Re: Linux, FAT32 and a mighty odd MBR.

1997-10-30 Thread Paul Miller
I don't have an awsome computer like that, but I experianced problems when installing LILO on the MBR with win95. Win95 lost all its long filenames! I'd would try installing LILO on the root partition of Linux. -Paul On Thu, 30 Oct 1997, Dale Harrison wrote: > Hello. > > I had a weird problem

Re: Best version of tetris?

1997-10-30 Thread Paul Miller
On Wed, 29 Oct 1997, Sam Ockman wrote: > I'm working on a standard set of packages that can be easily installed for > Debian, and want to pick one of the tetrises (or is it tetrii) to include in > the load...what is everyone's favorite tetris version? ktetris (ftp.kde.org) is very nice and it inc

Re: Debian 1.2 installation - how to mount scsi cdrom????

1997-10-30 Thread Oliver Elphick
Waller Martin MEJ wrote: > >Hi, > > I'm trying to install debian on a second computer here at work from >cd-rom. I got the base system installed from floppy OK, and the cd rom was >apparently detected, but i don't have a clue how to mount it. I was >expecting a /dev/scd0 bloc

Re: thinkpad install

1997-10-30 Thread Rocky Burt
I'll try that right now Rocky -Original Message- From: Brandon Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Debian User Mailing List Date: Thursday, October 30, 1997 6:47 PM Subject: Re: thinkpad install >[ Sorry I delete these messages too quick, otherwise I would have included >part of the messa

Re: Any interest in SNMP web based network monitor?

1997-10-30 Thread Steve Kostecke
If anyone is interested... I've posted an experimental (unofficial) package of mrtg-2.4.1 at: http://www.mindspring.com/~stk3/debian/mrtg.html or ftp://ftp.mindspring.com/users/stk3/debian/mrtg/mrtg_2.4.1-2_i386.deb --==_Exmh_-19745690190 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Steve Koste

Re: thinkpad install

1997-10-30 Thread Brandon Mitchell
[ Sorry I delete these messages too quick, otherwise I would have included part of the message. ] Could the user with the thinkpad problems try the disk in: disks-i386/current/special/tecra/ The testing group was trying to verify problems with the thinkpads and possibly consider special boot dis

concerning installing Debian Linux on IBM Thinkpad 365XD

1997-10-30 Thread Rocky Burt
I've been trying to install Debian Linux on my IBM Thinkpad 365XD. After creating and booting with the rescue disk (rsc1440.bin) I get the usual booting message consisting of the Debian disclaimer and such and then the boot prompt. I just hit enter to continue booting and I get this happening L

Re: menu : translate_menus problem

1997-10-30 Thread joost witteveen
> I have had some problems with menu ( 1.3-2 ) when trying to translate menu > item titles Me too :( >- sometimes it does neither translate , nor print any error > message. I tried a /etc/menu-methods/translate_menus file like this : > > substitute section->section > System/ Apps/System/ > e

Non-fatal crash

1997-10-30 Thread Daniel J. Mashao
I had my system slow-down and stops working properly. When I checked dmesg I found the following error message general protection: CPU:0 EIP:0010:[<0010c8bb>] EFLAGS: 00010006 eax: 656d6974 ebx: 001998b1 ecx: 0023af6f edx: 270f esi: 75410072 edi: ebp: 0319efbc

On entering a secure directory, would like warning.

1997-10-30 Thread Jameson Burt
I have been told to display a warning message whenever a person enters a particular, "secure", directory. Of course, on first thought this is a lame idea since people can access a directory without using "cd". And you cannot put out a message into standard output whenever the directory is acces

Thanks and a question

1997-10-30 Thread Howard S. Ostrowsky
Recently I did the libc5-to-libc6 install, and wound up with a broken system. *One day* after I had posted a question, Carey Evans had responded with some suggestions that solved my problem. For this quick service I thank him and this group. It turns out that my problem was due to the fact that I

Re: StarOffice3.1

1997-10-30 Thread Pete Harlan
> I want to install StarOffice, but it require libc.5.4.4 or newer, while > the last stable version is 5.4.33-6 or something. Where do I get it? Is 5.4.33 is 29 versions newer than 5.4.4. You're okay. Think of it as base infinity, where the infinigits are in base ten. Or maybe that's not the cl

Re: xload

1997-10-30 Thread Daniel J. Mashao
On Thu, 30 Oct 1997, Richard Kaszeta wrote: > I've been installing a fresh copy of bo from ftp.debian.org, and have > noticed that xload is no longer in the xcontrib package. Searching > around through the .debs available, I can't seem to find it. Anyone > know which package 'xload' is in now? >

Re: PS/2 mouse question on Debian-i386

1997-10-30 Thread Daniel J. Mashao
On Wed, 29 Oct 1997, James D. Freels wrote: > > I have a new Logitech marble trackball with PS/2 connector. I would > like to replace my serial port mouse on my Debian Linux machine. I > have a PS/2-6 pin - 2 - serial-9 pin mouse adapter from a local > computer store. However, simply plugging t

Re: mouse/X compatibility problem

1997-10-30 Thread Timm Gleason
Which revision of the serial mouse is it? If it is a 2.1a MS Mouse, there is a problem with it and the newest versions of X. They are incompatible. I had to send back 15 MS mice and have my hardware supplier dig up 2.0 revisions of the mouse. I believe there is more info about it over at xfree86.or

bind package fails on my system

1997-10-30 Thread Paul Miller
dpkg: error processing bind (--install): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 139 what is wrong? -Paul -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: mouse/X compatibility problem

1997-10-30 Thread Will Lowe
On Thu, 30 Oct 1997, Larry Gariepy wrote: > Hi. Ok, I have sat down and done a little research. The mouse is on > Com 1, sort of. When I boot in Windows 95, it does not seem to recognize > the mouse as being on Com 1, it is just "there". In Linux, the device > /dev/mouse is linked to /dev/ttyS

Re: StarOffice3.1

1997-10-30 Thread Matthew Franz
On Thu, 30 Oct 1997, Bruno Otavio de Moraes Simoes wrote: > Hi > I want to install StarOffice, but it require libc.5.4.4 or newer, while > the last stable version is 5.4.33-6 or something. Where do I get it? Is > there another way to install StarOffice, like some experimental debian > package? >

Re: Best version of tetris?

1997-10-30 Thread Remco Blaakmeer
On Thu, 30 Oct 1997, Remco van de Meent wrote: > On Thu, 30 Oct 1997, Remco Blaakmeer wrote: > > : A year ago, when I still used Slackware, I had a 'tetris for terminals', > : which was really a program that could be used on any keyboard-and-screen > : terminal. Only 'letter' keys (and maybe S

Re: mouse/X compatibility problem

1997-10-30 Thread Larry Gariepy
> > On Thu, 30 Oct 1997, Larry Gariepy wrote: > > > Section "Pointer" > > Protocol"Microsoft" > > Device "/dev/mouse" > > You say it's a two-button microsoft serial mouse? Which com port is it > on? If it's com A, then it should be < Device "/dev/ttys0" >. Com B is > < Devic

Re: SB16 Pnp - help...

1997-10-30 Thread Will Lowe
On Thu, 30 Oct 1997, Bruno Simoes wrote: > > Do you have a pnp bios? > Yes, I do Well, then, all you really need to do is compile the kernel with sound support. It might be a little tough to figure out what parameters to compile in (DMA channels, I/O regions, etc.) because generally one does

Re: Debian 1.2 installation - how to mount scsi cdrom????

1997-10-30 Thread Olivier THARAN
On Thu, Oct 30, 1997 at 04:51:02PM +, Waller Martin MEJ wrote: > I'm trying to install debian on a second computer here at work from > cd-rom. I got the base system installed from floppy OK, and the cd rom was > apparently detected, but i don't have a clue how to mount it. I was > exp

Debian 1.2 installation - how to mount scsi cdrom????

1997-10-30 Thread Waller Martin MEJ
Hi, I'm trying to install debian on a second computer here at work from cd-rom. I got the base system installed from floppy OK, and the cd rom was apparently detected, but i don't have a clue how to mount it. I was expecting a /dev/scd0 block device, but there's none, just sda, sdb, etc

Re: SB16 Pnp - help...

1997-10-30 Thread Bruno Simoes
On Thu, 30 Oct 1997, Will Lowe wrote: > On Thu, 30 Oct 1997, Bruno Otavio de Moraes Simoes wrote: > > > How can I install a SB16 plug n' pray on Linux. Do I have to compile the > > Do you have a pnp bios? > Will > Yes, I do Bruno -- T

Re: SB16 Pnp - help...

1997-10-30 Thread Will Lowe
On Thu, 30 Oct 1997, Bruno Otavio de Moraes Simoes wrote: > How can I install a SB16 plug n' pray on Linux. Do I have to compile the Do you have a pnp bios? Will -- |

Re: SB16 Pnp - help...

1997-10-30 Thread Marcus . Brinkmann
On Thu, 30 Oct 1997, Bruno Otavio de Moraes Simoes wrote: > Hi there; > How can I install a SB16 plug n' pray on Linux. Do I have to compile the > kernel? What about "isapnptools"? I tried to configure it but did not > work.. I don't want to use bootlin from DOS because I don't have a DOS > par

StarOffice3.1

1997-10-30 Thread Bruno Otavio de Moraes Simoes
Hi I want to install StarOffice, but it require libc.5.4.4 or newer, while the last stable version is 5.4.33-6 or something. Where do I get it? Is there another way to install StarOffice, like some experimental debian package? Thanks in advance Bruno -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-ma

Re: Fw: XXXX the script... I want him gone now....

1997-10-30 Thread Kevin Traas
Oops My sincerest apologies for the subject line of my previous post. It was a message that someone sent to me privately here and I just forwarded it to the Debian User list. Forgot to "edit" the subject line. Again, I'm sorry if I offended you, but it was a mistake. Later, Kevin -Or

Re: mouse/X compatibility problem

1997-10-30 Thread Will Lowe
On Thu, 30 Oct 1997, Larry Gariepy wrote: > Section "Pointer" > Protocol"Microsoft" > Device "/dev/mouse" You say it's a two-button microsoft serial mouse? Which com port is it on? If it's com A, then it should be < Device "/dev/ttys0" >. Com B is < Device "/dev/ttys1" >, et

SB16 Pnp - help...

1997-10-30 Thread Bruno Otavio de Moraes Simoes
Hi there; How can I install a SB16 plug n' pray on Linux. Do I have to compile the kernel? What about "isapnptools"? I tried to configure it but did not work.. I don't want to use bootlin from DOS because I don't have a DOS partition on my HD. Thank you Bruno -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING

Re: Fw: F**k the script... I want him gone now....

1997-10-30 Thread JD Thomlinson
Kevin - If its not too much trouble could you keep the profanity out of the subject line, at the least. Kids are on this list. While I know that it's a real world out there some parents would like to introduce them to it in stages. It also doesn't present the nicest view of Americans. Thanks.

Re: 3C509 acting strangely on Win95/Debian dual boot system

1997-10-30 Thread Bruce Perens
No, you need to type "linux reboot=h", so that when you halt Linux it will reset the computer. Bruce -- Can you get your operating system fixed when you need it? Linux - the supportable operating system. http://www.debian.org/support.html Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECTED] NEW PHONE

Re: Thanks for the help with compiling a new kernel... BUT!

1997-10-30 Thread Dima
Thalia L. Hooker wrote: > Hi, > ... > I tried the kernel package and compilation went fine except it didn't seem > to compile any of the new modules even though I requested SCSI support, > SCSI disk support, and the driver AHA152x. I say this because when I > noticed it had not detected an

Re: Best version of tetris?

1997-10-30 Thread Joey Hess
Remco Blaakmeer wrote: > A year ago, when I still used Slackware, I had a 'tetris for terminals', It's not exactly the same, but the tetris-bsd in bsdgames is very similar to what you're looking for. There is also the netris package, which is a multiplayer text tetris. -- see shy jo -- TO UNS

Re: xload

1997-10-30 Thread Scott Ellis
On Thu, 30 Oct 1997, Richard Kaszeta wrote: > I've been installing a fresh copy of bo from ftp.debian.org, and have > noticed that xload is no longer in the xcontrib package. Searching > around through the .debs available, I can't seem to find it. Anyone > know which package 'xload' is in now?

Re: Fw: Fuck the script... I want him gone now....

1997-10-30 Thread Adam Shand
> Can anyone tell me what the following permission means? > > >drwx-T 2 bong admin1024 Oct 29 21:27 private Err.. it means that it's a directory called private with read, write and execute permissions available for the owner and the sticky bit set. I assume you mean what does

Re: Fw: Fuck the script... I want him gone now....

1997-10-30 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Thu, 30 Oct 1997, Kevin Traas wrote: : Can anyone tell me what the following permission means? : : >drwx-T 2 bong admin1024 Oct 29 21:27 private : : : Thanks, : Kevin I like the subject :) I felt that way about users yesterday ... I created a directory with the same per

Boot disk

1997-10-30 Thread Kristian Nilsson
Hello I've tried to use the Debian boot disk (rescue disk) to install debian. This worked fine until I installed a Quantum Fireball ST4,3GB hard drive. Now it just hangs after (or while) loading 'md driver'. Is there a way to fix this? -Kristian [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAI

can't get remote xdm login screen...help!

1997-10-30 Thread Waller Martin MEJ
Hi, After getting my Linux pc on the network here at work using DHCP (thanks for the help), I've tried getting in via xdm using xwin32, but without success. Here's the score - if I use xwin32 and try to query the linux machine directly, after a very long pause (say a minute?) I get

Re: mouse/X compatibility problem

1997-10-30 Thread Larry Gariepy
> > On Wed, 29 Oct 1997, Larry Gariepy wrote: > > > My problem is that X Windows doesn't seem to recognize my mouse, though > > it works under Win95, and you even get a mouse cursor when logged in to > > a vt100 terminal. The mouse is just a standard Microsoft serial mouse. > > 1) What sort of

Re: [Fwd: My printer is missing]

1997-10-30 Thread Chuma Agbodike
Solved ! Uncommented auto in /etc/modules. Saw extra lp in conf.modules. Was reading "options lp lp io=0x378 irq=7" removed the extra lp. Rebooted and the printer shuddered. Was not doing that before. Then I noticed that the printer was being accessed every minute or so but nothing was printing.

RE: 3C509 acting strangely on Win95/Debian dual boot system

1997-10-30 Thread Paul Rightley
I have the same problem with my 3c509b. I dual-boot W95 and Debian (stable). Initially, when I was using loadlin, I used the 3COM DOS setup utility when I switched between the OS's to toggle the card into and out of PnP mode (PnP for W95 and nonPnP for Debian). When I decided to go with lilo, th

Re: `dump' command - tape size

1997-10-30 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Thu, 30 Oct 1997, Oliver Elphick wrote: : I am trying to use dump to write to DAT tape (60m long); I believe the : capacity of this is something around 2Gb. : : dump seems to believe that the capacity is something like 45Mb and, contrary : to what the manual says, does not keep on writing to t

xload

1997-10-30 Thread Richard Kaszeta
I've been installing a fresh copy of bo from ftp.debian.org, and have noticed that xload is no longer in the xcontrib package. Searching around through the .debs available, I can't seem to find it. Anyone know which package 'xload' is in now? -- Richard W Kaszeta Graduate

Fw: Fuck the script... I want him gone now....

1997-10-30 Thread Kevin Traas
Can anyone tell me what the following permission means? >drwx-T 2 bong admin1024 Oct 29 21:27 private Thanks, Kevin -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: 3C509 acting strangely on Win95/Debian dual boot system

1997-10-30 Thread kevin havener
Bruce, Tried your suggestion. Didn't work. But let me clarify if I understood what you meant. At the lilo prompt, I'd type 'dos "reboot=h"'. Dos is the dos boot label, and I tried reboot=h with and without quotes. Nonetheless I may have solved the problem. I restepped through the W95 hardwar

Re: Best version of tetris?

1997-10-30 Thread Remco van de Meent
On Thu, 30 Oct 1997, Remco Blaakmeer wrote: : A year ago, when I still used Slackware, I had a 'tetris for terminals', : which was really a program that could be used on any keyboard-and-screen : terminal. Only 'letter' keys (and maybe Space and Enter, I'm not sure) : were used and the output

Re: Can Debian replace Windows NT Server?

1997-10-30 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
Christian Leutloff wrote: > > Adam Shand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > I know this is a FAQ, and the answer is no in principle, because the > > > > Samba > > > > team won't do any development regarding authentication services (with a > > > > justified reason), but I'd like to know if Deb

Re: Best version of tetris?

1997-10-30 Thread Remco Blaakmeer
Hi, A year ago, when I still used Slackware, I had a 'tetris for terminals', which was really a program that could be used on any keyboard-and-screen terminal. Only 'letter' keys (and maybe Space and Enter, I'm not sure) were used and the output was all ASCII. This program was part of the Slackwar

Re: Can Debian replace Windows NT Server?

1997-10-30 Thread Ferenc Kiraly
Hi! > > > I know this is a FAQ, and the answer is no in principle, because the Samba > > > team won't do any development regarding authentication services (with a > > > justified reason), but I'd like to know if Debian can replace NTS -- > > > obviating the lack of authentication. > > I h

Re: Anything against unstable debian distributions?

1997-10-30 Thread Will Lowe
On Thu, 30 Oct 1997, Ranty wrote: > I thought of using a newer unstable distribution with all those > aplications copiled for libc6 but then... How unstable are those > distributions? If you follow the libc5-to-libc6 mini-howto that's posted here frequently, it's not bad. I've been running

Re: Anything against unstable debian distributions?

1997-10-30 Thread Scott Ellis
On Thu, 30 Oct 1997, Ranty wrote: > I want to install tkstep but for that I need libc6 which conflicts with > libc5 and when I try to uninstall switch libc5 with libc6 were is a lot of > aplications which want to go away. > > I thought of using a newer unstable distribution with all t

Anything against unstable debian distributions?

1997-10-30 Thread Ranty
I want to install tkstep but for that I need libc6 which conflicts with libc5 and when I try to uninstall switch libc5 with libc6 were is a lot of aplications which want to go away. I thought of using a newer unstable distribution with all those aplications copiled for libc6 but th

New Linux Install

1997-10-30 Thread Collin Rose
I am trying to install Debian 1.31 r.6 on 386 w/ 5 MB RAM and a 80 MB Harddrive and a 3 1/2 floppy. I made a 20 MB swap partition and 2 MB minux and then 59.xx MB Linux partition using the rescue disk from an old distibution. (kernel 2.0.27?)  When I try to use my 1.31 rescue disk I get the

Re: Linux, FAT32 and a mighty odd MBR.

1997-10-30 Thread hilliard
Where can one find information about /sbin/activate? I have it on my system (Debian 1.2.18), but no man pages, How-To, or other documentation. It does not give any meaningful response to activate -h or activate --help. What does this program do? Bob On 30 Oct 1997 Carey Evans <[EMAIL PRO

Re: pppd & NT

1997-10-30 Thread Eloy A. Paris
> > Yes, I had problems with pppd 2.2.0f and NT Workstation 4 as the > > client. Same simptoms as yours (timeout waiting for ...). > > > > I solved the problem by specifing the address of the DNS server > > manually, and not with the "dns-address" option in /etc/ppp/options. > > Don't ask me why i

Re: Booting Debian 1.2 Linux 2.0.27 fails

1997-10-30 Thread dpk
Your system should most likely be supported; howerver, it sounds as if you have a bad floppy. I would download the latest disks (kernel 2.0.29 I believe) and try writing them to new/different disks. I have had this problem before and the above procedure solved this for me. Cheers, Dennis -- dpk

Re: `dump' command - tape size

1997-10-30 Thread Steve Kostecke
> I am trying to use dump to write to DAT tape (60m long); I believe the > capacity of this is something around 2Gb. [snip] I had a bit of difficulty getting dump to work with my T-4000s (4Gb TR-4). What worked for me was defining the tape size in 1K blocks (even though the tape block size is d

[Fwd: My printer is missing]

1997-10-30 Thread Chuma Agbodike
--- Begin Message --- I have a 2 node network. I run winNT, win95 , DOS and LINUX installed. I only recently installed LINUX 2.0.29 though I had messed with it off and on since 0.99 Anyway I usually print from win95 or NT. Then one day I wanted to get a hard copy of a short text in LINUX. oops

Re: mouse/X compatibility problem

1997-10-30 Thread Chuma Agbodike
If it works in win95 and you see mouse cursor like you say, I suspect whoever configured you X picked the wrong mouse device. Check your X86config file. I belive it's in /etc/X11 . Also make sure you indeed have a serial mouse. Win95 is capable of detecting PS2, BUS and serial mice. LINUX X must b

Re: Linux, FAT32 ...

1997-10-30 Thread Adalberto da Silva
> > From: > Dale Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Hmmm. Boot via Win95 rescue disk and fdisk /mbr. Reboot and LILO's STILL > there. Tried this more times than I can recall.. LILO won't die. System > Commander reported some wacky things about the MBR, saying things were > pretty well sc

Re: 3C509 acting strangely on Win95/Debian dual boot system

1997-10-30 Thread Chuma Agbodike
I remember having similar problems . When I got my Infomagic 6 CD set, and wrote the install (rescue) diskette, LINUX wouldn't even boot. It will hang at the spot where it is looking for SCSI device. Well after several attempts at this I abandoned the idea of LINUX. Then after several weeks, I tri

Re: Linux/NT Dual Boot

1997-10-30 Thread Chuma Agbodike
BOOTPART does work. I used it about 2 months ago while contemplating how to have on demand boot to handle the different OSes that I toy with. I have WinNT, Win95, DOS 6.22, and LINUX 2.0.29 available. Still having problems in my attempts to add Caldera OpenDos. I let NT40 handle the MBR here. Duri

Seyon segfaults...

1997-10-30 Thread Adam Shand
I installed the latest version of seyon from hamm/non-free and as soon as I run it, it segfaults on me (I am runing a libc6 box). I ran an strace on it and it seems it's not finding a whole bunch of library files that it's looking for in /usr/X11R6/lib, yet on my system they are in /lib? Anyone

Re: Can Debian replace Windows NT Server?

1997-10-30 Thread Christian Leutloff
Adam Shand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I know this is a FAQ, and the answer is no in principle, because the Samba > > > team won't do any development regarding authentication services (with a > > > justified reason), but I'd like to know if Debian can replace NTS -- > > > obviating the lack

Re: Just starting - looking for references

1997-10-30 Thread John Spence
Hi Frank. >I've just placed an order for the Debian Gnu/Linux 2 cd set. I can't >afford a lot of reference material so I'll be using library books as >much as possible. Snap! I've just ordered a 2cd Debian set from Linux Software Labs' Aussie site. A$10.95 for two CDs and enough software to ch

Re: PS/2 mouse question on Debian-i386

1997-10-30 Thread Oliver Elphick
"James D. Freels" wrote: > >Debian mouse experts: > >I have a new Logitech marble trackball with PS/2 connector. I would >like to replace my serial port mouse on my Debian Linux machine. I >have a PS/2-6 pin - 2 - serial-9 pin mouse adapter from a local >computer store. However, si

Booting Debian 1.2 Linux 2.0.27 fails

1997-10-30 Thread Marc Fleureck
Hi, Created 3 NTFS partitions with Partition Magic on a 3.3 Gb SCSI disk. My system is: NT4, Pentium200, Quantum Fireball ST3.25 hard disk, CI-2520/2560 SCSI controller (NCR ?), Stealth 3D 2000, 3com Etherlink XL (3C900) I wanted to boot Linux in order to create an extended partition for /, /d

Re: win95 fat32

1997-10-30 Thread Matt Thompson
> Well duh! a zero not and "ohh"! That worked and I made it up to make zdisk > when I got errors about > module.c:614 structure has no member named 'flags' > module.c:614 structure has no member named 'nsyms' > module.c:615 structure has no member named 'nsyms' > module.c:615 structure has no mem

Re: Linux/NT Dual Boot

1997-10-30 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Wed, Oct 29, 1997 at 01:50:14PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > There is an HOWTO about this topic, which I used to set up my > system. I seem to remember I had captaliztion problems editing the This did not work for me. I did have to use bootpart. It works well though, for Linux; the p

Re: `dump' command - tape size

1997-10-30 Thread Philippe Troin
[sent only to debian-user, not cross-posted to debian-devel] On Thu, 30 Oct 1997 01:30:58 GMT "Oliver Elphick" (olly@lfix.co.uk) wrote: > I am trying to use dump to write to DAT tape (60m long); I believe the > capacity of this is something around 2Gb. Yes, about 2Gb. > dump seems to believe

Re: `dump' command

1997-10-30 Thread Philippe Troin
[sent only to debian-user, no cross-posted to debian-devel] On Wed, 29 Oct 1997 21:45:23 GMT "Oliver Elphick" (olly@lfix.co.uk) wrote: > The man page for dump says that Linux dump is not yet able to produce correct > multi-volume backups. > > However, the man page is dated 1993. > > Is this

Re: Just starting - looking for references

1997-10-30 Thread stick
> > > There are two main differences: > > 1) The init directories -- RedHat uses the /etc/rc.d/rcN.d type of layout > while > Debian uses the /etc/rcN.d structure. > > 2) Debian packages tend to work and work with each other. They are better > integrated as a total distribution than RedHat's

Re: mgetty login prompt lossage

1997-10-30 Thread George Bonser
I have seen modems that are used for fax not properly reset to data mode unless power cycled. Once they get into fax mode, they tend to want to stay in xon-xoff handshaking even after they are commanded to go back to data mode. On 30-Oct-97 Eloy A. Paris wrote: > Carey Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

RE: Just starting - looking for references

1997-10-30 Thread George Bonser
There are two main differences: 1) The init directories -- RedHat uses the /etc/rc.d/rcN.d type of layout while Debian uses the /etc/rcN.d structure. 2) Debian packages tend to work and work with each other. They are better integrated as a total distribution than RedHat's are. As for which uni

Re: FYI (Infomagic's debian outdated.)

1997-10-30 Thread TJM
I have this 6 cd set also. The set, in fact, does have the 2.0.30 kernel present. You need to find the directory with the 2.0.30 rescue disk and driver disk images and use these two along with the 5 base disks to make the initial installation. You can then continue with dselect to install the 2.

Re: mgetty login prompt lossage

1997-10-30 Thread Eloy A. Paris
Carey Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: : I lose different characters each time I press Enter and it prints the : message again. I suspect mgetty isn't setting up the port for : CRTSCTS. Does anyone know how I can fix this? Are you sure your modem is well configured to use the same handshake mge

Just starting - looking for references

1997-10-30 Thread Frank Cullen
Hi all. I've just placed an order for the Debian Gnu/Linux 2 cd set. I can't afford a lot of reference material so I'll be using library books as much as possible. So, which of the versions of Unix comes closest to resembling Linux from Debian? I've been using Redhat for a while but I expect t

Re: drv1440.bin

1997-10-30 Thread Carey Evans
"Bill Dickinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I recently tried to download Debian and had trouble creating the raw > floppy for drv1440.bin using rawrite2.exe. Seems the binary is > larger than a 1.44 floppy. Any suggestions? Thanks. Did you download it in binary mode? Check if the file you

Re: Linux, FAT32 and a mighty odd MBR.

1997-10-30 Thread Carey Evans
Dale Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [snip] > Ok, a bit of a hassle. He needs his Win95 stuff more than Linux, so I'll > just remove LILO and figure out something else later. lilo -u, lilo -U > both complain that theres no LILO boot signature on /dev/hda. Hence > nothing is removed. IIRC (s

Re: New Installation

1997-10-30 Thread Matt Thompson
I'm currently running two versions of Debian: bo & hamm. I boot hamm off of /dev/hda2 w/LILO. I boot bo off of /dev/hdb2 with a boot floppy. I created the boot floppy by first compiling a custom kernel, then running /sbin/lilo as root with the following /etc/lilo.conf file: boot=/dev/fd0 root=/

Re: mp3 players

1997-10-30 Thread Olivier THARAN
On Thu, Oct 30, 1997 at 01:35:54AM +0100, Remco Blaakmeer wrote: > splay, which has no (or a vey small) internal buffer and can't pipe into a > wav player splay (in its latest version at least) can make use of Xavier Leroy's pthreads package (that's version 0.6, the one included in glibc) and uses

Re: Best version of tetris?

1997-10-30 Thread Joey Hess
Will Lowe wrote: > No, but I thought that the discussion here ended with deciding to pull > the packages from master because the author decided to retract the > releases until he figured out what to do about copywrites. You're right, but it was package, singular. None of the other packages have b

Re: Best version of tetris?

1997-10-30 Thread Will Lowe
On Thu, 30 Oct 1997, Joey Hess wrote: > Really, have you heard from any more than the author of xtetris? I maintain > most of the tetris packages and haven't heard of it. No, but I thought that the discussion here ended with deciding to pull the packages from master because the author decided to

Re: Best version of tetris?

1997-10-30 Thread Joey Hess
Will Lowe wrote: > Many of the previously available tetris packages are probably going to be > dropped from debian, as the name "tetris" is copywritten, and the > authors of several tetris clones are pulling their packages until they > figure out the copyright issues. Really, have you heard from

Re: can't get serial driver to recognize my modem

1997-10-30 Thread Raja R Harinath
Rick Macdonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, 28 Oct 1997, Debian mail-lists receiver wrote: > > Does anyone know a fix for this? I have a 33.6 Modem Master 6000 fax/modem > > which, in win-95 is configured for base address 0x2F8, irq 3. However, the > > serial driver under Linux doesn't s

Re: Best version of tetris?

1997-10-30 Thread Will Lowe
On Wed, 29 Oct 1997, Sam Ockman wrote: > Everything has to come from a package in main stable Debian though...is > this? I'm also mainly looking for an X-version tetris, although I'm not > opposed to also having a console/vga tetris. Many of the previously available tetris packages are probably

Re: mp3 players

1997-10-30 Thread Simon's Mailing List Account
Probably... I'm somewhat sure that decoding mp3s is a mixture of integer and FPU ops, which would mean that Intel or AMD would do a lot better than Cyrix. --Simon On Wed, 29 Oct 1997, Paul Miller wrote: > On Wed, 29 Oct 1997, Simon's Mailing List Account wrote: > > > I don't know about CPU usag

Lock file for dselect

1997-10-30 Thread Timothy G. Wells
Greetings, I had a problem once while running dselect so now hwen I try to ftp down new files I get a lock error. Where are the ftp lock files? Thanks, -- Tim -- Timothy G. Wells Good News Internet Ser

Re: Best version of tetris?

1997-10-30 Thread Sam Ockman
Everything has to come from a package in main stable Debian though...is this? I'm also mainly looking for an X-version tetris, although I'm not opposed to also having a console/vga tetris. Thanks Sam Message from Alex Yukhimets ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) on %m-%N-%y: > > I'm working on a standard set o

Re: Best version of tetris?

1997-10-30 Thread Alex Yukhimets
> I'm working on a standard set of packages that can be easily installed for > Debian, and want to pick one of the tetrises (or is it tetrii) to include in > the load...what is everyone's favorite tetris version? > > Thanks > Sam Hi. The best tetris version *for console* I found is vga-tetris. T

Re: SCSI Zip settings?

1997-10-30 Thread Ben Pfaff
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thalia L. Hooker) writes: > Finally got a kernel that detects that I have a SCSI host but some of the > settings seem to be incorrect. Any ideas? Here are some of my boot messages > & the APPEND command I put in the /etc/lilo.conf file: [...] > kernel: aha152x: processing command

Re: Linux, FAT32 and a mighty odd MBR.

1997-10-30 Thread Ben Pfaff
Dale Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > So, I guess I'm throwing this out to you guys, is this a Windows problem? > A Debian problem? A LILO problem? A FAT32 problem? I can't point out a solution but I can tell you that it's probably not related specifically to Debian or to Linux, as I have h

SCSI Zip settings?

1997-10-30 Thread Thalia L. Hooker
Hi, Finally got a kernel that detects that I have a SCSI host but some of the settings seem to be incorrect. Any ideas? Here are some of my boot messages & the APPEND command I put in the /etc/lilo.conf file: kernel: tty00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A kernel: tty01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 165

Linux, FAT32 and a mighty odd MBR.

1997-10-30 Thread Dale Harrison
Hello. I had a weird problem last night, installing Debian 1.3* on a friends PC. For what it's worth, it's a PentiumII/266, some hideous amount of memory, some hideous amount of HD space. Aside from the SuperMicro motherboard bug [Which has been reported, I'm fairly sure..], you know, the one whe

Re: pppd & NT

1997-10-30 Thread Eloy A. Paris
Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: : Anyone had any problems with NT clients dialing into PPPD 2.2.0f? : NT clients can't dial in to my server. I have verified this myself : from my desktop; the NT client will sit there for ages saying : "Registering on network..." and eventually given an e

Re: mp3 players

1997-10-30 Thread Lawrence
Paul Miller wrote: > > On Wed, 29 Oct 1997, Simon's Mailing List Account wrote: > > > I don't know about CPU usage, but mpg123 only uses ~20% or less of > > my Pentium classic 133, and has good playback quality... > > hmm.. I have a Cyrix 166+/64 EDO and an old SB16, I get around 45% > usuage..

menu : translate_menus problem

1997-10-30 Thread Per Eric Rosén
Hi ! I have had some problems with menu ( 1.3-2 ) when trying to translate menu item titles - sometimes it does neither translate , nor print any error message. I tried a /etc/menu-methods/translate_menus file like this : substitute section->section System/ Apps/System/ endtranslate substitute

`dump' command - tape size

1997-10-30 Thread Oliver Elphick
I am trying to use dump to write to DAT tape (60m long); I believe the capacity of this is something around 2Gb. dump seems to believe that the capacity is something like 45Mb and, contrary to what the manual says, does not keep on writing to the end of the tape, but asks for a new volume after on

Is the trident 9685 supported in X?

1997-10-30 Thread Walter L. Preuninger II
I ordered a 9680 but they sent me a 9685. Before I install it, I would like to know if its going to work. I see support for the 96xx, but would like to know of anyone with experience with this chipset. kernel 2.0.30 and the current svga x server from stable. Thankx, -- Walter L. Preuninger II

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