cdrom: "Media not found"

of the University of California PPP: version 2.3.7 (demand dialling) PPP line discipline registered. PPP BSD Compression module registered VFS: Disk change detected on device fd(2,0) -- Tom Schuetz| [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

post-upgrade sysvinit problem

while processing: sysvinit E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) So...having searched the debian-user archives fruitlessly, AND found that my sysvinit man page is broken, I appeal to ye wizards. Thanks, Tom -- Tom Schuetz | [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Fetchmail starts to poll, then times out

t after five minutes. The error given is "Client/Server synchronization error." The success of the logon up to that point makes me doubt that the problem is my .fetchmailrc. Thanks in advance-- -- Tom Schuetz | [EMAIL PROTECTED]

apt-get and 'deb file:\'

uot; complaint. I've also R'd the FM, and now, as a last resort, I appeal to debian-user. What do I need to do to install a deb that's sitting in my PWD? Thanks. -- Tom Schuetz | [EMAIL PROTECTED]

.xsession fatal to X...?

(--) S3V: Virtual resolution set to 1024x768 (--) S3V: Local bus LAW is 0xF80x (--) S3V: Using a banksize of 1024k, line width of 1024 System: `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/xkbcomp -w 1 -R/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb -xkm -m en_US -em1 "The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:" -emp

eth0 up, but unable to ping out

x300: 52 54 40 25 16 c7 eth0: NE2000 found at 0x300, using IRQ 9. VFS: Disk change detected on device fd(2,0) Tom Schuetz | [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Homework

ot;apropos ~ ", I HAVE RTFM, I HAVE tried Google, and I STILL do not know the answer. Maybe I should, just to cover my butt from annoyed, veteran users. Thing is, though, that this list is called "User", not "Upper-echelon-kernel-developers-do-not-disturb". Newbie tho

How to get IRQ/io inventory...?

What's the best way to get IRQ and io info on all the devices on my (potato) system? Thanks! -- Tom Schuetz | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

pon: unwanted SIGHUP after connect

TONE' ABORT 'NO DIAL TONE' ABORT 'NO ANSWER' # modeminit '' ATDT # ispnumber OK-AT-OK ATDT222 # ispconnect CONNECT \d\c # prelogin # ispname # isppassword # postlogin # end of pppconfig stuff Can anybody tell me what's wrong? Tom -- Tom Schuetz | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

xterm: 'X: user not authorized'

? -- Tom Schuetz | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

sshd problem

nd root. Nada. I did recently install VNC, which is now working (unsecurely). Any diagnostic pointers would be much appreciated. -- Tom Schuetz | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

slavage options for broken /hdb

this. Any ideas would be most appreciated. -- Tom Schuetz | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "VI VI VI: The editor of the beast."

Eth0 detected in dmesg, but not by 'route add'

..anything]' I get a message like: SIOCADDF: Device not found. I am confused, and would appreciate some advice. -- Tom Schuetz | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "VI VI VI: The Editor of the Beast."

Can't cycle thru X screen resolutions

I'm running the generic S3 SVGA server, and it works fine, but only at what looks like 600 x 800. This is no matter what I do with [CTRL] and [ALT] and +/-. This is also no matter what I specify in manually editing XF86Config OR in running xf86config OR in running XFSetup. I don't get any erro

apt-get and dselect obsessed wirh interuppted install

I ^C'd a deslect install, and since then, both deslect and apt won't even update properly. They both refer to the aborted tetex install, and suggest updating. When I enter 'Apt-get update', it just goes throught the same process, suggesting I may want to update. Dselect, on the other hand, put

bar-code-like font weirdness in XFree86

I just installed a new SVGA Xserver. It works great, but all of the fonts in the mouse menus are illegible. They look a little like bar codes. Occasionally, ONE item in a parent menu will become legible, but only fleetingly. Has anybody dealt with this before? Thanks, Tom

apt-get: precedence of apt_sources ?

My apt_source has both ftp sites and cds listed on it. How does apt determine which source to try first? Do I need to take the cd's off of the source document if I want to get debs from the ftp sites? Thanks, Tom

shutdown: command not found ?!

Potato is not letting me shutdown, even as root. 'shutdown -h now' is getting a 'Command not found' message. Same for halt and reboot. All of these have working man pages, BTW. I would be grateful for any words of advice.

#pound-sign files# what are they?

I notice that when I stop a process, I sometimes get a file from it like this: #foo.txt# or #.foo. What are these? Are they safe to rm? Thanks in advance. Tom

Re: Re: what i've learned, and explanation.

> A good, clear bug report is just as valuable as code, because it can > point out where things are going wrong. A user who is completely > new to an application can point out things which are overly obtuse, > or gaps in the manual. This is good-- but one thing I've run into as the rankest

mail configuration questions

Is there a single .*rc kind of file where I establish the info for my POP3 server (their DNS #, url, etc.) and that is referred to by mail, fetchmail, emacs, etc? Or do I need to put that info in *each* .*rc file? Retrieving mail via http is non problem, but I want to use emacs. I've read a b

permission denied on .bashrc ??

I reconfigured both ~./bash_profile and ~/.bashrc to work properly, and they do- ls is automatically aliased as --color, etc. But at login, I still get a '~/.bash_profile: permission denied' error. When I look at the permissions, I'm listed as the owner. I did these changes as an ordinary user

login & .bash_profile questions

I've RTFM, but I'm still not sure what the best place to put stuff I want to happen at login is. Is it safe to append stuff like 'alias ls='ls --color'' to the .bash_profile? Will that even work? .bashrc has that in it, uncommented, but it doesn't kick in. I'd appreciate any help.

'nslookup', 'traceroute' in debian

My machine --running potato-- claimed not to know either nslookup or traceroute. No man pages, either. Are there Debian equivalents to these commands? Thanks. Tom Schuetz [EMAIL PROTECTED]

PS/2 mouse mystery

I have a PS/2 mouse. My XF86config file is set to /dev/psaux. My mouse doesn't do anything upon starting X. So I tried making a soft link from /dev/psaux to /dev/mouse. Nada. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

Runlevel links?

Could someone suggest some links where I can learn the concept of runlevels? I'm not seeing it in any glossaries, and I don't think I found it in the manual. Thanks!

Re: Creating a new group

-- Original Message -- From: Tommi Komulainen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2001 21:13:15 +0200 >On Mon, Feb 05, 2001 at 01:39:22PM -0500, MaD dUCK wrote: >> also sprach Tom Schuetz (on Mon, 05 Feb 2001 10:29:26AM -0800): >> &g

Creating a new group

How do I create a new group?

lp module arguments-?

I installed Potato on an HP Pavilion 7020 last night, and everything went swell, except when I was dselecting the lp module, I got these errors: /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/lp.o: init_module: device or resource busy /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/lp.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/lp.o failed /lib

lp module install faillure

/modules/2.2.17/misc/lp insmod failed So, how do I install this module? Will I have to recompile the kernel? The mod is required to print, no? -- Tom Schuetz [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Computers can DO that?!" -H. Simpson --

Newbie Shell Script Problems

Could someone please give me a hint re. how to get a functional shell script? I've done the #! /bin/bash, and I've chmod'd to +x, and the CHMOD shows up correctly as executable in ls -l, but still will not "go". What should I che

The Un-Dead X-Failure thing.

Tom Schuetz wrote: > Two things: > > I'm running potato, and I know my mouse is a ps/2, but it won't respond at > all when I'm running the VGA server. You might check the Debian Mail archives for the past couple of months; there's been quite a bit of discuss

X failure-- Help, please....

Two things: I'm running potato, and I know my mouse is a ps/2, but it won't respond at all when I'm running the VGA server. As for the SVGA server, I get this on startx: X: exec of usr/bin/X11/XF86_SVGA failed _X11TranSocketUNIXConnect: can't connect: errno = 111 giving up. xinit: connection re

Subject: Can't find /etc/X11/*

ogin; I can get other consoles, but when I try to startx I get told the server is already active for another console- so how do I shut it down? Huge thanks to all the patient deb gods out there. Tom Schuetz [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Grub vs LILO

Anybody know much about pros/cons of grub for a boot manager? Thanks! Tom Schuetz [EMAIL PROTECTED]

The OReilly Book distro

Has anybody else had a particularly hard time getting Xf86 running off of the CDs that come with "Learning GNU/Linux"? I saw some comment about this version being a mixed bag of versions. Thanks, Tom Schuetz [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Making a bootable LILO floppy

How would I save a LILO configuration to a floppy's MBR, so as to run LILO from the floppy? Thanks in advance!

MKBOOT problems

Thanks to everyone for the ongoing responses to my newbie dreck. Why, when I MKBOOT VMLINUZ-2.2.12, would the system come back to me on three different BRAND NEW disks with a "write protected or other error"? I really doubt it's the disks. Is there a known problem with that version?

clock-chip autoprobe problems

Using xf86config, when I run the autoprobe for a clock chip line, the screen blanks, then comes back with an 'autoprobe call failed' error line. Meanwhile, X will kind of start, but all I get is a blue screen and an immobile pointer. Is there a line I can just insert in a config file? Is my clo

X-windows in startup

I had unsuccessfully configured X, set it aside for a day. Rebooted the machine, only to have X start automatically. Problem is, X isn't working beyond letting me enter username/password. C-ALT-D only gets me back to the initial GUI login! IS there a way to escape out of this during the boot p

Need advice: Compaq Presarios and Debian

I had Red Hat installed on my Presario as a dual boot system. It had its own hard drive, and worked somewhat, but eventually it flashed the BIOS and the whole motherboard had to be replaced. I was told (tersely) by Compaq Support that Presarios are NOT GOOD with Linux. But, I WANT LINUX. Name