Re: X too big; login double; fetchmail kaputt
on Wed, 09 Jan 2002 03:05:52AM +0100, marTin insinuated:
> also sprach nori heikkinen <nori@sccs.swarthmore.edu> [2002.01.09.0239 +0100]:
> > (again typing -- my mouse is working, no gpm restart necessary, i just
> > can't cut and paste in tty!):
>
> try pasting with just the right button.
great; works. i will refrain from asking "why," since the answer is
probably "just because."
> wait. you might be running 3.3.6 still (probably).
i am.
> dpkg -l "*xserver*" | grep "^ii"
>
> please?
well, if you ask *that* nicely ... !
orange:~> dpkg -l "*xserver*" | grep "^ii"
ii xserver-common 4.1.0-11 files and utilities common to all X
servers
ii xserver-common 3.3.6-42 files and utilities common to
XFree86 3.x X
ii xserver-mach64 3.3.6-42 X server for ATI Mach64-based
graphics cards
ii xserver-svga 3.3.6-42 X server for SVGA graphics cards
> there should be .dpkg-old files from changed configuration files for
> postfix in /etc/postfix. diff them with the current ones and find
> the changes. unless of course you played around in /etc/postfix by
> hand.
i didn't. but there aren't. the only thing modified in /etc/postfix
on Jan 8 is main.cf. okay, manpage time ... but after this champagne
... which i think means tomorrow ;)
> i hate this topic, locales. i don't know how to fix this.
scheiss. because it seems to be preventing a lot ...
> uhm, do you remember which package notified you?
no.
> do you remember *some* of the wording?
"man pages will be moved ... to some directory ... you have to do
something about this ..." ... i'm not being too helpful, i know.
> a grep in /var/lib/dpkg/info should help you...
okkay, grepped (would that be the past participle?!), and i find an
executable "man-db.config", which looks promising.
however, upon executing ...
orange:/var/lib/dpkg/info> man-db.config [63,127]
perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
LANGUAGE = (unset),
LC_ALL = (unset),
LANG = "en"
are supported and installed on your system.
perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").
debconf: DbDriver "configdb" error: could not open /var/cache/debconf/config.dat: Permission denied
so, i su, and try it again, taking a clue from the "permission denied"
line, and it tells me
orange:/var/lib/dpkg/info# man-db.config
bash: man-db.config: command not found
damn locales.
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