magicfilter for Epson FX-80

1999-06-17 Thread David B. Karlin
Hello, I have a Panasonic (dot-matrix) printer which emulates an Epson FX-80, and is working fine as an FX-80 under Win95. I'd like to install it on the Linux machine instead, but I've been unable to locate a magicfilter for Epson FX-80. Does anyone know if such a filter exists, or know of some l

Re: xfree 3.3.3 for slink

1999-06-17 Thread Joerg Friedrich
On Thu, 17 Jun 1999, Alec Smith wrote: > For Slink XFree86 3.3.3.1, use > > deb http://ftp.netgod.net x/ > > in your /etc/apt/sources.list file. You'll get X 3.3.3.1 in addition to > other updates for Slink. > > Note: I don't believe the debs are official. The only official stuff for > XFree86

Re: communicator 4.6 - ftp bug

1999-06-17 Thread Colin Marquardt
* Rick Macdonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Now it downloads the sane diff file as 17KB compressed, but I have to add > the .gz suffix to the filename in the netscape dialog or rename after. > Netscape seems to insist on stripping the extension. I have seen this behaviour without adding any MI

upgrading to Slink

1999-06-17 Thread Andrei Ivanov
Hello all. As subject says, I'm thinking about upgrading to 2.1 system from 2.0.36 I don't want to use apt to do an automatic upgrade while I'm gone, just because of the ISP issues. I was wondering if there was a list of packages that have been modified at the hamm->slink transition, and that are c

[Q] Virtual hosts and routing...

1999-06-17 Thread The Doctor What
I have a network, 216.178.140.xxx, which my box is part of. My box, bunny, has a main ethernet (eth0) ip as 216.178.140.4. It's gateway is 216.178.140.1, This is all class C of course. In addition, I have the whole block of IPs from 216.178.140.240 to 216.178.140.255 all assigned as virtual eth

Re: communicator 4.6 - ftp bug

1999-06-17 Thread Hartmut Figge
Rick Macdonald wrote: > > On Thu, 17 Jun 1999, Peter S Galbraith wrote: > > > > > my communicator 4.6 insists of unpacking certain types of files before > > > > saving to hd. this behaviour is not acceptable, therefore i have to use > > > > another version, which will download a file _unchanged_

Re: agp graphics cards with slink

1999-06-17 Thread Branden Robinson
On Thu, Jun 17, 1999 at 11:20:15AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 3) I have heard that people are working on a slink version of 3.3.3.1. You > can > wait and see. The latest Debian XFree86 news is at http://www.debian.org/~branden/ Included there is a link to slink versions of XFree86 3.3.3.

Re: Window Maker

1999-06-17 Thread Christian Lavoie
> trying to get Window Maker working and I can't figure out what this means: > /usr/X11R6/bin/WindowMaker fatal error: could not open display "" It means that the wmaker executable couldn't find a X window server running or that it can access. I take it you are typing that on a console. (DOS-l

SV: communicator 4.6 - ftp bug

1999-06-17 Thread vw
Hi Hafi Here it is. I got from my 'doze box w/ msie (yuck), since my deb-box is waiting for a modem. Have u tried something so elementary and windozy as reinstalling the damn thing (c4.6, that is)?! S'pose u have... Best Regards Vitux <> > -Oprindelig meddelelse- > Fra: Hartmut Figge [S

Re: Window Maker

1999-06-17 Thread Jonathan D. Proulx
On Thu, Jun 17, 1999 at 05:26:40PM -0300, Ann Henderson wrote: > /usr/X11R6/bin/WindowMaker fatal error: could not open display "" > > I get that when I type "wmaker" at my prompt. I've just configured my > display, so I don't know how to save that as my WindowMaker default > display. Any sugg

Re: Window Maker

1999-06-17 Thread William Ono
On Thu, 17 Jun 1999, Ann Henderson wrote: > /usr/X11R6/bin/WindowMaker fatal error: could not open display "" Except in rare cases, you don't want to run wmaker yourself. What you should do is make a file .xsession in your home directory that tells X what to do on start-up, then run startx. Try

Re: Window Maker

1999-06-17 Thread Dpk
On Thu, 17 Jun 1999, Ann Henderson wrote: Thank you so much to William and David for their help with "dselect", I got everything that I needed this time. Now I have another problem. I'm trying to get Window Maker working and I can't figure out what this means: /usr/X11R6/bin/W

Window Maker

1999-06-17 Thread Ann Henderson
Thank you so much to William and David for their help with "dselect", I got everything that I needed this time. Now I have another problem. I'm trying to get Window Maker working and I can't figure out what this means: /usr/X11R6/bin/WindowMaker fatal error: could not open display "" I get that

Re: xfree 3.3.3 for slink

1999-06-17 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 17 Jun, Alec Smith wrote about "Re: xfree 3.3.3 for slink" > For Slink XFree86 3.3.3.1, use > > deb http://ftp.netgod.net x/ > > in your /etc/apt/sources.list file. You'll get X 3.3.3.1 in addition to > other updates for Slink. > > Note: I don't believe the debs are official. The only offi

Re: difference between magicfilter and apsfilter

1999-06-17 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Wed, Jun 16, 1999 at 10:31:41PM +0200, Thorsten Manegold wrote: > Hi! > I sent this question before but did not receive any reply, so I try again: > > What is the difference between magicfilter and apsfilter? > As far as I can tell they both do about the same. > Is one better? Yes, they essent

Re: Using more than one ISP

1999-06-17 Thread Phillip Deackes
Anthony Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: => Is there any easy way of maintaining access to more than one ISP => without => re-writing the config files for smail and ppp? At present I use a => spare => computer for this but it's not very convenient. Here's what I do (and I use Demon too!): I h

difference between magicfilter and apsfilter

1999-06-17 Thread Thorsten Manegold
Hi! I sent this question before but did not receive any reply, so I try again: What is the difference between magicfilter and apsfilter? As far as I can tell they both do about the same. Is one better? TIA Thorsten Manegold \\|// ( o.o

Large .deb packages..

1999-06-17 Thread Richard Dansereau
Hello all! I seem to remember a while back there was a discussion about whether or not to include some rather large packages (i.e. ones containing data, such as astronomical data) in the Debian releases. I think the main consensus was not to include these types of large packages. I was wondering

Re: Installation

1999-06-17 Thread William Ono
On Thu, 17 Jun 1999, The FreeStuff Web Ring wrote: > I just installed a fresh copy of Debian 2.1 on my desktop and I missed > something that needs to be installed. How do I go back and get to the > dselect menu again? At the login: prompt, type root. Then type in your root password. When you s

Installation

1999-06-17 Thread The FreeStuff Web Ring
I just installed a fresh copy of Debian 2.1 on my desktop and I missed something that needs to be installed. How do I go back and get to the dselect menu again? Thank you in advance for your help! The FreeStuff Web Ring http://chebucto.ns.ca/~fsweb [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: parport as module fails probe

1999-06-17 Thread Wayne Topa
Subject: parport as module fails probe Date: Thu, Jun 17, 1999 at 11:29:55AM -0500 In reply to:Brian Servis Quoting Brian Servis([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > I just built a 2.2.10 kernel and decided to move the parport support > out as modules. I don't have any strange setup or share

Re: Potential solution to netscape crashing?

1999-06-17 Thread John Foster
---STUFF SNIPPED > Just clarifying your statement, I don't know if it fixes the crash > problem. > > On Debian, edit /etc/X11/xfs/config, in there you will find a line > catalogue=... with all the font paths on it.(man xfs). This is what > they are talking a

Re: Unable to get major 21 for generic SCSI device

1999-06-17 Thread Wayne Topa
Subject: Unable to get major 21 for generic SCSI device Date: Thu, Jun 17, 1999 at 03:34:40PM +0200 In reply to:Johann Spies Quoting Johann Spies([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > What does the message (from dmesg) on the subject line means? > > Do I have to do something about it? I am u

Re: Install Printer under Linux

1999-06-17 Thread Jaroslaw Berezowski
> Dear, > I have Installed debian pakage under my PC and it's great and very > easy to work on it. Now I have one problem, I have EPSON STYLE PHOTO > inkjet printer may I aske you please to help me to install it to work > with linux under my PC?. > with my best regards > Yours Sincerely

Re: xfree 3.3.3 for slink

1999-06-17 Thread Alec Smith
For Slink XFree86 3.3.3.1, use deb http://ftp.netgod.net x/ in your /etc/apt/sources.list file. You'll get X 3.3.3.1 in addition to other updates for Slink. Note: I don't believe the debs are official. The only official stuff for XFree86 3.3.3.1 is in Potato. On Thu, 17 Jun 1999, David N. W

xfree 3.3.3 for slink

1999-06-17 Thread David N. Welton
[ please cc replies to me ] Surprisingly enough, I couldn't find this information when searching throught the mailing list archives. I was under the impression that it was something that Vincent Renardias had done, but I couldn't find anything there, either ((www|master).debian.org/~vincent/). I

Re: agp graphics cards with slink

1999-06-17 Thread Martin Bialasinski
>> "s" == shaleh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: s> 3) I have heard that people are working on a slink version of s> 3.3.3.1. You can wait and see. They are recompiled for some time now. deb http://ftp.netgod.net x/ in sources list and one can install them. Ciao, Martin

Re: VCD PLAYER

1999-06-17 Thread Sami Dalouche
On Thu, Jun 17, 1999 at 12:43:54AM +0200, dedo2 wrote: > DO YOU HOW TO CHANGE AN AUDIO CD PLAYER TO A VCD PLAYER? By software or by hardware ? There's a VCD player called mtvp. The mtvp player is freeware but it's FRONT-END (called mtv) is shareware. -- // -oOo- -oOo---

Re: How to remove a user

1999-06-17 Thread Sami Dalouche
Yes, but I've another question : How do I remove cleanly (without VI) a group ? On Thu, Jun 17, 1999 at 05:22:05AM -0400, David Teague wrote: > On Wed, 16 Jun 1999, Jonathan D. Proulx wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Dumb newbie question: How do I delete a user account? > > Jon > > This is NOT a

Re: soundcard too silent

1999-06-17 Thread Lex Chive
On Wed, Jun 16, 1999 at 03:06:06AM +0200, Hartmut Figge wrote: > Lex Chive wrote: > > > > On Tue, Jun 15, 1999 at 01:54:05PM +0200, Bernhard Dobbels wrote: > > > On Tue, 15 Jun 1999, Armin Wegner wrote: > > > > how can I raise the base volume of my sb 64 pci (ensonique)? > > > > > > try xmix > >

RE: Kernel 2.2.9 and SoundBlaster module

1999-06-17 Thread Brad
On Thu, 17 Jun 1999, Jonathan Lupa wrote: > On Wednesday, June 16, 1999 10:42 PM, Mark Wagnon [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > Brad wrote: > > > On my system, i put a script in /etc/init.d to automatically insert the > > > proper sound modules on boot (after isapnp runs and configures the card

Re: Kernel 2.2.9 and soundblaster module

1999-06-17 Thread Brad
On Wed, 16 Jun 1999, Mark Wagnon wrote: > Brad wrote: > [snip] > > > > On my system, i put a script in /etc/init.d to automatically insert the > > proper sound modules on boot (after isapnp runs and configures the card) > > Brad, > > would you mind sharing your script? I took a loot at those in

Re: communicator 4.6 - ftp bug

1999-06-17 Thread John Foster
Hartmut Figge wrote: > > greetings, > well, now it´s me who have to whine. > firstly, a hearty gghh. > > my communicator 4.6 insists of unpacking certain types of files before > saving to hd. this behaviour is not acceptable, therefore i have to use ___

Re: Potential solution to netscape crashing?

1999-06-17 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 17 Jun, Mark Wagnon wrote about "Potential solution to netscape crashing?" > [never ending netscape crash discussion] > >> >> > I'm using Netscape Communicator with RedHat 6.0 on my box and it just dies >> > anytime it has to view a Java applet. Is there any work-around for this? >> How >

RE: howto: booting from CD

1999-06-17 Thread Karl-Heinz Herrmann
On 17-Jun-99 James D. Freels wrote: > I have also configured the Adaptec BIOS to allow a bootable CD. > However, the scsi ID of the bootable image remains at ID=0 (the hard > drive). Hi, on my MB (Gigabyte) the AMIBios and the Adaptec Bios tricked each other -- The Bios knows how to boot CDROM (

Re: custom kernel won't boot

1999-06-17 Thread David Wright
Quoting Michael C. Yoon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Well, I got it to boot by running LILO again. The reason I didn't in > the first place is because of this line in the installation > instructions: > > "Your new kernel-image-2.0.36 package is also clever enough to > automatically use lilo to update th

Re: Potential solution to netscape crashing?

1999-06-17 Thread Aaron Solochek
This post reminded me I was having the same problems, and I also then turned java off, this did cure the problem At least I havn't had it crash in a few months. However, Iremember having problems with xfs crashing my system as it booted up... so I removed it, can't try to real fix. -Aar

Potential solution to netscape crashing?

1999-06-17 Thread Mark Wagnon
Hi all: I too have been plagued by netscape since moving up to potato. I thought it was a WM thing, but that wasn't it. I thought it was a netscape version thing, but it wasn't that either. I moved back to slink, but *that* wasn't it either! So I decided to remover java support and I haven't had a

Re: dpkg verify?

1999-06-17 Thread John Foster
Dean Spicer wrote: > > Is there any way to get dpkg to verify all the packages installed on your > system? The reason I ask is that I inadvertently erased my menu directory > (the one which holds all the shortcuuts to the applications for the > windowmanagers). I'm just looking for an easy way t

parport as module fails probe

1999-06-17 Thread Brian Servis
I just built a 2.2.10 kernel and decided to move the parport support out as modules. I don't have any strange setup or share devices. Now when the modules load it fails to complete the IEEE 1284 probe. When the parport support was compiled in I had no problems. Now:(as module) Jun 17 11:11:11 b

Re: communicator 4.6 - ftp bug

1999-06-17 Thread Rick Macdonald
On Thu, 17 Jun 1999, Peter S Galbraith wrote: > > > my communicator 4.6 insists of unpacking certain types of files before > > > saving to hd. this behaviour is not acceptable, therefore i have to use > > > another version, which will download a file _unchanged_ if demanded. I have this problem w

Re: agp graphics cards with slink

1999-06-17 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 17 Jun, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about "Re: agp graphics cards with slink" >> >> >> many computers bought in the last few mounts have agp >> graphics cards. the x servers that come with debian slink >> seem not capable to handle with them. how to work around >> this problem? (possibly wit

howto: booting from CD

1999-06-17 Thread James D. Freels
I am running GNU/Linux Debian 2.1 with an Adaptec 2940 narrow PCI scsi card. Everything is working fine. I have three hard drives set at scsi ID 0, 1, and 2 and booting off of ID=0. I also have a Yamaha CRW 6940 rewritable cdrom drive on scsi ID=3 that is also working fine. I would like to cre

Re: Using more than one ISP

1999-06-17 Thread Sergey V Kovalyov
> Is there any easy way of maintaining access to more than one ISP without > re-writing the config files for smail and ppp? At present I use a spare > computer for this but it's not very convenient. Try just using pppconfig and choose two different provider names (e.g. isp1, isp2). Then to conn

raid

1999-06-17 Thread Varga Robert
I am using debian 2.1 on a Pentium II I would like to set-up a RAID-1 array of 2 IDE drives (on separate controllers). I am currently using the 2.0.36 kernel on the distribution. Can I continue using 2.0.36 or do I have to upgrade to 2.2.x? If I can: then what patches do I have to apply to i

Re: agp graphics cards with slink

1999-06-17 Thread shaleh
> > > many computers bought in the last few mounts have agp > graphics cards. the x servers that come with debian slink > seem not capable to handle with them. how to work around > this problem? (possibly without upgrading to potato) > You have three options: 1) recompile X yourself (an opt

Re: How to remove a user

1999-06-17 Thread Aldenor Falcao
Sorry, but the correct is find / -user username -o -group usergroup > /tmp/usersfilelist the option name looks for a file with name NAME. Bye, Aldenor - Aldenor Falcao Martins, M Sc ET

agp graphics cards with slink

1999-06-17 Thread Marco Maggesi
many computers bought in the last few mounts have agp graphics cards. the x servers that come with debian slink seem not capable to handle with them. how to work around this problem? (possibly without upgrading to potato) thanks, marco

Re: SSH 2.0

1999-06-17 Thread Lazarus Long
On Thursday, June 17, 1999 at 08:28:45 -0500, Nathaniel Couper-Noles wrote: > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > X-UIDL: 4f054fcc7a6edc0d5de16b12b838670a > Is there a SSH 2.0 package for debian? Are there any plans for one? Depends: libc6 (>= 2.1), libncurses4 (>= 4.2-3.1), xlib6g (>= 3.3.2.3a

Re: How to remove a user

1999-06-17 Thread Rob Browning
David Teague <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I think you issue the command > > userdel -r username > > to remove both user, the home directory and files, but RTFM > to be sure. Note that this won't get any files the user might have in locations other than their home directory, and I don'

Re: How to remove a user

1999-06-17 Thread Bill Wilson
>I think you issue the command > >userdel -r username > >to remove both user, the home directory and files, but RTFM >to be sure. Worked for me, until I tried to add the same user back with adduser. To do the whole job, I had to: userdel -r username groupdel username

RE: Kernel 2.2.9 and SoundBlaster module

1999-06-17 Thread Jonathan Lupa
On Wednesday, June 16, 1999 10:42 PM, Mark Wagnon [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Brad wrote: > > On my system, i put a script in /etc/init.d to automatically insert the > > proper sound modules on boot (after isapnp runs and configures the card) > > would you mind sharing your script? I took a l

Re: SSH 2.0

1999-06-17 Thread J.H.M. Dassen
On Thu, Jun 17, 1999 at 15:52:15 +0200, Peter Makholm wrote: > ssh2 is released under a non-DFSG license. So was SSH1. SSH2's license is even more non-free than SSH1's though. > That's probally why the maintainer of ssh don't won't to upgrade. A maintainer for SSH2 stepped forward; it's now avai

Re: X server for ATI 3D Rage II+ Video Adapter

1999-06-17 Thread Dennis Schoen
"David B. Karlin" wrote: > > Hello, > I was browsing http://www.xfree86.org/cardlist.html looking for > ATI 3D Rage II+ which is not listed. All the other ATI "Rage" > models are listed as using the XF86_Mach64 X server. > > Does anyone know if this X server is compatible with my card? I use th

Re: SSH 2.0

1999-06-17 Thread Peter Makholm
Nathaniel Couper-Noles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is there a SSH 2.0 package for debian? Are there any plans for one? ssh2 is released under a non-DFSG license. That's probally why the maintainer of ssh don't won't to upgrade. -- I congratulate you. Happy goldfish bowl to you, to me, to eve

Re: communicator 4.6 - ftp bug

1999-06-17 Thread Peter S Galbraith
Ed Cogburn wrote: > Hartmut Figge wrote: > > > my communicator 4.6 insists of unpacking certain types of files before > > saving to hd. this behaviour is not acceptable, therefore i have to use > > another version, which will download a file _unchanged_ if demanded. > > > > could someone - prefe

Unable to get major 21 for generic SCSI device

1999-06-17 Thread Johann Spies
What does the message (from dmesg) on the subject line means? Do I have to do something about it? I am using a 2.2.9 kernel. Johann -- | Johann Spies Windsorlaan 19 | | [EMAIL

Re: communicator 4.6 - ftp bug

1999-06-17 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 16 Jun, Hartmut Figge wrote about "communicator 4.6 - ftp bug" > greetings, > well, now it´s me who have to whine. > firstly, a hearty gghh. > > my communicator 4.6 insists of unpacking certain types of files before > saving to hd. this behaviour is not acceptable, therefore i have to us

SSH 2.0

1999-06-17 Thread Nathaniel Couper-Noles
Is there a SSH 2.0 package for debian? Are there any plans for one? TIA Nathaniel

Re: routing help

1999-06-17 Thread Wayne Topa
Subject: routing help Date: Thu, Jun 17, 1999 at 12:38:14AM -0500 In reply to:Robert Rati Quoting Robert Rati([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I need some help with setting up a firewall for a router. Basically, I > just want to set it up to forward packets on to other machines on the > ne

Re: ATX power on

1999-06-17 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Wed, Jun 16, 1999 at 06:36:34PM -0400, David Todd wrote: > On some boards, it's a matter of connecting two pins on a jumper on the > motherboard, the case switch performs that connection. That should translate > to (if these two pins are connected, the power supply is supposed to be on, > unt

Re: Using more than one ISP

1999-06-17 Thread John Hasler
Anthony writes: > Is there any easy way of maintaining access to more than one ISP without > re-writing the config files for smail and ppp? At present I use a spare > computer for this but it's not very convenient. Use pppconfig once for each ISP, giving each a unique name in the "Provider Name"

Re: Debian Updates?

1999-06-17 Thread Martin Bialasinski
>> "MM" == Marc Matteo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: MM> So what determines an "r" release? The Debian pages say the MM> current release is at 2.1r2. How do I know if I have an "r2" MM> release? Use apt on a stable tree on a server. If there won't be any packages installed on apt-get dist-upgrad

Re: Using more than one ISP

1999-06-17 Thread Ionut Dumitrache
I think what you're looking for is xisp. Install it from slink/contrib /binary-i386. It's configurable to use multiple accounts, each separate settings, including password auth. type and also up to 8 phone numbers per isp. --- Ionut Dumitrache [EMAIL PROTECTED] | On Thu

Re: Netscape crashing -- a lot.

1999-06-17 Thread thomas lakofski
On Thu, 17 Jun 1999, Michael Talbot-Wilson wrote: > > On Tue, 15 Jun 1999, Craig McPherson wrote: > > > > > Are any of the earier versions of Netscape more stable than 4.6? > > > I'm willing to use whatever is stable. I haven't yet tried earlier > > > Netscapes. > > > > same thing happens to

Re: ldap/pam problem

1999-06-17 Thread Ben Collins
On Wed, Jun 16, 1999 at 05:53:07PM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > On 16 Jun 1999, Rob Browning wrote: > > > > > If so, then when I tried those modifications, I couldn't figure out > > how to get reasonable behavior. If you have > > > > auth sufficient pam_ldap.so > > auth r

Re: Netscape crashing -- a lot.

1999-06-17 Thread Michael Talbot-Wilson
> Alisdair McDiarmid wrote: > > > i found 4.6.1 even more unstable than 4.08. at least i know that, if > > i don't close windows, 4.08 is unlikely to crash. 4.6 just died all > > the time. > > well, then it seems, that the poor glibc2.1 people should go to the > libc5 version. Nope. This poor,

Re: ftp/telnet fails since upgrade

1999-06-17 Thread Hugo van der Merwe
On Thu, 17 Jun 1999, William Ono wrote: > On Wed, 16 Jun 1999, Hugo van der Merwe wrote: > > > having ALL: ALL in hosts.deny and ALL: 192.168.1.* in hosts.allow worked > > perfectly. hosts.allow was supposed to override hosts.deny. When did this > > change? > > You want "ALL: 192.168.1." withou

Re: Netscape crashing -- a lot.

1999-06-17 Thread Michael Talbot-Wilson
> On Tue, 15 Jun 1999, Craig McPherson wrote: > > > Are any of the earier versions of Netscape more stable than 4.6? > > I'm willing to use whatever is stable. I haven't yet tried earlier > > Netscapes. > > same thing happens to me with 4.51 and 4.08, both linked with glibc2. i > think it's

Install Printer under Linux

1999-06-17 Thread ahmed ebrahim mohamed aboanber
Dear, I have Installed debian pakage under my PC and it's great and very easy to work on it. Now I have one problem, I have EPSON STYLE PHOTO inkjet printer may I aske you please to help me to install it to work with linux under my PC?. with my best regards Yours Sincerely Ab

Re: XFree86

1999-06-17 Thread J.H.M. Dassen
On Thu, Jun 17, 1999 at 06:30:19 +, jeff k wrote: > Question: is there any difference between the XFree86 that you can get > from the XFree86 site and the version that is used with Debian? Yes. The Debian version is integrated into the Debian package management system, and has some features l

Install Printer under Linux

1999-06-17 Thread ahmed ebrahim mohamed aboanber
Dear, I have Installed debian pakage under my PC and it's great and very easy to work on it. Now I have one problem, I have EPSON STYLE PHOTO inkjet printer How Can I Install this Printer to work with linux under my PC?. I'll be appreciate if anyone can help me to fix this problem. with my

RE: XFree86

1999-06-17 Thread Hau Hing
> Question: is there any difference between the XFree86 that > you can get from the XFree86 site and the version that is > used with Debian? > jeff To me, slink comes with X86Free86_3.3.2, and I need at least 3.3.3 (3.3.3.1 current) to support my SiS5598 onboard video. With some help on this list

Re: rpm -i no /bin/sh

1999-06-17 Thread scratch
On Thu, 17 Jun 1999, Paul wrote: > I have alien installed and would of course hope to convert the RPM's I > require once I am sure I can use Debian for my needs. > > I thought initially while I am trying to get things set up I would > just try installing as RPM's. Debian appears to offer an RPM i

Re: rpm -i no /bin/sh

1999-06-17 Thread Paul
On 17-Jun-99 scratch wrote: >You *are* aware of the fact that debian uses .deb files, and not rpm's, >right? Yes. >Ofcourse, you *can* use rpm's, but if there's a .deb available, by >all means, use it :) Check out www.debian.org/Packages. There isn't. > Now, if you *have* to use rpm's, take a

Re: rpm -i no /bin/sh

1999-06-17 Thread Peter Makholm
Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am in the early stages of setting up a Debian system. So far, so > good. I have now tried to install a few RPM's and failed due to > dependancy problems with /bin /sh. It means that the RPM package has a depency on a RPM package providing /bin/sh You shouldn'

Re: Using more than one ISP

1999-06-17 Thread scratch
On Thu, 17 Jun 1999, Anthony Campbell wrote: > This nearly works, but password authentication fails on the alternative > ISP. This may be because one uses CHAP and the other uses PAP; I don't > know. Hm, to be honest, I'm totally clueless about the way Debian handles ppp (I used to use Slackware)

Re: rpm -i no /bin/sh

1999-06-17 Thread scratch
On Thu, 17 Jun 1999, Paul wrote: > I am in the early stages of setting up a Debian system. So far, so good. I > have > now tried to install a few RPM's and failed due to dependancy problems with > /bin > /sh. I thought this means that /bin/sh doesn't exist. I have checked and it > does > as a

Re: Using more than one ISP

1999-06-17 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 17 Jun 1999, scratch wrote: > On Thu, 17 Jun 1999, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > Is there any easy way of maintaining access to more than one ISP without > > re-writing the config files for smail and ppp? At present I use a spare > > computer for this but it's not very convenient. > > It's be

Digesting lists

1999-06-17 Thread Martin Oldfield
Like many people here, I'm subscribed to a number of mailing lists. Some, like the Debian lists, have a digest option which makes them much easier to read; others don't. Please can anyone suggest a way to make `personal digests' i.e. to generate a digest of the day's messages locally, then forwa

rpm -i no /bin/sh

1999-06-17 Thread Paul
I am in the early stages of setting up a Debian system. So far, so good. I have now tried to install a few RPM's and failed due to dependancy problems with /bin /sh. I thought this means that /bin/sh doesn't exist. I have checked and it does as a link to /bin/bash. What else could it mean? Paul

Re: Using more than one ISP

1999-06-17 Thread scratch
On Thu, 17 Jun 1999, Anthony Campbell wrote: > Is there any easy way of maintaining access to more than one ISP without > re-writing the config files for smail and ppp? At present I use a spare > computer for this but it's not very convenient. It's been some time that I've used ppp (nifty cable

Re: Kernel 2.2.9 and soundblaster module

1999-06-17 Thread Christophe Broult
Brad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, 15 Jun 1999, Ingo Hohmann wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > is there something about soundblaster support that I should > > have known by now? Seems that my irq, ... settings get lost > > when I compile soundblaster support as a module. (Sound works > > when com

X server for ATI 3D Rage II+ Video Adapter

1999-06-17 Thread David B. Karlin
Hello, I was browsing http://www.xfree86.org/cardlist.html looking for ATI 3D Rage II+ which is not listed. All the other ATI "Rage" models are listed as using the XF86_Mach64 X server. Does anyone know if this X server is compatible with my card? Thanks, --David -- David Karlin mailto:[EMAI

Re: How to remove a user

1999-06-17 Thread Wayne Topa
Subject: How to remove a user Date: Wed, Jun 16, 1999 at 08:57:30PM -0400 In reply to:Jonathan D. Proulx Quoting Jonathan D. Proulx([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Hi, > > Dumb newbie question: How do I delete a user account? > > TIA, > Jon > % whereis userdel userdel: /usr/sbin/userdel

Re: ftp/telnet fails since upgrade

1999-06-17 Thread William Ono
On Wed, 16 Jun 1999, Hugo van der Merwe wrote: > having ALL: ALL in hosts.deny and ALL: 192.168.1.* in hosts.allow worked > perfectly. hosts.allow was supposed to override hosts.deny. When did this > change? You want "ALL: 192.168.1." without the star at the end. The behaviour you mention is AFA

Re: routing help

1999-06-17 Thread Joop Stakenborg
On Thu, Jun 17, 1999 at 12:38:14AM -0500, Robert Rati wrote: > I need some help with setting up a firewall for a router. Basically, I > just want to set it up to forward packets on to other machines on the > network. I read the manpage for ipfwadm, and it looks like ipfwadm -F -p > deny is where

Re: BE MORE SIMPLE!!!!

1999-06-17 Thread E.L. Meijer \(Eric\)
> > I just did a quick search on the debian web site with the keyword HOWTO, > > this > > is what I got: > > > > Search Results > > > > Release Quality Package (size) > > stable100% doc-linux-es 1998.0

Re: how do i produce a core file?

1999-06-17 Thread E.L. Meijer \(Eric\)
> Quoting Jeremy Taylor([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > > It appears that the default behavior of debian systems is to print > > "Segmentation Fault" rather than produce a core file. Can anyone tell me > > how to change this behavior for debugging purposes? > > > > Appreciate any help! > > > > Jeremy

Using more than one ISP

1999-06-17 Thread Anthony Campbell
Is there any easy way of maintaining access to more than one ISP without re-writing the config files for smail and ppp? At present I use a spare computer for this but it's not very convenient. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - running Linux Debian 2.1 (Windows-free zone) Book Reviews: www.achc.dem

Re: Alternative to NIS?

1999-06-17 Thread Gerhard Kroder
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I understand that NIS is fairly insecure. What is a good alternative for > synchronizing system files? I don't think there is a debian package for NIS+ AFAIK linux supports at least nis-clients in traditional yp style _and_ nis+, for more info about look at nis-how

XFree86

1999-06-17 Thread jeff k
Question: is there any difference between the XFree86 that you can get from the XFree86 site and the version that is used with Debian? jeff __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

2.2.10 and SMP

1999-06-17 Thread Gareth
G'day all, I have 2 LINUX systems (one redhat one DEBIAN )that I recently upgraded to kernel 2.2.10 the DEBIAN one will not compile unless I have SMP enabled. if I don't have it enabled I get an error and make exits with an error 1. They are similar machines Has any one else seen this o

Re: Repeat Borne Shell Tutorial URL

1999-06-17 Thread venu
hi monte heres a compilation __ I haven't come accross a good complete shell programming tutorial, but I learned some tricks from "Intermediate Bourne Shell Programming" (http://consult.cern.ch/writeups/bournint/); the C shell isn't really suited for most script jobs for reasons discussed in

Re: Problem compiling koffice

1999-06-17 Thread Barry Kauler
On Thu, 17 Jun 1999, David E. Fox wrote: > Yeah, that is indeed not nice. Hell, all I have is a P-100 with > 48 megs of RAM, and a full recompile of koffice took 30 hours > to complete when I run it last week. And that's with little if > nothing else running, no X/KDE hogging memory, and so on. It

Repeat Borne Shell Tutorial URL

1999-06-17 Thread Monte Copeland
A few day ago someone submitted a request for tutorial URL's concerning the Borne shell. I have accidentaly deleted the re:'s and I've searched the debian email archive for it, but no luck. Could some send me the URL. The tutorial was a .ps document that looked like a good read for a newbie like

routing help

1999-06-17 Thread Robert Rati
I need some help with setting up a firewall for a router. Basically, I just want to set it up to forward packets on to other machines on the network. I read the manpage for ipfwadm, and it looks like ipfwadm -F -p deny is where I want to begin. Setting the default rule to deny. Problem is, when

FORW: How to set apt-get source?

1999-06-17 Thread John Hater
Found this <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> in linux.debian.user: == BEGIN forwarded message == From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hater) Newsgroups: linux.debian.user Subject: How to set apt-get source? Date: 16 Jun 1999 09:51:15 GMT I have deb-src http://www.debian.org/debian unstable main nonfree contrib but

Re: Ethernet card problems

1999-06-17 Thread Venu
hi manuel i had similar problems ..the solution 1. check the ethernet cable is connected properly (i have this problem 80% of the time !!) 2. make sure ..especially in the case of an ISA card, that u r using the correct IRQ and IO address... use the DOS Utility of the card to check this... as on

Re: ldap/pam problem

1999-06-17 Thread Rob Browning
Jason Gunthorpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I used this complex invokation, you'll need an appropriately bug-fixed pam > library (Ben, you have my patches..) That's nice. Thanks. That solves at least part of my problem, though I'm beginning to think that we may be better off cobbling up somet

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