Re: problems with inn: ME cant update_active nl.misc

1996-08-04 Thread Christoph Lameter
Do a renumber that usually fixes your high water marks (which seem to be wrong in this case). MMAP on linux works just fine. Andre Koopal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: : Hello, : : I have installed debian at my home-site, and now I am trying to get a newsfeed : to my home. : : I have set up all fil

problems with inn: ME cant update_active nl.misc

1996-08-04 Thread Andre Koopal
Hello, I have installed debian at my home-site, and now I am trying to get a newsfeed to my home. I have set up all files and everything seems to be working, but when news is coming in I see the following errors in syslog: Aug 4 20:24:10 windmill innd: ME cant update_active nl.misc Aug 4 20:24

Re: Smail and Majordomo

1996-08-04 Thread James A. Robinson
> I am looking for the correct syntax for the $mailer option in the > majordomo.cf file for Smail Make sure there is a link /usr/lib/sendmail that points to /usr/bin/smail, and then put this in as the $mailer: $mailer = "/usr/lib/sendmail -f\$sender -t"; Jim

re: Questions

1996-08-04 Thread wb2oyc
On 05:47:14 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>??? 'df' will show you what filesystems are mounted, not mount. > >Just type > >mount{Enter} > >without any parameters, and see what output you get. > >"Live and learn", eh? >>Sure! Typical of Linux there is always more to learn, and very often

RE: Questions

1996-08-04 Thread wb2oyc
On 05:47:14 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And when I use "mount" command, it doesn't show CDROM is mounted. > >>??? 'df' will show you what filesystems are mounted, not mount. > >Just type > >mount{Enter} > >without any parameters, and see what output you get. > >"Live and learn", eh? Su

debian list administrator

1996-08-04 Thread Erik van der Meulen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Could someone please tell me who the administrator of this list is? I have some problems which I can't seem to solve on my own. Thank you very much. Erik van der Meulen [EMAIL PROTECTED] -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: 2.6.3i Charset: cp850 iQCVAw

Re: Install floppy boot failure

1996-08-04 Thread Mike Taylor
On Sat, 3 Aug 1996, Christopher R. Hertel wrote: > > I've written the boot, root, & base floppies as prescribed, but every > time > I try to boot I get error messages as follows: > > boot: > Loading... > Uncompressing Linux... > > invalid compressed format (err=2) > > -- System Halted >

Smail and Majordomo

1996-08-04 Thread Andrew Stephen
Hi, I have just installed Smail in preference to sendmail and seem to be having problems with Majordomo. I am looking for the correct syntax for the $mailer option in the majordomo.cf file for Smail Any help would be appreciated. Regards, Andrew =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

lots of dpkg ideas for discussion (was Re: GCC frepo (continue))

1996-08-04 Thread Craig Sanders
On Sat, 3 Aug 1996, Jimen Ching wrote in debian-user: > And one more thing, I have a wish list. It would be nice if the install > procedure does not waste it's time testing each an every package in a > directory and displaying it. I.e. dpkg -iGROEB goes through the entire > directory and displa

Re: GCC frepo patch don't work.

1996-08-04 Thread Rob Browning
Jimen Ching <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Has anyone ever tried the -frepo feature? It is actually patched in? > Using the switch to g++ doesn't tell you anything since g++ ignores > arguments it doesn't understand. This feature is very important. I can't > continue my project without it. Plea

GCC frepo (continue)

1996-08-04 Thread Jimen Ching
Oh, one more thing. I wanted to check whether I'm still on the debian-user list. I sent a help message to the request robot, and got back intro instructuions (subscribe/unsubscribe). I wanted to know what are the available commands to list the subscribed users. How do I get this info from the -

GCC frepo patch don't work.

1996-08-04 Thread Jimen Ching
Hi all, I've just installed debian linux 1.1 from Iconnect. I am working on a C++ project which depends heavily on the use of templates. Thus, I would like to use the -frepo patch from Cygnus. The installed gcc/g++ doesn't seem to have been patched correctly. At least the 'ld' is not wo

RE: Questions

1996-08-04 Thread renald loignon
>>And when I use "mount" command, it doesn't show CDROM is mounted. >??? 'df' will show you what filesystems are mounted, not mount. Just type mount{Enter} without any parameters, and see what output you get. "Live and learn", eh?

Re: Info on kernel-image packages?

1996-08-04 Thread Guy Maor
On Sun, 4 Aug 1996, Graham Williams wrote: > Apart from doing a diff on these config-? files, is there any > documentation on what each version of the kernel-image contains. The script which creates them is buzz-fixed/disks-i386/make-floppes. It has this blurb: echo " 0 - Almost standard distri

Install floppy boot failure

1996-08-04 Thread Christopher R. Hertel
Dear Debian Development Debuggers, (couldn't resist that) I am attempting to install Debian 1.1 on my system. I currently run Linux 1.2.8 (an older SlackWare distribution), so I know that the system is capable of running Linux. I've written the boot, root, & base floppies as prescribed, but eve

Info on kernel-image packages?

1996-08-04 Thread Graham Williams
Susan G Kleinmann wrote on 03 Aug 1996 20:14:45 +1000: Susan> ... Susan> Yes, you need a kernel with special support for the mouse Susan> compiled in. Reading the 'config-?' files in Susan> buzz-fixed/disks-i386/special-kernels it appears that all Susan> of the special kerne

X11 problems

1996-08-04 Thread Jens Decker
Hello, I have once again tried to install the debian distribution and I have once again failed to get X11 running. This time with a Hercules Stingray Pro and the SVGA server. The monitor gets black and after CTRL-ALT-F4 I get: TRANS(SocketUNIXConnect) () can't connect: errno = 111 giving up. xin

RE: Questions

1996-08-04 Thread wb2oyc
Hung, >>Hi, >My CDROM is panasonic CR-562 CDROM. I select >the "sbpcd" module. Is that correct? I believe "sbpcd" is specifically for Sound Blaster and its clones. There may be several different vendors supplying the CD drive and Panasonic is only one of those. Do you have a SB or not? >boots,

IRCD / SmartList / xfishtank available at ftp.fuller.edu

1996-08-04 Thread Christoph Lameter
We got some more packages debianized. Here is the current list of unique debian packages at ftp.fuller.edu: In this directory you will find new packages that are not yet in the standard debian distribution. mgetty-0.99-1 Adds PPP autodetect to mgetty. ppp-2.2.0fx-1 Adds Remote configuration a

Re: Sicherheitsluecke bei rlogin auf Linux [LSF Update#11: Vulnerability of rlogin] (fwd)

1996-08-04 Thread Alan Cox
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Stephen Masterman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Debian/GNU Linux systems may be vulnerable if >> NetKit-B-0.6 is installed. Until the official >> fix-kit is available for Debian/GNU Linux, system >>