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Hi!
I just discovered that the files in /usr/lib/perl5/pod are chmod 440
(-r--r-), which makes it impossible to use the diagnostic feature
of perl5:
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use diagnostics;
use strict;
as propagated in the Perl FAQ.
I
On a similar note, if you have the modelines option set for vi (in
EXINIT or .exrc), the first and last 5 lines of the file can be executed
as vi or ex commands. Try the following for some fun:
echo "vi: :!ls -lR ~ :" >tmp.file
EXINIT="set ml" vi tmp.file
and wistfully watch all t
Reposting message with slight modifications as I haven't got any answer yet.
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Hi,
Some files under /var and /usr are normally owned by root:systemgroup
were the string systemgroup above can be root, staff, adm , mail, news ...etc
Q: Will the bootup break something if the ownership of /var/
Hello.
First a little note if you have seen this message already:
I'm having problems getting the mail go futher than the network the machine
I'm on, so sorry if you see this for the nth time.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
>
> I'm running OS/2 Warp with HPFS on several of my drives.
>
> I noticed tha
On Tue, 20 Aug 1996, Justin Ennis wrote:
> I am reluctant to bring this up again, since I saw it just a few
> months ago on this list, and didn't pay attention at the time. So,
> at the risk of rehashing this problem (if that is what it is), I am
> submitting it again since I am now having the sa
Hi guys,
Does anyone of you know how to use the win32gcc package? Did I miss some
documenation or websites? Am I right when I assume that with this package
I can compile and link c++ programs which are runnable on a windows
machine?
Greetings,
Wilbert.
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Bruce Perens wrote:
> I think this is _almost_ right. What you need is to copy the dpkg status
> file in a way that marks the packages as selected _but_not_installed_ on
> the second system. It would take a script to do this, because you don't want
> to take anything that got installed in the base
Different people maintain different packages. One of the main
strengths of debian is that there is an "expert" who is in control of
a package. A minimal X installation is quite large. It would be very
unfair to expect someone(who donates their time) to be able to
maintain such complex programs as
John Houwen wrote:
>
> Miro,
>
> I appreciate your comments, but that is part of the problem ... smail
> *won't* install unless sendmail is removed! At the same time, dpkg
> refuses to remove sendmail unless smail is installed ... like Catch-22 :)
>
> Sorry about the mis-understanding ...
>
>
> Can someone point me toward the FAQ or HOWTO that will explain the
> issues with Motif?
Please clarify what you mean by "the issues".
> Why is Motif hard to come by
Because it is commercial software. You have to pay for it.
Several vendors sell Motif for Linux. See the "Linux Commercial HOWTO
> If people are pulling the packages over a phone line there is an advantage to
> limitting the size of individual packages. That way they can hang up the
> phone periodically. Also, if a bug shows up that needs to be fixed they
> only have to download the package that is broken.
There is a pla
Shaya Potter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Whenever I try to do a netdate to any site, I get a connection refused
> error, I done both tcp and udp. Could it be because I am behind a firewall?
Don't know if this will help, but the xntp-docs says the following
about ntpdate:
-u
Direc
On Tue, 20 Aug 1996, Bruce Perens wrote:
> From: Vebjoern Forsmo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > /etc/inittab:
> > 1:2345:respawn:/bin/login root /dev/tty1 2>&1
>
> Login does have a built-in 60-second timeout at the "password:" prompt,
> and might have a timeout at the "login:" prompt too, I don't remem
Howdy!
I just picked up the LAN adapter mentioned in the subject; it
replaces a Cogent BusMaster 960 that sporadically locked up under heavy load
[ick!].
It works perfectly under my primary OS-- NEXTSTEP-- but I can't
find a driver that works for Linux. The driver
(reposting looking forward to get some answers)
Hi Debian-users,
Some files under /var and /usr are normally owned by root:systemgroup
were the string systemgroup above can be root, staff, adm , mail, news ...etc
Q: Will the bootup break something if the ownership of /var/... are set to
root:
Eric Liu writes:
> Problem: Typing 'netscape' yields
> netscape: can't load library 'libXpm.so.4'
Install xpm4.7. That'll help.
> The installations did not complain of missing dependencies. I can't
Should we add one here? I think so.
Michael
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Michael Meskes |_
Bruce Perens wrote:
:
: Thus, I'll ask Ian Jackson. How about three flags to dpkg?
:
: --select package-name [package-name ...]
: Selects a list of packages for later installation.
: --deselect package-name [package-name ...]
: De-selects a list of packages
On Wed, 21 Aug 1996 00:23:16 EDT renald loignon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Could someone knowledgeable in low-level kernel matters take a look at the
> following? I looked at the Web page, and though it sounds interesting
> overall (and it WOULD solve a serial problem I experienced with Debian
> I like your suggestion of configuring packages as a separate step. The
> option in dselect to 'configure remaining unconfigured packages' could
> handle this, instead of the 'install selected packages' option. In this
> scenario, the 'install' option would became 'load packages' and all
> configu
> Can someone point me toward the FAQ or HOWTO that will explain the
> issues with Motif? Why is Motif hard to come by and what is Lesstif?
Motif is a set of "proprietary" libraries licensed by OSF. So it
costs money to get them. I've bought them for $99.00 at InfoMagic
(http://www.infomagic.c
Hi Ken,
Yes.. I know that should have made in a different way and yours is one of the
possibilities (provided that there are not files beginning with two dots like
/home/lds/..a_weird_name_for a file. I know that under the ksh I could have
used
# cd /home/lds ; chown -R lds:users .[!.]* .
On Tue, 20 Aug 1996 22:27:58 EDT Tom Fawcett ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
> I installed Debian just last night (coming from Redhat) and I'm impressed
> with it so far. One trouble though: I installed latex and related tex
> packages, but when I run latex I get "can't find default format file".
>
>s> Is it possible that you have a disk that is bigger than your bios rom
>s> knows how to handle?
>How can I tell if the BIOS is going to handle it?
Well, if you needed to load a special driver to run DOS with the disk then
the BIOS dowsn't handle it. Since you have less than 1024 cylinders on t
> A minimal X (and LaTeX) installation requires several debian packages,
>but most people either do not want X or want at least a minimal
>installation, right? So what are the justifications of splitting a
>minimal X and LaTeX the way it is?
The developers may have their own reasons for breaking
On Tue, 20 Aug 1996, Jean Orloff wrote
-- extra stuff deleted --
> is getting on my nerves (and I won't let my wife or kids do that...). So what
> I
> would like is some graphical front-end to pppd, displaying the status, and
> with buttons to start/stop a connection. This could be started by r
From: Randy Gobbel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> but when I try to run it on a relatively large password
> file, I get a system freeze after running for around 45 minutes.
Watch its memory usage, and see if it is using up your swap space.
It's probably dying when memory usage gets to a particular value.
"Rick Macdonald wrote:"
>
> On Mon, 19 Aug 1996, Christopher R. Hertel wrote:
>
> > : Not true. You can't get a virus from reading an email message.
> >
> > Actually, that depends upon your E'mail system. [...]
> >
> > ...but that's a hole in Microsoft mail. Obviously, this kind of thing
> >
From: Justin Ennis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> I am using the original Debian 1.1 release (kernel 2.0.0), and when
> I issue a "shutdown -h now" command, I get the following:
> System halted
> general protection:
> CPU: 0
> EIP: 0010: [<00173257>]
> EFLAGS: 00010046
> eax: 5307 ebx: 0001 e
From: Casper BodenCummins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> IMHO, a better alternative to the large, best-endeavours kernel would be
> to ship a really tight kernel and use the installation front-end to
> configure additional support (in modules where possible or desirable).
The stripped-down kernel for 1.2 i
From: Casper BodenCummins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> I like your suggestion of configuring packages as a separate step.
There may be a bit of misunderstanding here. I did an update of my system
from the "rex" (unstable) directory today using the FTP method of dselect.
Updating from "rex" is a good way
From: "Charles A. Schuman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> # fdisk (then "p")
> Device Boot Begin Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/sda1 *1 1251 513891 6 DOS 16-bit >=32M
> /dev/sda2 252252976 1484437+ 83 Linux native
> /dev/sda3 977977 1003 55282+ 82 Lin
I've just set up Debian 1.1.5, and have run into one small
but annoying problem right away. The only option the setup
gave me for time zone was US - Mountain. Which I chose, with
the result that my system is now reporting Mountain Daylight
Time (with the correct GMT time, since I set it in hardwa
Could someone knowledgeable in low-level kernel matters take a look at the
following? I looked at the Web page, and though it sounds interesting
overall (and it WOULD solve a serial problem I experienced with Debian 1.1.1
and kernel 2.0.6), there appear to be some technical inaccuracies which give
>I am reluctant to bring this up again, since I saw it just a few
>months ago on this list, and didn't pay attention at the time. So,
>at the risk of rehashing this problem (if that is what it is), I am
>submitting it again since I am now having the same difficulty myself.
>
>I am using the origin
Todd> Is there any chance you have checked the bootparm-howto?
Todd>
Todd> http://sunsite.unc.edu/mdw ??
If you install Debian's doc-linux package, they are also at
/usr/doc/HOWTO/*
As the doc-linux package is updated monthly with the upstream HOWTOs, you
should always look for
I installed Debian just last night (coming from Redhat) and I'm impressed
with it so far. One trouble though: I installed latex and related tex
packages, but when I run latex I get "can't find default format file".
AFAIK this indicates the kpathsea path information wasn't set up correctly.
The con
On Tue, 20 Aug 1996, Michael Meskes wrote:
> Jean Orloff writes:
> > Since I'm there: `ps` is also broken in my custom 2.0.0 kernel. It complains
> > about being unable to find libproc.so. Any chance this may be cured at the
> > same
> > time? I got into the trouble of making a custom kernel beca
> I am reluctant to bring this up again, since I saw it just a few
> months ago on this list, and didn't pay attention at the time. So,
In that case you might want to try the archives.
You will get a much speedier response from there, I'm sure :).
Sorry can't answer your question.
Regards,
jay>
This is my original post
cas> I've a kernel on the /dev/sda2 partition in the /boot directory,
cas> and it's called vmlinuz. My boot partition doesn't seem to be set
cas> correctly, because it's not booting /dev/sda2 as root. Instead, it
cas> displays "Loading Linux ", then "boot: " and t
There probably wouldn't quite be room to include the kitchen sink. :->
IMHO, a better alternative to the large, best-endeavours kernel would be
to ship a really tight kernel and use the installation front-end to
configure additional support (in modules where possible or desirable).
Casper Boden-C
Sherwood,
>> I keep getting the following message when trying to NFS mount any of the
>> exported filesystems.
>>
>> mount clntupd_create: RPC: Program not registered
>>
>
>Check that on the nfs server that mountd is running. This one is usually
>NOT started from inetd but instead is starte
Sherwood,
I like your suggestion of configuring packages as a separate step. The
option in dselect to 'configure remaining unconfigured packages' could
handle this, instead of the 'install selected packages' option. In this
scenario, the 'install' option would became 'load packages' and all
config
"Daniel Lynes":
> GNU Emacs for OS/2 still has this feature. Very, very dangerous.
Vi and clones aren't completely safe, either. In some circumstances, at
least, they load a .exrc (and/or .vimrc or whatever) from the current
directory (not the home directory). The intention is that you can
custom
> Background: Got and installed motifnls_2.1-1.deb and
> netscape_3.0-beta6-1.deb. Got the right tar.gz file off of Netscape's
Well, you need libXpm. Which you can get in the xpm4.7 package.
netscape should probably be fixed to depend on this package.
Jim
On Mon, 19 Aug 1996, Tres Hofmeister wrote:
>
> Can someone point me towards info. on how one can duplicate the
> packages installed on one Debian system on another? Going through
> dselect by hand seems just a bit too tedious for multiple
> installations... Thanks.
>
Check out the UpGra
Hi,
> I have these two lines in a script that cron runs nightly for root
>
> netdate tcp
> clock -u -w
clock is inteligent enough to correct systematic errors. The options for
this are controled in /etc/adjtime. The clock is adjusted everytime you
boot. If you want this more
> Here's a few things that has been bothering me for a while. Have I done
> something wrong, or should the following be considered bugs:
>
> /etc/inittab:
> 1:2345:respawn:/bin/login root /dev/tty1 2>&1
> The problem is that login waits 60 seconds before giving up. The init
> start to respawn th
After hearing all this stuff about viruses and password security I started
getting nervous, so I grabbed Crack 4.1 off of the net, compiled it, and
started running it over the password files of all the systems whose security I
care about. On the very small password file of my personal machine it
c
Can someone point me toward the FAQ or HOWTO that will explain the
issues with Motif? Why is Motif hard to come by and what is Lesstif?
Thnax!
Chris -)-
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Christopher R. Hertel -)- University of Minnesota
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Networking and Telecommunicatio
On 12:45:58 "Richard G. Roberto" wrote:
>>On Mon, 19 Aug 1996, Richard G. Roberto wrote:
>
>Ah, this may have changed. When 3.0.3 was out in beta, the
>Metro X server was also beta. The Xfree beta drivers blew
>it away in performance tests posted on Xfree's web page.
>I know this because I was l
From: Vebjoern Forsmo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> /etc/inittab:
> 1:2345:respawn:/bin/login root /dev/tty1 2>&1
Login does have a built-in 60-second timeout at the "password:" prompt,
and might have a timeout at the "login:" prompt too, I don't remember.
If you run a more normal getty/login on this ter
> On Tue, 20 Aug 1996 00:43:23 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric Liu) said:
Eric> Hi! This new user has another unsolved problem. *grin* Background: Got
Eric> and installed motifnls_2.1-1.deb and netscape_3.0-beta6-1.deb. Got the
Eric> right tar.gz file off of Netscape's site and put it in
: On Mon, 19 Aug 1996, Shaya Potter wrote:
> Subject: Re: Not keeping correct time
:
: I just noticed that my linux box dosen't seem to be keeping correct
: time. I tried running xntp to correct it, but it wouldn't work (does
: it work behind firewalls?) Does anyone know of an efficient way to
:
AGH, I hate having to reply to my own messages.
I don't think it is livso312.so. But I did try something else. To
install you have to use StarInst script, which is a perl script which
will install Star Office. (can't use their installation -- need motif
2.0) You then make a link or copy any
On Mon, 19 Aug 1996, Richard G. Roberto wrote:
>
> RedHat Picasso comes with a single CPU license for Metro X. I know
> because I have a copy and Metro X runs great on my RedHat box. The only
> reason I can see them giving out a single license copy is if it's a full
> relase of Metro X'
I just installed a new Pentium 100 on a ASUS motherboard. The first
thing I noticed was an odd sound coming from my maxtor 1 Gbyte drive.
It sounded kinda like a marble on the end of piece of sping steel
being drawn back and released about an inch from a thin steel plate.
It was a sprong - tic -t
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (renald loignon)
> > May I ask, in all seriousness, and without a trace of sarcasm, where in
> > the world (BUT preferably in the Debian installation instructions) one
> > is expected to find this information? I was used to the old
> > "cdu31a=0xPORT,IRQ" syntax from the
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (James W. Lynch)
> can a Motherboard/IDE controller (onboard) destroy a disk drive?
The sound you heard from the disk drive is probably the arm that holds
the heads seeking repeatedly to the point that it hits the stop at one
end of its travel. It can hit that stop repeated
MR. ENERGY,
THERE SEEMS TO BE SOMETHING WRONG WITH MY CAPS KEY!
CASPER BODEN-CUMMINS.
>--
>From: Pure Energy[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: 20 August 1996 03:54
>To:Debian Users
>Cc:The recipient's address is unknown.
>Subject: a problem with "screen"
>
>hello all,
>
From: Pure Energy[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>i tried to run screen but it has just started to continiously
>terminate.
> i have run screen now for weeks without this problem. the strange
>thing is that it does this on my personal account, root and one other.
>on
>all other accounts screen runs
>Hello! This is more a query than a problem. Hope someone can help!
>Thanx!
>
>Background: I have gotten 'pppd' to work with a 'chatscript' file.
>However, I would prefer not to have to type my password into the
>chatscript file. Thus...
>
>Query: Is there any way I can manually dial in, login
On Tue, 20 Aug 1996, Jean Orloff wrote:
> 1) I have /usr/local/bin/netscape as a script:
>
> #! /bin/sh
> # netscape startup script, to get around uggly config problems
>
> XKEYSYMDB='/usr/local/lib/netscape/XKeysymDB'; export XKEYSYMDB
> XNLSPATH='/usr/local/lib/netscape/nls'; export XNLSPATH
On Tue, 20 Aug 1996, Eric Liu wrote:
> Background: I have gotten 'pppd' to work with a 'chatscript' file.
> However, I would prefer not to have to type my password into the
> chatscript file. Thus...
I would do:
-cut-
#!/bin/sh
echo -n "Type in your password: "
stty -echo
read PASSWOR
David Engel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> Wish is the base-level Tk interpreter. Install either the tk40 or
> tk41 packages. if you install both, the wish from tk41 will be used
> by default.
By the way, this days I tried to compile some Tcl extension package (namely
ctk) and its configure scr
At 12:04 PM 8/20/96 cet, you wrote:
>Hi,
>Anybody can help me, please? I really need to be sure how to fix this.
>Logged as root I did:
>
># cd /home/lds ; chown -R lds.users * ; ls -laR | more
>
>and noticing that I forgot to change the ownership of the (hidden) dot files
>I typed:
>
># chown
I am reluctant to bring this up again, since I saw it just a few
months ago on this list, and didn't pay attention at the time. So,
at the risk of rehashing this problem (if that is what it is), I am
submitting it again since I am now having the same difficulty myself.
I am using the original Deb
Dear debianers,
A minimal X (and LaTeX) installation requires several debian packages,
but most people either do not want X or want at least a minimal
installation, right? So what are the justifications of splitting a
minimal X and LaTeX the way it is?
Thanks.
--
Billy C.-M. Chow [EMA
Shaya Potter writes:
>
> I just noticed that my linux box dosen't seem to be keeping correct
> time. I tried running xntp to correct it, but it wouldn't work (does it
> work behind firewalls?) Does anyone know of an efficient way to make my
> linux box keep correct time?
If you don't want to
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