On Fri, Jul 03, 1998 at 12:37:36AM -0700, Christopher Barry wrote:
GIMP is a really cool graphics program, and lets you do a lot of the same
things Photoshop does. A good place to get started would be the official
website, gimp.org.
Alexander Gutfraind wrote:
Hello Fellow Debian Users!
On Fri, Jul 03, 1998 at 06:13:35PM -0400, Chris Brown wrote:
I'm looking to increase the reliability (fault tolerance) of a system
that's using IDE drives.
Is there a way to add a second identical drive and have the the OS
mirror the data on the partitions? such that if one drive actually
The very same thing happened to me last week. I've attached a diff
which should take care of the problem for you. Here's what you need to
do (I'm assuming that /usr/local/src/awedrv-0.4.2d is where you unpacked
awedrv into):
cd /usr/local/src
patch -p0
Sorry, I hit the wrong key and accidently set that last one just a tad
bit early...
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The very same thing happened to me last week. I've attached a diff
which should take care of the problem for you. Here's what you need to
do (I'm assuming that /usr/local/src/awedrv-0.4.2d is where you
Seems to me that locking it down will be the big problem because the first
requirement of security is to prevent access to the box. You might be
better off using the boxes as X-Window terminals with a server in the back
room. There was discussion on this recently about making X-Window
I did in fact forget to put a destination in my cp command.
After deleting the '/root/core' file, freeing up some space, I tried to:
'cp -a /usr/* /mnt/linuxfiles/'
But I got a whole bunch of operation not permitted errors, so I aborted
the process. Apparently, the dos side won't save
At 05:26 PM 7/3/98 -0700, you wrote:
I did in fact forget to put a destination in my cp command.
After deleting the '/root/core' file, freeing up some space, I tried to:
'cp -a /usr/* /mnt/linuxfiles/'
But I got a whole bunch of operation not permitted errors, so I aborted
the
Hi there. After a wonderful discussion in debian-devel :) I decided to
try out gnome. However I can't seam to find the gmc package in the
incoming or slink directory?
Does the package exist get? And if so where
Thanks,
Kevin
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On Fri, 03 Jul 1998, Dennis Dixon wrote:
I did in fact forget to put a destination in my cp command.
After deleting the '/root/core' file, freeing up some space, I tried to:
'cp -a /usr/* /mnt/linuxfiles/'
But I got a whole bunch of operation not permitted errors, so I aborted
the
On Fri, Jul 03, 1998 at 12:56:04PM -0400, Shaleh wrote:
HAHAHAHAHA
Ok, now that that is said. slashdot.org's founder Rob Malda is in the
process of moving. And as we all know once you do not have time to work
on something -- it breaks. the DNS server has had problems the last few
days.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
CAP = Columbia Appletalk Package
Hi,
I was wondering if anyone out there has or is using cap for appletalk on
debian linux. I am trying to set it up, but not having any luck. What
would be really good is if someone had a debian package for CAP, or
I just ran apt-get to upgrade fully upgrade to hamm and everthing worked
fine except
that I got this on xcontrib:
Setting up xcontrib (3.3.1-2) ...
chown: /usr/X11R6/bin/xload: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing xcontrib (--install):
subprocess post-installation script returned
I am having trouble setting up this modem.
I tried the normal settings on this modem, but they won't work.
If i'm reading the output from plog correct then it gets stuck
waiting for the login name.
It does everything before that very slowly but i got it to dial.
then i get a first line of
Hi,
Try the netatalk package instead of CAP. I've been using it for over a
month now and haven't had any problems. You will need to enable support
Appletalk DDP in the kernel or as a module.
-Ossama
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I tried this, because when I did an archives search I found a small thread that
talked
about this bug. Switching to 16 or 32 did not work for me. Is there *anyone*
that this
actually worked for, specifically jumping from 24 to 32, because don't 24 and
32 both
support the same number of colors
I wan;t to use xemacs in order to write in hebrew, which requires to
write from right to left, alight the text to the right and also change
the font to an hebrew one.
Is there a way to do this, and how is it done.
If the optin doesn't exist now and there is a way to write it then if
anyone can
anyone knows how to add new fonts to X11 (in existing directories)
How to change fonts and default fonts
and how to use true type fonts / xfstt?
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Christopher Barry wrote:
I tried this, because when I did an archives search I found a small thread
that talked
about this bug. Switching to 16 or 32 did not work for me. Is there *anyone*
that this
actually
On Sat, Jul 04, 1998 at 12:00:01AM -0400, Ossama Othman wrote:
Try the netatalk package instead of CAP. I've been using it for over a
month now and haven't had any problems. You will need to enable support
Appletalk DDP in the kernel or as a module.
I've had a few problems. Once it appeared
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On Sat, 4 Jul 1998, Ossama Othman wrote:
Hi,
Try the netatalk package instead of CAP. I've been using it for over a
month now and haven't had any problems. You will need to enable support
Appletalk DDP in the kernel or as a module.
-Ossama
I
All you should have to do is add yourself to group dip. Login as root (or
su) and use 'usermod -G dip username'. That should do it, you can check
what groups you are in by logging in as yourself and typing 'groups'. As
for the permissions, type 'man chmod' to read all about them.
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RA == Robert Alexander [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
RA One thing that works flawlessly is installing the source package and
RA then using the make-kpkg command from the kernel-package package.
RA The same source tree used with the usual make menuconfig;make dep;make
RA all;make install does not
KYL == K Y Lo [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
KYL I had installed Netscape 4.05 and setting up things but I cant running
KYL netscape to excute itself. it looks nothing
KYL How do user run the netscape to execute?
Install netscape using the debian installer (netscape4.deb), then just
type netscape
GWK == G W Kugler [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
GWK wenn ich gimp aufrufe, erhalte ich: can't load library 'libXm.so.2'.
libXm.so.2 ist glaube ich die Motif Library. Du hast wohl noch ein gimp,
das dynamisch gegen Motif gelinkt wurde. Entweder installierst du
gimp-smotif (die statisch gelinkte
Type 'dselect' at the prompt.
Jonathan Bruce wrote:
How do I run deselect after installing Linux?
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I use the cfortran header file from this location
ftp://zebra.desy.de/cfortan
to build prototypes for BLAS and Lapack functions.
I've finally understood how to make the headers. Now I can make them by
myself.
I A more general question: is there a way to
e == ej [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
e for the permissions, type 'man chmod' to read all about them.
http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/DOS-Win-to-Linux-HOWTO.html
http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/LDP/gs/node5.html#SECTION00510
have also some introducery words about permissions.
Ciao,
Hi,
I have been using 116x34x9 for many moons now, but after changing from
2.1.106 to 2.1.108 my screen is steps and stairs. It all comes good if I
revert to 80x25.
Using hamm and svgatextmode_1.8-5.2.deb.
Can anyone point me in the right direction to get this fixed?
Was wondering if there was still the mlddcs package around, and if there is
a good howto somewhere on setting up pon with mldcc. Thanks
meridian
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Hi,
Sometime ago somebody gave me some tips about how to do keybindings in
emacs. They were for latex. Here they are (from my .emacs):
(defvar TeX-command-list
(list
(list LaTeX latex %t
'TeX-run-LaTeX nil t)
(list View xdvi %d
'TeX-run-command nil t)
(list
Hi, All
i've recompiled and put new kernel (2.0.34) on my computer,
running Hamm 2.0 Beta. Now looks like i have network problem,
namely, from syslog
Jul 4 18:57:08 stas inetd[176]: smtp/tcp: bind: Permission denied
Jul 4 18:57:08 stas inetd[176]: auth/tcp: bind: Permission denied
Jul 4
What command did you use with loadlin? It should be
loadlin linux root=/dev/ram initrd=root.bin
Try this and make sure that you get it right.
The FATAL ERROR message is most likely caused by a bad floppy. Linux is
_very_ picky about floppies and you might need to make 5 or 6 before you
Hi,
I wouldn't worry too much about VGA-related stuff not working in
2.1.107 and 2.1.108. The VGA Console is completely broken in these two
kernels. Shift-PgUp/PgDn does not work and God knows what else is
broken. As far as I know a fix has not been provided yet, not even in
the kernel mailing
On Fri, 03 Jul 1998, Kevin Atkinson wrote:
I just ran apt-get to upgrade fully upgrade to hamm and everthing worked
fine except
that I got this on xcontrib:
Setting up xcontrib (3.3.1-2) ...
chown: /usr/X11R6/bin/xload: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing xcontrib (--install):
*-Christopher Barry ( 4 Jul)
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| Jonathan Bruce wrote:
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Also, you might want to read the Dselect Beginners guide:
ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/bo/main/disks-i386/current/dselect.beginner.8.html
or
I've got hamm installed, and can use 'pon' to start ppp to hook up to
the net okay as root, but for the regular user account I made during
install I can not because I get 'permission denied' errors. I know
this has to do with permissions, so what do I change and how? I've
looked for a
I remember some PCI errors showing up during boot with older kernels
that were eliminated in later kernel versions(2.0.32+ ?), but, of
course, I can't tell whether this applies to your situation.
yep. upgrading removed (PCI-related) warnings during boot and now
XF86Config, e.g.,
On Fri, 3 Jul 1998, Randy Edwards wrote:
I recently switched ISPs to one that uses NT and its chap. Using the
pppconfig package I have my system working so that it works fine with
pon.
I think you're using hamm.
if you look in /etc/ppp/peers you'll find the ppp-options generated by
On Fri, 3 Jul 1998, Johann Spies wrote:
I use slrn --spool. I can't remember the details, but I know at first I
had a lot of trouble to get it to work. If I remember correctly, I, as
root, deleted the /var/news/ directory because of trouble getting the
correct permissions. Thereafter the
Howdy,
I just downloaded the floppy version of Debian from
ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/stable/disks-i386/current/ and I am
attempting a default install on a new machine.
My hardware configuration:
PCI MB 486-dx2/80 with 32 megs of RAM.
Maxtor 7540AV Cylinders:1046 Heads:16 Sectors:63 Size:515
Evan Van Dyke wrote:
After installing all of the X11 packages(through dselect) on
Debian 2.0, I've run into problems. when I try to run XF86Setup,
It says that it can't find /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/6x13.pc*
So I ran xf86config... then when I ran startx, it can't find
I had a similar problem trying to install Debian 2.0 on my machine at
work. Many Maxtor hard drives come with their own BIOS program that
takes control of the computer away from the ROM BIOS. This is done
mainly to allow older BIOS's to see the full capacity of larger hard
drives, but it may
Got my PPP connection up and running with a USR 56k modem. The modem WILL
connect through regular dialup (33.6). Problem is that it doesn't
transmit properly when connected with the provider's X2 modem. It DOES work
under OS/2. Init string's same. Login procedure is simple (no PAP or CHAP,
Dennis Dai [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
My experience is: install NT first, then install Linux, run LILO to
modify MBR (add a dos option as usual). After reboot, I got LILO prompt
first. If I select dos, NT boot loader came up, there you can select NT
or win95. This is quite different from what
Dennis Dixon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
What I need to do is change one of my Debian (version 1.3) partitions into 2
separate partitions. There is presently 161 MB of files in hda6 (the
partition I want to subdivide) and on my Windows half of the computer in
Drive D: (hda5) I have 190MB of
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
seems we have a problem here ... it relieves me from feeling totally
dumb. Anyone could suggest the SAFE way of setting things up for the
COLOUR Netscape ??? Thanks.
Now I have
running Netscape but it is black and white, and I don't know what to do
*sigh*.
Brederlow wrote:
Dennis Dixon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
What I need to do is change one of my Debian (version 1.3) partitions into 2
separate partitions. There is presently 161 MB of files in hda6 (the
partition I want to subdivide) and on my Windows half of the computer in
Drive D:
I have the following line in /etc/inittab:
S1:23:respawn:/sbin/mgetty ttyS1
How can I stop it whenever I need to, do something (like changing some
parameter) and restart it again ?
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I downloaded and installed Star Office 4.0. I haven't had much opportunity
to
study it, but I did find out that it will not load PowerPoint (*.ppt) files.
I also checked on word processor files. WinWord 6.0 and 95 are supported,
though the files should not have been saved with the Fast
S == Shaul [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
S I have the following line in /etc/inittab:
S S1:23:respawn:/sbin/mgetty ttyS1
S How can I stop it whenever I need to, do something (like changing some
S parameter) and restart it again ?
Change the config, then kill the mgetty prozess. init will
On Sat, Jul 04, 1998 at 09:03:21AM -0300, Trevor Barrie wrote:
On Fri, 3 Jul 1998, Johann Spies wrote:
I use slrn --spool. I can't remember the details, but I know at first I
had a lot of trouble to get it to work. If I remember correctly, I, as
root, deleted the /var/news/ directory
B == Brederlow [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
B The Suse handbook descibes nicely how to set up Linux to appear in the
B NT boot loader. That way one has only one prompt.
They have a nice supportdatabase. The NT-Loader entry is
http://www.suse.de/support-db/sdb_e/nt.html
Ciao,
Martin
On Sat, Jul 04, 1998 at 01:23:27PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I wouldn't worry too much about VGA-related stuff not working in
2.1.107 and 2.1.108. The VGA Console is completely broken in these two
kernels. Shift-PgUp/PgDn does not work and God knows what else is
broken. As far as I know
Hi People,
I have a Digicard network card in my Linux box.
The Digicard network was designed for schools, and has a main server
box, and Macs, Apple IIs and PCs can all connect to it. It is very like
AppleTalk (you can use the same connectors from the cable to the Mac.)
The card in my Linux box
I've been having problems when (re)installing the Debian distribution using
the 2.0.8_1998-06-23 *14* installation disk images.
On two different systems, with two different Adaptec controllers (AHA-2940AU
and AHA-7880), I have had major problems getting the rescue disk to recognize
my second scsi
I thought I would follow up my own note so that someone else might
benefit from the answer I found. (See below for question)
I found out that I had two partitions on my DOS harddisk. The first
partition amounted to about 2 megs and was a non-DOS partition. I have
no idea whatsoever how it got
On Fri, 03 Jul, 1998, Kevin Atkinson wrote:
Hi there. After a wonderful discussion in debian-devel :) I decided to
try out gnome. However I can't seam to find the gmc package in the
incoming or slink directory?
Does the package exist get? And if so where
no, it does not, Jim Pick,
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