor (that's me!). Is that possible? If yes, what steps should I take to be on the safe side? Vittorio
Problems with xfree 4.1.0.1 under woody
After starting X (either with startx or gdm) as root an annoying sequence of warning are shown, somewhat cryptic to me. Here it is the script I've recorded: SetKbdSettings - type: 2 rate: 30 delay: 500 snumlk: 0 SetKbdSettings - Succeeded ERROR: Cannot open toc file '--sm-config-prefix' for reading: No such file or directory ERROR: Cannot open toc file '--sm-client-id' for reading: No such file or directory ERROR: Cannot open toc file '117f010001004311772000546' for reading: No such file or directory Gtk-WARNING **: gtk_signal_disconnect_by_data(): could not find handler containing data (0x814EA80) rm: waiting for X server to shut down Gdk-ERROR **: X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown). cannot remove `/root/.gnome//gmc-olHTH6': No such file or directory woody:/var/run/esound# exit This doesn't happen at all if I startx as an ordinary user. Is there anyone out there able to tell me what it all means and how could I fix it? Ciao Vittorio
Unable to umount filesystem whe shutting down
This is the first time it happens to me! Under woody I've compiled my own, very light kernel 2.4.13-1 (Bunk's stuff) for my hardware eliminating many options I don't need. Now, it all works ok (in syslog there isn't anything strange or missing dependency warning) but when I shutdown woody hangs endlessly to "unmounting filesystems" and I'm compelled to switch off the PC. This causes a complete and annoying check of the partition when booting again. Why is that and what should I check? Please help Vittorio
Woody & Gnome 1.4
I've upgraded my desktop from potato to woody from scratch. To put it in a nutshell now I have Bunk's kernel 2.4.13, Xfree86 4.1, gnome 1.4 and gdm. My problem is that while starting as ROOT I can obtain gnome, its panel and gmc when I start as an ordinary user I only get a nice, useless gray graphic surface with a blinking arrow for my mouse. I have tried to put a "gnome-session" in .xinitrc and .xsession with the only disconforting result to have the gnome 1.4 logo started then again the mere gray graphic surface with nothing in it. I'm somewhat confused because under potato building .xinitrc and .xsession is enough to have a running gnome surface. Please, help step by step. Vittorio
Re: Woody & Gnome 1.4
Sorry for bothering you with my ex-post "silly" question. I've found that the problem was caused by erroneous ownership of /tmp directory (root.root drwxr-). I've corrected this and now it's all ok. The mistake was due to the fact that I had copied (cp -a) all directories from one partion to another, but those "not influent" like /tmp, /cdrom, /floppy etc. As root I created all these missing directory with no concern at all for ownership. Thanks anyway Vittorio dman [debian-user] <02/11/01 08:26 -0500>: > On Fri, Nov 02, 2001 at 10:53:00AM +, Vittorio wrote: > | I've upgraded my desktop from potato to woody from scratch. > | > | To put it in a nutshell now I have Bunk's kernel 2.4.13, Xfree86 4.1, > | gnome 1.4 and gdm. > | > | My problem is that while starting as ROOT I can obtain gnome, its > | panel and gmc when I start as an ordinary user I only get a nice, > | useless gray graphic surface with a blinking arrow for my mouse. > | > | I have tried to put a "gnome-session" in .xinitrc and .xsession with > | the only disconforting result to have the gnome 1.4 logo started then > | again the mere gray graphic surface with nothing in it. > | > | I'm somewhat confused because under potato building .xinitrc and > | .xsession is enough to have a running gnome surface. > | > | Please, help step by step. > > Try running "startx &" in a console, then switch back to the console > when X starts. Then run "sawfish &" and "gnome-terminal &". Switch > back to X. If you see the apps there, that is good news :-). Then > you should be able to run "gnome-panel" and "gnome-cc" and select a WM > to use the next time gnome starts. Logout (via panel), then try > "startx" again. > > HTH, > -D > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
Euro & Italian keyboard
How can I set my Italian keyboard to show the Euro symbol under a console in woody? And under Gnome 1.4? Ciao Vittorio
Basic kernel 2.4.9 panic???
Hi all After having used and recompiled the 2.2.1x kernels in debian for a couple of years with no problem at all, I'm now having a go at compiling kernel 2.4.9. By means of dselect I've installed the bunk stuff including the stock kernel image 2.4.9-686 and the source and headers. Needlless to say the stock kernel image works great! Now, I've been trying to recompile the kernel starting step by step to no avail. Here it is the procedure I followed (sorry for my being so pernickety!): 1) Under potato 2.2r3* and *2.2.19 kernel* : -make menuconfig -and I've loaded the config file coming with the stock image: /boot/config-2.4.9-686 with no variation at all (I just want to obtain the stock kernel!!! (very basic indeed)) 2) make-kpkg clean; make-kpkg --revision=test.01 kernel_image 3) under /usr/src: dpkg -i kernel-image-2.4.9-test.01-i386.deb 4) I've modified lilo accordingly # stock kernel (I've renamed the original generic vmlinuz link out of clarity) image=/vmlinuz-2.4.9 label=Lin2.4 initrd=/boot/initrd #linked to /boot/initrd-2.4.9-686 read-only # brand-new kernel (I've renamed the generic vmlinuz link out of clarity as 'test') image=/test label=test initrd=/boot/initrd #linked to /boot/initrd-2.4.9-686 read-only 5) lilo At boot, after mounting the ramdisk and the cramfs filesystem linux starts saying for some 10 times: modprobe:Can't open dependencies file /lib/modules/2.4.9/modules.dep Then it stops with a panic because :VFS cannot mount "302" filesystem.. try with root= Of course , I've checked and the file modules.dep exists and is full of stuff! Besides using root=/dev/hda2 (where debian is) as a parameter at boot time the same problem with modules.dep appears and another panic occurs saying:VFS cannot mount "hda2" and "302" filesystem.. try with root= PLEASE HELP! Ciao Vittorio
From potato to woody (or sid?)
While I'm quite satisfied with my potato 2.2r3 on my laptop, at home on my celeron desktop I need to install something a bit 'ahead' of potato (already installed on the desktop!) because I need support for USB scanner, for that damned i810 motherboard and the Gimp 1.2 and so on. I was thinking of woody or sid. First question: What are the main differences between the two distros? Second question: How should I modify the following two lines in sources.list to use with dselect? deb http://security.debian.org stable/updates main contrib non-free deb http://ftp.it.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free Or should I use apt-get? Ciao Vittorio
Re: Kernel 2.4.x woes
Ross Burton [debian-user] <06/09/01 21:45 +0100>: > Hi, > > After noticing (thanks!) that kernel 2.4.x uses an initrd image I > managed to make it boot my Sid systems. > I wonder if you can help me. In a previous post of mine I've detailed the problems I met in compiling kernel 2.4.9 but none told me how to compile 2.4.9 and that damned initrd (I've read everything about on that initrd to no avail). Could you please explain straightforwardly, step by step how you compiled your kernel? Thanks Vittorio
eth0 doesn't work under 2.4.9
At last, after an extenuating series of failures I've been able to compile a tailored 2.4.9 kernel for my laptop under debian potato, using many of the options I had been using when compiling the 2.2.19 one. Now, it happens that while my 2.2.19 kernel at boot time recognizes the eth0 card (an eepro100, built as a module) and I can issue either ifconfig or ifup without problem, the new 2.4 kernel doesn't seem to recognize it (compiled as a module) giving the following well known error: potato#ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.1 SIOCSIFADDR:no such device eth0:unknown interface:no such device If I issue 'modprobe eepro100' 'ifconfig' works properly but 'ifup eth0' goes on failing. Please help. Ciao Vittorio
Re: eth0 doesn't work under 2.4.9
I specify that when I issue 'ifup eth0' after 'modprobe eepro100' the error is: ifup: interface eth0 already configured Ciao Vittorio
Re: eth0 doesn't work under 2.4.9
Marc Becher [debian-user] <10/09/01 20:34 +0200>: > hum, appears a little strange, as I do not have any problem with > the eepro100, but with the 8139too (I used rtl8139 with 2.2.19) I have exactly > the same problem, but ifconfig does not really bring the interface up. It is > shown, but I can't ping it. > > Any hints are welcome -- marc As a further check (but I don't know if it is relevant!),in /var/log/messages I find the following: PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xf0478, last bus=1 PCI: Using configuration type 1 PCI: Probing PCI hardware Unknown bridge resource 2: assuming transparent PCI: Discovered primary peer bus 04 [IRQ] PCI: Using IRQ router PIIX [8086/7110] at 00:07.0 Limiting direct PCI/PCI transfers. Vittorio
Eth0 still doesn't work under 2.4.9
At last, after an extenuating series of failures I've been able to compile a tailored 2.4.9 kernel for my laptop under debian potato, using many of the options I had been using when compiling the 2.2.19 one. Now, it happens that while my 2.2.19 kernel at boot time recognizes the eth0 card (an eepro100, built as a module) and I can issue either ifconfig or ifup without problem, the new 2.4 kernel doesn't seem to recognize it (compiled as a module) giving the following well known error: potato#ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.1 SIOCSIFADDR:no such device eth0:unknown interface:no such device If I issue 'modprobe eepro100' 'ifconfig' works properly but 'ifup eth0' goes on failing saying: ifup: interface eth0 already configured As a further check (but I don't know if it is relevant!),in /var/log/messages I find the following: PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xf0478, last bus=1 PCI: Using configuration type 1 PCI: Probing PCI hardware Unknown bridge resource 2: assuming transparent PCI: Discovered primary peer bus 04 [IRQ] PCI: Using IRQ router PIIX [8086/7110] at 00:07.0 Limiting direct PCI/PCI transfers. And issuing lspci I get: 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX - 82443BX/ZX Host bridge (rev 03) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX - 82443BX/ZX AGP bridge (rev 03) 00:04.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1225 (rev 01) 00:04.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1225 (rev 01) 00:07.0 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02) 00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01) 00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 USB (rev 01) 00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 03) 00:08.0 Multimedia audio controller: ESS Technology ES1978 Maestro Audiodrive (rev 10) 00:09.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82557 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 09) 00:09.1 Serial controller: Lucent Microelectronics: Unknown device 0445 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage P/M Mobility AGP 2x (rev 64) Vittorio
Re: Solidarity
Deeply upset I feel very close to the families of the American innocent victims. Vittorio
Re: Eth0 still doesn't work under 2.4.9
Hi Sunny > > potato#ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.1 > > SIOCSIFADDR:no such device > > eth0:unknown interface:no such device > well ... kernel support for the card (the module) has to be loaded before > you> can use apps to configure it So, you mean that I have to put a line modprobe eepro100 in /initrd/module? > > > > > If I issue 'modprobe eepro100' 'ifconfig' works properly but 'ifup > > eth0' goes on failing saying: > well what output does ifconfig give you?? > #ifup eth0 ifup: interface eth0 already configured > by any chance do you have a dell laptop? from the looks of the above ... it > would seem very much like a dell ... heh No, it's a Compaq Armada E500. Ciao Vittorio
Re: Eth0 still doesn't work under 2.4.9
SOLVED! I just compiled the eepro100 support statically in the kernel (not as a module)! Ciao Vittorio Vittorio [debian-user] <12/09/01 10:14 +>: > > At last, after an extenuating series of failures I've been able to > compile a tailored 2.4.9 kernel for my laptop under debian potato, > using many of the options I had been using when compiling the 2.2.19 > one. > > Now, it happens that while my 2.2.19 kernel at boot time recognizes > the eth0 card (an eepro100, built as a module) and I can issue either > ifconfig or ifup without problem, the new 2.4 kernel doesn't seem to > recognize it (compiled as a module) giving the following well known > error: > > potato#ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.1 > SIOCSIFADDR:no such device > eth0:unknown interface:no such device > > If I issue 'modprobe eepro100' 'ifconfig' works properly but 'ifup > eth0' goes on failing saying: > > ifup: interface eth0 already configured > > As a further check (but I don't know if it is relevant!),in > /var/log/messages I find the following: > > > PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xf0478, last bus=1 > PCI: Using configuration type 1 > PCI: Probing PCI hardware > Unknown bridge resource 2: assuming transparent > PCI: Discovered primary peer bus 04 [IRQ] > PCI: Using IRQ router PIIX [8086/7110] at 00:07.0 > Limiting direct PCI/PCI transfers. > > > And issuing lspci I get: > > 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX - 82443BX/ZX Host bridge (rev > 03) > 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX - 82443BX/ZX AGP bridge (rev > 03) > 00:04.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1225 (rev 01) > 00:04.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1225 (rev 01) > 00:07.0 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02) > 00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01) > 00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 USB (rev 01) > 00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 03) > 00:08.0 Multimedia audio controller: ESS Technology ES1978 Maestro Audiodrive > (rev 10) > 00:09.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82557 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev > 09) > 00:09.1 Serial controller: Lucent Microelectronics: Unknown device 0445 > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage P/M Mobility > AGP 2x (rev 64) > > > Vittorio > > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
Re: upgrade to kernel-2.4.9
Don, you should compile the USB keyboard support statically in the 2.4.9 kernel and not as a module (answer 'Y' and not 'M' when using 'make menuconfig'). Because compiling the 2.4.9 kernel has been a pain in the neck to me (with that damned initrd stuff) I'll sketch here the basic steps you should follow: 1) Under /usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.9 **make menuconfig ** and do your settings; 2) **make-kpkg clean; 3) **make-kpkg --revision=my.01 kernel_image; 4) Under /usr/src **dpkg -i kernel-image-2.4.9-my.01_i386.deb answering NO to the question about running lilo. 5) Now you should have a new kernel image in /boot and its modules in /lib/modules/2.4.9/ Issue the command 'mkinitrd -o /boot/initrd-my.01 /lib/modules/2.4.9' In /boot you'll now find initrd-my.01 6) Modify your lilo.conf adding the new kernel image (/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.9) and the line 'initrd=/boot/initrd-my.01' and run lilo. That's all. Ciao Vittorio D. Hoyem [debian-user] <16/09/01 08:58 -0700>: > Hi all > I have a PII 350 and recently upgraded to Woody. > Today I did a apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.9-586 > kernel-headers-2.4.9-586 and no problems with the > install. I added initrd=/boot/initrd to lilo.conf and > then typed lilo, I also added "do_initrd = Yes" to > /etc/kernel-img.conf. I did a shutdown -r now as root > and booted into the new kernel. In the dmesg that > came up I noticed "AT keyboard not found" something to > that effect, (I have a USB keyboard) and I was > sucessful booting into the console mode. I tried to > log in as a user and was unable to type anything to > the screen. The only way that I know to get out of > that is to do a hard shutdown, which I did. I > rebooted into my old kernel and looked at the > config-2.4.9-586 file and usb kbrd=m so that appeared > ok. I looked at the /boot partation and my > vmlinuz-2.4.9-586 looked like a notepad, so as root I > changed the permissions to what there are on my > vmlinuz-2.2.18pre21 on the exe and then rebooted to > kernel-2.4.9-586. No change. > I have tried to build my own kernel before and was > not successful, so I figured I would try the > preconfigured kernel from testing. > All help on resolving this would be appreciated. > Thanks > Don > > > __ > Terrorist Attacks on U.S. - How can you help? > Donate cash, emergency relief information > http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/US/Emergency_Information/ > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
Re: upgrade to kernel-2.4.9
Please, could someone explain step by step how I can get rid of initrd stuff when compiling the 2.4.9. As I wrote in this thread I was able to build my own 2.4.9 kernel using initrd and the related stuff. When using make menuconfig what else should I disable beside initrd support under RAM disk to avoid using initrd? Furthermore, I don't find the --initrd or --noinitrd options in my make-kpkg (7.0.4 potato). Am I using the wrong version of make-packaging? Ciao Vittorio dman [debian-user] <16/09/01 20:26 -0400>: > On Sun, Sep 16, 2001 at 08:58:17AM -0700, D. Hoyem wrote: > | Hi all > | I have a PII 350 and recently upgraded to Woody. > | Today I did a apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.9-586 > | kernel-headers-2.4.9-586 and no problems with the > | install. I added initrd=/boot/initrd to lilo.conf and > | then typed lilo, I also added "do_initrd = Yes" to > | /etc/kernel-img.conf. I did a shutdown -r now as root > | and booted into the new kernel. In the dmesg that > | came up I noticed "AT keyboard not found" something to > | that effect, (I have a USB keyboard) and I was > > Here's the problem. The prepackaged kernel has the USB stuff built as > modules. You have a few options : > o make your own kernel and include the USB keyboard statically >(recommended) > > o adjust the initrd so that the USB modules are loaded during >boot (this is the advantage of having an initrd, unfortunately >I don't know how to do this) > > o while booted with your old kernel add > usb > keybdev >to /etc/modules so that the modules are loaded at boot time >(later than the initrd method though) and your keyboard will >work > > HTH, > -D > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
Netscape & download
Sometimes when I download a file from a site under Netscape 4.77 it happens that the browser doesn't show the usual download box with the downloading file but just I see that it is (down)loading the file as it were a web page. I've tried to find the downloaded file under /.netscape and $HOME to no avail. Any help? Ciao Vittorio
X Oracle client
To those using an Oracle client in a network: In www.globecom.net/tora you'll find a very nice GUI interface to deal with you're Oracle server. I had a go at it and it's phantastic! Vittorio
i810 & XFree 3.3.6 & kernel 2.4.x
Under potato and kernel 2.2.19 I have been able to compile the Intel module agpgart.o for i810 (downloaded from Intel site) and make it work with XFREE 3.3.6. Now with the new kernel 2.4.9 (which I compiled to tailor to my hardware) there is no way to compile the i810 module because a version problem arises (it says that it has been built for kernel 2.2.18!). How can I solve this problem before moving to woody unwillingly? Ciao Vittorio
apt-get, dselect and LAN authentication
At office I have a Win NT Lan with a proxy requiring authentication (username and password). I've read the doc of apt-get and dselect but I couldn't find anything about these settings. Is there any way to use apt-get and dselect with this kind of connection? Ciao Vittorio
Re: i810 & XFree 3.3.6 & kernel 2.4.x
Emil Pedersen [24/09/01 13:15 +0200]: > Vittorio wrote: > > > > Under potato and kernel 2.2.19 I have been able to compile the Intel > > module agpgart.o for i810 (downloaded from Intel site) and make it work > > with XFREE 3.3.6. > > > > Now with the new kernel 2.4.9 (which I compiled to tailor to my > > hardware) there is no way to compile the i810 module because a version > > problem arises (it says that it has been built for kernel 2.2.18!). > > > Do you need to stick with X 3.3.6? I looked around a while ago about > basicly the same thing, but what I found was mostly "upgrade to X > 4...". It seems to be easier than make X 3.. work. I should admit > though that I did not try more that a second to make 336 work, so I > might be very wrong. > > // Emil > You're right! I've just moved to XFree 4.1 installing the debianized packages for potato from people.debian.org/~cpbotha. It all has started working at the very first shot!!!
mixture of potato & testing
I have an almost pure potato 2.2r3 installation (only 2.4.9 kernel is a stranger!) and now I need to download gimp 1.2 which is part of woody & testing. Issuing 'apt-get install gimp1.2' from woody I see that it requires to download some more new-updated libs and many files for xfree86 4.1. Before going on with this 'dirty' action I'd like to have your most revered advice. Ciao Vittorio
Re: Debian 2.2r3 apt-get & dselect -> testing
Jaime, I've started a thread on this list on a very similar subject (re:mixture of potato & testing). People have strongly discouraged me of mixing the different version of debian. Vittorio Jaime cristerna Avila [debian-user] <27/09/01 14:46 -0700>: > > On Tue, 25 Sep 2001, Jason Boxman wrote: > > . > > > There are "unofficial" XFree 4.x packages for Potato. Perhaps search > > the list archives. > > . > > > Thank you Jason for your reply. I considered your suggestion but was > not pleased with it. If I choose to do it this way, it means that I would > have to rely on unofficial packages and Apt/dselect wouldn't have access > to updates or bug fixes provided by the debian distributions. What if I > wanted to add another package other than X that is not in "stable" but > found in "testing" or "unstable" and leave the other "stable" packages as > is in my installation. So far, it seems like there is no mechanism with > debian to do this. Am I wrong? I hope so. > > Your replies would be greatly appreciated. > Sincerely, > > > Jaime Avila > University of Southern California > Department of Chemistry > > > # > ### , , > # # # D e b i a n / \ > #" #" # L i n u x ((__-^^-,-^^-__)) > ##v##Rules! `-_---' `---_-' >## vvv ## `--|o` 'o|--' > # ## \ ` / > ## ## ): :( > ### ###:o_o: >+++# ##++"-" > ++# #++ GNU's Not Unix! > +++# #+++ > +###+ > +++ +++ > > > > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
DBI & XML:putting it all together
I'm using perl and the DBI stuff to deal with Oracle databases on a LAN. Now, I need to extract data from XML docs and put them in the databases. I've read the book "Learning XML" by Erik T.Ray where XSLT, XPATH and XPOINTER are discussed and explained and had a look at CPAN site to find out more on the subject (XML stuff, expat, etc). What I miss is a collection of examples perl of programs where I can understand what XML modules are actually required to fulfil my aim, how to use them,etc. Could you please help me? Vittorio
italian keyboard
In a partition of my hd I've just upgraded my potato 2.2r3 to woody issuing: apt-get update; apt-get dist-upgrade Now, under a woody console, my keyboard has unfortunately moved from Italian (the initial setting) to US. How can I set the right keyboard? Vittorio
xcdroast problems
I've installed the xcdroast.deb package coming with potato (I think v.0.95). Now I've had a go at burning an audio (music) CD using "create audio CD". It all has seemed to go ok. I've copied ten tracks from the original CD to the hd (and seen them all on the hardisk) then I've written a CD-R on the CDburner. What I've got in the end is a CD where the tracks have been burned (on my CD player I can jump from one track to another randomly) but there's no music but strange sounds/noises coming out. What should I do? Vittorio
latex documentation
I'm having a go at latex. Somewhere on the net I've read that documentation for using latex many packages could be found under /usr/share/doc/texmf/tex/latex and the name of the package. Well, under ***WOODY*** I can find those directories but they're empty. Anyone knows where I can find those info? Ciao Vittorio
Re: Problem with email
Thanks for the tips!! Vittorio Alan Chandler [debian-user] <17/01/02 21:36 +>: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Wednesday 16 January 2002 7:53 pm, Brian Schramm wrote: > > See below for my reply: > > > > > I have a problem with my mail working on imap and > > > > pop3. I thought that I had it set up ok since I > > Just a thought - do your /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny on the > imap/ipop3 server allow your client machine to make the connection? > > - -- > > Alan - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org > > iD8DBQE8R0P71mf3M5ZDr2kRAgptAKC599+kpqkCjkXw6W4Oh5ysqig9bgCgjoFe > jloFhrGTVxuzgLgyRWR9EZE= > =HbIT > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
Re: gnome and gpm
Derya PALANCI [15/06/01 14:28 +0300]: > Hi everybody, > > Anybody know how i can manage these: > > I don't want the gnome starts when i boot Delete the SXXxdm under your /etc/rcx.d directory (in my case the default runlevel is 2 so /etc/rc2.d), then create a .xinitrc (beware of the '.' before the 'x' ) file under your home dir containing this line only: gnome-session When you issue startx a gnome session is started at your will > > I don't want the gpm starts when i boot Same. Delete SXXgpm under /etc/rcx.d Ciao Vittorio
two questions on emacs under Mutt
I've installed Mutt and am using as my pet e-mail composer emacs. 1) I'm experiencing problems with the accented characters so frequent in Italian. When I save an e-mail to be sent (C-x C-s) emacs invariably says that there are the accented characters and compells me to give a charset. Selecting iso-8859-1 it goes all ok. Where can I configure character set that emacs should use? 2) Is that possible to configure emacs to wrap lines at, say, 72 char? Thanks for your help Ciao Vittorio
I simply don't understand
I've installed gnuhtml2latex and other related latex software. No problems have come out during and after installation. But now when I reboot my laptop at the very beginning of the login this message comes up invariably (by the way, in the meantime I've deinstalled all those packages to no avail): == debian login: root Password: Last login .. Linux debian 2.2.19 priority: optional section: text Installed-Size: 22 Maintainer: Tomasz Wegrzanowski .. Version: 0.1 Depends: perl5, libhtml-parser-perl Description: A perl script that converts html files to latex gnuhtml2latex is a perl script that converts html files to latex files. It takes list of == I've never come across such an error. What should I do? Ciao Vittorio
Re: I simply don't understand
Hi, I'M VERY SORRY TO BOTHER YOU! As a matter of fact the 'poor' gnuhtml2tex package is responsible of nothing. In fact, when I installed it all was ok. Later on, while rebooting the system, a hard-disk error popped up (before mounting the filesystem) halting the PC irremediably; rebooting again, debian, shifting to single user, warned that the filesystem had to be fsck'ed. I did it so answering 'yes' to the many requests of fixing the corrupted clusters. This is the reason why in the messed up /etc/motd (many thanks to Aquila who privately gave me the right hint!) I now find this strange message. Now my question is: Where, in what package can I find the correct /etc/motd file? Ciao Vittorio Vittorio [14/06/01 23:44 +]: > I've installed gnuhtml2latex and other related latex software. No > problems have come out during and after installation. > > But now when I reboot my laptop at the very beginning of the login > this message comes up invariably (by the way, in the meantime I've > deinstalled all those packages to no avail): > > == > debian login: root > Password: > Last login .. > Linux debian 2.2.19 > priority: optional > section: text > Installed-Size: 22 > Maintainer: Tomasz Wegrzanowski .. > Version: 0.1 > Depends: perl5, libhtml-parser-perl > Description: A perl script that converts html files to latex > gnuhtml2latex is a perl script that converts html files to latex > files. It takes list of > == > > I've never come across such an error. > > What should I do? > > Ciao > > Vittorio > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
Strange display ....
I have a compaq evo 800 (Pentium 4, 2GHz) portable pc dual-bootable both win-XP & debian testing with kde 3.2.2 desktop . At home I use the box as is and both win xp and debian work great. Instead at work where I plug the pc into a docking-station endowed of its own 21" monitor, mouse and keyboard, while under windows XP there are no problems, under kde 3.2 the 21" monitor shows one quarter (one third?) roughly of the entire screen which, in any case, I can scan moving the mouse around (the same happens with knoppix 3.4 but, in this case, I cannot move around but I'm haplessly stuck to that portion of screen. What I noticed is that: 1) The docking station doesn't seem endowed of its own video card but uses the ATI Radeon 7500 of the pc, its driver, *** and two more drivers called (under win XP) "Unicenter Remote Control for Blank Host Adapter" and "Unicenter Remote Control for Screen Capture Adapter". 2) I noticed that, while under win XP the switch turning on/off the screen properly when you shut down or open the top cover of the pc (I mean the monitor itself), under a linux console works fine but stops working when a GUI like kde is activated. What shall I do to fix the problem? Ciao...
Re: Original packages & dependencies
Thanks for the detailed suggestions. Vittorio On Friday 02 July 2004 17:42, Chris Metzler wrote: > On Fri, 2 Jul 2004 17:14:07 +0200 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Under debian testing I have installed the texlive version of tetex (I > > mean the tetex version coming with www.tug.org DVD) because is more > > updated than the boxed tetex deb stuff. > > > > Now if I try to install lyx via apt-get debian looks for dependencies > > (tetex) and doesn't find them. > > > > Is there any way to tell apt-get to install the package and to find the > > missing files in another dir? > > apt doesn't look for files, per se; it looks for packages. It looks > in its package database to see if the package dependencies for lyx are > filled (e.g. that the package tetex-base is installed), and complains/ > makes to install it if it doesn't find it. > > So your mission is not to tell apt to look for missing files in another > directory, since apt doesn't look for files in *any* directory. Your > mission is to tell apt that you really *do* have the package dependencies > installed. > > Reading the documentation is always a good idea. If you check the > Debian Reference, available through the Debian website, under "Chapter > 6 - Debian Package Management," you'll see a subsection on "equivs". > The APT HOWTO, also available through the Debian website, has a big > section on equivs. > > -c -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: On the verge of suicide:tar & gunzip problems
On Wednesday 28 July 2004 22:50, Kevin Buhr wrote:
> zcat /mnt/backup-compaq/home.tar.gz |
> perl -ne 'm,home/vic/, && do { ++$count[($l + length($`)) % 512] };
> $l += length($_); END { for (0..511) { printf "%3d %5d\n", $_,
> $count[$_] if $count[$_] } }' | sort -nr +1 | head -20
For the time being I've pit aside tghe idea of suicide but the complex program
you suggested (see above) doesn't work. I put it inside an executable file
and try to execute but It invariably says
cannot execute binary file
What's the matter with it?
Re: xdmcp & Xwilling problems
Solved, at last! I just added a one-character-line made of an '*' to Xaccess file /etc/kde3/kdm Ciao Vittorio [EMAIL PROTECTED] [debian-user] <04/01/04 16:07 +0100>: > I'm trying ** for my first time ** to set up a simple X server communications > between a portable (PC1) and a desktop PC (PC2), connected thorugh eth0, BOTH > using debian testing and kde 3.1.4. > > In a nutshell I want to work on the desktop PC monitor, keyboard & mouse > watching the portable screen through the desktop monitor. > > > I have the following in BOTH kdmrc > > [Xdmcp] > Enable=true > Willing=/etc/kde3/kdm/Xwilling > > Issuing the command > > X -query PC1 :1 > > > (PC1 & PC2 are resolved in /etc/hosts and the th0 conenctions works correctly) > > The following **intricated** diagnostics comes up > > > (==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.1.log", Time: Sat Jan 3 14:10:05 2004 > > (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4" > > Skipping "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libGLcore.a:debug_xform.o": No > symbols found > > Skipping "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libspeedo.a:spencode.o": No symbols found > > (EE) MGA: Failed to load module "mga_hal" (module does not exist, 0) > > (WW) MGA(0): Failed to set up write-combining range (0x4100,0x100) > > (EE) MGA(0): [drm] DRIScreenInit failed. Disabling DRI. > > > > Fatal server error: > > XDMCP fatal error: Manager unwilling Host unwilling > > > > > What shall I do? > > Vittorio > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > signature.asc Description: Digital signature
