Re: How to install Debian on NEC Versa 6030X with NO floppy, nor a CD-ROM drive?

2002-03-22 Thread Mr. Jan Hearthstone
--- Crispin Wellington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 2002-03-22 at 14:32, Mr. Jan Hearthstone > wrote: > > Sorry about the previous incomplete message! > > I understand that there is a way of installing > some > > files on the DOS partition, and that I could > install > > the rest with t

Re: dosemu: com ports: /var/lock

2002-03-22 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
* Cheryl Homiak ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > Ok, I restored everything as before as far as the partition permission and > /etc/fstab and rebooted to be sure, then used "chmod a+rw /var/lock". That > worked. The output of "ls -dl lock" is now > drwxrw-rw- 2 root root" etc. > I relogged in. >

Re: dosemu: com ports; /var/lock problem

2002-03-22 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Yes, I've changed the permissions now, because I compared to my other machine and it also said drwxrwxrwt. But I still can't access my comports in dosemu (sigh; _SCREAM!)

Re: dosemu: com ports: /var/lock

2002-03-22 Thread Shri Shrikumar
On Fri, 2002-03-22 at 17:36, Cheryl Homiak wrote: > Ok, I restored everything as before as far as the partition permission and > /etc/fstab and rebooted to be sure, then used "chmod a+rw /var/lock". That > worked. The output of "ls -dl lock" is now > drwxrw-rw- 2 root root" etc. > I relogged in. >

Re: dosemu: com ports: /var/lock

2002-03-22 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Oh yes, the com ports have worked running it as root all along.

Re: What is the difference between Gnome and Ximian?

2002-03-22 Thread Scott Henson
On Fri, 2002-03-22 at 09:45, Randolph S. Kahle wrote: > If I install Woody, it appears that I get an installation of Gnome. > > I am also not able to get Ximian Gnome to install on Woody. (Using > either of the two methods -- script and *.deb packages). > > What is the difference between the Wood

Re: Installation notes - Debian 2.2

2002-03-22 Thread Angus D Madden
Peter Whysall, Fri, Mar 22, 2002 at 05:33:35PM +: > [Now that I'm subscribed on d-u, I'm reposting this as I'd really like > feedback that I can reply to - I might have made some bonehead remarks > here :-)] > > Symlinking /dev/mouse to /dev/psaux wouldn't hurt THAT much, would it? Depends o

Re: Installation Notes

2002-03-22 Thread Peter Whysall
Humble apologies for the double post. Fingers going faster than the brain - a not uncommon experience for me :( -- Peter Whysall [EMAIL PROTECTED] The TLD in my email address is sdrawkcab.

Re: network configuration??

2002-03-22 Thread Angus D Madden
Michael Griffis, Fri, Mar 22, 2002 at 10:39:01AM -0700: > I am new to linux and rather ambitiously installed Woody on my Fujitsu > laptop with good results. > > However every time I reboot I am asked to choose a network environment > and the only option is to set a new environment and enter a new

Re: Installation of JDK

2002-03-22 Thread timothy bauscher
> > as root: > > > > cd /usr/lib/ > > ls libstdc++* | grep so > > > > For me this brings up: > > > > libstdc++-3-libc6.1-2-2.10.0.so > > libstdc++-3-libc6.2-2-2.10.0.so > > libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2 > > libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3 > > libstdc++.so.3 > > libstdc++.so.3.0.2 > > > > I had the same pro

Re: make: *** [kernel-image-deb] Error 1

2002-03-22 Thread Faheem Mitha
On 22 Mar 2002, justin cunningham wrote: > Hello, I am trying to compile a custom 2.4.18 kernel and keep getting > this error: > > make[2]: Leaving directory > `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.18/arch/i386/boot' > make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.18' > touch stamp-build > need r

Re: Re: promise 66 ide adapter cards

2002-03-22 Thread Noah Sombrero
On 22 Mar 2002 19:43:28 +, you wrote: >On Fri, 2002-03-22 at 17:52, Noah Sombrero wrote: >> Potato had a special version for ide adpater cards. >> It looks like woody does not yet. I get about >> half way into the boot process and the woody >> kernel stops just about where it is recognizing >

Re: network configuration??

2002-03-22 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 22-Mar-2002 Michael Griffis wrote: > I am new to linux and rather ambitiously installed Woody on my Fujitsu > laptop with good results. > > However every time I reboot I am asked to choose a network environment > and the only option is to set a new environment and enter a new IP. I > use DHCP

Re: dosemu: com ports; /var/lock problem

2002-03-22 Thread stan
On Fri, Mar 22, 2002 at 09:13:15AM -0600, Cheryl Homiak wrote: > I got an email from dosemu's maintainer, Herbert Xu, telling me to check the > permissions of /var/lock. when I do "ls -l" it says: "total 0" and still says > that when ai do "chmod 1777 /var/lock". However, if I do "ls -l /var" for

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2002-03-22 Thread Jonathan Tabaco
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Re: Tripwire won't install

2002-03-22 Thread Cam Ellison
* Juhan Kundla ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Heips! > > I had the following error while installing tripwire on my debian woody > box. I have never had any problems with apt-get or debian packages, so i > am kind of lost now. Is it a bug? What should i do to debug this error? > > Setting up tripwir

Re: Re: High powered Debian advocacy?

2002-03-22 Thread Niall Brady
On Fri, Mar 22, 2002 at 10:34:31AM -0800, Noah Sombrero wrote: > On Fri, 22 Mar 2002 23:09:07 +1100, you wrote: > > Apt-get is a great tool, however it insists on installing everything in /usr. > Which means that it is > difficult to make use of extra hard drives. ??? could you elaborate? --

Re: Installation of JDK

2002-03-22 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Mar 22, 2002 at 02:57:08PM -0500, timothy bauscher wrote: > > > I had the same problem, so i linked > > > libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2 -> > > > libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3 > > > > While this may happen to work most of the time, it isn't reliable. I > > recommend not doing this when you can find t

RE: boot problem - UNSUBSCRIBE

2002-03-22 Thread Jonathan Tabaco
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RE: su won't work at the far end of the tunnel? - UNSUBSCRIBE

2002-03-22 Thread Jonathan Tabaco
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RE: Re: High powered Debian advocacy? - UNSUBSCRIBE

2002-03-22 Thread Jonathan Tabaco
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RE: mistake: apt-get and debian 2.2 - UNSUBSCRIBE

2002-03-22 Thread Jonathan Tabaco
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Re: Tripwire won't install

2002-03-22 Thread Cam Ellison
* Juhan Kundla ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Heips! > > I had the following error while installing tripwire on my debian woody > box. I have never had any problems with apt-get or debian packages, so i > am kind of lost now. Is it a bug? What should i do to debug this error? > It's bug #135414. P

Purging /var/cache/apt/archive

2002-03-22 Thread Daniel Toffetti
Hi ! I would like to purge /var/cache/apt/archive so that only the last version of each package is preserved. I'm not sure whether replying "yes" when dselect asks to delete previously downloaded files will preserve the last ones, but I guess it will not. The only clue I've found is in "apt-get

Re: High powered Debian advocacy?

2002-03-22 Thread Rich Puhek
Noah Sombrero wrote: > > On Fri, 22 Mar 2002 23:09:07 +1100, you wrote: > > >If I was you, I would concentrate on ease of upgrade (as mentioned before by > >someone, apt-get), > > Apt-get is a great tool, however it insists on installing everything in /usr. > Which means that it is > difficu

Re: mistake: apt-get and debian 2.2

2002-03-22 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Mar 22, 2002 at 12:53:19PM -0600, Cheryl Homiak wrote: > I knew there was something strange about this! > I didn't register the 2.2; Herbert xu's email said on the bottom: > "debian 2.2 is out". Well it has been for quite some time, but I just > registered debian being out with a new versio

Re: apt-get has stopped working on my machine

2002-03-22 Thread Jason Wood
On Thursday 21 March 2002 12:23 pm, Karl E. Jorgensen wrote: > On Thu, Mar 21, 2002 at 11:19:30AM +, Jason Wood wrote: > > > > If anyone is interested, I've uploaded my current (broken) status file > > (gzipped) here : > > > > http://www.uchian.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/apt-problems/status.gz > > >

Re: vim help file "Error detected while processing BufRead Auto Commands for"*.gz""

2002-03-22 Thread Seneca Cunningham
John F Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have the latest vim. When I try to issue the :help command I get the > following > error: > > Error detected while processing BufRead Auto commands for "*.gz": > E21: Cannot make changes, 'modifiable' is off > E434: Can't find tag pattern > Hit ENTER or

Re: Re: High powered Debian advocacy?

2002-03-22 Thread Karl E. Jorgensen
On Fri, Mar 22, 2002 at 10:34:31AM -0800, Noah Sombrero wrote: > On Fri, 22 Mar 2002 23:09:07 +1100, Gleason wrote: > > > >If I was you, I would concentrate on ease of upgrade (as mentioned before by > >someone, apt-get), > > Apt-get is a great tool, however it insists on installing everything

Re: vim help file "Error detected while processing BufRead Auto Commands for "*.gz""

2002-03-22 Thread Glyn Millington
"John F Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have the latest vim. When I try to issue the :help command I get the > following > error: > > Error detected while processing BufRead Auto commands for "*.gz": > E21: Cannot make changes, 'modifiable' is off > E434: Can't find tag pattern > Hit ENTER

wrong permissions for /tmp/.X11-unix

2002-03-22 Thread Vincent Lefevre
The last few times I booted my PowerBook, I couldn't start X because of the following error: X: /tmp/.X11-unix has suspicious ownership (not root:root), aborting. I can fix the permissions manually, but why are the permissions wrong? How can I fix this permanently? -- Vincent Lefèvre <[EMAIL

Re: Re: High powered Debian advocacy?

2002-03-22 Thread Noah Sombrero
On Fri, 22 Mar 2002 14:29:59 -0600, you wrote: >Apt installs there because that's where the FHS >(http://www.pathname.com/fhs/) says things should go. Was not disputing that there might be authority behind how it is done. >Rather than making it difficult to use extra hard drives, this easily >a

RE: xterm defaults - UNSUBSCRIBE

2002-03-22 Thread Jonathan Tabaco
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RE: acentuacao.. - UNSUBSCRIBE

2002-03-22 Thread Jonathan Tabaco
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RE: How to install Debian on NEC Versa 6030X with NO floppy, nor a CD-ROM drive? - UNSUBSCRIBE

2002-03-22 Thread Jonathan Tabaco
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RE: dosemu: com ports: /var/lock - UNSUBSCRIBE

2002-03-22 Thread Jonathan Tabaco
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RE: dosemu: com ports; /var/lock problem - UNSUBSCRIBE

2002-03-22 Thread Jonathan Tabaco
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2002-03-22 Thread Jonathan Tabaco
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RE: dosemu: com ports: /var/lock - UNSUBSCRIBE

2002-03-22 Thread Jonathan Tabaco
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RE: promise 66 ide adapter cards

2002-03-22 Thread Brooks R. Robinson
| Potato had a special version for ide adpater cards. | It looks like woody does not yet. I get about | half way into the boot process and the woody | kernel stops just about where it is recognizing | the hard drives attached to the card. Looks ominous. | Is woody going to support these cards? I

RE: What is the difference between Gnome and Ximian? - UNSUBSCRIBE

2002-03-22 Thread Jonathan Tabaco
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Re: network configuration??

2002-03-22 Thread Elizabeth Barham
The name of the program that is being run is netenv; it is there to aid laptop users who may change their network environment options regularly (example, one for home, one for the office, another for a remote location). You can just disable netenv from being run. Probably the easiest way is to edi

attachment problem with mutt

2002-03-22 Thread Marcelo Chiapparini
Hello, I am running woody and mutt. I have a problem with the attached files in mutt: mutt insists in put the attached file in the body of the message, either in the messages I send as well as the messages I receive with attached files. Does exist an option for fix this problem? Thank you! Ma

Re: Installation notes - Debian 2.2

2002-03-22 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
* Angus D Madden ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > Peter Whysall, Fri, Mar 22, 2002 at 05:33:35PM +: ... > > Networking configuration. Or the complete and utter absence thereof. For > > a distro that wants to install off the internet, not detecting, > > configuring and using an absolutely bo

RE: What is the difference between Gnome and Ximian?

2002-03-22 Thread Panuganty, Ramesh
> I would just install the debian gnome packages if you are using woody. But I feel Nautilus in Ximian will add lot of good looks to the desktop, which does not come otherwise. Though it takes about 35MB of memory, I still like it. -Ramesh

FW: Help with firing up modules on demand

2002-03-22 Thread Panuganty, Ramesh
If you put anything in /etc/modutils/, "update-modules" will insert them into /etc/modules.conf. This is not what you want. What you may have to do is, call "insmod " in the startup script for your device. Like alsasound in /etc/init.d/. Don't create any links to this from /etc/rc?.d/ directories.

Re: UNSUBSCRIBE

2002-03-22 Thread Darryl L. Pierce
On Fri, Mar 22, 2002 at 03:07:45PM -0500, Jonathan Tabaco wrote: > Sorry to all those who are inconvenienced by this but I have tried > multiple times to get removed from the mailing list. > > I even sent in the confirm "CONFIRM u03180819391769" > > PLEASE REMOVE ME MANUALLY, as your automated s

Re: Installation of JDK

2002-03-22 Thread timothy bauscher
> > This is probably a stupid question, but shouldn't libraries be built > > with backwards compatibility in mind? > > The world isn't perfect, and sometimes mistakes were made and need to > be > corrected. When the soname (the bit at the end of the library > filename) > is cha

Re: su won't work at the far end of the tunnel? - UNSUBSCRIBE

2002-03-22 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Mar 22, 2002 at 03:20:38PM -0500, Jonathan Tabaco wrote: > UNSUBSCRIBE > > Sorry to all those who are inconvenienced by this but I have tried > multiple times to get removed from the mailing list. > > I even sent in the confirm "CONFIRM u03180819391769" > > PLEASE REMOVE ME MANUALLY, as

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