Hello,
I've been working on a primitive backup script,
that, using BRU backs up my root partition, and
then other, more dynamic directories under a
different 'file count' to a DAT tape. At least
that's the plan.
Here's a basic layout of the
Hi,
I read on slashdot.org that potato will soon be frozen. Is this true?
Gery
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What will the laptops be running? In any case Socks5 would work well for you.
Check
out www.socks.nec.com. It's hard to find on their site but there's a free
(well, the
license proved to be unacceptable for DFSG but I don't know why) .tar.gz for
*nix
which you can build on your systems. I've
Hi,
I've just installed Linux, but I can't use LILO:
When I reboot I see:
L 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 and so on.
Does anybody know why?
I have Win98 on my primary HD and I've installed Linux on the first
partition of my third HD.
Thanks.
Simone Rapizzi
I assume you installed linux to boot from the HD. If so, it looks as if you
Box can only boot up HD1. It looking for Linux there.
You need to get a boot disk and fix your MBR.
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From: Simone Rapizzi [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 1999 12:40 PM
To:
Check out http://www.innerx.net/~nuke I need not say more. The package for
epic in debian is called epic4.
--
Rafael Kitover
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On Mon, Mar 08, 1999 at 05:00:32PM -0600, Nathan E Norman wrote:
Hi,
Am I incorrect in assuming that you need to pass the -j 2 option to
make to fully realise the benefits of compiling on an SMP platform? If
so, how do I get make-kpkg to use this option?
If this is a rtfm type thing
Tam Ma [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Tam I am new at Debian and I am kind confused about the Apt, Dselect,
Tam and Dpkg programs. Slink was released earlier today and it has:
TamApt (part 1), the new backend to dselect
TamApt (part 2), the new commandline
Tam I know Apt will soon have a front
The following message is a courtesy copy of an article
that has been posted to linux.debian.user as well.
After differencing the /etc/lpd.conf and /etc/lpd.perms
between the old and new versions, I discovered that the bug in the new
version can be corrected by commenting out the following line
someone last week told me about the pc magazine article that was placed on
zdnet and led to the spate of discussion we've just seen. my response at the
time was it's not for weenies. that was, of course, before i began setting
up a series of libraries to support a gnome application and ran
We are organizing a Finnish Debian Developer/User
Meeting this weekend. If you are not in Finland,
feel free to press 'd' now. The rest is in finnish.
Suomen Debian-tapaaminen
Tapaamme lauantaina, 13.3., Helsingissä, klo
On Tue, Mar 09, 1999 at 06:39:54PM +0100, Simone Rapizzi wrote:
I've just installed Linux, but I can't use LILO:
When I reboot I see:
L 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 and so on.
Unlikely a BIOS problem. Have you installed LILO in the MBR? Try
re-installing LILO with the addition of the
I am interested in finding out how you knew this; and if its true and
where the other info on SMP can be found
On Mon, 8 Mar 1999, Nathan E Norman wrote:
Date: Mon, 8 Mar 1999 17:00:32 -0600 (EST)
From: Nathan E Norman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Debian User List debian-user@lists.debian.org
On 09-Mar-99 Christian Dysthe wrote:
Hello Debian-user,
I still have problems getting XDM to run. Starting X with startx
works fine, but when I start XDM I get a minimal fvm desktop, not
the setup I have in my .xinitrc file. I know I must be missing
something obvious.
Can
Hi,
I am trying to set up thi computer at work with Debian. All works
fine apart from the network. This is a novell environment. I have set
up one computer in a novell environment before and it was fine.
however here I have problems. The newtwork card is working OK as
far as I can tell. On
On 09 Mar 1999q, George Bonser wrote:
On Tue, 9 Mar 1999, ragOO wrote:
Person, Roderick wrote:
I have installed some tars and I need to set some thing to run at boot.
The Debian equivalent of rc.local is rc.boot
I really do not think so. rc.local runs LAST after everything is
i'm thinking of buying an alpha, and answers to these questions would
really help me make a decision:
1. what video cards can i use? Matrox? PCI? AGP?
2. what differences are there between Slink/i386 and Slink/Alpha?
-vinny
--
Vincent Murphy | CompSci Undergrad, UCC | [EMAIL
*- On 9 Mar, ragOO wrote about Re: rc.local - What is the Debian Eqivalent
Person, Roderick wrote:
I have installed some tars and I need to set some thing to run at boot.
The Debian equivalent of rc.local is rc.boot
As George said it is not the same. Also the use of rc.boot is
*- On 9 Mar, Person, Roderick wrote about rc.local - What is the Debian
Eqivalent
I have installed some tars and I need to set some thing to run at boot. For
example I need to have the followiung to line execute at boot.
/usr/X11R6/bin/xfstt --sync
Hi all!
I have just compiled a kernel for parport ZIP drive support, and now I
would want to get an automatic way to mount and umount the drive. I have
created the next script (/usr/local/bin/mtzip):
/sbin/modprobe ppa.o
/bin/mount /mnt/zip
and added the next line in /etc/fstab:
/dev/sda4
John Cuson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
John how does one resolve a dependency problem that results because
John gnome-bin won't install because libgnome31 isn't installed, and
John libgnome31 won't install because gnome-bin isn't installed? can
John someone offer me a hint here?
You can use APT to
On Tue, 09 Mar 1999 09:31:04 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have a web site on my Debian box visible to the
world. Of course this is using xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:80.
I also have an internal web site visible to the world
using portforwarding xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:port.
Question 1- Which port(s)
This is my problem I think. I have the hamm xfstt installed. i didn't know
it was broken. i think I'm going to install this from slink, then try the
other stuff if no good. Will I have to more ny ttfs from /var/ttfonts?
BTW, for some reason when I try to reply all to your emails, my sytem blows
Hi all!
I have just compiled a kernel for parport ZIP drive support, and now I
would want to get an automatic way to mount and umount the drive as a
NORMAL USER. I have added the next line in /etc/fstab:
/dev/sda4 /mnt/zip msdos rw,user,noauto,umask=007,gid=25 0 2
but when I type
Hello again Ralf,
You are correct in the assumption of using port 8080 below. That is
exactly what I am doing now, (it works great BTW!). Is 8080 the
correct port to use? Now that 8080 will be in use, can I just start
pulling ports out of the air for other web services, (that is if I
had any
*- On 9 Mar, Person, Roderick wrote about Re: rc.local - What is the Debian
Eqivalent
This is my problem I think. I have the hamm xfstt installed. i didn't know
it was broken. i think I'm going to install this from slink, then try the
other stuff if no good. Will I have to more ny ttfs from
On 09-Mar-99 George Bonser wrote:
On Tue, 9 Mar 1999, Anthony Campbell wrote:
This was well answered here about 3 weeks ago; see the archive files. You
should make a file called /etc/init.d/local with the commands you want to
run at bootup and then link this by running update-rc.d local
On 09-Mar-99 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
*- On 9 Mar, Person, Roderick wrote about rc.local - What is the Debian
Eqivalent
I have installed some tars and I need to set some thing to run at boot. For
example I need to have the followiung to line execute at boot.
On Tue, Mar 09, 1999 at 08:44:24PM +0100, Conrado Badenas wrote:
but when I type mount /mnt/zip with user conrado I get this error
message:
mount: the kernel does not recognize /dev/sda4 as a block device
(maybe `insmod driver'?)
It works for /cdrom but doesn't for /mnt/zip. Why?
You
Hi!
i probably missed something as i upgraded to slink today, but is the
tty that the xserver uses somehow changed to be in some config file
(rather than taking the first unused one)?
maybe have a look at /etc/X11/xdm/Xserver
there will be an parameter (for xdm) ... but the file is
On 09-Mar-99 George Bonser wrote:
On Tue, 9 Mar 1999, Pollywog wrote:
setup.sh works most of the time, but in a couple of instances it does not
work
for me.
--
And it works for me in every single case. Have never seen a case EVER
where it didn't workd. Can you please tell me
Hi Bill,
On Tue, 09 Mar 1999 13:59:19 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You are correct in the assumption of using port 8080 below. That is
exactly what I am doing now, (it works great BTW!). Is 8080 the
Nice for you. I also tried to forward port 80 to an internal host, but I
wasn't as
Hello Debian-user,
I have Windows and Linux on my HD. As time has passed I now prefer
my Debian installation and seldom use Windows (big surprise, eh?:)
Nope, same here. ;-)
I want to expand/move my Linux partition and I do have Partition
Magic on my system. Will using Partition
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On Mon, 8 Mar 1999 17:17:40 -0500, Wayne Topa wrote:
I agree Steve, there are plenty of Manual(s) to read. But for a new
IRC user they sure confusing. I have been trying to Window it but, as
of yet, no luck.
As for anything new, it is
On 8 Mar 1999, Andy Spiegl wrote:
Hi,
after installing gnome-apt (with the necessary packages from potato)
onto my hamm system, apt seems to have lost the ftp method. When
I try apt-get update I get:
E: The method driver /usr/lib/apt/methods/ftp could not be found.
Exitcode 100
What
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On Tue, 9 Mar 1999 10:44:12 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Steve, most of the docs you pointed out say next to nothing. One may try to
guess (as surely most bitchx users do) how to work things out, and that
works some times, but not always.
I
*- On 9 Mar, Pollywog wrote about Re: rc.local - What is the Debian
Eqivalent
On 09-Mar-99 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
*- On 9 Mar, Person, Roderick wrote about rc.local - What is the Debian
Eqivalent
I have installed some tars and I need to set some thing to run at boot. For
example I need
I have used Partition Magic 4.0 to expand and move a Linux partition and
it worked fine. After doing this, I had to boot from a floppy and run
LILO before I could boot Linux from LILO, however.
Bob
On Tue, 9 Mar 1999, Christian Dysthe wrote:
Hello Debian-user,
I have Windows and Linux on
Ralf,
That takes of this issue then. I added a port of my choosing to the
/etc/services and everything is working as expected.
Yesterday I did the same trial with forwarding port 80 to the
internal service. It was successful for me though, (of course my real
site was gone). Are you asking for
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From: steven walsh [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: bitchx (sucks!)
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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I didn't guess, I RTFM'd. I read in the docs that
What eactly is the difference between kdm and xdm is it eaiser to
configure or better security anything
What are the advantages of using CVS instead of your own complied
versions of software
Hi,
I quit x-window and try to connect as I did a while ago:
$ pon provider
hda: irq timeout: status=0x50 { Drive Ready SeekComplete }
/usr/bin/pon: line2: 5552 Segmentation fault/usr/sbin/pppd call
${1:-provider}
try again to the same results (just the 5552 number changes to 5562, 5572,
[l] Help on Topic: index
4OP ABORT ADDIDLE ADDSHIT ADDUSER ADDLAME ADDFORWARD
ADDWORD ADMIN AJOIN AJOINLIST AWAY BACK BAN
BANS BANSTABANTYPE BANWORD BEEP BKBOTLIST
BYE C CDCDCC
Has anyone gotten the umich ldap client to talk to an ms outlook
ldap server?
It's not working right for me, and I don't know if it's my own
stupidity or outlooks.
Thanks,
--
Raul
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To: steven walsh [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 09 Mar 1999 13:47:56 -0800
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Priority:
I believe by default Debian uses a file called /etc/X11/window-managers
put the full path windowmanager that you would like to use in that list.. I
mean for
windowmaker that is how I had to set it up.
Shaleh wrote:
On 09-Mar-99 Christian Dysthe wrote:
Hello Debian-user,
I still have
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] you write:
Hi there,
do you know about any tool for creating the slink cd-images from a mirror
of the distribution (like the debian-cd package in hamm) ?
From: Peter Shtinkov [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue Mar 09 13:32:01 GMT 1999
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I want to make
I'm trying to install Debian-Linux, and I don't know what I'm doing. I
need someone I can call on the phone to walk me through the installation
and get Debian working. E-Mail me at [EMAIL PROTECTED], to give me
your phone # so I can call you for help
On Tue, 09 Mar 1999 22:45:17 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
$ pon provider
hda: irq timeout: status=0x50 { Drive Ready SeekComplete }
You obviously have hardware problems with your hard drive...
/usr/bin/pon: line2: 5552 Segmentation fault /usr/sbin/pppd call
${1:-provider}
...that lead to
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On Tue, 9 Mar 1999 15:51:00 -0600 (CST), steven walsh wrote:
Funny, looks alphabetized to me.
Man, cwhom. Chgaop cghchanch... VERY INFORMATIVE. Alphabetical
sorting isn't enough, help should be helpful.
You said it wasn't
On Tue, Mar 09, 1999 at 02:06:18PM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote:
The ability of some IRCers to blatantly ban entire countries because of the
acts of a few is why EfNet is in a decline. Too many little kids fighting
for power in a virtual medium. It's funny in a sad sort of way.
It was on
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED],
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
*- On 9 Mar, ragOO wrote about Re: rc.local - What is the Debian Eqivalent
Person, Roderick wrote:
I have installed some tars and I need to set some thing to run at boot.
The Debian equivalent of rc.local is rc.boot
As George said
Would it be possible to get slist (or whatever component joins the messages
into a digest) to skip a line between the end of each message and the
headers of the next?
Thanks,
Mitch Marks
--
Mitchell Marks (773) 702-6041 AAC-010A
CUIP: Chicago Public Schools / Univ.
Could that be because your domain is banned? I bet it is. And why?
Because they had problems with people from your domain flooding, spamming
and clonning on their channel. Some of the channels I ran banned entire
COUNTRIES because of people like that.
Now I can freely assume that
What are the advantages of using CVS instead of your own complied
versions of software
If you just use a stable version of the software:
- There is really no advantage to using CVS.
If you need to use an unstable (i.e., frequently changing) version
of the software:
- CVS can save some
In a message dated 3/9/99 4:33:12 PM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
See what you want, just know that you're more than likely 100% wrong.
I can only see what you project with your attitudes and behaviors.
Which are only a reflection of your own.
Hi Debian users,
In my country (Brazil) I only have to pay one tax between 0:00 and
6:00 AM independent of call time.
I'm start thinking to get my home machine live at night and set crontab
to use pon or wvdial (I have two account, one with pon and other with
wvdial) and use
What is setup.sh I can't find it anywhere on my system
Anthony Campbell wrote:
On 09 Mar 1999q, George Bonser wrote:
On Tue, 9 Mar 1999, ragOO wrote:
Person, Roderick wrote:
I have installed some tars and I need to set some thing to run at boot.
The Debian equivalent of
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On Tue, 9 Mar 1999 23:24:21 +0100, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
Yeah, why should we try to improve our social life when a simple ban command
makes us feel powerful.
Banning and ignoring is the simplest way to deal with social problems.
No, banning
I'm trying to install Gnome using the instructions at
http://www.gnome.org/start/getting_debian.shtml
They say to add a line to /etc/apt/sources.list (which I've done); it now
looks like:
deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
deb ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/debian
On Tue, 9 Mar 1999, Joe wrote:
I'm trying to install Debian-Linux, and I don't know what I'm doing. I
need someone I can call on the phone to walk me through the installation
[snip]
Hi Joe
Dale Scheetz has a book published by Linux Press that is just your tcket.
It costs about $40 US and
I hope this is the correct place for this question. If not plase be gentle
as you point me in the right direction. I am looking for a database package
for our home network. The initial uses will be simple, such as a phone list,
and ease of use will be the major concern. Later on we intend to do
On Tue, 09 Mar 1999 22:02:55 +, Steve McIntyre wrote:
I want to make Debian CDs, but I cannot find debian-cd package in slink
or potato.
[...]
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~stevem/DebianCD/
contains some information about slink_cd, my package to build CD images
for slink.
I don't
Steve Lamb dixit:
[ ... ] btw, so please, stop preaching to the choir.
and just what's calling someone publicly a clueless newbie... whining... ?
Horacio
I've got a hamm system: my /etc/apt/sources.list is pointing to
ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
I've recently run apt-get upgrade, and now when I go to dselect and do the
Install option, I get the error:
Sorry, but the following packages are broken - this means they have
I've just installed dvisvga and discovered that it can't seem to
handle resolutions higher than 320x200. Now I have a SVGA card that
should be capable of handling 1024x768 --- certainly, this is the
resolution of X. When I try I get the following error:
fatal error: display: no
On Tue, Mar 09, 1999 at 02:55:43PM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote:
No, banning is the way to get control of an otherwise unwieldy
situation. Have you been on a channel that gets 10-20 clone/flood attacks
per week? You can that a social problem but tell me, exactly how would
*YOU* solve it,
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On Wed, 10 Mar 1999 00:32:39 +0100, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
There is no general solution to such a problem, but I have seen worse in
Real Life. Sure, you can lock the door, but then?
See who is knocking.
I would try talking to
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