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Re: [Alug] Debian 3.0 Woody
by Ricardo Campos 23 Jul '02

23 Jul '02

> It was never "late" it arrived when everyone said it would, ie when it was > finished :) I know. -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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Re: [Alug] Debian 3.0 Woody
by Ricardo Campos 23 Jul '02

23 Jul '02

>should you have changed > the "testing" to "woody" in apt-sources list so the apt moved with the > version? I tried that, but when I put woody instead of testing and did apt-get update, I got a shedload of 404 errors. Perhaps ftp.linux.co.uk was just broken at that point. -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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which php version
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 23 Jul '02

23 Jul '02

Hullo List, I installed php-4.2.1 last week by downloading and configuring the tarball, using the - - with - options. The system is still using the old version, however: php-4.0.6. Because I've upgraded postgresql using apt-get to v7.2.1 I needed to recompile php, you see, and so thought I may as well grab the latest version whilst I was at it. How does the system know which of the php's to use? If I brutally remove the v4.0.6 directory I assume php won't work at all. I feel like I've gone back a year in time, all this newbie fumbling about. Does my question make any sense at all? Thanks, Jenny.

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Re: [Alug] Debian 3.0 Woody
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 23 Jul '02

23 Jul '02

Ricardo wrote: >OK, with debian 3.0 released, I'm wondering if I should >now change my default release in my apt.conf to >"stable"? At the moment it's still "testing", and I >haven't noticed any changes when I apt-get upgrade. > >Congrats to the debian developers, and the users that >have supported debian (bug reports, just plain using >it). What a complicated project, and only 2.5 months >late! > >Ricardo Ricardo - I don't really know what I'm talking about, but I mixed up testing and stable with very unpleasant results - should you have changed the "testing" to "woody" in apt-sources list so the apt moved with the version? That's what I did...I was using testing, then MJR said to do that before woody moved to stable. Yes - I'm constantly amazed what effort people put in to this open source thing. Jen.

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Re: VBScript Detected
by MJ Ray 22 Jul '02

22 Jul '02

postmaster(a)col-westanglia.ac.uk <postmaster(a)col-westanglia.ac.uk> wrote: > The College of West Anglia Mail Systems have detected VBScript in an email. I think we've just found another bug in the College of West Anglia Mail Systems, folks. I thought ddryden had unsubbed from there anyway. Oh well. MJR

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Re: [Alug] DVD Playing
by Ricardo Campos 22 Jul '02

22 Jul '02

> > Now so far no piece of software has offered me the choice of setting the > > region of the player. The player is an OEM one, :-/ Mine seems ready to play region 1 and 2 interchangeably without any problems. I'm sure I've played both more than 5 times. Steve- What terminal o/p do you get? -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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IRC Help
by Daniel Simpleman 22 Jul '02

22 Jul '02

Hello Everyone I have a big question. I would like to come to these IRC meetings but Im using on a different server at the same time. I was just told I could connect to two different servers at the same time but I cant seem to find out how to do it, So Im wondering if anyone knows how to do it without downloading any special script programs... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com

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Re: [Alug] drive seek error....
by Ricardo Campos 22 Jul '02

22 Jul '02

> Anything that cools down a component (HDD, CPU, etc) will help with long term > reliability. Therefor, I would check with other users to see if heat build up > is common, and install a fan to cool things down. > You can purchase fan units that screw on to HDDs for a few pounds.. Yeah, this could be a consideration. I'll leave it for now, however... time might tell but I may eat my words: I used www.memtest86.com (well, memtest86) on my RAM. I have 2 modules. 3 Slots. Due to rather bad design of the mobo, I had them in slots 2 and 3. It hasn't been a problem... Interestingly, in Windows (which was my only usable OS at one point), the computer would simply reboot, much as Ian described. I just put it down to W98 being crap. I still think it's crap, though. ;-) I ran the test on each module in slot 3 and they worked fine, no errors. I tried them in their original configuration. The test got stuck.(actually test 7 did). Presently, I have them in slots 1 and 3. The difference in speed is amazing. Like, it feels like the difference between my old amd k6-2 400 Mhz 64mb machine compared to this one (Duron 750, 512 MB). I am actually truly amazed at the difference.The mobo manual doesn't mention anything about a slot 1 and slot 3 requirement. Did I say how much difference it made? I'm amazed. So I'll see how stable this is. This is my first boot. I had to do a manually fsck on one partition, but I'm hoping/guessing this is just from the previous time I booted and it just fscked it all up. Time will tell, I guess. Thanks to all who helped. ALUG rocks. -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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drive seek error....
by Ricardo Campos 22 Jul '02

22 Jul '02

OK, looks like it wasn't my hard drive that was the problem... Yesterday, after hours of use installing on a new HD (hours due to net install), I booted up and it worked OK. I then rebooted at one point and LILO gave me:- ERR=2 Unrecognised compression format. Halting. Another reboot booted the kernel, but it had millions of Drive Seek Ready errors and DMA errors, then halted at INIT. I checked the cables (in fact put new ones in), and noticed that the hard drive was SUPER-hot). Leaving it for 30 mins, it booted OK. Does anyone think it may be overheating? Or poss a RAM error? (So the kernel doesn't load up properly). Any ideas? -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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RE: [Alug] drive seek error....
by Ricardo Campos 22 Jul '02

22 Jul '02

> > Does anyone know of software to test physical memory? > > memtest86 is good, I've got it as a boot option from lilo now. > http://www.memtest86.com/ Seems to fit the bill exactly. Many thanks. -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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