Hi,
we use olvwm and we search a file manager. I can't found a debian with a
file manager like xfm. Anyone can help me?
Thanks in advance,
Dany Dionne
Physics Department
Universite Laval
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Dirk Luetjens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> during an update form Debian 1.1 to Debian 1.2.2 I purged the base
> package "base" from Debian 1.1 (dselect show this package as obsolete)
> Afterwards all files in /dev where missing.
>
> Are there any substitutions for this package? Which package mu
The ftp option of dselect doesn't work for the machine I'm configuring at
work because I am behind a firewall. With the Windows program WS-FTP I
can get out by ftping to the firewall and issuing a quote site command. Is there a way to configure dselect to do the same? If
not can it be requeste
On Tue, 14 Jan 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In Debian linux, I have certian files that I down-loaded via. a terminal
> emulator in dos, and it is on my dos partition, which is hda. How do I
> access this drive and my flopply drive fd0 in linux?
to access dos partitions, you need to make sure
I downloaded Perl.deb package from internet in order to
install on my machine at home. The size of this package is more than 2M.
In the FAQ of Debian said , there is a program called dpkg-split in
ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/tools directory. Run this program in DOS and
it will split the file into
On Tue, 14 Jan 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Jan 1997, Johann Spies wrote:
>
> > able to encourage them if Linux become more user friendly. Most computer
> > users are computer illiterates and the program user-interfaces must
> > overcome that problem.
> I don't think linux is inte
Hello,
1) I've found debian-users as linux.debian.user Where are the other
mailing lists in usnet-land?
2) Does posting work to create an email to the list? Is the news-group
a 'read only' thing?
Thanx -- Greg.
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I've just bought a Epson Stylus 200 for $240 CAN (~ $180 US). It didn't try the
color mode with Linux YET but color-printing is fine (in W95 :-() even for
T-Shirt. (La)TeX documents look awsome (with -sUnidirectional option for
ghostcsript). Oh yeah ! the Debian (1.1) ghostcsript packa
Hi there, I have need for a web server to do one and only one
thing, run a single CGI script. I've installed Apache on my system, and
started to configure it when I though that Apache might be overkill. This
server must be VERY secure as it is both my mail server and my RADIUS
server. I
Jan 15 '97
A few days ago (around Jan 6th '97) I have installed the Debian 1.2
on a HP Vectra XU system, using the InfoMagic "Linux Developer's
Resource" CD-ROM collection.
See ftp.fortuna.org/pub/linux/Debian/InfoMagic-LDR.Dec96
My experience
Jan 15 '97
This text summarizes my experiences with installation of the X Window System
(XFree86) atop of fresh installed Debian 1.2 systems.
All installations used the InfoMagic Linux Developer's Resource CD collection.
The latest installatio
This is a very good point and I would like to bring up another point.
I am using OS/2 as well as Linux and am slowly changing over to Linux
full time. I would also like to be involved in making the docs for a
'professional' release. The other thing that I feal Debian needs to
come up with a wa
Jose Oncina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I am trying to install Debian 1.2 in a laptop, everything goes ok
> until I try to load the module of my PCMCIA card (the 3c589_cs).
>
> The program answers:
>
> "Can't locate module 3c589_cs"
>
> The same happened for any PCMCIA module.
>
> In ord
Lawrence Chim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have problem to compile the Linux kernel 2.0.28 using make-kpkg,
> here is a part of the screen dump, it didn't happen when I compiled
> 2.0.26
>
> MIDI interface support (CONFIG_MIDI) [Y/n/?]
> FM synthesizer (YM3812/OPL-3) support (CONFIG_YM3812) [
Fabien Ninoles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Jan 1997, Daniel S. Barclay wrote:
>
> > 3. Keep in mind that it's hard to keep up with constantly-changing
> > documentation. That is, a new user probably would read all
> > the HOWTOs, README files, etc., to get started, but after
Okay, since this is getting to be a hot topic. A self-explanatory Debian
GNU/Linux system for non-administrators does not now exist. These are, I
think, the main obstacles to be overcome in order for such a system to be
possible:
1. Installation. dselect has sure come a long way. But installation
Dirk Luetjens wrote:
> during an update form Debian 1.1 to Debian 1.2.2 I purged the base
> package "base" from Debian 1.1 (dselect show this package as obsolete)
> Afterwards all files in /dev where missing.
>
> Are there any substitutions for this package? Which package must I
> reinstall to ge
> Perhaps we can obtain the Tip of the Day database from Micro$oft Word. We
> all know there's tons of useful information in that databank.
Like the "Never run with scissors." one?
Brian
Did you make sure that your /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers file has a line
:0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X
On Wed, 8 Jan 1997, Walter L. Preuninger II wrote:
>
> -- Forwarded message --
> I just finished a fresh install of 1.2, and things seem to be fine for me
> except that xdm says it starts
On Wed, 15 Jan 1997, Alexander Gieg wrote:
> This seems to be good for companies, because the newly
> main distribution, like 1.2, isn't really so stable to
> make a company to use it. Anything like the "final very
> *very* stable Debian Linux 1.1" (that I think is the
> 1.1.17, I don't know), in
On Wed, 15 Jan 1997, Ami Ganguli wrote:
> > What will the user do in 3 months
> > when something goes wrong (as things do inevitably happen)? He or she
> > might not even know where to begin looking let alone be able to fix
> > the problem.
>
> The same thing the user would do with Win95. Call
Sorry I'm late this week, please note 19. is new, so here's the current
problems list:
1. Already reported as a bug: Can't find xlib6 so file.
Add /usr/X11R6/lib to /etc/ld.so.conf and run ldconfig.
2. Dselect fails to satisfy pre-depends for perl (libdl1)
Installing ldso by
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Daniel S. Barclay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>
>> From: "Mark W. Blunier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>> Maybe we should start a new mailing list, debian-dumb-questions.
>> It would cut my traffic down from debian-user.
>
>Should there be a debian-newbie?
>
>(I don't k
ok the full story :-)
I run the svga server with fvwm95-2 as window manager. Since i have a
'belgian' azerty keyboard the XF86config file contains:
Section "Keyboard"
Protocol"Standard"
XkbRules"xfree86"
XkbModel"pc101"
XkbLayout "be"
EndSection
and al
> > In Debian linux, I have certian files that I down-loaded via. a terminal
> > emulator in dos, and it is on my dos partition, which is hda. How do I
> > access this drive and my flopply drive fd0 in linux?
>
> You need to mount these partitions. You can use some empty
> directory to use as mou
I am trying to install Debian on my laptop. The problem that I am having is
that I am trying to install it on an external SCSI drive that is connected via
the PCMCIA with a supported controller.
However, the PCMCIA is a PCI bridge type, the drivers for which are still
under development. In my
> it seems that netscape has problems when the environment variable LANG
> is set to de_DE. The postscript file produced by netscape isn't
> correct in this case
>
> e.g. With LANG variable set:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] translate
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] scale
>
> and
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On Wed, 15 Jan 1997, Adam Shand wrote:
> I am running smartlist.10-10 and sendmail.8.8.4-1 with smrsh support.
>
> I let smartlist setup the default mail list called announce yet when I
> tried to send mail to announce-request I got this message:
>
> announce-
Victor still can't post on the list, so I'm forwarding this here.
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Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 09:20:35 -0500
From: root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Ian Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Dpkg Downgrade
Hi Dale,
If your workloa
> less does not do backspace and delete correct, when having the
> variable TERM=xterm set.
>
> While using the search command backspace sends delete and delete sends
> ESC[3~. With TERM=linux it's ok.
> Backspace and delete are doing the right thing in the command line.
Actually, backspace is no
I've just been compiling the kernel, mainly because of my problem with
probing a depca card. I compiled it using the kernel-source-2.0.27 package
and had the following minor problems and queries:
1) What exactly is the substantial output of the "make zImage" step.
Because "INSTALL_PATH=/home/david
On Wed, 15 Jan 1997, Rick Macdonald wrote:
> And I certainly don't know how I can flush the toilet and it manages to
> go _uphill_ to get out of my neighborhood.
No, but it probably took you a while to get potty-trained. Same with
learning to drive a car -- anything worth doing will require effor
On Wed, 15 Jan 1997, Ricardo Aler Mur wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have the following problems. Probably they are related somehow.
>
> 1- When I try to execute fvwm (or fvwm2 or gwm) I get the error message:
>
> fvwm: can't load library 'libXpm.so.4'
>
> However, the library is where it is supposed to b
> I have problem to compile the Linux kernel 2.0.28 using make-kpkg,
> here is a part of the screen dump, it didn't happen when I compiled
> 2.0.26
This is because the behaviour of GNU expr regexps in shellutils 1.14 has
changed to be more POSIX-like, AND 2.0.28 has started using a different
metho
[Some really good points by Alexaner Gieg deleted]
Since you are asking for comments, here are mine:
I'm currently running RedHat 4.0. It works fine for me but I like
the idea of a distribution which is not commercial and thought I'd
give Debian a try. I don't need to be on the very edge of Debia
On Wed, 15 Jan 1997, Michael Stutz wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Jan 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > I have felt for some time that a lot of people are
> > getting the wrong idea about Linux. I don't think linux is intended
> > to be a suitable replacement OS for "computer illiterates" and other
> > p
Thanks to Philippe Troin and others for the solution to my problem where
startx created a window which then aborted and returned the screen to
text mode.
Solution: add the line /usr/X11R6/lib
to /etc/ld.so.conf
then rerun ldconfig
All was then well. The mouse problem where the
On Tue, 14 Jan 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In Debian linux, I have certian files that I down-loaded via. a terminal
> emulator in dos, and it is on my dos partition, which is hda. How do I
> access this drive and my flopply drive fd0 in linux?
Well, your dos partition is probably hda1 (assum
In your email to me, Ricardo Aler Mur, you wrote:
>
>
>
> On Thu, 9 Jan 1997, Tim Sailer wrote:
>
> > Oh... sorry. Well, in /etc/X11/XF86Config, there is a section
> > called 'Modules' that is commented out. You have to uncomment
> > the start and end lines, and add in the appropriate 'load' li
I'd appreciate if you could forward any information you
receive.
Thanks,
--- Jean Pierre
On Wed, 15 Jan 1997, hogendoorn r.a. wrote:
> Is there a document describing the default users and groups,
> like "disk", "cdrom"? I found no references in either the FAQ
> or the policy manual.
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On Tue, 14 Jan 1997, Richard Sevenich wrote:
> One of the machines onto which I am installing Debian 1.2.1 responds to startx
> by making a window (no mouse cursor visible) and then returning to command
> line
> mode (X server shut down). Other factors:
> * X ran ok under Debian 1.1
>
On Tue, 14 Jan 1997, Nick Busigin wrote:
> Actually, I prefer a gold CD with black marker written on it. It's more
> likely to be up to date than one of the more "commercial" offerings from a
> more established CD vendor.
Yeah, it's this homegrown/grassroots approach that's made free software
I was not aware that linux ran on any apple machines. As a Mac (68040)
user, I've searched around the net quite a bit. The M68k linux
apparently only runs on M68k architectures except Mac (Amigas and
such). I don't know if there is such a thing as an M68k apple
(non-Mac). If there is, it's
> In Debian linux, I have certian files that I down-loaded via. a terminal
> emulator in dos, and it is on my dos partition, which is hda. How do I
> access this drive and my flopply drive fd0 in linux?
You need to mount these partitions. You can use some empty
directory to use as mount point. If
> Hello
>
> I wanted to upgrade a system to Debian 1.2.2. I ran into problems with
> the tex packages, because texbin refuse to install
...
Add the line /usr/X11R6/lib to the file /etc/ld.so.conf,
and then run ldconfig.
Alexander Gieg
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
By
Hi, ALL.
I'm reading the messages about CDs here, and would like
to make a sugestion: wouldn't be good if one of the CD
distributors would make a realy *very* stable distribution,
with the last revision of the previous "stable" version?
This seems to be good for companies, because the newly
main
On Tue, 14 Jan 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I have felt for some time that a lot of people are
> getting the wrong idea about Linux. I don't think linux is intended
> to be a suitable replacement OS for "computer illiterates" and other
> people who want to put no work into their system, and I
On Wed, 15 Jan 1997, Jonas Bofjall wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Jan 1997, Paul Seelig wrote:
> > > What about a "Tip of the day" package in place of fortune
> I think it is a great idea. As long as it is an Optional package, I don't
> think anyone will complain. Shall we begin collecting Tips?
Perhaps we
Just to add my tuppence to the religious wars on the use of \ for repeat
search in dselect, please note that \ is one of those odd characters that
isn't in the same place on all keyboards. Consequently, most people in the
U.K., for example, who've just installed debian from scratch, will have to
tr
On Wed, 15 Jan 1997, Paul Seelig wrote:
> > What about a "Tip of the day" package in place of fortune
>
> Just kidding!? Hey, this idea is not so bad actually! It may be a nuisance
> for experienced users but for newbies and stil not very experienced users
I think it is a great idea. As long as i
Dirk Luetjens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hello
>
> less does not do backspace and delete correct, when having the
> variable TERM=xterm set.
>
> While using the search command backspace sends delete and delete sends
> ESC[3~. With TERM=linux it's ok.
> Backspace and delete are doing the righ
On Wed, 15 Jan 1997, Fabien Ninoles wrote:
> What about a "Tip of the day" package in place of fortune
> (just kidding ;)
>
Just kidding!? Hey, this idea is not so bad actually! It may be a nuisance
for experienced users but for newbies and stil not very experienced users
this is no bad idea at a
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On Tue, 14 Jan 1997, Daniel S. Barclay wrote:
> However, how are users supposed to find out about those things?
> (Not to say your suggestion is bad, but to address how to make that
> information easier to find.)
What about a "Tip of the day" package in place o
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On Tue, 14 Jan 1997, Bruce Perens wrote:
> On Jan 14, 7:05pm, Nathan L. Cutler wrote:
> > Nothing against Richard personally, but I find this message
> > disturbing. Never judge a book by its cover, as the saying goes.
> > This applies doubly to Linux! Aren't
Oh, I'm really sorry! I should have mentioned that before: There *is* a
manual, it's in info format. (Just in case you don't know how to read
it, one possibility is: Start your emacs, go to Help->Browse Manuals,
search for 'Amdref' (or similar). It's very extensive, not to say
exhausting ;-). And I
Hello,
a few weeks ago i read a message about
a Compaq Prof. Workstation 5000.
I think it was in this list.
Someone wrote that he had booting-problems with
the onboard Scsi controller.
I would be happy when he could tell me if everything
works fine now, because i also have this
machine, and plan
>
> Hello
>
> How to get xterm_color in Debian1.2.2?
> I have tried the xterm version with different switches +dc, +cm, but I
> do not get any colors with ls -F --color=auto.
>
> Any Ideas?
>
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Concerning the Tecra bzImage boot patch, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> What does this fix exactly? I have a server machine located at my
> service provider, which requires a keyboard; without one, it
> says "Loading Linux..." then waits forever until a keyboard
> is connected. Will this fix t
On Wed, 15 Jan 1997, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> Good post; I agree. My own server machine here at home (very non-critical)
> has two IDE hard drives and a SCSI CD-ROM, all attached to a VLB
> SCSI/IDE controller which I bought out of the junk basket from a local
> electronics store for $5. Works grea
Hello,
how do I manually change dependencies in the dpkg-database?
Is it sufficient to do it in /var/lib/dpkg/available and
/var/lib/dpkg/status?
I tried to install gimp-smotif from Debian 1.2.0 (InfoMagic Dec1996).
dselect says, that X11R6 is needed but doesn't seem to be available.
I fig
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Pedro Quaresma) writes:
>Hi
>==
>
> I an about to buy a new computer and I must choose one of this
>graphics boards (all with 4Mg)
>--//--
>Number Nine 9FX Motion 772
>Number Nine 9FX Imagine 128 Series 2
>
>Tseng Lab ET6000 128bits
>
>STB Lig
I have problem to compile the Linux kernel 2.0.28 using make-kpkg,
here is a part of the screen dump, it didn't happen when I compiled
2.0.26
MIDI interface support (CONFIG_MIDI) [Y/n/?]
FM synthesizer (YM3812/OPL-3) support (CONFIG_YM3812) [Y/n/?]
I/O base for SB Check from manual of the card (
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> Dear Sir/Madam,
>
> I recently decided to venture into Linux-Land, and downloaded all the =
> necessary files from your sites. All the procedures involving rawrite2.0 =
> worked fine. I inserted the Rescue disk, and Linux booted. It analysed =
> my s
> > "Jim" == Jim Blaney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Jim> Can anyone give me non-emotional advice on whether Linux
> Jim> would install "much easier" on an apple system than on an
> Jim> intel box?
>
> Since you asked for advice, here's mine: Buy an intel box consisting
> exclusi
Ricardo Aler Mur writes:
> Hi,
>
> I have the following problems. Probably they are related somehow.
>
> 1- When I try to execute fvwm (or fvwm2 or gwm) I get the error message:
>
> fvwm: can't load library 'libXpm.so.4'
>
> However, the library is where it is supposed to be
> (/usr/
> On Jan 14, 3:20, Robert Nicholson wrote:
> > Ok, I'm hearing that somebody has applied the a20 gate patch to the
> > latest boot disk set is that right?
>
> Dale Scheetz reported that the patch will be in the next set of boot
> disks. For those who can't wait, you can find a temporary replace
> I think all existing "silver" Debian CDs are parts of sets.
>
> Infomagic - 6 CDs.
> Pacific Hightech - January edition of their Monthly CD, also contains
> redhat updates and contrib, Java, and Linux Gazette.
Yep, just received mine today of the Mo Linux. Have been wa
Hi,
I have the following problems. Probably they are related somehow.
1- When I try to execute fvwm (or fvwm2 or gwm) I get the error message:
fvwm: can't load library 'libXpm.so.4'
However, the library is where it is supposed to be
(/usr/X11R6/lib/libXpm.so.4 which is a s-link to libXpm.so.4.
Is there a document describing the default users and groups,
like "disk", "cdrom"? I found no references in either the FAQ
or the policy manual.
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>
> On Tue, 14 Jan 1997, Dale Scheetz wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 14 Jan 1997, Richard G. Roberto wrote:
> >
> > > On Mon, 13 Jan 1997, Robin Rowe wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi. How do I find out what Debian CD-ROM's are available? Is there an
> > > > article somewhere that comparitively rates them?
> > >
There seem to be at least two Debian packages that have some kind of memory
test programs. There's memtest86 in utils/hwtools and memtest in
utils/sysutils. Don't know though if NMI has anything to do with memory.
Shaya Potter wrote:
[cut]
> know which chips to replace. Is there any program tha
Cirrus cards use the SVGA X server (xserver-svga) package in Debian. I guess
you have this already installed since you can check some XF86Setup generated
modes. My suggestion is that you check the /etc/X11/Xserver which tells what
Xserver to use. The first line in my Xserver file is
'/usr/X11R6
On Tue, 14 Jan 1997, Shaya Potter wrote:
> I have been recieving an NMI recieved error on my linux box at school
> recently. It says somehting like "dazed and confused, but trying to
> continue" and it does, but I'd like to fix this. I know some of the
> memory chips are probably bad, and I h
Darren,
>From the log entries, the machine with the problems is using sendmail
in nullclient configuration. This configuration assumes that *all
local mailboxes* will be stored on a designated mailserver, but you
haven't specified that server:
Jan 14 09:46:46 icehouse sendmail[772]: JAA00770: to
On Tue, 14 Jan 1997, Dale Scheetz wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Jan 1997, Richard G. Roberto wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 13 Jan 1997, Robin Rowe wrote:
> >
> > > Hi. How do I find out what Debian CD-ROM's are available? Is there an
> > > article somewhere that comparitively rates them?
> >
> > This is a good qu
On Mon, 13 Jan 1997, Daniel Stringfield wrote:
servo >I'm assuming a Adaptec 2940, right? I don't think the normal boot disk
servo >kernel works with the 2940, only the 2740, 2840's, even though it says
so.
servo >I know this USED TO BE THE CASE. It may not be now. Special kernel
servo >images
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Hi, all. Has anyone had luck putting their X-Face in the .xface file
for cfinger? Mine has two $s in it, which seems to make cfingerd try
to interpolate them into variables. How can I fix this?
Ben
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In Debian linux, I have certian files that I down-loaded via. a terminal
emulator in dos, and it is on my dos partition, which is hda. How do I
access this drive and my flopply drive fd0 in linux?
Also how to I get back to the program that ran initially[first boot off
the boot-floppy that was cre
NMI is intel nomenclature for non maskable interrupt, and
it might mean the same under linux. If so, then the kernel
is receiving an interrupt that it doesn't know how to process.
I haven't hacked kernel code for linux, so I don't know the
terms in use. Am I right?
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Hi,
I am running smartlist.10-10 and sendmail.8.8.4-1 with smrsh support.
I let smartlist setup the default mail list called announce yet when I
tried to send mail to announce-request I got this message:
announce-request... aliased to "|exec /var/list/.bin/flist announce-request"
"|exec /var/lis
>The upgrade should solve your problem. The actual problem is
>that if syslogd restarts, the syslog(3) call no longer works
>for those processes that have used logopen(), because syslogd
>is no longer listening on the other end of the pipe; instead,
>SIGPIPE is generated. The temporary fix for cron
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
>I just recently saw someone post that he had a Canon BJC 4100, a color
> printer in the $200-300 range, but on which he could print postscript
> by using apsfilter and ghostview.
>Could this person or someone else knowledgeable in this please tell me
On Jan 14, 7:05pm, Nathan L. Cutler wrote:
> Nothing against Richard personally, but I find this message
> disturbing. Never judge a book by its cover, as the saying goes.
> This applies doubly to Linux! Aren't we attracted to it so much for
> the very reason that it is the very antithesis of ov
> I get this error when doing exceptionally large transfers,
>
> eth0: FiF0 error! status 02e3
>
> If i get enougth of these errors my machine then locks up completly - no
> ping response or any other kind which forces me to switch it off (which i
> hate doing).
>
> This makes backups via the
Emails won't be posted if you don't cc the list. ...or is this stating
the obvious?
Roger Endo wrote:
>
> just testing...
> why do some of my emails not get posted?
>
> --
> ~~
> Roger Endo
> President, Warp 9 Technologies LLC
> SB
Is "named" running?
Ralph Winslow wrote:
>
> Having finally got pppd working, I tried to deselect using ftp to load
> up some more goodies (i.e. netscape) but found that the ftp connection
> failed. Upon running ftp ftp.debian.org, I got a message to the effect
> that the site was unknown to the
One of the machines onto which I am installing Debian 1.2.1 responds to startx
by making a window (no mouse cursor visible) and then returning to command line
mode (X server shut down). Other factors:
* X ran ok under Debian 1.1
* gpm only lets the mouse cursor enjoy vertical motion
Howdy,
very sound advice, I'm running on an AcerAcros and you can't get much more
generic than that. with a 14" monitor and all standard IDE stuff. Nary a
problem installing Linux on this or my 'OLD' IBM laptop. Even the SB PNP16
sound card works flawlessly ($99). Unless you absolutely need an App
On Tue, 14 Jan 1997, Brian Schramm wrote:
> I installed Debian from my infomagic cd that had version 1.1.4 on it.
> It worked but I needed some new packages so I FTP'ed to Debian.org. I
> let it update all selected files and now dselect will not work any
> more. I have also found out that mc si
Hylafax is actually quite easy to setup... but you have to run a program
called faxsetup... this program runs a configuration checkup to verify that
the program can run and starts the server. It supports class1 modems.
To add a modem, you then use 'faxaddmodem' which asks a series of questio
I think all existing "silver" Debian CDs are parts of sets.
Infomagic - 6 CDs.
Pacific Hightech - January edition of their Monthly CD, also contains
redhat updates and contrib, Java, and Linux Gazette.
Linux Systems Labs - BINARY only RH, Slackware, and Debi
I think this was a low-memory problem - it's a 4MB thinkpad, right?
Dale Scheetz and Sven Rudolph are currently working on reducing memory
usage in the boot floppies.
Thanks
Bruce
> Subject: RE: Need information from people who have had problems with boot
> I would like to point
On Tue, 14 Jan 1997, Johann Spies wrote:
> able to encourage them if Linux become more user friendly. Most computer
> users are computer illiterates and the program user-interfaces must
> overcome that problem.
>
This is not directed at Johann or anyone else in particular. In fact,
this messag
I have been recieving an NMI recieved error on my linux box at school
recently. It says somehting like "dazed and confused, but trying to
continue" and it does, but I'd like to fix this. I know some of the
memory chips are probably bad, and I have replacements, but I want to
know which chips
In your email to me, Kendrick Myatt, you wrote:
>
> Someone mentioned to me once about there being a newsgroup version of this
> list. I can't see it from my server, so I assume it's not propagated. What
> server do I point my newsreader at to see it. Thanks! :)
>
llug.sep.bnl.gov
Tim
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I think the latest X deals with this, but I don't know for sure. Please
write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] directly.
Thanks
Bruce
--- Forwarded mail from Fabrice Chapin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 09:46:26 -0100
From: Fabrice Chapin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTE
On Jan 15, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Adam Shand) wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I know this has been dealt with before
>
> We're running cron 3.0pl1-32 on a debian 1.1 installation. Ocasionally
> cron dies which is rather annoying.
> [snip]
> I have just upgraded to the latest verion on the FTP site cron 3.0pl1-
Hi,
it seems that netscape has problems when the environment variable LANG
is set to de_DE. The postscript file produced by netscape isn't
correct in this case
e.g. With LANG variable set:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] translate
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] scale
and without
36.2
> Someone mentioned to me once about there being a newsgroup version of this
> list. I can't see it from my server, so I assume it's not propagated. What
> server do I point my newsreader at to see it. Thanks! :)
>
> Regards,
>
> Kendrick
>
When I have trouble I turn to
http://www.dejanews.c
Hi,
during an update form Debian 1.1 to Debian 1.2.2 I purged the base
package "base" from Debian 1.1 (dselect show this package as obsolete)
Afterwards all files in /dev where missing.
Are there any substitutions for this package? Which package must I
reinstall to get everything working?
What
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