Re: Kde Problem...

1998-10-15 Thread Greg Norris
I had to run ldconfig as root... kde didn't have any difficulties locating it's shared-libraries after that. On Thu, Oct 15, 1998 at 01:30:52PM -0500, Evan Van Dyke wrote: > Hrrm, ok now this is interesting... kfm _is_ running. xterm runs(via > Ctrl-F2 and running it) but kvt does not. I got ne

Re: Star Office

1998-10-15 Thread David S. Zelinsky
Dave Swegen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 15, 1998 at 10:39 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > So star office 4/5 can be downloaded for free for non-commercial use? well > > thats very nice of them, but how many people are going to be prepared to > > wait > > through a 50Mb download

Re: Debian 2.[01] -- Only rudimentary support for Laptops?

1998-10-15 Thread Alexander Kushnirenko
Hi, John! Thanks for reminding me about that. Part of the reason I forgot is that there is no direct link to it from main Web page. Perhaps FAQ-O-Matic deserved it's place on Main page. Sasha. > kushni> > kushni>If there were some Debian oriented database, where one could > kushni>add his ex

Re: Hiding a Linux computer

1998-10-15 Thread Greg Frye
Hogland, Thomas E. wrote: > [snip] > (Being on the Win95/MSOffice support team can really give you a crappy > outlook on life...) > > Tom > (Another person in a shop that keeps saying, "We can't use Linux - there's > no company to hold responsible if there's problems".) > Like Microsoft would be

Re: Hiding a Linux computer

1998-10-15 Thread Michael Stone
Quoting Hogland, Thomas E. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > =Someone takes an IP no problem > =DHCP server gives out that IP...and the unsuspecting user gets an IP > =adress conflict. > = > =They call the helpdesk...helpdesk calls net eng... that adress is > =taken out of the DHCP pool and put on the exc

Debian Distribution/Web Page

1998-10-15 Thread Todd Morris
[Well, I fowarded one negative comment. Here is a positive comment that webmaster recieved - Darren] I thought Debian was a rag-tag kludge loosely gopped together on the Internet. After reading reviews of Debian 2.0 and visiting your website, I have to say that I am extremely impressed. The info

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RE: Hiding a Linux computer

1998-10-15 Thread Hogland, Thomas E.
> On Thu, Oct 15, 1998 at 12:01:59PM +0200, Rainer Clasen wrote: [snip] => try putting a "send host-name" statement in your dhclient.conf (see man 5 => dhclient.conf for details) => => > I'd like to not even use the dhcp server but I think that would mean I'd => > have to setup the Linux machin

Re: Debian 2.[01] -- Only rudimentary support for Laptops?

1998-10-15 Thread John Lapeyre
On Thu, 15 Oct 1998, Alexander Kushnirenko wrote: kushni> kushni>If there were some Debian oriented database, where one could kushni>add his experience about installation of Debian on some kushni>unusual hardware, I would add mine about ThinkPad 380XD. THERE IS ! FAQ-O-MATIC ! (Ex

Re: SATAN .deb?

1998-10-15 Thread Jozef Skvarcek
There is one reason not to use packaged satan. .deb package contains binaries, those can include Troyan horses etc. Sure I trust debian developers, but when using satan or some different security auditing application I want to compile the binary for myself from pristine sources. Jozef Skvarcek [E

replacment for quick books

1998-10-15 Thread Carl Vilbrandt
Is there a replacement for Quicken/Quickbooks ? . . . for ACT, a contact management software ? without creating one in linux. Thanks in advance, carl

Re: slink package upgrades fail

1998-10-15 Thread Rene Hojbjerg Larsen
M.C. Vernon wrote: >> I also get similar messages for tetex-base and tetex-bin and can neither >> install nor remove these packages. > > Yes, I have problems like this as well... :( > > > tetex-bin included as an example. Shall I file a bug? and how do I fix > this? > > Matthew > > [EMAIL PROT

Re: ? WinModem

1998-10-15 Thread David Sherow
Thank we'll give it a try Kenneth Scharf wrote: > > > >Look at the modem. If you see a UART, you don't have > >a winmodem. ie 16550 or 8250 for old equipment. > > > This is not enough. Some Non-Winmodems may have the uart embedded in > an ASIC or custom IC. If you can issue the Hayes AT command

debian latest version?

1998-10-15 Thread Jason Herring Dale Davis
what is debian's lattest version I keep hearing about debian 2.1... and where can I find a list of supported hardware and package version information?? Jason Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: SATAN .deb?

1998-10-15 Thread Joey Hess
Colin Telmer wrote: > Unfortunately it is also quite a nasty package for checking someone else's > setup:) I myself agree with you but anytime I have brought it up > elsewhere, there is definitely divided opinion on the package. > Anyway, this question might be better suited for debian-devel. Cheer

Re: NIS

1998-10-15 Thread Alex Shnitman
Miquel van Smoorenburg writes: > >I suspect it has something to do with the way shadow passwords work in > >Solaris and in Linux. However, on an adjacent Slackware box it works > >flawlessly. What can be the problem? > > Is the output of "ypcat passwd" the same? Does the Slackware box > run

Re: Kde Problem...

1998-10-15 Thread Noah L. Meyerhans
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Thu, 15 Oct 1998, Evan Van Dyke wrote: > Hrrm, ok now this is interesting... kfm _is_ running. xterm runs(via > Ctrl-F2 and running it) but kvt does not. I got netscape up(had to write a > script that killed the /usr/X11R6/lib from the LD_LIBRARY_PATH sinc

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Re: ? WinModem

1998-10-15 Thread Kenneth Scharf
> >Look at the modem. If you see a UART, you don't have >a winmodem. ie 16550 or 8250 for old equipment. > This is not enough. Some Non-Winmodems may have the uart embedded in an ASIC or custom IC. If you can issue the Hayes AT command to the port that the modem is mapped to and get a response (u

Desperately in need of a Database app....

1998-10-15 Thread Person, Rod
Hey All, I am looking for recommendations on a database. Nothing extravagant it mainly for home use right now. I'm looking for something to use in X along the lines of Access of Claris' db (I always forget the name - and I actually prefer this to Access...) All day I program a database for a heal

Re: LaTeX book

1998-10-15 Thread shaul
Not a book but might be helpful: http://bluesky.ecas.ou.edu/~bfiedler/tips/latex.html ftp://granroth.ml.org/pub/Latex/short_intro.ps Also, take a look at lyx. > Dear all, > > Can anyone recommend a good one of these, please? Mainly for > scientific writing... >

Re: NIS

1998-10-15 Thread Alex Shnitman
Gilbert Laycock writes: > Alex> Is anyone using NIS with hamm? I'm trying to set it to work > Alex> against a Solaris NIS server and it doesn't work. I've got > Alex> everything up to the point that "ypcat passwd" indeed cats all > Alex> the passwd file from the NIS server (with the passwords

Re: Star Office

1998-10-15 Thread Dave Swegen
On Thu, Oct 15, 1998 at 10:39 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > So star office 4/5 can be downloaded for free for non-commercial use? well > thats very nice of them, but how many people are going to be prepared to wait > through a 50Mb download? > Has anybody broken it up into 1MB pieces that can b

Kernel Log

1998-10-15 Thread Account for Debian group mail
For some reason the kernel logging turns off part way through the boot up process. Anyone know how keep the kernel logging on? Thanks, Ken Rea

debian hamm and GigaByte GA-5AX

1998-10-15 Thread Ferdinand Schinagl
Hi there, Does anybody know about troubles with linux running on a Gigabyte GA586 (ali chipset, AGP, supports 100MHz) board (with 200MHz Pentium - no MMX, 64MB SDRAM, NO overclocking)? I just got one and tried to start an already working hamm by remote booting (linux 2.0.35). However, after detec

Re: StarOffice -or- Applixware 4.4.1

1998-10-15 Thread Richard Sevenich
The October issue of Linux Journal compares the two - Applix 4.3 though. It will tell you the packages/functionality of each. Richard

Re: Root password security

1998-10-15 Thread Stephen J. Carpenter
On Thu, Oct 15, 1998 at 03:36:13PM +, Thomas Lakofski wrote: > Physical security of the box in question is the only real measure you can > take (lock it in a box). Failing this, get a machine (some newer Compaq > workstations have this) that lets you restrict floppy booting with BIOS > and has

StarOffice -or- Applixware 4.4.1

1998-10-15 Thread Bob Barth
Should I keep my Applixware 4.4.1 suite or replace it with the StarOffice suite?   Should I get StarOffice Version 5.0 (pre-release) or Version 4.0 from Caldera?   I run Linux Debian 2.0, are there any areas of difficulty?   What is included in the StarOffice suite (word processor, spread

[Q] backspace problems connecting to XDM via eXceed

1998-10-15 Thread Sudhakar Chandrasekharan
Hi, I am running xdm on my machine. When I log into the machine on the console, my xterm's backspace is working fine. But when another user logs into my machine using eXceed on NT (using XDMCP-broadcast), backspace does not work. What resources / files should I modify to map backspace to ^H? H

Re: Network problems

1998-10-15 Thread Alexander Kushnirenko
Hi, Vincent! I have 3C905-TX Netowrk card. Module that one shoud is is called 3c59x It's listed when you run modconf. Hope that help, Sasha. > Hi, I'm just starting with Linux. I just installed it yesterday but I > can't seem to get it to recognize the network. It keeps saying 'No > network fo

Re: Midnight Commander

1998-10-15 Thread Alexander Kushnirenko
Hi, > Where can one find the Midnight Commander (GNOME version) 4.1.35 .deb files? > The package is called gmc ii gmc 4.1.35-4 Midnight Commander - A powerful file manager I took it from slink and installed by hand (I mean dpkg -i ...) It may be in GNOME Debain pakages, but

Re: web databases?

1998-10-15 Thread Alexander Kushnirenko
Hi, Steve! > Does anyone know of a decent database with a simple web interface? Linux > would be fine, but a generic one with a chance of running on FreeBSD would be > better. > I use combination of MySQL (database) + PHP/FI web interface. MySQL is very fast and very simple. PHP/FI is a

Re: mail failed, returning to sender

1998-10-15 Thread Ossama Othman
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Re: lowmem installation trouble

1998-10-15 Thread joost
On 8 Oct 1998, Larry Fletcher wrote: > On Oct 06 1998, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I am trying to install Debian on my 386 w/ 4Megs of RAM and > > hercules video. Using the lowmem.bin image, here is what > > happens... > > I've been trying the same thing. So far I have been able to install

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Re: Kde Problem...

1998-10-15 Thread Evan Van Dyke
At 11:17 AM 10/15/98 -0400, you wrote: >-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > >Make sure that kfm is running (kfm has no graphical interface, it is >essentially a daemon that spawns the programs that you want to run. The >graphical file manager is kfmclient). > >Also try starting your programs from

Re: Hiding a linux computer

1998-10-15 Thread Stephen J. Carpenter
On Thu, Oct 15, 1998 at 12:01:59PM +0200, Rainer Clasen wrote: > Hi! > > Jeremy Blonde ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > However a few problems arise. They are using dhcp, which I can work > > with (I get the ip address and can hit all the servers, etc.), but this > > also leaves a record in the dhcp ip

Re: NIS

1998-10-15 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Alex Shnitman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Is anyone using NIS with hamm? I'm trying to set it to work against a >Solaris NIS server and it doesn't work. I've got everything up to the >point that "ypcat passwd" indeed cats all the passwd file from the NIS >server (wi

Re: slink package upgrades fail

1998-10-15 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Thu, 15 Oct 1998, Fred Yankowski wrote: > Bob Nielsen writes: > > After yesterdays package updates, I get the following error messages: > > > > Preparing to replace netstd 3.07-4 (using netstd_3.07-5.deb) ... > > Can't locate DebianNet.pm in @INC (@INC contains: > > /usr/lib/perl5/i386-li

Re: internet pon help 2

1998-10-15 Thread Nikolai Andreyevich Luzan
On Thu, 15 Oct 1998, Chesshome wrote: > I need to istall the ppp kernel module can someone tell me how to do that? insmod ppp

Re: SATAN .deb?

1998-10-15 Thread Colin Telmer
On Thu, 15 Oct 1998, M.C. Vernon wrote: > Dear all, > > Has anyone packaged this yet? If not then IMHO it should be done - > it's an essential admin tool for checking your setup. Unfortunately it is also quite a nasty package for checking someone else's setup:) I myself agree with you but

Re: Where is this stuff comming from ?

1998-10-15 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Thu, 15 Oct 1998, Peter Iannarelli wrote: : : Why am I getting this stuff ? [ snip retarded mail system complaining ] Someone has severely hosed their MTA config. The listmasters will remove the offending subscriber, i imagine :) -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet 410 South Phillips Avenue Siou

RE: ? WinModem

1998-10-15 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Thu, 15 Oct 1998, Shaleh wrote: : Win modems are almost always made by US Robotics. You should only need to type : "pon". You also need to ensure that you have told ppp to use the right com : port. If the modem is a plug and play modem, you need to install the isapnp : tools and follow

internet pon help 2

1998-10-15 Thread Chesshome
I need to istall the ppp kernel module can someone tell me how to do that? thank's chesshome   (P.S. I'm looking for good debian resources for stuff like command's, programs, ect. can someone tell me whare I can find such resources them maybe I whon't ask so many Q.)

Help Me

1998-10-15 Thread Mincho
I have a debian distribution called "Acer Linux 1.0". When I install Linux, and my computer restarts, the system loads until I get message: " fatal server error - Could not create audio conection block info", and my screen begin to blink. Please, help me Thanks Mincho Dimov Service Engineer Kontr

Re: Star Office (fwd)

1998-10-15 Thread Richard E. Hawkins Esq.
> With some ftp software (ncftp), you can begin a download, stopping it > when you go > sleeping and go on, the day after, at the point you left it. > Very useful Or just wget -c http://whateveritis -o logfile & and it will go merrily about its way, restarting wherever it left off. If you n

Re: Where is this stuff comming from ?

1998-10-15 Thread David Sherow
so far i have gotten 5 yesterday and 5 today, and wished I know where their were coming from Peter Iannarelli wrote: > Why am I getting this stuff ? > > Peter > > Return-Path: ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Received: >from murphy.novare.net (really [209.176.56.6])

Re: ? WinModem

1998-10-15 Thread David Sherow
Where can I get isapnp? Shaleh wrote: > Win modems are almost always made by US Robotics. You should only need to > type > "pon". You also need to ensure that you have told ppp to use the right com > port. If the modem is a plug and play modem, you need to install the isapnp > tools and follo

RE: ? WinModem

1998-10-15 Thread Shaleh
Win modems are almost always made by US Robotics. You should only need to type "pon". You also need to ensure that you have told ppp to use the right com port. If the modem is a plug and play modem, you need to install the isapnp tools and follow their instructions. On 15-Oct-98 David Sherow w

Re: Debian's recommendation for the size of the swap.

1998-10-15 Thread Kenneth Scharf
If anyone is taking a survery... My machine also has 64M or ram, and I am using 128M of swap space (I figured with a 5.4GB drive I'd max out the swap partition.) _ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

Re: ? WinModem

1998-10-15 Thread Peter Iannarelli
Hello David: Look at the modem. If you see a UART, you don't have a winmodem. ie 16550 or 8250 for old equipment. Peter David Sherow wrote: > How can a person tell if they have a WinModem. > Or I'm doing something wrong, because I can't connect to my ISP using > pon > it is acting like it is

Re: packet -> PID mapping? (was look up process)

1998-10-15 Thread ...
On 13 Oct 1998, David S. Zelinsky wrote: > > I was having trouble with diald bringing up the line. A dump of the > > /var/log/ppp.log showed something connecting to local (127.0.0.1) and > > sending a DNS request (port 53 on destination IP). Is there a way to query a > > connection to find out

Re: login time limits in slink???

1998-10-15 Thread Tom Lear
On Thu, 15 Oct 1998, Craig Sanders wrote: > On 15 Oct 1998, Paul Crowley wrote: > > > Craig Sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > anyone know what it is in slink which is enforcing idle-timeout and daily > > > time limits on serial lines? > > > > I don't have this problem, and I haven't

RE: Debian's recommendation for the size of the swap.

1998-10-15 Thread Person, Rod
Hey all, I have to admit to ignorance on this subject, never spent much time worrying about swap file and VM. Never much interested me. But, for reading this discussion I have a question. I have 12M of Ram and 12M of Swap (could afford more only have 250M). Now if I have a program that requires

Re: Hiding a linux computer

1998-10-15 Thread Rainer Clasen
Hi! Jeremy Blonde ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > However a few problems arise. They are using dhcp, which I can work > with (I get the ip address and can hit all the servers, etc.), but this > also leaves a record in the dhcp ip address listing in this format: > > ipaddress hostname mac addre

Re: dhcp and/or nis questions?

1998-10-15 Thread Rainer Clasen
Hi! Lee Bradshaw ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > On Wed, Oct 14, 1998 at 11:18:13AM +0200, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote: > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > > Lee Bradshaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >nis specific problems: > > > > > >When I run dhclient, /etc/resolv.conf is written with the new dns i

Where is this stuff comming from ?

1998-10-15 Thread Peter Iannarelli
Why am I getting this stuff ? Peter Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from murphy.novare.net (really [209.176.56.6]) by GenXl.com via in.smtpd with smtp id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Debian Smail3.2.0.101) for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Thu, 15 O

Re: login time limits in slink???

1998-10-15 Thread Peter Iannarelli
Hello: I remember this problem. I think there is something in one of the crontabs in /etc. Check it out in there. Peter Paul Crowley wrote: > Craig Sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > anyone know what it is in slink which is enforcing idle-timeout and daily > > time limits on serial li

I can config man-db, the man command is unavaliable.

1998-10-15 Thread ayin
Dear Sir When I install the man-db package , the dselect utility tell me that I should have groff. But groff need libg++272. The problem is that I have installed libg++272( the dselect show installed) , but the groff item still shows that libg++272 does not appear in the installed packages list,

Re: Networking (lowbie)

1998-10-15 Thread Mitch Blevins
The Gimp wrote: > Hello, > > I am lost.. > > Situation: > 2 Linux boxs both with Debian, one slink the other hamm. > Both have network NE2K cards and both are seen by Linux. > The Slink box has a ppp connection to the net but I > don't as of right now need to access the net w/the hamm > computer

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Re: NIS

1998-10-15 Thread Jozef Skvarcek
On 15 Oct 1998, Gilbert Laycock wrote: > Alex> Is anyone using NIS with hamm? I'm trying to set it to work > Alex> against a Solaris NIS server and it doesn't work. I've got > Alex> everything up to the point that "ypcat passwd" indeed cats all > Alex> the passwd file from the NIS server (with the

? WinModem

1998-10-15 Thread David Sherow
How can a person tell if they have a WinModem. Or I'm doing something wrong, because I can't connect to my ISP using pon it is acting like it is on but it doesn't dial. -- Best regards /-\ /***\

slink package upgrades fail

1998-10-15 Thread Fred Yankowski
Bob Nielsen writes: > After yesterdays package updates, I get the following error messages: > > Preparing to replace netstd 3.07-4 (using netstd_3.07-5.deb) ... > Can't locate DebianNet.pm in @INC (@INC contains: > /usr/lib/perl5/i386-linux/5.005 /usr/lib/perl5/5.005 > /usr/local/lib/site_pe

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GNOME apps error

1998-10-15 Thread Rodrigo Moya
Hi all!! I have successfully compiled GNOME 0.20 under Debian 2.0, and now when I start X, the IceWM window manager starts ok, but no GNOME program starts (I mean the Panel, which is started on startup, doesn't it? And, each time I try to start it (the panel) I get the following errors: error

Re: Star Office

1998-10-15 Thread Mark Wagnon
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > So star office 4/5 can be downloaded for free for non-commercial use? well > thats very nice of them, but how many people are going to be prepared to wait > through a 50Mb download? > Has anybody broken it up into 1MB pieces that can be downloaded gradually, or > has a

Re: Root password security

1998-10-15 Thread Thomas Lakofski
Physical security of the box in question is the only real measure you can take (lock it in a box). Failing this, get a machine (some newer Compaq workstations have this) that lets you restrict floppy booting with BIOS and has a software case-lock. It's hard to suggest any other measures other tha

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Re: login time limits in slink???

1998-10-15 Thread Paul Crowley
Craig Sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > anyone know what it is in slink which is enforcing idle-timeout and daily > time limits on serial lines? > > i've hunted all over (even to the point of grepping every file in /etc, > /bin, /usr/bin, /sbin, /usr/sbin) for it and can't find it anywhere.

Re: DebainNet.pm location

1998-10-15 Thread maximill
the solution is downgrade to perl 5.004. 5.005 has been removed from slink, and will probably not make it into the next stable release. get the debs for 5.004 from slink and install them by hand (dpkg -i) -brad On Wed, 14 Oct 1998, Bob Nielsen wrote: > On Wed, 14 Oct 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrot

Re: login time limits in slink???

1998-10-15 Thread Craig Sanders
On 15 Oct 1998, Paul Crowley wrote: > Craig Sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > anyone know what it is in slink which is enforcing idle-timeout and daily > > time limits on serial lines? > > I don't have this problem, and I haven't installed idled: > > Description: Idle Daemon. Removes id

-URGENT- exim:incoming message frozen

1998-10-15 Thread ing.Bubulac Angela Tatiana
hello, the problem is that I can send messages to other domains but I cannot receive any message and in mainlog file I get the messages for example: for transmiting 1998-10-15 09:15:27 0zTq3j-pc-00 <= [EMAIL PROTECTED] H=(maric) [193.231.157.5] P=smtp S=1642 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1998-10-

Re: Kde Problem...

1998-10-15 Thread Noah L. Meyerhans
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Wed, 14 Oct 1998, Evan Van Dyke wrote: > I just upgraded Kde to the 1.0 "stable" release, and among other things > have found that I can not run many of my programs... For example, when I > try to run a terminal, nothing happens same with Netscape, and s

RE: Star Office

1998-10-15 Thread FRANCK . LEGALL
With some ftp software (ncftp), you can begin a download, stopping it when you go sleeping and go on, the day after, at the point you left it. Very useful Franck --- So star office 4/5 can be downloaded for free for non-commercial use? well thats very nice of them, but how many people are go

Root password security

1998-10-15 Thread ZS Choy
I wish to know if any expert knows how to improve root password ptotection/security which could not be disable with "blanking out of root password" using boot/root floppy. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thks & b.r. z.s.

Networking (lowbie)

1998-10-15 Thread The Gimp
Hello, I am lost.. Situation: 2 Linux boxs both with Debian, one slink the other hamm. Both have network NE2K cards and both are seen by Linux. The Slink box has a ppp connection to the net but I don't as of right now need to access the net w/the hamm computer. I just want each box to see each o

Need help for dhcpcd setup

1998-10-15 Thread KOLOGO Bruno
Hi, I usually use dhcpcd to configure my network connexion. Recently i upgraded my linux box to Debian 2.0 and the daemon won't install. Dselect returns something like "post-installation script returns status 1 .and so on". As result it doesn't install the daemon so i can't access my In

Re: NIS

1998-10-15 Thread Gilbert Laycock
Alex> Is anyone using NIS with hamm? I'm trying to set it to work Alex> against a Solaris NIS server and it doesn't work. I've got Alex> everything up to the point that "ypcat passwd" indeed cats all Alex> the passwd file from the NIS server (with the passwords replaced Alex> with "##username"). My

hmm, so I can't even upgrade the rest of my system with tex having a problem...

1998-10-15 Thread Darxus
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ apt-get upgrade Updating package status cache...done Checking system integrity...ok The following packages will be REMOVED: tetex-bin The following packages have been kept back xscreensaver-gl siag 22 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 2 not upgraded. 2

Re: Debian's recommendation for the size of the swap.

1998-10-15 Thread Peter S Galbraith
> i'm currently use 12M swap with 64M RAM, is it too few ? Here's what you do: $ free total used free sharedbuffers cached Mem:127660 120980 6680 21636 44904 35608 -/+ buffers/cache: 40468 87192 Swap:25580

RE: NIS

1998-10-15 Thread Andrew Chittenden
We're using NIS with hamm and slink with no problems. Our NIS server runs on Netware (don't blame me - that's corporate MIS for you!). We did have problems at one stage which meant we had to set the ypserver's address in /etc/yp.conf. Rgds, Andy Chittenden Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax:

Star Office

1998-10-15 Thread Frankay666
So star office 4/5 can be downloaded for free for non-commercial use? well thats very nice of them, but how many people are going to be prepared to wait through a 50Mb download? Has anybody broken it up into 1MB pieces that can be downloaded gradually, or has anybody got it on CD that they can lend

Re: Networking

1998-10-15 Thread Nikolai Andreyevich Luzan
On Thu, 15 Oct 1998, Steven Udell wrote: > ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.# netmask 255.255.255.0 up > on each one.. but this is where I am I'd add broadcast 192.168.0.255 as force of habit :) > I need to edit /etc/ resolv.conf & hosts and then > add route.. is this it? then is should be good > t

RE: Midnight Commander

1998-10-15 Thread Hank Fay
MC is installable under dselect. Run dselect and select it. Hank -Original Message- From: Christian Lavoie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 1998 5:11 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Midnight Commander Where can one find the Midnight Commander (GNOME v

Afterstep Debian popup submenu not working

1998-10-15 Thread Patrick Weemeeuw
Hello, I have a problem with popup menus in the Afterstep window manager: the Debian submenu is empty. On my system at home, this submenu is fully populated with lots of entries. Both systems run the latest Afterstep version, though, and were upgraded in a similar manner from bo. There has been

Re: More robust filesystem?

1998-10-15 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Wayne Cuddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Wed, 14 Oct 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Maybe the local drive is read-only and the writable stuff is on a server. > >They must have a haul-ass network since netscape uses the cache >extensively. With lots of people br

Dselect upgrades/downgrades

1998-10-15 Thread Juergen Fornoff
(i have posted this already, can't anybody help ?) Hi, i am new to the list, an new to the Debian Linux On the Debian 2.0 CD, the X11-section has two versions of Xservers, Xbooks etc. Now during installation, the newer package will be installed, followed by replacing with the older one. This h

Instalacion en notebook.

1998-10-15 Thread Infomed
Soy usuario de Unix SCO y quiero pasarme a Linux. Acabo de comprar un notebook (ayer) y quisiera instalar Linux en él. Podriais aclararme cosas ???. * Necesito drivers especificos para : - Teclado - Raton - Monitor TFT - Tarjeta PCMCIA red/modem * Puedo hacer la ins

OK - no need to reply to my test

1998-10-15 Thread M.C. Vernon
DEar all, Thanks to all of you who replied to my test message - it seems that it's just taking an hour (!) to for mail to get from here to the list and back again... Matthew -- Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo Steward of the Cambridge Tolkien Society Selwyn College Computer Support http://

mail failed, returning to sender

1998-10-15 Thread maor
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Networking

1998-10-15 Thread Steven Udell
Hello, I am lost.. Situation: 2 Linux boxs both with Debian, one slink the other hamm. Both have network NE2K cards and both are seen by Linux. The Slink box has a ppp connection to the net but I don't as of right now need to access the net w/the hamm computer. I just want each box to see each o

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