Ethan == Ethan Benson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
and if you want to compile them there's always 'apt-get
--compile source packagename'. if you haven't used it before
here's how it works :)
with the annoying side affect of apt insisting on replacing the
locally compiled
Adam == Adam Shand [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
you have to get the international kernal patch from either
www.kerneli.org, or in the non-US section. Then you have to
patch the kernel and recompile.
with the new mellowing of usa crypto laws, is there any chance
that the
Alex == Alex Kwan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hi! Can I install Woody's packages (eg. kernel-2.2.14,
XFree86-3.3.3.6) on a Slink System (because these packages of
Slink is too old)?
If you're looking for a slink version of XFree86 3.3.4, add
deb
Daniel == Daniel Lesage [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hi all. I'm trying to install Potato to what will become my
ipchains server. I had previously installed Slink on this
computer, but managed to completely mangle my installation when
my old ISP switched to PPPOE. My new
Adam == Adam Shand [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Probably not. Beside the crypto laws, there is also the DSFG
that debian adheres to, and many of the encryption schemes have
patents on them, thus makeing them non-free, and not in debian
by default.
oh yeah, i forgot about
Hey all!
I get the following errors in my logs, and wonder whether anyone has
any clues to what they might be.
Security Violations
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Apr 21 16:15:52 ul pppd[148]: Protocol-Reject for unsupported protocol 0x702d
Apr 21 16:57:19 ul pppd[148]: Protocol-Reject for unsupported
Maury == Maury Merkin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hi, New user here. With, no doubt, a few questions you might
have already answered forty-four hundred times this week
Hey. What else are new users good for?
But I'm only new to Debian. I've been using Linux since late
Michael == Michael O'Brien [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hola~ Rookie question here. I'm trying to setup an encrypted
filesystem as per:
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Loopback-Encrypted-Filesystem-HOWTO-3.html
The first step is installing the latest crypto patch. How do I
Sven == Sven Burgener [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hello debian freaks out there! I am not totally new to
Linux. Have set up run web, mail, dns servers on linux. Also
done some work with things like shell / awk and nice tools of
that kind. I've been using the suse distro during
:
yes. actually what I meant to ask was the fonts for the
terminals when you press alt+f1,f2 etc..
From: Kent West [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Marshal Kar-Cheung Wong
[EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], john smith
[EMAIL PROTECTED], Debian Users
Norman == Norman Walsh [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I'm trying to upgrade to XFree86 3.3.6 in order to get support
for my Trident Blade 3D card. I've managed to get as far as
attempting to install xserver-svga, but it claims to depend on
'libz1'.
I've looked all over the
Kent == Kent West [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
john smith wrote:
thanks. mind telling me the other ways that you have said
before?. I tried fontser but I don't like the way how it
handles things.
From: Kent West [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] To:
Sandy == Sandy Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I installed Debian (slink) and the X Window system. My manual
that came with the CD, Learning Debian Gnu/Linux has a section
on using GNOME.
Most of the things they refer to are there, but two are missing:
home directory
sam == sam [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I recently installed both wterm and eterm and I get the
following error when I try to run either of them:
resnet:~$ wterm wterm: can't open pseudo-tty wterm: aborting
resnet:~$ Eterm Eterm: Can't open pseudo-tty -- No such file or
and wterm work normally as root.
~Sam
On 12 Apr 2000, Marshal Kar-Cheung Wong wrote:
sam == sam [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I recently installed both wterm and eterm and I get the
following error when I try to run either of them:
resnet:~$ wterm wterm: can't
Cameron == Cameron Matheson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hey,
My friend is thinking about buying a Voodoo 2, but I told him I
should make sure it will work in Linux. I had heard that the
Voodoo 3 is hard to set up in X Windows. Will the Voodoo 2
work?
With a
Beavis == Beavis [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
how do u remove groups and users
groupdel, userdel
Marshal
My name is Marshal and I'm a Emacs user...And I have No Regrets! :)
In any case, to the point.
I was wondering why there are differences in the info from the
command-line and the info in Emacs (C-h i). The command-line info
seems more complete. I can't seem to find the info customizations on
Beavis == Beavis [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
i have two questions for the list today,
1. i am getting a recursive error
modprobe: can't locate module char-major-14
char-major-14 is for your sound card. You'll need to add something
like:
alias char-major-14 sb
to
Beavis == Beavis [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
what if i don't have a soundcard? how do i tell it that?
alias char-major-14 off
I think...
1. i am getting a recursive error
modprobe: can't locate module char-major-14
char-major-14 is for your sound card.
Rong == Rong Shen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hi, I bought the Debian/GNU Linux by John Goerzen and Ossama
Othman, published by New Riders, July 1999, first edition, I
think.
I could boot from CDROM and thing proceeded smoothly until the
step after I finished partitioning
Sean == Sean Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Has anybody else noticed that gimp1.1 has completely vanished??
Any ideas oh where it went or what happened?
And this isn't a dropped package ordeal, as it has vanished from
woody.
It's not in woody(unstable). It's still in
Steve == Steve Winston [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Need help. I have two bad problems on Slink: I can't make Debian
type Spanish and many of my apps crash often.
1. I can't make the international keyboard work. I need to use
Spanish markings but they don't work on my copy of
Rodrigo == Rodrigo Castro [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hello, Sorry for sending this message again and sorry for
sending to devel (I don't know if I should). I really need your
help, I tried everything I know and I can't make my Emacs work
with END key, when it is in Xterm.
Hilary == Hilary Hertzoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I've looked in through the documentation until my eyes blurred
and I haven't been able to find the answers to these rather
basic questions.
1. Is there a way to exit X without halting the computer? The
methods I've
Well, it's a bit difficult to say what you need to compile ANY
program. Of course you need the compiler, probably make, and a few
other helper apps. So start with task-c-dev, if you're using potato.
It will cover the basics. Then you will need -dev packages, which is
what many people forget.
Tolga == Tolga KIlicli [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I canoot receive mails via exim although I can send... I cannot
figure out the problem, everything seems usual...
When i send a mail from a different host it is rejected. What
is the problem!
Check to make sure that in
Bruno == Bruno Boettcher [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On Mon, Mar 27, 2000 at 02:25:36PM +0200, Lepus wrote:
I have installed Realplayer 7 on my Linux box, running Potato
with ALSA
am using woody with oss and i noticed this problem too,
interestingly the realplayer doesn't
You can also try the theme-converter package. It will convert
targballs into debs.
Marshal
Luis == Luis M Garcia [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On Sun, Sep 19, 1999 at 02:42:55AM -0600, Adrian Thompson wrote:
Hello, Windowmaker makes a dir in your home dir called
Mackan == Mackan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hi everybody!
I'm new to this list - and also new to Debian. I have used
Slackware for years, but decided to give Debian a try.
I'm wondering how the CD layout looks at the official Debian
cd's. I know of the debian-cd
Here's how my system is setup. Hopefully, it will help.
I have Partition Magic's Boot Manager (actually, I think it's the OS/2
boot manager) on /dev/hda. My DR-DOS and Win95 partitions are marked
a bootable on /dev/hda. Debian GNU/Linux is on /dev/hdb. The root
partition is /dev/hdb1.
During
Mackan == Mackan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On 26 Mar 2000, Marshal Kar-Cheung Wong wrote:
Mackan == Mackan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I'm wondering how the CD layout looks at the official Debian
cd's. I know of the debian-cd package, but since my machine
runs
Kenneth == Kenneth Scharf [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I (finally) seem to have a working connection via IDSL. It
works fine under windows by just setting up the IP, Gateway,
Netmask, and DNS entries under the tcp/ip pulldown under the
networking configuration for my network
then...
--- Marshal Kar-Cheung Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Kenneth == Kenneth Scharf [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
I (finally) seem to have a working connection via IDSL. It
works fine under windows by just setting up the IP, Gateway,
Netmask, and DNS entries under the tcp
john == john smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
hello, how do I stop these daemons without manually deleting
them from /etc/init.d? how the heck do I use update-rc.d -f
remove -stop something? anyway... I mainly use linux for web
surfing,email so what are the other daemons that
Nils-Erik == Nils-Erik Svangård [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hello all.
I'm trying to get an old UNIX keyboard working on my P100. When
I restart the computer with the keyboard I get a errormessage
that says something like to many NACK's, check you cables. I
have located
Mark == Mark Bathie [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hey all,
Is there some way I can find out... given a file how do I know
what library file contains this file
e.g. which library file/debain package would contain the file
as86
Is there a search page to cater for such
How do you blank the screen, as in a screensaver. It was working
before, bul all of a sudden, it doesn't and I don't know why. Being
that this is Linux, I figure there must be a way to fix this without
rebooting, which I have a sneaking suspicion might solve the problem.
So if anyone could lead
On Fri, 24 Mar 2000, Marshal Kar-Cheung Wong wrote:
How do you blank the screen, as in a screensaver. It was
working before, bul all of a sudden, it doesn't and I don't
know why. Being that this is Linux, I figure there must be a
way to fix this without rebooting, which I have
Jose == Jose Marin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hi all, I'm reposting this question because I didn't get any
answer recently. Maybe this has been discussed before but I
haven't been able to dig it up from the mailing list archives or
dejanews.
I'm using several machines,
I'm a bit confused about woody and potato. I though that potato is
always the newest, bleeding edge distribution. And that woody is the
code-name for the 2.2 release. So why is unstable pointing to woody,
and frozen to potato? I found this out when I tried to get gimp1.1
and found it not
Bart == Bart Friederichs [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hi, Well, thanks for all that info. Guess the support and
packaging does it for Debian. Sounds good. And then to mention
that not long ago I read that Debian had no support. I installed
Debian, but haven't used it long yet,
I was wondering how to remove a file by the name of --help.tgz?
(Don't ask...Okay if you really must know, I typed in tgz --help and I
get that file. There's no man page for tgz, and I think tgz shouldn't
accept things starting with -- as file names...) rm always takes it
as an option, even if
I'm not sure, but perhaps run fmtutil? Just a shot in the dark.
Marshal
Brendan == Brendan J Simon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I'm having the familiar *.fmt files missing when trying to use
tex. The mail archives suggest that the solution is to install
tex from the
Phoenix == Phoenix Amon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I'm a bit confused about woody and potato. I though that
potato is always the newest, bleeding edge distribution. And
that woody is the code-name for the 2.2 release.
Each version has a code name. The code name doesn't
Try downloading the deb source, patching the source, and then using
dpkg-buildpackage or dpkg --build. (Check the man pages.) Make sure
you get the source from the debian website or with apt, if you have
the deb-src lines in sources.list, as it will contain debian
subdirectory in the source
Pollywog == Pollywog [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On 23-Mar-2000 Marshal Kar-Cheung Wong wrote:
I was wondering how to remove a file by the name of --help.tgz?
(Don't ask...Okay if you really must know, I typed in tgz
--help and I get that file. There's no man page for tgz
Jaskierny [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
thanks, i'd already thought of that. but i'd assume there has
to be a more convenient way. debian can't possibly be built on
just the packages and dependencies it provides.
On 23 Mar 2000, Marshal Kar-Cheung Wong wrote:
Try downloading
Ben == Ben Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On Wed, Mar 22, 2000 at 07:44:58PM -0500, Marshal Kar-Cheung
Wong wrote:
I'm a bit confused about woody and potato. I though that
potato is always the newest, bleeding edge distribution. And
that woody is the code-name
Alex == Alex Kwan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hi! I have download the floppies from ftp.us.debian.org and
installed a basic debian linux (potato) box , and now I want to
complete the system and have following questions:
(1) updated the kernel to (official release 2.2.14)
If an e-mail is written in a multi-byte character format, say like
Chinese, there is no garuntee that it will get to the other side
properly, is there? If I recall correctly, mail is like packets.
They are moved from server to server. If one server strips the 8th
bit, then that's it.
John == John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Marshal writes:
I think the no support part is more of a no OFFICIAL
support.
debian-user is quite official.
I think that they mean that there is no paid support. They're
wrong: while support from Debian itself is
Thomas == Thomas Guettler [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I tried to install debian (potato, from march 13th) for the
first time and have two problems: I already have a small running
system, and wanted to add several packages at once. Dselect says
the following and refuses to
Percival == Percival [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I am looking for some help with cron. I have read the man
pages, but I still cannot figure out how to schedule a job and
NOT have the stdout emailed to me. I am trying to run fetchmail
to check some remote e-mail boxes several
... in
/etc/init.d/networking, but I'm looking to see if there is a more
cleaner way... Thanks though.
Marshal Kar-Cheung Wong writes:
Hey everyone.
I'm using unstable, and I was wondering what would be the best
way to start up eth0 without a network address assigned
Hey everyone.
I'm using unstable, and I was wondering what would be the best way to
start up eth0 without a network address assigned to it? I need this,
so that pppoe will work correctly. Currently, I have the following in
/etc/networks/interfaces:
iface eth0 inet static
address
Maurizio == Maurizio Boriani [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hi to all, I'm behind proxy, anyone know how i can use apt-get
in this case?
You have to set the $http_proxy environment variable, or edit
/etc/apt/apt.conf. Point it at you proxy server and port.
Marshal
Thank you in
Charlie == Charlie Ebert [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I am currently running Mandrake 7.0 Air and have become inspired
by Debian. I want to run Debian.
Currently , (Air) supports my Ultra 66 Hard drive and my Sound
Blaster Live audio card.
If I install Slink, do I get
Andreas == Andreas Sliwka [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hi, how do I configure the colors ls shows? I cant find any kind
of manual for this ... neither man ls nor info ls nor
/usr/share/doc/fileutils ...
Try man dircolours and info dircolors.
mfg -- Andreas Sliwka | [EMAIL
Actually, I might be interested in adopting it. I've been looking for
a small project to get my feet wet with. And since I'm one of those
crazy people that actually use Dvorak, this might be a start.
Are there any procedures that need to be done?
Marshal
Joseph == Joseph Carter [EMAIL
Have you installed xserver-SVGA?
Marshal
Beavis == Beavis [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
try to set up x
installed the following packages
xserver-common, xfonts-base, fonts-100dpi, xfonts-75dpi,
xfonts-scalable
ran the following:
apt-get install
You need one of the ncurses-dev libraries. I guess the one that
matches which ever ncurses you have installed right now.
Marshal
David == David Densmore [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Thanks, but I meant what packages are needed for make menuconfig
to function, as in when I enter the
rich == rich [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
total network newbie here, I recently acquired a 486dx-33 with
1.4gb hard drive that i want to use as an x-terminal to connect
to my pentium-200 (which runs potato). Is potato appropriate for
a 486? I have an old cd of bo that I thought
I'd go with the Voodoo3 since I believe that the drivers are most
farthest along. But, I'm biased. I own one. ;)
Marshal
Gregory == Gregory T Norris [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I'm planning to get a 3D-accelerated graphics card, and I was
hoping to get some suggestions on which ones
I believe plugger with mpg123 will do something like what you want.
You get a blank page while it plays. Not perfect, but something.
Marshal
David == David Grill Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I want to be able to play my music from my.mp3.com ('beamed'
using beam-it) without
You may have to change the default resolution for the Xserver. First
off, when you are in X, try pressing ctrl-alt-+ or
ctrl-alt--. This should change the resolution, if the problem is
what I think it is. If it changes, then you'll have to edit
/etc/X11/XF86Config file so that it starts at the
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