It's been reported to work fine.
Bruce
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I wish to configure a debian mail server running smail to use users accounts
to store there mail box instead of /var/mail or /var/mail/spool. Someone
said i could use amd to do this (as well as procmail). After reading the
package description on amd, im not so sure i can use amd for this
Hi Fundamental, You wrote:
Fundamental
Fundamental I wish to configure a debian mail server running smail
Fundamental to use users accounts to store there mail box instead of
Fundamental /var/mail or /var/mail/spool. Someone said i could use
Fundamental amd to do this (as well as procmail).
A lot of people are happy with there 6x86 running linux. Maybe those
games are intel sponsored.
PS: Intel is not bad either.
Cheers.
Paul
On Mon, 2 Dec 1996, GREENE KENNETH ADAM wrote:
I was wondering about Linux and the Cyrix/IBM 6x86 (specifically
P120). Does Linux support it, I know
I am trying to add a network card and I am having a lot of trouble. Can
anyone out there help?
When I enter the command ifconfig eth0 cr, I get:
eth0 Link encap:AMPR NET/ROM HWaddr
inetaddr:143.122.16.109 Bcast:143.122.16.255
Mask:255.255.255.0
BROADCAST RUNNING
Hi,
I have just experianced some disk problems which resulted in some
headers in /usr/include (for example string.h) to be corrupted,
what packages should I intall to replaced the headers and how do I do this?
on a side note, is there anyway to get an Adaptec AHA-2920 SCSI
On Mon, 2 Dec 1996, Paul Seelig wrote:
This was the case with the first beta because of a failure on behalf of
the developers when they compiled the release. The newer betas are
corrected in this regard. So you have to buy your Motif anyway. And apart
from that it's still not even worth
Hi,
I tried to install netscape using dpkg by doing:
# dpkg --install netscape
dpkg: error processing netscape (--install):
cannot access archive: No such file or directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
netscape
I don't know why this didn't work. I get the following status
'lo
I installed Debian rex (frozen) this week-end
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I had some problems :
* perl-suid and perl-base written a lot of messages like :
try overwrite /usr/lib/perl5/
one is
try overwrite /usr/lib/perl5/i386-linux/5.00307/CORE/liberl.a
*
Hi,
I have just tried using dselect to upgrade my system to the latest
version of rex (from an earlier version of rex) and ran into problems
with the installation stage. I realize that rex hasn't yet been
officially released yet as 1.2, but I thought someone might like to
know of this bug.
I was wondering about Linux and the Cyrix/IBM 6x86 (specifically
P120). Does Linux support it, I know some video games don't support
the chip (or the chip doesn't support them |-). If it is supported,
does everything run OK. thanxs in advance for any responses.
Absolutely no problems
Richard Morin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hi folks, sorry to bring up a quasi newbie prob, but here goes. I had a
buzz setup with 2.0.24, and after reading various messages about dselect I
decided to go to the frozen level. Here is my trouble so far, I didn't
have dpkg-ftp, so I went and
Hallo,
Daniel Does anyone know of a document reader/editor that will read Microsoft
Daniel Word format?
This is something I need once a week at least. In fact, it is my only reason
for windows booting. So you can imagine how desperately I sought for such a
software, but no! I couldn't believe
Christopher W Hafey [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
dpkg-ftp, dselect --
Is there a way to get these programs to timestamp
/var/lib/dpkg/methods/ftp/debian/frozen/binary-i386/admin/* (and others)
to what they are on ftp://debian.crosslink.net?
(I'm doing 1.2 this weekend; so far, it's been
Can someone show me there .forward file for use with mail sorting with
procmail? I've been fooling around with it for an hour now, and have not
made any real progress.
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Hello All:
I have just been checking on my local mirror and the ftp.debian.org sites
and I notice that there are several packages missing from the frozen
tree. On my local mirror, these files are actually links to files in the
frozen/binary-all/ part of the directory (which is completely
Hi everybody. I have a HP ScanJet 4p Scanner, with Automatic
Document Feeder, and I would like to know if xvscan (or any other
scanning software) supports it (I mean the ADF).
BTW, do anyone know where can I buy it?
Juan Cespedes
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On Mon, 2 Dec 1996, Marek Duszynski wrote:
Hello,
A few days ago I noticed that my Debian 1.1 can not
extract multivolume tar archives from floppies - each
attempt ends up in segmentation fault.
I have had the same problem using taper and QIC80 tapes. Even afio gives
problems with any
On Mon, 2 Dec 1996, GREENE KENNETH ADAM wrote:
I was wondering about Linux and the Cyrix/IBM 6x86 (specifically
P120). Does Linux support it, I know some video games don't support
the chip (or the chip doesn't support them |-). If it is supported,
does everything run OK. thanxs in
On Mon, 2 Dec 1996, Jerzy Kakol wrote:
Server. The incredibly ancient VT-100 standard should pass to
history long time ago. I would like to use a terminal emulator exactly
like between two Linuxes - with comfort of bash, arrow keys, color ls and so
on. So, does anybody know a DOS or Windows
Does anyone have any experience getting ppp started from a base system
that just has been installed in a computer?
I just went through this yesterday pain in the ass (figuring it all
out, that is).
I don't have any experience
with ppp because all my other debian systems have been
Was: Remarks, installing rex from scratch
: 1) Don't give an entry
: vga=[any number other than normal]
: in /etc/lilo.conf and launch lilo with that. It will
: completely confuse dselect, and nobody is aware of this :-(
Video modes are ok, forget about
On Mon, 2 Dec 1996, GREENE KENNETH ADAM wrote:
I was wondering about Linux and the Cyrix/IBM 6x86
(specifically P120). Does Linux support it
I am running Debian GNU/Linux on an Cyrix/IBM P-150+ and it runs like a
charm. No problems (yet). I am sporadically running maybe an hour a day
for
Hi,
I have just experianced some disk problems which resulted in some
headers in /usr/include (for example string.h) to be corrupted,
look in .../debian/stable/binary???/Contents for include/string.h
and you will find libc5-dev
what packages should I intall to replaced the
A while back I saw mentioned in a message about some utility that would
read the '/etc/hosts' file and convert it into the BIND database. I would
like to have this program. I have a DOS-based tcp program that can't use a
hosts file, but can use BIND. I have BIND running locally, but I need the
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
I am getting several packages in the frozen and contrib trees saying
that they pre-depend on a 'libdl1' package which I cannot seem to
find anywhere. Can anyone help?
It seems that the last ld.so provides libdl1:
Package: ldso
Essential: yes
Status: install ok
Hi,
I have just tried debain pre1.2 and have the following comments.
1) Overall, the installation is very smooth with very few
hiccups.
2) It seems that most of the kernel options have been compiled-in.
This is opposed to the previous version when users are free
to configure the
Hello everyone,
at last, the strange problems I was having with my Linux box at reboot time
is solved. I followed Donald Becker's recommendation about putting
/sbin/ifconfig eth0 down at the very end of the reboot script and this
fixes everything. Now everything is crystal-clear to me.
I agree
On Sat, 30 Nov 1996, Bruce Perens wrote:
These are the 1.1 boot disks from 6 months ago with initrd added and a
few bug-fixes like keyboard configuration. It's not like it's a brand-new
program.
Has the problem with the nfs module been fixed - the last few boot disks
I made wouldn't load
On Mon, 2 Dec 1996, Mark Phillips wrote:
Hi,
I tried to install netscape using dpkg by doing:
# dpkg --install netscape
dpkg: error processing netscape (--install):
cannot access archive: No such file or directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
netscape
The second
Okay, lets see if this now gets past the spam filter..
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED],
Debian Package [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi all,
i have some errors in /var/log/news/news.notice when invoking trn:
[timedate] barbar nnrpd[24517]: localhost.augusta.de connect
[timedate] barbar nnrpd[24517]:
Can someone show me there .forward file for use with mail sorting with
procmail? I've been fooling around with it for an hour now, and have not
made any real progress.
.forward:
|/usr/bin/procmail
and my .procmail:
:0
* ^From.owner-linux-gcc
pr/lgcc
:0
* ^From.owner-linux-kernel
I'm using the Debian 1.1 release, 2.0.6 kernel. Two questions, one
concerning a serial cable link, the other on an ethernet:
(1) I'm accessing an nfs mounted drive on my desktop from my notebook
over a serial cable (thanks all!). Sometimes it works great,
sometimes (especially when copying a
Marco Mariani wrote:
On Mon, 2 Dec 1996, Jerzy Kakol wrote:
Server. The incredibly ancient VT-100 standard should pass to
history long time ago. I would like to use a terminal emulator exactly
like between two Linuxes - with comfort of bash, arrow keys, color ls and so
on. So, does
Hi Everyone -
I tried to upgrade to Debian 1.1 a few weeks ago and went back to my old
system when I couldn't recompile a custom kernel for my Linux box. I'm
still interested in Debian and I would like to know if 1.2 (aka REX) has
been released yet. I was a bit disappointed that I was not
Shalom
I got a prg. from a friend wich can hack-root. I don't know if it is a known
prob. it works fine with 2.0.0
I don't know how to describe it, without posting the whole source.
Here some parts of it:
/* Mount Exploit for Linux, Jul 30 1996
[graphic]
Discovered and Coded by Bloodmask Vio
Hi,
/* Mount Exploit for Linux, Jul 30 1996
whats your version of the mount package? Should be fixed long ago... (if it
isnt another bug in mount):
Wed Aug 21 13:10:46 1996 Guy Maor [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Debian 1.1.6)
o Added mount 2.5l-1
Fixes major security hole.
This is in buzz-fixed!
We suffered a lot of FTP server problems in the last few days, and are
currently attempting to build a working Packages file for Debian 1.2 .
The process is running now, I am watching it. We still need a few days
of testing X before the release. Please stay tuned...
Thanks
Bruce
On Fri, 29 Nov 1996, Robyn Renwick wrote:
Hi everyone!
I am a second year computer science student working on a debian system. I
recently completed a project where I compiled Perl from the source code. I
was asked to post my findings here as it may be helpful. I did quite a long
Shalom
It may be wrong, but I think it was Bernd Eckenfels who wrote 1996 AD:
/* Mount Exploit for Linux, Jul 30 1996
whats your version of the mount package? Should be fixed long ago... (if it
isnt another bug in mount):
It was mount-package-2.5
Wed Aug 21 13:10:46 1996 Guy Maor
o Added mount 2.5l-1
Fixes major security hole.
I now installed mount 2.5j from buzz
I guess 2.5j is OLDER than 2.5l... umm...
The hack _still works_ so it seemed to be an other problem.
Please be sure to get the fixed version of mount, and then try again. You
should be able to get it
On Wed, 27 Nov 1996, Pedro Quaresma wrote:
netscape_3.01-1.deb
and
netscape-v301-export.x86-unknown-linux-elf.tar.gz
[...]
bus error
$
I got the 'bus error' whenever I tried to access the c|net homepage
(www.cnet.com). However, I was running 3.0, without the Debian package.
(Direct in
On Thu, 28 Nov 1996, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote:
You (Craig Sanders) wrote:
my news box is regularly throttling with the log message File exists
writing symlinking article file -- throttling.
How's your disk? Do you see many ext2 errors?
yeah, a few
there's some weird corrupted files
On Sat, 30 Nov 1996, Richard Kettlewell wrote:
my news box is regularly throttling with the log message File exists
writing symlinking article file -- throttling.
Try rebuilding your history file - IIRC this has worked for me (albeit
under Solaris 2.5 rather than Linux).
yep, that's
I have version 4.16-2 of the gdb package installed. When I start gdb
I get the warnings
warning: Unable to find dynamic linker breakpoint function.
warning: GDB will be unable to debug shared library initializers
warning: and track explicitly loaded dynamic code.
It would be very helpful to
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