Re: apt-get update seg fault

1999-04-16 Thread Matt Porter
On Sat, 17 Apr 1999, Hartmut Koptein wrote: > > I'm using the base2_2.tgz base system configured from scratch on my > > Motorola PReP box. I decided to use dselect/apt to add some packages onto > > the base system and here is what I got when apt went to update the package > > lists: > > Which ve

Re: Failed base upgrade to bash 2.02

1999-04-16 Thread Konstantinos Margaritis
On Sat, 17 Apr 1999, Hartmut Koptein wrote: >> When I upgraded all of my base packages, bash broke. libc6 went from >> 2.1->2.1.1 and the current bash binary is dependent on 2.1. It segfaulted >> with the new library when attempting to run the bash.prerm script. >> Extracting the new bash binary

Re: Failed base upgrade to bash 2.02

1999-04-16 Thread Hartmut Koptein
> When I upgraded all of my base packages, bash broke. libc6 went from > 2.1->2.1.1 and the current bash binary is dependent on 2.1. It segfaulted > with the new library when attempting to run the bash.prerm script. > Extracting the new bash binary allowed me to complete the exercise. > > Seems

Re: apt-get update seg fault

1999-04-16 Thread Hartmut Koptein
> I'm using the base2_2.tgz base system configured from scratch on my > Motorola PReP box. I decided to use dselect/apt to add some packages onto > the base system and here is what I got when apt went to update the package > lists: Which version of apt? 0.3.4 ? > ERROR > http://http.us.debian.o

Failed base upgrade to bash 2.02

1999-04-16 Thread Matt Porter
When I upgraded all of my base packages, bash broke. libc6 went from 2.1->2.1.1 and the current bash binary is dependent on 2.1. It segfaulted with the new library when attempting to run the bash.prerm script. Extracting the new bash binary allowed me to complete the exercise. Seems like bash 2.

Re: tzconfig says awk is not posix compatible

1999-04-16 Thread Hartmut Koptein
> Ok, so my timezone didn't get setup since I had to configure my system by > hand, but I don't follow why tzselect says awk is not posix. Is a > different version used on the boot/install floppies? The failure is > below: > > --- > Setting up timezones (2.0.100-2) ... > You don't have a default

Re: tzconfig says awk is not posix compatible

1999-04-16 Thread Matt Porter
On Fri, 16 Apr 1999, Matt Porter wrote: I hate to followup myself, but I just ran /usr/bin/tzconfig from the commandline and was able to set it up. Ran dpkg --configure again and didn't get any complaints about awk. > Ok, so my timezone didn't get setup since I had to configure my system by > ha

tzconfig says awk is not posix compatible

1999-04-16 Thread Matt Porter
Ok, so my timezone didn't get setup since I had to configure my system by hand, but I don't follow why tzselect says awk is not posix. Is a different version used on the boot/install floppies? The failure is below: --- Setting up timezones (2.0.100-2) ... You don't have a default time zone Runni

apt-get update seg fault

1999-04-16 Thread Matt Porter
I'm using the base2_2.tgz base system configured from scratch on my Motorola PReP box. I decided to use dselect/apt to add some packages onto the base system and here is what I got when apt went to update the package lists: --- Get http://http.us.debian.org unstable/contrib Packages Get http:/

Re: poor X performance

1999-04-16 Thread Konstantinos Margaritis
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Fri, 16 Apr 1999, Manuel Sickert wrote: >Hi all, > >working with debian-ppc for some months now I'm very happy with it >but one thing is still not understood: >Why is the performance (display speed) of the X window system so poor >on the powerpc? >My machine i

poor X performance

1999-04-16 Thread Manuel Sickert
Hi all, working with debian-ppc for some months now I'm very happy with it but one thing is still not understood: Why is the performance (display speed) of the X window system so poor on the powerpc? My machine is a G3 and scrolling in xterm window (vi, less, etc.) is incredibly slow (about 3 upda

Re: Problem with new bash "exec" shell script command on PPC

1999-04-16 Thread Ande R. Son
I dont know much.. but try replacing #!/bin/sh with #!/bin/bash, and see if it works. because in linuxppc, there is a symbolic link from sh to bash. and there might not be the link in the debian ppc release or something. I dont really know because I dont have debian installed... how is it? oh we