Re: ethernet card

1996-11-01 Thread Rafael Kitover
Excerpts from mail: 25-Oct-96 Re: ethernet card by Bruce [EMAIL PROTECTED] > I looked at the driver code and verified that it is doing programmed I/O. > So, while it is perhaps not significant for some systems, the thing is > using the CPU to wait for ISA bus transfers, and the CPU is stuck at int

2.1 compilation secrets?

1996-11-01 Thread Hamish Moffatt
Sorry to bring this up again, but can somebody who has 2.1.x running on debian let me know what I'm doing wrong? I have gcc 2.7.2, binutils 2.7-3, libc 5.4.7. I can't compile kernel 2.1.5; make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.1.5/arch/i386/kernel' rm -f kernel.o ld -m elf_i386 -r

Re: does libc5.4.7 belong in Rex

1996-11-01 Thread Guy Maor
Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Partly because the compiler is also using the target library. This allows > the compiler to generation code that works with the target library. Thus > the program gets "bugs" fixed by this process. What?? You're saying the output of the compiler is a fu

Missing Package

1996-11-01 Thread Fabien Ninoles
Some Debian packages ask me for some package I didn't see for a while (though I know they exist). They're the pgp_us (althought if someone can say to me where I can find the the International package) and the pbmplus package. I'm looking too for the kaffe and the povray package if they exist. Al

Re: Caching-only "named": where is the cache?

1996-11-01 Thread Rob Leslie
> I've just installed "bind" as a caching only domain name server. In this > new debian version is really very easy to setup and run. It really works, > and it is happily serving all the machines in my department. Every time it > cannot resolve a name, asks to another DNS server outside. Next time

ncftp

1996-11-01 Thread Marco Mariani
Hi all! I'm using ncftp 2.3.0-7, and it tells me REST command not implemented. whenever I try to reget a file. What's the matter? All The Best, Marco GCS d?(-) H>+ s g+ p? !au a23 w+ v- C+++ US++ P+++ L++ 3 E- N+ K- !W M !V -po+ Y+ t+ !5 !j R G''' tv- b++ D+ B--- e+ u* h! f r++ n+ y* -- TO

.xinitrc / .xsession / .fvwmrc ???

1996-11-01 Thread Chris R. Martin
This one should be easy, and I think I had figured this out once, but if anyone could help I would be grateful... Where do I tell X what apps to start when starting an X session ? I'd like several xterms in various colors/places etc.. I'm using the debian xdm. .xsession is just the name of the

When on the updates?

1996-11-01 Thread ugs
I'm fairly new to debian. I see on the debian-changes mailing list where some security upgrades have been released. I've check the debian ftp server for about a week now and the upgrades don't appear there. Am I checking in the right place? If so, about how long is it between the time an upgrad

Re: xinitrc, X11, and cpp/GLUT

1996-11-01 Thread Dave Cinege
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Fulko van Westrenen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >Hello, > >I have some problems with my Debian system, and I think it is easiest >to ask it all at once. I hope someone can help me. > For one or another strange reason initx fails to read ~/.xinitrc Does >anyone know w

Re: Is there a .deb package for Netscape ?

1996-11-01 Thread Brian C. White
> sun\bject line pretty much says it all. I like the debian > install mechanisim! There is a netscape installer for v3.0 under "contrib". You will still need the original archive from Netscape, though.

RE: does libc5.4.7 belong in Rex

1996-11-01 Thread LCDR Mark Purcell
On Wednesday, 30 October, 1996 22:49, Daniel Stringfield[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Why can't anyone understand this? This was a 3 > day thing for me when I first did it, and wow, gee, we have more than 3 > days till monday! I think if all the package > maintainers would just go and recom