Re: slang, newt, whiptail

On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, Michael Dietrich wrote: > hi all, > > i am about to write an easy to use editor, using slang ... (remember > this ugly emacs/vi discussion) > > i started with slang and noticed that there is nearly no documentation > and no good screen/kbd support at all. Hm, slang is actu

rebooting while installing.

I have encountered a problem with my computer rebooting, while trying to install Debian. I have tried to install it on a hdd all the files I need are there on that drive, but little much of anything else. When I configured the hdd the first time to run by itself, not as a slave, I forgot to remove

Re: libc6_2.0.7 release notes...

> "Yann" == Yann Dirson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Yann> Seems like it doesn't work: Yann> $ dpkg --compare-versions 2.07pre8-1 '<<' 2.0.8 && echo yes || echo no no Eh? Not when I try it. -- Stephen --- all coders are created equal; that they are endowed with certain unalienable r

Re: libc6_2.0.7 release notes...

> > Well, it made _me_ laugh :-) > > > > I wonder if an epoch would have caused the same problem... > > I've watched this discussion. I have formed the opinion that using an epoch > in this case was not the right way to do it. The r will serve for the > moment, and future versions should be hand

Re: libc6_2.0.7 release notes...

Hi, >>"Dale" == Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Dale> On 24 Jun 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote: Dale> You agree in the first paragraph quoted above that epochs, in this case, Dale> "are completely overriding the version number ..." and seem unwilling to Dale> admit that this is "just s

Re: libc6_2.0.7 release notes...

On Wed, Jun 24, 1998 at 09:48:36PM +0100, Philip Hands wrote: > > Dale> Epochs are not, were never, intended to be used for this > > Dale> purpose. They are only for dealing with upstream renumbering > > Dale> that would cause conflicts. > > > > I thought this was all about the upstream rel

need help : readme for cd images

i'm running out of time, and writing real text (not simple emails) in english still isn't easy for me. i would like to have a readme for the cdrom iamges with content : "what is" - what are the debian official images - what images exist (i386/m68k/alpha/source/contrib-a/contrib-b) - "official"

contact : cdroms

if noone else does it - i can be contact person for linux vendors, people who want to test debian cd's, and all that stuff. andreas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Gothenburg -> Vancouver

On 24 Jun 1998, Rob Browning wrote: [ snip ] : IP whenever you initially fire up your computer and click their "start : button", but that's the extent of my knowledge. Mainly I don't know : if they've got some proprietary way to configure the connection. I believe RoadRunner uses a proprietary

Re: Gothenburg -> Vancouver

Rob Browning writes: > Now my question, since I don't know too much about cable modems, is > what's the chance that I could get one of these (by letting them > install it for Win95 on a useless partition) and then set it up under > Debian? I know they're using Motorola cable modems that connect t

Re: Gothenburg -> Vancouver

Dan Jacobowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > They explicitly disallow all servers of ANY kind. No open ports, > except maybe identd. Hmm, I wonder if that's a local or a global restriction. I haven't heard anything about that yet here. > A friend of mine was running one just fine under linux,

Re: Gothenburg -> Vancouver

The problem with roadrunner is this: They explicitly disallow all servers of ANY kind. No open ports, except maybe identd. A friend of mine was running one just fine under linux, with dhcp and all, but got his account terminated for having sendmail up :) So be careful. Dan -- To UNSUBSCRIB

Re: xterm-debian terminfo entry

On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, LeRoy D. Cressy wrote: > Alexander E. Apke wrote: > > > > > > I did not want this to be set in the terminfo entry, but rather > > added as the default configuration to debian's xterm. My reasoning is > > that since the terminfo entry has changed, why can't other con

Re: Gothenburg -> Vancouver

Marcus Brinkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I hate you :) I hate you all :)). > > For $60 Canadian, you would neither get a cable nor a modem and *never ever* > get a full time connection here in Germany. While we're off topic, I just made a truly aggravating discovery, and I wanted to see if

Re: 2.0.34 and x-bit on libraries

Heiko Schlittermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello, > > as somebody (Harald Schueler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> pointed out > and as we (Paul Seelig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and me) could > reproduce after some grief about a non-functional ftp server (using > wu-ftpd-academ) we got the impression, that

Re: bad kernel 2.0.34 bug ?

On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, Javier Fdz-Sanguino Pen~a wrote: > > As a matter of fact it just happened with our IDE drives after upgrading > to 2.0.34, since we had read this, we downgraded to 2.0.33 and it works with > no erros now. I > don't intent to say that this is an important bug, but maybe

Re: bad kernel 2.0.34 bug ?

On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, Andreas Jellinghaus wrote: > i have 40 identical computers here, and one of them has the same problems. > i guess some trouble with the mainboard, but i'm not sure and could not > investigate till today. all other machines work fine (with hard disk, > 2 have network card probl

automating the "Intents to package" was Re: Please follow protocol when you announce your Intents to package

Ok, I'm game. I have had to fend off enough people from taking my packages that this is worth my time. Besides, I enjoy writing CGI, call me sick. What do we want/need/desire/despise and let's get this going. Andreas Jellinghaus wrote: > > >I have seen numerous people post Intentions to packag

Re: bad kernel 2.0.34 bug ?

Well , its already off. Thanks for the tip. I downgraded to 2.0.33, and things are much more stable , so far, but I've seen a couple of errors. I guess we'll have to wait a while longer and see if other people report the same thing. On 24 Jun 1998, Gregory S. Stark wrote: > Are you run

Re: bad kernel 2.0.34 bug ?

>it as well. > A typical error message is (this occurs on 2 of three drives): > >Jun 23 20:35:40 homey kernel: hdb: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady >SeekComplete DataRequest Error } >Jun 23 20:35:40 homey kernel: hdb: read_intr: error=0x40 { >UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=6766956, sec

Re: Please follow protocol when you announce your Intents to package

>I have seen numerous people post Intentions to package apps that are >already being worked on. Please read the wnpp (it is made for a >reason). And when you do announce you intentions PLEASE cc wnpp so that >it gets added to the list. do we have a cgi guru here ? we could automatie this (we all

Re: libc6_2.0.7 release notes...

> Hi, > >>"Dale" == Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Dale> Epochs are not, were never, intended to be used for this > Dale> purpose. They are only for dealing with upstream renumbering > Dale> that would cause conflicts. > > I thought this was all about the upstream releasing

Re: Gothenburg -> Vancouver

> One major limitation of DSL is that you must be less than 19000 feet > from a CO (round trip). I didn't know that... 19Kfeet... Let's see... That's about 633 meters... Not much... No, 19000 ft = 5791.2 m. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscri

Re: Gothenburg -> Vancouver

Nathan E Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > DSL stands for "Digital Subscriber Loop". I knew that... :) > different "flavors" of DSL (like HDSL, ADSL ...) so the phone companies > talk about xDSL :) That to... I didn't know much, but atleast I knew that... :) > One major limitation of DSL is

Re: libc6_2.0.7 release notes...

On 24 Jun 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Gregory> Essentially you are completely overriding the version number > Gregory> with a hidden version number that the user isn't presented > Gregory> with. > > Yes. But in this case, humans already know that 2.0.9pre1 is > lower than 2.0.10; so

2.0.34 and x-bit on libraries

Hello, as somebody (Harald Schueler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> pointed out and as we (Paul Seelig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and me) could reproduce after some grief about a non-functional ftp server (using wu-ftpd-academ) we got the impression, that . 2.0.34 needs the x-bit on shared libraries! This i

Re: libc6_2.0.7 release notes...

Hi, >>"Dale" == Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Dale> What is with this snake like facination with epochs? Firstly, this is uncalled for. Secondly, even as a popular belief, it is not snakes that are fascinated, their victims are supposed to be. Thirdly, there is no scientific

Re: libc6_2.0.7 release notes...

Hi, >>"Dale" == Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Dale> Epochs are not, were never, intended to be used for this Dale> purpose. They are only for dealing with upstream renumbering Dale> that would cause conflicts. I thought this was all about the upstream releasing pre-releases

Re: libc6_2.0.7 release notes...

Hi, >>"Gregory" == Gregory S Stark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Gregory> Here's another reason using the epoch for this situation is Gregory> bad, if you continue the process you get something like: Gregory> 2.0.6 Gregory> 2.0.7pre1 Gregory> 1:2.0.7 Gregory> 1:2.0.8pre1 Gregory> 2:2.0.8

Re: bad kernel 2.0.34 bug ?

> > > On Wed, Jun 24, 1998 at 12:24:52AM -0700, G John Lapeyre wrote: > > > > A typical error message is (this occurs on 2 of three drives): > > > > > > > > Jun 23 20:35:40 homey kernel: hdb: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady > > > > SeekComplete DataRequest Error } > > > > Jun 23 20:

Re: 19980623 Work-Needing and Prospective Packages

On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, Jules Bean wrote: [ snip ] : While I'm typing, what mailing list is the WNPP on? It doesn't seem to be : any of the ones I'm on... I believe it's on debian-devel-announce - that's where I see it anyway :) -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet - 410 South Phillips Avenue - Sioux Falls,

Re: 19980623 Work-Needing and Prospective Packages

--On Wed, Jun 24, 1998 6:02 pm +0100 "Adrian Bridgett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Unless I've missed something, there is currently no WWW site for WNPP. If > such a site exists and is kept upto date by everyone, I think your idea > would have more merit, ATM I think it's more hassle. You have

Re: 19980623 Work-Needing and Prospective Packages

On Wed, Jun 24, 1998 at 12:03:31AM +0200, Yann Dirson wrote: > Well, after receiving the 2 latest WNPP listings, I finally found that > what I liked best in the previous ones was the "changes from last > version" section. The full list may be some bandwidth waste for many > people I think. I agre

Re: bad kernel 2.0.34 bug ?

As a matter of fact it just happened with our IDE drives after upgrading to 2.0.34, since we had read this, we downgraded to 2.0.33 and it works with no erros now. I don't intent to say that this is an important bug, but maybe it should be looked at. Regards Javi On W

Re: bad kernel 2.0.34 bug ?

OK, I was wrong , its happening now with 2.0.33 too. However, its happening to all three ide drives. I'd better figure it out fast On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, Christian Meder wrote: > On Wed, Jun 24, 1998 at 12:24:52AM -0700, G John Lapeyre wrote: > > A typical error message is (thi

Re: About the Hamm Freeze (!)

Sorry for a late response, been on holidays... > "Darren" == Darren/Torin/Who Ever <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Darren> This is the case if you use the tie interface in Perl. Darren> This is not the case if you use dbmopen, at least it Darren> didn't use to be. Hamm should just ge

Re: Gothenburg -> Vancouver

On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, Avery Pennarun wrote: : On Wed, Jun 24, 1998 at 05:06:06PM +0200, Turbo Fredriksson wrote: : : > > Wildly off topic ... isn't "The Wave" cable modem access? : > : > Hmmm... You really got me there... I have been lead to beleve it's xDSL, : > but I'm not sure... Anyone? : :

Re: Gothenburg -> Vancouver

On Wed, Jun 24, 1998 at 01:31:48PM -0400, Avery Pennarun wrote: > On Wed, Jun 24, 1998 at 05:06:06PM +0200, Turbo Fredriksson wrote: > > It's cable modem, and it's REALLY fast (about 400kbits/sec, full time > connection for somthing like $60 Canadian/month). I hate you :) I hate you all :)). For

Re: xterm-debian terminfo entry

Alexander E. Apke wrote: > > On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, Brian Mays wrote: > > > > > This does not need to be done with at terminfo entry. Use the following X > > resources (in either $HOME/.Xresources or /etc/X11/Xresources for > > everybody): > > > > XTerm*background: black > > XTerm*fore

Re: Gothenburg -> Vancouver

On Wed, Jun 24, 1998 at 05:06:06PM +0200, Turbo Fredriksson wrote: > > Wildly off topic ... isn't "The Wave" cable modem access? > > Hmmm... You really got me there... I have been lead to beleve it's xDSL, > but I'm not sure... Anyone? It's cable modem, and it's REALLY fast (about 400kbits/sec,

Re: VI reasons (was Re: Base Set: Suggested additions & removals.)

Sorry for the delayed reply, I've been away a few days. Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 17 Jun 1998, Martin Mitchell wrote: > > > Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > This is the old .rc file, left behind by a dpkg artifact during the > > > upgrade. While future vers

Re: Serious performance bug in Perl

As the proud owner of that particular patch, I guess I should say something... :) > "Daniel" == Daniel Martin at cush <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Daniel> Ok, I've looked at it. Daniel> I really don't know quite what to do with this. On the Daniel> one hand, automatically reading

Re: Including non-PIC code in a shared library?

Charles Briscoe-Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I asked about this on ggi-devel, and the responses I got indicated that > it probably wasn't a problem, because there would only ever be one > libGGI program running the xf86dga target at once on a given machine > (not true for multi-headed ma

looking for gold-CD producers of Debian 2.0 beta

When the new web pages are up (hopefully within a day) I'd like to add a list of people who are producing gold CDs of 2.0 beta. If you are, please send me the following: Name: e-mail: material cost: shipping cost (mention if ship internationally): URL (optional): Jay Treacy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: install.txt looks weird

> On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, Stig Sandbeck Mathisen wrote: > > > * Maarten Boekhold (Wed, Jun 24, 1998 at 12:50:13PM +0200) > > > Hi, > > > > > > The install.txt that is refered to from the web-site looks weird. I don't > > > know if this is intentional, but section-titles are displayed like: > > > >

Re: install.txt looks weird

On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, Stig Sandbeck Mathisen wrote: > * Maarten Boekhold (Wed, Jun 24, 1998 at 12:50:13PM +0200) > > Hi, > > > > The install.txt that is refered to from the web-site looks weird. I don't > > know if this is intentional, but section-titles are displayed like: > > > > AAddvvaanncce

Re: Gothenburg -> Vancouver

Nathan E Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 24 Jun 1998, Turbo Fredriksson wrote: > > : Oki, I'm leaving for Vancouver next Friday (3/7). I'll be stopping by London > : over the weekend and leave Sunday around 1800. I don't know when I'll be > : back online, I'll get 'Net access through 'Rog

ftp.debian.org mirror chokes

I've been having some access problems with ftp.debian.org, which I am certain are caused by everyone wanting to get the new hamm asap. The problem is that the session gets started, and downloads some files, but eventually will get kicked out for too many users (when switching from one package to t

Re: Gothenburg -> Vancouver

On 24 Jun 1998, Turbo Fredriksson wrote: : Oki, I'm leaving for Vancouver next Friday (3/7). I'll be stopping by London : over the weekend and leave Sunday around 1800. I don't know when I'll be : back online, I'll get 'Net access through 'Rogers wave'... xDSL, jummy :) Wildly off topic ... isn't

Gothenburg -> Vancouver

Oki, I'm leaving for Vancouver next Friday (3/7). I'll be stopping by London over the weekend and leave Sunday around 1800. I don't know when I'll be back online, I'll get 'Net access through 'Rogers wave'... xDSL, jummy :) Any developer in London who like to go out for a beer (or five :) on Frida

Re: slang, newt, whiptail

On Wed, Jun 24, 1998 at 03:10:43PM +0200, Michael Dietrich wrote: > i started with slang and noticed that there is nearly no documentation and > no good screen/kbd support at all. The S-Lang packages do not contain the documentation; there is good reference documentation available from the S-Lang

Re: xterm-debian terminfo entry

On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, Brian Mays wrote: > > This does not need to be done with at terminfo entry. Use the following X > resources (in either $HOME/.Xresources or /etc/X11/Xresources for > everybody): > > XTerm*background: black > XTerm*foreground: gray90 > > By the way, this also wi

Intention to do a(nother) NMU of dpkg

[ Cross-posted to devel and dpkg, followups set to dpkg, please obey the reply-to ] Hi, After working on dpkg last night for the manic hamm beta episode, I noticed there was lots of other stuff that even I could fix; so I have. If no one objects I plan to upload this NMU for slink RSN. Barrin

Re: xterm-debian terminfo entry

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alexander E. Apke) wrote: > Now that debian is going to be using a nonstandard terminfo entry > for xterms, can the default colors be setup like a normal linux console, > black background with white foreground. > I liked this when the xterm was setup this way a whil

binary-i386 2.0-beta gold-CD's in the UK

Hi, I'll be burning some copies of the 2.0-beta images today. If anyone in the UK wants a copy, mail me. (I expect I'll do them for a fiver each, depending upon the numbers involved). If anyone that's going to the UKUUG Event in Manchester this weekend wants a copy, mail me, and I'll bring on

Alan Cox: Re: Minor XF86 DoS

The following message was part of a discussion on the linux security audit mailing list. It looks like debian "hamm" (up-to-date package versions) took the aproach of sticky bit, but Alan is right (of course) - someone can still "block" /tmp/.X11-unix/X0 from being used. Cheers, --Amos --Amos S

Re: install.txt looks weird

* Maarten Boekhold (Wed, Jun 24, 1998 at 12:50:13PM +0200) > Hi, > > The install.txt that is refered to from the web-site looks weird. I don't > know if this is intentional, but section-titles are displayed like: > > AAddvvaanncceedd PPoowweerr MMaannaaggeemmeenntt > > ie. all letters are dupli

Re: slang, newt, whiptail

Michael Dietrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > but i didn't find SOURCE OF WHIPTAIL at all, what's going on there?? You didn't look very hard. Package: whiptail Version: 0.21-8 [...] source: newt -- James ~Yawn And Walk North~ http://yawn.nocrew.

slang, newt, whiptail

hi all, i am about to write an easy to use editor, using slang ... (remember this ugly emacs/vi discussion) i started with slang and noticed that there is nearly no documentation and no good screen/kbd support at all. so i tried newt. this one seems to bring it everything. but there is no docume

Bug in w/who? ([w|u]tmp problem?)

I started to get this a couple of weeks ago, when I upgraded a bo system to hamm... The output from 'w' is almost correct, exept the '11 users'... That corresponds with the output from 'who'... I first thought this was a libc6 problem, but I have another machine here, that don't have the problem.

install.txt looks weird

Hi, The install.txt that is refered to from the web-site looks weird. I don't know if this is intentional, but section-titles are displayed like: AAddvvaanncceedd PPoowweerr MMaannaaggeemmeenntt ie. all letters are duplicated. Maarten __

Intent to package TEI P3 + LSD

I intend to package for slink: * The Linux Source Driver The current source snapshot (1.09) is quite a mess to customize for another machine than his, and I already sent a patch upstream for this. I'm waiting for Pavel to g

Re: annual update of Maintainer Contacts

While you're at it you might change a minor bug in the page + FAQ Santiago Villa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Susan G. Kleinmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ^ needs '>' right? Saludos Javi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, ema

Re: Offering packages

On Tue, Jun 23, 1998 at 05:09:23PM +0200, Milan Zamazal wrote: > I'm offering most of my packages. I will still maintain those of them, (...) > > The list of offered packages: > > comm/casio - Casio diary backup utility () I will take this one (comm/casio), if nobody mind

Backspace woes... (long)

Hi all - I suspect that this topic has been breached (many times) before, but ... With 2 new hamm installations (one on a Pentium, one on an Alpha), the default backspace/delete configuration is annoying. At least it seems to be consistant between the two machines... but consistantly annoy

Re: bad kernel 2.0.34 bug ?

On Wed, Jun 24, 1998 at 12:24:52AM -0700, G John Lapeyre wrote: > A typical error message is (this occurs on 2 of three drives): > > Jun 23 20:35:40 homey kernel: hdb: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady > SeekComplete DataRequest Error } > Jun 23 20:35:40 homey kernel: hdb: read_intr: err

bad kernel 2.0.34 bug ?

My file systems are getting trashed. I get errors and eventually the system hung (couldn't shutdown). I switched back to 2.0.33 and everything is fine. I'm not sure if overheating has something to do with it as well. A typical error message is (this occurs on 2 of three drive

possible lurkftp bug

If lurkftp is killed and started again (happens alot) it gets everything that it already got again, even though its supposed to compare with the local tree. Tell me if I am missing something, otherwise, I'll file a bug. John Lapeyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tucson,AZ http://www.p

Intent to Package - xtend

This works in conjunction with the 'heyu' package, allowing for an active house (automatic control of X10 devices (via heyu) by responding to X10 transmitters [motion sensors, etc.]) new debian package, version 2.0. Package: xtend Version: 1.1-1 Architecture: i386 Depends: libc6, heyu Instal

Re: libc6_2.0.7 release notes...

> > > Well, libc6 (etc.) 2.07r-1 has now moved to some of the mirrors, but > > > apt-get (apt 0.0.16-1) refuses to get the packages. > > > > Woops - got a test upside down. This is fixed in CVS. Interesting that > > nothing else tweaked this. > > > I seem to have that kind of karma ;-) Seriously

Re: libc6_2.0.7 release notes...

On Tue, 23 Jun 1998, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > On Tue, 23 Jun 1998, Bob Nielsen wrote: > > > Well, libc6 (etc.) 2.07r-1 has now moved to some of the mirrors, but > > apt-get (apt 0.0.16-1) refuses to get the packages. > > Woops - got a test upside down. This is fixed in CVS. Interesting that >

Re: Including non-PIC code in a shared library?

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write: >Everything I've ever heard suggests that the GGI people are correct---it >will merely be unshareable because the pages all get "dirtied" doing fixups >on the absolute addresses. Thanks! I'll include the xf86dga target in the next release, then. -- Char

Re: libc6_2.0.7 release notes...

On Tue, 23 Jun 1998, Bob Nielsen wrote: > Well, libc6 (etc.) 2.07r-1 has now moved to some of the mirrors, but > apt-get (apt 0.0.16-1) refuses to get the packages. Woops - got a test upside down. This is fixed in CVS. Interesting that nothing else tweaked this. Jason -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, em