Re: PPP and kernel 2.0.36
>>>>> "Daniel" == Daniel Podlejski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Daniel> Kenneth Scharf napisal(a): [...] : 3: script starting Daniel> pppd must be suid (I think) Daniel> Script ? Suid shouldn't work with shell scripts :) Daniel> # chmod a+x test Daniel> # chmod u+s test Daniel> And run test as any user ... If you call the script "test", you would need to do "./test" to run it. It is best to stay away from the command "test" when writing "test" software. :-) Glenn -- Glenn Amerine Inet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Systems AnalystVoice: (614)224-1336 Metropolitan Human Services Commission Fax: (614)224-6472
The juggernaught expands?
>>>>> "Rift" == Rift <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Rift> My father is a beta tester for Microsoft products. On Rift> his mailing list recently he recieved yet another call for Rift> testers. This one, however seemed out of place to him, so he Rift> called me about it. "Microsoft is seeking testers Rift> registered in our Beta Test program who are experienced in, Rift> and have access to, the Linux operating system (Redhat or Rift> Debian distributions preferred) and are able to run XFree86 Rift> reliably. Please respond to" Rift> Anyone heard of this yet? what are they testing? He Rift> responded, but it'll be a while before he hears anything Rift> [typically 3-4 weeks.] They might be checking to make sure Windows98 cleanly wipes out Linux as it installs. ;-} Glenn -- Glenn Amerine Inet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Systems AnalystVoice: (614)224-1336 Metropolitan Human Services Commission Fax: (614)224-6472 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Emacs & RCS under 1.3.1r6
I did a quick search in the bugs and couldn't find anything about this problem. If I try to generate a ChangeLog file via C-x v a works fine on the initial run. After a changelog exists, I get this at the top of the changelog buffer; rlog: unknown date/time: 19/12/1997 23:41:45 rlog aborted I tried it on 2 machines, one that was upgraded from 1.2 and one that was installed from scratch with 1.3.1r6. The rlog command works fine when ran from the command line. Also, as far as I know this isn't an Emacs 19.34 bug. Any hints? TIA, Glenn -- Glenn Amerine Inet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Systems AnalystVoice: (614)224-1336 Metropolitan Human Services Commission Fax: (614)224-6472 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: [OFF TOPIC] M$ Explorer for Solaris!!!!
>>>>> "ychim" == ychim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: ychim> MS said that there is no Linux port. Brian K Servis wrote: >> Look out *NIX world here comes M$!!! >> >> M$ has released preview 1 of M$ Explorer for Solaris 2.5. >> http://www.microsoft.com/ie/ie40/download/unix.htm. It is even >> more bloated than Communicator it says it need 30M of disk >> space when done installing and 60M during the install, YIKES! >> >> Brian Servis -- Mechanical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Purdue >> University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis I don't know if they still do or not, but at one time M$ owned some shares of SCO. Since Linux and FreeBSD are battling with ODT and UnixWare for the Intel Unix market, it seems like they would never even consider a version for Linux. Glenn -- Glenn Amerine Inet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Systems AnalystVoice: (614)224-1336 Metropolitan Human Services Commission Fax: (614)224-6472 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: On Bruce Perens and Dave Cinege, etc.
>>>>> "M" == M W Blunier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: M> On 27 Oct 1997, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> What problems are term limits supposed to solve, exactly? M> They prevent the voters from re-electing someone that due to M> his entrenchment in the system, has more power than a freshman M> would have. Greedy and self serving voters vote for the M> incumbant not because is better for the larger comunity, but M> because he can use the power for the people that voted for M> them. What power does Bruce have that someone running against him wouldn't have? M> This is especially prevelant in US politics. For example, it M> would be very difficult to beat Ted Kennedy in an election, as M> he has enough power from the committees he chairs and the votes M> he can trade with his other cronies that it would cost his M> state a lot of money if he were replaced by someone else. You just made a HUGE leap my friend. US Government and Debian are more than a tad different. (Hey Bruce, I'll vote for you if you make sure jobs get generated in my district from that Debian powered power plant ;-}). M> Hopefully the members of the Debian board is not motivated by M> self serving reasons, and are smarter that the typical M> American. Most Americans realize they all ready have term limits. They are called elections. When it comes to US positions, sure the Incumbents have an advantage due to the money and influence they can shift around during election time. You have a pretty weak argument if you are saying this applies to Debian like it does in the US Government. This is not a yes or no on Ted Kennedy, but if he was doing that bad of a job wouldn't he have been out of office a long time ago? To buy your argument, the Republicans would have to be under-funded and never have been in a position of power during Ted's office. Think about it. Sorry for being off-topic, but I couldn't help it. Bruce has done a hell of a job and is now getting smashed on the Net for doing so. Look at your screen and decide if you want to be reaping the benefits of Bruce and all the other Debian developers or Bill Gates's "work". If you want term limits, think about Bill, not Bruce. Glenn -- Glenn Amerine Inet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Systems AnalystVoice: (614)224-1336 Metropolitan Human Services Commission Fax: (614)224-6472 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
HP SureStore DAT24x6e
Does anyone have this automated DAT changer on their network? And if so, any troubles backing up Debian boxes with it? From what I can tell from HP's literature, backup software for NetWare and NT are included, and then it lists a bunch of Unix systems that are supported via "mtx autoloader utility". I'm assuming NFS mounts? TIA, Glenn -- Glenn Amerine Inet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Systems AnalystVoice: (614)224-1336 Metropolitan Human Services Commission Fax: (614)224-6472 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Netscape 4.03 for Linux is out!
>>>>> "Paul" == Paul Seelig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Paul> Thanks for the information. The release has been since quite Paul> a while now and in the meantime i already deinstalled Paul> it. Can you imagine that the standalone version needs more Paul> resources than the already bloated 3.0x version containing Paul> all that news/mail crap!? Sigh, i'll happily stick to the Paul> older version! Maybe Netscape should be pronounced "the Godzilla that ate my computer" instead of "Mozilla". ;-} Glenn -- Glenn Amerine Inet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Systems AnalystVoice: (614)224-1336 Metropolitan Human Services Commission Fax: (614)224-6472 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: afterstep icons
>>>>> "lc29b50" == lc29b50 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: lc29b50> On Sun, 7 Sep 1997, David wrote: >> I have had the same problem...but I have installed both Xload, >> and Xproc. I still am mising the top icon also. Maybe we both >> have something messed up?...or maybe it is a bug? I don't know. >> If anyone knows how to solve this problem, please help me out. lc29b50> ITS NOT A BUG. You are missing xbiff. xload is a file in lc29b50> the package xproc. You need to install xcontrib (i think) lc29b50> which contains xbiff. If you are missing either xbiff or lc29b50> xload, 3 icons will be missing: afterstep, mailbox, and lc29b50> load graph >From my experiences, there are 2 conditions that can cause the AfterStep icons to go poof; a missing package as has been covered or running the X server in 8 bpp. This at least holds true on an S3 with 2MB. YMMV. Glenn -- Glenn Amerine Inet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Systems AnalystVoice: (614)224-1336 Metropolitan Human Services Commission Fax: (614)224-6472 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: I2O article
>>>>> "john" == john <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: john> I wonder if it was truly a mistake. Maybe someone in the group runs Linux. ;-} Glenn -- Glenn Amerine Inet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Systems AnalystVoice: (614)224-1336 Metropolitan Human Services Commission Fax: (614)224-6472 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: April Infomagic LDR & Debian
>>>>> "Edward" == Edward McKnight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Edward> So they didn't test it. I don't suppose a CD publisher who Edward> is distributing other folks' stuff would ever be able Edward> to--especially in the absence of a test suite. Their test Edward> should be to deliver a pre-press CD to Debian for Edward> confirmation. Edward> Don't change vendors, change procedures. If InfoMagic Edward> can't play by an "allow-verification-of-master" procedure Edward> with the agreement that they won't publish it if not Edward> approved (in a timely manner) by Debian... *then* change Edward> vendors. I'm not saying they should have or even could have ran each distribution through a test suite (even if they existed), nor am I saying they should have ran a test suite through all the packages contained in each distribution, which would be way too costly and time consuming. What I am saying however is that pressing disks without even seeing if an operating system is installable or not is poor quality control. Period. That would be like a programmer sending out a tarball without un-taring, configuring and compiling the actual files that are going to be sent out rather than making the assumption "It builds from my source tree so it will build from the files I'm sending out." How long would it have taken an experienced Linux user to do a quick install of three different distributions just to make sure something major wasn't missing? Maybe a day at most? Glenn -- Glenn Amerine Inet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Systems AnalystVoice: (614)224-1336 Metropolitan Human Services Commission Fax: (614)224-6472 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: April Infomagic LDR & Debian
>>>>> "Eric" == E L Meijer \(Eric\) writes: Eric> Glenn asked: >> Does anyone know if Infomagic corrected the missing files for >> Debian on their April LDR? Eric> I complained about the missing files to InfoMagic and got Eric> the following reply: Eric> Eric> E.L. Eric> This set was mirrored on the basis of what the Debian Eric> Folks put on their site for a stable distribution. We Eric> didn't include any of the beta release. Eric> regards, henry m. pierce Eric> Eric> Now there is a short uninterested reply if ever I saw one. Eric> It is possible that it is true though. That's why I think Eric> it is a good idea that there will be official CD images. Eric> Maybe the Debian community should not forbid anyone to just Eric> mirror the ftp-site, but it would be nice if proven CD Eric> releases get an `official debian release' stamp or something Eric> like that. Obviously, InfoMagic is not going to get one. Their reply also indicates they didn't try to install their product before shipping to the masses. That it pretty bad quality control. I guess it is time to change vendors. Thanks for the info! Glenn -- Glenn Amerine Inet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Systems AnalystVoice: (614)224-1336 Metropolitan Human Services Commission Fax: (614)224-6472 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
April Infomagic LDR & Debian
Hi, Does anyone know if Infomagic corrected the missing files for Debian on their April LDR? TIA, Glenn -- Glenn Amerine Inet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Systems AnalystVoice: (614)224-1336 Metropolitan Human Services Commission Fax: (614)224-6472 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
HP T3000 Drives
Hi, Does anyone have experience with the HP T3000 drive under Debian Linux? It is not mentioned in the Hardware FAQ, bt it runs off of the floppy controller and appears to be manufactured by Colorado. Thanks! Glenn -- Glenn Amerine Inet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Systems AnalystVoice: (614)224-1336 Metropolitan Human Services Commission Fax: (614)224-6472
