re: X11 and LaTeX minimal install

1996-08-21 Thread Joshua Stockwell
Different people maintain different packages. One of the main strengths of debian is that there is an "expert" who is in control of a package. A minimal X installation is quite large. It would be very unfair to expect someone(who donates their time) to be able to maintain such complex programs as

Re: [Fwd: Virus Alert]

1996-08-16 Thread Joshua Stockwell
I don't think you have anything to worry about. You just fell victim to one of the most perpetuated practical jokes on the internet. :)) -Josh Stockwell

Re: where is wish ?

1996-08-16 Thread Joshua Stockwell
wish is part of the Tk package. You'll need tk_7.[3|5].deb and tcl_4.?.deb I can't remember which verison they at. Tk needs tcl. Wish is part of Tk. They should both be in the devel subtree. -Josh Stockwell

Re: Isn't it a security hole...

1996-08-15 Thread Joshua Stockwell
>>> On Aug 14, 2:35pm, Bruce Perens wrote: >>> : Ahem. Let's not use the word "hacker" to mean "computer criminal" on >>> : this list. "cracker" is more appropriate. >>> >-- End of excerpt from Bruce Perens Christopher R. Hertel wrote: >>> Seconded. The term "hacker" originally referred to one

Re: LILO trouble

1996-08-14 Thread Joshua Stockwell
I had this exact same setup. Slackware on the slave disk and msdos on the other master disk. And I just recently upgraded to Debian and ran into the exact same problem. Silly me to forget to uninstall lilo first! The reason your boot is hanging is that it is looking for the old lilo that doesnt't

Re: Unreliable service of I-connect

1996-08-06 Thread Joshua Stockwell
omis.i-connect.net(206.139.73.10) by gatekeeper via smap (V1.3mjr) id sma016806; Tue Aug 6 13:20:28 1996 Received: (qmail-queue invoked by uid 105); 6 Aug 1996 17:21:04 - Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: cdrom To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joshua Stockwell) Date: Tue, 6 Aug 1996

Re: unreliable service of I-Connect

1996-08-06 Thread Joshua Stockwell
I ordered my cd July 26, a little over a week ago, and I still haven't received it either. I wish they wouldn't post that they can ship in 2-3 days if they can't. That's very frustrating, I've preped my system and all I'm waiting for is the distribution. I'm going to call and tell them if I don't

Re: rename a machine

1996-08-05 Thread Joshua Stockwell
Look in /etc/hostname file -Josh Stockwell