://www.zelow.no/floppyfw/
Thanks,
Tim
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The box said 'Requires Windows 95, NT, or better,'
so I installed FreeBSD
As you slide down the banister of life,
May the splinters
I was wondering.. If I make a change to /etc/exports to export a
different directory as an NFS mount, what do I have to do to get
/etc/exports read again so the new mount will become available?
I tried just changing the file, no results. The only thing I found that
works is rebooting. I
shines.. You can cut text from most any application and paste it
into most any other app. Is such functionality available for Linux? If so,
I'd really like to learn to use it more extensively.
Thanks,
Tim O'Brien
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I thought it would be great if I could set up their accounts so that
when they logged in a button bar greated them. They could invoke xpat2,
logout,
of the other servers here to access the CDROM on this one.
As is would appear, the 'cdrom' directory is shared for the srv1 machine,
read only.
Good luck, hope this helps.
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At 09:19 AM 7/23/97 +0200, you wrote:
I have a Debian 1.3.1 system with libc5.4.33 installed:
Package :
libc5
Why do you think there is no package with libc5.4. 5.4.4 ?
Well... I thought a version 5.4.33 would be less than 5.4.4... Is this not
correct? If not, could someone set me
At 11:57 AM 7/23/97 -0400, you wrote:
The numbers increment after each dot sequencially, therefore 5.4.10 would
be after 5.4.9, and 5.4.33 is the latest release version of libc5.
Uh.. ok.. :) I can't believe I missed that..
Thanks,
Tim
I'd like to download the non-commercial version of Staroffice, but the FTP
site listed on their webpage is down. Does anyone know of a mirror I can
get the latest (linux) version from? Any hints or specific gotchas I should
know about?
Thanks,
Tim O'Brien
At 10:29 PM 7/3/97 +0900, you wrote:
Is Debian a Linux distribution, just like Slackware and Radhat?
It's a distribution, yes. It's different than Slackware and Redhat of
course, but it is a distribution.
The basic difference IMO, is that Debian has a better package
installation/maintainance
I know this has to be something simple...
I finally got Debian 1.3 installed, and have X up and running with XDM.
Everything comes up good, the at the login prompt, I enter my login name
and password which I _know_ are good. XDM tells me it's an invalid login.
Any idea what I've done (or not
At 10:32 AM 6/21/97 -0400, you wrote:
Having recently seen XF86Setup mentioned on debian-user, I decided to
give it a try. Upon startup it complains that
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/symb10.pc* is missing and aborts. I've
I just finished setting up X and had the same problem. I fixed it by
At 11:19 AM 6/18/97 +0200, you wrote:
Hi Tim,
as far as I know the data is still there (until the blocks that it
occupies are reused). Unfortunately deleting for ext2fs meaning deleting
the last reference or pointer to the file. Consequently the file simply
Is there a way to securely delete a
Under the FAT16 system when a file is deleted, it's only removed from the
FAT. Though the file appears gone, it still remains on the drive.
When something is removed on a Linux box using the rm command, is the file
gone for good or is it just removed from view while it remains on the disk?
I appreciate the help guys. I know the first post was kind of vague, but it
was late...
Anyway, it looks like what I did wrong was try to install too much stuff
all at once. I'm going to try some of the methods outlined in earlier posts
and hope for a better install, which I'm sure it will be.
Please pardon the rant, but I gotta let this out.
Where the heck can I get a CD with a WORKING debian distribution on it?
I've tried LDR, LSL's Trilinux, and stuff I've FTP'd. I've yet to get 1.3
to work.
Since I intended to format the drive Linux lived on anyway, I thought I'd
see what the
My email system on my Linux box at work has broken. It just stopped a few
days ago. I've also noticed several runq zombies.
When ps is used repeatedly, I can see that there's one copy of runq going
with the same process number, and another that keeps restarting and
incrementing the process
At 12:17 AM 6/10/97 +0200, you wrote:
On Jun 8, Rob Browning wrote
Would you mind to give an explanation how I can post with leafnode?
It is not documented at all, and there are weired dependencies with trn and
inews, that I don't understand at all.
From what I've seen, once you've got leafnode
Ok, I finally have to break down and ask a potential dumb question: What
the heck is a 'broken pipe'? I get these from time to time on my Debian box.
Thanks,
Tim
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LINUX 2.0.6 i486 Because reboots are for upgrades!!
Does anyone know where leafnode keeps it lists of newsgroups it's supposed
to retrieve? Somehow, my system keeps grabbing more and more things I
didn't ask for (Local newsgroups of Miami, stuff like that). I'd like to
lean it out a bit and see if it helps at all.
After running fetch for the
tried my books (running Linux and Linux Secrets), but they (and
the howto) focus on a Slackware installation. How do I do it with Debian?
If you've made it this far, thanks for reading my long-winded post. Any and
all help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Tim O'Brien
I'm running Samba on two of my Linux boxes so they can act as fileservers.
One machine is a 486/66, the other a 486/100, both with 16M. These machines
have only two purposes: Samba server (with TCP/IP), and IPmasq with a 28.8
modem. Neither is what I would call heavily loaded (usually no more than
At 08:42 PM 5/24/97 -0400, you wrote:
Hi,
I have here a 486sx33 and i would like to know if i can change the cpu for
a dx2 66 ... In the specification of the board, i seen that a 486 sx2 66
A 486SX/33 and a DX2/66 are both 5 volt chips, so that's probably ok. Just
be sure to check your
/issue with /etc/issue.net
Then the message that appears on the console login will also appear when
someone telnets into the machine.
Tim O'Brien
Linux 2.0.6 i486 Because reboots are for upgrades
of something I might have goofed up?
Thanks,
Tim
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tim
O'Brien) writes:
| I'm not sure what I did (or didn't) do, but xdm doesn't work on my system.
| If you type xdm at the prompt, it will take up space, and show up if you
| do ps -ax | grep xdm
I'm trying to get one of the Linux boxes I run to send me it's IP address
by Email every time it logs onto the Internet (it has a [EMAIL PROTECTED]
dynamic IP
address). For some reason, the script doesn't work. It creates a file that
contains the data it's supposed to (ipinfo.txt), but I never
what I did wrong? (A copy of the ip-up script follows)
mail -s IPINFO [EMAIL PROTECTED] ipinfo.txt
Does it work if you put the full pathname in the maili statement like
you
do for the echo statements?
mail -s IPINFO [EMAIL PROTECTED] /etc/ppp/ipinfo.txt
Gezzz I feel stoopid now
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tim O'Brien) writes:
What I'm trying to do is get to where I can use X to get some actual work
What were you interested in learning? Programming X, or user
configuration details?
Both actually. First, user config details, then more about programming. I'm
at a point where I
On Apr 12, Tim O'Brien wrote
I really would like to learn a lot more about the X-Windows
Do you mean you're looking for useful applications that run in X?
You don't really use X to do work, but you can use it and a
I understand that.. What I'm trying to do is become an X guru. I already
program
is nifty
parlor tricks.
Does anybody have any suggestions of some good books on this? Preferably
books about X on Linux? Because at this point, all it seems I can learn
about X is how little I really know about it.
Thanks!
Tim O'Brien
Tim O'Brien wrote:
I downloaded the moxfm file manager from the author's website in binary
form. I uudecoded, unzipped, and un-tarred it, and rtfm'd. Following the
instructions, I typed xmkmf and was told can't find file
^
'Imakefile.tmpl
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
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
I got the version that's statically linked with Motif. It _still_
instructions, I typed xmkmf and was told can't find file 'Imakefile.tmpl'.
moxfm requires Motif to compile.
The binaries I was using are statically linked with Motif.. That should be
sufficient, right? Since I'm just trying to install precompiled stuff rather
than compile it myself..
Thanks!
Hi
I think there was some discussion about the NE2000 card a while ago, how do
I get in contact with it... (append io something in lilo.conf ??)
Karsten
I have Magitronic EZ2000's, which are NE2000 compatible. I got it to work by
doing the following:
First, I had to (ugh!) boot DOS
I downloaded the moxfm file manager from the author's website in binary
form. I uudecoded, unzipped, and un-tarred it, and rtfm'd. Following the
instructions, I typed xmkmf and was told can't find file 'Imakefile.tmpl'.
Is there anyone familiar with this problem that might be able to help? I
I know I've seen this somewhere, but now I can't find it. Here's the problem:
named is outputting what looks like logfile info to the console on one of my
Linux boxen. And I can't remember how to get rid of the stuff.
Anybody know how to fix it off hand? If it's any help, it started doing this
Following is
[snip]
This is very bad ! With the \q at the end, the password is shown in
files /var/log/ppp.log and /var/log/messages, which are readable by
everyone by default. You should only specify \qabcdefg so that the
password is replaced by a string of question marks in log files.
It
\generic
(win)- command completed successfully.
(me)- dir lpt1
(win)- access denied
This very same setup worked before. The new LPR works on the Linux
machine, as does dir /dev/lp0
Any ideas of what I might have done? I'd really like to get my printer
back online! :)
Tim
Uh... Oops..
I really hate replying to my own post on a mailing list, but I think
I figgered out what was wrong with Samba after my LPR upgrade..
Permissions.
I have no idea how they got changed, since all I did was install a new
version of LPR. But by changing the permissions on
About twice a day, I get removed from debian-users because of
bounced messages. Is this happening to anyone else? I am getting
I think that's what's happening to me too... And I have no idea why, but I'd
like to find a way to fix it. Any ideas?
Tim
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How can I install XFree86 on my Debian 1.2 system?
Uh...Well... At the risk of sounding like a wise ass, get the .deb
packages and install them. If you need further help, provide some
details and we'll be glad to help.
Tim
I am going to download the newest version of Debian Linux with Windows
95. How can I convert them to Linux format so that Linux will recognise
the boot disk, root disk, ect. I've heard that their is a utility to do
that, but I can't find it. If you know anything about this please email
First,
it!
Tim O'Brien
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The PPP options file has everything disabled. Diald is being run like this:
diald /dev/ttys1 -m ppp local 192.168.0.50 remote 192.168.0.51 defaultroute
modem crtscts connect 'chat -v ATDT### CONNECT ogin: mylogname word:
mypassword' dynamic -daemon
Martin said:
Hmm Look at your chat
I once had diald working on my system, then it crashed. I had a bad HDD and
replaced it, and I've got it all working again... Except diald. I know it's
a functional program, I had it working before.
The PPP options file has everything disabled. Diald is being run like this:
diald /dev/ttys1
that I might try to implement.
Sound like a worthy project? Or am I the only one who'd like to see it? If you
think it would be good, let me know either via the list or by E-mail and I
might see what I can do.
Tim O'Brien
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I
Hi Tim,
Thanks for responding. The closing quotes is a typo. ( Sorry ). Yes
my ISP uses dynamic IP's. The problem is the system never dials out. The
Ok, find out from your ISP if they can handle PPP. You might want to consider
PPP since by my understanding, it can negotiate a dynamic IP
2 Here is my diald line:
diald /dev/ttyS0 -m slip local 192.168.86.20 remote 10.0.2.15\
defaultroute modem crtscts connect chat -f /etc/slipchat: mtu\
1024
I've not done this with SLIP, but I assume it's similar to PPP... Anyhow, a few
Your system has now been infected with the GOOD TIMES virus. Have a nice day!
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need to make this simply a command a user can run without them having
to know the root password.
Any ideas on how to accomplish this? I tried reading the man pages, but
su (which I think is what I would need to use) is not exactly what I'd
call well documented.
Thanks,
Tim O'Brien
E-mail
I've set up a test PC with Debian 1.1 and want to
administer it remotely but am refused a telnet connection
as root ... is there a way around this ? Do I have to give
The way I handle this problem is log in under my account and type
su root
Then it'll ask for the root password and
Could someone please explain a little more about the linux software
called squid? I read the homepage, but I still don't completely get
the picture What is it?
I know it does some caching, but from what I read I really can't see
what it's good for.. I know there's a use, I just don't
Hi
I had an initial problem with diald and solved it by turning off all the
modem-related options in the ppp config file (can't remember where, but
Well, I've somehow solved my diald problems with a lot of help from a variety
of places. Now if only I could get Windows 95 to wait long enough
Ok, I figured out what I was doing wrong before.. I had diald calling a
shell script I wrote to connect to the net with ppp. Now diald says my
connect script is bad.. AAAHHH!
Where can I get the source to this thing? I think either it will help me
understand what's going on, or get
In comp.os.linux.networking you write:
Can you mail me your configuration files, and I'll try to suss out
the problem.
Cheers,
-- eric
I finally got it working!!! (Hey, I may be a newbie, but I'm a PERSISTANT one!)
I don't know why, but after downloading the source, recompiling diald, setting
Does anyone know how to get diald to work? I'm almost there; I can get it to
do it's thing, dial, connect to my ISP, start sending data, but after about
30 seconds, diald kills pppd, and reports that it has timed out waiting for
ppp to connect. :/ Since I was in the middle of receiving an html
1. How do I set up a boot so I can boot Debian or Win95?
Now I have to use a boot disk to get debian to boot...
I believe there's a command line linux loader you can use to boot linux.
I suppose the easiest thing to do would be set a batch file to present
you a menu and allow a selection of
I would like to make my Linux box appear to the network like a gateway, sort
of like Wingate running on a 95 box. I've tried IPFWADM and had no success.
Any ideas? Here's the general scenario.
192.168.0.9 is the linux box, named CURLEY
192.168.0.3 is a win95 box named CADZILLA
I just finished fighting something similar. I think what's happening is that
the 'chat' section is not getting started. To test it, use the following
command (but insert your info in the right places)
pppd -connect 'chat -v ATDT5551212 CONNECT ogin: yerlogin word:
yerpassword' /dev/cua1 38400
This message is in reply to the one just posted by Susan Kleinmann:
I tried something similar to what you said, but I could not get it to work.
What did work for me was what Bernd Eckenfels mentioned earlier (Thanks, Bernd).
Essentially,
ipfwadm -F -a masq -S 192.168.0.0/29 -D
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