Re: CHM and WMV files on debian ?

[tony mollica]

Hello.  Here is the link to a utility that will extract and display
the .chm files.  I found it by searching www.freshmeat.net for .chm.

http://66.93.236.84/~jedwin/projects/chmlib/

Modify the Makefile to use the correct gcc compiler you have installed,
(it uses gcc-3.2 by default) then

make
make examples
make install

Look through the results for the names of the programs.




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Re: LILO Problem

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Hi.  Look over the documentation for mbr in /usr/doc.
mbr is a configurable master boot record that replaces
the original on the hard disk drive.  In order to change
the boot parameters and display, you must change the
defaults in the source file and re-assemble the code
to be inserted as a new mbr.  On my computer, when the 
shift key is held down, I get '1FA'.  Pressing the 'A'
key give the advanced options '1234F'.  I can then boot
from any primary partition.

All the details are in the documentation and there are 
several options as to how you would like the system to
boot.  Using a lilo.conf file is also another way to go,
and this may be easier, although I don't think that lilo
will read a fat32 partition to boot from.  I intend to
experiment with mbr to change the default booting more 
to my liking.

By the way, I don't think you've done anything wrong.
A default mbr is installed and you must configure and
re-install a new one to do what you want.


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ipmasq, winnt and isp homepage?

[tony mollica]

Hi.  Maybe there is a simple answer that I am overlooking 
for this small problem.

A debian 1.3.1 box is successfully ipmasqing for a small
home network.  The win95 machines work nicely but an nt4
computer will display any url except the isp's home page.
The message is 'not able to connect to the server..' .

The default gateway looks ok.  I can ping the isp's address 
by name or number.  Routing table on the nt machine looks good.
ie4.01 is being used.


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Re: navigator 3 binary?

[tony mollica]

Try this for the archived Netscape stuff...


ftp://archive:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/archive/index.html#3.04



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Re: printcap rerouted filter

[tony mollica]

Hi.  Just browsing through the list and found the following
excerpt from your message:

>It's like the input filter is never being called. If I set the printcap
>entry so it remote prints to our network printer, like so:
>beeper:\
>:if=/etc/magicfilter/beeper-filter:\
>:lp=:\
>:sd=/var/spool/lpd/beeper:\
>:rm=(the ip address):\
>:rp=nimrod_2:


I don't think this will work, regardless of what
type of script you use for a filter,  the reason
being the following from the printing HOW-TO:
(the first sentence is the clue, and easily 
 overlooked.  Someone previously brought this to
 my attention after several days of fighting with
 the remote filtering thing.)

{
  10.8.  Running an if for remote printers

  One oddity of lpd is that the if is not run for remote printers.  If
  you find that you need to run an if, you can do so by setting up a
  double queue and requeueing the job.  As an example, consider this
  printcap:

   lj-5:remote-hplj:\
   :lp=/dev/null:sh:\
   :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lj-5:\
   :if=/usr/lib/lpd/filter-lj-5:
   lj-5-remote:lp=/dev/null:sh:rm=printer.name.com:\
   :rp=raw:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lj-5-raw:

  in light of this filter-lj-5 script:

   #!/bin/sh
   gs  -q -dSAFER -sOutputFile=- - | \
   lpr -Plj-5-remote -U$5

  The -U option to lpr only works if lpr is run as daemon, and it sets
  the submitter's name for the job in the resubmitted queue correctly.
  You should probably use a more robust method of getting the username,
  since in some cases it is not argument 5.  See the man page for
  printcap.

}

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jdk

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Hi.

There are two directories in the debian ftp site for java,
one 'sbb-port' and the other 'sn-port'.  Can someone 
enlighten me on what the difference is between these 
two directories and the files contained in them.

Which one should I use for 2.0.33 debian 1.3.1r6?

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RE: Pon - when am i connected?

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You can use the ip-up and ip-down scripts located in
/etc/ppp.  The ip-up script is run when a ppp connection
is successfully made.  Parameters are passed to this
script that can be used to echo the connection data 
wherever you want (tty, ttyp0, etc).  You can use
ip-down script to display a message when the connection
is brought down.  I also have a couple of lines in these
scripts to place a date/time entry into a file to keep 
track of my logons/logoffs.


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hda1 problem

[tony mollica]

Hello:

I had a nicely working system with
hda11 gig /
hda248M   swap
hda31 gig formatted space as /extra
hda4extended
hda52 gigs formatted space unmounted

The root partition was getting used up so
I tried to put /usr on hda3 using  
'cp -dpRv * /extra' and it appears it went 
successfully.  I changed the original /usr
to /usr1 and then /extra to /usr.  Now I have
two problems:

1. xdm won't let me log in as anything but root
2. hda1 partition now shows 0 MB available and 
   100 percent usage.  du shows the same amount
   of space being used in /usr and the copied 
   partition.

Changing back to the original /usr doesn't solve 
either problem.

Sure could use a pointer or two while I look for
my own solution that could make the problem much
worse.


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D2.0 on Tosh 460CDT pcmcia questions?

[tony mollica]

Hi.  I'm trying to make an install of Debian 2.0
on a Toshiba 460CDT and the install goes OK
except for the pcmcia stuff.  I'm using the tecra
disks, the system is up and running but the following
errors regarding pcmcia are present on boot:

pcmcia_core.o   unresolved symbol apm_unregister_callback_Rb7166c6e
pcmcia_core.0   unresolved symbol apm_register_callback_R4e72ac41
i82365.o   unresolved symbol unregister_ss_entry
i82365.o   unresolved symbol register_ss_entry
i82365.o   unresolved symbol CardServices
ds.o   unresolved symbol CardServices

There is obviously something that I've missed that I 
haven't yet been able to find in the documentation.

Are there any suggestions?  This is my first venture
into pcmcia equipment.

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xloadimage needs libtiff - where?

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Hi.  Trying to install some hamm packages but 
can't find libtiff.so.3 anywhere.  

Any suggestions?

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pcmcia and bash?

[tony mollica]

Hi.  I've just upgraded, via ftp, to the latest
hamm version of bash from the version that was
packaged with the hamm install disks from about
a week ago.  Prior to the upgrade, the cardmgr 
produced a beep when the pcmcia card (ethernet)
was recognized, and then another beep when 
configured.  Now, however, with the bash upgrade
there are no audible announcements although the
card works fine.  

Is there a way to regain the audible signal?

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StarOffice4 and libc6/5

[tony mollica]

Hi.
Has anyone successfully run SO4sp3 on a
hamm system with the libc5 package installed?

Also, can anyone offer a short explanation (or where
to find it) of the utmp problem and how to avoid it if
this is an issue trying to run StarOffice 4.?


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smb.conf and preexec

[tony mollica]

Hi.  I'm running samba 1.9.18p8 on a Debian
2.0, 2.0.34 system connected to a winnt4sp3
network.  Most everything works nicely, but
I can't get the cdrom's (2 scsi) on the Linux
box to automount with "preexec = ".  The fstab
is set as follows and as recommended in the smb.conf
file:

/dev/scd0 /cd0 iso9660 defaults,noauto,user,ro 0 0

The smb.conf entry is

[cd0]
comment = Samba Server's cdrom 0
writable = no
locking = no
path = /cd0
public = yes
preexec /bin/mount  /cd0
postexec /bin/umount /cd0

  /cd0 has 0755 permissions and 'mount /cd0' works from 
  from the terminal.  Everything appears to be working,
  except it seems the 'preexec' command doesn't get run.


I find no further information on this item in the docs.

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Re: adsl

[tony mollica]

GTE has just offered ADSL in my area with several
plans/speeds.  The lowest cost is $40/month for
256k download/64k upload and a 'special' until the
end of December:  for $100 they check the lines,
install ADSL with one phone number, do any
inside wiring that's necessary and give you the
adsl modem (no monthly fees for the modem, I'll own
it).  The modem connects to an ethernet card.

The local ISP charges $30/month for unlimited
connection time at 256k, $75 setup and when I 
told them I use Linux, they said 'No Problem'.
They issue one IP for this fee.

I ordered it.  Should take about two weeks.
The ISP said that all the adsl subscribers are
getting the full bandwidth, so far.  This may
change with more subscribers on the loop.


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CCP compressors

[tony mollica]

Can anyone enlighten me on the use the the
CCP compressors, bsd_comp.o, and ppp?  I found
some documentation, but not much.  I have
one Debian machine that tries to establish
an unsuccessful ccp session/connection and it
seems to affect the stability of the connection.
Whether the module is loaded or not,  there is
an attempt to negotiate ccp after the ip address
is assigned from the server.  The result is 
always unsuccessful.

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ipfwadm, win95 and dhcp

[tony mollica]

Hi.  I have a nicely functioning masquerading 
Debian 2.0 (2.0.34) box with the following 
exception:  when the win95 machines (connected
to a winnt4.0sp3 network) get their ip's by
way of the nt dhcp service, ip_masquerading
doesn't work.  When I assign the ip to their
respective machines the masqing works fine.

Is there a way to make this work with the
computers on the nt network using dhcp to
get the ip addresses?  Have I overlooked 
something?

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xterm-debian info

[tony mollica]

Hi.  Can someone point me towards information 
on the 'xterm' vs. 'xterm-debian' configuration
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diald help!

[tony mollica]

Hi.  I have a working diald setup on a Debian2.0
box but there are a couple of messages in the log
that I can't seem to find a solution to.  The items
are logged when the link comes down.  These are
the lines with my comments added:

: Closing down idle link;no problem here
: Terminating on signal 2   ;can't find a reference
;for this.
: Connection terminated ;no problem here either
: Failed;what failed?
: disconnect script failed  ;can't seem to get any 
;disconnect script to work.
;Any suggestions?
: Exit. ;OK.
: Delaying 10 seconds before clear to dial.
 
   I changed a parameter to make it 10 seconds between
   redials, but why does diald end it's session with 
   this line, which makes you wait 10 seconds before 
   dialing a new connection?

Diald has been working for about two weeks with no
problems, but these messages seem to indicate that
something is not right.  

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boot messages/logging

[tony mollica]

I'm at a loss to find the way to get all the
boot messages logged to a file.  Is there a
recommended procedure or configuration file
change that I can make?



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ifconfig stats

[tony mollica]

Hi.  

My eth0 interface has started showing a count
in the frame: and collisions: fields with no
errors, dropped or overruns.  I have found info
on the collisions problem but nothing on the 
frames data.  What is the number in the frames
field trying to tell me?


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ppp questions.

[tony mollica]

Hi.

Just loaded Debian 2.0 and configured my
isp connection with pppconfig and everything
works, but there are some differences from
my previous 1.3.1 installation.

First, in the messages there is a notice that
says 'Cannot determine ethernet address for
Proxy ARP'.  I'm somewhat unclear as to what
this means to the status of my connection, 
although the connection is made at the maximum
speed (53K) and seems to be very stable.

Second, there seems to be many more 'errors:' and 
'dropped:' in the RX packets row using ifconfig.  
My old Debian 1.3.1 had almost no errors, but 
the new Debian 2.0 collects many more 
errors: and dropped: .  The errors seems to 
occur about every 55-60 packets received.


Have I misconfigured something?

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Re: ppp questions.

[tony mollica]

Thanks for the reply.

The kernel version is 2.0.34, it's the 
one installed from the cheapbytes disk.
I haven't rebuilt the kernel yet.  

The thing that bothers me is that with
the Debian 1.3.1 (2.0.33) installation
there were almost never any errors reported
but with this new one, there may be as many
as 30-40 errors in a 1 meg download. 

What's a tolerable level on the number of
errors?


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xterm configuration

[tony mollica]

Hi.

Can't seem to find a way to change the 
configuration of my xterms in fvwm2.  I 
would like to change the default scrollbars
from the hatched display to a more solid
type.  I've been through a lot of 
documentation and I've either missed it or
haven't found the right info yet.

Can someone suggest a way to do this?

(debian2.0, 2.0.34)
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Re: xterm configuration

[tony mollica]

Thanks to the both of you who suggested
the different widget set.  I installed the
Xaw95 package and it does just what I want.



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top vs. ps?

[tony mollica]

Hi.  I have Debian 2.0, 2.0.34 running
with xdm and fvwm2.  When I display
processes with top, two xdm's appear to be
running with different pid's.  However,
displaying with ps shows only one.  

Is there an explanation for this?


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Slow ppp w/Debian2.0 vs. Debian1.3.1

[tony mollica]

Using my old Debian 1.3.1, plog gives a consistent
50666 to 5 connection rate and ifconfig never
registers any errors at these speeds.  Netscape
download speeds range from 4.8 to 5.5 Kbytes/sec,
sometimes a little more, somtimes less.

With Debian 2.0 however, even though the initial
connection is reported at the same high speeds,
the download speeds are significantly less 
(2.0 - 3.5 Kbytes/sec) with many errors reported
in ifconfig.  An error is registered about every
100-120 packets.  The errors appear to occur
consistently on this schedule.  

Is there a way to find out more about the packet
errors?

All the hardware is the same for each Debian version,
only the hard disk drive is swapped.  The modem is
a USR Sportster 56k and works flawlessly, with v1.3.1
at least.  As far as I can tell, my configurations 
for ppp are the same between both versions with the
same ISP and the same phone access number.  The 1.3.1
box uses Netscape v4.05 and the v2.0 uses v4.07.
However, just retrieving files using ftp from an xterm
confirms the same download speed difference between
versions.  

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Re: Debian GNU/Linux question

[tony mollica]

cyberjackz wrote:
> 
> Will a AMD K6-2/266 3D Now Chip work with this product??
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with no problems at all.  Installs the system and re-compiles 
the kernel just fine.


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Re: Linux to NT Server printing

[tony mollica]

Hi.  I haven't tried the samba route but installing
microsoft tcp/ip printing works very nicely printing
from Linux to a HP870Cse on the NT4sp3 box.

If you need to use input filters (if= ) realize that
input filters are not run for remote printers.  The
Printing How-to describes the printcap entries to
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X text display problem

[tony mollica]

Hi.

Using Debian 2.0, 2.0.34 with X 3.3.2.3-2.

I have a couple of minor problems with text
displayed by some X applications. For instance,
the xlock (xlockmore) program displays a small
window and some text if you move the mouse or
hit a key without entering the password.  This
text should be white on the currently displayed
background color.  However, what appears to be 
happening is that the text is displayed in the 
proper text color (white) but on a white 
background so what is actually displayed are
several white bars on the black background where
there should be text.  The same occurs with
xcoral in the 'help', 'manual'  or other windows.
With xcoral, I am able to change the foreground
and background text colors to be readable, but
regardless of what the normal background color
is set to, all of the text is displayed on a
white background.  Same thing with xemacs20.
Text background is white and can't seem to change
it.

I don't think this is an application specific
problem but an X default setting that needs to
be changed or text background specific setting 
that needs to be adjusted .  I have been through 
a lot of documentation and config files but 
have been unable to find the solution.

Any suggestions on fixing this item?


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Samba 'security=domain' help

[tony mollica]

Hello.  I'm trying to put my user directories from an nt
network(domain) on a Debian box with Samba 2.0.7 and soon to
have quota support.  I would like the domain server to supply
the password support and I have the 'security', 'password server'
and 'encrypt passwords' variables set.  The daemons have
been restarted, but it seems the passwords still have to
be the same on both servers.

Does the smbpasswd file need to be removed for this to work
properly or is there something else I'm missing?

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Memory Usage Reports

[tony mollica]

Hi.  I'm not that clear on how Linux uses and organizes memory 
if anyone can provide some insight or other references. I'm 
using Debian Linux off the CD with the 2.0.30 kernel and no 
problems are noticed.  Below are the results from 'free' 
with notes on which applications I have started.  Obviously, 
as more applications are run, the amount of used memory 
increases, but when the applications are closed, the used 
memory does not return to the previous level and there is 
always less free memory after an application is started 
and then closed.  The free buffers remains somewhat constant 
but there is still some 'unexplained' loss here too. My questions
are these: 

What is the relationship between the free memory and the 
 free -/+ buffers?  
How is the difference between number 2 and number 5, below, 
 accounted for, just by starting and then stopping these 
 applications?  
Are there any utilities that can be used to investigate
 this further?

Any other info/explanation on any of the data below that
would help clear this up would be appreciated.


The results from free:

1. Linux 2.0.30 with X 3.3-3:

 total   used   free sharedbuffers
cached
Mem: 63376  15312  48064  11016   1156  
8764
-/+ buffers: 5392  57984
Swap:16124  0  16124
-

2. With X and Tkdesk:

 total   used   free sharedbuffers
cached
Mem: 63376  17380  45996  12420   1156  
8764
-/+ buffers: 7460  55916
Swap:16124  0  16124
-

3. With X, Tkdesk and Communicator 4.03:

 total   used   free sharedbuffers
cached
Mem: 63376  32192  31184  19208   1412 
15572
-/+ buffers:15208  48168
Swap:16124  0  16124
-

4. With X, Tkdesk, Communicator 4.03 and StarOffice4.0:

 total   used   free sharedbuffers
cached
Mem: 63376  52364  11012  32876   1668 
29772
-/+ buffers:20924  42452
Swap:16124  0  16124
-

5. With X and TkDesk but Communicator 4.03 and StarOffice 4.0 closed:   

 total   used   free sharedbuffers
cached
Mem: 63376  41152  4  12840   1796 
30064
-/+ buffers: 9292  54084
Swap:16124  0  16124
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Re: Memory Usage Reports

[tony mollica]

Thanks for the reply.

One other question I have isat what point does linux
remove a program or its parts from memory after you have 
unloaded (closed) the programs in order to make use of that
memory for other programs?

Do you know where I can find more information on this?  I 
haven't been able to find any info with any detail.


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Dual booting Linux and NT info

[tony mollica]

Hi.

I have only been quickly browsing the dual boot topic, 
but I have found and successfully used the following link
and information, if you haven't already seen this:


  http://www.owlnet.rice.edu/~sedmison/directboot.html


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Send output to tty??

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Hi.

I've been trying to come up with a way to display something
in the terminal window that shows a successful ppp connection
when using pon.  So far, I have put the following line in the
ip-up script:

echo $1 $2 $3 $4 $5 > /dev/ttyp0 (ttyp0 is the first xterm window)

and this works ok, but after displaying the data, the terminal
doesn't return to the prompt until I hit 'Enter'.  What I'm looking
for is a way to display the data and return the terminal to normal 
without the extra 'Enter' keystroke.

Any suggestions? (or a better way to do this?)

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ncr 53cXXX, once again.

[tony mollica]

Can someone provide some info.  I've found three types of 
ncr scsi cards (pci), the 810, 860, and 875.  Only the 875
claims to have onboard bios.  How does one find out whether
the motherboard bios supports the other ncr cards?  It seems 
that I have seen the disclaimer mentioned that you must make
sure that your bios supports these cards.
How do you go about that?

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Re: CHAP (non-MS) authentication problem

[tony mollica]

Just had a similar problem with my isp.  Their authentication
randomly changes between pap and chap.  I'd like to compare your
config files (options, options_out and ppp.chatscript) with mine,
but try this for a start, In your chap-secrets file try the following
line and remove the others.  Of course, put your own password in there.

yetter  *  your-password

Make sure there is a blank line entered after this single entry.
Then, if there are any pap or chap lines in the options files,
comment them out.  I once was told, and this appears to be true
from what I've seen, that most options files have too much junk
activated.

Add these line to your options file, if they are not present:

name username
netmask 255.255.255.0  
0.0.0.0:aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd

The netmask is for a class c address for my isp.  
The aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd is set to the isp's primary dns server
in my configuration.

I made too many changes to my configuration at one time to 
narrow down exactly what made it work, but it did so I just
left it at that.

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Re: CHAP (non-MS) authentication problem #2

[tony mollica]

Minor change for the chap-secrets file:

yetter * your_password *


I had left out the last asterisk.  It may not
make a difference, but thats how mine reads.


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Re: Linux Systems Labs - Orders and Ignorance

[tony mollica]

Ordered Debian 1.3.1 from both LSL and CheapBytes and had 
them both within 3 to 4 days.  No problems with either one, however
LSL didn't appear to have the 1.3.1r6 disks where CheapBytes had the
latest 1.3.1r6 version, along with 3 Linux archive CD's for a few
bucks more.

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sdram and linux

[tony mollica]

Hi. Just looking for a little more info.

Just installed 64megs 168 pin sdram (replacing the 64megs of the usual
type 72 pin edo stuff) in my system and it appears
to be causing file system corruption, as indicated on boot
up by fsck (attempted boot up, actually).  Booting from the rescue
disk and running fsck reports lots of problems, fixes them all, but the
problems reappear at the next reboot from the hard disk drive.  Also ran
into a problem with programs exiting unexpectedly and core dumping for
no apparent reason.

Tried my Debian kernels 2.0.30 and 2.0.33 with the same
result and put the original memory back, which seems to
have fixed the problem with either kernel version.

Has there been any similar reports or other problems using 
168 pin sdram type memory or are there any hardware or kernel 
settings that I may have overlooked to make this work?  The 
memory works ok on 'other' o.s.'s and machines.   

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sdram and linux #2

[tony mollica]

Thanks for all the replies.

I can appreciate the possibility of the hdd going bad, but
it has been operating flawlessly before and after trying to
use the sdram, but that doesn't exclude the possibility.  Tried
the old mem and both the .30 and .33 kernels this morning 
with absolutely no problems.

I don't find any specific settings for the sdram in the 
system bios and what there is of a handbook for this
generic motherboard (430vx)isn't much.  The #1 suspect, I think, 
is an  incompatibility with the m-board and, #2 would be
a bad chip.  

I'll try a different type of sdram or use it
in a win95 box. What's a few extra crashes,   
I don't use it very often, anyway.


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Re: X11 problem with Trident card under Debian 1.3.1

[tony mollica]

Had the same problem.  Your most likely operating in
an 8bpp mode.  Up the default color depth to 16bpp and this 
should get rid of the display problem.



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Re: sdram and linux

[tony mollica]

thanks for the info.  The motherboard recognizes the memory
as sdram just fine and linux starts up ok but then the problems
start.  Mostly, applications stop and disappear from the 
desktop without warning and the file system (as fsck reports) 
becomes corrupted.  The machine never locked up and it appears
to shut down normally, but on the next boot, fsck lists some problems
that require that I boot from a floppy and run fsck on hda(1).
fsck then fixes all the problems (several screens worth) and then
linux will boot up normally again, shutdown ok and then the next
boot up begins with the problems all over again.  I've done this
sequence about 8 times without any apparent permanent damage.  


No applications or programs appear to be corrupted by this 
sequence.  I re-installed the original 72 pin EDO stuff and 
have been running both the 2.0.33 and 2.0.30 kernels I built
without any problems at all.  I've come to the conclusion that
the no-name motherboard I'm using, which has been working just
fine and without even a burp, just has a problem with sdram.
One 64 meg sdram I tried showed as 16 megs AND locked up on boot.
The second one registered the mem ok, but had the previous problems.
Both work ok on the Redmond stuff.  This motherboard doesn't appear
to have any bios configuration items in it for the sdram.

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Re: Memory problem....

[tony mollica]

Hi.  I read somewhere that the reported memory doesn't include
the memory used by the kernel and loaded modules.  I forgot 
where I read this, may have been some other list.


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Re: Memory problem...re-read!

[tony mollica]

I should read these listings a little more carefully.
Obviously, the kernel shouldn't take up 17 megabytes.
(Can you build a kernel that big?)


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Re: Alternative to MS Frontpage web design?

[tony mollica]

Hi.  Here's something that works with Linux, but is not 
nearly as easy to use or with as many features as frontpage.
It does the job, though.

http://www.w3.org/Amaya


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Re: Still can't sort out MBR -- Linux and NT

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You may have already come across this link for
multibooting Linux and ???.

http://www.owlnet.rice.edu/~sedmison/directboot.html


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StarOffice,printing and deskjets, again

[tony mollica]

One more time please.

Here's the setup:
Linux 2.0.30 (debian, of course)
StarOffice 3.1 installed from the latest .deb installer
HP870Cse printer
magicfilter 1.2-10 (debian distribution)
gs-aladdin 5.03 (.deb install )
The rest is the usual stuff, everything works, except
the printing.

Normal text printing works fine.
I am assuming that the StarWriter program uses postscript
format, but even with the default installation, which uses the  dj550c
filter, no luck getting anything except all the formatting commands printed
out.

printcap

lp|hp|hp870|HP870Cse
    :lp=:\
    :sd=/var/spool/lpd/hp870:\
    :rm=192.168.1.1:\
    :rp=hp870:\
    :if=/usr/sbin/dj550c-filter:\
    :lf=/var/log/lp-errs:

The dj550c-filter has not been changed at all and appears
to have the necessary calls to gs with the  cdj550 driver.
The file appears to be bypassing the assorted routings
through the filters and printing raw.
 

Any help would be appreciated.  I can always provide
more info.
 

thanks

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Re: reply:StarOffice,printing and dj, again!

[tony mollica]

Thanks for the replies.

For Paul Thompson: I wasn't sure exactly what that did
and that was a test to see what condition the message was in when it came
back to me.  Now I know.  Correct me if I'm wrong, but it appears
Netscape will pick the proper format for the message and recipient if you
pick the 'send both types' box before transmitting.  That one time
I forced it to send in HTML.  Bad idea for some.
I've turned this off.  Let me know if it doesn't
work properly.



For the rest who provided guidance on my printing problem. 
The Star Writer package inserts the postscript stuff at the beginning of
the file.  The first line is '%!PS-Adobe-3.0 EPSF-3.0' and the file
is saved as a .sdw file.  I saw somewhere that the filters don't check
the file suffix but instead look for the clues in the file itself to determine
the filetype and filtering stuff.  However, the little test file goes
right through and prints all 6 or so lines.  Looks like the
file is not going through the filter(s).  Let me
get a little lengthy to understand the route the file takes.  When
I print from Star Writer, let's say, the lpr command is used.  At
this point, the  input filter from printcap is applied (dj550c-filter)
which starts magicfilter (#! /usr/sbin/magicfilter) which then applies
the magicfilter configuration file to identify the file type, then passes
that information back to dj550c-filter which then hands it over to gs (if
it is a PS file) with the appropriate command line parameters and then
to the printer.

I don't think the file type is identified properly and
as a result, is passed through
as regular text.  Is there a way to test whether
the problem is with magicfilter or gs, or a way to test each separately?

thank for the help,

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Re: reply:StarOffice,printing and dj, again!

[tony mollica]

Hi.  Although I sent the printcap with the ljet4m-filter
as the input filter, this was just the result of my trying different filters. 
The actual filter than I have been using in the dj550c-filter, and that
should have been in the printcap.  You probable gathered that already. 
I also made the suggested changes with the script you sent, but it doesn't
do anything from any printing situation, including
Star Writer.  No file in /tmp is created. 
However, the script works if execute it and it creates an empty file with
the proper name.  It appears my problem is that the input filter is
never used, or bypassed, somehow.  Somewhere along the line of trying
different combinations of filters, a file showed up in /tmp that probably
looks like what your after.  It's attached with the original, system
generated filename and the actual text of the document is not recognizable
in this file.
 

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%!PS-Adobe-3.0 EPSF-3.0
BoUnDiNgBoX
%%Creator: Wind/U Xprinter Version 3.1.0 (linux) (Compile Date: Oct 28 1996 
14:14:28) ((null))
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Re: reply:StarOffice,printing and dj, again!

[tony mollica]

Jens.  Here's a twist.  I've attached a short text
file clipped from the Linux Printing Howto.  Apparently, the input
filter is not run when printing to remote printers.  The clip describes
setting up a double print queue in order to run the input filter, but still
no luck.  I'm not sure I understand what needs to be done to make
the double queue work properly.  Have you seen any setup like the
one in the clip before?

tony mollica
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  10.8.  Running an if for remote printers

  One oddity of lpd is that the if is not run for remote printers.  If
  you find that you need to run an if, you can do so by setting up a
  double queue and requeueing the job.  As an example, consider this
  printcap:

   lj-5:remote-hplj:\
   :lp=/dev/null:sh:\
   :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lj-5:\
   :if=/usr/lib/lpd/filter-lj-5:
   lj-5-remote:lp=/dev/null:sh:rm=printer.name.com:\
   :rp=raw:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lj-5-raw:

  in light of this filter-lj-5 script:

   #!/bin/sh
   gs  -q -dSAFER -sOutputFile=- - | \
   lpr -Plj-5-remote -U$5

  The -U option to lpr only works if lpr is run as daemon, and it sets
  the submitter's name for the job in the resubmitted queue correctly.
  You should probably use a more robust method of getting the username,
  since in some cases it is not argument 5.  See the man page for
  printcap.

Re: reply:StarOffice,printing and dj, again!

[tony mollica]

Thanks,  I'll try this out sometime this morning.
 

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Re: update:StarOffice,printing and dj, again!

[tony mollica]

Hi!  Just an update on this printing situation from
StarOffice to a remote nt4.0, hp870Cse.  I've tried your suggested
printcap and script and still no luck, BUT after some minor fiddling with
the entries I have part of this operation working and I can watch the document
pass through the first spool directory and stop in the second.  lpq
show that there is a entry waiting to be printed, but 'no daemon present'. 
I think the problem now lies with the way nt4.0 lpd identifies its printers
to the Linux box.  My old printcap without the double queue apparently
allowed lpq, from linux, to get information directly from the nt4.0 lpd
spooler.  The double queue configuration doesn't allow this to happen
and lpq(linux) finds no printers connected to nt4.0.   Somewhere
along the line, nt4.0 assigns the 'hp870' name to the nt4.0 lpd printer
and I can't identify where or how this happens.  As always, 
without the double queue and/or filter(s), plain text goes straight through
with no problems.

I'll keep working on it.
 

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Re: Problem solved:StarOffice,printing and dj, again!

[tony mollica]

Good news.  The problem is solved.  First, what
I needed to do was enter a PRINTER=hp870rm and associated export statement
to make this the default printer.  hp870rm is the name of the device
actually connected remotely via the rm and rp entries in printcap. 
This allowed the proper connection to the nt4.0 lpd service by way of hp870rm
and 'lpq -Php870rm' responds normally.  Any printing is still sent
to lp, the printer with the filter attached in printcap, then gets routed
through the remote printer.  Lastly, using your short script, and
checking the man page for lpr, I added a '-l' to get

'/usr/sbin/dj550c-filter $* | lpr -l -Php870rm -U$5'.

Without the -l, an unusual character set gets printed
but  with the -l the control codes are evidently passed to the printer
to do what they're supposed to do.  Star Writer 3 now prints very
well.
 

I appreciate the help.
thanks

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Re: off-topic BNC vga cable

[tony mollica]

I saw these cables at a computer show.  

The vendor and description of the part is:

SVGA Monitor Cable
6' S-VGA to 5 BNC use between VGA and hogh grade monitor 
connects VGA output to a variety of high-resolution monitors
fully braided and shielded
5 BNC's cover all color and sync transmissions
male to male

#CC-VGA5BNC   $12.00

Roger's Systems Specialists
24895 Avenue Rockefeller
Valencia, California  91355
http://www.RogersSystems.com
800-366-0579

I've bought stuff from this company and while their products are
useable and I've never had a problem with any, they are not the 
top-of-the-line items.

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ppp connection stats from ifconfig

[tony mollica]

Using Debian 1.3.1 with 2.0.30 kernel and netscape 4.03 and everything
works. However, there is one item I have been unable to explain.  I can
start my ppp connection successfully but ifconfig shows 

  RX packets:13 errors:1 dropped:1 overruns:0

Although the connection appears to operate OK, I'm concerned about the 1
error and 1 dropped and how I can get rid of this or keep it from
happening.

Any suggestions?

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Re: PCI NIC support for 89C940?

[tony mollica]

Here's a couple of links for the Winbond chipset drivers and linux.

http://cesdis1.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux (follow the links for ne2000) and

http://rsphy1.anu.edu.au/~gpg109/ne2000.html (more ne2000, probably
better) and

http://www.winbond.com.tw   (info but no linux drivers found)


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Re: LPRng and Magicfilter

[tony mollica]

Hi.

According to the Printing How-To, the input filter (if=some filter) is
not run for remote printers.  There is an example in the How-To for
setting up a double print queue to solve the problem.  I can provide my
printcap if needed.  I print to a HP deskjet on an NT4.0 system using
lpr.


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Jeffrey Velez wrote:
> 
> I'm trying to print to a Novell 4.11 HP Laserjet 4 printer using a
> JetDirect Box using LPRng and Magicfilter.  I can print to it, but it
> prints out like this:
> 
> THIS IS A TEST
> THIS IS A TEST
> THIS IS A TEST
> 
> My printcap file looks like this:
> rlp|Remote HP LaserJet 4 printer entry
> :lp=/dev/lp1
> :rm=129.171.67.10
> :rp=PQ_MNS_HELPDESK_DPG_4
> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/ljet4
> :if=/usr/sbin/ljet4-filter
> :pl#66
> :pw#80
> :pc#150
> :mx#0
> :sh
> 
> Can anyone tell me if this printcap file is ok?
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StarOffice4.0 and Debian

[tony mollica]

Has anyone installed StarOffice 4.0 on a Debian system yet and were
there any problems to watch out for?

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StarOffice and Debian (2)

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Thanks for the info to those who posted.  Now that I know StarOffice 4.0
will install and work, has any of you installed version 4.0 over a
StarOffice 3.1 installation or would it be better to remove as much of
the 3.1 stuff as possible?


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Re: PPP still a pain

[tony mollica]

When the system boots, is there a ttyS2 entry with the associated 
interrupt listed?

cat /proc/interrupts won't display an interrupt that is not currently in
use.
The modem would have to be working before you can get it to show up in
the list.

Have you tried dialing out using any other programs, such as minicom?


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kcore

[tony mollica]

I've found a file in /proc named kcore, with a size of about 67
megabytes.
Can someone tell me what this is and where it is generated from?


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kcore(2)

[tony mollica]

Thanks for the info.

Received about a dozen replies clearing this /proc/kcore 
thing up for me.

I've been doing ok using Linux so far, but I can't yet 
claim to understand it.


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Communicator 4

[tony mollica]

Thanks for the replies for Communicator 4 and *.deb package info.  Since
my installation works, I think I'll leave it alone for now.  If  there's
a need to re-install it later, I'll do it the correct way at that time.


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make-kpkg ??

[tony mollica]

There have been some posts on rebuilding the kernel that mention the
kernel-package.deb package, make-kpkg and non-debian kernel source or
packages.  I have been successfully rebuilding my kernels, but only from
a debian CD with no 'outside' sources.  Now I would like to upgrade from
2.0.30 to 2.0.32 (from www.linux.org) and I see that the original source
should be 'debianized' with 'make-kpkg' in the source directory.  Could
someone enlighten me on the reason for this, the procedure and what this
does, exactly.


thanks,

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[tony mollica]

thanks!


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debian packages directories

[tony mollica]

Hi.  For the last 2 days or so, it seems that I am unable
to get to the packages directories from the Debian homepage/packages link. 
Does anyone else have this problem, or is the problem at my end?
 
 

thanks

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Re: forcing D-Link 530 into Full-Duplex

[Tony Mollica]

I'm certainly no expert at this but I'm not quite
sure how to pass the full_duplex parameter to a
driver that is compiled into the kernel.  You may
have to modify the source for that.  But if you
compile the via-rhine driver as a module you can
pass the parameter two ways that I know.  You can
interrupt the boot process with the left-shift key
and after the linux: prompt add 

linux: via-rhine full_duplex=1

or you can add a line in your modules.conf file
like this:

options via-rhine full_duplex=1

There is some minimal documentation in the source file
on this.  You might check the syntax I've provided for
accuracy.  The second method I'm sure is correct.  The
first one I'm not 100% sure of but it may work for both
modules and compiled-in drivers. If you have more than
one card installed using the same driver, you can set
them all to full duplex by separating the parameters with
a comma, such as full_duplex=1,0,1,0.  This makes the 
first and third cards full duplex and the second and fourth
cards not.

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> 
> I have a D-Link 530 card using a compiled-in via-rhine driver as eth0.
> The card is talking to an identical card in a computer that runs
> FreeBSD.  I'm seeing collisions on the Linux side of the link, and am
> wondering what parameters I should pass the kernel to force the card
> into Full-duplex 100base mode, and how to pass those params.  (I
> already did that on the FreeBSD side).

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Debian 2.2r3, kernel 2.4.5 and XF403???

[tony mollica]

Hello.  I'm about to upgrade my X from 3.3.6-11potato 
to 4.03 by way of the debs at 
http://people.debian.org/~cpbotha and using apt-get.
I've done the apt-get upgrade and started the apt-get
dist-upgrade and became somewhat queasy when the list
of packages to remove came up (below).  I would hate to
destroy a perfectly good running X.
 
>>topdog2:/etc/X11# apt-get dist-upgrade
>>Reading Package Lists... Done
>>Building Dependency Tree... Done
>>Calculating Upgrade... Done
>>The following packages will be REMOVED:
>>  blt-dev gdk-imlib-dev libforms0.88 libgtk1.2-dev olvwm task-gnome-apps
>>  task-gnome-desktop task-gnome-games task-gnome-net task-tcltk-dev
>>  task-x-window-system task-x-window-system-core tk8.2-dev tktable-dev
>>  xbase-clients xdm xf86setup xfmail xfonts-100dpi xfonts-75dpi xfonts-base
>>  xfonts-cjk xfonts-cyrillic xfonts-scalable xlib6g-dev xpm4g xviewg-dev 
>>The following NEW packages will be installed:
>>  libxaw6 libxaw7 xlibs 
>>The following packages have been kept back
>>  xfs xserver-common xterm 
>>7 packages upgraded, 3 newly installed, 27 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
>>Need to get 5978kB of archives. After unpacking 29.1MB will be freed.
>>Do you want to continue? [Y/n] n
>>Abort.

How much of the above X stuff will be replaced by new X and what about
gnome being removed?  Will I have to now recompile gnome for the new
X 4.03?  Will I be able to re-install the programs listed above that
are not provided by the X packages, like xfmail for instance?

Any other info would be appreciated.

thanks,
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libc 2.1.94

[tony mollica]

Hello.  I'm using 2.2r3 with a 2.4.5 kernal and XFree4.0.3
and I need to upgrade libc to at least 2.1.94 to run some
later version programs.  Where would I find this, if 
available, or at least the source?

thanks,

tony mollica

usb scanners & printers

[tony mollica]

Hi.  The local computer fair is in town today
and I'm in the market for a new printer and
scanner, preferably USB.  Any suggestions for
either of these?  The printer should be able
to print a decent picture.

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xawtv

[tony mollica]

Hello.  I have xawtv working OK on a Debian 2.2r3 box
with a 2.4.5 kernel and X403.  There is one problem,
however.  After using xawtv with a TV output fed into
a WinTV board and the sound fed into the SoundBlaster64
and then quitting the xawtv application, the sound 
continues.  The sound modules are busy and can't be removed.

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ppp and ip-up.d scripts

[tony mollica]

Hello.  I know I've seen this problem here
before, but I am unable to locate the solution.
It appears that the scripts in ip-up.d are not
run when a dialup connection is made.  The 
/etc/ppp/ip-up script runs, but the 
'run-parts /etc/ppp/ip-up.d' line doesn't execute.

Any suggestions?

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Re: OT: SCSI hardware recommendation

[tony mollica]

Joerg Johannes wrote:
> 
> Hi List
> 
> Has anybody of you a dual-channel SCSI-Controller working?


I have a tekram DC390U3W controller that works just the way
you describe.  I have Ultra160 scsi drives on the lvd channel
and my cdrom and cdrw on the other.  Works just fine, no problems
using the stock sym53c8xx driver.  Tekram also has a dual lvd 
channel controller. 



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Re: Opera 5.05 and Java

[tony mollica]

Hall Stevenson wrote:

> 
> My problem is that I can't get it to recognize my Java installation. I
> downloaded Sun's J2RE as suggested by Opera's website. I've tried the
> various instructions they give for enabling Java too -- all with no
> luck.

> Has anyone tried this newest version ?? If so, did you get Java working
> and how ??
> 
> Thanks in advance
> Hall
> 

I have tried this and it does work.  I installed opera from the .deb
they
provide.  I then installed the jre1.3.1 into /usr/local/jre-1.3.1 and
modified the  plugin section of the /usr/bin/opera script 
(it is a script, not an elf) to point to the right place.  I had one
problem.  I didn't have the libXm.so.2 lib (the instructions say you
must install Motif) so I followed the links to www.motifzone.net and
downloaded the openmotif package for debian and the java plugin 
now works.


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Re: Toshiba Satellite Pro 470CDT

[tony mollica]

If the 470CDT is anything like my 460CDT, changing
the drive is very easy.  There is a small panel in
front that can be removed by first removing a small
screw accessed from the bottom the the unit.  Once the
screw is out, remove the plastic cover by sliding it
down exposing the drive.  The drive is in a holder 
with a lip that you can grip with your fingers, then 
just pull the drive and holder out.  Put the new drive 
in the holder and plug it back in.  

Glenn Becker wrote:
.
> 
> Before I start, er, unscrewing anything, I was wondering whether anyone knew
> of a good resource for this sort of thing. I haven't found anything on the
> Toshiba website yet.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Glenn Becker
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Re: pcmcia & smartmedia

[tony mollica]

Hello.

> Now my questions are:
> 
> 1) What driver for the card should I set (ide-cs?)?

If I remember, if the pcmcia package is loaded, the
pcmcia card reader should be recognized automatically.
I don't remember changing anything.  The card uses the
ide_cs driver and the listed database should be in
/usr/share/doc/pcmcia-cs/SUPPORTED.CARDS.gz


> 
> 2) How can I mount the simulated hd under a directory (that is, what
> is the device name /dev/hd? or what else?)?

After you plug in the card with smartmedia chip do a dmesg
to see what device the card was recognized.  Mine shows up
as hde1.  Then just mount it:  mount -t vfat /dev/hde1 /mnt

> 
> 3) What else do you advice to consider or set?

That's all you need.

> 
> 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.
> 
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Re: Broadcast 2000

[tony mollica]

Hello.  I'm running broadcast2000, version 2000c-2, on a
mostly potato machine (some testing upgrades) and it
runs and is usable, but it does show some instability.
ldd show no mention of the libXv.so requirement and I
can't find anything else on this lib, either.  Other 
than the lack of documentation on how to use the program 
effectively, it seems to work.


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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
> Just wondering if anyone has ever tried to run Broadcast 2000 under a Debian
> system.  I've attempted to convert an RPM of this app via Alien.
> 
> However I hit a roadblock with reference to an item called libXv.so.1
> Apparently this file is nonexistent.  The closest I can find under my
> Debian install is libXv.a, whch does not appear to be a substitute.  Any idea
> how I might be able to resolve this problem?

More ntpd, different topic

[tony mollica]

Hello.  I have recently changed my ntpd setup
to get the system time from a TruTime gps clock.

According to the TruTime driver, my entry in
ntp.conf should be
 
server 127.127.5.1 

The 5 for the driver and the 1 for the serial port.
ntpd appears to start normally but how do I test the
setup to check that the gps clock data is actually
being recognized and used and that the clock is
being adjusted properly?

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Re: XFree86 4.3.0 for woody?

[tony mollica]

You can also check www.apt-get.org.  I used one from there, but
I can't remember which one.

tony



On Wed, 2004-03-10 at 07:06, Eva Myers wrote:
> I am having difficulties upgrading XFree86 to fix the latest security
> problem on some of my woody machines.  The machines I am having
> problems with are running a backport of XFree86 4.3.0, obtained from
> http://people.debian.org/~mmagallo/.  (The reason I am running 4.3.0
> is that their onboard graphics chip doesn't seem to work with any
> older version of XFree86.)
> 
> Unfortunately, http://people.debian.org/~mmagallo/ seems to have gone
> away forever.  What backports of 4.3.0 are people using now?  The best
> I've been able to find is http://people.debian.org/~nobse/xfree86/,
> which conflicts with the Netscape 4.77 packages.
> Dr Eva Myers
> (Computer Officer, Statistical Laboratory, University of Cambridge).
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Ibus info needed

[tony mollica]

Good afternoon.

I've looked through the docs and wiki about this application that apparently 
runs in the background but I'm not actually able to figure out exactly what this 
app is doing for me.


So, what's it doing for me, and if I remove it will I notice anything missing in 
form or function?  Look like it only handles keyboard and language functions.



Thanks,
Tony

Re: Ibus info needed

[tony mollica]

Yes, that's the one.  Thanks, IL KA,  I went through it again

and still the only thing I'm getting from the info is that Ibus handles 
different language inputs (characters) which isn't really needed if English is 
used and is pretty much already taken care of in Debian and other distributions 
regardless of Ibus.  But, it may be useful to me if I intended to generate my 
own alphabet with a proprietary character set or if I wanted to digitize my Dick 
Tracy Decoder Ring.  I'll remove it and see what happens.




I've been on and off this list since the mid-90's where being subscribed meant 
there were dozens of posts and replies in the time I've been subscribed today, 
which is about 3 hours.  Traffic appears to have fallen off, off-topic 
discussion, whatever that topic was advertised to be, appears to be, well, 
off-topic and more about behavior and language of the posters instead of valid 
questions and answers.  Too bad, used to be a good problem solving source. 
Maybe it went elsewhere.


Tony

On 6/30/21 3:26 PM, IL Ka wrote:
Do you mean this one:Â https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligent_Input_Bus 
 ?

Debian 10.7 and Chrome

[tony mollica]

Hello.

Just trying to find out if anyone else is experiencing this particular issue 
with Debian and Chrome.


When I log on to a particular site, my bank account actually, several panels pop 
up, the main panel being an account summary.  The panel has 5 columns each 
containing various information about each account.  The problem is that the last 
column on the right side of the panel cuts off about 6-8 characters.  It looks 
like the panel (window) isn't big enough.  The kicker is I have two Debian 10.7 
boxes and only one displays this issue.  Also, it doesn't happen with Firefox or 
on a Windows10 machine with either of those browsers.  The machines and the 
browser apps are all up to date and at their latest versions.  Changing the font 
or screen size by any method does not fix the problem.  It  appears the issue is 
with this particular machine or with the Chrome config on this machine, but I'm 
at a loss as to what config settings would even control this behavior.


This is really not a big deal, just annoying, but any suggestions for a fix?

Thanks,
TM

USB2 or 3 WiFi dual band adapters

[tony mollica]

  
  
Hello.
I need to find a good,
  reliable WiFi adapter.  I have an Alfa AWUS036ACH using a RTL8812au
chip
and there is support but it's
  unreliable.  Connects sometimes,
mostly not.  My older adapters work
but they're slow but maybe that's the compromise I need to resolve.
  
What's being used reliably?
Thanks,
Tony

  

Debian 11, Chrome and .asp pages

[tony mollica]

Good morning (Mountain time).

Here's the problem I'm having.  Debian is so stable that issues I've resolved 
years ago took place so far back and with no issues that I forget how I did it. 
So it is with this latest issue.  The problem is I need to log into a router and 
make some changes, preferably using my Linux laptop.  I can log in but several 
of the configuration pages are in the .asp format and my Chrome or Firefox 
browsers running on a fresh Debian 11 install won't display the pages and gives 
me a 404 error.  What is my Debian install missing to allow my to access these 
pages.  There's no problem using Debian10, only 11 and also no issues using the 
'other' OS.


Guidance please.

Thanks,
Tony

Re: Debian 11, Chrome and .asp pages

[tony mollica]

Understood.

But it works with Debian 10 and not with Debian 11, so my main question is 'what 
changed?'


TM

On 8/26/22 12:53, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:

On Fri, Aug 26, 2022 at 11:37:41AM -0600, tony mollica wrote:

Good morning (Mountain time).

Here's the problem I'm having.  Debian is so stable that issues I've
resolved years ago took place so far back and with no issues that I forget
how I did it. So it is with this latest issue.  The problem is I need to log
into a router and make some changes, preferably using my Linux laptop.  I
can log in but several of the configuration pages are in the .asp format and
my Chrome or Firefox browsers running on a fresh Debian 11 install won't
display the pages and gives me a 404 error.  What is my Debian install
missing to allow my to access these pages.  There's no problem using
Debian10, only 11 and also no issues using the 'other' OS.


Hm. .asp is a server-side thing (i.e. the server transforms whatever into
html and serves it). It's Microsoft's version of CGI, back from last century.

The 404 is also a server-side thing (i.e. at the router side). Your Linux
laptop isn't involved in that, it's just reporting what it "sees".

Thus, can't be at the root of the 404. You'll have to describe in more detail
what is going on.

That might take some back-and-forth.

Cheers

Re: Debian 11, Chrome and .asp pages

[tony mollica]

Yes, no problems accessing the .asp pages with Debian 10 and chrome.  Both 10 
and 11 have the latest Chrome version.  I'm not seeing any version change notes 
for Chrome or Debian 11 that appear to affect this .asp behavior.  Not to say I 
haven't missed something.


TM

On 8/27/22 12:16, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:

On Sat, Aug 27, 2022 at 10:53:18AM -0600, tony mollica wrote:

Understood.

But it works with Debian 10 and not with Debian 11, so my main question is
'what changed?'


Does it /still/ work with Debian 10, though?

Cheers

Re: Debian 11, Chrome and .asp pages

[tony mollica]

Sorry, been offline and had some real work to do yesterday.

Very simple setup.  The Viasat router is on the desk not 2 feet away from my 
laptop and desktop.  The desktop logs in to the router with no issues but 
running Win10.  The Debian laptop is also not 2 feet away running Debian 11. 
Another Debian 10 machine logs in remotely with no issues.  The Deb11 laptop 
brings up the status page with no log in necessary, but any other functions 
require a log in through any of the other pages, which are .asp pages.


I have a manually entered ip for the interface and a route entered directly to 
the router.  I can get to the router but it doesn't allow all the functions. 
There no unusual configs and the whole system and setup works exactly as it 
should except for those pages accessed with Debian 11.


Angel, I'll try your suggestions for looking a the Chrome network stuff.

I've read all the stuff up to 8:45am this morning (MST/MDT) and I'll check my 
config files for any unusual issues.


I didn't want to clog up the bandwidth and put all the info in the post.  I was 
hoping for a response from anyone who had a similar issue and had a simple 
solution.  I can get into the router and do what I need to do, so that's not a 
problem.  I don't need to have access to my router via Debian 11.


So, the real issue is that I have Debian 11 on this laptop and and it's not 
behaving as it should, or behaving as my other Debian 10 machines, which access 
the pages with no issues.  Just like to know why the new version doesn't behave 
like the old version.


thanks,
TM

Since anecdotes are making it into this thread, I'll submit one more, not really 
related to this issue.  I frequent a number of automobile BBs where problems are 
presented and resolutions are offered.  A not uncommon problem would be 'my car 
can't pass the smog test', and the fun begins.  By the 50th post the list of 
recommended remedies  would have the entire car replaced either in total or one 
part at a time, all probably due to a cracked, 2 dollar, 3mm vacuum hose, a 
simple solution.


On 8/27/22 22:51, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:

On Sat, Aug 27, 2022 at 07:10:52PM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote:

On Sat, Aug 27, 2022 at 07:05:46PM -0400, Timothy M Butterworth wrote:

On Sat, Aug 27, 2022 at 6:48 PM Greg Wooledge  wrote:


On Sat, Aug 27, 2022 at 12:28:38PM -0600, tony mollica wrote:

Yes, no problems accessing the .asp pages with Debian 10 and chrome.

Both

10 and 11 have the latest Chrome version.


Wait, wait, wait, wait.

I am *so* confused right now.  Is the Debian system the WEB SERVER, or
is it the WEB BROWSER



The Debian system is the web browser, a SOHO router is the server.


So the problem is *not* "I have a .asp site and my web server stopped
serving it properly", but rather "my browser is trying to hit a URL
that happens to end with .asp and it's not working".

Then all the focus on the 4 characters .asp in the URL are a complete
red herring.


Thanks, that was my point. I just couldn't express it so concisely :)


What's the actual *symptom*?  What does the web browser say or do when
hitting this URL?


Perhaps the 404 is coming in response to a subordinate resource (e.g.
the Location: in a redirect or some other of the 3129 ways the Web
has to play that game). That resource would depend on "the browser"
in some general sense.

Oh wait: does have the new installation a different /etc/hosts?
Perhaps the OP has made an entry "back then" to get the router's
cra^H^H^H Very Special GUI working? Something like that.

Cheers

Re: Most reliable dual band driver/chipset

[tony mollica]

  
  
In regard to my issue below:
  
  Trying to find an internal Intel based card with remote antenna.
  
  I have Linksys USB wifi adapters and they work, but not dual
  band.  Not really 
  necessary, but why not use everything available.
  
  Not a laptop and not a heat issue.  Something in the hardware or
  driver seems
  to leave this adapter in some unstable state that requires a cold
  start, 
  either disconnecting the adapter from USB, rebooting the computer
  and sometimes
  just unloading and reloading the driver.  Very irritating since it
  works very well when
  connected, just unreliable.  Sometimes it'll stay connected for
  days, sometimes just
  for a few minutes.
  
  Tony

On 12/15/18 5:12 PM, Tjm wrote:


  
  I've been using an Alfa dual band USB3 wifi adapter and while it
  works and when it happens to stay connected it's fast and fine.
  But it disconnects often for no apparent reason and won't
  reconnect by itself without removing and then reloading the
  module. Built and tried several versions of the rtl8812au and
  found one branch that I've been using, v5.9.xxx versions work but
  with the connection reliability issue.
  
  Looking for a recommendation for an adapter and/or chip.
  
  Thanks, 
  Tony
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Re: Most reliable dual band driver/chipset rtl8812au Intel 8265 Fenvi

[tony mollica]

  
  
Posting as searchable, followup info.
  
  I found a relatively cheap PCIe adapter labelled Fenvi FV-K1200ac
  that has an Intel 8265 chipset with ac1200 capability
  and Bluetooth.  Loaded the iwlwifi drivers, plugged it in and
  rebooted to a perfectly working Intel wifi adapter.  
  Not quite as fast as the Alfa (when working) but I think it's an
  antenna issue that I'll upgrade and try.  The router is about
  50ft away but connection speeds are 500Mbs+ and often over 700Mbs,
  which is many times faster than my Internet
  connection anyway.  But a reliable connection, at last.
  
  Also updated my Stretch 9.6 from kernel 4.9 to stretch-updates
  v4.18.  Fenvi still works and now has the latest drivers.
  Had an issue with a missing Nvidia driver but easily resolved with
  apt as all the files were there, just not installed.
  
  Recompiled the rtl8812au driver for the new 4.18 kernel and the
  disconnection problem still exists.  It appears that something
  in the params or driver is shutting down the adapter causing the
  disconnection and then needing either a LONG time
  to recover or being physically disconnected (USB)-reconnected to
  regain the ability to make the wireless connection.
  
  Tony

On 12/18/18 7:38 AM, tony mollica
  wrote:


  
  In regard to my issue below:

Trying to find an internal Intel based card with remote antenna.

I have Linksys USB wifi adapters and they work, but not dual
band.  Not really 
necessary, but why not use everything available.

Not a laptop and not a heat issue.  Something in the hardware or
driver seems
to leave this adapter in some unstable state that requires a
cold start, 
either disconnecting the adapter from USB, rebooting the
computer and sometimes
just unloading and reloading the driver.  Very irritating since
it works very well when
connected, just unreliable.  Sometimes it'll stay connected for
days, sometimes just
for a few minutes.

Tony
  
  On 12/15/18 5:12 PM, Tjm wrote:
  
  

I've been using an Alfa dual band USB3 wifi adapter and while it
works and when it happens to stay connected it's fast and fine.
But it disconnects often for no apparent reason and won't
reconnect by itself without removing and then reloading the
module. Built and tried several versions of the rtl8812au and
found one branch that I've been using, v5.9.xxx versions work
but with the connection reliability issue.

Looking for a recommendation for an adapter and/or chip.

Thanks, 
Tony
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grub assist needed

[tony mollica]

Hello.  Looking for a grub assist to make my system boot the way I would
like, hopefully without making the system un-bootable as a result.

I have a nicely working system booting from a SATA drive with two kernels
onboard, one generic and one k7 kernels. The system config is one SATA
drive, one IDE dvd burner on the one and only onboard IDE channel and
an additional Silcon Image 680a IDE card (working properly but no drive
on either channel).  The si680a is wired to a removeable tray that I would
like to be able to change drives.  The system was originally loaded without
this drive in the bay and so grub knows nothing about it.  If I shutdown and
reboot with the removeable drive (ide) in the bay it obviously changes the
drive designations as the si680a drive is recognized first, no boot sector
is found on this drive and errors and no boot occurs.

I would like to be able to boot the system automagically whether or not
the removeable drive is loaded it the bay but I'm at a loss for how to do
this safely.  There is no BIOS setting to help decide which drive is first,
second or otherwise.  I find no options for the si680a driver that would
delay or change the order of the drive recognition.  I need a way to always
have it boot from the same drive no matter what other disks loaded on
the IDE channels.

Any suggestions?

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Re: grub assist needed

[tony mollica]

Thanks, Steve, this looks like it will do the job.

Steve Kemp wrote:

On Tue Jul 03, 2007 at 13:07:06 -0700, tony mollica wrote:


Hello.  Looking for a grub assist to make my system boot the way I would
like, hopefully without making the system un-bootable as a result.


  :)


There is no BIOS setting to help decide which drive is first,
second or otherwise.  I find no options for the si680a driver that would
delay or change the order of the drive recognition.  I need a way to always
have it boot from the same drive no matter what other disks loaded on
the IDE channels.


  Have you considered using filesystem labels?  Something like 


root=LABEL=root


Any suggestions?


  There is a brief introduction here:

http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/522

Steve



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Debian testing, alsa and cups

[tony mollica]

Hello.

Been thru the (RT)FM and maybe missed it but didn't find it.

Upgraded stable to testing, and it worked with much difficulty 
and repeated
'aptitude dist-upgrade' and ended up with two mildly annoying 
situations

with ALSA and CUPS.

ALSA won't provide sound after a reboot or re-logon unless I run 
the
/etc/init.d/alsa-utils restart script.  Works good after that. 
Using KDE3.5

and kernel 2.6.18.  Works OK with GNOME logon so it seems it's a
KDE thing.  Could just run the command somewhere but I'd like to 
find

the problem, eventually.

CUPS also won't print after a logon or restart.  I found this 
problem but I'm
at a loss to fix it permanently.  Seems the /dev/usb/lp0 device 
is assigned
the user:group of  root:lp instead of what CUPS likes, lp:sys. 
I can script
this change too but same as above, I'd like to find the glitch 
and do it
right.  Does CUPS need to assign different permissions, or does 
the hotplug/udev

system need to assign a different user:group?  And where to do this?

Thanks for the assistance?

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Re: The Final Frontier. Upgrading Sarge to Etch

[tony mollica]

Just upgraded mine.  I've been fearing that upgrade as the 
report for the upgrade
showed hundreds of packages to be removed.  What I did was copy 
the current
installation to another disk, made it bootable so I have the 
original disk intact.


Ran the update and dist-upgrade many times, including installing 
the new kernel
2.6.18 to get the udev stuff.  After a while I finally reached 
the point where no packages
were being removed, added updated, etc and the installation 
works fine.  I have a post
labeled 'Debian testing, alsa and cups' in here somewhere that 
is a request for help

to find a couple of relatively minor problems (but annoying).

The test was what would happen if I just ran the upgrade and see 
if a bootable
system resulted, and it worked.  Unfortunately I don't keep good 
records so I can't
give a step by step.  I did follow a procedure I found somewhere 
in the documentation
that recommended some updates prior to the upgrade.  The 
Aptitude was one of
them.  Also, one of the responders to my post mentioned above 
had a link to

a procedure that also may help.

Have fun.


Dave Sherohman wrote:

On Sat, Feb 03, 2007 at 07:43:31AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Backup is essential.  I've tried to do an upgrade from sarge to etch 
several times over the past year, and have yet to do one that resulted 
in a working system.  I found a new install works better, but even there 
I have problems.


Funny, I thought one of the big advantages of Debian over most other
distros is that you *don't* need to reinstall when a new version comes
out.  What's the deal with etch, then?  Debian's not jumping on the
'reinstall for every upgrade' bandwagon, is it?

(And I ask this from a system which has been through slink, potato,
woody, and is currently on sarge, all without needing a reinstall.)



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USB Floppy drive behavior with udev??? (long)

[tony mollica]

Hello.

I'm trying to get an understanding of udev and a usb floppy drive I have.
The drive is a Mitsumi usb floppy sold under the Nexxtech name and it
does work but there are a couple of behaviors that I don't understand.
First, without any udev rule mods, plugging the drive in results in a long
wait while 7 /dev/sd? are mounted at /media/usbdisk(s), usbdisk, usbdisk-1
thru usbdisk-6.  All are active and can be used.

/dev/sdh on /media/usbdisk type vfat 
(rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,quiet,shortname=mixed,uid=1000,gid=1000,umask=077,iocharset=utf8)
/dev/sdi on /media/usbdisk-1 type vfat 
(rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,quiet,shortname=mixed,uid=1000,gid=1000,umask=077,iocharset=utf8)
/dev/sdj on /media/usbdisk-2 type vfat 
(rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,quiet,shortname=mixed,uid=1000,gid=1000,umask=077,iocharset=utf8)
/dev/sdk on /media/usbdisk-3 type vfat 
(rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,quiet,shortname=mixed,uid=1000,gid=1000,umask=077,iocharset=utf8)
/dev/sdl on /media/usbdisk-4 type vfat 
(rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,quiet,shortname=mixed,uid=1000,gid=1000,umask=077,iocharset=utf8)
/dev/sdm on /media/usbdisk-5 type vfat 
(rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,quiet,shortname=mixed,uid=1000,gid=1000,umask=077,iocharset=utf8)
/dev/sdn on /media/usbdisk-6 type vfat 
(rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,quiet,shortname=mixed,uid=1000,gid=1000,umask=077,iocharset=utf8)



If I use one of the udev rules below there is only one mount at 
/media/usbdisk.


---
##udev local rules  /etc/udev/rules.d/010_local.rules

##Using SUBSYSTEM(S) block, scsi attributes
#SUBSYSTEM=="block",SUBSYSTEMS=="scsi",DRIVERS=="sd", ATTRS{model}=="USB 
FDD 061M",NAME="NX_scsiflop"

#or
## Using SUBSYSTEM(S) block,usb
SUBSYSTEM=="block",SUBSYSTEMS=="usb",DRIVERS=="usb",ATTRS{model}=="MITSUMI 
USB FDD 061M",NAME="NX_usbflop"

---
And the mount for the 'usb' rule above:

/dev/NX_usbflop on /media/usbdisk type vfat 
(rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,quiet,shortname=mixed,uid=1000,gid=1000,umask=077,iocharset=utf8)


The relevant log report:

-
usb 1-7: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 35
usb 1-7: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
scsi36 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usb-storage: device found at 35
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
  Vendor: MITSUMI   Model: USB FDD 061M  Rev: 2.00
  Type:   Direct-Access  ANSI SCSI revision: 00
SCSI device sdg: 2880 512-byte hdwr sectors (1 MB)
sdg: Write Protect is off
sdg: Mode Sense: 00 46 02 00
sdg: assuming drive cache: write through
SCSI device sdg: 2880 512-byte hdwr sectors (1 MB)
sdg: Write Protect is off
sdg: Mode Sense: 00 46 02 00
sdg: assuming drive cache: write through
 sdg: unknown partition table
sd 36:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sdg
sd 36:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg6 type 0
  Vendor: MITSUMI   Model: USB FDD 061M  Rev: 2.00
  Type:   Direct-Access  ANSI SCSI revision: 00
SCSI device sdh: 2880 512-byte hdwr sectors (1 MB)
sdh: Write Protect is off
sdh: Mode Sense: 00 46 02 00
sdh: assuming drive cache: write through
SCSI device sdh: 2880 512-byte hdwr sectors (1 MB)
sdh: Write Protect is off
sdh: Mode Sense: 00 46 02 00
sdh: assuming drive cache: write through
 sdh: unknown partition table
sd 36:0:0:1: Attached scsi removable disk sdh
sd 36:0:0:1: Attached scsi generic sg7 type 0
  Vendor: MITSUMI   Model: USB FDD 061M  Rev: 2.00
  Type:   Direct-Access  ANSI SCSI revision: 00
SCSI device sdi: 2880 512-byte hdwr sectors (1 MB)
sdi: Write Protect is off
sdi: Mode Sense: 00 46 02 00
sdi: assuming drive cache: write through
SCSI device sdi: 2880 512-byte hdwr sectors (1 MB)
sdi: Write Protect is off
sdi: Mode Sense: 00 46 02 00
sdi: assuming drive cache: write through
 sdi: unknown partition table
sd 36:0:0:2: Attached scsi removable disk sdi
sd 36:0:0:2: Attached scsi generic sg8 type 0
  Vendor: MITSUMI   Model: USB FDD 061M  Rev: 2.00
  Type:   Direct-Access  ANSI SCSI revision: 00
SCSI device sdj: 2880 512-byte hdwr sectors (1 MB)
sdj: Write Protect is off
sdj: Mode Sense: 00 46 02 00
sdj: assuming drive cache: write through
SCSI device sdj: 2880 512-byte hdwr sectors (1 MB)
sdj: Write Protect is off
sdj: Mode Sense: 00 46 02 00
sdj: assuming drive cache: write through
 sdj:<3>FAT: utf8 is not a recommended IO charset for FAT filesystems, 
filesystem will be case sensitive!

 unknown partition table
sd 36:0:0:3: Attached scsi removable disk sdj
sd 36:0:0:3: Attached scsi generic sg9 type 0
  Vendor: MITSUMI   Model: USB FDD 061M  Rev: 2.00
  Type:   Direct-Access  ANSI SCSI revision: 00
SCSI device sdk: 2880 512-byte hdwr sectors (1 MB)
sdk: Write Protect is off
sdk: Mode Sense: 00 46 02 00
sdk: assuming drive cache: write through
SCSI device sdk: 28

Re: Trouble trying to find Kernel source...

[tony mollica]

I hate to stick my neck out here only because my solution to this
problem was just to keep banging away at the keyboard until all
the errors went away, and I don't keep notes.  There has also been
quite a bit on the list about this in the last week or so.
Seemed complex.  BUT, here is what I remember.  The source packages
for Debian are  linux-source- and linux-headers-version>,

the  from 'uname -r'.  I took the kernel config from /boot
and copied it to the source dir as '.config', ran 'make oldconfig' to use
this configuration then ran the kernel compile for a few minutes to make
the necessary files for the Nvidia driver builder, then run the Nvidia 
driver

program with the --kernel-source-path=KERNEL-SOURCE-PATH command
line option so it finds the kernel source.

Pending any minor missing items that were show stoppers but easy to find
and install, it built and installed the driver with no problems.


dann frazier wrote:

[Off-topic for debian-kernel, moving to debian-user]

On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 12:26:56AM +1100, Frank Charles Gallacher wrote:

Greetings,

I am trying to install the driver for NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT graphics
video adapter on my PC, running Debian GNU/Linux 40rl i386:

kernel version:
Linux version 2.6.18-6-686 (Debian 2.6.18.dfsg.1-18etch1) 


gcc version:
gcc (GCC) 4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-21)

When I run the nvidia-installer ("sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-169.09-pkg1.run")
It tries to find kernel source from "ftp://download.nvidia.com"; and
fails, then bombs out when it cannot find it installed locally...

To build a kernel, I need "kernel-source" and "kernel-devel" packages
installed; (something called "linux-kernel-headers" is already
installed).

When I try to install them, I get:

Ni:/home/franx/Desktop# apt-get install kernel-source
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Package kernel-source is not available, but is referred to by another
package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package kernel-source has no installation candidate


I've no experience w/ nvidia-installer myself, but you probably just
need the header files. An easy way to install the headers for your
running kernel is:
 # apt-get install module-assistant
 # m-a prepare

There are also prebuilt nvidia drivers for this kernel in
etch/non-free, but perhaps you need something newer. You might have
luck finding someone w/ nvidia-installer experience on this list.


my "/etc/apt/sources.list" looks like:

#
# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r1 _Etch_ - Official i386 NETINST
Binary-1 20070820-20:21]/ etch contrib main

deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r1 _Etch_ - Official i386 NETINST
Binary-1 20070820-20:21]/ etch contrib main

deb http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/ etch main
deb-src http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/ etch main

deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib

Can somebody please help me with:

1. Is there a mirror somewhere that has these packages?
2. Have I missed something vitally important??

Thanking you.





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[tony mollica]

Hello.

I'm trying to get an understanding of udev and a usb floppy drive I have.
The drive is a Mitsumi usb floppy sold under the Nexxtech name and it
does work but there are a couple of behaviors that I don't understand.
First, without any udev rule mods, plugging the drive in results in a long
wait while 7 /dev/sd? are mounted at /media/usbdisk(s), usbdisk, usbdisk-1
thru usbdisk-6.  All are active and can be used.

/dev/sdh on /media/usbdisk type vfat
(rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,quiet,shortname=mixed,uid=1000,gid=1000,umask=077,iocharset=utf8)
/dev/sdi on /media/usbdisk-1 type vfat
(rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,quiet,shortname=mixed,uid=1000,gid=1000,umask=077,iocharset=utf8)
/dev/sdj on /media/usbdisk-2 type vfat
(rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,quiet,shortname=mixed,uid=1000,gid=1000,umask=077,iocharset=utf8)
/dev/sdk on /media/usbdisk-3 type vfat
(rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,quiet,shortname=mixed,uid=1000,gid=1000,umask=077,iocharset=utf8)
/dev/sdl on /media/usbdisk-4 type vfat
(rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,quiet,shortname=mixed,uid=1000,gid=1000,umask=077,iocharset=utf8)
/dev/sdm on /media/usbdisk-5 type vfat
(rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,quiet,shortname=mixed,uid=1000,gid=1000,umask=077,iocharset=utf8)
/dev/sdn on /media/usbdisk-6 type vfat
(rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,quiet,shortname=mixed,uid=1000,gid=1000,umask=077,iocharset=utf8)


If I use one of the udev rules below there is only one mount at
/media/usbdisk.

---
##udev local rules  /etc/udev/rules.d/010_local.rules

##Using SUBSYSTEM(S) block, scsi attributes
#SUBSYSTEM=="block",SUBSYSTEMS=="scsi",DRIVERS=="sd", ATTRS{model}=="USB
FDD 061M",NAME="NX_scsiflop"
#or
## Using SUBSYSTEM(S) block,usb
SUBSYSTEM=="block",SUBSYSTEMS=="usb",DRIVERS=="usb",ATTRS{model}=="MITSUMI
USB FDD 061M",NAME="NX_usbflop"
---
And the mount for the 'usb' rule above:

/dev/NX_usbflop on /media/usbdisk type vfat
(rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,quiet,shortname=mixed,uid=1000,gid=1000,umask=077,iocharset=utf8)

The relevant log report:

-
usb 1-7: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 35
usb 1-7: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
scsi36 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usb-storage: device found at 35
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
  Vendor: MITSUMI   Model: USB FDD 061M  Rev: 2.00
  Type:   Direct-Access  ANSI SCSI revision: 00
SCSI device sdg: 2880 512-byte hdwr sectors (1 MB)
sdg: Write Protect is off
sdg: Mode Sense: 00 46 02 00
sdg: assuming drive cache: write through
SCSI device sdg: 2880 512-byte hdwr sectors (1 MB)
sdg: Write Protect is off
sdg: Mode Sense: 00 46 02 00
sdg: assuming drive cache: write through
 sdg: unknown partition table
sd 36:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sdg
sd 36:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg6 type 0
  Vendor: MITSUMI   Model: USB FDD 061M  Rev: 2.00
  Type:   Direct-Access  ANSI SCSI revision: 00
SCSI device sdh: 2880 512-byte hdwr sectors (1 MB)
sdh: Write Protect is off
sdh: Mode Sense: 00 46 02 00
sdh: assuming drive cache: write through
SCSI device sdh: 2880 512-byte hdwr sectors (1 MB)
sdh: Write Protect is off
sdh: Mode Sense: 00 46 02 00
sdh: assuming drive cache: write through
 sdh: unknown partition table
sd 36:0:0:1: Attached scsi removable disk sdh
sd 36:0:0:1: Attached scsi generic sg7 type 0
  Vendor: MITSUMI   Model: USB FDD 061M  Rev: 2.00
  Type:   Direct-Access  ANSI SCSI revision: 00
SCSI device sdi: 2880 512-byte hdwr sectors (1 MB)
sdi: Write Protect is off
sdi: Mode Sense: 00 46 02 00
sdi: assuming drive cache: write through
SCSI device sdi: 2880 512-byte hdwr sectors (1 MB)
sdi: Write Protect is off
sdi: Mode Sense: 00 46 02 00
sdi: assuming drive cache: write through
 sdi: unknown partition table
sd 36:0:0:2: Attached scsi removable disk sdi
sd 36:0:0:2: Attached scsi generic sg8 type 0
  Vendor: MITSUMI   Model: USB FDD 061M  Rev: 2.00
  Type:   Direct-Access  ANSI SCSI revision: 00
SCSI device sdj: 2880 512-byte hdwr sectors (1 MB)
sdj: Write Protect is off
sdj: Mode Sense: 00 46 02 00
sdj: assuming drive cache: write through
SCSI device sdj: 2880 512-byte hdwr sectors (1 MB)
sdj: Write Protect is off
sdj: Mode Sense: 00 46 02 00
sdj: assuming drive cache: write through
 sdj:<3>FAT: utf8 is not a recommended IO charset for FAT filesystems,
filesystem will be case sensitive!
 unknown partition table
sd 36:0:0:3: Attached scsi removable disk sdj
sd 36:0:0:3: Attached scsi generic sg9 type 0
  Vendor: MITSUMI   Model: USB FDD 061M  Rev: 2.00
  Type:   Direct-Access  ANSI SCSI revision: 00
SCSI device sdk: 2880 512-byte hdwr sectors (1 MB)
sdk: Write Protect is off
sdk: Mode Sense: 00 46 02 00
sdk: assuming drive cache: write through
SCSI device sdk: 2880 512-byte hdwr s

Disk drive recovery help

[tony mollica]

Hello.

Need a little help with a disk drive.

Until today, my external storage drive was working fine using Debian 4.0 
(latest updates)
and ext2 file system.  It's a 180Gig drive divided into 3 partitions, 1 
primary and 2 logical,

sdg1, sdg5 and sdg6, for example.

I did two things, after which the drive acts unusual.  It powers up but 
takes a few minutes,
then automounts only the third partition(sdg6).  I can mount the second 
partition

manually(sdg5), but the first, and only, primary partiton(sdg1) isn't found.

cfdisk shows all partitions normally.  I can e2fsck 5 and 6, but not 1.
dmesg shows a read error in the sector that partition 1 begins.
Can't access sdg1 at all, tried several different disk programs to 
access the

partition.

Back to the two things.  I tried to change the disk label, 
unsuccessfully,  and there
was a call to check the partition, so I unmounted it and e2fsck'd it. 
Now I can only
get to 2 of the 3 partitions.  Everything seems to be there, but it 
won't recognize
the first and only primary partition.  All the sector numbers seem to 
match using

gpart, lde, cfdisk and fdisk.

Looking for suggestions to find the error in the first partition.

thanks

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Re: Disk drive recovery help

[tony mollica]

Thorny wrote:

On Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:29:16 -0700, tony mollica posted:


Hello.

Need a little help with a disk drive.

Until today, my external storage drive was working fine using Debian 4.0
(latest updates)
and ext2 file system.  It's a 180Gig drive divided into 3 partitions, 1
primary and 2 logical,
sdg1, sdg5 and sdg6, for example.

I did two things, after which the drive acts unusual.  It powers up but
takes a few minutes,
then automounts only the third partition(sdg6).  I can mount the second
partition
manually(sdg5), but the first, and only, primary partiton(sdg1) isn't
found.

cfdisk shows all partitions normally.  I can e2fsck 5 and 6, but not 1.
dmesg shows a read error in the sector that partition 1 begins. Can't
access sdg1 at all, tried several different disk programs to access the
partition.

Back to the two things.  I tried to change the disk label, unsuccessfully,
 and there
was a call to check the partition, so I unmounted it and e2fsck'd it. Now
I can only
get to 2 of the 3 partitions.  Everything seems to be there, but it won't
recognize
the first and only primary partition.  All the sector numbers seem to
match using
gpart, lde, cfdisk and fdisk.

Looking for suggestions to find the error in the first partition.



Just to clear up a misconception, you have to have a primary
partition to hold the logical partitions.  So, make sure we are talking
about things correctly. With fdisk do you see both primaries with one
being shown as extended (and containing the logical partitions)?

With the partition you are having trouble with unmounted, do you get an
error message when you try to fsck it?


Yes, the necessary partitions are there.  fdisk, cfdisk and testdisk all 
show
the right stuff.  Partition 1 is the problem, the other 2 I can mount 
normally.
If I fsck part1 I get the message that no sdg1 exists (the drive is an 
external

USB that used to have sdg1, sdg5 and sdg6).  Testdisk even finds all the
files.  I thinking that there is some sort of hardware read error that's 
keeping

the OS from recognizing the partition for mounting.  I'm running some tests
on the drive but I'll post that short error message from fsck shortly.

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Re: Disk drive recovery help

[tony mollica]

Thorny wrote:

On Wed, 08 Apr 2009 07:38:26 -0700, tony mollica posted:


Thorny wrote:

On Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:29:16 -0700, tony mollica posted:


Hello.

Need a little help with a disk drive.

Until today, my external storage drive was working fine using Debian
4.0 (latest updates)
and ext2 file system.  It's a 180Gig drive divided into 3 partitions,
1 primary and 2 logical,
sdg1, sdg5 and sdg6, for example.

I did two things, after which the drive acts unusual.  It powers up
but takes a few minutes,
then automounts only the third partition(sdg6).  I can mount the
second partition
manually(sdg5), but the first, and only, primary partiton(sdg1) isn't
found.

cfdisk shows all partitions normally.  I can e2fsck 5 and 6, but not
1. dmesg shows a read error in the sector that partition 1 begins.
Can't access sdg1 at all, tried several different disk programs to
access the partition.

Back to the two things.  I tried to change the disk label,
unsuccessfully,
 and there
was a call to check the partition, so I unmounted it and e2fsck'd it.
Now I can only
get to 2 of the 3 partitions.  Everything seems to be there, but it
won't recognize
the first and only primary partition.  All the sector numbers seem to
match using
gpart, lde, cfdisk and fdisk.

Looking for suggestions to find the error in the first partition.



Just to clear up a misconception, you have to have a primary partition
to hold the logical partitions.  So, make sure we are talking about
things correctly. With fdisk do you see both primaries with one being
shown as extended (and containing the logical partitions)?

With the partition you are having trouble with unmounted, do you get an
error message when you try to fsck it?



Yes, the necessary partitions are there.  fdisk, cfdisk and testdisk all
show
the right stuff.  Partition 1 is the problem, the other 2 I can mount
normally.
If I fsck part1 I get the message that no sdg1 exists (the drive is an
external
USB that used to have sdg1, sdg5 and sdg6).  Testdisk even finds all the
files.  I thinking that there is some sort of hardware read error that's
keeping
the OS from recognizing the partition for mounting.  I'm running some
tests on the drive but I'll post that short error message from fsck
shortly.

 
Tony, I think you missed my point. In order for there to be three usable

partitions on your system there has to be a physical partition to hold
logical partitions 5 and 6, you must have two primary partitions.

Post the output from fdisk -l.


Thorny, I know what you're asking, I just wasn't clear.  But yes, the 
partition

is there (or here):

fdisk -l output:

Disk /dev/sdg: 184.4 GB, 184416067584 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 22420 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot  Start End  Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdg1   *   1729558597056   83  Linux
/dev/sdg27296   22420   121491562+   f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sdg57296   1459058597056   83  Linux
/dev/sdg6   14591   2242062894443+  83  Linux


I'm having no problems with the extended partitions, only the first
primary.  All the number look good, just doesn't recognize sdg1
for mounting, or for fsck.

# fsck /dev/sdg1
fsck 1.40-WIP (14-Nov-2006)
e2fsck 1.40-WIP (14-Nov-2006)
fsck.ext2: No such file or directory while trying to open /dev/sdg1

The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2
filesystem.  If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2
filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the superblock
is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock:
e2fsck -b 8193 

All the partitioning software and disk utilities find the partitions. 
The first

primary partition is not found or recognized.  Tried backup superblocks
too, but if it doesn't find the device, it won't find the data.

All the data is there, I can see it with testdisk, I just can't retrieve 
or do

anything with it.

thanks,

-
tony


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Mousewheel operation - successful update

[tony mollica]

Found the problem and it was not a config issue.
Used xev to view the button numbers and there was no action for left tilt.
Used some compressed air and a few taps on the desk with the mouse and
all is working again.  'Percussive maintenance' it think it's called.


***previous post***


For the last two days I've been trying to find some information on this 
problem:
I used to be able to use the mousewheel left-right to page back and 
forward in
history in Firefox.  Unfortunately, I upgraded three things at one time: 
 the usual

Debian updates, Firefox from 29 to 30 and Mate from 1.6 to 1.8, and now I'm
unable to find the location of the setting to make this work again.  I'd 
appreciate

any suggestions on where to look to fix this.  I'm thinking Firefox but the
mousewheel parameters are a bit cryptic.

thanks,
tjm


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