syslog-ng in potato (which replaced syslog) uses
/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf instead of /etc/syslog.conf. There is a
sample conf file in usr/share/doc/syslog-ng, but when I tried the ppp
/examples in this, they do not seem to work. Putting a "local2" line
in /etc/syslog.conf (which is now inclu
Ok,
Redhat has a neat little control panel that makes installing printers
and filters very easy. Does debian have anything comparable or do I
need to learn the printcap for lprng?
Robert
:wq!
---
Robert L. Harris
I pulled loadlin off the Debian Slink CD and loaded it onto
my C: (DiskOnChip device) and tried to boot linux with the following
MS--DOS command:
c:\loadlin\loadlin c:\linux root=/dev/sda1 ro
vga=3
and got the message "not an Image file".
I am a Linux novice and not quite sure what is going
I have seen several recent posts from people who could not get their SB Live
card to work under Linux. If you have problems with this card, you might
check out the article at:
http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/soundcards/sblive.html
--
Andrew
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GnuPG Public KeyID
On 26-Dec-1999 Tobias Zimpel wrote:
>
> Well, I broke my system completely a few weeks ago with a simple
> (segfaulting)
> 'apt-get dist-upgrade' while I was running potato for months without serious
> problems. There was no chance to repair it; I couldn't even boot, and I
> didn't manage to repa
On 26 Dec 1999, John Hasler wrote:
: Robert L. Harris writes:
: > According to apt-get, I have that at the newest version installed
: > already.
:
: hasler//u/home/john dpkg -S xroger
: gnome-control-center: /usr/share/control-center/.data/xroger.png
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ $ dpkg -S xroger
xs
Dla mnie jest super, że jest strona o Debianie, mały problem po co ona jest
skoro i tak najważniejsze rzeczy są w języku angielskim, po co marnować
miejsce na serwerze. Może da się coś z tym zrobić?
[POLBOX - REKLAMA] --
Zrob swiateczne zakupy w EMPiK.
On Thu, Dec 23, 1999 at 11:26:32PM -0500,
Aaron Solochek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks to the few replies, I got it copied, however the links are not
> quite working the same. On my system, the floppy and cd-rom links pop
> open a gmc windows open to the correct paths, however, it does not m
Hi,
I had to install some packages from unstable on my Slink system,
and the dependencies forced an upgrade of the compiler to gcc 2.95.2).
However, the 2.0 kernels wont compile with this. Is there a way to also
install the standard Slink compiler on my system so that I can use it to
compi
On Sun, Dec 26, 1999 at 07:42:37PM -, Pollywog wrote:
>
> On 26-Dec-1999 kometboy wrote:
[Updating to potato]
> Thanks for your thoughts on the subject. I could be wrong, but it seems I saw
> more than a few posts from people who had upgraded and had some not-so-minor
> problems. Unless so
Saturday, December 25, 1999, 9:39:18 PM, Hagen wrote:
> price for hardware, the Visor is significantly superior to the IIIx. The
It all depends.
> Visor is purportedly equivalent to the PalmVx with 8MB RAM and the latest
> screen enhancements.
That is if he gets the expensive Visor. The
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On 99-12-26 Joseph Carter wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 26, 1999 at 02:37:04PM +0100, Christian Kurz wrote:
> > > I would *personally* make sure that I was in compliance with the
> > > relevant laws. If I felt that that would take too much of my
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On Sun, Dec 26, 1999 at 02:37:04PM +0100, Christian Kurz wrote:
> > I would *personally* make sure that I was in compliance with the
> > relevant laws. If I felt that that would take too much
Hello:
Does anyone know if there is a .deb available for Emacs 20.5 suitable
for slink?
I know that there was some discussion of including it in the current
stable release but I didn't see a definitive announcement and it
doesn't seem to be in the current 2.1r4.
It would be nice to have the fin
*- On 26 Dec, Shaul Karl wrote about "Re: DEB files "
>> *- On 26 Dec, Tux wrote about "DEB files"
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > How to create .deb files?
>>
>> http://www.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/
>
> 1) Is there a postscript version of this doc somewhere?
Check your local Debian mirror in the doc
ok, I figured it out. for the records, there where several steps necessary:
- an extra append when booting from cd-rom "rescue root=/dev/hda2
hda=49585,16,63"
- _careful_ and __complete__ reading of the Hard-Disk-Upgrade - mini-Howto:
10. "...With Debian, make sure
that the "boot" line says
On Sat, 25 Dec 1999, Hagen Finley wrote:
> site. However, in spite of that, I remain unclear where I deposit the
> Debian ftp download and how I initiate the installation. Do I create a boot
> floppy and point it to a installation directory? Can someone point me to
> some documentation that addre
On Sat, 25 Dec 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> **Please CC all replies to me - I'm not currently subscribed**
>
> Furthermore, I might also want to JUST log when root logs in, or when
> someone's "su"s into root - how would I do this?
I believe this is a default in Debian. At least, my system l
On Fri, Dec 24, 1999 at 06:16:36PM -0500, Greg Stark wrote:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thomas Bushnell, BSG) writes:
>
> > The GNU project adopted /sbin because ordinary users should not be
> > burdened with executables that they *cannot* run usefully. (Which is
> > in fact the same reason that they
On Sun, Dec 26, 1999 at 02:22:55PM +0100, Christian Kurz wrote:
> On 99-12-26 Raul Miller wrote:
> > So how about volunteering to contact those ftp maintainers and let
> > them know about their governments' laws?
>
> And how has enough knowledge to do this? For example here in Germany you
> need t
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On Sun, Dec 26, 1999 at 09:45:52AM +0100, Christian Kurz wrote:
> > I'm confused; are you saying that quake source is legal in Germany, but
> > binaries aren't!? If that's not what you mean, w
> *- On 26 Dec, Tux wrote about "DEB files"
> > Hello,
> >
> > How to create .deb files?
>
> http://www.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/
1) Is there a postscript version of this doc somewhere?
2) On my system, a bug with html2ps does not seems to get
solved. What are the alternatives?
From: Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: new "toy story" release names
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 1999 00:52:16 + (GMT)
> At the rate we are getting releases out, there should be a new "Toy Story"
> out before we use up these new names...
If there would be more frequent releases we migth be
Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> What would be the advantage of this? It seems to take only a few
> seconds to run anyway.
Beleice me, it takes longer on my low-end pentium. Let's not even discuss my
486. The real problem is it's cumilitive; on a single upgrade it may be run
10 times, which translates to 5
I have searched netscape.com to no avail and I am hoping someone can help
me. I used to and still access a site using netscape 4.03 running some
Java scripts program. Now I was foolish to want to install the latest
netscape 4.07 and I am very dissappointed. First I see no improvements
except freque
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> reassign 25816 netbase
Bug#25816: xinetd use is problematic
Bug#10059: xinetd: inetd.conf changes don't auto-propagate to xinetd.conf
Bug reassigned from package `general' to `netbase'.
> merge 8927 25816
Bug#8927: netstd: update-inetd don't update xin
reassign 25816 netbase
merge 8927 25816
thanks
As the subject says, this needs to be implemented in update-inetd,
nowhere else. So I'll reassign it to netbase and merge it with the
rest.
Peter Makholm (brother) already did some work on it, but I haven't
seen anything else... and we have a big fat
Dear Karl,
O'Rielly has a couple of reference guides to X windows which address
these
kind of questions. The list price for O'Reilly can be a bit high but
www.bookpool.com as O'Reilly at significant savings. Bookpool.com is a great
source for technical books generally. For example;
X Win
I maintain SCWM, a guile-powered window manager. An user asked me to add a
Provides: x-window-manager, but I cannot find this virtual package in the
virtual package list, neither in the policy (I have debian-policy 3.1.1.1).
Is this an obsoleted virtual-package, or a new one (not integrated in the
On Mon, 27 December 1999 00:52:16 +, Dale Scheetz wrote:
> At the rate we are getting releases out, there should be a new "Toy Story"
> out before we use up these new names...
Yep... I am looking forward to see it.
But the was that funny girl in TS I (I cannot
remember the name atm), I think i
I thought I read on this list that there was a problem with the last 2.0.x
kernel. Is that true? I still have Slink on my laptop, so I am not ready for
a 2.2.x kernel and I am using 2.0.36.
thanks
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*we all live downstream*
On 26-Dec-1999 kometboy wrote:
> I am a reformed Red Hat user. I've upgraded to potato on both my
> machines, and have had no significant problems, other than the
> occasional updated package that is broken. These are usually fixed in
> a day or two, and info about them is always available on this
This message is just to remind everyone that [EMAIL PROTECTED]
debian.org has been functional for some time now. If someone brings
up an issue which is really non-technical (for example, the recent
thing about Quake and some countries' evil laws), just set a Reply-To:
debian-project and point this
On Sun, 26 Dec 1999, Alexey Petrov wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I have need in mirror transformation of the Postscript files for printing on
> the transparence. I should be glad for any idea.
I'd suggest using CUPS instead of standard lpd. (package cupsys from
unstable). This kind of stuff is done by ju
>Date: Fri, 24 Dec 1999 21:03:12 +0200 (SAST)
>From: Johann Spies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To:Debian-poslys
>Subject: unrouteable mail domain
>I hope you all have a blessed Christmas weekend.
>I get this error sometimes
So do I. =)
On the other listserv I'm on last Christmas
Hi-
I am kind of following along with this and am wondering if people are using
jpilot to link their visors? If they are palm compliant, will jpilot see
these and provide true desktop-palmtop integration? I am using now a Casio
E100 which is quite nice (except for the OS) and it has some nice sp
Pollywog wrote:
>
> I recall seeing many posts about systems being rendered unusable or broken
> after upgrade from Slink to Potato. Is this still a problem? I do not want
> to try it if I will just break my system.
I am a reformed Red Hat user. I've upgraded to potato on both my
machines, and
Eliot Landrum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
EL> Finally! Some real assistance! :)
EL>
EL> Strangely enough though, lsattr is just sitting here ... I'm not sure if
EL> this is normal or not. I'll let it sit for >30 min to make sure it has
EL> enough time to do whatever it is it is doing.
EL>
EL> Wha
I recall seeing many posts about systems being rendered unusable or broken
after upgrade from Slink to Potato. Is this still a problem? I do not want
to try it if I will just break my system.
thanks
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Can I set a flag in the ~/.Xresources file so that the oclock will always have
the sticky feature set to true? What is the correct syntax?
Where can I learn more about the X resources?
Thanks, this did the trick.
> "SH" == Scott Henry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
SH> /dev/tty is a psuedo-tty that is always the current tty
SH> (whether a real one, a serial port, or a pty). You need read
SH> and write access to it.
--
Joseph M. Reinhardt [EM
Hi All...
First of all, I am a newbie (in terms of Debian, before switching from
RedHat)... Still I have managed to install and currently run Debian...
But a few things still bother me...
1) why won't LILO install because my HD is to big? (and how to overrule)
2) how do you connect using ISDN (a
Hello,
can anyone tell me please, whats the minimum requirement for
a non caching "real primary DNS-Server" ???
I will have around 20-30 Domain-Names with around 60-80 Hosts.
The Hosts are running on a K6 II-350 and a virtual Apache.
Is a 486 enough ??? Which speed ???
I have for testing a Cx4
Finally! Some real assistance! :)
Strangely enough though, lsattr is just sitting here ... I'm not sure if
this is normal or not. I'll let it sit for >30 min to make sure it has
enough time to do whatever it is it is doing.
What exactly is an immutable file though?
Thanks for the replies! Like
I installed 2.2.13 from dwnld floppies & it runs fine from the boot
floppy. It hangs with the hard disk boot. There may be no boot record
on hd? I'm using a 13.7 Gig HD, 100 MHz '486. This same box with a
smaller HD boots & runs Slink without a prob. Any suggestions? TIA.
I had similar problems. I thought it was my IDE drive but then I finally
ran memtest86 (from hwtools) and it found that one of my 128MB DIMMs was
bad. Give it a try. "4 passes" is apparently a complete run.
...RickM...
I have the standard xscreensaver installed on my Slink server. I have it
set to random. When it loads the penetrate demo it locks up the system.
I have to turn off the system and reboot. NOT GOOD! Can anyone tell me
how to remove this demo module?
--
AdVance-Computing Systems
We sell fine quality
On Sat, 25 Dec 1999, aphro wrote:
> are you running the latest BIOS ? 7.9GB is quite common on older boards as
> a limitation (32GB is another barrier) make sure you got the latest bios
> and the drive should be in LBA mode i believe.
>
> I just installed corel 1.0 on an IBM 18GB ide and it went
On Sun, 26 Dec 1999, Alexey Petrov wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I have need in mirror transformation of the Postscript files for printing on
> the transparence. I should be glad for any idea.
>
Alexey,
This may sound like a dumb question - but cant you just flip the
transparency onto its other
Ok,
Thinking closer to clearly I just forced the screen saver to xroger
and on after 1 min. I haven't changed anything and now it's working.
Really bloody odd.
Thus spake John Hasler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Robert L. Harris writes:
> > According to apt-get, I have that at the newest version in
On 23/12/99 Shaul Karl wrote:
Can it be that the removed files are not the problem with the
failure of the remounting?
[04:17:04 /tmp]# mount -o remount,ro /usr/
mount: /usr is busy
[04:19:08 /tmp]# lsof +L1 |grep /usr/
[04:19:16 /tmp]#
if you are running 4.43 of lsof (the first version to s
hi,
I just had some massive filesystem corruption on the root filesystem
of a debian potato system that was installed about a month ago and
was working fine till now, running self compiled 2.2.13 kernel. the
box has been running GNU/Linux (redhat) for about a year and a half
with no trouble e
Robert L. Harris writes:
> According to apt-get, I have that at the newest version installed
> already.
hasler//u/home/john dpkg -S xroger
gnome-control-center: /usr/share/control-center/.data/xroger.png
--
John Hasler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
Hi All,
I have need in mirror transformation of the Postscript files for printing on
the transparence. I should be glad for any idea.
A. Petrov
On Sun, Dec 26, 1999 at 11:54:12AM -0200, Tux wrote:
^^^
No Realname ??
> Hello,
>
> How to create .deb files?
Read the "Debian Packaging Manual"
> How to convert .rpm files do .deb files?
apt-get install alien
man alien
Dennis
--
"Contrary to pop
*- On 26 Dec, Tux wrote about "DEB files"
> Hello,
>
> How to create .deb files?
http://www.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/
http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/packaging.html/
> How to convert .rpm files do .deb files?
>
Install the alien package and read the man page and then try,
al
Hello,
How to create .deb files?
How to convert .rpm files do .deb files?
Thank you,
Hi!
I´m trying to move from a 1.6G[1] to a 25G harddrive. I put the new drive in as
secondary master, the kernel detects the following
hda: Conner Peripherals 1620MB - CFS1621A, 1548MB w/0kB Cache, CHS=786/64/63
hdc: IBM-DJNA-352500, 24405MB w/1966kB Cache, CHS=49585/16/63, DMA
then I partitio
>
> I've been using RedHat for about eight months, but I'd like to switch
> to Debian. Is there any easy way to do this, or is it going to be a
> painful transition? Also, what's the best way to go about installing
> Debian? I have a fast connection, so I'm wondering if an ftp install
> is the
> I have just installed Debian and X-windows which has
> a few window managers like fvwm2 and WindowMaker and
>
> But, the viewport is not properly set. The viewport is smaller
> than the size of my desktop;
>
> How can I adjust the viewport in X/WM ?
>
There is a ViewPort parameter in the
> **Please CC all replies to me - I'm not currently subscribed**
>
> I would like to log via syslogd whenever a user logs in. How would I
> go about doing this?
>
> Furthermore, I might also want to JUST log when root logs in, or when
> someone's "su"s into root - how would I do this?
>
I did
> "J" == Joe Reinhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
J> I was trying to use gpg and got this error:
J> ~ {138}% gpg --gen-key
J> gpg (GnuPG) 1.0.1; Copyright (C) 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
J> This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
J> This is free software, and you are welcome
According to apt-get, I have that at the newest version installed
already.
Thus spake John Hasler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Robert L. Harris writes:
> > I did an "apt-cache search xroger" and it doesn't report any hits
>
> It's in the gnome-control-center package.
> --
> John Hasler
> [EMAIL PRO
Hi Andy,
The VGA stuff is kernel-based. SVGATextMode is a program that you can load
after the kernel's loaded to use SVGA instead of VGA.
So generally the answer to your question is, yes. However, you can use the
SVGA stuff to get higher resolutions also.
Personally, I don't use the SVGATextM
Hi Hagen
Welcome to Debian.
I'm assuming that you're planning on wiping out the disk and starting over once
you've
created the base system floppies?
If so, point your browser at http://www.debian.org/releases/slink/i386/install
and
look at Chapter 5. The subsections cover just about everythin
Hi Steve,
Thanx for replying.
> Well, in theory the Visor is completely Palm compatable. Are you looking
> at the cheap visor?
yes. I am a beginner organiser. I am mainly looking for the software
compatibility. I would connect the cradle to my serial port and use
pilot-link software to sync
Dear gnana,
I can't speak to the Linux support question, but from the standpoint of
price for hardware, the Visor is significantly superior to the IIIx. The
Visor is purportedly equivalent to the PalmVx with 8MB RAM and the latest
screen enhancements. It also has the ability to accept prog
On Sat, Dec 25, 1999 at 02:47:55PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I've been using RedHat for about eight months, but I'd like to switch
> to Debian. Is there any easy way to do this, or is it going to be a
> painful transition? Also, what's the best way to go about installing
> Debian? I
On Sun, Dec 26, 1999 at 10:50:31AM +0530, T.V.Gnanasekaran wrote:
> I am planning to purchase a palm OS based organiser. I am eyeing on 3com's
> palm pilot IIIe and Handspring's Visor. I would eventually sync with linux.
> Which one is best supported.
Well, in theory the Visor is completely
>
> I've been using RedHat for about eight months, but I'd like to switch
> to Debian. Is there any easy way to do this, or is it going to be a
> painful transition? Also, what's the best way to go about installing
> Debian? I have a fast connection, so I'm wondering if an ftp install
> is th
On 25 Dec 1999 14:47:55 -0700
linuxdevil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've been using RedHat for about eight months, but I'd like to
> switch to Debian.
Having made the switch for a number of machines (web servers, mail
servers, desktops, etc), its not *that* difficult.
> Is there any easy w
Debian potato, Linux davinci 2.2.13 #1 Fri Dec 3 13:33:40 CST 1999
i586 unknown
I was trying to use gpg and got this error:
~ {138}% gpg --gen-key
gpg (GnuPG) 1.0.1; Copyright (C) 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you
hi all,
I am planning to purchase a palm OS based organiser.
I am eyeing on 3com's palm pilot IIIe and Handspring's Visor.
I would eventually sync with linux. Which one is best
supported.
thanks.
-gnana
I myself have just recently started to switch from Redhat to Debian. I
have found that Debian has a lot of useful features, but with those is
complexity. It seems to me as harder to setup than Redhat. I have tried
the ftp install and it is very good, but still slow especially if you
would be dow
I would like to begin downloading Debian Linux but I remain a little
puzzled as to how this procedure really works. I have RedHat 6.1 on an old
P133 (64MB) 1 GB system at home I can play around with. The RedHat install
works fine and we use the same release at work where I am a unix admin f
I've been using RedHat for about eight months, but I'd like to switch
to Debian. Is there any easy way to do this, or is it going to be a
painful transition? Also, what's the best way to go about installing
Debian? I have a fast connection, so I'm wondering if an ftp install
is the way to go?
**Please CC all replies to me - I'm not currently subscribed**
I would like to log via syslogd whenever a user logs in. How would I
go about doing this?
Furthermore, I might also want to JUST log when root logs in, or when
someone's "su"s into root - how would I do this?
Thanks in advance,
Nei
Robert L. Harris writes:
> I did an "apt-cache search xroger" and it doesn't report any hits
It's in the gnome-control-center package.
--
John Hasler
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, Wisconsin
Any plans to support the IBM MWave DSP's modem features in Linux? The
kernel docs indicate that sound support is in the process of being
added, but the current method is to load DOS level drivers . . . and
the IBM drivers for the modem are unfortunately Windows-level.
Hey, I hate to invest money
Ok,
I did an "apt-cache search xroger" and it doesn't report any hits.
When my X screen saver kicks in, it says it can't find "xroger". This
should be a standard. Anyone know where I can find it?
Robert
:wq!
---
Robert L.
are you running the latest BIOS ? 7.9GB is quite common on older boards as
a limitation (32GB is another barrier) make sure you got the latest bios
and the drive should be in LBA mode i believe.
I just installed corel 1.0 on an IBM 18GB ide and it went fine (AOpen
AP5T-3 i430TX mainboard)
nate
G400 by far as the best linux support of any videocard, full 2D/3D
acceleration as well as DVD playback(still in development but from what i
read it works)
nate
On Fri, 24 Dec 1999, Nico De Ranter wrote:
nico >
nico >Howdy,
nico >
nico >
nico >I want to buy a new graphics board. I can choose bet
On 25/12/99 Eliot Landrum wrote:
root (superuser) is unable to delete, chmod, modify, move or do ANYTHING to
this file. I've done gazillions of things to try and correct it.
I've booted up
with tomsrtbt, fsck'ed the disk many times, run badblocks on it,
tried deleting
it when the drive was no
Actually, yeah. I have the IBM 14.4 GXP drive, and it detects fine. It's on
as secondary on my secondary IDE controller, but I don't know if that
affects anything. . . I have much the same system, except on an EPOX board
with a bios that's only a few months old. . . You might wanna see if
there
I have just installed Debian and X-windows which has
a few window managers like fvwm2 and WindowMaker and
But, the viewport is not properly set. The viewport is smaller
than the size of my desktop;
How can I adjust the viewport in X/WM ?
Any help would be appreciated,
-Reza
Installing potato. My system is as follows:
Mainboard: ASUS P5A
CPU:K6-II 400
What is sfdisk? Is it on the install disks---apparently not? I have attempted
to follow the Large Disk HOWTO and jumpered the drive as a 15 Head drive, as
suggested. Otherwise it was detected at 500M
On 12/25/99, Eliot Landrum addressed "Undeletable File Causing Massive
Headaches":
> This one file is causing me terrible grief and I need to get it fixed. The
> file
> is /lib/libext2fs.so.2.4 and the permissions are as follows:
>
> p---rw--w-1 root 28531 0 Dec 21 20:04 /lib/
On 12/25/99, Eliot Landrum addressed "Undeletable File Causing Massive
Headaches":
>
> is /lib/libext2fs.so.2.4 and the permissions are as follows:
>
> p---rw--w-1 root 28531 0 Dec 21 20:04 /lib/libext2fs.so.2.4
Apparently your group ^ doesn't really exist in /etc/gro
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