Re: NEWBIE: modules compiling

2001-02-27 Thread Steve Stancliff
cd /usr/src/modules apt-get source pcmcia-cs cd pcmcia-cs- make config cd /usr/src/linux make-kpkg modules_image This will leave you with a pcmcia .deb in /usr/src. According to the make-kpkg manpage you can also do the 'make config' step from within make-kpkg, but I haven't trie

PCMCIA Problems

2000-11-10 Thread Steve Stancliff
that situation. I'm stuck. Any help is greatly appreciated. -Steve Stancliff

Re: rxvt/vim/term?

2000-01-13 Thread Steve Stancliff
Just FYI this same problem began for me under wterm after a recent upgrade of vim. The solution mentioned (don't set term type to linux) worked for me too. -Steve Stancliff

Re: Debian SPARC

1999-11-22 Thread Steve Stancliff
be a problem mounting Debian/i386 NFS shares. Our /homes are NFS mounted and the Sparc box complains a lot about the NFS connection. I haven't started trying to figure this one out yet. For myself, I'm much happier trying to debug Debian/Sparc problems rather than trying to learn S

Problems with qvwm

1999-11-06 Thread Steve Stancliff
972 Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, Steve Stancliff

Re: Does anyone use ZIP disks to backup their system? How?

1999-11-04 Thread Steve Stancliff
Debian machines. I simply clone my system onto the new machine, and then change whatever hardware-specific settings are needed. Much simpler and quicker than installing all the software I want and then customizing it from scratch. -Steve Stancliff

Re: turning your computer off

1999-10-19 Thread Steve Stancliff
sole-HOWTO.html#toc1 -Steve Stancliff > Is there a best way to shut down linux and turn off your computer? I read > in an online guide that you should press . When I do > this and I later turn my computer on it says "last boot failed"...Then it > installs. Is this the recommended way to turn off your computer? >

Re: Regex and memory gone. (Wingz)

1999-09-25 Thread Steve Stancliff
I have this problem also. Does anybody have a solution? Here's what I get when I run Wingz: Regex Error: Memory exhausted Aborted I have 80M physical and 64M swap. Please cc me. Thanks, Steve Stancliff

Re: OFF-TOPIC: hardware advice needed.

1999-08-18 Thread Steve Stancliff
I have an Acer Extensa 390, and I would not buy another Acer laptop. Acer has very good repair service, very fast and friendly. But how did I find that out? The unit needed repairs! I went through a keyboard, CDROM drive and battery under warranty. Post-warranty, the case has started falling apa

DOSEMU problems

1999-08-17 Thread Steve Stancliff
rders are made out of '|' instead of the extended characters. I can live with it, but just wondering if it is normal. Thanks, Steve Stancliff

Re: keyboard problem in X/started after restore from backup

1999-08-03 Thread Steve Stancliff
Naturally as soon as I wrote the list I figured it out. For the record the problem was wrong permissions on /var/tmp. So what do I need to do to make tar set permission correctly? -Steve Stancliff

keyboard problem in X/started after restore from backup

1999-08-03 Thread Steve Stancliff
thing before with no problems . Thanks, Steve Stancliff

debian vs redhat

1999-07-29 Thread Steve Stancliff
Hi all, I use Debian at home. At work we are gradually switching from Windows to Linux, and a redhat system (6 machines) has been running for about 3 months. In a couple of weeks I will be taking over as sysadmin of that system, and due to the way the installation have been over-customized, I am