xntpd not functioning anymore...

1999-12-13 Thread Dan Hugo
13 Dec 00:57:38 ntpdate[25953]: no server suitable for synchronization found (again, from a machine within the internal net, and after I restarted xntpd3 on the server machine) I am reading through the xntpd-doc stuff, but if anyone has any suggestions, I would appreciate the hint. Thanks Dan

Re: xntpd not functioning anymore...

1999-12-13 Thread Dan Hugo
Henrique M Holschuh wrote: On Mon, 13 Dec 1999, Dan Hugo wrote: $ntptrace tock.cs.unlv.edu tock.CS.UNLV.EDU: stratum 2, offset 0.853196, synch distance 0.04726 usno.pa-x.dec.com: stratum 1, offset 0.842812, synch distance 0.02371, refid 'USNO' Those offset lines are worrisome. NTP

Re: xntpd not functioning anymore...

1999-12-13 Thread Dan Hugo
for the comments and suggestions! Dan Hugo William Burrow wrote: On Mon, Dec 13, 1999 at 08:45:04AM -0200, Henrique M Holschuh wrote: Don't kill tcp or udp packets from/to the ntp service port, nor delay them. When in doubt, try ntpq -p host to ping the servers. This will work even if the ntp ports

LI during Lilo (normal solutions not working)

1999-11-04 Thread Dan Hugo
bios to Normal, didn't maximize that partition, and made sure it was same as working config (re-partitioned), and reinstalled the base system from scratch again (a 10 minute ordeal, luckily). This is where I am left. Thanks for any help Dan Hugo

Re: LI during Lilo (normal solutions not working)

1999-11-04 Thread Dan Hugo
Answer: linear... [or lilo -l ] boots fine now. Found this tidbit in an old lilo users guide at http://www.yggdrasil.com/bible/lilo/user/user.html though I should have thought of this earlier... -dh Dan Hugo wrote: Greetings- I am getting the LI_ (flashing _) at boot of my

Re: ssh1 error question

1999-10-09 Thread Dan Hugo
Dan Hugo wrote: Greetings-- I have been using ssh Version 1.2.26 from slink for a while to connect to my isp, and it has worked just fine for me. My isp us using ssh version 1.2.26a. Lately, however, I have noticed the following two things happening, and I don't remember them

Serial port problems with kernel 2.0.36 SMP

1999-08-12 Thread Dan Hugo
... h. Is this a configuration error on my part? I do have serial port support in the kernel (not a module), I read the serial HOWTO, but I am afraid I am stuck. Any info? Thanks Dan Hugo ps this is the segfault info when I abort the connection attempt in pilot-xfer /dev/ttyS0: Code: 1Unable

Unstable gzip/gunzip

1999-07-28 Thread Dan Hugo
appreciated! Thanks Dan Hugo

Found Problem (Re: Unstable gzip/gunzip)

1999-07-28 Thread Dan Hugo
Hmm, some bit errors in my memory dimms, found with memtest86. Cool util, I believe I will keep it... -dh Dan Hugo wrote: I am seeing some very unstable behavior which I am trying to track down, and I would really really appreciate some input... Here is what I am seeing

HP LaserJet 2100TN question

1999-07-26 Thread Dan Hugo
, it supports postscript, so I have been printing to the raw device with no troubles... should I have a filter in there?) Thanks for any thoughts. Dan Hugo

Large disk question-partition larger than disk

1999-07-26 Thread Dan Hugo
it and started that partition from scratch, with good results). I am running slink kernel 2.0.36 with SMP enabled. Thanks for any input Dan Hugo

Re: HP LaserJet 2100TN question

1999-07-26 Thread Dan Hugo
Jason Gunthorpe wrote: On Sun, 25 Jul 1999, Dan Hugo wrote: My question, though, is how to make use of the features of the 2100. That is, I have a third paper tray... how to I tell it which to use? How can I change the resolutions (max is 1200dpi), or whatever other features

Re: what to do when libc6 upgrade goes bad

1999-03-23 Thread Dan Hugo
Sarel Botha wrote: Having updated libc6, I didn't know whether a reboot was in order, since that is a fairly important library for just about everything. Well, this was a bad idea, since my machine hung rebooting, and then nothing would run once the kernel finished starting. Couldn't

One more possibly-dumb question...

1999-03-22 Thread Dan Hugo
right to me, either. Can someone tell me why this would be? thanks Dan Hugo ps if more specific detail is needed, I would be happy to provide it...

Re: One more possibly-dumb question...

1999-03-22 Thread Dan Hugo
changed! -dh Dan Hugo wrote: Greetings- In a previous message, I described my recent libc6 drama and how I backed out of it. I notice now that when I boot up my machine, that root is logged in (as in, sitting in /root logged in and everything) right before xdm runs. I have never

More info (was Re: what to do when libc6 upgrade goes bad)

1999-03-22 Thread Dan Hugo
?) The question, then, is what to do NEXT TIME I do something dumb like this... how can I avoid getting stuck in this situation, given that I have a 2.0 CD... Any suggestions appreciated, regarding the best way to backtrack when libc6 upgrades go bad, or how to get smail to run again. Thanks Dan

Xcopilot on Debian 2.0

1999-02-22 Thread Dan Hugo
read some usenet postings from people who claim to have it working. H. I've only spent about an hour on this so far, but any pointers would be appreciated. Thanks Dan Hugo

Re: Xcopilot on Debian 2.0

1999-02-22 Thread Dan Hugo
Note: my build does appear to work with the DEBUG Rom image from the Palm web site, both v2.0.2 and v3.0 I did have the 3.0.x (2 I think) update in my new ROM... perhaps this is the problem? Still, if anyone has any input, I would like to know, but at least I can use it. -dh Dan Hugo wrote

Wrong HD size in BIOS, Recovery?

1999-02-06 Thread Dan Hugo
, and that flaky one is acting okay, but I don't really want to use it as a temp drive... hmmm. thanks a lot Dan Hugo .8G short...

Re: Any one using voice modems (mailbox) on Debian with US Robotics Modem

1998-12-14 Thread Dan Hugo
A vgetty documentation site: http://www.yeolde.com/~surfgriz/vgetty/ I used to have a link to the mgetty+sendfax page which included the sources and various bits of info for vgetty as well, but that link seems to have moved... I too have a USR Sportster voice on a shelf somewhere, and I was

[Off Topic] Creative Hardware Question

1998-12-14 Thread Dan Hugo
would be desirable at all. (I really do have a meeting about something along these lines in 7 hours, but I am posing the question for some projects we have coming up soon...) Thanks for any thoughts, ideas, suggestions, and non-flames... Dan Hugo ps I work for none of the companies I mentioned

LinkSys EtherFast 10/100 and Hamm

1998-11-29 Thread Dan Hugo
Dan Hugo

CD-RW experiences?

1998-08-20 Thread Dan Hugo
through the CD-ROM/CD-writing HOWTOs, and a list of compatible drives, but it was mostly CD-R biased). Any info much appreciated. Thanks Dan Hugo

Re: anybody have/use ADSL?

1998-05-28 Thread Dan Hugo
I've been using PacBell service in Silicon Valley, CA (USA) since February, and I have to say that I have had a generally good experience. The prices during the trial period have been high $80/month for service from PacBell $75/month for PacBell Internet ISP $125 for wiring install at PacBell

Slightly misguided article

1998-05-28 Thread Dan Hugo
If you have some time, please check out http://www.zdnet.com/pcweek/opinion/0525/25wide.html With the headline The case against Linux? I think this author needs to hear from real users, and it is clear that the large Debian community has plenty to say... -dh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: sdram and linux

1998-04-02 Thread Dan Hugo
tony mollica wrote: Hi. Just looking for a little more info. Just installed 64megs 168 pin sdram (replacing the 64megs of the usual type 72 pin edo stuff) in my system and it appears to be causing file system corruption, as indicated on boot up by fsck (attempted boot up, actually).

Repost question regarding Netscape Communicator 4.04and News

1998-03-17 Thread Dan Hugo
ago without them into /usr/local ... Thanks Dan Hugo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Communicator and News reading

1998-03-16 Thread Dan Hugo
workarounds for this problem? I installed it without using the debian install scripts, since I had installed it long ago without them into /usr/local ... Thanks Dan Hugo -- E-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST. Trouble? E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Interrupts and serial ports

1998-01-12 Thread Dan Hugo
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 0setserial confused me to. But after all I've figuered out, that linux (on my machine) does NOT support 2 serials on the same interupt. What happens is, that they both are not useable. I have set the jumpers on my ... hmmm ... let me look ... AdLib ISA POWER 221 card

Interrupts and serial ports

1998-01-11 Thread Dan Hugo
I have a SIIG serial port ISA card so I can add on two more serial ports. I was looking through /etc/rc.boot/0setserial to see how everything is configured, and I noticed that in the manual configuration section, it attempts to setup the COM1/3 and COM2/4 ports to irq's 4 and 3, respectively.

Re: browser with strong encryption?

1998-01-10 Thread Dan Hugo
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Does anyone know of a browser with 128-bit encryption. I need access to a site that requires 128-bit encryption (it detects 40 or 56-bit encryption and disables features on the site) and I'd hate to have to use win95. Does netscape plan to make Navigator or

Re: Why use pgp?

1998-01-09 Thread Dan Hugo
Will Lowe wrote: On Fri, 9 Jan 1998, Tim Thomson wrote: I know why you would want to use it to send encrypted messages, but why do you want to sign your messages? Well, we use it to sign other things. Like, for example, when I upload a new debian package, I sign it so that the

Question: I2O, and how Linux is dealing

1997-11-12 Thread Dan Hugo
I was just reading over the NDA agreement (for fun) that the I2O organization (http://www.i2osig.org/) makes people sign before they THINK about the technology in I2O, and I recall reading somewhere that the Linux community was NOT in favor of the whole concept (for obvious reasons, given the

Configuring xinetd- cannot telnet to self

1997-11-10 Thread Dan Hugo
I should be able to do this: telnet 127.0.0.1 from my machine (telneting to myself) but I get this: Trying 127.0.0.1... telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused Same when trying to ftp, etc. I looked for a HOWTO on xinetd, but didn't see anything. So where should I

Why would modprobe be looking for binfmt-0 ?

1997-11-10 Thread Dan Hugo
This is a strange one: I have java executable and aout executable support compiled as modules. These both have names that begin with binfmt, but I can see no reference to anything called binfmt-0 in /etc/modules or /lib/modules/2.0.27/modules.dep Nor is there any so-named module anywhere that I

Re: Configuring xinetd- cannot telnet to self

1997-11-10 Thread Dan Hugo
Well, it must be late, because I thought this info was there, but I had looked in /etc/inetd.conf instead of /etc/xinetd.conf Clearly, I missed something during my install a while back... Thanks! -dh Daniel Martin wrote: On Sun, 9 Nov 1997, Dan Hugo wrote: So where should I look

Re: lock a pentium for fun!

1997-11-09 Thread Dan Hugo
I hat to be naive, but I've read a little bit about this bug (first on www.news.com, and very little more on www.x86.org) and there is one thing that is vague: Are Pentium Pro and/or Pentium II also effected by this bug? I would try it on my pro system, but I would rather not have to reset in

Re: lock a pentium for fun!

1997-11-09 Thread Dan Hugo
I just tracked down a post to this mailing list from Tommy Lakofski that wasn't on this thread, stating (from the linux.advocacy newsgroup) that the problem is P5 only and does not effect PPro or PII. I guess that's reassuring... -dh Dan Hugo wrote: I hat to be naive, but I've read

Opti-UPS anyone?

1997-11-09 Thread Dan Hugo
I recently had a brief power failure, didn't lose any data whatsoever, and decided that my Linux box has had its free-bee... I read reviews, checked the HOWTO's, searched the web, and this is what I know thus far: APC seems to have the name brand recognition, but they are not Linux-friendly

YA PS2 Mouse question

1997-09-28 Thread Dan Hugo
I just read through all of the Mouse-related mail I have saved up, and I did not see an answer to this, though I did see one related comment. I am using AcceleratedX and attempting to use a MouseSystems optical mouse. The mouse has a serial connector and a PS/2 adaptor (which was given the

Off Topic: BIOS-like sources?

1997-09-14 Thread Dan Hugo
I thought I heard about something like this somewhere, but I'm not sure where: Say I want to bring up my own intel-based machine, or I want to do some embedded stuff, or I just want to learn about intel-based POST, or whatever, and I don't want to deal with Award or AMI or that bunch (and I want

diald hangs up 2 seconds into connect

1997-08-20 Thread Dan Hugo
I have been using pon/poff successfully, but I wanted to move to diald to automate a few things. I have, essentially, a straight install of ppp stuff (/etc/ppp/* are all basically unchanged) along with a straight install of diald, both from a pre-release 1.3 dist (I had tried to get diald running

Re: Comunicator 4.02b7 is out

1997-08-04 Thread Dan Hugo
Rick Macdonald wrote: On Sat, 2 Aug 1997, Travis Cole wrote: To those of you interested, it is out but I don't think it is on all of the Netscape ftp sites. I am downloading it right now from ftp://ftp.netscape.com/pub/communicator/4.02/4.02b7/english/unix/linux20/ Strange, when

Re: Where is Netscape Communicator?

1997-08-04 Thread Dan Hugo
Jack Holt wrote: At 12:38 PM 7/25/97 -0400, Colin R. Telmer wrote: On Fri, 25 Jul 1997, Matt Kazmar wrote: On Fri, 25 Jul 1997, Pedro I. Sanchez wrote: I'm trying to download the latest beta of Communicator (b6 I believe) but I can't find it in any of the ftp[12..].netscape.com

Re: time

1997-07-21 Thread Dan Hugo
Paul Miller wrote: this is a real newbie question: how do I change the time? (not the timezone)... 'date -s' to set the time ('date --help' for more details on the format, etc) 'clock' to set the cmos clock on the motherboard ('man clock' for more) cheers -dh -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM

Re: Debian for PPC Macs

1997-07-19 Thread Dan Hugo
Stig Are M. Botterli wrote: On 16-Jul-97 Rick Hawkins wrote: My conclusion is if I buy my new boc next week I should buy a Intel, if I buy next year PPC or Alpha. Right? this is pretty much what i've come to. If i could buy an atx ppc motherboard now, I would. but i can't, so i won't

Re: Debian for PPC Macs

1997-07-16 Thread Dan Hugo
Andreas Tille wrote: Hello, I want to buy a new box and wonder about some alternatives to the Intel (compatible ... I think of K6) architecture. I've got the following information from Johannes Ramm-Ericson: [Apple stuff snipped] I need a very stable system on my new box because I will

Thanks! (was Re: Total Newbie partition question)

1997-07-07 Thread Dan Hugo
. As always, the debian-user list is a wealth of useful, timely help and info... Thanks again (to everyone, for the list itself as well!) -dh Robert D. Hilliard wrote: On Sun, 06 Jul 1997 15:34:46 -0700, Dan Hugo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What to I do with extended and logical partitions

Total Newbie partition question

1997-07-06 Thread Dan Hugo
I've read the HOWTO's and some other info, but it seems that this topic is sort of glossed over, and I have never really understood exactly what to do, so I wonder if someone could give me the total newbie answer to this question: What to I do with extended and logical partitions when I have

Re: determining serial link speed?

1997-07-02 Thread Dan Hugo
I am not sure how this would work with a PPP connection open (and thus, the device locked for PPP use), but USR modems support an AT command, ATIn, where n=0-7, and ATI6 returns link diagnostics, including current transmit and receive speeds (I have seen it working before, and it is probably the

Re: determining serial link speed?

1997-07-02 Thread Dan Hugo
Niels wrote: On Wed, 2 Jul 1997, Dan Hugo wrote: The question is, how to access the modem to send AT strings while online (rather, how to insert +++ into the data stream to the modem, then the AT command, get the response back, and put it back online). You want to switch from data

Serial link speed

1997-07-02 Thread Dan Hugo
In case anyone regarded my last message on that thread as a flame, it was not. The question is, how can one insert data into the serial stream (even when it is idle) when pppd owns the lock one that port? I would be interested to know what my modem is really doing, since it is a USR Sportster

Apple Personal LaserWriter (serial non-PS) printer...

1997-06-28 Thread Dan Hugo

Quantum Fireball EIDE uncooperative

1997-06-19 Thread Dan Hugo
Greetings. So I'm running 1.2.x of Debian, 2.0.27 kernel, and my machine (PPro 200, Tyan 1668 ATX DP MB with 1 installed, very recent Award bios, 64M Ram, and this [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quantum EIDE Fireball drive on MB EIDE controller) was up for about 45 days, until Monday night. It was pretty

Re: Quantum Fireball EIDE uncooperative

1997-06-19 Thread Dan Hugo
Jason Gunthorpe wrote: On Wed, 18 Jun 1997, Dan Hugo wrote: I should point out that during boot, the hard drive spins up, green light looking normal, then spins down with the green light blinking slowly and non-stop. I am not familiar enough with hard drive fails to know exactly what

Re: Quantum Fireball EIDE uncooperative

1997-06-19 Thread Dan Hugo
Jason Gunthorpe wrote: On Wed, 18 Jun 1997, Edward McKnight wrote: Jason, I have Seagate and Quantum scsi disks, ~1G each. One of them, I'm pretty sure it's the Quantum, spins up then down again during disk/scsi identification. I don't consider it defective--I'm assuming that

Re: Quantum Fireball EIDE uncooperative

1997-06-19 Thread Dan Hugo
Hamish Moffatt wrote: On Wed, Jun 18, 1997 at 09:30:02PM -0700, Dan Hugo wrote: I know my 2G fireball doesn't get very hot while running.. I have a 3.2G, if that is useful. The rest of the system was fine (ie ran off the rescue disk, and was not particularly warm to the touch

Re: where is mgetty-voice

1997-06-18 Thread Dan Hugo
I asked myself the same thing recently. I don't have the stuff with me here at work, but if you check the readme/doc files for mgetty, you should see the home page of the author/support person. According to the web site, the voice package was in for some major overhaul of some sort. You can get

want upgrade opinion, 1-2 PPro 200/256

1997-05-14 Thread Dan Hugo
not part with the $2000 or so it would take to make a pair of 512's, so I could either get the second 256 or keep the one. Any experienced opinions out there? Inexperienced? Guesses? Thanks. Dan Hugo (Trivia: Just me using it, using it more and more for all sorts of things 64M memory currently