Bruce,
If you don't already have a volunteer for this, I', willing to give it a try.
Thomas
> I need someone to write a shell script using dialog that guides a user through
> setting up a PPP or SLIP connection. The tool set used must be limited to the
> tools in the base floppies. These are the
Hi!
My problem:
umrk:~$ dos
dos: can't find library 'libX11.so.6'
umrk:~$
Though it's in /usr/X11R6/lib/. I tried running ldconfig, making a
link to /usr/lib, but it did not help. What do I do wrong?
Debian/GNU 1.1.5 with Kernel 2.0.14.
Ciao,
- Krid -
[Someone suggested I make this into a HOWTO. I'm happy for someone
else to do that. In the meantime, I'm posting a new revision with
minor changes to step 3 and 7.]
"You hear maniacal laughter..."
Under no circumstances run NT's disk administrator to format
partitions. It asks
I don't want to complain too much, especially since group members have
been so much help,but this mail is out of control.Single messages are
totally acceptable although many, but multiple entries get very tiresome
I'm willing to tough it out (easier than figuring out this OS for this
semi litera
We're still trying to resolve the kernel decompression failure problem,
and we need some help:
* from anyone who has experienced this problem on their system
* from someone who can do a small amount of assembler coding
The problem:
On some systems, when attempting to boot from the installat
I have mgetty working on a Slackware system, so I assumed I'd have no
trouble getting it working on a Debian system. Boy, was I wrong.
I have no idea what I'm doing, or why nobody else seems to have trouble.
I couldn't find any debian-specific instructions.
1) using "dpkg --contents mgetty_099.d
David Winters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
|> On Mon, 26 Aug 1996, Robert Resendes wrote:
|> >If I try to "cat" the file, though, I get the following error:
|> > > cat /dev/psaux
|> > cat: /dev/psaux: No such device
|
|On Mon, 26 Aug 1996, Mike Taylor wrote:
|> I don't think cat works here becaus
The new Debian FAQ is now at ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/FAQ/ .
It is also available in the current doc-debian package
(doc-debian_1.0-4.deb)
It is a major rewrite of the previous version. When you have a
Debian-related question please try to find a corresponding answer in
the FAQ first.
When
Hi Dirk --
You asked:
> - I was used to have the /etc/profile for the bash and other
> configuration files to be more configured than they are now.
You might want to look in /usr/doc/examples/bash.
> (How to find a new programm, when you don't know about it :-)
This must qualify as a billion do
Hi guys,
I finally decided to buy a book on LinuX and guess what? There are so
many, I am at a loss for which one to choose (and some are pricey too). Could
anyone out there point me to what is considered the 'defacto' definitive guide
(Advanced!!) to LinuX
Thanks
Jonathan Lawson
Miro Torrielli wrote:
>I would be grateful if anyone can tell me how to get cron to
>mail me its results daily. Thanx... :-)
Hi, Miro
So far as I know, there's only one kind of automatic result
notification mailed from cron, and that's the output of any
command (initiated via the crontab) which w
> On Mon, 26 Aug 1996, Robert Resendes wrote:
> >If I try to "cat" the file, though, I get the following error:
> > > cat /dev/psaux
> > cat: /dev/psaux: No such device
On Mon, 26 Aug 1996, Mike Taylor wrote:
> I don't think cat works here because /dev/psaux is not a regular file.
No,
Hi,
> If anyone really knows how to get cron to stop pestering me, let me =
> know.=20
simply avoid that cron jobs produce output if the operate normally. Then you
will only get mails if something went wrong. Thats how it is suppoed to
work.
Greetings
Bernd
Hi!
I want to make my own Debian CD-R. Does someone know where to place the
files on the CD so that the installation can run completely of the CD?
I'm looking for an installation that doesn't require the generation of
disks. I want to have it like in old Slackware times ;-)
1. Boot MS-DOG
2. Se
At 11:26 AM 8/27/96 -0400, you wrote:
>Hello, I would like to get in touch with my cousin Dr. Paul Vio. His work
>was related to the University of Leiden. He is in his sixties, and may have
>retired. Thank you very much. Marko.
Errrm - what on earth does this have to do with the Debian User m
Hello,
I just have installed debian on my system. It was wonderful. Everything
worked fine until ...
- I was used to have the /etc/profile for the bash and other
configuration files to be more configured than they are now. I don't
want to say that they are not configured at all, the system works
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thomas Baetzler) writes:
> Anyways, downgrading to the tar of the buzz release seem to fix this for
> me. Is this a tar or a make-kpkg problem?
As I understand it, that upstream version of tar is "broken". Debian
is going to revert to an earlier version until the problems are
Al Youngwerth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> If anyone really knows how to get cron to stop pestering me, let me =
> know.=20
If the command has output, you will get the results mailed to you. I
don't know of any way to stop that, but it's easy to arrange for the
command to avoid sending results.
On Tue, 27 Aug 1996, Erik van der Meulen wrote:
> I manage to print some faxes, but the script takes ages to process. Somerhow
> I have a feeling that things could be optimized here. If anyone has done any
> experimenting in this area, I would be very interested in finding out their
> results. I u
On Tue, 27 Aug 1996, Miro Torrielli wrote:
> I'm have these two problems lately:
>
> 1) My Cirrus Logic GD5434 works fine in 8bpp mode, but produces
> streaks at 16bpp. Has anyone had the same problem? Is the SVGA
> XF86 server bugged, my video timings screwed, or my monitor to blame?
Don't know
Hi,
I've just spent the last few hours trying to figure out why make-kpkg
wouldn't work for me. It looks like tar-1.11.11-2.deb from unstable is
the culprit: with this tar, I get a file permission modification error
for include/asm when make-kpkg dist is run.
Anyways, downgrading to the tar of th
Hello, I would like to get in touch with my cousin Dr. Paul Vio. His work
was related to the University of Leiden. He is in his sixties, and may have
retired. Thank you very much. Marko.
***
"Learning without thought is labour lost;
thought
That's funny, I haven't figured out how to get it to stop mailing me it
results! The manpage (or some other documentation I found) says to add the line
MAILTO= or if you prefer, leave it blank and it should never
mail. I've found the MAILTO line doesn't seem to make any difference. If the
cron
> Ken Gaugler writes:
> Hello folks. I am having a strange problem trying to have an
> xconsole window working under my own login. I use a .xsession file
> to set up certain windows and apps I like to have available when I
> log in.
Look at /dev/console. On a stock system it should be a sym
On Mon, 26 Aug 1996, Philippe Troin wrote:
>
> I've done some statistics regarding irqtune and kernels 2.0.14 and
> 2.0.15.
There are some nasty panic problems running this kernel with
apache httpd. I'm not sure about the details ...
>
> The protocol was the following:
> 1) ftp to my ISP
> 2
In dselect 1.3.9 the cursor keys do not work anymore after having done a
search (with '/').
Martin
On Tue, 27 Aug 1996, Erik van der Meulen wrote:
>I am a bit confused about the printing of faxes received by mgetty.
>At first I did not know any provisions where provided by mgetty,
Sorry. The package was put together rather hasty and misses a lot of
things.
>I manage to print some faxes, but the
Jim Worthington ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
[...]
: Also I get the following message when trying to run crack ver 4.1:
:
: Crack v4.1f: The Password Cracker, (c) Alec D.E. Muffett, 1992
:
: Version of crypt() being used internally is not compatible with
: standard.
:
: Has anybody successfully
I would be grateful if anyone can tell me how to get cron to
mail me its results daily. Thanx... :-)
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Susan G. Kleinmann" writes:
>Hi Hakan --
>
>You asked:
>> I have latex 2e-7 installed, but I can't find a4.sty a4wide.sty, in which
>> package are they?
>
>I think the Latex-2e approach is not to use .sty files, but to use .cls
>(class) files. Support for a4 lett
Dear All,
I am a bit confused about the printing of faxes received by mgetty.
At first I did not know any provisions where provided by mgetty, so I wrote
a tiny script, triggered by a sendmail alias which read faxes from the spool
directory and fed them straight into
g3topbm -l
This did
I use procmail for this. There are also other mail filtering programs but I
have no experience of them. There is also a FAQ about filtering mail and it
can be found from http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/mail/top.h
tml
> How could I use filter to filter the mail from mailing lis
On Mon, 26 Aug 1996, Gerry Jensen wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Aug 1996, Philippe Troin wrote:
>
> > Test I was done on a 2.0.14 kernel with a 100kb nul file (dd
> > if=/dev/zero...)
> > Test II was done on a 2.0.14 kernel with irqtune and a 100kb nul file.
> > Test III was done on a 2.0.15 kernel with a
On Mon, 26 Aug 1996, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Kevin M. Bealer writes ("Bugs"):
> > I've submitted these two bugs to debian bugs, and got no
> > response; I submitted them again, and still got no response.
> > (Has the list address changed recently?) I could try again, but
> > then I would have to w
Where can I download dpkg 1.3.10, or more specifically the new
documentation (on package creation etc) in postscript form?
I've only found the HTML ones so far. No sign of anything later
than 1.3.6 on ftp.debian.org as yet.
Thanks,
hamish
From: "Larry 'Daffy' Daffner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> So, while I would strongly discourage the use
> of obsolete items like varargs and such, the fact remains, some code
> is still written to use them, and if it means that I can compile and
> use said programs on my machine with minimal effort, then
Hi Al,
I can't answer everything, but:
Al Youngwerth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'm still trying to get a grip on the whole theory of debian package =
> installations and I have a few questions about how one should go about =
> modifying an installation.
>
> I just installed the apache pack
Bruce Perens writes:
-> Bruce:
-> > There is no varargs.h in libc5-dev_5.2.18-9 . Maybe older versions
-> > contain it.
->
-> David:
-> > varargs.h is provided by gcc.
->
-> Oops. Never thought of that. Anyway, nothing should use it any longer.
Yeah, well, in a perfect world, nothing would use
On Mon, 26 Aug 1996, Robert Resendes wrote:
>
>If I try to "cat" the file, though, I get the following error:
>
> > cat /dev/psaux
> cat: /dev/psaux: No such device
>
I don't think cat works here because /dev/psaux is not a regular file.
>I think I'm missing a driver, but I certainly don'
>
> Ooops, I meant a null-modem connection.
>
>
I have an old PC XT-compatible hooked up to my 486 with a null-modem
cable. I added a getty for it (COM2 == ttyS1) in my /etc/inittab file:
# :::
0:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 19200,9600 ttyS1 vt100
--gilbert
___
Hello, I was wondering why debian's terminfo doesnt display the differnces
between char chars ^B, ^_ or combinations. For example with redhat or
slackware ^B == BOLD, which is true with debian as well. However ^_ with
redhat and slackware is == Cyan, and ^B+^_ is == bright cyan. With debian
^_ is
Hello All,
I finally got around to upgrading my 93R6 syatem upto 1.1.5 (at least
that's what the I-Connect CD says). The X11 install went fine (used a saved
copy of XF86Config) until I try to start X. It complains that it can't open
the mouse which is set to /dev/psaux. This files exists and ha
Hello,
Re: 2 "versions" of squid 1.0.9
> >?? Why double the work.
We should not do that but I have used 1.0.7 from Miquel.
It runs under RunCache as the user "proxy" with the logfile
paths compiled in e.t.c.
What I am trying to say (my native language is Icelandic :-)
is that we could have a co
On Mon, 26 Aug 1996, Rick Macdonald wrote:
>
> So, I figure I need a program to use as an external movemail program for
> Netscape (I've been using its internal one) that has the smarts of a
> mail filter.
>
> Can procmail or mailagent be used as a batch "movemail" program like
> this?
Yes, proc
On Mon, 26 Aug 1996, Philippe Troin wrote:
> Test I was done on a 2.0.14 kernel with a 100kb nul file (dd
> if=/dev/zero...)
> Test II was done on a 2.0.14 kernel with irqtune and a 100kb nul file.
> Test III was done on a 2.0.15 kernel with a 100kb nul file.
> Test IV was done on a 2.0.15 kernel
Miquel van Smoorenburg ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
: Christoph Lameter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: >?? Why double the work. This was an ad for the debianized version.
:
: Oh I am sorry. I misunderstood. I've been keeping a debianized version of
squid
: since squ
ive been on this list so long i cant remember how to unsubscribe
anyone?
\\
THE ONLY TRACE
The travelling monk has vanished in the mists; but
still his little silver bell persists.
\
On Mon, 26 Aug 1996, Miro Torrielli wrote:
>
> Oh, and does anyone know how to establish a serial connection between
> DOS and a debian box???
>
I think that you can do this with samba. I beleive that samba is
available as a Debain package.
Mike
I'm have these two problems lately:
1) My Cirrus Logic GD5434 works fine in 8bpp mode, but produces
streaks at 16bpp. Has anyone had the same problem? Is the SVGA
XF86 server bugged, my video timings screwed, or my monitor to blame?
2) Ever since I upgraded to the latest xterm-color, I can't get
Miro> Does anyone know how to use procmail with popclient? When
Miro> configured to use procmail, popclient exits saying that it can't exec
Miro> a few things. Any hints? :-)
The two are unrelated. I use popclient as in
popclient -3 -P
to grab the mail.
Procmail gets into the
How could I use filter to filter the mail from mailing lists (such as
this one) into different folders. The only thing, I could think of is if
there would be a way to do it based on the CC: line, but I didn't see an
option in there to do filter based on the CC: line.
Also, I was wondering if
Hello folks.
I am having a strange problem trying to have an xconsole window
working under my own login. I use a .xsession file to set up
certain windows and apps I like to have available when I log in.
Seems that because I have this .xsession file in there, I cannot
get an xconsole window to wo
Work-Needing and Prospective Packages for Debian GNU/Linux
Sven Rudolph, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
$Id: packages.sgml,v 1.21 1996/08/26 20:29:54 sr1 Exp sr1 $
1. General Questions
1.1. What is Debian GNU/Linux
Please read the Debian GNU/Linux FAQ. The Debian GNU/Linux WWW server
is at h
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