Re: SCSI Ultra/Wide support
On Thu, 20 Mar 1997, Lawrence Chim wrote: did anyone done a performance comparison of buslogic 958 and adaptec 2940? I don't, but I do want to say that I have a Buslogic BT958UW and I love it. -=- Daniel Robbins School of Medicine Computer Services University of New Mexico [email:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Upgrading from slackware to debian
I didn't know that Debian can use RedHat packages. Can dpkg do it or do I need something more? -=- Daniel Robbins School of Medicine Computer Services University of New Mexico [email:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: the warez dudez won't leave me alone...
I'm new to Linux, how can I be sure there is no way for others to get in to my machine when I am in a PPP session? On Thu, 20 Mar 1997, Richard Morin wrote: Hi folks just wanted to pass along my suprise that the warez doodz have been trying to get into my *home* machine which is only connected via dialup ppp, and get this I use a dynamic ip. Here is just some of the attempts... Mar 17 19:52:02 joanrich wu-ftpd[788]: failed login from lis1_p16.telepac.pt [194.65.11.242], mac Mar 18 11:52:29 joanrich wu-ftpd[1421]: failed login from ppp-d1-76.orci.com [206.168.154.76], mac ...and 4 more from this guy. Mar 18 11:53:42 joanrich wu-ftpd[1426]: failed login from ppp-47.ts-8.nyc.idt.net [169.132.98.191], mac and 8 from this guy... Mar 18 13:04:43 joanrich wu-ftpd[1647]: failed login from mas01-10.dial.xs4all.nl [194.109.33.11], mac Mar 18 13:06:10 joanrich wu-ftpd[1648]: failed login from ppp-24.ts-4.la.idt.net [206.20.223.24],mac Mar 19 23:27:04 joanrich wu-ftpd[3617]: failed login from 206.230.175.91 [206.230.175.91], mac Mar 19 23:33:29 joanrich wu-ftpd[3628]: failed login from ubvmsa.cc.buffalo.edu [128.205.100.2],mac ...this guy was persistent, about 8 tries with different id, mac, Mac, warez and so on... Just thought I'd pass this along to others like me who might have wu-ftpd on their system to learn about it. I've not yet had time to think much about it till now. I guess this means that somehow someone has listed my machine on a warez list eh?? Kinda funny in a mosquito like way. Can I leave these kidz a nice message somehow?? Richard Morin [EMAIL PROTECTED] === There are two major products to come out of Berekley: LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence. Haahaaahaaheeho.. -=- Daniel Robbins School of Medicine Computer Services University of New Mexico [email:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: XFree 3.2A package?
On Wed, 5 Mar 1997, The UnixWeenie wrote: Has anyone made a package of the 3.2A beta release of XFree86? I'm new to the list, so if this has been asked before, I appologize. I ask because I have an ET6000 card (STB), and would like 16 bpp support. Thanks, -- Jeramia Ory - Resident UnixWeenie The truth knocks on the door and [EMAIL PROTECTED]you say 'Go away, I'm looking for finger for PGP public keythe truth,' and so it goes away. http://lenti.med.umn.edu/~ory/home.html - Robert M. Pirsig I don't think it's available - I looked for it and couldn't find it so I downloaded it from XFree86's web site. I haven't got it up and running yet, but the SVGA server is supposed to be *MUCH* faster with Tseng 6000 cards (I have a Ts6000 too - a Hercules Dynamite/128Video w/ 4Mb MDRAM) since they have a new accelerated architecture for this card. -=- Daniel Robbins School of Medicine Computer Services University of New Mexico [email:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Mail list problems??
On Sun, 2 Mar 1997, Gregory Vence wrote: It's happening to me too. Scott Stanley wrote: Every time I post to the debian user mail list I am getting 5-10 error messages saying the mail could not be delivered. Although, I do get a copy of the mail sent back to me from the list. I am wondering if this is related to the problems with the mail list, or if I am the only one getting these errors Scott Bruce is working on fixing it. At least debian-user and debian-devel seem to have this problem. Look for some receint posts by him with 'mail' in the title. I don't know if he said a time frame. He's just working on it. Enjoy -- Greg. -=- Daniel Robbins School of Medicine Computer Services University of New Mexico [email:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Package configuration philosophy
WOW! Now my delete key is working under XWindows! Now *I* discover .inputrc! This should definitely be set by default. Can I make a global file so these options will apply to all users? (Maybe put it in /etc/X11/inputrc)? Yes? No? On Sat, 1 Mar 1997, Lindsay Allen wrote: Ever since I started using Debian about two years ago I have been gnashing my teeth here because the DEL/HOME/END keys did not work at the prompt. Now I discover .inputrc. This is IMO a prime candidate for something that can and should be installed along with bash on day one, on ix86 boxes. Or at least an offer to install it. I might be the only one on this list who is still wet behind the ears, but just in case I'm not, here is my ~/.inputrc:- #set bell-style visible #set show-all-if-ambiguousOn \e[1~: beginning-of-line \e[3~: delete-char \e[4~: end-of-line Lindsay -=- Daniel Robbins School of Medicine Computer Services University of New Mexico [email:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Netscape 4.0b2 out, any success?
I was getting bus errors with the most recent version of Netscape 3.0 until I turned off Java. When I installed Communicator Beta 2, it may have kept Java turned off, I don't know. I got a bus error within the first few seconds of using it, but I've used it for about 5 hours after that with no problem. So those bus error problems are not isolated to Communicator beta 2, that's my point! On Mon, 24 Feb 1997, David Puryear wrote: Hi, On 25-Feb-97 Christian Hudon wrote: On 24 Feb 1997, David Sewell wrote: Just wondering if any Debian users have tried the new Netscape Communicator beta, released a couple of days ago. Tried it with MALLOC_CHECK_=0, only got one bus error. The newsreader was working fine for me. I had to disable java, or it give me buss error and crash every time it hit webpage with java. I also get buss error if I do java console. Email is not very stable. I like the webpage editor. If anyone finds way to make java work without causing bus error, please let me know. Thanks, David -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -=- Daniel Robbins School of Medicine Computer Services University of New Mexico [email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [OFFTOPIC] rc5-race is running!
On Tue, 25 Feb 1997, Ioannis Tambouras wrote: On Tue, 25 Feb 1997, Hamish Moffatt wrote: I'd consider running it here (since I have a permanently connected machine with time on its hands), but how much network bandwidth does it use -- it's at a premium here. Including inet headers, the upper limit is about 1k bytes of traffic per keyspace block. It all depends on how fast you finish the keyspace block, a pentium 133Mz pentium will traffic about 1k bytes every half an hour. If it takes such little bandwidth, then someone put it in a .deb package; I'll run it on my machine. How does it work if you are connected to the net via PPP for about 2 hours a day? Do you need to have dial-on-demand? -=- Daniel Robbins School of Medicine Computer Services University of New Mexico [email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [OFFTOPIC] rc5-race is running!
I'd consider running it here (since I have a permanently connected machine with time on its hands), but how much network bandwidth does it use -- it's at a premium here. The trick with this contest is to track down all of your buddies who are system administrators for huge numbers of machines and convince them to get the software running on all their systems. Imagine adding 30 systems a pop. -=- Daniel Robbins School of Medicine Computer Services University of New Mexico [email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
HELP! locked out of X - problem solved THANKS!
I solved my locked out of X problem by rebooting the machine while holding down the shift key, then booting up in single user mode. Then removing the S99XDM file or whatever it is called. Thanks for all your help everyone, you are incredible! -=- Daniel Robbins School of Medicine Computer Services University of New Mexico [email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: 3comm 509b
On Sun, 23 Feb 1997, dpk wrote: I've convinced one of my good friends to install debian over redhat/slackware. he also has problems with his ethernet card, even under the other distributions. his card is a 3c509b, a combo card, using the 10baseT port. however the standard driver for 3c509 only detects the bnc port. is there away around this to show my friend the ever most powerful distribution of debian?? sorry if all my amount of questions are overwhelming, but people here seem to know what the hell is going on. (i do try my own, plus other resources.) thanks for those who reply. dennis Go into 3Com's 3C5X9CFG.EXE program under DOS and make sure the cable type or whatever they call it is set to 10Base-T, not Auto or BNC. You could also turn plug and play off. -=- Daniel Robbins School of Medicine Computer Services University of New Mexico [email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
HELP! XDM locked me out of Linux!
Help! I set up X to start when the machine is booted, and I changed the monitor in my Accelerated X configuration file. This was a mistake. I rebooted, and X tries to start over and over again in an infinite loop. I have about 1/4 of a second window of time at the login prompt, then the screen goes blank, then 1/4 of a second window, etc. I have been successful in typing root at the login prompt, but as soon as I get to the password prompt, I'm lost, since the keyboard during this ordeal accepts input 1/4 of the time (If I hit the r key once there's a 25% chance that it will show up on the login prompt). I've tried typing my ar about 50 times and I've given up. Is there any way to skip the XDM startup file? Maybe if I start up in single user mode? Is there a LILO option for that? Thanks, -=- Daniel Robbins School of Medicine Computer Services University of New Mexico [email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: UPS questions
On Sat, 22 Feb 1997, Giuseppe Vacanti wrote: Is anybody using a UPS with debian who would care to email how they are faring? Is APC a good UPS to buy? Do I need a special cable? And how should I go about sizing the UPS (I mean, do I need a 200W UPS if the power supply of my box is 200W)? Thanks, Giuseppe I bought an Viewsonic OptiUPS 420E and I have been happy with it. I haven't hooked up the serial connection from the UPS to my computer yet. I would recommend the OptiUPS line because it is inexpensive (better features for less money than APC), has built-in modem/twisted pair network cable surge protection and has buck and boost line conditioning which means that if you have low voltage coming in from the wall, it can boost the voltage up to what it is supposed to be (120V over here, I don't know what it is where you are) *without draining the battery*. Or it can buck it down if the voltage is too high. This is a nice feature - it will result in your battery being fully-charged 99% of the time. Also, the OptiUPS line has a user-replacable battery. Batteries usually last 3-5 years, so you will need to replace them. For a basic system with a 15 monitor, around 230VA should be OK; with a 17 monitor 420VA is recommended. If you have lots of hard drives in your machine, or other unusual power sucking things, you may need a bigger than average UPS -=- Daniel Robbins School of Medicine Computer Services University of New Mexico [email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Unstable vs. Stable
On 20 Feb 1997, Guy Maor wrote: Daniel Robbins [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Since it seems like all the bug fixes go in unstable, isn't the unstable stuff more stable than stable? All the new bugs go into stable too. Sometimes they are very bad. Guy I wish there was a directory tree called verystable! -=- Daniel Robbins School of Medicine Computer Services University of New Mexico [email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: DepenGNUian Logo - Boxing Kangaroo?
On Thu, 20 Feb 1997, Daniel Stringfield wrote: I think Gromit would be a better mascot. Ultimately he was much more resourceful and capable than de penguin. Yep, you're right, I guess I was stuck in penguin mode since it seems like the penguin somehow became the official animal of Linux. Gromit would be a better mascot. Anybody good friends with Nick Parks? ;-) How about we forget about living things to be in our logo. (Except of course, my computers, that talk sweetly to me everyday, and they are alive. Really. No... REALLY!) How about a cartoon boxing kangaroo as the Debian Mascot? BTW, I am receiving multiple copies of the same message... (They seem to be separated by a day or two) -=- Daniel Robbins School of Medicine Computer Services University of New Mexico [email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: dec 21040 chipset
On Thu, 20 Feb 1997, dpk wrote: Thanks for all who replied to my problem with my ethernet card. I finally got it to work properly. There seemed to be an IRQ conflict with my scsi adapter because they both claimed IRQ 10. I'm now installing debian on my other machine now! :) Thanks again, Dennis Network Cards seem to come set to IRQ 10 as a default; it's something to watch out for! -=- Daniel Robbins School of Medicine Computer Services University of New Mexico [email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
People Demanding Credit in the Press Release Silliness
On Thu, 20 Feb 1997, Douglas Stewart wrote: On Thu, 20 Feb 1997, Yoav Cohen-Sivan wrote: It is a sort of Press Release whipped-up by the Debian Project Leader. I really didn't intend to chastise him for this - I am a staunch Debian advocate. I just wanted to remark that the press release was a bit low-key on attributing the GNU project and Linus for most of Debian. Seeing as how it looks like this is a release meant for the general public I deem it only fair that they think of Debian as an implementation of the GNU project and the Linux Kernel, and not as some new OS. I would prefer Debian stood on its own merit. Please people, let's not get ridiculous about this. It's called Debian GNU/Linux, which is more than enough credit for GNU. As Linus has said before, the only really essential GNU tool for Linux to exist was gcc. Everything else is available (though usually inferior to the GNU implementation). It is my understanding the Linux was created by many people generously donating their skills and time. We should try to give credit where credit is due - but these people selflessly and generously donated their time, and I don't see them demanding personal recognition - in fact I doubt they would because they are concerned more with helping others than receiving personal credit to boost their ego... at least I hope this is the case. I don't think it is of much importance who is mentioned in the press release. Do Linus or GNU/FSF really care? We know their contributions, that's the important thing; the average reader of the press release will not care. -=- Daniel Robbins School of Medicine Computer Services University of New Mexico [email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: debian-newbie list
On Fri, 21 Feb 1997, Susan G. Kleinmann wrote: Related idea: I'm thinking about working on the FAQ this weekend, and one thing I'd like to do is to break it up into at least two parts: --one which is general, and --one which focusses only on dselect and dpkg. Of course, we could break it up further. For example, we could have --an FAQ on installation and booting, and --an FAQ on using the Debian archives. --an FAQ on other Debian utilities or Debian practices. I think you should combine the dselect and dpkg faq with the faq on using the debian archives, and also throw in a little bit about networking and ppp (pointing them in the right direction for their particular networking setup), so that it'll be a really good resource for beginners (like me). That way they'll have all the info they need to get started in one place. -=- Daniel Robbins School of Medicine Computer Services University of New Mexico [email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: DepenGNUian Logo
On Wed, 19 Feb 1997, Behan Webster wrote: Have you ever seen Nick Park's claymation The Wrong Trousers? There's a really cute penguin in that short film. Someday I may render one. Cute? He scared me. As you probably remember, he was master-mind jewel thief who dressed as a chicken to commit crimes. He also drove poor Grommit away from Wallace. Poor Gromit. OK, ok, the penguin's a jewel thief, and he's evil. But he has funny little beady eyes, and that's got to count for something. : I VI -=- Daniel Robbins School of Medicine Computer Services University of New Mexico [email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Bug with libraries? -I'm having this problem!
On Wed, 19 Feb 1997, John T. Larkin wrote: Two friends of mine receintly installed the stable Debian distribution, and both had the same problem. (One installed about 2 months ago, the other 2 days ago from an updated mirror). The file /etc/ld.so.conf did _not_ include the line: /usr/X11R6/lib This was bad; everything linked with the x libraries couldn't run since they couldn't find the libraries. They had installed a bunch of X packages, so one of the packages should have been responsable for making sure that this line was added to /etc/ld.so.conf, correct? I'm having a similar problem! My new Debian installation is up and running, and Afterstep and Fvwm95-2 can't start because they can't find libXpm.so.4 or something like that. I am a beginner, so I have no idea on how to fix this problem. I'll take a look at /etc/ld.so.conf and see if I can figure it out. Could you post a solution (fix) to this problem? Thanks, -=- Daniel Robbins School of Medicine Computer Services University of New Mexico [email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Unstable vs. Stable
On 19 Feb 1997, Rob Browning wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John T. Larkin) writes: This was bad; everything linked with the x libraries couldn't run since they couldn't find the libraries. They had installed a bunch of X packages, so one of the packages should have been responsable for making sure that this line was added to /etc/ld.so.conf, correct? Yes, this has been fixed in unstable. Could someone please explain to me the difference between the unstable and stable directories? Since it seems like all the bug fixes go in unstable, isn't the unstable stuff more stable than stable? -=- Daniel Robbins School of Medicine Computer Services University of New Mexico [email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: DepenGNUian Logo
On 20 Feb 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: daniel == Daniel Robbins [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: OK, ok, the penguin's a jewel thief, and he's evil. But he has funny little beady eyes, and that's got to count for something. I think Gromit would be a better mascot. Ultimately he was much more resourceful and capable than de penguin. Yep, you're right, I guess I was stuck in penguin mode since it seems like the penguin somehow became the official animal of Linux. Gromit would be a better mascot. Anybody good friends with Nick Parks? ;-) -=- Daniel Robbins School of Medicine Computer Services University of New Mexico [email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Easy ways of configuring Debian
On Tue, 18 Feb 1997, Shaya Potter wrote: On Tue, 18 Feb 1997, Daniel Robbins wrote: On Fri, 14 Feb 1997, Alexander Gieg wrote: I think this is a great idea. LinuxConf makes the configuration far easy for beginners. Let's think about this... I am a Linux beginner, and I find dselect confusing. If this will make dselect less confusing, then it's a *great* idea! I'll check out their web page to see what it's all about. The base Debian install (from disks) was great, but it's going to take a while before I am comfortable with dselect. This wont effect dselect, and right now I would say not to use it b/c it will wreck the future upgradability of your Debian system. I am working on a RFC for debian-devel to put in support for linuxconf or any future admin tool that comes around. What do I use instead of dselect to install software? I have all these .deb packages on my vfat partition that need installing. Thanks for the info... -=- Daniel Robbins School of Medicine Computer Services University of New Mexico [email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: DepenGNUian Logo
On Wed, 19 Feb 1997, Joost Kooij wrote: Ronald van Loon wrote: Maybe we should call ourselves DepenGNUian Linux from now on. I've always wondered why I saw nobody come up with the following idea: If you've ever watched a documentary on the tv (you know, that monitor without a keyboard) about penguins, you must have noticed these animals' typical tendency to cluster themselves together in large communities. Wouldn't an image of that be the ultimately descriptive Debian logo? Well, just a thought, of course. Joost Have you ever seen Nick Park's claymation The Wrong Trousers? There's a really cute penguin in that short film. Someday I may render one. -=- Daniel Robbins School of Medicine Computer Services University of New Mexico [email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Easy ways of configuring Debian
On Fri, 14 Feb 1997, Alexander Gieg wrote: I think this is a great idea. LinuxConf makes the configuration far easy for beginners. Let's think about this... I am a Linux beginner, and I find dselect confusing. If this will make dselect less confusing, then it's a *great* idea! I'll check out their web page to see what it's all about. The base Debian install (from disks) was great, but it's going to take a while before I am comfortable with dselect. -=- Daniel Robbins School of Medicine Computer Services University of New Mexico [email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
