> > How about a (cron) job, that executed every time the
> > machine gets booted and that checks when the cron jobs
> > were executed for the last time. If these for were not
> > executed for say two days (weeks, months) then they
> > get executed regardless the actual hour, day, week of month.
>
On Jan 16, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Daniel S. Barclay) wrote:
>
>
> Given that those files are moved (change in current release relative to
> previous release), what happens if I re-install these packages?
>
> Will the old file be removed, or will I end up with two files?
> (I don't know how much the
>
> Zenon Fortuna wrote:
> >
> > Depending on the system setup, the most of the boot-up messages are also
> > collected into "/var/log/messages". At least my Debian system works like
> > that.
>
> this is unlikely to contain the kernel start up messages (as opposed to
> stuff that started after
>
> On Fri, 17 Jan 1997, Victor Torrico wrote:
>
> > When making a kernel 2.0.27 I do the following:
> >
> > make mrproper
> > make config
> > make dep
> > make clean
> > make zImage
> > make modules
> > make modules_install
> > make install
> >
> > The "make install" is not documented in the "
>
> Sad new. It seems like Debian1.2 on the Dec 1996 InfoMagic CD ROM is
> kind of broken: the X stuffs just would not install properly !!!
>
Not true !!
See ftp.fortuna.org:/pub/linux/Debian for Debian1.2 and then X3.2 installation
directly from InfoMagic CD#3 without (essential) problems.
>
> Hi,
> I unable to use xmkmf with my debian box. However, on my slackware box xmkmf
> run fine
> If i try to use xmkmf with my debian box, i receive the error message:
>
> mv -f Makefile Makefile.bak
> imake -DUseInstalled -I/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/config
> Imakefile.c:3: Imake.tmpl: No such file
On Fri, 17 Jan 1997, Martin Konold wrote:
> Every kernel release gets its own direcory in /etc/modules/
> So no need to backup the modules.
> The new directory gets created with
> make modules_install
Am I right in thinking that a module is a module is a module?
In other words, is the sound.o mo
On or about 16-Gen-97 14:43:24, Michael Laing wrote:
>The 'stcolor' driver in Alladdin Ghostscript 4.01 works well for me on
>my Epson Stylus. No 'scratching' required...
Where can I find Alladdin Ghostscript? Is it a commercial package or can I
download it from some place? Thanks
Bye
Giacomo Mu
Hi,
after reinstalling the system recently, I have been receving this message
from cron everytime it runs:
> From: root (Cron Daemon)
> To: root
> Subject: Cron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> run-parts /etc/cron.daily
> X-Cron-Env:
> X-Cron-Env:
>
> X-Cron-Env:
> X-Cron-Env:
> Status: RO
>
> run-parts
Regarding compiling and installing new kernels,
On 17 Jan 1997, Guy Maor wrote:
> Victor Torrico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > What exactly does "make install" do?
>
> See installkernel(8) and mkboot(8).
Hey, this is not a very elaborate answer.
I would like to know more about details o
On Thu, 16 Jan 1997, Kevin Traas wrote:
>
> I've heard of others having problems with getting a working version of the
> installation disks and I've tried doing what was suggested in each case -
> "download the image and write to a fresh floppy and try again" - however,
> that hasn't been helping
On Fri, 17 Jan 1997, H C Lai wrote:
> kind of broken: the X stuffs just would not install properly !!!
Check the Debian ftp site, there is some directory that discusses problems
with links. To come to think about it may be i-Connect CDs. I am sorry I
cannot give you more details.
> A guy in our l
Victor Torrico wrote:
>
> Dany Dionne wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> > syslogd overloads our debian box ( pentium 100 with 32 megs ram)
> > The cpu load goes up to 90% because of syslogd
> > Anyone have idea to solve the problem?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Dany Dionne
> > Physics Department
> > Univ
Dany Dionne wrote:
>
> Hi,
> syslogd overloads our debian box ( pentium 100 with 32 megs ram)
> The cpu load goes up to 90% because of syslogd
> Anyone have idea to solve the problem?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Dany Dionne
> Physics Department
> Universite Laval
>
sysklogd is trying to write t
[apologies if this is the second time you've seen this. I had a sendmail
problem.]
Thanks to all the people who replied on the list and by mail.
Unfortunately the problem is that this particular firewall (ANS Interlock)
requires you to login to the firewall first and then access the ftp site.
L
> "walter" == Walter Tautz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> other than pine. I would like a simple curses based reader
I use Gnus, which these days comes with emacs. It (emacs) runs
on almost any terminal or in a window - does that satisfy your
curses needs?. A word of caution - if you are
On Thu, 16 Jan 1997, Ricardo Kleemann wrote:
> Guys, has this been fixed in debian?
>
> If not, can anyone explain how to install an rpm package so I can try out
> rpm within debian? ;-)
Try alien. I think it's in debmake, but a quick check of the contents file
should let you know.
Luck,
Dwarf
I was trying to set up a debian box as a gateway from a small 4-bit
subnet to a larger 8-bit (class C?) subnet. I have the kernel
configured properly (I think), and I have the two network interfaces
on the gateway and the routes set up.
>From one of the machines on the 4-bit subnet I can ping al
Larry wrote:
> Does anyone have a good procedure for making a decent face file? As
> you can see with the proper tools, I've managed to create one, but the
> dithering is pretty bad. Has anyone else out there made a face, and if
> so, how'd you do it.
I just made mine a few days ago. I'm not su
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On Fri, 17 Jan 1997, David Wright wrote:
> Sometimes two or three times a day, this appears on the console (I
> extracted this from /var/log/messages and wrapped a few lines):
>
> kernel: invalid operand:
> kernel: CPU:0
> kernel: EIP:0010:[<0017>]
> kernel: EFLAGS: 00010207
Pl
On Fri, 17 Jan 1997, Paul Rightley wrote:
> The first problem is that syslogd is keeping the load on my machine at
> 1.0 even if nothin else is happenning with the system. At the same time
> I get huge numbers of 'The last message repeated 123456 times' appearing
> in /var/log/messages' Is there
"Daniel J. Mashao" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Jan 17 11:28:58 unix kernel: klogd 1.3-0, log source = /proc/kmsg started.
> Jan 17 11:28:59 unix kernel: Cannot find map file.
>
> What does it mean when it says it cannot find map file?
klogd will look for a map file in /boot/System.map, /System
On Thu, 16 Jan 1997, Daniel J. Mashao wrote:
> > You _did_ run 'make config' (or 'make menuconfig') to tell it to add
> > support for those devices, didn't you?
> I just ftped the file kernel-image-2.0.27_1.00.deb and ran dpkg on it.
I have never used the kernel_image packages, as I always compi
Paul Rightley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> The first problem is that syslogd is keeping the load on my machine at
> 1.0 even if nothin else is happenning with the system. At the same time
> I get huge numbers of 'The last message repeated 123456 times' appearing
> in /var/log/messages' Is there
On Fri, 17 Jan 1997, Pete Templin wrote:
Hi there,
> Ah-hah! Finally, what seems to be a simple sequence of commands for
> building a new kernel. But what must I do to ensure that my old kernel
> will continue to work (with its modules), especially if lilo wants to
> complain that the new kernel
Victor Torrico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> What exactly does "make install" do?
See installkernel(8) and mkboot(8).
Guy
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On Jan 17, Jan Camenisch wrote
[cron suggestion for machines that don't run all day]
> How about a (cron) job, that executed every time the
> machine gets booted and that checks when the cron jobs
> were executed for the last time. If these for were not
> executed for say two days (weeks, months)
Jan Camenisch wrote:
>There might be a problem with the execution
>of the cron.daily, cron.weekly, and cron.monthly :
>An machines that don't run all day, these cron jobs get
>rarely executed.
>For instance, I usually use my maschine only in the
>evenings at home (i.e. later than 6 pm). But a
On Fri, 17 Jan 1997, Jan Camenisch wrote:
> Hi,
>
> There might be a problem with the execution
> of the cron.daily, cron.weekly, and cron.monthly :
> An machines that don't run all day, these cron jobs get
> rarely executed.
> For instance, I usually use my maschine only in the
> evenings a
Hi there,
Sad new. It seems like Debian1.2 on the Dec 1996 InfoMagic CD ROM is
kind of broken: the X stuffs just would not install properly !!!
A guy in our lab was going to install linux on one of the PC. Since I
am a happy Debain user, I suggested him to try Debain.
Unfortunately, while desele
On Fri, 17 Jan 1997, Victor Torrico wrote:
> When making a kernel 2.0.27 I do the following:
>
> make mrproper
> make config
> make dep
> make clean
> make zImage
> make modules
> make modules_install
> make install
>
> The "make install" is not documented in the "/usr/src/linux" directory
> as
Alexander Gieg wrote:
>
> I don't know how to use CD-ROMs, because I don't have
> one, but message "hca: CD-ROM CDR_S16, ATAPI CDROM DRIVE"
> seems to say that the device is /dev/hca, and not
> /dev/cdrom. Try:
>
> mount -t isofs /dev/hca /cdrom
>
> I think "isofs" is the correct file sy
Hi,
There might be a problem with the execution
of the cron.daily, cron.weekly, and cron.monthly :
An machines that don't run all day, these cron jobs get
rarely executed.
For instance, I usually use my maschine only in the
evenings at home (i.e. later than 6 pm). But all cron
get executed a
I was trying to make my own rescue disk using Yard-1.7. The kernel +
root disk that it prepared would not fit in 2 diskettes. On checking
a few things, I noticed that my LINUX did not have RAMDISK
configured into it. So I ran make config and edited Makefile
uncommenting RAMDISK giving it size
I want to know if it's possible to run binary from other PC Unix system
under Linux, for instance, some SCO UNIX X win applications under
Linux. Do we need to build a library for that? Or even an
interpretator?
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Your intention is clear, I do not get your point. (Doesn't that sound
contradictory :-} )
Just use the configuration files I posted before. They work - at least
for me - of course you may need to change the device and stuff. And
again, if this is not enough, RTFM, especially:
o /usr/doc/amd/READM
> I have an IDE atapi cdrom drive which is found when linux starts up:
>
> hca: CD-ROM CDR_S16, ATAPI CDROM DRIVE.
>
> But, I can't mount /dev/cdrom /cdrom.
> Neither can I use CDPLAY.
>
> Could it possibly be since mcdx doesn't find the drive?
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I don
Hi,
I get an 'unknown interrupt' when my laptop system returns from
hybernation mode. The message is not important but my system halts
after it. It does not resume processing. Does anybody have any ideas ?
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Here are some shell scripts for mounting and unmounting DOS & CDROM stuff.
My DOS partition is /dev/hda1 and the cdrom drive is /dev/hdb. If yours is
different, change the scripts to match your equipment. I keep these in the
/root directory and use "su -" to access them. I'm working on automounting
> > > I was recently approached by a customer who is wanting to bring his Linux
> > > system to work. His dilemma is that we use a Novell network using a NDS
>
> There are a few Debian packages that do this automatically; I just
> recently installed ncpfs and ipx, and with a simple ncpmount -S
> M
When making a kernel 2.0.27 I do the following:
make mrproper
make config
make dep
make clean
make zImage
make modules
make modules_install
make install
The "make install" is not documented in the "/usr/src/linux" directory
as far as I know but when it is used it seems to put everything from the
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Kevin Traas
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
|| Although things work, I do have some strange messages appearing in
|| /var/log/messages. Although things seem to be working okay, I think
|| they're probably something that should be looked into. Can you "shed any
|| l
> On Wed, 15 Jan 1997, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> > system is a 486-33 motherboard and cpu I got for nothing,
> > 12mb of RAM, 4mb in 30 pin simms, cranky old IDEs, a soundblaster
> This is somewhat pushing the limits but still a very reasonable use for
> an old machine with just enough resources to
> my news server requires that I use authentification to identify myself.
>
> I've been told that a number of windows news readers will do this.
>
> Any suggestions on how to set this up under linux.
This would depend upon which news reader you are using. In Tin, you create a
.newsauth file; i
Well, what I did is just download ppp.deb onto a DOS disk. Then before
running dselect after rebooting into Debian for the first time, I just dpkg -i
the PPP package and start PPP. dselect is perfectly capable of running very
nicely in this setting. Just select FTP as the method, select updat
On Thu, 16 Jan 1997, Richard Sevenich wrote:
> I am doing a new install with debian 1.2.1 and the 1997-04-01 base diskettes.
> The boot recognizes my cdrom at sr0, but I cannot mount it - finding no
> appropriate block device in /dev. My guess is that I should be using the
> 1996-12-8 set. What is
> > If any text files are involved, the different newline characters in
> dos
> > and linux can cause problems. Adding the conversion option to the file
> > system specification in the mount command can reduce that problem. Try:
> >
> > mount -t msdos -o defaults,conv=auto /dev/hda1 /mnt
>
> I am doing a new install with debian 1.2.1 and the 1997-04-01 base diskettes.
> The boot recognizes my cdrom at sr0, but I cannot mount it - finding no
> appropriate block device in /dev. My guess is that I should be using the
> 1996-12-8 set. What is the verdict?
don't you mean /dev/scd0 ?
As I understand it, the latter of your examples applies, the different
levels are parsed subsequently:
o first, the resources in '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults'
o then the resources in '/etc/X11/Xresources'
I think it's the same as with user files like '~/.Xresources' or
'~/.Xdefaults' where en
Does anyone have a good procedure for making a decent face file? As
you can see with the proper tools, I've managed to create one, but the
dithering is pretty bad. Has anyone else out there made a face, and if
so, how'd you do it.
For informational purposes, the current face started out as a 320x
On Fri, 17 Jan 1997 01:26:54 EST Bob Clark ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> I'm running a nearly vanilla Debian 1.2 system and my xrdb -merge is
> broken! This may explain all the postings about app-defaults and
> Xresourses not seeming to work.
>
> To get /etc/X11/Xsession to merge Xresources corr
> my news server requires that I use authentification to identify myself.
> I've been told that a number of windows news readers will do this.
> Any suggestions on how to set this up under linux.
Here's a crude hack you might try. It's a simple server run out of inetd. It
receives incoming connect
Philippe Troin wrote:
>
> On Thu, 16 Jan 1997 18:37:46 EST "Daniel S. Barclay"
> ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > In Debian Linux, do files in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/ get read
> > or not?
>
> Definitely yes.
Never say never and never say always ;)...see below
---[ nice des
On Thu, 16 Jan 1997, Paul Christenson wrote:
> On Thu, 16 Jan 1997, Daniel J. Mashao wrote:
> > Can anybody tell me what I need to successfully upgrade from 2.0.0
> > to 2.0.27. When I run dpkg on the kerneld package it says every is fine
> > but unfortunately my sound, cd-rom and floppies stops w
This is definitely a bug. You can get around to it by using the
-force-depends option to dpkg.
Here's another problem. The kaffe package (which provides a JIT
compiler) doesn't update the links in /etc/alternatives.
-- Jaldhar
On Thu, 16 Jan 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I just installed
Alex Romosan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> i am really puzzled by the behaviour of the latest dpkg. why did
> dselect automatically "upgrade" mailx from 8.5.5-1 to 8.1.1-2 as per
> example:
The new mailx is version `1:8.1.1-2', not `8.1.1-2'.
1:8.1.1-2 > 7.5.5-1.
If you type `dpkg --status mailx
Daniel> There is a buffer-overrun bug in (non-Debianized) tar-1.11.8
Daniel> that involves the -M flag.
Daniel> Does anyone know if Debian patches this bug?
Debian definitely has this bug.
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I just installed debian-1.2. The X windows and Netscape work well. Thanks for
people who made these packages.
When i try jdk-common and jdk-static, there is a dependency problem.
jdk-common said it depends on jdk-static and jdk-static said it depends on
jdk-common. As the result, both packages ar
> I think I found 1 bug in the linux jdt which probably has nothing to do
> with Corel's package. The jdk does not like talking to the X server on
> my Digital Unix system. I have seen other applications behave this way
> when the default visual was 24 bit TrueColor. I run the X server so the
>
I have an IDE atapi cdrom drive which is found when linux starts up:
hca: CD-ROM CDR_S16, ATAPI CDROM DRIVE.
But, I can't mount /dev/cdrom /cdrom.
Neither can I use CDPLAY.
Could it possibly be since mcdx doesn't find the drive?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Also, what is the linux e
i am really puzzled by the behaviour of the latest dpkg. why did
dselect automatically "upgrade" mailx from 8.5.5-1 to 8.1.1-2 as per
example:
Preparing to replace mailx 8.5.5-1 (using .../mail/mailx_8.1.1-2.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement mailx ...
isn't version 8.5.5 higher than 8.1.1? the only
Hi
my news server requires that I use authentification to identify myself.
I've been told that a number of windows news readers will do this.
Any suggestions on how to set this up under linux.
Thanks in advance
Joe.
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On Thu, 16 Jan 1997, Philippe Troin wrote:
phil >
phil >On Fri, 17 Jan 1997 10:21:53 +1100 Fundamental ([EMAIL PROTECTED]
phil >et) wrote:
phil >
phil >> hi all, having installed ghostscript and its associated libraries i get
phil >> the following error ... gs: can't load library 'libXt.so.6'
phil
On Thu, 16 Jan 1997, Daniel J. Mashao wrote:
> Can anybody tell me what I need to successfully upgrade from 2.0.0
> to 2.0.27. When I run dpkg on the kerneld package it says every is fine
> but unfortunately my sound, cd-rom and floppies stops working. Anyone?
You _did_ run 'make config' (or 'ma
On Thu, 16 Jan 1997 18:37:46 EST "Daniel S. Barclay"
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>
>
> In Debian Linux, do files in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/ get read
> or not?
Definitely yes.
> The Debian FAQ says:
> Debian's X11 installation expects you to leave the files in
> /usr/X11R
On Fri, 17 Jan 1997 10:21:53 +1100 Fundamental ([EMAIL PROTECTED]
et) wrote:
> hi all, having installed ghostscript and its associated libraries i get
> the following error ... gs: can't load library 'libXt.so.6'
Check that:
1) You have xlib6 installed.
2) You have a /usr/X11R6/lib line in /
You forgot Linux Beer, the choice of home brewers every where. Has bits
and pieces of SysV and BSD beer, but has its own distinct flavor.
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On Thu, 16 Jan 1997, Pete Templin wrote:
>
> There have been a few flame wars and other "discussions" going back and
> forth. Although many of th
Regarding the recently uploaded cron-3.0pl1-37, which should be showing
up on the mirror sites RSN, Joey Hess found the following problem during
an upgrade from -36.1:
On Jan 16, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joey Hess) wrote:
(In Bug#6634: cron: can't upgrade cron while cron job is running)
> Package: cron
In Debian Linux, do files in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/ get read
or not?
The Debian FAQ says:
Debian's X11 installation expects you to leave the files in
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/ unchanged. If you want to customise
X applications globally, put your customi
Is http://www.debian.org/Documentation/ being maintained?
It has nothing about version 1.2.x on it.
Daniel
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hi all, having installed ghostscript and its associated libraries i get
the following error ... gs: can't load library 'libXt.so.6'
I quick search of my machiane as well as the debian package description
came up with noting. I assume then that this library comes embeded within
a particular paca
> From: "Dr. Andreas Wehler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Yes, I've experienced this too.
>
> : It won't dump core if file is smaller (say a few KB) or the option M
> : is not used.
>
...
> overlapping files are lost. Reading it back with "M"-option makes the
> first tape give a Segmentation fault
On Thu, 16 Jan 1997, Dale Scheetz wrote:
> If you have serial as a module, you should probably make sure that the
> auto line in /etc/modules is uncommented and then add serial to the list
> of drivers there as well. This will keep kerneld from unloading the serial
> driver and loosing all your
> From: Fabien Ninoles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
...
> On Wed, 15 Jan 1997, Daniel S. Barclay wrote:
...
> > Good. :-) I HATE that "feature" of Windows 95. ...
...
> > Oh...yeah; sorry. Okay.
> > #undef HATE_MICROSOFT_MODE
> >
>
> have you succesfully compiled anything after this? ...
No, althoug
> From: Guy Maor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Debian 1.2.3 is released and contains eight updated packages.
...
> Here is the entire ChangeLog (debian/stable/ChangeLog on ftp sites),
...
> diald (0.14-9) stable unstable; urgency=low
...
>* diald fifo moved to /var/run. This is created/removed by th
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