it worked probably because there used to be a symlink from /usr/spool
to /var/spool. this link has disappeared in the new base-files package
(1.6), so you either create the symlink by hand (like i did) or edit
the printcap file.
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On Sat, 21 Feb 1998 13:00:32 CST, TW Kayos wrote:
> doesn't anyone have experience installing Debian on this hardware?
> Perhaps
> the card should be removed from the "working" hardware list, as it
> doesn't
> work with linux.
What makes you think aic7xxx supports your controller?
/usr/src/kernel
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Nathan E Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> You probably did this already, but have you enabled your PS/2 mouse port
> in your BIOS? You also need a kernel with PS/2 support compiled in, or
> you need to insert the module. I believe typing 'cat /proc/misc' will
>
On Fri, 20 Feb 1998, Stephen P. Ryan wrote:
: On 20 Feb, Bruce Dobrin wrote:
: > 1FA: is what I get when I try to boot from My hard drive. I had this
: > problem once before and the problem mysteriously went away. It hasn't gone
: > away yet on this box. this disturbs me. This is a new mach
On 20 Feb 1998, William R. Ward wrote:
: I have a motherboard that has a PS/2 mouse port. It's *not* an ATX
: motherboard, though - the PS/2 port and the parallel port are together
: on a metal insert that goes in one of the card slot holes in the
: case. I have a TrackMan that has a PS/2 port:
On 20 Feb 1998, William R. Ward wrote:
: Lindsay Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
: > On Tue, 10 Feb 1998, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
: > > On Mon, Feb 09, 1998 at 09:11:27PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: > > > How can you view the entire list of messeges that show when you boot
into
: > > > linu
On Sat, Feb 21, 1998 at 03:25:42PM -0500, Tim Sailer wrote:
> I wrote:
> > I just tried to shuffle modems. Only /dev/ttyC1 shows connect speeds.
> > That rules out modem settings.
>
> That makes me thing you need to look at /etc/mgetty.config. Check the
> per-port init strings.
This is it:
#
#
Jeff Noxon wrote:
> > > > > On Mon, Feb 16, 1998 at 01:06:59PM -0600, Jeff Noxon wrote:
> > > > >> I have three dial-in modems on my hamm box. They are all identical
> > > > >> USR Couriers AFIAK, and their configuration *appears* to be the same.
> > > > >> But one port always shows connect speed
When Paul Miller wrote, I replied:
When I run "dpkg -S traceroute" is see things from the netstd package.
>
> What package contains the traceroute program (not mtr, something similar
> to microsoft's tracert.exe program).
>
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>
>
doesn't anyone have experience installing Debian on this hardware?
Perhaps
the card should be removed from the "working" hardware list, as it
doesn't
work with linux.
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On Sat, 21 Feb 1998, Michael Beattie wrote:
> Is it at all possible to beep the PC Speaker via bash? or perl... or
> whatever?
>
> What I want to do is set up my ip-up script, so that fetchmail is run from
> it, and there is some sort of notification when it is complete.. i.e. a
> double beep or
On Thu, Feb 19, 1998 at 04:48:04PM +, David Wright wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Feb 1998, Jeff Noxon wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Feb 18, 1998 at 04:33:58AM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Feb 16, 1998 at 01:06:59PM -0600, Jeff Noxon wrote:
> > > >> I have three dial-in modems on my hamm box.
Has anyone gotten Enlightenment & related apps (ImLib, eMusic, ePlus,
eTerm, etc), to compile properly on their debian system?
>From what i've seen RH5 people seem to beable to compile E-stuff fine,
while they give trouble on other distributions.
I'm wondering what the RH5 people have that i'm miss
> "Rob" == Pure Energy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Rob> Anyone know of any programs that work on debian/linux for
Rob> creating imagemaps? I've looked but haven't been able to find
Rob> anything.
I have been using tgif to do my web imagemaps, pretty good. Tgif is
object based, yo
What package contains the traceroute program (not mtr, something similar
to microsoft's tracert.exe program).
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Is there a Debian package of FrameMaker or something that does
the same kinds of things? I've started using it a work and
would like to practice using it on my home machine.
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u
On Fri, Feb 20, 1998 at 10:18:42AM -0800, Adam Klein wrote:
> The new /etc/Muttrc doesn't set any colors, and the default in mutt is
> black and white.
It's annoying that old configuration files aren't backed up unless
they're modified. Fortunately, I found an old /etc/Muttrc on another
system, a
> Does anyone know if there exists a debian package that simulates any type
> of MC68K assembler?? Specifically the TUTOR software. Any help is
> greatly appreciated.
Last time I checked, there wasn't any. The people who developed the thing
don't seem to distribute the source, and I didn't find
> check your /etc/printcap file.
>
ahah, you're right. I took it from one of the workstations. But this begs
the question as to why it worked for weeks before this . . .
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On Fri, Feb 20, 1998 at 12:54:23PM -0600, Richard E. Hawkins Esq. wrote:
>
> I used to be able to print from the appropriate account to this print spooler.
> but now I get the message,
>
> lpq: he183-lj5m: cannot chdir to spooling directory
>
> and a cannot create /usr/spool/.seq error when try
Hi,
first of all I want to thank all those who helped me in my desperate search
for Mr. Scheetz.
Now here's the problem that made impossible for me to reach Mr. Scheetz directly
I'm using elm+sendmail+popclient to send/receive my mail. On my outbound mail, I
use elm to properly rewrite the header
> I'm having some strange results when I use the default FTP software. It
> goes for a while and eventually kills my PPP connection. I don't make it
> to a meg of a download before the system redials. This also happens when
> remote users access ftpd and transfer files. But not as badly or as often
> Hello,
> ==
>
> > In X-Windows, almost any software I run extends off the edges of the
> > screen, making it difficult or impossible to use some stuff (Especialy
> > games, but other stuff too.) I'm using an SVGA monitor, but with a
> > generic VGA graphics card.
Hi.
While the following is
To solve that problem, you need to tell the compiler where to find
libXt.so. Edit your Makefile and find all instances of the string '-lXt'.
Insert -L/usr/X11R6/lib, or whatever the appropriate path is to the
directory containing libXt.so.
However, instead of building this program from source, yo
Does anyone know if there exists a debian package that simulates any type
of MC68K assembler?? Specifically the TUTOR software. Any help is
greatly appreciated.
Regards,
jd
PS. On the MC68K, TUTOR is a 16kb resident package, that allows various
assembler type commands to be issued to the proc
Corey Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> When I run X Windows in 16 bpp mode, I can see the grided outlines
you mean 8bpp here, right?
> of windows when I try to move them. However, when I witch to 16 bpp, it
> stops displaying the outlines when I try to move windows around. Thanks
> for
Abou Anber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I try to Install xearth, version 1.0 under Linux but I got an error
>
> message, which is"ld: cannot open -lXt No such file or directory"
> " make: *** [xearth] error 1"
>
Which debianpackage of x
Abou Anber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Dear Sir:
> I try to Install xearth, version 1.0 under Linux but I got an error
>
> message, which is"ld: cannot open -lXt No such file or directory"
> " make: *** [xearth] error 1"
>
> I'll be ap
Using Kernal: 2.0.32
I'm having some strange results when I use the default FTP software. It
goes for a while and eventually kills my PPP connection. I don't make it
to a meg of a download before the system redials. This also happens when
remote users access ftpd and transfer files. But not as bad
On Sat, Feb 21, 1998 at 02:49:36AM -0600, Alex Romosan wrote:
> people). which brings up one of the things that i am beginning to find
> annoying about linux these days: this so called file system standard,
> which seems to be getting weirder and weirder every day, and more and
> more different tha
Paul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> When I set the MANPATH environment variable, the /usr/man, etc. manual
> pages don't work... How can I fix this?
>
> MANPATH=$MANPATH:/usr/local/qt/man
> export MANPATH
Short answer:
MANPATH=`manpath -q`:/usr/local/qt/man
export MANPATH
will work, b
Hello,
==
> In X-Windows, almost any software I run extends off the edges of the
> screen, making it difficult or impossible to use some stuff (Especialy
> games, but other stuff too.) I'm using an SVGA monitor, but with a
> generic VGA graphics card.
Well, how much VRAM do you have on your g
Hello friends,
==
> put something like this in /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers
>
> :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X vt7 -bpp 16
This is a very common procedure, however, I think it is better to edit
XF86Config file and isert this line:
DefaultColorDepth 16
right above the first 'Subsection' definit
On Fri, Feb 20, 1998 at 11:33:03PM -0500, Stephen P. Ryan wrote:
> On 20 Feb, Bruce Dobrin wrote:
> > 1FA: is what I get when I try to boot from My hard drive. I had this
> > problem once before and the problem mysteriously went away. It hasn't gone
> > away yet on this box. this disturbs me.
Jesus Duran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> running. Gimp is wonderful. Ok now on to my last "Real" project. I need
> to get a ppp dialup connection up and running. I was trying to start off
http://www.debian.org/cgi-bin/fom?file=20 is a good place to start with.
Ciao,
Martin
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On Sat, Feb 21, 1998 at 11:46:17AM +0900, Sen Nagata wrote:
>
> p.s. has anyone had any luck unounting mounted linux partitions
> using fsdext2? i tried what was in the included faq (/u option)
> but to no avail (option is not recognized). perhaps this option
> is not in version 0.16?
I've bee
Dear Kechie,
You are very brave. You are new to Unix and you have chosen to
install Debian. You can get a lot of help by going to www.linuxpress.com.
They have a book online which will be of great help to you. Download it
and if you like it, buy the real thing. Read on ...
> I install
Disregard previous post please, I have found the source of the problem
and have taken care of it. Thanks again for all the help that I have
received from the members of this newsgroup. :)
Charles
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at some point around Sat, 21 Feb 1998 01:37:57 -0500 (EST)
Steve Hsieh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> mentioned:
[comments about cfs snipped]
> If this hasn't been reported as a bug yet on the bugtraq system, you ought
> to report it. Also it would be good to mention that 1.4.0beta is out.
the cfs package
I install Debian/Linux on one of the machines at my office and I can't
get the Network Card to work.
The network card is a PCI 3Com Ethernet XL Combo. And I can't find the
driver on the installation package. I don't have a copy of its manual.
And one thing more, how do you configure LILO to boot
check your /etc/printcap file.
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>anywhere I could specify the color depth elsewhere? I looked for
>somewhere I could append a ` -- -bpp 16' to in the xdm and other X
>configuration files, but I'm not having much luck.
put something like this in /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers
:0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X vt7 -bpp 16
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the problem is the missing link to /var/spool from /usr/spool. since
there are no references to /usr/spool/lpd in lpd, this most certainly
comes from the /etc/printcap file. it certainly does on my system (the
printcap is generated automatically by the distributed printing
people). which brings up
Can anyone tell me why I keep getting this message when I try to 'make
menuconfig' on my system to try to recompile my kernel. I also get the
same basic error message when trying to 'make dep' so therefore I cannot
properly recompile my kernel :((
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
BTW It was s
Hello,
my name is Gerardo and I have written a similar mail few days ago!!
[EMAIL PROTECTED] has replayed me that he has also experienced the
same problem, and that Award BIOS can be the cause!
I have the following config:
1) PowerBoard for Pentium 233 MMX (TX with 512 KB cache!)
2) 64 MB DRAM
2
Anyone know of any programs that work on debian/linux for creating
imagemaps? I've looked but haven't been able to find anything.
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That's a packaging error in the CFS source. You need to rebuild the
package yourself and change
EXE cpasswd debian/tmp/usr/bin/cmkdir
to
EXE cmkdir debian/tmp/usr/bin/cmkdir
inside debian/tmp.files
If this hasn't been reported as a bug yet on the bugtraq system, you ought
to report it. Als
Dear Sir:
I try to Install xearth, version 1.0 under Linux but I got an error
message, which is"ld: cannot open -lXt No such file or directory"
" make: *** [xearth] error 1"
I'll be appreciate if you can help me about solving this proble
does anyone have any experience with debian and this card?
does the rescue disk have the needed driver?
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Started cfsd
I created /null with mode 000
Exported it to localhost.
Created /var/sdb1/crypt
Did a mount -o port=3049,intr localhost:/null /var/sdb1/crypt
Everything seemed to work ok...
Now, I can't seem to get cmkdir to work, it keeps thinking that
its cpasswd ??
If/When I get cmkdir to work,
When I set the MANPATH environment variable, the /usr/man, etc. manual
pages don't work... How can I fix this?
MANPATH=$MANPATH:/usr/local/qt/man
export MANPATH
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Hi,
Does anyone know of a VMS/VAX emulator?
Thanks
Jonathan
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Dear Sirs:
I am having a problem installing linux on my system. I have the install
on CDROM and I can't get the system to see my CDROM. I have tried with
Debian, RedHat and Caldera Open Linux Lite and I can't seem to get through
the install. I know that the aztcd module is the module for my
pro
On 20 Feb, Bruce Dobrin wrote:
> 1FA: is what I get when I try to boot from My hard drive. I had this
> problem once before and the problem mysteriously went away. It hasn't gone
> away yet on this box. this disturbs me. This is a new machine with a
> 9gig cheeta drive, 1st (system) partit
1FA: is what I get when I try to boot from My hard drive. I had this problem
once before and the problem mysteriously went away. It hasn't gone away yet on
this box. this disturbs me. This is a new machine with a 9gig cheeta drive,
1st (system) partition is 500meg. Any Ideas???
Thank you
Paul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I installed that package.. and I my scrollbars changed to a 3d type athena
> widget...same mouse controls.. How do I fix this?
What do you mean by "that package" - the scrollbars you describe seem
to by the ones you get with xaw3d. Just do as I suggeste
I installed that package.. and I my scrollbars changed to a 3d type athena
widget...same mouse controls.. How do I fix this?
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On Fri, 20 Feb 1998, Daniel Martin at cush wrote:
> Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Paul Mille
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Subject: Re: My trials upgrading to hamm/Bad bash 2.01-5 for bo
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From: Daniel Martin
Date: 20 Feb 1998 22:49:29 -0500
In-Reply-To: Daniel Ma
On Fri, 20 Feb 1998 18:34:32 PST, I wrote:
> Hi,
>
> According to /var/log/syslog, my cron was working all day on Feb 8 (the
> day I upgraded to hamm), and stopped working the following morning when
> I rebooted. /var/log/syslog now shows that crontab edits, removals,
> and lists work fine, an
at some point around Fri, 20 Feb 1998 09:18:54 +0100 (CET)
Fredrik Ax <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> mentioned:
> Peter van Sebille has written ext2 drivers for Win95. The driver
> is called FSDEXT2 and is at the present available in the incoming
> folders of sunsites e.g.
> ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/
The kernel must be compiled with PS/2 support (or the appropriate
module loaded). The /etc/gpm.conf file should look something like:
device=/dev/psaux
responsiveness=
type=ps2
append="-R" # this line is needed to use a PS/2 mouse in X
Your XF86Config file should contain a section like
Hi,
According to /var/log/syslog, my cron was working all day on Feb 8 (the
day I upgraded to hamm), and stopped working the following morning when
I rebooted. /var/log/syslog now shows that crontab edits, removals,
and lists work fine, and I've reviewd my crontab entries with
diligence, howe
Version 1.3.1 (newest) rescue disk, gives message "no disk found" when I
get
to the disk partition step (first step that looks for a hard drive).
controller: AHA2920
disk: ST3151N (Seagate)
The obvious answer would be that the rescue disk kernel does not have
support
for the card. Is this
On 20 Feb 1998, William R. Ward wrote:
> I have a motherboard that has a PS/2 mouse port. It's *not* an ATX
> motherboard, though - the PS/2 port and the parallel port are together
> on a metal insert that goes in one of the card slot holes in the
> case. I have a TrackMan that has a PS/2 port:
Has stopped working - I say lp file, the file queues, I try lpstat
and see "ERROR: printer 'lp', chdir to /var/spool/lpd/bj10sx' failed;
'No such file or directory'" which makes sense as ther's no file or
directory named bj10sx in /var/spool/lpd. This had been working prior
to by recent re-install
I have a motherboard that has a PS/2 mouse port. It's *not* an ATX
motherboard, though - the PS/2 port and the parallel port are together
on a metal insert that goes in one of the card slot holes in the
case. I have a TrackMan that has a PS/2 port: with an adapter it
works fine in the serial port
Shaleh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> What is the error you get?
That is, what do the last several lines of:
grep 'pppd\[' /var/log/messages
say?
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I'm sure this is a stupid problem, and that the answer is right in
front of me in one of the man pages, but I can't for the life of me
find it.
In X-Windows, almost any software I run extends off the edges of the
screen, making it difficult or impossible to use some stuff (Especialy
games, but oth
Hi,
Does anyone know of a VMS/VAX emulator
J.
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Hi,
It occurred to me that running dselect | ftp as root could potentially
compromise root access.
I don't want users to be able to run dselect, and I don't want to loose
the power of dselect by downloading all packages and package lists
individually, but I want to decrease the potential of ro
On Thu, Feb 19, 1998 at 03:13:07PM -0600, Jeff Noxon wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 19, 1998 at 01:42:12PM -0500, Tim Sailer wrote:
> > Bleh... the default behavior of mutt changed. Can anyone tell me how to
> > make the latest mutt *not* move the read email to $HOME/mbox on exit?
> > I can't find it in the
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