Here, Here!! I for one would ask that we not divide the list I
picked Debian as my first try with Linux after looking at all the
distributions. I probably jumped in over my head (as you can tell from
the questions I post... :-) everything I read said Debian was not the
best choice for a new
me too (-;
Actually, I believe that if the lists separated, more advanced people
would not see the e-mail from poor newbies. I also believe that more
people should read others e-mail. Even a simple read the manual in blah
directory, that would be more helpful than ignoring them. I do not
claim
On Tue, 13 Jan 1998, Gregory Guthrie wrote:
: I have gotten Xfree86 setup, and OK so far(!),
:
: but on my 17" screen, I have an unused margin of about 1" all around,
: wasted active screen area!
: -- what configuration parameter do I have not-perfect?
:
: (I have a S3-V card, Gateway V
On Tue, 13 Jan 1998, Mario Filipe wrote:
: I have every package that has Xpm in it's name (except the aout one)
: installed, but i can't find the file libXpm. What is the package where i
: can get it?
$ dpkg -S /usr/X11R6/lib/libXpm.so.4.10
xpm4g: /usr/X11R6/lib/libXpm.so.4.10
So you need t
Steve Mayer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Gregory,
>
> I believe that the dot clock setting is from the video adapter and not the
>monitor.
>Gregory Guthrie wrote:
>> Gateway informs me that my GW2000 Vivitron 17" monitor is
>>Hscan = 30-64
>>Vscan = 50-100
>>dot-pitch = .26
>>
>> but th
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Hi all!
Today I have got a strange error message when starting pine on a terminal.
After pine has drawn the main menu, it give a message [sorting INBOX ...]
and then pine exits with a "floating point error - kernel dumped". The env
LINES is set and exported wi
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On Tue, 13 Jan 1998, Peter S Galbraith wrote:
> - Think before you post. Is the contribution useful, or another `me too' ?
Just DO it! ;-)
> - If my answer is marginal at best, I often wait a few hours or a day to
>see if someone posts a better one.
Don
Irmund Thum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I've installed svgatextmode with dselect but can't find any file or
> .conf.
> How can I use this utility?
You can use dpkg -L svgatextmode to list the content of a package.
All configuration files go to /etc/.
So:
dpkg -L svgatextmode
[...]
/etc
/et
>
> Yo-
>
> I am trying out the GUI xconfig kernel configuration utility bur I come up
> with an error:
>
> (it runs fine until this, then bails)
> ...
> wish -f scripts/kconfig.tk
> make: wish: Command not found
> make: *** [xconfig] Error 127
>
> Can someone interpret that and inform me on wh
On Tue, 13 Jan 1998, Gregory Guthrie wrote:
> Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 13:55:40 -0600
> From: Gregory Guthrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Monitor Specs for Xfree86
> Resent-Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 19:44:45 +
> Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Resen
Yo-
I am trying out the GUI xconfig kernel configuration utility bur I come up
with an error:
(it runs fine until this, then bails)
...
wish -f scripts/kconfig.tk
make: wish: Command not found
make: *** [xconfig] Error 127
Can someone interpret that and inform me on what I need or don't need to
in case anyone's curious about what the dependancy checker looks like,
here it is:
---cut here---
#! /bin/sh
DEBIAN_ROOT_DIR="/debian"
PACKAGE_FILES="$DEBIAN_ROOT_DIR/bo/Packages"
DEV_SEARCH='"-dev" or "-dbg" or "-pic"'
DEVPACKAGES=$( cat $PACKAGE_FILES | \
sgrep "DEB_PKG containing (DEB_P
changes in this version:
- two bug reports (from Steve Hsieh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and Barak
Pearlmutter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) that splay and xslib need to be removed
- wrote a dependancy checker using sgrep and found that boot-floppies
needs to be removed too.
- now checks if user is alrea
On Tue, Jan 13, 1998 at 05:45:00PM +, Ian Watkins wrote:
> MM> > I have tried all sorts of things to get around this, what have I m
> MM> > I have not got module versioning installed in the kernel as far as
> MM>
>
> MM> Try to recompile the module under new kernel v33 or insmod it with o
On Tue, Jan 13, 1998 at 01:17:27PM -0500, debian mail recipient wrote:
>
> I've had a problem telnet-ing to my machine recently, and the reason is
> because xinetd is not starting. This is because the startup script
> (S20xinetd)
> checks for a file called "/usr/sbin/rpc.portmap" and, as it is n
I also installed Debian on a machine and needed to preserve Win95
. (also AMD586) . It was a brand spanking Win95 dist. They now use FAT32
file system. Although it was very difficult to tell (no docs, no info) it
looks like I could no longer make a vfat partition under win95. I could
ma
Rather frequently, while dselect/dpkg is setting up an upgrade to a package,
the following warning appears:
ldconfig: warning: can't open /usr/lib/i486-linuxaout/libdb.so.1 (No such file
or directory), skipping
The only file in /usr/lib/i486-linuxaout is libdb.so.1, which is a link to
libdb.so
I am new to Linux.
I was just starting the initial install when I got the message
"In swapper task - not syncing."
The box I am installing to is a 486DX33 16m ram, w/ a 1.6g Seagate
SCSI hd.
This is what was on the screen:
scsi0: BRKADRINT error (0x1):
Illegal Ho
As I run Linux on my 486 here at work...
(btw I got it working again ...thanx for the help everyone who e-mailed
me)
I want to make iso9660 CD ROM images on my 486 and then burn them
the problem is disk space
I am using an 850 MB hard drive.,..and thatrs really all I have.
which I can put 650 MB of
Can anyone give me any help with setting up PAP with diald?
My ISDN line currently locks with the DTE flashing, and the logs show I
am not authenticating properly.
I added --name eppdm to my /etc/init.d/diald, as some people suggest
that in some help docs and avenues. However, it doesn't seem to
On Tue, 13 Jan 1998, Sudhakar Chandrasekharan wrote:
> I read the mini HOWTO and reports in this mailing list about unstable
> being "stable enough". My machine is kind of a production server. The
> world would not end if it goes down for a day or so. But still it is
> important to have it up a
On Tue, 13 Jan 1998, Sudhakar Chandrasekharan wrote:
> * I am downloading the entire hamm binary-i386, contrib and non-free
> tree to a directory (actually, my home directory) on an NFS server. Is
> there a possibility that NFS might stop working during the upgrade
> process?
Why don't you just u
Scott Ellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> The debian incoming directory is mirrored at
> ftp://llug.sep.bnl.gov/pub/debian/Incoming/
Thank you.
/Tommi Kääriäinen/
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I still cannot actvate PPP whereas I have installed sucesfully the ppp
module.
dmesg | grep PPP answer nothing
I have check that in the /etc/module file there is no "#ppp"
In the /usr/src/linux/.config file The line is "...PPP=m"
I don not know how to recompile the kernel in order to be able to
ac
I read the mini HOWTO and reports in this mailing list about unstable
being "stable enough". My machine is kind of a production server. The
world would not end if it goes down for a day or so. But still it is
important to have it up and running ASAP. I am planning on upgrading to
hamm later tod
> One thing I've never been convinced of is the idea in some distribution
> projects that stripping down the number of available packages to only a
> relatively few "essential" applications is a good thing for new, home or
> office users. With a $2 Debian CD from CheapBytes, one has access to
> hun
Gregory,
I believe that the dot clock setting is from the video adapter and not the
monitor.
Steve Mayer
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Gregory Guthrie wrote:
> Gateway informs me that my GW2000 Vivitron 17" monitor is
>Hscan = 30-64
>Vscan = 50-100
>dot-pitch = .26
>
> but that they have neve
Enrico Zini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hello PC users!
>
> What about putting a penguin sticker on top of those "Window 95"
> keys on all new keyboards ?
>
> [some parts deleted]
>
> Their scancodes are already seen by Linux, but I could not find any
> way to bind them to a modifier (it seem
After upgrading to libc6 via the libc5-libc6 HOWTO, and running dselect to
install all the hamm packages, ftp or ncftp no longer works.
Here's what I see:
kanga:[21]~% ftp
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
kanga:[22]~% ldd /usr/bin/ftp
libreadline.so.2 => /lib/libreadline.so.2 (0x4000f000
Is there anything against just having an alias that includes the
students and the researchers?
Dennis
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On Tue, 13 Jan 1998, Ben Pfaff wrote:
> For a research proj
On Tue, 13 Jan 1998, Gregory Guthrie wrote:
> Is this compatible with running Debian; or must/should one wait till there
> is a Debian package with that version of the particular program.
You can download the source, compile it, and install it under
/usr/local/, because dpkg won't touch anythin
1) I often see that the latest and greatest version of some package (e.g.
XFree86) should always be used, and to get it from that particular home site.
Is this compatible with running Debian; or must/should one wait till there
is a Debian package with that version of the particular pro
Gateway informs me that my GW2000 Vivitron 17" monitor is
Hscan = 30-64
Vscan = 50-100
dot-pitch = .26
but that they have never heard of dot-clock.
I haden't either. :-)
I looked at some of the monitors pages at Xfree86, and they also don't list
this.
Any hints on what else to ask
1) I often see that the latest and greatest version of some package (e.g.
XFree86) should always be used, and to get it from that particular home site.
Is this compatible with running Debian; or must/should one wait till there
is a Debian package with that version of the particular program.
2) Ho
I have gotten Xfree86 setup, and OK so far(!),
but on my 17" screen, I have an unused margin of about 1" all around,
wasted active screen area!
-- what configuration parameter do I have not-perfect?
(I have a S3-V card, Gateway Vivatron 17" monitor, and using the -S3v
driver)
--
The manual entries for ssh and sshd contain information about settings
for Kerberos authentication but I have been unable to decide how to
set up kerberos authentication with ssh. I do have a local kerberos
realm and authentication server. Do I also need to have kerberos
clients compiled and inst
Yo-
I have searched the web to no avail for a page devoted to or including
Linux benchmarks on various types of hardware. Like Pentium with EDO as
compared to SDRAM and Pentium 200mmx versus AMD K-6 200mmx.
Does anyone host or know of a page with such information?
Any information appreciated
Lee Bradshaw wrote:
> "Richard E. Hawkins Esq." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > After the last round of questions & posts on the topic, I've found
> > that I can stably export xauthority by
> >
> > xauth list $DISPLAY
> >
> > and pasting from MIT on to
> >
> > xauth add $DISPLAY
> >
> > is ther
Not at this time, at least not in the same way logging on to a domain works.
In order to do this samba needs to be able to function as a "Domain
Controller". The current version does not have this capability, though the
samba team is working on this. When it is available though, you'll have to
mai
George Bonser wrote:
>so there is no benefit from splitting them.
> On Tue, 13 Jan 1998, Irmund Thum wrote:
>
> > Here in Europe we have to pay for our Internet-connections,
> > means beside the phone bill there is an online charging as well.
I think pa
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On Tue, 13 Jan 1998, Scott Ellis wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Jan 1998, smorrill wrote:
> > I have used Pgp for quite awhile with Win95, and thus have already made
> > my secret key & id number, etc. I would like to get pgp set up with
> > Linux as I would like to move t
jhillma2 wrote:
> Also, my ISP does PAP, so do I even need to use ppp.chatscript? Is
> there an easier way? The ppp-howto and net2-howto are, IMO, vague at
> best and do not necessarily coincide with the debian install (i.e., some
for the same reason I'm still using W95 as my internet connectio
Shouln't it be possible to divide the list in beginners and advanced?
It's a mess to get 70 to 120 mesages every day, more than 90 percent out
of interest. Here in Europe we have to pay for our Internet-connections,
means beside the phone bill there is an online charging as well.
Regards
__
IT
htt
Ben Pfaff wrote:
> we'd like to have all the participants send their mail through a
> central server, and have the server, in addition to putting mail in
> their usual mailboxes, save it in another location for use by the
> researchers.
How about setting up a Majordomo mailing list? Then all ma
On Sun, 11 Jan 1998, Pure Energy wrote:
> On 9 Jan 1998, Ben Gertzfield wrote:
> > TWAIN is a joke. All "TWAIN compliant" means is that it comes with
> > drivers for Windows.
>
> I have a Scantastic scanner which uses the "TWAIN compliant"
> drivers. This scanner doesn't have a SCSI interf
>X-Authentication-Warning: dakota.gate.net: storm owned process doing -bs
>Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 13:42:06 -0500 (EST)
>From: Scott Ellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>On 12 Jan 1998, Pedro Quaresma de Almeida wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> I have a Linux system with libc5 (5.4.20-1) were all the Staroffice
>> progr
Hi all!
I've read a discussion about serial ports and interrupts and still have
some doubts.
WHY KERNEL'S SERIAL DRIVER IS WRITTEN IN THIS WAY THAT IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO
SHARE INTERRUPTS?
>From the hardware point of view it should be quite possible. The interrupt
line is driven by a three-st
For a research project here at the university (Michigan State Univ.),
we are doing a study of the value of different communication methods
to allow distributed engineering teams to collaborate. In doing this,
we'd like to have all the participants send their mail through a
central server, and have
Public mirrors exist:
ftp://llug.sep.bnl.gov:/pub/debian/Incoming/
Brandon
On 13 Jan 1998, Tommi Kaariainen wrote:
> Ther has been some dicussion about psmisc being stuck in incoming in
> the master server. Is there way for a non-developer (especially for one who
> wants to be on the bleeding
I've had a problem telnet-ing to my machine recently, and the reason is
because xinetd is not starting. This is because the startup script (S20xinetd)
checks for a file called "/usr/sbin/rpc.portmap" and, as it is not on my system,
causes the startup script to exit:
--- LISTING OF S20xinetd ---
On 13 Jan 1998, Tommi Kaariainen wrote:
> Ther has been some dicussion about psmisc being stuck in incoming in
> the master server. Is there way for a non-developer (especially for one who
> wants to be on the bleeding edge and thinks he know the risks) and to download
> packages that are in inc
Ther has been some dicussion about psmisc being stuck in incoming in
the master server. Is there way for a non-developer (especially for one who
wants to be on the bleeding edge and thinks he know the risks) and to download
packages that are in incoming, or is it so that if you have to ask you
s
>
> > What you do want to do is to edit the /etc/menu-methods/ file for
> > you window manager ("WindowMaker-- what's that? Is that a new window
> > manager I didn't hear about, but does include a Menu-method? Fab!)
>
> It's a better Afterstep then Afterstep :) I swapped about two months ago
> a
Hi!
I am trying to set up a procmail filter for one of my users (kleist).
I put the following in his .forward file:
"|IFS=' ' && p=/usr/bin/procmail && test -f $p && exec $p -Y || exit 75 #kleist"
Now when I send a test mail to him, it shows up in the queue, but doesn't
get delivered. It sits th
Michael Stutz wrote:
>On Mon, 12 Jan 1998, George Bonser wrote:
>
> > I think it might be a better idea to concentrate resources on the one
> > currently available completely free Linux distribution and improve it
> > rather than further fragment the community with yet another distribution.
>
> Cou
Hi
I have every package that has Xpm in it's name (except the aout one)
installed, but i can't find the file libXpm. What is the package where i
can get it?
Mario Filipe
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://neptuno.uevora.pt/~mjnf
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The more I look at this, the odder it gets.
In some applications, notably lyx and (sometimes) netscape, at 1024x768 I get
lightly displaced horizontal lines. a coulpe of lines will indent a couple of
pixels to the right, for a little bump on the edge and waver across the screen.
At first i th
MM> > I have tried all sorts of things to get around this, what have I m
MM> > I have not got module versioning installed in the kernel as far as
MM>
MM> Try to recompile the module under new kernel v33 or insmod it with o
MM> force:
MM> insmod -f ntfs.o
I did, a number of times
MM> BT
BN> > I want to upgrade one or two of the packages on my system beyond t
BN> distribution. The newer packages are all requiring libc6, but that c
BN> (in DSELECT) with libc5 which is a dependence to a _very_ large numb
BN> programs. =:|
BN> >
BN> > What should I do? Forget it and wait?
BN> One
Hi!
I'd like to know if it's possible to have an NT box that uses the
login names and passwords of a linux machine in order to log into it.
I can't use linux on that machine because word and excel are a
must and the people who will be using it don't know anything about unix.
On Tue, 13 Jan 1998, smorrill wrote:
> I have used Pgp for quite awhile with Win95, and thus have already made
> my secret key & id number, etc. I would like to get pgp set up with
> Linux as I would like to move to using Debian exclusively. Anybody out
> there familiar with this issue of how I
You can mount vfat filesystems under linux. Make sure your kernel is
configured for vfat support. Simply typing 'cat /proc/filesystems' will
list all FS types that are supported. If you don't see vfat, run 'modconf'
and load the module for vfat support. Then find out what partition Win95 is
loc
> "Asher" == Asher Haig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have a problem when my system boots where networking
> loads before the PCMCIA services that are needed to drive
> the network card. As a result, I have to run
> /etc/init.d/network whenever I boot before networking will
I have used Pgp for quite awhile with Win95, and thus have already made
my secret key & id number, etc. I would like to get pgp set up with
Linux as I would like to move to using Debian exclusively. Anybody out
there familiar with this issue of how I would use my same 1028 bit key
(created under
I have Win95 and Debian 1.3 on the same hard disk on my Amd 586 with
Doc's Boot as an MBR. Being still pretty new to Linux, here's a
question... I downloaded Netscape the other day for Linux, but had to
use Winbloze to do it 'cause I _still_ haven't got ppp working...
anyway, can I access the Win9
On Mon, 12 Jan 1998, George Bonser wrote:
> I think it might be a better idea to concentrate resources on the one
> currently available completely free Linux distribution and improve it
> rather than further fragment the community with yet another distribution.
One thing I've never been convinced
At work I have a bo system serving in-house e-mail. Most of the client
machines are running IE on Win95 and get their mail via POP3.
Mail is transferred between ISP and the bo system using uucp and smail.
Everything is fine.
But . . .
Say a message comes in for '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' instead of '[
"Richard E. Hawkins Esq." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> After the last round of questions & posts on the topic, I've found
> that I can stably export xauthority by
>
> xauth list $DISPLAY
>
> and pasting from MIT on to
>
> xauth add $DISPLAY
>
> is there a way to pass this information automati
Thomas Kocourek wrote:
> Catalin Popescu writes:
> >
> > A friend of mine has a hard-disk of 1.2Gb with 2 partions: /dev/hda1,
> > /dev/hda2.
> >
> > On /dev/hda1 he has Win'95. Is there any problems with booting if I
> > help
> > him to insatll Debian 1.3.1 on /dev/hda2 and try to boot it with
On Mon, Jan 12, 1998 at 08:57:36PM +0200, Neilen Marais wrote:
> I'm trying to install slrn with slrnpull working, but the slrnpull.conf
> file that the readme says I must use as an example for writing my own
> is no-where to be found, and slrnpull don't seem to do anything w/o
> this file...
/us
How small do you want? I have installed a bunch of usefull stuff on
less then 60MB of hard drive space.
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Ian Keith Setford writes:
>
>
> Yo-
>
> I have Debian running fine on my first hard drive (/dev/hda) and I wish
> to add another disk and install Win95 on it (bummer). My DOS/Windows boot
> disks will not allow me to install Win on the second drive(/dev/hdc).
> Error message says, "Remove NTFS
Noe' Franco writes:
>
> WE'RE USING DEBIAN GNU LINUX 1.3
> ON AUTHORIZATION : WHEN DOING THE .htaccess FILE CAN DIGEST BE USED? IS IT
> SUPPORTED YET?
>
> I KNOWN THIS IS A ROOKIE QUESTION, WHAT IS A REALM? IT'S TALKED ABOUT BUT
> NEVER EXPLAINED.
>
> AND FINALLY IF YOU HAVE ANY TIPS OR PLACES T
Hi all,
I think there is no good information in HOWTOs .../kernel/Documentation/*,
etc... files about this subject. Where I can found more info about it?
I specially interested with loading modules/kernels with mixed versions
and symbols tables.
Thanks in advance
On Tue, Jan 13, 1998 at 08:15:40AM -0600, Richard E. Hawkins Esq. wrote:
> suddently, xforms and xforms-dev are no longer available. Does anyone
> know where they went?
They were to be replaced by libforms* packages. It looks like the xforms*
packages have already been removed, while the libforms
suddently, xforms and xforms-dev are no longer available. Does anyone know
where they went?
rick
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Ian Keith Setford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have Debian running fine on my first hard drive (/dev/hda) and I wish
> to add another disk and install Win95 on it (bummer). My DOS/Windows boot
> disks will not allow me to install Win on the second drive(/dev/hdc).
> Error message says, "Remove
Chris Keathley Keathley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I read the how to's on how to install my sound card but when I type
> "make config" it is giving me a msg that says something about missing
> target, I can't remember exactly what it said. What am I doing wrong
> if any thing. Is there a diff
I read the how to's on how to install my sound card but when I type
"make config" it is giving me a msg that says something about missing
target, I can't remember exactly what it said. What am I doing wrong
if any thing. Is there a different procedure for debian, and if so
where can it be found.
On Tue, Jan 13, 1998 at 01:57:38PM +0100, Peter Gervai wrote:
> Am I right to see that there is no gated debian package?
Yes. There are licensing issues with gated (I don't know details; search the
mailing list archives for them).
HTH,
Ray
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Hello,
Am I right to see that there is no gated debian package?
(please cc email on me)
bye,
peter
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In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Sen Nagata <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>is there already some administrative command one can use to easily
>enable/disable a service? i know it is possible to write scripts to do
>this for various services...but perhaps there is already some existing
>method?
update
Hi,
I was thinking of aquiring a Telephony audio
(sound/answerphone/fax/modem) boards. Does anyone know of any reasons why
I shouldn't and what is the best possible one to aquire
Thanks
Jonathan
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-Original Message-
From: Irmund Thum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Date: Tuesday, 13 January 1998 8:08 pm
Subject: svgatextmode - how to use
>I've installed svgatextmode with dselect but can't find any file or
>.conf.
>How can I use this utility?
>Thanks in advanc
On Mon, Jan 12, 1998 at 07:55:16PM +0100, Irmund Thum wrote:
> I've installed svgatextmode with dselect but can't find any file or
> ..conf.
> How can I use this utility?
> Thanks in advance
> __
> IT
I had to un-comment the lines in /etc/rc.boot/svgatextmode to actiate it.
>
>
>
>
> --
> TO
at some point around 12 Jan 1998 07:57:06 -0600
[EMAIL PROTECTED] mentioned:
> Sen Nagata writes:
> > what kind of advantages does this kind of approach have compared to
> > having a single file for each run level (or even one file for all
> > runlevels) describing which scripts to run (as well
Shaleh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I would like to setup xdm so that it s started upon entering runlevel 4
> and stopped when dropping back down to runlevel 3. How does debian
> handle xdm??
>
It is done with symlinks in the /etc/rc.d directories.
I recommend the update-rc.d programm for alte
jhillma2 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> pon was the closest, but it kept erroring out. I know the problem is
> with the way the ppp.chatscript was setup, but I don't know what the
> format is (e.g., which lines tell it to wait for "foo" then send
> "bar"). Could somebody please tell me the syntax
We changed the settings accordingly.
: On Mon, Jan 12, 1998 at 06:21:40PM +0100, Alex de Joode wrote:
: > We mirror ftp.de.debian.org/debian-non-us/
:
: Please change your mirror settings then. The hostname "nonUS.debian.org" is
: preferred, and the link is /debian-non-US, US in capitals. So, pl
I've installed svgatextmode with dselect but can't find any file or
.conf.
How can I use this utility?
Thanks in advance
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Hi,
has anyone thought of a very small installation. Maybe using a pseudo-package?
I am looking for such an installation.
Leo.
Matthias L. Jugel -- GMD FIRST Berlin Adlershof
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Es gibt zwei Arten von Narren. Der eine sagt: "Dies ist alt und
desh
Asher Haig writes:
>
> I have a problem when my system boots where networking loads before the
> PCMCIA services that are needed to drive the network card. As a result, I
> have to run /etc/init.d/network whenever I boot before networking will
> work.
>
> Anyone have any idea why this might h
whkye writes:
>
> Hi!
>
> Now I try to install the debian 1.3.1 package.
> It seems that the debian liloconfig does not support multiple
> OS boot. It does not ask me the other partition
> information.
You will have to hand edit the /etc/lilo.conf file and add the needed
information for multi-O
Catalin Popescu writes:
>
> A friend of mine has a hard-disk of 1.2Gb with 2 partions: /dev/hda1,
> /dev/hda2.
>
> On /dev/hda1 he has Win'95. Is there any problems with booting if I help
> him to insatll Debian 1.3.1 on /dev/hda2 and try to boot it with loadlin.
>
Actually, either method wor
Ian writes:
>
> Hi Tim,
>
> Thanks for replying so quickly.
>
> As I said before, I'm a complete novice at Debian Linux. Once I'm set up
> it'll be a bit better as I have worked on a Unix box before.
>
> System:
> Intel 233mmx
> 32Mb
> HD as Primary on 1st controller
> Pioneer DR-A24X CDrom as
Hi !
I had a similar problem frequently (can't remember the status and error figures
though) on my old 486 with an ide-cdrom of indeterminate brand, until I figured
out that the problem disappears completely if I push the reset button
immediately
after powering on the computer.
/Mats Eriksson (
On Mon, Jan 12, 1998 at 06:21:40PM +0100, Alex de Joode wrote:
> We mirror ftp.de.debian.org/debian-non-us/
Please change your mirror settings then. The hostname "nonUS.debian.org" is
preferred, and the link is /debian-non-US, US in capitals. So, please use
ftp://nonUS.debian.org/debian-non-US/
A
I would like to setup xdm so that it s started upon entering runlevel 4
and stopped when dropping back down to runlevel 3. How does debian
handle xdm??
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Hi, All
what is the best way to move from
libc5 based X (3.3-4) to libc6 ?
Is there a particular order of upgrades?
I already have libc6-2.0.6 and related
stuff from hamm installed.
regards
OK
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Ok, I just installed the latest Debian install (everyone else I know
went RH5.0, but hey, I like to be different). Anyway, I dl'd the
install from ftp, and now I want to install the packages, but I want to
do it with ftp. So the way I see it I have to:
1) Initiate a ppp connection to my ISP
2) s
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