Re: Debian 1.1 Problems

1998-06-17 Thread Marcus Johnson
Hi Steve, Thanks for the info on root shell exploits! If anyone has any more reasons I can use to persuade my ISP to upgrade from Debian 1.1 I'd be greatful. Marcus Stephen Carpenter wrote: "Root Shell Exploits" are bugs in programs that either run as root (like a network service deamon like t

Re: Debian 1.1 problems.

1998-06-17 Thread sjc
On Tue, Jun 16, 1998 at 07:42:04PM -0700, Marcus Johnson wrote: > On Fri, 29 May 1998 Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > >> So, given the fact I'm not in a position to compel the admin to upgrade > >> to Debian 1.3 or 2.0 (but can and will lobby for it), > > >Probably your admin will feel more necourage

Debian 1.1 problems.

1998-06-17 Thread Marcus Johnson
On Fri, 29 May 1998 Marcus Brinkmann wrote: >> So, given the fact I'm not in a position to compel the admin to upgrade >> to Debian 1.3 or 2.0 (but can and will lobby for it), >Probably your admin will feel more necouraged if you show him some of the >root shell expoits that have been found since

Re[4]: 1.1 problems

1996-07-28 Thread Lazaro . Salem
busmice modules. I agree. I haven't checked out Debian 1.1.2 which has just been released. happy hacking :-) Lazaro __ Reply Separator _ Subject: Re: Re[2]: 1.1 problems Author: Mark Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> at ccl

Re: Debian-1.1 problems: locale + dosemu + nfs-mount

1996-07-06 Thread Christophe Le Bars
**On 04 Jul, In article "Debian-1.1 problems: locale + dosemu + nfs-mount", ** RO (Rolf Obrecht) writes: RO>Hi out there, RO>I upgraded from 0.93 to 1.1 and found some problems: RO> RO>1.) Several programs which try to set the locale fail and give me error RO&

Re: 1.1 problems

1996-06-17 Thread Kai Grossjohann
> On Mon, 17 Jun 1996 06:58:53 +1000, Mark Phillips > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: Mark> dependency problem prevents configuration of libc5-dev Mark> libc5-dev depends on libc5 (=5.2.18-8) however: Mark> version of libc5 on system is 5.2.18-9 Get a newer libc5-dev (5.2.

Re: 1.1 problems

1996-06-17 Thread Bruce Perens
You might try the "modconf" tool. This is a shell/dialog program I wrote to help with static module configuration. Thanks Bruce

Re: 1.1 problems

1996-06-17 Thread Rick Hawkins
> dependency problem prevents configuration of libc5-dev > libc5-dev depends on libc5 (=5.2.18-8) however: > version of libc5 on system is 5.2.18-9 i'm shooting from the hip, but how about reinstalling both to the current version? > Next problem: when trying to configure my ethernet

Re: 1.1 problems

1996-06-17 Thread Dale Scheetz
Linux Journal has been running a series of article on writing a character device driver as a module. The conclusion will be in next months issue, so watch for it. There are some good discussions here on the fundimentals of modules under Linux. Enjoy, Dwarf

Re: 1.1 problems

1996-06-17 Thread Heiko Schlittermann
Mark Phillips wrote: : : : Next problem: when I boot I now get the following error messages: : Configuring serial ports/dev/cua0: No such device : done. : /dev/cua0: No such device : /dev/cua1: No such device : /dev/cua2: No such device : /dev/cua3: No such device Perhaps you serial driver i

Re: 1.1 problems

1996-06-17 Thread Toens Bueker
Susan Kleinmann wrote: > I agree it would be helpful if more of the module documentation were > placed in the /usr/doc directory. I suspect this hasn't happened yet > because the modules project has been moving _very_ fast. > There was an article on modules (now outmoded, but good for overview)

beta 1.1 problems: modules config

1996-05-17 Thread Gary Kline
turn-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > From: "James D. Freels" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (message from > Lukas Nellen on Wed, 15 May 1996 13:00:45

Re: beta 1.1 problems with 3c503 and the debian search system.

1996-05-17 Thread Bruce Perens
> In general, I think the beta 1.1 installation lacks severely in this > regard. There is an item on the menu to add the modules. However, it > does not run correctly and gives a ton of error messages saying it > cannot find the /etc/modules file (when it is there!), and will not > allow the inst

Re: beta 1.1 problems with 3c503 and the debian search system.

1996-05-16 Thread James D. Freels
>no problems using the 3c503. All I had to do was to list the driver in >/etc/modules. Also, when you try to load the driver by hand, make sure >you use modprobe, not insmod, as the 3c503 is layered on top of >another module. And make sure you run depmod at least once - the new >/etc/init.d/modules

Re: beta 1.1 problems with 3c503 and the debian search system.

1996-05-16 Thread Lukas Nellen
> "James" == "James D Freels" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: James> I have just installed the root and base diskettes and James> performed a basic configuration of v 1.1 on a raw system. James> I have a 3com 3c503 ethernet card that is apparently not James> recognized. I seem to

Re: beta 1.1 problems with 3c503 and the debian search system.

1996-05-14 Thread J.H.M.Dassen
> The search system has not responded tonight while I was searching > for a solution to this problem. "has not reponded" is a very vague description. Can you give a better one please? > another question(s): what good is an extensive mailing list archive if the > search system does not work? Also

beta 1.1 problems with 3c503 and the debian search system.

1996-05-14 Thread James D. Freels
The search system has not responded tonight while I was searching for a solution to this problem. I have just installed the root and base diskettes and performed a basic configuration of v 1.1 on a raw system. I have a 3com 3c503 ethernet card that is apparently not recognized. I seem to recall