Re: looking for opinions on scsi adapter cards

1997-09-10 Thread Lawrence
Jeff Noxon wrote: > There was a long thread about this not long ago. Without going into > details, the unanimous answer is: > > Do not buy Adaptec. They're fine for Windoze but not prime-time on Linux. > > Buy a BusLogic adapter if you need reliability and high performance > at a good price. T

Re: Prompt in Bash

1997-09-05 Thread Lawrence
Is it possible to do it in tcsh? Rob Browning wrote: > > Ask and ye shall receive :> This is a cut-down version of my bashrc. > It also shows a trick to get around the problem with some shells > actually being login shells, but not calling .bash_login (i.e. X login > shells). I just symlink my .

Re: problems after installing 32Mb/S3Virge

1997-09-05 Thread Lawrence
Then, it could be your 32Mb/S3Virge faulty. Jan Ramon wrote: > > Hi, > > My computer: > -pentium166 > -32MbRam > -S3-Virge (3DVGA digimate) > -adaptec2940scsi (sda,sdb=harddisks) > -atapi cdrom > -kernel 2.0.30 (not all packages are upgraded to debian 1.3.1, i think > some are > still 1.2 or 1.3

Re: SCSI Host Adapter

1997-09-03 Thread Lawrence
I endorsed. Jeff Noxon wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 03, 1997 at 09:27:41AM -0700, Steve Witt wrote: > [snip] > > I've read the SCSI HOW-TO and it seems to highly recommend the Buslogic > > series of boards. All of my Windows friends tell me that the Adaptec > > boards are the only way to go. In looki

Re: SCSI Host Adapter

1997-09-03 Thread Lawrence
> My questions are: Is the Buslogic board really better than the Adaptec? A hardware is good when the driver is stable. > Is the Buslogic better supported in Linux than the Adaptec? Is the > difference worth it? yes. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to

Re: UW SCSI Card

1997-09-02 Thread Lawrence
go to buslogic, 2940uw is too cable sensitive. Luis Francisco Gonzalez wrote: > > Hi, > I am considering to buy one of these beasts and had thought about AHA 2940UW. > I was wondering if people had experience with those and/or if there is another > suggestiong (Buslogic?) > > Thanks, > Luis. >

Re: Off-topic - tcpload

1997-08-27 Thread Lawrence
ength. to be accurate, 185 metres. lawrence -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

transfer debian to CDR

1997-08-19 Thread Lawrence Chim
with this problem? If I split it and store on two CDRs, say, bo, non-free and contrib on the first CDR, and hamm on the second CDR, would dpkg/dselect understands and ask me the swap the proper CDR? My friend want hamm because it comes with libc6. Lawrence -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST

X screen position

1997-08-11 Thread Lawrence
Anyone utility to shift the X screen (permanently?) to the right? Lawrnece -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

off-topic question

1997-08-04 Thread Lawrence
for Ricoh CDRW yet. TIA Lawrence -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

ET6000 Xconfig file wanted

1997-08-04 Thread Lawrence
Anyone successfully run X with ET6000? Can you send your config file to me? Lawrence -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: Q. about vic-ccam ...

1997-07-28 Thread Lawrence
you must be root or member of group 'cqcam' lawrence cqcam & vic-cqcam maintainer Richard G. Roberto wrote: > > I can't get this to work. My QuickCam works under windows, > but not linux. I can't seem to get to www.crynwy.com to do > any research. There

Re: FAT32 support

1997-07-28 Thread Lawrence
Shaleh wrote: > > What is the status of FAT32 support in Linux (Debian)?? go to www.linuxhq.com and there is a patch for 2.0.29/30 Lawrence -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: SB Sound driver full duplex?

1997-07-21 Thread Lawrence
Joey Hess wrote: > > Rick Jones wrote: > > Does anybody know if the current SB Sound driver is full duplex or not? > > Half duplex as far as I know (for most cards anyway) creative provides a full duplex support driver for most of their sound cards. but it is for win95.

Re: PPP hanging - USR sportster modem

1997-07-11 Thread Lawrence
Casey Feskens wrote: > > I do in fact have a USR sportster 56k. I'm sifting through the > digest on www.debian.org. Anyone have direct experience with > that problem? Please give me an email. > I have no problem using my USR sportster 56K Flash external. Lawrence --

Re: Anyone using Real Audio

1997-07-04 Thread Lawrence
LOAD'd with something. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Shaya > > Everytime I tried it, it crashed X on me - probably since I'm using > the Matrox XFree86 driver in 24bit mode, which isn't 100% bug free. > So I gave up. Try their lastest version 3.1.5, it

Re: Debian support for Ultra ATA controller cards

1997-07-02 Thread Lawrence
t there have any info? > can help you though I want to know how much you pay for the card :) Lawrence -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: determining serial link speed?

1997-07-02 Thread Lawrence
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On 2 Jul, Lawrence wrote: > > Martin Steigerwald wrote: > >> > >> Hi! > >> > >> Is there any easy way to find out, what speed my modem connected to > >> the ISP? (using ppp & chat on Debian Linux m68k A

Re: .gz ??? what, how?

1997-07-01 Thread Lawrence
command 'most' will do it. Lawrence -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: determining serial link speed?

1997-07-01 Thread Lawrence
y the throughout (in/out) in byte per second. Lawrence -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

spindown time of cdrom drive

1997-06-27 Thread Lawrence Chim
Is there any program available in Linux to set the spindown time of a cdrom drive? My Toshiba spindowns after 30 seconds and I need to set it to ~2 mins. Lawrence -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail

burning CD, how?

1997-06-23 Thread Lawrence Chim
I just bought my CDR. I burned several CD in win95 successfully. Can anyone tell me how to burn a CD in Linux? In particular, I have a mirror of Debian in my harddisk and want to make a copy of it to CD. Lawrence -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscrib

where is md home page?

1997-06-20 Thread Lawrence Chim
Is there a home page for md's driver/utils? Lawrence -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: file system tools for dos

1997-06-19 Thread Lawrence Chim
ess. Ask me or [EMAIL > PROTECTED] > > spy counter-intelligence wild porno sex gold bullion Soviet Bosnia clipper > National Security Council explosion Treasury terrorist Delta Force bomb Iran > Mossad data encryption munitions Serbian hydrazine ammonium nitrate fuel oil > you have to set the environment, have you done it? lawrence -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: Debian woes

1997-06-16 Thread Lawrence Chim
Dale Scheetz wrote: > > On Mon, 16 Jun 1997, Lawrence Chim wrote: > > > If a standard package depends a non-free package, it won't resolve it > > and I have to manually install the non-free package free before > > installing > > the standard package. > &

Re: Debian woes

1997-06-16 Thread Lawrence Chim
Dale Scheetz wrote: > > On Mon, 16 Jun 1997, Lawrence Chim wrote: > > > If a standard package depends a non-free package, it won't resolve it > > and I have to manually install the non-free package free before > > installing > > the standard package. > &

Re: Debian woes

1997-06-16 Thread Lawrence Chim
If a standard package depends a non-free package, it won't resolve it and I have to manually install the non-free package free before installing the standard package. Lawrence Dale Scheetz wrote: > I can offer several suggestions... > > I did about 5 installs from scratch duri

Re: Problems installing Debian 1.3

1997-06-16 Thread Lawrence Chim
t did I wrong? > > > If this is the SoundBlaster Pro CD driver (sbpcd) then you must edit the > source (possibly the header file as well) There are some notes on this > issue in the source code. Are you using bash 2.0? There is a *bug* in the configure script in the kernel source tree. Lawrence -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: Release Date for Debian 1.3.1

1997-06-14 Thread Lawrence Chim
Patrick Ryan wrote: > > Hello, > > When is Debian 1.3.1 going to be released? > What do you expect in Debian 1.3.1? Lawrence -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

netscape 4.0 full version but no Linux

1997-06-11 Thread Lawrence Chim
Just checked and the full version for most platforms are ready to download but Linux. Lawrence -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: debian-1.3 partition size limitation ?

1997-06-11 Thread Lawrence Chim
arge one results in a "bad block 49" > > I know, that the file system limit for ext2 is somewhere in the > tera byte region. > > Is there a limit for the partitioning tool used by the > debian-1.3 installation disks? > And if so, is there a special tool for large par

Re: Video confrencing.

1997-06-11 Thread Lawrence Chim
re is a very alpha version of CU-SeeMe for Linux. Lawrence, -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: Resuming interrupted download from http-site

1997-06-10 Thread Lawrence Chim
ficult. > > Hmmm, doesn't zmodem resume a download by simply asking that the file > xfer start at a certain file offset, which is simply the size of the > partially downloaded file? Then it just appends to the file. I thought > some FTP implementations were doing this already. yes, ftp -c Lawrence -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: broken pipe

1997-06-10 Thread Lawrence Chim
I think it is a problem of bash package. I downgrade to 1.14 from debian 1.2 and no more broken pipe. Last time, tetex warned that my system was in a inconsistent state and I suspected it is casued by the broken pipe. Lawrence, Tim O'Brien wrote: > > Ok, I finally have to break dow

Re: netscape 4.0

1997-06-09 Thread Lawrence Chim
Greg Vence wrote: > > Lawrence Chim wrote: > > > > Randy Edwards wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, 10 Jun 1997, Lawrence Chim wrote: > > > > > > > Does netscape beta 4.0 installer support preview 5? > > > > It does not work for me.

Re: netscape 4.0

1997-06-09 Thread Lawrence Chim
Randy Edwards wrote: > > On Tue, 10 Jun 1997, Lawrence Chim wrote: > > > Does netscape beta 4.0 installer support preview 5? > > It does not work for me. I found a symlink /usr/X11R6/bin/netscape --> > > .../../lib/netscape, but there is no such file/directory. >

netscape 4.0

1997-06-09 Thread Lawrence Chim
Does netscape beta 4.0 installer support preview 5? It does not work for me. I found a symlink /usr/X11R6/bin/netscape --> ../../lib/netscape, but there is no such file/directory. Lawrence, -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTE

a x86 emulator that support win95

1997-06-08 Thread Lawrence Chim
Just found a x86 emulator and it seems support win95 though in early stage. http://world.std.com/~bochs/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

why so many broken peips when installing 1.3?

1997-06-08 Thread Lawrence Chim
To further my previous post, I found that I have no problem installing netscape_3.0, but netscape-4.0 displayed a lot of broken pipes message and it not installed properly. After the install, I cannot find a find the nescape directory in /usr/lib. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail

why so many broken links when installing 1.3?

1997-06-07 Thread Lawrence Chim
Tried to install debian 1.3 but dselect displayed broken links error message: Installing Communicator Java files... ==> moving existing '/usr/local/netscape/java/classes/ifc11.jar' to '/usr/local/netscape/java/classes/ifc11.jar.old' ==> moving existing '/usr/local/netscape/java/classes/iiop10.ja

Re: Ricoh CDRW (CD-ReWritable) drive

1997-06-06 Thread Lawrence Chim
Sam Ockman wrote: > > Message from Dale Scheetz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) on 6-5-97: > > On Thu, 5 Jun 1997, Lawrence Chim wrote: > > > > > Any debian package that support the Ricoh CDRW drive? > > > Does Debian a stable platform to burn CDs? > > > > I&#

Re: video card driver (fwd)

1997-06-06 Thread Lawrence Chim
> > Hi There, > > I am installing linux debian on dell machine and it has a Matrox > > MGA Millennium PowerDesk video card and I haven't found any Matrox Video > > Cards in the database provided by the linux. If you please tell me which > > one in the closest match for the Matrox Video Card's

Ricoh CDRW (CD-ReWritable) drive

1997-06-05 Thread Lawrence Chim
Any debian package that support the Ricoh CDRW drive? Does Debian a stable platform to burn CDs? Lawrence, -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: Quikcam?

1997-05-27 Thread Lawrence Chim
cs directory. Though they both require Color QuickCam. Lawrence, -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

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

1997-05-19 Thread Lawrence Chim
What about a bootable CD and install it directly from the CD? Redhat allows installation without using floppies. Lawrence, -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: BusLogic FlashPoint LT SCSI BT

1997-05-14 Thread Lawrence Chim
Dave May wrote: > > Being a fan of Debian Linux for some time, I wanted to install Debian on > my own computer in my office (to replace Windows 95 especially). > Unfortunately, I have a BusLogic FlashPoint LT PCI SCSI adapter, and it's > not supported currently. > > I found the latest version of

post news periodically, how?

1997-05-13 Thread Lawrence Chim
Hi, Is it possible to post the same news to newsgroups automatically and periodically, say bi-weekly? Lawrence, -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

ET6000

1997-05-11 Thread Lawrence Chim
Anyone using ET6000? I am going to sell my diamond stealth and buy a ET6000 based card, e.g. Jaton 128. I just want to be sure that X run fine :) Lawrence, -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: dselect and updating the system

1997-05-09 Thread Lawrence Chim
led when I try to install them > (selection 3 in dselect). Is this the way the whole thing should work or > am I missing something? > Occasionally, I have this problem and I simply wrote down the packages and install them using dpkg manually :) Lawrence, -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM

Re: stable or not stable?

1997-05-09 Thread Lawrence Chim
> speed. If we are up to 0.35 already then I'd say whoever decided not to > put 0.30 in bo made the right choice :> > Also, there is a pre-2.0.31 patch around that (supposted to) fixes the 2.0.30 *socket not close* problem. Another reason 2.0.30 should be in hamm :) Lawrence, -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: kernel: recognising >64Mb RAM

1997-05-07 Thread Lawrence Chim
Tan Wee Yeh wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm terribly sorry as I understand this question has > been answer just a few days before but I lost the mail. > Two option: 1. say you have 96M, put the following line in you lilo file mem=96M 2. download a kernel patch from http://www

Re: hot-change disk arrays...can I do it on Linux?

1997-05-06 Thread Lawrence Chim
out these utilities, it is hard, if > not impossible, to format a new array, replace a failed drive, etc. > I heard that someone using DPT RAID card but don't know how they get the driver. Lawrence, -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: lprng how? (magicfilter also not work)

1997-05-03 Thread Lawrence Chim
where it went? > Just tried to remove apsfilter and installed magicfilter, same problem. It said cannot connect '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'. Would that be non-free gs problem rather than magicfilter, or apsfilter problem? Lawrence, -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word

Re: lprng how?

1997-04-29 Thread Lawrence Chim
r (and fix!) the problem. I'll > file a bug report straight away. > > In the mean time, I think you'll find magicfilter solves your printing > problem. I have a bubblejet too (210c) and things are great now. > To whom you will file the bug report? :) Lawrence, -- TO

one thing latex is better than tetex

1997-04-29 Thread Lawrence Chim
previously, dvips gave me ps file with page numbering and I can go to a particular page using ghostview or gv. after I installed tetex and found that the ps file no more numbered and I can only press in gv, can't get back. Is there any magic to make tetex's dvips number the ps file?

Re: lprng how?

1997-04-29 Thread Lawrence Chim
for you, you will be the third person I know of to encounter this > mysterious bug. > > One further question, are you using Alladin Ghostscript (from non-free) or > the regular one? > I am using Alladin Ghostscript (from non-free) because I have a bjc600 printer and only non-fr

Re: lprng how?

1997-04-29 Thread Lawrence Chim
re you using apsfilter or magicfilter? If the former, does it work if > you install magicfilter instead? Yes, I am using apsfilter, and I will try magicfilter when I get back home. Though, if lprng not works with apsfilter, should apsfilter be marked as conflict in the lprng's control file.

lprng how?

1997-04-28 Thread Lawrence Chim
Just change from lpr to lprng but then whenever I try to run lpr or lpq, it said "cannot open connection to [EMAIL PROTECTED]". I have read the Intro and Tutorial in the /usr/doc/lprng but could not find any short answer. Lawrence, -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mai

how to make ppp die after only 4 rings?

1997-04-27 Thread Lawrence Chim
Since my ISP will answer the call after 2 rings, it is possible to set the pppd to die after 4 rings, otherwise, it keeps the line 'til 60s pass. Lawrence, -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

tcpdump: unknown data link type 0xc

1997-04-27 Thread Lawrence Chim
Hi, tcpdump 3.3-2 won't work for me. here is the error message: tcpdump: unknown data link type 0xc though I have no problem using PPP. Lawrence, -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

what umask?

1997-04-25 Thread Lawrence Chim
what is the umask to mount a partition that allows user and group "rwx" permission and other none, i.e. "---". -- Lawrence Chim [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

optionally select the path for non-free & contrib

1997-04-23 Thread Lawrence Chim
Using `/mirror/debian/development/binary-i386' as main binary dir. Using `/mirror/debian/development/binary-i386/Packages.gz' for main. Using `/mirror/debian/contrib/binary-i386' as contrib binary dir. Using `/mirror/debian/contrib/binary-i386/Packages.gz' for contrib. Using `/mirror/debian/non-fre

why I have this?

1997-04-23 Thread Lawrence Chim
dselect kindly give me this stuff for a long while, don't know what's wrong. /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/disk/setup: line 8: 7921 Broken pipe find "$mountpoint$2" -follow -name '*.deb' -print 2>/dev/null 7922 Done| head -1 7923 Done| grep

vfat32 patch

1997-04-22 Thread Lawrence Chim
Have anyone successfully applied the vfat32 patch to 2.0.29 or 2.0.30? Though I can compile the patched 2.0.29, I got unresolved symbols while booting linux. 2.0.30 not even compiled. -- Lawrence Chim [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubs

Re: Memory Gobbler

1997-04-22 Thread Matt Lawrence
At 09:20 AM 4/21/97 +1200, Richard L Shepherd wrote: >Yes I have read that too. However it does see the memory (when I put >"mem=128M" on the boot line). I'm not sure that cache isn't the problem, >though. It went so well for 3 weeks, then started to go downhill. This >w/e it killed itself comp

Re: Memory Gobbler

1997-04-21 Thread Lawrence Chim
all this memory ? Is it always for network services, or could it > be useful for desktop computers too ? > > Alexandre -- Lawrence Chim [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: Memory Gobbler

1997-04-19 Thread Lawrence Chim
Martin Schulze wrote: > > On Apr 19, Harmon Sequoya Nine wrote > > Don't know if this relates to the question, but... > > > > I was looking at how to recompile the kernel to get it to recognize memory > > above 64M, > > and it said you should have at least 512K of cache to do this... > > Add mem

Re: 'Sun Java WorkShop on Debian' experience anyone?

1997-04-12 Thread Lawrence Chim
need the linux port jws from blackburn. -- Lawrence Chim [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Matrox Millinium

1997-04-11 Thread Lawrence Chim
Karsten Bolding wrote: > > Hi > > Which xserver should I use to get the most out of a Matrox Millinium card > (presently I use xserver-svga) > > Karsten MGA -- Lawrence Chim [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: ppp redial problem

1997-04-11 Thread Lawrence Chim
t any problems. Still I'd > like to get to the bottom of the ppp problem if anyone has any ideas. -- Lawrence Chim [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: moxfm

1997-04-11 Thread Lawrence Chim
om source and run fine. Don't know why the precompiled binary not work. Did you setup the resource file properly? -- Lawrence Chim [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Multiple ISP setup

1997-04-11 Thread Lawrence Chim
dressing, you only need two chatscripts that dial different phone numbers. -- Lawrence Chim [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Scanning software available?

1997-04-11 Thread Lawrence Chim
e a HPScanJet4c connected to > a SCSI card and i'm using hpscanpbm, which is available as a standard > Debian package. It works quite well for me. > or you may pay $50 for xvscan, a program based on xv. -- Lawrence Chim [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: 'Sun Java WorkShop on Debian' experience anyone?

1997-04-11 Thread Lawrence Chim
jws running, can you tell me, which jdk you're using? jdk 1.0.2 with no problem, though I am not using it now. -- Lawrence Chim [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: moxfm

1997-04-11 Thread Lawrence Chim
> You did right in getting the BINARY version instead of the version you have > to compile as Lawrence mistakenly assumed. > > You have to get the version that has been staticly linked with motif. That > means the motif it needs are part of it. If you have motif you would get t

Re: moxfm

1997-04-10 Thread Lawrence Chim
e.tmpl'". moxfm requires Motif to compile. ^^ -- Lawrence Chim [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: IBM PS/2 computer

1997-04-07 Thread Matt Lawrence
At 10:43 PM 4/6/97 -0400, System Account wrote: > i have just recieved an old IBM PS/2 Model 80 computer (8580). > I would like to install debian on it but when i boot with the rescue disk > for the install it starts loading then uncompresses to this point: The mod 80 is a microchannel mach

disk problems

1997-04-06 Thread Matt Lawrence
Ok, I've run out of places to look. I'm getting occasional "hda:timeout" messages and my system is locking up with a disk error after anywhere from a few hours to a couple of days. When it locks up, I can still change virtual consoles, but I can't run anything and ctrl-alt-del doesn't work. Since

buslogic and boot disk

1997-03-27 Thread Lawrence Chim
Does the boot disk support buslogic? How people using buslogic card install debian? I think I have to use my 2940 to install debian first, then compile a kernel with buslogic support, swap the card, compile the kernel again without the 2940 in it. Lawrence,

Re: g++ file doesn't run

1997-03-22 Thread Matt Lawrence
At 10:23 PM 3/21/97 -0500, Jeff Shilt wrote: >Thanks for the help - it does compile with g++ instead of gcc, but the executable produced isn't doing anything. Here's what i'm doing: > >//test.c Don't call it "test". -- Matt

Re: Metro-X ver 3.1.5

1997-03-22 Thread Lawrence Chim
erwise you end up with a dependency problem. Lawrence,

is buslogic 958 really better than 2940uw

1997-03-21 Thread Lawrence Chim
There are so many discussion about 958 vs 2940uw. I found that the main arugment 958 better than 2940uw is that buslogic supports linux and allows source distribution of the driver. Lawrence,

Re: Adaptec 2940 UW (general)

1997-03-21 Thread Lawrence Chim
> I've got 9 or 10 of these cards deployed. All of the machines are running > 2.0.29 without a single problem. I've never done anything more than plug > the card in, turn the machine on and install. No special tweaking > required. > What device(s) did you use on the card? Lawrence,

Re: Chmodding a whole directory tree

1997-03-20 Thread Matt Lawrence
At 11:11 PM 3/19/97 -0800, Philippe Troin wrote: >Either: > find -type d | xargs chmod a+rx I'd use "find -type d -exec chmod a+rx {} \;" -- Matt (I've had problems with xargs)

Re: Question

1997-03-20 Thread Lawrence Chim
ease doesnt have a > Rescue disk compatible with that card... > or...is it possible to build our own install disks set? Lawrence,

true type to X11 fonts

1997-03-20 Thread Lawrence Chim
Hi, I want to convert some of the true type font to use in X11 fonts. Anyone know how to do it? Lawrence,

Re: SCSI Ultra/Wide support

1997-03-19 Thread Lawrence Chim
oesn't give > any hint on their product, and the maintainers have to do heroic > efforts. On the other hand, Buslogic gives full support to the linux > maintainer. > did anyone done a performance comparison of buslogic 958 and adaptec 2940? Lawrence,

Re: What Can I do?

1997-03-17 Thread Lawrence Chim
il into my slip account and the only one I can find is > >slirp and it has to be compiled. What can i do? > > Use the reget command in ftp to continue a download from where it stopped. > what? neither ftp nor ncftp provides the 'reget' command. Lawrence,

Re: Any recommendation about a good 3D video card?

1997-03-17 Thread Lawrence Chim
Dany Dionne wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'll buy a 3D video card this summer and i can expense 750$ (1000$ > Canadien). This card is to use in the developpment of a 3D environnement > in OPENGL on PC. Do you have any recommendations? I don't know if it's a > good idea to purchase a card like a Matrox

Re: Video Cards

1997-03-16 Thread Lawrence Chim
card is not listed in XFree86, I'm pretty sure you may > use the "Generic S3 ViRGE/VX" servers/drivers. I have been using a card > with S3 ViRGE/VX configured with the Generic driver for months now and it > works GREAT. There is a server for Matrox card, the name of the server is something like SMGA. Lawrence Chim,

Re: Where is modutils? & bind syntax error

1997-03-12 Thread Lawrence Chim
In a previous message Lawrence Chim said: > These are the files in modules_2.1.23-1.deb. It seems that all > binaries and manpages are missing. modules_2.1.23-1 is a dummy package used when upgrading from modules to the newer modutils. Unfortunately modutils has not been installed yet. W

flon command?

1997-03-10 Thread Lawrence Chim
Is there a debian package provides the flon command? Lawrence,

Re: lesstif requirement

1997-03-10 Thread Lawrence Chim
WiM Motif, you can call them to provide the debianized version to you. Lawrence,

where to upload the debianized packages?

1997-03-10 Thread Lawrence Chim

Re: lesstif requirement

1997-03-10 Thread Lawrence Chim
you are using? I have just finished the installers for Metro Motif 2.0 and Metro OpenGL. Anyway, you can still able to install lesstif (at the moment) as the lesstif .so lib is named libXm.so.0.76 while Metro Motif .so lib is named libXm.so.2.0. Apparently, they can co-exist on the same system. Lawrence,

very small bash script question

1997-03-08 Thread Lawrence Chim
Does anyone know how to check a directory is empty in bash script? lawrence,

example script want

1997-03-07 Thread Lawrence Chim
Firstly, I am not a script expert and I only know how to write a little script file to execute a batch of commands. Can someone provides me an example script that insert a line of text into a text file. The line should be placed below the line section[xyz] and above the line blahblahblahblah. -

netscape 3.01_4

1997-03-06 Thread Lawrence Chim
I don't why I have to load the libc.so.5.2.18 in order to run netscape, or I will get a bus error. I even try LD_PRELOAD=libgnumalloc.so.5 and it dose not work also. #!/bin/sh export LD_PRELOAD=libc.so.5.2.18 <<< export MALLOC_CHECK_=0 export NPX_PLUGIN_PATH=$HOME/.netscape/plugins:/usr/local/

is modules_2.1.23-1.deb corrupted?

1997-03-06 Thread Lawrence Chim
I checked the contents of modules_2.1.23-1.deb and found that the lsmod, insmod, modprobe, etc. are missing from the file. Did the maintainer forget to include those program files? drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 Feb 26 10:22 1997 ./ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 Feb 26 10:22 1997 etc/ -rw-r--r--

Re: AWE32 problems.

1997-03-03 Thread Lawrence Chim
e isapnptools from sunsite.unc.edu lawrence

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