forwarding all mail except root

I'm running smail and I would like to configure it to automatically forward all incoming mail to a different host. Should be easy enough with an MX record, right? Well, the catch is that I want all mail sent to root to be deposited into a local mailbox in /var/spool/mail and everything else to be

need help: [was: Problems with autogen.sh (glib and gtk+)]

Corey Miller wrote: > > aclocal: configure.in: 173: macro `AM_PATH_GLIB' not found in library > > Then it stops with the following error: > > ./configure: line 581: syntax error near unexpected token > `AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE($PACKAGE,' > ./configure: line 581: `AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE($PACKAGE, $VERSI

remote

Hello, How can i access my X programs from another computer? I can telnet to me. Can i with telnet? how? Do i need to call from a UNIX maschine too? Thanks, -- __ / /

Re: X PHYSICAL WINDOW 2 BIG!

On Wed, Sep 23, 1998 at 11:22:13AM -0700, BOB'S MAIL wrote: > I Installed X with a Trio S3 card. I answer the 'xf86config' query "NO" I > DO NOT WANT the physical window larger than the screen, BUT IT ALWAYS IS. > The mouse brings it over, but it makes things difficult. > [...] > How to do get th

Re: Problems mounting CD.

On Wed, 23 Sep 1998, Familien Bolding wrote: >I have problems mounting my CD. > >Here is a snip of the boot process: > [... snip ...] > >When I the try: mount /cdrom with proper settings in /etc/fstab after a >while I get [... snip ...] >And after 10-15 minutes the mount process core-dumps. >

Re: ISDN question

Greg Vence wrote: > G. Kapetanios wrote: > > > > Hi, > > I have the ooportunity to have an ISDN line instead of modem at my home. I > > was wondering whether having an ISDN connection is straighforward with > > debian ? there is a package in hamm called isdnutils. However, > > what I found on the

Re: No menu in wmaker

On Wed, Sep 23, 1998 at 02:56:26AM -0500, Cristov Russell wrote: > I asked about not having any menu items in wmaker a couple of days ago and > might have a little more information. I have verified that menu is > installed and when I check the .xsession-errors file it mentions a problem > with me

Re: Redirect printer output to email?

On Wed, Sep 23, 1998 at 09:58:35AM -0500, Kent West wrote: > This isn't specifically Debian-related, but if I can get this done it'll be > a major score on campus for Linux in general and Debian specifically. > > Can I print from a Win95 box to a Debian queue and route that output to an > email me

Re: kernel compile failure

When Kathy Miles wrote, I replied: You need the as86 assembler. Use dpkg or dselect to install the bin68 package. > > I'm trying to compile 2.0.34 so that I can get my sound to work. I'm using > a Creative Labs sound blaster IRQ 9 DMA 3 and 7 and I/O base 220. To my > knowledge there are no conf

Re: Are there any Disk Managers compatible with Linux?

Mark, I ran Linux for several months using a drive with Ontrack Disk Manager with no problems (I used the MS-DOS config.sys menu feature with loadlin instead of lilo, although I understand there is a way to configure lilo so that it is compatible with Disk Manager). See the Large-Disk mini-HOWT

Re: Are there any Disk Managers compatible with Linux?

On Wed, 23 Sep 1998, The Foxes wrote: > I am a newcomer to Linux and looking forward to using it, > but my Western Digital 2.1 GB Hard Drive requires the > Ontrack Disk Manager to run properly (my CMOS only > handles hard drives up to 528 MB). Is there a disk manager > that will run unde

kernel compile failure

I'm trying to compile 2.0.34 so that I can get my sound to work. I'm using a Creative Labs sound blaster IRQ 9 DMA 3 and 7 and I/O base 220. To my knowledge there are no conflicts with hardware. The kernel compile failed with the following message as86 -0 -a -o bbootsect.o bbootsect.s make[2]: as8

Sound drivers, kernel modules etc...

Hey Again, Since my plunge into the world of Linux, I have put aside the minor things to get the necessary working. Now it is time for the fluff... My sound does not work! What kernel modules need to be installed for sound? Where do I get the drivers? I have a soundblaster 16. I have seen driver

Are there any Disk Managers compatible with Linux?

To Whom It May Concern I am a newcomer to Linux and looking forward to using it, but my Western Digital 2.1 GB Hard Drive requires the Ontrack Disk Manager to run properly (my CMOS only handles hard drives up to 528 MB). Is there a disk manager that will run under Linux? Any assistance

Re: ISDN question

>> "GK" == G Kapetanios <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: GK> I have the ooportunity to have an ISDN line instead of modem at my home. I GK> was wondering whether having an ISDN connection is straighforward with GK> debian ? Quite easy. GK> there is a package in hamm called isdnutils. However, GK> w

SAMBA

HI, MY win95 clients access a samba server, that connects them to the internet via dialup, too. The linux-box is dialing unnecessarily when win95 is trying to get information about servers around. Which port do i have to forbid??? More important (because I can find out the TCP/IP port): How can

Unidentified subject!

Today when i did apt-get -f upgrade i got this error: (Reading database ... 42214 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace libc6-dev 2.0.7t-1 (using libc6-dev_2.0.7u-1.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libc6-dev ... dpkg: error processing libc6-dev_2.0.7u-1.deb (--unpack): try

Installation

Hello there, I have a major problem with the installation of Debian. I already have Windows as OS but I wanted to have Linux as well. So I downloaded the basic files for installation. My harddisk has already 2 partitions, so I tried to install it on D:\. Next I executed the installation pro

RE: Problems mounting CD.

> I have problems mounting my CD. I had the same problems with a ASUS 440LX motherboard. I also tried to connect the CD-ROM to the secondary IDE channel, as a master device. After moving the CD-ROM drive to hdb, everything is just fine. Of course, I don't have 2 disk drives, just 2 processors ;)

PCMCIA card manager reports a problem with high memory

Hello all! I've just upgraded my Linux Debian 2.0 box to kernel 2.0.35 and PCMCIA-cs 3.0.5. And now I have the following message at boot time: Sep 23 22:20:58 klep kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x0100-0x03ff: excluding 0x220-0x22f 0x260-0x267 0x300-0x307 0x378-0x37f 0x388-0x38f 0x398-0x39f Sep 2

Re: ip acct and devel. kernel

You (Stephen J. Carpenter) wrote: > On Wed, Sep 23, 1998 at 11:15:26AM -0700, Max wrote: > > You (Stephen J. Carpenter) wrote: > > > On Tue, Sep 22, 1998 at 08:55:15PM -0700, Max wrote: > > > > Is there something special I need to do to be able to use IP > > > > accounting with the development kern

Re: chown for the floppy group

*- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about "Re: chown for the floppy group " | > You can also add a line to /etc/fstab for /dev/fd0 with options to | > set to user access without mounting the disk. That way anyone may | > mount a floppy. | > - | | Can yo

Yikes: gimprc turned into a setuid fifo

I recently upgraded to hamm and added the gimp package, version 1.0.0-1. Today, the third time I ran it, GIMP reported that there was an error in reading the .gimprc file, so I took a look at it. It's gone: pr-S-wx--x 6425 6425 64250 May 6 1983 .gimp What's going on here? Is th

Re: chown for the floppy group

> You can also add a line to /etc/fstab for /dev/fd0 with options to > set to user access without mounting the disk. That way anyone may > mount a floppy. > - Can you be more specific ? That is, what line can be added to /etc/fstab to achieve

Re: touchpad driver?

"D'jinnie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Ok, it hurts me to say this - but it seems like Win95 actually has one > advantage over Linux: it has nifty touchpad driver where you can configure > a scroll zone, how light your touch is, etc. Has anyone worked on anything > similar in Linux? I heard th

Re: kernel 2.1.xx

You can make your own Debian package by getting the kernel source and using make-kpkg, which is in the kernel-package package. Bob On Wed, 23 Sep 1998, Marco Machmer wrote: > hy there, > > can i get a debian package with the new kernel 2.1.xx for my > debian 2.0 system. > > marco > > -- > *

Re: Getting Netscape Running

On Wed, Sep 23, 1998 at 01:27:59PM -0400, MJ Watson shared with us the following words of wisdom: > Having just installed 2.0 at home, my next project is to > get Netscape up and running. I'm assuming that some form > of Xwindowing is required. If so, startx blows off with > numerous errors (sor

Re: ISDN question

G. Kapetanios wrote: > > Hi, > I have the ooportunity to have an ISDN line instead of modem at my home. I > was wondering whether having an ISDN connection is straighforward with > debian ? there is a package in hamm called isdnutils. However, > what I found on the net was a FAQ (rather old) for a

ISDN question

Hi, I have the ooportunity to have an ISDN line instead of modem at my home. I was wondering whether having an ISDN connection is straighforward with debian ? there is a package in hamm called isdnutils. However, what I found on the net was a FAQ (rather old) for a package called isdn4linux. Are

Ramdisk issue fixed - now it's a LILO problem

After installing Debian GNU/Linux 2.0, configuring and rebooting the system, I get a stream of scrolling LI's LI LI LI LI LI and so on... According to the LILO documentation this means that the second stage boot loader is loaded but has failed to execute. At first I thought it might be an issue

Re: Keyboard Policy

On Wed, Sep 23, 1998 at 01:02:18PM +0200, Rainer Dorsch wrote: > That is all for me. The policy is not understandable for non-experts > and the system is not working as it should. > > Could anybody guess what is wrong on my system or translate the policy > from this expert slang? Thank you. There

Problems mounting CD.

I have problems mounting my CD. Here is a snip of the boot process: ide: i82371 PIIX (Triton) on PCI bus 0 function 9 ide0: BM-DMA at 0xe000-0xe007 ide1: BM-DMA at 0xe008-0xe00f hda: FUJITSU MPA3026ATU, 2503MB w/0kB Cache, CHS=635/128/63, DMA hdb: FUJITSU MPA3026ATU, 2503MB w/0kB Cache, C

Re: Syncing local SW depot to remote one

On: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 16:13:36 +0900 (JST) Joe Marchak writes: > > Hi, > I have a disk with the debian distributions on it which I would like > to automatically update from an ftp site. Is there a good way to do > this? I use the mirror program (main/net section) for keeping my home page in sync

Re: mp3 player

On: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 22:09:46 -0700 (PDT) Oz Dror writes: > > What is the MIME type for mp3 > what lines to add to .mailcap and .mime.types My apaches mime.types tells: audio/mpeg mpga mp2 mp3 The line in .mailcap should be similiar to this one (installed by the xanim packa

Re: ip acct and devel. kernel

On Wed, Sep 23, 1998 at 11:15:26AM -0700, Max wrote: > You (Stephen J. Carpenter) wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 22, 1998 at 08:55:15PM -0700, Max wrote: > > > Is there something special I need to do to be able to use IP > > > accounting with the development kernel (2.1.121)? /proc/net/ip_acct > > > doesn

X PHYSICAL WINDOW 2 BIG!

I Installed X with a Trio S3 card. I answer the 'xf86config' query "NO" I DO NOT WANT the physical window larger than the screen, BUT IT ALWAYS IS. The mouse brings it over, but it makes things difficult. I did SuperProbe and entered the return for chip set in 'xv86config' . I cannot find the bo

Re: ip acct and devel. kernel

You (Stephen J. Carpenter) wrote: > On Tue, Sep 22, 1998 at 08:55:15PM -0700, Max wrote: > > Is there something special I need to do to be able to use IP > > accounting with the development kernel (2.1.121)? /proc/net/ip_acct > > doesn't exist and programs such as ipacset and ipfwadm complain abou

Re: pppd on leased line

> I am trying to set up pppd on async serial line (2x USR Courier > configured to do a leased line). > I didn't find in docs/manuals anything about that and I have little > problems. does anyone some experience with it? Once you have the modems configured it should be just like making a pppd con

Speed improvements in the new ipmasq package

Package: ipmasq Version: 3.1.3 Hi, As the /etc/ipmasq/rules/*.def show, I used to have rules like # local interface, local machines, going anywhere is valid $IPFWADM -I -a accept -V `ipofif $int` -S `ipofif $int`/`nmofif $int` -D 0.0.0.0/0 The problem comes when you have a largi

kernel 2.1.xx

hy there, can i get a debian package with the new kernel 2.1.xx for my debian 2.0 system. marco -- *** Marco Machmer email : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Um ein tadelloses Mitglied einer Schafherde sein zu koennen, muss man vor allem ein Schaf sei

Process Killer

I'm looking for a script (shell or perl, pref.) that can be run out of cron periodically to kill processes (spf. netscape) that are running under a UID of a user who is not logged in. Netscape does not die if folks log out without killing it in one of our labs. Just wondering if anyone has such a t

Getting Netscape Running

Having just installed 2.0 at home, my next project is to get Netscape up and running. I'm assuming that some form of Xwindowing is required. If so, startx blows off with numerous errors (sorry, I'm not at home, so don't have the errors at hadn: Basically, xinitrc can't be found, and a series of

INN pgpverify?

I _had_ pgpverify working with INN 1.7.2. Now, suddenly, it doesn't work anymore :) I'm not at all sure this is Debian's fault (I don't recall a new INN package being installed), but I wondered if anyone else was having luck (good or bad) with Debian INN and pgpverify ... Back to my attempts to

Re: Logoff & clearscreen

Michael Beattie wrote: > > On 22 Sep 1998, Ruud de Bruin wrote: > > > I want to issue a "clearscreen" in or after a logout command so that the > > next login is on a blank screen. How can I accomplish this? > > > > regards, Ruud. > > trap clear EXIT > > in .bash_profile > FYI, the mi

PS/2 Pointing Device Setup

Hi, I just got Debian with X running on my Notebook PC, and now I'm trying to get my pointing device working. It is supposed to run on the PS/2 port, as my bios determines if the built in pointing device is used as PS/2 or the external port. How do I set up the PS/2 mouse to be on /dev/mouse, as

Re: chown for the floppy group

Mark Panzer wrote: > > Kenneth Scharf wrote: > > > > You can also add a line to /etc/fstab for /dev/fd0 with options to > > set to user access without mounting the disk. That way anyone may > > mount a floppy. > > - > Well, I suppose I better R

Re: Communications with Psion handheld computers/diaries?

Johann Spies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anyone know whether backup-software exists in linux enabling a > linux > box to communicate with a Psion Siena? Yes - you need an app called p3nfs - I have it as an rpm back from when I had a RedHat system, but I know it is available as a Debian packa

security problem

i run on my debian 2 the telnet daemon: i want the a particoular user named tonon couldn't login to my pc by net but only by console .. he isn't root what files i need to edit? i try to edit login.access and here it is as i configure it but it doesn't work any suggestion? thanks # $Id: logi

Re: newbie help(3): no isolatin with debian-less???

*-Bruno Boettcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | | hello, | | me again | | is it normal that standard debinized less isn't able to cope with isolatin | texts? How does it come? or do i have installed the wrong package? It is. Just > export LESSCHARSET=latin1 and all is well. You would probably put it

Re: Compiling the dpkg source package..

On Tue, Sep 22, 1998 at 04:40:13PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Tue, 22 Sep 1998, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > > dpkg-source -x foo_version.dsc > > cd foo_version > > debian/rules binary or dpkg-buildpackage -b -us -uc > > > > Marcus > > Thanks - I appreciate it. :) The o

Re: Reading BIOS values under Linux

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hi On Wed, 23 Sep 1998, Timm Gleason wrote: > I am trying to write a check script so that I may assure that the proper > amount of RAM has been initialized in lilo.conf. Is there a way that one can > read installed memory values from the motherboard BIOS so tha

Re: Redirect printer output to email?

*- Kent West wrote about "Redirect printer output to email?" [cool use of technology, snipped] | | I figure Linux is powerful enough to do what I asked above. I've just about | gotten samba figured out enough to allow the Win95 box to print to it; what | I need to know is how to route that printed

Re: ip acct and devel. kernel

On Tue, Sep 22, 1998 at 08:55:15PM -0700, Max wrote: > Is there something special I need to do to be able to use IP > accounting with the development kernel (2.1.121)? /proc/net/ip_acct > doesn't exist and programs such as ipacset and ipfwadm complain about > it. What's going on? Do I need to en

Ramdisk won't go away?

I've just installed Debian 2.0 on a Compaq Proliant. Everything seems to be in order, except for the fact that every time the system is booted, I get the screen displaying "This is the Debian Rescue disk..." followed by the "boot:" prompt. This screen comes up despite the fact that I am booting d

newbie help(3): no isolatin with debian-less???

hello, me again is it normal that standard debinized less isn't able to cope with isolatin texts? How does it come? or do i have installed the wrong package? ciao bboett == acount at earthling net http://erm6.u-strasbg.fr/~bboett

newbie help(2): ghost changes my hostname??!!

i have written: - when the bandwith on our ethernet sinks due mainly to a very slick M$-proggy, my brand new debian system looses its system name (at least i noticed this every time the network was out for several minutes...) the name beeing replaced by a '-f' that's quite annoying since it al

Re: pppd on leased line

There is a mini Leased Line Howto @ http://www.linuxhq.com/HOWTO/ on how to make a modem in leased line mode and configure pppd goodluck At 10:27 1998.09.23 -0500, Jens B. Jorgensen wrote: >Could you be more specific about your problems? What are you using to start >pppd, just >pppd or pon, etc.

Re: pppd on leased line

Could you be more specific about your problems? What are you using to start pppd, just pppd or pon, etc. How far do you get? Could you post debug output from pppd? (Add 'debug' to pppd options and collect messages from /var/log/ppp.log.) Matus fantomas Uhlar wrote: > Hello, > > I am trying to s

Reading BIOS values under Linux

I am trying to write a check script so that I may assure that the proper amount of RAM has been initialized in lilo.conf. Is there a way that one can read installed memory values from the motherboard BIOS so that I can compare them to the initialized values? Timm Gleason -

Re: qpopper and cucipop

I'm not sure you can tell qpopper to run on a port other than 110 and even if you did this would probably cause you problems since most clients don't allow you to specify a port for your pop server. One possibility would be to use ip aliasing to add another IP and have qpopper bind to the other

Re: Java and Linux

> I'm doing some java development in linux and I was wondering if anyone > had some good tools to suggest. I have tried xemacs with jde, but I > wasn't impressed (xemacs is blotted and slow). I've been using plain depends on the machine... ;) > old fte ever since. I've heard that kaffe is suppo

Redirect printer output to email?

This isn't specifically Debian-related, but if I can get this done it'll be a major score on campus for Linux in general and Debian specifically. Can I print from a Win95 box to a Debian queue and route that output to an email message as well as to a printer? For those who are interested, here's

Re: Install probs; base1 panic

At 02:27 AM 9/23/1998 +, you wrote: >May be I should desribe the problem of linux-installation exactly. > > I already had the floppys needed for installation such as resc1440.bin,drv1440.bin,base14-1.bin ... and base14-5.bin. > > First ,I put the resc1440.bin into driver A and boot the syst

nfsd bug in debian?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hi, I have not recieved any notification from the debian security mailing list... but I would like someone confirm this Thanks in advance, Ulisses Oracle and Informix will be ported to Linux!! http://www.infowor

Java and Linux

I'm doing some java development in linux and I was wondering if anyone had some good tools to suggest. I have tried xemacs with jde, but I wasn't impressed (xemacs is blotted and slow). I've been using plain old fte ever since. I've heard that kaffe is suppose to be good, but they don't have the

Once again: bo->hamm and wtmp

Having just updated two computers from bo to hamm, I've run into the same problem Eric Fain described on this list a while back. It seems I'm not the only one with this problem, so finding the solution may prove useful for future updaters.. I used the apt upgrade and followed the upgrade instruc

Re: xemacs

On Wed, 23 Sep 1998, Mikael W Asp wrote: > Xemacs is usually not a problem to me, but now I don't have a clue. > Every time I try to use html-mode it says in the modeline (HTML Font) > but when push tab so indent the line I get this message: > > External entity html not fount > Public identifie

re: Logoff & clear screen

On 22 Sep 1998, Ruud de Bruin wrote: > I want to issue a "clearscreen" in or after a logout command so that the > next login is on a blank screen. How can I accomplish this? > Terry Carney wrote: >> >>If you are using bash then create a file named '.bash_logout', if one >>dowsn't exist, and add th

xemacs

Hi there! Xemacs is usually not a problem to me, but now I don't have a clue. Every time I try to use html-mode it says in the modeline (HTML Font) but when push tab so indent the line I get this message: External entity html not fount Public identifier -//IETF//DTD HTML//EN and then the model

Re: ip acct and devel. kernel

On Tue, Sep 22, 1998 at 08:55:15PM -0700, Max wrote: > Is there something special I need to do to be able to use IP > accounting with the development kernel (2.1.121)? /proc/net/ip_acct > doesn't exist and programs such as ipacset and ipfwadm complain about > it. What's going on? Do I need to en

Re: Network debian with win 98

On Mon, Sep 21, 1998 at 11:41:25PM -0400, Collin Rose wrote: > I cannot network my win98 and linux machine. I put linux on the 98 machine > to check the net connection. It works fine. Any ideas on this? > I cannot even ping the other computer. I do have TCP/IP installed on the 98 > system. Ok... i

Re: newbie help....

>> "BB" == Bruno Boettcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: BB> - first of all i want my favourite mailreader back: pine. BB> the problem is, that the version for thesrc and diffs is 3.96 and i want BB> to sue as before 4.03... BB> now when i try to build pine by hand i get the following message: B

Re: Logoff & clearscreen

> Ruud> I want to issue a "clearscreen" in or after a logout command so > Ruud> that the next login is on a blank screen. How can I accomplish > Ruud> this? > > # tput clear > /tmp/issue > # cat /etc/issue >> /tmp/issue > # mv /tmp/issue/etc/issue > > So now you don't have t

newbie help....

hello, just switched to debian anmd run into some problems... - first of all i want my favourite mailreader back: pine. the problem is, that the version for thesrc and diffs is 3.96 and i want to sue as before 4.03... now when i try to build pine by hand i get the following message: 05:34:36 yo

Re: Is the 8Mb ATI expert 98 AGP 2x graphics card supported ?

I use the ATI 8meg ALL-IN-WONDER AGP video card with Debian Linux and it works fine. Has the Rage Pro chip. Hope This answeres your question.

Re: Software RAID ? Was: [Re: backup using hard disk - any ideas]

In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 09/22/98 at 12:51 PM, Guido Bozzetto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >On Mon, 21 Sep 1998, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wrote: >> >> Why not isolate the data you want to backup in you file system so you >> can setup raid on the second spindle. As an example: >> /usr under Debian is

Re: Is the 8Mb ATI expert 98 AGP 2x graphics card supported ?

On Wed, 23 Sep 1998, G. Kapetanios wrote: > The subject says it all. Is this card supported by Linux ? > If not what can be done ? > Any suggestions are very welcome George, I asked this very recently, and was told it is - using the Mach64 server. I've yet to try it though. HTH, Matth

Is the 8Mb ATI expert 98 AGP 2x graphics card supported ?

Hi all, The subject says it all. Is this card supported by Linux ? If not what can be done ? Any suggestions are very welcome TIA George --- George Kapetanios Churchill College Cambridge, CB3 0DSE-Mail: [EMAIL PR

Re: fs type iso9660 not supported by kernel

Frank Barknecht hat gesagt: // Frank Barknecht wrote: > > 1) By hand: > As root give the command: > $ modprobe iso9660 > > 2) Automatically at boot time: > put a line in /etc/modules with: > iso9660 Oops, make that: iso9660 --> isofs. --

pppd on leased line

Hello, I am trying to set up pppd on async serial line (2x USR Courier configured to do a leased line). I didn't find in docs/manuals anything about that and I have little problems. does anyone some experience with it? Thanks. -- Matus "fantomas" Uhlar, sysadmin at NETLAB+ Kosice, Slovakia BI

Re: fs type iso9660 not supported by kernel

me hat gesagt: // me wrote: > I installed Debian 2.0 from a bootable cd. Everythinng went fine until > I rebooted > and began deselect. I received the message "fs type iso9660 not > supported by kernal. > I did not see any option to enable NLS or anything that mention iso9660 > file system. > Wh

Re: Keyboard Policy

[Note: mailing list change] On Wed, Sep 23, 1998 at 01:02:18PM +0200, Rainer Dorsch wrote: > After upgrading from 1.3 to 2.0 my system decided to ignore <-- in an > xterm, netscape, but work on the console, emacs, etc. Do you have Xkb enabled? The implementation of the keyboard policy for X only

Keyboard Policy

After upgrading from 1.3 to 2.0 my system decided to ignore <-- in an xterm, netscape, but work on the console, emacs, etc. Since I have seen this better on other systems, I though I should read the keyboard policy, to find out what is wrong. I found a section in the debian-policy package. Grea

Re: Logoff & clearscreen

Hi, >>"Ruud" == Ruud de Bruin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Ruud> I want to issue a "clearscreen" in or after a logout command so Ruud> that the next login is on a blank screen. How can I accomplish Ruud> this? # tput clear > /tmp/issue # cat /etc/issue >> /tmp/issue # mv /tmp/issue

Re: Fixkeys Mini Howto

[Robert, this could be the basis for a FAQ entry: "How do I resize a Linux partition?"] On Wed, Sep 23, 1998 at 04:42:33AM +0200, Martin Schulze wrote: > Hans wrote: > > Guesss it's time for me to install debian, anyone know an easy way to > > resize an ext2 partition so I can add another one?? >

No menu in wmaker

I asked about not having any menu items in wmaker a couple of days ago and might have a little more information. I have verified that menu is installed and when I check the .xsession-errors file it mentions a problem with menu-hook. I have not tried a different window manager since I am unsure ho

Re: Modem recommendation

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, G. Kapetanios <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I am switching from ethernet to modem (end of school days) and I would be >grateful about suggestion for a good external modem that works well under >Debian >2.0. I bought the 3com USR Message Faxmodem some weeks ago and c

Re: installing debian from more than 1 CD?

[Courtesy copy of Usenet posting] [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I would like to install some non-free and contrib Debian 2.0 packages. I >have main, non-free and contrib on three different CDs. > >I select a package from contrib that depends on another package on >non-free, dselect

qpopper and cucipop

Hello! Is it possible to install qpopper AND cucipop? cucipop should be the default pop3 server and qpopper should listen to another port for receiving emails (xtnd xmit).

exim:rejectlog

hello, could someone tell me about the refused relay messages from the rejectlog file? What does this mean? In what condition these messages occurs? In the attachment you have my exim.conf and rejectlog files. TIA. Bubulac A. Tatiana

IDE/ATAPI CDROM module

According to the documentation (CDROM-HOWTO, Kernel-HOWTO,etc.), it is sufficient to select (with Yes) the kernel compilation options BLK_DEV_IDE, BLK_DEV_IDECD, and ISO9660_FS to have support for an IDE/ATAPI CDROM drive. I did, and the boot message says "can't find cdrom module": indeed, since no

Re: HELP!

*-Nick Perkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | | Firstly, how can I have a dual boot option where it asks me what I would | like to boot? I have no idea if this can be done from the menu, but you can easily do it by hand. If your other OS is on /dev/hda1, add other=/dev/hda1 label=some_name to /etc

Communications with Psion handheld computers/diaries?

Does anyone know whether backup-software exists in linux enabling a linux box to communicate with a Psion Siena? Johann -- | Johann Spies Windsorlaan 19 | | [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: using a proxy server

David Karlin wrote: > > Kent, > I doubt if that is the problem...I can ping winbox by name. > Thanks anyhow, > David > Normally icmp packet (ping) won't go through a proxy server. If you really need this feature, you may look into winroute (http://www.winroute.com), that is something like ipmasq

ip acct and devel. kernel

Is there something special I need to do to be able to use IP accounting with the development kernel (2.1.121)? /proc/net/ip_acct doesn't exist and programs such as ipacset and ipfwadm complain about it. What's going on? Do I need to enable IP firewalling in the kernel? If so, that option is gre

Re: Network debian with win 98

On Mon, 21 Sep 1998, Collin Rose wrote: >I cannot network my win98 and linux machine. I put linux on the 98 machine >to check the net connection. It works fine. Any ideas on this? >I cannot even ping the other computer. I do have TCP/IP installed on the 98 >system. can you give a brief descriptio

Re: slink PPP Problem? - SOLVED. Thanks again, Shaleh!

I tried the insmod command as shaleh suggested, and it worked. Then I checked the FTP site, and sure enough, the new modutils package (v. 121-4) is there. Thanks, Shaleh, and thanks to all others who responded. Art

Network debian with win 98

I cannot network my win98 and linux machine. I put linux on the 98 machine to check the net connection. It works fine. Any ideas on this? I cannot even ping the other computer. I do have TCP/IP installed on the 98 system.

Re: Real3D StarFighter video card

Thanks a lot! I was about || that close to calling XiG and ordering their stuff. If I had more free time during the day I would've called already. I've never heard of that web site before, but they just saved me $100 so into the bookmarks file they go! Thanks, Rich On Tue, 22 Sep 1998, Christo

Re: chown for the floppy group

Kenneth Scharf wrote: > > You can also add a line to /etc/fstab for /dev/fd0 with options to > set to user access without mounting the disk. That way anyone may > mount a floppy. > - Well, I suppose I better RTFM some more. However, I did a ch

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