Re: fsck from cron?

1997-08-28 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
tem down to single user mode, unmounts the filesystem, fsck all of them, and restarts the system into run-level 2. -- Jean Pierre -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: SoundBlaster

1997-08-12 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
ns /dev/audio and /dev/dsp. -- Jean Pierre -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

What is /etc/default for?

1997-08-12 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
The package base-files installs a directory /etc/default on all my machines. It is always empty. Any ideas what its intended use is? -- Jean Pierre -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: help: lost network connection after upgrading 1.1 to 1.2

1997-08-12 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
rrors:3 dropped:0 overruns:0 > Interrupt:11 Base address:0x1000 DMA chan:4 Something is wrong here. You should have any entry for eth0 instead of two for lo. Check /etc/init.d/network and make sure the ifconfig command is correct. -- Jean Pierre -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS

Re: netscape plugin problem

1997-08-11 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
> libXm.so.1.2 => not found > where and how do i get libXm.so.1.2? thanks in advance. I believe this is the Motif library. You'll either have to purchase this or try LessTif. Alternately, you can get the statically linked version on netscape. -- Jean Pierre -- TO UNSUB

Re: fixing a machine without ncurses3.4

1997-08-10 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
nt any partitions from your hard disk. If it does, you should recreate the rescue disk from the Debian installation disk set. Once the rescue disk is working, mount the hard disk and simple copy libncurses to /lib. -- Jean Pierre -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word &qu

Re: configuring lilo

1997-08-09 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
there please tell me where to start with this so call lilo? Please.. Debian has documentation for most packages in /usr/doc, for example /usr/doc/lilo. You can also look at the man pages. lilo is not too difficult to set up with the documentation in hand. -- Jean Pierre -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM

Re: RAID5 controller

1997-08-08 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
nd types of the files. -- Jean Pierre -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: RAID5 controller

1997-08-08 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
% under linux and I'd > be happy to sell you one... I've been using the DPT controller with Debian but only for RAID 1. I've had no trouble except for the e2fsprog bug. The RAID functionality is implemented in hardware and appears as a normal disk to Debian. The only downs

Re: RAID5 controller

1997-08-08 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
later kernel versions which > are not stable yet. Would this explain the NFS problems I'm having serving SUN machines? -- Jean Pierre -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: color in console (was: Colored ls output)

1997-08-07 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
On Thu, 7 Aug 1997, hal wrote: > Hi I have a question about color on Virtual consoles. Slackware was defaulted > to color but I can't find it in 3.1. Is it in termcap? My term echos as > 'linux' > I get no color from ls or minicom. Color is an option to ls. S

Re: Large Disk New Install

1997-08-07 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
m when I try to boot from the hard disk Lilo stops dead. > > li This is the output from lilo. It should print LILO if everything went well. Each letter indicates that what succeeded. Take a look at the lilo documentation. Did you remember to run lilo before rebooting? -- Jean Pierre

Re: dhpcd_0.5.16.1-2 - kernel 2.0.31?

1997-08-04 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
atches are for 2.0.30. Were are these patches located. Thanks, -- Jean Pierre -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: Iostream.h

1997-08-01 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
On Fri, 1 Aug 1997, Kevin J Poorman wrote: > #include and the compile fails, does anyone know where I can > get this H file? what packages is it in ... is this a C++ Header file of > a C Header File? Its in the libg++ package. -- Jean Pierre -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIS

Re: Unidentified subject!

1997-07-31 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
You can set up the your MTA to queue your messages instead of sending immediately. Then enable-background-sending in pine. -- Jean Pierre On Thu, 31 Jul 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > When using pine with diald, pine waits for the link > to come up and the mail to go out before ret

Re: which package contains 'md5sum'

1997-07-30 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
On Wed, 30 Jul 1997, Paul Miller wrote: > which deb package contains 'md5sum' ? dpkg. In the spirit of "teaching to fish" ... you can find which package a file belongs to by using the --search option of dpkg as in: dpkg --search /usr/bin/md5sum -- Jean Pierre -- T

Re: Need help: Mail Setup

1997-07-30 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
account. The mails should delivered to 3 different logins on > my maschine. uucp is the right solution for this. -- Jean Pierre -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: Xwindow install failure

1997-07-30 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
ple here, any ideas? TIA, What error messge do you get from startx? -- Jean Pierre -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: block device name

1997-07-30 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
D during the reboot as hdd 655A ATAPI IDE. What do I > have to type in as my block device name? I believe this refers to the filename in /dev. For ATAPI IDE CDs, you might try /dev/hdc. -- Jean Pierre -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL

Re: bind

1997-07-28 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
hat are into the local > area network? > > I just installed "bind" pakage and say it that DNS server is in my own > computer. You'll need to read the documentation on bind or the excellent O'Reilly books on the subject. At minimum, you'll need to define a named.ho

ftpd(netstd2.09-2): File permission defaults for ftp uploads?

1997-07-28 Thread Jean Orloff
ve to issue a "chmod" which many windows client a reluctant to do. This is very inconvenient for many things, like uplodaing web files. The bestial solution might be to upgrade to wu-ftpd, but I would rather not. Any workaround known? Amities,

Re: LDAP?

1997-07-19 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
I'm investigating the package. If it looks useful, I'll be packaging it. -- Jean Pierre On Sat, 19 Jul 1997, Alexander LIST wrote: > is anyone working on a debianized version of the UMich LDAP package? -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsu

Re: laptop install problem - pcmcia-eth card can't access internet

1997-07-03 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
nel source and pcmcia source packages and build custom binaries myself. Make sure you build the modules from the kernel package. You will probably have to define some aliases in /etc/modules.conf as well. The result works great on my laptop with both a modem and ethernet card. -- Jean Pierr

NFS problems with Debian server and Solaris client

1997-06-24 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
recognize directories as directories, and complains about the user not being the owner. ls seems to list them out properly. Debian NFS clients seem to work fine. I've tried a number of mount options without success. Has anyone used Debian as an NFS server with Solaris? -- Jean Pierre -- TO U

Re: PCMCIA Cards

1997-06-21 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
ctured by > Megahertz I think.) I've been using a LinkSys EthernetCard Model EC2T and a Megahertz (USRobotics) XJ4336. Both work well after some initial problems with IRQ settings. -- Jean Pierre -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: Xlib3.3 server probs

1997-06-20 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
osts + The second solution is to add specific users to your .Xauthority file using the xauth program. See man pages for details. This solves the problem for me. -- Jean Pierre -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Troub

Re: 100 Mbit Ethernet

1997-06-20 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
On Wed, 18 Jun 1997, Richard L Shepherd wrote: > Does Linux support any/all 100 Mbit capable ethernet cards? i.e. is it > possible to use 100 Mbit ethernet with Linux? Yes, no problems. -- Jean Pierre -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe

Re: Running boa using inetd

1997-06-14 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
test wn package, wn-1.17.11_1, to the unstable distribution. -- Jean Pierre -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: web documentation

1997-06-12 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
fault, it serves no pages. It is also small and efficient. There is a daemon that can be run from inetd. -- Jean Pierre -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: SIOCSIFFLAGS: Try again from ifconfig eth0 up

1997-06-11 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
I ran across this message when there was an IRQ conflict. Try changing the PCI slot of the network card. -- Jean Pierre On Wed, 11 Jun 1997, Zachary DeAquila wrote: > I just installed debian 1.3 on a new machine. Config is: > ppro 200 w/72MB RAM, ET6000 PCI vidcard, 3c509b ethernet >

Re: 10/100TX net card recommendations?

1997-06-06 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
I've recently installed the 3Com 3C595-TX Fast EtherLink PCI 10/100baseT card. Its known as "Vortex" under Linux. I did have some trouble with IRQ conflicts on the PCI bus. Otherwise no problems in installing or running. -- Jean Pierre On Fri, 6 Jun 1997, Linux dist. research

Re: IDL compiler/CORBA

1997-06-03 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
Not that I know of. There is a commercial product for Linux from Chorous Systems called COOL. I've just downloaded it for evaluation but haven't had time to actual use it yet. -- Jean Pierre On Mon, 2 Jun 1997, Timothy Phan wrote: > I' d like to know if there is GNU

Re: dpkg 1.4.0.5 to 1.4.0.7 upgraded

1997-05-20 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
Yes On Tue, 20 May 1997, Timothy Phan wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like to know how to upgrade the dpkg 1.4.0.5 to 1.4.0.7? > Would be be the same as upgrade the other packages? > > Thanks! > > -- > Timothy C. Phan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) >

Re: make-kpkg, ?

1997-05-20 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
It is in package kernel-package under section misc. Very nice. -- Jean Pierre On 20 May 1997, Bjoern-Bernhard Schad wrote: > I could not find make-kpkg. So my question is: where is it? > As nobody seems to do it as described in the documentation, > maybe there is a different way to

Re: Installing Debian Linux on a new system w/out MSDOG

1997-05-19 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
I'd recommend creating a partition for MS-DOS right away. No need to actually install it till required. -- Jean Pierre On Mon, 19 May 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm waiting for parts to arrive for a new system. I can probably get a copy > of MSDOG, but I'd like to av

updating packages with dselect

1997-05-06 Thread Lacharme Jean-Paul
Hi, I would just update my installed packages with deselect, but the procedure to do so doesn't seem very clear to me. All that I get is 0 packages to load. What is wrong ? Regards, JP L Jean-Paul LACHARME. GREQAM UMR 9990 au CNRS, Centre de la Vieille Charite, 2,rue de la Charite,F

Re: PCMCIA Ethernet card?

1997-05-01 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
I've used the Linksys EC2T successfully. -- Jean Pierre On Thu, 1 May 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am looking for recommendations for a > PCMCIA ethernet card with both thinnet and > 10bt and a modest price tag. > This only need work with linux. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: module problem

1997-04-30 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
age using "dpkg --install pcmcia-modules...". All is well documented in /usr/doc/kernel-source and /usr/doc/pcmcia-source. -- Jean Pierre On Wed, 30 Apr 1997, Jason Killen wrote: > Just how easy is it? (aka what FM should I read?) > > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you

Re: module problem

1997-04-30 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
I usually have to rebuild the modules myself. Simple to do. -- Jean Pierre On Wed, 30 Apr 1997, Jason Killen wrote: > I hope this hasn't already been talked about. > > I installed the sources and modules for kernel 2.0.30 from the unstable > directory and when I boot I

Re: Error Message of kerneld?

1997-04-30 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
I just noticed this in the context of mounting a vfat partition. I didn't notice any problems here but I did find a solution. The order of entries in /etc/fstab is important. Make sure that the proc filesystem is first. This eliminated the problem for me. -- Jean Pierre On Wed, 30 Apr

Re: Man page format trashed.

1997-04-19 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
/var/catman On 17 Apr 1997, R. Chris Ross wrote: > I tried to look at the man page for FTP using xman and the > format got all blown out of shape. I think that it happened when the > page was formatted the first time and now I keep looking at an > incorrectly formatted page. If the form

Re: Debian 1.3 again

1997-04-13 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
Not a complete answer but ... I wouldn't recommend using /dev/modem link. This makes it more difficult to gurantee the uucp locking protocol. Use the actual device name instead. -- Jean Pierre On Sat, 12 Apr 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi again, > > It seems that the fol

Re: problem with guavac

1997-04-12 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
it failed to install the emacs info file. Only problem this should cause is that documentation will not be available. -- Jean Pierre

Does dwww support compressed files?

1997-04-10 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
n, doesn't appear so. This is a problem with wn where there are several example of cgi programs. I have both issues solved with the new wn package but only if they are accessed through http://localhost/doc/wn. If accessed through dwww there are problems. -- Jean Pierre

Re: xemacs and emacs

1997-04-07 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
I have both working fine on my system which is based on the unstable branch. Didn't have to do anything special. -- Jean Pierre On Mon, 7 Apr 1997, Steve Hsieh wrote: > Can someone explain why the xemacs and emacs packages can't coexist on the > same Debian system? (What

dbview

1997-04-01 Thread Lacharme Jean-Paul
Hi, has anybody used dbview ? There is no manual entry, no info entry and the dpkg --status output give no real information to use the command. JP L Jean-Paul LACHARME. GREQAM UMR 9990 au CNRS, Centre de la Vieille Charite, 2,rue de la Charite,F13002 MARSEILLE FRANCE. Tel:0491140731/Fax

Re: wish4.2 - the disappearing file

1997-03-25 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
to create a symbolic link to the version of /lib/ld-linux.so.? that you do have installed. I'll check and submit a bug report if it hasn't already been submitted. -- Jean Pierre On Tue, 25 Mar 1997, Douglas Bates wrote: > I recently installed the tk42 and tcl76 packages then went to

Re: Debugging cvspserver

1997-03-24 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
patch CVS directory files. -- Jean Pierre On Sun, 23 Mar 1997, Douglas Bates wrote: > I am using cvs with the file repository on the machine in my office. > I would like to be able to manipulate these files from the machine at > home. Both are running Debian Linux and both have the cvs

Re: How to switch X modes on a laptop?

1997-03-24 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
Most laptops have a key that toggles between the normal keyboard and a "virtual keypad". Look for a key named "Fn". -- Jean Pierre On Mon, 24 Mar 1997, Stan Brown wrote: > When runnig X on a desktop, you can swithc between various modes > (resolutions)

Re: gcc - iostream.h

1997-03-22 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
The normal debian installation automatically searches the correct directory so I'm not sure why you're having problems. To get around the problem, simply direct g++ to search in that directory: g++ -I /usr/include/g++ -- Jean Pierre On Fri, 21 Mar 1997, Jeff Shilt wrote: &g

Re: Problems working with bash.

1997-03-22 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
trip the longest suffix that matches ".*" ${var%.*} There are several other approaches. It's all documented in the bash man page. > - In tcsh I can type anything on the command line and do a search on the > history list matching this input by pressing ALT-P. How do I do that > with bash? Ctrl-R -- Jean Pierre

Re: MIME-capable non-X newsreader?

1997-03-21 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
pine On Fri, 21 Mar 1997, J.H.M.Dassen wrote: > Can one of our non-X newsreaders deal reasonably with MIME messages? > (by "reasonably" I mean along the way mutt works for mail: decode > base64/quoted-printable messages and headers, handle text/* itself, and > offer to run metamail for non-text

Re: pointing device on Toshiba Satellite 110CS

1997-03-19 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
or X, you can directly modify the /etc/X11/XF86Config file to indicate the mouse you have or run XF86Setup. -- Jean Pierre

mail addresses not recognized on the mail host

1997-03-18 Thread Jean-Paul Lacharme
ECTED] user unknown" message. Yet my /etc/hosts and /etc/aliases files seem OK. More surprising, there is no problem from another similar PC running linux, but we don't see why it's so (the config. *seem* similar). As client, something like a sendmail.cf file may not be necessary. I

Re: Linux new comer waiting for help

1997-03-15 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
h > dial-up FTP, what should I do? Of course I already have a PPP dial-up > account. Best bet would be to finish the installation from a CD if your notebook has one. The use the ftp option from dselect to upgrade your installation to the latest release. I've installed Debian on a few notebooks. Write if you need more. --- Jean Pierre

Re: GNU/Linux 1.2, help please!

1997-03-13 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
;, > [clip] System Commander and LILO perform similar functions. Your problem may be that Linux is having trouble working with System Commander. Here are two options: * Replace System Commander with LILO. * Call System Commander tech support (it is commercial software, right?) and ask about how they support Linux. --- Jean Pierre

HPLaserJet serie II: anomaly on first printed line in text mode

1997-03-13 Thread Jean-Paul Lacharme
. JP L Jean-Paul LACHARME. GREQAM UMR 9990 au CNRS, Centre de la Vieille Charite, 2,rue de la Charite,F13002 MARSEILLE FRANCE. Tel:0491140731/Fax:0491900227.

maximum mount count / pico

1997-03-11 Thread Jean-Paul Lacharme
nux binary package of pico and pine. Running pico, it aborts with message: unknown terminal type xterm! In principle, pico use to run very nicely with xterm. Any ideas ? Regards, JP L Jean-Paul LACHARME. GREQAM UMR 9990 au CNRS, Centre de la Vieille Charite, 2,rue de la Charite,F13002 MARSEILLE F

X personal configuration files: .fvwm2rc vs. .Xdefaults

1997-03-07 Thread Jean-Paul LACHARME
he default shinning white background of the xterm windows (pity for my eyes !). I performed a grep white command on the config files, but it gave me nothing. Has somebody some ideas about it ? Regards, JP L --:-) Jean-Paul Lacharme. GREQAM UMR 6579 au CNRS

Re: Problems

1997-03-06 Thread Jean-Paul Lacharme
Jean-Paul LACHARME. GREQAM UMR 9990 au CNRS, Centre de la Vieille Charite, 2,rue de la Charite,F13002 MARSEILLE FRANCE. Tel:0491140731/Fax:0491900227. On Wed, 5 Mar 1997, Pete Poff wrote: > Dear Sir or Madom, > I have servel question to ask. > > 1. How do I access my

RE: Dos & Linux

1997-03-05 Thread Jean-Paul LACHARME
our dos C: partition. Then, any binary file within the dos partition can be *read* by linux. It works with any binary data file (bmp, tar.gz files). JPL --:-) Jean-Paul Lacharme. GREQAM UMR 6579 au CNRS Centre de la Vieille Charite. 2, rue de la Chari

Problem with 1.2 install and floppy

1997-03-05 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
s when the installation scripts tries to excecute the following command: mount -ro -t msdos /dev/fd0 /floppy The floppy clearly worked fine reading the first two disks. Any ideas? --- Jean Pierre

netscape: Floating Point Exception,

1997-03-03 Thread Jean-Paul LACHARME
Debian ? Regards, --:-) Jean-Paul Lacharme. GREQAM UMR 6579 au CNRS Centre de la Vieille Charite. 2, rue de la Charite. 13002 Marseille. FRANCE Tel.: 0491140731/Fax:0491900227

XF86_S3

1997-02-20 Thread Jean-Paul LACHARME
Hello ! I need to configure a Miro Crystal PCI card with S3 SDAC (more exactely S3 Trio32/64 PCI) When I run xbase-configure and get the chip card menu, it says that running first the server /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_S3 is required before configuring. OK. But, where do I find this XF86_S3 bit of soft

dselect: an urgent suggestion, common upgrade problems

1997-01-21 Thread Jean Orloff
is type of info as loudly as possible is what really worries me with commercial software, more than asking 2$ from CD makers... Amities, Jean Orloff + + + + + + + + ++ + Tel:(33)450.09.16.75 Fax:(33)450.27.94.95 http:/

mouse and serial ports

1997-01-21 Thread Jean-Paul LACHARME
Hello, I read somewhere that a chicken would be able to install linux-debian... hum hum . I fear that everything is not so easy. My PC is a Pentium 150/ 32 Mb RAM/ 500 Mb disk for linux/ I installed the packages. OK. I recompiled the Kernel to get free of unused drivers. OK. And now, I run XFre

Re: Multifunction Cards

1997-01-21 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
just started using the USRobotics 33.6 PC-Card with linux that supports Modem (Cellular ready), fax, voice, and ties to my sound card. So far have only used the modem with debian but works well. --- Jean Pierre -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to

Re: cron.daily et al.

1997-01-17 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
he last time. If these for were not > executed for say two days (weeks, months) then they > get executed regardless the actual hour, day, week of month. I second this. --- Jean Pierre -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Webserver/CGI

1997-01-16 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
hat replies only if queried a specified document, or a > password system). > I *think* it should work all right, but then I'm no specialist. As an alternative, you might consider wn. It provides a very secure environment while being light-weight. There's an existing deb

Re: Document describing defaults users/groups?

1997-01-15 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
I'd appreciate if you could forward any information you receive. Thanks, --- Jean Pierre On Wed, 15 Jan 1997, hogendoorn r.a. wrote: > Is there a document describing the default users and groups, > like "disk", "cdrom"? I found no references in either the FAQ

Re: Interviews...

1997-01-08 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
On Sun, 5 Jan 1997, Jonas Bofjall wrote: > On Sat, 4 Jan 1997, Jean Pierre LeJacq wrote: > > > Yes indeed! Fresco is the replacement for interviews. The > > development is sponsored by the X consortium. It breaks new > > ground by providing distributed graphi

Re: Interviews...

1997-01-04 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
an on producing a debian package. --- Jean Pierre On Fri, 3 Jan 1997, jyan-min fang wrote: > > Isn't interview being replaced by Fresco? I remember seeing a Fresco > package for linux somewhere. > > On Fri, 3 Jan 1997, Dale Martin wrote: > > > Hello. When writing

Re: kernel recompile

1997-01-04 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
ation. Did you "make > > config" first, select auto loading of modules and define the proper > > drivers as modules? > > Yes. I actually ran "make menuconfig". I've since tried removing and > reinstalling the kernel sources, but that hasn't helped either Did you go onto "make modules" then "make modules_install". --- Jean Pierre -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Lilo

1997-01-03 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
p your hard disk to boot Linux. Theres a separate package lilo_.deb under the base directory. --- Jean Pierre -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Install questions

1997-01-02 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
On Thu, 2 Jan 1997, Terrence M. Brannon wrote: > - install MBR on /dev/hda > - how do I uninstall it so I can load DOS again? > - how do I allow DOS to be booted from a LILO prompt? man lilo.conf --- Jean Pierre -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word &qu

Re: New 1.2 install / Observations / X-window startx problem.

1997-01-02 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
ons > on this. My guess is that the problem is with your X configuration, not the window manager. Take a look at /etc/X11/XF86Config and modify it to agree with your previous Slackware version. --- Jean Pierre -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe&qu

Re: Buzz (Lightyear) Where Are You?

1996-12-28 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
a lot of the FTP mirrors to keep > _three_ copies of the distribution online. Your best bet is a CD from IConnect or InfoMagic. --- Jean Pierre -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Problems with XFree86 Setup and Minicom

1996-12-27 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
sr/X11R6/lib/libXmu.so -> libXmu.so.6.0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root /usr/X11R6/lib/libXmu.so.6 -> libXmu.so.6.0 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root /usr/X11R6/lib/libXmu.so.6.0 --- Jean Pierre -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Sound Card

1996-12-13 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
You may need to rebuild the kernel and supply the correct IRQ, DMA, and port information for your sound card. --- Jean Pierre On Thu, 12 Dec 1996, J. LILLIBRIDGE wrote: > Hi. I've been running Debian 1.1 for a few months now. I haven't had > any problems, except I can't

Re: spreadsheet

1996-12-10 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
I've been experimenting with the commercial Wingz product. They have a shareware version available at sunsite.unc.edu. Very nice! --- Jean Pierre On Mon, 9 Dec 1996 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Is there any good spreadsheet for Linux (X11) ? -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-

No disk drives ?

1996-12-04 Thread Jean-Gakl GRICOURT
I'didn't succeed to install the DEBIAN LINUX 1.1, the disks are not recognized,the error message is : "No hard disk drives could be found !" when trying to partition the main HD. My hardware configuration is : - Ultrastore SCSI-2 34F VLB with : - 540 MB SCSI disk

Re: MS WORD format

1996-12-02 Thread Jean Orloff
he OSF Motif price list on Metrolink. My first experience with $1,000,000 and $3,000,000 entries... Amities, Jean Orloff + + + + + + + + ++ + Tel:(33)450.09.1

Re: MS WORD format

1996-12-02 Thread Jean Orloff
believe it! Any hint welcome! Amities, Jean Orloff + + + + + + + + ++ + Tel:(33)450.09.16.75 Fax:(33)450.09.94.95 http://lapphp0.in2p3

Re: doubled gifs in mosaic2.7b5-2

1996-11-29 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
server. --- Jean Pierre On Thu, 28 Nov 1996, Brian Gough wrote: > > I get a strange problem with the debianised Mosaic from non-free. All > the gifs come out doubled horizontally, e.g. [ImageImage] . Looks > Looks very very weird weird. > > I installed mosaic-2.7b5-2 using

Printing on different paper trays with Linux?

1996-11-26 Thread Jean Orloff
. As the Windox drivers have a paper-tray selection button, they have a way of conveying the info, but it ends up with erratic error messages like "No paper in tray 4". Since there is no such tray, it would all be normal, except that the user selected tray 1... Amities, J

Re: Floppy management?

1996-11-20 Thread Jean Orloff
l key a few times: this is the only thing that responds when you start wondering what this bloody machine is doing to your disk after half an hour... Amities, Jean Orloff + + +

Floppy management?

1996-11-19 Thread Jean Orloff
nt point from some users point of view. I was also surpised that Linux was not that much better than DO$ for the multitasking of floppy formatting: the system stops responding, and if you then eject the disk... Any input welcome. Amities, Jean Orloff + +

XF86 3.1.2 Memory hunger

1996-11-12 Thread Jean Orloff
memory from X, in order to stay small itself? 3) Maybe this all is not unrelated with certain anomalies I noticed lately: I for instance found out that my cron process died, but have no clues how this happened. Maybe it was just out of memory? Any clues appreciated! Amities,

Debian 1.2 & Xfree 3.2

1996-11-06 Thread Jean Tourrilhes
Hi, Xfree 3.2 is out, and I just noticed that there was a code freeze for Debian 1.2. So, is there any plan for including Xfree 3.2 in Debian 1.2 ? Jean P.S. : I'm sorry if the mailing list is already buzzing about it, but I don't have subscribed to it. Prob

Re: PCMCIA problems ...

1996-10-29 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
resources to use and exclude in the config.opts (which is read by my installation) but I doubt that is the problem. What exactly are the symptoms? --- Jean Pierre On Tue, 29 Oct 1996, Richard G. Roberto wrote: > Hello, > > I recently got a Megahertz CC/XJEM3288 combo card for my Toshib

netscape and debian

1996-10-28 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
the debian package in contrib. Can someone in the know summarize the situation with netscape and outline what one needs to use netscape? --- Jean Pierre -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: New Infomagic Release

1996-10-24 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
Hi Paul, There latest is dated september 1996 and it does include Debian-1.1.4. This is not the latest stable release but its a good starting point. You can istall from the CD and then upgrade using ftp. Very nice! Write if you need help. --- Jean Pierre On Wed, 23 Oct 1996, Paul Bennett

Multi-processor boards: Linux/Debian support?

1996-10-23 Thread Jean Orloff
-processor systems with linux. Questions: 1) Does this need specially compiled software? 2) How would Linux vs NT vs Alpha station compare for numerical computations? 3) Where can I find more info about this. The linux-smp list seems to be sleepy. Many thanks! Amities, Jean Orloff

Re: IOmega Jaz drive

1996-10-22 Thread Jean Orloff
I just installed Debian ON a 1Gb IOmega Jaz driver: it gets recognized at the bios level, just when you insert the root/boot disks! The resulting system is of course not too fast, but enough to get a feeling, without any worry for other installed systems. Amities, Jean Orloff

STB Powegraph graphics card problem (was:HELP: Probs configuring X)

1996-09-17 Thread Jean Orloff
n the left, so that's where I put Goodstuff buttons and Icons, and put Emacs safely on the right. Not the solution, just a way to survive (the alternative was to switch back to Windblows, can you imagine?) Amities, Jean Orloff + + + + + +

Protections against a mad maintainer?

1996-09-11 Thread Jean Orloff
:/usr/local/man:/usr/local.old/man:/lapphp0_2/local/X11R5/man:/lapphp1_1/usr/man:/lapphp1_1/usr/local/man:/usr/contrib/man Amities, Jean Orloff + + + + + + + + ++ +Tel:(33)50.09.16.75 Fax:(33)50.09.94.95 http://lapphp0

Latex: where to install new styles? Mf: how to muzzle?

1996-09-06 Thread Jean Orloff
ilently? I don't mind keeping a single line each time a font is built... Again, no /etc config file in sight... Amities, Jean Orloff + + + + + + + + ++ +Tel:(33)50.09.16.75 Fax:(33)50.09.94.95 http://lapphp0.i

Re: using procmail with emacs RMAIL

1996-08-26 Thread Jean Orloff
is all should work, now you only got to debug! ;-) Amities, Jean Orloff + + + + + + + + ++ +Tel:(33)50.09.16.75 Fax:(33)50.09.94.95 http://lapphp0.in2p3.fr/~orloff/+ + + + + + + +

Contents of a package? (was deb-view.el)

1996-08-26 Thread Jean Orloff
must occur with other packages too (eg: what is the version number of chat in a given ppp.deb package?) Amities, Jean Orloff + + + + + + + + ++ +Tel:(33)50.09.16.75 Fax:(33)50.09.94.95 http://lapphp0.in2p3.fr/~o

Re: Digested version of this list? (Stopped archives)

1996-08-23 Thread Jean Orloff
top on June 24. Any follow-up out there? Amities, Jean Orloff + + + + + + + + ++ +Tel:(33)50.09.16.75 Fax:(33)50.09.94.95 http://lapphp0.in2p3.fr/~orloff/+ + + + + + + +

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