Re: dselect and getting rid of dependency complaining without installing packages.
On 31 Jul 98 01:00:22 GMT, Christopher Barry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, This has been bugging me for awhile and now I guess I'll ask what to do about it. I've been using glibc Netscape 4.5pre1 for awhile now and I installed it with dpkg -i --force-depends using the NS4 debian installer. Whenever I use dselect I always have to exit with 'Q' or else it will keep on telling me Netscape needs all these old libs which it really doesn't. I was hoping the slink NS installer would be smart about this but it looks like it's the exact same version as the hamm. Can I just get dselect to shut up about it? Thanks, Christopher You can grab the netscape4 installer deb source and repackage it using dpkg-buildpackage. Make sure to give it a higher version number. That's what I did. I think I still have the new deb file somewhere if you need it. -- *) Aria -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: Mutt, Exim, and the From: header--CORRECTION
On 29 Jul 98 14:23:47 GMT, Hamish Moffatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As others have said you can fix it in ~/.muttrc or /etc/Muttrc. Actually, I think this is a bug in either Mutt, exim, or their interaction, because it works just fine with smail. I have no problem here, using mutt exim. I don't need to set anything in muttrc. So I guess the problem is his exim setup. I think hostname and domain name handling on Unix is pretty messy all up. Agreed, I have problem with my hostname using slrn. I need to set it up in my .slrnrc -- *) Aria -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
looking for customized system
Hi, I want to buy a system to run debian on. I don't want to buy the parts separately, yet I want to be able to choose which parts I want, and let them install them for me. For example I want my SCSI card to be buslogic, but since the system will be used mostly as a server, I don't want any fancy video card, any 2 mb video card that can run X will do. I'm looking to spend about $5000. Sadly I have to use Intel, no alphas :( So anyone knows any reseller that will let me do that? Thanks a lot -- *) Aria -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
freshmeat repository
From freshmeat page: -- freshmeat RPM repository As you might already know, freshmeat tries to keep up with the latest software releases and builds RPM packages for them. All this work is done by Obituary, feel free to mail him questions or comments. A change invented with the move of freshmeat to the new location includes SRPMS to be available as well as the i386 binary packages. Note: We are still looking for volunteers to build debian packages. Feel free to contact me for details. -- -- *) Aria -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: printing with kernel 2.1.94
On Thu, Apr 09, 1998 at 10:38:47PM -0400, James Dietrich wrote: But I still haven't figured out what needs to be done to properly configure the parallel port and/or printer modules. (I have enabled the parallel port and PC-style parallel port and parallel printer all as modules). Edit /lib/modules/2.1.94/modules.dep Change /lib/modules/2.1.94/misc/lp.o: /lib/modules/2.1.94/misc/parport.o to /lib/modules/2.1.94/misc/lp.o: /lib/modules/2.1.94/misc/parport_pc.o HTH, -- *) Aria -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: dselect problem (method locked)
On Thu, Apr 09, 1998 at 11:21:06PM -0400, R. Chris Ross wrote:
I was installing a bunch of packages while telnetting into a
machine. The Telnet session died while the install was running and now I
can't change the access method, Install or update the database. How do I
remove the lock?
rm /var/lib/dpkg/{methlock,lock}
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Microsoft buys TeX! Knuth sells out! (fwd)
Did anybody else see this news item today? Thought it might be of interest. -- *) Aria -- Forwarded message -- == MICROSOFT BUYS TEX, PLANS NEW PRODUCTS STANFORD PROFESSOR REAPS WINDFALL PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA, USA (CNEWS/MSNBC) --- In a major move into the scientific publishing market, Microsoft Corporation announced today that it has purchased all rights to the computer language and document compiler known as TeX (pronounced, tech), and plans a major new product line based on the 20-year-old software. Stanford Professor Donald Knuth (pronounced, kah-nooth), the author of the widely-used TeX software, in a joint press conference at the university campus with Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, acknowledged that the two had been negotiating for some months. I felt that two decades of TeX in the public domain was enough. I am reasserting the copyright to my original work in TeX. Microsoft will carry the ball now, and I can get back to my computer science research. Knuth acknowledged he was paid a seven-figure sum from Microsoft, which he will use to finance his work on a project he has code-named Volume 4. At the press conference, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates said the acquisition was the kind of cooperation between academia and industry that builds prosperity for both. He added that TeX would finally give Microsoft a foothold in mathematical desktop publishing that has eluded the software giant since its founding. Drawing gasps of surprise from the college audience, Gates asserted that TeX will soon be biggest jewel in the Microsoft crown. Apparently the jewel metaphor will include a hefty, unavoidable price tag for future TeX users. Gates outlined plans whereby all existing TeX compilers would be phased out, to be replaced by a new Microsoft master implementation written in C++. Beta versions for public testing on Windows 95 and NT platforms are expected in late 1998, issuing from a new 205-programmer project laboratory at Microsoft's Redmond campus. Microsoft TeX for other platforms, such as Unix workstations, will follow at an as-yet unspecified date. According to Gates, the master TeX from Microsoft will ensure that the incompatibilities across platforms are once and for all eliminated. TeX software is widely used due its portability, although variations among operating systems have been troublesome due to uncoordinated development. Unlike the technical aspects of the project, Gates explained that pricing for Microsoft TeX has already been firmly set. The single-user retail product is expected to have a street price of about $600 and consist of three CDs. When heckled by an graduate student complaining about a high price for a formerly free product, Gates seemed startled, explaining that a student edition at $299 is likely and that Microsoft will use the revenue to make TeX better. Most current users of TeX have paid nothing for their implementations, derived from Professor Knuth's formerly-free work. Before leaving the podium, Gates made a final comment that TeX hasn't changed in years. What kind of a product can that be?, and then handed the microphone to an assistant, introduced only as the project leader for Microsoft TeX. The assistant displayed an overhead presentation using the current test version of Microsoft TeX. Equations and tables could be seen dissolving into each other in a morphing action between frames. No one has ever done that with TeX, Gates announced from an audience seat at one point. It's the kind of sizzle that can really enliven a dull paper at an academic conference. Some onlookers were not convinced, especially when the program crashed midway through the demonstration, resulting in a five-minute delay while Windows 95 was restarted. Microsoft technicians later blamed a third-party display driver. The impact on the large base of existing TeX users was unclear. During a question-and-answer period, Gates said that the TeX trademark would be registered as the exclusive property of Microsoft, and could not appear in any competitive or free software. We are granting of our own good will until the 3rd quarter of 1998, free use to any existing TeX vendors or public-domain authors. That's plenty of time for an orderly phase-out and change-over to Microsoft TeX, or no TeX at all. After that, our legal department will be contacting them. A Microsoft attorney added that some of the project personnel would be dedicated to searching the Internet to find non-Microsoft TeX software. Archives and collections of TeX-related programs will not be permitted. The standards must be enforced, or they become meaningless. We are rescuing a fine piece of work from being diluted into worthlessness. You would not believe the number of programs that have been based on TeX without any central, controlling authority. We will stop this
Re: Exim/Fetchmail (Re:Was Unidentified subject!)
Check out /usr/doc/fetchmail/FAQ.gz How to make fetchmail play nice with other software: -- *) Aria -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: proftpd
I can't seem to do a recursive get on proftpd. Anything I should set in config file? -- *) Aria -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Access Linux partition from W95?
On Sun, Jan 11, 1998 at 11:05:48AM -0600, Gregory Guthrie wrote: I konw that I can mount W95 partitions from Linux; what aobut the inverse? Occasionally I am in windows, and want to examine, print, etc.. [So far, I only have MSOffice on Windows, not Linux! :-)] FSDEXT2 : Second extended file system for Windows 95 http://www.globalxs.nl/home/p/pvs/ It's a read-only version though. -- *) Aria -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: More fun with modules and 2.1.72 kernel
On Thu, Dec 18, 1997 at 12:02:45PM -0500, David Z. Maze wrote: Now, the problem I'm having is with the printer driver. 'lpr foo.ps' causes lpd to access /dev/lp0. This loads the lp driver, which depends on parport. parport loads parport_probe, which looks for parallel port devices. It's rather unhappy because there are no parallel port drivers. So I have to manually load parport_pc before I can do anything else (actually, before I try to anything, otherwise the parport_probe and lp modules will hang). So the dependency graph looks like lp \ parport_probe-+-parport / parport_pc Is there any way to convince kerneld to load parport_pc before it loads lp, without overriding the default connection from char-major-6 to lp? I want both modules loaded, but in a specific order. Try changing the lp dependency in /lib/modules/2.1.72/modules.dep Something like: /lib/modules/2.1.72/misc/parport_pc.o: /lib/modules/2.1.72/misc/parport.o /lib/modules/2.1.72/misc/lp.o: /lib/modules/2.1.72/misc/parport_pc.o should do it. I suppose you have this right now: /lib/modules/2.1.72/misc/lp.o: /lib/modules/2.1.72/misc/parport.o ^ -- *) Aria -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: ppp-2.3.1 is slow than ppp-2.2.0f
The new ppp debian package seems to fix the problem. Thanks, -- *) Aria -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Connection problem after upgrading ppp to 2.3.1
Hi, I can't get connected to my ISP at 28800 bps after ppp upgrade to 2.3.1. The highest I got is 9600. I've tried setserial ttyS2 (my modem), and it got me to 19200, but no more. Everything worked fine with ppp-2.2.0 Thanks, -- *) Aria -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
can't locate module char-major-10
Hi, Every time I connect using pppd, I got this message in my console after get connected: pppd[257]: remote IP address 128.10.16.110 modprobe: can't locate module char-major-10 I can't find char-major-10 module in my kernel source. Is it safe to put 'alias char-major-10 off' in /etc/conf.modules? Thanks, -- *) Aria -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
