Re: CD-ROM IRQ Timeout

1996-11-24 Thread Paul Seelig
On Sun, 24 Nov 1996, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > > > > > 'hdb irq timeout : status = 0x58 > > > > > hdb ATAPI reset complete' > > > Try giving "hdb=cdrom" as an argument to the kernel. Maybe that will help. > > > > > No, this doesn't make any difference. This parameter only is necessary to > > tell t

Re: CD-ROM IRQ Timeout

1996-11-24 Thread Niels
On Sun, 24 Nov 1996, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > 'hdb irq timeout : status = 0x58 > hdb ATAPI reset complete' >>> Try giving "hdb=cdrom" as an argument to the kernel. Maybe that will help. >> No, this doesn't make any difference. This parameter only is necessary to > Put a disc in the drive? :

Re: Please do not use Qt (fwd)

1996-11-24 Thread Richard G. Roberto
This was a _private_ email! How did this wind up on TWO mailing lists? On Sat, 23 Nov 1996, Martin Konold wrote: > On Sat, 23 Nov 1996, Richard G. Roberto wrote: > > On Fri, 22 Nov 1996, Martin Konold wrote: > > > On Fri, 22 Nov 1996, Heiko Schlittermann wrote: > > > > Then they can't be GPL'd

Re: PPP

1996-11-24 Thread Paul Chau
On Thu, 21 Nov 1996 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > "JHMD" == J H M Dassen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> logon to a normal telnet getty and then start up a PPP connection > >> from the command line? I have a dialup connection to the whole > > JHMD> I'm not aware of such a too

Big Problem - HELP!

1996-11-24 Thread Gith
Today I upgraded to kernel-image-2.0.23_0.deb On reboot, I got the following message: CPU is a 386 and this kernel was compiled for a 486 or better. The system then just gave up trying to boot. modules_2.0.0-13.deb and procps_1.01a-6.deb were also installed when i installed the new kernel image

bandwidth limiting

1996-11-24 Thread Daniel Stringfield
Does any one know how to limit bandwitdth on a single system, through a modem? Say you are in this situation: You are ftp'ing files on one VT, and you are on the web under X, but since the ftp session was first, it hogs most of the bandwidth. Is there a way to make it "split" evenly? --

Re: libc-5.4.13

1996-11-24 Thread David Engel
Karl M. Hegbloom writes: > Will Debian 1.2 have libc-5.4.13? It's on sunsite; says it's a bugfix. Unless Bruce vetoes it, yes. I uploaded it last night. It should show up in the next few days. David -- David EngelOptical Data Systems, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: libc-5.4.13

1996-11-24 Thread juan j casero
On Sun, 24 Nov 1996, Lawrence Chim wrote: > Bruce Perens wrote: > > > > From: Lawrence Chim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > It should be the last libc5 release and the next one should be libc6. > > > > Debian 1.3 (the release after this one) is based on LIBC 6. > > > Hold on there. When was Deb

SCSI host-adapter and 2.0.25

1996-11-24 Thread Stephen Pitts
With kernel-image 2.0.6, my aha152x controller was configured by a kernel command line parameter, "aha152x=0x340,9,7,1" I upgraded to kernel-image 2.0.25 and "modprobe aha152x aha152x=0x340,9,7,1", which should do the exact same thing, tells me: invalid module argument: aha152x=0x340,9,7,1 initiali

Can't get xdm to work.

1996-11-24 Thread Stan Brown
I can't seem to get xdm to work on my debian box. X starts and runs fine if invoked with startx. The only strabge thing that I havefound is that I had to habd configure the /etc/11/xdm/Xservers file. I'm pretty sure that I got that right. Here it is for reference: - # $XCon

Re: Linux books.

1996-11-24 Thread juan j casero
On Sat, 23 Nov 1996, Fabien Ninoles wrote: > On Thu, 21 Nov 1996, The Mighty Jorge wrote: > > > Hi. I am just beginning to learn how to use and install Linux, and I was > > wondering if anyone had any book recommendations. I'm looking for > > something in the beginner to intermediate range, cov

Re: Will Caldera's WABI run on a Debian system?

1996-11-24 Thread Carlo U. Segre
On Sat, 23 Nov 1996, Mike Schmitz wrote: > On Fri, 22 Nov 1996, Rick Macdonald wrote: > > > Mike Schmitz wrote: > > > > > > On Thu, 21 Nov 1996, Rick Macdonald wrote: > > > > > > > Does anybody know if Caldera's WABI will run on a Debian system? > > > > Caldera's web page kind of says "maybe".

Re: Strange behavior of lpr+lpd resolved

1996-11-24 Thread Simon Martin
Mario Giammarco wrote: > I cannot understand why a cable let some program print and other no. This is because there different handshaking schemes that can be implemented on the Centronics interface. I don't have a copy of the IEEE specification at the moment so I can't be more specific. One of th

Re: Please do not use Qt (fwd)

1996-11-24 Thread Martin Konold
On Sat, 23 Nov 1996, Jonas Bofjall wrote: > On Sat, 23 Nov 1996, William Burrow wrote: > > > While the Qt authors may have different concerns than Knuth does over > > TeX, the idea may be the same: modified versions may reflect badly on > > Troll Tech. > > This is not the whole story, since i

Re: Please do not use Qt (fwd)

1996-11-24 Thread Martin Konold
On Sat, 23 Nov 1996, Buddha M Buck wrote: > In any event, Motif is -not- required for Xemacs in the same way that > Qt would be required for LyX. True, you may also use Athena widgets. Maybe others too. > > You did not tell in which respect the Xforms license is less restricting > > than the Q

Re: Managing a network of Debian machines?

1996-11-24 Thread Carlos Carvalho
There's no solution at the moment :-( :-( :-( I have the same problem. The situation is even worse when the machines are slightly different, and have a few different packages :-( I have a suggestion, that I've not yet tried but I'll do soon. dftp can make a list of packages that need upgrading. Y

Re: Managing a network of Debian machines?

1996-11-24 Thread Dipl.-Ing. A.Tack
Nelson Minar ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: : run the package upgrade command on every machine. : : One solution would be to automate the package updates, run a cron job : on all machines that keep them in sync with some master list of : package versions. This isn't very efficient, but would be accept

Invitation

1996-11-24 Thread internet_orders
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Re: libc-5.4.13

1996-11-24 Thread Lawrence Chim
Bruce Perens wrote: > > From: Lawrence Chim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > It should be the last libc5 release and the next one should be libc6. > > Debian 1.3 (the release after this one) is based on LIBC 6. > Hopefully netscape works with it :-) lawrence, -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST:

Re: upgrading base-passwd

1996-11-24 Thread Bruce Perens
Base-passwd could indeed be improved to merge entries in to an existing password file. I think the maintainer (Philippe Troin) could use some script help on this - he has his hands full just allocating UIDs and GIDs. Guy Maor said he might be able to help with the script, but as Debian FTP archive

Re: I'll try Debian 1.2 some other time

1996-11-24 Thread Bruce Perens
From: juan j casero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Unfortunately I got quite frustrated near by mid-afternoon > today (Eastern US time) and I decided to reinstall my Slackware 3.0 from > tape. [...] > When Debian Linux 1.2 comes out I will download it again and give it > another try. Hopefully then it will

Re: libc-5.4.13

1996-11-24 Thread Bruce Perens
From: Lawrence Chim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > It should be the last libc5 release and the next one should be libc6. Debian 1.3 (the release after this one) is based on LIBC 6. Bruce -- Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECTED] Finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP public key. PGP fingerprint = 88 6A 1

Newbie Question

1996-11-24 Thread Roger Endo
Hey, Should I do package management on stuff installed in /usr/local? It's seems like a lot of workwe have custom software galore. Newbie question, I know. TIA, Roger -- ~~ Roger Endo President, Warp

Re: permissions wrong in new base-files ?

1996-11-24 Thread Bruce Perens
Oops. I added "(umask 0;" before 4 lines in the Makefile to fix that. It will be in my next upload. Thanks Bruce -- Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECTED] Finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP public key. PGP fingerprint = 88 6A 15 D0 65 D4 A3 A6 1F 89 6A 76 95 24 87 B3 -- TO UNSUBS

Re: libc-5.4.13

1996-11-24 Thread Bruce Perens
From: "Karl M. Hegbloom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Will Debian 1.2 have libc-5.4.13? It's on sunsite; says it's a bugfix. If it's not a really big bug, that might wait for a point release. It's being difficult to get the release to hold still (mostly where X is concerned), and another moving target w

Re: Dselect docs for beginners

1996-11-24 Thread Bruce Perens
From: Lindsay Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > A web page would be the ideal format, so that the main index is kept > simple and then you have as many levels as you like to demonstrate things. I wrote the installation manual as HTML (formatting "by hand"), and then exported the .txt file from Netscape.

Re: Will Caldera's WABI run on a Debian system?

1996-11-24 Thread Mike Schmitz
On Sat, 23 Nov 1996, Rick Macdonald wrote: > On Sat, 23 Nov 1996, Mike Schmitz wrote: > > > > > Consider CBB. It will import quicken data and alerady runs under Linux > > > > natively. It lives at http://www2.me.umn.edu/~clolsen/cbb/cbb.html > > > > > > The URL doesn't seem to exist. Please chec

Re: Gnus as a mailer

1996-11-24 Thread Rob Browning
ME? <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I've been using mh for a while now, and even though it's super functional, > I'd like to try something else. S I look at the headers on this list > and lots of people seem to be using Gnus as a mailer. Is there a page > detailing how to do this? There is b

Re: Error making kernel package

1996-11-24 Thread Roger Endo
> > warning, 'debian/tmp-image/DEBIAN/control/' contains user-defined field > > 'Installed-Size' > > dpkg-deb: building package 'kernel-image-2.0.25' in '..'. > > dpkg-deb: ignoring 1 warning about control file(s) > > dpkg-deb: unable to create '..': Is a directory > > make: *** [stamp-image] Error

Re: CD-ROM IRQ Timeout

1996-11-24 Thread Hamish Moffatt
> On Fri, 15 Nov 1996, Christian Hudon wrote: > > > > 'hdb irq timeout : status = 0x58 > > > > hdb ATAPI reset complete' > > > I have a Goldstar 8-speed CD-ROM drive giving me the same messages but i > > > don't know how to handle/evaluate/change this. Any hints someone? > > Try giving "hdb=cdrom"

Re: Please do not use Qt (fwd)

1996-11-24 Thread William Burrow
On Sun, 24 Nov 1996, Herbert Xu wrote: > > like Pandora's box. Programs relying on the old Qt will function as > > always. Free programs relying on the new, unreleased, pay-for-it Qt... > > well, there just won't be many of those around. > > If there were no bugs in that "free" version. I al

Re: Please do not use Qt (fwd)

1996-11-24 Thread Herbert Xu
William Burrow wrote: > > Well, you see, once the source code has been released, it is somewhat > like Pandora's box. Programs relying on the old Qt will function as > always. Free programs relying on the new, unreleased, pay-for-it Qt... > well, there just won't be many of those around. If

Re: Will Caldera's WABI run on a Debian system?

1996-11-24 Thread Mike Schmitz
On Fri, 22 Nov 1996, Rick Macdonald wrote: > Mike Schmitz wrote: > > > > On Thu, 21 Nov 1996, Rick Macdonald wrote: > > > > > Does anybody know if Caldera's WABI will run on a Debian system? > > > Caldera's web page kind of says "maybe". > > > > > > I'm tempted to pay the $200 just so I can run

Re: Please do not use Qt (fwd)

1996-11-24 Thread William Burrow
On Sun, 24 Nov 1996, Herbert Xu wrote: > This is not the point. They can release it under any > license as long as they allow other people to release > modified versions, even if it has to be under a > different name. This is so that the applications > won't get caught when Troll stops releasing

Re: Please do not use Qt (fwd)

1996-11-24 Thread Lars Wirzenius
[ Please don't Cc: me when replying to my message on a mailing list. ] This discussion of the Qt copyright is beginning to sound like a flame war. Could we please end it and do something productive instead? Summary: - Debian has a policy about copyrights, and it's not likely c

Re: upgrading base-passwd

1996-11-24 Thread Philippe Troin
On Sat, 23 Nov 1996 17:35:28 EST Joey Hess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > What's the proper way to upgrade debian's base-passwd package? I > use unstable, and I've installed a new base-passwd a couple of times now, > but since /etc/passwd and /etc/group are conffiles, and I don't want to > mess up

Re: ulimit problem

1996-11-24 Thread Philippe Troin
On Sat, 23 Nov 1996 12:13:54 +0800 Tan Wee Yeh ([EMAIL PROTECTED] ) wrote: > > On Sat, 23 Nov 1996 11:17:22 +0800 Phil wrote: > > Anyone can lower and raise the soft limits, as long as they remain under > > the hard limit. Can you be more precise with your problem ? > > > I have tried to first

Re: Please do not use Qt (fwd)

1996-11-24 Thread Herbert Xu
William Burrow wrote: > > On Fri, 22 Nov 1996, Bruce Perens wrote: > > > Yes. However, we still might look askance at Qt due to the other licensing > > terms, which are more restrictive than the GPL, especially since V (another > > C++ GUI) is under the GPL. > > > > Please understand I'm not maki