Re: Installing Netscape

> When I startx I see navigator in the menu (fvwm2) but when I > select it nothing happens. > > Can anyone point me in the right direction? I think you have it installed right, but maybe the fvwm2 menu is not set up right. From an xterm, try typing netscape at the shell prompt. On my syste

Re: Warning: message 11CBIc-0005wT-00 delayed 72 hours (fwd)

I would like to apologize to the list. These messages are coming from my box. I just switched from smail/procmail to exim and obviously I have a problem. I will work to get it corrected tonight. Again - my apologies. --- R. Wayne McCorkle - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.pcisys.net/~mccorkle De

Re: cfdisk says hda is smaller than it really is!

Matthias Murra > Hope this has helped to make my point a bit clearer. :-) Indeed. As it turns out, my CD file hierarchy is all messed up so it is _impossible_ to install right now. Thanks anyway! - d.

Re: New kernel problems

At 07:53 09-08-99 -0500, Paul Miller wrote: >I usually see this error when IDE support has not been compiled in the >kernel. So I'd make sure that in the Block Devices section you have >'Enhanced IDE/MFM/RLL disk/cdrom/tape/floppy support' & >'Include IDE/ATA-2 DISK support' set to yes. Right on

Re: problems with xpm

* Pedro Bastos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > asmem_x.c:18: X11/xpm.h: No such file or directory [...] > ~# dpkg -l | grep xpm > ii xpm4g 3.4k-1 X Pixmap run-time libraries Yeah, *run-time*! ashwork:~$ dpkg -S xpm.h xpm4g-dev: /usr/X11R6/include/X11/xpm.h HTH, Colin -- C

Re: Easy way to install potato?

On Sun, Aug 08, 1999 at 09:15:46PM -0700, Eric G. Miller wrote: Hi Francis! > On Sun, 08 Aug 1999, Francis J. Bruening wrote: > | I'd like to do a fresh install of potato? > | What's the easiest way to do that? > | > | I'm thinking of installing the base slink stuff, and then using apt t

Re: Installing Netscape

Sounds like my box. I use ICE, cant start Netscape. I have to use the TKdesk browser and double click it then it starts. Ronnie On Mon, 09 Aug 1999, Adam Krell wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to install Netscape Navigator and can't seem to get it to > work. I have downloaded this file: navigator

Re: most: cannot display *.gz files

> Does less decompress gz-files on-the-fly, too? > > Greets, > Matt > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > no but, gunzip -c filename.gz | less works well. Cheers, Lance

Re: Shell scripts

On Mon, Aug 09, 1999 at 07:10:31PM +0200, Jonas Steverud wrote: > Michael Merten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I've written a rather elaborate shell script and was wondering... > > are there any script guru's out there with the time and the > > inclination to take a look at it, and possibly gi

Re: Clearing a mail spool of duplicate emails???

* Martin Uecker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, Aug 08, 1999 at 06:45:10PM +0200, Colin Marquardt wrote: >> * Frankie Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> > Sometimes fetchmail is interrupted when it is fetching mail from my >> > pop account. The result of this is that I have duplicate

Re: most: cannot display *.gz files

* Matthias Murra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Does less decompress gz-files on-the-fly, too? Put the following line into your /etc/profile (or whereever): eval `/usr/bin/lesspipe` (Note: these are backticks!) Then have a look at /usr/bin/lesspipe and see what it can do for you and your less.

Apache-ssl wont auto restart. Needs password.

Hi, we have Apache-ssl installed and running on our Debian Slink web server. The only problem we have is that Apache-ssl won't restart automatically if it goes down or if we reboot. This because we need to put in a password after having entered "apache-sslctl start". This is probably also why t

Installing Netscape

Hi, I am trying to install Netscape Navigator and can't seem to get it to work. I have downloaded this file: navigator-v461-export.x86- unknown-linuxglibc2.0.tar.gz from this location: /pub/communicator/english/4.61/unix/supported/linux20_glibc2/navi gator_standalone and installed it in /tmp

Re: saving dselect lists?

*- On 9 Aug, Dan DeMond wrote about "saving dselect lists?" > Is there any way I can save a dselect configuration and use it in > another install? > Machine A: dpkg --get-selections > selections.list Machine B: dpkg --set-selections < selections.list dselect (jump straight to the [I]nstall)

Re: rc?.d policy?

*- On 9 Aug, Gary L. Hennigan wrote about "rc?.d policy?" > Is there any policy on which run level does what? Just looking at > rc2.d and rc3.d they appear identical. Personally I like level 2 to > boot non-X and level 3 to be exactly the same, but starts an X login > manager, e.g., wdm or xdm. Is

Re: problems with xpm

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Mon, 9 Aug 1999, Pedro Bastos wrote: > gcc -O2 -I/usr/X11R6/include -c asmem_x.c > asmem_x.c:18: X11/xpm.h: No such file or directory > make: *** [asmem_x.o] Error 1 > > and then i checked if i had lib xpm installed: > > ~# dpkg -l | grep xpm > ii

Re: problems with xpm

Pedro Bastos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > hello list :) someday, somewhere, for some reason, i tried to compile > asmem. and, as you all know, asmem uses a lot the xpm library. > so, the configure part of the compile process was sucessful. > but, unfortunely, the compile process itself (make) ret

Re: saving dselect lists?

dpkg --get-selections > /usr/local/dpkg_packages will save the list of packages you have selected to a file named /usr/local/dpkg_packages and then dpkg --set-selections < /usr/local/dpkg_packages will select packages based on that file. I would expect that any filename could be used. The exa

Problemas de instalacion

Junto con una revista sobre linux, regalan la distribucion linux Debian 2.1 Lite. El problema ha surgido en el momento de la instalación de los paquetes. El programa de instalación da la posibilidad de elegir un perfil, con unos paquetes preseleccionados en cada perfil. Después de haber probado

Re: Switching to KDM...

Hello Jon, On 09-Aug-99, you wrote: JH> Hi, Debian newbie asking his normal stupid question :-) JH> JH> I have KDE on my computer, works just fine, etc etc. When the JH> computer boots up it goes straight into XDM. I can log in and kill JH> xdm from a text window and start up kdm, no problems th

Terminal errors

Hi, Executing 'dselect' now gives me the error 'Error opening terminal: unknown', and in addition many other commands give similar messages. For example, if I use a pipe to less (ls | less) I get the following: WARNING: Terminal is not fully functional. The system is still running and other than

procmail question (was: looking for a mail client)

I thank everybody for their great help. I think I will go for mutt since the PGP stuff works really fine now. However, I have some questions regarding procmail. Is it possible to have it run automatically when new mail arrives without the need for every user to have his .forward set to |/usr/bin/

X-Windows virtual desktop and screen corruption

Hello list, I'm running X-Windows and fvwm2 at 800x600x8 using the Frame Buffer Device but I would like to disable the virtual desktop feature. I tried setting the values for 'Virtual' to 800 600 (from the default 1152 900 - which worked ok) in the 'Display' SubSection of the 'Screen' section in

Re: Physically small boxes

Hello Martin, On 08-Aug-99, you wrote: MO> MO> Can one install Debian on a Cobalt Qube ? If not, are there other MO> physically small boxes which would be suitable ? MO> MO> Cheers, Compaq do some 'small-footprint' workstations - I think it's the 'EN' series you want to look at. I don't know

Re: mysql help

This is what I have: simon:~$ dpkg -l|grep mysql ii mysql-base 3.21.33b-4 mysql database client binaries ii mysql-dev 3.21.33b-4 mysql database development lib ii mysql-doc 3.21.33b-4 mysql database documentation ii mysql-manual0.95-1-1 MySQL Manual in H

Re: cfdisk says hda is smaller than it really is!

"David Kane-Parry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I can pass the geometry to the kernel 'til the cows come home 'cause 2.0.x > won't see higher than 8.4GB. Because you've been responding on the list to messages that haven't been on the list (at least, I haven't seen them), I'm not sure what makes y

problems with xpm

hello list :) someday, somewhere, for some reason, i tried to compile asmem. and, as you all know, asmem uses a lot the xpm library. so, the configure part of the compile process was sucessful. but, unfortunely, the compile process itself (make) returned an error: gcc -O2 -I/usr/X11R6/includ

issue and motd with xdm

Hi, I would like to display a message before users logon to my machine. I have the message in /etc/motd and /etc/issue. If I come in through a "terminal" window, via ssh for examples, I see the /etc/motd contents. When I logoff the console and log back on, ( I'm running XDM) I don't see either. I

rc?.d policy?

Is there any policy on which run level does what? Just looking at rc2.d and rc3.d they appear identical. Personally I like level 2 to boot non-X and level 3 to be exactly the same, but starts an X login manager, e.g., wdm or xdm. Is there any reason I shouldn't update the rc2.d and rc3.d accordingl

Re: Best way to check out hardware / BIOS problems?

On Wed, 4 Aug 1999, David Hamilton wrote: > I have two systems that crash regularly while running slink. I > suspect that this is probably hardware-related, but I can't see any > The hardware is fast and reliability improves if I turn off both > internal and external cache, although performance d

Dabian 2.9.4

Hi, I have downloaded the linux router project, i can make it work ok. but i cannot find the proper drivers for the 3Com file and then Kingston Card, could you please send me the 3c59x.o file and the Tulip.o file for versino 2.9.4., this would be greatly appriciated, thanks Rino

Re: How to boot to text mode?

- Original Message - From: Godric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, August 09, 1999 9:30 PM Subject: How to boot to text mode? > Apologies for what may be a very simple question - but I'm new using > Debian (migrated from Suse which I've had only been using for a while) > but what

saving dselect lists?

Is there any way I can save a dselect configuration and use it in another install? Thanks in advance, Dan DeMond [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Module problems

Hi all, Tried to recompile kernel 2.2.10 get no obvious warnings (to me that is) did use the kernel-package README For the Brave and the impatient: Phase ONE: Getting and configuring the kernel 1% cd 2% make config # or make menuconfig or make xconfig and configure Phase TWO: Create a prota

Re: How to boot to text mode?

On Mon, 9 Aug 1999, Godric wrote: > Apologies for what may be a very simple question - but I'm new using > Debian (migrated from Suse which I've had only been using for a while) > but what file do I have to change in Debian 2.1 so that on booting I go > straight to text mode to login rather tha

XFree86 3.3.3.1 .deb files for Debian 2.1

I would like to install Xfree86 3.3.3.1 on Debian 2.1 and do not know which .deb files to download. I would appreciate any help.

Re: Kernel 2.0.37 does not recognize Second CPU

correct me if i'm wrong, but i thought the 2.0.x versions of linux did not do symmectric multiprocessing (SMP)??? i'd suggest getting the 2.2.x kernel, i know those work...can't say anything for sure, because i only have a 1 cpu box at home running linux, and all the multi-cpu boxes at work either

Re: mysql help

On Mon, Aug 09, 1999 at 02:53:30PM -0400, Tom wrote: > > Hi all. > > I'm having problems with using the C Api for mysql. When I goto compile > the program I get a bunch of undefined references to the functions that > are declared in mysql.h I checked the documentation for mysql and it > talks a

Re: cfdisk says hda is smaller than it really is!

Karl J Klug wrote: > HmI don't know Can you pass the geometry to the kernel? If > the boot messages show the correct C/H/S geometry, then the problem is > with cfdisk, I guess. There's probably a way to force fdisk to use a > particular geometry, but I've never tried it. Try looking

Re: TNT2 Chipset

On Fri, 6 Aug 1999, Chris Carlson wrote: > Anyone having luck running a TNT2? Well, my TNT is working okay. > When I try to run the GL screensavers from xscreensaver, the video is > flashing black, and then displays the image, and repeats very fast. Hmmm. Have you tried anything else, e.g. th

Re: How to boot to text mode?

*- On 9 Aug, Godric wrote about "How to boot to text mode?" > Apologies for what may be a very simple question - but I'm new using > Debian (migrated from Suse which I've had only been using for a while) > but what file do I have to change in Debian 2.1 so that on booting I go > straight to text

Re: How to boot to text mode?

On Mon, Aug 09, 1999 at 07:30:38PM +, Godric wrote: > Apologies for what may be a very simple question - but I'm new using > Debian (migrated from Suse which I've had only been using for a while) > but what file do I have to change in Debian 2.1 so that on booting I go > straight to text mode

Help setting up Exim as relay host for private network

I am trying to setup exim 3.02 on a potato system. The system is the firewall/gateway for my network. The problem is that I can accept email for the internal host but the email is not routing to the internal host. Exim does not know what to do with it. The internal host is in the /etc/hosts fil

Re: Kernel 2.0.37 does not recognize Second CPU

Did you enable SMP in the Makefile? Also read the smp file in the kernel documentation. Bob On Mon, Aug 09, 1999 at 01:53:26PM -0400, Felipe Alvarez Harnecker wrote: > > Hi, I want the kernel to recognize the second CPU. I dont want to > switch to 2.2.x kernel yet. I'm running slink. > > Any h

Re: How to boot to text mode?

On Mon, Aug 09, 1999 at 07:30:38PM +, Godric wrote: > Apologies for what may be a very simple question - but I'm new using > Debian (migrated from Suse which I've had only been using for a while) > but what file do I have to change in Debian 2.1 so that on booting I go > straight to text mode

Re: howto raise priority(nice level) of lpd and filters

On Mon, Aug 09, 1999 at 12:14:29PM -0500, Brian Servis wrote: > > Hi all, > > I would like to give my lpd daemon and the magicfilter filters and its > scripts higher priority when printing. If my cpu is being heavily used > then my printer(HP 660C deskjet) is very slow. During one slow print >

Switching to KDM...

Hi, Debian newbie asking his normal stupid question :-) I have KDE on my computer, works just fine, etc etc. When the computer boots up it goes straight into XDM. I can log in and kill xdm from a text window and start up kdm, no problems there. I would, however, like to change it so KDM starts

Re: Any help with Realtek RTL8139 ?

John Foster wrote: > I do not know if this will help but I have one of these cards and I had > to use a DOS program to "set the card id number"in its hardware > registers. Windows 98 sets it automatically but not in the hardware > registers. Windows NT and Linux does not set it at all. I had the s

Re: Any help with Realtek RTL8139 ?

Nils Rennebarth wrote: > On Mon, Aug 09, 1999 at 09:10:25AM -0500, John Foster wrote: > > "Nuno Emanuel F. Carvalho" wrote: > > > I'd two machines at home and I'm unable to get them working both on > > > linux. > Which kernel do you use? You will need to build a custom 2.2 kernel. > Try to build

mysql help

Hi all. I'm having problems with using the C Api for mysql. When I goto compile the program I get a bunch of undefined references to the functions that are declared in mysql.h I checked the documentation for mysql and it talks about mysqlclient libraries but I could not find those on my box. I

Re: Abou ps and top.

Both of these are in the base/procps package. You might want to check and see that dpkg/dselect thinks this package is in good shape. (Upgraded, etc...) On Mon, 9 Aug 1999, Takanori Suzuki wrote: > I installed the potato last week. > Today I found that I could not use "ps" and "top" command. >

How to boot to text mode?

Apologies for what may be a very simple question - but I'm new using Debian (migrated from Suse which I've had only been using for a while) but what file do I have to change in Debian 2.1 so that on booting I go straight to text mode to login rather than the graphical login? I know in Suse its th

Re: Netscape died on me.

I'm not sure if this is slink or potato, but there is a separate package for netscape mime support in slink, if I remember correctly... It looks like it might be looking for that. Perhaps the maintainer forgot a "requires" line. On Sun, 8 Aug 1999, Christian Dysthe wrote: > > Hi, > > I did a

Re: Help!: XFree86 (3.3.4), graphics cards, and BIOS weirdness.+Packard Hell

All I can tell you is how I usually go about this stuff when I run into similar problems: 1. First, dig around on Packard Bell's website and try to find a diagram of the motherboard for the system and maybe even some documentation on how to add your own video card. 2. Pick a new video card that o

Re: Mutt dependency on an MTA

>Heh. My simple question about mutt grew into a whole philosophical >discussion of mail and dependency issues... > >I'd like to remind people that my original problem was that I did have an >MTA installed, but that MTA happened be qmail which I built myself in >/usr/local. So from the point of view

Re: Easy way to install potato?

That worked for me. I did it during the "great perl reorganization" and a few things were borked, but they've been straightening that stuff out, and it shouldn't be as much of a problem now. As always... unstable means unstable... Good luck! On Sun, 8 Aug 1999, Francis J. Bruening wrote: > H

Kernel 2.0.37 does not recognize Second CPU

Hi, I want the kernel to recognize the second CPU. I dont want to switch to 2.2.x kernel yet. I'm running slink. Any help? -- __ Felipe Alvarez Harnecker. QlSoftware. Tel. 09.874.60.17 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Potenciado

Re: knfs success?

On Mon, Aug 09, 1999 at 10:14:22AM -0700, Jinsong Zhao wrote: > I was playing with knfs. I compiled the kernel 2.2.10. Then I > installed the knfs package from the unstable. But looks like knfs > cannot export a directory. I explicitly issue commands: > > exportfs /usr1 machine1(rw) > > then it p

Re: XFree86 3.3.3.1 on Debian 2.1

*- On 9 Aug, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about "XFree86 3.3.3.1 on Debian 2.1" > I am attempting to install Debian 2.1 on a Compaq Presario 1255 laptop > computer with Neomagic video. I noticed a "News and Announcements" item > from May 21 on www.debian.org/~branden ,

Re: XFree86 3.3.3.1 on Debian 2.1

On Mon, Aug 09, 1999 at 12:36:36PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am attempting to install Debian 2.1 on a Compaq Presario 1255 laptop > computer with Neomagic video. I noticed a "News and Announcements" item > from May 21 on www.debian.org/~branden , > that i

Re: XFree86 3.3.3.1 on Debian 2.1

On Mon, Aug 09, 1999 at 12:36:36PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am attempting to install Debian 2.1 on a Compaq Presario 1255 laptop > computer with Neomagic video. I noticed a "News and Announcements" item > from May 21 on www.debian.org/~branden , > that i

Re: New Gateway computer.. can I install Debian on it?

Hi, On Sun, 08 Aug, 1999 à 05:35:46PM +1000, Chanop Silpa-Anan wrote: > I'm not sure whether it's the same model or not. But I used to install potato > on one G7-450 with 12GB HD. On that machine, fdisk on debian can read only > first 8GB. So I end up repartitioning so Debian can live withing th

Re: dselect problem with Packages.cd

On Mon, Aug 09, 1999 at 12:27:59PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am attempting to install Debian 2.1 on a Compaq Presario 1255 from a > LinuxCentral official Debian CD distribution. When the installation starts > dselect, it indicates it cannot find the 'Packages.cd' file for non-free, > non

Re: Testing a new kernel

Yes, that will work. You should also look at installing kernel-package and using make-kpkg to compile your kernel. It will create a debian kernel-image package. When installed, this updates lilo for you and also renames the previous kernel so you have a fallback. Bob On Mon, Aug 09, 1999 at 10

Re: Shell scripts

On Mon, Aug 09, 1999 at 11:02:24AM -0500, Michael Merten wrote: > I've written a rather elaborate shell script and was wondering... > are there any script guru's out there with the time and the > inclination to take a look at it, and possibly give me some > suggestions/comments/pointers on how to i

Cisco 605 Linux Driver for DSL?

Is there a Linux driver for the Cisco 605 "modem" for DSL subscribers? US West says that UNIX is not compatible with it (although the 675 router/"modem" is, with a NIC installed). Will the existing driver(s) for modems work with the 605? Art Lemasters BTW, it's good to be back on the Net, a

XFree86 3.3.3.1 on Debian 2.1

I am attempting to install Debian 2.1 on a Compaq Presario 1255 laptop computer with Neomagic video. I noticed a "News and Announcements" item from May 21 on www.debian.org/~branden , that indicates a XFree86 3.3.3.1 package that could be installed for Debian 2.1.

Re: Shell scripts

Michael Merten wrote: >Hi, > >I've written a rather elaborate shell script and was wondering... >are there any script guru's out there with the time and the >inclination to take a look at it, and possibly give me some >suggestions/comments/pointers on how to improve it? I'm happy to lo

dselect problem with Packages.cd

I am attempting to install Debian 2.1 on a Compaq Presario 1255 from a LinuxCentral official Debian CD distribution. When the installation starts dselect, it indicates it cannot find the 'Packages.cd' file for non-free, non-US, and local. I have specified the following: Non-free: /dists/s

Re: non-us-ascii characters

> > What's up? How can I have, at least, a consistent output (I mean, every > > console app undestanding the keyboard the right way)? > > for bash (and all readline programs) create file ~/.inputrc with: > (...) Well... I forgot to say that I already had a .inputrc... anyway, I added three of thos

howto raise priority(nice level) of lpd and filters

Hi all, I would like to give my lpd daemon and the magicfilter filters and its scripts higher priority when printing. If my cpu is being heavily used then my printer(HP 660C deskjet) is very slow. During one slow print session I tried giving the filter a nice level of -5 and the printer started

knfs success?

I was playing with knfs. I compiled the kernel 2.2.10. Then I installed the knfs package from the unstable. But looks like knfs cannot export a directory. I explicitly issue commands: exportfs /usr1 machine1(rw) then it prints "Function not implemented." Then the basic function of NFS is not th

Developer in Houston, TX USA

Please pardon the dual post. I'm trying to locate a debian developer in or around Houston who would be willing to meet with me and sign my PGP key. Replies to the list or to [EMAIL PROTECTED] will reach me. Thanks, Steve Gore --

Emacs copyright was [Re: IglooFTP goes commercial. Violation of GPL?]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul D. Smith) writes: > How do you determine this? The Mule people said so. It is kept pretty low profile > All the copyright statements I saw in 20.4 after a quick check were > merely by the FSF, including such docs as etc/DISTRIB. I don't have 20.4 here. But this is the to

Re: Lost directories.

> In the past three weeks I have lost three directories. Just > disappeared. I lost /usr/local/bin and had to start recompiling > years's of work. Sure, it's my own fault, but in the several years I Aie ! > have been using Debian GNU/Linux, I have never had this happen. I > can't believe I wa

Re: [Email Converter] Eudora 3.06 (Windows) to Linux ...

> I am using a Workstation on WfW 3.11 with my E-Mailer Eudora 3.06. > > Now I upgrade to a Debian 2.1 Workstation and I like to keep all > E-Mails (around 300 MBytes) from my Windows Workstation. > > Disk space is no problem !!! > What is with E-Mail clients which user compressed Mail-Folder ??

Shell scripts

Hi, I've written a rather elaborate shell script and was wondering... are there any script guru's out there with the time and the inclination to take a look at it, and possibly give me some suggestions/comments/pointers on how to improve it? Mike TIA !!! [Private mail welcom

2.1r1 Install kills bsd- and other partitions

Hi, IIRC: (1) after trying to install Debian in hda5 (this or hda9 were proposed by dselect) (see Fdisk1 below) and using hda10 as swap partition, I found hda8 and hda2(?) killed. I couldn't boot Debian, because LILO didn't want to install in hda5. (2) So I killed hda2 and created hda2 for BSD a

Re: Testing a new kernel

Hi, Why don't you add the new kernel image to lilo while keeping the old one? Everytime when I upgrade the kernel, I change my current kernel to label=old, and put the newest one with label=linux. So, if your new kernel does not work properly, you can alway

Re: IglooFTP goes commercial. Violation of GPL?

%% Jan Vroonhof <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: jv> Contrary to popular opinion the FSF is _not_ the sole copyright jv> holder of GNU Emacs. The copyright to FSF Emacs is jointly held by jv> the FSF and the Electrotechnical Laboratory (which is the Japanese jv> government research institute th

Re: Any help with Realtek RTL8139 ?

On Mon, Aug 09, 1999 at 09:10:25AM -0500, John Foster wrote: > "Nuno Emanuel F. Carvalho" wrote: > > I'd two machines at home and I'm unable to get them working both on > > linux. Which kernel do you use? You will need to build a custom 2.2 kernel. Try to build it as a module and put rtl8139 in /e

Re: non-us-ascii characters

On Mon, Aug 09, 1999 at 11:36:24AM -0300, Guilherme Soares Zahn wrote: > Hi there > > I've been facing some curious problems when trying to use > non-¨us-ascii¨ characters in my Linux box... > > In a regular xterm, in the command prompt, an ¨e¨ with an acute > displays like ¨\351¨, and ¨a

Re: cardmgr on ThinkPad problem

On 09-Aug-99 Chanop Silpa-Anan wrote: > Get packgae pcmcia-cs-source or get pcmcia source from linux pcmcia > homepage. > > your kernel problably load pcmcia modules that are compiled for other > version if you have modules version enable in yoou kernel! To be safe, > recompile with your new kern

Testing a new kernel

Hi. I've just completed my 1st crack at compiling the 2.0.36 kernel to optimize my system. I've read through the HOWTO's and all the on-line documentation, and I think I understand (and successfully done) all the steps except for installation. But I have a bit if anxiety about trying out the new i

Re: Disk drive: going, going, ...

On Sat, Aug 07, 1999 at 09:29:09AM -0500, Stephen Pitts wrote: > If you want to get back up and running fast, do > dpkg --get-selections > /usr/local/dpkg_packages. Then, when you > reinstall, skip all of the initial dselect stuff until you do > dpkg --set-selections < /usr/local/dpkg_packages. A

Re: New kernel problems

On Mon, 9 Aug 1999, Guilherme Soares Zahn wrote: > > > VFS: Cannot open root device 03:43 > > > Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:43 > > > > > > I'm not exactly sure how to troubleshoot this. Any advice? > > > > > I usually see this error when IDE support has not been compiled in

non-us-ascii characters

Hi there I've been facing some curious problems when trying to use non-¨us-ascii¨ characters in my Linux box... In a regular xterm, in the command prompt, an ¨e¨ with an acute displays like ¨\351¨, and ¨a tilde¨ like ¨\343¨ and so on... in the same xterm, if I use the Midnight Commander i

Re: Any help with Realtek RTL8139 ?

"Nuno Emanuel F. Carvalho" wrote: > > Hi, > > I'd two machines at home and I'm unable to get them working both on > linux. _ I do not know if this will help but I have one of these cards and I had to use a DOS program to "set the card id number"in its

[HELP NEEDED] The Canon LBP 660 printer under Debian (Slink)

Hello ! I've installed Debian-Skink on my friend box which used to run under Win95. The problem is that I'm not able to access the installed printer. It's a Canon LBP 660, a M$-specific hardware !-( And I don't know how to customize the printcap file. => Are there drivers avalaible f

Re: New kernel problems

> > VFS: Cannot open root device 03:43 > > Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:43 > > > > I'm not exactly sure how to troubleshoot this. Any advice? > > > I usually see this error when IDE support has not been compiled in the > kernel. So I'd make sure that in the Block Devices section

Re: New kernel problems

Daniel Lesage wrote: > > VFS: Cannot open root device 03:43 > Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:43 > > I'm not exactly sure how to troubleshoot this. Any advice? > I usually see this error when IDE support has not been compiled in the kernel. So I'd make sure that in the Block Dev

Re: gnome-apt

> > Update doesn't work either. In short words: apt-get works perfectly > > but nothing works with gnome-apt :( > To be honest I have no clue at all. I haven't rebuilt from scratch with > the latest libapt-pkg in a while, so I'll try that today and if I have a > revelation will let you know. Wel

Re: Debian support for PAP

A. M. Varon writes: > Any recommended dialers for Debian which supports PAP? Run pppconfig and then use pon and poff to start and stop ppp. -- John HaslerThis posting is in the public domain. [EMAIL PROTECTED]Do with it what you will. Dancing Horse Hill Make mo

Re: looking for a mail client

On Sun, Aug 08, 1999 at 07:18:25PM -0700, Eric G . Miller wrote: > I stand corrected. I was actually thinking of the mbox-hook, > but that only processes messages /after/ they have been read. Seems > procmail would be the ticket for filtering large volumes of mail. procmail also offers th

Re: Debian support for PAP

On 9 Aug, A. M. Varon wrote: > Any recommended dialers for Debian which supports PAP? > > regards, > > = = Andre M. Varon Lasaltech Incorporated > = = == Technical Head Fax-Tel: (034)435-0836 > = == = > = = = E-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > = WebPage : http://andre.lasaltech.com >

Re: cfdisk says hda is smaller than it really is!

>> How come? I simply created a partition that would hold the basic Debian >> slink system on the "8.4 GB drive" that cfdisk detected in conjunction >> with the 2.0.x kernel, when what in fact I had was a 10 GB drive. > >Certainly an option, but I was holding out for a more out-of-the-box >solution

Re: where is libpam.so.0?

On Mon, Aug 09, 1999 at 05:14:53AM -0700, pplaw wrote: > debs, > > the error message i get when i try to rum "pon" is that "libpam.so.0" is > needed. > > how do i get this file? Hi, $ dpkg -S libpam.so.0 libpam0g: /lib/libpam.so.0 libpam0g: /lib/libpam.so.0.66 Install libpam0g. Mirek

Re: Perl without DB and NDBM

On Friday 6 August 1999, at 15 h 9, the keyboard of Mario Olimpio de Menezes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm needing a perl binary w/o -ldb and -lndbm in order to run > Sybperl. In short: don't. In long: there is no reason to use Sybperl: - it duplicates the Perl setup and libraries (

where is libpam.so.0?

debs, the error message i get when i try to rum "pon" is that "libpam.so.0" is needed. how do i get this file? ia,t. bentley taylor. //

Re: Esound and vmware

Hi! thanks for your replies! It works now. > I've used ESD with VMWare fine. What are the permissions on > /dev/dsp? What user is running VMWare? What user started esd? Perm: 666 same user for all But here was my mistake: > if you start esound with > # esd -terminate -nobeeps -as 2 > > it sho

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