Christopher J. Morrone writes:
> I don't want random packets causing my modem to dial out. :)
Then you'll like diald: it has elaborate, configurable filtering rules to
prevent just that.
--
John Hasler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
Hi
My Debian system is connected to the outer world by uucp.
How can I tell Bind that there are no root servers - only the
computers on the local network.
I can configure Bind with no root server information, but then
Sendmail gets an error and holds the mail until I "fix the problem".
Thanks i
I'm trying to compile mod_perl and it doesn't seem to see my gdbm
library
in /usr/libs:
ip046:/usr/local/src/mod_perl-1.16# perl Makefile.PL EVERYTHING=1
Configure mod_perl with ../apache/src ? [y]
Shall I build httpd in ../apache/src for you? [y]
Appending mod_perl to src/Configuration
Using conf
You'll definately need another ISP, but once you have one, using WINE,
the Windows Emulator, you can connect to AOL using the PPP/ethernet type
connect. You'll never get your modem working with it, so don't bother
trying to not get another ISP. You can actually connect to AOL and check
your mail, a
Alexander Kushnirenko wrote:
> Thanks for the help! It's started to work. We managed to start installation
> process, partitioned disks, installed base system, prepare a bootable floppy
> etc...
>
> Problem:
> 1. When we reboot computer it prints:
> LILIO: linux..
>
> AND R
On Mon, 28 Sep 1998, Stephen A. Witt wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Sep 1998, Christopher J. Morrone wrote:
>
> >
> > Has anyone gotten masqdialer to work with a Debian dist? I currently have
> > a debian box set up to do IP masquerading, and I use the Debian pon and
> > poff to start and stop the PPP dia
Most X apps accept a "-geometry" flag which you give the arguments as:
xemacs -geometry 80x24+100+100
or
netscape -geometry 800x600+0+0
The first two numbers are the window's dimensions. For most apps, such
as Netscape, this is the pixel size, but for many text oriented apps
such as xterms
I am trying to install Debian from floppy (I have the rescue, driver
and 5 base floppies set up) on my AMD K6 machine. However
when I try to start the installation, with the rescue disk, the
machine just reboots. More specifically, I first get the
following messages
Loading root.bin...
Hello,
I think there was an issue with the noauth option in the
/etc/ppp/peers/provider file. It was not needed in bo, but is needed in
hamm. I think also the name option is now a priveledged option, and user is
the correct option. Check these 2 items.
You need to give more information about your
Hi all,
recently I have upgrated to hamm on my home computer
which is running also w95. After that I have got broken ppp from linux
side while everything is ok from w95 :(((. Therer where no such problems
with bo. Speaking more definitly .. it looks like connection hang very
soon at the beginnig o
On dom, 11 ott 1998, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Hi there,
>
>I'm using a Spanish keyboard which has some special (8-bit?) characters in
>it (such as accents, n with tilde~,...) and have the system configured for
>using them. In fact, they work fine on the command line, but not with the
>editor
I've simplified my request. I suspect it may belong on another list
(linux kernel? linux and adaptecs or linux and SCSI? are there
such lists?)
Desperate for any help, pointers etc.!
Chris
--- Modified Message Follows ---
I get the following on booting system with clean resc1440.bi
On sab, 10 ott 1998, Vernon Marshall wrote:
>Anyboy had any success installing an ls-120 drive into a debian system?
Recompile the kernel with
section (on make menuconfig)
FLOPPY, IDE AND OTHER BLOCK DEVICES
[*] Include IDE/ATAPY FLOPPY support (NEW)
enabled.
I have a LS 120 drive as /dev/hdb
I'm trying to get my dial-up linux box to read and post news smoothly but
unfortunately that's not happening at the moment. I can read news just fine.
Posting, however, is a different matter. When I try to post an article or a
follow-up using slrn I get the following messages in the status li
Hi,
> Alexander Kushnirenko wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > We are trying to install debian 2.0 from floppies on ThinkPad IBM 380XD
> --
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Thanks for the help! It's started to work. We managed to start installation
process, part
Hi
I have a pc with a ne2000 card running debian
and a Sun sparc20 running solaris for my work .
I want to make tcp/ip connection between
them
What must I do so they are can talk to each
other.
Under windows95 it works.
Best Regards
Mans Joling
When mandb is run, I get the following error messages:
Processing manual pages under /usr/man...
mandb: warning: /usr/man/man8/mailq.8.gz: whatis parse for mailq(8) failed
mandb: warning: /usr/man/man8/sendmail.8.gz: whatis parse for sendmail(8) failed
mandb: warning: /usr/man/man8/runq.8.gz: whati
On Sun, Oct 11, 1998 at 01:26:26AM -0500, Default Debian Reader wrote:
> I have put a sym link in /home/ftp to some other directory on my machine.
> However when doing ftp and loging in anonymously and i try to the cd to
> the symlink it says no such file or directory. Can anyone help? Thanks
> m
On Sun, Oct 11, 1998 at 11:28:43AM -0500, Stephen Gore wrote:
> Is it possible to connect to the Internet through AOL?
No, not using Linux.
> I'm installing Debaian
> v2.0 via floppy and ftp, and need internet access to complete the
> installation. Any alternative suggestions welcome. Thanx!
Is it possible to connect to the Internet through AOL? I'm installing Debaian
v2.0 via floppy and ftp, and need internet access to complete the
installation. Any alternative suggestions welcome. Thanx!
More than just email--Get
Is it possible to get a deb File which provides support for a scanner? I'd
be most interested in support for the Logitech ScanMan32 Mac which is a
handscanner which operates via a little box with a SCSI connector at one
end and the handscanner jack at the other. Shouldn't be too hard to support
thi
: Dell offers such a configuration (about $1500 with a 17" monitor).
:This is what my OM will probably get. This machine comes with windows
:98 and microsoft home office software and a winmodem. If you only want
:to install linux call them and ask for a quote with NO software, and a
:REAL modem.
I just upgraded to HAMM, and would like to verify that my DOOM problems
are expected and that my solution is the right one.
HAMM seems to come only with X-doom (linuxxdoom). It seems to work OK
but I have to start an 8-bit XServer (I have an ATI Mach64 Graphics Pro
Turbo). I don't have a 320x200
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Norbert Nemec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Anyway, I couldn't find any documentation about using a proxy as a
>client within the docs coming with debian. Is using a proxy a thing
>that can only b done by the individual programs? It would be a great
>thing, not to have
On Sat, 10 Oct 1998 11:49:53 +0100, Ralf G. R. Bergs wrote:
>Yes. You could recompile your kernel to include transparent proxy support.
>This
>would automagically redirect all connection attempts to the corresponding
>proxy
>servers.
Well, as far as I could find out, that's something complete
*-Donald L Mainier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
|
| Can I get a copy of cfdisk, or is it buried in my packages somewhere?
It's in util-linux.
--
...Unix, MS-DOS, and MS Windows (also known as the Good, the Bad,
and the Ugly). (Matt Welsh)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [-: .elO
Leon Breedt writes:
> On my box, the modem device (/dev/ttyS1) is owned by root, group dialout.
That is not necessary as long as pppd is setuid root, which is how it is
installed.
--
John Hasler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
On Sun, 11 Oct 1998, Donald L Mainier wrote:
> Can I get a copy of cfdisk, or is it buried in my packages somewhere?
You can find cfdisk on util-linux package !
Best regards,
Nuno Carvalho
Donald L Mainier hat gesagt: // Donald L Mainier wrote:
> Can I get a copy of cfdisk, or is it buried in my packages somewhere?
$ dpkg -S /sbin/cfdisk
util-linux: /sbin/cfdisk
--
____
Frank Barknecht __ __ tri
[EMAIL PROTECTED] hat gesagt: // [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Does anyone know if a simple program exists that will let me transfer
> a Linux file to (say a floppy) then Linux can load the file from the
> floppy?
Install the mtools package. And add yourself to the floppy group by
calling:
$ adduse
[EMAIL PROTECTED] hat gesagt: // [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> When I try to run my PPP scripts, everyone of them results in
> permission denied.
>
> I did edit the /etc/group file and added my user name as follows:
>
> dip:x:40:hwalton
^
this has to be a *
It is safer to add a user to
Shane S. hat gesagt: // Shane S. wrote:
> I am trying to install debian linux on this laptop i have.
> When I bootup with boot disk, i get the following error.
> Parition check:
> hda:
> attemtp to access beyond end of device
> 03:01: rw=0, want=2, limit=0
[... and so on]
> And it sits there fore
Can I get a copy of cfdisk, or is it buried in my packages somewhere?
Thanks much
> MCV> I think the problem is partly that you're trying to
> MCV> install emacs19 and emacs20: this will make things unhappy.
> MCV> Purge one or the other. Installing the emacs20-el package
> MCV> should created those files your lacking.
>
> I've purged both emacs19 and emacs20 and coris
On Sat, Oct 10 1998, [EMAIL PROTECTED] spake thus:
> When I try to run my PPP scripts, everyone of them results in
> permission denied.
Does the account have permission to use the modem? On my box, the
modem device (/dev/ttyS1) is owned by root, group dialout. See if
adding your user to the d
*-"M.C. Vernon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
|
| Dear debian people,
|
| When I launch emacs in X, it comes up just a little too big for my
| screen. Is there a command-line argument for setting the size of the
| window, please?
-geometry 81x30
Works with most X apps (but it usually specifies pixel
On Sun, 11 Oct 1998, M.C. Vernon wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I got X setup OK (using XF86Setup), and then set start-xdm in the config
> file, but xdm dies horribly (from the error log):
>
> (--) Mach64: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 35.57 kHz. Deleted.
>
>
> (--) Mach64: There is no mode def
> If I put the modem in the old 486, can I
> use that to dial out through both under NT4 and debian on the other box,
> and debian on that box?
Of course. First, install the Debian package called "diald" (dial on demand
daemon). Then set up NT to see your Debian box as the gateway. Then yo
Dear all,
I got X setup OK (using XF86Setup), and then set start-xdm in the config
file, but xdm dies horribly (from the error log):
(--) Mach64: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 35.57 kHz. Deleted.
(--) Mach64: There is no mode definition named "1024x768"
Fatal server error:
No valid mode
> are there any debianized themepacks (e.g Alien) it would be much easier if
> we could dpkg those themes then uninstall them if we don't like it.
>
This is an interesting thought - changing the theme settings so that
themes (and the programs they look for) are in a consistant place for the
debi
are there any debianized themepacks (e.g Alien) it would be much easier if
we could dpkg those themes then uninstall them if we don't like it.
TIA and Ciao.
Admiral Charah
Technical Support Group
Cyberspace Laoag, ISP
Dear debian people,
When I launch emacs in X, it comes up just a little too big for my
screen. Is there a command-line argument for setting the size of the
window, please?
Thanks,
Matthew
--
Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo
Steward of the Cambridge Tolkien Society
Selwyn College Computer
I did this with a 386 a few times. Basically, it seems that once the
kernel is loaded the obsolete BIOS is no longer an obstacle. Here's 3
setups I have used.
1) boot from a linux partition at the beginning and then mount large
partition(s).
2) boot from a floppy. The drive had 1 large root parti
> *-Alexander Gutfraind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> |
> | Hello Fello Users!
> |
> | I have a small completely newbie question:
> | What is segmentation fault AKA segfault?
>
> It means that the program has made an illegal memory access,
> for example trying to store in a region of memory it doesn't
>
Hi there,
I'm using a Spanish keyboard which has some special (8-bit?) characters in
it (such as accents, n with tilde~,...) and have the system configured for
using them. In fact, they work fine on the command line, but not with the
editor I use (joe, jstar,...). The joe doc says:
"If you want
*-Alexander Gutfraind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
|
| Hello Fello Users!
|
| I have a small completely newbie question:
| What is segmentation fault AKA segfault?
It means that the program has made an illegal memory access,
for example trying to store in a region of memory it doesn't
have permission to w
*-Dave Swegen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
|
| When I installed deb 2.0 a few weeks ago it was a pain in the arse
| process, so I was wondering whether there is anywhere I can write with
| comments on how I think it could be improved - I notice that people are
| still having some of the problems I encounter
Hi,
I want to use a 486 as my box with the modem in. I have a nother dual
boot (NT 4 workstation (for the mrs. you understand..) and debian) which
currently has the modem in. If I put the modem in the old 486, can I
use that to dial out through both under NT4 and debian on the other bo
I have just spent a day trying to install debian on my NEC versa laptop,
which has a pentium 133, 24 meg of ram and a 1gig hard drive.
I have tried to install off my HD using the procedure in the document
"Installing Debain Linux 2.0 for x86". Once the install.bat file is
executed, the expected cr
On Sun, 11 Oct 1998, Chris Hoover wrote:
> I've just installed the samba .deb package, and was wondering what I
> need to do next as far as setting up the rest of the config files? Is
> there a good doc on how to do this (debian specific)?
>
You'll need to look at /etc/smb.conf, there is suitab
I've just installed the samba .deb package, and was wondering what I
need to do next as far as setting up the rest of the config files? Is
there a good doc on how to do this (debian specific)?
Thanks,
Chris
On Sun, 11 Oct 1998, Default Debian Reader wrote:
> It seems the reason ftp doesn't like this sym link is that the sym link
> links to a directory on my win98 file system mounted at /win98. Is there
> a way to get around this problem? Thanks.
>
Due to security issues, symlinks outside of the /
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
|
| When I try to run my PPP scripts, everyone of them results in permission
denied.
|
| I did edit the /etc/group file and added my user name as follows:
|
| dip:x:40:hwalton
|
| I still get permission denied? Can anyone figure what is going on here?
|
| I did logoff tha
It seems the reason ftp doesn't like this sym link is that the sym link
links to a directory on my win98 file system mounted at /win98. Is there
a way to get around this problem? Thanks.
I have put a sym link in /home/ftp to some other directory on my machine.
However when doing ftp and loging in anonymously and i try to the cd to
the symlink it says no such file or directory. Can anyone help? Thanks
much.
Alexander Kushnirenko wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> We are trying to install debian 2.0 from floppies on ThinkPad, we used 2
> floppies resc1440tecra.bin resc1440.bin. Here is what's going on:
>
> 1. We boot from floppy see long message with
> boot:
> at the end
>
> 2. type
> boot: linux floppy=thinkpad
Hello Fello Users!
I have a small completely newbie question:
What is segmentation fault AKA segfault?
(I REALLY don't know)
TIA for your help.
On Fri, 9 Oct 1998, tracheotomy_bob wrote:
> I would really like to be able to build a system up from scratch. While =
> I appreciate the excellence that is debian, I find that for =
> understanding how everything fits together building a system up from =
> scratch helps. Initially I only had th
On Mon, Oct 05, 1998 at 02:47:20PM -0700, John Lapeyre wrote:
> On Mon, 5 Oct 1998, Peter S Galbraith wrote:
>
> Galbra>What I find strange if that I managed to download it without realising
> it
> Galbra>was non-free. I only *now* noticed that it's non-free by putting the
> Galbra>cursor on the
Why when i anonymously ftp to my localhost(127.0.0.1) and i have made
files and directories in /home/ftp/ it doesn't show up when i do an ls
from the ftp session? Any help is much appreciated.
Hi,
We are trying to install debian 2.0 from floppies on ThinkPad, we used 2
floppies resc1440tecra.bin resc1440.bin. Here is what's going on:
1. We boot from floppy see long message with
boot:
at the end
2. type
boot: linux floppy=thinkpad
3. It prints
Loading root.bin
At the moment I'm running Debian 2 on a 386/33 with only 600MB of hard
disk space (400MB master, 200MB slave).
What I'm looking for is a way to allow this machine to take over as
fileserver. The current fileserver is a 386/33 running Windows 3.11
between crashes. It can access its 6.4GB drive o
> Yes. You could recompile your kernel to include transparent proxy
> support. This would automagically redirect all connection attempts
> to the corresponding proxy servers.
Can you easily switch between "real" internet and "proxy" internet using
this solution?
> > Can I configure lynx to use
Some days back I reported I'd lost three hard discs when I look for
them using linux but they are still there according to my Adapted
3940 SCSI controller. Well, I've learned something about drive
name spaces in linux (separate for drives and CDROMS as I
thought blowing one attractive explanat
On Thu, 8 Oct 1998, Bedrock LAN Administrator wrote:
> DOS? Whassat? Winders? Whassat? *smirk* Seriously, though, I'm
> afraid that I can't test this scanner under either DOS or Windows,
> since I ditched all of that over a year ago (ain't it great to be
> MS-Free? visit www.i-want-a-website.
Hi,
We've got ThinkPad 380XD with EtherJet PCMCIA network card. Does anyone have
experience with installing Debian 2.0 on it? Comments?
Thanks,
Sasha.
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