XF86Setup in Woody?

2001-08-18 Thread R1nso13
does woody have XF86Setup, or do you just assume that whoever's running woody can handle xf86config? b/c after getting my x window system working (more or less) i decided i needed to reconfigure things a bit (because it was only more or less running). i searched for XF86Setup on the packages lis

Re: sysadmin won't allow linux - PLEASE HELP

2001-08-18 Thread Steve Kowalik
On Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 11:26:04PM -0400, Jeff Maxson uttered: > I don't think that was their point. It is not viral in that respect, but > it is viral in that (from what I understand) anything GPL'ed can't get > sucked into another program without that other program being required to > be GPL'ed

Re: Bolet?n Informativo - Agosto 2001

2001-08-18 Thread Steve Kowalik
On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 01:15:03AM -0300, Daniel Toffetti uttered: > AFAIK, this has nothing to do neither with Debian, nor with God. May He > send them where they deserve... > Go directly to /dev/null, do not pass Go, do not collect $200. Or something. :-)) --

Re: Bolet?n Informativo - Agosto 2001

2001-08-18 Thread John Galt
But Debian is God's Own Distribution :) On Sat, 18 Aug 2001, Steve Kowalik wrote: >On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 01:15:03AM -0300, Daniel Toffetti uttered: >> AFAIK, this has nothing to do neither with Debian, nor with God. May He >> send them where they deserve... >> >Go directly to /dev/null, do not

Re: shutdown permission to users?

2001-08-18 Thread Guy Geens
> "Brian" == Brian Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Brian> And with the NOPASSWD setting, you could avoid exposing your Brian> root password. Sudo never asks for the root password, only the user's own password. The NOPASSWD will allow people to execute the command without typing any passwor

how to use BTS for install disks

2001-08-18 Thread Greg Wiley
I would like to report a bug on the install disks for the "testing" distribution. My inclination is to file against "installation" but I am not sure. How does one report a possible defect in the installation disks? Thanks, -=greg

monitor with alphabetic-soup.

2001-08-18 Thread A.E. Roy
I have a new computer with some problems. When I got it, I powered it up, popped in my bootable debian cd, and it all went just fine. For the record; I've installed debian on 10+ machines, mostly old machines less than 200MHz cpu. Then I powered it down for the evenning, and the next morning I had

Re: how to use BTS for install disks

2001-08-18 Thread Rogério Brito
On Aug 17 2001, Greg Wiley wrote: > I would like to report a bug on the install disks for the "testing" > distribution. My inclination is to file against "installation" but > I am not sure. How does one report a possible defect in the > installation disks? I think that you should file a

DHCP and host names

2001-08-18 Thread Erik van der Meulen
Hi, I have managed to change my LAN from fixed IP to DHCP. I had somehow expected the DHCP software to update my /etc/hosts file, so I would still be able to ping hostname. In practice, this does not seem to work. Now it seems that I have given up a little functionallity in the change to DHCP. I do

Re: XF86Setup in Woody?

2001-08-18 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 02:19:47AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > does woody have XF86Setup, Yes. Does your keyboard have a key? > i searched for XF86Setup on the packages list but it only returned a potato > package (the one i currently have) Packages default to most

Re: monitor with alphabetic-soup.

2001-08-18 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 09:34:55AM +0200, A.E. Roy ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > ...when I turned it on, the machine seemed fine, but the monitor > didn't display any image, it was on on indicated by the blinking > standby. If the monitor is Green Star rated (power saving features), these are trig

Re: sysadmin won't allow linux - PLEASE HELP

2001-08-18 Thread Cliff Sarginson
On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 04:30:29PM +1000, Steve Kowalik wrote: > On Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 11:26:04PM -0400, Jeff Maxson uttered: > > I don't think that was their point. It is not viral in that respect, but > > it is viral in that (from what I understand) anything GPL'ed can't get > > sucked into an

monitor power saving mode?

2001-08-18 Thread Chris Palmer
Hi... Is it possible to setup the display in linux to shut off after some time of inactivity, just like (gasp) Windows? I've been converting my machines to linux-only and I'd like to have the monitor auto-shutoff after some time. Does such a thing exist for linux? I've seen packages for managing

Re: how to use BTS for install disks

2001-08-18 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include Greg Wiley wrote on Fri Aug 17, 2001 um 11:56:27PM: > I would like to report a bug on > the install disks for the "testing" > distribution. My inclination is > to file against "installation" but > I am not sure. How does one > report a possible defect in the > installation disks? A com

Re: monitor power saving mode?

2001-08-18 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 12:54:44AM -0700, Chris Palmer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi... > > Is it possible to setup the display in linux to shut off > after some time of inactivity, just like (gasp) Windows? > I've been converting my machines to linux-only and I'd > like to have the monitor aut

Re: monitor power saving mode?

2001-08-18 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include Chris Palmer wrote on Sat Aug 18, 2001 um 12:54:44AM: > Is it possible to setup the display in linux to shut off > after some time of inactivity, just like (gasp) Windows? Of course. You are looking for DPMS, a monitor (VESA) feature controlled by APM. To setup this at the console, loa

2.4.8 & SB live

2001-08-18 Thread Petteri Heinonen
I changed form the 2.4.7 kernel to the 2.4.8 about a week ago, and still have a problem with SB live. Problem is that it _looks_ like it work, but it doesn't. For example, xmms starts playing mp3, but nothing comes out of the speakers. I've checked that nothing is muted in mixer (gmixer), and that

Re: Chrooting a user?

2001-08-18 Thread Cliff Sarginson
On Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 11:03:56AM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote: > * Sunny Dubey ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010812 22:17]: > > hey > > > > How would i Chroot a user? I want him to be able to log into the machine > > like any other user, however his home directory would be his root > > directory, There

Re: help with diskless debian

2001-08-18 Thread Frans Schreuder
> I've used apt-get to install the diskless packages, > however I've not had much luck getting it to work. > Evidently there was supposed to be a script that ran > upon the installation of the diskless however this > didn't happen. Has anyone had any success getting this > to work? Well; I got it

upgrading only a few packages from sid into a woody-system

2001-08-18 Thread Marco Herrn
Hi, I'm running a woody system but need to get a few packages from sid. How can I achieve this without upgrading the whole system? I want to upgrade via apt-get. Do I only have to point my sources.list to a woody *and* a sid mirror? I want that an apt-get upgrade only fetches woody packages. But

dhcp with network restart problem

2001-08-18 Thread john wa
hi i have a dodgy cable modem which frequently cuts out requiring it to re-negotiate the link. my firewall/irc box often fails to come back after some cut outs. sometimes the interface remains up with the correct IP address but for some reason it can't find anything on the 'net. the dhcp lease h

Re: IOMEGA ZIP-100 / ZIP-250 -- banging my head against the wall

2001-08-18 Thread Sean Quinlan
* Phil Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (2001-08-18 01:00): > On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 12:12:03AM +0100, Sean Quinlan wrote: > > * Phil Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (2001-08-17 23:50): > > mount -t vfat -o blocksize=1024 /dev/hdd4 /mnt/point > > I tried this just now, still no joy. I am seeing something

Re: upgrading only a few packages from sid into a woody-system

2001-08-18 Thread Colin Watson
On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 11:50:04AM +0200, Marco Herrn wrote: > I'm running a woody system but need to get a few packages from sid. How can > I achieve this without upgrading the whole system? > I want to upgrade via apt-get. > > Do I only have to point my sources.list to a woody *and* a sid mirror

Re: 2.4.8 & SB live

2001-08-18 Thread Sean Quinlan
* Petteri Heinonen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (2001-08-18 10:00): > I changed form the 2.4.7 kernel to the 2.4.8 about a week ago, > and still have a problem with SB live. Problem is that it > _looks_ like it work, but it doesn't. For example, xmms starts > playing mp3, but nothing comes out of the speake

hej bara en fragar

2001-08-18 Thread Markus Hansen
hur kan man har en a° med en tysk keyboard? eftersom du är fra°n sverige, har du kanske en idee? tack markus

install x

2001-08-18 Thread Markus Hansen
hi guys i have a debian with a command line display. network is ok (broadband contact) can someone tell me how to set up x server and xwindows or kde 2.2? thank you i have a diamond viper 550 (tnt) a logitech mouse (black logo) and an iiyama a701g monitor. markus

flashing console

2001-08-18 Thread Markus Hansen
i have a debian with a console monitor, and before seeing the login the display flashes 3 or 4 times, i think this is not normal, what can it be? i have tried sometimes sucksessless to install x, is this maybe the problem? markus

Re: Boot disk doesn't recognize Compaq DL360's RAID controller

2001-08-18 Thread Henk Janssen
> Hi. > > I'm trying to install Debian on a Compaq Proliant DL360 with the > integrated smart raid controller. > > The error message I get is on boot up: > > scsi : 0 hosts. > scsi : detaected total. > Partition check: > apm: BIOS not found. > VFS: Cannot open root device 00:00 > Kernel panic: VFS:

Re: Unsubscribing feature ?? Ex: Re:

2001-08-18 Thread Joel Mayes
> "Daniel" == Daniel Toffetti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Daniel> Perhaps it is possible to set up some e-mail address, say Daniel> [EMAIL PROTECTED], so that when Daniel> someone wants to be unsubscribed, just need to click in Daniel> the link and send the message ?? I saw th

Re: monitor power saving mode?

2001-08-18 Thread ajlewis2
In linux.debian.user, you wrote: > Hi... > > Is it possible to setup the display in linux to shut off > after some time of inactivity, just like (gasp) Windows? > I've been converting my machines to linux-only and I'd > like to have the monitor auto-shutoff after some time. > > Does such a thing

Re: flashing console

2001-08-18 Thread Joel Mayes
> "Markus" == Markus Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Markus> i have a debian with a console monitor, and before seeing Markus> the login the display flashes 3 or 4 times, i think this Markus> is not normal, what can it be? i have tried sometimes Markus> sucksessless to inst

Ayuda instalacion

2001-08-18 Thread ALBERTOMU
Hola soy un Novato en el mundo de linux y estoy recopilando manuales y textos para ir aprendiendo, si alguno tiene algo que sea valga la pena y que enseñe algo a los de mi nivel agradeceria que me lo mandaran y si alguno tiene el manual de instalacion de la debian en pdc o .doc para imprimirlo

Re: IOMEGA ZIP-100 / ZIP-250 -- banging my head against the wall

2001-08-18 Thread Peter Bartosch
Hi! > FirstLast > # Type Sector Sector Offset Length Filesystem Type (ID) Flags > -- --- - -- - -- > - > 4 Primary0 196607 32 196608 FAT16 (06) Boot > (80) > [~]# > > I've

diald not installing

2001-08-18 Thread Stig Brautaset
Hello people, I have trouble installing diald. It fails to run the post-installation script. here is some output: Arwen:~# dpkg --configure diald Setting up diald (0.99.4-2.1) ... dpkg: error processing diald (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 30 Erro

Re: dhcp with network restart problem

2001-08-18 Thread James D Strandboge
On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 11:51:19AM +0200 or thereabouts, john wa wrote: > i have a dodgy cable modem which frequently cuts out requiring it to > re-negotiate the link. my firewall/irc box often fails to come back after > some cut > outs. > > sometimes the interface remains up with the correct IP

Re: DHCP and host names

2001-08-18 Thread James D Strandboge
On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 09:34:20AM +0200 or thereabouts, Erik van der Meulen wrote: > Hi, I have managed to change my LAN from fixed IP to DHCP. I had somehow > expected the DHCP software to update my /etc/hosts file, so I would > still be able to ping hostname. In practice, this does not seem to

Re: hej bara en fragar

2001-08-18 Thread Fredrik Jagenheim
Depends on what you want to do. To change the layout of the keyboard use 'xmodmap'. I have one keyboard map for US (when programming) and one for Swedish (when being social). I also have 'vim' setup with digraphs so I can type whatever char I need without changing keyboard map. You have to look i

Re: monitor with alphabetic-soup.

2001-08-18 Thread ktb
On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 09:34:55AM +0200, A.E. Roy wrote: > I have a new computer with some problems. When I got it, I powered it > up, popped in my bootable debian cd, and it all went just fine. For the > record; I've installed debian on 10+ machines, mostly old machines less > than 200MHz cpu. >

Re: install x

2001-08-18 Thread smokez
Markus Hansen wrote: hi guys i have a debian with a command line display. network is ok (broadband contact) can someone tell me how to set up x server and xwindows or kde 2.2? thank you i have a diamond viper 550 (tnt) a logitech mouse (black logo) and an iiyama a701g monitor. markus xf86cfg

Re: DHCP and host names

2001-08-18 Thread Alan Shutko
Erik van der Meulen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, I have managed to change my LAN from fixed IP to DHCP. I had somehow > expected the DHCP software to update my /etc/hosts file, so I would > still be able to ping hostname. In general, this is not a problem because you are also running DNS. H

Re: 2.4.8 & SB live

2001-08-18 Thread Daniel T. Chen
Can you try compiling modules from Creative's CVS? http://opensource.creative.com Alternatively, I've read reports that 2.4.9 resolves some of these symptoms... --- Dan Chen [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG key: www.cs.unc.edu/~chenda/pubkey.gpg.asc On Sat, 18 Aug 2001, Petteri Heinonen wro

Re: diald not installing

2001-08-18 Thread Colin Watson
On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 12:52:54PM +0100, Stig Brautaset wrote: > I have trouble installing diald. It fails to run the post-installation script. > > here is some output: > > Arwen:~# dpkg --configure diald > Setting up diald (0.99.4-2.1) ... > dpkg: error processing diald (--configure): > subpro

MySQL non-free?

2001-08-18 Thread Volker Schlecht
Hi, could anyone enlighten me about the current status of mysql-client and mysql-server in woody (both 3.23.36-2)? When I apt-got them, I got them from main, the license is the GPL and it's even listed as a GNU package on gnu.org but vrms claims both were non-free? regards, Volker -- The great

Re: LaserJet 6L and dvi-files

2001-08-18 Thread Andrew Perrin
I'm not sure why your subject line mentions Laserjet 6L, since what you're clearly interested in is dvi and ps. However, my understanding is that grayscaling is a postscript-level feature, and there's therefore no way to represent it in DVI (other than as a "special" which, by my understanding, me

Re: MySQL non-free?

2001-08-18 Thread Leonard Stiles
Volker Schlecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > could anyone enlighten me about the current status of mysql-client and > mysql-server in woody (both 3.23.36-2)? When I apt-got them, I got > them from main, the license is the GPL and it's even listed as a GNU > package on gnu.org but vrms claims both

Re: Unsubscribing feature ?? Ex: Re:

2001-08-18 Thread Daniel Toffetti
> Daniel> Perhaps it is possible to set up some e-mail address, say > Daniel> [EMAIL PROTECTED], so that when > Daniel> someone wants to be unsubscribed, just need to click in > Daniel> the link and send the message ?? I saw this working in > Daniel> other lists... > > It would

Re: Unsubscribing feature ?? Ex: Re:

2001-08-18 Thread John Hasler
Daniel writes: > I agree with you, the instructions are not hard to understand, but, have > you seen how many such messages reach the list ? That's because those instructions often don't work. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, Wisconsin

Re: MySQL non-free?

2001-08-18 Thread Colin Watson
On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 05:30:17PM +0200, Leonard Stiles wrote: > Volker Schlecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > could anyone enlighten me about the current status of mysql-client and > > mysql-server in woody (both 3.23.36-2)? When I apt-got them, I got > > them from main, the license is the GPL

Re: MySQL non-free?

2001-08-18 Thread Volker Schlecht
> ... which is correct, sort of. They both *were* non-free, before > MySQL was GPLed. See http://www.mysql.com/news/article-23.html>. > > Given that MySQL is now free software, maybe this should be considered > a bug in vrms. Rather one in dpkg, but as far as I can see, that has been reported

Re: Need Motherboard input for evaluation with Debian Woody

2001-08-18 Thread Chanop Silpa-Anan
Once in debian galaxy, I heard John Foster say > 3. Asus CUV4X-D dual P-III 1.13 Ghz CPU > 4. MSI 694D Pro2 dual P-III 1.13 Ghz CPU For this part I had abit VP6 which has very similar configuration. My cpus are PII933 stepping cc0. This board has never anything else besides debian. I pull my old

Re: Ayuda instalacion

2001-08-18 Thread Daniel Toffetti
On Saturday 18 August 2001 08:50, ALBERTOMU wrote: > Hola soy un Novato en el mundo de linux y estoy recopilando manuales > y textos para ir aprendiendo, si alguno tiene algo que sea valga la > pena y que enseñe algo a los de mi nivel agradeceria que me lo > mandaran y si alguno tiene el manual de

Soundproblem

2001-08-18 Thread Günther
I have a strange problem: Yesterday I configured my sound and all I had to do to get it working was to change the permissions on /dev/mixer and /dev/dsp. But as I rebooted my computer today my MP3 player didn't work. I pressed "play" but it even didn't want to start playing. I tried some other play

tripwire reports constant changes of /usr/doc and /home

2001-08-18 Thread MaD dUCK
folks, this one leaves me puzzled, so i was wondering if you could help me out. every day, tripwire reports to me that on one of my systems (only), the directories /home and /usr/doc have changed: changed: drwxr-xr-x root 8192 Aug 6 16:18:56 2001 /usr/doc changed: drwxr-xr-x root

[OT] X11 Key mapping

2001-08-18 Thread Brandon High
I'm having a few problems when running an X application on my Solaris 5.6 box and displaying on my Potato X session. Namely, when I press and release the right shift key (Shift_R) xev reports that I'm pressing the key pad "*" key. KeyPress event, serial 25, synthetic NO, window 0x381, roo

Re: kernel compilation & LILO

2001-08-18 Thread Peter Palmreuther
Hello Steve, Saturday, August 18, 2001, 5:48:02 AM, you wrote: >> This way you're able > Boot them? Who said anything about booting them? :-) I was just writing 'bout the _ability_ :-) -- Best regards, Petermailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

ist there a package named omniORBpy?

2001-08-18 Thread Marco Herrn
Hi after trying to compile Berlin on my woody system I get the following errormessage: / omniidl: ERROR! omniidl: Could not open IDL compiler module _omniidlmodule.so omniidl: Please make sure it is in directory /usr/lib omniidl: (or set the PYTHONPATH environment variable) omniidl: (Th

Re: tripwire reports constant changes of /usr/doc and /home

2001-08-18 Thread Roberto Diaz
> at first, it was only /home, and i thought it had anything to do with > the quotae i enabled on that partition, but /usr/doc is (a) not a > partition of its own, and (b) /usr doesn't have quotae. /home could be explained if you have something (like netscape which let things there, or procmail wh

SB pci 128 & jetway motherboards

2001-08-18 Thread Wayne Sitton
I Just solved a sound problem with My Desktop. I purchased a SB PCI 128 and after installing it, I could play CD's, but the sound was very low, and when I played wav's, etc. I got alot of distortion and whistleing. At first I thought I got a bad card. It turns out that Jetway motherboards will

Re: How to answer

2001-08-18 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 03:59:40PM -0500, Nathan E Norman wrote: > > And, as I have learned recently on debian-isp, the policy on all > > debian-lists is to reply to the list _only_ unless it was otherwise > > requested. > > > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-isp/2001/debian-isp-200108/msg00096.

HDD Error Message

2001-08-18 Thread Sven Gaerner
Hi, sometimes I get the following error message. My kernel is compiled with multi_mode=on. hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } Does anyone have an idea how to solve this? Thanks. Bye, Sven -- +-

Re: how to use BTS for install disks

2001-08-18 Thread Greg Wiley
On Saturday, August 18, 2001 12:28 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> I would like to report a bug on the install disks >> for the "testing" [...] > BTW, which bug did you discover? Any problems with > PCMCIA hardware installation? Yep. The running log on one of the consoles claims that some files

kdebindings?

2001-08-18 Thread William Leese
To make it sweet and short: where can i find the kdebindings module? I'd love to give konqueror and gecko a try, but couldnt find kdebindings anywhere. William

fetchmail upgrade problem

2001-08-18 Thread Hall Stevenson
When trying to upgrade fetchmail, it complains that /etc/init.d/fetchmail 'does not exist'. Why should it ?? I don't want fetchmail started at bootup... Here's the main part of the error message: Preparing to replace fetchmail 5.8.16-1 (using .../fetchmail_5.8.17-1_i386.deb) ... /var/lib/dpkg/inf

Re: fetchmail upgrade problem

2001-08-18 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 02:40:02PM -0500, Hall Stevenson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > When trying to upgrade fetchmail, it complains that > /etc/init.d/fetchmail 'does not exist'. Why should it ?? I don't want > fetchmail started at bootup... > > Here's the main part of the error message: > > Pr

Re: adduser/group hanging....

2001-08-18 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Fri, Aug 03, 2001 at 06:08:25PM +0200, Bruno Boettcher ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi > as someone asked me if i was in the group audio to get the sound > working, this reminde me of anotzher problem i got aware of at setup of > the machine: > > adduser and addgroup don't work: they hang afte

Unable to boot from hard drive

2001-08-18 Thread Mike Miller
Hi, i have a problem booting from my hard drive after installation. I've installed the stable release on a clean hard drive, no problems with installation. If i boot from a floppy or a cd, the filesystem is intact on the hard drive partitions. The hard drive is a large one, but the BIOS autodete

Re: Partition Numbers

2001-08-18 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 04:35:49PM -0700, Steven Farrier ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I seems that my Partition Numbers all change after boot up. > > On my hard drive these are my partitions > > hda1 Windows > hda2 Debian /boot > hda3 Freebsd >Freebsd "virtual partitions" > > hda4 ext

thanks! (was re: monitor power saving mode?)

2001-08-18 Thread Chris Palmer
Thanks guys... :) Between the 3 of you... - Karsten M. Self - Eduard Bloch - [EMAIL PROTECTED] I've got all the specifics I'll need. Woo! I'm mostly using console right now, but I'll be setting up 2 machines using X, too, so it's cool that you guys hit both fronts. :) -Chris [EMAIL PR

upgrade to testing (woody) sources.list

2001-08-18 Thread Roberto Diaz
> I got round this problem by installing the package libdb2 by hand with > dpkg. More precisely: dpkg -i libdb2_2%3a2.7.7-8_i386.deb The deb was > in /var/cache/apt/archives. > > The upgrade proceeded more or less smoothly after that, but there was > also a problem with exim; I had to create the d

Re: upgrade to testing (woody) sources.list

2001-08-18 Thread dman
On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 08:50:44PM +0200, Roberto Diaz wrote: | I am running potato since a lot of time ago.. I would like to upgrade to | testing.. could you please tell me what must I put in my sources.list? Change "stable" or "potato" to "testing" or "woody" (right now stable=potato and testi

Re: fetchmail upgrade problem

2001-08-18 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Sat, 18 Aug 2001, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 02:40:02PM -0500, Hall Stevenson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > When trying to upgrade fetchmail, it complains that > > /etc/init.d/fetchmail 'does not exist'. Why should it ?? I don't want > > fetchmail started at bootup... >

Re: Unable to boot from hard drive

2001-08-18 Thread ajlewis2
In linux.debian.user, you wrote: > Hi, i have a problem booting from my hard drive after installation. > > I've installed the stable release on a clean hard drive, no problems > with installation. If i boot from a floppy or a cd, the filesystem is > intact on the hard drive partitions. The hard

Re: debconf problems

2001-08-18 Thread Timothy Bedding
Joey Hess > It would also help if you can figure out where that copy of > base.pm came from -- did you locally install it by accident, via CPAN, > or something? You're not the first person to run into this problem. I think /usr/lib/perl5/base.pm is from perl 5.004.04-7 I would tentatively sugges

Re: XF86Setup in Woody?

2001-08-18 Thread R1nso13
i've re-installed the xf86setup packages and all the packages that depend on it however, i'm still getting errors such as "Warning Server spcification missing in card database entry for " or "Warning Chipset spcification missing in card database entry for " perhaps i need to install the severs fo

Re: fetchmail upgrade problem

2001-08-18 Thread Colin Watson
On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 02:40:02PM -0500, Hall Stevenson wrote: > When trying to upgrade fetchmail, it complains that > /etc/init.d/fetchmail 'does not exist'. Why should it ?? I don't want > fetchmail started at bootup... While this is indeed a packaging bug, if you don't want something started a

Re: dhcp with network restart problem

2001-08-18 Thread Jaye Inabnit ke6sls
On Saturday 18 August 2001 05:05, James D Strandboge wrote: > On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 11:51:19AM +0200 or thereabouts, john wa wrote: > > i have a dodgy cable modem which frequently cuts out requiring it to > > re-negotiate the link. my firewall/irc box often fails to come back after > > some cut o

Re: Unable to boot from hard drive

2001-08-18 Thread Mike Miller
You wrote: >When you say that you messed around with lilo.conf changing settings, did >you also try doing /sbin/lilo after changing the settings? Did you see >where the label for linux was installed when you ran it? > >I think it might help to see your /etc/lilo.conf and the partition table. I >a

Re: Cox cable modem and debian **FINALE**

2001-08-18 Thread Jaye Inabnit ke6sls
On Thursday 16 August 2001 16:38, dman wrote: > On Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 04:11:48PM -0700, Jaye Inabnit ke6sls wrote: > Greetz, > > I have been running myself through the ringer trying to get debian to log > onto my new Cox Communications cable modem using @home. I was given a new nic > (

3c509b and dos utility to disable PnP; or isapnptools

2001-08-18 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
What would be better, disabling PnP for 3c509b using the DOS utility from http://www.3com.com ? or use isapnptools? I would like to hear some opinions before proceeding. I was about to install isapnptools when I saw the warning in the lower half of the screen (dselect, 2.2rev3) about some potential

Re: 3c509b and dos utility to disable PnP; or isapnptools

2001-08-18 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 06:01:08PM -0400, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > What would be better, disabling PnP for 3c509b using the DOS utility from > http://www.3com.com ? or use isapnptools? > I would like to hear some opinions before proceeding. I was about to install > isapnptools when I saw the warn

Re: fetchmail upgrade problem

2001-08-18 Thread Hall Stevenson
* Colin Watson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010818 16:54]: > On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 02:40:02PM -0500, Hall Stevenson wrote: > > When trying to upgrade fetchmail, it complains that > > /etc/init.d/fetchmail 'does not exist'. Why should it ?? I don't want > > fetchmail started at bootup... > > While this i

Re: how to use BTS for install disks

2001-08-18 Thread Rogério Brito
On Aug 18 2001, Greg Wiley wrote: > On Saturday, August 18, 2001 12:28 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > BTW, which bug did you discover? Any problems with > > PCMCIA hardware installation? > > Yep. The running log on one of the consoles claims that some files > or a directory are missing. I'll r

Re: fetchmail upgrade problem

2001-08-18 Thread Colin Watson
On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 06:10:46PM -0500, Hall Stevenson wrote: > * Colin Watson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010818 16:54]: > > On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 02:40:02PM -0500, Hall Stevenson wrote: > > > When trying to upgrade fetchmail, it complains that > > > /etc/init.d/fetchmail 'does not exist'. Why should

Re: Unable to boot from hard drive

2001-08-18 Thread destruss
On 18 Aug 2001, at 17:36, Mike Miller wrote: > > lba32 > boot=/dev/hda > root=/dev/hda3 > install=/boot/boot.b > map=/boot/map > delay=20 > vga=normal > default=Linux > image=/vmlinuz > label=Linux > read-only > image=/vmlinuz.old > label=LinuxOLD > read-only > opti

Re: Unable to boot from hard drive

2001-08-18 Thread Mike Miller
You wrote: > I see you have two kernel's, does lilo add both when running lilo? >I would check cmos settings to see if your computer is set up to >boot from harddrive. HTH Dean I agree that's exactly what it looks like, but the BIOS is set to boot from floppy, cd, and hard drive. I've also

Re: dhcp with network restart problem

2001-08-18 Thread James D Strandboge
On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 08:48:26PM +0200 or thereabouts, john wa wrote: > > all syslog says during a restart is "PUMP: sending discover" (twice) and > never hears anything back from a dhcp server. could it have anything to do > with You could be having a problem with your nic at 100baseTX when yo

Help! I can't choose my network card in the kernel build options.

2001-08-18 Thread Jason Majors
I'm trying to rebuild my kernel, and my network card does not come up as an option. The network card is an rtl8139. I have the options for 3COM, AMD Lance, and WD cards, but the RealTek option is grayed out. I enabled TCP/IP networking. The last box I had this card in had a vanilla kernel, so I jus

Re: diald not installing

2001-08-18 Thread Stig Brautaset
* Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake thus: > On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 12:52:54PM +0100, Stig Brautaset wrote: > > I have trouble installing diald. It fails to run the post-installation > > script. > > > > here is some output: > > > > Arwen:~# dpkg --configure diald > > Setting up diald (0.99.

Re: IOMEGA ZIP-100 / ZIP-250 -- banging my head against the wall

2001-08-18 Thread Stephen Gran
Thus spake Sean Quinlan: > * Phil Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (2001-08-18 01:00): > > On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 12:12:03AM +0100, Sean Quinlan wrote: > > > * Phil Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (2001-08-17 23:50): > > > mount -t vfat -o blocksize=1024 /dev/hdd4 /mnt/point > > > > I tried this just now,

Re: tripwire reports constant changes of /usr/doc and /home

2001-08-18 Thread MaD dUCK
also sprach Roberto Diaz (on Sat, 18 Aug 2001 07:11:26PM +0200): > > at first, it was only /home, and i thought it had anything to do with > > the quotae i enabled on that partition, but /usr/doc is (a) not a > > partition of its own, and (b) /usr doesn't have quotae. > > /home could be explained

Re: IOMEGA ZIP-100 / ZIP-250 -- banging my head against the wall

2001-08-18 Thread Mike Pfleger
* Stephen Gran ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Thus spake Sean Quinlan: > > * Phil Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (2001-08-18 01:00): > > > On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 12:12:03AM +0100, Sean Quinlan wrote: > > > > * Phil Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (2001-08-17 23:50): > > > > mount -t vfat -o blocksize=1024

Freezing during kernel compile

2001-08-18 Thread Brian McGroarty
My machine locks hard during kernel compiles with any stock Debian 2.4.x kernel. Using 2.2.x, I can compile without an incident. Usually, shortly before freezing, I will see this dmesg, or one like it << Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address fffc printing eip: c01220

Re: Freezing during kernel compile

2001-08-18 Thread Brian McGroarty
On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 07:15:42PM -0500, Brian McGroarty wrote: > My machine locks hard during kernel compiles with any stock Debian > 2.4.x kernel. > > > Using 2.2.x, I can compile without an incident. > > > > Usually, shortly before freezing, I will see this dmesg, or one like > it << > >

Re: Freezing during kernel compile

2001-08-18 Thread dman
On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 07:15:42PM -0500, Brian McGroarty wrote: | My machine locks hard during kernel compiles with any stock Debian | 2.4.x kernel. | | Using 2.2.x, I can compile without an incident. Try running memtest86 to make sure you don't have any bad memory. Compiling the kernel is sure

Re: Freezing during kernel compile

2001-08-18 Thread Brian McGroarty
On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 08:38:08PM -0400, dman wrote: > On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 07:15:42PM -0500, Brian McGroarty wrote: > | My machine locks hard during kernel compiles with any stock Debian > | 2.4.x kernel. > | > | Using 2.2.x, I can compile without an incident. > > Try running memtest86 to ma

Re: Freezing during kernel compile

2001-08-18 Thread James D Strandboge
On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 07:15:42PM -0500 or thereabouts, Brian McGroarty wrote: > Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address fffc > Where should I begin to look for a solution? This suggests memory problem (but may not be). These kinds of problems can be very hard to find. I w

DriveStatusError BadCRC on hda

2001-08-18 Thread Christian Jaeger
Hello I've seen some messages in the system log and am wondering what to do with them: Aug 14 06:25:53 pflanze kernel: hda: timeout waiting for DMA Aug 14 06:25:53 pflanze kernel: ide_dmaproc: chipset supported ide_dma_timeout func only: 14 Aug 14 06:25:53 pflanze kernel: hda: irq timeout: st

Re: Help! I can't choose my network card in the kernel build options.

2001-08-18 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 04:22:57PM -0700, Jason Majors wrote: > I'm trying to rebuild my kernel, and my network card does not come up > as an option. The network card is an rtl8139. I have the options for > 3COM, AMD Lance, and WD cards, but the RealTek option is grayed out. > I enabled TCP/IP netw

Re: DriveStatusError BadCRC on hda

2001-08-18 Thread Brian McGroarty
On Sun, Aug 19, 2001 at 03:05:42AM +0100, Christian Jaeger wrote: > Hello > > I've seen some messages in the system log and am wondering what to do > with them: > > Aug 14 06:25:53 pflanze kernel: hda: timeout waiting for DMA > Aug 14 06:25:53 pflanze kernel: ide_dmaproc: chipset supported > id

Compiling pcmcia source w/ 2.4.x kernel

2001-08-18 Thread Steve Witt
I'm trying to setup a wireless LAN system on a system running Debian testing, and am compiling the 2.4.7 kernel sources (which I can do fine). I'm also trying to compile the pcmcia sources and am running in to a problem. I'm using the kernel-package mechanism of compiling the kernel and pcmcia sour

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