On Thu, 04 Mar 1999 15:51:51 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Please help me find this beast :-)
I *think* it's
http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-
i386/net/ipmasq_3.3.1.deb
Unfortunately I'm still under NT (:-) and I can't easily boot into the
Debian system I have
I don't have a lot of authority in our
>> house, but she trusts me about the computer. :-> She only made that
>> mistake once, and I got just the symptoms you describe.
It made me laugh...Mine did the same once ..
Franck
*- On 4 Mar, Nuno Donato wrote about "Please HELP ME!!!"
> I really need some help here.
> How can I have Linux to mount automatically my hard drives
> at boot. Because every time I run Linux, I have to mount all
> my partitions into separate directories.
> Can I create some type of autoexec fi
On Thu, Mar 04, 1999 at 01:45:50PM -0500, Geoffrey Deasey KD4WVF wrote:
>
> Which package is top in ?
>
top is in procps. Try searching with dpkg. Use
dpkg -S top
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On Wed, 3 Mar 1999, Ed Cogburn wrote:
> > I dunno. There's a lot of people who would like to find out about
> > Linux, but aren't prepared to bet the whole farm on it sight unseen.
>
> Without advertising, how are we supposed to get to these
> prospective customers before RH does?
Advertis
Pollywog escribió:
>
> I am trying to download StarOffice. Are there any special things I need to do
> to install to a Debian system?
>
> thanks
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I know what you mean about authority!
Right now I boot Linux by F8 to stop the windows from loading and then I run
my linux bat file that calls
loadlin vmlinuz root=/dev/hdb1.
Now being that my wife is in computer pre-school, I don't think she can boot
Linux. The partition argument between
Hi!
> Greetings,
> I know I've seen this addressed before, but for the life of me I can't
> seems to find it, so I will ask the group. I have several machine, now
> running DOS 6.2. The system BIOS doesn't support large drives, 540MB is the
> max. I have several 630-1000MB drives and wish
On Thu, 4 Mar 1999, Person, Roderick wrote:
> Hey All,
>
> Recently, I added a new drive to my system as the slave 2nd drive.
> Therefore, I made my old drive a Win95 drive so the family could play games
> and such. Now it seems that everytime I log into my Linux drive (/dev/hdb) I
> get file sys
Quoting "Ralf G. R. Bergs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Thu, 04 Mar 1999 13:25:07 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> >1- Am I on the right track with the ipmasqadm?
>
> Yes. YOu invoke it like this:
>
> ipmasqadm portfw ...
>
> >2- Is there a .deb out there for ipmasqadm?
>
> Yes. I'm pretty
I am trying to download StarOffice. Are there any special things I need to do
to install to a Debian system?
thanks
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Ralph Winslow writes:
> But TECO was the greatest, most programmable, powerful editor ever. If
> only it had run on a *NIX OS :-(
I believe I recall once reading of a Linux port (or clone) of TECO.
Personally, I've done my best to suppress all my memories of it.
--
John HaslerThi
A great many files could possibly be effected. It depends on if you are
running DNS, sendmail, samba, etc.. The essential files are
/etc/hostname, /etc/hosts, and edit /etc/init.d/network for the ip
changes.
HTH.
-Ian
On Thu, 4 Mar 1999, Syrus Nemat-Nasser wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Which files do I
/etc/fstab can be used to do this. See 'man fstab'. Here's an example:
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
#
/dev/hda6 / ext2defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
/dev/hda5 /dos vfat defaults,user,umask=000,noexec,auto 0 0
/dev/hda7
Hi!
Which files do I neet to edit when changing my hostname and IP address?
My machine had a static IP and a T1 connection, and I need to swap the
address with another.
Thanks. Syrus.
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Syrus Nemat-Nasser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>UCSD Ph
> I suppose I could find something else that can do jpeg -> gif
> conversion, but there doesn't seem to be much point converting from a
> lossy format to a non lossy format just for the sake of it!
>
There is such a thing as loss less jpeg. It may be supported.
You wrote:
> I really need some help here.
> How can I have Linux to mount automatically my hard drives
> at boot. Because every time I run Linux, I have to mount all
> my partitions into separate directories.
> Can I create some type of autoexec file?
Take a look at /etc/fstab
and do a "man fs
Hallo all,
Has anyone put Debian GNU/Linux onto Apples new G3? Are there any
particular issues one should be aware of when putting Debian onto Apples?
I've never touched an Apple before so I'm just wondering...
thanks
iThank you all, I've created my list with your 5 cents.
Here it is:
Debian vs RedHat and the others:
1. Debian has a large number of packages (2400 in potato, and just under
2000 in slink). All of the package maintainers communicate, so thus the
packages work more smoothly together.
Nearly all so
Hiya!
Is there anyone out here that knows about a player that can play
.viv-files? The version of xanim I have doesn't support it :-(
Please send a Cc: to [EMAIL PROTECTED] when replying.
TIA,
Maarten Bezemer.
Ed Cogburn wrote:
>
> Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, Feb 28, 1999 at 12:44:20PM +, Mark Brown wrote:
> > > Try Emacs or XEmacs. Don't be mislead by the fact that they call Emacs
> > > an editor - it's far, far more than a mere editor. It has support for
> > ^
Hey Nuno:
Try adding the 'mount' commands into the /root/.bash_profile (.bash_profile is
the
autoexec file in each user's HOME Directory...But only the root user, or one
who has
root access can mount partitions, etc.
Hope this helps,
Brant
Nuno Donato wrote:
> I really need some help here.
If it wasn't for the fact that you had X running under FreeBSD, I would say
you window manager is not configured. I have always had problems with
X86Setup. I would try xf86config, it's not pretty but it works better IMHO.
Rod
> -Original Message-
> From: Chen Xu [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
I would recommend switching to leafnode.
It provides an easier method for selecting
newsgroups and I can't remember the reference,
but it is supposed to be easier on the news server
it is getting news from.
I have used it for about a year and I am very happy with it.
HTH.
JLF Sends...
>Hi,
Hi all, I just installed Debian2.0 from official CD. And I configured the
Xf86Setup right. But every time when I do 'startx', it crashed and I saw
the following messages
none of the configured devices were detected ***
"no screen found"
I knew the conf I did is right because I finished XF86S
On Thu, 04 Mar 1999 13:25:07 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>1- Am I on the right track with the ipmasqadm?
Yes. YOu invoke it like this:
ipmasqadm portfw ...
>2- Is there a .deb out there for ipmasqadm?
Yes. I'm pretty sure that I did NOT compile it myself. I think I fetched the
"unstable
>-Bruno Boettcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> end i found that the given profiles were all useless to me BTW is there
> somewhere a system like the 'custom tags' in slackware? (i have some more
> installations to do and would like to completely automatise installation...)
I don't know what the sla
Lyno Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> At 01:17 PM 3/2/99 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > When I get this I switch sites in sources.list. Fixes it for me.
>
> I tried to do that but couldn't seem to find a site that would work
> for me. Does any ftp site work or do I have to use a htt
fstab looks like this:
/dev/hda2 / ext2 defaults, errors=remount-ro 0 1
/dev/hda1 none swap sw 0 0
proc/proc proc defaults0 0
But I don't think this is ri
Hi,
I just installed suck on my machine. I want to archive all unexpired and
uncancelled posts that are available in a newsgroup (say,
alt.foo.bar.baz). How do I go about doing this? suck(1) says that it is
possible for me to download ALL the newsgroups in my news server. It does
not tell me h
Hi,
A friend is installing debian for the first time. He can't get his modem to
work (his modem is a ciscom/wisecom WS-5614JS3(G), apparently)
I assume hes just mucked up his isapnp or something, but before I go round
to sort it out and waste my effort on a binmodem, I wondered if anybody else
had
Christian Dysthe wrote:
>
> Hello Debian-user,
>
> I am running Debian 2.0, XFCE/2 desktop and Netscape 4.5 (glibc) with a
> Matrox MDA 200 card. Everything is running (suprisingly) smoothly
> even though I am a Linux newbie.
>
> My problem is that the Netscape buttons turn black and whi
>> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Mar 4 20:17:16 1999
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>> Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 12:07:27 +0100 (CET)
Hey All,
Recently, I added a new drive to my system as the slave 2nd drive.
Therefore, I made my old drive a Win95 drive so the family could play games
and such. Now it seems that everytime I log into my Linux drive (/dev/hdb) I
get file system not unmount correctly errors. I fsck and get it in op
It went by quickly, but yes:
"Mounting local file systems . .
not mounted anything"
appeared in there somewhere.
Would booting from the rescue disk to change the IP address cause this?
I've done this before and not had a problem with it. What should I do now?
Brian Morgan
> -Original Messag
On Thu, Mar 04, 1999 at 01:19:27PM -0600, Brian Morgan wrote:
> I'm running slink and having some major problems. I just booted from the
> rescue floppy to change my ip address, and when I rebooted from the hard
> drive, the sytem hung on:
> "Starting system log daemon: syslogd"
> It hangs there a
Hello all,
I seem to be lost on this issue, but here goes. I am running a mostly slink
system with a 2.2.1 kernel. How do I enable port forwarding with this setup?
I have the kernel built correctly, (I believe), so I am not concerned in that
area. My question has to do with the tool(s) used
I'm running slink and having some major problems. I just booted from the
rescue floppy to change my ip address, and when I rebooted from the hard
drive, the sytem hung on:
"Starting system log daemon: syslogd"
It hangs there about 4 minutes, then I get several errors:
"Starting deferred execution
Hamish Moffatt wrote:
>
> On Sun, Feb 28, 1999 at 12:44:20PM +, Mark Brown wrote:
> > Try Emacs or XEmacs. Don't be mislead by the fact that they call Emacs
> > an editor - it's far, far more than a mere editor. It has support for
> ^
>
> Th
On Thu, 4 Mar 1999, Nuno Donato wrote:
> I really need some help here.
> How can I have Linux to mount automatically my hard drives
> at boot. Because every time I run Linux, I have to mount all
> my partitions into separate directories.
> Can I create some type of autoexec file?
>
> PLEASE HE
> I really need some help here.
> How can I have Linux to mount automatically my hard drives
> at boot. Because every time I run Linux, I have to mount all
Put them in /etc/fstab and they'll automatically get mounted at boot.
try "man fstab" for more info.
On Thu, 4 Mar 1999, Bernhard Dobbels wrote:
>
> I would like my uni to distribute Debian in stead of RedHat and for
> this, i would like some people to give reasons for this. It is a
> potential of 30.000 users, so i find this quite important. I wil bundle
> the answers and send them to the chair
On Wed, 10 Jun 1998, Henrik Damkjaer Vind wrote:
> I get the error message
>
>
> crc error
>
> --System halted.
>
>
> trying to boot for the first time from my newly prepared rescue disc.
> I've just run the install.bat from a dos prompt in the directory
> containing the compressed kernel.
Which package is top in ?
__
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I really need some help here.
How can I have Linux to mount automatically my hard drives
at boot. Because every time I run Linux, I have to mount all
my partitions into separate directories.
Can I create some type of autoexec file?
PLEASE HELP ME!
_
Paul Nathan Puri writes:
> I'm interested in starting commercial service that offers the set up and
> maintenance of secure networks under linux (preferably debian).
This sounds interesting and I might be interested in getting involved.
However, that man you really want to get on board is Bear Gil
>-Fabrizio Polacco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Hi,
> is there anybody who can tell me how to invert the buttons of the
> mouse under X?
Try
xmodmap -e "pointer = 3 2 1"
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in the deepest part of a very deep lake. (Linu
Fabrizio Polacco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
is there anybody who can tell me how to invert the buttons of the
mouse under X?
>From xmodmap(1):
Many pointers are designed such that the first button is
pressed using the index finger of the right hand. People
who are
Yes your uni can make cd's and sell them at will for whatever price they
want. Make sure to make source available upon request.
Debian is a preferred distribution because upgrading multiple systems is
quite easy with the apt-get utility. Licensing issues are not an issue in
debian because ever
On Thu, 4 Mar 1999, Ian Keith Setford wrote:
>
>
> > If I remember correctly, this is asking you where all the base files are
> > stored on the disk. Now, C disk for Windows is
> > /dev/hda for Linux, but you need to insluce the partition # as well.
> > If you are not sure, fdisk and see where
> If I remember correctly, this is asking you where all the base files are
> stored on the disk. Now, C disk for Windows is
> /dev/hda for Linux, but you need to insluce the partition # as well.
> If you are not sure, fdisk and see where the Windows resides, but
> generally it's on /dev/hda1
> S
Hi,
is there anybody who can tell me how to invert the buttons of the
mouse under X?
I have found it for gpm, but I couldn't find mention in the X
manuals.
thanx,
fab
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Now I could be wrong, but I recall reading that there was an issue
regarding some cards running in 24bpp. The solution is to either run in
16bpp, or 32 bpp (which as I understand it is faster than 24bpp anyway, as
it can shift pixels on the word boundary). So, try it at 32bpp.
Cheers
Dave
In a message dated 3/4/99 11:02:38 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
> I downloaded the files as suggested to Drive C, made the Rescue disk,
> and can go through install to the point where it asks me to -
>
> CHOOSE DEBIAN ARCHIVE PATH
>
> Please choose the path inside th
In a message dated 3/4/99 10:53:58 AM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > 1. Debian has a large number of packages (2400 in potato, and just under
> > 2000 in slink). All of the package maintainers communicate, so thus the
> > packages work more smoothly together.
>
> It migh
I saw a directory called etex under the tetex directory, so i wondered
wheather the debian distribution uses e-Tex (i am using hamm).
If not, can anyone tell me how am i supposed to install e-Tex, because
I didn't understand how the distribution is build and how i am
supposed to change tex.web (whe
Dear user group,
I get the error message
crc error
--System halted.
trying to boot for the first time from my newly
prepared rescue disc. I've just run the install.bat from a dos prompt in the
directory containing the compressed kernel.
What do I do to solve the problem?
K
Hi,
On Wed, 03 Mar, 1999 à 03:38:39AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> I do suggest, however, moving your entire /usr over to the new drive.
> Debian does not support, for instance, /usr/bin on one disk partition and
> /usr/X11R6 on another. (It's an issue of symbolic links mandated in the
> Po
On Thu, 4 Mar 1999, Christian Dysthe wrote:
> Hello Debian-user,
>
> I am running Debian 2.0, XFCE/2 desktop and Netscape 4.5 (glibc) with a
> Matrox MDA 200 card. Everything is running (suprisingly) smoothly
> even though I am a Linux newbie.
>
> My problem is that the Netscape button
> Can anyone help me/
>
> I downloaded the files as suggested to Drive C, made the Rescue disk,
> and can go through install to the point where it asks me to -
>
> CHOOSE DEBIAN ARCHIVE PATH
If I remember correctly, this is asking you where all the base files are
stored on the disk. Now, C disk
>You don't say why you can't get both services running at the same time.
>So I'm just guessing you might have a locking problem. Do check that you're
>using /dev/ttyS1 throughout, and you don't have a link called /dev/modem.
>The latter is a recipe for disaster.
>
>Cheers,
Sorry, both services
Hello Debian-user,
I am running Debian 2.0, XFCE/2 desktop and Netscape 4.5 (glibc) with a
Matrox MDA 200 card. Everything is running (suprisingly) smoothly
even though I am a Linux newbie.
My problem is that the Netscape buttons turn black and white (and
ugly!) when I
run 24 bpp reso
It could also be that time of the CD-ROM's life when it has to go and meet
it's maker...It's a good possibility as you say it also occurs in NT. I
think the likelyhood of the BIOS settings screwing it up are minimal (I've
found linux to be very robust when it comes to using CD-ROM drives).
Cheers
On Thu, 4 Mar 1999, E.L. Meijer (Eric) wrote:
> > In a message dated 3/4/99 7:40:39 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL
> > PROTECTED]
> > writes:
> >
> > So, defragging your disk isn't a normal Debian maintenance task? Is this
> > true
> > for all you guys that have been running Debian "forever"
>
> In a message dated 3/4/99 7:40:39 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
>
> > > The appear to be tools to `defrag' an ext2
> > > partition, but I never saw any convincing reasons for using them. They
> > > may even be a risk to your data.
> >
> > I've tried the ext2 def
On Thu, 4 Mar 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: In a message dated 3/4/99 7:40:39 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
: writes:
:
: > > The appear to be tools to `defrag' an ext2
: > > partition, but I never saw any convincing reasons for using them. They
: > > may even be a risk
Quoting Anthony Landreneau ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Greetings,
> I know I've seen this addressed before, but for the life of me I can't
> seems to find it, so I will ask the group. I have several machine, now
> running DOS 6.2. The system BIOS doesn't support large drives, 540MB is the
> max.
Quoting Jorge Sousa ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Hi all
>
> I'm setting up a debian system that must support dial on demand for Win95
> clients and at the same time the machine must be a dial in server ( mgetty )
> for remote administration.
>
> I'm able to put both services working without any problem
Can anyone help me/
I downloaded the files as suggested to Drive C, made the Rescue
disk, and can go through install to the point where it asks me to -
CHOOSE DEBIAN ARCHIVE PATH
Please choose the path inside the hard disk file system where
the Debian archive resides.
/debian ___
I d
In a message dated 3/4/99 7:40:39 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
> > The appear to be tools to `defrag' an ext2
> > partition, but I never saw any convincing reasons for using them. They
> > may even be a risk to your data.
>
> I've tried the ext2 defrag program, and wh
On Wed, 3 Mar 1999, Pablo Cernadas wrote:
> I need help to choise a modem that works on debian
> can somebody tellme about?
External.
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Brokersys +281-895-8101 http://www.brokersys.com/
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On Tue, 2 Mar 1999, Torsten Landschoff wrote:
> > The superuser can get
> > in, but root can always get in. Preventing that requires rethinking the
> > concept of "root".
> Hopefully root will stay as it is. I hate this message "Access denied" I get
> everytime I want to do something on the NT
> It might help a little, if there would be some ready made 'installation
> sets' (like 'single workstation', 'internettet workstation', 'server')
> with ready assembled collection of packages? There is so huge number of
> packages available that it isn't so easy to find out in the beginning what
>
Peter Ludwig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > 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.org/sploits_remote.html
>
> Will d
Try the -k or --keep option when invoke fetchmail, thail way mail is not
deleted from the server. I really don't know if the messages get flaged as
READ or UNREAD, just try and check the man pages
Jorge Sousa
-Original Message-
From: Shao Zhang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: debian
Date: Quin
I think that this list below was quite excellent. Some comments below.
On Thu, 4 Mar 1999, Bernhard Dobbels wrote:
> Debian vs RedHat:
>
> 1. Debian has a large number of packages (2400 in potato, and just under
> 2000 in slink). All of the package maintainers communicate, so thus the
> packag
Hi all
I'm setting up a debian system that must support dial on demand for Win95
clients and at the same time the machine must be a dial in server ( mgetty )
for remote administration.
I'm able to put both services working without any problem but not at the
same time.
Is it possible to have both
On Thu, Mar 04, 1999 at 10:57:34AM +1100, Corey Ralph wrote:
> Thanks for your help, I am going to set that up. I have the 2.2 kernel
> compiled and about to go, and I have downloaded the XF_FBDev. Next thing is
> how do I configure it? XF86Setup doesn't seem to have the FB listed in the
> drive
Hi!
I'm trying to make custom install disks. I have boot-floppies 2.1.8,
all packages "make check" wanted from me and file Packages.gz, which
is in ~/boot-floppies/dists/slink/main/binary-i386/.
The problem is, when I run "make release", I end with this message:
Package xfree86
On Sun, Feb 28, 1999 at 12:44:20PM +, Mark Brown wrote:
> Try Emacs or XEmacs. Don't be mislead by the fact that they call Emacs
> an editor - it's far, far more than a mere editor. It has support for
^
This is an excellent summary of why you
> The appear to be tools to `defrag' an ext2
> partition, but I never saw any convincing reasons for using them. They
> may even be a risk to your data.
I've tried the ext2 defrag program, and while it seems to work OK, I
didn't see any noticable benefit from doing it, other than the fsck
summar
This is what i have assembled from this list:
Debian vs RedHat:
1. Debian has a large number of packages (2400 in potato, and just under
2000 in slink). All of the package maintainers communicate, so thus the
packages work more smoothly together.
2. Debian is also a bit more stable. I think, th
On Tue, Mar 02, 1999 at 11:41:00PM +0100, Torsten Landschoff wrote:
> Hopefully root will stay as it is. I hate this message "Access denied" I get
> everytime I want to do something on the NT server in university (yes, I am the
> admin...)
That and the BSOD (Blue Screen of Death) are the best thi
Sorry, I did not describe what I want very clear. What I need is to leave
them as Unread on the pop3 server. I retrieve them from pop3 at work, I
want those mails still set to unread & when I retrieve them for the second
time, I still know what are the new messages I checked earlier at work. I
gue
> Just for grins, I note you're in .se. Do you happen to have the LANG or
> any of the LC_* variables set? If so, try unsetting them and PLEASE let
> me know if that fixes the problem or changes nothing.
That solved the problem... I had LC_TYPE=iso_8859_1 and
LC_ALL=sv_SE.ISO8859-1 set, and whe
On Thu, 4 Mar 1999, Shao Zhang wrote:
|Hi,
| Is it possible to fetch the mails from the pop3 server, but still
|leave them as Unread New Messages??
Sure, i thought this is normal. Fetchmail gets the mail and puts it in
/var/spool/mail/user and your mailclient gets the mail from there and pu
Hi,
Is it possible to fetch the mails from the pop3 server, but still
leave them as Unread New Messages??
Thanks.
Shao.
Shao Zhang - Running Debian 2.1 ___ _ _
Department of Communicat
On Thu, Mar 04, 1999 at 11:39:03 +0100, Bernhard Dobbels wrote:
> Am i right if i say that the uni can just rsync the cd-images, write them
> and sell them to the students for the price of writing the disks?
Yes. The official CD images only contain software that is DFSG-free, which
may be distribu
Hi,
I got some strange kernel message recently. I did not do anything
to my init besides setting up the xfstt. Below are the strange messages I
am getting:
bmap of 39a,block 83 is 44f4
super 200
bmap 84
result 44f5
bmap of 39a,block 84 is 44f5
super 200
bmap 85
result 44f6
bmap of
Hello,
At my university, they want to set up an alternative for MS Windows for
the students/employees. They have obviously choosen for linux and they
are now discussing about which distribution to choose.
I like Debian, because it has a very good packaging system and it's
free. As i'm a former Sl
Corey Ralph wrote:
>
> Thanks for your help, I am going to set that up. I have the 2.2 kernel
> compiled and about to go, and I have downloaded the XF_FBDev. Next thing is
> how do I configure it? XF86Setup doesn't seem to have the FB listed in the
> drivers. Do I need to edit XF86Config manua
On Thursday 04 March, Richard Lyon wrote:
> > I'm trying to use fig2dev to convert fig format images into gifs, but I
> > keep getting empty gif files.
>
> Your right! It's actually the transfig package as a whole which appears to
> have no support for the generation of gif.
that's bizarre. it
Hi,
Has anyone had the problem with the latest libc6-2.0.7.19981211-6
in slink??
I have had this problem with libc6-2.0.7.19981211-4, at a moment I
am using libc6-2.0.7.19981211-5.
After I install libc6-2.0.7.19981211-6, my dns just does not work
anymore, if I down grading
Hi,
I have never had this problem at home, but now it happens to me at
work. My backspace does not work in Netscape, only the delete key. My
backspace does not work in rxvt and nor the delete key.
However, it works in xterm. I have tried to use stty but has no
luck.
Thanks
> If you look at the source code you will find there is support for reading
> gifs, but none for generating them. gif is a proprietry non-free format. You
> have to pay a license fee if you want to distribute applications which
> generate gifs. You can however distribute code which reads gifs fo
>
> I know a maximal mount check is a normal system check but, is there any
> percentage of non-contiguous files worrying? Last check I had 1.0% on / and
> /opt, and 7.3% on /home.
No.
A non-contiguous file is a file that is scattered over the disk in more
pieces. This happens all the time. Y
Saw a mention in Wired about a version of Linux that will run on old Macs.
Couldn't find it on the debian.com site. Can someone direct me?
Thanks!
Frank Laughlin
Digitonium
PS: I'm not on this list so please email your response to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks again!
On Sun, Feb 28, 1999 at 11:59:59AM +, Mark Brown wrote:
>
> Editing XF86Config will cause the change to apply to every X session run
> on your system. Putting a command in .xinitrc will mean that it only
> affects you. Which one you use is a matter of personal preference.
>
There's one imp
Sorry, I just had the depth set wrong! :)
> -Original Message-
> From: Corey Ralph [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, March 04, 1999 4:57 PM
> To: Debian User
> Subject: More xf86_fb problems
>
>
> Thanks for that, I actually found it a couple minutes after posting the
> question.
Thanks for that, I actually found it a couple minutes after posting the
question. Next question: where is the best place to put it to make it
happen on startup?
I am doing this to get xfree working with an unsupported card. XFree is
finding /dev/fb0 now, but gives me:
fbdevScreenInit: unable to
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