Re: making sendmail not use DNS (Was: Re: diald)

1996-05-14 Thread Scott Barker
Yves Arrouye said: > I have them already for a long time. Sendmail still does DNS queries, > for example to try to contact my smarthost. I could try to put just this > one in /etc/hosts but I'm not sure it will suffice (I'll tell if it > does). I assume you are not using uucp, then. Try specifying

Re: ZIP drive under Linux..

1996-05-14 Thread Paul Kirschner
I am using a parallel port version and I can vouch that it does work. The driver is available from http://www.torgue.net/zip.html. I have also read reports that the scsi driver works fine but I have experience with it. --

Re: X Windows

1996-05-14 Thread Susan G. Kleinmann
> I installed fvwm2 but still get the xterm that comes as the default. If you start X with 'xinit' or 'startx' and do _not_ have an X startup script in your home directory, you will be punished by being presented with an X term that could only be read by people under the age of 20. You can circum

Re: Dselect proposed interface (was Re: 1.1 installation notes.)

1996-05-14 Thread Christian Hudon
> Looks OK (we can include a mouse interface). But what is required more then > a new look is the ability to list only the 'installed' packages, or select a > singe package to be installed/removed, and a method of seeing which package > (installed) is older than its archive version (and will theref

Re: where is gs man page?

1996-05-14 Thread joost witteveen
> > In Debian 1.1 beta, there seams to have no man page installed for the gs > package, there is a directory /usr/doc/gs full of ghostscript documents > though. Do one really need the gs man pages? If so, how to install one? This is a major bug indeed! It is caused by the gs-makefile not allo

network with ETHERLINK 3

1996-05-14 Thread Patrick Hernaelsteen
I am unable to configure my system with a EtherLink III ( 3C509B-TP ). Does any body had this kind of problem before. Thanks for helping me, Patrick.

Re: NFS <--> PC with DOS

1996-05-14 Thread Andreas Wehler
What DOS-Client do you use? I had success some time ago with XFS, a ftp-able DOS-Client. You selected the pcnfsd-Option in linux-kernel too? Just suggestions. - Andreas. -- Uni Wuppertal, FB Elektrotechnik, Tel/Fax: (0202) 439 - 3009 Andreas Wehler; email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: beta 1.1 problems with 3c503 and the debian search system.

1996-05-14 Thread J.H.M.Dassen
> The search system has not responded tonight while I was searching > for a solution to this problem. "has not reponded" is a very vague description. Can you give a better one please? > another question(s): what good is an extensive mailing list archive if the > search system does not work? Also

Re: 1.1 setup for /dev/xconsole?

1996-05-14 Thread John Henders
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Maarten Boekhold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >If you try bringing up xconsole and see nothing, then it's possible that >> >you've already been logging messages for a while and the pipe filled up, so >> >> Has anyone noticed that with recent kernels, the pipe to xconsole

Re: 'unsupported packages' (was Re: uugetty?)

1996-05-14 Thread Craig Sanders
On Tue, 7 May 1996, Steffen Mueller wrote: > > Maybe there should be an 'unsupported' directory for packages which > > have been released but don't have an active maintainer...or is this > > what 'contrib' is for? Also, allow any package in 'unsupported' can be > > adopted by anyone who takes th

beta 1.1 problems with 3c503 and the debian search system.

1996-05-14 Thread James D. Freels
The search system has not responded tonight while I was searching for a solution to this problem. I have just installed the root and base diskettes and performed a basic configuration of v 1.1 on a raw system. I have a 3com 3c503 ethernet card that is apparently not recognized. I seem to recall

Re: Bug with su and /usr/bin/zsh. Any idea?

1996-05-14 Thread Rob Leslie
> With the zsh package version 2.6-beta13-2, there is something really > strange happening when root uses zsh: if I do a > > % su > > I get a new shell that is *not* a root one, where when I do > > % su - > > I effectively get a root shell. This is especially strange as the su > com

3D Graphics Cards?

1996-05-14 Thread Bruce Perens
Is anyone out there using 3D graphics cards with Linux? The only one I know about is the Matrox Millenium that works with Accellerated X. I need X support and Open GL, and as much rendering power as possible. Thanks Bruce

Re: disabling daemons from init.d

1996-05-14 Thread Ian Jackson
Jean Orloff writes ("Re: disabling daemons from init.d "): >[Ed Donovan writes:] >> like to conserve as much memory as I can. My question is, what's the best >> way for me to disable the services started by the init scripts like >> netbase netstd, etc, while not deleting the files? At first, I mo

Re: find question (and xargs)

1996-05-14 Thread Guy Maor
On Mon, 13 May 1996, Erick Branderhorst wrote: > find / -size +459976c -noleaf -type f -name '*.deb'|\ > xargs -n 1 dpkg-split -s {} && rm {} > > I was thinking that {} would be replaced by the filename but that's > not the case. Anyone know how to solve this? Two mistakes and an admonition: You

Re: Dselect proposed interface (was Re: 1.1 installation notes.)

1996-05-14 Thread Ian Jackson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes ("Re: Dselect proposed interface (was Re: 1.1 installation notes.)"): ... > Looks OK (we can include a mouse interface). But what is required more then > a new look is the ability to list only the 'installed' packages, or select a > singe package to be installed/removed, a

Re: X Windows

1996-05-14 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Mon, 13 May 1996, Kevin M Bealer wrote: > > I don't think you technically need fvwm2, (but it's nice.) Also rxvt is > supposed better on mem than xterm, and xcontrib probably has neat stuff but > I've never uninstalled it to see what disappeared. Most people will use > xkeycaps eventually si

Re: /etc/psdevtab?

1996-05-14 Thread Guy Maor
On Mon, 13 May 1996, Yves Arrouye wrote: > I don't even have it :-( Why? Was it removed from the latest base package > installation proc.? Run ps as root, and you'll have it. See the ps manpage for details. Guy

Re: Must pppd be run by root?

1996-05-14 Thread Richard Kettlewell
Craig Sanders writes: > >On Sun, 12 May 1996, Rob Browning wrote: > >> > "R" == Richard Kettlewell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> R> pppd has to do various messing around creating network interfaces >> R> and so on, so running it as (not root) is a bit of a non-starter. >> R> Why do you wan

Re: diald (Was: Re: Must pppd be run by root?)

1996-05-14 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"Yves" == Yves Arrouye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Yves> Is there a debianized version of diald 0.14 out there? Yves> (ELF). With the dctrl tk tool, too! (I can email it to the one Yves> making the package if needed). well, it's not out there, but I have one I built for personal us

Re: problems compiling with R0.93

1996-05-14 Thread David Engel
> When I try to compile my own "hello world" program I get these error > messages: > > gcc -g -o hello -L/usr/X11R6/lib hello.o -lXaw -lXt -lX11 > ld: Output file requires shared library `libc.so.4' > gcc: Internal compiler error: program ld got fatal signal 6 > make: *** [hello] Error 1 > > Comp

Re: find question (and xargs)

1996-05-14 Thread Brian C. White
> find / -size +459976c -noleaf -type f -name '*.deb'|\ > xargs -n 1 dpkg-split -s {} && rm {} > > I was thinking that {} would be replaced by the filename but that's > not the case. Anyone know how to solve this? Find only replaces "{}" with the filename under "-exec". You have piped the output

Re: Dselect proposed interface (was Re: 1.1 installation notes.)

1996-05-14 Thread Brian C. White
> Looks OK (we can include a mouse interface). But what is required more then > a new look is the ability to list only the 'installed' packages, or select a > singe package to be installed/removed, and a method of seeing which package > (installed) is older than its archive version (and will theref

making sendmail not use DNS (Was: Re: diald)

1996-05-14 Thread Scott Barker
Richard Kettlewell said: > Also, do someone know how to ask sendmail really not to make DNS queries? > This is somewhat that starts up diald when one does not want, and it is > really annoying. In your m4 file, use the following options: FEATURE(nodns) FEATURE(nocanonify) -- Scott Barker Linux

Re: diald (Was: Re: Must pppd be run by root?)

1996-05-14 Thread David Engel
> > The diald package removes all the hassle of starting and shutting down > > network connections over a transient link, incidentally - you might > > like to investuigate that. > > Is there a debianized version of diald 0.14 out there? (ELF). With the > dctrl tk tool, too! (I can email it to t

Re: find question (and xargs)

1996-05-14 Thread Erick Branderhorst
Hi users, I found the solution (with help from Steve Preston, Kenvin Dalley, Ray Dassen and Jan Wender). now I use the following: find /home/ftp/pub/debian -size +459976c -noleaf -type f -name '*.deb'| \ xargs -l -i sh -c "dpkg --info {} >/dev/null && dpkg-split -s {} && rm {}" This gives a lot

Re: configuring ghostscript...

1996-05-14 Thread joost witteveen
> > > > > > I have a HP laser printer model LJ5P. I always use > gs as my filter for postscript files. Unfortunately the > drivers in gs only access the low resolution mode in > my printer (plain "laserjet" driver). Does anyone has > the driver for 600 dpi mode, for ghostscript? Well, a

Re: find question (and xargs)

1996-05-14 Thread joost witteveen
> > Hi all, > > this might be a more unix oriented question but I'll ask it anyway > because it is very debian related too: > > I would like to find packages bigger than 459976 bytes and split them > with dpkg-split, if splitting is succesfull I'll remove the package. > I have come at the follo

Re: Must pppd be run by root?

1996-05-14 Thread Craig Sanders
On Sun, 12 May 1996, Rob Browning wrote: > > "R" == Richard Kettlewell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > R> pppd has to do various messing around creating network interfaces > R> and so on, so running it as (not root) is a bit of a non-starter. > R> Why do you want it to be able to run it not

Re: 1.1 setup for /dev/xconsole?

1996-05-14 Thread Maarten Boekhold
> >If you try bringing up xconsole and see nothing, then it's possible that > >you've already been logging messages for a while and the pipe filled up, so > > Has anyone noticed that with recent kernels, the pipe to xconsole fills > up on boot up before boot up is finished, which causes all kinds

fvwm2: button functions missing...

1996-05-14 Thread dkklee
I am using fvwm2-2.0.42-beta-0 on debian 1.1. I have just discovered that there are some button functions missing. The menu from the top-left corner does not appear when I click on the top-left button. Also no list of windows when I click on the right mouse button. The raise and lowering buttons

Re: unstable Packages file

1996-05-14 Thread David Engel
> I notice the Packages file for the unstable tree at ftp.debian.org is out of > date. I though it was updated automatically? Perhaps not... We know about the problem and are trying to fix it. David -- David EngelOptical Data Systems, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: problems compiling with R0.93

1996-05-14 Thread Kai Henningsen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Magnus Therning) wrote on 12.05.96 in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > When I try to compile my own "hello world" program I get these error > messages: > > gcc -g -o hello -L/usr/X11R6/lib hello.o -lXaw -lXt -lX11 > ld: Output file requires shared library `libc.so.4' > gcc: Internal comp

Re: find question (and xargs)

1996-05-14 Thread Jan Wender
>Hi all, > >this might be a more unix oriented question but I'll ask it anyway >because it is very debian related too: > >I would like to find packages bigger than 459976 bytes and split them >with dpkg-split, if splitting is succesfull I'll remove the package. >I have come at the following but it

Re: problems with mailagent

1996-05-14 Thread srivasta
Ahh, I see. [I am copying this to debian user, since the answer maybe useful to others as well.] People using mailagent with popclient may want to run mailagent by itself after downloading mail from the server9since popclient delivers directly yo the spool file, not honoring .forward fi

Re: X Windows

1996-05-14 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Mon, 13 May 1996, Susan G. Kleinmann wrote: > One of the joys of getting X up is that you'll get Netscape > up and then you'll be able to use DejaNews to answer every question under > the Sun! Switching to a Cyrrus Logic card solved the major problem. Now I only have a hand full of little on

Re: /etc/psdevtab?

1996-05-14 Thread Yves Arrouye
Scott Barker writes: > eckes said: > > its a map between Minor/Major Device numbers and Device Names. This is > > needed for programs like ps which want to print the device names for given > > inodes. This table is created automatically, if you run "ps" (from the > > procps package in the base

Re: Dselect proposed interface.

1996-05-14 Thread Bill Wohler
Kevin M Bealer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Also someone suggested there be an installed size parameter in the packages > file... this probably wouldn't be a bad idea. This is an excellent idea. What would really be helpful is the following: Size of current package Total siz

Re: tk & tcl and dependecies

1996-05-14 Thread David Engel
I'm copying this to debian-user since others may be confused as well. > I found that installing tk41 in stead of tk40 will break several > dependencies. Packages exist that depend on tk40 and won't > be installed easily with tk41. > > Another thing is that those packages are compiled with links

Checking if the network is up

1996-05-14 Thread Luis Francisco Gonzalez
Hi, just to thank everybody for ansering my query about checking if the network was up. I am using fping to my gateway and it works fine. I have as always also learnt a lot from you all! Thanks, Luis.

making sendmail not use DNS (Was: Re: diald)

1996-05-14 Thread Yves Arrouye
> Richard Kettlewell said: > > Also, do someone know how to ask sendmail really not to make DNS queries? > > This is somewhat that starts up diald when one does not want, and it is > > really annoying. > > In your m4 file, use the following options: > > FEATURE(nodns) > FEATURE(nocanonif

Re: X Windows

1996-05-14 Thread Doug Geiger
On Sun, 12 May 1996, Dale Scheetz wrote: > The graphics card in my machine is a Trident TGUI 9440 AGI which the docs > say is not yet supported (as of June of 95) but that someone was working > on it. Has there been any news? Get XFree86's latest beta, 3.1.2D. Use the SVGA server. I use the 9660

Re: X Windows

1996-05-14 Thread Stephen Early
On Mon, 13 May 1996, Dale Scheetz wrote: > I am somewhat put off by the hodge podge of packages in the x11 section. I > know I need: > xserver_x I chose xserver_svga > xlib > xbase > xfntbase > xmanpages > fvwm2 Actually you don't need the xmanpages package; it contains the manpages to do wi

Re: find question (and xargs)

1996-05-14 Thread J.H.M.Dassen
> I have come at the following but it doesn't work (and can't figger > out why not from the manpages). > > find / -size +459976c -noleaf -type f -name '*.deb'|\ > xargs -n 1 dpkg-split -s {} && rm {} > > I was thinking that {} would be replaced by the filename but that's > not the case. Anyone k