In linux/unix trype df to see how much space you have, how much is used,
and how much is left.
Chad
Chad D. Zimmerman
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On Sun, 19 Jan 1997, John wrote:
> I think this a simple enough question, but even my Unix teacher can't
> answer it. I just
I finally got X Windows up and running, and I'm using fvwm95, but when I
try and start a new sheel, the message "xterm_color" appears in my login
window.
Also, how do I set the LS_OPTIONS so that my directory listings will be in
color? Right now I am using an alias, but that's a sloppy way to do
On Sun, 19 Jan 1997, Jonas Bofjall wrote:
> I have two small questions today ;) :
>
> a) where can I find information about what the
>different debian run-levels are used for?
>0 is halt, 6 is reboot, 1 is singleuser, but
>what about the rest? Are there an multiuser with
>X and on
booting up first when taking a system to the repair shop. At least
this is what I do. They needn't be aware of the linux, but actually
the shop I bring it too do sell and install pc unix like sco.
-walter
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I've been watching the debates about Cds, dividing up non-free, and etc..
And I had a few thoughts I wanted to throw out at everyone.
I think if debian is going to succeed, it's going to have to be reduced
to a standard set of "core" applications that will make up the "offical"
distribution of de
I have two small questions today ;) :
a) where can I find information about what the
different debian run-levels are used for?
0 is halt, 6 is reboot, 1 is singleuser, but
what about the rest? Are there an multiuser with
X and one without X?
b) when I do an 'lsmod' it says that applet
On Sun, 19 Jan 1997, Rob MacWilliams wrote:
> I am running X using xdm. Is there a more elegent way to go to the full
> screen consoles than kill xdm. When I try to exit fvwm, on the middle
I don't know if I misunderstood your question...
how about just switching virtual console (ctrl-alt-f1) ?
On Sun, 19 Jan 1997 16:26:48 GMT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> When I try to launch x-apps like xtetris or afterstep, I get the
> following error-message: cannot load libbg.s0.3, for example.
> I know that I have these files in /usr/X11R6/lib.
> How do I fix this? This problem occurs with every X-
> > Actually, if you've already got DOS running on your pc, it should be
> > possible to put in the CD and run a "setup.exe" without ever making a
> > boot floppy.
> MS-DOS may not be installed on every system running Linux. I just
> recently installed an e-mail server with Debian Lin
I am running X using xdm. Is there a more elegent way to go to the full
screen consoles than kill xdm. When I try to exit fvwm, on the middle
button menu, it kills all my windows and restarts X with a new login
prompt.
Thanks
Rob
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> I think this a simple enough question, but even my Unix teacher can't
> answer it. I just installed Debian on my 586 Windoze machine, with a 200mb
> partition. The first time I installed it on 100 megs but I ran out of
> room. My question is how can I check how much s
df will tell you how much space their is on each partition
du will tell you how much space each directory is taking up.
Shaya
On Sun, 19 Jan 1997, John wrote:
> I think this a simple enough question, but even my Unix teacher can't
> answer it. I just installed Debian on my 586 Windoze machi
According to Ami Ganguli:
>
> Actually, if you've already got DOS running on your pc, it should be
> possible to put in the CD and run a "setup.exe" without ever making a
> boot floppy.
>
MS-DOS may not be installed on every system running Linux. I just
recently installed an e-ma
When running X , every time I go out to the kitchen and getting
something to eat and come back the machines is locked up. The mouse
pointer's no where to be seen. and it takes _several_ reports _even_
after a powerdown to get keyboard to work again at the login prompt.
Very confusing.
I was run
> > Wow, you're right. I think that the new version of the slang library fixed
> > this.
>
> Sorry, I said new version of slrn, but I meant new versoin of slang.
> Anyway, I didn't want to bother checking.
>
> > Joost, are you running slang0.99.34?
>
> Yes.
>
Thanks to both Joost and Joey!
I'
> I think this a simple enough question, but even my Unix teacher can't
> answer it. I just installed Debian on my 586 Windoze machine, with a 200mb
> partition. The first time I installed it on 100 megs but I ran out of
> room. My question is how can I check how much space is left on my Linux
>
I think this a simple enough question, but even my Unix teacher can't
answer it. I just installed Debian on my 586 Windoze machine, with a 200mb
partition. The first time I installed it on 100 megs but I ran out of
room. My question is how can I check how much space is left on my Linux
partition
>
> > But for some reason, slrn now doesn't come up with that message
> > any more (maybe new version of slrn).
>
> It doesn't?
>
> Wow, you're right. I think that the new version of the slang library fixed
> this.
Sorry, I said new version of slrn, but I meant new versoin of slang.
Anyway, I
> But for some reason, slrn now doesn't come up with that message
> any more (maybe new version of slrn).
It doesn't?
Wow, you're right. I think that the new version of the slang library fixed
this. Joost, are you running slang0.99.34?
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> always:
> "terminal not powerful enough for slang". Never saw that before. Is it a
> matter of updating the Slang lib? They work fine on a tty, xjed works
> fine as well. Any clue?
>From slrn's README.debian:
If you want to run slrn in an xterm, slrn may say that your display
"isn't powerfull e
Nathan L. Cutler wrote:
>
> > "Alain" == Alain Nadeau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>(...) the above message is sent to
>Alain> /var/log/messages every 10 seconds, day in day out. I've
>Alain> recompiled my kernel (2.0.27) specifically disabling
>Alain> printer support, but that message is st
I have a desktop machine running Debian 1.2 and a Tecra with a 3c589
etherlink card.
I'd like to know why I cannot just plug in and boot my laptop and expect
the cards ethernet light to be on. The only way the ethernet gets setup
right is when I've rebooted my desktop machine. Only then will the
l
>
> I have encountered the following problem since moving to Debian (1.2),
> and I must admit I cannot find the solution. It appears
> that some binaries compiled with slang (jed and most in any event) will
> not load in an xterm
> (nor for that matter in an rxvt, itself an slang binary!): the rep
On Sun, 19 Jan 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hello,
>
> i know that this is a lot to ask ,but i would like to
> set up my linux system over the weekend. could anyone
> email me the 1.2mb rescue/boot disk.
>
The new 1997-01-18 disk set is still making it's way to the primary mirror
(ftp.debia
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
Hi folks!
I just installed the new Debian Logo Page (v5) today. You can have a look
at it via
http://fatman.mathematik.tu-muenchen.de/~schwarz/debian-logo/
The new page contains 17 new and 8 old logos and uses HTML forms to
make it easy for you to tel
Hi there,
I have Debian1.2 running kernel 2.0.27. The tar package version is
1.11.8-5.
I can create multipy floppy archive using 'tar cvMf /dev/fd0' but
NOT retrieving it using 'tar xvMf /dev/fd0'.
I always get 'Segmentation faults and then core dumped' when I tried
the latter ??!!.
I think I
I apologize for the multiple posting of my newbie question. I only went
through the send process once but I did notice that the message didn't show
up for several hours -- and then kept showing up.
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On Sun, 19 Jan 1997, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
>
> My /etc/diald/diald.options file says
> "connect "/etc/ppp/startppp-diald"", and that file says
>
> "pppd connect "chat -f /etc/ppp/chatscript""
>
This is becoming an FAQ. As stated in the doumentation, your chat
script should not start pppd. dia
On Sat, 18 Jan 1997, Robert Nicholson wrote:
> What happened to the gentleman who was going to provide Hylafax
> packages?
That's me. I've been running it internally for 6 weeks or so now (as a
very messy package). I'm in the midst of converting it to use debmake as
the minute and will be uploa
why don't yout just use dd from the linux side. If you do it in single
user mode, when you reboot with the new hard drive you should only get a
few errors which should be easily corrected.
Shaya
On Sun, 19 Jan 1997, Al Youngwerth wrote:
> I modified a little public domain dos program that w
On Sun, 19 Jan 1997, Lu Jimmy Chenji wrote:
> 2)I am trying to use dselect's FTP method without any success. I strted
> pppd first. The program and my modem seem working properly. I checked
> /var/log/ppp.log file and the message was like this:
> pppd 2.2.0 started by root, uid 0
>
When I try to launch x-apps like xtetris or afterstep, I get the
following error-message: cannot load libbg.s0.3, for example.
I know that I have these files in /usr/X11R6/lib.
How do I fix this? This problem occurs with every X-pgm, TWM works
fine though :^(
Is it possible to upgrade afterstep
> "Alain" == Alain Nadeau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Alain> I know my printer is out of paper. Its also out of
Alain> electricity, being that it's in a cupboard in the
Alain> basement. Still, the above message is sent to
Alain> /var/log/messages every 10 seconds, day in day ou
I modified a little public domain dos program that will do a sector for sector
copy of one hard drive to up to three other hard drives. Its very handy for
quickly duplicating a linux configuration onto other disks of the same type.
I've noticed one problem however, When I first start up some of
On Sat, 18 Jan 1997, Michael Stutz wrote:
> On Sat, 18 Jan 1997, Johann Spies wrote:
> > On Wed, 15 Jan 1997, Paul Rightley wrote:
> >
> > > Also, how do you go about getting/installing TeTeX in Debian?
>
> Anyone know of any plans to make a debian package out of this? I use
> TeTeX on a Slack
Stan Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I just goat a new (cheap) 3 button mouse, proudly pluged it in, ent to
> /etc/X11/XF86config and commenred out the Emulate3Buttons.
> Ubfortunately the middle button still doesn'y wrk.
>
> What else should I try?
I recommend using the mouse-test program t
I know my printer is out of paper. Its also out of electricity, being
that it's in a cupboard in the basement. Still, the above message is
sent to /var/log/messages every 10 seconds, day in day out. I've
recompiled my kernel (2.0.27) specifically disabling printer support,
but that message is still
I have encountered the following problem since moving to Debian (1.2),
and I must admit I cannot find the solution. It appears
that some binaries compiled with slang (jed and most in any event) will
not load in an xterm
(nor for that matter in an rxvt, itself an slang binary!): the reply is
always:
Bruce Perens wrote:
>
> I'll be at the Linux Expo in North Carolina in April, and plan to
> visit France and England in May (although that date could change).
>
> Thanks
>
> Bruce Perens
Do keep the masses informed on the French plans. I have to
go to Paris all the time, and I
> On Sun, 19 Jan 1997 18:44:32 +1100 Hamish Moffatt ([EMAIL PROTECTED]
> rmit.edu.au) wrote:
>
> > My /etc/diald/diald.options file says
> > "connect "/etc/ppp/startppp-diald"", and that file says
> >
> > "pppd connect "chat -f /etc/ppp/chatscript""
> >
> > which contains my chatscript, and work
At 09:12 PM 1/18/97 PST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Hello,
>
>it seems that the emergency disk for 1.2 is not
>available, therefore i cannot use this old northgate,
>does anyone know where to get 1.1?
>
You need the 'rescue' disk as bootfloppy. It's available everywhere. 1.1 is
outdated :)
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> "Robert" == Robert Nicholson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Robert> Exactly what is this multi screen session concept that
Robert> allows you to type ALT-F4 and login again... I'd like to
Robert> read the documentation on this feature.
It's virtual consoles! Since Linux is multiu
Help! I'm drowning in duplicate messages.
Is there a problem with the list server?
I've been getting up to four or five duplicates of the same message.
Victor
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On Sun, 19 Jan 1997 18:44:32 +1100 Hamish Moffatt ([EMAIL PROTECTED]
rmit.edu.au) wrote:
> My /etc/diald/diald.options file says
> "connect "/etc/ppp/startppp-diald"", and that file says
>
> "pppd connect "chat -f /etc/ppp/chatscript""
>
> which contains my chatscript, and works fine. (I've bee
Hello,
i know that this is a lot to ask ,but i would like to
set up my linux system over the weekend. could anyone
email me the 1.2mb rescue/boot disk.
allan
i can ftp also
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Name: Allan W. Bart, Jr.
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 1/19/97
Time: 7:16:32 AM
I wrote:
> I recently did a clean install of Debian 1.2.2 and there were a couple
> of gotcha's which I thought were below the normal standard of a Debian
> release (meaning I had to ask for help :).
>
> I've made the complete log (starting at the first dselect) available
> as
> http://svr-www.en
>
> I just upgraded to a p133 from a p90. Clearly it is faster, but
> does anyone know the official stats on the performance benefits.
> -Walter
>
>
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I have received this message and about three others from the list
a
I've been avoiding configuring diald for a while because it's
always looked (from a distance) like hell. Seems to be confirmed
by actually trying it.
I'm running named on diald system, and wish to keep doing so.
My named is configured to forward to other systems, and appears
to do this from non-do
well, it occurs to me that my "connect" option should just run
"chat", not "pppd connect "chat ..."", so I've fixed this
(although not tested yet). Still unsure about the gateway
problem; I guess it might be fixed (since nobody was setting
a default route last time, since diald didn't think we'd
co
> I just goat a new (cheap) 3 button mouse, proudly pluged it in, ent to
> /etc/X11/XF86config and commenred out the Emulate3Buttons.
> Ubfortunately the middle button still doesn'y wrk.
>
> What else should I try?
You're probably still using microsoft protocol to talk to
> 1)I configured diald in my system but when I boot my system, I'll
> get a message during boot.
> "Trying to start diald. /etc/diald/diald.options does not exist."
> I have the following files in /etc/diald:
> diald.conf
> diald.defs
> diald.i
On Sat, 18 Jan 1997 22:56:44 EST John ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> I installed Debian a couple of weeks ago because Slawkware didn't support
> my ATI vid card, and I finally got X Windows 3.2 up and running, but
> whenever I try and run a window manager, like tkdesk or fvwm95-2 i get the
> messag
Looking through /var/log/messages, I see
Jan 18 18:23:34 bigbox kernel: ICMP redirect from
Jan 18 18:23:34 bigbox last message repeated 3 times
every few days.
Is that an indication of Ping Of Death? Some other problem?
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I just goat a new (cheap) 3 button mouse, proudly pluged it in, ent to
/etc/X11/XF86config and commenred out the Emulate3Buttons.
Ubfortunately the middle button still doesn'y wrk.
What else should I try?
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Hello all,
I have two questions need your help.
1)I configured diald in my system but when I boot my system, I'll
get a message during boot.
"Trying to start diald. /etc/diald/diald.options does not exist."
I have the following files in /etc/diald:
diald.conf
I installed Debian a couple of weeks ago because Slawkware didn't support
my ATI vid card, and I finally got X Windows 3.2 up and running, but
whenever I try and run a window manager, like tkdesk or fvwm95-2 i get the
message "File libX11.so.6 not installed". I checked dselect and all the
required
Walter Tautz writes:
-> I just upgraded to a p133 from a p90. Clearly it is faster, but
-> does anyone know the official stats on the performance benefits.
This is going to depend almost entirely on the rest of your system and
how you use it. For example, if you have 8MB of memory, then you
won'
> On 15 Jan 1997, Steve Dunham wrote:
>
> > The guy at LSL says that he will make a Debian-only CD (with the whole
> > thing on it) if we can come up with a single floppy installation
> > system (he will include the single floppy too). (He also said
> > something about helping to support the proj
Ami Ganguli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Pete Templin wrote:
> > Hmmmseems to me that Windows NT is a three floppy system. Although
> > three is certainly less than six, three is significantly more than one.
> I think a single floppy install should be possible, but it would require
> a diff
Hello,
it seems that the emergency disk for 1.2 is not
available, therefore i cannot use this old northgate,
does anyone know where to get 1.1?
allan
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Name: Allan W. Bart, Jr.
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 1/18/97
Time: 9:12:37 PM
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On Sat, 18 Jan 1997 19:18:42 +0200 Johann Spies ([EMAIL PROTECTED]
et.co.za) wrote:
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> dpkg -i debian_1.2/xlib6_3.2-1a.deb
> dpkg: considering removing xlib in favour of xlib6 ...
> Package xlib is on hold, not touching it. Use --force-hold to ove
> On Wed, 15 Jan 1997, Brian C. White wrote:
>
> > Please, PLEASE, correct this! Either set all the ttys to use BS (^H)
> > as the rubout character or fix xterm to send DEL (^?) when the backspace
> > key is pressed.
>
> For what it's worth, I used to have problems with backspace and delete
> un
hello,
i was wondering when it would be possible to download
the disk so that i can put my old northgate on linux?
allan
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Name: Allan W. Bart, Jr.
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 1/18/97
Time: 7:52:20 PM
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On Wed, 15 Jan 1997, Brian C. White wrote:
> Please, PLEASE, correct this! Either set all the ttys to use BS (^H)
> as the rubout character or fix xterm to send DEL (^?) when the backspace
> key is pressed.
For what it's worth, I used to have problems with backspace and delete
until I realize
On Sat, 18 Jan 1997, Johann Spies wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Jan 1997, Paul Rightley wrote:
>
> > Also, how do you go about getting/installing TeTeX in Debian?
Anyone know of any plans to make a debian package out of this? I use TeTeX
on a Slackware system and am very impressed with it.
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On Sat, 18 Jan 1997, Riku Voipio wrote:
> On 18 Jan 1997, Tom Fawcett wrote:
> > Any clues? It occurred to me to search the linux-user archives but both
> > search systems are down.
>
> Do you mean the debian-user archive? If they still aren't working, I'm
> left wondering...
not many people see
As a brand new linux/debian user (with help from this list) I have
installed debian from downloaded disks and used the 12-96 InfoMagic disk
set to dselect packages. I have configured and compiled the kernel (I
think/hope). Now when I boot I get a message " no directory /home/(my
account name). L
I just upgraded to a p133 from a p90. Clearly it is faster, but
does anyone know the official stats on the performance benefits.
-Walter
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I recently did a clean install of Debian 1.2.2 and there were a couple
of gotcha's which I thought were below the normal standard of a Debian
release (meaning I had to ask for help :).
I've made the complete log (starting at the first dselect) available as
http://svr-www.eng.cam.ac.uk/~ajr/debian-
How do I solve the following problem?
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dpkg -i debian_1.2/xlib6_3.2-1a.deb
dpkg: considering removing xlib in favour of xlib6 ...
Package xlib is on hold, not touching it. Use --force-hold to override.
dpkg: regarding debian_1.2/xlib6_3.2-1a.deb cont
I'll conclude that there's a problem when running it as a module so I
compiled it in and it does work correctly then.
On Sat, 18 Jan 1997, Robert Nicholson wrote:
> Debian 1.2 won't detect my NIC.
>
> I've got a customized kernel with networking support but it doesn't
> detect the card. The ke
I had this problem and some nice folks on the list told me to install them
simultaneously:
> > Try installing them both at the same time:
> > # dpkg -i jdk-common.deb jdk-static.deb
Paul Serice
On Thu, 16 Jan 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I just installed debian-1.2. The X windows and Net
On 15 Jan 1997, Steve Dunham wrote:
> The guy at LSL says that he will make a Debian-only CD (with the whole
> thing on it) if we can come up with a single floppy installation
> system (he will include the single floppy too). (He also said
> something about helping to support the project too.)
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