Re: vi in Debian (slink)

1999-04-03 Thread David Z. Maze
Pollywog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Pollywog> vi is acting weird, and I just discovered that vi on my Pollywog> system is not really vim. Isn't vi really just a symlink to Pollywog> vim on most systems? On "most" Unix systems (including the Suns and SGIs I use on a routine basis) 'vi' is a pre

C Programming problem (termios)

1999-04-03 Thread Wayne Topa
I am writing a C program to interface with a Weather Station connected to /dev/ttyS2. I has the program working, to a point, with kernel 2.2.3 on slink. I was using the following post initialization: void SetBaudCOM(int new_baud) { int baudrate; switch(new_baud) {

Re: What DO you lose with Linux ???

1999-04-03 Thread Andrew Holmes
Hi, Wouldn't it be nice if POP mail boxes could be set to automatically bounce messages over a certain size as soon as they arrive at the ISP :-) I doubt I'd get so many large attchments if I could do that, actually it's only one person who regularly sends me large attachments and I'm going to st

Re: float matrices under MuPAD (was: What DO you lose with Linux ???)

1999-04-03 Thread Jerry Lynn Kreps
Look up the DOMAIN of FRACTIONS--- DOM::FRACTIONS Mark Phillips wrote: > > > I do my symbolic math with MuPAD 3.4 instead of MathCad 7.0 but I > > must be dilusional there also. > > On a total tangent --- have you worked out a way of getting matrices > with floating point arithmetic under MuPAD?

Re: X & locales problems.

1999-04-03 Thread José
Em sáb, 03 abr 1999, Branden Robinson escreveu: > > Make sure you're using the latest version of the slink xlib6g package. The > version number is 3.3.2.3a-11. For a while the locale and NLS data got > caught in limbo, but that problem was solved months ago. > > My /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/locale/lo

Re: Good MP3 encoder

1999-04-03 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Sat, 3 Apr 1999, Vincent Murphy wrote: : On Sat, Apr 03, 1999 at 12:46:12PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : > of 8hz-mp3, but it takes like 10hrs to rip and encode a cd. I'd prefer : > an open source encoder, but am not opposed to a commercial one. I just : > want to get one that is fas

Re: Good MP3 encoder

1999-04-03 Thread Vincent Murphy
On Sat, Apr 03, 1999 at 12:46:12PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > of 8hz-mp3, but it takes like 10hrs to rip and encode a cd. I'd prefer > an open source encoder, but am not opposed to a commercial one. I just > want to get one that is fast. i use cdparanoia for ripping and bladeenc for enco

Re: Wvdial permissions

1999-04-03 Thread thomas lakofski
On Sat, 3 Apr 1999, Chris Mayes wrote: > This means that the dialout group can read it, right? So, I did this to > the dialout line of /etc/group: > dialout:x:20:cmayes: close: dialout:x:20:cmayes you would separate users by commas if you had more than one in that group. the 'adduser' command

Re: top like drive usage utility?

1999-04-03 Thread thomas lakofski
On Sat, 3 Apr 1999, Chris Brown wrote: > Our drives have occasionally been going nuts with disk access. > They would for no reason just start reading the disk and go solid for > 10 minutes. Is there a utility like top to check for who or what is > accessing the disks? actually, top will

Re: vi in Debian (slink)

1999-04-03 Thread Pollywog
On 03-Apr-99 thomas lakofski wrote: > On Sat, 3 Apr 1999, Pollywog wrote: > >> vi is acting weird, and I just discovered that vi on my system is not >> really >> vim. Isn't vi really just a symlink to vim on most systems? >> >> vim works well, but vi is weird. It acts buggy. > > /usr/bin/vi

Re: Install - which device drivers?

1999-04-03 Thread thomas lakofski
On Sat, 3 Apr 1999, Stefan Langerman wrote: > > Ok, I'm installing slink right now, and I'm currently in the part where > you install device drivers. Now, How do you know which are the ones you > need? most of them have only one short line of explaination, (one even > just has a '.'), and several

Re: vi in Debian (slink)

1999-04-03 Thread thomas lakofski
On Sat, 3 Apr 1999, Pollywog wrote: > vi is acting weird, and I just discovered that vi on my system is not really > vim. Isn't vi really just a symlink to vim on most systems? > > vim works well, but vi is weird. It acts buggy. /usr/bin/vi is linked to /etc/alternatives/vi; take a look at wh

Re: network interface

1999-04-03 Thread thomas lakofski
On Sat, 3 Apr 1999, Jianbo Wang wrote: > > When I played with redhat, it has netcfg to create and config a network > interface, does anyone know if there is a software in debian to do the > same thing? Or how can I create a network interface and activate it? dinstall on the rescue disk does the

Re: error running make

1999-04-03 Thread Stephen Pitts
On Fri, Apr 02, 1999 at 05:14:03PM -1000, Shawn Nguyen wrote: > Hi, > > I downloaded imwheel 0.9.5 and ran the make command and got an > error. I was wondering if you knew what I am missing. It looks like > when it's trying to look for some X library and other stuff. > > jax.h:6: X11/Xlib.h

vi in Debian (slink)

1999-04-03 Thread Pollywog
vi is acting weird, and I just discovered that vi on my system is not really vim. Isn't vi really just a symlink to vim on most systems? vim works well, but vi is weird. It acts buggy. thanks -- Andrew [PGP5.0 Key ID 0x5EE61C37]

Re: SB 128 PCI w/2.1 kernel

1999-04-03 Thread James Mastros
On Sat, Apr 03, 1999 at 01:14:10PM -0500, Randy Edwards wrote: > > no, dont need to load oss driver, just the es1370 > >That's what I thought after reading the kernel es1370 docs; good. Right > now I've got the driver compiled straight into the kernel (not as a module). > >Interestin

Re: SB 128 PCI w/2.1 kernel

1999-04-03 Thread Randy Edwards
> no, dont need to load oss driver, just the es1370 That's what I thought after reading the kernel es1370 docs; good. Right now I've got the driver compiled straight into the kernel (not as a module). > what do you get at boot? Things look fine. Dmesg tells me: es1370: version v0.17

network interface

1999-04-03 Thread Jianbo Wang
Hi, When I played with redhat, it has netcfg to create and config a network interface, does anyone know if there is a software in debian to do the same thing? Or how can I create a network interface and activate it? Thanks! Jianbo

Re: GNOME query

1999-04-03 Thread William R Pentney
On Sat, 3 Apr 1999, Steve Lamb wrote: > >What's the best window manager to use to? I installed enlightment > >(never used this before either!) and all I get from it is a bar up the > >top. No default configuration? Strange. > > Personally, I prefer icewm-gnome. YMMV, however. Enlightenment

Good MP3 encoder

1999-04-03 Thread wax_man
Does anyone know of a good MP3 encoder for linux? I have an old copy of 8hz-mp3, but it takes like 10hrs to rip and encode a cd. I'd prefer an open source encoder, but am not opposed to a commercial one. I just want to get one that is fast. TIA, chris

Re: What DO you lose with Linux ???

1999-04-03 Thread Stefan Nobis
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Hamish Moffatt > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> The problem of (huge) attachments or huge mails in general is, that >>> the recipient often never asked to get it, but the sender sended it >>> without being asked to do. Hamish> In the case of mailing list

Re: SB 128 PCI w/2.1 kernel

1999-04-03 Thread Benoit Joly
On 03-Apr-99 Randy Edwards wrote: >> look for /dev/audio... if it's not there >> run /dev/MAKEDEV audio > >Yes, I already have a audio device: > crw-rw-rw- 1 root audio 14, 4 Apr 1 18:18 /dev/audio > (I added the other r/w perms myself) > >Still no noise though. I'm thinkin

Re: Newbie Questions

1999-04-03 Thread Gary Singleton
--- Mark Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: --snip-- > > .xinitrc is used if you start X with 'startx' and > .xession if you run > > xdm. > > This can't be right, as I use startx and > ".xsession". Right, I use startx and I don't even have an .xinitrc. I did do a custom .xsession though. Regar

Re: Partitions and install problem

1999-04-03 Thread Randy Edwards
> Am I being crazy or immoral wanting only one partition? most Faqs and docs > I read about it say you should always make a few partitions. Using multiple partitions gives you a great deal of flexibility. One can easily add new stuff and reuse the old partitions for something else. You also g

Install - which device drivers?

1999-04-03 Thread Stefan Langerman
Hi again, Ok, I'm installing slink right now, and I'm currently in the part where you install device drivers. Now, How do you know which are the ones you need? most of them have only one short line of explaination, (one even just has a '.'), and several seem to do the same thing. Is ther eany pla

fs type iso9660 not supported by kernel

1999-04-03 Thread Johann Spies
I am trying to install hamm and get this message from dselect or when I want to mount the cdrom. I did install a cdrom as a device and did not see iso9660 as an option amongst the filesystems during the installation process. Can somebody help me please? It is not the first time I install Linux f

Linux Today article

1999-04-03 Thread Mitch Blevins
Looks like our own Havoc Pennington has an article featured on Linux Today... http://linuxtoday.com/stories/4604.html

Re: GNOME query

1999-04-03 Thread Gary Singleton
Does icewm-gnome offer anything that icewm doesn't? I like icewm primarily for it's simplicity and apparent low resource usage. Is the gnome version just built using the gnome libraries? Thanks, G.S. --- Steve Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 >

top like drive usage utility?

1999-04-03 Thread Chris Brown
Hello everyone, Our drives have occasionally been going nuts with disk access. They would for no reason just start reading the disk and go solid for 10 minutes. Is there a utility like top to check for who or what is accessing the disks? Thanks, Chris ***

Re: Help with cdwriting

1999-04-03 Thread Dietmar Schultz
On Fri, 26 Mar 1999, Dietmar Schultz wrote: > when I want cdrecord to do some writing on my Yamaha CDR 102 it complains: > Cdrecord release 1.6 Copyright (C) 1995-1998 Jörg Schilling > cdrecord: Function not implemented. shmget failed Urghh, IPC wasn't compiled in the actual kernel I'm using. Tha

Re: Script to check whether modem telephone line in use --- how?

1999-04-03 Thread John Hasler
Hamish writes: > Perhaps your modem is not reporting NO DIALTONE -- make sure you have > set ATX4 or so (assuming Rockwell-based modem). Or perhaps it is reporting NO DIAL TONE, in which case you need to put ABORT "NO DIAL TONE" in your /etc/chatscripts/provider file. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROT

Re: Disk usage utility?

1999-04-03 Thread Remco van de Meent
Christian van Enckevort wrote: > Maybe lsof can help you. It gives a list of open files. There is a debian > package for lsof. Unfortunately it is kernel dependent. The slink version > only works for 2.0.35. That is not true. The slink version for example also works on a 2.0.36 kernel. However, yo

Re: GNOME query

1999-04-03 Thread Steve Lamb
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 4 Apr 1999 02:25:15 +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: >Query: how do I start it? I ran panel and got a nice panel. >Later I ran gnome-session, which told me that panel was already running >and asked if I want another. Gnome, uhm, isn't really

GNOME query

1999-04-03 Thread Hamish Moffatt
I'm just experimenting with GNOME -- I've never tried it before. I downloaded some of the packages from the staging area. Query: how do I start it? I ran panel and got a nice panel. Later I ran gnome-session, which told me that panel was already running and asked if I want another. I restarted ev

Partitions and install problem

1999-04-03 Thread Stefan Langerman
Hi, When I installed hamm some time ago, I had the following problem: apparently, dselect downloads everything before installing. Having only one partition, and not too big (400Mb), at some point, it ran out of space, and I just couldn't do anything anymore. Luckily, I had some free space on the

Re: Disk usage utility?

1999-04-03 Thread Christian van Enckevort
Hi Chris, Maybe lsof can help you. It gives a list of open files. There is a debian package for lsof. Unfortunately it is kernel dependent. The slink version only works for 2.0.35. Greetings, Christian van Enckevort

Re: What DO you lose with Linux ???

1999-04-03 Thread Ted Harding
Folks, Once, there was a purpose to the thread given in the subject line, and I am most grateful to the many people who made relevant comments on my original query about the availability of user-desirable software for Linux. I shall collate these and pass them on; also, it would be seemly to summ

Re: I really need help!

1999-04-03 Thread Brant Wells
Howdy Y'all There is a way to set up an "autoexec.bat" kindof thing in Debian, based on each user... in the users home directory, edit the ".bash_profile" This works if you are using the bash shell. HTH, Brant Christian Dysthe wrote: > Hi, > > I had the same problem. See the thread "Where is /

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1999-04-03 Thread Sharon Martin
Hi;     Can you give me the price for cable hook up for the computer?  What is the cost for hook up ?   Thanks Sharon Martin

Wvdial permissions

1999-04-03 Thread Chris Mayes
I always end up doing horrible, insecure hacks in order to access the wvdial stuff, and since I am now using wvdial's "home distribution, I'd like to do it properly. Here's the current error: cmayes:~$ wvdial --> Can't read config file: Permission denied Here's the config file's permissions: -rw

Re: What DO you lose with Linux ???

1999-04-03 Thread Steve Lamb
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 4 Apr 1999 00:01:15 +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: >Then educate your users and have your users educate their friends not to >send them large attachments that they don't really want. Change the >technology to fix a people problem? Ugh. Yes,

Re: What DO you lose with Linux ???

1999-04-03 Thread Steve Lamb
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 3 Apr 1999 23:57:48 +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: >Steve, your credibility would improve incredibly if you weren't so >damn patronising. I'm only patronizing to those who deserve it. >> A local FTP client so the person can

Re: Debian 2.1 iso source..

1999-04-03 Thread Remco van de Meent
Gurra db wrote: > hmm.. I've dowloaded debian 2.1 source in iso files. > Wrote them to 2 cd:s and now I can't find any > installations files.. the cd don't boot and the cd label says "Debian > 21 disc 3" <-- source-1.iso > on the cd I can't find any install files .. what am I missing ?? Those are

Re: /dev/isdnctrl Operation not supported....

1999-04-03 Thread Oliver Elphick
Ries van Twisk wrote: > >Hai, > >I'm buzy installing my Telis ISDN card on my Linux box. >Currently i'm running Debian with a 2.0.34 kernel > >When I do > > isdnctrl addif ippp0 > >I get a 'operation not supported by device' message back. >I have tryed lots and lots of

Re: Exim Mail filters for Macro and other VIRUS?

1999-04-03 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 2 Apr, Kent Andersen wrote about "Exim Mail filters for Macro and other VIRUS?" > does anyone know or have an idea of what I need to put on EXIM to filter for > macro viruses and other pestelance like happy99? It would be really cool to > catch that at the transport agent and trash it then.

Re: Sound: DMA (output) timed out - IRQ/DRQ config error?

1999-04-03 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Fri, Apr 02, 1999 at 09:42:51AM -0600, Stephen Pitts wrote: > 1. run pnpdump > /etc/isapnp.conf > 2. Edit isapnp.conf and uncomment the configuration that I wanted > 3. run isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf to configure the sound card > 4. Load the sb module automagically with kmod > (or manually with mod

Re: Sound: DMA (output) timed out - IRQ/DRQ config error?

1999-04-03 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Fri, Apr 02, 1999 at 03:07:37PM +0100, Vincent Murphy wrote: > On Thu, Apr 01, 1999 at 05:17:04PM -0800, Ramiel Givergis wrote: > > I have spent about a week trying to figure out why neither > > my Creative Labs SB16 or AWE64 work under Debian (2.2.4 2.1) > > I think it has to do with the way my

Broken Config. in!

1999-04-03 Thread ktb
I did a search of the archives and found others have had my problem but didn't see any solutions except 'use make config.' I'm attempting to compile the stock kernel in Slink. When I run "make xconfig" it ends with the following error, wish-f scripts/kconfig. tk Warning-Broken Config. in! m was

Re: dhcpcd problems

1999-04-03 Thread shaleh
> > Hi all: > > I got my cable modem installed today, and now I'm trying to get it > running under Linux. The Cable-Modem Howto directed me to the DHCP > Howto, and it instructed me to install the dhcpcd client. I downloaded > dhcpcd_0.70-5.deb and when I installed it I got the followinf error >

Re: Script to check whether modem telephone line in use --- how?

1999-04-03 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Thu, Apr 01, 1999 at 06:42:40PM +0930, Mark Phillips wrote: > Oh, and I tested out my idea for a script by using minicom. First I > did >atm2 >OK > but I couldn't hear anything. Then I did That just turns the speaker always-on while you are online. If you're not online, it doe

Re: What DO you lose with Linux ???

1999-04-03 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Fri, Apr 02, 1999 at 03:31:34PM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote: > Work Tech Support at an ISP for two weeks. You'll get sick of hearing > from people who get 2-3Mb attachments from people which clogs their email > until Admin gets in there to clear it out. When they hear what the > attachment is,

Re: What DO you lose with Linux ???

1999-04-03 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Thu, Apr 01, 1999 at 10:41:47AM +0200, Stefan Nobis wrote: > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Hamish Moffatt > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Hamish> reason); the technology should allow users to send huge email > Hamish> attachments if they need to. Otherwise it should be fixed. >

Re: What DO you lose with Linux ???

1999-04-03 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Thu, Apr 01, 1999 at 12:41:20AM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Thu, 1 Apr 1999 18:22:47 +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > > >On Tue, Mar 30, 1999 at 08:45:09PM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote: > >> This is the proper thing to do since it then lets th

Re: What DO you lose with Linux ???

1999-04-03 Thread David Woolley
> The other problem that faces someone peeping over the hedge from M$ > Windows land is ``where to find the applications''. There aren't so many > magazines reviewing Linux apps as there are reviewing M$ apps. If you The magazines are paid for by the advertising. They will always concentrate on c

netscape ignore's clicks

1999-04-03 Thread John Leget
Dang , id hoped this problem would dissapear, guess not. Netscape v4.51 ( 4.5 prior) on 2.2.5 , potato, windowmaker I occasionally find that netscape gets 'testy' and refuses to do anything about my clicking on links exept mark them as followed, it wont go anywhere unless i select to open the lin

Re: SB 128 PCI w/2.1 kernel

1999-04-03 Thread Randy Edwards
> look for /dev/audio... if it's not there > run /dev/MAKEDEV audio Yes, I already have a audio device: crw-rw-rw- 1 root audio 14, 4 Apr 1 18:18 /dev/audio (I added the other r/w perms myself) Still no noise though. I'm thinking that I need something else in the kernel config

Getting ISDN connection with kernel >= 2.2.4

1999-04-03 Thread Nuno Carvalho
Hi, Since kernel 2.2.3 I was unable to get my isdn connection with a PCBIT card (manufactured in Portugal). My /var/log/syslog file looks like: ---cut here--- Apr 1 22:09:12 cavern kernel: ippp0: dialing 0 ... Apr 1 22:09:20 cavern kernel: isdn_net: local hangup ippp0 Apr 1 22:09:20 c

Debian 2.1 iso source..

1999-04-03 Thread Gurra db
hmm.. I've dowloaded debian 2.1 source in iso files. Wrote them to 2 cd:s and now I can't find any installations files.. the cd don't boot and the cd label says "Debian 21 disc 3" <-- source-1.iso on the cd I can't find any install files .. what am I missing ?? /Gurra

Re: access for non-us packages

1999-04-03 Thread Randy Edwards
> I'd suguest enlightenment over wmaker, (Hoping not to start a flame war...:-) Why? -- Regards, | Debian GNU/Linux - http://www.debian.org - More software than . | *any* distribution, rock solid reliability, quality control, Randy | seamless upgrades via ftp or CD-ROM, strict

Re: Newbie Questions

1999-04-03 Thread Vincent Murphy
On Sat, Apr 03, 1999 at 07:55:06PM +0930, Mark Phillips wrote: > > .xinitrc is used if you start X with 'startx' and .xession if you run > > xdm. > > This can't be right, as I use startx and ".xsession". it is right if you're talking about X on other *NIX systems, but not with debian. debian (f

Re: isdnctrl dialmode

1999-04-03 Thread Torsten Hilbrich
Bon Lam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > when I set 'isdnctrl dialmode' to 'manual', it says that my kernel > don't have/support this option. > > any suggestions? You either need the kernel 2.0.x (x >= 36) or 2.2.x with the current isdn driver patched in (e.g., ftp.suse.com/pub/isdn4linux). Otherw

Re: Potato and egcs

1999-04-03 Thread J.H.M. Dassen
On Sat, Apr 03, 1999 at 03:11:50 -0800, George Bonser wrote: > On Sat, 3 Apr 1999, J.H.M. Dassen wrote: > > 2.2.x is the latest kernel. > > But 2.0.37 has newer drivers than Linus' 2.2 releases ... maybe I should > be using the ac stuff? At the moment, I trust Alan's patches more than Linus' rele

Gnuplot 3.7

1999-04-03 Thread Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira
Anyone knows when/if gnuplot 3.7 will be avaliable as Debian package? Have a nice day,Paulo Henrique

Re: Potato and egcs

1999-04-03 Thread J.H.M. Dassen
On Sat, Apr 03, 1999 at 00:18:50 -0800, George Bonser wrote: > Ok, whose big idea was it not to provide a real gcc in potato? Fully switching to EGCS has been planned for potato for quite some time now. > Maybe it is me but I couldn't find one. There isn't one, yet. We're working on building on

Re: processing makefile.in

1999-04-03 Thread J.H.M. Dassen
On Fri, Apr 02, 1999 at 23:29:20 -0800, Micha Feigin wrote: > With what am i suposed to process a makefile.in "./configure" processes it for you. > (I downloaded this from cvs and it's the first time i'm tring this so > maybe it's just not supposed to compile ?) If you don't have a "./configure

Re: Newbie Questions

1999-04-03 Thread Mark Phillips
> > > Or edit your own .xinitrc and .xsession to change it for your self only. > > > > Have you been able to work out the difference between .xinitrc and > > .xsession? From what I've been able to gather, ".xinitrc" is not used > > by Debian --- is this right? > > > > Cheers, > > > > Mark. >

Re: Newbie Questions

1999-04-03 Thread frankie
Mark Phillips wrote: > > > Or edit your own .xinitrc and .xsession to change it for your self only. > > Have you been able to work out the difference between .xinitrc and > .xsession? From what I've been able to gather, ".xinitrc" is not used > by Debian --- is this right? > > Cheers, > > Mark

Re: Newbie Questions

1999-04-03 Thread Mark Phillips
> Or edit your own .xinitrc and .xsession to change it for your self only. Have you been able to work out the difference between .xinitrc and .xsession? From what I've been able to gather, ".xinitrc" is not used by Debian --- is this right? Cheers, Mark. _/\___/~~\__

Re: Slink Install: Kernel Unpacking & Sound Problems

1999-04-03 Thread Vincent Murphy
On Sat, Apr 03, 1999 at 09:51:44AM +0200, John Stevenson wrote: > >From looking round the filespace, none of the sound directories > in /dev seem to exist, which explains why sound wont work. MAYBE you could try cd dev; ./MAKEDEV update with the sb modules inserted. this does create /dev/ds

Slink Install: Kernel Unpacking & Sound Problems

1999-04-03 Thread John Stevenson
Hello, I have to problems that I think may be related. 1) I installed slink from scratch on a Dell Laptop (which worked using hamm) and selected the source for kernel 2.0.36. When I went to the /usr/src directory, I fount the tar file had not been extracted and therefore there was no linux symbo

Re: isdnctrl dialmode

1999-04-03 Thread Marc Haber
On Sat, 03 Apr 1999 01:26:58 +0200, you wrote: >when I set 'isdnctrl dialmode' to 'manual', it says that my kernel don't >have/support this option. You need kernel 2.0.36 to have the dialmode option. >it's mainly to stop autodialing to the isp when I just want to connect to >my LAN and it's irrit

scheme, SLIB and JACAL

1999-04-03 Thread Mark Phillips
I have just been reading about JACAL, a symbolic mathematics system, written under scheme. I found its web page at http://www-swiss.ai.mit.edu/~jaffer/JACAL.html It is GNU licenced, but there doesn't seem to be a debian package for it. Anyway, I was interested in trying it out, so I downlo

processing makefile.in

1999-04-03 Thread Micha Feigin
With what am i suposed to process a makefile.in (tried using make -f , and i get an answear: makefile.in:362 *** missing seperator. (I downloaded this from cvs and it's the first time i'm tring this so maybe it's just not supposed to compile ?) also, in relation to the same file, where or what is

Re: Newbie Questions

1999-04-03 Thread Oliver Elphick
Chris Mayes wrote: [... other questions I have skipped ...] >Oh, that reminds me: where do I set the default windowmanager? /etc/X11/window-managers The one at the top of the list is the default. Or edit your own .xinitrc and .xsession to change it for your self only. -- Oliver Elphick

/dev/isdnctrl Operation not supported....

1999-04-03 Thread Ries van Twisk
Hai, I'm buzy installing my Telis ISDN card on my Linux box. Currently i'm running Debian with a 2.0.34 kernel When I do isdnctrl addif ippp0 I get a 'operation not supported by device' message back. I have tryed lots and lots of things but still no luck. Does anybody have a clue?

Re: I really need help!

1999-04-03 Thread Oliver Elphick
James Mastros wrote: >> Do you know how ot install symbolic links? >ln -s Yes >Note that the source file is the one that gets created, and becomes >(effectively) another name for the desrination file. No; that's the wrong way round. The source is the one that already exists; the dest

dhcpcd problems

1999-04-03 Thread Mark Wagnon
Hi all: I got my cable modem installed today, and now I'm trying to get it running under Linux. The Cable-Modem Howto directed me to the DHCP Howto, and it instructed me to install the dhcpcd client. I downloaded dhcpcd_0.70-5.deb and when I installed it I got the followinf error message from dpkg

RE: ATI 3D Pro Turbo PC2TV graphic card + ATI-TV tuner card setu

1999-04-03 Thread Benoit Joly
hi, for your 2nd question, ATI dont release spec but a guilde of geek on the net hacked the card and there is a little support for ati tv card. ati all-in-wonder should work and some ati addon-card (not mine at this time :( ). just look at http://ati.veiled.net/ go in the devel section and try gat

RE: SB 128 PCI w/2.1 kernel

1999-04-03 Thread Benoit Joly
hi look for /dev/audio... if it's not there run /dev/MAKEDEV audio it should work and yes, it's an ensoniq card, sb bought them some times ago. Benoit Joly On 03-Apr-99 Randy Edwards wrote: >I'm playing trying to get a SoundBlaster 128 PCI card working with the > 2.2.1 kernel. The card's i

Exim Mail filters for Macro and other VIRUS?

1999-04-03 Thread Kent Andersen
does anyone know or have an idea of what I need to put on EXIM to filter for macro viruses and other pestelance like happy99? It would be really cool to catch that at the transport agent and trash it then. Thanks in advance! Kent __ Kent Andersen Great B

Re: Screen resolution

1999-04-03 Thread Doug Dine
At 4/1/99 3:43:00 PM, you wrote: >Chances are, it will say that no valid modes are found (at least there >are ways that can work to go around that. I have a more/less readable >file on my page, about how to setup video modes. Try that too), but just >to be sure, post them here, and we'll see what

Newbie Questions

1999-04-03 Thread Chris Mayes
Hi, everyone! I have used various versions of RedHat and SuSE for about ten months and have decided to give Debian a try. Unfortunately, the coddling of the configuration tools in each distro has left me with only a scant knowledge of where things are kept in the configuration file. Here's my pro

compiling gvim(vim) + where are help files

1999-04-03 Thread Micha Feigin
I want to recompile gvim (an vim) in order to have hebrew suport (+rightleft). The problem is that I couldn't find how to make gvim (gui version) only vim. (I am using src ver. 5.3) I managed to compile vim, only it was very large, and it would complete comands using tab. Another problem is that vi

Debian T-shirt

1999-04-03 Thread Paul Lowe
(also posted to debian-devel earlier) Anyone know where I can find a Debian T-shirt? HmmI've checked out lots of places that sell Linux clothing, and can not find any Debian t-shirts. Does anyone know where I can find a Debian T-shirt / Hat? If not...maybe anyone interested in coordinating th

Re: where to find dbootstrap source??

1999-04-03 Thread Branden Robinson
On Sat, Apr 03, 1999 at 12:59:15AM +, Paul Dubbell wrote: > Well, if this isn't annoying, does anyone know where to find the source > for dbootstrap(the debian installation program)? I know how to find the > program(easy) but the source isn't in any deb. Argg! Any pointers would > be appreciate

Re: X & locales problems.

1999-04-03 Thread Branden Robinson
On Fri, Apr 02, 1999 at 05:25:04PM -0300, Paulo José da Silva e Silva wrote: > I have a slink/hamm mixed system (my slink cd's are on their way). I am having > some problems with locale and X. For example, when I run WPrefs I get > the following error message: > > WPrefs warning: X server does no

Re: access for non-us packages

1999-04-03 Thread James Mastros
On Fri, Apr 02, 1999 at 09:05:38PM -0600, Pat Greenwood wrote: > Due to the amount of time it was taking to obtain selected packages in > dselect, I edited against the Access defaults to try specific mirror > sites. I'm back to what I think were the suggested paths. I've tried: > http://http.us.deb

error running make

1999-04-03 Thread Shawn Nguyen
Hi, I downloaded imwheel 0.9.5 and ran the make command and got an error. I was wondering if you knew what I am missing. It looks like when it's trying to look for some X library and other stuff. jax.h:6: X11/Xlib.h: No such file or directory jax.h:7: X11/Xutil.h: No such file or directory

access for non-us packages

1999-04-03 Thread Pat Greenwood
IIci 20/1G 68030 33.6 dial-up stand-alone w/ slink 2.1 installed 3/9/99. I am a newbie. I apologize if the answer is already out there, but I couldn't find it (about one week trying). I have just the basics installed, no man pages yet. Due to the amount of time it was taking to obtain selected pac

Multiple sources for APT

1999-04-03 Thread Paul Miller
I have set up /etc/sources.list with multiple sites. Both sites offer different versions of the same package, but only the older version gets displayed. Of coarse I want the newer version. Here is my sources list file: deb http://www.debian.org/~jim/debian-gtk-gnome/gnome-stage-slink unstable main

Re: mail oddity

1999-04-03 Thread James Starr
Exactly! I just finished reading -doc, -devel, and -qa. They're all doing it. This is starting to get unwieldy. Jstarr p.s. I'm using plain nsmail.

Re: RedHat = MS-Linux

1999-04-03 Thread John Hasler
Ed Cogburn writes: > For the issue of a software package that needs to get a daemon running at > bootup, I don't think the problem is trivial. The layout and use of the > /etc/init.d and /etc/rc*.d dirs is (I've read) far from compatible > between RH and Deb. How about an install-rc tool? It wou

Hardware Upgrade: More RAM or SCSI?

1999-04-03 Thread Jeff Hill
Question for the gurus: I've got a web server putting out just 10K pages and about 25MB a day. Not much, but it's growing quickly and does get bogged down at certain times during the day (seems about half is served between 2:30 and 4:00 PM). Which is the better upgrade, more RAM or going to SCSI?

Re: mail oddity

1999-04-03 Thread Pedro Guerreiro
On Fri, Apr 02, 1999 at 12:25:05AM -0600, James Starr wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm having a strange problem with my mail from debian-user. I > received 400+ mails this morning > of which approx. 30% were duplicates. I also received 57 repeats, > which were from Monday. > Has anyone else seen th

where to find dbootstrap source??

1999-04-03 Thread Paul Dubbell
Ahhh... my first entrance into official debiandom. Well, if this isn't annoying, does anyone know where to find the source for dbootstrap(the debian installation program)? I know how to find the program(easy) but the source isn't in any deb. Argg! Any pointers would be appreciated. Thanks, -P

SB 128 PCI w/2.1 kernel

1999-04-03 Thread Randy Edwards
I'm playing trying to get a SoundBlaster 128 PCI card working with the 2.2.1 kernel. The card's id'ed as a 1275:5000 by lspci -n, so I've compiled it with the Ensoniq ES1370 driver in the kernel's sound options. However, I can't get a squeak out of the card. I'm pretty clueless when it comes

Re: No LILO Boot after Re-Install Windoze95

1999-04-03 Thread Paul Miller
Jeff Hill wrote: > > Hmm, now that you say this, I looked back at the partition table (these are > the > essential details I remember): > > Partition BootStartEnd Type > hda1Primary 1 19883

Re: RedHat = MS-Linux

1999-04-03 Thread Ed Cogburn
Bruce Sass wrote: > > On Thu, 1 Apr 1999, Ed Cogburn wrote: > > > [snip] > > > I don't want > > to see RH disappear any more than I want to see Debian disappear. > > I want to see enough cooperation between distros that allows app > > makers to write software that will work on most distros withou

Re: GNOME 1.0 .deb package?

1999-04-03 Thread MallarJ
In a message dated 4/2/99 1:31:26 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > deb http://www.debian.org/~jim/debian-gtk-gnome/gnome-stage-slink \ > > unstable main > > What's the difference between the above and: > > deb http://www.debian.org/~jules/gnome-stage-2 unstable main

Re: enlightenment/slink .xinitrc

1999-04-03 Thread MallarJ
I had my /etc/X11/window-managers start up enlightenment, then put the exec gnome-session into the .xsession in my home dir (I couldn't get X to read .xinitrc). -Jay

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