Re: apt-get: 93 Protocol error

2001-02-11 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Sat, 10 Feb 2001, Eric G . Miller wrote: > On Sat, Feb 10, 2001 at 08:32:57PM -0600, Mike McNally wrote: > > The full error is: > > Could not create a socket - socket (93 Protocol not supported) > > No idea what protocol 93 is (it's not listed in /etc/protocols). FTP > should use the tcp prot

Re: host aliases

2001-02-11 Thread hanasaki
This is alot like a question I had about DHCP / DNS. I control DHCP and DNS for my subnet and use DHCP for all hosts. Well all but routers and firewalls. The need is to have: 1. DHCP use the NIC's MAC to identify a machine constistantly 2. Assign a random IP from the pool. On Fri, 9 Feb 200

fstab for cd-rw

2001-02-11 Thread John Griffiths
Ok guys, using the helpful discussions on this list in the past i've installed my shiny new cd-rw (for office backup purposes, not MP3's) it was on as hd3, now when i run # cdrecord -scanbus i get the following output: Cdrecord 1.8 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 Jörg Schilling Usi

Fw: RE: Newbie! Need help w/display config

2001-02-11 Thread Susumu Takuwa
Forwarded by Susumu Takuwa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- Original Message --- From:johnso61 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Susumu Takuwa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date:Sun, 11 Feb 2001 01:39:19 -0500 Subject: RE: Newbie! Need help w/display config >You can c

Weirdness in mail

2001-02-11 Thread Mircea Luca
test all the mail I send to the list is going to some .jp address.Any ideas ? It's only the mail to this specific debian list that is redirected.

mail-test-Ignore

2001-02-11 Thread Mircea Luca
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apt-get mystery

2001-02-11 Thread Ross Boylan
apt-get wants to remove a number of packages during an install, and I'm not sure why. Furthermore, I'm not sure how to find out, in, general. I'd be grateful for any help figuring out what's going on. In particular, when I ask what it will do in upgrading wine, it reports that it wants to knock

Re: AMD, Cyrix and 2.2r don't mix; ncr53c406a;

2001-02-11 Thread Meela Davis
Hello all!   I have experienced a similar problem: I had debian potato working with an pentium processor, but a combinatiuon of upgrading hardware and a 'helping friend' uninstalling most of the system convinced me to restart the install from scratch.   The new system: Athlon k7 pro gigabyte

starting x manually as non-root

2001-02-11 Thread Bernd Sokolowsky
Hi all, since about two weeks I have problems starting X from the console. The error message: "X: user not authorized to run the X server, aborting." The file /etc/X11/Xserver reads: /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 Console The first line in this file is the full pathname of the default X server. The sec

Re: apt-get: 93 Protocol error

2001-02-11 Thread Mike McNally
Ok, 93 protocol fixed w/ new apt... next error: Could not connect to localhost:8080 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection refused) I have a poor understanding of a firewall I setup with pmfirewall, but my guess here is that I need to tell apt that it should think of this box as 192.168.1.1 inst

Re: starting x manually as non-root

2001-02-11 Thread Bernd Sokolowsky
> David B Harris writes: dbh> Check /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config . Changing "allowed_users" from "rootonly" to "console" had the desired effect. Thx, Bernd. -- Bernd Sokolowsky @ home

Re: True Type fonts

2001-02-11 Thread Erik Steffl
"Dr. Aldo Medina" wrote: > > Erik Steffl wrote: > > > > "Dr. Aldo Medina" wrote: > > > > > > Erik Steffl wrote: > > > > > > > > "Dr. Aldo Medina" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Nathan E Norman wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 07, 2001 at 10:01:39PM -0800, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > > > > > > > >

Printing woes

2001-02-11 Thread Charlie Yao
I installed lprng and magicfilter via apt to enable printing in debian. It prints ok, except for a few problems. The margins are pretty messed up - there is about a quarter inch less on the left side than there is on the right. Also, underlining and bold just dont look right - the line below underl

Re: kernel and tulip??

2001-02-11 Thread Erik Steffl
> Chris Parker wrote: > > O.k. I just installed kernel 2.2.18 that was a .deb on a 2.2.12 > system. How to get this kernel to start over the 2.2.12. Tried to > make boot disk for it but i got fd0 errorsabout bad block sectors. > Need new floppies?? It's on a dual boot with w98:( . Also tulip w

Re: pppoe stop working after upgrading to Kernel 2.4.1

2001-02-11 Thread Philippe Marzouk
Le sam, 10 fév 2001 19:59:52, Chun Kit Edwin Lau a écrit : > Hi everyone, > > Does anyone have trouble using pppoe after upgrading to Kernel > 2.4.1? > I use pppoe under 2.4.0 and switched from rp-pppoe that I used under 2.2.18 to kernel support of pppoe. You need a patched pppoe (see the

Re: Cat-ting binary files to the console

2001-02-11 Thread Rick Rezinas
wow! that's the command I've been looking for. thanks (not my post thought ;) rick On Fri, 09 Feb 2001, Mike Dresser wrote: > will trillich wrote: > > > On Thu, Feb 08, 2001 at 11:18:34AM -0600, Benjamin Pharr wrote: > > > Every once in a while I slip up at cat a binary file to the console. (

CD-RW trouble

2001-02-11 Thread John Griffiths
ok, i'm trying to set up a CDRW i've got SCSI emulation going, cdrecord -scanbus can detect it i can mount the cd-rom for reading... fstab has the following line added: /dev/scd0 /cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro 0 0 now if i try: #cdrecord dev=scd0 blank=all i get: Cdrecord 1.8 (

Re: pppoe stop working after upgrading to Kernel 2.4.1

2001-02-11 Thread Philippe Marzouk
Le dim, 11 fév 2001 11:21:49, Philippe Marzouk a écrit : > Le sam, 10 fév 2001 19:59:52, Chun Kit Edwin Lau a écrit : > > Hi everyone, > > > > Does anyone have trouble using pppoe after upgrading to > Kernel > > 2.4.1? > > > I use pppoe under 2.4.0 and switched from rp-pppoe that I used und

Re: CD-RW trouble

2001-02-11 Thread Philippe Marzouk
Le dim, 11 fév 2001 12:00:45, John Griffiths a écrit : > ok, i'm trying to set up a CDRW > > i've got SCSI emulation going, > > cdrecord -scanbus can detect it > > i can mount the cd-rom for reading... > > fstab has the following line added: > /dev/scd0 /cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro

3c59x.o: init_module: Device or resource busy

2001-02-11 Thread Krzys Majewski
So I'm trying to teach my boot floppies to do networking.. I try to insmod my NIC driver, 3c59x.c, but I get this: 3c59x.o: init_module: Device or resource busy What now? With my usual kernel this module is loaded with no options, and I'm trying this on the same hardware. insmod reports no m

Re: CD-RW trouble

2001-02-11 Thread John Griffiths
>> now if i try: >> #cdrecord dev=scd0 blank=all >> > >Use the numbers given by cdrecord -scanbus (e.g 0,1,0) as the paramater >for dev > >(ie: cdrecord dev=0,1,0 ) > thank you kindly! that worked a treat... John

Re:

2001-02-11 Thread Gary Jones
On 11 Feb 2001, "unix,inc." wrote: Nothing of interest, how unusual. Did anyone hear anything back from the domain, or are we to take this to MAPS and get the sewer plugged? Note cc. -- Gary Debian 2.1r4 (kernel v2.0.39); XFree86 3.3.6

Re: Cat-ting binary files to the console

2001-02-11 Thread Andre Berger
On 2001-02-10 10:51 +0100, will trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 08, 2001 at 11:18:34AM -0600, Benjamin Pharr wrote: > > Every once in a while I slip up at cat a binary file to the console. (Or > > just forget to give mkisofs the -o flag.) This causes the console to use > > WEIR

Re: a2ps margin

2001-02-11 Thread Anthony Campbell
Unfortunately I deleted the original mail that this is an answer to, If a2ps prints too wide, so that the right-hand margin is off the paper, you can edit the a2psrc file in your home directory. Comment out the lines relating to Deskjet (which apparently make the print wider). Above this there wi

no keyboard with 2.4.1 on Powermac

2001-02-11 Thread Sebastiaan
Hello, I am trying to compile kernel 2.4.1 on a PowerMac 7300, but I get the following errors, all related to the keyboard. It is a standard ADB keyboard and I enabled all kernel options related to this. I have installed modutils 2.4.2. I can edit the files and add a line #define CONFIG_ADB_KEY

Re: 3c59x.o: init_module: Device or resource busy

2001-02-11 Thread Sebastiaan
Hi, if you compile the driver into the kernel, you only have to do: ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 up asuumed that your kernel detects your card correctly. Greetz, Sebastiaan On 11 Feb 2001, Krzys Majewski wrote: > So I'm trying to teach my boot floppies to do networking.. >

Re: Cat-ting binary files to the console

2001-02-11 Thread Moritz Schulte
Andre Berger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > # bash > > set PS1="^V^O whatever> " > > Huh? Do you mean "export" instead of "set"? But the exported line > displays verbatim here? (potato) > > ^V^O whatever> ^V^O means you've to type Ctrl+V, Ctrl+O. moritz -- Moritz Schulte <[E

trouble installing GNOME

2001-02-11 Thread Jeroen Valcke
Hi, I'm trying to install GNOME on my system. I followed the instructions from the GNOME User FAQ. So I added deb http://spidermonkey.helixcode.com/distributions/debian unstable main to my sources.list I ran apt-get update and after that did apt-get install task-helix-gnome even did an additional

Update from kernel 2.2 to 2.4 mit the stable release

2001-02-11 Thread Raffaele Sandrini
Hi, I use the stable (ptotato)-Debian release. Now i wan't to upgrade to the 2.4.1 kernel (from the 2.2.18). Do i have to look at some special issues or can i compile it the same way i did it with the 2.2? Do i need some special Progs? cheers, Raffaele -- Raffaele Sandrini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re:

2001-02-11 Thread Susumu Takuwa
> On Sun, 11 Feb 2001 12:27:00 +0100 Gary Jones writes: GJ> Nothing of interest, how unusual. Did anyone hear anything back from GJ> the domain, or are we to take this to MAPS and get the sewer plugged? I requested the person of the domain not to reply for debian-user list. Since so

Shell-script question

2001-02-11 Thread Andre Berger
I wrote a shell script "/usr/local/bin/mailcheck" (/usr/local/bin/ is in $PATH of my potato bash) that gives a list of pon "targets" (diff. ISPs), and is owned by root., perms 755. I've virtually no experience with shell scripting, so it may be poor quality. Anyway: If the script is invoked from a

Re: Update from kernel 2.2 to 2.4 mit the stable release

2001-02-11 Thread Sebastiaan
Hi, AFAIK, you only need modutils=>2.4. Search the web for it, I do not know an official .deb package. Greetz, Sebastiaan On Sun, 11 Feb 2001, Raffaele Sandrini wrote: > Hi, > > I use the stable (ptotato)-Debian release. Now i wan't to upgrade to the > 2.4.1 kernel (from the 2.2.18). Do i ha

Re: Update from kernel 2.2 to 2.4 mit the stable release

2001-02-11 Thread Philippe Marzouk
Le dim, 11 fév 2001 14:36:24, Sebastiaan a écrit : > On Sun, 11 Feb 2001, Raffaele Sandrini wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I use the stable (ptotato)-Debian release. Now i wan't to upgrade to > the > > 2.4.1 kernel (from the 2.2.18). Do i have to look at some special > issues or > > can i compile it

Re: Cat-ting binary files to the console

2001-02-11 Thread Andre Berger
On 2001-02-11 14:02 +0100, Moritz Schulte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andre Berger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > # bash > > > set PS1="^V^O whatever> " > > > > Huh? Do you mean "export" instead of "set"? But the exported line > > displays verbatim here? (potato) > > > > ^V^O whatever

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Re: Update from kernel 2.2 to 2.4 mit the stable release

2001-02-11 Thread ktb
On Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 02:21:15PM +0100, Raffaele Sandrini wrote: > Hi, > > I use the stable (ptotato)-Debian release. Now i wan't to upgrade to the > 2.4.1 kernel (from the 2.2.18). Do i have to look at some special issues or > can i compile it the same way i did it with the 2.2? Do i need som

Re: no keyboard with 2.4.1 on Powermac

2001-02-11 Thread Ethan Benson
On Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 01:39:57PM +0100, Sebastiaan wrote: note you will get more powerpc experts on debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org then on debian-user. > Hello, > > I am trying to compile kernel 2.4.1 on a PowerMac 7300, but I get the > following > errors, all related to the keyboard. It is

Re: Shell-script question

2001-02-11 Thread Erdmut Pfeifer
On Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 02:26:51PM +0100, Andre Berger wrote: > I wrote a shell script "/usr/local/bin/mailcheck" (/usr/local/bin/ is in > $PATH of my potato bash) that gives a list of pon "targets" (diff. > ISPs), and is owned by root., perms 755. I've virtually no experience > with shell scriptin

apt error

2001-02-11 Thread Adriaan Peeters
Hello, I get the following error when trying to reinstall glibc: napoli:~# apt-get --reinstall install glibc* Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Note, selecting libc6-pic instead of glibc-pic Note, selecting libc6 instead of glibc2.2 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly instal

Re: fstab for cd-rw

2001-02-11 Thread David Z Maze
John Griffiths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: JG> Ok guys, using the helpful discussions on this list in the past JG> i've installed my shiny new cd-rw (for office backup purposes, not JG> MP3's) (There's absolutely nothing dishonorable IMHO about using a CD-RW to burn CDs of MP3s. Carrying around o

Re: Shell-script question

2001-02-11 Thread Andre Berger
On 2001-02-11 15:16 +0100, Erdmut Pfeifer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 02:26:51PM +0100, Andre Berger wrote: > > I wrote a shell script "/usr/local/bin/mailcheck" (/usr/local/bin/ is in > > $PATH of my potato bash) that gives a list of pon "targets" (diff. > > ISPs), and is

Re: Update from kernel 2.2 to 2.4 mit the stable release

2001-02-11 Thread ktb
On Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 03:31:44PM +0100, Raffaele Sandrini wrote: > Hi > > Thanks for that help. > > I got the modutils rpm from kernel.org and installed it with no probs. > > Now i downloaded the e2fs source files from the depian ftp. I got 3 files. > The main file, a diff file and a .dsc fil

Re: Shell-script question

2001-02-11 Thread ktb
On Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 03:42:15PM +0100, Andre Berger wrote: > On 2001-02-11 15:16 +0100, Erdmut Pfeifer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 02:26:51PM +0100, Andre Berger wrote: > > > I wrote a shell script "/usr/local/bin/mailcheck" (/usr/local/bin/ is in > > > $PATH of my pot

Build error 4.0.2 (debian)

2001-02-11 Thread Frederik Vanrenterghem
Hi, I'm getting the following error message while trying to compile XF 4.0.2 from debian unstable: make[5]: Entering directory `/usr/src/xfree86-4.0.2/build-tree/xc/lib/Xft' rm -f xftcfg.o gcc -c -O2 -fno-strength-reduce -g -ansi -pedantic -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-protot

Unicode maps

2001-02-11 Thread Cam Ellison
In the process of removing and then re-installing Samba, I managed to wipe out (but not re-install) the /etc/samba/codepages directory. I have set up a couple of codepages (using source data from another application), but cannot find anything in unicode. Samba complains, naturally. Where would I

Re: Update from kernel 2.2 to 2.4 mit the stable release

2001-02-11 Thread Raffaele Sandrini
Hi Yes, ok, i will forget rpm. I tried your way over apt-get all worked fine until the compile process started. Here is the output of apt-get: Reading Package Lists... Building Dependency Tree... Need to get 977kB of source archives. dpkg-buildpackage: source package is e2fsprogs dpkg-buildpac

Re: Update from kernel 2.2 to 2.4 mit the stable release

2001-02-11 Thread ktb
On Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 04:36:29PM +0100, Raffaele Sandrini wrote: > Hi > > Yes, ok, i will forget rpm. > > I tried your way over apt-get all worked fine until the compile process > started. Here is the output of apt-get: > > > Reading Package Lists... > Building Dependency Tree... > Need to g

Re: pppoe stop working after upgrading to Kernel 2.4.1

2001-02-11 Thread Pollywog
On Sun, 11 Feb 2001 11:21:49 +0100, Philippe Marzouk said: > Le sam, 10 fév 2001 19:59:52, Chun Kit Edwin Lau a écrit : > > Hi everyone, > > > >Does anyone have trouble using pppoe after upgrading to Kernel > > 2.4.1? > > > I use pppoe under 2.4.0 and switched from rp-pppoe that I us

Re: Shell-script question

2001-02-11 Thread Andre Berger
On 2001-02-11 16:48 +0100, ktb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 03:42:15PM +0100, Andre Berger wrote: > > On 2001-02-11 15:16 +0100, Erdmut Pfeifer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 02:26:51PM +0100, Andre Berger wrote: > > > > I wrote a shell script "/usr

Re: Update from kernel 2.2 to 2.4 mit the stable release

2001-02-11 Thread Raffaele Sandrini
Thanks kent This Proggie is realy the best i ever saw absolutly great!!! Thanks alot. That solves also much other problems i have. cheers, Raffaele On Sunday 11 February 2001 17:00, ktb wrote: > On Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 04:36:29PM +0100, Raffaele Sandrini wrote: > > Hi > > > > Yes, ok, i wil

Re: alsa sound

2001-02-11 Thread Philipp Schulte
On Sat, Feb 10, 2001 at 08:00:12PM +, Alan Chandler wrote: > On Sat, 10 Feb 2001 18:25:49 +0100, Philipp Schulte wrote: > >Which kernel-version do you use? In newer versions there is a emu10k1 > >module in the sound section so you don't need alsa at all. > >Before the kernel-module I used als

Re: Shell-script question

2001-02-11 Thread ktb
On Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 05:03:56PM +0100, Andre Berger wrote: > On 2001-02-11 16:48 +0100, ktb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 03:42:15PM +0100, Andre Berger wrote: > > > On 2001-02-11 15:16 +0100, Erdmut Pfeifer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 02:2

Re: trouble installing GNOME

2001-02-11 Thread mike polniak
Jeroen Valcke wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to install GNOME on my system. > I followed the instructions from the GNOME User FAQ. > So I added deb http://spidermonkey.helixcode.com/distributions/debian > unstable main to my sources.list > I ran apt-get update and after that did apt-get install task-

Re: 3c59x.o: init_module: Device or resource busy

2001-02-11 Thread Krzys Majewski
That's what I thought but when I tried it, it looks like ifconfig tried running modprobe automatically. I've got stuff in /etc/network/ though, maybe something there is screwing it up.. -chris On Sun, 11 Feb 2001, Sebastiaan wrote: > Hi, > > if you compile the driver into the kernel, you

PPP and the kernel 2.4.1

2001-02-11 Thread Raffaele Sandrini
Hi, I got the new kernel to work. But i can't esrtablish a PPP conection. I have the newest PPPD. I got this error: Feb 11 17:36:53 raffaele pppd[234]: Couldn't set tty to PPP discipline: Invalid argument I haven't receaved that with the 2.2 kernels How can i solve this? cheers, Raffaele --

Re: Perl warning on woody apt-get revisited

2001-02-11 Thread Glen Snyder
Just one more newbie question. If I run perl -V:d_setlocale using the gnome desktop, I get the error messages: > perl: warning: Setting locale failed. > perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings: > LANGUAGE = (unset), > LC_ALL = (unset), > LANG = "c" I don't have this problem if I lo

Re:

2001-02-11 Thread USM Bish
On Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 10:22:11PM +0900, Susumu Takuwa wrote: > > On Sun, 11 Feb 2001 12:27:00 +0100 > Gary Jones writes: > > GJ> Nothing of interest, how unusual. Did anyone hear anything back from > GJ> the domain, or are we to take this to MAPS and get the sewer plugged? > > I req

Re: PPP and the kernel 2.4.1

2001-02-11 Thread Andreas Schmidt
On Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 05:44:41PM +0100, Raffaele Sandrini wrote: > Hi, > > I got the new kernel to work. > > But i can't esrtablish a PPP conection. > I have the newest PPPD. What is the version of your PPP package. You need at least version 2.4.0f-1. I had the same problem with the PPP packag

Re: event viewer application

2001-02-11 Thread Osamu Aoki
For all practical use, following may suffice your need. 1. Install mc (or install task-newbie) to get access to midnight commander. 2. Run from root (Xterm or console) # mc /var/log /proc 3. Play with TAB and all key combination you can think. You really do not need to know unix to navigat

Re: Shell-script question

2001-02-11 Thread Erdmut Pfeifer
On Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 03:42:15PM +0100, Andre Berger wrote: > On 2001-02-11 15:16 +0100, Erdmut Pfeifer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 02:26:51PM +0100, Andre Berger wrote: > > > I wrote a shell script "/usr/local/bin/mailcheck" (/usr/local/bin/ is in > > > $PATH of my pot

Re: Weirdness in mail

2001-02-11 Thread Osamu Aoki
This happens when someone subscribe to this list and somehow kills account where he subscribed from. Just >/dev/null them. Regards. On Sat, Feb 10, 2001 at 11:05:28PM -0800, Mircea Luca wrote: > test > > all the mail I send to the list is going to some .jp address.Any ideas ? > It's only the m

Re: PPP and the kernel 2.4.1

2001-02-11 Thread Rino Mardo
On Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 05:44:41PM +0100 or thereabouts, Raffaele Sandrini wrote: > Hi, > > I got the new kernel to work. > > But i can't esrtablish a PPP conection. > I have the newest PPPD. I got this error: > > Feb 11 17:36:53 raffaele pppd[234]: Couldn't set tty to PPP discipline: > Invali

Missing "From:" in mutt

2001-02-11 Thread Rino Mardo
I'm using the same ~/.muttrc I've been using and lately I've reinstalled my debian and used 2.2r0 (apt-get to the latest) and kernel 2.4.1 (no ReiserFS support yet). The funny thing I noticed is that the "From:" line in mutt doesn't show my address although I've tested it and receivers do see my e

Re: update-menus not working? Here is my info.

2001-02-11 Thread Xucaen
--- joost witteveen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 2001/02/10(6)/10:02, Xucaen wrote: > > > > > ?package(jed):needs="text" \ > > > > section="Apps/Editors" \ > > > > title="jed" \ > > > > command="/usr/bin/jed" > [ ... and `dpkg -l jed' shows it's

Re: fstab for cd-rw

2001-02-11 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 05:27:24PM +1100, John Griffiths wrote: > it was on as hd3, now when i run You mean hdc Make softlink from /dev/scd0 to /dev/cdrom (If it is the only CDROM, Otherwise use other name like /dev/cdrw) Then add forrowing to /etc/fstab /dev/cdrom /cdrom iso966

upgrade.

2001-02-11 Thread Dale Kosan
I want to upgrade my Potato box to woody, wich is in testing I believe. Could someone be nice enough to tell me what to add to my source list and what commands to use to do the upgrade. Thanks in advance.

Re: Missing "From:" in mutt

2001-02-11 Thread Daniel de los Reyes
El Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 09:50:01PM +0400, Rino Mardo dijo: -| I'm using the same ~/.muttrc I've been using and lately I've reinstalled my -| debian and used 2.2r0 (apt-get to the latest) and kernel 2.4.1 (no ReiserFS -| support yet). The funny thing I noticed is that the "From:" line in mutt -| do

Re: Printing woes

2001-02-11 Thread Osamu Aoki
Check http://www.linuxprinting.org/ You should be able to configure manually with this info. Also try printtool in testing. It works with LPRNG (Not with BSD yet despite message). Need to edit /etc/init.d/lprng at this moment. Now uniprint drivers works too. Canon can use old driver and uniprin

Re: Uncompilable sources - SOLVED

2001-02-11 Thread csj
On Saturday 10 February 2001 01:37, Oliver Elphick wrote: > csj wrote: > >The short of it: A number of debian sources won't compile > > because of the following problem: > > > >usr/bin/ld: cannot find -ldb > > ... > > >debian:/# dpkg -L libdb2-dev | grep "libdb2.so" > >/usr/lib/libdb2.

eth0: unknown interface: No such device

2001-02-11 Thread Krzys Majewski
OK here's the deal I'm trying to make a bare-bonez floppy distribution with networking capability. I'm testing it on my usual workstation. This machine uses the 3c59x driver for eth0. Now, I've compiled the 3c59x driver into the kernel on the floppy distro, but when I run ifconfig I get:

any one running sips (sips.sourceforge.net)??

2001-02-11 Thread Adam Shand
i've tried to get sips (a really nice and simple databaseless weblog) running on two different debian boxes without luck. for some reason it's not parsing some of the templates right. i thought maybe i'd tweaked something wrong but i just it again on a default install of debian and i get the sam

Re: Small debian install

2001-02-11 Thread Jaye Inabnit ke6sls
Hi Neil, Yes, I have similar, but I have 32 mb of ram in it. The box is a rock solid and I do mean rock solid p75 intel. If you can find another old box, steal the memory and it should be a fine bench box or present for someone who hasn't experienced linux before. Enjoy On Saturday 10 Febru

Re: CD-RW trouble

2001-02-11 Thread Jaye Inabnit ke6sls
John, Here is my script: /usr/local/sbin/wipe_writer #!/bin/sh cdrecord dev=0,0,0 blank=all speed=4 eject /dev/scd0 Just wonder if a speed entry will help.. hth. On Sunday 11 February 2001 03:00, John Griffiths wrote: > ok, i'm trying to set up a CDRW > > i've got SCSI emulation going, > >

kernel compilation guide?

2001-02-11 Thread Glenn Becker
All, I try to tune in to any discussions of how to compile a new / custom kernel on the list, but I was wondering ... is there a convenient doc on how to do this the Debian way? I am currently running 2.2.17 & don't feel any great *need* to upgrade/date, but would like the know-how. Thx, Glenn

Installation help

2001-02-11 Thread Ty and Marcella BURDEN
I just completed an install of debian 2.2r2 by 3.5 floppy. The machine I installed on was on a Sager notebook (Pentium 66, 16mb ram, 3.5 floppy, 1.4g HD and two PCMCIA card). I did not have any problem installing Debian. It was actually easy. I wanted to install debian using an external PCMCIA C

ssh version ?

2001-02-11 Thread Bram Dumolin
hello, I was wondering what the deal is with the version of ssh. 1.2.3-9.2 is the latest version shipped with Debian. But the original sources say : 2.3.0p1 Can someone enlighten me on this? -- /bye [EMAIL PROTECTED] People using html in email should be shot. By US Code Title 47, Sec

Re: kernel compilation guide?

2001-02-11 Thread Sven Hoexter
On Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 02:49:10PM -0500, Glenn Becker wrote: > > All, > > I try to tune in to any discussions of how to compile a new / custom > kernel on the list, but I was wondering ... is there a convenient doc on > how to do this the Debian way? I am currently running 2.2.17 & don't feel >

Re: mh-rmail in emacs falls over at 10k messages.

2001-02-11 Thread Bill Wohler
> I was starting to enjoy using mh-rmail mode in emacs. It suddenly > stopped displaying messages, even though it would read them, at > message (or there abouts). G'day Paul, gruess Robert. MH and mh-e can handle the big message numbers just fine, but a little configuration is necessa

eth0 unknown option

2001-02-11 Thread BizarroBum
i added the line iface eth0 inet dhcp into /etc/network/interfaces and when i restart /etc/init.d/networking i says eth0 i an unknown option... i think that my ethernet card has been detected cause when i do cat /proc/pci i can see the name of my 3com mini-pci card detected. _

module configuration problem (3c515 and ppa)

2001-02-11 Thread Pete Meyer
I'm attempting to install debian 2.2r on a new Dell 4100, and I'm having problems with two modules. My network card is 3c905c-tx, and I've tried installing the 3c515 module using both no arguments and irq=3. In both cases I get an error message: invalide paramater param_irq. Any suggestions o

Re: trouble installing GNOME

2001-02-11 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 02:00:20PM +0100, Jeroen Valcke wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to install GNOME on my system. > I followed the instructions from the GNOME User FAQ. > So I added deb http://spidermonkey.helixcode.com/distributions/debian > unstable main to my sources.list > I ran apt-get updat

Re: eth0 unknown option

2001-02-11 Thread Known Human Nick Rusnov
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>it was written: >i added the line > >iface eth0 inet dhcp > >into /etc/network/interfaces >and when i restart /etc/init.d/networking i says eth0 i an unknown option... i >think that my ethernet card has been detected cause when i do /proc/pci doesn't indicate that

mke2fs: invalid arg to ext2 library ?

2001-02-11 Thread will trillich
Invalid argument passed to ext2 library while setting up superblock --i didn't get any response before, so i'm trying a different --subject line. if this is the wrong place to ask, pliz direct --me to the right one... i tried the potato mke2fs on /dev/hda9 hda10 hda11, but only one of the three w

Re: LD_LIBRARY_PATH

2001-02-11 Thread will trillich
On Sat, Feb 10, 2001 at 06:46:11PM +, Oliver Elphick wrote: > "Stan Brown" wrote: > >Whats the deal with LD_LIBRARY_PATH in Debian? > > > >I have a ORACLE::DBD perl module that needs this set to include the Oralce > s > >hared > >libs. I guess I can just set this in each users .p

Re: Shell-script question [solved]

2001-02-11 Thread Andre Berger
On 2001-02-11 14:26 +0100, Andre Berger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I wrote a shell script "/usr/local/bin/mailcheck" (/usr/local/bin/ is in > $PATH of my potato bash) that gives a list of pon "targets" (diff. > ISPs), and is owned by root., perms 755. I've virtually no experience > with shell scr

Re: kernel compilation guide?

2001-02-11 Thread ktb
On Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 02:49:10PM -0500, Glenn Becker wrote: > > All, > > I try to tune in to any discussions of how to compile a new / custom > kernel on the list, but I was wondering ... is there a convenient doc on > how to do this the Debian way? I am currently running 2.2.17 & don't feel >

Problem building X 4.0.2 from debian source

2001-02-11 Thread Frederik Vanrenterghem
Hi, I've encountered a problem today while trying to build X 4 from source, with adapted Matrox driver from the Matrox site (I have a G450). I've posted this already to this list as a CC from a mail to a xfree86 mailing list, but now I'm fairly certain it's a Debian-specific problem, since I've su

Apache Virtual Host.

2001-02-11 Thread Leonard Leblanc
Hello Everyone...   This has been holding me up for the past week or so and I just can't seem to find my error.  Maybe you guys can help me out with this one.  I am running bind for my DNS.  My web-site is currently accessable through www.emergeknowledge.com and through test.emergeknowledge.

Re: mke2fs: invalid arg to ext2 library ?

2001-02-11 Thread Nate Amsden
will trillich wrote: > > Invalid argument passed to ext2 library while setting up superblock > > --i didn't get any response before, so i'm trying a different > --subject line. if this is the wrong place to ask, pliz direct > --me to the right one... i saw the last post but since noone has repli

Re: odd delay with ssh and ipchains

2001-02-11 Thread Timothy H. Keitt
Actually, I blocked my DNS connection and it was timing out... :-\ Tim Jason Schepman wrote: Tim, I don't think you're doing anything wrong. I assume that you're running ssh as a daemon. If this is the case, mine does the same thing. Sometimes my ssh connections don't even go through until

Re: mke2fs: invalid arg to ext2 library ?

2001-02-11 Thread Erdmut Pfeifer
On Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 03:21:24PM -0600, will trillich wrote: > Invalid argument passed to ext2 library while setting up superblock > > --i didn't get any response before, so i'm trying a different > --subject line. if this is the wrong place to ask, pliz direct > --me to the right one... > > i

Re: apt-get: 93 Protocol error

2001-02-11 Thread Earl F Hampton
On Sunday 11 February 2001 08:29, Mike McNally wrote: > Ok, 93 protocol fixed w/ new apt... next error: > > Could not connect to localhost:8080 (127.0.0.1). - connect (111 Connection > refused) > HTTP_PROXY=192.168.1.1:8080 or FTP_PROXY=192.168.1.1:port > I have a poor understanding of a firewa

Re: Apache Virtual Host.

2001-02-11 Thread MaD dUCK
from my httpd.conf: NameVirtualHost 130.58.82.235:80 ServerAdmin [EMAIL PROTECTED] ServerName www.pantsfullofunix.net ServerAlias pantsfullofunix.net ServerPath /pantsfullofunix.net DocumentRoot "/home/apache/pantsfullofunix.net" ErrorLog /var/log/apa

deleting ~

2001-02-11 Thread Attila Csosz
Hi, I've a ~ (1 char) named directory in my home directory :) How could I delete it? Thanks Attila -- - Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Debian 2.2 Linux / 2.2.13 / qmail - - PGP key: gpg --keyserver keys.pgp.com --recv-key 0x2cc33

Re: alsa sound

2001-02-11 Thread Alan Chandler
On Sun, 11 Feb 2001 17:24:54 +0100, Philipp Schulte wrote: >modprobe emu10k1 > >> So ... I am now running 2.2.18pre21, and the alsa .debs are all the >> versions that use those kernel headers. > >I think the 2.2.18pre-series have the emu10k1 module included. Install >the kernel-source and do: >

Re: Update from kernel 2.2 to 2.4 mit the stable release

2001-02-11 Thread Alan Chandler
On Sun, 11 Feb 2001 08:04:24 -0600, you wrote: > >It tells you exactly which upgrades you need. In my case for a 2.4.1 >kernel I needed - >modutils 2.4.0 >e2fsprogs 1.19 >on a stock Potato box. you need to update pppd too Alan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.chandler.u-net.com

Re: deleting ~

2001-02-11 Thread will trillich
On Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 08:40:23PM +0100, Attila Csosz wrote: > I've a ~ (1 char) named directory in my home directory :) > How could I delete it? quote it so the shell doesn't 'interpret' it. % echo ~ /home/yourlogin % echo \~ ~ % echo '~' ~ % mv \~ somethingSensible -- It is always hazardous

unresolved symbols in kernel compile

2001-02-11 Thread Duncan Watson
Hi all, I am a newcomer to debian, but I am already a big fan. Apt-get is great and this list is also quite useful. I have used the list archive for solutions to many of my issues so far. Now I have one that I don't know the solution. I am trying to build a new kernel to support my sound card,

Re: deleting ~

2001-02-11 Thread Philipp Schulte
On Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 08:40:23PM +0100, Attila Csosz wrote: > I've a ~ (1 char) named directory in my home directory :) > How could I delete it? $rmdir "~" Phil

Re: insmod: Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than /lib/modules/2.2.17/modules.dep

2001-02-11 Thread Lyren Brown
In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; from [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Wed, Oct 25, 2000 at 06:49:53PM -0500 Erik, I found the thread on debian-user where you and others were discussing the problem with timestamps on /etc/modules.conf and /lib/modules/`uname -r`/modules.dep: http://lists.debian.org/debian

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