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installing debian probs
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 29 Mar '01

29 Mar '01

Hullo list. I'm stuck in a loop installing this here debian...... "do you want to create /etc/X11/XF86Config file? y/n" y ......."_X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111 Unable to communicate with X server! The /etc/X11/XF86Config file was not created. Press [Enter] to switch to graphics mode. This may take a while... Press [Enter] to continue Pressing enter, of course, takes it back to the beginning, but there doesn't seem to be another option. Any ideas? Thanks, Jenny.

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debian kernel source problem
by d.casal 28 Mar '01

28 Mar '01

Hi all, Just trudging along trying to install ALSA. Have recompiled kernel to support VFAT, sound (with no modules), and loadable module support. Compiled the ALSA driver (finally), after realizing it was looking for sources in /usr/src/linux and inserting --with-kernel=/usr/src/kernel-source-2.2.12 (where my recompiled srcs live). Now though, a problem with recompiling the lib packages (alsa). On the mailing list archives, it says I might have to upgrade libc (suggestion was to upgrade to frozen/potato libc6)... Is it alright to have sources live as kernel-source-2.2.12? How do I change that to /usr/src/linux if I need to? Because I wanted to boot an NTFS partition also, I did 'make zdisk' after 'make bzImage' (linux kernel how-to) so I could boot from diskette...is that the problem? How do I actually get libc6 installed? sorry for the multiple newbie questions, just excited to be close to having ALSA-SBLive! working. d ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------- david casal +44 (0) 1603-613607 | d.casal(a)uea.ac.uk http://www.ariada.uea.ac.uk/~dcasal | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------\

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Follow up to "FTP and telnet connections to a RH box"
by David Howe 27 Mar '01

27 Mar '01

Thanks all of you, my resolve.conf was somewhat blank - fixed it ;) David Howe

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FTP and telnet connections to a RH box
by David Howe 27 Mar '01

27 Mar '01

Greetings, I've just reinstalled RH61 onto the same (local) box it was on before - but now for some reason when I try to FTP or telnet into it it makes the connection but never sends a response request for username and password (or at least it times out after a couple of minutes) so I can't actually log in! I can however Samba into it no probs and http works fine too - any ideas as I'm only a low-to-middling propellorhead. I have changed nothing hardwarewise all I did was reformat and install from the exact same copy of RH61 as previously - I suspect I may not have included something in the custom install. Kind regards, Dave Howe hippy(a)thehippy.com

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Re: [Alug] Debian Install
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 27 Mar '01

27 Mar '01

"apt-get install"?? groan, there go the next three months for a start............the nice Debian book has a section on it, minds. Thanks, though, basic it is. I have to learn sometime, ...........[When's the next meeting......? ;-)] Jen

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Debian Install
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 27 Mar '01

27 Mar '01

Hi All, - any advice? Installing Debian - would you recommend "Basic" as the O'Reilly Debian book instructs for initial users, or would I be better with one of the other options? I want networking, samba, X. I can see me installing basic then spending the rest of the year trying to add the extras. Adam - many thanks for the loan of the Debian book, BTW, it's most helpful. Thanks, Jenny.

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Linux Install Problems?
by tom potts 27 Mar '01

27 Mar '01

Just got a copy of RH7 (£5) from linuxdot.org. I installed a 'workstation' onto my Dell Latitude C600 via the DVD rom - it took 20 (twenty!) minutes from loading the cd, making the boot disk,to install nearly a gig and recognised all the devices, make and boot from a boot floppy and be up and running in Gnome. I though I'd mention this as laptops are often a problem. Tom __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/?.refer=text

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Re: [Alug] Tuxedo T Penguin
by MJ Ray 27 Mar '01

27 Mar '01

Thom May <thom(a)clearairturbulence.freeserve.co.uk> writes: > The real story is that Linus got bit by a penguin (a 15 foot > mutant one, as he tells it) at Sydney Zoo, when he was visiting > Andrew Tridgell (the guy that started the samba project). Why do fairy penguins always make me think of fairy cakes? I should see someone about that. Anyway, thanks to David for the pointer to a nice read. -- MJR

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alsa-long filenames
by d.casal 27 Mar '01

27 Mar '01

Hi all, anonymous coward (though pretty constant reader): After much elbow grease and humbling experiences, I've managed a Debian 2.2 kernel re-compile (very scary for a newbie like me) so to get sound support without soundcard selection (needed by ALSA drivers) and to enable loadable modules. Now though, everything I read with a long filename (from a CD burnt in windoze, 'course) such as alsa-driver0.5a.bz2 comes up alsa-d~1.bz2, so killing the file when I try to untar. I know there is an easy way to do this (please?), but do I have to recompile the kernel again to support long filenames? Feeling closer than ever to getting a stable system running PD (see www.pure-data.org), proud I'm finally running Debian (a.savory's advice) cheers, david ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------- david casal +44 (0) 1603-613607 | d.casal(a)uea.ac.uk http://www.ariada.uea.ac.uk/~dcasal | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------\

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Weekly IRC meeting reminder
by Adam Bower 26 Mar '01

26 Mar '01

This is the automated ALUG irc meeting reminder sent to remind you that there is an irc meeting tonight (Monday) at 8.00pm. The meeting takes place on the irc server irc.openprojects.net in the #alug channel, you can take a look at www.openprojects.net to get more info on the openprojects network. Popular irc clients include tkirc, bitchx, xchat and ircII on Unix, and Mirc under windows. Here are some links to help you get started with irc. Unix http://www.bitchx.com http://www.xchat.org http://freshmeat.net Windows http://www.mirc.com (loads of help with irc for newbies!)

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