Re: Building my own apt archive

> No, that wouln't work. I have debs from a lot of places (unofficial > packages, updated versions backported to slink, etc, etc) and I want to > combine them onto one CD. So I have to build my own Packages.gz I do that all the time. On my system, I have a directory /debian/local, where I dump

Re: smbumount doesn't

On Mon, Mar 23, 1998 at 01:38:52PM -0600, Kent West wrote: > Surely there's a better way to clear the smbfsx glitch than to reboot > the system? Try clearing the bogus mounts with 'umount' instead of 'smbumount'. That works for me in the same situation. Jim Russel

Re: smbumount doesn't

e bogus mount by using plain ol' 'umount' instead of smbumount. Then, once cleared, the smbmounts work. Jim Russell Crypto Engineer LockStar, Inc. day++; dollar++;

Re: smbumount doesn't

to use 'umount', NOT 'smbumount', to clear the mount point. Then smbmount works. Jim Russell Crypto Engineer LockStar, Inc.

Re: 8G ide harddrive limit?

y append="hda=23059,16,63" There may be other ways around this particular nastiness, but this way worked for me. Jim Russell Crypto Engineer LockStar, Inc.

Re: Will pointing dselect to slink hose hamm system?

ow any slink packages I want in there. I then have a line in my sources.list like so: deb file:/debian local/ Then, before firing up dselect, I build a Packages file for my local stuff: cd /debian dpkg-scanpackages local /dev/null | gzip >local/Packages.gz Once in dselect, remember to run [U]pdate..

Re: Xwindow from win95?

ash export DISPLAY=xx.xx.xx.xx:0.0 xterm & xclock & fvwm & Some window managers don't like this (I haven't gotten icewm working this way yet), and you come up with some funky issues concerning fonts with some applications, but by

Re: Xwindow from win95?

.EXE), it starts without the local TWM manager, and you can fire up your own WM from the Linux machine. Jim Russell Nutley NJ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]