Re: Ctrl-Alt-Del doesn't work under X?

1996-10-08 Thread Thomas Baetzler
Syrus Nemat-Nasser wrote: > > > From: Arrigo Triulzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Hello, > > > > > > sorry for writing to you direct but this is urgent: it seems > > > that under the Debian X11 installation it is impossible to reboot > > > the machine at the Xlogin prompt under xdm. > Hi. It m

libpaper?

1996-10-08 Thread David C. Winters
I was having some problems with procmail and the new lists' headers (which appear to be ironed out), so I haven't been able to see much of the content of the list for a little while--so I'm apologizing if this has been mentioned already. The gs and ghostscript packages depend on the libpaper pack

Error in cron.daily/standard

1996-10-08 Thread John Plate
Hi The /etc/cron.daily/standard file contains statements for maintenance of /tmp and /var/tmp. These will work as intended. I do not have access to the error reporting tools. Sorry if this is a FAQ. -- John Plate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "un

Re: smail does virtual domains?

1996-10-08 Thread Daniel Stringfield
On Tue, 8 Oct 1996, Nelson Posse Lago wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm seriously considering changing to sendmail or perhaps qmail, or > whatever. One of the reasons is that I need virtual e-mail domains. Does > smail handle this? Is is reasonable to use it for this? How about qmail? > Are

Kernel Installation Issues

1996-10-08 Thread Jim Worthington
1)Boot Message - I get the following message when booting: Oct 8 17:10:10 hercules syslogd 1.3-0#6: restart. Oct 8 17:10:11 hercules kernel: Cannot find map file. What is a map file? Where is it supposed to be? How do I get rid of the message? 2) Where is the /boot/psdatabase file used? I

syslogd appears to be greedy

1996-10-08 Thread Alan Eugene Davis
According to top, syslogd is using over 80% of cputime. When I run another memory-hungry application, this immediately drops. This was never noted until recently. I now note syslogd, which was to have been replaced by the sysklogd package, is still installed. Using sysklogd 1.3-11; don't remem

SECURE?? [Re: Ctrl-Alt-Del doesn't work under X? ]

1996-10-08 Thread Lukas Nellen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > Here comes a small tcl/tk script which will appear under the xdm screen and > give the opportunity to halt, reboot or go to a console session (ie kill xdm). As far as I understand TCL/Tk, those script give everybody with access to the screen immediate root access. As fa

Re: Ctrl-Alt-Del doesn't work under X?

1996-10-08 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Syrus Nemat-Nasser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> From: Arrigo Triulzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > Hello, >> > >> >sorry for writing to you direct but this is urgent: it seems >> > that under the Debian X11 installation it is impossible to reboot the >> > machine a

twm menu config

1996-10-08 Thread Balderdash
Hey all, Anybody out there using twm who knows how to get it to execute a program from a popup menu? I'm trying something like: Menu "myapps" { "My Applications" f.title "chess"f.exec xboard } Apparently, sh (BASH, in my case) can't run binary executables. I have fou

time problems (forwarded)

1996-10-08 Thread Bruce Perens
Kevin is one of two people who are currently _still_ unable to post, so I am forwarding his message. :-( From: Account for Debian group mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I use a program call "nist - timestanderization under Linux" by Frank Brokken. This program works well for maintaining the clocks on my

Can't do setuid

1996-10-08 Thread Jim Worthington
I need the ability to run my dialing script as root since the script makes hostname, domainname, and /etc/resolv changes. It appears that Debian Linux does not have setuid capability. Is this a feature that I can turn on through a configuration file? Do all Linux distributions (Slackware, Redh

Debian hangs during install

1996-10-08 Thread John McLaren
Help Needed! After looking around for a 486 to dedicate to linux, a 5-year-old "ex-bleeding-edge" server became available cheaply, containing an EISA mb and Ultrastor 22CA EISA ESDI cacheing controller running two Micropolis drives--seemed like a good buy at the time (performs flawlessly on dos/wi

O'clocking P6-180 to P6-200... safe?

1996-10-08 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Hi guys, Many of us are out trying to buy/put together a Pro200 system... However, I've run into a bit of trouble I suspect many others also have. The P6-200 is OUT OF STOCK! Back-ordered everywhere I've checked. I've had some decent price quotes, but then they say they don't have it in stock

smail does virtual domains?

1996-10-08 Thread Nelson Posse Lago
Hi all, I'm seriously considering changing to sendmail or perhaps qmail, or whatever. One of the reasons is that I need virtual e-mail domains. Does smail handle this? Is is reasonable to use it for this? How about qmail? Are there plans to packaging it in .deb format? I'm reall

Re: netscape

1996-10-08 Thread Brian C. White
> I selected netscape package in dselect and put netscape-v30tar.gz. Where did you put the .tar.gz archive? > But it still doesn't work!! What exactly did the Netscape package say when you tried to install it? > I decompressed manually but when i type netscape in the directory, it > does

Test - Can't post to list fron Linux (n2vwz account test)

1996-10-08 Thread Jim Worthington
Test - Please Ignore -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: sbpcd module

1996-10-08 Thread salwen
I have the following in /etc/modules sbpcd.o sbpcd=0x230,1 (I have a soundblaster at 0x220) and everything seems to work fine. Good luck, Nathan -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

netscape

1996-10-08 Thread besnard
I selected netscape package in dselect and put netscape-v30tar.gz. But it still doesn't work!! I decompressed manually but when i type netscape in the directory, it does not find the application whereas it is in. Any suggestion? -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "uns

Re: Ctrl-Alt-Del doesn't work under X?

1996-10-08 Thread J.A.vanderMost
> >I don't know terribly much about X. Someone else please help this user. > > Thanks > > Bruce > >From: Arrigo Triulzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Hello, >> >> sorry for writing to you direct but this is urgent: it seems >> that under the Debian X11 installation it is impossible to re

C-A-Del and X

1996-10-08 Thread Arrigo Triulzi
Hello all, thanks for responding via e-mail, I am now on the list, just didn't have the time to do this before. I think the optimal solution is the Tcl/Tk script, I cannot set the uid for a shutdown because the room is "open access" and the last thing I want is a bunch of students

Re: Ctrl-Alt-Del doesn't work under X?

1996-10-08 Thread Volker Ossenkopf
: From: Arrigo Triulzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : > Hello, : > : > sorry for writing to you direct but this is urgent: it seems : > that under the Debian X11 installation it is impossible to reboot the : > machine at the Xlogin prompt under xdm. I know this is a Good Idea : > (tm) but we are runnin

Re: failure notice

1996-10-08 Thread Larry 'Daffy' Daffner
-> I need to upgrade ghostscript in order to have a driver for an Epson -> Stylus Color 500. I see that there is a gs in the "non-free" area, -> which makes sense since Aladdin distributes newer versions under a -> more restrictive license than the GNU one. Doesn't the current free version have

Re: Ctrl-Alt-Del doesn't work under X?

1996-10-08 Thread Philippe Troin
On Mon, 07 Oct 1996 12:43:00 PDT Bruce Perens ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I don't know terribly much about X. Someone else please help this user. Here it comes... > From: Arrigo Triulzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Hello, > > > > sorry for writing to you direct but this is urgent: it seems > >

Re: Most recent Beta of SVGA X Server

1996-10-08 Thread Hamish Moffatt
> > Is there any possibility of someone making a deb file of the most > recent beta of SVGA Server for X (beta G). The reason I ask is that I > have a TGUI9440AGi that is not supported at all except in the recent > betas... Same story with the S3 Trio64V+. > If someone would tell me how, I woul

Re: Any Linux books that focus on Debian?

1996-10-08 Thread Lars Wirzenius
CoB SysAdmin: > I'm interested in getting a book on adminstering Linux systems, but just > about *every* book I look at focuses on Slackware. *Blech!*. > > Are there any books that focus on Debian? Blatant self-promotion dept.: The Linux System Administrators' Guide (SAG), my book, is not specifi

Any Linux books that focus on Debian?

1996-10-08 Thread Joe Emenaker
I'm interested in getting a book on adminstering Linux systems, but just about *every* book I look at focuses on Slackware. *Blech!*. Are there any books that focus on Debian? - Joe -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to

Re: problems with X

1996-10-08 Thread Chris R. Martin
On Sat, 5 Oct 1996, Stephen Early wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write: > >I have installed Debian 1.1.9 and xbase, xlib, xserver-svga, and fvwm > >packages. I chose during xbase to use xdm to start x.. and during boot-up > >I see the message "starting xdm".. however typing "xdm" at a

Re: failure notice

1996-10-08 Thread Bruce Perens
Sorry, I was hacking the server while it was still plugged in. Zap! -- Bruce Perens, Pixar Animation Studios *** "Toy Story" video tape in U.S. stores October 30 *** Worldwide box office total for "Toy Story": $353,275,005 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to

failure notice

1996-10-08 Thread danny
Forwarded message: > From postmaster Mon Oct 7 16:20:35 1996 > Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 7 Oct 1996 23:30:04 - > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: failure notice > > Hi. This is the qmail-send program at primer.i-connect.net. > I'm afraid I wasn't able