Re: Network Configuration

On Sun, 6 Jul 1997, Robert D. Hilliard wrote: > During the base installation, as part of configuring the network, > the configure script asks for the netmask and the IP address for the > network and/or the default gateway. Where is this information stored? In the "Network Administrator's

Re: ne.o: invalid signature

On Mon, 7 Jul 1997, Martin Schulze wrote: > Tonight I ran into a problem which I have solved some time ago, but > dunno how. > > When booting Linux, the NE2k driver recognizes the card, but then > writes: "invalid signature, got 42 42". > > Now the question is: What to do? >From the Ethernet-

Re: /dev/cua1 not there! -- so can't use modem

On Mon, 7 Jul 1997, Mark Phillips wrote: > I did some reading and the impression I get is that the cu* files are > now obsolete. If so, what are they replaced by? In particular, what > device should my friend use for his modem? Use /dev/ttyS* instead of /dev/cua* Joost -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE F

Re: trouble installing xserver

Hi, As MAKEDEV reports an error in line 18 of /proc/devices: > MAKEDEV: syntax error: Unexpected 'C', line 18, column 13 in file and that line contains: > 20 Mitsumi CD-ROM the problem is very likely to be the space in the module's name. I don't know if this is a bug in MAKEDEV or the Mitsumi

Re: Putting /var, /tmp and /home in one partition

On Wed, 9 Jul 1997, David Wright wrote: > I've partitioned my disk roughly so: > > / 32MB > swap > /usr500MB > /yak1.5GB > > with the intention of putting /var, /tmp and /home together in /yak. > When I had initialised and mounted /yak in the insta

Re: XF86 3.3-3

On Wed, 9 Jul 1997, Ralph Winslow wrote: > Christopher Jason Morrone wrote: > > [ Problems, "help!" ] > > > > This also reflects my experience exactly. HELP!! It works fine for me. I also did an upgrade from 1.2 to 1.3 and noticed the following: XFree86 3.2 servers are not exactly the sam

Re: Xfree86-3.3 and S3V

On Thu, 17 Jul 1997, Bob Clark wrote: > A couple of months ago I convinced a friend > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) to change over from slackware to debian; > and in turn convinced some other people to do the same. He > was impressed (as I knew he would be) with debian until... > he upgraded to Xfree-3.3

Re: kernel support to NE2000?

On Sat, 26 Jul 1997, Jason Costomiris wrote: > On Sat, 26 Jul 1997, Joost Kooij wrote: > > > kernel-source and recompile to get the card working. The patch can be > > found here: > > http://rsphy1.anu.edu.au/~gpg109/ne2000.html > > under section: "P

Re: kernel support to NE2000?

On Fri, 25 Jul 1997, Jason Costomiris wrote: > On Fri, 25 Jul 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Today, I was recompiled my kernel 2.0.29 (debian 1.3.1) and I don't see > > suport for my PCI NE2000 network card. > > > > I see support to ISA NE2000, but I have an PCIwhere is it? > > Use

Re: X after Deb 1.3.1 (was Re: Disappointment with Debian)

On Tue, 29 Jul 1997, Daniel J. Mashao wrote: > > > Now the Xserver is mixed up > > > No it does not dup core. It can only work in 800x600 mode and using > C-A-Backspace to change mode only works for 640x480 and the monitor cannot > display it in higher mode. This is a minor problem for now. My

Re: Info(no)Magic April CDROM

H.C.Lai wrote: > > I have had problems install Debian with the InfoMagic April CDROM. > > I have used the last 3 CD sets released by InfoMagic and if my memory > serves me right, I have encountered problems with each and every one of > them. If I were a totally new guys trying to install Debian u

Re: Accessing NTFS partition.

On Sat, 2 Aug 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paulo Ramos) writes: > > > >> Hi people, > >> > >> Unfortunally, I have to work with Window$ NT (Not There). Windows Not Tested ;-) > You should be able to mount it and read it, but maybe not fix it! Welcome to > what is kno

Re: "KTI ET32/Px Series PCI Ethernet Adapter" support?

Paul Miller wrote: > > I tried and messaged the company.. it is not compatible with NE2000 and > there is no Linux support (or even UNIX for that matter). The NE2000/1000 > driver thought it was a NE1000, but didnt work... Then it probably is a ne2000. The kernel just does not recognise it. Th

Re: splitting up the debian-user mailing list

Mark Phillips wrote: > > 3. In addition to calling for package maintainers, we can also call for > volunteers to form "Topic Teams". Each team would comprise people with > some expertise in the topic. Hopefully people would volunteer for more > than one team. The idea would be that you would ma

Re: Which Debian bundle should I get?

Gonzalo A. Diethelm wrote: > > OK, I'm almost ready to go for Debian 1.3.1. I would like to get a CD > bundle with more stuff in it (like ftp sites archives). Who sells such > a beast? I need delivery to the LA area. In answer to several of your questions: Get a cd from lsl or cheapbytes, from t

Re: Removing "modules" and "base"

On Tue, 5 Aug 1997, Johann Spies wrote: > Please excuse me if this has been answered before. > > I received my Debian 1.3.1 CD, borrowed a cdrom-drive and installed 1.3.1. > Dselect refuses to remove "modules" and "base" and as a result shows > "modutils 2.1.35-5" as broken and "base 1.1.0-13"

Re: "KTI ET32/Px Series PCI Ethernet Adapter" support?

Paul Miller wrote: > > The company said it wasn't ne2000 compatible. I'll try that patch anyway. I just remember these symptoms (recognised as ne1k) from my pci ne2k card. The verndor also said it wasn't compatible with linux, but the did sell it as a ne2k. I could be very wrong here about you

Debian on HIP97?

Hi, This weekend I'm going to HIP97 (Hacking In Progress) I was wondering: will there be any kind of {semi-,}official Debian presence? I'll be there, but I'm only a mortal user ;-) . I'll be glad to help anyone installing Debian Linux 1.3 on his pc. Besides my puter (w

Re: Removing "modules" and "base"

On Wed, 6 Aug 1997, Johann Spies wrote: > > What does dpkg print when it tries to upgrade modutils? > > The output of dpkg -i was: > > Preparing to replace modutils 2.1.34-5 (using .../base/modutils_2.1.34-5.deb) > ... > /var/lib/dpkg/info/modutils.prerm: /etc/init.d/kerneld: No such file or

Re: Debian-Lite : The Project

On Thu, 7 Aug 1997, Lindsay Allen wrote: > To get a feel for this, I made up what seemed to be a comfortable working > Debian and went through the excercise of creating it from a minimum set of > packages. The working Debian was just on 40 Mb and it needed only 8 Mb > of packages to produce th

[INSTALL] Re: Does Linux use BIOS parameters for disk?

On Thu, 7 Aug 1997, Chris Brown wrote: > I have several old 386 machines around that would be nice for > different tasks. These machines have older BIOSs in them that > can't deal with larger IDE drives. My experience with DOS is that > you need to fdisk and format the drive on a machi

Re: faxing from Win 95

On Fri, 15 Aug 1997, Adam Shand wrote: > > I want to be able to fax from my Windows 95 desktop, ideally via the > > default exchange client, but via a print driver would be OK. > > From what little I've seen and read you should be able to do it with > Samba. I believe theres a file in the docu

Re: faxing from Win95

On Thu, 14 Aug 1997, Jens B. Jorgensen wrote: > Here's the URL someone else was trying to remember: > > http://www.esem.com/esemfax.html > > It works with mgetty+sendfax. I haven't tried it, but one of these > days when I have time I plan to. That's why I had it bookmarked! Thanks, Jens. That

Re: missing cua*

On Thu, 14 Aug 1997, lc29b50 wrote: > I installed debian but somehow I only have /dev/ttyS*, no /dev/cua* files. cua's are obsolete now. Use the corresponding ttyS to prevent locking problems from happening. > I'm also not very sure how to set up my pnp modem. I ran pnpdump to > create /etc/i

Re: missing cua*

On Fri, 15 Aug 1997, David Wright wrote: > On Fri, 15 Aug 1997, Joost Kooij wrote: > > > > [ regarding where to put "isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf" and other > > > initialization commands to configure it every time debian boots ] > > > > Maybe /etc/i

Re: tty with non-standard irq

On Sun, 17 Aug 1997, Ricardo Muggli wrote: > How do I set up a com port in debian that has a non standard irq? > The port I want to use is 0x2E8 irq2 Um, I don't think it is a very healthy practice to use irq 2 for a serial port. Irq 2 is called the "cascade interrupt". Pc-xt's, which have on

Re: Calamity setting up X! Blank screen!

Syrus Nemat-Nasser wrote: > > On Wed, 20 Aug 1997, Charles Blair wrote: > > >Then the real disaster! > > it goes through preliminary messages, types ``starting xdm'' and then > > I get a blank screen. > > > > I have also tried using the boot floppy I created when I installed > > the sy

Re: Show me the money Re: Donations to Debian

Bruce Perens wrote: > > You could try lobbying Guy Maor (gently, please). But there has to be a > date beyond even updates for an old release get purged. We want the mirror > space for more current stuff, and with $4 CDs nobody has much of an excuse > for missing upgrades any more. What are the

Re: Show me the money Re: Donations to Debian

Manoj Srivastava wrote: > > Dave> If the orginization were not invloded in promotions, and makings > Dave> CD-Rom, they could get back to simply working towards the > Dave> orginazation of a quality product. Thats their purpose as far > Dave> as I'm concerned, not worring about if CD makers can k

Re: X installation calamity solved. Thank you!

Marco Shinobu Matsumura wrote: > > .. I think it`d be interesting to describe what > was my mistake: after following all the "how to update from an existing > debian-1.2" instructions, I started dselect in a Xterm, and in the > middle of the process dselect asked: "In order to upgrade to XFre

Re: Debian only like larger businesses

Paul Wade wrote: > > You are way out of line. I only sell Debian and I only use Debian in my > 'small' business. I'm beginning to think your resignation is what will be > essential to Debian's survival, but maybe a public apology to *all* the > Debian users is enough. You owe it to them because yo

Re: Updating with dselect

Shaleh wrote: > > Paul mentioned this and I have been wondering -- what is the best > procedure to update from an ftp via dselect? How do I upgrade a package > I already have installed? I have only seen an add and a remove option. > Where is 'upgrade'? I am now a month old Debian user and I sti

Re: X installation calamity solved. Thank you!

On Sat, 23 Aug 1997, Craig Sanders wrote: > On Fri, 22 Aug 1997, Joost Kooij wrote: > > > I am currently working on a sort of HOWTO for dselect. It seems to > > be a good idea to include a separate section dedicated to possible x > > hassles. > > there's on

Rescue bootup and low-level maintenance (Was: X installation calamity solved. Thank you!)

On Sat, 23 Aug 1997, Craig Sanders wrote: > 'single' still has many daemon processes running - you can do some > repair or maintainence work in single mode but you can't safely do an > fsck because the disks are mounted rw. > > some other tasks (like moving a filesystem from one partition to >

Let's move to debian-policy; I'm sorry, but this doesn't belong on debian-user

Please continue the discussions on debian-policy Subscribe by sending a message with body "subscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Whatever your point of view or interest, this does not belong on debian-user. Joost -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscrib

Re: CDROM death

Bob Nielsen wrote: > > On Tue, 26 Aug 1997, Carl Flippin wrote: > > > Every time I try to access my cdrom under any distribution of Linux, > > the entire system goes into limbo. My drive is connected to a PAS 16 > > and it appears that autoprobe is finding it since the light on the > > drive flas

Re: 3C509B ISA Detection

Darin D. wrote: > > Simply put, I cannot get my 3Com Etherlink III (3C509B) to work with > Debian Linux 1.3.1 kernel 2.0.29. (i486DX4 VLB w/16MB) Here, no problems with a 3C509B. I disabled pnp and set the irq to 5 (for arbitrary reasons.) IIRC it worked fine already with the default kernel, but

Re: Devices?

PATRICK DAHIROC wrote: > But I'm still puzzled by devices for starter when I boot up Linux I get > the message: > ... > /dev/ttyS0 at 0x03f8 (irq=4) is a 16550A > /dev/ttyS1 at ?x (irq=3) is a 16550A > ... > I believe 16550A is a type of modem right? But a coup

Re: moving remote systems from slackware to debian; charset=us-ascii

On Sat, 30 Aug 1997, Rick Hawkins wrote: > Anyway, the systems are remote; they are mail servers for schools throughout > the state. They seem to have a partial installation of slackware. They > think. Some employees have left. > . . . > > Anyway, I'd like to switch these machines to debi

Re: X11R6?

Horacio Suarez wrote: > > Good morning. That's a good afternoon here > I'm a Red Hat and Slackware user moving to Debian. Welcome! > I have installed a Debian 1.2 from a Infomagic CD. It seems to be > incomplete and I had a some trouble with some files. Yes, there are often problems with the

Re: X11R6

On Wed, 3 Sep 1997, Horacio Suarez wrote: > I apreciate your help. > Last night, in a desperate moment, I installed Red Hat 4.2, because I > need a linux running now. I will install Debian in another partition in > the same disk. I need to know what is exactly that I have to download > from the

AW: moving directories

Pete Templin wrote: >Given the discussion of moving directories and such, I'd like to >suggest a quick visit for any and all to > > www.pathname.com/fhs This is certainly excellent literature. However, a couple of weeks ago I found a document on the web which I now cannot find back. It descr

DepenGNUian Logo

Ronald van Loon wrote: >Maybe we should call ourselves DepenGNUian Linux from now on. I've always wondered why I saw nobody come up with the following idea: If you've ever watched a documentary on the tv (you know, that monitor without a keyboard) about penguins, you must have noticed these ani

[REVIEW]: [REVIEW] "Linux in a Nutshell"

Sorry everybody, but I just _have_ to join the shameless plugging, as I too am very enthousiastic about this book. Paul Seelig wrote about "Linux in a Nutshell": >It is by no means suitable for the beginner But I think it _is_. Sorry to waste bandwith on a not-strictly-Debian subject, but thi

Re: Writing to a boot floppy. ( /dev/fd0u1440 anyone?)

> I recompiled my kernel today (without any major problems) to 2.027, > however, I can't seem to figure out how to create a new boot floppy. I have > tried: cp vmlinux /dev/fd0 to a DOS-formatted disk, but when I tried to > reboot > my computer, it didn't work. Have you tried : cat /vmlinu

Re: APM console blanking

On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 09:13:40PM -0400, Rick Pasotto wrote: > On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 05:53:17PM -0700, Brian McGroarty wrote: > > Thanks, setterm sure looks like where it should be, but no good > > so far. And unfortunately, this is a DVI display with no > > workable off switch, so this really n

Re: IPX over the Internet

On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 11:21:02AM +1000, Ian Perry wrote: > Hi All, > > I have a few questions and hopefully you can help me. > > I have two debian system acting as an internet gateways connecting 2 offices > via the internet. Both are set up with IPX turned off and IPX not in the > kernel. > >

Re: Logging Init output?

On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 10:28:59AM +0200, Mart van de Wege wrote: > Thanks for the tip with shift-pageup. I do know about that but I keep > forgetting it. I don't know if it goes back far enough for my purposes, > but I'll give it a shot next time. For the record though, I wasn't talking > about th

Re: changing hostname

On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 10:31:51AM +0200, Adri wrote: > I changed my /etc/hostname from debianAdriano to Adriano > > That's because I'd like to bring my debian under the Windows domain of the > company. If you have to deal with those types of circumstances, try to go the easy way: get a second p

Re: changing hostname

On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 12:16:51PM +, Iain Smith wrote: > I'd suggest: > > find /etc/ -type f |xargs grep $HOSTNAME Well, that is a really big hammer in fact. And you will still miss stuff that is not under /etc, but has a symlink in /etc pointing to it. I used to do it like this (or much w

Re: Answer to Re: CardBus PC Card: 3c575-TX -- module creation ?

On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 10:52:14AM +0200, Lukas Ruf wrote: > Therefore, the changes required to /etc/pcmcia/config are: > > device "3c575_cb" > - class "network" module "cb_enabler", "3c575_cb" > + class "network" module "cb_enabler", "3c59x" > > Then all works perfectly running as 100Mbps as

Re: Attention: Steve Hunger

On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 09:10:02AM -0400, Wayne wrote: > I recentlly purchase your book "Debian DNU/Linux" Bible > and had asummed that the publisher had a "talk to the author" > section on thier web site. When I enter the web page, "www. > hungryminds.com", I recieved the following web page, > "Di

Re: changing hostname

On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 02:15:12PM +, Iain Smith wrote: > > Until I found out about this wonderful "-r" option to gnu grep: > > > > grep -r myregex /etc > > > > wants to be your friend too. > > Hmmm I managed to miss that one completely. Time to re-rtfm! I knew of > rgrep but found i

dselect (Re: Help!! gdm installation problem)

On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 02:50:39PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Now when I tried to configure locales(version 2.1.3-13), using >"dpkg --configure locales" > I got the following error message > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of locales: > locales depends on libc6

Re: Compiling same kernel

On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 01:31:26AM +1000, Aquila wrote: > It is a little different, Debian has this package called > "kernel-package" (apt-get install it) which contains a script called > "make-kpkg" to create debian packages from kernel source. Yes, I fully agree. Kernel-package is great. Plea

Re: changing hostname

On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 05:29:01PM +, Iain Smith wrote: > On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 05:10:56PM +0200, Joost Kooij wrote: > > You really don't want to mess with /dev/kmem and /proc/kcore. Install and > > setup a user-mode-linux system if you like to toy with that stuff witho

Re: [users] Re: kernel compiles

On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 06:34:25PM +0200, MaD dUCK wrote: > also sprach Nathan E Norman (on Fri, 22 Jun 2001 11:01:13AM -0500): > > Well, for one thing, you can compile kernels on your 1GHz Athlon > > instead of your old 486 :) Since kernel-package creates a package, it > > can be installed anywhe

Re: changing hostname

On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 01:46:18PM -0400, David L. Craig wrote: > Joost wrote: > > > > In my experience, the best one is the bash(1) manpage. It is is really > > vital. You don't properly realise how much until you've read all of it > > (well maybe read a little faster over the readline bits). >

Re: A mouse Q..

On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 01:05:40PM -0400, Wayne wrote: > Hi, > To install Debian , for the first time, I used > the CD from the book "Debian GNU/Linux Bible" > When I assign my mouse protocol PS/2 and selected > the /dev/psaux with Emulate3Button my systems > hangs. I have to reboot. If I use Micr

Re: [users] Re: kernel compiles

On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 08:44:51PM +0200, Robert Waldner wrote: > now do a `make clean` (just to get rid of the modules, mostly) and make-kpkg clean > re-do steps 1-3 for the second machine and the third and... It will complain if you use machines' hostnames in

Re: changing hostname

On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 12:48:17PM -0700, der.hans wrote: > I found /etc/exim/exim.conf, /etc/apache/conf/httpd.conf, > etc/ppp/options.ttyXX and the ssh host key files. I've left the ssh keys > alone, but the rest was easy to change. IIRC it worked just fine when I changed the hostname part of ss

Re: problem

On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 03:29:21PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I installed debial 2.1 and i forgot the root password. > Can you tell me please how i can change the root password ? If it is still running, switch to the text console (leftalt-f1) and press ctrl-alt-del. If it is off, turn it o

Re: Logging Init output?

On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 10:52:03PM +0200, Mart van de Wege wrote: > I was actually being ironic when I mentioned my 'scant' knowledge. At That's okay, because there are many subscribers to debian-user and some of them appreciate an answer that does more than reply to strictly the question asked.

Re: CVS environment constants

On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 02:53:43PM -0700, MRZ wrote: > Hello again. Your mail software is broken, it does not break lines at +/- position 70. Please fix it or use another program that you can fix. It is cumbersome to read and reply to. > Just wondering if there is a standard way to store the cvs

Re: IP Maquerading: no connection to external network

On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 11:56:52PM +0200, Brendon wrote: > Gateway: external ip 195.38.200.201 internal ip 192.162.0.1 > Laptop: internal ip 192.162.0.2 > desktop:.. > > the gateway is able to access the net and the laptop. > the laptop is able to ping the gateway on both it's external and int

Re: Gnome - How to install?

On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 05:56:37PM -0400, Wayne wrote: > First let me make an apology to Nick for clicking my send button to soon. > Well, I don't have an .xinitrc file. So I looked at the man page for > "startx". > Apparently I'm using the file (xinitrc) in /etc/X11/init. I could see no > referr

Re: Fetchmail + Exim + Other system

On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 06:30:43PM -0400, Andrew Overholt wrote: > If I have to log into my school's server via telnet or ssh and then run a > mail program like pine or mutt to access my mail, is there any way I can > get this to work with fetchmail? I know the server does not run POP3 and > I've

Re: IP Masquerading: no connection to external network

On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 12:45:18AM +0200, Brendon wrote: > 'fraid it had no affect. the syslogs on both machines show nothing out of the > ordinary either How did you setup masquerading, did you install ipmasq.deb or did you try everything by hand? Cheers, Joost

Re: Printing with Debian

On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 01:11:08AM +0200, Raffaele Sandrini wrote: > Hi > > Can somebody give me a (very) short overview how pronting works und No. (well at least that was short). > which of them must i use and for what? Install lprng and magicfilter. Configure magicfilter. Maybe tweak it j

Re: IP Masquerading: no connection to external network

On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 01:22:37AM +0200, Brendon wrote: > On Saturday 23 June 2001 01:11, Joost Kooij wrote: > > How did you setup masquerading, did you install ipmasq.deb or did > > you try everything by hand? > > I used the mini howto on www.linuxnewbie.org next to t

Re: and we won't stop..

On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 03:25:07AM +0200, Brendon wrote: > 2 comps connected to a hub which gets it's 'uplink' from the gateway. one of > these computers can ping the gateway (both external ip and internal) and the > net. while the other can only ping the other none gateway computer but > neithe

Re: Fetchmail + Exim + Other system

On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 08:07:40PM -0400, Andrew Overholt wrote: > How can I make it forward to my local machine if I'm on a dialup account? Oh, I assumed wrong. You can setup a script on the solaris machine that safely flushes your mail spoolfile to a place in your homedirectory, probably best

Re: Slink->Potato, Perl version

On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 07:00:18AM +0200, Marcus wrote: > I have slink installed and want to upgrade to potato, but I'm > relatively new to Debian (and Linux). I read two explanations on > upgrading, but still have a few newbie type questions: > > Is "apt-get upgrade" sufficient, and what does "ap

Re: What is state of package installed despite dependencies?

On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 12:29:12AM -0700, Ross Boylan wrote: > I tried a brute force approach to getting the unstable package for > gtoaster; I downloaded the deb and did a dpkg -i. I figured if there > were missing prerequisites, it would not install. Let me guess, you have considerable experien

Re: Crash.

On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 12:13:07PM +0400, Alexey wrote: > I have installed Potato. Upgrade the kernel-image that come with it. It is old and if there are any bugs in it, there is a good chance that these are fixed in newer, already available kernels. > Sometimes my computer hangs up. There appea

Re: Modeprobe: Can't locate module ne

On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 12:15:08PM +0200, Erik van der Meulen wrote: > Hi all, I want to do a fresh Potato install on an IBM Aptiva 466. > I have inserted a Novell/Anthem ne2000 Ethernet adapter and want to > install the base system through my LAN. Heh, a genuine Novell/Anthem NE2000? I have one

Re: *** Configuration file for ifup? ***

On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 05:02:44PM +0200, Sebastiaan wrote: > the file is /etc/network/interfaces Or /etc/pcmcia/network.opts, if you're using a pcmcia nic. Personally, I find this a little confusing, but it works. Cheers, Joost

Re: Why use fakeroot when compiling kernel?

On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 10:59:47AM -0500, Ken Januski wrote: > Let me rephrase the question. I've never used fakeroot or sudo but > realize that they allow root privileges without being root. What I'm > wondering, and I know this is very basic, is why it is better to do > whatever you're doing as a

Re: *** Configuration file for ifup? ***

On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 11:39:11AM -0400, Arcadio A. Sincero Jr. wrote: > That file only specifies which interfaces should be configured via dhcp. It > doesn't tell ifup what command to use to actually do the dhcp configuration. See man 5 interfaces. It claims that it will try to do the right th

Re: DSelect

On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 05:01:15PM +0200, nico de haer wrote: > I installed KDE 2.1, this uses htdig for it's help system. htdig 'recomends' > a web server. I was unable to install without one, so i opted to > do-it-myself. I went to my always-handy virtual console and used dpkg to > install htdig.

Re: What is state of package installed despite dependencies?

On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 09:28:49AM -0700, Ross Boylan wrote: > >Let me guess, you have considerable experience running Red Hat Linux? > > No. Oh well, the cheap shot was at redhat, so never mind. > >Is doesn't have to be like this with Debian. Use dselect, it fits > >all your purposes. If dsel

Re: A mouse Q..

On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 01:17:01PM +0930, Disembodied Head wrote: > I agree, I've had some problems with the PS/2 port on my system, in that I > have a PS/2 controller on my board, but no external port, so every time I try > to set up my mouse it automatically tries to configure the PS/2 port (Wh

Re: no mouse movement

On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 07:55:44PM -0700, Lee Johnson wrote: > okay...same thing for me from different angle...my mouse used to work until I > tried unsuccessfully to install the 3d drivers from NVIDIA for my riva > cardwell I fried my XF86Config-4 file (monitor kept popping and wouldn't > giv

Re: no mouse movement or keyboard entry

On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 05:55:08PM -0700, Lee Johnson wrote: > I attempted to install my NVidia driver for my system and it didnt' > quite make it,- and I've in process corrupted my desktop ...I tried > making new xf86config but the problem I think is mouse &/or videoram.. > > I'm also n

Re: Enlightenment & larger fonts ???

On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 11:24:41AM -0500, Michael D. Schleif wrote: > How do I make the fonts *larger* ??? XF86Config or, also depending on the former, fontserver config. Or whatever defaults are set for the app. Or whatever you override these with. > I am displaying at 1600x1200 and most fonts

Re: What is state of package installed despite dependencies?

On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 10:14:26PM -0700, Ross Boylan wrote: > apt-get also tells what it's about to do and then asks for a confirm. > For extra safety, apt-get -s will do a dry (no action) run. That is true, but it is still not quite the same. For one, apt-get will make its own choice about what

Re: Installing from 2.3 floppy set

On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 08:29:10PM +0200, Erik van der Meulen wrote: > I have made a disk set from the Woody tree in order to install on an old > IBM Aptiva 486DX2. I manage to load the rescue/root/driver disks just > fine. Next I install my network module without problem and I continue to > the ne

Re: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than modules.dep ???

On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 08:43:56PM -0500, Balbir Thomas wrote: > hi, > I keep getting the following error message at boot time: > > modprobe: Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than > /lib/modules/2.4.5/modules.dep > > On other occasions it is insmod that issues the message. I have had this

Re: Serial Mouse problem

On Sun, Jun 24, 2001 at 12:05:53PM +1000, Chris Everist wrote: > I have tried all the possible device options I can think of > (/dev/ttyS0-4, /dev/mouse) but nothing happens. Those are not "device options", they're symbolic devices managed by the kernel and that correspond to some physical periphe

Re: cd-rom "medium not found", no modules load

On Sun, Jun 24, 2001 at 08:48:59AM -0400, Stephen Taylor wrote: > What modules / parameters do I need to install a cd-rom > at io=0x1f0 and interrupt=14? Nothing, because it can't. The irq/io are in use by the ide driver. It in turn will drive your cdrw, by talking atapi words to it (you don't wa

Re: recursive download of cgi based webpages ??

On Sun, Jun 24, 2001 at 03:08:28AM -0500, Balbir Thomas wrote: > How can one download a group of webpages hyperlinked by cgi scripts (rather > than > simple hrefs) . Note - wget chokes on this, in the sense it downloads some of > the cgi forms itself, instead of querrying the server and obtaining

Re: printing to a windows shared printer with smbprint

On Sun, Jun 24, 2001 at 11:57:50AM +0200, Jeroen Valcke wrote: > I installed smbprint to be able to print to a printer attached to a > windows pc. However it doens't work > Anybody an idea what I did wrong. Well I've said this before, the mistake is to have the printer attached to the windows mach

Re: login......

On Sun, Jun 24, 2001 at 04:40:02AM -0700, root wrote: [snip "root can login, but why can user not?"] Try: rm /etc/nologin man 1 login Cheers, Joost

Re: An *idea* that *might* put Debian on top (?)

On Sun, Jun 24, 2001 at 12:24:10PM -0700, Jack Pryne wrote: > One last thing: I'm open to suggestions for naming such a P2P client. > Something which expresses community support and freedom from technical > issues... Since you're asking: Debian/GNU Bob "Now you can put the stark fist of remo

Re: Hardware

On Sun, Jun 24, 2001 at 09:51:34PM +0200, Marcus wrote: > On 22.06.01 at 16:16 Antonio Alberto Lobato wrote: > > Thank you very much for the hint, but it`s not what I want. I > >would like to read something how " Hardware is the phisical part of > the > >computer... BUS is the ... ISA is the x

Re: telnet client

On Sun, Jun 24, 2001 at 10:32:24PM +0200, Sebastiaan wrote: > On Sun, 24 Jun 2001, nico de haer wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > I'm looking for a telnet client for windows 9x that provides me with: > > > > 1. Properly working keyboard (including F1 to F10) > > 2. SSL (would be a BIG BIG plus) > > 3

Re: An *idea* that *might* put Debian on top (?)

On Sun, Jun 24, 2001 at 01:57:55PM -0700, Jack Pryne wrote: > Believe me, I'd never require anybody to be using MS products. ;) Why does this sound so damn funny? ;-) > _ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.m

Re: How to fetchmail from ISP-b using SSH when ISP-a has socks?

On Sun, Jun 24, 2001 at 07:00:36PM -0700, Robert Cymbala wrote: > > My remote provider (ISP-b) has enabled SSH on my account, but am still > getting "secure connection... refused". What can I try next? > > My local provider (ISP-a) is www.lafn.org that I use to dial-up (uses > a socks proxy "pro

Re: Netscape 4.77 Java Fonts too large

On Sun, Jun 24, 2001 at 10:29:00PM -0400, Harold Bibik wrote: > Using Netscape 4.77 on a Progeny-Debian (Newton)system with Gnome 1.4, > I get HUGE bold fonts in Java Applets. Did you complain to progeny already? Just be sure to ask for "Overfiend". Maybe he'll fix java for you. ;-) Cheers, J

Re: System Backup to CD

On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 05:44:10PM -0500, Thomas H. George wrote: > Though I kept good notes, it took much effort to restore my current > debian linux system with all the apt-get's and other downloads after a > hard disk crash wiped out everything. With Windows I always had to be > prepared for

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