I'm Confused with SBLive!

2000-12-13 Thread Javier Sieben
Hi! I tried to install the emu10k1 module from ALSA. Having any troubles with it, I deinstalled it. When I read that the final kernel (version 2.2.17) had these module in it, I download, compile and install it with the modules. But I can't use audio. The kernel starts and don't install the module

Re: offtopic - confused about the voodoo 5 development

2000-11-26 Thread Nate Amsden
Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > 1. is that correct? yes i believe it is. > the website also says that glide apps like myth II or UT won't work with the > voodoo5 driver. that is NOT ok. amazingly, it doesn't say if glide support > is planned for the future. > > 2. is glide support for the voodoo5

offtopic - confused about the voodoo 5 development

2000-11-26 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
hola, i've been doing a lot of reading about the voodoo 5 card, and can see there's a lot of confusion and chaos out there. unfortunately, the only definitive source of info is very imprecise in their choice of words, making things even more confusing. according to linux.3dfx.com, there is a vo

Re: Confused on iptables and ftp..yes still...

2000-10-03 Thread Phil Brutsche
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > My iptable rule: > > $IPT -A INPUT -p tcp ! --syn --source-port 20 --destination-port 1024:65535 > -j ACCEPT > > I read this as any packed that is not a --syn type from source 20 on the f

Confused on iptables and ftp..yes still...

2000-10-03 Thread William Jensen
My iptable rule: $IPT -A INPUT -p tcp ! --syn --source-port 20 --destination-port 1024:65535 -j ACCEPT I read this as any packed that is not a --syn type from source 20 on the ftp server i'm hooking up to, destined to my pc port 1024:65535 jumps to ACCEPT here's a snip of my log files: Oct 3

apt-confused?

2000-09-16 Thread Dale Morris
I'm confused. apt-get is confused. I have been trying to stay with the potato install intermittently adding woody packages as necessary. But after a couple of upgrades I'm now running woody but, I think I've got some potato configurations laying around. I upgraded licq, but then i

Re: I am now totally confused about modules

2000-08-30 Thread Christophe Broult
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Christophe Broult <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > > What is the content of your /etc/modules.conf file? Are there any > > reference to the missing module in it? > [...] The following lines are related to the alsa system: > alias sound-slot-0 off # ??? > a

Re: I am now totally confused about modules

2000-08-24 Thread bsamuels
Christophe Broult <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Christophe Broult <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > In short the alsa modules uses the OSS sound modules to provide sound > > > > > for your system. > > > > > > > > I don't have alsa on my system. I did try it once but removed the > > > >

Re: I am now totally confused about modules

2000-08-24 Thread Christophe Broult
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Christophe Broult <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > > Christophe Broult <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > In short the alsa modules uses the OSS sound modules to provide sound > > > > for your system. > > > > > > I don't have alsa on my

Re: I am now totally confused about modules

2000-08-23 Thread bsamuels
Christophe Broult <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > Christophe Broult <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > In short the alsa modules uses the OSS sound modules to provide sound > > > for your system. > > > > I don't have alsa on my system. I did try it once but removed the

Re: I am now totally confused about modules

2000-08-23 Thread Christophe Broult
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Christophe Broult <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In short the alsa modules uses the OSS sound modules to provide sound > > for your system. > > I don't have alsa on my system. I did try it once but removed the package. By any chance, do you still have a file named /e

Re: I am now totally confused about modules

2000-08-22 Thread David Z Maze
bsamuels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: BS> David Z Maze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: DZM> bsamuels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: BS> I have now run out of ideas. I'm mystified why sound should work BS> whether or not the sound/emu modules are loaded. DZM> DZM> Have you tried actual "sound" (as

Re: I am now totally confused about modules

2000-08-22 Thread bsamuels
Christophe Broult <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > David Z Maze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > bsamuels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > BS> I have also noticed the follow errors in the log when I play a CD: > > BS> > > BS> Aug 22 10:45:56 modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module sound-slot-0 >

Re: I am now totally confused about modules

2000-08-22 Thread bsamuels
David Z Maze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > bsamuels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > BS> I have also noticed the follow errors in the log when I play a CD: > BS> > BS> Aug 22 10:45:56 modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module sound-slot-0 > BS> Aug 22 10:45:56 modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module s

Re: I am now totally confused about modules

2000-08-22 Thread Christophe Broult
David Z Maze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > bsamuels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > BS> I have also noticed the follow errors in the log when I play a CD: > BS> > BS> Aug 22 10:45:56 modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module sound-slot-0 > BS> Aug 22 10:45:56 modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module

Re: I am now totally confused about modules

2000-08-22 Thread David Z Maze
bsamuels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: BS> I have also noticed the follow errors in the log when I play a CD: BS> BS> Aug 22 10:45:56 modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module sound-slot-0 BS> Aug 22 10:45:56 modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module sound-service-0-3 Hmm, that's odd. (Those messages

I am now totally confused about modules

2000-08-22 Thread bsamuels
Debian Potato, kernel 2.2.17pre6, KDE My previous kernel compile was 10th August. On the 14th August I noticed the following in the logs: Aug 14 19:59:29 modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module tty-ldisc-3 Aug 14 19:59:39 modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module tty-ldisc-3 The following is an e

Re: Still confused (was Re: ** Emegancy Request **)

2000-08-21 Thread David Wright
Quoting Cam Ellison ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Sorry this is a bit long, but I'm still confused... > > On Fri, 18 Aug 2000 13:20:11 -0500, Brian E. Ermovick wrote: > > >I've remapped partitions or even upgraded across drives just by using > >cp - mke2fs the new driv

Re: Still confused (was Re: ** Emegancy Request **)

2000-08-19 Thread Shaul Karl
You might want to look at the Disk Upgrade mini How-To. > Sorry this is a bit long, but I'm still confused... > > On Fri, 18 Aug 2000 13:20:11 -0500, Brian E. Ermovick wrote: > > >I've remapped partitions or even upgraded across drives just by using

Still confused (was Re: ** Emegancy Request **)

2000-08-19 Thread Cam Ellison
Sorry this is a bit long, but I'm still confused... On Fri, 18 Aug 2000 13:20:11 -0500, Brian E. Ermovick wrote: >I've remapped partitions or even upgraded across drives just by using >cp - mke2fs the new drive (assuming the partition is large enough to >hold all the data),

Confused Descriptions *and* Dependencies

2000-06-29 Thread Meme Engineer
The descriptions *and* dependencies need very badly to be to be cleaned up. I can't make head or tails of these: <---> http://www.debian.org/Packages/frozen/libs/libvx1.22.html [libvx1.22 1.22-1] "V - a C++ GUI Framework (Athena)." "This version is based on the Athena widget set.

Re: need info for confused ISP

2000-04-15 Thread Pollywog
On 15-Apr-2000 04:26:22 George Bonser wrote: > On Sat, 15 Apr 2000, Pollywog wrote: > >> We e-mailed back and forth a few times and it came out that what >> they >> meant was that they don't know anything about Linux and that >> trying >> to run it would be a security risk because they don't know

Re: need info for confused ISP

2000-04-15 Thread Pollywog
On 15-Apr-2000 04:26:22 George Bonser wrote: > Why would you go with an NT ISP in the first place? I sure hope > they don't > have your credit card number :-o Using NT doesn't make them crooks (just stupid?), but if they have credit card numbers on one of the machines that runs a program that has

Re: need info for confused ISP

2000-04-15 Thread Pollywog
We e-mailed back and forth a few times and it came out that what they meant was that they don't know anything about Linux and that trying to run it would be a security risk because they don't know how to configure it. -- Andrew On 15-Apr-2000 03:05:35 George Bonser wrote: > > Well, then, tell th

Re: need info for confused ISP

2000-04-15 Thread Andrew George
Wasn't there some statistics in the last few days about isp downtime in Germany? I think it was a link on Linuxtoday Andrew On Sat, 15 Apr 2000, Pollywog wrote: > On 14-Apr-2000 20:36:53 Vitux wrote: > > Well over a year ago, I saw somewhere on the net that there > > was an experiment comparing

Re: need info for confused ISP

2000-04-14 Thread Jaldhar H. Vyas
On Fri, 14 Apr 2000, Pollywog wrote: > They must have swallowed Microsoft's propaganda hook, line, and > sinker, finally telling me they are "NT professionals" and that they > know little about Linux. > If they are NT professionals and know little about Linux than they are better off sticking t

Re: need info for confused ISP

2000-04-14 Thread Pollywog
On 14-Apr-2000 20:36:53 Vitux wrote: > Well over a year ago, I saw somewhere on the net that there > was an experiment comparing the hacker-seurity of a > linux-server to a windohs. That was when I started getting > into Linux: everyone was invited to try to break the > servers. NT was killed in 2

RE: need info for confused ISP

2000-04-14 Thread Pollywog
On 14-Apr-2000 18:32:28 Chris Mason wrote: > If I was an ISP changing from NT I wouldn't use Linux, I'd use > freeBSD. Much more secure, stable, more mature, and it's also free. I suggested FreeBSD to them also, for the same reasons. -- Andrew

RE: need info for confused ISP

2000-04-14 Thread Chris Mason
the island http://net.ai/ The Anguilla Guide Find out more about NetConcepts www.netconcepts.ai bwz*mq -Original Message- From: Pollywog [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 14, 2000 1:56 PM To: debian-user list Subject: need info for confused ISP An ISP saw a post of mine on the

Re: need info for confused ISP

2000-04-14 Thread Vitux
Pollywog wrote: > > An ISP saw a post of mine on the dhs.org website and asked me what > they could do to make their service better. I replied that one thing > they could do is switch to Linux or FreeBSD or some other UNIX (they > are using NT). Their reply to me was that the problem with Linux

need info for confused ISP

2000-04-14 Thread Pollywog
An ISP saw a post of mine on the dhs.org website and asked me what they could do to make their service better. I replied that one thing they could do is switch to Linux or FreeBSD or some other UNIX (they are using NT). Their reply to me was that the problem with Linux servers is the security hol

RE: I'm confused

2000-01-23 Thread Simon Law
> From: Cameron Matheson > Hey, > > I'm am so freaking confused about configuring my kernel, > it's not even > funny. I was reading the sound HOWTO, when it told me to read the > kernel HOWTO. I began reading that, and it told me to go to > /usr/src/linux. I do

Re: I'm confused

2000-01-22 Thread Tassilo von Parseval
Hi there, > Hey, > > I'm am so freaking confused about configuring my kernel, it's not even > funny. I was reading the sound HOWTO, when it told me to read the > kernel HOWTO. I began reading that, and it told me to go to > /usr/src/linux. I don't have a di

I'm confused

2000-01-22 Thread Cameron Matheson
Hey, I'm am so freaking confused about configuring my kernel, it's not even funny. I was reading the sound HOWTO, when it told me to read the kernel HOWTO. I began reading that, and it told me to go to /usr/src/linux. I don't have a directory called /usr/src/linux. I went to /u

apt-get confused, how to repair?

2000-01-19 Thread Tapio Lehtonen
Hello all, I seem to have a confused apt-get: vendredi:~# apt-get check Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these. Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies: debconf: Depends: fileutils (>

Re: Confused

1999-11-23 Thread Shaul Karl
Have you mounted the CD ? Look for mount at one of your books. It is quite fundamental. > I have just in the last few weeks started to mess with Linux. I have > successfully installed Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 on an old P100 box with > CDROM. My problem is that I want to investigate the contents of t

Re: Confused

1999-11-23 Thread Kent West
Atheist Bastard wrote: > > I have just in the last few weeks started to mess with Linux. I have > successfully installed Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 on an old P100 box with > CDROM. My problem is that I want to investigate the contents of the > CDROMs that I have, but nothing I have found that talks ab

Confused

1999-11-22 Thread Atheist Bastard
I have just in the last few weeks started to mess with Linux. I have successfully installed Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 on an old P100 box with CDROM. My problem is that I want to investigate the contents of the CDROMs that I have, but nothing I have found that talks about anything like directory comman

Re: confused about NFS-server in kernel versus nfsd package

1999-09-08 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Wed, 8 Sep 1999, James D. Freels wrote: : I would like to take advantage of the apparent better performance of : NFS-server capability of the new kernel. I have built my kernel : 2.2.12 with nfs-server capability. I cannot find any documentation on : this capability (howto, etc.) The hel

confused about NFS-server in kernel versus nfsd package

1999-09-08 Thread James D. Freels
I would like to take advantage of the apparent better performance of NFS-server capability of the new kernel. I have built my kernel 2.2.12 with nfs-server capability. I cannot find any documentation on this capability (howto, etc.) The help message from the kernel configuration is attached bel

WHERE IN THE WORLD IS X-WINDOWS? (I'M SO CONFUSED!)

1999-06-30 Thread Wendell Buckner
Thank you everyone for your help with x-windows.  I haven't gotten a chance to apply your suggestions today, but I will attempt to load x tommorrow.  Thanks Again.   Wxb1

Re: WHERE IN THE WORLD IS X-WINDOWS? (I'M SO CONFUSED!)

1999-06-29 Thread Branden Robinson
f the preceding quoted terms are functionally interchangeable in a Debian system. . Still confused? Install this package and then read the files in /usr/doc/xfree86-common/ for assistance. -- G. Branden Robinson | Debian GNU/Linux |If existence exists, [EMA

RE: WHERE IN THE WORLD IS X-WINDOWS? (I'M SO CONFUSED!)

1999-06-29 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 29-Jun-99 Wendell Buckner wrote: > I hate to be a novice Linux/Unix user but I can't help what I am! > Someone...please tell me > > WHAT PACKAGE CONTAINS X WINDOWS!!! > The X Window System is a client server interface. You need client applications (like those you listed) and a server t

WHERE IN THE WORLD IS X-WINDOWS? (I'M SO CONFUSED!)

1999-06-29 Thread Wendell Buckner
I hate to be a novice Linux/Unix user but I can't help what I am!  Someone...please tell me   WHAT PACKAGE CONTAINS X WINDOWS!!!   I have the following packages (I thought one of these might be X):   dfm_0_9_1-4.debexplorer_0_72-2_1.debexplorer-icons-kde_0_72-2_1.debexplorer-icons-ms_0_72

Re: A little confused with Netscape .deb's

1999-06-23 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 22 Jun, Brian Servis wrote about "Re: A little confused with Netscape .deb's" > *- On 22 Jun, Jason Loll wrote about "Re: A little confused with Netscape > .deb's" >> >> I tried to install netscape-base4_14 to slink and this is what I go

Re: A little confused with Netscape .deb's

1999-06-23 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 22 Jun, Jason Loll wrote about "Re: A little confused with Netscape .deb's" > > I tried to install netscape-base4_14 to slink and this is what I got: > ollollo:/home/jason# dpkg -i netscape-base-4_14.deb > (Reading database ... 46865 files and directories curren

Re: A little confused with Netscape .deb's

1999-06-23 Thread Jason Loll
Brian Servis wrote: > *- On 22 Jun, Tom Pfeifer wrote about "Re: A little confused with Netscape > .deb's" > > Arcady Genkin wrote: > >> > >> Hi all: > >> > >> Could someone tell me which .debs I should install to have Netscap

Re: A little confused with Netscape .deb's

1999-06-22 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 22 Jun, Tom Pfeifer wrote about "Re: A little confused with Netscape .deb's" > Arcady Genkin wrote: >> >> Hi all: >> >> Could someone tell me which .debs I should install to have Netscape >> browser-only on a Slink machine? Is it the net

Re: A little confused with Netscape .deb's

1999-06-22 Thread Tom Pfeifer
Arcady Genkin wrote: > > Hi all: > > Could someone tell me which .debs I should install to have Netscape > browser-only on a Slink machine? Is it the netscape-base package? > > As far as I found out, versions >=4.5 can be found in unstable, right? > Can there be any problem because Slink has gli

A little confused with Netscape .deb's

1999-06-22 Thread Arcady Genkin
Hi all: Could someone tell me which .debs I should install to have Netscape browser-only on a Slink machine? Is it the netscape-base package? As far as I found out, versions >=4.5 can be found in unstable, right? Can there be any problem because Slink has glibc-2.0, and potato -- 2.1? Also, is t

Re: Confused package database

1999-06-05 Thread Brian May
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write: >I somewhat screwed up my package database and had to revert to an old one. >Now it thinks I have some stuff that is installed which isn't and some that >it thinks is installed and is not. WHen I run install in dselect, I get a >lot of these. I guess i'm sa

Confused package database

1999-06-03 Thread Brendon Baumgartner
I somewhat screwed up my package database and had to revert to an old one. Now it thinks I have some stuff that is installed which isn't and some that it thinks is installed and is not. WHen I run install in dselect, I get a lot of these. I guess i'm saying, how do I reinitialize the package databa

Re: I'm really confused by bash, .bashrc, .bash_profile, .profile, etc, etc, etc

1999-06-02 Thread W. Paul Mills
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ("Mark Wright") writes: > Is there a good system for setting variables, aliases, etc that need to be > set for user X, whether I log in at a login prompt or using su? I'm > confused by all the different .profile options (there are at least 3 for > ba

Re: I'm really confused by bash, .bashrc, .bash_profile, .profile, etc, etc, etc

1999-06-01 Thread Wayne Topa
Subject: I'm really confused by bash, .bashrc, .bash_profile, .profile, etc, etc, etc Date: Tue, Jun 01, 1999 at 11:25:46AM -0500 In reply to:Mark Wright Quoting Mark Wright([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Is there a good system for setting variables, aliases, etc that need to

Re: I'm really confused by bash, .bashrc, .bash_profile, .profile, etc, etc, etc

1999-06-01 Thread Marc Mongeon
be > set for user X, whether I log in at a login prompt or using su? I'm > confused by all the different .profile options (there are at least 3 for > bash, why is that?) I don't know if there is such a system/program but I can help you clear things up. Each of these files are

Re: I'm really confused by bash, .bashrc, .bash_profile, .profile, etc, etc, etc

1999-06-01 Thread Arcady Genkin
Mark Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is there a good system for setting variables, aliases, etc that need to be > set for user X, whether I log in at a login prompt or using su? I'm > confused by all the different .profile options (there are at least 3 for > bash,

Re: I'm really confused by bash, .bashrc, .bash_profile, .profile, etc, etc, etc

1999-06-01 Thread Jean-Pierre Parent
Mark Wright wrote: > Is there a good system for setting variables, aliases, etc that need to be > set for user X, whether I log in at a login prompt or using su? I'm > confused by all the different .profile options (there are at least 3 for > bash, why is that?) I don't k

I'm really confused by bash, .bashrc, .bash_profile, .profile, etc, etc, etc

1999-06-01 Thread Mark Wright
Is there a good system for setting variables, aliases, etc that need to be set for user X, whether I log in at a login prompt or using su? I'm confused by all the different .profile options (there are at least 3 for bash, why is that?) Mark. --- Mark Wright [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: emacs confused about alt and meta

1999-05-29 Thread Michael Stenner
The answer to this is interesting and should be in the docs somewhere, but I sure couldn't find it. Emacs DOES NOT seem to care about KEYSYMs at all. It is only interested in the Modifiers. As far as emacs is concerned MOD1 = META and MOD4 = ALT You can (using xmodmap) have MOD1 and MOD4 genera

Confused CD-ROM

1999-05-28 Thread Patrick Rauls
Hi... When I bootup the computer, I get this: CDROM_PC_INTR: The drive appears confused ireason = 0x1 This has happened on all of the 2.2.X kernels that I have put on. Any suggestions/answers Thankx, Pat

emacs confused about alt and meta

1999-05-28 Thread Michael Stenner
emacs seems to want to interpret ALT as META and ignore META altogether. I found no mention of this in the emacs docs. I'm pretty convinced that it's an emacs issue: I've used xev to confirm that it's getting the appropriate keysyms, so when I say it interprets ALT as META, what I mean is: It g

Re: Confused about Cable modem/ NIC setup

1999-04-04 Thread Mark Wagnon
Vaidhy: Thanks for all your help. The the Net-3-HOWTO combined with some info I found from my local LUG's mail archives got me going. Everything I had seemed to be okay, I just added: route add default gw ${GATEWAY} eth0 to my /etc/init.d/network file and I was able to ping my nameservers. I'

Re: Confused about Cable modem/ NIC setup

1999-04-04 Thread Vaidhyanathan G Mayilrangam
tered the info into my /etc/init.d/network file. I've set up my > /etc/hosts file to reflect my ip address and hostname. I was confused on > what to enter into my /etc/resolv.conf. Originally I had a line that > read "search ." then my two dns entries. I have some documentation

Re: Confused about Cable modem/ NIC setup

1999-04-04 Thread Mark Wagnon
the network. you might want to check if you have the > above statements in your file. > > Let me know, > > Cheers, > Vaidhy > I've entered the info into my /etc/init.d/network file. I've set up my /etc/hosts file to reflect my ip address and hostname. I was confus

Re: Confused about Cable modem/ NIC setup

1999-04-04 Thread Mark Wagnon
Vaidhyanathan G Mayilrangam wrote: > > Hi Mark, > > I have a Linksys and it seems like your card is identified right. However. > take a look at /etc/init.d/network. I am using IP 192.168.1.1 and have it > like this. > [Config info clipped] > This code brings up the network. you might want to

Re: Confused about Cable modem/ NIC setup

1999-04-04 Thread Vaidhyanathan G Mayilrangam
Hi Mark, I have a Linksys and it seems like your card is identified right. However. take a look at /etc/init.d/network. I am using IP 192.168.1.1 and have it like this. ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 route add -host 127.0.0.1 lo IPADDR=192.168.1.1 NETMASK=255.255.255.0 NETWORK=192.168.1.0 BROADCAST=192.16

Confused about Cable modem/ NIC setup

1999-04-04 Thread Mark Wagnon
Hi all: I had problems with the dhcp client that comes with slink, so I installed the version that's in potato. It installed okay, but it prompted me for a network device from a list that it apparently found. Unfortunately, it found none. I have a Linksys card and I've been to their site and foll

Re: C Program confused me

1999-03-13 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Sat, Mar 13, 1999 at 01:57:58PM +0800, ivan wrote: > > Check out sci.math & the sci.math FAQ (lost the url-sorry) - the faq has > extensive descriptions of several different algorithms for calculating pi. I don't know if it's there, but I like the Monte Carlo method the best. You draw a circl

Re: C Program confused me

1999-03-13 Thread ivan
Check out sci.math & the sci.math FAQ (lost the url-sorry) - the faq has extensive descriptions of several different algorithms for calculating pi. At 06:47 PM 3/12/99 +0800, Bal K. Paudyal wrote: >Hello Friends, > >I encountered following program in one of the Linux Howtos. This calculates >the

Re: C Program confused me

1999-03-12 Thread John Galt
That's a kludgy version of the MacLaurin Series for arctan x= sum (n=0 to infinity) of (-1)^n *x^(2n+1)/2n+1 where x=4 to solve for Pi. Most any Calculus text should have an explanation of it in its section of Power Series, or at least in its Index under Maclaurin series or Taylor series (a more

Re: C Program confused me

1999-03-12 Thread Ares
It is a well known fact in Mathematics that Pi is 4*arctan(1). arctan(x) is the integral from 0 to x of (1/(1+x*x)) or, if you're not mathematically inclined, it is the area between the x axis and 1/(1+x*x) and between the y-axis and x. So, the for loop is simulating this integration. Of course, th

Re: C Program confused me

1999-03-12 Thread Alex Yukhimets
> I encountered following program in one of the Linux Howtos. This calculates > the value of pai. But how does it do this? I am not asking the programming > details, but on what theory the formula is based on. Can anybody help? Is > there any better place to look for help? First of all, remove ';'

C Program confused me

1999-03-12 Thread Bal K. Paudyal
Hello Friends, I encountered following program in one of the Linux Howtos. This calculates the value of pai. But how does it do this? I am not asking the programming details, but on what theory the formula is based on. Can anybody help? Is there any better place to look for help? -

Re: Confused with the X packages in slink

1999-02-19 Thread Branden Robinson
On Fri, Feb 19, 1999 at 06:42:45PM +1100, Shao Zhang wrote: > Hi, > I have upgraded my hamm to slink, but I am a bit confused. > > First, I thought the packages have been renamed to the following: > xfntbase->xfonts-base > xfnt75 ->xf

RE: Confused with the X packages in slink

1999-02-19 Thread Shaleh
On 19-Feb-99 Shao Zhang wrote: > Hi, > I have upgraded my hamm to slink, but I am a bit confused. > > First, I thought the packages have been renamed to the following: > xfntbase->xfonts-base > xfnt75 ->xfonts-75dpi > xfnt

Confused with the X packages in slink

1999-02-19 Thread Shao Zhang
Hi, I have upgraded my hamm to slink, but I am a bit confused. First, I thought the packages have been renamed to the following: xfntbase->xfonts-base xfnt75 ->xfonts-75dpi xfnt100 ->xfonts-100dpi xfntscl ->xfo

Modules and kmod - I'm confused

1999-02-04 Thread M.C. Vernon
Dear all, I have a shiny new 2.2.1 kernel. I'm pretty sure I've not got modules sorted properly yet tho. I'm using kmod, so the kernel should load modules on demand. Do I need to add the rmmod -a line to root's crontab, or do the debian scripts put it somewhere? Also; I got a bunc

Re: Adding NEW Apache Modules: Completely confused.

1999-01-15 Thread Johnie Ingram
"Lyndon" == Lyndon Fletcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Lyndon> file. They also don't seem to have documented this process. So Lyndon> you see I have the Apache way, which is documented, and the Lyndon> Debian way, which isn't. The Debian way is now the Apache way, documented in the 1.3.x Manual

Adding NEW Apache Modules: Completely confused.

1999-01-15 Thread Lyndon Fletcher
Hi, I have a non standard Apache Module that I need to add to a server on a Debian system. I have the current 1.3.1 Apache on the server at the moment but would like to upgrade to 1.3.3 + this new module. According to Apache I modify some config files and recompile the server after running th

Adding NEW Apache Modules: Completely confused.

1999-01-14 Thread Lyndon Fletcher
Hi, I have a non standard Apache Module that I need to add to a server on a Debian system. I have the current 1.3.1 Apache on the server at the moment but would like to upgrade to 1.3.3 + this new module. According to Apache I modify some config files and recompile the server after running th

Re: very confused

1998-12-19 Thread Thomas Adams
On Tue, Dec 15, 1998 at 08:57:47PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Have there been duplicates? I suppose that you first need to move your > mailfile /var/spool/mail/my_account to your $HOME and then start > formail/procmail as procmail appends the mails while cat reads them again > and again?!

Re: very confused

1998-12-15 Thread alexander.schwartz
m very confused. please help. I am trying to filt my current > mail to different folders. > > cat /var/spool/mail/my_account | formail -s procmail. > > All of sudden, it filts out over 5000 thousands emails to my > account. The file size changed from 500K to 20MB.

very confused

1998-12-15 Thread Shao Zhang
Hi all, I am very confused. please help. I am trying to filt my current mail to different folders. In pine, I have about 200 old mails... so I did cat /var/spool/mail/my_account | formail -s procmail. All of sudden, it filts out over 5000 thousands

Re: g++2.8, egcs, gcc 2.7.2, etc. - *very confused*

1998-12-13 Thread Jiri Baum
Hello, > >I left the source as it was, but added some softlinks, like > >/usr/include/X11/GL -> /usr/include/GL > > Me to, but I had to edit out some refs. to a /GL/GLw/ directory included > file - the header file was actually under /GL, and Glw doesn't exist on > my system. I used softlinks thr

Re: g++2.8, egcs, gcc 2.7.2, etc. - *very confused*

1998-12-09 Thread Martin Waller
>Subject: Re: g++2.8, egcs, gcc 2.7.2, etc. - *very confused* >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Martin Waller) >Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 16:30:50 +1100 (EST) >Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org >From: Jiri Baum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Hello, > >> Over the weekend, I downlao

Re: g++2.8, egcs, gcc 2.7.2, etc. - *very confused*

1998-12-09 Thread J.H.M. Dassen \(Ray\)
On Wed, Dec 09, 1998 at 00:13:16 -0500, Ed Cogburn wrote: > > >Read /usr/doc/gcc/README.Debian . > It didn't say *why* we have an apparent fork in compiler development. It doesn't contain a full history of the free software movement either, as that's out of scope for that document too. > Since t

Re: g++2.8, egcs, gcc 2.7.2, etc. - *very confused*

1998-12-09 Thread Ed Cogburn
Martin Waller wrote: > > > > >Read /usr/doc/gcc/README.Debian . > > > > I did but was still confused :( > > It didn't say *why* we have an apparent fork in compiler development. Since the gcc compiler is at the core of Linux (behind only the kerne

Re: g++2.8, egcs, gcc 2.7.2, etc. - *very confused*

1998-12-08 Thread Jiri Baum
Hello, > Over the weekend, I downlaoded V 1.20 onto /usr/local/. Did the same last night. > I tried compiling it and after finding out that I needed all the OpenGl > stuff and isntalling that to (V. annoying by the way - had even to edit some > of the source code to get rid of those probelms)

Re: g++2.8, egcs, gcc 2.7.2, etc. - *very confused*

1998-12-07 Thread Martin Waller
> >Read /usr/doc/gcc/README.Debian . > I did but was still confused :( >> Being naive enough to try anything, and having heard of all sorts of >> problems with egcs and g++, I decided to scrap g++2.8 and put g++2.7.2 on. >> (I had egcs 2.90.29, dated 19980515). >

Re: g++2.8, egcs, gcc 2.7.2, etc. - *very confused*

1998-12-07 Thread J.H.M. Dassen \(Ray\)
On Mon, Dec 07, 1998 at 01:50:48 -0800, Martin Waller wrote: > I am stunningly confused about the whole c and c++ suite thing that's > going on (I'm still in HAMM - it's *not * the __register_frame_info > stuff!). Read /usr/doc/gcc/README.Debian . > Being naive

g++2.8, egcs, gcc 2.7.2, etc. - *very confused*

1998-12-07 Thread Martin Waller
Hi, I am stunningly confused about the whole c and c++ suite thing that's going on (I'm still in HAMM - it's *not * the __register_frame_info stuff!). Here's my story and a plea for a clear explanation of what's what and what I need to compile kernels, c++ tool

confused in NM

1998-02-03 Thread Dave Mallery
i still can't get my Xserver to allow me to change resolutions. it accepts the first available ModeLine in XF86Setup and rejects the rest with: (**) P9000: Mode "1024x768": mode clock = 75.000 (**) P9000: Mode "1280x1024": mode clock = 108.000 (--) P9000: The dimensions of mode 1280x1024 do not

network setup confusion - thanks, less confused

1997-10-28 Thread Waller Martin MEJ
>My PC(s) at home: > >I have two connected with 3C509 ethernet cards, and have given them reserved IP >addresses. They talk to each other perfectly. No problems. > >In one, I have a modem. I have set it up so that it dials in to my ISP. I type pon, it >dials, and later ifconfig comes up with

Re: Smail is getting confused

1997-08-04 Thread Adriano Nagelschmidt Rodrigues
Bruno O. M. Simoes writes: > Based on RFC #1035,974, there's no such problem about IP addresses on MX > entry. Are you sure? According to RFC 974, "Each MX matches a domain name with two pieces of data, a preference value ... and the name of a host." There's no mention about IP addresses, and

Re: Smail is getting confused

1997-08-04 Thread George Bonser
On Mon, 4 Aug 1997, Bruno O. M. Simoes wrote: > Hi Adriano; > Based on RFC #1035,974, there's no such problem about IP addresses on MX > entry. However, _sendmail_ sends fine. The problem is with smail. Try to > send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and after verify > /var/log/smail/logfile. What

Re: Smail is getting confused

1997-08-04 Thread Adriano Nagelschmidt Rodrigues
Bruno O. M. Simoes writes: > I have a Bind driver router configured in smail (/etc/smail/routers). When > it finds a MX entry in the target host where is its IP number (x.x.x.x) > instead its name (target.com) it doesn't accept this kind of MX entry. > What can I do? You can play by the rules.

Re: Smail is getting confused

1997-08-04 Thread Bruno O. M. Simoes
Hi Adriano; Based on RFC #1035,974, there's no such problem about IP addresses on MX entry. However, _sendmail_ sends fine. The problem is with smail. Try to send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and after verify /var/log/smail/logfile. What do you say? Thank you Bruno At 12:38 PM 8/4/97 -0300,

Smail is getting confused

1997-08-01 Thread Bruno O. M. Simoes
Hello I have a Bind driver router configured in smail (/etc/smail/routers). When it finds a MX entry in the target host where is its IP number (x.x.x.x) instead its name (target.com) it doesn't accept this kind of MX entry. What can I do? -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word

utmp still confused with new base-files 1.2.0-3

1996-12-06 Thread Arrigo Triulzi
Hello, X still confuses w: the entry for :0 appears with finger but not with w. Even after a reboot - could it have something to do with the contents of /etc/X11/Xresources: XTerm*utmpInhibit: false This is the only "novelty" introduced into the file by the switch to 3.2-1.

Re: utmp still confused with new base-files 1.2.0-3

1996-12-06 Thread Bruce Perens
From: Arrigo Triulzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > X still confuses w: the entry for :0 appears with finger but > not with w. Even after a reboot - could it have something to do with > the contents of /etc/X11/Xresources: > > XTerm*utmpInhibit: false Can you turn this feature off, restart xdm, log

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