[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> for future reference, if you know your system is missing a particular
> file, you may be able to locate which package it may reside in by
> using one of the search interfaces at:
>
> http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages
>
> i have found them to be quite useful on a
"Neil L. Roeth" wrote:
> I upgraded my Sony Vaio 505VE from slink to potato, and then upgraded
> the kernel from 2.0.38 to 2.2.17. Using potato with 2.0.38 is no
> problem, but with 2.2.17 there are a couple of problems, perhaps
> related.
>
> syslog gives me an error at bootup. I can reproduc
stephan wrote:
> I have just almost successfully installed X on my laptop. My last
> problem is this:
> I have a 1024x768 screen, yet I can only seem to get it to come up as
> 320x200.
> So basically there is a small window in the middle of my screen that
> displays X,
> and the graphics are rathe
What is the output of "X -probeonly" ?
What resolutions does it recognise ?
Brendan Simon.
stephan wrote:
> Ok - the XF86Setup error is this:
> _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect - Can't connect error no 111
>
> I get it when it Attempts to start the X server.
> hope that helps a bit more
>
> stephan wro
Tim Brown wrote:
> Hi, i just subscribed to th list, im gona be installing Debian on a 233mhx
> BFIComputer laptop
> My names Tim Brown and i live in va. USA
>
> I hope u guys can help thru the process of installing adn settin up debian
> and X Windows/Gnome
Sure. It is fairly easy. Make sure y
Has anyone got XFree86 version 4.0 working on the new PowerBook or on a
G4 system. If so, what kernels did you use and could you post an
XF86Config file.
I can get an X cursor on the G4, but the screen is bright green. I
can't get any xdm login screens or window managers running. I'm not
sure if
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> for future reference, if you know your system is missing a particular
> file, you may be able to locate which package it may reside in by
> using one of the search interfaces at:
>
> http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages
>
> i have found them to be quite useful on a n
"Neil L. Roeth" wrote:
> I upgraded my Sony Vaio 505VE from slink to potato, and then upgraded
> the kernel from 2.0.38 to 2.2.17. Using potato with 2.0.38 is no
> problem, but with 2.2.17 there are a couple of problems, perhaps
> related.
>
> syslog gives me an error at bootup. I can reproduce
Doing an "apt-cache search netware" will give you some packages to
investigate.
$ apt-cache search netware
lg-issue34 - Issue 34 of the Linux Gazette.
ncpfs - Utilities to use resources from NetWare servers.
Obviously the ncpfs is one to try out.
Regards,
Brendan Simon.
Andreas Mohr wrote:
I installed a debian system on a PowerMac G4 some time ago. I had to do
this because there were no boot CDs available at that time and of course
the PowerMac does not have a floppy drive. You can check the
debian-powerpc archives for details of how to do it. Mail from Ethan
Benson was the mo
tom wrote:
OK,
I got potato to work
how do I upgrade to a new branch?
change the /etc/apt/sources.list from 'stable' to 'woody' or
'testing'
I would go testing unless you really really wanted the bleeding edge
stuff. I imagine debian developers would use unstable but I have just
upgrad
xsdg wrote:
(dhcpcd is obsolete; It's been removed from Debian because it is
This is the wrong program! DHCPD == "DHCP Daemon", aka, the DHCP server. The
program I believe you are talking about is DHClient, or a DHCP Client.
Be very carefull
dhcpd is the DHCP Daemon.
dhcpcd is the D
Peter Cordes wrote:
Anyway, now that I've got it installed on my IA32 box (it's got broken deps
on powerpc :(, it doesn't seem to ever show anything about recommended or
suggested packages, though. I like how dselect lets you see the raw package
info if you want to. I read the man page and the
I thought netenv was used for different profiles (eg. home, office, other).
Brendan Simon.
Mike Fedyk wrote:
On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 09:30:11PM -0400, Matt Pepper wrote:
Hi -
I have a Dell laptop I am endeavoring to put Debian on however I have a
query I'd like to get answered first. Does
My machine boots at home without a network connection, though it does
take a lot longer to boot due to DHCP timeouts.
I'm using an Apple G3 PowerBook with the builtin ethernet connection.
Brendan Simon.
Matt Pepper wrote:
My biggest concern is that I wonder if the PC card ethernet port wi
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The only ways I could think of you getting a secure UDP channel is to use
IPSec (if it actually does UDP). However as UDP is only used in
games/video/audio streaming there shouldn't be a need for encryption,
officially. However for things like video/audio converferen
Are you using devfs ???
I had to modify /etc/devfs/perms (or something like that) to get a user
to access the serial ports via minicom.
Cheers,
Brendan Simon.
Tom Allison wrote:
I've got a USB camera working, but only on root.
I get the error Couldn't open device /dev/usb/dc2xx
But root
Doing an "apt-cache search netware" will give you some packages to
investigate.
$ apt-cache search netware
lg-issue34 - Issue 34 of the Linux Gazette.
ncpfs - Utilities to use resources from NetWare servers.
Obviously the ncpfs is one to try out.
Regards,
Brendan Simon.
Andreas Mohr wrote:
>
I installed a debian system on a PowerMac G4 some time ago. I had to do
this because there were no boot CDs available at that time and of course
the PowerMac does not have a floppy drive. You can check the
debian-powerpc archives for details of how to do it. Mail from Ethan
Benson was the m
tom wrote:
> OK,
> I got potato to work
> how do I upgrade to a new branch?
>
> change the /etc/apt/sources.list from 'stable' to 'woody' or
> 'testing'
I would go testing unless you really really wanted the bleeding edge
stuff. I imagine debian developers would use unstable but I have ju
xsdg wrote:
>> (dhcpcd is obsolete; It's been removed from Debian because it is
>
> This is the wrong program! DHCPD == "DHCP Daemon", aka, the DHCP server. The
>program I believe you are talking about is DHClient, or a DHCP Client.
Be very carefull
dhcpd is the DHCP Daemon.
dhcpcd is
Peter Cordes wrote:
> Anyway, now that I've got it installed on my IA32 box (it's got broken deps
> on powerpc :(, it doesn't seem to ever show anything about recommended or
> suggested packages, though. I like how dselect lets you see the raw package
> info if you want to. I read the man page
I thought netenv was used for different profiles (eg. home, office, other).
Brendan Simon.
Mike Fedyk wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 09:30:11PM -0400, Matt Pepper wrote:
>
>> Hi -
>>
>> I have a Dell laptop I am endeavoring to put Debian on however I have a
>> query I'd like to get answere
My machine boots at home without a network connection, though it does
take a lot longer to boot due to DHCP timeouts.
I'm using an Apple G3 PowerBook with the builtin ethernet connection.
Brendan Simon.
Matt Pepper wrote:
> My biggest concern is that I wonder if the PC card ethernet port wi
Are you using devfs ???
I had to modify /etc/devfs/perms (or something like that) to get a user
to access the serial ports via minicom.
Cheers,
Brendan Simon.
Tom Allison wrote:
> I've got a USB camera working, but only on root.
>
> I get the error Couldn't open device /dev/usb/dc2xx
> But
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>The only ways I could think of you getting a secure UDP channel is to use
>IPSec (if it actually does UDP). However as UDP is only used in
>games/video/audio streaming there shouldn't be a need for encryption,
>officially. However for things like video/audio converfe
Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>>>"Alec" == Alec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>>
>
> Alec> I'm wondering what everyone's motivation is for using Linux on a laptop
> Alec> instead of Cygwin + Windows.
>
> Why would one want a slow, bloated PDA that crashes often and
> does not come bundled in
Manoj Srivastava wrote:
"Alec" == Alec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Alec> I'm wondering what everyone's motivation is for using Linux on a laptop
Alec> instead of Cygwin + Windows.
Why would one want a slow, bloated PDA that crashes often and
does not come bundled in with a dece
Serge Rey wrote:
Ofoo Fri, Mar 08, 2002 at 06:47:04AM -0800, Serge Rey wrote:
hi,
i'm running testing on a vaio z505r with X 4. this was all running
fine. my problem started after doing a new kernel (2.4.17) to try to
get a backpack cdrw working through the parallel port. installing the
new
Try the debian-powerpc lists. They might be able to help you too since
an Apple Airport is in use. I've used a PowerBook with debian and had
link speeds of 1 and 2 Mbps with Airport & Airport BaseStation (at least
thats what iwconfig showed).
Regards,
Brendan Simon.
Dean Roman wrote:
steve thompson wrote:
I am trying to get cd writing working on a Fujitsu
Lifebook P-2040, which has an internal removal
cd-rw/dvdrom.
First, does anyone recommend any particular cd burning
software?
I installed xcdroast, but have not been able to set it
up so far. If I try as user, it sa
Would using a USB moue help any ?
USB is plug and play and is detected dynamically on connection and
disconnection. Maybe you could run a script when the USB mouse is
connected/disconnected ???
Cheers,
Brendan Simon.
Jeff wrote:
Oh Ye Debian Guru's!
I have a Dell Latitude CPx with the c
Serge Rey wrote:
>Ofoo Fri, Mar 08, 2002 at 06:47:04AM -0800, Serge Rey wrote:
>
>>hi,
>>
>>i'm running testing on a vaio z505r with X 4. this was all running
>>fine. my problem started after doing a new kernel (2.4.17) to try to
>>get a backpack cdrw working through the parallel port. installin
Try the debian-powerpc lists. They might be able to help you too since
an Apple Airport is in use. I've used a PowerBook with debian and had
link speeds of 1 and 2 Mbps with Airport & Airport BaseStation (at least
thats what iwconfig showed).
Regards,
Brendan Simon.
Dean Roman wrote:
>G
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