stat and fstat undefined references

1997-12-23 Thread Stuart Lamble
I recently upgraded my system to libc6, with most of the other programs going with it. Now I'm trying to compile the Modula 3 bootstrap compiler (to try to get the whole shebang going under libc6), and I get a heap of undefined references to stat and fstat. Before anybody starts jumping up and

Re: lock a pentium for fun!

1997-11-09 Thread Mr Stuart Lamble
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] you wrote: : [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: : Ted writes: : Someone wondered (as one does) what might possibly happen if you tried : the unassigned codes. : : It is a bug for a processor to have any unassigned codes. : : In what way is it a bug? If all the codes

Re: Help Kernel Oops!

1997-11-06 Thread Mr Stuart Lamble
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] you wrote: : Sorry, there's little to be learned from raw kernel OOPS messages : without seeing the full system and kernel configurations and versions. : (As far as I know.) There's some detail in the kernel documentation about reporting OOPS messages.. I can't

Re: Infomagic LDR debian, and, What's Hamm and Bo?

1997-10-21 Thread Mr Stuart Lamble
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : Why the heck doesn't Debian use the release number (e.g., 1.3, 1.3.x) as : the primary (canonical) name? Then when you seem 1.2 and 1.3, you can : tell which is newer and which is older. That was done one time: whilst 1.0 was being developed, it was stored on the

Re: is the Creative Labs AWE64 GOLD Soundcard supported?

1997-10-20 Thread Mr Stuart Lamble
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] : Let me say that the awe driver package works just fine with a SB AWE32. : Don`t know about the 64 yet. Any people tried? I would suspect that it would work fine with the 64 as well. AFAIK, the AWE64 is the same as the 32, except for the extra 32 voices. Oh, and

Re: Applixware

1997-08-27 Thread Mr Stuart Lamble
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] you wrote: : On Mon, 25 Aug 1997 06:56:55 -0400, Tom Malloy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : Is anyone using redhats applixware on debian? How is it? The install : difficult? Is it worth buying? I want to migrate away from msoffice and : use linux exclusively if

NFS mounting /usr

1997-06-17 Thread Stuart Lamble
The situation: here at the Monash library, myself and a colleague are setting up three or four Debian systems. The intention is that, by NFS mounting /usr, the space required to hold the binaries (not insignificant at the best of times :-) should be greatly reduced, along with the redundancy of

Re: VIM Editor

1997-03-08 Thread Stuart Lamble
William Chow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 7 Mar 1997, Mr Stuart Lamble wrote: [...] There shouldn't be. Which version of vim do you have installed? When I changed the compilation procedure to configure vim with X support, I created two versions - one for 1.2 (which, at the time

Re: VIM Editor

1997-03-07 Thread Mr Stuart Lamble
William Chow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] : Weird, I did an ldd on vim. The only two libs it needs are ncurses and : libc. Are there two different versions of vim in the debian packaging : system, one with and one without X support? There shouldn't be. Which version of vim do you have

Re: Some thoughts for Debian.

1997-01-22 Thread Stuart Lamble
Matt Kracht [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: have no idea whose idea it was split every library into two (or more!) packages, either. As a developer, this can, I suppose, be a little annoying. The whole point is that if you, a _user_ (note the emphasis) require a shared library to _run_ a program, you

Re: A proposal to improve dselect

1997-01-09 Thread Stuart Lamble
[Fun. The spamfilter rejected my email. Musta forgot to register my silas account.] : To the other newbies out there, this mailing list somehow ends up : archived as a newsgroup. I've found lots of help by searching : problems at : http://www.dejanews.com/ There's a mail-to-news gateway, I

Re: VIM questions

1996-12-12 Thread Stuart Lamble
Chris R. Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1) Will there ever be a debian version of Vim which supports -g under X, or will I have to compile my own? 4.5-4, in bo. (This has been the cause of a couple of bug reports from people who believe there should be a separate version without X support.

Re: X is painful

1996-11-18 Thread Stuart Lamble
Herbert Xu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Stephen Early wrote: Creating a user interface under X that is as good as NextStep is just a matter of getting every X application author to agree to adhere to the same policy. I wish you luck. I agree that this is very diffcult. But the Debian developers

Re: [comp.os.linux.announce] Clarification - Linux-FT, The Road

1996-10-11 Thread Mr Stuart Lamble
Bruce Perens wrote: [...] (: NIST decided to make the suite available without charge. The Debian (: Project most heartily applauds this decision. In fact we most heartily (: jump up and down with glee and cheer unabashedly. I'd probably go a bit further than that :-) (: My plan is to package the

Re: Extended memory?

1996-08-26 Thread Mr Stuart Lamble
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] bhaskar wrote: : I see that the Debian installation instructions contain the following. : Extended vs. Expanded Memory : If your system provides both extended and expanded memory, set it : so that there is as much extended and as little expanded memory : as possible.

Re: Netiquette of requesting package updates

1996-08-25 Thread Mr Stuart Lamble
Brian C. White wrote: : I spend close : to 50% of my Linux time using two programs, an editor and : a WWW browser, and in both cases the current Debian version : is several months out of date. [...] : I was being purposely vague because I didn't want to single anyone : out, but no, they're

linux.debian.user newsgroup (Re: printing and .profile problems)

1996-08-08 Thread Stuart Lamble
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] Susan Kleinmann wrote: : : Hi Chris -- : : You said: : I tried to post to the linux.debian.user newsgroup without success. : There isn't any newsgroup -- just this mailing list. Actually, linux.debian.user exists, but it appears to be a gateway from the mailing

Re: XServer for ET4000/W32p hangs!!

1996-08-08 Thread Stuart Lamble
Syrus Nemat-Nasser wrote: : On Wed, 7 Aug 1996, Mark Phillips wrote: : : Hi, : : I have a friend who I am trying to help install debian 1.1. He has an : ET4000/W32p graphics card. I installed the appropriate server, went [snipped] : : There are many problems with the ET4000/W32 cards.