wondering about xpm and png files...

Hi, Just wondering if there was a repository somewhere where I can get xpm/png files of /usr/share/pixmaps. I noticed that redhat,debian,etc have some different collection of xpm/png files and I would like to get a good collection of them to use in my desktop.:) Thanks for any Info

configuring rc.firewall script in ip-up

Hi, I would like my rc.firewall script to load whenever I connect to the net...adding the simple: /etc/init.d/./rc.firewall or exec /etc/init.d/./rc.firewall in my ip-up file doesn't seem to do anything...or am I doing it wrong? Any help would be appreciated.

irc help (bnc bouncer)

Hi, Can somebody please help me get bnc bouncer running? I tried RTFM'ing but there was none... (I mean there was no good help) and bnc's website didn't give me much help either. Thanks for any info.

common questions

Hi, I would like to know: 1.what is the equivalent of the /etc/rc.d/rc.local file of RedHat in Debian? (because I need to load ip masq modules and to enable ip masq to run automatically after each reboot) 2.after creating the rc.firewall ruleset...where should I put this in

Re: displaying binary files

File would work..if only users would try to file something first before trying to display it with that accursed CAT command... -- Sent through GMX FreeMail - http://www.gmx.net

ip masq with 2.3.x kernels?

Hello, I am looking for some documentation on how to compile kernels 2.3.x with ip masq support. The current HOWTO doesn't cover those kernels yet. Thanks for any advice.

samba problems

Hi, hoping that someone really nice can lend a helping hand...with configuring samba... 1. I always do an ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 everytime I boot to configure my network interface. I want to configure the interface permanently so I do not have to

internet connection sharing

Hi, Windows 98's ICS feature is really cool. Does debian support ICS too? if so, can someone tell me or point me to some documentation on how to do this? just 2 home computers... a debian box and a win 98 box over a 56k dialup connection to be used fo simultaneous surfing and (possibly

Re: Enlightenment and X

From: Sven Burgener [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3) Are there any *good* apps that I *need* to have? :) AFAIS, I just *love* eterm. Great stuff! :) Yes. get those cute little epplets. if you like eterm..you'll also like those tiny epplets too!

Re: Enlightenment and X

Yep. in my opinion, EFM has potential but I'll wait until it's integrated with enlightenment before trying it for everyday use.it's a real eye-candy though! ;) - Original Message - From: Ethan Pierce [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Joseph de los Santos [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Sven Burgener [EMAIL

Re: Enlightenment and X

From: Peter S Galbraith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Joseph de los Santos [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Debian Users Mailing List debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2000 6:20 AM Subject: Re: Enlightenment and X Thanks, Peter -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev

Subject: Re: anyone knowledgeable enough pls help!

Hi Pavel, Thank you. I would really appreciate it if you can send me your programs... if you don't mind that is :) Pavel M. Penev [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: cut This here is absolutely wrong. The X11 system uses its own signals, transported via TCP/IP. Clicking File-Quit is just like clicking

anyone knowledgeable enough pls help!

I'm going out of my mind when a user logs in a terminal this is what will happen: -automatically starts x-window, all keybindings and or hotkeys will be disabled, run netscape and it can't be closed without asking for the user's password. Can a script be used for this? and anyone kind enough

how to automatically execute things?

Hi, Hoping someone can help me out with this..for example I want an ordinary user that when he or she logs in a terminal this is what will happen: 1.automatically starts x-window 2.all hot keys will be disabled..ie cntrl+alt+del etc. 3.run netscape automatically and it will remain opened and it

Re: how to automatically execute things?

or something? and maybe I should reask the questions but change to subject to programmers... please help me? - Original Message - From: Ethan Benson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Joseph de los Santos [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2000 2:19 PM Subject

explanation pls on postscripts,ghostscripts printing

Hi, Can someone please enlighten me regarding these subjects? I know that postscript is a programming language that describes the appearance of a printed page developed by Adobe in 1985 etc, and Ghostscript is an interpreter for the PostScript language, but how do I use it for printing?,

font question

I seem to have forgotten where else debian looks for it's fonts for xfree86. I have installed xfstt before and I remember netscape being able to see my truetype fonts after configuring xfstt. now it does'nt show anymore but I did the exact same thing as before (with the help of the debian

creating custom cds

Hello, I am so happy..we got a yamaha cd writer today(but I had to install it to a windows machine :( owner's orders ehehe butthey said I can use it..hehehe..) anyway, I've been thinking...yes, I can think too sometimes, and I wanted to know if I can create my very own 100% made by me

Re: creating custom cds

that should answer your questions -- http://cdimage.debian.org/ hth, kent Joseph de los Santos wrote: Hello, I am so happy..we got a yamaha cd writer today (but I had to install it to a windows machine :( owner's orders ehehe but they said I can use it..hehehe..) anyway, I've been

Re: apt-get upgrade

Hi Sven, just add the -u option to see which packages apt-get will upgrade. i.e. apt-get upgrade -u or better yet apt-get dist-upgrade - u hope this helps. - Original Message - From: Sven Burgener [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Debian Users debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Friday, June 23,

Re: installing cdrom under win 3.1

Did I read that correctly or am I going blind? (because I'm already wearing glasses) system loaded with win 3.1? hmmm... I did'nt know the debian mailing list supported other operating systems here too...kewl. damn! I knew debian has the best support but I never expected it to be this good and

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Hi, I am recently getting unallocated color map errors when launching eterm,xscreensaver,realplayer.ESP. realplayer..my whole desktop suddenly looks distorted and ugly.like all the colors are mashed together or something..don't know if the realplayer problems is related with the unable to

some questions

hi, I have a couple of *easy* questions. hoping somebody could help me out. 1.where does kerneld look for modules to load? i.e. I am having problems with one module called mpu401, kerneld looks for it during booting then complains even if I don't have it. I was wondering how I could control

parted bug.. dumpe2fks?

Hi, Recently I wanted to resize my partition and I was trying to use parted. I booted in single user, then unmounted my root partition (since that is what I want to resize) then executed parted. When I wanted to check the filesystem to resize it, parted told me I had found a bug and should use

Re: /dev/hda1: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY: RUN fsck MANUALLY.

man fsck? lol just kidding.. try to use e2fsck if you have it. e2fsck is much better (in my opinion) in fixing file system problems. the simple syntax would bee2fsck /dev/hda1 consult the man pages for additional options. - Original Message - From: Jay Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

sawfish problem

Hi, I wanted to try sawfish but it seems that it wants libreadline.so.3 instead of what is unstable or woody is using right now (libreadline.so.4).is there a way I can get sawfish to use libreadline.so.4 instead of 3? or maybe get sawfish to use libreadline.so.4 instead. I am using alien to

Re: kernel2.3.99pre3 to pre9

I wanted to test the 4.0-test ones but I did'nt see them over at kernel.org or kernelnotes.orgwhere did you see them? - Original Message - From: Jeronimo Pellegrini [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Joseph de los Santos [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2000

Re: kernel2.3.99pre3 to pre9

thanks. - Original Message - From: Jeronimo Pellegrini [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Joseph de los Santos [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2000 10:51 PM Subject: Re: kernel2.3.99pre3 to pre9 :: On Sun, 11 Jun 2000 22:39:13 -0700, Joseph de los Santos

Re: Mail Error Warning

yes. I too am curious...so what is this debiandomain??? perhaps the place where the non-free packages can be stored should the developers agree to stop distributing the non-free packages? - Original Message - From: Bob Bernstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent:

kernel2.3.99pre3 to pre9

Hi, Has anyone ever used the development kernels 2.3.99pre3 to pre9?. Currently I am using kernel 2.3.99pre3 and it works great. I have a soundcard that is automatically autodetected by isapnp and that's what I like most with that kernel. Now when I tried upgrading to the pre9 release..sadly,

Re: INSTALLATION PROBLEMS

I GET THE MESSAGE AFTER AUTO BOOTING RAMDISK: COMPRESSED IMAGE FOUND AT BLOCK 0 HOW DO I FIX THIS PROBLEM ALSO I NEED TO ADD A LARGER HARD DRIVE TO MY SYSTEM THAT THE BIOS DOES NOT SUPPORT IT IS A SYSTEMSOFT BIOS AND THE HARDRIVE IS A 4645MB FUJITSU ATA DISKDRIVE ANY AND ALL

setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH

Hello, My question is a rather simple one compared to the questions I seem to be seeing in the list recently. I would like to know how to set my LD_LIBRARY_PATH to say, add a $PWLIBDIR/lib to my LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable. thanks.

Re: setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH

thanks but that didn't seem to work. I still can't see it in my ld_library_path using ldd /bin/bash. any other suggestions? On Thu, Jun 08, 2000 at 11:27:02PM +, Joseph de los Santos wrote: seeing in the list recently. I would like to know how to set my LD_LIBRARY_PATH to say, add

Re: What hardware is supperted by Debian?

Hi, here is the link you are looking for: http://metalab.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/Hardware-HOWTO.html Good luck. Hi.=20 I am very interested in getting Debian, but as my computers is very new, = I thought that I'd better check out what kind of hardware is supported = (i.e. graphics cards,

Re: make problems

? that is why make does'nt execute from the new partition? if so, what can I do abt this? Joseph de los Santos wrote: however, when I try to run make from that new partition I get this error: Let me guess: did you run ./configure in your home directory, then mv the files to your working space

make problems

Hi, I have another partition and I put files there. usually just for backups. (bec I am running out of disk space in my root partition). now I have ran out of disk space in my / and so now I am forced to run make from that new partition. however, when I try to run make from that new partition

Re: printcap file

Hi, I did that already. Installed magicfilter and configured it with --force option since I already had an existing printcap file but it still only prints out one line. but at least no garbage anymore. - Original Message - From: paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Joseph de los Santos [EMAIL

Re: Sendmail Config

But if you still want to install sendmail download a perl script from freshmeat.net called install-sendmail.Install-Sendmail will configure Sendmail and Fetchmail on your machine. That Perl script can be used to setup a mail server for a simple network or it can configure email on a dial up

disk space problem

Hi, I am having disk space problems with one of my partitions but I have another partition that is free so what I did was download software on my second partition and created a directory there and linked it into my home directory in the hope of being able to install programs there (on the free

printcap file

Hi, I've just setup my printer (hp deskjet 855c) and when I test it via lptest /dev/lp0 it prints but only the first line then stops or goes to the next page then printsjust one line again (some letters and some garbage) and I think this has something to do with my /etc/printcap file because I

Re: yahoo messenger

I do not know if there are any debianised clones of yahoo messenger but there are a lot of clones you can choose from like gtkyahoo,kyahoo,chimmy's yahoo client etc, take your pick. go to www.freshmeat.net and search yahoo. unfortunately, you will most likely install it from source ;) Has

staroffice

hi, I recently installed staroffice and it works on only one user (the default one) and I was wondering how I can make my other users be able to use it too because when other users try to execute soffice nothing happens. I tried changing the permissions (chown, chgrp, chmod, and anything else I

Re: staroffice

what abt siag office suite? I think it can be an alternative to staroffice...it has a word processor (with a cool name mind you..;) pathetic writer, spreadsheets, etc and supports ms formats...sadly it does'nt have presentation software..(ala ms powerpoint? or does it...)

where did debian put gnome-config file?

Hi, I would like to know where gnome-config file is located. I can't find it or locate it. Thank you.

Re: xfstt package and fonts; xfstt and xfs-xtt

Hello, there is a mini-howto for installing ttf for debian and you can find all the information you need to know there. the link is http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/TT-Debian.html#toc6 Good Luck.

Re: problems with downloading

Yes, I agree a number of people are indeed having these kinds of problems with dist-upgrading and I am one of them. I wonder what's causing these errors?

mesa3 packages are broken?

Hi, xmms is nagging me about libGL.so.1 obj file and I know that that can be found in the mesag3 packages (graphics/mesag3-glide2,libs/mesag3,libs/mesag3+gg i) but I can't download any of them. are they broken?

automagically queuing sendmail on dial-up

hi, I have my machine set up in such a way that when I connect to the internet, I have a fetchmail daemon running and polling my pop server while I am connected to the internet but when I send email thru sendmail, it queues all mail when I connect to the net, but not when I am already

Re: Everybuddy

hi, instead of trying to download it from the everybuddy site in tar format or maybe from source, just download everybuddy from the debian ftp site since everybuddy has been already been packaged for debian install it via dpkg -i everybuddy_ver_no_etc or you can install it thru apt if you have

why are the mesa packages broken?

I need an obj file called libGL.so.1. xmms is nagging me abt it. I know that it is part of the mesa3 packages but I can't seem to download any of them. mesa3-glide (which is pretty much useless to me since its for 3dfx based cards?), mesa3 or mesa3+ggi. cannot be downloaded. broken packages or

fetchmail smtp connect failed

Hello, I have read in the documentation that if smtp failed connect during fetchmail -v means that fetchmail can't connect to my localhost. it was advised that I try to check if I can telnet to port 25 on my machine.Actually, I can't telnet to my machine using my hostname or localhost. So

./configure problem?

hello, I keep getting permission denied errors when trying to run the ./configure command both as root or as an ordinary user. what could be wrong? Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

efm window manager

Hello, I am trying to install efm and I was wondering if the required package libz by efm is the same as libzvt (the zterm widjet?) or libzephr? or maybe it's something else? I can't find the exact libz package itself on the debian ftp site. My next question is the package gdbm that is

giving access

Hello, How do I give permission to a non-user account to use the modem (thru pon isp) and other hardware devices? (e.g. printer, etc) Thank You. Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

how to enable MIT/SHM shared memory?

hi, whenever I login to X windows I get a warning that either I am running enlightenment over a network connection (which I'm not) or an X server that does not support shared memory in my lmlib configuration. My question is..how do I enable this MIT/SHM shared memory?

cd help please...

hello, I have sound working ( I can hear sound through sound events of gnome) and my soundcard is listed in procinfo. my problem is trying to play cdrom. I have xfreecd and have read access to the cdrom via chmod a+r /dev/cdrom but when I try to play cds I can't hear anything. I can see it

cannot use sound modules

hello, my card is autodetected/configured during booting but I can't install the sound module!(sb). either using modconf,insmod or modprobe i get the error: /lib/modules/2.3.4/misc/sb.o: init_module: Device or resource busy /lib/modules/2.3.4/misc/sb.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.3.4/misc/sb.o

console-data error

hello, when I try to upgrade my console-data package I get the error: Setting up console-data (1999.08.29-12) ... syntax error at /usr/lib/perl5/Debian/DebConf/Client/ConfModule.pm line 123, near goto BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /var/lib/dpkg/info/console-data.config line 333.

session-manager anyone?

hello, I don't know if this is where I have to ask this but here it goes...How do I use the session-manager? when I click on the session manager properties nothing happens. I can't save any sessions. When I installed the package it said that I had to edit my .Xsession file. I did that

how to upgrade from kerneld to kmod?

Greetings!, When I boot up, I get a warning message that kerneld is obsolete and I should use kmod instead, if I was using kernel 2.2.x.(I am using 2.2.x) I would like to know how I can accomplish this upgrade. thank you. __ Get Your

need missing header file serial_compat.h

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ramdisk bug or error?

when I boot from the CD with my system/bios cache enabled I get the message RAMDISK=compressed image found at block 0 during bootstrap.I was wondering how this can be removed or disabled somewhat not by disabling my system cache because it slows the computer down greatly. I have tried the

help!..I am no longer able to boot properly

hello, when I boot linux, after it displays all the initial bootstrap process when it reaches the part freeing unused kernel memory: 140k freed INIT: version 2.78 booting it hangs...so I press control+c to continue loading and so it does but then it tells me that there is nothing in /proc-

question regarding compiling the kernel

hello, when trying to compile the kernel using make xconfig I get the following error: debian:/usr/src/linux# make xconfig rm -f include/asm ( cd include ; ln -sf asm-i386 asm) make -C scripts kconfig.tk make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux/scripts' gcc -Wall

what is the difference between frozen, potato, and unstable

hello what is the difference between frozen, potato, and unstable. arent they all the same?

question regarding make xconfig

hello, when trying make xconfig I get the following error: debian:/usr/src/linux# make xconfig rm -f include/asm ( cd include ; ln -sf asm-i386 asm) make -C scripts kconfig.tk make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux/scripts' gcc -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -c -o

is there a way to see a log of whatever is happening inside the x-window?

Greetings! I was wondering if there was some sort of a way to see what x-windows is doing because whenever I try to do some things like click on settings or utilities etc, nothing is happening. I'm not sure if there are errors or whatever so I wanted to check and see what was happening. is

problem with lilo.conf

Hello, I have installed debian to coexist with windows 98 but I can no longer boot windows. my lilo.conf only shows linux.it automatically boots linux and the windows partition is no where to be found. worse, I even forgot to label my windows partition. is there a way this can be fixed?

Re: can sawmill be used with slink?

Someone referred me to this site which has the deb packages for sawmill and it works great. I haven't had any problems yet. http://www.devin.com/sawmill From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Miguel Wooding SF Ten.Union) To: Joseph de los Santos [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject

can sawmill be used with slink?

Greetings! I would like to know if sawmill can be used with slink and if so, how do I do this. Thank you __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

can somebody please give me some info regarding package dependencies.

Greetings! I would like to know if an older version of a required library can be used with those programs that require certain libraries to work without any problems. i.e. I am currently using debian slink 2.1 with the icewm window manager and I want to install sawmill but then sawmill

question regarding stable and unstable dists

Hello, I would like to know if unstable packages can be used with slink? because I am currently using slink and would like to try out sawmill window-manager but the sawmill window manager depends on packages that are on the unstable dists instead of the stable ones or can I just use the

where is the command line options for the X server located?

Hello!, I would like to know where the Xservers file for xdm is located so that I may change the display resolution in dots per inch. Thank you. __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (broken pine)...what's that mean?

Hi, I was trying to install libgnome0.0.30.1-5.deb but it said it was conflicting with libgnome32 which is somehow connected to my gnome desktop so it would'nt let me install libgnome0, so I uninstalled my gnome desktop, so I could remove libgnome32 and install libgnome0 but now I get that

connect script failed when trying to use pon

Happy New Year! I get a connect script failed when I try to use pon to connect to my ISP. it used to work before. Here is the exact error message: debian:/etc# ln –sf /dev/ttyS0 /dev/modem debian:/etc# pon x debian:/etc# tail –f /var/log/ppp.log Jan 4 08:13:15 debian pppd[178]:Connect

device ttyS0 is locked by pid 5237

Hello When I try to log on to my ISP via pon it used to work but then when I reinstalled debian 2.1 , now it doesnt work anymore. I remember when it was working, I can see my serial options during boot time now when I boot what I see is the line serial driver version 4.13 with no serial

can someone please explain to me error in execution path?

I installed enlightenment but when I try to run a program I get the error There was an error running the program: eeyes THis program could not be executed. this is most probably because this program is not in the path for your shell which is /bin/bash. I suggest you read the manual page for

How do I install additional modules?

Hello I was wondering on how can I install additional modules to my linux system. (serial-to make my modem work?) and also audio(for sound to work?) and also How do I set my XNLSPATH environment variable to usr/X11r6/lib/X11/NLS in order for some motif applications to work. Thank you for

can someone pls. provide me a list of URI's for apt to work properly

Happy New Year to All!!! Can someone please provide me a list of URI's to add to my sources.list for apt to work properly for slink/stable (main, contrib,non-free and non-us) because I am always having malformed errors whenever I try to install packages from the web. Thanks and Have a

what does E:Malformed line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list (dist) mean?

hello! When I try to install packages thru http using apt I get the message E:Malformed line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list (dist) what does this mean? I know that I have configured my sources.list correctly but when I try to execute apt-get update it does not work.thanks for

modem problem

Greetings! I need help...I can ping ip addresses but can't seem to ping the equivalent domain name. any help would be greatly appreciated. __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

apt

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fatal error with mouse when trying to start x

Hello, after I configured my x window , when I tried to start it it gave me an error about my mouse not being operation not supported but I'm pretty sure that it is a ps/2 mouse. When I checked the website of xfree86.org , it said something about that but it did give any help on how to fix the