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On Wednesday 31 July 2002 2:14 pm,
debian-user-digest-request@lists.debian.org wrote:
> debian-user-digest Digest Volume 2002 : Issue 703
>
> Today's Topics:
> Re: Full-screen editor in /bin [ Carl Fink <carl@fink.to> ]
> Re: apt-cdrom and loopback .iso file [ Glyn
> <glyn.kennington@hertford.oxfo ] Holiday arrangements [
> Richard Kimber <rkimber@ntlworld.co ] Re: Increasing the number of loop de
> [ Johann Spies <jspies@sun.ac.za> ] Re: sslwrap difficulties-seeking adv [
> vanillicat <vanilli@nycap.rr.com> ] Re: Rejig apt Config Now That Woody [
> Walter Tautz <wtautz@math.uwaterloo ] ot -- Re: Full-screen editor in /bin
> [ ben <benfoley@rcn.com> ] Re: Problem with Junkbuster [
> bxf4@psu.edu (Brian P. Flaherty) ] Re: Full-screen editor in /bin [
> "Michael P. Soulier" <msoulier@stor ] Re: Root login in graphical envirome
> [ Kent West <westk@acu.edu> ] Re: gdm automatic start [ Kent
> West <westk@acu.edu> ] woody bf24 inst hangs [ "Ralf
> Vissers" <ravis@web.de> ] Re: Full-screen editor in /bin [ Richard
> Cobbe <cobbe@airmail.net> ] Re: ot -- Re: Full-screen editor in [ Stein A
> Stromme <stromme@mi.uib.no> ] Re: Holiday arrangements [
> Patrick Wiseman <pwiseman@mindsprin ] Re: Linux progress patch problem
> [ "Karl E. Jorgensen" <karl@jorgensen ] AW: gdm automatic start
> [ "Andre Fassbender" <afassbender@eSe ] Re: pgp encoding was Re: Apache /
> ph [ "Phillip Baker" <phil@lchost.co.uk> ] Re: Linux progress patch
> problem [ Tom Badran <tb100@doc.ic.ac.uk> ] trying to build openafs
> client and i [ "John F Davis" <johndavi@us.ibm.com ]
> On Wed, Jul 31, 2002 at 07:16:43AM +0100, Glyn Millington wrote:
> > I believe you can persuade Joe to start with emacs keybindings by
> > starting it with "jmacs"
>
> I use it as "jstar" (WordStar keybindings), but joe is not statically
> linked in Debian -- it depends on ncurses and libc.
> Chris Kenrick wrote:
> > I guess the really kludgy workaround is to reburn the CD's
> > yourself. You can probably get away with just a subset of them
> > (apparently the most common stuff fits on three cds, not sure which
> > three though :) )
>
> I was hoping not to have to resort to that. Though I suppose that
> reburning disc 1 would allow me to include the recent security update in
> openssl :)
>
> I've had a further think about automating apt-get. I'd have to do:
>
> 1) As normal up to apt saying `please insert CD'.
> 2) Insert CD
> 3) Run following script
>
> #!/bin/bash
> mount /cdrom
> # /cdrom is already taken care of by fstab
>
> ISOFILE=`ls /cdrom/*.iso`
> # I should put in a check that there is exactly one .iso file
>
> ln -fs /cdrom/$ISOFILE /dev/woodyiso
>
> 4) Hit enter to continue apt-get process. With suitable entries in
> /etc/fstab to mount /dev/woodyiso as a loopback device, and a change in
> apt's config file to use /dev/woodyiso as the default CD device, this
> would then work.
>
> So the only improvement I need is to have the script run automatically
> when I press Enter to indicate that the CD is in the drive. Is there a
> nice way of doing this, or will I have to hack it into the apt-get
> source?
>
> Glyn
> Thanks Romuald.
>
> Regards.
>
> Johann
>
> > Max loop device is defined in '/linux_directory/drivers/block/loop.c'
> On 30/07/02 Patrick Wiseman did speaketh:
> > > i wish that i could make myself think better of it, particularly given
> > > that it's rms's pet project, but i have to concede that i can't.
> >
> > Yep - I try it every now and then and give up fairly fast.
>
> That would be the problem. Both Emacs and Vi take an investment on your
> part to become proficient with. Once you are you'll wonder how you lived
> without them. I personally use both, just to piss off both camps.
>
> Mike
> On Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 10:32:51PM +0100, Tom Badran wrote:
> > I have built a kernel from the debian 2.4.18 and lpp-patch packages. It
> > also has the ppscsi, preempt, and low latency patch. I have the lpp
> > turned on, and set to use 1024x768 mode (built using make-kpkg). I also
> > set my system to boot with vga=0x317 (1024x768x16). The problem is,
> > although the debian theme for lpp shows well, and the percentage bar
> > works properly, about 20-30 lines of text rise up in the bottom left
> > which covers up the image. It seems to be kernel messages, about the
> > framebuffer mode etc. and not messages from the rc scripts. There must be
> > something i am doing wrong,but i cant figure out what it is.
> >
> > I hope someone can help me with this who has had the same problem
>
> I haven't had the same problem, but...
>
> AFAIK the kernel messages are forced out on the console; but they can be
> redirected via the kernel command line, e.g.:
>
> console=tty3
>
> would put console messages on virtual terminal 3
>
> HTH
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