MySQL upgrade problem

2001-04-21 Thread Nicole Zimmerman
I just apt-get upgrade d after about a month of not doing so (network outages). One of the packages to upgrade was MySQL -- from version 3.22.32-4 to 3.22.32-6. Here are the errors I get: Configuring packages ... (Reading database ... 93508 files and directories currently installed.) Prepa

Re: libc6 and kernel 2.2.18pre21????

2001-04-21 Thread Joost van der Lugt
Ethan Benson wrote: > > On Sat, Apr 21, 2001 at 06:02:51AM +, Joost van der Lugt wrote: > > > Mmm, actually, I had the same problem needed to run gimp 1.2 and could > > not get it to compile on glibc2.1. > > really? i just compiled the unstable gimp 1.2 packages on my potato > box and didn't

Woody probs with kdelibs3

2001-04-21 Thread Glen Snyder
Hi again. I did another apt-get update (hoping that task-gnome-apps would turn up again). Now I get an error with apt-get dist-upgrade: Unpacking kdelibs3 (from .../kdelibs3_4%3a2.1.1-7_i386.deb) ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/kdelibs3_4%3a2.1.1-7_i386.deb (--unpack): trying to

Re: Postfix prolem (Is it ok to mix testing/stable apt sources?)

2001-04-21 Thread The Nose Who Knows
> I have both testing and stable sources in my sources.list. I think I > saw once on this list that it is OK and such mix is supported. I would hope it is, since testing does not yet seem to contain a complete distribution and having both "stable" and "testing" simultaneously seems to be the only

static routes

2001-04-21 Thread Forrest English
in redhat, there's /etc/sysconfig/static-routes is there an equivalent of this in debian? i grep'd around a little in /etc looking for static, but nothing turned up. pointers anyone? -- Forrest English http://truffula.net "When we have nothing left to give There will be no reason for us to live

Re: Upgrading

2001-04-21 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Sat, Apr 21, 2001 at 04:45:12PM -0400, Eileen Orbell wrote: > Also should i update my kernel to 2.4? I think I am running 2.18. Do you run SMP, need USB support,...? Unless you know you need 2.4, it may be smart not to change to 2.4 series. Until kernel hits 2.x.10 or something, I think it

Re: vorbis

2001-04-21 Thread Volker Schlecht
On Sunday 22 April 2001 03:37 am, Stephen E. Hargrove wrote: > if i want to use og vorbis, is vorbis-tools the only package i need to > install? i've installed it, but oggenc seg faults and i'm having trouble > figuring out why. I had the same problem, when I used different versions of libogg, l

Re: Howto compile package compatible with apt-get

2001-04-21 Thread Mark
csj wrote: > If you're lucky > > fakeroot > apt-get source -b aide > > I don't think you need to fiddle with the versions number or whatnot. > If woody ever became stable, the package would probably be either > obsoleted or revised. > > Also, apt-get appears to prefer packages which are installed

Re: upgrading with dselect

2001-04-21 Thread Joost van der Lugt
Colin Watson wrote: > > "Michael Novak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >i've installed potato 2.2r2 and now i would like to have new version of qt > >library. > >so i added new source pointing on debian ftp unstable version into > >/etc/atp/sources.list and run dselect. after cache update dselect >

Re: libc6 and kernel 2.2.18pre21????

2001-04-21 Thread Ethan Benson
On Sat, Apr 21, 2001 at 06:02:51AM +, Joost van der Lugt wrote: > Mmm, actually, I had the same problem needed to run gimp 1.2 and could > not get it to compile on glibc2.1. really? i just compiled the unstable gimp 1.2 packages on my potato box and didn't have any problems. though i also co

vorbis

2001-04-21 Thread Stephen E. Hargrove
if i want to use og vorbis, is vorbis-tools the only package i need to install? i've installed it, but oggenc seg faults and i'm having trouble figuring out why. -- steve * linux : http://exitwound.org mozart: http://mozart.sourceforge.net buck : http://www.BuckOwensFan.com *

Re: OpenSSH: How to do RhostsRSAAuthentication?

2001-04-21 Thread Andrew Pollock
Hi, I've only got experience with SSH1, but I believe the process to be the same with SSH2. You've pretty much done everything right except you have to add the public identity you generated with ssh-keygen into ~/.ssh/authorized_keys on the box you want to SSH into with no password. I think you a

Re: Upgrading

2001-04-21 Thread Joost van der Lugt
Eileen Orbell wrote: > > Hi, > > I have been using Debian 2.2 for about a year now. Could some kind sole > tell me what is the best way to upgrade Debian? I see Debian 2.2r3 was > released today. > Also should i update my kernel to 2.4? I think I am running 2.18. I have > cable modem so bandw

Re: Backups and the distribution

2001-04-21 Thread Jens Gecius
Rob Mahurin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 12:59:08PM -0700, Alex Swavely wrote: > > What file(s) would I need to backup to get a complete snapshot of all > > installed packages from the distribution I'm using in order to be able to > > recover a system to it's previous stat

Re: Howto compile package compatible with apt-get

2001-04-21 Thread csj
On Sunday 22 April 2001 08:21, Mark wrote: > I would like to run AIDE, but it is only available in Woody or Sid > and not Potato which I am running. I know Tripwire is available in > Potato but I would prefer to use the "free" option of AIDE. > > My question is: How would I go about compiling AID

Re: libc6 and kernel 2.2.18pre21????

2001-04-21 Thread Joost van der Lugt
Ethan Benson wrote: > > On Sat, Apr 21, 2001 at 06:47:52PM +0200, Manfred Lotz wrote: > > Currently I'm running Potato 2.2r with kernel 2.2.18pre21 and libc6 > > 2.1.3-13. > > > > I'd like to upgrade to libc6 2.2.2-4. I'm afraid I could run into trouble > > when installing the newer version. > > >

Howto compile package compatible with apt-get

2001-04-21 Thread Mark
I would like to run AIDE, but it is only available in Woody or Sid and not Potato which I am running. I know Tripwire is available in Potato but I would prefer to use the "free" option of AIDE. My question is: How would I go about compiling AIDE from source and make it into a .deb package with a

Re: libc6 and kernel 2.2.18pre21????

2001-04-21 Thread Ethan Benson
On Sat, Apr 21, 2001 at 06:47:52PM +0200, Manfred Lotz wrote: > Currently I'm running Potato 2.2r with kernel 2.2.18pre21 and libc6 > 2.1.3-13. > > I'd like to upgrade to libc6 2.2.2-4. I'm afraid I could run into trouble > when installing the newer version. > > Did anybody do this? Any sugg

Re: debian 2.2r3 ?

2001-04-21 Thread Ethan Benson
On Sat, Apr 21, 2001 at 09:43:42AM -0400, Walt Mankowski wrote: > > So then what's the recommended way for those of us with laptops > running potato to upgrade to 2.2.19? The 2.2.18 pcmcia modules seem > to be in the same state. looks to me your options are: 1) install 2.2.19pre17 instead (if i

cd image

2001-04-21 Thread Bryan R. Hinton
Where can i get a cdimage of 2.2r3 ?

Re: PCMCIA Support for 2.2.19 kernel

2001-04-21 Thread Eric Richardson
Walt Mankowski wrote: > > I'm confused as to how to upgrade my laptop (currently running potato > 2.2r3) from kernel 2.2.17 to 2.2.19. Which pcmcia-modules package > should I install? There are four choices: > > pcmcia-modules-2.2.19pre17 > pcmcia-modules-2.2.19pre17-compact > pcmcia-modules-2.

Re: Static linkage of files in /sbin /usr/sbin

2001-04-21 Thread Karl E. Jorgensen
On Sun, Apr 22, 2001 at 12:39:55AM +0200, Victor Foitzik wrote: > Hi folks, > > maybe this is not the right mailing list, but I don't know where to ask, so > this > is my problem: why are binaries in /sbin and /usr/sbin not statically linked > against libraries ? Thought the 's' stands for static

Re: debian 2.2r3 ?

2001-04-21 Thread Ethan Benson
On Sat, Apr 21, 2001 at 09:58:02AM -0500, Richard Cobbe wrote: > > > Ok, then how about this: > > Some time ago, before the official Debian kernel-image-2.2.19 was > available, I downloaded the 2.2.19 source from kernel.org and built my own > kernel-image package the Debian way. Everything's b

Re: Static linkage of files in /sbin /usr/sbin

2001-04-21 Thread straylite
At Sun, 22 Apr 2001 00:39:55 +0200 , Victor Foitzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > maybe this is not the right mailing list, but I don't know where to > ask, so this is my problem: why are binaries in /sbin and /usr/sbin > not statically linked against libraries ? Thought the 's' stands for > st

Re: acroread

2001-04-21 Thread Eric Richardson
Frank Copeland wrote: > > On 20 Apr 01 20:32:39 GMT, Lance Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > When running acroread 4.0 (x86 linux stout0124 Jan24 2000 > > 15:00:03) on my 2.2r2 x86 system running a 2.2.18 kernel, acroread > > commonly gobbles up all available system memory causing the

Static linkage of files in /sbin /usr/sbin

2001-04-21 Thread Victor Foitzik
Hi folks, maybe this is not the right mailing list, but I don't know where to ask, so this is my problem: why are binaries in /sbin and /usr/sbin not statically linked against libraries ? Thought the 's' stands for static ? I recently ran into big trouble as i accidantly removed the link to my li

Re: runaway modprobe loop ...[SOLVED]

2001-04-21 Thread Barry Mathieu
YES! On the second reboot there were no such, "...modprobe...error...", messages. Is this normal to require a second boot following a kernel install? Thanks, and thanks to this list for helping in my endeavor to learn. Barry Mathieu On Sat, Apr 21, 2001 at 08:36:18PM +0200, Frank Preut ([EMAI

Re: debian 2.2r3 ?

2001-04-21 Thread Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier
On 21 Apr 2001, Jorge Santos wrote: *snip* > Mind you, you could ditch those three, and just use (X)Emacs with > Gnus, you'd also get a ton more, when you start using Emacs, you > seldom need to use anything else, specially if your trade is > programming. Well, it's probably best not get too de

Re: linux-books

2001-04-21 Thread Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier
Just in case you want a little more background on the book, you can read the review of Programming Perl that I wrote for Linux Magazine. I meant to include it earlier, but got distracted. :) http://www.linux-mag.com/2000-12/pr_camel3_01.html Take care, Zonker On Sat, 21 Apr 2001, George M. Bu

Memory by free -b(263307264 about 251MB != 256MB)

2001-04-21 Thread Osamu Aoki
I never bothered memory size until now (<64MB). How come memory is less than actual size (256MB)??? It looks like 251MB but it is exactly 256*1024*1024-5008*1024 Any one have idea??? --- my system info --- $ cat /etc/lilo.conf|grep append #append="mem=256M hdc=ide-scsi apm=on"

Re: debian 2.2r3 ?

2001-04-21 Thread Jorge Santos
CaT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 10:49:47PM -0500, Brian Nelson wrote: > > On Sat, Apr 21, 2001 at 12:21:07PM +1000, CaT wrote: > > > On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 09:14:28PM -0500, John Hasler wrote: > > > > CaT writes: > > > > > Is it [Gnus] text based... > > > > > > > > It's

Re: Backups and the distribution

2001-04-21 Thread Rob Mahurin
On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 12:59:08PM -0700, Alex Swavely wrote: > What file(s) would I need to backup to get a complete snapshot of all > installed packages from the distribution I'm using in order to be able to > recover a system to it's previous state? My nightly backup includes /home /root /etc

Re: user=halt=halt, user=reboot=halt?

2001-04-21 Thread Rob Mahurin
On Thu, Apr 19, 2001 at 04:12:58PM -0700, Lang Hurst wrote: > I added users to halt and reboot, respectively, by making the formers login > shell /sbin/halt and the latter's /sbin/reboot. Neat idea; if I rebooted more often I might try it. > If I login as the halt user, the system shuts down and

Re: [gulalcarria-user] ADSL 3COM 812

2001-04-21 Thread Lucas Luengas
Hola. No sé si llego a tiempo. Se llama minicom. Te indico dos direcciones muy interesantes. Yo soy usuario de ADSL y aquí he encontrado mucha información francamente útil. http://www.inetsoft.net/ http://www.adsl4ever.com/ Un saludo. javi ha escrito: > Hola!! > > Enredando con el route

Re: Unsubscribing issues (was Re: )

2001-04-21 Thread Rob Mahurin
On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 01:14:45PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 08:07:30AM -0700, JC Portlock ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > On Friday 20 April 2001 02:03 am, Felicity wrote: > > > unsubscribe > > > Try again with "unsubscribe" in the subject line. > > Nope. > > St

Re: linux-books

2001-04-21 Thread George M. Butler
Yes, that is one of the reasons that really made me want it badly. When I read the reviews on Amazon of Programming Perl one of the reviewers complained that Wall tried to present the concepts from different points of view and that one these was as a natural language. The reviewer seem to think

Re: woody hanging

2001-04-21 Thread Brian Nelson
On Sat, Apr 21, 2001 at 01:08:20PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Sat, Apr 21, 2001 at 09:11:38PM -0300, Mike G ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > WRT subject. > > $ apt-get install viagra > > ;-) Hahaha. That's damn funny.

RE: woody hanging

2001-04-21 Thread Mark S
ROFL -Original Message- From: kmself@ix.netcom.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2001 4:08 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: woody hanging on Sat, Apr 21, 2001 at 09:11:38PM -0300, Mike G ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: WRT subject. $ apt-get install

re:linux-books

2001-04-21 Thread Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier
Programming Perl is an awesome book, far more than just a book on learning Perl. I highly recommend it. It does the best job of explaining programming concepts to non-programmers that I've ever seen. Larry Wall is one of the co-authors, and his voice comes out loud and clear. I'd not dream of sayin

Upgrading

2001-04-21 Thread Eileen Orbell
Hi, I have been using Debian 2.2 for about a year now. Could some kind sole tell me what is the best way to upgrade Debian? I see Debian 2.2r3 was released today. Also should i update my kernel to 2.4? I think I am running 2.18. I have cable modem so bandwidth etc is no problems. And I ap

irq 7 and sound module

2001-04-21 Thread Robin Gerard
Hello, I have installed the sound module with modconf. My CD works fine but during the installation of the module I get the message : IRQ conflict. When I launch "startx gnome-session" the sound is stange. I see that the IRQ of soundblaster is set at 7, but 7 is already assigned whereas th

Re: how to set correct time?

2001-04-21 Thread Tony Crawford
Ross Boylan wrote (on 20 Apr 2001, at 10:58): > I installed ntpdate and can get the time when I query, but any time I > try to set the time I get the error > 20 Apr 10:45:07 ntpdate[13883]: no server suitable for synchronization > found > > Does anyone have any suggestions how to get this to work

Re: woody hanging

2001-04-21 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sat, Apr 21, 2001 at 09:11:38PM -0300, Mike G ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: WRT subject. $ apt-get install viagra ;-) -- Karsten M. Self http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/

Re: Problem installing Potato

2001-04-21 Thread Daniel Freedman
On Sat, Apr 21, 2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am trying to install Debian Potato 2.2r2 on a new system. > All goes fine until it gets to installing the base system. > > Then I get: > "File error! > There was a problem extracting the Base System from > /instmnt/dists/potato/main/disks-i386/c

re:linux-books

2001-04-21 Thread Glenn Becker
If it's still available you might try Perl 5 Interactive Course ("certified edition") by Jon Orwant (TPJ editor). It's massive, unwieldy and has that god-forsaken Waite busy layout. Not to mention the fact that the "online interactive" tie-in no longer exists ... apart from that, though, it's a pr

Re: Linux Books

2001-04-21 Thread D-Man
On Sat, Apr 21, 2001 at 12:34:14PM -0500, George M. Butler wrote: | Hi all, | | Thanks for the great suggestions for Linux literature . I printed the | responses I received and put together an order for Amazon. Here is my | order: [some nice-sounding stuff on Linux/Unix internals] | The Mythic

Exim problem

2001-04-21 Thread Mateusz Mazur
Hi. It wasn't good idea to put all questions in one letter. So know I post it single. I will be very great ful fot any help. Q: How should I configure exim to relay mails. People from my office want send mails to anywhere and from anywhere (not only from office) and receive mails from anybody. T

Re: XF4 Xvideo extension

2001-04-21 Thread Waldemar Brodkorb
Hello James, * James Leigh wrote: > This has been bothering me for a while, > > How do I use the xv modules in a XF4 on a voodoo3 card? I have been using > XF4 for some time now. I use Debain unstable and I use applications like > xawtv, aviplay, and maybe others that say they can use the xv i

Problem installing Potato

2001-04-21 Thread alan_273
I am trying to install Debian Potato 2.2r2 on a new system. All goes fine until it gets to installing the base system. Then I get: "File error! There was a problem extracting the Base System from /instmnt/dists/potato/main/disks-i386/current/base2_2.tgz" At the same time, on console3 (Alt-F3):

Re: runaway modprobe loop ...

2001-04-21 Thread Frank Preut
On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 07:07:01AM -0400, Barry Mathieu wrote: > I just finished rebooting following a, 'apt-get install > kernel-image-2.2.19' and during the boot sequence I saw a bunch of > messages scroll up the screen that indicated something like, > "...modprobe...error...". > > I captured th

2.2_rev3 CD Images available soon?

2001-04-21 Thread John Baillie
Just purchased a CD writer so I can burn a Deb CDs and other good stuff. I have the 2.2_rev2 iso ready to go from a pseudo download of a week or so ago but figure I should wait until rev3 is ready. Went to http://www.uk.debian.org/debian-cd/cd-images for the binary-i386-1.list but the page

Re: linux-books

2001-04-21 Thread ktb
On Sat, Apr 21, 2001 at 07:04:19PM -, john smith wrote: > While we are on the topic on linux books... Can anybody recommend a good > newbie (non-programmer) book on perl? I've looked at learning perl but I > wasn't impressed. it's not written for beginners like me. I am looking for > a goo

Re: linux-books

2001-04-21 Thread Nate Amsden
john smith wrote: > > While we are on the topic on linux books... Can anybody recommend a good > newbie (non-programmer) book on perl? I've looked at learning perl but I > wasn't impressed. it's not written for beginners like me. I am looking for > a good starter book on that subject. learning

re:linux-books

2001-04-21 Thread john smith
While we are on the topic on linux books... Can anybody recommend a good newbie (non-programmer) book on perl? I've looked at learning perl but I wasn't impressed. it's not written for beginners like me. I am looking for a good starter book on that subject. TIA __

Re: Dotaz

2001-04-21 Thread Matus \"fantomas\" Uhlar
On 18.04 23:14, Honza wrote: -> From: "Honza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -> To: -> Subject: Dotaz -> Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 23:14:23 +0200 -> -> Cau,mam jeden problem. -> V programu dselect odporucil by som pytat sa anglicky alebo v cz.comp.linux.debian news skupine I'd advise ask in english or in cz.

Re: ISDN packages broken?

2001-04-21 Thread Willi Dyck
On Sat, Apr 21, 2001 at 04:39:56PM +0200, Felix E. Klee wrote: > Hi, > > when I do /etc/init.d/isdnutils restart (after configuring everything > properly(?)) on my Debian 2.2r2 System with Kernel 2.4 packages (from > the > Bunk kernel 2.4 distro), I get the following error messages: > Restart

Re: Linux Books

2001-04-21 Thread George M. Butler
Hi all, Thanks for the great suggestions for Linux literature . I printed the responses I received and put together an order for Amazon. Here is my order: TCP/IP Illustrated, Vol 1, Stevens & Wright Understanding the Linux Kernel, Bovet & Cesati Linux Device Drivers, Rubini The Unix Programmin

libc6 and kernel 2.2.18pre21????

2001-04-21 Thread Manfred Lotz
Currently I'm running Potato 2.2r with kernel 2.2.18pre21 and libc6 2.1.3-13. I'd like to upgrade to libc6 2.2.2-4. I'm afraid I could run into trouble when installing the newer version. Did anybody do this? Any suggestions? Manfred

app for making cards?

2001-04-21 Thread Ron Farrer
Anyone know of an app that will make calling/business cards? I've searched freshmeat, linuxapps, google, etc. and none of the results were exactly what I want. Basically there are 2 columns, 5 rows on each 8.5" x 11" sheet of paper. I would like to create an image (via the gimp or whatever) and pu

(OT) M/Board & CPU Debian compatible

2001-04-21 Thread john gennard
I've agreed to put together a box for a family member, and propose using the Gigabyte GA-5AX and AMD K6-2 500 MHz from my main box as a basis, and then upgrading my own machine. The selection of hardware now seems very wide (and confusing), so I wonder if anyone has any suggestions, based upon e

Re: ISDN packages broken?

2001-04-21 Thread Ramin Motakef
"Felix E. Klee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > when I do /etc/init.d/isdnutils restart (after configuring everything > properly(?)) on my Debian 2.2r2 System with Kernel 2.4 packages (from > the > Bunk kernel 2.4 distro), I get the following error messages: > Restarting isdn services

Re: nvidia_drv.o and XF864.0.2

2001-04-21 Thread Rick Macdonald
On Sat, 21 Apr 2001, Anthony Lau wrote: > At 12:31 AM -0600 4/21/2001, Rick Macdonald wrote: > >I previously installed a bunch of GL packages (mesag-dev mesag-widgets-dev > >mesag3 mesag3-widgets) and then installed the stuff from nvidia's website > >to replace the glx libs, all before I knew thes

Re: corrupted partition table

2001-04-21 Thread Benjamin Black
On 22 Apr 2001 00:44:13 +1000, Mark Purcell wrote: > > The very first thing to do is to take a backup copy of your existing partion > table as any changes to the partition table can be bad. See below... > i did that before i even posted the first message. > Once you have taken a backup copy you

three questions about modules

2001-04-21 Thread Benjamin Black
1.) the default behavior for debian seems to be to run modprobe on all modules listed in /etc/modules at boot time, without -k (autoclean). is there a way to change this behavior? 2.) i've looked through some of the kernel docs, but it seems that the only place i can find the names that the kerne

Re: apt-get dist-upgrade broke X ?

2001-04-21 Thread Hall Stevenson
* albi ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010421 05:11]: > On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 11:41:46PM -0500, Hall Stevenson wrote: > > > A few days ago, following the advice of someone here on this list, it > > was mentioned that "apt-get upgrade" shouldn't be used, but "apt-get > > dist-upgrade" should be instead. Wel

Re: debian 2.2r3 ?

2001-04-21 Thread Richard Cobbe
Lo, on Thursday, April 19, Ethan Benson did write: > On Thu, Apr 19, 2001 at 04:42:26PM -0700, Eric Richardson wrote: > > > apt-get update > > > apt-get dist-upgrade > > > apt-get install kernel-image-2.2.19 > > > > If I do the last step, will my current kernel be left in place and be > > bootabl

Re: corrupted partition table

2001-04-21 Thread Mark Purcell
On Sat, Apr 21, 2001 at 09:49:20AM -0400, Benjamin Black wrote: > Disk /dev/hda: 16 heads, 63 sectors, 19590 cylinders > > Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 bytes > > Device BootStart EndBlocks Id System > /dev/hda1 * 1 4909 2473978+ b Win95 FAT32 > Partition 1

ISDN packages broken?

2001-04-21 Thread Felix E. Klee
Hi, when I do /etc/init.d/isdnutils restart (after configuring everything properly(?)) on my Debian 2.2r2 System with Kernel 2.4 packages (from the Bunk kernel 2.4 distro), I get the following error messages: Restarting isdn services :/dev/isdnctrl: No such device Sorry - this system lack

How to set up UTF in emacs20 on Potato

2001-04-21 Thread Jan Ulrich Hasecke
Hi! What do I have to apt-get and set up to use Unicode in emacs20 on Potato? Are there good howtos? Ciao! juh -- juh's Sudelbuch Literatur und Satire per E-Mail http://www.sudelbuch.de

Onry root can use X apter the last apt-get dist-upgrade

2001-04-21 Thread elemag
Hi , I experience the problem as follows: After having upgraded my Debian system ( testing/unstable) , just the user root can start the X . When any other user tries to fire it up , the X reported: "xf86OpenConsole: Server must be running with root permissions. You should be using Xwrapper to s

corrupted partition table

2001-04-21 Thread Benjamin Black
hi everyone. a few days ago, my partition tables were fine. proof of fact: i installed the new kernel-image-2.4.3-686 that was uploaded a few days ago into my boot sector, and lilo did not complain; i am now running that image. today, i was trying to set up my cd writer, so i added append="hdd=i

Re: debian 2.2r3 ?

2001-04-21 Thread Walt Mankowski
On Sat, Apr 21, 2001 at 05:35:20AM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 05:05:25PM -0700, Eric Richardson wrote: > > Ethan Benson wrote: > > > > > > install the 2.2.19 version of pcmcia modules. i don't know the exact > > > package name, i have no hardware with pcmcia. > > > > Th

Re: NB : unsubscribing

2001-04-21 Thread Neil Walsh
On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 06:26:34PM -0700, R. Wood stated: > Hi, > I am in the same situation actually - unable to successfully > unsubscribe. The listserv software seems to be confused as to > whether I am > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > or > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In fact I am both (both addresses

Re: debian 2.2r3 ?

2001-04-21 Thread Ethan Benson
On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 05:05:25PM -0700, Eric Richardson wrote: > Ethan Benson wrote: > > > > install the 2.2.19 version of pcmcia modules. i don't know the exact > > package name, i have no hardware with pcmcia. > > The only version in stable is pcmcia-modules-2.2.19pre17 and so I get > the fo

Re: GNOME problems

2001-04-21 Thread Ethan Benson
On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 05:02:31PM -0700, Anthony wrote: > > All you really need is: > > #!/bin/bash --login > > The file the book (Learning Debian GNU/Linux) is telling me to edit is > /etc/X11/Xsession no generally you should leave that alone. > Are saying that the Xsession file should just s

Re: debian 2.2r3 ?

2001-04-21 Thread Walt Mankowski
On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 09:20:33AM -0500, Michael Marziani wrote: > I have looked around for this but I can't find a list of bug > fixes/improvements in 2.2.19. Anyone have a link? Thanks! http://www.linux.org.uk/VERSION/relnotes.2219.html pgpUlFykIY6zP.pgp Description: PGP signature

Searching for an elusive Gnome

2001-04-21 Thread Glen Snyder
I finally got around to purging out all of the ximian, gnome, and helix files I have on woody, and attempting to reinstall Gnome after an apt-get update with only the following sources: deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US test

Re: woody hanging

2001-04-21 Thread Mike G
kernel version still from woody, 2.2.18pre21 On Sat, Apr 21, 2001 at 01:27:24PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > Mike G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've got a woody box, and I'm having some problmes (I belive it's > >because off my ignorance, > >or a package missing or outdated). The problem i

Re: Cron error message

2001-04-21 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 06:26:37PM -0400, Eileen Orbell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi, > > I keep getting this error message emailed to me > Can anyone tell me how to fix this or remove it completely. I do not run a > new sever so I would be happy to disable it all together > > /bin/sh: rnew

Re: upgrading with dselect

2001-04-21 Thread Colin Watson
"Michael Novak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >i've installed potato 2.2r2 and now i would like to have new version of qt >library. >so i added new source pointing on debian ftp unstable version into >/etc/atp/sources.list and run dselect. after cache update dselect >automaticaly(!) selects about 50mb

Re: IRC .deb dalnet server

2001-04-21 Thread Colin Watson
hanasaki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Is there a place to download a tarball or .deb of the newest dalnet >server? R3's server is from spring 2000. For what it's worth, nobody seems interested in maintaining Debian packages of it at the moment, so it's been pulled from woody. I don't know if there

Re: mailboxes?

2001-04-21 Thread Colin Watson
"Roderick Cummings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I'm getting an error when checking my mail with mail. After reading the >mail, and exiting, it does not delete the mail, it prints out: > >Unable to lock mailbox: Permission denied > >Now if I use mutt, I can delete the message, but what is wrong wit

Re: woody hanging

2001-04-21 Thread Colin Watson
Mike G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've got a woody box, and I'm having some problmes (I belive it's >because off my ignorance, >or a package missing or outdated). The problem is, if I try to log out >of X, it will freeze my machine, It freezes too, under some other >circumstances, which I

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SO 52 and Java

2001-04-21 Thread Raffaele Sandrini
Hi, I have now read some FAQ (see the "StarrOffice 5.2" Thread) But i am now a little bit confused. All you guys wich are saying that the java support is running. Do you have the java packages from debian or instaled it by yourelf? Debian has the packages: jdk jdk-dev The jdk is the runtime vers

woody hanging

2001-04-21 Thread Mike G
Hi, I've got a woody box, and I'm having some problmes (I belive it's because off my ignorance, or a package missing or outdated). The problem is, if I try to log out of X, it will freeze my machine, It freezes too, under some other circumstances, which I could not identify yet. Any ide

Xscreensaver weirdness

2001-04-21 Thread Michael Abraham Shulman
After I log into X, the first time xscreensaver runs, instead of just blanking the screen, like it should since I have an empty programs list in ~/.xscreensaver, it runs a random graphical thing. But if I then add a program to the list in ~/.xscreensaver, run it again (it uses the program I specif

Re: nvidia_drv.o and XF864.0.2

2001-04-21 Thread Anthony Lau
At 12:31 AM -0600 4/21/2001, Rick Macdonald wrote: I previously installed a bunch of GL packages (mesag-dev mesag-widgets-dev mesag3 mesag3-widgets) and then installed the stuff from nvidia's website to replace the glx libs, all before I knew these deb packages existed. So I installed nvidia-glx

Re: how to set correct time?

2001-04-21 Thread Roderick Cummings
tzconfig will let you specify the timezone if you want to try to adjust it, but you might have set up the system so that it expects GMT from the hardware. Also, depending if it is some applet or xprogram that's displaying the time for you, you need to check and specify the timezone for that pro

Re: acroread

2001-04-21 Thread Frank Copeland
On 20 Apr 01 20:32:39 GMT, Lance Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When running acroread 4.0 (x86 linux stout0124 Jan24 2000 > 15:00:03) on my 2.2r2 x86 system running a 2.2.18 kernel, acroread > commonly gobbles up all available system memory causing the system to > hang. This happens

Re: nvidia_drv.o and XF864.0.2

2001-04-21 Thread Rick Macdonald
On Thu, 19 Apr 2001, Anthony Lau wrote: > At 8:22 AM -0300 4/19/2001, Mario Olimpio de Menezes wrote: > >have you compiled the drivers you got through APT? when you do > ># apt-get install nvidia-kernel-src nvidia-glx-src > > I didn't do that, but XFree seemed to have found a Nvidia GLX module >

Re: Backups and the distribution

2001-04-21 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 10:42:53PM -0700, Osamu Aoki ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Willi Dyck had interesting trick. I knew --get-selections but did not > use it with apt-get. I would do slightly different but this concept is > interesting. > > # dpkg --get-selections | grep -v deinstall | cut -s

Re: ATAPI seagate STT8000A Tape drive

2001-04-21 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 04:55:26PM -0500, jereme ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi All, > >I just aquired a Seagate ATAPI STT8000A tape drive and would like >to make it work on a debian 2.2 system running 2.2.14, (was a 2.1, >haven't gotten around to setting up new kernel). What's the c

Re: how to set correct time?

2001-04-21 Thread DvB
You might wanna try rdate (I usually sync with time.nist.gov). Stephen Boulet wrote: On Thursday 19 April 2001 05:58 pm, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote: I foolishly don't know how to set the correct time for my system clock. The timezone is correctly set to London/England, but the time is about 6

Re: Status of Ximian GNOME + debian

2001-04-21 Thread Osamu Aoki
See recent archive on same kind of subject. It is not good idea to mix. Stay in debian testing. Regards, Osamu On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 03:43:22PM -0700, Ross Boylan wrote: > Here's the response I got from Ximian (aka Helix) on the recent > problems I and others have experienced with doing upg

Re: GNOME MORE PROBLEMS

2001-04-21 Thread Stephen E. Hargrove
On Fri, 20 Apr 2001, Osamu Aoki wrote: > > It is quite true RedHat has very good installer/config tools. But > upgrading is not as easy as Debian if some daemon etc get involved. Set > RedHat as one of the dual/triple/... boot partition like I do and > compare configuration. You learn a lot in s

Re: how to set correct time?

2001-04-21 Thread Ross Boylan
Thanks. Opening up the port was exactly what I needed. Odd that query doesn't require the port, but actually setting the time does. On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 02:17:11PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 10:58:21AM -0700, Ross Boylan wrote: > > I installed ntpdate and can get the

Re: Backups and the distribution

2001-04-21 Thread Osamu Aoki
Willi Dyck had interesting trick. I knew --get-selections but did not use it with apt-get. I would do slightly different but this concept is interesting. # dpkg --get-selections | grep -v deinstall | cut -s -f1 >installed.deb # cat installed.db | xargs -n 10 apt-get install -d Oh your Willi's v

Re: GNOME problems

2001-04-21 Thread Stephen E. Hargrove
the .xinitrc is in your home directory (~/). just plug exec gnome-session save it and startx. you should be good to go. On Fri, 20 Apr 2001, Anthony wrote: > Okay Stephen, Where exactly would I find the .xinitrc file? > > Or is there a way to start GNOME from within the X Window? > > > >

Re: how to set correct time?

2001-04-21 Thread Stephen Boulet
On Thursday 19 April 2001 05:58 pm, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote: > I foolishly don't know how to set the correct time for my system clock. > The timezone is correctly set to London/England, but the time is about 6 > hours out (date reports the time in 'BST' - I presume this is "British > Standard Tim

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