POP mail problems

Hi, Lately I've seen a disturbing trend with qpopper - it freaks out and causes inetd to disable it: Sep 3 11:42:41 brahe inetd[151]: pop-3/tcp server failing (looping), service terminated I have to kill -HUP inetd to get POP mail restarted. I only see these messages during the day, sometimes

VIC for linux?

Hi, There is a product called VIC - Video Conferencing Tool. Is there a compiled version for Linux (Debian Package?). I don't want to send my images as I don't have camera, but would like to see images from others... Thanks, Sasha.

RE: Can't boot past the Takaya

---"Mohamad A. Haque" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What you need to do is pop open your machine and configure the cd-rom drive > as a master. Of course, this means master on a second IDE channel! This is the desireable arrangement in any case. IDE is a serial data interface, like the ST-506 i

Re: GTK-- development

On Thu, 3 Sep 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I have been looking at gnome, and programming in GTK. > I would like to try GTK--, but the GTK-- devel package is dependant on > the gtk1.0 devel package, which conflicts with the gtk1.1 devel package, > which gnome wants. If that makes any sense :

Re: Commandline FTP

When Darren Benham wrote, I replied: I like ncftp for this. It works in scripts (I believe you need to use here document techniques for passworded sites, and this can be a security exposure that you'd prefer to avoid by using ssh or slogin or something. > > Does anyone know of a program/script t

Re: connection

Michael Underwood writes: > is there a package available that would allow me to make a serial > connection to a unix box (from com1), via my Debian PC? Do you have pppd on the Unix box? If so you can set up a ppp link and then just use the usual network tools. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (J

Re: ppp

Rick Knebel writes: > Is there anyway to make ppp with debian 2.0 redial on dissconnect? Brian writes: > Add persist holdoff to your /etc/ppp/options file. Better to put it in the provider file, so that it won't apply to all connections. -- John HaslerThis posting is in the publ

RE: windowmaker

~GNUstep/Library/Windowmaker/menu Mohammad > -Original Message- > From: Rick Knebel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 1998 8:16 PM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: windowmaker > > > Hi, > If anyone is using windowmaker out there could you tell me if

RE: hdc: no response (status = 0xd0)

I also had this problem but i left my cd-rom as master and turned on PNP OS in bios and it worked fine. Mohammad > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, September 03, 1998 8:53 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org

RE: Can't boot past the Takaya

What you need to do is pop open your machine and configure the cd-rom drive as a master. Mohammad > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bill Wilson > Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 1998 11:12 PM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Can

RE: Commandline FTP

---Darren Benham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Does anyone know of a program/script that will SEND files to an FTP site? I > know that 'ftp' can be used to RETRIEVE. I want to upload files via a makefile. The FTP command to send a file is PUT. If you want to send multiple files with wildcards

Unidentified subject!

---Ian Eure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, I was just wondering if there was a way to get >1 >systems running dhcpd > on my network... We just had a stupid problem with >the (only) box that runs dhcp > on our network (power cable to /dev/hdb fell out) and were down for a few hours > before I co

RE: Commandline FTP

Darren Benham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >Does anyone know of a program/script that will SEND files to an FTP site? I >know that 'ftp' can be used to RETRIEVE. I want to upload files via a >makefile. > You can use FTP to "PUT" just as well as you can to "GET". Heres a script that I

Xscreensaver

Hi, I want some screensaver in my computer, so i installed xscreensaver. About it: -The package `xscreensaver' contain some programs that moves (the image) plus a program (xsreensaver) that can count X sec. and then call another...(the one with the `images') ---> Im i right ??? If yes,

GTK-- development

I have been looking at gnome, and programming in GTK. I would like to try GTK--, but the GTK-- devel package is dependant on the gtk1.0 devel package, which conflicts with the gtk1.1 devel package, which gnome wants. If that makes any sense :) The gtk-- web page says that it works with gtk1.1.

RE: Multiple DHCP servers?

Ian Eure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >Hi, I was just wondering if there was a way to get >1 systems running dhcpd >on my network... We just had a stupid problem with the (only) box that runs >dhcp >on our network (power cable to /dev/hdb fell out) and were down for a few hours >before I could ge

Mail via PPP

I have been trying to set up mailing on my home machine, and while I have figured out most of it, I still have a few questions. My understanding of mail in linux with ppp: You run a mail server on your local box, this allows system messages to be sent to you via mail. To get your mail from your

Commandline FTP

Does anyone know of a program/script that will SEND files to an FTP site? I know that 'ftp' can be used to RETRIEVE. I want to upload files via a makefile. = * http://benham.net/index.html

Multiple DHCP servers?

Hi, I was just wondering if there was a way to get >1 systems running dhcpd on my network... We just had a stupid problem with the (only) box that runs dhcp on our network (power cable to /dev/hdb fell out) and were down for a few hours before I could get there and fix things. I didn't see any ment

HELP!!! Compatibility Libraries

I have asked this question here a couple of times before, and not recieved any response. Is there anyone in Debian land who is conversant in ld.so configurations? I have been VERY pleased with the libc5 compatibility in Hamm! This is running on my main WS now, and I have had none of the heada

Re: Getting Win9x to Recognize Linux as a Network Drive

Samba can be used to export Linux file systems as if they were native NT/Winxx SMB share points. This is included in the Debian distribution. The Samba Homepage is at: http://samba.isca.uiowa.edu/samba/samba.html (local mirrors listed here...) Of course, if you want to spend money, you could

Quake 2

I am a little further with Quake 2 on Debian 2.0, but I get the following error: - Loading ref_soft.so - Segmentation fault Anyone an idea? Regards, Ruud.

Printing crash

I'm running 2.0.34, and trying to print to a HP Laserjet 4L. I had the printing system up and working perfectly, until I installed the lyx_0_12_0_final-0_1.deb package. Now, any program trying to access LPD outputs the following to stderr: : lp: getconnection: bad port number for LPD connection! :

Quake 2

I am trying to run Quake 2, but I receive the message: /dev/dsp: No Such Device Could not open /dev/dsp The /dev/dsp is present: crw-rw-rw-1 root audio 14, 3 Jul 21 02:45 dsp I've tried as root and with my own userid (member of users). I am using the OSS Sound drivers. Can someone

SMARTLIST: how to get exact matching?

Can someone tell me how to configure smartlist to do exact address matching? The problem we have is that some usernames are very similar to each other. For exmaple, [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED] As a result, when the second user tries to subscribe, smartlist incorrectly says that the

Re: Ssh 1.2.26 Bo Package?

On 1998.09.03, Jim Harsh wrote: : : I typed off the top of my head. it's really ftp.de.debian.org and : then under debian-non-US/dists/slink/non-US/binary-i386 Jim, ftp.de.debian.org is just a CNAME for the same host that nonus.debian.org is a CNAME for (dresden.de.debian.org). The slin

Re: IRC

On Thu, 3 Sep 1998, Matus fantomas Uhlar wrote: [ snip ] : -> Non-authoritative answer: : -> Name:irc.openprojects.net : -> Addresses: 204.140.166.40, 199.184.169.71, 207.203.100.150, 199.183.24.237 : -> 204.209.161.5, 208.136.203.8, 195.198.116.4, 164.11.100.9, 203.24.100.18

Re: connection

Michael, Try ckermit. Steve Mayer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Michael Underwood wrote: > > is there a package available that would allow me to make a serial connection > to a unix box (from com1), via my Debian PC? I already have the hard > connection made and use it with windows 95 to connect to my u

Printing crash

I'm running 2.0.34, and trying to print to a HP Laserjet 4L. I had the printing system up and working perfectly, until I installed the lyx_0_12_0_final-0_1.deb package. Now, any program trying to access LPD outputs the following to stderr: : lp: getconnection: bad port number for LPD connection! :

Ssh 1.2.26 Bo Package?

Is there a bo package for ssh 1.2.26 available somewhere? I can't seem to find one anywhere obvious. Thanks... -- Tres Hofmeister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.rap.ucar.edu/staff/tres/ Research Applications Program National Center for Atmospheric Research

Re: connection

you can use seyon (available in non-free as "seyon" I believe) which is full-blown X11 or you can install the uucp package and use the cu program which is pure text-mode. Michael Underwood wrote: > is there a package available that would allow me to make a serial connection > to a unix box (fro

Keyboard-switching

Hello friends! == Now I have a big question: does anyone of you know something about software which allows me to instantly change the layout and charset of the keyboard while logged in XWindow??? Something like in Win95 (sorry to say so) - you know, you can choose for example between U

Re: list mirrored to newsgroup?

George Bonser wrote: > > On Wed, 2 Sep 1998, Thomas Apel wrote: > > > I wondered about this as my ISP has a linux.debian.user group on his > > server but this group is empty while linux.debian.devel works well. I > > asked my ISP about this and they told me that nobody uses this list when > > it´

Re: OT: netscape 4/libc6/128-bit encryption

On: Tue, 1 Sep 1998 14:21:29 +0200 (CEST) Jens Ch Lisner writes: > On Mon, 31 Aug 1998, Bob Nielsen wrote: > >> You might be able to convert to 128-bit encryption using fortify. >> See www.fortify.net. I haven't tried it on the libc6 version of >> netscape, however it works fine on the libc5 vers

Re: Compose key not working

On: Wed, 2 Sep 1998 09:56:12 +0200 (SAST) Johann Spies writes: > > I am sorry to bother the list about this. My compose key is not > working after upgrading to Debian 2.0. I do not know how to define > it. All the documentation I have read simply supposes there is a > compose key and that Linux

Re: EGCS 1.1 is out!

On Thu, Sep 03, 1998 at 11:55:49AM -0400, Ossama Othman wrote: > Any idea when EGCS 1.1 will be packaged? It is packaged. Currently it's available only on my harddisk. I'll upload it tomorrow morning CET. HTH, Ray -- ART A friend of mine in Tulsa, Okla., when I was about eleven years old. I'd

connection

is there a package available that would allow me to make a serial connection to a unix box (from com1), via my Debian PC? I already have the hard connection made and use it with windows 95 to connect to my unix box. I just need a good Linux based program that will allow for communicating and file

Re: IRC

-> | > It is imho very stupid idea to create new IRC server/net just because of -> | > this one issue. -> | > -> | -> | I think it is just another DNS entry to another server.. I dont know... It -> | is not only debian. Anyone else please like to comment? -> | -> -> A dnslookup gives, -> -> No

Re: APM support?

On 04 Sep 1998 00:45:58 +1000, Robert Merkel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Remo Badii) writes: > >> I cannot remember having seen any suggestion to include APM support in >> the kernel during the (successful) installation of Debian 2.0 from the >> CDs using dselect. Do I really ha

Re: Gnus for mail: How do I setup my system.

*-Johann Spies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | | I have heard that I can use gnus for handling my mail. I have looked at | the huge amount of documentation on gnus mainly dealing with the reading | of news. I do not want to use gnus for that as I am reading my news | offline using slrn. To gnus mail is al

Re: machine hangs at boot

On Thu, 03 Sep 1998, Pierre Blanchet wrote: > Try to put boot=/dev/hda (not /dev/hda2) in order to put LILO on the MBR. Thanks! Its fixed now... dunno why I didn't see that prob ;> I appreciate everyone's help. -- -Josh ..and always remember..."arf is god spelled funny."

RE: IPmasquerading HELP for LINUX server EMERGENCY

Take a look at http://ipmasq.home.ml.org/ for help. I'm in the process myself... Hank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bruce Jackson Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 1998 7:53 AM To: debian-user Subject: IPmasquerading HELP for LINUX server EME

Re: Correction of Clock for summer time

On Thu, 3 Sep 1998, David Warnock wrote: > During the installation of Hamm I was asked if my PC was running on GMT > or not. I guess I answered this wrong as the time is displayed an hour > ahead of what it should be. > > It should be showing British Summer time now which is GMT + 1 but is in > f

ISDN How-To?

Hi, my loop is being checked, I have an dedicated-ISDN provider. Next step is getting my external Motorola Impact IQ setup on my firewall. Are there any how-to's (checked the linux.org site, nothing there it appears) or gotcha's? TIA, Hank Using VFP: MS's OOP Production Too

RE: Best Debian-supported NICs? Also, firewalling help?

Kendall, I'm sure you'll get all sorts of help here. There's a URL for IPMasq, which seems to be the firewalling technique of choice: http://ipmasq.home.ml.org/ One of the things you'll need to do is recompile the kernel; a key to doing that is make-kpkg, which I found reference

Local News Server

Miquel, Is INN what I would use to set up a news server for my personal use (with clients coming over the net to use it, of course), with no usenets groups, sucking, feeding, etc? Or is there something else I should look at? Oh -- and how much of a bear is it to set up? TIA, H

Re: ppp

*- Rick Knebel wrote about "ppp" | Hi, | Is there anyway to make ppp with debian 2.0 redial on dissconnect? | Add persist holdoff to your /etc/ppp/options file. See 'man pppd' for the description of the two options. -- Brian ---

Re[4]: Is there a Debian package for SANE 0.74 or 0.73?

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > H. I linked sga with sg0, then tried xscanimage, gimp > as sudo > root and they still crashed. Can you remember anything else you did > that may > have affected it? > Thanx, > Timothy Sorry, Timothy, I can't. You know what it's like - you fiddle around an

ppp

Hi, Is there anyway to make ppp with debian 2.0 redial on dissconnect? Thanks Alot Rick Knebel --

Re: Correction of Clock for summer time

David Warnock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | During the installation of Hamm I was asked if my PC was running on GMT | or not. I guess I answered this wrong as the time is displayed an hour | ahead of what it should be. | | It should be showing British Summer time now which is GMT + 1 but is in | f

Re: Gnus for mail: How do I setup my system.

Johann Spies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | I have heard that I can use gnus for handling my mail. I have looked at | the huge amount of documentation on gnus mainly dealing with the reading | of news. I do not want to use gnus for that as I am reading my news | offline using slrn. You can certai

(ignored) scsi,ZIP Drive

I'm having trouble getting my question answered, if I am not explaining my problem correctly would you please tell me what else I should post so that someone would answer me? thanks. I'm trying to run a scsi zip, but when I go to load the scsi module: >modprobe sd_mod I get a long pause during

Correction of Clock for summer time

During the installation of Hamm I was asked if my PC was running on GMT or not. I guess I answered this wrong as the time is displayed an hour ahead of what it should be. It should be showing British Summer time now which is GMT + 1 but is in fact showing GMT + 2. Where / How do I correct this, I

Re: bash shell prompt

On Thu, 3 Sep 1998, M.C. Vernon wrote: > > > My guess was that the .bashrc in my home directory needed the > > same PS1 environment as the .bashrc in the root directory so I > > added > > > > export PS1='\h:\w\$ ' > > > > but this does not solve the problem UNLESS I login as myself and >

Re: Geometry and keyboard problems in X

On Wed, 2 Sep 1998, Anders Hammarquist wrote: > >On Wed, Sep 02, 1998 at 09:53:07AM +0200, Johann Spies wrote: > >> *XmTextField.translations: #override\n\ > >> osfDelete: delete-next-character() > >> XTerm*utmpInhibit: false > >> emacs.font: 7x14 > >> emacs.geometry: 85x30+0+0 > >> xpdf.geo

Gnus for mail: How do I setup my system.

I have heard that I can use gnus for handling my mail. I have looked at the huge amount of documentation on gnus mainly dealing with the reading of news. I do not want to use gnus for that as I am reading my news offline using slrn. The message-mode seems to have very few mail handling facilitie

A20 gating problem

We are having trouble installing debian on an IBM Thinkpad 380 XD. When we boot we get a message 'A20 gating problem'. Is there a patch for this, and does the patch work? Any suggestions on how to get around this. Stephen Beer

EGCS 1.1 is out!

Hi all, Any idea when EGCS 1.1 will be packaged? I'd really like to have it. Otherwise, I'll just stick it in /usr/local myself. :) -Ossama __ Ossama Othman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: bash shell prompt

To everyone who has replied to my question. Thanks I have my prompt as I want it, I also now understand some of the bash man information. I also just wanted to check that my new netscape 4.06 is working. Dave

Re: IRC

On Thu, Sep 03, 1998 at 11:12:43AM +, Akop Pogosian shared with us the following words of wisdom: > I have not heard of a #debian channel but #linux, #linuxos ,etc on > Undernet, Efnet, and Dalnet are dedicated to discussion on Linux in > general. However, I never thought of those as Linux sup

RE: PLIP and win95

The problem here may be Win95's quirky winsock; Win98 has a completely redesigned one, that is supposed to be along better with the rest of the world. Hank -Original Message- From: David Karlin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 31, 1998 1:58 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; debian-u

Broken X

I just upgraded xbase to 3.3.2.3a1 from the slink distribution (using apt-get BTW -- it's very nice). I'm still using the hamm distribution, and now I have no window manager. I can start it from the command line of the default xterm that shows up, but I think a link is broken somewhere. Anyone el

Re: Problem with superformat

On Thu, Sep 03, 1998 at 10:33:49PM +0800, zjdwdz wrote: > When I used superformat I got an error message: > > ... > mformat error. > mformat: command not found > > Why did this happen? How to solve it? I've installed the fdutils package. TIA! You need the mtools package. fdutils recommends it.

list mirrored to newsgroup?

Is anybody out there who reads this list via newsgroup? If yes what´s the name of the group? I wondered about this as my ISP has a linux.debian.user group on his server but this group is empty while linux.debian.devel works well. I asked my ISP about this and they told me that nobody uses this lis

Re: Install Problem

On Thu, 3 Sep 1998, Bedwyr wrote: : Everytime I try and Install Debian 2.0 It will stop at the same point. Which : is during loading under the following line... : Ncr53c875J-0 copying script fragments into the onboard RAM : .. : I have a Fireport 40 SCSI card with a 4.3 gig IBM SCSI HD an

users starting with digits?

I can't seem to create users starting with digits with debian2.0. Is there a reason I shouldn't? If I want to do it anyway, can I just change an existing users login name by editing the files group, gshadow, passwd and shadow? //Ben -- http://surf.to/anTiX

Problem with superformat

When I used superformat I got an error message: ... mformat error. mformat: command not found Why did this happen? How to solve it? I've installed the fdutils package. TIA!

Install Problem

Everytime I try and Install Debian 2.0 It will stop at the same point. Whichis during loading under the following line...Ncr53c875J-0 copying script fragments into the onboard RAM..I have a Fireport 40 SCSI card with a 4.3 gig IBM SCSI HD and 160 megs of PC100 SDRAM mem with a pentium I

Re: IRC

Hi, >>"fantomas" == fantomas writes: -> > I just get my first irc client for linux... Is there something like `The -> > debian irc channel' somewhere?? -> irc.debian.org -- #debian fantomas> It is imho very stupid idea to create new IRC server/net fantomas> just because of this one issue.

Re: machine hangs at boot

> > --twz1s1Hj1O0rHoT0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > On Wed, Sep 02, 1998 at 11:08:21PM -0500, Azog wrote: > > > Please post your lilo.conf and your partition table. > > hda: FUJITSU MPB3064ATU, 6187MB w/0kB Cache, CHS=3D788/255/63,

Re: fdisk

ack! no one ever said linux was easy!! thanks On Thu, 3 Sep 1998, M.C. Vernon wrote: > On Thu, 3 Sep 1998, David Parmet wrote: > > > On Thu, 3 Sep 1998, M.C. Vernon wrote: > > > > > You haven't put the free space into a partition. > > > > got that.. now do i just work from the hda part

Re: bash shell prompt

On Thu, 3 Sep 1998, Julian Gilbey wrote: : > Hi, : > : > On Hamm, if I login as root or while logged in as myself do a "su" : > then my shell prompt shows the host and current directory. : > : > When I am logged in as myself my prompt is just a $ : > : > I much prefer to see the curren

Re: "standard" HAMM connecting on its own to internet?

On Thu, Sep 03, 1998 at 09:21:58AM +0200, Paul Slootman wrote: > I've also heard that turning DNS lookups on or off on the win95 system > can help... You need to switch *off* the Windows 95 TCP/IP option: Use DNS for WINS name resolution otherwise it will ask your (or your providers) named for a

Re: fdisk

On Thu, 3 Sep 1998, David Parmet wrote: > On Thu, 3 Sep 1998, M.C. Vernon wrote: > > > You haven't put the free space into a partition. > > got that.. now do i just work from the hda partition in fdisk, destroy it > and rebuild? > > fdisk is not the most obvious program! uh-huh WARNING: back

Re: machine hangs at boot

On Wed, Sep 02, 1998 at 11:08:21PM -0500, Azog wrote: > > Please post your lilo.conf and your partition table. > hda: FUJITSU MPB3064ATU, 6187MB w/0kB Cache, CHS=788/255/63, UDMA > lilo.conf: > boot = /dev/hda2 > delay = 40 > compact > vga = normal > root = /dev/hda2 > read-only > prompt > image =

Re: IRC

*- Michael Beattie wrote about "Re: IRC" | On Thu, 3 Sep 1998, Matus fantomas Uhlar wrote: | | > -> > I just get my first irc client for linux... Is there something like `The | > -> > debian irc channel' somewhere?? | > -> irc.debian.org -- #debian | > | > It is imho very stupid idea to create

Re: fdisk

On Thu, 3 Sep 1998, M.C. Vernon wrote: > You haven't put the free space into a partition. got that.. now do i just work from the hda partition in fdisk, destroy it and rebuild? fdisk is not the most obvious program!

Re: hdc: no response (status = 0xd0)

Zlatko Rek writes: > I've installed Debian GNU/Linux 2.0 on a new machine from CD. The basic > installation went OK, until I made a reboot. After that, the CD drive > is not recognized (boot from floppy or disk): > > ide: i82371 PIIX (Triton) on PCI bus 0 function 57 > ide0: BM-DMA

Re: fdisk

hello Kenneth: You have to mount your partition after you create a file system mkfs [device] - to make a file system before you can mount it. Then run df. Peter -Original Message- From: Kenneth Scharf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: debian-user@lists

X problems on TI travelmate 5200

Hi, I've problems configuring X on a TI travelmate 5200: 1. Screen too far (+/- 40 pixels) to the right 2. Switching to textmode (quitting X or switching to another VT) results in a black screen. XF86config: Section "Monitor" Identifier "tft" VendorName "tft" ModelName "tf

dselect contrib packages on CD

I have the cheapbytes CD set. Contrib is on a separate CD from base (all debian 2.0 cd's are like that). If I use the CD access method in deselect I'll have to answer 'none' for the main selections since I won't have that cd mounted (only one drive). If I do this and then use UPDATE, won't this

fdisk

i'm trying to eliminate one partition (accidentally i made two swap partitions.. i'm a newbie). ran fdisk, edited fstab so far so good. rebooted ok. so far so good. i typed df and the freed up space (25 megs) still doesn't show up. any suggestions in fdisk? basically i deleted the partiti

Re: bash shell prompt

> Hi, > > On Hamm, if I login as root or while logged in as myself do a "su" > then my shell prompt shows the host and current directory. > > When I am logged in as myself my prompt is just a $ > > I much prefer to see the current directory in my prompt. So how do > I change it? > > My guess

loadunimap at boot - how?

I use SVGATextmode, setfont and loadunimap for setting up the console for Norwegian keyboard and characters. This works fine, but loadunimap does not seem to work when run from the init-files. I must run loadunimap after logging in the first time. Is there anything else that may affect the unico

Re: IRC

I have not heard of a #debian channel but #linux, #linuxos ,etc on Undernet, Efnet, and Dalnet are dedicated to discussion on Linux in general. However, I never thought of those as Linux support channels. Howtos or mailing lists like this one are much better for that purpose. Phillip Neumann wrote

Re: Your friends...... whatever.

On Thu, 3 Sep 1998, Maarten Bezemer wrote: > > > On Thu, 3 Sep 1998, Michael Beattie wrote: > > > Isnt that a valid reason to filter out @hotmail.com, @lycos.com etc? > > I thought there already was such a filter... is it broken or something? > Pass. Michael Beatt

Re: bash shell prompt

> My guess was that the .bashrc in my home directory needed the > same PS1 environment as the .bashrc in the root directory so I > added > > export PS1='\h:\w\$ ' > > but this does not solve the problem UNLESS I login as myself and > then type > > bash > > at which point the prompt change

bash shell prompt

Hi, On Hamm, if I login as root or while logged in as myself do a "su" then my shell prompt shows the host and current directory. When I am logged in as myself my prompt is just a $ I much prefer to see the current directory in my prompt. So how do I change it? My guess was that the .bashrc i

Re: Your friends...... whatever.

On Thu, 3 Sep 1998, Michael Beattie wrote: > Isnt that a valid reason to filter out @hotmail.com, @lycos.com etc? I thought there already was such a filter... is it broken or something? -- Maarten

Re: Your friends...... whatever.

Isnt that a valid reason to filter out @hotmail.com, @lycos.com etc? I dont know about anyone else... But that sort of [EMAIL PROTECTED] really bugs me. Unfortunately, my spam filter wont catch stuff sent to the list.. :( Michael Beattie ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: IRC

On Thu, 3 Sep 1998, Matus fantomas Uhlar wrote: > -> > I just get my first irc client for linux... Is there something like `The > -> > debian irc channel' somewhere?? > -> irc.debian.org -- #debian > > It is imho very stupid idea to create new IRC server/net just because of > this one issue. >

Re: More CDROM troubles

On Mon, 31 Aug 1998, Chad C. Walstrom wrote: > On Sat, 29 Aug 1998, Lazar Fleysher wrote: > > > It never detects the master device on the secondary channel, thus my cdrom > > is connected as a slave on the secondary( without any master devices on it > > which contradicts to IDE specifications..

Your Friends Will Want To See These!

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Re: IRC

-> > I just get my first irc client for linux... Is there something like `The -> > debian irc channel' somewhere?? -> irc.debian.org -- #debian It is imho very stupid idea to create new IRC server/net just because of this one issue. -- Matus "fantomas" Uhlar, sysadmin at NETLAB+ Kosice, Slovak

Re: -ltermcap option...

On Wed, 2 Sep 1998, Nuno Emanuel F. Carvalho wrote: > I'm trying to compile pine4.02.tar.gz but I can't resolve the following > problem: > [...] > > What should I do !? You should use the Debian pine source as found in project/experimental... Thanks. -- "7b8343d7aa87bcbf9c42b26083b43e54" (a

Re: /dev/audio

-> Every time I use tkdesk as a user it says permission denied to write to -> /dev/audio. As root I hear the sounds fine. -> What permissions do I have to cahnge. hmmm if you log on console you should be added to group "audio" as in /etc/login.defs: # # List of groups to add to the user's supplem

Re: Ethernet Lock Up

On Wed, Sep 02, 1998 at 04:14:59PM -0400, joseph evan porter wrote: > I have a 3Com 3c905 ethernet card on a dual processor Dell Workstation. > I'm using kernel 2.0.35, and occasionally I get a screen full of: > eth0:error re-entering the interrupt handler Is it perhaps the 3Com conflicting with

Re: man?

*-"M.C. Vernon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | | If I want to read e.g. sleep(3) as opposed to say sleep (1), is there a | quicker way than man -a sleep ? man 3 sleep -- .elOle.

man?

If I want to read e.g. sleep(3) as opposed to say sleep (1), is there a quicker way than man -a sleep ? Thanks, Matthew -- Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo Steward of the Cambridge Tolkien Society Selwyn College Computer Support http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Chamber/8841/ http://www.cam.ac.uk/C

Re: Where is ./configure that is referred by man mdir ?

On Thu, Sep 03, 1998 at 12:50:29AM +0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > ./configure; make dvi; dvips mtools.dvi > > ? > > Where is the ./configure it is referring to ? In the source package. Original sources to mto

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