Mail, Kernel and X
i have recently had to reinstall Debian because i ran out of space on the / directory. Having used fetchmail to get mail from my isp my /var/spool/mail directory was filled while getting messages (pop3). After the re-install i get messages (using the -v option in fetchmail) that a number of messages were not flushed and that smtp connection for the rest of the messages is refused. I think this may be because i have a 'half' message on the server. Any suggestions. I am using icewm set to 640*480 mode but it does not look correct on my screen . I have tried ^+Alt+numeric -/+ to adjust this but cannot do it. My monitor is old so i dont know the exact specs, and i have specified a generic VGA card in the config (16bpp). I'm not sure how to adjust this I also wish to compile my own kernel (make xconfig) but because i dont know the specs for my vid card, monitor and sound card (soundblaster 16 clone i think) will i run into trouble? Help much appreciated. Regards, Stephen Lavelle Austanners Wet Blue Pty Ltd. ~ Australian Tanned Wet Blue Leather ~ 110 Heales Road, Lara, Geelong, Australia 3212 Tel:++(03)52742232 Fax:++(03)52742350 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Network File Server
We are just about to go ahead and upgrade our network. All machines are Wx89 workstations. We were going to use NT Server as a file server but since using Debian i thought about Linux as a file server. I'm sure lots of you out there are doing this so any suggestions (hardware, software packages) and comments (problems etc) would be a appreciated. I was going to get something like a 686 300MMX 128MB RAM 32X CDROM UPS etc. Thanks, Stephen Lavelle Austanners Wet Blue Pty Ltd. ~ Australian Tanned Wet Blue Leather ~ 110 Heales Road, Lara, Geelong, Australia 3212 Tel:++(03)52742232 Fax:++(03)52742350 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mail - Sending (smail)
I know this question has been asked before but i've looked in the archives and cannot find much. HOWTO not much help either. I'm using fetchmail to recieve mail from my isp and Mutt to read.Which files do i need to change (smail) to send mail to my isp (mail.austasia.net)? Thanks, Stephen Lavelle Austanners Wet Blue Pty Ltd. ~ Australian Tanned Wet Blue Leather ~ 110 Heales Road, Lara, Geelong, Australia 3212 Tel:++(03)52742232 Fax:++(03)52742350 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Network File Server
Thanks, I forgot to mention tape back-up! and as for MS Support([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Austanners Wet Blue Pty Ltd. ~ Australian Tanned Wet Blue Leather ~ 110 Heales Road, Lara, Geelong, Australia 3212 Tel:++(03)52742232 Fax:++(03)52742350 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Carey Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Tuesday, 5 January 1999 6:42 Subject: Re: Network File Server Austanners Wet Blue Pty Ltd [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: We are just about to go ahead and upgrade our network. All machines are Wx89 workstations. We were going to use NT Server as a file server but since using Debian i thought about Linux as a file server. I'm sure lots of you out there are doing this so any suggestions (hardware, software packages) and comments (problems etc) would be a appreciated. I was going to get something like a 686 300MMX 128MB RAM 32X CDROM UPS etc. That's probably over-specced even for an NT file server. ;-) Besides what you've listed, you should go for an all-SCSI system, not IDE, and you'll need some kind of tape backup. You should make sure you get a 10/100 Mbs Ethernet card, even if you only have a 10 Mbs network at the moment. For software, you'll want to use Samba as the file server. You can also use this as a print server, and together with LPRng and cti-ifhp it works quite well with HP-compatible laser printers. (Would you have gotten a reply this fast from MS support on a statutory holiday?) -- Carey Evans http://home.clear.net.nz/pages/c.evans/ Larry froze. Was the bag a trap? He could see the way in, but the other end appeared to be sealed. -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Xircom Network Adapter
Does debian support Xircom network adapters? Austanners Wet Blue Pty Ltd. ~ Australian Tanned Wet Blue Leather ~ 110 Heales Road, Lara, Geelong, Australia 3212 Tel:++(03)52742232 Fax:++(03)52742350 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Xircom - Network
I have a Xircom adapter attached to my laptop for networking in Windoze -- does Debian support this device and if so can anyone offer any help with configuring it? Regards, Stephen Austanners Wet Blue Pty Ltd. ~ Australian Tanned Wet Blue Leather ~ 110 Heales Road, Lara, Geelong, Australia 3212 Tel:++(03)52742232 Fax:++(03)52742350 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Samba
Where can I get Samba? Regards, Stephen Austanners Wet Blue Pty Ltd. ~ Australian Tanned Wet Blue Leather ~ 110 Heales Road, Lara, Geelong, Australia 3212 Tel:++(03)52742232 Fax:++(03)52742350 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Recommendations for Office...
Can anyone recommend a good Spreadsheet program and Word-type program for use with X. I'm looking for something that people who are familiar with MS Excel/Word could use. Pref. not Star Office (too big) Regards, Stephen Lavelle Austanners Wet Blue Pty Ltd. ~ Australian Tanned Wet Blue Leather ~ 110 Heales Road, Lara, Geelong, Australia 3212 Tel:++(03)52742232 Fax:++(03)52742350 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Accupoint Mouse Pointer
I have a Toshiba t211x series laptop with a pointer (accupoint) on the keyboard. Does anyone know how (if) I can configure this in X11? Regards, Stephen Lavelle Austanners Wet Blue Pty Ltd. ~ Australian Tanned Wet Blue Leather ~ 110 Heales Road, Lara, Geelong, Australia 3212 Tel:++(03)52742232 Fax:++(03)52742350 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: dselect-help!!!!!!!
I had this problem with a laptop (no CD ROM drive , no network) and solved it by using the ftp option in dselect. You just have to be careful to state the correct path if you're using a mirror site. Just set up your isp details using pppconfig, then pon yourprovidername start dselect and choose option 1 (access method), answer all the questions and way you go. Regards, Stephen Lavelle Austanners Wet Blue Pty Ltd. ~ Australian Tanned Wet Blue Leather ~ 110 Heales Road, Lara, Geelong, Australia 3212 Tel:++(03)52742232 Fax:++(03)52742350 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Kent West [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Patrice Bertrand [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Thursday, 10 December 1998 10:47 Subject: Re: dselect-help!!! At 02:19 PM 12/9/1998 -0500, you wrote: Thanks for this material I understand that the best thing for me is to have access to the Internet and download all the files i need. It means I have to make my PCMCIA card work... I have no idea how to do it. I thought it was done through the installation process... What do I have to do exactly? My computer is a laptop (Winbook) with a standard PCMCIA card modem. Everything works when I use Windows 95 (which is installed on a different and removable HDD). My Linux partitions are : dev/hda1 boot dev/hda2 swap dev/hda3 usr dev/hda4 home What do I have to do to make my modem work? If you don't mind, can you describe all the steps (something like : to write a letter you need : 1)a sheet of paper 2)a pencil 3)you have to take the pencil in your right - or left hand - hand 4)Don't hold the pencil upside down, etc...) Thanks. If you dont' have time, dont' bother. PB -Original Message- From: Kent West [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Patrice Bertrand [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org debian-user@lists.debian.org; recipient.list.not.shown : ; recipient.list.not.shown : ; Date: Wednesday, December 09, 1998 3:03 AM Subject: Re: dselect-help!!! On Tue, 8 Dec 1998, Patrice Bertrand wrote: I have installed Linux on my laptop and i have now to use 'dselect' to install X and others packages. Problem : i can't find my way and i'm stuck with dselect from the beginning. I've downloaded the file 'Dselect documentation for beginners' from debian.org but it's not very helpful. (e.g. : when I go to select i can't understand anything from the different menus and the differents options. For instance, what's the difference between 'Install from a hard disk partition partion (NOT YET MOUNTED)' and 'Install from a filesystem which is already mounted'. Which one should I pick up since i've just installed Debian from floppies?) Basically, I'm looking for : - a manual which explains carefully and with examples what to do when using dselect. - if this is not available, is it possible to have a few directions about how to install X Windows with dselect, notably the very first steps -something in plain english for idiots or retardos. (What i have now on my lap-top computer is plain Linux. I can't use a CD ROM and can't yet get access to the Internet since I don't know how to setup my PCMCIA card. For now my priority is to install X Windows, the Mouse and have some graphical interface to navigate through Linux). Thanks for your help! I don't know of any good documentation, but I might can give you a couple of pointers. dselect is a front-end to dpkg. dpkg is the real installer/uninstaller. Apt is the next generation front-end to replace dselect, but it's not quite ready for prime-time. You're right; dselect is not easy to use. In case you don't understand it, you can't use dselect to install software unless it's pointed to a repository of that software. Accordingly, you need to use the Access option to tell dselect how to access that software. When you choose to install from a hardrive (not yet mounted), I believe you'll be given the option to mount the hard drive so it can be read by the system. Then that drive has become an already-mounted file system. Unless you've downloaded .deb files (maybe from a Windows partition, etc) to your local harddrive, these two options probably don't apply to you. However, I see that you can't use a CD or the network, so you're kind of up a tree without a paddle (or whatever the idiom is). Without the appropriate .debs, you can't install X-Windows, etc, just like you can't install Doom or Wordperfect on a Windows machine without the appropriate installation software. You really need to get a CD working and use a Debian CD, or better yet, get your network access up. Maybe someone more knowledgeable on the list can help you with that. -- Kent West [EMAIL PROTECTED] KC5ENO - Amateur Radio: When all else fails. Linux - Finally! A real OS for the Intel PC! Life is an ongoing classroom. - Capt. James T. Kirk, Dreadnought I'd like to be able to help, but I'm afraid I'm too much of a newbie to really know
Rar for Linux
I have a copy of rar for linux, in the form of the file rarlinux. How do i install or execute this? I have done a chmod (755) on the file Any help appreciated Regards, Steve Austanners Wet Blue Pty Ltd.~ Australian Tanned Wet Blue Leather ~110 Heales Road,Lara, Geelong, Australia3212Tel:++(03)52742232Fax:++(03)52742350mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Help needed with compressed files
I wish to load some package files onto a laptop that has no CD-ROM drive and is not networked. Some of the .deb files are 2+MB and I can compress them using PKZIP,Winzip or rar but can linux unzip from spanned floppy disks? Any suggestions? Regards, Stephen Austanners Wet Blue Pty Ltd.~ Australian Tanned Wet Blue Leather ~110 Heales Road,Lara, Geelong, Australia3212Tel:++(03)52742232Fax:++(03)52742350mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
about the HOWTO's
Can read the HOWTO's in html or text on the www somewhere, I cannot as yet get them on my linux system? Austanners Wet Blue Pty Ltd.~ Australian Tanned Wet Blue Leather ~110 Heales Road,Lara, Geelong, Australia3212Tel:++(03)52742232Fax:++(03)52742350mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
about the HOWTO's
Can I read the HOWTO's in html or text on the www somewhere, I cannot as yet get them on my linux system? Regards, Steve Lavelle Austanners Wet Blue Pty Ltd.~ Australian Tanned Wet Blue Leather ~110 Heales Road,Lara, Geelong, Australia3212Tel:++(03)52742232Fax:++(03)52742350mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Austanners Wet Blue new email address
Please note our new e-mail address is: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Best Regards, Stephen Lavelle I.T/H.I Officer Austanners Wet Blue Pty Ltd.~ Australian Tanned Wet Blue Leather ~110 Heales Road,Lara, Geelong, Australia3212Tel:++(03)52742232Fax:++(03) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Getting Rid of Debian/Linux
I have a requirement to remove Debian from one of our workstations and re-install DOS/Windows (Horror!) How do I do this? Thanks in advance Stephen Lavelle Austanners Wet Blue Pty Ltd.~ Australian Tanned Wet Blue Leather ~110 Heales Road,Lara, Geelong, Australia3212Tel:++(03)52742232Fax:++(03)52742350mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Please help with Networking
I wish to connect my debian pc to our office network (on co-ax cable peer to peer all other machines running W98) firstly, is this possible and if so how? My /etc/init.d/network file says: #! /bin/sh ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 route add -net 127.0.0.0 One of the reasons i need to connect is that the Debian machine is a laptop and only has a fd drive and i need to connect to a cd rom drive across the network. Thanks in advance for any help Stephen Lavelle Austanners Wet Blue Pty Ltd. Australian Tanned Wet Blue Leather110 Heales Road,Lara, Geelong, Australia3212Tel:++(03)52742232Fax:++(03)52742350mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Please help with Networking
Alan thanks for advice but i'm a linux/unix newbie you lost me after the network card 1. make sure that your network card is supported--yes 2. make sure kernel has support enabled (compiled in or module)--how to check?? 3. setup ip host in /etc/hosts-how to set up?? 4. setup dns in /etc/resolv.conf--how to set up? 5. reboot - check that route is not setup for you--how to check?? 5a. setup route, like (on debian, it's etc/init.d/network), find the file by grepping on ifconfig lo--grepping?? ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 up route add -net 192.168.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 eth0 -Original Message- From: Allan M. Wind [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Austanners Wet Blue Pty Ltd [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thursday, 26 November 1998 9:27 Subject: Re: Please help with Networking On 1998-11-26 08:21, Austanners Wet Blue Pty Ltd wrote: I wish to connect my debian pc to our office network (on co-ax cable peer to peer all other machines running W98) firstly, is this possible and if so how? My /etc/init.d/network file says: #! /bin/sh ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 route add -net 127.0.0.0 One of the reasons i need to connect is that the Debian machine is a laptop and only has a fd drive and i need to connect to a cd rom drive across the network. Thanks in advance for any help 1. make sure that your network card is supported 2. make sure kernel has support enabled (compiled in or module) 3. setup ip host in /etc/hosts 4. setup dns in /etc/resolv.conf 5. reboot - check that route is not setup for you 5a. setup route, like (on debian, it's etc/init.d/network), find the file by grepping on ifconfig lo ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 up route add -net 192.168.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 eth0 Enjoy! /Allan -- Allan Wind Phone: 781.938.5272 (home) 687 Main St., 2nd fl. Fax: 781.938.6641 (home) Woburn, MA 01801 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home)
Package Help Please
I am trying to install packages from a floppy/s using dselect but keep getting the messages: /var/lib/dpkg/methods/mount/packages/ does not exist can any give me some advice on this? or just general advice on installation (x window etc) regards Stephen Lavelle Austanners Wet Blue Pty Ltd.110 Heales Road,Lara, Geelong, Australia3212Tel:++(03)52742232Fax:++(03)52742350mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Installation help required
I am trying to install packages from a floppy/s using dselect but keep getting the messages: /var/lib/dpkg/methods/mount/packages/ does not exist can any give me some advice on this? or just general advice on installation (x window etc) regards Stephen Lavelle Austanners Wet Blue Pty Ltd.110 Heales Road,Lara, Geelong, Australia3212Tel:++(03)52742232Fax:++(03)52742350mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Help with Install
Alan, for this site i got a 404 message, if anyone could post a copy of of the posts, or just give me some advice i'd appreciate it. Regards, Stephen http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/debian-user-9811/threads.html -Original Message-From: Alan Tam [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: Austanners Wet Blue Pty Ltd [EMAIL PROTECTED]Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org debian-user@lists.debian.orgDate: Thursday, 19 November 1998 10:42Subject: Re: Help with InstallTake a look at the following emails posted a few days ago: downloading kernel image by Mark Re downloading kernel image by joseph Re downloading kernel image by Peter Re downloading kernel image by Bob Re downloading kernet image by Alan If you don't have the messages kept in your harddisk goto http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/debian-user-9811/threads.html and read from there. Alan Austanners Wet Blue Pty Ltd wrote: I have recently downloaded from ftp the necessary installation files. All went well except for the linux (kernel image) which my browser insists on saving as a .txt file. Is this ok?Regards,Stephen LavelleAustanners Wet Blue Pty Ltd. 110 Heales Road, Lara, Geelong, Australia 3212 Tel:++(03)52742232 Fax:++(03)52742350 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Downloading the Linux file from ftp -Help!
Can anyone can give me some advice on how to get the kernel (linux) file from a ftp site with downloading it as a .txt file? Thanks Stephen Lavelle Austanners Wet Blue Pty Ltd. 110 Heales Road,Lara, Geelong, Australia3212Tel:++(03)52742232Fax:++(03)52742350mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Typo in last post!
Can anyone can give me some advice on how to get the kernel (linux) file from a ftp site without downloading it as a .txt file? Thanks Stephen Lavelle Austanners Wet Blue Pty Ltd. Austanners Wet Blue Pty Ltd.110 Heales Road,Lara, Geelong, Australia3212Tel:++(03)52742232Fax:++(03)52742350mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Using CFDISK - Help Required Urgently
Thanks to all who offered help with getting files for install. I am installing from floppies and am stuck at partitioning with cfdisk; the screen display: /dev/hda1 boot primary linux 335.18(MB) /dev/hda5 logical linux 0.50(MB) drives have 16 heads, 63 sectors per track and 682 cylinders How do I create a partition and swap file, ie where to go from here. Thanks in advance, Stephen Lavelle Austanners Wet Blue Pty Ltd. Australian Tanned Fashion Leather110 Heales Road,Lara, Geelong, Australia3212Tel:++(03)52742232Fax:++(03)52742350mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Help with Install
I have recently downloaded from ftp the necessary installation files. All went well except for the linux (kernel image) which my browser insists on saving as a .txt file. Is this ok? Regards, Stephen Lavelle Austanners Wet Blue Pty Ltd.110 Heales Road,Lara, Geelong, Australia3212Tel:++(03)52742232Fax:++(03)52742350mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
