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Re: [Alug] Debain installation crash]
by Steve Fosdick 22 Nov '01

22 Nov '01

On Thu, 22 Nov 2001 22:26:56 Ian Douglas wrote: > I brought myself a copy of "Debian GNU/Linux Bible" today and > tried installing Debian Potato on my PC from the CD bundled with > the book. I used fips to create some space on my Windows hard > disk, used rawrite to create the Rescue and Root floppies (my PC > cannot boot from CDs), reset the PC with the Rescue floppy and > CD inserted, watched loads of lines of text scroll past as the > PC booted then finally received a message telling me to remove > the Rescue disk insert the Root disk and press return. I put > the Root disk in, hit return, a line of text appears briefly > then my screen goes black and about a second later my PC resets > (consistently). Anyone any idea what is causing the installation > to crash? > > In frustration I have (successfully) installed SuSE Linux on > another hard disk which I can use in the PC to carry out tests > (if anyone can suggest any worth doing) to help determine the > cause of the Debian installation problem as I would like to be > able to install and experiment with Debian Linux if possible. A couple of possibilities spring to mind: corrupt floppies or a driver build into the default debian kernel conflicting with a different piece of hardware in your PC. To deal with the corrupt floppies issue you use your SuSE distribution to compare the debian floppies against the image of these from the Debian CD: cmp /dev/fd0 /cdrom/whereever-the-floppy-image-is for each disk changing the right hand of the two paths to match the images you actually used from the Debian CD. Please also bear in mind that not all magazine cover disks have the correct versions of everything including the floppy images. Regarding the kernel drivers problem, and official Debian CD set ships with a choice of boot floppy images containing various different kernels to suit different hardware. If you have that choice from your CD it may be worth trying on of the other ones. If these aren't on your CD you can find them on the Debian FTP site. Start with this directory: ftp:://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/dists/potato/main/disks-i386/2.2.26-2001-06… And then check the sub-directories safe udma66 idepci compact each of which contains a slightly different build of the kernel. Hope this helps. Steve.

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Debain installation crash
by Ian Douglas 22 Nov '01

22 Nov '01

I brought myself a copy of "Debian GNU/Linux Bible" today and tried installing Debian Potato on my PC from the CD bundled with the book. I used fips to create some space on my Windows hard disk, used rawrite to create the Rescue and Root floppies (my PC cannot boot from CDs), reset the PC with the Rescue floppy and CD inserted, watched loads of lines of text scroll past as the PC booted then finally received a message telling me to remove the Rescue disk insert the Root disk and press return. I put the Root disk in, hit return, a line of text appears briefly then my screen goes black and about a second later my PC resets (consistently). Anyone any idea what is causing the installation to crash? In frustration I have (successfully) installed SuSE Linux on another hard disk which I can use in the PC to carry out tests (if anyone can suggest any worth doing) to help determine the cause of the Debian installation problem as I would like to be able to install and experiment with Debian Linux if possible. Ian.

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Question about Background Processes
by Peter Bassill 22 Nov '01

22 Nov '01

Hi all Hoping some-one can help me. I have run a process and put it into the background. I have then logged off and then logged back on later but i can not get the process to come back to the foreground. Does anyone know how to do it? Any help would be extremely gratefully received. Pete Bassill

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Xine (& rpm's oh dear oh dear)
by Ricardo Campos 22 Nov '01

22 Nov '01

OK. I've got Xine 0.9.1 up and running, but it's now up to release 0.9.4, and DVD nav just doesn't work at all in 0.9.1, in fact it's done something weird with the UI. (has anyone had any luck with dvdnav?) If I try and $rpm -e xine-lib-0.9.1*.rpm then it says that it isn't installed If I $rpm -Uvh xine-lib-0.9.1*.rpm then it says it's already installed! grrrrr.... My only worry is that I was never able to get 0.9.2 to work, or 0.9.4., so if I install the new rpm's with the -ivh flag, I might not be able to uninstall it and revert to a working, if flawed installation. Anyone know why rpm thinks packages that *are* installed aren't? or any way that I could preserve and older installation? would the --force option do the same, if I used the older rpms? Ricardito -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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Re: [Alug] Question about Background Processes
by MJ Ray 22 Nov '01

22 Nov '01

Peter: > Hoping some-one can help me. I have run a process and put it into the > background. I have then logged off and then logged back on later but i > can not get the process to come back to the foreground. Does anyone know > how to do it? Any help would be extremely gratefully received. Off the top of my head, no. I'm not sure you can. Have you considered using screen and running the process in that if you need to regain control of it? -- MJR

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Can anyone help me with SSH please?
by bsamuels＠beenthere-donethat.org.uk 22 Nov '01

22 Nov '01

My web site hosting company have just changed from Telnet to SSH. I am unable to establish a connection and I'm not sure quite what I'm supposed to do at my end. I'm running Debian Potato and have installed SSH. Do I need to do anything else in order to use it? I have looked at the man page but, as always, I don't understand it. SSH appears to connect to the host but exits with 'secure connection refused'. Any help gratefully received. Barry Samuels

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Sendmail question....
by Simon Parkes 22 Nov '01

22 Nov '01

Hi Guys, I know this can be done, but I can't find it in the docs. I want an e-mail send to a particular account to run a batch file that will send the results back to another account. Any ideas or pointers please ?? Simon

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problems with perl...
by Simon Parkes 22 Nov '01

22 Nov '01

Hi again, I'm getting a strange problem whenever I run perl, I get this output :- perl: warning: Setting locale failed. perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings: LANGUAGE = (unset), LC_ALL = (unset), LANG = "en_GB" are supported and installed on your system. perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C"). I know (or think) it's something to do with the file /etc/sysconfig/i18n but I can't figure out how to setup the rest, are there defaults that these variables should be set to? TIA Simon

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Announce digest, Vol 1 #6 - 3 msgs
by announce-request＠lists.alug.org.uk 21 Nov '01

21 Nov '01

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Job vacancy (Jeremy How) 2. Main list config updates (MJ Ray) 3. Announce ALUG 2001.8 (MJ Ray) --__--__-- Message: 1 From: Jeremy How <jeremy.how(a)e-street.com> To: announce(a)lists.alug.org.uk Reply-To: Jeremy How <jeremy.how(a)e-street.com> Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 13:09:12 +0000 Subject: [Alug Announce] Job vacancy Hi, We are looking for a Linux System Administrator to join our company. All th= e details you should need are below. Please get in touch if you are intereste= d or have a query.=20 Many thanks, Jeremy Position: Linux System Administrator =20 We are looking for an individual dedicated to the successful running of a complex network based on Linux and other Open Source technologies. They should have at least a year's experience maintaining a Unix-based network, and hopefully would have a technical degree which involved using Linux or some other Unix variant. =20 The candidate should have experience of setting-up and managing many Unix user accounts, along with firewall, dns, mail and Web administration. Major bonuses would be knowledge of a Unix scripting language, such as Perl or Python, and experience of Macintosh networking. =20 Our Technologies - ---------------- QMail Bind Apache WebTrends IPChains Samba Netatalk (Appleshare networking for Linux) =20 Bonuses - ------- Mac networking experience Perl/Python scripting Resin (or other servlet engine) Linux Virtual Server Salary: from =A330k+ dependant on experience plus pension and life cover Location: Open plan mews office in London, W1 (near Goodge Street) Company: We are young, about 35 people strong in London and 8 in Dublin. Tech team consists of 4 people creating software for internal and external use. Lots of Java programming. Core business is data collation and distribution. If you are interested in the position get in touch or if you know someone else who could be interested I would be really grateful if you could forwar= d this on to them. Thanks. __________________________________________________________________________ Founded in 1998, e-street.com is a leading urban data capture company, and gathers comprehensive information on retail properties in all of the major urban centres in the UK and Ireland. Uniquely, the information it collects includes photographs, searchable opening times, and multiple keywords. Its coverage already extends to cities throughout the UK and Ireland, and this is expanding constantly. The service is available on the internet, kiosks, WAP, in-flight systems, and touch screens. Jeremy How Head of Human Resources e-street.com Ltd. tel: +44 (0)20 7291 1487 (direct) tel: +44 (0)20 7290 0381 (switchboard) fax: +44 (0)20 7323 0206 biz: http://www.e-street.net web: http://www.e-street.com wap: http://mmm.e-street.com *************************************************************************** NOTICE: This e-mail is strictly confidential and is intended solely for the person or organisation to whom it is addressed. It may contain privileged and confidential information and if you are not the intended recipient, you must not copy, distribute or take any action in reliance on it. If you have received this communication in error, please advise us by e-mail and delete the file from your system. Whilst all efforts are made to safeguard Inbound and Outbound e-mails, e-street.com cannot guarantee that attachments are Virus-free or compatible with your system and does not accept any liability in respect of viruses or computer problems experienced. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where specifically stated to be the view of e-street.com, its subsidiaries or associates. ***************************************************************************= =20 --__--__-- Message: 2 From: MJ Ray <markj(a)cloaked.freeserve.co.uk> To: announce(a)lists.alug.org.uk Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 14:51:35 +0000 Subject: [Alug Announce] Main list config updates The email list main(a)lists.alug.org.uk has had the following config changes: - More Content-Types blocked (to try to prevent more non-plain-text); - Content-Transfer-Encoding base64 blocked (8bit and quoted-printable allowed through); These shouldn't affect most people. We may try changing the strategy from specific blocks to a blanket block with some things (ie things that are clearly plain text) allowed through. Opinions? Email main(a)lists.alug.org.uk to discuss it. Of course, social still allows most things. -- MJR Anglian LUG http://www.alug.org.uk/ No ePatents http://petition.eurolinux.org/ FSF Europe http://www.fsfeurope.org/ --__--__-- Message: 3 From: MJ Ray <markj(a)cloaked.freeserve.co.uk> To: announce(a)lists.alug.org.uk Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 00:01:20 +0000 Subject: [Alug Announce] Announce ALUG 2001.8 The next meeting of ALUG (Anglian Linux User Group) will be on Sunday 25th November 2:00 - 6:00pm at Nelson Court Common Room B, UEA Norwich. Venue details at http://www.alug.org.uk/venues/ueanc.html We hope to have some short, informal talks on topic including Inter-Process Communication and Free Software in the UK. Alongside this will be the usual demonstrations and installation/troubleshooting help. The promotion of the meeting via Usenet can be left to me I will do it ASAP so if there are any news groups you think would be an appropriate place to advertise let me know in the past I have announced meets to: uk.comp.os.linux uk.local.east-anglia comp.os.linux.announce uea internal groups Can someone please post it to the pcplus groups and anywhere else you think is appropriate? Do check no-one has beaten you there before you post! If you are coming mail me with what kit you are bringing and any requests for help and we will get it put up on the web site as before. Thanks, MJR PS - Cheers BJ for the text ;-) -- MJR Anglian LUG http://www.alug.org.uk/ No ePatents http://petition.eurolinux.org/ FSF Europe http://www.fsfeurope.org/ --__--__-- _______________________________________________ Announce mailing list Announce(a)lists.alug.org.uk http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/announce End of Announce Digest

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Re: Re[2]: [Alug] Can anyone help me with SSH please?
by Aaron Walker 21 Nov '01

21 Nov '01

Have to say Chris seems to have covered all bases. but to specify port 24 you just add the switch -p 24 Aaron On Wednesday 21 November 2001 15:44, you wrote: > I am using it exactly as you specify but as mentioned in another reply > I think that I need to specify port 24 but I don't know how. > > Barry Samuels > > Aaron Walker <aaron(a)transversal.com> wrote: > > Barry, > > > > how are you using ssh? > > > > You need to type ssh -l <username> <host you want to connect to> > > > > hopefully you will then get a message asking you if you are sure you > > want to > > this particular host to be added to your known_hosts file just type > > yes. You > > should now have shell access. > > > > Aaron > > > > On Wednesday 21 November 2001 15:15, you wrote: > > > My web site hosting company have just changed from Telnet to SSH. > > > > > > I am unable to establish a connection and I'm not sure quite what > > > > I'm > > > > > supposed to do at my end. > > > > > > I'm running Debian Potato and have installed SSH. Do I need to do > > > anything else in order to use it? I have looked at the man page > > > > but, > > > > > as always, I don't understand it. > > > > > > SSH appears to connect to the host but exits with 'secure > > > > connection > > > > > refused'. > > > > > > Any help gratefully received. > > > > > > Barry Samuels > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > main(a)lists.alug.org.uk > > > http://www.anglian.lug.org.uk/ > > > http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/main > > > Unsubscribe? See message headers or the web site above!

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