Success!
Thanks to everyone's copious outpouring of hints and advice, I easily fixed
both my .profile and my printing problems.
1. I'm using bash and sure enough both the .bash_profile and .bashrc files
were sitting right there in the user's home directory waiting to be noticed.
I'm guessing th
Hi folks, this list is not very active so no one would have
noticed that the debian-talk incarnation of majordomo was not
working for the last few weeks. Hehe, we installed debian on
the list servers host... and, in short, messed up with the
lists we are carrying in the changeover. All I have is an
On Thu, 08 Aug 1996 10:34:27 +1000 Mark Phillips ([EMAIL PROTECTED]
edu.au) wrote:
> >It would be helpful if you could tell us what version of the packages
> >you have installed. For example, if you would run this commands:
> >
> > dpkg -l *tex*
>
> I noticed that this doesn't work under tc
At 01:33 PM 8/8/96 +0800, Lindsay Allen wrote:
>2) Something amiss with hostname. When I boot I get the message:
>none: Host name lookup failure
I came across the same thing. A closer look at /etc/init.d/network learned
that if one selects 'none' for the Gateway, an entry GATEWAY=none i
So what was the decision about /bin/perl, and the packages that depend
on it right now (kernel-*, etc). Should it be a symlink, or should
these packages just be fixed?
Just wanted to know so know whether or not I should create the link or
patch the scripts on my systems.
Thanks
--
Rob
I have installed Linux (Debian 1.1) on a friend's computer,
but can't get X to work as it complains about not being able to
find the mouse.
The system is a Gateway 2000 DX2/66 with Cirrus Logic 5434
and what seems to be a "PS/2" mouse.
I have linked /dev/mouse -> /dev/psmouse (-> /dev/psaux)
At 05:49 PM 8/7/96 -0400, Susan G. Kleinmann wrote:
>
>Hi Chris --
>
>You said:
>> I tried to post to the linux.debian.user newsgroup without success.
>There isn't any newsgroup -- just this mailing list.
>
There is a group called linux.debian.user that I can access with my
News Xpress program ope
>
> I've been asked which graphics card to get for a purchase of 5
> systems to run Linux. There are a lot of new cards out there
> and new versions of cards I was familiar with but enough has
> changed that I'm not sure exactly what to specify.
>
> I and some friends have Mach64 cards at home t
On Thu, 8 Aug 1996, Mark Phillips wrote:
> > dpkg -l *tex*
>
> I noticed that this doesn't work under tcsh, but does work under
> bash. Is there a difference between how the * character is treated
> under the two shells?
Yes, there is a difference when the globbing doesn't expand to
anythi
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> During installation I was prompted to select some modules to
> install.
>
> I wanted nfs but it replied
>
> nfs_mknod undefined
> nfs_sillyrename_create undefined
> nfs_create undefined undefined
> nfs_mkdir undefined undefined
>Tim O'Brien wrote:
>
>> Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I think there is a problem with the
>> Diamond card. If memory serves me well, Diamond does not publicize code
>> to drive their cards without signing a non-disclosure agreement. Since
>> Linux includes all source code under GNU, this wo
It seems that I have nearly conquered my uucp and sendmail installation.
Thanks to the contribution of this list, no doubt.
Receiving mail works like a charm. Outbound mail gets queued as one might
expect. Uucico does its jobs. Log files show my mail has left my machine. It
just does not arrive at
On Tue, 6 Aug 1996, David C Winters wrote:
>
> Now, to explain the question, since I can't understand the
> Subject: line and I wrote it myself...
>
> I've got approximately 50 machines I need to build. My best
> option for the initial system build, unless I've missed something, w
On Tue, 6 Aug 1996, chris beamis wrote:
>
> 2. another problem, which I didn't have under Slackware, is using a .profile
> in the user's home area. I have just one line in it, "alias 'lo'=exit" which
> has always worked before but the lo commanded doesn't get recognized. I also
> tried renaming t
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>I've managed to get myself in a catch-22 kind of dilemma. In an effort
>to get a working 2.0.0 kernel with the proper options to support IP
>masquerading, somehow or other both my kernel-image and kernel-source
>packages have gotte
In your email to me, Mark Phillips, you wrote:
>
> > Mark> Is there any way for mirror to discern timezone differences and
> > Mark> adjust times accordingly? If the answer is no, then surely we should
> > Mark> ask all debian mirrors not to alter time stamps?
> >
> >We could try to persuade _
Mark Phillips wrote:
:
: >you have installed. For example, if you would run this commands:
: > dpkg -l *tex*
: I noticed that this doesn't work under tcsh, but does work under
: bash. Is there a difference between how the * character is treated
: under the two shells?
Under sh-lish shells
We have a Sun lab where all the home directories are automounted using
Sun's 'automount' command. Now we're adding 20 Debian boxes to this lab.
The home directories are all 'automounted' under /home/users (so user
'foo' has home dir /home/users/foo). Where to get each home dir is
described by the
On Tue, 6 Aug 1996, Steve Gaarder wrote:
> I am installing Debian 1.1.1 on a generic clone with an AMD 486 on an
> Opti-based motherboard. If I have the internal cache enabled in setup,
> I get the error "invalid compressed format" after the "uncompressing
> Linux" message. If I disable the cach
On Wed, 7 Aug 1996 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Thanks for the try Guy, but no help there. Been there, done that. The
> remove (or forced install) doesn't work either, for the same reason.
> The prerem and/or the postrem script fails. Actually, I thought the force
> option would be the answer, bu
I've compiled custom kernels that weren't part of any debian
distribution yet (2.0.7 patched with aic7xxx fixes). In
/var/adm/messages there's a complaint that the booting kernel couldn't
read the map. Checking old /var/adm/messages, it appears that what's
wanted is the file System.map which appe
Steve Gaarder wrote:
>
> I am installing Debian 1.1.1 on a generic clone with an AMD 486 on an
> Opti-based motherboard. If I have the internal cache enabled in setup,
> I get the error "invalid compressed format" after the "uncompressing
> Linux" message. If I disable the cache, it boots fine.
Hi Chris --
You said:
> I tried to post to the linux.debian.user newsgroup without success.
There isn't any newsgroup -- just this mailing list.
> Anyway, I just installed Debian 1.1.2 in late July (my first Debian
> installation), with a few problems. ...
>
> 1. dselect didn't configure lpr c
Mark,
When using wildcards in bash, the shell attempts to expand them, but
if it finds nothing that matches the specified pattern, it passes the
wildcard string to the command. Quoting the wildcard pattern causes
the shell to pass it as a single argument to the command.
In your case, since th
Just a note .. if you have a ~/.bash_profile file than bash will ignore your
.profile file.
Don't forget everyone here is making an assumption you are using the bash
shell .. if you are using a csh derivative than the .profile will be
ignored and those same commands will not work.
The csh version
On Wed, 7 Aug 1996, Mark Phillips wrote:
> >When installing gpm, I set my mouse device to /dev/ttys0... Then, I =
> >pointed everything else that wanted a mouse device to /dev/mouse. =
>
> What is the difference between
>
> /dev/ttys1, /dev/cua1 and /dev/mouse (a soft link)
>
> and when should
>Hi Mark --
>You asked:
>> because I'd said:
>> >It would be helpful if you could tell us what version of the packages
>> >you have installed. For example, if you would run this commands:
>> >
>> > dpkg -l *tex*
>>
>> I noticed that this doesn't work under tcsh, but does work under
>> bash.
On Tue, 6 Aug 1996 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Is there some way to force dpkg to reinstall (or remove) in spite of the
> error it encounters attempting to remove the older package first?
Type `dpkg --force-help' for instructions on forcing options. I think
you want --force-remove-reinstreq. Be
Hi jj,
You are lucky! we must be the only Debian Linux users with the same mouse
and graphic card on this planet :-). From reading your mail it seems you have
gone all the way through it... Oooops!!! Wait a minute. Try:
# gpm -t 'bm' -m /dev/inportbm
Remember from the busmouse HOWTO: one
Hi,
I installed Debian GNU/Linux base system using floppies ( 0.93R6 kernel
1.2.13)
My problem is, I have a IDE ATAPI Mitsumi 4X CD ROM connected to first IDE
as
secondary device which is recognized at boot time
hdb: FX001DE, ATAPI, CDROM
I also notice that it loads 'isofs' filesystem .
When
I've been asked which graphics card to get for a purchase of 5
systems to run Linux. There are a lot of new cards out there
and new versions of cards I was familiar with but enough has
changed that I'm not sure exactly what to specify.
I and some friends have Mach64 cards at home that we bought a
On 14:19:59 Guy Maor wrote:
>>On Tue, 6 Aug 1996 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> Is there some way to force dpkg to reinstall (or remove) in spite of the
>> error it encounters attempting to remove the older package first?
>
>Type `dpkg --force-help' for instructions on forcing options. I think
>yo
Hello,
Firstly let me introduce myself as a B. Tech Computer Science and
Engineering student at University of Mauritius. For my final year, I have
to do a project namely:
'Design and Implementation of a Dynamic Domain Name Server for host
configuration on a LAN.' If, for e. g., a new server joins
On Wed, 7 Aug 1996, Mark Phillips wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a friend who I am trying to help install debian 1.1. He has an
> ET4000/W32p graphics card. I installed the appropriate server, went
> through the xbase-configure program to create an XF86Config file, and
> then ran "X -probeonly 2> out.
On Tue, 6 Aug 1996, Steve Gaarder wrote:
> I am installing Debian 1.1.1 on a generic clone with an AMD 486 on an
> Opti-based motherboard. If I have the internal cache enabled in setup,
> I get the error "invalid compressed format" after the "uncompressing
> Linux" message. If I disable the cach
On Tue, 06 Aug 1996 09:24:01 GMT, you wrote:
>I am to in this situation: waiting for the CD for 4 weeks. I can't
>have any response from Simon Shapiro (I-Connect) on my order since 2
>weeks so I am considering to ftp the files and master a CD for my use.
>
>bye, Daniel
>
>
>--
>Daniel ANDRE, [EMAI
Jim Pick wrote on 08 Aug 1996 04:44:21 +1000:
wb2oyc> <...> In an effort to get a working 2.0.0 kernel with the
wb2oyc> proper options <...> results in errors during the prerem
wb2oyc> or postrem scripts for both the source and image package.
Jim> I had the same problem with a vir
> I tried to use dselect to
> purge the kernel-source package and again dpkg crashed, this time
> leaving me with a hung system. All I could do was power cycle my
> machine since the keyboard was apparently frozen and I could not
> log in on any other consoles. This left me with a bad disk which
Hi Mark --
You asked:
> because I'd said:
> >It would be helpful if you could tell us what version of the packages
> >you have installed. For example, if you would run this commands:
> >
> > dpkg -l *tex*
>
> I noticed that this doesn't work under tcsh, but does work under
> bash. Is there
I just set up a Linux system on a Syquest EZ135 removable IDE drive. Everything
seems to work but I get this message (the one on the subject line) about 36
times during boot when the disk is being mounted. It also throws in the message:
VFS: Root device 03:01: prepare for Armageddon
Fortunately
At 03:13 PM 8/7/96 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>On Tue, 6 Aug 1996, chris beamis wrote:
>
>>
>> 2. another problem, which I didn't have under Slackware, is using a .profile
>> in the user's home area. I have just one line in it, "alias 'lo'=exit" which
>> has always worked before but the lo co
I hesitate to burden the list with an email that's more reminiscent
of "Days of our Lives" than a bug report, but having suggested a couple of
days ago that there might be problems with Linux's handling of memory or
SCSI interfaces, I thought it might be constructive to report that the
problems I
On 7 Aug 1996, Jim Pick wrote:
> I had the same problem with a virgin Debian 1.1 installation. I
> investigated and found that the kernel-image/kernel-source postinst
> and prerm scripts reference "#! /bin/perl".
>
> However, on my virgin Debian 1.1 installation, there was no
> symlink from /bi
On Tue, 6 Aug 1996, Robert Van Horn wrote:
> When I try to use ftp I get a message "ftp: can't find library 'librl.so.2'"
> I also am not able to find this library any of the places I looked.
I believe librl is the old a.out readline library. Are you running
Debian 0.93r6? I highly encourage yo
Syrus Nemat-Nasser wrote:
: On Wed, 7 Aug 1996, Mark Phillips wrote:
:
: > Hi,
: >
: > I have a friend who I am trying to help install debian 1.1. He has an
: > ET4000/W32p graphics card. I installed the appropriate server, went
[snipped]
:
: There are many problems with the ET4000/W32 cards.
> On Tue, 6 Aug 1996, chris beamis wrote:
>> 1. dselect didn't configure lpr correctly so I did it myself using the
>> printing HOWTO which I've done successfully many times before with Slackware
>> releases. Now root can print but users get the message, "usr can't create
>> /usr/spool/lpd/hp4p/.s
sure, just specify:
primary my.private.domain file.db
and all dns lookups for my.private.domain will work. If you're talking about
your "customers'" machines, that's a little tougher... the easiest trick is
to set them up to have cacheing DNS nameservers, and set:
forwarder
slave
Look at /usr/doc/amd there is a (untested!) script to convert automount to
amd maps.
Dominik Kubla
(Maintainer)
I had the same probs as Jay, and performed the same
solution as Lazaro, with equal success.
I used the kernel building package 'make-kpkg' to
build my custom kernel.
Jim
> Hi Jay,
> There have been some postings (since the 1.1.2 release) to this list
> reporting the same problem. Check last wee
Hi all,
I'm trying to compile mouse support into my kernel (2.0.6), but for the
life of me I can't get the mouse to function. I have a busmouse on an
ATI Graphics Ultra + card (which the HOWTO says is a regular busmouse,
NOT an ATI busmouse). When I run MSD under dos, it reports a busmouse
usi
Hi Chris -
Is there an existing .bash_profile in that directory? I believe Debian
by default gives you one. If so, .profile will not be read:
Login shells:
On login (subject to the -noprofile option):
if /etc/profile exists, source it.
Guy Maor wrote:
>
> On Tue, 6 Aug 1996, Steve Gaarder wrote:
>
> > I am installing Debian 1.1.1 on a generic clone with an AMD 486 on an
> > Opti-based motherboard. If I have the internal cache enabled in setup,
> > I get the error "invalid compressed format" after the "uncompressing
> > Linux"
As I see it, the installation floppies (1996-07-14) have three problems:
1) There are unresolved sysmbols in the nfs and de4x5 modules.
2) Something amiss with hostname. When I boot I get the message:
none: Host name lookup failure
at the point where boot executes
hostnam
On 6 Aug 1996, Andy Guy wrote:
> Al Youngwerth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Guy: could you move dpkg-ftp into unstable, this would avoid these
> problems.
I agree... IMHO, the current version of dpkg-ftp is certainly good enough
for 'unstable'. And since we're including it with the base disks
I would like to set up a dns on linux. This name server will serve a
private domain encompassing a wireless network.
I will very shortly have dial-in access to a ISP to provide internet
visibility to wireless network users.
Is it possible to configure a private dns to resolve a name query
On 23:36:54 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> masquerading, somehow or other both my kernel-image and kernel-source
>> packages have gotten to a state where I'm stuck fast!
>
>Before you try anything drastic, check the #!/... line of the
>post-install scripts for the kernel. Mine pointed to a non-
>exis
>It would be helpful if you could tell us what version of the packages
>you have installed. For example, if you would run this commands:
>
> dpkg -l *tex*
I noticed that this doesn't work under tcsh, but does work under
bash. Is there a difference between how the * character is treated
unde
Shaya Potter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I just got xanim compiled on my system with full for cinepack and indeo
> enconding, I also compiled in sound, but I have no idea if it works since
> I don't have a sound card on my linux box. If anyone want it, I will try
> to put it together as a pa
I will soon be purchasing a custom system to run Debian GNU/Linux. Since
I must get bids from different vendors, I might as well give detailed
specifications if that will enhance the performance with Linux.
Does anyone have comments on specific Pentium Pro motherboards?
For example, Bruce Perens
>On Wed, 7 Aug 1996, Mark Phillips wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a friend who I am trying to help install debian 1.1. He has an
>> ET4000/W32p graphics card. I installed the appropriate server, went
>> through the xbase-configure program to create an XF86Config file, and
>> then ran "X -probeonly
On Thu, 8 Aug 1996, Mark Phillips wrote:
> >On Wed, 7 Aug 1996, Mark Phillips wrote:
> >
> >There are many problems with the ET4000/W32 cards. You can try a beta
> >version from XFREE or try my solution--replace the card with one that
> >works under the present XFREE86 distribution.
>
> Hmm, I t
> W " "Bart," "Jr writes:
W> so which email package do you folks like?
For high-volume email users, I recommend Gnus which is a combined
mail/news reader package for Emacs. Emacs is a Debian package and
contains Gnus.
kai
--
What's a signature?
> I've managed to get myself in a catch-22 kind of dilemma. In an effort
> to get a working 2.0.0 kernel with the proper options to support IP
> masquerading, somehow or other both my kernel-image and kernel-source
> packages have gotten to a state where I'm stuck fast!
Before you try anything d
I just got xanim compiled on my system with full for cinepack and indeo
enconding, I also compiled in sound, but I have no idea if it works since
I don't have a sound card on my linux box. If anyone want it, I will try
to put it together as a package. It should be pretty easy just one file
is
Chris,
I had the same problem with my profile. My work around
was editing (creating?) the .bash_profile file. At least I think that's
it, I'm at school now. It's just like .profile , but renamed to confuse
us ! Good luck.
Mike.
On Wed, 7 Aug 1996,
>> But the interesting thing is that dpkg -l *tex* actually _works_ when
>> run under bash, leading me to think that the bash shell doesn't expand
>> the argument first.
>>
>Are you sure you tried dpkg -l *tex* in a directory where you know there's
>a file whose name matches the pattern *tex*, an
Is there any support under Debian Linux for displaying or editing Japanese
text?
Dear users,
This is in reply to some of the queries regarding the nfs module in
version 2.0.6 of the kernel. At least two people have responded with
the advice to recompile the kernel which seems to be a succesful
approach.
I have discovered however that the problem lies with the module nfs.o
On Wed, 7 Aug 1996, chris beamis wrote:
>
> Leszek,
> Sorry, I should have mentioned that it is the same .profile which I've
> always used successfully with Slackware releases. I was going from memory
> which is the only reason I got the quotes wrong. There is something else
> going on causing
At 11:19 PM 8/6/96 -0700, you wrote:
>
>Hi, I hope I'm doing this right. I tried to post to the linux.debian.user
>newsgroup without success.
>
>Anyway, I just installed Debian 1.1.2 in late July (my first Debian
>installation), with a few problems. I've fixed some of them thanks to this
>forum, bu
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Susan Kleinmann wrote:
:
: Hi Chris --
:
: You said:
: > I tried to post to the linux.debian.user newsgroup without success.
: There isn't any newsgroup -- just this mailing list.
Actually, linux.debian.user exists, but it appears to be a gateway from
the mailing
> "john" == John Houwen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I seem to have a similar problem with dselect/dpkg, but not
> with the dpkg-ftp option (haven't gotten that far yet)
> The dselect package has given me problems from the first. I
> made a few errors in my 1st attempt at the
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
chris beamis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>2. another problem, which I didn't have under Slackware, is using a .profile
>in the user's home area. I have just one line in it, "alias 'lo'=exit" which
>has always worked before but the lo commanded doesn't get recognized.
In article "John Houwen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>I have tried to remove these packages, but upon running either
>dselect or dpkg I get something along the lines of "Package is in an
>unstable/condititon please re-install before attempting to remove"
>
The kernel-image, kernel-source and k
> which puzzles me. Why does the order differ? (BTW, in a mono xterm it
> works like under Emacs.)
I'm even more surprised, as color_xterm maintainer -- because
color_xterm should only differ from mono xterm in, you guessed it,
color features... as far as I can tell I'm building it with the same
>2. another problem, which I didn't have under Slackware, is using a .profile
>in the user's home area. I have just one line in it, "alias 'lo'=exit" which
>has always worked before but the lo commanded doesn't get recognized. I also
>tried renaming the file to .login but still no luck. Any ideas?
Hi Mark --
You said:
> Very strange. Here is what I did on my system under bash:
>
> (mark, destiny)$ ls
> Maelstromgnuchesscmaelstromxonix
> Maelstrom_sound gnuchessnmirrormagic xp-replay
> acm gnuchessrnethack xpat2
> acms
>
>manually created the symlink
Jim,
THANKS! I'll give that a try.best suggestion I've heard today
:-)
Paul
>
>- Jim
Hi Mark --
You said:
> in response to:
> >Hi Mark --
> >You asked:
> >> because I'd said:
> >> >It would be helpful if you could tell us what version of the packages
> >> >you have installed. For example, if you would run this commands:
> >> >
> >> > dpkg -l *tex*
> >>
> >> I noticed that t
I'm trying to install Debian 1.1 and can't seem to get the loopback
device configured. At boot up the error:
SCIOADDRT: Invalid argument
appears when the /etc/init.d/network script runs. The offending line
in this script is:
route add -net 127.0.0.0
ifconfig reports (output below) that
> Yves Arrouye writes:
Yves> If only Motif would get these keys too, and differentiate
Yves> between backspace and delete, I'd be really happy.
I think Motif uses a way that involves the Multi_key keysym. Assign
this keysym to some key and see if you can use it as a Compose key for
Motif
> James D LaPlaine writes:
Jamie> I'm still struggling to get my PPP connection working
Jamie> properly. Although the chat script is making the connection,
Jamie> I can;t send any packets to any machine other than the one I
Jamie> am dailing in on. Even then it only works a little, I c
> Yves Arrouye writes:
Yves> - one user under VIP couldn't search because / is a prefix
Yves> key too :-(
Look at the function iso-accents-customize. Here's what I set up for
German:
; put this in site-start.el or in .emacs
(eval-after-load
"iso-acc"
'(progn
(setq iso-language
I recently posted a problem I was having installing a "special-kernel" with
the boot disk during the installation procedure. Gilbert Ramirez responded
indicating he had the same problem (error in format archive) with these
kernels, and the culpret was the "modules.tgz" file on the boot disk. It is
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