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At 03:03 PM 9/07/98 -0000, you wrote: >debian-user-digest Digest Volume 98 : Issue 630 > >Today's Topics: > Re: Irritating ^H and double characters in documentation > Re: Irritating ^H and double characters in documentation > Re: unsubscribe "helper line" > Re: File managers ??............ > xterm-debian exported as terminal type > FIXED IT! - IDE stopped working > Pine 4.00 termcap > Re: Pine 4.00 termcap > Re: FIXED IT! - IDE stopped working > Re: Pine 4.00 termcap > Re: unsubscribe "helper line" > Re: xfstt > Re: Pine 4.00 termcap(Pine in Debian?) > Re: xterm-debian exported as terminal type > More repartioning > REPOST where is /usr/bin/rpc.bootparamd? > Re: xfstt startup issue > Re: xfstt > Re: [off topic] Slashdot announce 2.0beta2 > Re: Pine 4.00 termcap(Pine in Debian?) >Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1998 14:56:09 +0200 >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org >Subject: Re: Irritating ^H and double characters in documentation >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > >On Thu, Jul 09, 1998 at 03:01:43PM +0200, Johann Spies wrote: >> Several documentation files on the 1.3.1 distribution contains text like >> this from the Afterstep FAQ: >> ----------------------------------------------- >> 11.. GGeenneerraalliinnffoorrmmaattiioonn > >This is *roff-style bold, which several programs (e.g. less, mutt) >understand. > >> Is there a quick way to correct this? > >You can filter them through "col -b". > >HTH, >Ray >-- >UNFAIR Term applied to advantages enjoyed by other people which we tried >to cheat them out of and didn't manage. See also DISHONESTY, SNEAKY, >UNDERHAND and JUST LUCKY I GUESS. >- The Hipcrime Vocab by Chad C. Mulligan > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >Date: Thu, 09 Jul 1998 14:20:56 +0100 >From: "Oliver Elphick" <olly@lfix.co.uk> >To: Johann Spies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >cc: Debian-poslys <debian-user@lists.debian.org> >Subject: Re: Irritating ^H and double characters in documentation >Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > >Johann Spies wrote: > >Several documentation files on the 1.3.1 distribution contains text > >like this from the Afterstep FAQ: > >----------------------------------------------- > >11.. GGeenneerraalliinnffoorrmmaattiioonn >... > >Is there a quick way to correct this? > >sed -e '//s/\(.\)./\1/g' < infile > outfile > >The is actually ctrl-h (backspace). To type it in as a real character >at the terminal, you will have to precede it with ctrl-v. > > >-- >Oliver Elphick [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Isle of Wight http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver > PGP key from public servers; key ID 32B8FAA1 > ======================================== > "And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, > if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth > us; And if we know that he hears us, whatsoever we > ask, we know that we have the petitions that we > desired of him." I John 5:14,15 > > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1998 09:27:06 -0400 >From: Jeff Schreiber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >CC: debian-user@lists.debian.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: unsubscribe "helper line" >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Pann McCuaig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >>> Does this message strike anyone as significantly less helpful than the >>> former "mail a message with the subject "unsubscribe" to >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]" message? I'll grant you that >>> people screwed that up too, but this seems to be asking for people to >>> get confused. >> >>I'm with you. I think a larger subset of folks will screw this up. I'm sure >>it's an attempt to save a bit of bandwidth, but . . . > > Personally I think it's cool. 99% of the unsubscribe problems [on the > lists I run at least] are 1) Not knowing where to send the request and > 2) not knowing how to spell unsubscribe. While the syntax of the trailer > is sort of catered to those that at least have a couple braincells and > probably don't need it, it still gives the two important parts: > > unsubscribe > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > That's all you really need to say. > > - Jeff > >***************************************************************************** >| Jeff Schreiber | There is freedom and there is responsibility. | >| aka - "Spectre" | You have obviously figured out the first | >| [EMAIL PROTECTED] | but not the latter. | >| | (Rob Schmunk - [EMAIL PROTECTED]) > | >***************************************************************************** > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1998 14:51:42 +0100 (BST) >From: "C.J.LAWSON" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: phillip Neumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org >Subject: Re: File managers ??............ >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII > >Try the midnight commander I think the current version is mc-4.0.5.tar.gz >or more > >> Hi.... >> >> Im wonder the power of my linux system. But Im still browsing my >> computer only with the "ls" command. Can you people recomend me a good >> file manager ??? >> >> >> >> >> >> Thanks, Phillip Neumann >> --------------------------> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ______________________________________________________ >> Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com >> >> >> -- >> Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >> >> > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >Date: Thu, 09 Jul 1998 09:01:02 -0500 >From: "Richard E. Hawkins Esq." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >Subject: xterm-debian exported as terminal type >Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > >I'm not sure exactly when this started, but it seems to have been shortly >after the freeze. > >When I telnet to another machine with an xterm (e.g., "xterm -e telnet abc.def >&"), it informs the remote machine that terminal type is "xterm-debian" rather >than "xterm". Other machines do not recognize this, and resort to dumb >terminal settings. > >I've tried setting TERM to xterm, and tried an export in my .xsession to no >avail. > >Does anyone have a solution? > >rick > >-- >These opinions will not be those of ISU until it pays my retainer. > > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1998 09:39:37 -0400 (EDT) >From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >CC: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> >Subject: FIXED IT! - IDE stopped working >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >Jaakko Niemi writes: >> Check that you did include support for IDE/ATAPI cd-roms and enchanced >> IDE/MMF/RLL support. Also check that did you include support for SCSI- >> emulation. >> >> One thing could be that some card goes to irq 15 in boot and messes things >> up. >> >> If those do not help, try .34. > >Jaakko, I want to thank you for hanging in there. I swapped /dev/hdb (hard >drive slave on primary bus) for /dev/hdc (cdrom master on secondary bus). Two >things have become self-evident: > >1) If the kernel does not see any valid devices on the secondary IDE bus, the >kernel will disable the bus (this fact was unknown to me) > >2) Some CDrom drives prefer to be slave drives and do not properly respond >to the kernel's inquiry when jumpered as a master drive (again, an unknown >fact) > >Full use of my system has now been restored and perhaps the members of the >debian-user list will benefit from this experience. > >-- >-= Sent by Debian 1.3 Linux =- >Thomas Kocourek KD4CIK >@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@westgac3.dragon.com Remove @_@ for correct Email address >--... ...-- ... -.. . -.- -.. ....- -.-. .. -.- > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1998 09:13:29 -0500 (CWT) >From: Tim Buller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >Subject: Pine 4.00 termcap >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII > >I'm trying to compile Pine 4.00 on a hamm/i386 system, and it wants to >link in libtermcap.a, which is not a part of the termcap-compat package. > >A quick search on the web interface shows no libtermcap.a for hamm, but >usr/i486-linuxaout/lib/libtermcap.a in the devel/libc4-dev package for bo. > >Is there a package for hamm that has this compatibility lib? Or any >suggestions how to get around it in pine compile? > > Tim > >==== >Tim Buller [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Systems Specialist Office: Snow Hall 643 >Department of Mathematics Voice: 785-864-7311 >University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045 Fax: 785-864-5255 > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1998 10:21:40 -0400 (EDT) >From: Will Lowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Tim Buller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org >Subject: Re: Pine 4.00 termcap >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII > >> I'm trying to compile Pine 4.00 on a hamm/i386 system, and it wants to >> link in libtermcap.a, which is not a part of the termcap-compat package. >> A quick search on the web interface shows no libtermcap.a for hamm, but >> usr/i486-linuxaout/lib/libtermcap.a in the devel/libc4-dev package for bo. > >As I understand things, libc4 doesn't compile with recent development >tools, so it's been dropped from hamm, because debian policy requires >that all current debian packages be compilable in our current development >environment. > >why don't you take a look at the current debian pine package and see what >it uses instead? > Will > > >-------------------------------------------------------------------------- >| [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] | >| http://www.cis.udel.edu/~lowe/ | >| PGP Public Key: http://www.cis.udel.edu/~lowe/index.html#pgpkey | >-------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1998 15:25:16 +0100 (BST) >From: "C.J.LAWSON" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], debian-user@lists.debian.org >Subject: Re: FIXED IT! - IDE stopped working >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII > >On Thu, 9 Jul 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> 2) Some CDrom drives prefer to be slave drives and do not properly respond >> to the kernel's inquiry when jumpered as a master drive (again, an unknown >> fact) >Humm, that explains ... > thanks > Jon. > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1998 16:14:59 +0200 >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org >Subject: Re: Pine 4.00 termcap >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > >On Thu, Jul 09, 1998 at 09:13:29AM -0500, Tim Buller wrote: >> I'm trying to compile Pine 4.00 on a hamm/i386 system, and it wants to >> link in libtermcap.a, which is not a part of the termcap-compat package. > >libtermcap is obsolete for about three years now. libncurses should be used >instead (replace -ltermcap by -lncurses). > >HTH, >Ray >-- >UNFAIR Term applied to advantages enjoyed by other people which we tried >to cheat them out of and didn't manage. See also DISHONESTY, SNEAKY, >UNDERHAND and JUST LUCKY I GUESS. >- The Hipcrime Vocab by Chad C. Mulligan > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1998 10:27:17 -0400 >From: "Marsh Ray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Debian Users" <debian-user@lists.debian.org> >Subject: Re: unsubscribe "helper line" >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >On Thu, Jul 09, 1998 at 01:50:13AM -0400, Daniel Martin at cush wrote: >> >>>> Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < >/dev/null >> >>> Does this message strike anyone as significantly less helpful than the >>> former "mail a message with the subject "unsubscribe" to >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]" message? I'll grant you that >>> people screwed that up too, but this seems to be asking for people to >>> get confused. > > >Let's keep in mind that many folks won't be reading this >list on a Debian (or even Linux) system. However, we must not >judge them for this, we can only pity them, for the wheels of >destiny have inflicted many a misfortune upon otherwise noble souls. > >However, if the unsubscription instructions aren't "cross-platform", >people are sure to start posting in frustration to the list itself. > >- Marsh > > > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1998 10:33:39 -0400 >From: "Stephen J. Carpenter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >Subject: Re: xfstt >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > >On Wed, Jul 08, 1998 at 07:16:45PM +0300, Jaakko Niemi wrote: >> >> I have xfstt font server thing installed and functioning. I was just >> >> wondering if I can have that load on boot. If so which file do I edit. >> >> Check that you have '/etc/init.d/xfstt' and appropriate links pointing in >> /etc/rc*.d . For example 'etc/rc2.d/S20xfstt' where xfstt is started at >> runlevel 2. The number is a priority, for getting things started in right >> order, for example netbase with 18 means it will be started before >> exim with 20. > >Just a note: >as of xfstt 0.9.8-1 the package contains an init.d script and starts >automatically on boot. The current version is in unstable and is >0.9.9 ..it fixes some bugs...a word to the wise tho.... >I had to change some of its defaults to match policy and make things >work. >(ie. it now looks for fonts in /usr/share/fonts/truetype instead of >the ugly /var/ttfonts) You will need to move it yerself (if it finds >a /var/ttfonts you will be warned however) >also... >in that version /etc/init.d/xfstt is not a conffile (oops) that will be >fixed RSN (just one other bug I wanna fix with it) also...watch out >in the next version commingout... >to fix a conflict with xfs I am changing the default port from >7100 to 7101...but thats just what to watch for in the future ;) > >BTW 0.9.9 is also easier on memory allocation and fixes a bug there >-Steve > >-- >/* -- Stephen Carpenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ------------------------------ */ >A favorite quote from a source I forget: >"Only Microsoft can take an algorithim that has been under years of >public scrutiny and weaken it to the point where the entire key space >can be searched in 3 days" > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1998 09:25:39 -0500 >From: Mark Mealman <[EMAIL PROTECTED] (no_spam)> >To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >Subject: Re: Pine 4.00 termcap(Pine in Debian?) >Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Content-Type: text/plain >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > >On Thu, 09 Jul 1998, Tim Buller wrote: >>I'm trying to compile Pine 4.00 on a hamm/i386 system, and it wants to > >Is there any truth to the rumor that Debian's dist won't include pine because >of some restrictions in the license put out by Washington state? > >Washington's license doesn't seem any more restrictive than other public domain >licenses. > >Mark > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1998 16:30:09 +0200 (NST) >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: debian-user@lists.debian.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: xterm-debian exported as terminal type >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII > >On Thu, 9 Jul 1998, Richard E. Hawkins Esq. wrote: > >> I'm not sure exactly when this started, but it seems to have been shortly >> after the freeze. > >Since the latest XFree86 packages to be more precise. > >> When I telnet to another machine with an xterm (e.g., "xterm -e telnet abc.def >> &"), it informs the remote machine that terminal type is "xterm-debian" rather >> than "xterm". Other machines do not recognize this, and resort to dumb >> terminal settings. > >It also annoys me a lot, but it appears that there are higher powers at >work here. IIRC it is some sort of policy even and it is related to the >problems that Debian has been having with keymappings in xterms. At >least the backspace key works for me now. > >> I've tried setting TERM to xterm, and tried an export in my .xsession to no >> avail. >> >> Does anyone have a solution? > >Try "xterm -e TERM=xterm telnet abc.def" as a short "term" kludge. >Another option is to globally alias telnet to "TERM=xterm telnet". > > >Cheers, > > >Joost > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >Date: Thu, 09 Jul 1998 22:53:40 +0800 >From: Ivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >Subject: More repartioning >Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >Sorry for the brevity of my last message ! > >The answer I received is to use Partition Magic and hope for luck but I was >under the impression that this applied only to windoze partitions. > >On my system I have a windoze part. & a Linux part. > >Linux currently occupies ~1G which I want to split into two Linux >partitions - is the case that I need Partition Magic for this purpose as >well ? > >Your assistance is appreciated. > >Ivan. > > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1998 11:50:10 +0000 >From: "Hilton Fernandes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >CC: "Hilton Fernandes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: REPOST where is /usr/bin/rpc.bootparamd? >Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII >Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT > >REPOST: > >Dear Debian users, > >I'm installing Debian Linux 1.3.1 the hard way, package by package, floppy by >floppy. Yes, i'm a masochist! :-) But it is very instructive, since i have >never installed any Linux in my life. :-( The PC i'm trying to do this is a >dusty 486, w/o any network connections and w/o a CD-ROM. > >I'd like to make it run LAM MPI, a message-passing environment for workstation >networks, in single node mode. LAM MPI needs some TCP/IP services that i >tried to provide with the packages netbase and netstd. The fact is it >complains about a missing /usr/bin/rpc.bootparamd. Since i couldn't find it in >any package, i guess it is in the installation packages; possibly a misinformed >answer to an installation question prevented it from being installed. However, >i don't know which is the package that rpc.bootparamd belongs to, and wouldn't >like to install everything again, for obvious reasons. :-) > >So, my two questions are: > >1) is the above exposition true? Does rpc.bootparamd really lie in some base >package that belongs to the installation? > >2) how can i install it w/o having to reinstall everything i have in my dusty >and trusty 486 computer? > >BTW two hurrahs for Debian Linux: > >1) Debian is really easy to install. Maybe even easier than Windows 95. And >has a more intelligent installer, i'm sure. > >2) The dusty and trusty 486 was not a good computer to run Win95, but it had its >revival: it runs Linux very fast! > >I thank you in advance! > > >Regards, >--Hilton > >---- >Hilton Fernandes >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lakes/5657 >URLs and help on C++ programming and Object-Oriented Design > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1998 11:00:45 -0400 >From: "Stephen J. Carpenter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >Subject: Re: xfstt startup issue >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > >On Wed, Jul 08, 1998 at 09:57:13PM -0700, Bill Bell wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Sorry I do not have the original message to respond to. I have just >> moved from debian-user-digest to debian-user. I may have missed the >> last day of this thread. > >It is ok :) > >> I also am using xfstt to serve my TrueType fonts. It is not all that >> bad a package. Problem is there is no startup with the Xfstt 0.9.7. >> Documentation is almost none. I am running an up-to-date Hamm system. > >I would recommend checking out xfstt 0.9.9 which is in slink (unstable) > >> So here is my very first hack. >> >> I used the /etc/init.d/xfs for a base and created the file >> /etc/init.d/xfstt, (bottom of message). > >I did that too initally...then ended up just re-writting myself >(I am the xfstt maintainer BTW) This was done in version 0.9.8 >and is still in in 0.9.9 (with some tweaking) > >NB: There is a bug in 0.9.9! /etc/init.d/xfstt is NOT a conffile >(will be fixed RSN...within a few days...sorry...lately ive been forced >to have a "social life") so if you install it you will loose your version >unless you back it up...sorry > >> I modifid /etc/X11/config to mirror the xfs entry. I used XFSTT in >> upper-case here due to test conflicts between the init.d xfs and xfstt >> scripts. (bad hacking) > >in the NEXT version I will also be moving the port number of xfstt to >7101 to avoid the conflict with xfs (it is already using >/usr/share/fonts/truetype instead of /var/ttfonts) > >> Then using the "SysV Init Editor" in KDE I added the xfstt just below >> the xfs lines. xfstt needs be running before xdm, (in my case anyway). > >Yes...This is because your font server is looking >for xfstt because it is a hard coded font path. The X Server panics when >it can't connect...I call that an X Server bug myself... >(BTW the latest version also allows multiple simultaneous connections) > >> This was just a quick fix. If someone would like to tune this up I >> would be greatfull. This worked for me. Please use it carefully. I >> did lock my system hard if xfstt was not running when xdm starts up! > >just be carefull...back up your files and try the latest version and >let me know what you think of how I did it....any suggestions >are apreciated >-Steve > >-- >/* -- Stephen Carpenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ------------------------------ */ >A favorite quote from a source I forget: >"Only Microsoft can take an algorithim that has been under years of >public scrutiny and weaken it to the point where the entire key space >can be searched in 3 days" > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >Date: Thu, 09 Jul 1998 07:54:55 PDT >From: "Bill Bell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >Subject: Re: xfstt >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Content-Type: text/plain > >>Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1998 10:33:39 -0400 >>From: "Stephen J. Carpenter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >>Subject: Re: xfstt >> >>On Wed, Jul 08, 1998 at 07:16:45PM +0300, Jaakko Niemi wrote: >>> >> I have xfstt font server thing installed and functioning. I was >just >>> >> wondering if I can have that load on boot. If so which file do I >edit. >>> >>> Check that you have '/etc/init.d/xfstt' and appropriate links >pointing in >>> /etc/rc*.d . For example 'etc/rc2.d/S20xfstt' where xfstt is started >at >>> runlevel 2. The number is a priority, for getting things started in >right >>> order, for example netbase with 18 means it will be started before >>> exim with 20. >> >>Just a note: >>as of xfstt 0.9.8-1 the package contains an init.d script and starts >>automatically on boot. The current version is in unstable and is >>0.9.9 ..it fixes some bugs...a word to the wise tho.... >>I had to change some of its defaults to match policy and make things >>work. >>(ie. it now looks for fonts in /usr/share/fonts/truetype instead of >>the ugly /var/ttfonts) You will need to move it yerself (if it finds >>a /var/ttfonts you will be warned however) >>also... >>in that version /etc/init.d/xfstt is not a conffile (oops) that will be >>fixed RSN (just one other bug I wanna fix with it) also...watch out >>in the next version commingout... >>to fix a conflict with xfs I am changing the default port from >>7100 to 7101...but thats just what to watch for in the future ;) >> >>BTW 0.9.9 is also easier on memory allocation and fixes a bug there >>-Steve >> >>-- >>/* -- Stephen Carpenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ------------------------------ >*/ >>A favorite quote from a source I forget: >>"Only Microsoft can take an algorithim that has been under years of >>public scrutiny and weaken it to the point where the entire key space >>can be searched in 3 days" >> >> >>-- >>Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] >< /dev/null >> > >Will there be a more current version of xfstt in Debian 2.0? I have >been staying out of slink until I have a better handle on everything. >xfstt 0.9.7-1 is the version I am seeing in Hamm today. > >Thanks, >Bill Bell >a Linux newbee > > > >______________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1998 10:53:49 -0400 (EDT) >From: Brandon Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Philip Hands <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org, debian-user@lists.debian.org >Subject: Re: [off topic] Slashdot announce 2.0beta2 >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII > >On Thu, 9 Jul 1998, Philip Hands wrote: > >> I needed to create some new CD images, because enough new bug fixes had hit >> the archive to make it worthwhile, and if I do that I have to differentiate >> the versions somehow: hence a directory name of 2.0beta1 for the first lot, >> and 2.0beta2 for the second. >[snip] >> That said, it seems reasonable to say that Debian 2.0 is into it's second phase >> of testing. It's just that there wasn't an ``official'' delineation between >> 2.0beta and 2.0beta2 (except by me choosing a particular moment to freeze my >> mirror) > >Why not date the betas? I think everyone knows what is happening when you >do this, and they aren't left wondering when the heck beta2 came out when >the name is 2.0-beta-1998-7-9. > >Just a thought, >Brandon > > --+-- >Brandon Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Debian Testing Group Status >PGP Key: finger -l [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://bhmit1.home.ml.org/deb/ > Dijkstra probably hates me (Linus Torvalds, in kernel/sched.c) > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1998 10:59:14 -0400 (EDT) >From: Brandon Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Mark Mealman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org >Subject: Re: Pine 4.00 termcap(Pine in Debian?) >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII > >On Thu, 9 Jul 1998, Mark Mealman wrote: > >> On Thu, 09 Jul 1998, Tim Buller wrote: >> >I'm trying to compile Pine 4.00 on a hamm/i386 system, and it wants to >> >> Is there any truth to the rumor that Debian's dist won't include pine because >> of some restrictions in the license put out by Washington state? > >We don't distribute pine binaries, but there is a src and diff package >that should make building a deb for yourself very easy. > >> Washington's license doesn't seem any more restrictive than other public domain >> licenses. > >I believe it prohibited distribution of modified binaries. > >HTH, >Brandon > > --+-- >Brandon Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Debian Testing Group Status >PGP Key: finger -l [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://bhmit1.home.ml.org/deb/ > Dijkstra probably hates me (Linus Torvalds, in kernel/sched.c) > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
