river, but the output looks horrible. Has
anyone else her run into this problem?
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Setting up libc5 (5.4.23-4) ...
ldconfig: warning: can't open /usr/lib/libc.so (No such file or directory),
skipping
ldconfig: warning: can't open /usr/lib/libm.so (No such file or directory),
skipping
Is this something I can safely ignore?
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till have the color-ls package installed, and
my fileutils package is 3.12-4. I'll have to upgrade. But didn't
the person who asked the question specifically ask about how to set up
the LS_COLORS environment variable, and isn't that was 'dircolors' is
supposed to do?
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If you want this to work in an xterm, you have to make sure you have a
color-enabled xterm.
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that there was a long-dead print job on the queue. When I 'lprm'd it,
the messages stopped.
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isplay card (and the quality of the
display card driver), but with my S3 Trio 64+ (cheap) video is
acceptable, but it is that with a Pentium 90 as well.
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e in /etc/cron.daily/find:
su nobody -c "cd / && updatedb" 2>/dev/null
Interestingly enough, my 'locate' database doesn't seem to get updated
automatically and I have to run 'updatedb' manually every once in
awhile.
I assume this is a known problem
ing guide.
Mere complaining about lack of documentation is not going help
anybody, least of all you. If you want something to be improved, ask
yourself: how can I help improve this? Remember, nobody's getting
paid for the work they do here.
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ostscript" in Packages.gz and then
looking at the package name once you get there.
The Contents.gz file is extremely useful when you can't find a particular
binary on your system and you want to know what package it's in. It's a
list of all files in Debian cross-referenced
it to the list. I've never heard of it, so I'm curious.
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Pentium 100 equivalent or so. Pentium 100 seems to
Hamish> be a little below entry level here now.
Yeah, I hate to admit it, but not long ago I naively purchased a
133Mhz AMD. I wasn't too pleased when I read in my motherboard manual
that this is equivalent to a 100Mhz Intel Penti
nsiders each new kernel-source package a
completely new and different package, and the kernel-source-2.0.0
package was no longer on ftp.debian.org, I had to do the above manual
editing process to get rid of the messages.
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#x27;t had occasion to
mount an msdog-formatted floppy. I highly recommend it: just insert
the floppy and go, switch floppies at will, just like on msdog. I
even noticed not long ago that it automagically recognizes and deals
with 2m formats (e.g., 1743Kb floppies that are just as stable as
cts that look very appealing but don't work properly? The fact
that it comes on a gold CD with something cryptic scribbled on it
speaks in its favor IMHO. Also, it doesn't play idiotic music at you
when you boot it up!
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that mail would be cut to nothing, since no one
Keith> would (or could) admit to being baffled by the system.
Keith> Sorry for getting hot under the colar (sp?) but it burns my
Keith> tail feather when I see people spitting from their ivory
Keith> tower.
Remember, though:
unning as soon as possible, this is the way to go. Don't mess with
SCSI or any brand-name products whatsoever. If you need a CD-ROM,
insist on an IDE/ATAPI-type, not one that connects to a special card,
Soundblaster, SCSI bus, etc. You'll only get into trouble. You'll
most likely ge
>>>>> "Stan" == Stan Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Stan> Where is the "debian correct" place to put things that
Stan> need to be starrted up a boot time, such as rwhod?
I believe rwhod is started by /etc/init.d/netstd_mi
e proper X server installed and set as
default. The most reliable way to do this under Debian is to simply
reinstall the X server package and answer yes when it asks you if you
want to set this server as default.
Another possibility is that you have multiple XF86Config files on your
system an
ustomise X applications globally, put
your customisations in /etc/X11/Xresources."
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or ourselves ???
That's a very interesting question. I've often found myself getting
desperate and going to a listserv for help, only to arrive at a
solution to the problem (by troubleshooting, BTW) minutes after
sending off a desperate message to hundreds or even thousands of
peopl
ally be caught up with the actual kernel sources. Maybe
for a week or two right after the package is upgraded, but otherwise
no.
BTW, if the only reason for having the kernel-source package is
automatic maintenance of symlinks, IMHO people who can compile their
own kernel are also capable of maintaini
quot;required" de
facto.
This might reduce the dselect confusion.
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tainly, most
people running Debian have color monitors, so perhaps it would be
reasonable to have xterm colors turned on by default.
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s? There's a lot there. It may not be the
Pete> best it can be yet, but it's quite fine in its current form
Hear, hear.
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ions, to no avail.
However, when I added the contents of the following file
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/XTerm-color
to my .Xresources file and restarted X, the colors started to work.
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ge at all. I download
Linus's kernels and install them in /usr/src/linux and compile them as
per /usr/src/linux/README. I have never had any problems with this,
and otherwise have a full Debian system.
IMHO the kernel-source package can never give you the fine-tuned
kernel you need for y
I apologize for following up on my own message, but I just realized
that I could have done better.
>>>>> "Nathan" == Nathan L Cutler writes:
Nathan> Try looking in bo/binary-i386/misc as well. However, I've
Nathan> tried getting fdos to work and it
,
it worked on the first try!
Check out
http://www.li.org/Resources/HOWTO/mini/IP-Masquerade
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airly unstable. You'll get much
better results if you have DOSEMU boot itself up from a regular msdog
boot diskette.
Also, be careful when giving DOSEMU access to partitions on your hard
disk.
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structions for making a physical
diskette out of it. There are also some instructions for making your
own custom-configured rescue diskettes, but I've never gotten into
this part of it.
If you know how to do Archie searches, try searching for an exact
match of CatRescue101E.tgz, perhaps it
cript run by 'cron' is trivial.
Good luck, sounds like you're off to a good start. The next step is
to convince your Winblows users that they'd be better off running
Linux as well...
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r something appropriate to your rescue diskette
and use 'vi' to edit /etc/passwd. An entry for 'root' with no password
looks something like this:
root::0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
(the space between the first and second colons should be empty).
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option of putting the second disk on the secondary port. For
you, the master disk will be /dev/hda and the slave /dev/hdb.
Joseph> Sorry for my elementary questions. Any advice will be
Joseph> appreciated.
No need to apologize. Just try to help out others with similar
problems
n/pppd*
Note that the group 'dip' has read and execute permissions, and other
only have execute permission. I'm not exactly sure why (I'm not too
clear on SUID root myself), but I was able to solve the problem by
adding myself to the the group 'dip' in /etc/group.
Perha
195.70.130.20
Obviously, these are from a functioning system. But the equivalent
lines on yours should help you track down the cause of the problem.
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ified by this, too. It appears that popclient has been
obsoleted. It used to be in the netstd package but the new netstd
package doesn't provide it. I solved this problem by installing the
new 'fetchmail' package. I had to change my scripts, but now I've got
everything work
, make it a *hard link* to the appropriate
`/dev/ttyS*'."
After reading this, I switched to an all "ttyS" system -- i.e. I use
the ttyS device everywhere instead of the "cua" or "/dev/modem"
devices, and everything works great.
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e (the so-called "chord
click").
I'm not exactly certain how to set this up correctly in your case, since
I don't know what kind of mouse you have and what its capabilities are.
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with it than if you get the newest version at any cost.
Also, many many more people can help you with 3.1.2 than with 3.2,
since 3.2 is extremely new. Let the experts get used to it first, and
then do what they do.
Hope this helps. If it doesn't, feel free to send me a personal mail.
>>>>> "Tom" == <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Tom> Nathan L. Cutler writes:
>> By accident, I rebooted my box with an msdog partition mounted
>> manually (i.e. it is not in /etc/fstab). Now, msdog can't
>> access the partit
ev/hda
# loader = /boot/any_d.b
# DOS bootable partition config ends
Change '/dev/hda1' to the right device for your system (i.e. the
partition on which you have msdog installed). If it doesn't work like
that, try uncommenting the load = /boot/any_d.b line.
If you have any trouble, fee
95 and
you have an extra partition handy, installing Linux on it should be no
problem. Linux is content to reside on any partition on any disk,
including logical partitions.
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kiss my data
goodbye?
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them at ftp.pgp.net. There's no .deb package there, but there
is an RPM, which I unpacked with 'alien'. I had to install it
manually, though.
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owing message
(inside the xconsole window):
Couldn't open console
/dev/console is linked to /dev/tty1, which I believe is the first
virtual terminal, and indeed, console messages appear there, instead
of in the xconsole window.
Anybody have any idea what to do with this conundrum?
Nat
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