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diff --git a/eu/appendix/files.xml b/eu/appendix/files.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 6777fa664..000000000 --- a/eu/appendix/files.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,244 +0,0 @@ -<!-- retain these comments for translator revision tracking --> -<!-- original version: 11648 untranslated --> - - - <sect1 id="linuxdevices"><title>Linux Devices</title> -<para> - -In Linux you have various special files in -<filename>/dev</filename>. These files are called devices files. In -the Unix world accessing hardware is different. There you have a -special file which actually runs a driver which in turn accesses the -hardware. The device file is an interface to the actual system -component. Files under <filename>/dev</filename> also behave -differently than ordinary files. Below are the most important device -files listed. - -</para><para> - -<informaltable><tgroup cols="2"><tbody> -<row> - <entry><filename>fd0</filename></entry> - <entry>First Floppy Drive</entry> -</row><row> - <entry><filename>fd1</filename></entry> - <entry>Second Floppy Drive</entry> -</row> -</tbody></tgroup></informaltable> - -<informaltable><tgroup cols="2"><tbody> -<row> - <entry><filename>hda</filename></entry> - <entry>IDE Hard disk / CD-ROM on the first IDE port (Master)</entry> -</row><row> - <entry><filename>hdb</filename></entry> - <entry>IDE Hard disk / CD-ROM on the first IDE port (Slave)</entry> -</row><row> - <entry><filename>hdc</filename></entry> - <entry>IDE Hard disk / CD-ROM on the second IDE port (Master)</entry> -</row><row> - <entry><filename>hdd</filename></entry> - <entry>IDE Hard disk / CD-ROM on the second IDE port (Slave)</entry> -</row><row> - <entry><filename>hda1</filename></entry> - <entry>First partition of the first IDE hard disk</entry> -</row><row> - <entry><filename>hdd15</filename></entry> - <entry>Fifteenth partition of the fourth IDE hard disk</entry> -</row> -</tbody></tgroup></informaltable> - -<informaltable><tgroup cols="2"><tbody> -<row> - <entry><filename>sda</filename></entry> - <entry>SCSI Hard disk with lowest SCSI ID (e.g. 0)</entry> -</row><row> - <entry><filename>sdb</filename></entry> - <entry>SCSI Hard disk with next higher SCSI ID (e.g. 1)</entry> -</row><row> - <entry><filename>sdc</filename></entry> - <entry>SCSI Hard disk with next higher SCSI ID (e.g. 2)</entry> -</row><row> - <entry><filename>sda1</filename></entry> - <entry>First partition of the first SCSI hard disk</entry> -</row><row> - <entry><filename>sdd10</filename></entry> - <entry>Tenth partition of the fourth SCSI hard disk</entry> -</row> -</tbody></tgroup></informaltable> - -<informaltable><tgroup cols="2"><tbody> -<row> - <entry><filename>sr0</filename></entry> - <entry>SCSI CD-ROM with the lowest SCSI ID</entry> -</row><row> - <entry><filename>sr1</filename></entry> - <entry>SCSI CD-ROM with the next higher SCSI ID</entry> -</row> -</tbody></tgroup></informaltable> - -<informaltable><tgroup cols="2"><tbody> -<row> - <entry><filename>ttyS0</filename></entry> - <entry>Serial port 0, COM1 under MS-DOS</entry> -</row><row> - <entry><filename>ttyS1</filename></entry> - <entry>Serial port 1, COM2 under MS-DOS</entry> -</row><row> - <entry><filename>psaux</filename></entry> - <entry>PS/2 mouse device</entry> -</row><row> - <entry><filename>gpmdata</filename></entry> - <entry>Pseudo device, repeater data from GPM (mouse) daemon</entry> -</row> -</tbody></tgroup></informaltable> - -<informaltable><tgroup cols="2"><tbody> -<row> - <entry><filename>cdrom</filename></entry> - <entry>Symbolic link to the CD-ROM drive</entry> -</row><row> - <entry><filename>mouse</filename></entry> - <entry>Symbolic link to the mouse device file</entry> -</row> -</tbody></tgroup></informaltable> - -<informaltable><tgroup cols="2"><tbody> -<row> - <entry><filename>null</filename></entry> - <entry>Everything pointed to this device will disappear</entry> -</row><row> - <entry><filename>zero</filename></entry> - <entry>One can endlessly read zeros out of this device</entry> -</row> -</tbody></tgroup></informaltable> - -</para> - - <sect2> -<title>Setting Up Your Mouse</title> - -<para> - -The mouse can be used in both the Linux console (with gpm) and the X window -environment. The two uses can be made compatible if the gpm repeater is used -to allow the signal to flow to the X server as shown: -<informalexample><screen> -mouse => /dev/psaux => gpm => /dev/gpmdata -> /dev/mouse => X - /dev/ttyS0 (repeater) (symlink) - /dev/ttyS1 -</screen></informalexample> - -</para><para> - -Set the repeater protocol to be raw (in <filename>/etc/gpm.conf</filename>) while -setting X to the original mouse protocol in <filename>/etc/X11/XF86Config</filename> -or <filename>/etc/X11/XF86Config-4</filename>. - -</para><para> - -This approach to use gpm even in X has advantages when the mouse is -unplugged inadvertently. Simply restarting gpm with -<informalexample><screen> -user@debian:# /etc/init.d/gpm restart -</screen></informalexample> -will re-connect the mouse in software without restarting X. - -</para><para> - -If gpm is disabled or not installed with some reason, make sure to set X to -read directly from the mouse device such as /dev/psaux. For details, refer -to the 3-Button Mouse mini-Howto at -<filename>/usr/share/doc/HOWTO/en-txt/mini/3-Button-Mouse.gz</filename>, -<userinput>man gpm</userinput>, -<filename>/usr/share/doc/gpm/FAQ.gz</filename>, and -<ulink url="&url-xfree86;current/mouse.html">README.mouse</ulink>. - -</para><para arch="powerpc"> - -For PowerPC, in <filename>/etc/X11/XF86Config</filename> or -<filename>/etc/X11/XF86Config-4</filename>, set the mouse device to -<userinput>"/dev/input/mice"</userinput>. - -</para><para arch="powerpc"> - -Modern kernels give you the capability to emulate a three-button mouse -when your mouse only has one button. Just add the following lines to -<filename>/etc/sysctl.conf</filename> file. - -<informalexample><screen> - -# 3-button mouse emulation -# turn on emulation -/dev/mac_hid/mouse_button_emulation = 1 -# Send middle mouse button signal with the F11 key -/dev/mac_hid/mouse_button2_keycode = 87 -# Send right mouse button signal with the F12 key -/dev/mac_hid/mouse_button3_keycode = 88 -# For different keys, use showkey to tell you what the code is. - -</screen></informalexample> -</para> - </sect2> - </sect1> - - <sect1 id="tasksel-size-list"> - <title>Disk Space Needed for Tasks</title> -<para> - -The base woody installation on the author's computer required 117MB. -The installed size for all standard packages was 123MB, with a -download size of 38MB; so 278MB of space was needed to install the -base and all standard packages. - -</para><para> - -The following table lists sizes reported by aptitude (a very nice -program, by the way) for the tasks listed in tasksel. The system -for which the figures were reported already had all standard packages -installed. Note that some tasks have overlapping constituents, so -the total installed size for two tasks together may be less than -the total obtained by adding the numbers up. - -</para><para> - -<informalexample><screen> -Task Installed Download Space Needed - Size (MB) Size (MB) To Install (MB) - -desktop environment 345 118 463 -X window system 78 36 114 -games 49 14 63 -Debian Jr. 340 124 464 -dialup system 28 8 36 -laptop system 3 1 4 -scientific applications 110 30 140 - -C and C++ 32 15 47 -Python 103 30 133 -Tcl/Tk 37 11 48 -fortran 10 4 14 - -file server 1 - 1 -mail server 4 3 7 -usenet news server 6 2 8 -print server 48 18 66 -conventional unix server 55 19 74 -web server 4 1 5 - -TeX/LaTeX environment 171 64 235 - -simplified Chinese environment 80 29 109 -traditional Chinese environment 166 68 234 -Cyrillic environment 29 13 42 -French environment 60 18 78 -German environment 31 9 40 -Japanese environment 110 53 163 -Korean environment 178 72 250 -Polish environment 58 27 85 -Russian environment 12 6 18 -Spanish environment 15 4 19 - -</screen></informalexample> -</para> - </sect1> |