Re: Disk maintenance

1999-01-09 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Sat, Jan 09, 1999 at 09:49:11PM +, Christian Lavoie wrote: > I've got a single ext2fs partition, so it is the root partition. > That's the one I need to defrag/scan, so even having it mounted as > read only won't help. (At least for the defrag) > > So as far as I can tell I need either:

Re: help wanted for kernel install

1999-01-09 Thread jpjevans
On 9 Jan, Jean Pierre LeJacq wrote: > > > On Sat, 9 Jan 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Ok, now I cd to linux and I'm in 2.0.36. This seems right to me, >> but I must still missing something, because make menuconfig >> produces the following errors: >> >> debian:/

VCD player.....

1999-01-09 Thread Timothy Hospedales
I just got my first VCD! Does anyone know of a open/source/free VCD player for linux? All I could find was mpegtv which doesn't do audio unless you pay for it. :(. Thanx in advance! Timothy

Re: XDM

1999-01-09 Thread Peter Bartosch
Hi! > On Fri, 8 Jan 1999, Frederic Breitwieser wrote: > > > Greetings, > > > > My last question/issue/problem is I didn't answer "yes" to making XDM the > > default logon prompt, therefore one must sign onto the box in text mode, > > then type "XDM" then sign on again. The first signon must be

Re: System won't boot, "lilo.conf" problem

1999-01-09 Thread Peter Bartosch
Hi! > Hi > I have the same situation to Tam. Whenever I boot my PC, It only > show " LI" and freeze. The different thing is I have only one disk ( > 2GB) and all dedicated to linux. No other operating system inside. > The /etc/lilo.conf content is > boot=/dev/hda1 ^--- you have

Re: 'time' protocol client/server for Debian?

1999-01-09 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Sat, 9 Jan 1999, Chris R. Martin wrote: > Does anyone know of a simple time protocol client/server pair for > Debian/Linux? I am refering to RFC868, not NTP. It would be simple enough > to write, but if someone has already done the work... netdate? NAME netdate - set date and time by

Re: "make-kpkg" terminated before completion

1999-01-09 Thread Charles Kaufman
Manoj: On 9 Jan 1999, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > > Hmmm. Sorry to follow up my last posting so quickly, but I did > notice that the man page mentions /usr/doc/kernel-package in the see > also section. > > As I said, I have now included a reference in the files > section as well. >

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'time' protocol client/server for Debian?

1999-01-09 Thread Chris R. Martin
Does anyone know of a simple time protocol client/server pair for Debian/Linux? I am refering to RFC868, not NTP. It would be simple enough to write, but if someone has already done the work... thanks, Chris

Re: fvwm95 & menus

1999-01-09 Thread Mike Touloumtzis
If you want to completely override the default values, just copy the default configuration file in full to the user's directory (as .fvwm95rc or whatever it uses) and edit it to remove the "Read" statements (for the hooks) and to change the menus to just the apps you want. miket On Sat, Jan 09,

Re: help wanted for kernel install

1999-01-09 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
On Sat, 9 Jan 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Ok, now I cd to linux and I'm in 2.0.36. This seems right to me, >but I must still missing something, because make menuconfig >produces the following errors: > >debian:/usr/src/linux# make menuconfig > rm -f include

Re: Why not as a newsgroup?

1999-01-09 Thread Mike Touloumtzis
On Sat, Jan 09, 1999 at 08:12:40PM +0100, Thomas Adams wrote: > On Fri, Jan 08, 1999 at 01:09:59AM -0800, Martin Waller wrote: > > > I for one would no longer to be able to get the list. I access the > > internet through a firewall. The policy is restricted viewing only of > > some newsnet new

help wanted for kernel install

1999-01-09 Thread jpjevans
Hi, folks I want to update my kernel (2.0.34) to 2.0.36. I've already upgraded the rest of my system slink, so today I used apt-get to install the new kernel-source. When I switched to the /usr/src/linux directory, I found it was still pointing to kernel-so

RE: printing to a win95 shared printer *sigh*

1999-01-09 Thread Shaleh
On 09-Jan-99 Richard A Nelson wrote: > > Has anyone setup lprng to print to a win95 shared printer? > The printer in question is a HP DeskJet 870. > > I've been printing to the printer locally, but had to move the printer > to a box that runs mostly lose 95. > I am under the impression that th

RE: fvwm95 & menus

1999-01-09 Thread Shaleh
Matt, go to /usr/doc/menu and it will explain how to make your own menu entries. On 09-Jan-99 Matt Kopishke wrote: > What's the simplest way to completly over ride the menus the are used by > default under fvwm95, for certen users (probly using ~/.fvwm95 and > hook files?). I need a simple menu (

named/BIND 8.1.2-5 won't accept inbound zone xfers

1999-01-09 Thread Ian Eure
I'm having a really nasty time getting my BIND zone slave to update from the zone master. the slave keeps saying: --- Jan 9 13:24:21 Phaktory named[145]: Zone "zone.domain" (class 1) SOA serial# (10719991) rcvd from [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx] is < ours (121219981) --- (names/ips changed to protect he inno

Re: Disk maintenance

1999-01-09 Thread Christian Lavoie
> On Sat, Jan 09, 1999 at 01:32:02PM +, Christian Lavoie wrote: > > What is the best way to defrag/scan disks? > > > > Mounted disks can't be defragged, and you can't umount the root > > partition, can you? > I don't know how to defrag a disk (you rarely need to anyway), but the > following wo

smail: mail lossage

1999-01-09 Thread Christian Weisgerber
Debian 2.0/i386, smail 3.2.0.101-4.5. I'm seeing mail lossage here. What happens is that messages to alias addresses--aliases which have existed for months and which are perfectly fine and deliverable--are bounced with ERR100 (unknown user). Usually I get my mail through rsmtp and I haven't noti

Re: Why not as a newsgroup?

1999-01-09 Thread Thomas Adams
On Fri, Jan 08, 1999 at 01:09:59AM -0800, Martin Waller wrote: > I for one would no longer to be able to get the list. I access the > internet through a firewall. The policy is restricted viewing only of > some newsnet news groups. > > There is no way to either connect to a different news ser

Re: Chat scrpit trouble

1999-01-09 Thread Stephan Engelke
On Fri, Jan 08, 1999 at 09:35:34PM -0600, Kent West wrote: > And the under-20 crowd says, "What's a turntable?" :) Gee, I am getting old - I still USE one of those things once in a while :-) -- Stephan Engelke [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** I am the captain of t

Re: HP 4000 N

1999-01-09 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Sat, 9 Jan 1999, Matt Kopishke wrote: > I am trying to set up printing on a Linux box (Slink) running lpr. The > printer is on a network, and has an IP address, how do I set this up? I > tried using the default network setup in the printcap that magicfilter > make and pluging in the IP, but

fvwm95 & menus

1999-01-09 Thread Matt Kopishke
What's the simplest way to completly over ride the menus the are used by default under fvwm95, for certen users (probly using ~/.fvwm95 and hook files?). I need a simple menu (to apps, Netscape & Wordperfect) for our xterinals, the default debian-menu is confusing, and give them access to too many

HP 4000 N

1999-01-09 Thread Matt Kopishke
I am trying to set up printing on a Linux box (Slink) running lpr. The printer is on a network, and has an IP address, how do I set this up? I tried using the default network setup in the printcap that magicfilter make and pluging in the IP, but it does not work, Thanks, -Matt-

printing to a win95 shared printer *sigh*

1999-01-09 Thread Richard A Nelson
Has anyone setup lprng to print to a win95 shared printer? The printer in question is a HP DeskJet 870. I've been printing to the printer locally, but had to move the printer to a box that runs mostly lose 95. Thanks, -- Rick Nelson

Re: "make-kpkg" terminated before completion

1999-01-09 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"Charles" == Charles Kaufman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Charles> Anyway I'm sure you get the idea. Persistence required. Charles> In the FILES part of the man page you do mention the Problems.gz file- Charles> why not mention the the README, too? Hmmm. Sorry to follow up my las

Re: "make-kpkg" terminated before completion

1999-01-09 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"Charles" == Charles Kaufman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Charles> Anyway I'm sure you get the idea. Persistence required. Charles> In the FILES part of the man page you do mention the Problems.gz file- Charles> why not mention the the README, too? I have done so in my local sour

Ricoh MP6201S & Buslogic Flashpoint anyone using this ?

1999-01-09 Thread Dave Restall - System Administrator
RW : Ricoh MP6201S Processor : AMD K5 running at 90MHz. Regards, Dave Restall mail/debian/19990109.tx deb-user ++ | Dave Restall Internet Intranet

Re: slink PPP hangup problem

1999-01-09 Thread john
Nikhil writes: > I don't understand at all what you are trying to say. I was connected to > the internet. And then when i kill -INT I get the error that > the hangup chatscript failed Not the hangup chatscript: there is no such thing. What is failing is your 'disconnect' script. Somewhere y

Exim

1999-01-09 Thread Andrew Ivanov
Hi. I'm trying to setup a mail agent on my computer, so I can mail using exim to remote domains. The question is : how do I specify my smtp server? Thank you, Andrew

Re: XDM

1999-01-09 Thread Alain Toussaint
> Assuming that you have hamm installed. It's not the case in slink. > Sasha. it's not xfree86,it's a commercial one (doesn't remember it though). Alain T.

how to umount /floppy with superblock error?

1999-01-09 Thread Damir J. Naden
Hi, everybody -- I wanted to reuse the OS/2 warp floppies I had hanging around. I wanted to make them ext2 filesystem, so issued the command (with the floppy in /dev/fd0, but _not_ mounted): mke2fs /dev/fd0 The drive light was on for a while and I got the info about formatting; and the prompt r

Re: Samba and NT Wkstn?

1999-01-09 Thread wb2oyc
Leo, > >Well then, I guess wishing you good "luck" is all I can do! > OK, and I understand. I was hoping I could get an answer here, but I guess I have to try Samba's site because no one here seems to have any idea. Its crazy, 'cause everything I've read about it suggests that NT 3.51 Wkstn shou

smail setup details

1999-01-09 Thread Kevin McEnhill
pgpQNxEqgIAKD.pgp Description: PGP message

Re: PostgreSQL error ...

1999-01-09 Thread Peter Berlau
Hi Nuno, You must do some steps of configuration before psql You can psql. (sorry sitting on front of wintendo, so I can have a look to the environment, but I'm sure You easilly will find the rigth settings on Your system, ) 1. Einvironment-Variables-Settings: Environment-Variables, e.g. (changes

Re: "make-kpkg" terminated before completion

1999-01-09 Thread Charles Kaufman
Manoj: On 9 Jan 1999, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > > Well, the detailed manual is in /usr/doc/kernel-package/README.gz, > where I think it does indicate that only the kernel_image target is > required > Point well taken. I should have found it. Thanks for being so gentle. On the other

Re: Any good Debian books?

1999-01-09 Thread David B. Teague
On Fri, 8 Jan 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am searching for a good Debian Linux book. Since I have no connection to either Linux Press nor to Dale Sheetz, I will give a plug for a book I have found to be very useful. Dale Sheetz is one of the Debian Developers. He has written "The Debian

Holy Wars..to be fought in Indian ISP soil.

1999-01-09 Thread Raghavendra Bhat
Hello friends: Let me draw your attention to a discussion going on in the board of Rediffusion on the Net, an on-line daily from India. http://www.rediff.com/computer/1999/jan/08dgos25.htm Kindly follow this link and post your comments fast. Comments from persons who have had real exposure fro

Re: version control systems

1999-01-09 Thread Mike Touloumtzis
On Sat, Jan 09, 1999 at 03:59:07PM +1100, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 08, 1999 at 09:22:26AM -0800, Mike Touloumtzis wrote: > > > > I use Perforce at work and have been happy both with its quality and > > with the responsiveness of Perforce support. Their software has run on > > Linux fo

Re: Xfree86 3.3.3 for next Debian release or sooner?

1999-01-09 Thread Richard E. Hawkins Esq.
> > Just wondering if XFree86 3.3.3 is being considered for the next release > > (2.2) or not... I would really like to have XF86 3.3.3 since it contains an > > X-server for the Riva TNT chipset. > Yes, as soon as Branden is done with the X in frozen(slink), he will start > working on 3.3.3 for

DPI

1999-01-09 Thread Stefan Baums
Hi, I just read your dpi request on the Debian mailing list archives. In case you don't have an answer yet: I change my X dpi setting with the command-line option "-dpi" (startx -dpi 96); if you have learned of any more elegant way to do this, please tell me. Another thing seems to be the default

Re: [Fwd: Installing debian with Win98]

1999-01-09 Thread Gary Singleton
I think I got it right this time :-). I converted the image to the right size / color depth and went ahead with naming it logo.sys. It is a link at http://www.cyberhighway.net/~gsinglet/. You can shift+click on it in Netscape Linux and it will download; I have to assume '9x Netscape or Exploiter

Re: slink PPP hangup problem

1999-01-09 Thread Nikhil
Hi I don't understand at all what you are trying to say. I was connected to the internet. And then when i kill -INT I get the error that the hangup chatscript failed But the connection is terminated... On Sat, 9 Jan 1999, shaul wrote: > Isn't the failing of chat (2nd line of in your messa

Re: ddd problem

1999-01-09 Thread J.H.M. Dassen
On Sat, Jan 09, 1999 at 12:50:11 +0100, Waldemar Kocjan wrote: > Using Debian 1.3 Debian 1.3 is quite old. Please consider upgrading to a more recent version (2.0 or "frozen"). Recent versions of Debian contain newer versions of DDD and LessTif, which are a lot more usable than the one in 1.3. >.

Re: Xfree86 3.3.3 for next Debian release or sooner?

1999-01-09 Thread Brandon Mitchell
On Fri, 8 Jan 1999, Chris R. Martin wrote: > Just wondering if XFree86 3.3.3 is being considered for the next release > (2.2) or not... I would really like to have XF86 3.3.3 since it contains an > X-server for the Riva TNT chipset. Yes, as soon as Branden is done with the X in frozen(slink), he

Modprobe

1999-01-09 Thread Nidge Jones
This has maybe been asked before, so excuse my ignorance, not been paying attention. (Too busy upgrading to 2.0). Anyway, since upgrading my 1.3.1 machines to 2.0, I now see this error when running 'depmod -a' modprobe: ELF file not a relocatable object Can some kind sole point me in the right

CD-sound problem

1999-01-09 Thread Lazar Fleysher
Hi Everyone, I have recompiled the kernel to support sound and all sound applications, which I tryed (midi-, wav-, au- players, xmix), work except CD. No sound at all. I aslo have noticed that if I boot win95 and then linux without powering off the computer, the xmix does not work, but CD works.

Re: kernel 2.2 and modutils

1999-01-09 Thread Gregory T. Norris
The two options I used to get around it... 1) cd /lib/modules ; mv 2.0.0 2.2.0-pre6 ; depmod -a or 2) upgrade kernel-package to the version in potato, which will create the module-directory under the correct name On Sat, Jan 09, 1999 at 05:52:48PM +1100, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > There mu

Re: PostgreSQL error ...

1999-01-09 Thread Wayne Cuddy
This is discussed in the Postgresql documentation. If you have problems you are likely to get a better answer from the postgresql mailling list. You need to add 'nemanuel' to the Postgresql system. I think the command is createuser or something similar. On Sat, 9 Jan 1999, Nuno Carvalho wrote

Trouble compiling C-Kermit

1999-01-09 Thread Blair Kelly
I am trying to compile C-Kermit (6.0.192) for Debian 2.0.34 and have run into a problem. I have made the obvious changes from curses to ncurses and also removed the makefile reference to termcap. Now I get: : Making C-Kermit "6.0.192" for Linux... : make[1]: Entering directory `/root/kermit/orig

Re: Network Installation Problem

1999-01-09 Thread Tom Champion
Thank you for all the support that I have received.   I found the following commands worked.   insmod 8390 insmod ne io=0x340 sh /etc/init.d/network   Tom.    

Re: mailtools filter

1999-01-09 Thread BitchX IRC for Linux


Re: [Fwd: Installing debian with Win98]

1999-01-09 Thread Carey Evans
Gary Singleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > OK, so what I did is modify Rob @ slashdot's excellent 'Linux - Don't > Fear the Penguins.' artwork (http://slashdot.org/linux/index.shtml) & > resized/converted it to a 400x320x256 bitmap named logo.bmp. I posted > it at http://www.geocities.com/Silic

PostgreSQL error ...

1999-01-09 Thread Nuno Carvalho
Hi, I'm trying to run psql but without success! :( I get the following message: -- cut here [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/lib/postgresql/bin$ psql Connection to database 'template1' failed. FATAL 1: SetUserId: user "nemanuel" is not in "pg_shadow" -- cut here What sho

Re: hosts.allow - words of wisdom?

1999-01-09 Thread Carey Evans
Alexander Kushnirenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [snip] > 1. Does it have some striking errors? I bet I forgot some service... I prefer to put the denies in /etc/hosts.allow as well; something like: ALL : ALL : DENY at the end, to catch anything not explicitly allowed. I also prefer to use

Re: Elm-me+ & Mailboxes

1999-01-09 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Sat, Jan 09, 1999 at 12:22:24PM +0100, J.H.M. Dassen wrote: > On Sun, Jan 10, 1999 at 08:55:31 +1100, Stephen M Lavelle wrote: > > i'm using Elm-me+ to read mail and fetchmail to fetch from my ISP. I would > > like to know how to set up separate mailboxes (i.e 1 for messages from > > this list,

Re: Disk maintenance

1999-01-09 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Sat, Jan 09, 1999 at 01:32:02PM +, Christian Lavoie wrote: > What is the best way to defrag/scan disks? > > Mounted disks can't be defragged, and you can't umount the root > partition, can you? I don't know how to defrag a disk (you rarely need to anyway), but the following would work, for

Re: SoundBlaster Vibra 16 jumperless card under Linux

1999-01-09 Thread John Galt
There is a secondary/tertiary problem: the CD I got with my vibra16 won't install in strict dos, but requires win3x to install. The second problem is that the vibra16 configuration is dependent on two drivers: firstly the config.sys device driver CTCM, then the autoexec.bat driver CTCU. Then you

ddd problem

1999-01-09 Thread Waldemar Kocjan
Using Debian 1.3. When I try to do anything with ddd then I get error msg "Can not perform malloc" and ddd exits, even if there should be enough memory. Whats the problem ? W.

Disk maintenance

1999-01-09 Thread Christian Lavoie
What is the best way to defrag/scan disks? Mounted disks can't be defragged, and you can't umount the root partition, can you? [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: A couple of simple questions... I think

1999-01-09 Thread Anthony Wong
On Sat, Jan 09, 1999 at 06:14:01PM +0800, Chad A. Adlawan wrote: |>1) I got Netscape 4.5 installed on my system... If I login as ROOT, I am |>not able to run Netscape... What do I do?? | |cookies are sent to you as you browse thru diff websites and are saved in ur home directory, and you wouldnt

Re: Elm-me+ & Mailboxes

1999-01-09 Thread J.H.M. Dassen
On Sun, Jan 10, 1999 at 08:55:31 +1100, Stephen M Lavelle wrote: > i'm using Elm-me+ to read mail and fetchmail to fetch from my ISP. I would > like to know how to set up separate mailboxes (i.e 1 for messages from > this list, 1 for another list, 1 for work etc). The docs dont really > mention thi

Re: Où est passé le paquet tetex-french?

1999-01-09 Thread Mario Bertrand
J'ai finalement réussi à configuré le tout grâce à la doc dans /usr/doc/texmf/french/README.teTeX 1. tu fais cd /usr/bin et la commande suivante: ln -s tex frlatex 2. va faire un tour dans /etc/texmf/fmtutil.cnf décommente la ligne suivante: frlatex -mltex -ini frlatex.ini ou

Re: "make-kpkg" terminated before completion

1999-01-09 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"Charles" == Charles Kaufman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Charles> That's a very valuable hint. When I saw the .deb packages Charles> produced all but one did seem superfluous and I only Charles> installed that one. man pages seem ritually diffident. Are Charles> examples or suggestions f

Elm-me+ & Mailboxes

1999-01-09 Thread Stephen M Lavelle
Hello all i'm using Elm-me+ to read mail and fetchmail to fetch from my ISP. I would like to know how to set up separate mailboxes (i.e 1 for messages from this list, 1 for another list, 1 for work etc). The docs dont really mention this. Regards, Stephen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Upgrade to slink

1999-01-09 Thread Shao Zhang
Hi all, I want to upgrade my hamm to slink. I have got no idea how to start. I have heard about apt-get, havn't got into it yet... But in the mean time, could someone point me out some documentations for upgrading?? Thanks in advance.. Regards, Shao.

Re: A couple of simple questions... I think

1999-01-09 Thread Chad A. Adlawan
cookies are sent to you as you browse thru diff websites and are saved in ur home directory On 1/9/99, at 12:56 AM, Brant Wells wrote: >Howdy All... > >1) I got Netscape 4.5 installed on my system... If I login as ROOT, I am >not able to run Netscape... What do I do?? cookies are sent to you as

Re: A couple of simple questions... I think

1999-01-09 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Sat, Jan 09, 1999 at 12:56:20AM -0800, Brant Wells wrote: > 1) I got Netscape 4.5 installed on my system... If I login as ROOT, I am > not able to run Netscape... What do I do?? That's deliberate. You shouldn't need to. > 2) I've need to print to a printer that is shared on a WinNT 4.0 > mac

A couple of simple questions... I think

1999-01-09 Thread Brant Wells
Howdy All... 1) I got Netscape 4.5 installed on my system... If I login as ROOT, I am not able to run Netscape... What do I do?? 2) I've need to print to a printer that is shared on a WinNT 4.0 machine... as \\DAHOUSE\HPDESKJE how do I set that up in Linux? Any help would be greatly apprecia

sd_mod in kernel 2.2.0-pre6

1999-01-09 Thread Hamish Moffatt
The sd_mod module in 2.2.0-pre6 doesn't seem to work for me; lots of missing symbols. Anyone else experienced this? Not serious since my Zip drive is all that's affected here, but annoying because otherwise everything works well. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3TYD [EMAIL PROTECTED], [E

Re: Xfree86 3.3.3 for next Debian release or sooner?

1999-01-09 Thread Ed Cogburn
"Chris R. Martin" wrote: > > Just wondering if XFree86 3.3.3 is being considered for the next release > (2.2) or not... I would really like to have XF86 3.3.3 since it contains an > X-server for the Riva TNT chipset. > > Thanks, > Chris Just go to xfree86.org, download the 3.3.3 Xserver

Re: kernel 2.2 and modutils

1999-01-09 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Sat, Jan 09, 1999 at 05:52:48PM +1100, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > There must be a trick to this. > > I just installed kernel 2.2.0-pre6. modutils doesn't insert anything; > depmod -a says > > [5:50pm] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# depmod -a > can't open /lib/modules/2.2.0-pre6/modules.dep > > which is be

kernel 2.2 and modutils

1999-01-09 Thread Hamish Moffatt
There must be a trick to this. I just installed kernel 2.2.0-pre6. modutils doesn't insert anything; depmod -a says [5:50pm] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# depmod -a can't open /lib/modules/2.2.0-pre6/modules.dep which is because the modules are in /lib/modules/2.2.0 instead. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK

Is there a hamm to slink HOWTO?

1999-01-09 Thread Alan Eugene Davis
I have at last found time to reinstall hamm, and mounting the same /usr/local filesystems with few problems. My system has been out of sync for quite some time. Now I am able to compile C++ ok (wasn't able to for a while). I want to upgrade the packages necessary to compile newer kernels---ca

Linux books (was Re: Any good Debian books?)

1999-01-09 Thread Anthony Wong
On Fri, Jan 08, 1999 at 11:24:38PM +, ktb wrote: | |I have looked at several books and from a beginners perspective the only ones I have |found worth my money, at this point are: |"Linux in a Nutshell," O'reilly Jessica Hekman |"Running Linux," O'reilly Matt Welsh & Lar Kaufman |"A Practical

Xfree86 3.3.3 for next Debian release or sooner?

1999-01-09 Thread Chris R. Martin
Just wondering if XFree86 3.3.3 is being considered for the next release (2.2) or not... I would really like to have XF86 3.3.3 since it contains an X-server for the Riva TNT chipset. Thanks, Chris

kernel 2.2.0-pre3 and ppp

1999-01-09 Thread Brandon Mitchell
Ok folks, I just finished updating my slink system (it was a bit out of date before). However, I still can't get ppp working with a 2.2.0-p3 kernel I recently compiled. The symptoms are: Jan 9 00:18:20 cnhobbes chat[280]: Password Jan 9 00:18:20 cnhobbes chat[280]: -- got it Jan 9 00:18:20

Re: Any good Debian books?

1999-01-09 Thread ktb
I haven't been in this game too long but the only Debian specific book I have come across can be found here: http://www.linuxpress.com/001002.htm I have looked at several books and from a beginners perspective the only ones I have found worth my money, at this point are: "Linux in a Nutshell," O

Re: Is there a deb that does this?

1999-01-09 Thread Joey Hess
Joey Hess wrote: > 'lastlog' will get you part way there. You just have to somehow sort the > output by date. Sorry, I'm feeling lazy or I'd write it. Not lazy anymore. :-) lastlog | perl -MDate::Parse -ne 'm/((\s+\S+){4})$/ && time - str2time($1) > 60 * 60 * 24 * 30 * 4 && print $_' -- see sh

Any good Debian books?

1999-01-09 Thread n0cwr
I am searching for a good Debian Linux book. Does one exist? I tried meta keyword searches as above and didn't come up with anything specific to Debian. I have "Using Linux" published by QUE - Slackware and "Linux Unleashed" published by Sams - Redhat5.1, OpenLinux and Caldera. Anything for Debia

Re: Is there a deb that does this?

1999-01-09 Thread Joey Hess
Amanda Shuler wrote: > Is there a program for Linux that will tell you do a monthly scan to see > if there are any users that have not logged in for at least four months > and then send an email to root with a list of these users? > > I've been struggling with a bash shell script, and (due to my

Re: bootlog on debian 2.0 missing: more people with problem

1999-01-09 Thread Jameson Burt
Benno Overeinder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: bootlog on debian 2.0 missing in /var/log/messages > From: Benno Overeinder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1999 12:01:46 +0100 > cc: Jameson Burt <[EMAIL P

Re: version control systems

1999-01-09 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Fri, Jan 08, 1999 at 09:22:26AM -0800, Mike Touloumtzis wrote: > I use Perforce at work and have been happy both with its quality and > with the responsiveness of Perforce support. Their software has run on > Linux for quite a while now, which is a nice positive. The Windows client looks a bit

Re: Lyx with typein

1999-01-09 Thread Jameson Burt
> > Okay, everybody says lyx is great, but for the darnest, I can't get it > > to work with latex's \typein. > Hi, > > This is my personal opinion. I'm not particularly enthusiastic about Lyx, it > does not give me any speed up at all to build TeX file. It's quite limited > also.But more i

Is there a deb that does this?

1999-01-09 Thread Amanda Shuler
Is there a program for Linux that will tell you do a monthly scan to see if there are any users that have not logged in for at least four months and then send an email to root with a list of these users? I've been struggling with a bash shell script, and (due to my lack of programming experience

RE: Remote Booting Question

1999-01-09 Thread Kent West
On Mon, 14 Dec 1998, Russ Swallow wrote: > > -Original Message- > From: Ben Messinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Date: Thursday, January 07, 1999 7:37 PM > Subject: Re: Remote boot question > > > >If I understand you cor

Re: D-Link DE 220 Ethernet Card

1999-01-09 Thread Kent West
On Fri, 8 Jan 1999, Ken Galloway wrote: > Hi All, > > Asked this question yesterday, anybody have any hints how to get > this to work with Debian 2.0, crashes on installation and using > the rescue disk > > if u want to flame me great... i just want to get it working > with debian... if not

Re: Chat scrpit trouble

1999-01-09 Thread Kent West
On Fri, 8 Jan 1999, Jeff Katcher wrote: > Not that I blame them its like playing darts blindfolded on a turntable, > Jeff Katcher > And the under-20 crowd says, "What's a turntable?" :) -- Kent West [EMAIL PROTECTED] KC5ENO - Amateur Radio: When all else fails. Linux - Finally! A real OS for th

Installing hamm on a HP Vectra VL 8

1999-01-09 Thread Sudhakar Chandrasekharan
Folks, Has anyone sucessfully install hamm on a HP Vectra VL8? I am having problems with my built in ethernet card. NT says that the card is 3C905B I compiled the kernel with support for 3C59X and bootup is fine. But I am not even able to ping my gateway. S. -- "Now, sweetie, don't worry abo

Re: D-Link DE 220 Ethernet Card

1999-01-09 Thread Mike Brownlow
Mike Brownlow wrote: > Ken Galloway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > Asked this question yesterday, anybody have any hints how to get > > this to work with Debian 2.0, crashes on installation and using > > the rescue disk > > > > if u want to flame me great... i just want to ge

Re: D-Link DE 220 Ethernet Card

1999-01-09 Thread shitsu
I have that card, actually three, in the driver it advised against, I cannot recall the reason but make sure you are using a recent kernel The card works find for me under linux-2.0.35 linux-2.0.36 linux-2.2.0pre1

Re: D-Link DE 220 Ethernet Card

1999-01-09 Thread Mike Brownlow
Ken Galloway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > > Asked this question yesterday, anybody have any hints how to get > this to work with Debian 2.0, crashes on installation and using > the rescue disk > > if u want to flame me great... i just want to get it working > with debian... if not h

D-Link DE 220 Ethernet Card

1999-01-09 Thread Ken Galloway
Hi All, Asked this question yesterday, anybody have any hints how to get this to work with Debian 2.0, crashes on installation and using the rescue disk if u want to flame me great... i just want to get it working with debian... if not hey it works great with redhat Ken Galloway

Re: "make-kpkg" terminated before completion

1999-01-09 Thread Charles Kaufman
On 8 Jan 1999, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Hi,> > May I suggest the kernel_image target for make-kpkg? For most Yes you may-who better? > people, the kernel-image-XXX-YYY package is the only one relevant; > everything else is only there for completeness. And for personal use, > you do n

Re: Modifying /usr/info/dir (EMACS)

1999-01-09 Thread john
Richard Lyon writes: > Will custom modifications to dir cause a problem? No. > What will happen if I install a debian package at a later date which > contains info files? Will dir be maintained correctly? Yes. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI

Re: Lyx with typein

1999-01-09 Thread Alexander Kushnirenko
> Okay, everybody says lyx is great, but for the darnest, I can't get it > to work with latex's \typein. Hi, This is my personal opinion. I'm not particularly enthusiastic about Lyx, it does not give me any speed up at all to build TeX file. It's quite limited also.But more importantly thi

Re: Starting KDE at boot time

1999-01-09 Thread MallarJ
In a message dated 1/8/99 12:31:30 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > 1) About runlevels, I currently run at level 2, do I just change the value in > > the inittab to 5 and be done with it? or are there more things to consider? > > You can do that. Is that really somethi

Re: 2.2 ready ? (APT holding packages back. Way off original topic)

1999-01-09 Thread Christian Lavoie
> Slink works, over here (I think I have mostly slink installed now, SANE is the > only packet I know is potato, and a loot of other package are still hamm. > Apt-tells me that it is holding back a bit over 100 packets.) BTW: Why in hell does sometimes APT holds packages back? Last time it hap

recite: sprache zu shcnell

1999-01-09 Thread Alexander N. Benner
hi When I play something with recite I only get a muffeld fast sound but no text. Can this be a mistake in the sound mod. ? What parameters could I tune. Greetings -- Alexander N. Benner - Christen im Internet - http://www.christen.net/ pgp : E7BCBEBD 53 5F 48 0A 0D 3E 4A 38 A8 11 B1 AF BE 0

Re: 2.2 ready ?

1999-01-09 Thread Bert Barbe
Thanks for all the responses I got. I think I'm going to check out Slink :) Thx Bert Bert Barbe wrote: > > Is there a distribution that is kernel v. (pre-)2.2 ready (= having > the right versions of neccessary tools to run linux (pre-)2.2) > > Thanks > > Bert > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s u