Re: In case anyone was wondering where kde.tdyc.com went.

1999-10-04 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Mon, Oct 04, 1999 at 06:03:37PM -0400, B. Szyszka wrote: > Is there any particular reason why the Debian and/or KDE mirror sites > don't offer the apt sources? Getting at least half of the KDE mirrors out > there to mirror the apt sources would be heaven. Gnome has a buttload > of apt sources, w

fax page size

1999-10-04 Thread zdrysdal
Hi i am using mgetty/sendfax to send faxes but unfortunately it sends the faxes in a stretched format... Where abouts can i change it so that it faxes as A5? thanx

Re: VERY Strange Problem since last update

1999-10-04 Thread Todd Suess
At 04:15 PM 10/4/1999 -0700, Joey Hess wrote: Todd Suess wrote: > >I'll also bet you'll find several dozen update-menus processes running. If > >you do, tell me what version of menu you have installed. No, of _menu_ , not _pdmenu_. tsuess:~# dpkg --status menu Package: menu Status: install ok

Re: problem locating ndbm.h but it is there

1999-10-04 Thread Salman Ahmed
> "Pollywog" == Pollywog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Pollywog> This is weird. I have ndbm.h but when I run configure, it Pollywog> says it is not on my system. Any ideas as to what might be Pollywog> wrong? Pollywog> gcc -c -g -O2 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../compface -DFACES

Re: VERY Strange Problem since last update

1999-10-04 Thread Joey Hess
Todd Suess wrote: > >I'll also bet you'll find several dozen update-menus processes running. If > >you do, tell me what version of menu you have installed. No, of _menu_ , not _pdmenu_. > Not several dozen, but I have noticed a few running, others may be running at > a lower priority or something

Re: VERY Strange Problem since last update

1999-10-04 Thread Todd Suess
You mean a process _named_ pdmenu is doing this, I'll bet. Yes I'll also bet you'll find several dozen update-menus processes running. If you do, tell me what version of menu you have installed. tsuess:~# pdmenu --version Pdmenu 1.2.47 GPL Copyright (c) 1995, 1996, 1997 by Joey Hess <[

Latest netstd and xinetd

1999-10-04 Thread peter karlsson
Hi! Is anyone here using xinetd and also having problems with the latest netstd update? I get this: # dpkg --pending --configure Setting up netbase (3.16-3) ... update-rc.d: /etc/init.d/inetd: file does not exist dpkg: error processing netbase (--configure): subprocess post-installation script r

Re: HTML spell?

1999-10-04 Thread peter karlsson
> I found a patch to ispell to do this a long time ago. > See http://www.cmc.net/~bem/vile/ispell-html-mode.patch for a copy. Thanks! Works like a charm! -- \\// peter - http://www.softwolves.pp.se/ - and God said: nohup make World >& World.log &

RE: In case anyone was wondering where kde.tdyc.com went.

1999-10-04 Thread B. Szyszka
> kde.tdyc.com is looking for a home and it is currently distributing only > the bare minimum for kde. [EMAIL PROTECTED] is the actual > kde.tdyc.com administrator. Is there any particular reason why the Debian and/or KDE mirror sites don't offer the apt sources? Getting at least half of the KDE

Re: HTML spell?

1999-10-04 Thread peter karlsson
> Netscape composer has a spell checker. Just open the page with Netscape > and select File->Edit Page. Yeah, but then if I were to save the file again, it will break the page completely. Besides, I would also have to start X and Netscape, which would take far too long :-/ -- \\// peter - http

Re: VERY Strange Problem since last update

1999-10-04 Thread Joey Hess
Todd Suess wrote: > 1. Apt-get action completes. > > 2. pdmenu fires up and proceeds to thrash the hard drive for about > 30 minutes, slowly chewing up all available system resources > (RAM and SWAP), until SWAP is down to 0k available. You mean a process _named_ pdmenu is doing this, I

Re: Xserver: S3 Trio 3D agp

1999-10-04 Thread Nuno Carvalho
James Sasitorn wrote: > Anyone have experience with the S3 Trio3D 8meg agp with X? > I tried the S3Trio3D configuration in XF86Setup and it loads but graphics > inch along at about a frame a minute. > I gave it a shot with the SVGA server and no specifics on the ramdac, > chipset, etc. The results

Re: PCI Soundcard

1999-10-04 Thread Noah L. Meyerhans
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Sun, 3 Oct 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I would suggest one based on the Trident 4DWave chipset. These things can be > found > for as low as $15, and they are excellent sound cards. Not to mention the > Linux > support is great due to Trident releasing

In case anyone was wondering where kde.tdyc.com went.

1999-10-04 Thread Todd Suess
In case anyone was wondering where the debian mirror at kde.tdyc.com went, here is the email I exchanged with the site admin. On Mon, 4 Oct 1999, Todd Suess wrote: > This site on your FTP server is missing all the debian unix archives, have > they been > removed for any particular reason, or i

Re: HTML spell?

1999-10-04 Thread Jon Dallara
Netscape composer has a spell checker. Just open the page with Netscape and select File->Edit Page. HTH, Jon. peter karlsson wrote: > > Is there any program like ispell that works with the same dictionaries, but > knows HTML and don't try to correct spelling of HTML tags? > > -- > \\// > pete

Re: VERY Strange Problem since last update

1999-10-04 Thread Herbert Ho
Hm. that's interesting, i thought it was only me! =) I've been running a updated potato for a good while now, but last night when the update and then upgrade (apt-get upgrade) i did was done, it would start running some of the same programs you have. It would fun up afterstep and thrash and eat re

Re: DriveReady SeekComplete Error and DriveStatusError

1999-10-04 Thread Christian Hammers
Hello I once had the error mentioned in the subject line with an IBM DAQA4030 4GB drive (which smoked up some month ago...) I fixed it by suplying something similar to the following options "ide0=noautotune" to my /etc/lilo.conf. Then it was quiet. Hope it helps. bye, -christian- --

VERY Strange Problem since last update

1999-10-04 Thread Todd Suess
Ok, this is a good one. I ran a recent apt-get dist-upgrade to complete the upgrade needed to fully bring my slink system up to potato. Since then, I have noticed some very strange activity on my system. Every time I run an apt-get anything (update, upgrade, etc), the following happens: 1. Apt

Re: HTML spell?

1999-10-04 Thread brian moore
On Mon, Oct 04, 1999 at 10:47:00PM +0200, peter karlsson wrote: > Is there any program like ispell that works with the same dictionaries, but > knows HTML and don't try to correct spelling of HTML tags? I found a patch to ispell to do this a long time ago. See http://www.cmc.net/~bem/vile/ispell-

HTML spell?

1999-10-04 Thread peter karlsson
Is there any program like ispell that works with the same dictionaries, but knows HTML and don't try to correct spelling of HTML tags? -- \\// peter - http://www.softwolves.pp.se/ - and God said: nohup make World >& World.log &

where are ftp error messages logged?

1999-10-04 Thread David Karlin
Hello, I've written a shell script that creates a file, then uploads it to my ISP's server via (command-line) ftp. After getting it to work from the (bash) command-line, I put it in /etc/ppp/ip-up.d, so it would update this file every time my ppp link goes up. When run automatically (for example

PPPoE aka. PPP over Ethernet

1999-10-04 Thread Marshal Wong
So Sympatico, or Bell Canada, has decided to be a bitch and implement PPPoE or, as the title shows, PPP over Ethernet. Has anyone ever heard of such a thing? And the main question is, drum roll please, how can I get it to work over Linux? I'd really hate to lose this ADSL. It's been running qui

problem locating ndbm.h but it is there

1999-10-04 Thread Pollywog
This is weird. I have ndbm.h but when I run configure, it says it is not on my system. Any ideas as to what might be wrong? gcc -c -g -O2 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I../compface -DFACES -DUSE_SOUND -I. -I../mail -I../pixmap -I../editor-I/usr/X11R6/include ../mail/uucode.c gcc -c -g -O2 -DHAVE_CON

RE: DriveReady SeekComplete Error and DriveStatusError

1999-10-04 Thread David Karlin
> -Original Message- > From: B. Szyszka [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 1999 3:21 PM > To: Stephen R. Gore > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: RE: DriveReady SeekComplete Error and DriveStatusError > > Well "buy something else" isn't exactly a very good s

Re: Getting source deb files

1999-10-04 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Mon, 4 Oct 1999, Brian Servis wrote: : *- On 4 Oct, Mirek Kwasniak wrote about "Re: Getting source deb files" : > On Mon, Oct 04, 1999 at 11:59:43AM -0400, Joe Block wrote: : >> Hi. : >> : >> Where do I find the source deb files for packages in potato? I'd like to install : >

Re: how to develop in c++ ...

1999-10-04 Thread Phil Brutsche
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > I'd like to set up an environment( a set of programs ) to develop programs > under c++. I've heard about xemacs, gdb. Is it good? I need at least to > set/clear breakpoints; step to next source line; run and make projects. > Which progra

Using dselect

1999-10-04 Thread Randy M . Kaplan
I am trying to understand how to use dselect to install packages. When I start dselect and select the "select" option, the list I get looks like there are many packages that will be installed - for example, all of the required packages. Since these have already been installed (as part of the in

how to develop in c++ ...

1999-10-04 Thread Attila Csosz
I'd like to set up an environment( a set of programs ) to develop programs under c++. I've heard about xemacs, gdb. Is it good? I need at least to set/clear breakpoints; step to next source line; run and make projects. Which programs/packages do you suggest? Thanks Attila -- ---

RE: Yet another question about serial driver

1999-10-04 Thread Ingles, Raymond
> From: Wojciech Zabolotny [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [...] > Is there any way for the user programm to get access to the tty_struct > associated with the particular TTY device? (It could be used to detect > overruns by inspecting the overrun_time and time_overrun fields). Questions like this are

Re: Getting source deb files

1999-10-04 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 4 Oct, Mirek Kwasniak wrote about "Re: Getting source deb files" > On Mon, Oct 04, 1999 at 11:59:43AM -0400, Joe Block wrote: >> Hi. >> >> Where do I find the source deb files for packages in potato? I'd like to >> install > > They are on all debian mirros :) > This is not a

Re: apt: how to avoid double downloads ?

1999-10-04 Thread Dave Sherohman
Peter L. Schroeder said: > What is a useful configuration in apt.conf and/or anywhere else > to avoid downloading packages twice if I run > apt-get first on one and then on the other box ? Although it may not be the most correct way of doing it, here's what I did: 1) Have one machine share /var/

Re: Getting source deb files

1999-10-04 Thread Mirek Kwasniak
On Mon, Oct 04, 1999 at 11:59:43AM -0400, Joe Block wrote: > Hi. > > Where do I find the source deb files for packages in potato? I'd like to > install They are on all debian mirros :) > postfix on a slink system, but it wants me to upgrade glibc which I'd rather > not > do. I'm

Re: X and /etc/profile (joint)

1999-10-04 Thread Dave Sherohman
Taupter said: > When I log in my system using a console terminal my aliases, locales > sets and variables (stored in /etc/profile) work fine. I start X and > they're still valid till I log out. When I boot my system with runlevel > 2 (starts xdm) and use xdm to log in, these prefferences doesn't wo

Re: Getting source deb files

1999-10-04 Thread Pollywog
On 04-Oct-99 Nathan E Norman wrote: > On Mon, 4 Oct 1999, Joe Block wrote: > > : Hi. > : > : Where do I find the source deb files for packages in potato? I'd like > to install > : postfix on a slink system, but it wants me to upgrade glibc which I'd > rather not > : do. I'm sure that this

Re: Security Setup: how to respond to a portscan (This is long!)

1999-10-04 Thread Jan Vroonhof
"Salman Ahmed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Then there was the issue with not getting found. It was located in > /usr/include/db1 but I had to explicitly specify that dir with > --site-includes, which I thought was a bit strange. That is because the glibc maintainers have decide to move to db2

Re: cdrw as a regular unit?

1999-10-04 Thread Jean-Yves BARBIER
Thanks Martin, I'm going to this URL. JY -- Jean-Yves F. Barbier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> This login session: $13.76, but for you $11.88.

Re: Getting source deb files

1999-10-04 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Mon, 4 Oct 1999, Joe Block wrote: : Hi. : : Where do I find the source deb files for packages in potato? I'd like to install : postfix on a slink system, but it wants me to upgrade glibc which I'd rather not : do. I'm sure that this is only because the postfix deb file was built on a

Re: vi problems

1999-10-04 Thread Dean Allen Provins
Steve: Thanks for the fix. I just tried it and I'm VERY PLEASED to say that it works! Dean -- > Thursday, September 30, 1999, 2:02:55 PM, Dean wrote: > > Anybody know how to get around this problem? > > If it is the problem I think it

Re: Getting source deb files

1999-10-04 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 4 Oct, Joe Block wrote about "Getting source deb files" > Hi. > > Where do I find the source deb files for packages in potato? I'd like to > install > postfix on a slink system, but it wants me to upgrade glibc which I'd rather > not > do. I'm sure that this is only because the postfix

Re: lyx 1.0.4 without xforms

1999-10-04 Thread Peter S Galbraith
> I have just dowloaded lyx-1.0.4 > I depends od libforms0.89 libs, but they cannot be > found on potato dist. Still in incoming: ftp://debian.midco.net/debian/Incoming/libforms0.89_0.89-1_i386.deb Other arches will have to wait.

Re: Serial conn. to WIN (success with slip!):next steps

1999-10-04 Thread Phil Brutsche
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > Hello!!! > > Forget about all recent mails from me: I have succeeded now making a slip > connection!!! Yes, I only had no getty running for the ttyS1 port, and now > all seems fine. I'm using diplogini over the windows dialup terminal,

Re: Serial conn. to WIN (success with slip!):next steps

1999-10-04 Thread Mirek Kwasniak
On Mon, Oct 04, 1999 at 05:54:43PM +0200, Stephan Hachinger wrote: > Hello!!! > > Forget about all recent mails from me: I have succeeded now making a slip > connection!!! Yes, I only had no getty running for the ttyS1 port, and now > all seems fine. I'm using diplogini over the windows dialup ter

Serial conn. to WIN (success with slip!):next steps

1999-10-04 Thread Stephan Hachinger
Hello!!! Forget about all recent mails from me: I have succeeded now making a slip connection!!! Yes, I only had no getty running for the ttyS1 port, and now all seems fine. I'm using diplogini over the windows dialup terminal, which tells me the IP addr. is 172.17.0.0. I think I configured Linux

Getting source deb files

1999-10-04 Thread Joe Block
Hi. Where do I find the source deb files for packages in potato? I'd like to install postfix on a slink system, but it wants me to upgrade glibc which I'd rather not do. I'm sure that this is only because the postfix deb file was built on a machine with the new glibc, so I'd like to dl the deb

Re: trying to install

1999-10-04 Thread Kent West
jh wrote: > Hi. I have a few problems. I am trying to install debian on a 408mb hard > drive. I also have a 345mb drive. I have tried every combination of jumper > settings to get one to act as a master and one a slave. For some reason the > computer (still in dos) does not recognize both drives.

Re: Shell bash

1999-10-04 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 4 Oct, Manuel Arenaz Silva wrote about "Shell bash" > Hello, > > In my work in have to use some machines where the bash shell is not > available. Normally, these machine have Solaris or IRIX installed. When > I connect to those machines I have to use other different shells which I > am not

mgetty password trouble.

1999-10-04 Thread aphro
I've had a PPP server setup for quite some time using mgetty 1.1.18-1, and it works great, BUT i just noticed today that it is doing no password authentication. Any user/pw will work to login. Security isn't a huge issue but i'd like to get it so i can track who logs in! AutoPPP is *on* when i t

RE: pcmcia net card does not show up in "ifconfig" listing.

1999-10-04 Thread Martin Fluch
> I have had similar problems with my laptop, and I added > ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.11 netmask 255.255.255.0 > route add 192.168.1.11 dev eth0 > > to my /etc/init.d/network script and that took care of it. > > Whenever I upgrade Debian, the PCMCIA stuff stops working, and I make a new > PCMCIA mo

Re: Problem in starting X server

1999-10-04 Thread Rajesh Mittal
hi That's corrected my problem . Thanks a lot. I am facing one more problem i.e I am not able to configure my 3D GLINT PERMEDIA2 DRIVERS. How can I include the support for the same in xfree3.3.5 Thanks Rajesh At 09:51 AM 10/4/99 -0400, you wrote: This looks to me like you never defined

cdrw as a regular unit?

1999-10-04 Thread Martyn Pearce
Jean-Yves BARBIER writes: | Hi all, | | I wonder if there is a possibility to use a CDRW as a regular unit | something like a slow HD)?? No, not really. With packet writing, you can approximate this in some respect, but there are no drivers (that I know of) that provide random-access writing.

Xserver: S3 Trio 3D agp

1999-10-04 Thread James Sasitorn
Anyone have experience with the S3 Trio3D 8meg agp with X? I tried the S3Trio3D configuration in XF86Setup and it loads but graphics inch along at about a frame a minute. I gave it a shot with the SVGA server and no specifics on the ramdac, chipset, etc. The results were the same. I've also tried t

Re: Problem in starting X server

1999-10-04 Thread David Natkins
This looks to me like you never defined your X server - ex: XF86_SVGA Rajesh Mittal wrote: > > Hi > > I am using kernel 2.0.34 on intel machine. > I have just installed x server 6.3 version. > > When I run startx it says me following message and die after that. > > X:exec of /usr/bin

RE: Fax format TIFF files (www.efax.com)

1999-10-04 Thread Ted Harding
On 03-Oct-99 Carl Fink wrote: > I'm using the free (advertising-supported) Internet fax service at > www.efax.com. They assign you an arbitrary phone number, and faxes to > that address are received by faxmodem and mailed to you. > > The file comes as a TIFF. I have several viewers that can read

Re: pcmcia net card does not show up in "ifconfig" listing.

1999-10-04 Thread Martin Fluch
On Mon, 4 Oct 1999, Hugo van der Merwe wrote: > On Thu, 30 Sep 1999, Martin Fluch wrote: > > I did that yes. And installed the package. Is there any place to specify > what drivers must be compiled (like in make menuconfig when using > something like an NE2000 on a desktop)? An NE2000 card should

RE: pcmcia net card does not show up in "ifconfig" listing.

1999-10-04 Thread Pollywog
On 04-Oct-99 Hugo van der Merwe wrote: > >#! /bin/sh > ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 > route add -net 127.0.0.0 > > Needless to say, it doesn't do much... but it is identical to the script > on the other laptop. Clearly the pcmcia stuff is not found in that > script. > > /etc/init.d/pcmcia start does

RE: pcmcia net card does not show up in "ifconfig" listing.

1999-10-04 Thread Hugo van der Merwe
On Thu, 30 Sep 1999, Pollywog wrote: > > On 30-Sep-99 Hugo van der Merwe wrote: > > I realise something is probably not configured correctly. I installed > > pcmcia-source, and compiled it with dpkg-kpkg, then installed the > > resulting .deb file. Everything seems to be working fine, except tha

Re: eth0: unknown interface...

1999-10-04 Thread Hugo van der Merwe
On Fri, 1 Oct 1999, Matthew Dalton wrote: > It may not help, but I installed debian on my laptop using a laplink > cable and it was not too difficult to set up. I was planning on using an > ethernet card, but I couldn't get one right away... so I spent $10 on a > laplink cable instead. I install

Re: pcmcia net card does not show up in "ifconfig" listing.

1999-10-04 Thread Hugo van der Merwe
On Thu, 30 Sep 1999, Martin Fluch wrote: > On Thu, 30 Sep 1999, Hugo van der Merwe wrote: > > > I realise something is probably not configured correctly. I installed > > pcmcia-source, and compiled it with dpkg-kpkg, then installed the > > resulting .deb file. Everything seems to be working fine

Re: Shell bash

1999-10-04 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 4 Oct, Manuel Arenaz Silva wrote about "Shell bash" > Hello, > > In my work in have to use some machines where the bash shell is not > available. Normally, these machine have Solaris or IRIX installed. When > I connect to those machines I have to use other different shells which I > am not

Re: debconf & netbase fails - Solved

1999-10-04 Thread Ingo Reimann
Ingo Reimann wrote: > Joey Hess wrote: > > > Ingo Reimann wrote: > > > when i installed debconf, i was happy, when he asked my, whether to use > > > some > > > nice gtk-interface or not. > > > I thought, this was a good idea, and so during apt-get update/upgrade, > > > some > > > windows pops up

Re: Security Setup: how to respond to a portscan (This is long!)

1999-10-04 Thread Mojahedul Hoque Abul Hasanat
On Sun, Oct 03, 1999 at 05:12:15PM -0500, Stephen R. Gore wrote: > > BTW, where is this port 1024 specified for WDM ? Just > > curious. > > I don't even know if it IS specified. I got the info like > this: Daemons that run stand-alone do not need a file like /etc/inetd.conf to specify on which po

test 1

1999-10-04 Thread Alex V. Toropov

test to deb

1999-10-04 Thread Alex V. Toropov

TTY driver documentation (Was Re: Yet another question about serial driver)

1999-10-04 Thread Wojciech Zabolotny
On Mon, Oct 04, 1999 at 10:22:00AM +0200, Wojciech Zabolotny wrote: Sorry for replaying for my own message, but I've found two infos about TTY communication in Linux and other POSIX compliant systems. I think, that they may be usefull for others too... 1) In RedHat 4.2 there is a Serial-Port-Progr

modprobe not an ELF file

1999-10-04 Thread Ferdinand Schinagl
Hi there, can somebody tell me what the message "modprobe not an ELF file" means? It is printed during the boot process right after the check module dependencies. Basically I want to net boot a diskless client (PentII) with a Realtek PCI network card. The kernel works well for other diskless cli

Epson Stylus Color 200

1999-10-04 Thread Benak Istvan
Hi! I have a $SUBJECT printer. With the magicfilter I was setting up it successfull under console, but it doesn't want to work under X. Where can I obtain a Linux driver/filter for this printer? Someone use this printer under Linux/X? If yes, how? Where can I set it up under X? THX the answers!

Linux as a Novell Client

1999-10-04 Thread Benak Istvan
Hi all! I tried to access to the Novell network with my Linux box, but I coldn't make it. I was loaded in the following modules: ipx.o, ncpfs.o I maded the ipx_config --auto_interface=on --auto_primary=on, than when I gave out the slist command, the servers name appeared, but when I gave out the n

Re: How to make files available for download via HTTP

1999-10-04 Thread Kristopher Johnson
Brad wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > On Sun, 3 Oct 1999, Kristopher Johnson wrote: > > > I currently have a couple of directories of files available for > > download via anonymous FTP. Is there some easy way to get Apache > > or Zope to make these files available via HTTP? > >

Re-installing

1999-10-04 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
How do you re-install from zero a debian systemon an existing one that doesn't boot properly, unless with the boot disk? Mine was booting good until last change, after which is just cycling from Lilo to reboot and again.

Re: X-Server for AsusV3800 TNT2 Card

1999-10-04 Thread Marcus Johansson
> Where could I find X-Server for my AsusV3800 Riva TNT2 Card? > What is its code name? ( XF86_??? ) You should use the SVGA server. nVidia has drivers for 3.3.3 (I think) on their homepage, but the 3.3.5 should include these changes. Atleast the 3.3.5 from potato works great with my Creative T

Re: Security Setup: how to respond to a portscan (This is long!)

1999-10-04 Thread Mario Olimpio de Menezes
On Sun, 3 Oct 1999, Salman Ahmed wrote: > You are right. I am using WDM. BTW, where is this port 1024 specified > for WDM ? Just curious. using a bind(2) call in the program source code. []s, Mario O.de Menezes"Many are the plans in a man's heart, but IPEN-CNEN/SP

Shell bash

1999-10-04 Thread Manuel Arenaz Silva
Hello, In my work in have to use some machines where the bash shell is not available. Normally, these machine have Solaris or IRIX installed. When I connect to those machines I have to use other different shells which I am not used to using. You can imagine how embarrasing is this situation. I h

cdrw as a regular unit?

1999-10-04 Thread Jean-Yves BARBIER
Hi all, I wonder if there is a possibility to use a CDRW as a regular unit something like a slow HD)?? IF so, where can I find the information, and the software(s)?? Thanxs JY -- Jean-Yves F. Barbier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thus spake the master programmer: "After three days without progr

Problem in starting X server

1999-10-04 Thread Rajesh Mittal
Hi I am using kernel 2.0.34 on intel machine. I have just installed x server 6.3 version. When I run startx it says me following message and die after that. X:exec of /usr/bin/X11/XF86_NONE : failed -X11TRANSSOCKETUNIXCONNECT:Can't Connect errno=2 -X11TRANSSOCKETUNIXCONNECT:Can't Connect

Re: Video Board Support?

1999-10-04 Thread Jean-Yves BARBIER
On Sun, Oct 03, 1999 at 07:53:19PM -0400, Timothy Hospedales wrote: > Hi, my new computer came with an ATI Rage Fury 128 AGPx2 (32MB). > I'm not sure which X-server to use for htis, does anyone know, or know > whether it is supported by xfree/accelx/metrox etc at all? Hi Tim, I have the same car

Re: disk backups

1999-10-04 Thread Wouter Hanegraaff
> is it somehow possible to save a complete disk structure via a net > booted system. I guess I have at least to do the(re-)partitioning by > hand. I especially think about some windows based clients which I want > to quickly repair in case of "emergency". Therefore, I'd like to install > the sys

Re: debconf & netbase fails

1999-10-04 Thread Ingo Reimann
Joey Hess wrote: > Ingo Reimann wrote: > > when i installed debconf, i was happy, when he asked my, whether to use some > > nice gtk-interface or not. > > I thought, this was a good idea, and so during apt-get update/upgrade, some > > windows pops up an vanishes, but I only see a black box. How do

customizing dselect

1999-10-04 Thread Paolo Pumilia
I would like to use the debian distribution in introductory course to linux. It would be useful to prepare a customized installation profile to dselect program, other than 'workstation' and 'server'. Has anybody worked it out before? Any suggestions are welcome thank you Pol = __

Re: disk backups

1999-10-04 Thread Oliver Elphick
Ferdinand Schinagl wrote: >Hi wizards, > >is it somehow possible to save a complete disk structure via a net >booted system. I guess I have at least to do the(re-)partitioning by >hand. I especially think about some windows based clients which I want >to quickly repair in case of "emer

Re: fatal error in SO 5.1

1999-10-04 Thread Ed Cogburn
"Damir J. Naden" wrote: > > Hi Brad; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > > On Sun, 3 Oct 1999, Robert Rati wrote: > > > > > I've read the mailing list archives about the various Star Office > > > problems in potato, and something tells me that people are on the > > > wrong track. I am currently

Yet another question about serial driver

1999-10-04 Thread Wojciech Zabolotny
Hi All! Is there any way for the user programm to get access to the tty_struct associated with the particular TTY device? (It could be used to detect overruns by inspecting the overrun_time and time_overrun fields). -- TIA Wojciech M.

RE: nfs boot off of a kernel on a floppy

1999-10-04 Thread Krosigk, Lorenz Von
I think that the HOWTO`s you are using are the right ones. I'm doing something similar and with the three of them I got it out. The only thing I did to make it a little bit easier was installing a "new" debian on a 500 MB disk I had and to mount this working system in my "NFS-Server" machine theref

disk backups

1999-10-04 Thread Ferdinand Schinagl
Hi wizards, is it somehow possible to save a complete disk structure via a net booted system. I guess I have at least to do the(re-)partitioning by hand. I especially think about some windows based clients which I want to quickly repair in case of "emergency". Therefore, I'd like to install the s

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1999-10-04 Thread Rainer Hubovsky
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Re: How to make files available for download via HTTP

1999-10-04 Thread Eric G . Miller
Umm, put the directories under ~/public_html or /var/www or where ever apache is allowed to go on your system. A nice index or readme file describing what's there is always good. :) -- ++ | Eric G. Milleregm2@jps.net |

Re: simple mail question

1999-10-04 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Sat, Oct 02, 1999 at 01:21:45PM +0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > can I, armed with exim, specify myself as the sender, and use somthing like The typical setup would be to have exim as your mail transport agent. So, you would specify "localhost" as your smtp sender. You would then configure exi

RE: simple mail question

1999-10-04 Thread Paul McHale
You can ... If you are debugging this, I would just use straight IP numbers. Otherwise you have to resolve the name. Just make sure you can ping your pop.server.com and smtp.server.com before trying to access them via mail client. This proves propper name resolution. Don't forget to load cucip

Re: How to make files available for download via HTTP

1999-10-04 Thread Brad
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Sun, 3 Oct 1999, Kristopher Johnson wrote: > I currently have a couple of directories of files available for > download via anonymous FTP. Is there some easy way to get Apache > or Zope to make these files available via HTTP? > > (I've tried searching the A

Re: Eureka--LyX 1.0.4 on Slink

1999-10-04 Thread Brad
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Sun, 3 Oct 1999, Syrus Nemat-Nasser wrote: > There is an easier way. Download the source files from the unstable > distribution--find them using the packages search available at > www.debian.org; search for 'lyx' in the unstable tree. Then, use > dpkg-source

RE: make-kpkg and apt-get updates

1999-10-04 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 3 Oct, Brian Servis wrote about "RE: make-kpkg and apt-get updates" > *- On 3 Oct, peter karlsson wrote about "RE: make-kpkg and apt-get updates" >>> kernel-package is the way to go. Name your revisions like >>> .-, and you'll not have problems >>> (I haven't, anyway :) >> >> One problem

How to make files available for download via HTTP

1999-10-04 Thread Kristopher Johnson
I currently have a couple of directories of files available for download via anonymous FTP. Is there some easy way to get Apache or Zope to make these files available via HTTP? (I've tried searching the Apache and Zope docs, but it looks like I'll need to read *everything* to get a handle on it.

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1999-10-04 Thread brokebit

Re: Slink to Potato

1999-10-04 Thread Mark Brown
On Sun, Oct 03, 1999 at 10:02:55PM -0400, Damir J. Naden wrote: > Hi Mark Brown; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > > That idea is intented to be closer to unstable than stable - at this > > point, there would probably be as much hassle updating to the in-between > > release as there is updatin

simple mail question

1999-10-04 Thread hmf
simple mail question Hey guys, In most email clients, you can specify a pop and a smtp server to connect to, like pop.server.com smtp.server.com can I, armed with exim, specify myself as the sender, and use somthing like smtp.me.whatever ?? thanks!

Re: Eureka--LyX 1.0.4 on Slink

1999-10-04 Thread Syrus Nemat-Nasser
On Sun, 3 Oct 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Here's how to get the latest Lyx running with Slink. There is an easier way. Download the source files from the unstable distribution--find them using the packages search available at www.debian.org; search for 'lyx' in the unstable tree. Then, use dp

Eureka--LyX 1.0.4 on Slink

1999-10-04 Thread longship
Hi, Here's how to get the latest Lyx running with Slink. 1. Download LyX 1.0.4 source tarball via link on http://www.lyx.org/ 2. Make sure that the following are installed from the Stable (Slink) directories. All sgml components. I included the following: debiandoc-sgml perlsgm

Re: fatal error in SO 5.1

1999-10-04 Thread Damir J. Naden
Hi Brad; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > On Sun, 3 Oct 1999, Robert Rati wrote: > > > I've read the mailing list archives about the various Star Office > > problems in potato, and something tells me that people are on the > > wrong track. I am currently getting a "Fatal Error" about 10 seco

Re: Slink to Potato

1999-10-04 Thread Damir J. Naden
Hi Mark Brown; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > Damir, are you sure mutt is using vim? If you have nvi installed and > haven't adjusted the alternatives vi will default to that and if you > normally use a shell alias to select your vi mutt won't pick that up. Yup, I'm positive. I am a contro

Re: Slink to Potato

1999-10-04 Thread Damir J. Naden
Hi Miles Bader; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > Brad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > There's a howto somewhere on the Debian site saying which packages have to > > be updated to use a 2.2 kernel with Slink. > > Do you have any idea where this would be? I've been searching the > debian site

apt wants to downgrade PERL

1999-10-04 Thread Pollywog
I ran apt-get upgrade and I was surprised to see that it now wants to downgrade PERL from version 5.005 to 5.004 and lots of other packages that depend on PERL would be removed. Has anyone else seen this on their systems? -- Andrew - GnuPG Public KeyID: 0x48109681

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