Re: Debian based working distribution

installation of Woody and then did apt-get dist-upgrade (or somesuch) to bring it up to -current. Didn't require too much effort... If you're not going to run a stable release, I assume that the extra effort won't be an issue. -- /\ Mason

Help with Netgear MA401 wireless card...?

some step, as folks on the Net seem to have gotten this card to work for them. I'm simply unsure about what I need to do. I know the card works fine because, as I said before, I'm using it right now. Thanks in advance for clues. -- Mason Loring Bliss [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ewige Blumen

Re: Help with Netgear MA401 wireless card...?

On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 05:29:09PM -0500, Mason Loring Bliss wrote: > eth0: Error -19 reading firmware info. Wildly guessing capabilities... > eth0: Station identity ::: > eth0: Looks like an Intersil firmware version 0.00 > eth0: Intersil firmware earlier than v0.

Debian Questions - Newbie-ish

What I'd really like is a "Debian for NetBSD People" guide, but, failing that, maybe a couple kind souls out there can answer some questions I've got. Note: I'm not running Debian yet - I'm running NetBSD-current - but I think I'm going to give Debian a try for a while. I'll clear out a mostly unu

Re: Debian Questions - Newbie-ish

On Mon, Sep 14, 1998 at 04:36:13PM -0500, Nathan E Norman wrote: > : 1) Once I've got everything installed in a basic way, how do I build and > : install the world myself? In NetBSD, it's as easy as "cd /usr/src ; make > : build". What's the Debian equivalent? > > There isn't one - most Debian

Re: {stupid pet tricks}blown Root passwd

On Tue, Sep 15, 1998 at 12:59:11PM +0200, Peter Makholm wrote: > I can't remember if sync actually wait on the harddrive but I'm think > not. Then a doubel-sync and a quick power-off could ruin your hard > drive. > > The thing about syncing twice (I heard 3 times) is something with > sitting on a

Re: visual c++ equivalent

nging the GUI to the desktop. They released the Lisa in 1983, and then the Macintosh 128K in 1984, which was immediately popular. Microsoft release Windows 1.0 near the end of 1985. Windows did not become popular until version 3.1, which was released in October of *1992*. -- Mason Loring Bliss

Re: xv

ams. I'd be happy with ImageMagick's display if it had a -maxpect. -- Mason Loring Bliss [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cthulhu fhtagn! http://blisses.org/awake ? sleep : random() & 2 ? dream : sleep; pgpHmn00G9r3t.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Replacing Dying Harddisk (ReiserFS)

at the moment... A tar process on either side of a pipe would work, if the mount point of the target disk is explicitly excluded. -- Mason Loring Bliss [EMAIL PROTECTED]Oderint dum metuant! http://blisses.org/ awake ? sleep : random() & 2 ? dream : sleep; pgpXhEllyHc

Re: cut&paste doest not work with mozilla-firefox on some hosts?

I'm stumped, at present. Thanks in advance! -- /\ Mason Loring Bliss/()\http://blisses.org/ Squeak to me of love! /\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] pgpmnnT26yEkf.pgp Description: PGP signature

USB 802.11G recommendation? (iBook)

e in town for managing this, but I'm happy to be corrected. Thank you kindly, in advance! -- Mason Loring Bliss [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ewige Blumenkraft! awake ? sleep : random() & 2 ? dream : sleep; -- Hamlet, Act III, Scene I pgph5KtjE61TV.pgp Description: PGP signature

xterm ignores XTerm*backarrowKey resource

*Foreground are being set, and so forth. Can someone suggest why xterm might be ignoring "XTerm*backarrowKey: true"? Thanks! -- Mason Loring Bliss [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cthulhu fhtagn! https://bliss.dyndns.org/ awake ? sleep : random() & 2 ? dream : sleep; pgp1PMXuu1T91.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: xterm ignores XTerm*backarrowKey resource

is will bite people. It's non-standard behaviour for no intelligible reason. -- Mason Loring Bliss[EMAIL PROTECTED]https://blisses.org/ 'I' before 'E', except after 'C', unless the word is sufficiently weird. pgpWwuXIPCvQB.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Reading input piped to a bash script

if not use $1. What I've listed above does the opposite, but presumably you can accomplish your goals with that behaviour. -- Mason Loring Bliss(( "In the drowsy dark cave of the mind dreams [EMAIL PROTECTED] )) build their nest with fragments dropped http://blisses.org/ (( from day's caravan." - Rabindranath Tagore pgpMBZxHUYUc1.pgp Description: PGP signature

Package question, Woody versus Sarge

to be able to access packages from another release automatically, without having to wrangle the .deb files by hand...? Thanks, all. -- Mason Loring Bliss (( "In the drowsy dark cave of the mind dreams [EMAIL PROTECTED] )) build their nest with fragments dropped https:

EXT3 and data=journal

How can I use data=journal mode in Sarge, stock kernel 2.4.26-1-i386? If I include data=journal in /etc/fstab, I'm told that I can't change the journal mode during a remount. Using tune2fs to set journal=data doesn't seem to help. Thanks in advance for assistance! -- Mas

Re: EXT3 and data=journal

Thank you! If it does the trick, I'll make a diff for the mount(8) man page and submit it... It'll be useful to learn how to submit bugs and such anyway. Again, thank you both! -- Mason Loring Bliss [EMAIL PROTECTED] They also surf who awake ? sleep : dream; https://bliss.dyn

A couple issues with Sarge; requesting assistance.

es between kernel-load and gettys running? Thanks kindly in advance for your assistance! -- Mason Loring Bliss [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ewige Blumenkraft! https://bliss.dyndns.org/ awake ? sleep : random() & 2 ? dream : sleep; pgpGpqXxzv1QL.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: A couple issues with Sarge; requesting assistance.

ult Debian 2.4.26-1-i386 kernel, I get an error message > > about some module or other having a problem. > > This usually winds up in /var/log/dmesg. It's unfortunately not there. Are there any other possibilities? -- Mason Loring Bliss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "A genera

Figured out Sarge kernel issue re: automatic configuration...

oved cardmgr from /etc/rc*.d/.) -- Mason Loring Bliss [EMAIL PROTECTED] They also surf who awake ? sleep : dream; https://bliss.dyndns.org/only stand on waves. pgpnt5OxSv4Jj.pgp Description: PGP signature

Etch, unexplained reboots?

until this kernel upgrade. It's a production box, so this is a bit worrisome. :) Thanks in advance! I'll be happy to provide any additional information folks might want. -- Mason Loring Bliss((IF I HAD KNOWN IT WAS HARMLESS [EMAIL PROTECTED] ))I WOULD HAVE KILLED IT MYS

CyberPower UPS AE550 (550SL)

en one of these things to speak intelligibly before... Thanks in advance! -- Mason Loring Bliss [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://blisses.org/ "I am a brother of jackals, and a companion of ostriches." (Job 30 : 29) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject