Re: questions to dselect.

1999-08-16 Thread Martin Bialasinski
* "Lars" == Lars Nixdorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Lars> The problem : I doesn't understand dselect. I know how to select Lars> packages (+-) but ... Did you read the dselect beginner guide? It should be included in your CD set with the other installation files. Otherwise, get it from ftp://f

Slink -> Potato upgrade problem WORKAROUND

1999-08-16 Thread Jens Carsten Hansen
Hi, all. I am a more or less experienced debian user, and I want to share this with you; I went through a few "minor" problems, when I recently decided that I had scr*wed up my system(Potato) and it was time for a reinstall. I reinstalled from a set of Slink CDs, and proceeded to do an apt-get upd

Gnome+IceWM

1999-08-16 Thread Bek Oberin
I'm not sure of the proper incantations to run both IceWM (the gnome-compliant version) and Gnome. My instinct was this: /usr/bin/gnome-session & exec icewm-gnome But I end up with -two- toolbars on top of each other, which is rather dim. What's the proper? bekj -- : --Hacker-Neophile-Ecl

Re: 2 lan cards..

1999-08-16 Thread Alvin Oga
hi > I have both cards compiled with module support. ie. ne.o (ne2000 isa clone) > and 3c509.o (3com), how do I tell the kernel via lilo and /etc/modules which > card/module should be loaded on what irq/io. > > 3com set as irq 10, io 300 > ne200 set as irq5, io 320. try the following: /etc/li

Re: Kernel panic!

1999-08-16 Thread Alvin Oga
hi > VFS: cannot open root device 03:01 > Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:01 i get the same silly error when I tried 2.2.10 on my rh-6.0 box... ( that is /dev/hda1 ) i gave up trying to find out whyand just reverted back to 2.2.5-15 from rh... will try again late

RE: 3com509c not recognized

1999-08-16 Thread westk
>= Original Message From Heikki Vatiainen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> = >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> I've just done a clean install of Slink (2.0.36 kernel) on a Gateway PII-400, >> but the installer doesn't install the 3c509c driver ("Installation >> Failed..."). > >You mean 3c905C, the twisted p

re: 2 lan cards..

1999-08-16 Thread Michael Fox
Hi all, Quick question.. I am unable to find in the archives any help for the problem I have.. I have a machine with 2 ethernet cards, problem is they are both different brands/models. I have both cards compiled with module support. ie. ne.o (ne2000 isa clone) and 3c509.o (3com), how do I tell t

Kernel panic!

1999-08-16 Thread Hwei Sheng TEOH
Hi, please CC replies to my email (my mailbox can't handle the traffic on this list so I'm not subscribed, but I desperately need help.) I'm trying to set up a server box with Debian... I needed to use kernel 2.2, so I first plugged my HD into an existing Debian system and installed from there to

Re: Hylafax anyone?

1999-08-16 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Mon, Aug 16, 1999 at 01:03:41PM -0400, Felipe Alvarez Harnecker wrote: > > I wonder if anyone has setup hylafax with succes. > > The first thing i do is to run faxsetup but it gives a warning about > the font metrics. Seen the bug database, hylafax-server has a lot of > them. > > Please tell

kbd and kbd-data incompatible?

1999-08-16 Thread Pollywog
I am presently confused about kbd. Has there been some change that makes this package incompatible with kbd-data? I want to know before I reboot and find that I cannot boot into Linux. thanks -- Andrew

RE: bash & color

1999-08-16 Thread Immanuel Yap
On Mon Aug 16, 1999, Pollywog wrote: > > On 16-Aug-99 Pollywog wrote: > > This is what I have in my .bash_profile in order to get colors: > > > > export LS_OPTIONS='--color=auto' > > eval `dircolors` > > The last line is apparently superfluous, so I removed it. It's useful if you want to change

Re: Samba and /etc/passwd

1999-08-16 Thread Immanuel Yap
On Mon Aug 16, 1999, Debian Mail wrote: > I'm quite puzzled since I cannot find the answer to what seems to be a > faq: I want that samba uses /etc/passwd and not /etc/smbpasswd to > authenticate a user. How do I do that? You can't. Noel

Re: Unidentified subject!

1999-08-16 Thread Lee Elliott
Hello Michelle, On 16-Aug-99, you wrote: MK> Hello, MK> MK> I have trouble with Downloading off messages like this MK> MK> Please can anyone tell me, MK> what this is ??? MK> MK> Webmistress Michelle MK> MK> At 19:00 16.08.1999, you wrote > This was the original MK> Message: MK>»Ø¸´µ½

Re: Easy way to determine where files are installed?

1999-08-16 Thread Lee Elliott
Hello Mark, On 16-Aug-99, you wrote: MW> On Sun 11:03PM, André Bell wrote: MW>> MW>> I've logged in as root and looked in /bin /boot /dev /etc /home MW>> /user /root and still cannot find httpd.conf so I can configure a MW>> host name for my new MW> MW> I don't have apache installed, but I woul

Re: No Mouse, No X Windows

1999-08-16 Thread Lee Elliott
Hello Ed, On 16-Aug-99, you wrote: EC> Wendell Buckner wrote: EC>> EC>> Well the graphically interface is nice(I've been dealing with just EC>> console up to now), but it's not solving my problem (thanks EC>> anyway). I go through the configuration process, save it and it EC>> tells me that my s

Re: bash & smaller fonts

1999-08-16 Thread Gary L. Hennigan
"Steven Klass" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > While we're on the topic. How can I customize the font display for bash? > Can I make it narrower and smaller? This, to my knowledge, isn't a BASH issue, but a terminal issue. If you're using X windows you can use any of the available xfonts for your x

Re: dselect problem

1999-08-16 Thread Pollywog
On 16-Aug-99 Paul Miller wrote: > Pollywog wrote: >> >> I ran dselect in order to add a few packages and to remove some I do not >> need, like CVS. Now, dselect insists on removing some packages I never >> asked it to remove and the worst part is that I cannot seem to fix this >> with dselect by

Re: dselect problem

1999-08-16 Thread Paul Miller
Pollywog wrote: > > I ran dselect in order to add a few packages and to remove some I do not > need, like CVS. Now, dselect insists on removing some packages I never > asked it to remove and the worst part is that I cannot seem to fix this > with dselect by changing "remove" to "install". > Afte

Re: 3com509c not recognized

1999-08-16 Thread Heikki Vatiainen
I wrote: > If this seems to be the case, then you have the 3c905C card, which > is not recognized by the kernel (yet) but is known to work. See > http://kernelnotes.org/lnxlists/linux-kernel/lk_9908_03/ > msg00191.html for more info. I have added a patch against 2.0.36 > and 2.0.37 in the bottom of

RE: bash & color

1999-08-16 Thread Pollywog
On 16-Aug-99 Pollywog wrote: > This is what I have in my .bash_profile in order to get colors: > > export LS_OPTIONS='--color=auto' > eval `dircolors` The last line is apparently superfluous, so I removed it. -- Andrew

bash & smaller fonts

1999-08-16 Thread Steven Klass
While we're on the topic. How can I customize the font display for bash? Can I make it narrower and smaller? Steven M. Klass Physical Design Engineer Andigilog Inc. 7404 W. Detroit Street, Suite 100 Chandler, AZ 85226 Ph: 602-940-6200 ext. 18 Fax: 602-940-4255 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.andi

full color ghostview ?

1999-08-16 Thread Sergey V Kovalyov
The problem: ghostview and the family (gv, kghostview) show a horrible dithering and it takes forever to display even simple images. On the other hand, the windows' version of the same thing (GSview) takes just a few seconds and displays in full color (16 or 24 bit, whatever the current depth is).

Re: Easy way to determine where files are installed?

1999-08-16 Thread Laurent PICOULEAU
On Sun, 15 Aug, 1999 à 11:03:40PM -0700, André Bell wrote: > ) I've finished my admin install and apache install of debian and am trying > to figure out where all the *.conf files are copied to so I can edit them. > Have a look in /var/lib/dpkg/info/apache.list (or use dpkg -L apache wich use thes

RE: bash & color

1999-08-16 Thread Pollywog
On 16-Aug-99 Aaron Solochek wrote: > Can anyone tell me how to get color in my shell? I know it has > something to do with the LS_COLORS variable, but I don't know what to > set it to, or what to add to what file so that it does it > automatically... Or that reminds me, what file should I put stu

Re: bash & color

1999-08-16 Thread David Teague
On Mon, 16 Aug 1999, Aaron Solochek wrote: > Can anyone tell me how to get color in my shell? I know it has > something to do with the LS_COLORS variable, but I don't know what to > set it to, or what to add to what file so that it does it > automatically... Or that reminds me, what file should

should I upgrade PERL from 5.004 yet?

1999-08-16 Thread Pollywog
Is Debian's PERL still broken or is it safe to upgrade? Should I remove PERL 5.004 when I upgrade? I am using Potato. thanks -- Andrew

Re: SCSI Zip help - Dmesg meaning?

1999-08-16 Thread Ron Hale-Evans
At 12:56 PM 8/16/96 -0500, you wrote: > >I am trying to get a Iomega SCSI Zip working on my system. > ... >aha152x: processing commandline: ok >aha152x: BIOS test: passed, detected 1 controller(s) >aha152x0: vital data: PORTBASE=0x140, IRQ=9, SCSI ID=7, reconnect=enabled, parity=enabled, synchrono

bash & color

1999-08-16 Thread Aaron Solochek
Can anyone tell me how to get color in my shell? I know it has something to do with the LS_COLORS variable, but I don't know what to set it to, or what to add to what file so that it does it automatically... Or that reminds me, what file should I put stuff to customize my bash prompt in? -Aaron S

Re: Which server to use??

1999-08-16 Thread Alec Smith
For the 3dfx Voodoo Banshee-based boards, you can grab the "beta" server available on the Creative Labs website. Look under Support | Drivers | OtherOS | Beta for this server. I'm using it with my Guillemot Maxi Gamer Phoenix without difficulty. After getting the server you'll want to edit the "Ac

Re: No Mouse, No X Windows

1999-08-16 Thread vw
I just had the exact same problem! It seems that no matter what I do to tell xf86config that my mouse is on dev/psaux/ (which yours probably also is) the changes doesn't seem to be reflected in the etc/x11/xf86config -file. I had the mouse working fine and was just trying to get a little higher tha

Re: 3com509c not recognized

1999-08-16 Thread Heikki Vatiainen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've just done a clean install of Slink (2.0.36 kernel) on a Gateway PII-400, > but the installer doesn't install the 3c509c driver ("Installation > Failed..."). You mean 3c905C, the twisted pair only 10/100Mbit/s Ethernet card and not 3c509, the 10Mbit/s card? Also

dselect with apt and ftp (or http) scheme

1999-08-16 Thread Dieter Faulbaum
High all, I want to install a potato-system from ftp.de.debian.org via the ftp-access-method of apt. I can update the list of available packages without a problem ans select the ones I want but when I come to installing them, I get an error message like this for every package I selected (this is

Re: Unidentified subject!

1999-08-16 Thread Michelle Konzack
Hello, I have trouble with Downloading off messages like this Please can anyone tell me, what this is ??? Webmistress Michelle At 19:00 16.08.1999, you wrote > This was the original Message: MK>»Ø¸´µ½: MK>Subject: ¯«©_¶Ê²\Ä_ MK>Mime-Version: 1.0 MK>Content-Type: multipart/mixed; bou

Re: Which server to use??

1999-08-16 Thread Dave Swegen
On Mon, Aug 16, 1999 at 09:03 -0500, Andrei Ivanov wrote: > > Hi all, > > I've got a problem i can't get out. when i install X i also must install a > > server. only which server do i need to use? > > I've got a 17-inch screen, and a monsterfusion videocart with 16 MB memory > > onboard. > > I like

SCSI Zip help - Dmesg meaning?

1999-08-16 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
I am trying to get a Iomega SCSI Zip working on my system. I installed scsi support and compiled the kernel. I am new to SCSI cards and don't know anything about them. When I boot I get the following messages: aha152x: processing commandline: ok aha152x: BIOS test: passed, detected 1 contr

dselect problem

1999-08-16 Thread Pollywog
I ran dselect in order to add a few packages and to remove some I do not need, like CVS. Now, dselect insists on removing some packages I never asked it to remove and the worst part is that I cannot seem to fix this with dselect by changing "remove" to "install". Is there a text file somewhere th

Re: confusing X problem

1999-08-16 Thread Ernest Johanson
Patrick, I took a look at your files on the web. A quick check of /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/Cards indicates the following: NAME Weitek P9100 (generic) CHIPSET Weitek P9100 SERVER SVGA NOCLOCKPROBE I noticed you have a RAMDAC entry and a Clocks entry in your XF86Config. It may be that the card does not

Re: Booting problems!

1999-08-16 Thread Adam Di Carlo
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > thank you for reading this message. The first boot for installation of > debian 2.1 fails. > After 'Loading linux ..' nothing happens, the machine hangs. Generally this means a bad floppy. There are other boot methods also, such as CD-ROM or loadlin from

Re: kernel, libncurses4-dev_4.2-3.2.deb, and all kinds of fun.

1999-08-16 Thread Patrick Olson
This is just a guess: Are you sure your FTP program is in binary mode? That may sound silly, but I've made the mistake of being in ASCII mode a few times myself. Hope this helps, Patrick On Sun, 15 Aug 1999, Cheshire wrote: > won't work so I've downloaded the potato version. A lot of times. On

Re: Problems with the samba update

1999-08-16 Thread Patrick Olson
I am going to assume that version is from unstable (also known as potato) since my Samba is older. In that case, there was mention of a bug in that version of Samba that makes it need a 2.2.x kernel. The message at this address has a better explanation than I can give: http://www.debian.org/Li

Re: (OT) Correcting VFAT problems from Linux

1999-08-16 Thread Raphael clancy
I had the same problem with those same drives, I was going to try lowlevel formating, but the vendor who sold me the systems recomended replacing the dirves as they were in warrenty, so I never had the chance to try it out. Anyway, my advice would be replace that drive if you can ('cause they'r

Libraries

1999-08-16 Thread Robert Kerr
I've got a program that's linking with one version of libstdc++. In /usr/lib there are about 1 versions of libstdc++, and the one that I think I need (since the others don't define the symbol I need) is not the one that is being linked to. How do I get it to link to the right one, and are the

Hylafax anyone?

1999-08-16 Thread Felipe Alvarez Harnecker
I wonder if anyone has setup hylafax with succes. The first thing i do is to run faxsetup but it gives a warning about the font metrics. Seen the bug database, hylafax-server has a lot of them. Please tell me your degree of succes in such a odisea. Im running Slink. -- ___

Redhat mutt with xterm-debian

1999-08-16 Thread Andrew Leiserson
I have a problem running a RedHat compiled mutt on a terminal set to xterm-debian. It fails with the message "Error initializing terminal." and leaves the terminal in a broken state (staircase effect with prompt, no echo of what I type). It is possible to work around this with: export TERM=nxterm

Re: confusing X problem

1999-08-16 Thread Patrick Olson
Thanks for taking the time to reply. I think I am closer to having a working setup, but not there yet. > What does SuperProbe say about your video card?? First video: Super-VGA Chipset: Tseng ET4000 (Port Probed) Memory: 256 Kbytes RAMDAC: Generic 8-bit pseudo-color DA

A Frequently Reported Bug: "process_queue: Assertion `dependtry <= 4' failed." in dpkg

1999-08-16 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
If you get the following message from dpkg dpkg: ../../../main/packages.c:191: process_queue: Assertion `dependtry <= 4' failed. Aborted (core dumped) DO NOT report it as a bug against dpkg. There are already too many duplicate reports on this. There are two known triggers for that bug: * A

Re: can't connect to my isp

1999-08-16 Thread John Hasler
Wonko writes: > it works fine with windows but not linux, what could be the problem? What are the symptoms? "can't connect" is not enough information. Exactly what happens? Post the output of the 'plog' command. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI

(OT) Correcting VFAT problems from Linux

1999-08-16 Thread Guilherme Soares Zahn
Hi there, I think this is 1/2 OT, but as I could think of nowhere else to ask... ;-) I needed some tool to diagnose a VFAT (FAT32) partition from inside Linux... The reason why I want to do so is that all the tools I've tried to use from inside DOS/WIN refuse to run properly (it seems the

Re: dpkg -S

1999-08-16 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 11 Aug, Patrick Olson wrote about "Re: dpkg -S" > >> Grab debian/dists//{main,contrib,non-free}/Contents-.gz . >> It may be in a slightly different place, but that should be what you need. > > Thanks for the info (and the quick reply). I grabbed > ftp://ftp.debian.org/pub/debian/dists/stab

from glibc2.0 to glibc2.1

1999-08-16 Thread Oliver
Hallo, I've got a CD from Oracle with ORACLE 8.1.5. This RDBMS uses glibc2.1. How can I change the C-Libraries? 1. install glibc2.1 from tar archive 2. ldconfig glibc2.1 (name ?) Will my system run after the exchange? Do I have to recompile packages? thx!, oliver

Re: less

1999-08-16 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 12 Aug, Patrick wrote about "Re: less" > On Thu, Aug 12, 1999 at 03:11:32PM -0400, Wakko Warner took time to write: >> Every time I go to less a file that might be a binary (to less), it asks if >> I want to view it. This has gotten very annoying and I haven't seen how to >> turn this off.

Re: Bizarre Clock Problem

1999-08-16 Thread Keith G. Murphy
John Carline wrote: > > Judith Elaine Bush wrote: > > > I have three identical new thin clients with as identical a set-up as i > > can manage to create -- and one shows this problem. It's particularly > > annoying as i had the system set to reboot at a certain time every day > > (mainly to clean

Re: qmail question

1999-08-16 Thread Robert Varga
On Mon, 16 Aug 1999, Nikolay Hristov wrote: > has anybody tried to limit the size of the Sended mail with qmail for a > single user? /var/qmail/control/smtpsize seems to be for that purpose. Search on the Qmail mailing lists for it to be sure, anyway. Robert Varga

Re: Logging in w/ session-specific passwd

1999-08-16 Thread David Wright
Quoting Julian S. Taylor ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > I log in to Sun using a prompt-response method. The server sends down a > random number, I make an entry into a calculator and it gives me the > password for that session. For this reason, I can't hook up using expect > or chat. Using slackware and

Re: xemacs at console won't suspend

1999-08-16 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 16 Aug, David Teague wrote about "xemacs at console won't suspend" > Hi Folks > > The subject says it all. xemacs, when invoked as xemacs at the > console -- not in X -- refuses to suspend with a Control-z in a > usable way. The keyboard driver continues to respond to keystrokes > and echos

Re: More on XDM and runlevels

1999-08-16 Thread Richard Kettlewell
Chad Walstrom writes: > Well, I can't site any reason w/xdm other than possibly using > something like kdm or gdm periodically. However, I do know run > levels come in handy. Let's say, for example, you'd like to work on > your web pages at home, perhaps running mysql and apache with php. > Yet,

Rage128 Video Card

1999-08-16 Thread westk
I've recently acquired a new Gateway computer that has a video card that I can't locate the specs on. I've cracked the case and found that it's an ATI and it has a paper label on one of the chips that says "R128 52001". I lifted the label and the markings on the chip are "ATMEL AT49F512 90J

Re: Possible to connect win95 to linux using ethernet boards?

1999-08-16 Thread Wim Kerkhoff
> Thanks Aaron, > Crazy as this may sound, I'm trying to simulate a local connection to my > hosted domain so I can see how different perl scripts will react _before_ I > add them to my hosted domain. I know i could simply ftp them to my hosted > domain and then test them but that is a pain becaus

Unidentified subject!

1999-08-16 Thread me
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3com509c not recognized

1999-08-16 Thread westk
I've just done a clean install of Slink (2.0.36 kernel) on a Gateway PII-400, but the installer doesn't install the 3c509c driver ("Installation Failed..."). I've searched the archives and the web in general, but can't find much on the "c" card, except that it's a "Tornado" (as opposed to "Vorn

Installation problem

1999-08-16 Thread nopex
Hi   I need some help. I have problem to boot debian installation disks (slink), it stops on detecting the scsi interface (aha 2940uw). It´s saying something about "downloading instruktions". And someone told me to try to boot with a newer kernel, 2.2. But where do i find that? I dont have a

Re: questions to dselect.

1999-08-16 Thread Eric G . Miller
* Install(ed) - Remove(d) - Config files remain _ Purge(s) - Remove all traces of program = Hold - Not upgraded or removed ? Help / Search The fourth position indicates what dselect will do, the third what it last said it would do, the second what the current status is, the

Samba and /etc/passwd

1999-08-16 Thread Debian Mail
I'm quite puzzled since I cannot find the answer to what seems to be a faq: I want that samba uses /etc/passwd and not /etc/smbpasswd to authenticate a user. How do I do that? Stef

Can't connet to my ISP

1999-08-16 Thread Jack Lee
Currently, I'm using Slink and pppd, version 2.3.5 . I'm sure where I get a mistake. I've confirmed with my ISP. They're using Window NT for server and PAP for authentication. Also, it asigns dynamic IP to every client. But, I don't know what netmask there is. The following is from /var/l

Re: Easy way to determine where files are installed?

1999-08-16 Thread Pann McCuaig
On Sun, Aug 15, 1999 at 11:03:40PM -0700, André Bell wrote: > ) I've finished my admin install and apache install of debian and am trying > to figure out where all the *.conf files are copied to so I can edit them. $ locate httpd.conf /etc/apache/httpd.conf /etc/apache/httpd.conf.0 /usr/doc/apache

Re: Host config tool? (Re: "httpd: cannot determine local host name")

1999-08-16 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Mon, Aug 16, 1999 at 12:51:23AM -0700, André Bell wrote: | >you do need to how to properly setup your DNS for your machine... | >its a pain or 5 minutes of work... | > | > most distro have a config tool that asks you the | > machine name, ip# and domain name etc...use their tool... | |

xemacs at console won't suspend

1999-08-16 Thread David Teague
Hi Folks The subject says it all. xemacs, when invoked as xemacs at the console -- not in X -- refuses to suspend with a Control-z in a usable way. The keyboard driver continues to respond to keystrokes and echos them, but no keystroke kills what ever remains running after attempting to suspend xe

Re: Which server to use??

1999-08-16 Thread Andrei Ivanov
> Hi all, > I've got a problem i can't get out. when i install X i also must install a > server. only which server do i need to use? > I've got a 17-inch screen, and a monsterfusion videocart with 16 MB memory > onboard. > I like to use a resolution of 1024 x 768 x 24 bpp or 1280 x 1024 24 bpp. > I

Re: how to connect client xserver to networked host?

1999-08-16 Thread Johan Ur Riise
The X-server is a program that runs on the machine you are sitting at. a)Find out the ip-address or name of that machine(the one you are sitting at). b)Telnet to the headless remote machine. c)Issue the command export DISPLAY=192.168.0.10:0.0 (use the ip-adress (or name) you just found) d)issue th

Re: "httpd: cannot determine local host name"

1999-08-16 Thread David Teague
On Sun, 15 Aug 1999, [iso-8859-1] André Bell wrote: > At 11:06 PM 8/15/99 -0700, André Bell wrote: > >Apache tells me "httpd: cannot determine local host name. Use the > >ServerName directive to set it manually." > >[snip] > The problem is I can't find that httpd.conf file. I've no idea where it >

More on XDM and runlevels

1999-08-16 Thread Chad Walstrom
Brad wrote: "As has been mentioned before, this isn't the best solution either. Say you remove the link in runlevel 2. Fine, xdm doesn't start on boot. Then you change to level 3, and xdm is started. Again, good. But now you change back to level 2, where xdm shouldn't be running. What happens? x

Re: How to put parport before printer at boot?

1999-08-16 Thread David Wright
Quoting Lance Hoffmeyer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I was reading a HOWTO the other day on Zips and it was mentioned that if the printer is loaded before parport (or ppa, I don't remember which) that parport will say that the port is busy and won't recognize the Zipdrive. I believe this is happening w

Re: Easy way to determine where files are installed?

1999-08-16 Thread Noah L. Meyerhans
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Sun, 15 Aug 1999, [iso-8859-1] Andr? Bell wrote: > ) I've finished my admin install and apache install of debian and am trying > to figure out where all the *.conf files are copied to so I can edit them. > Use the 'locate' command. The command 'updatedb' i

sr1: CDROM (ioctl) reports ILLEGAL REQUEST

1999-08-16 Thread Johann Spies
I get this first line of error message when I use gtcd and both when I try to run workbone. Gtcd is working but every few seconds report "scanning" and I think that is when this error message appear on the console: sr1: CDROM (ioctl) reports ILLEGAL REQUEST. tocentry read: Operation not supported

Re: how to connect client xserver to networked host?

1999-08-16 Thread Chanop Silpa-Anan
For this case you need xdmcp service from your headless computer. apt-get install xdm and edit file /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers, comment out line :0 local /usr/bin/X11/X vt7. Then you can use X -query headlesshost to start X session, or X -indirect headlesshost. But you can telnet/ssh in and run xte

Re: What's this about E-Mail support

1999-08-16 Thread vw
Hey, could you possibly get better support than on debian-user?! Who wants "30 days FREE E-mail support" (tadaaa!) when all the deb-dudes are there to help? Just my 2c. ;-) Vitux Error is human; complete disaster takes a computer > -Oprindelig meddelelse- > Fra: Pollywog [SMTP:[EMAIL PR

how to connect client xserver to networked host?

1999-08-16 Thread Kenneth Scharf
I know it is possible to run an xserver on a local host computer, and then connect to a window manager and aps running on a networked host. Question is how to set this up? I'd like to start an X session between two computers (I guess this is what an Xterminal is). I have a 'headless' computer

Datastorm 32+

1999-08-16 Thread Joakim Svensson
Hi all, Anyone got any experience with DigitalScape DataStorm32+ SCSI adapter ? I am looking for a good (supported) SCSI adapter for my home system. Main reason is because I want to buy a scanner (UMAX 1220s) but also for future upgrades. If someone got any other suggestions that would be apprecai

Which server to use??

1999-08-16 Thread Arjen v. V.
Hi all, I've got a problem i can't get out. when i install X i also must install a server. only which server do i need to use? I've got a 17-inch screen, and a monsterfusion videocart with 16 MB memory onboard. I like to use a resolution of 1024 x 768 x 24 bpp or 1280 x 1024 24 bpp. I hope anyone k

MySQL vs Solid

1999-08-16 Thread Martin Oldfield
Does anyone know of an unbiased comparison between these two SQL servers ? Cheers, -- Martin Oldfield,

accessing samba server across switch

1999-08-16 Thread Ferdinand Schinagl
Hi there, is it possible to access a samba server across a switch or router so that the client is on one side and the server on the other side (physically) of the wire? We ran into this problem because our network group decided to exchange the repeater and put a switch there instead. What do I hav

Re: How to start cfengine's cfd automatically?

1999-08-16 Thread Gilbert Laycock
> "jtr" == jtr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: jtr> is someone working with cfengine and has a working script which jtr> starts its daemon cfd on bootup? If so, I would appreciate very jtr> much if he/she would send me a copy. (Any other hints are welcome jtr> as well of course). I have the fol

Re: Incremental writing to CD

1999-08-16 Thread Johann Spies
Hallo Martin, On Sun, 15 Aug 1999, Martin Oldfield wrote: > I'd like to write data incrementally to a CD. In particular I'd like > to be able to write some stuff, wait a few hours, then write some more > and so on. At the end of the day the CD written must be readable on > normal machines, so it

questions to dselect.

1999-08-16 Thread Lars Nixdorf
Hallo, I have worked on RedHat, DLD, Suse, Slackware. Now I want to test Debian 2.1. I have installed the basic System, but now I want to install other packages with "dselect". The problem : I doesn't understand dselect. I know how to select packages (+-) but ... what means the *** before the p

Re: vim syntax files

1999-08-16 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Alisdair McDiarmid wrote: > I have (well, had) a set of customised vim syntax command in the > /usr/share/vim/vim54/syntax/synload.vim file. I just upgraded to > vim[-rt] 5.4.21 and lost all my syntax settings. Is the file > likely to be backed up anywhere or anything? No. You should ad

Anyone compiled Ishmail? Can I have a copy, please? :)

1999-08-16 Thread Phillip Deackes
Has anyone managed to compile Ishmail on their systems? It doesn't work very well here when I compile it against Lesstif, I can just about compile it, then when I use it it will crash with monotonous regularity. I would *really* appreciate it if someone who has compiled it against glibc2.1 (ev

Re: "httpd: cannot determine local host name"

1999-08-16 Thread Lindsay Allen
On Sun, 15 Aug 1999, André Bell wrote: > Apache tells me "httpd: cannot determine local host name. Use the > ServerName directive to set it manually." > > Now I know ServerName is not something I can run from the command line > because I tried it. That means there must be something else I need to

Re: SIOCADDRT invalid argument

1999-08-16 Thread Tor Slettnes
> "Kai" == Kai Rascher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Kai> Hi experts, I installed kernel 2.2.11 (Debian 2.1) and Kai> everything seem all right. But there are two messages Kai> ´SIOCADDRT invalid argument´ during boot process I don´t Kai> understand. I´m pretty sure that this me

Re: Bizarre Clock Problem

1999-08-16 Thread Matthew Tuck
Alexander Stavitsky wrote: > I had this problem couple of days ago. It appeares that > /etc/adjtime got corrupted somehow. Now I am wondering if that > is a bug. Anyway, try removing /etc/adjtime and setting the correct time > with date or ntpdate. In my case the problem went away. It's gone away

Re: Easy way to determine where files are installed?

1999-08-16 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya andre > >easiest way to find files... > > > >root# find / -name http.conf -ls > >root# find /usr /etc -name http.conf -ls( if you suspect it in /etc or > >/usr ) > > > Alvin, for some reason find did not find the httpd.conf file that way. I I assume you did change my typo from http.

Host config tool? (Re: "httpd: cannot determine local host name")

1999-08-16 Thread André Bell
>you do need to how to properly setup your DNS for your machine... >its a pain or 5 minutes of work... > > most distro have a config tool that asks you the > machine name, ip# and domain name etc...use their tool... Anyone know what tool debian provides for this? I installed apache usi

Re: Possible to connect win95 to linux using ethernet boards?

1999-08-16 Thread André Bell
>If you're talking about vmware, I really like it. It's pretty >sluggish on my P5-233 with 64MB RAM when I've got WinNT4.0 >Workstation running, and especially so when I've got Netscape >running also (on the Linux side). Yep, that's the one I was referring to. Didn't know it was so sluggish thou

Re: Easy way to determine where files are installed?

1999-08-16 Thread André Bell
>I don't have apache installed, but I would think that the conf >file would be in /etc. Thanks Mark, since you pointed me in the right direction I eventually found it in /etc/apache. Now to edit it and then add a DNS server. Andre

Re: Easy way to determine where files are installed?

1999-08-16 Thread André Bell
At 11:54 PM 8/15/99 -0700, Alvin Oga wrote: > >hi andre... > >easiest way to find files... > >root# find / -name http.conf -ls >root# find /usr /etc -name http.conf -ls ( if you suspect it in /etc or /usr ) > Alvin, for some reason find did not find the httpd.conf file that way. I eventually

qmail question

1999-08-16 Thread Nikolay Hristov
has anybody tried to limit the size of the Sended mail with qmail for a single user? Geroy

Re: i586 optimization

1999-08-16 Thread Peter Makholm
"Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > is there any plan to provide i586 optimized binaries in the future? Probally not. At least not all of the distribution. It will take to much space with to litle gain. -- I congratulate you. Happy goldfish bowl to you, to me, to everyone, and may each of yo

Re: Problems compiling Citadel/UX

1999-08-16 Thread Michael Merten
On Mon, Aug 16, 1999 at 12:49:55AM -0500, Eric Gillespie, Jr. wrote: > On Sun, Aug 15, 1999 at 11:43:27PM -0500, > Michael Merten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > static FILE *fi = stdin; /* Input file */ > > static FILE *fo = stdout; /* Output file */ > > The problem is in the

Re: bash and parameters

1999-08-16 Thread E.L. Meijer \(Eric\)
On Sat, Aug 14, 1999 at 12:50:20AM -0500, Lance Hoffmeyer wrote: > When I create a shell script how do I pass parameters to it? For > example, if I want to create a directory based on a name I pass to the > program with a shell script called mkmine the command would look like > "mkmine Mydir" and

Re: Possible to connect win95 to linux using ethernet boards?

1999-08-16 Thread Kent West
André Bell wrote: > Oh, m linux pc also has win95 installed so once I have networked the two > pc's together I can hopefully play head-to-head games once in a while with > the kids :) As to your original question, I've never done a LinuxBox-DirectlyTo-WindowsBox ethernet connection, but I have

Re: Possible to connect win95 to linux using ethernet boards?

1999-08-16 Thread Kent West
André Bell wrote: > I've considered purchasing that $299 software that allows me to virtually > run multiple os's on the same linux platform and at the same time but I > haven't found a recommendation from an actual user. If you're talking about vmware, I really like it. It's pretty sluggish on

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