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I'm installing Debian 1.2.5 for a friend, on an EIDE disk (pentium
166). When the kernel was installed and LiLo set up, I indicated that
I would like to boot from /dev/hda2. This was done, and Linux boots
fine from /dev/hda2.
After the fact, I decided I wanted to be able to boot the windows
part
On Sun, 16 Mar 1997, val.tamarov wrote:
> I just install Linux on my PC and general purpose for that was to
> learn C++ in UNIX alike system. But I figured out that Linux does not
> have it ( or I can't find it).Please any suggestion. Any help. I'm new
> to Linux.
every Linux distribution that i
Debians,
I would like to suggest to those having trouble installing or using
packages in a new binary installation that they consider spending ~6 hours
to rebuild and reinstall the kernel.
I have recently upgraded my system from Slackware 3.0 (linux 1.2.13) to
Debian 1.1 (linux 2.
val.tamarov wrote:
>
> I just install Linux on my PC and general purpose for that was to learn C++
> in UNIX alike system. But I figured out that Linux does not have it ( or I
> can't find it).Please any suggestion. Any help. I'm new to Linux.
> Thanks.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Linux wouldn't exist wi
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On Mon, 17 Mar 1997, Park Chu Yeon wrote:
> When 'PAGER=zless', system will not work properly, which seems to be a
> bug of 'zless'.
why use zless for your PAGER when less can automatically de-compress files
before displaying them?
t
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Hi,
I'm getting extremely frustrated trying to install linux. I can
install the
base system without any problems, but I cannot configure my network
card
correctly, thus I cannot run the dselect program to complete my
installation
via FTP. I have an AT151
Hi,
I've got a problem. I can't download files that take over 1 hour
to download, including the GCC C compiler. I need to get a program that
will let me dail into my slip account and the only one I can find is
slirp and it has to be compiled. What can i do?
Pete
Martin Brundage wrote:
On Tue, 4 Mar 97 10:27:23 PST, you wrote:
>Now, as things seem to stand now, the ppp part seems like almost an
after-
>thought (as far as its importance to the effective operation of
dselect
>goes). The base install seems to be more targeted to people with:
A)
I just install Linux on my PC and general purpose for that was to learn C++
in UNIX alike system. But I figured out that Linux does not have it ( or I
can't find it).Please any suggestion. Any help. I'm new to Linux.
Thanks.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 16 Mar 1997, val.tamarov wrote:
> Can anybody send me basic linux command for Linux?
man any-command <== help on any command
ls <= dir
cp <= copy
cat <= type
ae and joe <= editors
cd <= cd =) (but always with a space before: `cd/' doesn't work)
pwd <= print working directory
> How to sw
Hi,
I'm getting extremely frustrated trying to install linux. I can install the
base system without any problems, but I cannot configure my network card
correctly, thus I cannot run the dselect program to complete my installation
via FTP. I have an AT1510 plug and play ethernet adaptor, but when
Hi there!
Can anybody send me basic linux command for Linux?
How to switch to floppy?
How to run program?
How to distinguish executable files and directories?
I already know pwd, ls, edit.
Any help will be appreciated.
Hi,
I've read the manuals, and the how-to's, and the documentation. And I
can't figure this one out.
I have a Canon BJ10e printer. I'm using the magicfilter that came from the
Debian distribution (everything else is Debian too). I used
magicfilterconfig to create the printcap file. Previous
On Tue, 4 Mar 97 10:27:23 PST, you wrote:
>Now, as things seem to stand now, the ppp part seems like almost an after-
>thought (as far as its importance to the effective operation of dselect
>goes). The base install seems to be more targeted to people with: A) a
>live internet connection, B) Deb
> I Brake for Moths writes:
I> Is there a way for a user without root priveleges to cleanly
I> unmount the root file system and shutdown the computer?
I did "chmod ug+s /sbin/halt" and I'm happy since.
Be aware, though, that now anybody can immediately shut down your
computer who has an
> Alexander Lazarevic writes:
Alexander> Can somebody give me a hint how to connect my
Alexander> debian-linux box via ISDN?! I know of some isdn4linux
Alexander> package, but the readme expects me to do a kernel patch.
Alexander> Isn't there a isdn kernel-module anywhere to do the jo
> Pete Templin writes:
Pete> I'd also like to know how to get backspace to be a backspace
Pete> and delete to be a delete consistently in all of the things I
Pete> do (xterms on localhost, xterms telnetted to another host,
Pete> emacs locally, emacs in a xterm telnetted to another host
> I discovered that something was setting some totally useless information
> in the TERMCAP environment variable.
I had the same problem, but didn't know it came from TERMCAP. I see it in
X, not in vc's. I just checked: TERMCAP is set to co#92:li#47: in xterms,
but undefined in a vc. My xterms
I experienced serious bug. (not bug?)
When 'PAGER=zless', system will not work properly, which seems to be
a bug of 'zless'.
'root' can access any task, but ordinary users can't access files
related to 'zless' such *.gz etc. When they is apt to access them,
CPU load is more and more higher, final
Hello,
where to find a good HOWTO or FAQ for SVGATextMode? I have read the
manpages and found them very unintelligible and userunfriendly. Has
anyone running a S3 Graphics 2001 (Stealth Dram 64) running with it
and can mail me his TextConfig file to have a look at it?
Thanksbjoern
"Arup Mukherjee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm under the impression (from the debian fdisk man page, among other
> things) that DOS/W95 store a copy of the partition table in their boot
> sectors, and use its info in preference to that from the MBR. Assuming
> that's true, I'd just like to
Holger Rusch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> i got a problem with SLang in xterm.
...
> And when I then try to start jed in an xterm it results in the
> following error message:
>
> Terminal not powerful enough for SLang.
>
> And the programm terminates. This happens for all programms which use
>
On Sun, 16 Mar 1997, Paul van Berlo wrote:
> to dedicate this machine to Linux now (1,2gb). What would be the ideal
> partition sizes to split up the hdd for Linux? It'll be used for
I have two machines. I dislike extended/logical partitions. I like
performance tuning. My machines have at lea
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On Fri, 14 Mar 1997, Paul Christenson wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Mar 1997, Paul Rightley wrote:
>
> > I have heard a mention here of a (Debian?) install script that might
> > convert a
> > .fvwmrc file to a .fvwmrc2 file. Where can I find such a utility?
>
> It comes with the fvwm2 package, and autom
John Zachary wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I spent yesterday installing Debian (dselect is very nice) and the
> only problem I have is that texbin doesn't install. I know that
> there have been bug reports sent to the bug list, but those reports
> don't give the solutions. So, the big question is: how do I
Hello!
Arup Mukherjee writes:
>
>
> Ralph Winslow writes:
> > Arup Mukherjee wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > > I'm having a problem that appears to be the inverse of what
> > > some people here have had before. The partition tables on BOTH my
> > > disks, as linux sees them, are screw
Hi,
I spent yesterday installing Debian (dselect is very nice) and the
only problem I have is that texbin doesn't install. I know that
there have been bug reports sent to the bug list, but those reports
don't give the solutions. So, the big question is: how do I fix this
("this" is the problem w
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Marcus Brinkmann writes:
> Paul van Berlo writes:
> >
> > Hi.
> >
> > I'm new to this list and Debian. I have the following question. I have
> > been using Linux for quite some time now and I recently upgraded to a
> > better and faster pc. Before I had Linux on on
Ralph Winslow writes:
> Arup Mukherjee wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> > I'm having a problem that appears to be the inverse of what
> > some people here have had before. The partition tables on BOTH my
> > disks, as linux sees them, are screwed up. However, if you boot dos or
> > windows 95
Hello Aaron!
Aaron Walker writes:
>
> When I install Debian, I get up to base 3 and then when I put in the
> base 4 diskette, it says 'that doesn't seem like the right floppy'
> I tried downloading the base14-4.bin file again but the same thing
> happened.
>
In the installation guide is a rema
Richard Morin wrote:
> >
> Hi Aaron, You need the program 'rawrite', it can be found in the /tools
> directory right off of the /debian dir on your mirror.
Word of CautionRawrite2 (and Rawrite3) don't seem to like for you to
be doing other tasks while
they write the disks (mayhap it's just th
> > partition sizes to split up the hdd for Linux? It'll be used for
> > developing mainly and for internet connectivity. I will most likely also
> > be running X. Any answers to this will be really appreciated. I don't want
> > to put linux on one big partition.
> I've got:
> 64 Megs /var
>
Paul van Berlo writes:
>
> Hi.
>
> I'm new to this list and Debian. I have the following question. I have
> been using Linux for quite some time now and I recently upgraded to a
> better and faster pc. Before I had Linux on one 300mb partition but I want
> to dedicate this machine to Linux now (1
Does anyone know of a script or binary that randomly output the lines
of a text file, i.e its usage would be
prog file -> lines of file output in random order
-Walter
When I install Debian, I get up to base 3 and then when I put in the
base 4 diskette, it says 'that doesn't seem like the right floppy'
I tried downloading the base14-4.bin file again but the same thing
happened.
Hi,
i got a problem with SLang in xterm.
The following is installed:
ii slang0.99.340.99.34-1 A C programming library for user interfaces
ii slang0.99.34-de 0.99.34-1 A C programming library for user interfaces
and
ii jed 0.98b-4JED - programmers's editor
Has anyone gotten qddb working under Debian 1.2?
John Hasler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
On Sun, 16 Mar 1997 12:14:13 +0100 Paul van Berlo ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
> I'm new to this list and Debian. I have the following question. I have
> been using Linux for quite some time now and I recently upgraded to a
> better and faster pc. Before I had Linux on one 300mb partition but I wa
Hi.
I'm new to this list and Debian. I have the following question. I have
been using Linux for quite some time now and I recently upgraded to a
better and faster pc. Before I had Linux on one 300mb partition but I want
to dedicate this machine to Linux now (1,2gb). What would be the ideal
partiti
> I currently must use '95 to connect to my ISP... he runs NT...I'm
> assuming your using PPP (no slip
> support in NT that I remember)...anywho, NT uses PAP to authicate (sp?)
> logins..it also has support
> for some microsoft propritary (someone correct me if my memory has gone
> bad on this one)
On Sun, 16 Mar 1997, Arup Mukherjee wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I'm having a problem that appears to be the inverse of what
> some people here have had before. The partition tables on BOTH my
> disks, as linux sees them, are screwed up. However, if you boot dos or
> windows 95 from the hard disks (vi
Hi,
I'm having a problem that appears to be the inverse of what
some people here have had before. The partition tables on BOTH my
disks, as linux sees them, are screwed up. However, if you boot dos or
windows 95 from the hard disks (via lilo, which still works), both dos
and w95 still hav
>
> On Sat, 15 Mar 1997 19:10:08 +0100 (MET) Michael Tempsch wrote:
>
> > Hi again, forgot something - ask the salesdroid to actually give you
> > some real service and dig out the information about what Matrox card it
> > is...
>
> I did do that shortly after I posted the original message
>I am going to download the newest version of Debian Linux with Windows
>95. How can I convert them to Linux format so that Linux will recognise
>the boot disk, root disk, ect. I've heard that their is a utility to do
>that, but I can't find it. If you know anything about this please email
First
I am still having some interesting problems trying to test cgi
programs on my Linux box before moving them up to my ISP.
The latest case is rather the reverse: I have a cgi-bin program
that calls the "cgrep" program in the O'reilly book "Programming
Perl". cgrep prints a few lines of the text su
>How can I install XFree86 on my Debian 1.2 system?
Uh...Well... At the risk of sounding like a wise ass, get the .deb
packages and install them. If you need further help, provide some
details and we'll be glad to help.
Tim
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I have not been able to cleanly compile recent gnuplot beta releases.
Mainly, the autoconfigure script "./configure", does not see "-lvga". Now I
assume that the svga library is present, since I have installed
svgalib1-bin 1.2.10-3
svgalib1-dev 1.2.10-3
svgalib1 1.2.
On Sat, 15 Mar 97 17:11 PST Bruce said:
> I have one of those useless '286 laptops too.
You don't know what useless is. I've got an 8086 and a dual Z-80
machine.
Bob
On Sat, 15 Mar 1997 19:10:08 +0100 (MET) Michael Tempsch wrote:
> Hi again, forgot something - ask the salesdroid to actually give you
> some real service and dig out the information about what Matrox card it
> is...
I did do that shortly after I posted the original message. It is
a model
psiko wrote:
>
> >
> > I am about to buy a new machine. Gateway 2000 is attractive, but
> >it uses a 2mb Matrox card (model not specified, and the salesman
> >doesn't know) standard, and offers STB ViRGE /VX 4 and 8 mb cards as
> >options. The latest Hardware-HOWTO I have found (v6969, 14 No
Hi,
On 15-Mar-97 Mike Orr wrote:
>On Sat, 15 Mar 1997, Christopher C. Pitts wrote:
>
>> Leandro Asnaghi-Nicastro wrote:
>> >
>> > Has anyone managed to succesfully connect a Windows NT server? THe
>> > How-To's I've looked up and the books I have bought assume I use a
>> > normal server (Unix/
you are probably using an old version of libf2c (at least the standard
debian f2c is pretty old). try upgrading to the latest libf2c and the
problems will go away (at least i don't see them compiling against the
cern libraries). i have a debian version of the latest f2c. you can
get it by anonymous
>Wow you have a 286, it must be valuable.
>You can probably go to one of those antique shows and make
>lots of money.
It does it's work! Leave it alone! BTW: It's worth about $500. Do
you have an answer to my original question?
Fritz
88 ways to tell if you're stuck in the 80's
[will there be a '286 linux?]
There is an 8086 "linux", but it doesn't run the same executables.
It's for embedded systems. I have one of those useless '286 laptops
too.
Bruce
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Grape Ape:
> All right...a question about Linux...is there, or will there ever be a
> version for a 286? I heard a rumor about there IS going to be one, but I
> wanted to find out from you guys.
Yes, there will be one. It's called ELKS. Runs on any 8088 or above PC.
Currently, it boots, mounts a f
Raisin Guy:
Wow you have a 286, it must be valuable.
You can probably go to one of those antique shows and make
lots of money.
Grovey
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Sent: Saturday, March 15, 1997 6:51 PM
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: question
All right...a qu
Testing only, my apologies.
(although, no annoying ascii art)
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This for testing only, my apologies to you.
(although, no annoying ascii art :-)
>I am a new comer of Unix/Linux. I am trying to install Debian Linux on
>my portable, HP OmniBook 5000CTS. I have downloaded the base disks, and
>have successfully installed the base system. My questions are:
>
>1) I am using a PCMCIA Xircom CE-IIps network card. It doesn't seem to
>work. It works
I would like to know if I can get help with Slirp. Since I have
installed Debian 1.2 and compiled a new version of Slirp (1.0c), our
PPP sessions do not last longer than 5 minutes.
Before I have installed Debian 1.2, we have been using old
Slackware and an about 2.5 year old ver
All right...a question about Linux...is there, or will there ever be a
version for a 286? I heard a rumor about there IS going to be one, but I
wanted to find out from you guys.
Fritz
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