Re: X help

1998-12-27 Thread Evgeny Roubinchtein
On Fri, 25 Dec 1998, Kent West wrote: >On Wed, 23 Dec 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> ok I recently installed Debian on my computer and when I set up X I set the >> resolution and everything right in xf86config and I did the xf86setup also >> >> But then I do startx and my resolution is way to

Fujitsu Dynamo errors

1998-12-27 Thread hollen
I just bought a Fujutsu DynaMO 640SE magneto optical disk and am having trouble getting it to work. I have made progress by moving from a 2.0.33 to a 2.0.34 kernel and am now able to partition it, but it gets errors partway into mke2fs when writing inode tables. Two different disks will fail at

XFree86 and Dell Dimension/OptiPlex?

1998-12-27 Thread Evgeny Roubinchtein
Does anyone have information/experience using XFree86 with the video controller that comes in Dell OptiPlex or Dimension series PCs? Dimensions XPS/V or OptiPlex G(X)1(P)? It looks like they use an ATI controller (built into the motherboard?). How well is that supported by the ATI X server? I em

Re: xbase problem (2.0_

1998-12-27 Thread Ed Cogburn
Ralph, I'm afraid I can't figure out whats happening to you. The fact that xdm doesn't work may be indication of a deeper (X11?) problem. At this point I can only suggest reposting your question, with the data you provided, back to the list. Remove the 'Re:' from the subject line so t

Re: Meaning of "Failed Intel bug check"?

1998-12-27 Thread Peter Bartosch
Hi! > However my SONY Vaio PCG-505F is SUPPOSED to have a Pentium-MMX running > at > 233MHz. (See http://www.sony > > So why is Debian 2.0 complaining? Is it because the chip is rated at > 233MHz, > but only running at 231? Or is this just a bug in Debian 2.0? i don´t think that´s a bug -- i

Re: xterm not found in slink

1998-12-27 Thread Ed Cogburn
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Gery, > > I had the same problem. I used apt-get to install xdm and everything > worked fine after that. > > Gery Wrote: > >> Just upgraded to slink. It seems that a package containing xterm, xdm, > >> etc. is missing (and therefore X11 is not working...). >

Just an idea...

1998-12-27 Thread Eric Monson
The Debian GNU Linux distribution has a wonderful install program, but... As soon as the basic install process is done (at least in 1.3), you are dropped to text mode and thrown into a series of scripts to continue the installation. I was wondering if Debian could adopt a single, unified way

libcrypt.so

1998-12-27 Thread Shane Wegner
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hello, I am fairly new to glibc but as I understand it, there is a version of libcrypt which is faster than the normal crypt function with glibc. Appairently it is only available in the US and Canada but I didn't see it on non-us.debian.org either. Does anyone

Re: Installation on a separate hard drive

1998-12-27 Thread Gordon von Miller
Jim, Before my harddrive crash, I had installed SUSE, and it was a major hassle to get the disk partitioned correctly. I now have Windows on the hard drive, and I would think that it would be very difficult to put Linux on it to share with W95. So, I thought it might be simpler to get a inexp

Whit tex on white background in cbb :-(

1998-12-27 Thread Stan Brown
I am seting up cbb (the check book balancer). It will run a remote machine. When I bring it up on this machine, I gey white text on white background in the inout fields. Pretty hard to work with. I have seen this behavior with other tcl/tk apps, and can't quite

Re: where is xmem(hamm)?

1998-12-27 Thread Thomas Keusch
On Fri, Dec 25, 1998 at 11:07:38PM +0100, Peter Bartosch wrote: Hello Peter! > > I grepped the contents-file for it but did not find it, I also > > searched the mailing lists archive at debian.org, but to no avail. > > I found someone asking where xmem had gone, but there was no answer. > > you´

Removing mungled packages

1998-12-27 Thread Randy Edwards
A while ago I installed the xfstt package and it wouldn't install properly. There has since been an update to this package and I figured the update would clear up my problem. No such luck. Dpkg reports problems with this package and suggests that I should reinstall. Reinstalling just gives me t

spreadsheet

1998-12-27 Thread Stan Brown
Anyone have a reomendation for a good spreadsheet, under Debian? I would have sworn, that I had seen a nice graphical one in a recent _Linux Journal_, but I can't seem to locate it in my stack of back issues. Thanks. -- Stan Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Icon for cbb ?

1998-12-27 Thread Stan Brown
I am setting up my Debian box as an application server for my wife. Anyone have a good icon for cbb (the check book program)? -- Stan Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED]770-996-6955 Factory Automation Systems Atlanta Ga. -- Windows 98: n. mi

Re: Still looking for help making 2nd drive boot MSDOS

1998-12-27 Thread Art Lemasters
Hi, Stan. Go to the debian Web site (www.debian.org), follow the "Documentation" link, then follow the "FAQ-O-Matic" link. There's a tutorial on setting up lilo to boot Linux & DOS there, and it worked for me when the /usr/doc didn't. Maybe this will help if the problem is really with the l

Re: to mirror or not to mirror

1998-12-27 Thread Brandon Mitchell
On Sun, 27 Dec 1998, Marco Frattola wrote: > hi to all the list, > merry xmas and happy new year. Same to you. > one of the two server (call it the master) periodically receive new > files, scattered in many dirs. the second server (call it the slave) > has to catch up. they're connected via an

Re: Installation on a separate hard drive

1998-12-27 Thread Jim Foltz
Gordon, Installation won't be any easier on a separate hard drive. Selecting where to install Linux is only one small part of the installation. Perhaps you can clarify your question? On Sun, Dec 27, 1998 at 06:39:58AM -0600, Gordon von Miller wrote: > Hello, > > Would installation be any easier

Re: LaTeX and overhead production

1998-12-27 Thread Paul Huygen
Simon Read <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> asked: >I'd like to use LaTeX to produce the overhead slides for my adjunct >class. I seem to have enormous problems all along the path, can >anyone help me? Can you be a bit more specific about the problems that you encountered? I recommend the package "seminar" t

Re: daemon management

1998-12-27 Thread Phil Gregory
On Sat, Dec 26, 1998 at 01:29:28PM -0500, Bob Bernstein wrote: > Consider that I would like to selectively prevent certain programs from > being started at boot time, such as, say, icmplogd, or the tama daemon. > Further, I don't just want to nuke them off the system, or delete the > symlinks in th

Re: sendmail config Q.

1998-12-27 Thread jpjevans
Hi, folks I have a similar question: Almost every client that uses sendmail to post mail to my ISP uses my login_name.machine_name for the return address. I get my mail from a POP account using fetchmail, so my actual mail address is my [EMAIL PROTECTED] I don't have the problem

Still looking for help making 2nd drive boot MSDOS

1998-12-27 Thread Stan Brown
I am rebuilding my Debian box from a failed 2.0 upgrad (my fault). I used to have LILO set up to boot Linux on the first hard drive (have that working), and MSDOS on the 2nd drive (Do't have that working). The issues apears to revolve around some files that need to

Re: xterm not found in slink

1998-12-27 Thread jpjevans
Gery, I had the same problem. I used apt-get to install xdm and everything worked fine after that. Gery Wrote: >> Just upgraded to slink. It seems that a package containing xterm, xdm, >> etc. is missing (and therefore X11 is not working...). >> >> Is there a special place for slink-bug

sendmail config Q.

1998-12-27 Thread zhaoway
i want to rewrite the reply-to addr. according to the receipent's email addr. i don't know howto. anyone can help me? i use sendmail. why i want this, if you have interests to read on:-) my boss do not want to manage multiple email accounts. he setup his reply-to addr. to be [EMAIL PROTECTED], and

xterm not found in slink

1998-12-27 Thread Gernot Bauer
Just upgraded to slink. It seems that a package containing xterm, xdm, etc. is missing (and therefore X11 is not working...). Is there a special place for slink-bug-reports? Thanx for your help. Gery -- - Wolfgang Gernot Bauer SKWB

Re: Problem from compiler !?

1998-12-27 Thread Peter Kovacs
> On Sun, Dec 27, 1998 at 04:30:49AM +, Nuno Carvalho wrote: > > gcc -lcrypt -lcurses -o bbs menus.o autenticacao.o idioma.o extrainfo.o > > bbs.c I'm sure somebody else has told you this on linux-c-programming, but I'm not a member of that list... You need to put references to libraries aft

ZyXEL omin128 ISDN Setup Q.

1998-12-27 Thread zhaoway
Please, where can I find step by step HOWTO on isdn for Linux? Thank you! Or, if you're so kindly to read on: My boss ask me to setup my Linux box for ZyXEL omni128 ISDN externel modem to show him the power of Linux, or at least my ability to manipulate Linux to do work for the company, not just p

re:font

1998-12-27 Thread Santhosh
Hi I want universe55 or universe65 font where can i download it.pls. mail me asap. regards santhosh

Re: xbase problem (2.0_

1998-12-27 Thread Ralph Winslow
Ed Cogburn wrote: > > Ralph Winslow wrote: > > > > Ed Cogburn wrote: > > > > > > Ralph Winslow wrote: > > > > > > > > When Clyde Wilson wrote, I replied: > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 24 Dec 1998, Stan Brown wrote: > > > > When I tried this I got > > > > > > > > # /usr/sbin/xbase-configure > > > >

to mirror or not to mirror

1998-12-27 Thread Marco Frattola
hi to all the list, merry xmas and happy new year. i'd like to ask the nice debianers about mirror like programs. i need to keep in sync two linux (debian of course) servers. they both share many files to windows clients thru samba. one of the two server (call it the master) periodically receive n

Installation on a separate hard drive

1998-12-27 Thread Gordon von Miller
Hello, Would installation be any easier on a separate hard drive? TIA Gordon

Re: remote xterm problems

1998-12-27 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Sat, Dec 26, 1998 at 11:14:37PM +0800, Chad A. Adlawan wrote: > Stan, > i'm sorry i sent the 1st email too soon w/o even thinking, anyway, > if you're using bash and a few other shells, you have to do an >$export TERM=vt100 > if you're using csh or tcsh, do a $set TERM=vt100 No, on (t)c

Re: Disableling unsecure services ?

1998-12-27 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Sat, Dec 26, 1998 at 01:58:42PM +0100, Marcus Geiger wrote: > I tried to disable all 'unsecure' network-services on my machine. I started > with commenting out the rpc-based entries in /etc/inetd.conf. > But when I'am doing a netstat -a, it seems that those services still are > hanging around

Re: Problem from compiler !?

1998-12-27 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Sun, Dec 27, 1998 at 04:30:49AM +, Nuno Carvalho wrote: > Meanwhile when i try to compile it i've that: > > cut here - > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/bbs$ make > gcc -c autenticacao.c > gcc -c idioma.c > gcc -c menus.c > gcc -c extrainfo.c > gcc -lcrypt -lcurses -o bbs menus.o aut

dosemu started crashing after working initially

1998-12-27 Thread Anthony Campbell
I had dosemu working reasonably well (not perfectly) on my Toshiba Satellite 4000CDT but it now fails repeatedly. I've tried different kernels without result. This is Debian hamm, with the standard dosemu for that version. This is the message that appears on screen: can anyone explain what is wron

Re: howto upgrade packages automatically?

1998-12-27 Thread Martin Wheeler
On Sat, 26 Dec 1998, Peter Berlau wrote: > 1. install the apt package from /debian/dists/hamm/main/binary-i386/admin Alternatively, if you have an "official" binary:main CD, you will also find a copy of the apt .deb in /install on the CD-ROM: /cdrom/install/apt_0.1.3.deb

Re: ISDN: using Home Highway

1998-12-27 Thread Alexander N. Benner
hi Ship's Log, Lt. Andrew Wilson, Stardate 271298.0247: > > The board I'm using is one marketed by British Telecom, they call it "BT > Speedway ISDN PCI Card" it appears to be have been produced by a German > company and the included software for windows was written by AVM-GmbH. > The Board uses

Re: Anyone else having WP8 die on X errors?

1998-12-27 Thread Serge Delorme
Same thing here on a bo system On Sat, Dec 26, 1998 at 02:43:08PM -0500, Stan Brown wrote: > Wehn I go into Format and select a label format WP8 dies with the X > error "XTCreatePopUpShell requires non-null parent". > > Could somebodye else test this and see if it's an insta

Triple click: changing click interval recognized

1998-12-27 Thread Jameson Burt
I would like to lower the minimum time until the next mouse click is recognized. I have looked a bit in xbase, xterm, and fvwm2 documentation, but I haven't stumbled onto how to change the minimum time between mouse clicks. Why? Linux users use the command line a great deal. They often want to

Re: icewm, icewm-gnome segfaulting...

1998-12-27 Thread Steve Lamb
On Sat, 26 Dec 1998 16:44:46 -0800, Steve Lamb wrote: >OK, got a problem here. icewm and icewm-gnome are both segfaulting like >a mofo. I'll run rxvt and it'll segfault. Sometimes it will segfault >before loading completely. Most frustrating. Before I report a bug on it I >want to make su

Problem from compiler !?

1998-12-27 Thread Nuno Carvalho
Hi, I'm compiling my project on C language using the following Makefile: --- cut here --- bbs : autenticacao.o idioma.o menus.o extrainfo.o gcc -lcrypt -lcurses -o bbs menus.o autenticacao.o idioma.o \ extrainfo.o bbs.c idioma.o : g

Re: configure device drivers

1998-12-27 Thread Ed Cogburn
"M. Francisca Jofre" wrote: > > On a first time install with Debian everything went exceptionally smooth > except for one item: when i reached the point for selecting and > configuring device drivers, nothing showed up (except the option to exit > this part of the installation and go back to the m

Re: xbase problem (2.0_

1998-12-27 Thread Ed Cogburn
Ralph Winslow wrote: > > Ed Cogburn wrote: > > > > Ralph Winslow wrote: > > > > > > When Clyde Wilson wrote, I replied: > > > > > > > > On Thu, 24 Dec 1998, Stan Brown wrote: > > > > > > > > > Is there a known problem with the xbase package from the > > > > > 2.0release? It > > > > >

configure device drivers

1998-12-27 Thread M. Francisca Jofre
On a first time install with Debian everything went exceptionally smooth except for one item: when i reached the point for selecting and configuring device drivers, nothing showed up (except the option to exit this part of the installation and go back to the main menu:). I tried a reinstall with a

Re: remote xterm problems

1998-12-27 Thread Chad A. Adlawan
Stan, i'm sorry i sent the 1st email too soon w/o even thinking, anyway, if you're using bash and a few other shells, you have to do an $export TERM=vt100 if you're using csh or tcsh, do a $set TERM=vt100 merry christmas everyone ! Chad > When runing a remote xterm on a non-Debian bo

Re: remote xterm problems

1998-12-27 Thread chadi
Stan, i experienced the same problems myself ... what i did was I reset term, i.e., $set TERM=vt100 try it and hope it'll help Chad > When runing a remote xterm on a non-Debian box, if I invoke vi, the > fon'ts get trashed to somehting totaly unreadable. I have to use the >

Error loading Lilo

1998-12-27 Thread Shadow
Hi, I've already figured out my question from before, but another problem had accured, when I installed lilo (so it will ask me what I want to load when I boot) it loads, but then I get an error... it said something about 'Unable to anitiate console', if you know what that means and/or how t

ISDN: using Home Highway

1998-12-27 Thread Andrew Wilson
Hi I've been using Linux For about 2 years but I have just got an ISDN connection and am a bit lost. I am connected to British Telecom's Home Highway service. The board I'm using is one marketed by British Telecom, they call it "BT Speedway ISDN PCI Card" it appears to be have been produced by a

Re: Modem trouble, Please help!!

1998-12-27 Thread john
BOHICA writes: > The final resolution was to install the 2.1 base disks with the 2.0 rescue > and driver floppies,... Ok, that tells us that the problem originates in the floppies. > I tried emailing the disk maintainer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) about the > problems I experienced with the latest disks

Re: xbase problem (2.0_

1998-12-27 Thread Ralph Winslow
Ed Cogburn wrote: > > Ralph Winslow wrote: > > > > When Clyde Wilson wrote, I replied: > > > > > > On Thu, 24 Dec 1998, Stan Brown wrote: > > > > > > > Is there a known problem with the xbase package from the > > > > 2.0release? It > > > > failed to install some required config files,

Re: "idled" the thing that wouldn't die

1998-12-27 Thread Steve Lamb
On Sat, 26 Dec 1998 19:46:27 -0500, Tom wrote: >My current idea is to remark out the line which loads this thing at boot >up. I am not sure how to do that, or even which file I need to edit. >Any help is appreiciated. Thanks cd /etc/init.d grep * (IE, grep apache * will find all cases of apa

"idled" the thing that wouldn't die

1998-12-27 Thread Tom
I decided to try the idled package which disconnects users after being idle for a specified period of time. When I first discovered that it does not recognize someone in X as using the machine I tried to uninstall it using dselect. After rebooting I was still being kicked or the system after 60 m

RE: Modem trouble, Please help!!

1998-12-27 Thread BOHICA
Thank you to all that helped. I never did find any script that appeared to be responsible for the miraculous "healing" of the inittab file. The final resolution was to install the 2.1 base disks with the 2.0 rescue and driver floppies, download the latest kernel and use a linux/bash emulator on

No "sender" field with Netscape Communicator

1998-12-27 Thread Randy Edwards
I previously asked a question about messages sent out with Netscape Communicator having a null "sender" field in the message header. This was pointed out to me by a listserv who wouldn't let me subscribe to a mailing list because of this omission. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to turn up an answer