Re: [What's the reason !?] ATAPI reset complete ......

> Everytime I use dselect or make an intensive search on my CD-ROM >(Philips 24x) I get the following message : ... > hdb: irqtimeout: status=0xd0 > hdb: ATAPI reset complete I don't know, but I sometimes get these with my ATAPI Zip disk, too. The 1.5 minute delay is bothersome. (2.1.94 kernel

Re: dbackup (was: Re: Beta-testing and the glibc 2.1 ...

Craig Sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >btw, simply backing up a system's conffiles can be done by feeding the >output of 'cat /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.conffiles' into tar/cpio/afio etc. That misses files generated in postinst. How about something like this: cat /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.conffiles

Re: hamm

>On Wed, 6 May 1998, James R. Van Zandt wrote: >> >..since >> >I saw this thread I couldn't resist to ask: what's the recommended way >> >(program) to keep an updated unstable distribution for a home user? >> >> I don't know of any easy wa

Re: newbie question - problem with netscape

Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Currently I am runnning netscape on win 95 -- my distribution CD >"debian linux" had a corrupted netscape package and I cant install it >-- and am wondering if there is any way I can download netscape (in >win95) and then - boot up linux and install it? The Netsc

Re: emacs won't install if /usr/local is read-only

>My /usr/local mounted read-only when I install emacs. The package keep >complaining about /usr/local is mounted read-only. packages are not allowed to store files into /usr/local. However, the emacs package is installing only directories: $ dpkg -L emacs|grep local /usr/local /usr

Re: Network problem on dell optiplex GX115 3C905C

Manuel - If "ifconfig" output is correct, the next thing you should work on is "route". - Jim Van Zandt btw: you should have posted the output from "ifconfig". >Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2001 21:04:15 +0100 >From: Manuel Segura <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Organization: ESCPI - CNAM > >He

xserver won't listen

I have i810 graphics on a Pentium III machine. I just upgraded to X 4.0.3 using: ii xbase-clients 4.0.3-4 miscellaneous X clients ii xfonts-100dpi 4.0.3-4 100 dpi fonts for X ii xfonts-base4.0.3-4 standard fonts for X ii xfonts-pex 4.0.3-3 fonts for minim

updating java for DST changes

How should I update a Debian system so java programs know about the new Daylight Saving Time rules in the US? I know about the OS data files: For a Linux box, you can check particular dates this way: vanzandt:~$ date --date="10 March 2007 15:00 UTC" Sat Mar 10 10:00:00 EST 2007 va

Re: Buffer Image

Indraveni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Whenever I am rebooting my system an image is being displayed on my > screen, which is the last logout screen of the system. I suggest you replace any stored image at boot time, e.g. with code like this in /etc/lilo.conf: # Enable graphical boot menu:

upgrading kernel in encrypted system

I installed Etch on a new Sony Vaio TXN-27N, using the default encrypted root option. Very easy, and it works great - my congratulations to the Debian installation team! A 2.6.18 kernel was installed. I would like to upgrade that to 2.6.21, to take advantage of some new Sony-specific features.