Re: Network config

On Tue, Nov 21, 2000 at 10:59:09AM +0800, Gilbert.Li (??) wrote: > > > > > > So you actually need to compile the tulip-driver as a module, not > > > > via-rhine. Look for DEC in the section "Network Devices" during > > > > kernel-configuration. > > > As I said, I used DFE 530 TX, not DE 530.

getting XFree to work with geforce MX

Hello list! i recently helped my father to install debian (potato r0) on his box. everything was fine, but X is a problem. i have to say this was ever a problem since he upgraded his graphic card to a hercules 3d prophet which is using the geforce MX chipset. he tried mandrake before but when i

Re: sound question

Andrew Dixon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Hi All, I just recompiled my kernel so that my sound now works. The > only problem is that I have to enter: > > modprobe nm256 > > in order to get the module to load into the kernel. Any body know how > I can automate this or get it to run at startup

sound question

Hi All, I just recompiled my kernel so that my sound now works. The only problem is that I have to enter: modprobe nm256 in order to get the module to load into the kernel. Any body know how I can automate this or get it to run at startup. Thanks, Andy

Re: Voodoo 3 on debian?

Definitely a thumbs up. http://linux.3dfx.com for drivers, etc. -JoshNarins

Re: afterstep and saved states in potato

Dave Wilk wrote: > > Howdy folks, > > I compiled AfterStep 1.6.10 on a slink machine a while back and really > enjoyed the 'saved state' feature that would return all my apps the way > they were before I quit X after loggin out via aftersteps script (the > button in the wharf). > > Now I have a

Re: 10/100 LAN card

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > Curious question for you all. What's the best 10/100 LAN card for > Linux. Currently, I'm using a tulip (Netgear something or another). I've had nothing but good luck with tulip cards, an

Re: xserver-xfree86 4.0.1-6 upgrade

On Mon, Nov 20, 2000 at 10:54:50PM -0500, Mike wrote: > Jeff Hornsberger wrote: > > Hi. Today's upgrade of the xserver-xfree86 package won't configure on my > > system for some reason and it doesn't give any good reason what the > > matter is. > > > > dpkg --configure xserver-xfree86 gives: > >

Re: afterstep and saved states in potato

I'd suggest submitting a wishlist "bug" to the maintainer about turning that option on by default (he/she may disagree). Immediate solution is, of course, to compile it yourself. -- Eric G. Miller

Re: I want out!

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Nov 21, 2000 at 10:26:22AM +1100, Matthew Dalton wrote: > Randy Edwards wrote: > > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > >I've seen similar types of messages before, and the way the above is > > phrased is r

Re: xserver-xfree86 4.0.1-6 upgrade

Jeff Hornsberger wrote: > Hi. Today's upgrade of the xserver-xfree86 package won't configure on my > system for some reason and it doesn't give any good reason what the > matter is. > > dpkg --configure xserver-xfree86 gives: > Setting up xserver-xfree86 (4.0.1-6) ... > dpkg: error processing xs

RE: Oracle bI 2nd request

> > Cool. thnaks. > > I would have sworn somewhere that I had seen that the > Oracle installer required > a particular JRE, Blcakdown I think. I think previous versions required this. Earlier than 8.1.6. But Oracle was nice enough, and smart enough, to include this in 8i for us

Voodoo 3 on debian?

Hi, all... Anyone running a 3dfx Voodoo3 3000 on Debian? Just curious if it works well or not. -Chris

10/100 LAN card

    Curious question for you all.  What's the best 10/100 LAN card for Linux.  Currently, I'm using a tulip (Netgear something or another).  I would like it to have good linux support and have fast transfer rates and be stable and all that good stuff.  Perferably nothing over $150.       Tha

afterstep and saved states in potato

Howdy folks, I compiled AfterStep 1.6.10 on a slink machine a while back and really enjoyed the 'saved state' feature that would return all my apps the way they were before I quit X after loggin out via aftersteps script (the button in the wharf). Now I have a potato system (fully updated) with t

Converting to SCSI. HELP!!!

    Here's a question for all you SCSI lovers and fanatics out there.  When my friends and I have LAN parties I usually am: 1, the only linux user so I'm often the butt of other people's jokes (especially when things don't work right . . . :(  and 2, I'm also usually the file sharing server.

Re: Quake 3 ran, I upgraded. . . Well, It doesn't run any more

Well, like I said, there aren't any other GL stuffs ( other than the NVidia stuffs that is) on my box. I was running Quake 3 fine and dandy (and everything else too) with Woody and the NVidia stuffs before. Then, since for some reason I had to remake the NVidia driver everytime I booted up, I

protocol-reject when sending attachments

This message seems to occur only when I send messages with attachments, and I am not sure it occurs every time I send an attachment. "protocol reject for unsupported protocol 0x41". Actually, the numbers vary but this is the form of the message. As far as I know, the messages and attachments are

RE: Network config

> > > So you actually need to compile the tulip-driver as a module, not > > > via-rhine. Look for DEC in the section "Network Devices" during > > > kernel-configuration. > > As I said, I used DFE 530 TX, not DE 530. > > > I don't have the whole thread of this anymore, but I vaguely remember >

xserver-xfree86 4.0.1-6 upgrade

Hi. Today's upgrade of the xserver-xfree86 package won't configure on my system for some reason and it doesn't give any good reason what the matter is. dpkg --configure xserver-xfree86 gives: Setting up xserver-xfree86 (4.0.1-6) ... dpkg: error processing xserver-xfree86 (--configure): subproce

Re: Gnome window raisng question

> Give focus to windows even when they have not asked for it ? If not selected, you can click on a window, raise it, and it still won't have focus. > Does click to focus mode pass the click through to the window (Well I > don;t > want click to focus mode) Just a word of ca

potato i386. apache segfault after jserv deinstallation

hia, yesterday i migrated a website to debian potato. apache (from official deb binaries) excecuted with the new configuration, no probs. then i saw that both cocoon and jserv did not configure properly (but i did not expect anything else as i have not set them up). to get rid of the apt-get/dsel

status of db3?

Does anyone know the status of the db3 packages? i.e. hopefully this week, this month, (nearly the same thing) etc.? - Josh

Possible AWE32 package bug

Hi all, Apologies if I've sent this to the wrong lists. I'm running kernel 2.4.0-test10 with a mostly potato system (modutils 2.3.19 compiled from woody*), and I have an AWE32 sound card (non-pnp). I followed the instructions in the kernel documentation for the AWE32 (midi) to the letter, and it

Re: Gnome window raisng question

On Mon Nov 20 12:13:37 2000 Cheng H. Lee wrote... > >On Mon, Nov 20, 2000 at 11:55:41AM -0500, Stan Brown wrote: >> I am seting up potato with Gnome and the Swafish WM. I am from a >> "classic" UNIX background, and have always used "focus follows mouse" >> And "Click on border to rai

Re: a few newbie questions

I'll do my best...hopefully someone will back me up... On Mon, Nov 20, 2000 at 10:12:39AM -0800, Tristan wrote: > 1) After compiling a new kernel, when i boot up i get an error saying > "modprobe: can't locate module char-major-10-135" > is this error serious how can i fix it? If I remember corre

Re: xfree86 4.x, sony vaio c1xd, neomagic chip

Anders Lennartsson wrote: > I have a Sony C1xD (really neat subnotebook) with a 1024x480 display. > After upgrading from Xfree86 3.3.6 to 4.0.1 I have had problems with the > display size > settings in XF86Config-4. Me too. > Even if I only have one Mode (1024x480) specified, the Neomagic chipse

Re: Debian + isdn = ? (a waste of time, so far!)

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I'm having some problems setting up my isdn. Here is the configuration: > >o Debian 2.1r4 (Kernel 2.0.38 + the patch ->2.0.39 from >kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/tao) I think you might need a 2.2 kernel. Mike.

Re: /etc/cron.daily/squid - zipit & rotate

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I'm curious about /etc/cron.daily/squid - > >What's the logic behind the zipit and rotate functions when the >script still relies on savelog for squid.out ? Good question. No idea. Well squid.out isn't really being used anymore so

a few newbie questions

1) After compiling a new kernel, when i boot up i get an error saying "modprobe: can't locate module char-major-10-135" is this error serious how can i fix it? 2) Also when i boot up how do i disable a nfs and lpd service from starting automatically? 3) I just installed console-apt, what are the

Re: I want out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CaT writes: > They wont read the footer either. A few might. Why punish them for it by giving them one they can't use? > Bastids. Some got on by accident, some were subscribed by "friends", and some are just clueless. All of them need all the help they can get. Why make it hard for them to go

Re: Oracle bI 2nd request

On Mon Nov 20 12:47:33 2000 Stan Kaufman wrote... > >Stan Brown wrote: >> >> I posted yesterday, and unfortunately, have recieved no replies. >> >> I have a fresh potato install, and wish to install Oracle 8I on it. >> Most of the information I have is for RedGAt. >> >>

Re: Oracle bI 2nd request

On Mon Nov 20 13:49:52 2000 Jason Holland wrote... > >Hi Stan, > you don't need anything extra to install Oracle 8i in Debian. java comes >with oracle, you need no extra java packages. If your not building a >production machine, 64MB would probably work, but I would not run X at the >same time,

Re: I want out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

On Mon, Nov 20, 2000 at 06:03:40PM -0600, John Hasler wrote: > Matthew Dalton writes: > > Trouble is that these people don't take the time to read it properly, and > > then don't think to go back there to look for instructions when they want > > to unsubscribe. > > So what? They want off the list

X broken after today's woody update

After the upgrade I get a series of: var: allowed_users, value: rootonly. var: nice_value, value: . var: allowed_users, value: rootonly. var: nice_value, value: . var: allowed_users, value: rootonly. var: nice_value, value: . var: allowed_users, value: rootonly. var: nice_value, value: . var: allo

GnomeCAD ?

Hi! I've been doing some websearching for Linux CAD programs, with the intent of participating in their development/usage. I've come across this interesting aplication for Gnome: GnomeCAD The web page: http://gaztelan.bi.ehu.es/~inigo/gcad/ Does anyone know if there are any .deb packages of it

Unidentified subject!

I am unable to configure my soundblaster pci 128. With "make modules " I select sound suport-> ensoniq pci97 (es1371) and oss modules. I have the 2.2.14 kernel version. When I try to install the es1371 it says "device or resouce is busy..may be caused by irq or io inputs..." How can I change th

Re: I want out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Matthew Dalton writes: > Trouble is that these people don't take the time to read it properly, and > then don't think to go back there to look for instructions when they want > to unsubscribe. So what? They want off the list and we want them off the list. Why not make it easy for them to get off

Re: Spin down SCSI drives

Brian Murphy wrote: > Yes. noflushd 2.0 (http://sourceforge.net/projects/noflushd/) includes a > program in its contrib directory which will spin down a scsi disk. I > just tried to compile it and it > seems like it is written for 2.0.x kernels, changing the line which > contains SCSI_DISK_MAJOR t

Re: Spin down SCSI drives

Ekkehard Krämer wrote: > Note that the scsitools package contains a scsi-spin tool, which allows you > to spin > drives up and down manually. Also, it contains a scsi-idle tool, which I have > never > used though, so I cannot tell you anything about it. Spins down the disk alright, but only if

Re: Group `disk'

Tom Huckstep <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Yup, you can write on /dev/hda, format it, whatever you like, if you're > > in "disk". > > This seems a big security risk just so I can play audio CDs. Is there > a better way to give a user the ability to play CDs without giving > them permissions

Re: I want out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Randy Edwards wrote: > > rik M antropov wrote: > > > > I want to be off all your mailing lists and forums. > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >I've seen similar types of messages before, and the way the above is > phrased is rather cryptic, and of cours

[SECURITY] serious DoS possibility in Midnight Commander (mc)

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hi, there is a problem with mc (BugTraq ID 1945), that allows any local user to overwrite the first byte of any file (/vmlinuz, /dev/hda, whatever) with a Zero. A fixed package has been uploaded to unstable (4.5.51-11). Until fixed packages are created for sta

debianising DRI X source

Hi, I recently switched from my own hand-rolled X server/libs combo to Brandon's packages in Woody (because running X outside of the debian system is a real pain). Brandon's packages work great but I'm having problems with 3D on my rage 128 (flickering, no multitexture, occasional hard locks). I w

Re: Couple of questions from a recent convert

* Willy Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [201100 17:01]: > "Robert" == Robert A Jacobs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > * JD Kitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [181100 14:17]: > >> Does the default install support an SB AWE32 for sound without > >> recompiling the kernel? > > > No the default install does not sup

Re: Program can't find shared libraries

> "Colin" == Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Colin> "Allan F. Caetano" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> "Matt" == Matt Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Matt> 3. set some environment variable or something to tell Matt> this particular suite of programs to check the

Re: building deb package

Jesse Goerz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I downloaded the source of a program and did ./configure. I am ready to do >make on it but I thought I had heard you can make a debian package out of it. >Is this true? If it is, how can I do it? Yep. Have a look at the maint-guide and packaging-manual p

Re: Program can't find shared libraries

"Allan F. Caetano" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> "Matt" == Matt Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >Matt> 3. set some environment variable or something to tell >Matt> this particular suite of programs to check the app's >Matt> special /lib directory. > >LD_LIBRARY_PATH is your f

Re: Program can't find shared libraries

for quick solution use option 3 so that you don't polute your system. set $LD_LIBRARY_PATH to whatever directory you want to add as search path for shared libraries. separator is ':' (if you want to add more than one path) if you are going to use the shared libs by other programs, put them int

Re: Program can't find shared libraries

Matt Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [cut] > 1. copy the libraries to /lib or /usr/lib Probably a bad idea. If you remove the program at some later time, you'll have to remember to remove the libraries. If you upgrade, you'll have to remember to copy the new versions. > 2. put symlinks in /l

Re: Q: RSA Authentication vs. Password Authentication in SSH

> "Viktor" == Viktor Rosenfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Viktor> passphrase. My question is, if that (empty passphrase on Viktor> the local network) really is a security hole? My Viktor> reasoning is, that if any machine (except for the Viktor> firewall) is compromised, the

Re: NCR53C9x (MCA) SCSI problem with scanner

Shawn D'Alimonte wrote: > > On November 19, 2000 08:49 pm, Lee Elliott wrote: > > Seems like it's just a conflict between the controller and the > > scanner because the other devices work ok. As it crashes anyway, > > with termination on the controller, try it without. > > > > man sane-scsi only

Re: upgrading to XFree86 4.0.1

Hans Wilmer wrote: > > Hi, > > how can I upgrade the XFree86 3.3.6 that comes with the Debian 2.2 > distribution to XFree86 4.0.1? Which packages would I have to > download? Do I need a 2.4.x kernel to get DRI working with my Matrox > G400? Is there maybe a FAQ available that deals with this issu

lprng printing model

Hi to all! I am trying to setup correctly the printer facility in my Debian 2.2 system. In the book Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 Unleashed, by M. Camou, J. Goerzen and A. V. Couwenberghe, from SAMS editors, the authors said that Debian uses the lprng printing model. I don't know how install it. I didn

Re: Q: RSA Authentication vs. Password Authentication in SSH

> "kmself" == kmself writes: kmself> Ok. So, to ensure key integrity, I do what? This is something (IMHO) ssh doesn't address satisfactory (Also I often wonder why ssh needs to use a new key format of its own, rather then reuse keys generated, say by gpg, where a web of trust can exist

Program can't find shared libraries

> "Matt" == Matt Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Matt> I've built an application that consists of serveral executable Matt> programs and several shared libraries. The programs need the Matt> shared libraries, but the programs can't find the libraries. Matt> Here is an err

Re: building deb package

> "Jesse" == Jesse Goerz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Jesse> I downloaded the source of a program and did ./configure. Jesse> I am ready to do make on it but I thought I had heard you Jesse> can make a debian package out of it. Is this true? If it Jesse> is, how can I do it?

Re: how to watch VCD?

On Sunday 19 November 2000 12:31, Jerry wrote: > I'm trying to watch VCD with gtv and plaympeg > but it always tell me "vedio memory protecting", > what does that mean? > what sould I do before I can watch VCD? > please help me about it, thanks The non-free answer can be found in a previous post (

Can I downgrade to Potato's libc6

I have a potato system on which I have installed woody's alien and rpm some time ago which depended on woody's libc6. My system is working, but I can get any potato source package to compile. Is it possible to downgrade all my packages to potato by apt-get -reinstall with potato source in my /etc

Program can't find shared libraries

I've built an application that consists of serveral executable programs and several shared libraries. The programs need the shared libraries, but the programs can't find the libraries. Here is an error I receive when trying to start a program: /usr/local/panther/run/util/prodev: error w

Re: installing modules for NICs

hi, i did the setup - but there is no driver for my hardware. should i run modconf, and try to install the 3c59x? as for: > If you've already gone through the setup and you have a stock kernel and > modules, try loading the module for your network card, this is done with > modprobe (with option

Re: installing modules for NICs

hi, thanks - i have the 3c59x driver, and am not having any luck. i've tried: # insmod 3c59x with no luck. a search on google yields the same driver you recommend. any thoughts? thanks! On Mon, 20 Nov 2000, shaheenb wrote: > Urbanyon, > > I pretty sure that there is no 3c90x module that c

Re: Thanks!

On Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 10:31:55PM -0500, S . Salman Ahmed wrote: ... > The problem turns out is that [EMAIL PROTECTED] has memorized the MAC address > of the Sohoware NDC 10/100 NIC that I have been using for the last 3 > months or so. I doubt that all of the 3Com NICs were bad, although one > was

Re: mysql_pconnect troubles

>> now i try to use mysql and i get a mysql_pconnect error >could you post the php3 code you use to connect to the mysql server, >plus the exact error message? >are the webserver and mysqld running on the same machine? >have you set the password of the mysql root user? Thanks to Stefan but i had

Re: OT: Compiling gnucash

>I'm trying to compile gnucash on a Potato system and I get this error: > >debian-mobile:/usr/local/gnucash-1.4.8# ./configure --host=i386-linux >loading cache ./config.cache >checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c >checking whether build environment is sane... yes >checkin

Re: what fax software do you suggest?

On Mon, Nov 20, 2000 at 11:07:33PM +0518, USM Bish wrote: > > efax -d /dev/ttyS0 -o1 \ > -t T633222 letter.001 letter.002 Or just fax send 633222 letter.ps (assuming letter is a postscript document) To receive a fax fax To view a received fax fax vie

Re: The Microsoft tax

Bernhard Josef Rieder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What do you do if you want to buy a laptop? I think buying a laptop > without windoze is nearly impossible (at least here in austria) :((( If Germany is an option for you you could look at . They have both laptops and PDAs

Re: Synchronizing the files on two machines

Christophe TROESTLER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I would like to be able to synchronize the *certain* files on two > machines that are *not* directly connected to each other. > [...] > > Well, you get the idea. If you know of an utility more or less > fitting the description above, I am reall

Re: Help getting PS/2 mouse working, please

On Sat, Nov 18, 2000 at 03:11:59PM -0500, Stan Brown wrote: > >Got it working in console mode? > > > > Mmm, sorry I was not specific enough on my problems. > > The answer is "no it's not working in console mode". > > > Here is what i have in /etc/gpm.conf > > device=/de

Re: PON configuration

on Mon, Nov 20, 2000 at 10:46:44AM -0500, Dan Hutchinson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Ok, I have had a little time and now have the base Debian system installed > on my PC. I am trying to configure pon to dial into my company, but > it doesn't recognize the modem. I have an Atlantiz PCI call-wai

Re: Network config

On Mon, Nov 20, 2000 at 08:14:03PM +0800, Gilbert.Li (??) wrote: > > > > So you actually need to compile the tulip-driver as a module, not > > via-rhine. Look for DEC in the section "Network Devices" during > > kernel-configuration. > As I said, I used DFE 530 TX, not DE 530. > I don't have

Re: Q: Have to use Lilo?

on Mon, Nov 20, 2000 at 02:45:28PM +0100, Jonathan Gift ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi, > > I have a dual boot with Windows and I'm about to remove the latter. > > Q: If there is just Linux, then do I still need Lilo? You *can* still use lilo. It's fairly standard. Alternatives include LOADL

Re: what fax software do you suggest?

I wonder if he's asking about its ability to act as a daemon? Efax Can be set up using getty, in standby mode, through initd. The docs with efax do a reasonable job of describing the line you add to the conf file for this. Efax then sits around waiting for the phone to ring. Local/remote (netwo

Debian + isdn = ? (a waste of time, so far!)

I'm having some problems setting up my isdn. Here is the configuration: o Debian 2.1r4 (Kernel 2.0.38 + the patch ->2.0.39 from kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/tao) o AVM Fritz!PCI card (Hisax/type 27, thanks for that info Marko) o isdnutils/isdn4linux 3.0beta2 (as provided packaged on the CD

Re: Oracle bI 2nd request

Stan Brown wrote: > > I posted yesterday, and unfortunately, have recieved no replies. > > I have a fresh potato install, and wish to install Oracle 8I on it. > Most of the information I have is for RedGAt. > > has anyone made this work on Debian? If so, whatr do

Re: Where is C 'pow' function?

On 20/11/2000 at 11:44 -0700, Matt Miller wrote: > The following C program: > > #include > > int main () > { > double p = pow (2, 3); > return 0; > } > > fails to link. ld issues the following complaint: > > undefined reference to `pow' > > Am I

Re: Where is C 'pow' function?

On Mon, Nov 20, 2000 at 11:44:39AM -0700, Matt Miller wrote: > The following C program: > > #include > > int main () > { > double p = pow (2, 3); > return 0; > } > > fails to link. ld issues the following complaint: > > undefined reference to `pow

Re: fetchmail won't fetch

On Sat, 18 Nov 2000, ktb wrote: > I'm a little farther along with my mail trials. Out going works > fine but I can't receive with fetchmail. I'm using exim, fetchmail > and pine on Potato. I use sendmail, so i don't understand the implications of your configuration, BUT: I can't see where you

Re: 386 install

> Btw. forget it. I saw a pentium/100 with 8MB RAM, and it was unusable slow. > apt-get-installing a 20kb-package took 5 Minutes(!). After upgrading to 24MB > RAM (didn't check 16MB), it was a cool server, even able to run small > php3-scripts in a fast manner. As always it only depends on what

Re: System.map

> > Just kinda curious...how important is it to place the new System.map file > > (created when you compiled a new kernel) in the /boot directory? I have > > compiled a number of kernels and, after looking at this discussion, I > > checked my /boot directory to see if I had moved my System.map

Re: Internet connection

On Mon, 20 Nov 2000, Knud Sørensen wrote: > Hi Hi, Knud! > I have installed debian 2.2 and have some problems > getting the internet to work. > I have noticed something strange. > /etc/init.d/inetd is a empty file ! So, your on your way - good! > if I move it to /etc/init.d/inetd.bak > and try

Re: Question and goodbye...

Francesco Bochicchio, Fri 10 Nov: > The only thing I'd like is an automatic purging of 'old' mail ( say, > older than X days ). But I can live without. Can't remember if this is from the debian or mutt list: folder-hook debian \ "push ' ~d >3d ! ~R\n'" folder hook (other|less|high|volum

Fwd: Re: 386 install

On Monday 20 November 2000 18:47, Bek Oberin wrote: > Daniel Migowski wrote: > > On Montag, 20. November 2000 16:15, Jean-Marc Cadudal wrote: > > > I have an old 386 on which I'd like to install Debian 2.2. > > > HP Vectra RS/20 > > > 10 Mb RAM > > > 100 Mb DISK > > > Floppy 1,4 Mb > > > Floppy

RE: update-menus

On 19-Nov-2000 Krzys Majewski wrote: > How can I make update-menus coexist with my custom wm config files? For > example, I rolled my own ~/.vtwmrc. Now, I apt-get install xinvaders. I > would like a menu entry for xinvaders to appear automagically in my > window manager, without losing my othe

Re: Q: RSA Authentication vs. Password Authentication in SSH

Brian May wrote: > Of course. Use ssh-agent means you don't have to enter your passphrase > every-time though. Didn't know about ssh-agent. Tried it out though, and it works like a charm. BTW, I created an .xsession file with the following content to run ssh-add: #!/bin/sh if

Re: Where is C 'pow' function?

Matt Miller wrote: > > The following C program: > > #include > > int main () > { > double p = pow (2, 3); > return 0; > } > > fails to link. ld issues the following complaint: > > undefined reference to `pow' > > Am I missing a lib

Re: SSL in mozilla M18 and Netscape 6

On Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 17:13:45 +, Matthew Sackman wrote: > Whenever I try to use Netscape 6 or Mozilla M18, the https connection gets > refused. Netscape 6 crashes, whilst Mozilla says `connection was refused > when attempting to contact...'. For SSL with Mozilla, you need to install the PSM

Screen resolution with X 4.01

I finally was able to get a display with the new X, but I can't get it to work with any resolution greater than 800x600 (16bpp). With 3.3.6 I am able to get 1024x768. My video card uses a Cirrus 5430 and has 2MB of video memory. The messages I get for 1024x768 are: (WW) CIRRUS(0): Default mode

Re: Setting up SMTP and POP servers - QMail or what?

Griffith Feeney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote >>1) QMAIL - 'cos it's also a POP server, meaning I can revert to my >>Windows clients if I fail to find a Linux one I likt. >Do you really want to run a POP server? I.e., is your machine on all the >time, and do you want to receive incoming mail for othe

ipchains packet logs get displayed on active tty

Packet logs generated by my ipchains firewall are being displayed on the currently selected tty device yet I don't have any syslog rules which use /dev/console. I have activated the rule sending much output to /dev/tty12, yet the packet logs (generated using the KERN_NOTICE facility setting by ip_

apt-get from apt-move mirror doesn't update binary-all packages

Hello everybody, I'm using apt-move to build a local mirror for the packages in my apt-get archive cache. When I upgrade the packages on another machine in my home network with "apt-get update" and "apt-get dist-upgrade" only the packages from the binary-i386 branch are upgraded but the packages f

Where is C 'pow' function?

> "Matt" == Matt Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Matt> The following C program: Matt> #include Matt> int main () Matt> { Matt> double p = pow (2, 3); Matt> return 0; Matt> } Matt> fails to link. ld issues the following complaint: Matt> undefined refe

Problem updating to woody from stable

Hi all: I recently tried apt-get upgrading my stable distribution to woody. I did a standard 'apt-get update; apt-get upgrade'. Below are the contents of my /etc/apt/sources.list and the error message I am getting. I think its a problem with the perl distribution in woody but I am not sure how

RE: Oracle bI 2nd request

Hi Stan, you don't need anything extra to install Oracle 8i in Debian. java comes with oracle, you need no extra java packages. If your not building a production machine, 64MB would probably work, but I would not run X at the same time, otherwise, go with 128MB. Hope this helps Jason >

Re: 386 install

Daniel Migowski wrote: > On Montag, 20. November 2000 16:15, Jean-Marc Cadudal wrote: > > I have an old 386 on which I'd like to install Debian 2.2. > > HP Vectra RS/20 > > 10 Mb RAM > > 100 Mb DISK > > Floppy 1,4 Mb > > Floppy 1,2 Mb > Btw. forget it. I saw a pentium/100 with 8MB RAM, and it was u

Re: another modem question

On Mon, Nov 20, 2000 at 03:39:31PM +0100, Peter Fedichev wrote: > Hello, > > I am using my modem for dial up and fax services. Everything works fine, > the only problem is that the modem does not indicate that the line is > busy, when I phone to ISP or recieve/send a fax. Anyone has an idea what >

Where is C 'pow' function?

The following C program: #include int main () { double p = pow (2, 3); return 0; } fails to link. ld issues the following complaint: undefined reference to `pow' Am I missing a library? How can I search libraries to see which libra

Re: Quake 3 ran, I upgraded. . . Well, It doesn't run any more

>Okay. I decided to upgrade to the most recent version of woody. Good = >Idea? Of course. Everything works . . . except Quake 3 (deja vu!). = >I've got this down to an art now. I know that for some reason X isn't = >finding the libGLcore.so.1.0.5 (or what ever it is) file and therefore = >

/etc/cron.daily/squid - zipit & rotate

I'm curious about /etc/cron.daily/squid - What's the logic behind the zipit and rotate functions when the script still relies on savelog for squid.out ? __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Get organized for the holidays! http://calendar.yahoo.com/

Re: Setting up SMTP and POP servers - QMail or what?

Appreciate your difficulties and questions, I'm working on similar problems getting unix style email working after years with Eudora on Windows. At 06:31 AM 11/20/00, you wrote: >Up till now I've shyed away from implmenting mail on my Linux boxes, >it seems so complicated and my nice friendly (!)

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