Re: VNC

1999-03-02 Thread Gregory T. Norris
On Tue, Mar 02, 1999 at 08:11:53PM -0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Well actually that worked (editing the XF86Config file). But now i have the > same error when tyring to run X: > > " > _FontTransSocketINETConnect: Can't get address for Join/ > failed to set default font path > '/usr/X11R6/lib

Re: PLEASE HELP: Can't access my system....

1999-03-02 Thread rich
>This is a good application for the rescue disk (of the >installation floppy >set). You can alt-F2 to get a console >screen, mount the root partition to >/mnt and edit >/mnt/etc/fstab with ae. > >Bob Thanks - that did it... although it took me a while to figure out that when the program mounts

cd_doEject[CDROMEJECT]: Device or resource busy

1999-03-02 Thread Björn Elwhagen
Hi! I have a strange problem. Even tho my cdrom is unmounted i can't get it to eject the CD. I'm currently using the IDE-SCSI emulation but the same problem occured when i used the ATAPI-driver. The only message i get is: cd_doEject[CDROMEJECT]: Device or resource busy Has anyone seen or heard o

bash_profile in Debian same as .profile ?

1999-03-02 Thread Pollywog
I just found out that in RedHat, .profile is called .bash_profile Is the same true in Debian? When I used OpenLinux, they were separate files. -- Andrew -- PGP Key ID 0x5EE61C37 PGP5.0 --

Re: SOLVED: samba 2.0 troubles (mostly)

1999-03-02 Thread Daniel J. Brosemer
On Mon, 1 Mar 1999, Ben Messinger wrote: > "Daniel J. Brosemer" wrote: > > I gave it one last stab after the small success with your /etc/hosts > > suggestion I figured there were more resolution problems, and so I bit the > > bullet and enabled the builtin WINS server in samba, pointed the win95

Re: Debian Packages compiled with PGCC

1999-03-02 Thread Eric
It depends on how it's been optimized. The FAQ on gcc.ml.org tells me that using -mcpu will produce code which will run on any Intel CPU, but will run best on whatever CPU you specify. However, the -march=cpu option, which turns on optimizations which make use of the specific instructions availa

Re: Debian Packages compiled with PGCC

1999-03-02 Thread Eric
That's true, it would most definitely be a "symlink farm," but what's so bad about that? Priorities in apt would definitely be cool. Is that something that is definitely going to be incorporated? eric. On Tue, Mar 02, 1999 at 03:05:56PM -0600, Stephen Pitts wrote: > Correct me if I'm wrong, but

Re: VNC

1999-03-02 Thread filsin
On Tue, Mar 02, 1999 at 04:44:58PM -0600, Gregory T. Norris wrote: > On Tue, Mar 02, 1999 at 12:24:00PM -0300, Phillip Neumann wrote: > > Im trying to run vnc, but i have some troubles. > > > > I want run vncserver as me (filsin). When i do it i get, inside the > > log file, this: > > > > _FontTr

CHOS and ontracks disk manager?

1999-03-02 Thread Frankie
Has anybody had any succes getting ontracks disk manager and chos to coexist? (if I put the ddo on when chos is installed, the ddo says 'cant find OS'.) I have no problems using DDO and windows. cheers, frankie -- Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is good for d

Re: Debian and Redhat - are most linux users missing the point?

1999-03-02 Thread Frankie
> You are perhaps referring the "Linux Standard Base" that RH and > Deb have, for the moment, agreed to? The problem is that the > greater RH's dominance becomes, the greater the chance that they > will no longer see this kind of cooperation as desirable, and in > effect decide on their o

cont'd: svgalib...

1999-03-02 Thread Daniel Elenius
Ooops! Was a little fast on the keyboard there. Here's my libvga.config for real: libvga.config Description: Binary data Are there any other TNT users out there who've got it working? -- -~* Daniel Elenius *~-

svgalib problem on Riva TNT

1999-03-02 Thread Daniel Elenius
So far in my ~6 months of Linux experience, nothing have so completely eluded me as svgalib. I've never gotten it to work at all. There was a time when it crashed my graphics completely, but now it won't even do that. I compiled version 1.4.0 and the demo programs that go with it. Most of them say

Re: realaudio with 2.2.2

1999-03-02 Thread Robert King
On Mon, 1 Mar 1999, Joey Hess wrote: > Use rvplayer.deb installer. It has the wrapper built in. Problem solved, > painlessly. I've had trouble with rvplayer all along (I never got the integration with netscape working, but could save the *.ram file and then invoke rvplayer blah.ram and get it to

Problem with debian-announce mailing list!!

1999-03-02 Thread Mark Phillips
I am subscribed both to the debian-announce mailing list and to the linux-announce list. I have just received the following from linux-announce: From: Johnie Ingram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Debian 2.1 - Release and IRC Party Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 22:23:13 GMT =BEGIN PGP SIGN

Re: VNC

1999-03-02 Thread Gregory T. Norris
On Tue, Mar 02, 1999 at 12:24:00PM -0300, Phillip Neumann wrote: > Im trying to run vnc, but i have some troubles. > > I want run vncserver as me (filsin). When i do it i get, inside the > log file, this: > > _FontTransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111 [snipped] > /usr/X11R6/lib/

Re: Debian Packages compiled with PGCC

1999-03-02 Thread Allens
I have heard that pentium optimised code will work on 386's. I have even heard that I think suse use pentium optimisations on there release stuff (and not in its own section). Personally I would think that would be a bad idea even if it does work though, but it is just my two cents.

Re: debian-user-digest Digest V99 #371

1999-03-02 Thread PILCH Hartmut
unsubscribe debian-user-digest

Re: cpu used too much

1999-03-02 Thread Steve Lamb
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 1 Mar 1999 18:45:10 -0600 (CST), Andrei Ivanov wrote: >example, starting Netscape. For example, on my computer CPU load is 5-8% >at most, when I'm not doing any compilations/etc. >If a process eats up 95% of CPU it means it's crashed. Some pro

Re: VNC <-------------

1999-03-02 Thread Steve Lamb
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 2 Mar 1999 12:24:00 -0300, Phillip Neumann wrote: >failed to set default font path >'/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1,/usr/X

Re: [OT] DMA timeout problem]

1999-03-02 Thread Dave Swegen
On Tue, Mar 02, 1999 at 15:13 -0500, Raymond A. Ingles wrote: > On Tue, 2 Mar 1999, Dave Swegen wrote: > > > I just recently bought an Asus P5A motherboard, and as it has UDMA support, > > I thought I'd try enabling it using a patch which is available for the > > 2.2.2 kernel. Now I know that at

Re: Debian Packages compiled with PGCC

1999-03-02 Thread Stephen Pitts
On Tue, Mar 02, 1999 at 02:41:03PM -0600, Eric wrote: > How about a simple solution? binary-i686 or somthing like that. This > was actually discussed on the devel list fairly recently. However, it > got brushed off as something that should be done when the directory > structure on the FTP (and

Re: xmcd/cda and iso-9660/high-sierra fs

1999-03-02 Thread Peter Berlau
hi Aaron, sorry Im answering late, but have to work Do You sure, You have installed the kernel-package correctly ? Eventually You have forgotten to build the modules ? Please switch to /usr/src/linux, which is a link to Your actual kernel-source-path my /usr/src looks like drwxr-xr-x 3 root ro

Re: Hamm-->Slink, now fetchmail/exim behaves strangely

1999-03-02 Thread Dale E. Martin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I suppose it would be possible to change this behaviour, but I haven't > found how; Add this to the "MAIN CONFIGURATION SETTINGS" section of your exim.conf file: # Have exim deliver all mail that's received in a single connection. # Normally it will deliver the first

Re: X11amp

1999-03-02 Thread Eric
as root: chmod u+s /usr/X11R6/bin/x11amp eric. On Tue, Mar 02, 1999 at 03:29:53PM +0100, Sami Dalouche wrote: > What can I do in order to put the setuid-root flag on x11amp 0.9 so that it > will > only use 0.5 % of my CPU like the other version. (the new doesn't ask for > this) ?

Re: Debian Packages compiled with PGCC

1999-03-02 Thread Eric
How about a simple solution? binary-i686 or somthing like that. This was actually discussed on the devel list fairly recently. However, it got brushed off as something that should be done when the directory structure on the FTP (and HTTP now...) servers is reorganized for dpkg 2.0. I guess th

Re: Upgrade Instructions for Rex --> Slink?

1999-03-02 Thread servis
*- On 2 Mar, Syrus Nemat-Nasser wrote about "Upgrade Instructions for Rex --> Slink?" > Hi Folks. > > I just found a neglected machine that is still running Rex (Debian 1.3) > and I'd like to upgrade it to Slink. Are there specific instructions > available somewhere in the Debian archives? > L

Re: Hamm-->Slink, now fetchmail/exim behaves strangely

1999-03-02 Thread hubert . fauque
Graham Ashton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tuesday 02 March, Mark Phillips wrote: > > > I've just upgraded from Hamm to Slink. Fetchmail seems to work the > > same as before, except that now, only the first 10 messages get to my > > mail box straight away. > > I've got the same problem. Str

Re: Hamm-->Slink, now fetchmail/exim behaves strangely

1999-03-02 Thread servis
*- On 2 Mar, Mark Phillips wrote about "Hamm-->Slink, now fetchmail/exim behaves strangely" > > I've just upgraded from Hamm to Slink. Fetchmail seems to work the > same as before, except that now, only the first 10 messages get to my > mail box straight away. The rest of the messages sit arou

Re: [OT] DMA timeout problem]

1999-03-02 Thread Raymond A. Ingles
On Tue, 2 Mar 1999, Dave Swegen wrote: > I just recently bought an Asus P5A motherboard, and as it has UDMA support, > I thought I'd try enabling it using a patch which is available for the > 2.2.2 kernel. Now I know that at least two other people have successfully > used this patch (doogie and ak

Re: SuperDisk

1999-03-02 Thread MallarJ
In a message dated 3/2/99 2:11:01 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > Is there a place to get a linux driver for SuperDisk (imation)? > > > > In the 2.2.2 Kernel? > I haven't tried it at all, but there are references to SuperDisk in the 2.0.36 kernel as well - obv

Re: SuperDisk

1999-03-02 Thread wtopa
Subject: SuperDisk Date: Tue, Mar 02, 1999 at 10:43:55AM -0800 In reply to:Sidney Brooks Quoting Sidney Brooks([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > Is there a place to get a linux driver for SuperDisk (imation)? > In the 2.2.2 Kernel? grep -i superdisk /usr/src/linux/Doc*/* /usr/src/linux

RE: Spam and Exim Question.

1999-03-02 Thread Pollywog
On 02-Mar-99 Tony Schonfeld wrote: > hello Everybody, > > I'm not connected all times to the net and the majority of my > email trafic is send to me from my second mx ( my isp ). > This is the reason because i can't use the rbl option in exim > to reject spammers trafic. > I think it's necessary

Spam and Exim Question.

1999-03-02 Thread Tony Schonfeld
hello Everybody, I'm not connected all times to the net and the majority of my email trafic is send to me from my second mx ( my isp ). This is the reason because i can't use the rbl option in exim to reject spammers trafic. I think it's necessary to not refuse spammers trafic from my isp and acce

Re: realaudio with 2.2.2

1999-03-02 Thread Ed Cogburn
Bob Nielsen wrote: > > I have been running frozen for several months. As an example of a site > which loads but doesn't play: > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/news/summary.ram > This might be problem that isn't related to realaudio, but to sound in general on Linux 2.2.2. I have

Re: Hamm -> Slink PROBLEMS

1999-03-02 Thread Stuart Miles
On 1 March 1999 at 15:15, Ed Cogburn wrote: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> I am having problems upgrading my new box from hamm to slink. I have instal >led >> apt for hamm. I did changed my /etc/apt/sources.list file to point to >> ftp://ftp.us.debia.org/frozen main contrib non-free. I then di

Re: www.debian.org/2.0/install

1999-03-02 Thread Ed Cogburn
Werner Reisberger wrote: > > By choosing the link installation guide on the debian homepage I am > downloading the file install containing the line: > > loadlin linux root=/dev/ram initrd=root.bin > > Thats really easy, but why do I need DOS to install debian? You aren't *required* to

Re: Shared PPP connection?

1999-03-02 Thread Ramiel Givergis
Ramiel Givergis, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.relm.net --~~~===<[^]>===~~~-- This mail is a natural product. The slight variations in spelling and grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and in no way are to be considered flaws

Upgrade Instructions for Rex --> Slink?

1999-03-02 Thread Syrus Nemat-Nasser
Hi Folks. I just found a neglected machine that is still running Rex (Debian 1.3) and I'd like to upgrade it to Slink. Are there specific instructions available somewhere in the Debian archives? Thanks. Syrus. -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Syrus Nemat-Nasser <[EM

Re: 2.2.2

1999-03-02 Thread Gary L. Hennigan
Paul Nathan Puri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | Has anyone else had problems with v2.2.2? | | I just downgraded to 2.2.0 because my ppp connections were sluggish, and | my screen actually froze on me! | | I couldn't believe it. So now I'm running 2.2.0 just to see if I keep | having these problem

Re: Debian 2.1-Party: when?

1999-03-02 Thread wtopa
Subject: Re: Debian 2.1-Party: when? Date: Tue, Mar 02, 1999 at 12:02:25PM -0600 In reply to:ktb Quoting ktb([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > It already happened, yesterday. > Sorry, > Kent > Just read a thread on devel that there are some release critical bugs and the Release has been

SuperDisk

1999-03-02 Thread Sidney Brooks
Is there a place to get a linux driver for SuperDisk (imation)? _ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

Re: Linux drivers ?: Rage Pro LT Card for Flat-Panel-Displays (LCD)

1999-03-02 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
On Mon, 1 Mar 1999, Roy, Purna wrote: > Do any of you know of a linux X-configuration in terms of driver an other > settings for this ? Check out the following site. It works well for my Dell Inspiron notebook which uses this chip with 8 Mbytes memory, not so well with the version that has 4 Mby

Re: still have browser trouble --Solved

1999-03-02 Thread Sidney Brooks
When I installed Debian, I chose VGA in order to be conservative. Display worked well. This time, I chose SVGA and all the browsers are working. _ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

Re: Connection timed out & Incorrect MD5Sum

1999-03-02 Thread wtopa
Subject: Connection timed out & Incorrect MD5Sum Date: Tue, Mar 02, 1999 at 09:55:10AM -0600 In reply to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > When using apt-get at: > > http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ > > why do I get the following errors repea

Re: IRC and BitchX newbie -- how to get started?

1999-03-02 Thread wtopa
Subject: Re: IRC and BitchX newbie -- how to get started? Date: Tue, Mar 02, 1999 at 01:33:29PM +0100 In reply to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > Mark Phillips dixit: > > > > I've just installed BitchX because I want to join in on the Slink >

Re: Debian 2.1-Party: when?

1999-03-02 Thread ktb
BTW there was an announcement on this list before it came out on /. You can read a transcript of part of the party at IRC #debian at, http://netgod.net/ I see the actual release will now be March 9th, so will there be another party? Kent Wolfgang Gernot Bauer wrote: > Hi, > > I read in slash

Resolved: xmcd/cda and iso-9660/high-sierra fs

1999-03-02 Thread Aaron Stromas
i'm have really goofed this time - i knew full well that my cdrom device is /dev/hdc. for some reason i read the xmcd FAQ which mentions that linux device is /dev/scd0 and i went for it. well, i changed scd0 to hdc in /etc/xmcd/common.cfg and /etc/xmcd/devices.cfg and linked the latter to /etc/xm

Re: Debian Packages compiled with PGCC

1999-03-02 Thread Dale E. Martin
Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Mar 02, 1999 at 09:51:57AM +0100, Sami Dalouche wrote: > > recommended) with PGCC. The minority who have a 386/486 now can't probably > > use > > these software because their CPU is too slow and if they want, they could > > use > > the src to com

Re: Debian 2.1-Party: when?

1999-03-02 Thread ktb
It already happened, yesterday. Sorry, Kent Wolfgang Gernot Bauer wrote: > Hi, > > I read in slashdot.org that there will be a party, celebrating > Debian2.1. > > Just wondering why slashdot is faster than this list. So when and where > will it happen (GMT, please). Tonight? > > Gery > -- >

Re: still have browser trouble

1999-03-02 Thread wtopa
Subject: Re: still have browser trouble Date: Tue, Mar 02, 1999 at 09:15:59AM -0600 In reply to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > Installed Debian 2.0 from CD and everything worked. Decided to add > > space on hard disk but then several reinst

rescue disk doesn't rescue me

1999-03-02 Thread Werner Reisberger
I am using Debian 2.0r4 and trying to boot my brand new PC since 4 days with several rescue disks I prepared with dd on my good old Linux PC. I even tried to boot with a self prepared root.bin disk but a reader of this list told me that I don't need to do this with a fairly new dist (yes I have a

Re: Quake No longer running for users

1999-03-02 Thread Dale E. Martin
Pollywog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 02-Mar-99 Dale E. Martin wrote: > > Make sure you check out the following link if you're going to set your > > Quake2 binary suid root (or run it as root.) I've set my firewall up > > to deal with the Quake2 exploit found here: > > http://www.insecure.or

Re: Debian Packages compiled with PGCC

1999-03-02 Thread Ben Collins
On Tue, Mar 02, 1999 at 09:51:57AM +0100, Sami Dalouche wrote: > recommended) with PGCC. The minority who have a 386/486 now can't probably use > these software because their CPU is too slow and if they want, they could use > the src to compile the softs on them own ? The whole ideal of Linux is t

Re: Quake No longer running for users

1999-03-02 Thread Pollywog
On 02-Mar-99 Dale E. Martin wrote: > Michael Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Svgalib needs suid root permissions. To give the executable the proper >> permissions, execute `chmod u+s /usr/games/squake.real` >> >> The executable in the .deb is not like this for security reasons. > > Mak

Re: Help making a package

1999-03-02 Thread Noah L. Meyerhans
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Tue, 2 Mar 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Is there a FAQ or HOWTO on making packages? I can't seem to find one > anywhere... Yes, go to www.debian.org/devel. On the right hand side of the page you'll see a whole bunch of links documenting the construction

Debian 2.1-Party: when?

1999-03-02 Thread Wolfgang Gernot Bauer
Hi, I read in slashdot.org that there will be a party, celebrating Debian2.1. Just wondering why slashdot is faster than this list. So when and where will it happen (GMT, please). Tonight? Gery -- - Wolfgang Bauer SKWB

Re: realaudio with 2.2.2

1999-03-02 Thread Bob Nielsen
I have been running frozen for several months. As an example of a site which loads but doesn't play: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/news/summary.ram On Tue, 2 Mar 1999, Joey Hess wrote: > Upgrade to frozen., > > Bob Nielsen wrote: > > I've been using the rvplayer debian package all along.

Debian Packages compiled with PGCC

1999-03-02 Thread Sami Dalouche
*** Just an Idea ! If it's too stupid, just don't scare it, please * I think a great number of you are using a Pentium or K6 or something other than a 386/486, so I don't understand why not compiling the multimedia packages (like gimp, Imagemagick or the applications for which lots of

X11amp

1999-03-02 Thread Sami Dalouche
What can I do in order to put the setuid-root flag on x11amp 0.9 so that it will only use 0.5 % of my CPU like the other version. (the new doesn't ask for this) ? Thank you ! -- // -oOo- -oOo ---oOo--\\ | Sami Dalouche | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | AIM :

[root: Boot-time Usenet warning on eagle]

1999-03-02 Thread Sami Dalouche
I've setup an INN news server. Immediatly after, it worked fine but a few days later, every time Inn boots, it sends a message like that : - Forwarded message from root - From: root (root) To: usenet Subject: Boot-time Usenet warning on eagle Old .news.daily file; need to run news.d

INN spool via NFS

1999-03-02 Thread Sami Dalouche
My INN server works fine but when I try to put /var/spool/news via NFS - NFS works fine because smail spool is mounted via NFS and works. - and send a message to the server, overchan & syslog & klogd takes all the CPU to log Mar 2 15:16:20 eagle kernel: nsm_mon_unmon: rpc failed, status=-13 Mar

Re: Help making a package

1999-03-02 Thread MallarJ
In a message dated 3/2/99 11:11:53 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Also, curious, any reason that the window maker package seems so out of > > date? Current deb version is 0.30 (or close to that) but the latest source > > is 0.99? > > /me thinks you are talking about G

Re: Help making a package

1999-03-02 Thread Marcelo E. Magallon
On Tue, Mar 02, 1999 at 12:02:33PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Also, curious, any reason that the window maker package seems so out of > date? Current deb version is 0.30 (or close to that) but the latest source > is 0.99? /me thinks you are talking about GNOME not Window Maker Potato has

Re: Bug#33901: cvs enlightenment will not run as user, but runs as root

1999-03-02 Thread Jules Bean
On Tue, 2 Mar 1999, Sven LUTHER wrote: > On Sat, Feb 27, 1999 at 12:21:21PM +, Jules Bean wrote: > > On Fri, 26 Feb 1999, Brian Almeida wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Feb 26, 1999 at 11:02:17AM -0800, Mike Garfias wrote: > > > > when I run cvs enlightenment as a user I get an error message similar

Help making a package

1999-03-02 Thread MallarJ
Is there a FAQ or HOWTO on making packages? I can't seem to find one anywhere... Also, curious, any reason that the window maker package seems so out of date? Current deb version is 0.30 (or close to that) but the latest source is 0.99? -Jay

[OT] DMA timeout problem]

1999-03-02 Thread Dave Swegen
I just recently bought an Asus P5A motherboard, and as it has UDMA support, I thought I'd try enabling it using a patch which is available for the 2.2.2 kernel. Now I know that at least two other people have successfully used this patch (doogie and aklein on #debian). The problem is that a) one of

Re: Bug#33901: cvs enlightenment will not run as user, but runs as root

1999-03-02 Thread Sven LUTHER
On Sat, Feb 27, 1999 at 12:21:21PM +, Jules Bean wrote: > On Fri, 26 Feb 1999, Brian Almeida wrote: > > > On Fri, Feb 26, 1999 at 11:02:17AM -0800, Mike Garfias wrote: > > > when I run cvs enlightenment as a user I get an error message similar to > > > this > > > (exact wording not known): En

Re: Quake No longer running for users

1999-03-02 Thread Dale E. Martin
Michael Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Svgalib needs suid root permissions. To give the executable the proper > permissions, execute `chmod u+s /usr/games/squake.real` > > The executable in the .deb is not like this for security reasons. Make sure you check out the following link if you'r

Re: stop machine before fvwm2

1999-03-02 Thread David B. Teague
On Tue, 2 Mar 1999, E.L. Meijer (Eric) wrote: > [ .. how to do that .. ] > > Wouldn't it be nice to have a run-level that doesn't start X by default > in debian? It is one of the first things I do after installing debian > on a machine. Eric and Paul At the very least, the X (or xdm) package

Re: startup forced to X login

1999-03-02 Thread E.L. Meijer \(Eric\)
> > In a message dated 3/1/99 9:34:38 PM Central Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > Because in slink xdm (and other login managers) are in their own > > packages. So if you don't want xdm, The Right Thing To Do (TM) is > > either to remove the xdm package if you don't want to use

Re: realaudio with 2.2.2

1999-03-02 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Mon, 1 Mar 1999, Jonathan Guthrie wrote: [ snip ] : personal Web site. http://www.brokersys.com/~jguthrie/rpopen.tar.gz Your server is sending a MIME type of [text/plain] for this ... -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet 410 South Phillips Avenue Sioux Falls, SD mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] h

Re: startup forced to X login

1999-03-02 Thread MallarJ
In a message dated 3/1/99 9:34:38 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Because in slink xdm (and other login managers) are in their own > packages. So if you don't want xdm, The Right Thing To Do (TM) is > either to remove the xdm package if you don't want to use xdm at all, >

Connection timed out & Incorrect MD5Sum

1999-03-02 Thread Lyno Sullivan
When using apt-get at: http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ why do I get the following errors repeatedly on the same packages? 1) Connection timed out 2) Incorrect MD5Sum What is the proper thing to do about a situation like this? Should I report it and if so, where? Should I use an alternate ht

Re: Where are ms-dos filenames for Debian packages?

1999-03-02 Thread Keith Saxon
Thanks everybody. The on and off-list suggestions have *all* been helpful. I learned something from each. Now I have PERL, a Bible, and a game installed. I used dpkg. It's working no matter what I name the files. Now I know how to install some Linux documentation to use while I try the suggestions

Re: IRC and BitchX newbie -- how to get started?

1999-03-02 Thread Eric Gillespie, Jr.
http://www.irchelp.org/ Everything you could possibly need to know about IRC. If you don't feel like reading this here's a few quick commands which should get you through the Debian party: /server SERVER connect to SERVER /join CHANNEL join CHANNEL (channel names begin with #, l

Re: xmcd/cda and iso-9660/high-sierra fs

1999-03-02 Thread Aaron Stromas
perhaps i'm on the wrong trail. it dawned on me to look in /proc/filesystems and i see there nodev  proc   iso9660 does it mean i have iso9660 support built in? if so, why when i try to dd from /dev/scd0 i get dd: /dev/scd0: Operation not supported by device -a Aaron Stromas wrote:   hi

VNC <-------------

1999-03-02 Thread Phillip Neumann
Hello, Im trying to run vnc, but i have some troubles. I want run vncserver as me (filsin). When i do it i get, inside the log file, this: _FontTransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111 failed to set default font path '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/

Re: still have browser trouble

1999-03-02 Thread Andrei Ivanov
> Installed Debian 2.0 from CD and everything worked. Decided to add > space on hard disk but then several reinstalls all led to same browser > problems.Browsers arena and gzilla, which worked before, now give > error messages. Chimera2 still seems to work, but when used to > download netscape comm

Re: realaudio with 2.2.2

1999-03-02 Thread Joey Hess
Upgrade to frozen., Bob Nielsen wrote: > I've been using the rvplayer debian package all along. As I mentioned, > since 2.2, it does work some of the time, but some sites just won't play > at all (they work with 2.0.36 however). > > Bob > > On Mon, 1 Mar 1999, Joey Hess wrote: > > > Use rvplay

Re: xmcd/cda and iso-9660/high-sierra fs

1999-03-02 Thread Aaron Stromas
  hi Aaron, >  > i'm trying to configure xmcd for my Sony CD-RW CRX100E  cdrom drive. it > fails to open /dev/scd0. you must : make menuconfig, or equal,  than select # # Filesystems # CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=m cu thanks, this will get me started. i couldn't see it using make menuconfig but make

rouge package

1999-03-02 Thread David Henderson
hi all, first time I've posted here, so please help me out: I had an old .deb module from bo, nfsroot. I didn't know why it was dropped so went back and found it and installed it again (I wanted probenet). It appears to have wiped my (normally very full) /etc/init.d directory. This is a Bad Thin

Re: Shared PPP connection?

1999-03-02 Thread John Hasler
> I have a similar question. Is IP Masquerading the same solution for > networking say two, three, four computers (in a house or apartment), so > that they can all share files and resources,... That's just ordinary networking. > as well as share a modem? IP masquerading lets them all share

Re: realaudio with 2.2.2

1999-03-02 Thread Bob Nielsen
I've been using the rvplayer debian package all along. As I mentioned, since 2.2, it does work some of the time, but some sites just won't play at all (they work with 2.0.36 however). Bob On Mon, 1 Mar 1999, Joey Hess wrote: > Use rvplayer.deb installer. It has the wrapper built in. Problem sol

Re: Shared PPP connection?

1999-03-02 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Mon, 1 Mar 1999, Ramiel Givergis wrote: > Read --> http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/mini/IP-Masquerade.html > It'll tell ya all you need to know about what to enable in the kernel > and how to use ipfwadm etc. > > If you plan to use applications like ICQ or any servers on client computer > on

Re: PLEASE HELP: Can't access my system....

1999-03-02 Thread Bob Nielsen
This is a good application for the rescue disk (of the installation floppy set). You can alt-F2 to get a console screen, mount the root partition to /mnt and edit /mnt/etc/fstab with ae. Bob On Mon, 1 Mar 1999, Rich Hartman wrote: > Hello, > > I was messing around w/ FSTAB, and apparently era

How to mount my bernouli rw for world on samba

1999-03-02 Thread Kenneth Scharf
I moved my bernouli drive out of my windows nt desktop to make room for a larger HD (only two drive bays). So I shoved it into the linux machine sitting under the table. The linux machine is running smb so I can have it share it's disk space and printer with the nt box (so far this has worked fin

Re: PINE config

1999-03-02 Thread Kevin Conover
there is a secion in the code that contains this paragraph: # Define this if you want to be sure to not allow users to change their # From header line when they send out mail. Even if you don't define # this the default is to not allow From to be changed. The user would have # to edit (by hand

Re: xmcd/cda and iso-9660/high-sierra fs

1999-03-02 Thread Peter Berlau
On Tue, Mar 02, 1999 at 07:07:31AM -0500, Aaron Stromas wrote: hi Aaron, > > i'm trying to configure xmcd for my Sony CD-RW CRX100E cdrom drive. it > fails to open /dev/scd0. you must : make menuconfig, or equal, than select # # Filesystems # CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=m cu -- Peter Berlau [EMAIL PR

Re: Hamm-->Slink, now fetchmail/exim behaves strangely

1999-03-02 Thread Graham Ashton
On Tuesday 02 March, Mark Phillips wrote: > I've just upgraded from Hamm to Slink. Fetchmail seems to work the > same as before, except that now, only the first 10 messages get to my > mail box straight away. I've got the same problem. Strange, isn't it. -- Graham

www.debian.org/2.0/install

1999-03-02 Thread Werner Reisberger
By choosing the link installation guide on the debian homepage I am downloading the file install containing the line: loadlin linux root=/dev/ram initrd=root.bin Thats really easy, but why do I need DOS to install debian? Werner

Where does my mail go?

1999-03-02 Thread Robert-Jan Kuijvenhoven
Hi, I have changed from using fetchmail/elm to using fetchmail/mutt, but now can not find the messages fetchmail receives. When I start Mutt, it goes to the /var/spool/mail/username box. Mutt claims this box is empty. When I change to ~/Mail/inbox, mutt also can not find any messages. The only

Re: non-anonymous ftp with MC?

1999-03-02 Thread Tumyp S. Sattaroff
"chul-yong,shin" wrote: > > Question. > > How do I do non-anonymous ftp with MC? > Press ESC then c, in the window type : ftp://[EMAIL PROTECTED] then Enter -- Bye Tim&HisTeam

Re: IRC and BitchX newbie -- how to get started?

1999-03-02 Thread homega
Mark Phillips dixit: > > I've just installed BitchX because I want to join in on the Slink > release IRC party thingy. Unfortunately I have never used IRC, let > alone BitchX before, and I'm really not sure how to get started. I > tried man bitchx, and also looked in /usr/doc/bitchx, but it seem

Re: non-anonymous ftp with MC?

1999-03-02 Thread Stephen Pitts
On Tue, Mar 02, 1999 at 07:26:08PM +0900, chul-yong,shin wrote: > Question. > > How do I do non-anonymous ftp with MC? > > I want to connect to SUN with user id and password. > > But I can not. > > The only thing that I can get from MC home page is > > type "cd ftp://[EMAIL PROTECTED]". This

Re: Where are ms-dos filenames for Debian packages?

1999-03-02 Thread John Lines
> I read somewhere that dpkg can handle "mangled" filenames because it looks > inside the package to determine if it is the correct version. Is dpkg what > I need to be learning to use? > It is certainly worth knowing how to use dpkg directly for one-off operations. > > CD-ROM is not an option

xmcd/cda and iso-9660/high-sierra fs

1999-03-02 Thread Aaron Stromas
hi, i'm trying to configure xmcd for my Sony CD-RW CRX100E cdrom drive. it fails to open /dev/scd0. the FAQ suggests a test - dd if=/dev/scd0 of=/dev/null bs=2k count=10. the test fails. according to the faq it indicates no support for iso-9660/high-sierra filesystem. i'm running version 2.0.34.

Re: Where are ms-dos filenames for Debian packages?

1999-03-02 Thread Johann Spies
On Mon, 1 Mar 1999, Keith Saxon wrote: > I'm trying to install .deb files from a DOS partition. I did that installing linux on an old compaq laptop with dos 6.2 > That's where I rejoined the perl_5.004.04-6.deb file tht I'm trying to > install. Just rename the file to something like perl

Re: apt-get and broken CD layouts

1999-03-02 Thread Leszek Gerwatowski
On Tue, Mar 02, 1999 at 10:49:22AM +, Marc Haber wrote: > On Tue, 2 Mar 1999 09:22:43 +0100, you wrote: > >First create /mnt/main and then mount there CD. And in mnt create links > >dists, stable and frozen pointing to main. In /etc/apt/sources.list put this: > > > >deb file://localhost/mnt sta

link button (was: Debian 2.1 NOW! logo)

1999-03-02 Thread Carey Evans
Carey Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > With the imminent release of Debian 2.1, and people asking how to make > Debian more visible, I've revamped a logo I created a while ago, and > put it on my web site. It's less than 2K as a GIF, but even so I > won't attach to an email to a public list.

still have browser trouble

1999-03-02 Thread Sidney Brooks
Installed Debian 2.0 from CD and everything worked. Decided to add space on hard disk but then several reinstalls all led to same browser problems.Browsers arena and gzilla, which worked before, now give error messages. Chimera2 still seems to work, but when used to download netscape communicator,

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