xicom pocket ethernet adapter and 2.4 kernel?

2002-06-01 Thread Dave Price
Hi, I seem to remember that tthere used to be support for xicom parallel port ethernet adapters - now I see only d-link. Can anyone point to a way to use the xircom unit under a 2.4 kernel (woody)? aloha, dave -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tro

Re: request for documentation pointer

2002-06-01 Thread Paul Scott
Alice M. Pinard wrote: Ok, I've resigned myself to the fact that for various reasons I'm going to have to upgrade to woody even though I really prefer to stick with the stable distribution. I don't upgrade distros very often, is there documentation I could be pointed to to read on what steps I s

RE:request for documentation pointer

2002-06-01 Thread Andrew Agno
Alice M. Pinard writes: > I don't upgrade distros very often, is there documentation I could be > pointed to to read on what steps I should take? And is there anything > special about moving to an unstable distribution? (Again, I've only ever > used stable distributions before) Well, I've neve

request for documentation pointer

2002-06-01 Thread Alice M. Pinard
Ok, I've resigned myself to the fact that for various reasons I'm going to have to upgrade to woody even though I really prefer to stick with the stable distribution. I don't upgrade distros very often, is there documentation I could be pointed to to read on what steps I should take? And is there

Re: Gaah! KDE madness!

2002-06-01 Thread Peter Clark
On Saturday 01 June 2002 09:30 pm, Andy Saxena wrote: > On Sat, Jun 01, 2002 at 05:56:49PM -0500, Peter Clark wrote: > > On Saturday 01 June 2002 04:00 pm, Andy Saxena wrote: > > > On Sat, Jun 01, 2002 at 10:15:16AM -0500, Peter Clark wrote: > > > > root--I'm sending this, obviously. The second thi

Re: color boot text

2002-06-01 Thread Paul Miller
This would actually be very simple. Just create an included script with two functions -- init_fail() and init_ok(). These functions simple print "failed" or "ok" in color. Next, just include this script (. /etc/init.d/color_funcs.sh) in every init.d script. Finally, change "done" to init_ok()

Re: Man page output

2002-06-01 Thread Andy Saxena
On Fri, May 31, 2002 at 06:53:50PM +0200, Pietro Cagnoni wrote: > Matthew Daubenspeck wrote: > >Is there an easy way to output man pages without all of the underlined > >text? I want to redirect man page output to text type files, but all > >of the files include squares or ^H^H^H all over the place

Re: convert html to text

2002-06-01 Thread Andy Saxena
On Thu, May 30, 2002 at 05:31:30PM -0700, ben wrote: > On Thursday 30 May 2002 04:26 pm, Seneca wrote: > > On Thu, May 30, 2002 at 03:53:20PM -0700, ben wrote: > > > i seem to remember somebody mentioning an app or script that converts > > > html to text. i've searched the archives but can't find a

Re: color boot text

2002-06-01 Thread Tom Barnes-Lawrence
Hi, you wrote: > > If I remember correctly, a friend running red hat had color text > > while his machine was booting. Is there a howto on how to set this > > up? > > ...Red Hat's init scripts do some really bizarre things, but one of > the consequences of this is that they print output in a ~stan

Re: Gaah! KDE madness!

2002-06-01 Thread Andy Saxena
On Sat, Jun 01, 2002 at 05:56:49PM -0500, Peter Clark wrote: > On Saturday 01 June 2002 04:00 pm, Andy Saxena wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 01, 2002 at 10:15:16AM -0500, Peter Clark wrote: > > > root--I'm sending this, obviously. The second thing is that the fonts are > > > all hopelessly foobar. In an ir

Re: Ditching Esound, for ...

2002-06-01 Thread Paul Johnson
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Re: color boot text

2002-06-01 Thread David Z Maze
nick lidakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I would like to have my thinkpad x22 boot with colored text. Simple > red will do. Is that possible without using the framebuffer? Nothing about booting Linux, in general, is inherently black-and-white. But... > If I remember correctly, a friend runnin

Re: "mplayer -vo xvidix" problems with sudo

2002-06-01 Thread Tom Barnes-Lawrence
> > What do you mean? There's only one executable 'mplayer' and only one 'sudo'. > > He means that sudo sets a hard-coded $PATH (defined at compile time) and su > sets a potentially different one derived from any of several places. A similar alternative (to the original question) is that it could

Re: "mplayer -vo xvidix" problems with sudo

2002-06-01 Thread Marc Wilson
On Sat, Jun 01, 2002 at 12:43:49AM -0400, Oleg wrote: > > On Saturday 01 June 2002 12:04 am, Ron Johnson wrote: > > Could it be the difference in $PATH between the 2 commands? > > What do you mean? There's only one executable 'mplayer' and only one 'sudo'. He means that sudo sets a hard-coded $P

Debugging libraries

2002-06-01 Thread Bill Moseley
I've installed the debugging libraries libc6-dbg 2.2.5-6 and libstdc++2.10-dbg. I'm trying to debug a perl module that calls aspell's c++ library. But gdb isn't showing me what I need to know. Are there source packages I need to install, too? (gdb) s 217 in /home/doko/packages/gcc/2.95/x/gc

Re: adding 'pool' to apt sources

2002-06-01 Thread Scott Henson
On Sat, 2002-06-01 at 15:15, Ted M Goodridge, Jr wrote: > Okay, I understand that now. I want to upgrade mozilla to the rc-3, and > for the life of me can't get apt-get install to upgrade it. I'm pretty > sure im using the correct version number, but I'm lost Ok your probably trying to put the u

Re: adding 'pool' to apt sources

2002-06-01 Thread Ted M Goodridge, Jr
Okay, I understand that now. I want to upgrade mozilla to the rc-3, and for the life of me can't get apt-get install to upgrade it. I'm pretty sure im using the correct version number, but I'm lost Ted -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Co

Locale Q:

2002-06-01 Thread Jeff Johnson
I am getting these messages with all sorts of gnome apps. Can anyone point me to info on locals or better yet anyone have some hints? [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ gnome-terminal Gdk-WARNING **: locale not supported by Xlib, locale set to C Gdk-WARNING **: can not set locale modifiers Gdk-WARNING **:

color boot text

2002-06-01 Thread nick lidakis
I would like to have my thinkpad x22 boot with colored text. Simple red will do. Is that possible without using the framebuffer? If I remember correctly, a friend running red hat had color text while his machine was booting. Is there a howto on how to set this up? nick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, ema

Re: Firewall verification - nmap

2002-06-01 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya michel try the *.html version On 1 Jun 2002, Michel Verdier wrote: > > http://www.Linux-Sec.net/Audit/nmap.test.gwif.htm > > This link is broken -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: problem with my TVcard under woody

2002-06-01 Thread Tom Barnes-Lawrence
Hi! Not a bttv guru, but I used to use it (but nowadays it crashes my system, so not using it at the moment) You wrote: > I have compiled my kernel 2.4.18 with bttv support and have the following > /etc/modutils/actions: > > post-install bttv > /sbin/modprobe "-k" tuner > options bttv pll=1 radio

Re: adding 'pool' to apt sources

2002-06-01 Thread Simon Law
On 1 Jun 2002, Ted M Goodridge, Jr wrote: > How do I add pool to sources.list for debian so I can use apt and get > things in the pool directory? You don't have to. All packages are in the pool directory, and the dists you list in your /etc/apt/sources.list just reference them. Simon

RE: Nav Keys in Man (was RE: Man page output)

2002-06-01 Thread Jeremy Turner
Thanks! I think I remember less being added on in a previous apt-get install session on the first machine. I find it funny that the way to not list manpages with 'more' is to install 'less'. Or maybe I haven't had enough caffeine today... Jeremy > -Original Message- > From: Hubert Chan

adding 'pool' to apt sources

2002-06-01 Thread Ted M Goodridge, Jr
How do I add pool to sources.list for debian so I can use apt and get things in the pool directory? Ted -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Debian take on UnitedLinux?

2002-06-01 Thread Jeff
Paul Johnson, 2002-May-31 23:56 -0700: > > Them and everyone else it seems. I gotta wonder if anybody from > California ever stopped to think that they're turning Oregon into what > they moved away from... > > -- > Baloo > No doubt! I'm a native Californian looking forward to the day I can l

Re: Debian take on UnitedLinux?

2002-06-01 Thread Jeff
Paul Johnson, 2002-May-31 22:52 -0700: > On Fri, May 31, 2002 at 09:35:07PM -0700, Jeff wrote: > > > > ...caught 23 roughly 14" long brook trout last Monday while everone > > > else was at work... > > > > you bastard :-) > > Not really. The tradeoff is doing 10 hour shifts on Friday and Satur

Re: [release+kernel] upgrade headache

2002-06-01 Thread Tom Barnes-Lawrence
Hi! Sorry, not got 24/7 net access, so I've not got any mail since this one. Either way, I eventually fixed it myself in the meantime. [snip] > If you are using a debian stock kernel, try adding the module for your > scsi card, scsi_mod, sg, etc. to /etc/modules. Check /boot/config-2.2.x > to see

Re: Remote admin of intermittently-connected machine?

2002-06-01 Thread Karl E. Jorgensen
Perhaps replying to my own post may not be the best of ideas, but here goes... On Wed, May 29, 2002 at 07:07:05PM +0100, Karl E. Jorgensen wrote: > Since I set up a Debian/GNU Linux box for a couple of friends, I find > myself having to administer it remotely. Which is OK, as I did install > ssh o

Re: Linux Gaming

2002-06-01 Thread Jamin W . Collins
On Sat, 01 Jun 2002 12:44:31 -0700 "Paul Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm not really a gamer but have you tried these on Wine? With Wine on > my machine many Windoze apps just install and run automatically. While Wine is amazing in what it can do, it's not yet ready to allow for the nati

Re: PPP

2002-06-01 Thread Jeff
Marcelo Braga, 2002-Jun-01 16:16 -0300: > > **I can ping only my local interface (192.168.100.1), but I can`t ping the > other side (192.168.100.2). > Okay, can you ping from the remote server back to this server? If so, then there's a problem on the remote server, probably routing. If you ca

Re: Nav Keys in Man (was RE: Man page output)

2002-06-01 Thread Hubert Chan
> "Jeremy" == Jeremy Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Jeremy> Another question related to manpages: On other Linux boxes I've Jeremy> built (Mandrake, Redhat), whenever I view a manpage I can use Jeremy> the arrow keys to navigate. On the first Debian box I built, I Jeremy> just got a 'more

Re: Firewall verification - nmap

2002-06-01 Thread Ron Johnson
On Sat, 2002-06-01 at 14:45, Michel Verdier wrote: > Alvin Oga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > > > list of (online) places that nmaps your machine ( fw ) > > > > http://www.Linux-Sec.net/Audit/nmap.test.gwif.htm > > This link is broken When I saw that it was broken, just for the heck of it,

Bad Drawable? GDK crashes using X4.1

2002-06-01 Thread Ted Goodridge, Jr
On many, many GDK/GTK applications, I'm getting this error and a nasty unhappy exit. Gdk-ERROR **: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) serial 12125 error_code 9 request_code 133 minor_code 1 Is this an X4.1 bug or a GTK bug? Has anyone else experienced this? I'm using woody with

Re: inserting carriage return characters

2002-06-01 Thread Q. Gong
> What is a simple way to insert a carriage return character just before > each line feed (new line) character in a text file? > > Try command: "cat old.txt | recode ..pc > new.txt" Qian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROT

Re: lost route (network unreachable)

2002-06-01 Thread Michel Verdier
DvB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > I tried running route add -host hostname.mydomain.com (though I have no > idea if that's supposed to work or not) and get the following: > > SIOCADDRT: No such device Did you indicate interface name like this : route add -host hostname.mydomain.com eth0 --

Nav Keys in Man (was RE: Man page output)

2002-06-01 Thread Jeremy Turner
Another question related to manpages: On other Linux boxes I've built (Mandrake, Redhat), whenever I view a manpage I can use the arrow keys to navigate. On the first Debian box I built, I just got a 'more' navigation (spacebar or enter key). Somewhere along the line, I installed something which

Re: Connect Linux to Windows XP

2002-06-01 Thread Walter Reed
On Sat, Jun 01, 2002 at 09:02:57PM +0200, Ronald Castillo wrote: > I already have pppconfig, but I don't know how to use it to connect to a > Windows box. I've only used it to connect to the internet by modem. > Any tips on how can I do this? If you are asking how to configure the Windows box for

Re: Remote admin of intermittently-connected machine?

2002-06-01 Thread Andy Saxena
On Wed, May 29, 2002 at 07:07:05PM +0100, Karl E. Jorgensen wrote: > Since I set up a Debian/GNU Linux box for a couple of friends, I find > myself having to administer it remotely. Which is OK, as I did install > ssh on it. > > But the box is only connected to the internet via a pay-as-you-go > d

Re: Connect Linux to Windows XP

2002-06-01 Thread dman
On Sat, Jun 01, 2002 at 10:39:44AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: | On Sat, 2002-06-01 at 10:09, Ronald Castillo wrote: | > Hello.. | > | > I was wondering if it is possible to connect my Linux PC to a Windows XP | > one using the serial port, so the Linux PC can have the internet access | > that the W

Re: lost route (network unreachable)

2002-06-01 Thread Andy Saxena
I am replying to your previous two posts together. On Fri, May 24, 2002 at 09:04:03AM -0500, DvB wrote: > > > The "H" flag indicates that the route is to a specific host. Obviously, > > 255.255.255.255 is not a valid host address. > > > The field with the 255.255.255.255 is labeled as "Genmask,

Re: Firewall verification - nmap

2002-06-01 Thread Michel Verdier
Alvin Oga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > list of (online) places that nmaps your machine ( fw ) > > http://www.Linux-Sec.net/Audit/nmap.test.gwif.htm This link is broken -- Michel Verdier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact

Re: Linux Gaming

2002-06-01 Thread Paul Scott
Paul Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Jun 01, 2002 at 04:27:52AM -0700, ben wrote: thanks. i appreciate the time you put into the response. quake III is the key. if i can get that running on my machine, then half the battle is won. I'm not really a gamer

Problem with "netlink" I can't ping anywhere external to my network

2002-06-01 Thread James Ireson
I've recently moved and just come around to getting my last machine back on my network... Sparc Station 5 I use ipchains on my Sparc IPX running 2.2r6 to do forwarding, and all's working well for everything else... But this one sparc which was working fine now isn't It can ping everything inte

alsa modules for alpha?

2002-06-01 Thread Ted Goodridge, Jr
I installed the alsa packages but the modules are no where to be found. Do I have to build them myself, or are they in a .deb? If I have to build them myself, what are the necessary steps? Thanks in advance, Ted -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". T

RE: Connect Linux to Windows XP

2002-06-01 Thread Ronald Castillo
I already have pppconfig, but I don't know how to use it to connect to a Windows box. I've only used it to connect to the internet by modem. Any tips on how can I do this? Thanks a lot.. Ronald -Original Message- From: Glyn Millington [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Glyn Millingt

Re: inserting carriage return characters

2002-06-01 Thread Dougie Nisbet
On Saturday 01 June 2002 6:19 am, Paul E Condon wrote: > What is a simple way to insert a carriage return character just before > each line feed (new line) character in a text file? Have you looked at 'flip' (man flip). I've found this very useful for modifying text files so that I can read them

Abiword font error

2002-06-01 Thread jim
Other than following the instructions given ( I'm certain Debian has done some or all of it already, but how much and what?), maybe someone else has resolved the problem already.. Source: abiword/unstable Version: 1.0.1+cvs.2002.05.30-1 System: Testing (aka Woody, Debian

Re: Possible anti-spam reject host

2002-06-01 Thread Walter Reed
On Sat, Jun 01, 2002 at 12:00:39AM -0500, dman wrote: > No. Only if they choose to. They _could_ be checking an "inputs" RBL > and denying them the ability to abuse the swbell system like that. > > | I have a whole sh*t pot full of filter defs. > > Spamassassin is much more effective than that

low memory installation 4mb 386sx

2002-06-01 Thread Rick Dawson
Hello everyone: This is my first posting to this newsgroup. I have the following system: 386SX-25 math copro 4mb ram 1.44 fdd 120 mb hdd 4x atapi ide cdrom   know ram is cheap but I want to do this because I understand it can be done and I want to take on the challenge.  (Kind of like the fa

low memory installation 4mb 386sx

2002-06-01 Thread Rick Dawson
Hello everyone: This is my first posting to this newsgroup. I have the following system: 386SX-25 math copro 4mb ram 1.44 fdd 120 mb hdd 4x atapi ide cdrom   know ram is cheap but I want to do this because I understand it can be done and I want to take on the challenge.  (Kind of like the fam

Re: Connect Linux to Windows XP

2002-06-01 Thread John Hasler
Ronald Castillo writes: > Any tips on how can use PPP? It's trivial on the Linux end, but I'm not sure Windows can do it at all. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, Wisconsin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Conta

Re: Connect Linux to Windows XP

2002-06-01 Thread Glyn Millington
"Ronald Castillo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Generally I use LAN (both PCs connected to a router), but I have a > problem with the LAN cable (I have to buy a new one) and while I do that > I need internet on my linux box. > > Any tips on how can use PPP? apt-get install pppconfig hth Glyn -

Re: Ditching Esound, for ...

2002-06-01 Thread Joey Hess
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > What is the preferred sound solution on Debian nowadays? One > requirement is that it should be able to merge multiple sound streams > to one output, à la Esound. My preference is a decent sound card. Or half-decent. The ymfpci driver lets the card do mixing of multiple

RE: Connect Linux to Windows XP

2002-06-01 Thread Ronald Castillo
Generally I use LAN (both PCs connected to a router), but I have a problem with the LAN cable (I have to buy a new one) and while I do that I need internet on my linux box. Any tips on how can use PPP? Thanks for your assistance.. Ronald Castillo -Original Message- From: Ron Johnson [ma

Re: inserting carriage return characters

2002-06-01 Thread Hubert Chan
> "Paul" == Paul E Condon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Paul> What is a simple way to insert a carriage return character just Paul> before each line feed (new line) character in a text file? You mean converting a UNIX text file to a DOS text file? Install the sysutils package. It includes a u

Re: Ditching Esound, for ...

2002-06-01 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 01-Jun-2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've been faithful to the Esound daemon for a long time. But Esound > has never been really rock solid. When at home I play mp3s on my girlfriends > macintosh. The time has come to do something about this. > > What is the preferred sound solution on Debia

Ditching Esound, for ...

2002-06-01 Thread m2
I've been faithful to the Esound daemon for a long time. But Esound has never been really rock solid. When at home I play mp3s on my girlfriends macintosh. The time has come to do something about this. What is the preferred sound solution on Debian nowadays? One requirement is that it should be ab

Re: Connect Linux to Windows XP

2002-06-01 Thread Ron Johnson
On Sat, 2002-06-01 at 10:09, Ronald Castillo wrote: > Hello.. > > I was wondering if it is possible to connect my Linux PC to a Windows XP > one using the serial port, so the Linux PC can have the internet access > that the Windows XP has. > > Any tips to make this work are very appreciated. Of

problem with my TVcard under woody

2002-06-01 Thread Psycho Imbecility
I have compiled my kernel 2.4.18 with bttv support and have the following /etc/modutils/actions: post-install bttv /sbin/modprobe "-k" tuner options bttv pll=1 radio=1 card=54 options tuner type=5 But when I run scantv it say that the tuner type not set. What do I wrong? -- have a lot of imbeci

Connect Linux to Windows XP

2002-06-01 Thread Ronald Castillo
Hello.. I was wondering if it is possible to connect my Linux PC to a Windows XP one using the serial port, so the Linux PC can have the internet access that the Windows XP has. Any tips to make this work are very appreciated. Ronald Castillo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wi

Re: Debian ports [was: Re: Weirdness in "apt-get upgrade"]

2002-06-01 Thread Joey Hess
Brian Nelson wrote: > Well, I'm not a dev and I could be wrong, but I seem to remember lots > and lots of RC bugs a few months ago were due to packages failing to > build on hppa. Looking at the old RC bug reports, this appears to be > true. Since all of those bugs had to be fixed, I can only ass

Re: X server setup

2002-06-01 Thread Jerome Acks Jr
On Fri, May 31, 2002 at 01:15:45AM -0400, Slootbeek, Jule S wrote: > hey guys, > whenever i try to start X i get this error: > fatal Server Error: > No Screens found. Probably something is not well defined for your device or monitor, or you don't have a valid SubSection "Display". Check /var/

Re: ipchains or iptables? (was: X version)

2002-06-01 Thread Cam Ellison
There is no provision that I am aware of in 2.2 kernels for iptables. You do have to set up packet filtering, etc., when you build your kernel. 2.4 kernels do allow for ipchains, but you must selet that option when you build them. Selecting one (ipchains or iptables) blocks use of the other, so t

Re: Linux Gaming

2002-06-01 Thread Jamin W . Collins
On Sat, 1 Jun 2002 04:27:52 -0700 "ben" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > am i correct in assuming that, in the game world, there ain't no such > thing as free beer, and that linux gaming requires buying m$ versions > for the data files required? This depends on the game. WRT Quake III, I purchased

Re: Debian take on UnitedLinux?

2002-06-01 Thread marshal
> "Paul" == Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Paul> About the only good thing I can say about summer is I'm less Paul> likely to get poked in the eye by some tourist prick that Paul> doesn't realise it's considered rude to carry an open Paul> umbrella in a crowd. Get a

Re: Linux Gaming

2002-06-01 Thread Paul Johnson
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Re: inserting carriage return characters

2002-06-01 Thread dman
On Sat, Jun 01, 2002 at 12:05:58AM -0700, ben wrote: | On Friday 31 May 2002 11:01 pm, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: | > On 01-Jun-2002 Paul E Condon wrote: | > > What is a simple way to insert a carriage return character just before | > > each line feed (new line) character in a text file? | > | > in

Re: Linux Gaming

2002-06-01 Thread ben
On Saturday 01 June 2002 02:12 am, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Sat, Jun 01, 2002 at 12:26:48AM -0700, ben wrote: > > send me a list of what he'd need to do the same, and i'll work on > > enabling the transition. > > At the time I did this, I was taking a PII 450 with a 15GB drive, 100MB > RealTek nic,

Re: 'hw' RAID1

2002-06-01 Thread Matthew Sackman
On Sat, May 25, 2002 at 01:17:43AM +0200, Robert Ludvik wrote: > Hi > How can I install Debian on ABIT motherboard with onboard HPT370A controler? > For other distros there are boot images on hpt homepage... > I tried to install with: > "linux.bin ide2=0x...,0x... ide3=0x..., 0x..." like it says i

Re: inserting carriage return characters

2002-06-01 Thread Thomas Good
On Sat, 1 Jun 2002, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Sat, Jun 01, 2002 at 12:20:49AM -0700, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > > as I have learned in life, sometimes morality takes a back seat to paying > > rent. > > It hurts, you fight it, and the strong leave it behind. But sometimes, you > > do > > wha

Re: inserting carriage return characters

2002-06-01 Thread Thomas Good
On Fri, 31 May 2002, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > On 01-Jun-2002 Paul E Condon wrote: > > What is a simple way to insert a carriage return character just before > > each line feed (new line) character in a text file? > > > > in other words, make it look like a Windows text file? The sysutils

Re: Debian ports [was: Re: Weirdness in "apt-get upgrade"]

2002-06-01 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, May 31, 2002 at 09:57:45PM -0700, Brian Nelson wrote: > Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > That's a rather odd presumption. Do you real debian-devel-announce? You > > can find out exactly what kept debian from releasing on any given month. > > Hint: You won't find any desperate calls

Re: HOTMAIL on a linux list ???!!#***###

2002-06-01 Thread Glyn Millington
Vineet Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > cockeyed enough to be considered spam. If I am mistaken and my .sig is > so wretched that it outweighs the benefit of my posts here, please let > me know (anyone, really), and I'll either change it or unsubscribe > (haven't decided yet). Vineet, _any_ si

Linux Gaming

2002-06-01 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sat, Jun 01, 2002 at 12:26:48AM -0700, ben wrote: > send me a list of what he'd need to do the same, and i'll work on enabling > the transition. At the time I did this, I was taking a PII 450 with a 15GB drive, 100MB RealTek nic, and a nVidia GeForce2 AGP and 256MB of RAM. More is better on

ipchains or iptables? (was: X version)

2002-06-01 Thread Steve Haslam
On Fri, May 31, 2002 at 03:52:15PM -0700, Paul E Condon wrote: > OK, so I'm really using kernel 2.2.19, but... > I have been under the impression that the method of packet > filtering/forwarding > changed from something called 'ipchains' in 2.2 to something called 'iptables' > in 2.4. I see that '

Re: Debian take on UnitedLinux?

2002-06-01 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sat, Jun 01, 2002 at 01:16:21AM -0700, ben wrote: > californian. i think that, in a previous post, where i used the phrase > 'dotcom okies,' i should have said dotcom migrants. perhaps i encouraged > interstate antipathy by that error. the point is that if i have a grievance No, it was menti

Re: HOTMAIL on a linux list ???!!#***###

2002-06-01 Thread Vineet Kumar
* ben ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020601 00:06]: > On Friday 31 May 2002 11:07 pm, Vineet Kumar wrote: > > * Arthur Dent ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020531 02:46]: > > > I know I loathe getting microsofts advertising delivered to me from other > > > people so dont like spreading the virus myself. > > > > So why

Re: inserting carriage return characters

2002-06-01 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sat, Jun 01, 2002 at 12:20:49AM -0700, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > as I have learned in life, sometimes morality takes a back seat to paying > rent. > It hurts, you fight it, and the strong leave it behind. But sometimes, you do > what you have to in order to survive. True enough. Though m

Re: Debian take on UnitedLinux?

2002-06-01 Thread ben
On Saturday 01 June 2002 12:24 am, Shawn Dunn wrote: > On Fri, 31 May 2002 23:56:43 -0700 > > Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > definitely cute; married to the bass player, in fact. they used to be > > > our personal house band in sf, before they all, almost as one, realized > > > they'

Re: Debian take on UnitedLinux?

2002-06-01 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sat, Jun 01, 2002 at 12:24:25AM -0700, Shawn Dunn wrote: > Try out Montana sometime, grew up there, and the Californians and > Easterners are doing their damnedest to remake in the image of the > places they left, and have been for round 20 years or so.. Heh, yeah. I just kinda wish th

Re: Debian take on UnitedLinux?

2002-06-01 Thread Shawn Dunn
On Fri, 31 May 2002 23:56:43 -0700 Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > definitely cute; married to the bass player, in fact. they used to be our > > personal house band in sf, before they all, almost as one, realized they'd > > had it with high rent and dotcom okies. > > Them and every

Re: inserting carriage return characters

2002-06-01 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
> > useful information. i was torn about responding, reluctant to accommodate the > devil's formats, revelling in the fact that whenever i have to deal with him, > i get to name the price. the quality of the sysutils package is yet another > reason to appreciate gnu/linux. i'd only ever used it f

Re: Kills Linux hdd's?

2002-06-01 Thread ben
On Saturday 01 June 2002 12:02 am, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Fri, May 31, 2002 at 11:27:14PM -0700, ben wrote: > > six months ago, while he was still thirteen, he built his own system. > > little punk has also outgrown me by an inch, or if you take his word, an > > inch and a half. still can't get h

ifconfig

2002-06-01 Thread Paul Johnson
Is there any way to adjust at what point the packet and byte counts roll over as displayed in ifconfig? -- Baloo pgpXsWdiw4yD9.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Debian take on UnitedLinux?

2002-06-01 Thread ben
On Friday 31 May 2002 11:56 pm, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Fri, May 31, 2002 at 11:39:07PM -0700, ben wrote: > > all of which goes to explain why you're on the list on a friday night, i > > guess. > > Well, even if I was doing what I want to be, sometimes the local furry > parties get a little slow f

Re: HOTMAIL on a linux list ???!!#***###

2002-06-01 Thread ben
On Friday 31 May 2002 11:07 pm, Vineet Kumar wrote: > * Arthur Dent ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020531 02:46]: > > I know I loathe getting microsofts advertising delivered to me from other > > people so dont like spreading the virus myself. > > So why do you use it at all? Even without directly paying the

Re: Kills Linux hdd's?

2002-06-01 Thread Paul Johnson
On Fri, May 31, 2002 at 11:27:14PM -0700, ben wrote: > six months ago, while he was still thirteen, he built his own system. little > punk has also outgrown me by an inch, or if you take his word, an inch and a > half. still can't get him to embrace linux--he's a gamer. So am I! I use Debian e

Re: inserting carriage return characters

2002-06-01 Thread ben
On Friday 31 May 2002 11:01 pm, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > On 01-Jun-2002 Paul E Condon wrote: > > What is a simple way to insert a carriage return character just before > > each line feed (new line) character in a text file? > > in other words, make it look like a Windows text file? The sysutil

Re: Debian take on UnitedLinux?

2002-06-01 Thread Paul Johnson
On Fri, May 31, 2002 at 11:39:07PM -0700, ben wrote: > all of which goes to explain why you're on the list on a friday night, i > guess. Well, even if I was doing what I want to be, sometimes the local furry parties get a little slow for ten minutes or so as people geek out, so I retreat back t

Re: Possible anti-spam reject host

2002-06-01 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sat, Jun 01, 2002 at 12:02:34AM -0500, dman wrote: > sa-exim :-). > > http://marc.merlins.org/linux/exim/sa.html Whoa! That should be a Debian package (maybe the default MTA). -- Baloo pgpm6EOjd1tOS.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Debian take on UnitedLinux?

2002-06-01 Thread ben
On Friday 31 May 2002 10:52 pm, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Fri, May 31, 2002 at 09:35:07PM -0700, Jeff wrote: > > > ...caught 23 roughly 14" long brook trout last Monday while everone > > > else was at work... > > > > you bastard :-) > > Not really. The tradeoff is doing 10 hour shifts on Friday a

Re: Kills Linux hdd's?

2002-06-01 Thread ben
On Friday 31 May 2002 10:25 pm, Dale Hair wrote: > On Fri, 2002-05-31 at 23:38, Paul Johnson wrote: > > On Fri, May 31, 2002 at 10:03:25PM -0500, Kent West wrote: > > > My co-workers and I have seen (or actually "heard") a lot of this over > > > the past four or five years. The Gateway computers we

Re: Possible anti-spam reject host

2002-06-01 Thread Paul Johnson
On Fri, May 31, 2002 at 09:36:30PM -0700, Alvin Oga wrote: > - am not as worried about "fat pipe" .. as opposed to > accidental deletes... Rare. 0% in the last two days (though the AT&T and Charter ones might be legit, but doubtful, they're fairly regular spam sources when I decide to comment

Re: HOTMAIL on a linux list ???!!#***###

2002-06-01 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Arthur Dent ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020531 02:46]: > I know I loathe getting microsofts advertising delivered to me from other > people so dont like spreading the virus myself. So why do you use it at all? Even without directly paying them any revenues out of your own pocket, every time you use on

Re: inserting carriage return characters

2002-06-01 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 01-Jun-2002 Paul E Condon wrote: > What is a simple way to insert a carriage return character just before > each line feed (new line) character in a text file? > in other words, make it look like a Windows text file? The sysutils package has two utilities -- 'fromdos' which removes ^M and 't

Re: Debian take on UnitedLinux?

2002-06-01 Thread Paul Johnson
On Fri, May 31, 2002 at 09:35:07PM -0700, Jeff wrote: > > ...caught 23 roughly 14" long brook trout last Monday while everone > > else was at work... > > you bastard :-) Not really. The tradeoff is doing 10 hour shifts on Friday and Saturday night. Portland has lots of clubs, but none of the

Re: Kills Linux hdd's?

2002-06-01 Thread Paul Johnson
On Fri, May 31, 2002 at 06:08:43PM -0700, Jaye Inabnit ke6sls wrote: > Yuppers, that would be a cruel situation. I did it too for a small time, but > I just couldn't ignore RMS's suggestions of implied migration. Implied migration? > Time to backup what you can and toss it in the trash. Heh,

Re: PPP

2002-06-01 Thread Jeff
[EMAIL PROTECTED], 2002-May-31 22:59 -0300: > Hi guys, I'm having some problems with pppd. I'm trying to install 2 servers > with a leased line. > > All signals (DCD, DSR, DTR, CTS and RTS) are up, which indcates that the > cables and modems are OK, but I can't ping the remote peer. > > Here go

Re: Kills Linux hdd's?

2002-06-01 Thread Dale Hair
On Fri, 2002-05-31 at 23:38, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Fri, May 31, 2002 at 10:03:25PM -0500, Kent West wrote: > > > My co-workers and I have seen (or actually "heard") a lot of this over > > the past four or five years. The Gateway computers we purchased came > > with Western Digital drives. Acc

inserting carriage return characters

2002-06-01 Thread Paul E Condon
What is a simple way to insert a carriage return character just before each line feed (new line) character in a text file? -- Paul E Condon [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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