Suggestion for distribution of source file packages.

1999-11-25 Thread Svante Signell
Hi all, I have a suggestion: I order to simplify for package authors/maintainers and to reduce duplication, distribute the source files in .tar.gz or .tar.bz2 format. This avoids the need to provide both .tar.gz, .src.rpm and debian source files. Included in these tarballs add .spec and/or .dsc

Re: what happened to netstd?

1999-11-25 Thread Pollywog
On 25-Nov-1999 Brian May wrote: >> "Pollywog" == Pollywog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Pollywog> Dselect suggested the netstd package be removed, so I > Pollywog> did this and it broke my system by removing diald. I > Pollywog> reinstalled diald and with it came other package

Re: pon script

1999-11-25 Thread Shaul Karl
> What could the reason be for the following? I have a serial modem in > tty0, now, some times when I do pon it works, some times it does not. I > didn't think that a chain of instructions could be moody. > Please help. > Chain of instructions ? Perhaps the link is not down completely, or some lo

Re: ipfwadm

1999-11-25 Thread Richard Clarke
Further to the below problem. If i try to flush the ipautofw table, I get.. ipautofw -F setsockopt: Protocol not available Does this mean i dont have the necessary kernel support to forward connections? - Original Message - From: Richard Clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Debian User List S

Re: what happened to netstd?

1999-11-25 Thread Brian May
> "Pollywog" == Pollywog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Pollywog> Dselect suggested the netstd package be removed, so I Pollywog> did this and it broke my system by removing diald. I Pollywog> reinstalled diald and with it came other packages Pollywog> containing "r" services, w

Problems with libapache-mod-python in slink

1999-11-25 Thread Wojciech Zabolotny
Hi all, I have problems with libapache-mod-python in Slink. I need to use the apache-ssl, but libapache-mod-python depends on apache, so I needed to install the standard apache as well (so I changed the non-ssl port for apache-ssl to 8080). However when I installed the apache, my apache-ssl didn't

Xterminal connections via XDMCP solution

1999-11-25 Thread Gareth
G'day all , I asked about this a while ago and have seen a few queries about it since I have a solution... I originally just wanted to be able to connect to another linux box and use my desktop as a dumb Xterminal but I realised it would be great if I could get my desktop to run the choos

Re: kernel

1999-11-25 Thread Shaul Karl
Isn't tdlug too cryptic? Searching dselect select screen when all you have is the subject you are interested in is quite difficult as it is, so descriptive names are most desired IMHO. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > |> Where can I find a manual on Internet about compiling kernel's ? >

Disk 2 of MultiCD Set

1999-11-25 Thread Dave
Dear Sirs: I like the idea of the "Debian System" but I'm having trouble installing it. At the moment I'm using SuSE 6.2, but I'd like to try Debian. I have an "Official 4CD" set, version 2.1r2 (Info-Magic). It would take too much of your time to be soecific about my installation

Where is Netscape with strong (128 bits) encription?

1999-11-25 Thread Pedro Sanchez
I can't find the subject software in the available Potato packages (not even in non-US). Where is this supposed to be? Thank you, -- Pedro

Re: A student

1999-11-25 Thread Shaul Karl
Try to search the web. If I am not mistaken there is a site in the UK with this sort of info. > HELLO > > I wanted to ask if there was an adress where i could find the man pages > as tekst > and other info about how to use the commands like sort,cut,etc. > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s un

Re: frontpage extensions for apache

1999-11-25 Thread Gareth
On Thu, Nov 25, 1999 at 12:07:57PM +0100, Ookhoi wrote: > Hi Gareth, > > Has anyone succesfuly install the extensions on a debian box befoe? > > If someone has I would appreciate any help and or advice on the subject. > I installed it on Solaris. Can you post your error messages and > versions? It

Re: apt-get is holding back messages

1999-11-25 Thread Mark Wagnon
On 11/25/99 02:15PM, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > You will probably have to do apt-get install after that. Just bare, it > happened to me > yesterday, and I did apt-get install by pure chance. It worked then. It > shouldn't > happen, I agree, lets hope it will be fixed. Please report if this works

Re: Coputer upgrade problem - mouse and modem don't work

1999-11-25 Thread Eric G . Miller
If it's a ps2 mouse (smallish, round connector) use /dev/psaux. -- ++ | Eric G. Milleregm2@jps.net | | GnuPG public key: http://www.jps.net/egm2/gpg.asc | ++

Re: Matrox G200

1999-11-25 Thread Klaus Drews
Mine works fine at 1600x1200. Its an Nokia 446Xpro. My graphikcard is a AGP Millenium 200 with 8 MB SDRAM. That is, for what I know, the G200 chipset. I am runnnig xserver-svga 3.3.5.1. Cant say anything for 3.3.3 or 3.3.4 because I just tried this resolution to see the results on my machine. My

ipfwadm

1999-11-25 Thread Richard Clarke
Hi. I have a linux box connected to internet thru ethernet..and my winbox connected thru that to internet using ipmasq. Now ive been trying to run a quake2 server..or any games server for that matter, not the point, on the winbox and letting ppl externally connect to it. linuxbox has 10.1.1.1 ip on

NIS+ on debian and red-hat

1999-11-25 Thread Luis Gustavo Madrigal Salazar
Has someone successfully install NYS on debian?? Do you know how to make it on Red-Hat 6.1?? In both cases I can see the NIS+ tables, but I can't perform a login.

Design a LAN

1999-11-25 Thread CARMINAQUINTANA
Hello there, i would like to get some help for the solution on design a LAN network for a company which have the following situation : (the design must suite it present and future need) Company B have a main site on the outskirts of the city, with an area of 6 areas, but, also have a small desig

shadedfonts

1999-11-25 Thread Dwayne C . Litzenberger
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Re: Problems with libapache-mod-python in slink

1999-11-25 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Thu, Nov 25, 1999 at 09:33:46PM +0100, Wojciech Zabolotny wrote: > Hi all, > > I have problems with libapache-mod-python in Slink. > I need to use the apache-ssl, but libapache-mod-python depends on apache, > so I needed to install the standard apache as well (so I changed > the non-ssl port fo

Re: Kernel

1999-11-25 Thread Shaul Karl
> Where can I find a manual on Internet about compiling kernel's ? Try the Kernel-HOWTO from www.linuxdoc.org.

Re: need help with potato

1999-11-25 Thread Brian May
> "richard" == richard newton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: richard> Hi all, I finally managed to upgrade to patato over the richard> weekend, 28hrs+ not happy about the forthcomming phone richard> bill. :-( Now I have a couple of problems. I installed richard> something (don't k

Re: kern.log error/hdb: irq timeout

1999-11-25 Thread Shaul Karl
> Sorry for the post I see there are a million messages about this in the > archives. I just panicked. I am using a brand new IDE Western Digital > HD (6.4 gig one) if anyone has any specific info about this HD and the > error please let me know. > Thanks, > kent > You might try Western Digital

Re: Network Internet Access

1999-11-25 Thread Rolf Schillinger
On Thu, 25 Nov 1999, Neil D. Roberts wrote: > Hi Everyone. . . > > I think it's best to start off with the right question. I > have a network of about 25 computers, all on the same class C > (192.168.1.*). I have a Linux box, which is 192.168.1.1, and this > Linux box is going to be the d

Re: Where is Netscape with strong (128 bits) encription?

1999-11-25 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Thu, Nov 25, 1999 at 08:12:45PM +, Pedro Sanchez wrote: > I can't find the subject software in the available Potato packages (not > even in non-US). Where is this supposed to be? You can't get this from debian or non-US. Only from Netscape if you live in the US. However, the package fortify

Design a LAN

1999-11-25 Thread Felipe Alvarez Harnecker
Will you pay us for making your job?? Your post is OFF TOPIC. -- __ Felipe Alvarez Harnecker. QlSoftware. Tel. 09.874.60.17 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Potenciado por Ql/Linux http://www.qlsoft.cl __

what happened to netstd?

1999-11-25 Thread Pollywog
Dselect suggested the netstd package be removed, so I did this and it broke my system by removing diald. I reinstalled diald and with it came other packages containing "r" services, which I do not want. One of them, rsh-client, has a dependency problem and cannot be installed. I don't even want

killing a process

1999-11-25 Thread Peter Palfrader aka Weasel
Hi there! I've a little problem: a process (some diff) that just won't die. I've tried kill -s SIG with SIG = 2,3,6,9,14 and 15 but it is still there. This process accesses /mnt/md5/ and I cannot remount it ro. (I thought I should always be allowed to rmount,ro something??) Any ideas how I c

modem firmware updating

1999-11-25 Thread ferret
I've been trying to contact someone at 3com who will actually admit to the fact that their external serial modems even WORK with Linux.. I'm trying to update my external x2 to v.90. I was wondering if anyone on this list has done a firmware update on a modem with a linux system, what companies ar

Re: NIS+ on debian and red-hat

1999-11-25 Thread Brian May
> "Luis" == Luis Gustavo Madrigal Salazar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Luis> Has someone successfully install NYS on debian?? Do you know Luis> how to make it on Red-Hat 6.1?? In both cases I can see the Luis> NIS+ tables, but I can't perform a login. Have you read usr/doc/nis/nis.

Re: apt-get is holding back messages

1999-11-25 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
You will probably have to do apt-get install after that. Just bare, it happened to me yesterday, and I did apt-get install by pure chance. It worked then. It shouldn't happen, I agree, lets hope it will be fixed. Please report if this works back to the list Mark Wagnon wrote: > On 11/25/99 12:

Re: Help with a Dell Latitude CPia

1999-11-25 Thread Sergey V Kovalyov
> > 3. My Gold card 56K modem will dial out but will not connect to my ISP. I > > get the error that the pppd died unexpectedly. > Judging from the error message you're using kppp. Try to empty /etc/ppp/config file. If that does not help, add -debug option to the pppd in the kppp options panel,

Matrox G200

1999-11-25 Thread Igor Mozetic
Has anybody been able to configure X 3.3.3 or 3.3.4 for Matrox G200 AGP with 8MB SDRAM at 1600x1200 16bpp (monitor Iiyama 21", 27-110kHz, 50-160Hz) ? With XF86Setup, the monitor and console freeze and I even cannot switch to any virtual console. Everything works fine at 1280x1024, or even with t

scsi bus and tape backup questions

1999-11-25 Thread Bill
greetings all: i have a couple of questions i hope someone can answer for me. to start: i have a sparc station and linux (debian 2.1, 2.0.35 kernel) 1st question - re: scsi my system works pretty good. i am only curious as to why the sparc scsi bus locates the internal system hard drive as ta

Network Internet Access

1999-11-25 Thread Neil D. Roberts
Hi Everyone. . . I think it's best to start off with the right question. I have a network of about 25 computers, all on the same class C (192.168.1.*). I have a Linux box, which is 192.168.1.1, and this Linux box is going to be the default gateway of every other machine in this network. S

need help with potato

1999-11-25 Thread richard newton
Hi all, I finally managed to upgrade to patato over the weekend, 28hrs+ not happy about the forthcomming phone bill. :-( Now I have a couple of problems. I installed something (don't know what) that wanted to change the `ident' line in /etc/inetd.conf. Trouble is it didn't because

Re: Login and Password

1999-11-25 Thread Woodrow Lovett
Thanks I am in. I still have the old problem of downloading the packages from debian.org. I get an error signal. should I attempt to fix the present problem of connecting to my modem or order the CD's and load the packages from them. I have a plug and play machine that came with windows only machi

Re: A student

1999-11-25 Thread Rob Mahurin
On Wed, Nov 24, 1999 at 04:38:19PM +0100, 952618ae wrote: > HELLO > > I wanted to ask if there was an adress where i could find the man pages > as tekst > and other info about how to use the commands like sort,cut,etc. I think there's a man option that will let you output them in various formats

Re: apt-get is holding back messages

1999-11-25 Thread Mark Wagnon
On 11/25/99 11:32AM, Bart Szyszka wrote: > If a package is held back, I usually will do an apt-get install for it > individually. > Have you tried just doing an apt-get install mutt? > I'll try that and see what happens... thanks -- __ _ Mark Wagnon

Re: apt-get is holding back messages

1999-11-25 Thread Mark Wagnon
On 11/25/99 12:18AM, Ethan Benson wrote: > > did you try apt-get dist-upgrade? or just apt-get upgrade? > Right after I installed slink from cd-roms I edited my sources.list file and ran apt-get update/dist-upgrade. I ran apt-get update/upgrade last night to bring my installatio up to snuff. >

Re: Is sendmail open to relay?

1999-11-25 Thread Peter S Galbraith
> The .mc file has a line that says FEATURE(relay_based_on_MX)dnl and i > believed that this would be enough... I would have thought so. Are you running sendmail 8.9? > Can > someone please explain me how can i check if the relay is

Re: 2 computers away 1 Km and one PL

1999-11-25 Thread Grzegorz Pawel Szostak
May be it would interest you: http://www.conversant.com/ G.

apt-get/debconf brokenness

1999-11-25 Thread Darxus
The last couple times I've tried to do an apt-get dist-upgrade, dpkg-preconfig failed. A quick search of package contents on http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages (that is very convienient, I appreicate it a lot) shows that the program dpkg-preconfig is part of the package debconf. I go to /var

Re: apt-get is holding back messages

1999-11-25 Thread Bart Szyszka
> I recently upgraded to potato, and just noticed thant I'm still using > the .95 version of mutt (potato has the 1.0 v.). I did and apt-get > update/upgrade and a bunch of packages are being held back. Is there a > way to get them to install via apt-get? If a package is held back, I usually will d

Re: 2 computers away 1 Km and one PL

1999-11-25 Thread charlesiii
I have a friend that has a simlar setup. He use to use a isdn line for a 64 k access between his 2 networks. Now he has bought 2 hdsl modems and has a 8 mb connection between the 2 offices. Only gets 700 k / s connection. Little slower then 10 mb ethernet. Charles www.theverge.com On Fri, 26 Nov

Re: Coputer upgrade problem - mouse and modem don't work

1999-11-25 Thread Micha Feigin
On Thu, 25 Nov 1999, Micha Feigin wrote: > I just upgraded my computer from a 486 to a petiumIII450. > I moved the old disk to the new computer in order to move the linux > instelation. Linux came up mostly fine exept for two magor problems: > The mouse doesn't respond under X. I tried most prot

Coputer upgrade problem - mouse and modem don't work

1999-11-25 Thread Micha Feigin
I just upgraded my computer from a 486 to a petiumIII450. I moved the old disk to the new computer in order to move the linux instelation. Linux came up mostly fine exept for two magor problems: The mouse doesn't respond under X. I tried most protocolst that looked remotly apropriate. The mouse is

extended ascii symbols

1999-11-25 Thread David Blackman
For some of the wierd symbols, like card suits and lines and shapes, I need to print ths to start it: "\033[11m" and thsi to stop it (so that keys display properly) "\033[10m" Is there a better way? thanks, --dave

Joystick on a SB32

1999-11-25 Thread David Blackman
I have my SB32 autoconfigured by my BIOS, with sound support in my kernel, how can I get the joystick port on my SB32 to work without turning off auto-PNP in BIOS, and isapnp'ing it. --dave

Re: Is sendmail open to relay?

1999-11-25 Thread Mario Jorge Nunes Filipe
Mario Jorge Nunes Filipe wrote: > > Hi > > Some time ago, i was handed the administration of the local mail server. > Unfortunately this is just one of the many things I've got to do and as > such I've never had much time to look through the config's, especially > sendmail. > > Today i received

Re: Login and Password

1999-11-25 Thread Martin Fluch
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Thu, 25 Nov 1999, Ethan Benson wrote: > On 25/11/99 Woodrow Lovett wrote: > > >Last year I loaded Debians on my box, but because of problems connecting > >to the internet to complete the installation and the upcoming planting > >season it has just been sitti

Re: php4 isn't finding mysql routines

1999-11-25 Thread Gergely Madarasz
On Thu, 25 Nov 1999, Brian White wrote: > > read /usr/share/doc/php4/README.Debian (you need to load the mysql module > > into php4) > > Oh believe me, I read everything trying to find this. THe "README.Debian" > is far from helpful here... > > ==

Re: Login and Password

1999-11-25 Thread Ethan Benson
On 25/11/99 Woodrow Lovett wrote: >Last year I loaded Debians on my box, but because of problems connecting >to the internet to complete the installation and the upcoming planting >season it has just been sitting there used. I returned to complete the >installation,but I can not get into the syste

Re: Advice on wu-ftpd security needed (URGENT)

1999-11-25 Thread oneiros
Thus spake Robert J. Alexander ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I am running a Debian 2.1 dist. > > I was sent the following (appended) quite recent (a month old) CERT > advisory. > > How do I understand which Debian packaging has closed these holes > The latest wu-ftpd (2.6.0-2) in potato closes t

Login and Password

1999-11-25 Thread Woodrow Lovett
Last year I loaded Debians on my box, but because of problems connecting to the internet to complete the installation and the upcoming planting season it has just been sitting there used. I returned to complete the installation,but I can not get into the system. It will not accept the login a

Advice on wu-ftpd security needed (URGENT)

1999-11-25 Thread Robert J. Alexander
I am running a Debian 2.1 dist. I was sent the following (appended) quite recent (a month old) CERT advisory. How do I understand which Debian packaging has closed these holes BTW Is there a way to automate the PUT of files in the incoming area so that every time one is performed root gets

parallel port cdrom

1999-11-25 Thread Evan Moore
How can i mount a portable parallel port cdrom on my linux box? thanks evan

Re: php4 isn't finding mysql routines

1999-11-25 Thread Brian White
> read /usr/share/doc/php4/README.Debian (you need to load the mysql module > into php4) Oh believe me, I read everything trying to find this. THe "README.Debian" is far from helpful here... == php4 for Debian --

Re: 2 computers away 1 Km and one PL

1999-11-25 Thread Russell Coker
On Thu, 25 Nov 1999, Andrei D. Caraman wrote: >> I have 2 computers away 1 Km from each other and one PL (dedicated >> telephony line between them) that I can use. What software and hardware I >> need >> to connect the 2 computers using the PL? > >Well, what bandwidth would you need on that l

extended ascii symbols

1999-11-25 Thread David Blackman
For some of the wierd symbols, like card suits and lines and shapes, I need to print ths to start it: "\033[11m" and thsi to stop it (so that keys display properly) "\033[10m" Is there a better way? thanks, --dave

Is sendmail open to relay?

1999-11-25 Thread Mario Jorge Nunes Filipe
Hi Some time ago, i was handed the administration of the local mail server. Unfortunately this is just one of the many things I've got to do and as such I've never had much time to look through the config's, especially sendmail. Today i received several messages indicating that the machine was us

Re: 2 computers away 1 Km and one PL

1999-11-25 Thread Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira
Hi, Quoting Stephane Bortzmeyer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > On Friday 26 November 1999, at 11 h 12, the keyboard of Paulo Henrique > Baptista de Oliveira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > It's a private line sold by a local TELCO. It's 64 kbs and pehaps it's > > ISDN. pppd for the server?

Re: potato dselect still broken?

1999-11-25 Thread Nun Yobiznez
Thank you for asking! No I have not received an answer except from a person suggesting that I use it to take out all the "yucky" packages like xbiff (he hates xbiff). But other than that no. Do you have a suggestion? I would really apperciate any help you can give me!

bash: /home/username: is a directory

1999-11-25 Thread Robert J. Alexander
When I use the command "su - username" for any user (root included) I get the message in the subject ... what is it caused by ?? I am using Debian 2.1 with a few unstable packages, bash Doing an sh -x of my .profile and .bashrc does not yeld any errors Thank you. Bob Alexander

Re: 2 computers away 1 Km and one PL

1999-11-25 Thread Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira
It's a private line sold by a local TELCO. It's 64 kbs and pehaps it's ISDN. pppd for the server? What about mgetty? Quoting Andrei D. Caraman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > On Fri, Nov 26, 1999 at 10:25:23AM -0200, Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira > wrote: > > > Hi all, > > I have 2 c

Re: 2 computers away 1 Km and one PL

1999-11-25 Thread Andrei D. Caraman
On Fri, Nov 26, 1999 at 10:25:23AM -0200, Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira wrote: > Hi all, > I have 2 computers away 1 Km from each other and one PL (dedicated > telephony line between them) that I can use. What software and hardware I need > to connect the 2 computers using the P

2 computers away 1 Km and one PL

1999-11-25 Thread Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira
Hi all, I have 2 computers away 1 Km from each other and one PL (dedicated telephony line between them) that I can use. What software and hardware I need to connect the 2 computers using the PL? Thanks, Paulo Henrique -- Abraços,PH Paulo Henrique Bap

Re: presentation graphics

1999-11-25 Thread Russell Coker
On Wed, 24 Nov 1999, Peter S Galbraith wrote: >> I want to produce some simple bar charts showing the difference between >> different products. Gnuplot doesn't seem to be able to do what I want (just >> nice clean bars with numbers at the tops and descriptions at the bottom). > >Ok, here's my shoo

Re: php4 isn't finding mysql routines

1999-11-25 Thread Gergely Madarasz
On Wed, 24 Nov 1999, Brian White wrote: > I've just finished installing PHP4 and PHP4-MySQL. I added the module in > to apache... > > LoadModule php4_module /usr/lib/apache/1.3/libphp4.so > > And now php files seem to get executed correctly. However, as soon as they > try to access a MySQL d

/etc/init.d/network script missing .... help needed please

1999-11-25 Thread Robert J. Alexander
I just installed a Debian 2.1 stable machine. Since it has a Token Ring adapter I skipped the "configure the network" step during installation. I have recompiled a kernel 2.2.13 and have tr0. My /etc/init.d is missing the network script ... is there a source from which I could get it/create it ???

Re: databases, which one?

1999-11-25 Thread David Warnock
Hi Jean-Yves, So far as I know pretty much all the databases on Linux are client server using SQL. So that's not quite the same as dbase which has an integrated dbengine and language running on the client. Probably the best known dbms' on Linux and MySql and Postgresql. They each have pros and co

Re: Problems mounting CD-ROM

1999-11-25 Thread Rolf Schillinger
On Thu, 25 Nov 1999, Jens K. Olsen wrote: > I am trying to mount my internal CD-ROM. > > When I use dmesg I get the following: > > hdc: TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-5702B, ATAPI CDROM drive > > when I do a mount -t iso9660 -r /dev/cdrom /cdrom where /dev/cdrom is a > symbolic link to /dev/hdc, and /cdro

Re: frontpage extensions for apache

1999-11-25 Thread Ookhoi
Hi Gareth, > I am trying to install the Frontpage extensions for apache > I haven't been able to get the install script to work so I have been hacking > it to bits. > > however it seems that it gets stuck on the config file and I don' know > and can't find what exactly it is looking for/t

install-info: failed to lock dir for editing! No such file or directory

1999-11-25 Thread Christophe Broult
Hi all, I had a problem with my hard disk and somehow my potato system has gotten hosed. Can someone tell me how to correct the following problem? chicago:~# dpkg -i /tmp/dpkg_1.4.1.19.deb (Reading database ... 65879 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace dpkg 1.4.1.19

Re: apt-get is holding back messages

1999-11-25 Thread Ethan Benson
On 25/11/99 Mark Wagnon wrote: I recently upgraded to potato, and just noticed thant I'm still using the .95 version of mutt (potato has the 1.0 v.). I did and apt-get update/upgrade and a bunch of packages are being held back. Is there a way to get them to install via apt-get? did you try apt

apt-get is holding back messages

1999-11-25 Thread Mark Wagnon
Hi all, I recently upgraded to potato, and just noticed thant I'm still using the .95 version of mutt (potato has the 1.0 v.). I did and apt-get update/upgrade and a bunch of packages are being held back. Is there a way to get them to install via apt-get? Thanks --

Anyone seen/fixed wmakerconf crash problems?

1999-11-25 Thread John Miskinis
Hello, For some strange reason wmakerconf now crashes just after the window appears. I WAS running wmakerconf 1.7 and everything was working OK. I didn't run it for about a week. All of a sudden it would crash complaining about a GTK style copy problem, and a NULL cast to a GTK widget. Ea

Re: Help with a Dell Latitude CPia

1999-11-25 Thread Anders Arnholm
On Wed, Nov 24, 1999 at 12:03:57AM -0600, Chris Larson wrote: > I have installed corel linux onto my laptop. Everything looks great and runs > fine except for three things. > > 1. My ethernet card is not working. I can ping myself but I cannont ping > anything else. I have a Dell Latitude CPi A36

Re: How do I change which logfiles are rotated when?

1999-11-25 Thread Martin Schulze
Marc-Adrian Napoli wrote: > I basically commented out the little if/then loop that uses the > sysklogd-listfiles command to see which log files to rotate.. it doens't > work too well because you can only specify either --all, --auth, > or --weekly. > > If you need more control (like i did) then yo

Re: Problems mounting CD-ROM

1999-11-25 Thread ktb
I don't know if this will help or not but if I put an audio CD into my drive and use your mount command I get the same error. When I use a Debian cd it mounts fine. Just a stab in the dark. hth, kent "Jens K. Olsen" wrote: > > I am trying to mount my internal CD-ROM. > > When I use dmesg I ge

Problems mounting CD-ROM

1999-11-25 Thread Jens K. Olsen
I am trying to mount my internal CD-ROM. When I use dmesg I get the following: hdc: TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-5702B, ATAPI CDROM drive when I do a mount -t iso9660 -r /dev/cdrom /cdrom where /dev/cdrom is a symbolic link to /dev/hdc, and /cdrom is an empty directory, I get the following: mount: wrong f

Re: email forwarding

1999-11-25 Thread RAVIKANT K RAO
On Wed, 24 Nov 1999, Alexander P. Barkey (hypnotic) wrote: > i'm looking for a way to forward the email i receive on my linux server to my > real email adress... try creating a file called .forward in your home directory and in that , put in only the email address to which you want to forward to

ANN: email4you 1.2 revolutioniert die email-Welt

1999-11-25 Thread Hansjoerg Posch/hp-software
# email4you: email-client + mailinglisten-manager # Liebe(r) Interessent(in)! email4you, das erfolgreiche Produkt des TB Posch, wird nun in der brandaktuellen Version 1.2 angeboten. Es wurde eine bessere Versionstrennung zwischen Express/Standard/Advanced/Professional durchgeführt, die sic

Re: GUI toolkit for a beginner?

1999-11-25 Thread Mike Werner
Thanks for the tips and pointers from everyone. I think I'm going to start with lesstif and see what happens. -- Mike Werner KA8YSD | "Where do you want to go today?" ICQ# 12934898 | "As far from Redmond as possible!" '91 GS500E| Morgantown WV

Gnumeric Problem

1999-11-25 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
I am having problems with gnumeric. When I tried it for the first time after making a full apt-get from the slink update of gnome packages, I got Unable to connect to UNIX socket /tmp/ .esd/socket and afterwards a small window opened saying unable to open module file :/usr/lib/gnumeric/plugins/libp

remote power on

1999-11-25 Thread luis
(how) can i power on a remote machine (via internet) using a modem ? thanks

Re: telnetd can't get ttys

1999-11-25 Thread Herbert Xu
On Wed, Nov 24, 1999 at 05:15:01PM -0800, aphro wrote: > > identd would not reply to requests for ident. happened i believe after i > upgraded from hamm to slink. i believe slink by default set ident to user > nobody, and identd didnt work, i tried several different ident daemons and > all were

Re: php4 isn't finding mysql routines

1999-11-25 Thread Brian White
The surest way to solve any problem is to ask a question about it... Apparently it doesn't matter how long you sit on the question, either. I waited over an hour, working on things, but 30 mins after I send the question, I find that I need a 'dl("mysql.so")' in the code (found by installing the php

Re: Mail problems and procmail

1999-11-25 Thread J C Lawrence
On Thu, 25 Nov 1999 01:49:36 + Mark Wagnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > J C Lawrence wrote: >> Even better is to get rid of the .forward and have Exim >> recognise that you are using procmail as an LDA by inserting the >> following director and transport in exim.conf: > Thanks. I decided t

php4 isn't finding mysql routines

1999-11-25 Thread Brian White
I've just finished installing PHP4 and PHP4-MySQL. I added the module in to apache... LoadModule php4_module /usr/lib/apache/1.3/libphp4.so And now php files seem to get executed correctly. However, as soon as they try to access a MySQL database, it appears the functions are not found: Fat

frontpage extensions for apache

1999-11-25 Thread Gareth
G'day all, I am trying to install the Frontpage extensions for apache I haven't been able to get the install script to work so I have been hacking it to bits. however it seems that it gets stuck on the config file and I don' know and can't find what exactly it is looking for/trying to do

sorting and naming files

1999-11-25 Thread Alexander P. Barkey \(hypnotic\)
hi is there any way to sort and name the files in a directory?   for example...the files are all called like they have been downloaded... now i want them to be like "text01.txt" "text02.txt" etc...   how can i do that?   thx Alexander P. Barkey

Re: Mail problems and procmail

1999-11-25 Thread Mark Wagnon
J C Lawrence wrote: > > Even better is to get rid of the .forward and have Exim recognise > that you are using procmail as an LDA by inserting the following > director and transport in exim.conf: > --- code snipped --- Thanks. I decided to go the more elegant route. I'm getting an error messag

Re: databases, which one?

1999-11-25 Thread J C Lawrence
On Thu, 25 Nov 1999 02:36:36 +0100 Jean-Yves BARBIER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, I wonder if there's a package with > easy-to-use-and-powerfull database? (something like dBase > III+/IV) mySQL is more than fair. -- J C Lawrence Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: recommend mp3 encoder

1999-11-25 Thread Taupter
> The quality of the encoder -engines- are in order: > > Fraunhoffer (spelling correct?) > Xing > ISO Really? Dit you really try the ISO encoding model? > However, the quality differences are only noticeable > by -very- high trained professionals or with oscilloscopes. To my grandmother, maybe.

databases, which one?

1999-11-25 Thread Jean-Yves BARBIER
Hi all, I wonder if there's a package with easy-to-use-and-powerfull database? (something like dBase III+/IV) Thanks in advance, JY -- Jean-Yves F. Barbier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Ask not for whom the  tolls.

Re: telnetd can't get ttys

1999-11-25 Thread aphro
identd would not reply to requests for ident. happened i believe after i upgraded from hamm to slink. i believe slink by default set ident to user nobody, and identd didnt work, i tried several different ident daemons and all were the same, did not work..till i changed the user to root (had the

Re: strange /etc/menu-methods errors (FIXED)

1999-11-25 Thread John Miskinis
Hello, Thanks. I did not know about the "menu" package. I just upgraded it, and it appears to have fixed the problem. I had 1.5-17 and now have 2.1.4-2 , so you were correct. After apt-get finished, I saw no errors like before. I had commented out that line (12) yesterday, and it got another

Re: RIVA128 (nVidia) card works, but loses cursor in emacs ...

1999-11-25 Thread Andreas Gartus
Jingsong Zhao wrote: > I mail-ordered a XFree86-supported video card, yet I received a Jaton > Video-68AGP card that uses RIVA128ZX chip. To my chagrin, I spent > several hours figuring out that I have to download from nVidia a > special XF86_SVGA and do some setups. I have an ELSA VICTORY ERAZO

Re: kern.log error/hdb: irq timeout

1999-11-25 Thread Jean-Yves BARBIER
On Tue, Nov 23, 1999 at 11:29:25PM -0600, ktb wrote: > I'm getting these errors listed below. When these errors show up on my > xconsole my screen is frozen for some time and then recovers. My X >. > Nov 23 23:08:19 xyf kernel: hdb: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy } > Nov 23 23:08:24 xyf ker

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