linux-apus-user

Pine for Debian and other problems

[<baz...@po...>]

Hi,

As nobody answers my silly questions I started to install Debian over the
net (again as yesterday it crashed and PCMCIA eth card stopped working).
System is installed now but with very few packets :(. The first question: is
it possible to install PINE in Debian?? If I use 'apt-get install pine' I
get message saying that apropriate package cannot be found due to some...
circumstances. Another problem is that my PPC card is probably broken.
During install I got few messages like that:
Oops: kernel access of bad area, sig: 11
NP: (...)
MSR: (..)
DAR: (...)
TASK= (...) 'sed' last syyscall: 3

Instead of task 'sed' it's sometimes 'grep'. I use 2.4.9 kernel (any newer
doesn't work on my config). The question is - buggy kernel or hardware
failure of memory, CPU etc.??
Third thing is gpm - I installed it and configured properly (when I use test
form 'gpmconfig' mouse works fine but after finishing 'gpmconfig' script and
restarting gpm server I can't use mouse). I noticed that gpm gets a lot of
CPU (I checked with 'top') but mouse does't work. Any ideas??

--
Regards,
Bartosz Sokolowski


----------------------------------------------------------------------
WOJNA stala sie faktem! RELACJE jedynych polskich dziennikarzy w Iraku. 
>>> http://link.interia.pl/f16f7 

Re: Pine for Debian and other problems

[Michel <mi...@da...>]

On Fre, 2003-03-21 at 18:26, Bartosz Sokołowski wrote:
> 
> The first question: is it possible to install PINE in Debian?? If I 
> use 'apt-get install pine' I get message saying that apropriate package 
> cannot be found due to some... circumstances. 

I think this would be more appropriate for a Debian list like
debian-user, but anyway: The pine license doesn't allow Debian to
redistribute binaries. You need to get the source and build it yourself,
google for 'Debian pine'.


> Another problem is that my PPC card is probably broken.
> During install I got few messages like that:
> Oops: kernel access of bad area, sig: 11
> NP: (...)
> MSR: (..)
> DAR: (...)
> TASK= (...) 'sed' last syyscall: 3
> 
> Instead of task 'sed' it's sometimes 'grep'. I use 2.4.9 kernel (any newer
> doesn't work on my config). The question is - buggy kernel or hardware
> failure of memory, CPU etc.??

Could be RAM I guess, but AFAIR older 2.4 APUS kernels used to be rather
unstable.


I hope someone else can answer your other question(s).


-- 
Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member   /  CS student, Free Software enthusiast

Re: Pine for Debian and other problems

[Kulwant B. <kul...@bt...>]

Hello Michel, 

> Could be RAM I guess, but AFAIR older 2.4 APUS kernels used to be rather
> unstable.

So which kernel would you recommend? 

And where could I easily (e.g. download) get your recommended kernel from?

Kulwant