DOSEmulator for linux

1996-11-12 Thread 00jshanks
I was just wondering if any of you out there had installed this on your linux boxes. I downloaded version 0.64 today, however I ran into a number of problems in installing it, so I wanted to get some of your opinions on it. I received the following message when I tried to "make" or compile it as

Re: tail -f /var/adm/messages

1996-11-12 Thread Marco Mariani
On Mon, 4 Nov 1996, Johann Spies wrote: > I found the following sequence of lines: > > - > Nov 4 07:55:43 Johann syslogd: exiting on signal 15 > Nov 4 09:15:24 Johann syslogd 1.3-0#6: restart. > Nov 4 09:15:25 Johann kernel: klogd 1.3-0,

Re: JDK

1996-11-12 Thread Vithar
On Wed, 13 Nov 1996, Evan Thomas wrote: > > Is anybody can help describe me how i can install JDK in my > > box. Or if there is a package for it. > > > As far as I know there is no Debian package. You can download the Linux > port from http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux.html. The

Re: JDK

1996-11-12 Thread Evan Thomas
kazem wrote: > > Is anybody can help describe me how i can install JDK in my > box. Or if there is a package for it. > As far as I know there is no Debian package. You can download the Linux port from http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux.html. The site points to installation instru

Re: Is `.deb' still better than `.rpm'?

1996-11-12 Thread Kevin K. Lewis
Thanks to all those who responded (I posted the original question). Bruce Perens writes: [...] > Several. We support pre-dependencies, which make upgrades a good deal > more foolproof, as well as regular dependencies. Debian packages are > easier to build (especially now with "debmake", it's p

Re: Is `.deb' still better than `.rpm'?

1996-11-12 Thread Bruce Perens
From: Paul Seelig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > And what about the rumour that both packaging systems are going to be > merged in a common one sometime in the future? Now that we have a Red Hat to Debian package converter, we can mark that task done. I think that both Red Hat and Debian are working on mak

Re: Is `.deb' still better than `.rpm'?

1996-11-12 Thread Bruce Perens
From: Mark Carroll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Just curious: Are there still advantages to the Debian package > management system over the RPM system? Several. We support pre-dependencies, which make upgrades a good deal more foolproof, as well as regular dependencies. Debian packages are easier to buil

JDK

1996-11-12 Thread kazem
Hi, I installed debain 1.1 to my box but i have two problems. First, when i compile the X codes it's waht i see make erreur: ld can not find -lX11 Is anybody can help describe me how i can install JDK in my box. Or if there is a package for it. than

Installation problem

1996-11-12 Thread mandar k vaidya
I have a pentium 200 with 2 IDE hard disks 2.0MB and 1.2 MB. I have partitioned them already using FIPS and FDISK. I tried to install debian and got the following error message while booting PPA: unable to initialize controller at 0X378 , error 2 After this when I started partitioning the disk

Re: Is `.deb' still better than `.rpm'?

1996-11-12 Thread Kevin K. Lewis
Rafael Kitover writes: > Excerpts from mail: 12-Nov-96 Is `.deb' still better than.. by Kevin K. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Just curious: Are there still advantages to the Debian package > > management system over the RPM system? > > If I understand this correctly, RedHat put it's RPM software

Re: Is `.deb' still better than `.rpm'?

1996-11-12 Thread Rafael Kitover
Excerpts from mail: 12-Nov-96 Is `.deb' still better than.. by Kevin K. [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Just curious: Are there still advantages to the Debian package > management system over the RPM system? If I understand this correctly, RedHat put it's RPM software under a non-GPL copyright, and source i

Re: pgp

1996-11-12 Thread Lars Wirzenius
[ Please don't Cc: me when replying to my message on a mailing list. ] "Lord Of The CLUTZ's": > -BEGIN PGP MESSAGE- > Version: 2.6.3i > > owGNlM2LHFUQwHc1ytIgeMrFSzkKMxN6u53RUXfA7Lq6moU1WZldgzBk5k33m+63 To sign e-mail by hand, you should save the text into a file, say foo, and then run P

Re: XF86 3.1.2 Memory hunger

1996-11-12 Thread Guy Maor
Rick Macdonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I do recall reading somewhere that a benefit of the newest libc is that > it can now give freed memory back to the system. I'm guessing that I'm > seeing this feature. Yes, that is true. Big long-runnning apps (like X) will use less memory with libc5.

Re: Linux and SoundBlaster

1996-11-12 Thread Syrus Nemat-Nasser
To make your soundblaster card work, you must compile your kernel with sound support. You need to know your base address (e.g. 220), your low and high DMA channels (e.g. 1,5), your IRQ (e.g. 7), and possibly your MIDI channel (e.g. 330). Run the config program of your choice: Either use the debi

Re: Is `.deb' still better than `.rpm'?

1996-11-12 Thread Paul Seelig
On Tue, 12 Nov 1996, Mark Carroll wrote: > > Hmmm - isn't it true that there's work at the moment towards giving Debian > the ability to use RedHat packages? > And what about the rumour that both packaging systems are going to be merged in a common one sometime in the future? I've sporadically re

Re: socket permission problems

1996-11-12 Thread Bernd Eckenfels
Hi, > rlogin to another host gives "rmcd: socket: permission denied" > Works fine for root. > > On starting X, I get the grey background, but no windows; > I kill it, and it's been trying to connect to a socket > and getting connection refused, errno = 13. > Again, works fine for root. is /usr/b

Re: XF86 3.1.2 Memory hunger

1996-11-12 Thread Rick Macdonald
Jean Orloff wrote: > I noticed my X server (XFree86 3.1.2) started getting larger and larger (was > 21Mb fat, with over 7Mb resident before I killed it). X grows faster the > more fat windows I have (netscape, vrweb-mesa, ghostview...) which is maybe > normal, but it sometimes doesn't shrink w

NFS problems

1996-11-12 Thread D. F. Phillips
Okay. I've followed all the directions. My server IS exporting its filesystems. I've tried building the 2.0.6 kernel with NFS explicitly enabled and as a module. In the module case, 'make modules' never does anything. In the explicit case, NFS is still not enabled in the kernel. What is the

Re: how to download in the background?

1996-11-12 Thread Kai Grossjohann
> Boris D Beletsky writes: lawrence, You wrote: Lawrence> Is it possible to download something, say Lawrence> http://xxx.xxx.xxx/abc.zip in the background? For example, I Lawrence> can run ncftp, get a file, press CTRL-Z, type bg, then I can Lawrence> logout and ncftp still downlo

Re: Is `.deb' still better than `.rpm'?

1996-11-12 Thread Mark Carroll
> Just curious: Are there still advantages to the Debian package > management system over the RPM system? > > I originally went with Debian because of the better package system > (and because I like the idea of Debian). I know someone that is > thinking of getting Redhat 4.0. I told him my reason

Re: Lilo problem after kernel upgrade to 2.0.25

1996-11-12 Thread Bernd Eckenfels
> boot=/dev/sda3 > root=/dev/sda3 > compact > install-/boot/boot.b ^typo? Anyway, did u run lilo after installing the new kernel? What did it reported? (try lilo -v for more output). Greetings Bernd -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTE

XF86 3.1.2 Memory hunger

1996-11-12 Thread Jean Orloff
[Sorry, this is a repost, but the mail manager here went sick precisely at the moment where answers could have come.] I noticed my X server (XFree86 3.1.2) started getting larger and larger (was 21Mb fat, with over 7Mb resident before I killed it). X grows faster the more fat windows I have (

Is `.deb' still better than `.rpm'?

1996-11-12 Thread Kevin K. Lewis
Just curious: Are there still advantages to the Debian package management system over the RPM system? I originally went with Debian because of the better package system (and because I like the idea of Debian). I know someone that is thinking of getting Redhat 4.0. I told him my reason for using

Re: trying to purge getty

1996-11-12 Thread Craig Sanders
On Tue, 12 Nov 1996, Richard G. Roberto wrote: > Not that this is imoportant, but i have installed the mgetty package > and wanted to purge the getty package, but I can't because getty is > required. What do I need to do to get this to purge? I was hoping > mgetty would replace agetty as the defa

How do I make xautolock run all the time?

1996-11-12 Thread Kevin McEnhill
Howdy, I have xautolock and xlock and I am tring to get xautolock to restart after xlock finishes. Should I do this in a shell script or is there a way to "deamonize" xautolock? TIA -- Kevin McEnhill [EMAIL PROTECTED] Machintosh fanatic and Linux guru in training. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS

Re: Lilo problem after kernel upgrade to 2.0.25

1996-11-12 Thread Bryn Paul Arnold Jones
On Mon, 11 Nov 1996, Dermot Bradley wrote: > > LILO Loading linux > Wrong loader, giving up... > > I've never seen this error before. Rebooting and picking the older kernel > from Lilo works okay. > You did build a zImage didn't you, I think you'll get this message from LILO if you try to boo

Linux and SoundBlaster

1996-11-12 Thread Pedro Quaresma
Hi == I already look at FAQ but I didn't find anything usefull about Linux and SoundBlaster. What I want: To listen to music while I am working. what I did: In the installation procedure I choose the modules for the cdrom and for soundblaster. What I should do: ?

Simple way to convert text to g3 files wanted.

1996-11-12 Thread Joe Emenaker
I wanted to start employing mgetty's fax spooling features. Unfortunately, it want to convert my text files to g3 files via ghostscript. This wouldn't bother me if it werent for the fact that gs seems to want to bring just about *every* library in the debian catalog along with it. Seems pretty was

another odd problem

1996-11-12 Thread Hamish Moffatt
Another odd problem; trying to login on virtual consoles 5 and 6 (alt-F5, alt-F6); root login refused, but the terminals are listed in /etc/securetty. Upon logging in there, finger says I am on tty?? ! hamish -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL

Re: socket permission problems

1996-11-12 Thread Hamish Moffatt
> G'day. I'm a bit behind, but since I just got Debian 1.1.11 > on November's Linux Monthly, I did a bit of an upgrade from it. > rlogin to another host gives "rmcd: socket: permission denied" > Works fine for root. Still unable to place this one. Downgraded base to -13; no change. Downgraded net

socket permission problems

1996-11-12 Thread Hamish Moffatt
G'day. I'm a bit behind, but since I just got Debian 1.1.11 on November's Linux Monthly, I did a bit of an upgrade from it. I've been running some bits of rex as well, but hadn't upgraded everything, so quite a few things got updated from 1.1.11, such as netstd, base etc. Anyway a couple of problem

make-kpkg failed

1996-11-12 Thread schulte
Hallo, I tried to upgrade from 2.0.24 to 2.0.25. I patched my kernel source, made a "make config", "make-kpkg clean" und finally make-kpkg -r Custom.1 kernel_image The kernel and the modules compiled fine, but then: [ compiling stuff omitted ] make[3]: Nothing to be done for `modules'

Reading news offline, leafnode and syslog-problems.

1996-11-12 Thread jhspies
Thank you to everyone who responded. One person even sent his config-files for suck and inn. That helped me to get suck going. After experimenting I decided to follow the advice on this list to try out leafnode. It is easy to install and configure and at the moment I use it in combination with t

Taylor UUCP uutraf problem

1996-11-12 Thread George Bonser
I think this is probably some kind of configuration error with the Taylor UUCP package. WHen I run uutraf it shows all received data accurately but shows all zeros for sent traffic, both news and mail. It shows the number of sent files but does not add up the number of bytes. It also shows the tim

Re: Routing Problems

1996-11-12 Thread Philippe Troin
On Mon, 11 Nov 1996 21:00:11 PST Kevin Traas ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Whenever I try viewing the current routing tables by typing "route" or > "netstat -r" at the command prompt I only get the standard header - no > information. The command just hangs and I must Ctrl-C to get out. I've

Re: pgp

1996-11-12 Thread Lord Of The CLUTZ's
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Routing Problems

1996-11-12 Thread Kevin Traas
Whenever I try viewing the current routing tables by typing "route" or "netstat -r" at the command prompt I only get the standard header - no information. The command just hangs and I must Ctrl-C to get out. I've heard from someone that this occassionally happens to him - but I've never succe