Re: ALT+CTRL+BS dangerous to X server

On Tue, 21 Jan 1997, Christian Lynbech wrote: > Apparently, the keyboard combinbation of ALT+CTRL+Backspace is set up > to kill the X server. > Is there any way to rebind/remove this feature? > It shadows the handy emacs function of backward-kill-sexp and I have > just lost one too many session

Re: compiling gs-aladdin_4.03-7 (fwd)

> > > There's a bug, but I'm not sure if it's me or the source package. > > I sucessfully compiled, but ONLY after making these changes: Thanks for the report, but none of the changes you mention make _compiling_ easier (though the ./debian/rules binary stuff was indeed impossible on systems t

Re: What's the ALT-F4 stuff?

On Tue, 21 Jan 1997, joost witteveen wrote: > It means that Linux has another extra feature (VC's) that most (all?) > other usixes don't have, but whether that means Linux is much > better than FreeBSD/SCO/NT, I really don't know (I don't use > the other systems) FreeBSD has virtual consoles as w

Re: What's the ALT-F4 stuff?

> > Todd> On Mon, 20 Jan 1997, Todd Graham Lewis wrote: > Todd> > Todd> On Mon, 20 Jan 1997, Boris D. Beletsky wrote: > Todd> > Todd> > Linux is great but thouse are NOT linux only things. > Todd> > Todd> OK, you're right, these are features generic to gnu-ish shells like > bash > Todd

Re: how to install PGP?

Hi! I couldn't find the pinepgp package under contrib... :( Anyone else know where it is? On Tue, 21 Jan 1997, Hakan Ardo wrote: > > Another way is to install the pinepgp package, resently uploaded to the > contrib section. It contains script to will, decrypt and check signatures > on incommim

Re: Serious mis-perception of reality going on here.

In your email to me, Greg Vence, you wrote: > Correct me if I'm wrong(like that wouldn't happen here). But the $2 Nah... not *here* :) > charge gives us control over the use of the term "Official Debian." > This control is needed. Witness the historical reason for a lack of 1.0 > version.

Re: Need help about diald & dselect:

At 10:13 AM 1/19/97 -0500, Shaya Potter wrote: >On Sun, 19 Jan 1997, Lu Jimmy Chenji wrote: > >> 2)I am trying to use dselect's FTP method without any success. I strted >> pppd first. The program and my modem seem working properly. I checked >> /var/log/ppp.log file and the message was like

Debian-1.2.3 and libc5 problems

We've been puting Debian 1.2 onto a couple of machines and have run into a major snag. Neither of these machines had linux installed on them prior to this, so this was not an upgrade. After doing the base installation from floppies we ran into troubles with libc5 dependancies. (Incedentally, both

Donations to the Debian project

A number of people have asked how to make donations to the Debian project. We will not accept any until after we have elected a board of directors. The reason for this is that we have no treasurer at present, and it's up to the BOD to elect one. The developers will elect their board later this week

Re: ALT+CTRL+BS dangerous to X server

On Tue, 21 Jan 1997, Christian Lynbech wrote: > Apparently, the keyboard combinbation of ALT+CTRL+Backspace is set up > to kill the X server. > > Is there any way to rebind/remove this feature? > Look for this section in "/etc/X11/XF86Config" and uncomment it: -cut-here

dselect: an urgent suggestion, common upgrade problems

"Let the ones that managed to end up the Select phase in one go throw me the first stone for being so impudent..." That's it: I have had 3 upgrades to do, and always hit return by mistake, prematurely throwing myself out of the "Select" phase. You can return to it, of course, but the ordering of

Re: mouse and serial ports

Hi, Since you didn't tell us what you have already tried, please check these things. I'm sorry if this is redundant. When you compiled your kernel, did you include the "Standard/generic serial support"? It can either be compiled in the kernel or as a module but you need it to get the mouse sup

Re: ALT+CTRL+BS dangerous to X server

>From the man page XF86Config: DontZap This disallows the use of the Ctrl+Alt+Backspace sequence. This sequence allows you to terminate the X server. Setting DontZap allows this key sequence to be passed to clients. Uncomment the following line in /etc/X11/XF86Co

Re: Compiling the kernel - hiccups, and output

Hi, Make bzImage would place a image file under ./arch/$(architecture)/boot/$(kimage). You need to care about bzImage, ./System.map, and ./vmlinux, which is needed for generating the psdatabase, needed for the commands ps and friends. You also need to care asbout the modules produced

Re: Debian includes dir lacks symlinks to kernel sources

Hi, This is a feature, not a bug. Very shortly, Debian's practice will get more wide spread when libc6 adopts a similar practice, so one would do well to get used to it. For the moment, if your package really needs kernel headers (which probably means it is tied to that kernel verion

Re: make-kpkg bombs on 2.0.28

Hi, The problem lies in the new behavious of expr (which has gotten POSIX compliant, much to the consternation of kernel config). The following path fixes the kernel sources: manoj --- scripts/Configure.dist Mon Jan 20 14:43:24 1997 +++ scripts/Configure Tue Jan 21 05:41

Please, let us end the misery.

[*** Attention, this is not a flame, but merely a test of my patience. If this would a real flame, you wouldn't get the warning.***] Can someone tell me what's wrong with the following message? Lu Jimmy Chenji wrote: > > Hi all, > > Can so

Re: ALT+CTRL+BS dangerous to X server

Christian Lynbech <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Apparently, the keyboard combinbation of ALT+CTRL+Backspace is set up > to kill the X server. > > Is there any way to rebind/remove this feature? > > It shadows the handy emacs function of backward-kill-sexp and I have > just lost one too many

Re: Announcement: Debian "Official CD" Policy

> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bruce Perens) > ... > We will do this by producing a CD "master" (actually an ISO image file) > of each release ... Excellent! (The quality of the CD distribution depends only on Debian, not on CD manufacturers.) Daniel -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-

Debian logo submissions

A friend of mine has donated a logo to the Debian project for consideration. It's sketchy, but we think the idea has some potential. Only thing is, where do we send it? If anyone's interested, there's a copy at www.wollery.demon.co.uk/penguin.gif. Thanks, Casper Boden-Cummins. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: Withdrawl of fee for producing Debian CDs

On Mon, 20 Jan 1997, Bruce Perens wrote: > One of the problems of leading a group of volunteers is that one can only > lead where they will follow. There was too much resentment among a number > of Debian developers over the $2 fee I proposed to charge for the privilege > of producing the official

Re: Serious mis-perception of reality going on here.

Bruce Perens wrote: > > On Jan 20, 12:34pm, Michael Stutz wrote: > > Finally, a voice of reason. What made me try Debian in the first place was > > its supposed commitment to free software and the free software community, > > and now the talk has turned into something more like marketing the next

Re: ALT+CTRL+BS dangerous to X server

Christian Lynbech wrote: > > Apparently, the keyboard combinbation of ALT+CTRL+Backspace is set up > to kill the X server. > > Is there any way to rebind/remove this feature? > > It shadows the handy emacs function of backward-kill-sexp and I have > just lost one too many session on this account

Kernel doesn't have PPP support, What does this mean?

The message isn't necessarily word for word, but that was the essence of it. Maybe something like "this kernel lacks ppp support." Running Debian 1.1.10 from iConnect CD. Installed and built linux 2.0.21 kernel with ppp supported as a module, did insmod and got the message, so I recompiled with

Re: availability of pre-1.2 distributions

Yes, I think there is a shortage for keeping three distributions (the next, this and the last). Have a look at the list archives (ftp:, not http:) because I'm sure someone gave an address where they keep an accessible mirror of 1.1. My own solution is to build up a collection of my .deb packages on

Re: ALT+CTRL+BS dangerous to X server

See /etc/X11/XF86Config and in there section "ServerFlags". Uncomment the line that reads "DontZap" and that should do it. Man XF86Config tells more. Christian Lynbech wrote: > Apparently, the keyboard combinbation of ALT+CTRL+Backspace is set up > to kill the X server. > > Is there any way to

Re: Sound and NIC problem

When I installed Debian I had problems with my 3c509 net card and PnP SB 32 sound card. The 3c509 wasn't detected before I got the isapnp tools (pnpdump and isapnp). I added the following lines in /etc/init.d/boot : if [ -x /sbin/pnpdump ] then echo "Deconfiguring PnP devices" /sbin/pnpdump

Re: Unidentified subject!

Hi Esger, everything seems to be allright! Effectively FvwnSave is working but in the way of creating a new.xinitrc file that should be renamed by the user as .xinitrc for the changes to take effect. Anyway some applications don't provide information enough for this module to save them (ex, fi

Re: how to install PGP?

Ricardo Kleemann writes: > > Hi, > > I tried installing the mailpgp package but it complains about not having > pgp-i or pgp-us. How do I install these, and how can I "automate" pgp into > something like pine, for example? > > Thanks > Ricardo > pgp is at: This site also carries

Compaq 4131T Notebook

Hi, does anybody know whether Debian will run on a Compaq 4131T Notebeook with convenience base Ethernet? I'm planning to buy 4 of them, but I want to be sure it will run. Thanks in advance, Nico. -- -- Nico De Ranter Sony Objective Composer (SOCOM) Sint Stevens Woluwestraat 55 (Rue de Woluw

Compaq installation problem

Hi, I have a Compaq Prosignia vs with onboard SCSI-controller and only a SCSI-HD. I would like to install Debian on my machine but the resque disk doesn't know my SCSI-board so it will not detect my HD either. So I peeked inside my computer and found a chip labeled: NCR 53C710 (and a bunch of o

Re: how to install PGP?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Mon, 20 Jan 1997, Steve wrote: > > and how can I "automate" pgp into something like pine, for example? > > Decrypting and verifying is easy enough, just pipe the message through > PGP. Encrypting and signing is a matter of setting up a script and > telling P

Re: ALT+CTRL+BS dangerous to X server

On Tue, 21 Jan 1997, Christian Lynbech wrote: > Apparently, the keyboard combinbation of ALT+CTRL+Backspace is set up > to kill the X server. > > Is there any way to rebind/remove this feature? Use the DontZap flag in the XF86Config file. See 'man XF86Config'. [...] DontZap This disal

Ok I finally got debian running now what?

-Hello, My 386 is purring and i myst say that the install is correct, so far and it was much simpler than reading the installation instructions. so which packages would be logical to install first? allan Name: Allan W. Bart, Jr. E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Da

mouse and serial ports

Hello, I read somewhere that a chicken would be able to install linux-debian... hum hum . I fear that everything is not so easy. My PC is a Pentium 150/ 32 Mb RAM/ 500 Mb disk for linux/ I installed the packages. OK. I recompiled the Kernel to get free of unused drivers. OK. And now, I run XFre

Re: Debian includes dir lacks symlinks to kernel sources

On Jan 20, Karl M. Hegbloom wrote > I discovered today, while attempting to compile the modutils for the > Linux 2.1.21 development kernel, that Debian installs a set of kernel > includes into /usr/include/{asm,linux}, rather than the standard > symlinks to the kernel source tree! There are good

Re: Sound and NIC problem

On Mon, 20 Jan 1997, Tim Sailer wrote: > gets it right... always 0x010 more) Now, they decided to add > an AWE32 Plug-n-Pray sound card. Win95 went ok, but no sound > under Linux, and then the smc card seems to stop working. AWE32 Plug&Play is not supported under Linux. Nevertheless I managed to

Re: diald problems. argh.

On Tue, 21 Jan 1997 18:24:33 +1100 Hamish Moffatt ([EMAIL PROTECTED] rmit.edu.au) wrote: > > On Mon, 20 Jan 1997 09:04:55 PST "Kevin Traas" ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > wrote: > > > > > Should we (or I) talk to someone and get the docs edited slightly and add > > > a > > > ", let me repeat, *** YOU

Re: diald question

Philippe Troin wrote: > > On Sat, 18 Jan 1997 11:30:33 +0800 Lu Jimmy Chenji > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > BTW, I installed Debian-1.2 base system and want to use FTP method > > to download more files. So I need to use diald. Diald doc > > tells me that in order to use diald, I must have S

Re: X window manager oddities

On Mon, 20 Jan 1997 18:34:11 PST Steve ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > This happened after I cat'ed usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/XTerm-color onto my > ~/.Xdefaults file, in an effort to get Xterm to work in colour (following > some advice in the list archives). My .Xdefaults file was nonexistent before

ALT+CTRL+BS dangerous to X server

Apparently, the keyboard combinbation of ALT+CTRL+Backspace is set up to kill the X server. Is there any way to rebind/remove this feature? It shadows the handy emacs function of backward-kill-sexp and I have just lost one too many session on this account. ---+

Re: diald problems. argh.

> On Mon, 20 Jan 1997 09:04:55 PST "Kevin Traas" ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > > Should we (or I) talk to someone and get the docs edited slightly and add a > > ", let me repeat, *** YOU DON'T NEED TO START pppd FROM YOUR DIALD CHAT > > SCRIPT BECAUSE DIALD STARTS pppd AUTOMATICALLY ONCE THE C

My diald won't dial

Hi all, Can someone tell me what's wrong with my following script? diald /dev/ttyS0 speed 115200 connect 'chat -f /etc/diald/pppchat' \ -m ppp local 123.73.253.175 remote 123.73.252.131 \ defaultroute modem crtscts dynamic pppchat is a script file which just init. modem and dial the mode

Recompiling Linux

I started with Debian Distribution 2.0.6. Then got 2.0.13 from sunsite and managed to update the kernel using kernel package or some such. Linux is now 2.0.13. A few days ago I decided to try most stuff as modules except kerneld, ext2 files system and anything else I chose the default. Sound I have

compiling gs-aladdin_4.03-7 (fwd)

There's a bug, but I'm not sure if it's me or the source package. I sucessfully compiled, but ONLY after making these changes: change in wrapper.c change: #include "paper.h" to: #include change in debian/rules change: install -m 0644 -o root -g root debian/setuid /usr/doc/g

make-kpkg bombs on 2.0.28

I'm having a heck of a time trying to get a 2.0.28 kernel to compile. I do the make config, then make-kpkg -revision moe.1 kernel_image It spins along for a while, then /dev/dsp and /dev/audio support (CONFIG_AUDIO) [Y/n/?] MIDI interface support (CONFIG_MIDI) [Y/n/?] FM synthesizer (YM3812/OP

Re: How come no Aladdin ghostscript?

The gs-aladdin_4.03-6.deb package (or a newer version) is in non-free. Ioannis Tambouras [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP 768/429EE365, West Palm Beach, Florida On Mon, 20 Jan 1997, Robert Nicholson wrote: > Isn't it regarded that the Aladdin ghostscript offers better > fonts/features? > > > -- > TO U

Re: Where can I find xterm_color?

Carl Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have XTerm handling colors, and 'ls' will also generate colors, but > only for file types such as directories and executables. The > 'dircolors' executable just sets up "LS_COLORS=''", which isn't very > useful. The documentation for 'dircolors' refer

Re: getting kicked off my account

You don't have call-waiting on that line, right? Phone companies test lines daily. I've been in places where the phone bell gave a tinkle (not really a ring) at 11 P.M. every night. Phone company software is often configured to drop a connection that has been up 24 hours. My daemon just redials wh

Re: diald problems. argh.

On Mon, 20 Jan 1997 09:04:55 PST "Kevin Traas" ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > You're starting pppd yourself in the connect script while diald expects > to start pppd itself. The connect script should just execute the `chat' > command. > > Re-read the diald manpage and look in the mail archives,

Re: X window manager oddities

On Mon, 20 Jan 1997, I wrote: > I was using fvwm2 as my window manager, but now X is dumping me into twm. I figured out what the problem was. It had nothing to do with my ~/.Xdefaults. Earlier that day I had replaced the /bin/sh symlink to bash with a symlink to ash, hoping it would use less memor

Re: how to type accents with pine in a msg?

On Mon, 20 Jan 1997, Martin Alonso Soto Jacome wrote: > Hi Carlos: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > How is it possible to type accents in a mail msg. composed with pine? > > I saw no mention of 8bit composing in the man page, docs and config > > files. > > Is far as I know, there's no way to t

Re: Debian includes dir lacks symlinks to kernel sources

On Mon, 20 Jan 1997 09:17:48 PST "Karl M. Hegbloom" ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I discovered today, while attempting to compile the modutils for the > Linux 2.1.21 development kernel, that Debian installs a set of kernel > includes into /usr/include/{asm,linux}, rather than the standard > syml

Re: how to install PGP?

> I tried installing the mailpgp package but it complains about not > having pgp-i or pgp-us. How do I install these, You need to retrieve the PGP package, which is not on ftp.debian.org because of the stupid EAR (formerly ITAR) export restrictions. Look at the README.mirrors file (available at ev

Sound and NIC problem

This isn't a *Debian* issue so much as a general Linux one, but since it is a Debian system... :) I installed ebian on a clients system this weekend keeping the win95 installed. They had a smc-ultra card, and everything seemed to work ok, both on win95 and Linux. (just a side note: I seems like th

Re: how to install PGP?

On Mon, 20 Jan 1997 15:09:16 PST Ricardo Kleemann ([EMAIL PROTECTED] .com) wrote: > I tried installing the mailpgp package but it complains about not having > pgp-i or pgp-us. How do I install these, and how can I "automate" pgp into > something like pine, for example? PGP is not on the US debia

availability of pre-1.2 distributions

Paul Rightley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > ... I no longer see the 1.1 distribution on ftp.debian.org - would > it not be a good idea to keep it? was there ever an answer to this question? perhaps I missed it. (Is there a shortage of diskspace on ftp.debian.org?) brian -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FRO

Re: How come no Aladdin ghostscript?

Hi, Robert Nicholson wrote: > > Isn't it regarded that the Aladdin ghostscript offers better > fonts/features? This is in ~/non-free/ as gs-aladdin_4.03-7.deb Later, David -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL

Re: kernel panics, crashes.

> Saturday night, while I was testing my tape backup procedure, I did a full > restore into an unused partition. I tried an rm -r on that partition, and > got a kernel panic, locking my system. Happened again later that night. > > Earlier today, while demonstrating the slowness and cpu usage of

Withdrawl of fee for producing Debian CDs

One of the problems of leading a group of volunteers is that one can only lead where they will follow. There was too much resentment among a number of Debian developers over the $2 fee I proposed to charge for the privilege of producing the official Debian CD. Thus, Debian will not charge any fee f

Re: Where can I find xterm_color?

> "Carl" == Carl Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Carl> I have XTerm handling colors, and 'ls' will also generate Carl> colors, but only for file types such as directories and Carl> executables. The 'dircolors' executable just sets up Carl> "LS_COLORS=''", which isn't very useful. The

X window manager oddities

I was using fvwm2 as my window manager, but now X is dumping me into twm. This happened after I cat'ed usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/XTerm-color onto my ~/.Xdefaults file, in an effort to get Xterm to work in colour (following some advice in the list archives). My .Xdefaults file was nonexistent before

Announcement: Debian "Official CD" Policy

DEBIAN CD POLICY CHANGES Recently we have been working on some changes to the Debian CD policy. There's been a good deal of misunderstanding about those changes, so please let me take this opportunity to set it straight. A number of users have complained that the only way th

Re: Multifunction Cards

On Thu, 16 Jan 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello everyone, > I am thinking of getting one of those multifuncion (Modem, Fax, > Answerphone, Sound ...) cards. I know of only two such cards > > (1) The microConnect 34 office and > (2) The Aztech Telephony 3000 I just started using t

Re: Where can I find xterm_color?

On 20 Jan 1997, Carl Johnson wrote: [SNIP] > I have XTerm handling colors, and 'ls' will also generate colors, but > only for file types such as directories and executables. The > 'dircolors' executable just sets up "LS_COLORS=''", which isn't very > useful. The documentation for 'dircolors' ref

Re: How come no Aladdin ghostscript?

On Mon, 20 Jan 1997, Robert Nicholson wrote: > Isn't it regarded that the Aladdin ghostscript offers better > fonts/features? > It is in the non-free part of the tree as 'gs-aladdin' Cheers, Carlo *** *

Serious mis-perception of reality going on here.

On Jan 20, 12:34pm, Michael Stutz wrote: > Finally, a voice of reason. What made me try Debian in the first place was > its supposed commitment to free software and the free software community, > and now the talk has turned into something more like marketing the next > Microsoft product. Complete w

Re: How come no Aladdin ghostscript?

On Mon, 20 Jan 1997 13:43:26 EST Robert Nicholson ([EMAIL PROTECTED] om) wrote: > Isn't it regarded that the Aladdin ghostscript offers better > fonts/features? Aladdin ghostscript comes with the non-free debian section. Look it there under gs-aladdin. Phil. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAIL

Re: how to type accents with pine in a msg?

> How is it possible to type accents in a mail msg. composed with pine? > I saw no mention of 8bit composing in the man page, docs and config > files. > You must select a keyboard, that will give you accent shortcuts, to your accented keys. Your country must have a standard for this, if it isn'

syslogd hassels

Good night folks, I have spent my evening on debuggin syslogd to find the reason for this problem. I think I finally got it, but I'd like some of you verify before I make an upload. So please, I need anyone who ran into trouble with syslogd beeing unable to write to non-existing files and start

Re: What's the ALT-F4 stuff?

> On Mon, 20 Jan 1997, Boris D. Beletsky wrote: > > > Linux is great but thouse are NOT linux only things. > > OK, you're right, these are features generic to gnu-ish shells like bash > and zsh which receive their greatest exposure through Linux. Virtual > consoles aren't even Linux-specific, al

Re: how to type accents with pine in a msg?

Hi Carlos: [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > How is it possible to type accents in a mail msg. composed with pine? > I saw no mention of 8bit composing in the man page, docs and config > files. Is far as I know, there's no way to type accents with pine's built in editor. I guess you have to use an e

how to install PGP?

Hi, I tried installing the mailpgp package but it complains about not having pgp-i or pgp-us. How do I install these, and how can I "automate" pgp into something like pine, for example? Thanks Ricardo -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: IP-Masquerade and NetWare

At 15:25 20-1-97 +, Mario Olimpio de Menezes wrote: > >Hi, > > I'm planning to set a linux box as a IP-Masquerade and I was >wondering if the PC's under Linux will be able to connect to Netware >servers, that is, will the Netware packets be forwarded by Linux? > The design of the ne

Re: Two last problems...

On Mon, 20 Jan 1997, Dale Scheetz wrote: > On Fri, 17 Jan 1997, Paul Rightley wrote: > > > Well, I alomost have a perfect Debian 1.2 system on my Thinkpad 365XD... > > > > Now I am down to only two problems - both of them I have seen mentioned > > here, > > but I do not remember if I have see

Re: lp1 out of paper

Karl M. Hegbloom wrote: Hi Karl, Thanks for your reply, > Is the 'lpd' running? Maybe you need to 'rm' the S symlink to the > 'lpd' startup script in '/etc/rcX.d' for the runlevel you are in, so > that the line printer daemon never gets fired off? > > -- Many solutions were suggested, and a

Re: Inexpensive color printer experience

Giacomo Mulas wrote: > > On or about 16-Gen-97 14:43:24, Michael Laing wrote: > > >The 'stcolor' driver in Alladdin Ghostscript 4.01 works well for me on > >my Epson Stylus. No 'scratching' required... > > Where can I find Alladdin Ghostscript? Is it a commercial package or can I > download it f

Re: Setting up Linux as a PPP dial-in service with IP and IPX

In your email to me, Mikael Bendtsen, you wrote: > > Hi all! > > I'm trying to configure a Debian Linux machine with mgetty as a > dial-in service for a few users. I want it to route TCP/IP and IPX > protocols. I probably have done something wrong because when the modem

Re: problem with installation

I am in the middle of an upgrade from Debian 1.1 to 1.2 right now and ran into the same problem. Download the libc5 from the unstable directory. It seems that a few packages got into stable when the libc5 they needed wasn't. An easy fix though Oh, if you need/want the libc5-devel packa

Re: Serial communications question

On Sat, 20 Jan 1997 13:50:03 +0200 Johann Spies ([EMAIL PROTECTED] et.co.za) wrote: > On Sun, 19 Jan 1997, Philippe Troin wrote: > > > No, you should be using /dev/ttyS1. Use of the cua devices is > > deprecated, and pppd's case, it can cause problems. > > My system is still configured as /dev/

[LOCAL] Any Debian-People at the GUUG-meeting in february?

The German Association of Unix Users (GUUG) will hold their spring meeting ("Fruehjahrsfachgespraeche") from 26.-28. of February in Cologne (Germany). Sven Rudolph and I will be present to give some talks about Debian and Linux in general (1 full-day tutorial and 3 work-in-progress reports). If s

Re: Serial communications question

On Sun, 19 Jan 1997, Philippe Troin wrote: > No, you should be using /dev/ttyS1. Use of the cua devices is > deprecated, and pppd's case, it can cause problems. My system is still configured as /dev/cuax. Should I change it to /dev/ttySx? Is so, how should I do it? I have seen a 0setserial scr

Meta-key not working in Emacs after installing Xfree 3.2

I had a little trouble after installing the new xbase. After reconfiguring X11 I could use my computer again. But now the Alt-chr combination does not work anymore in Emacs. Can anybody help me to correct that please? Here is the relevant section from my XF86Config-file. #

Re: What's the ALT-F4 stuff?

Todd Graham Lewis wrote: > On Mon, 20 Jan 1997, Boris D. Beletsky wrote: > > > Linux is great but thouse are NOT linux only things. > > OK, you're right, these are features generic to gnu-ish shells like bash > and zsh which receive their greatest exposure through Linux. Virtual > consoles aren'

Re: X windows

> > I am running X using xdm. Is there a more elegent way to go to the full > screen consoles than kill xdm. When I try to exit fvwm, on the middle > button menu, it kills all my windows and restarts X with a new login > prompt. Yes... you can do ALT-CTRL-F1..F6 to get to Virtual Consoles 1-6

Apache 1.1.1-9

I just tried to install the aforementioned version of Apache I found in /bo, but it does not copy a file called /etc/apache/srm.conf Apparently this file is important, because the server cannot start. It tried to open it and fopen fails, then the service start fails. Is there a newer version tha

Re: Free space on Linux Drive

John, you wrote: > I think this a simple enough question, but even my Unix teacher can't > answer it. I just installed Debian on my 586 Windoze machine, with a 200mb > partition. The first time I installed it on 100 megs but I ran out of > room. My question is how can I check how much space is l

How come no Aladdin ghostscript?

Isn't it regarded that the Aladdin ghostscript offers better fonts/features? -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: What's the ALT-F4 stuff?

> OK, you're right, these are features generic to gnu-ish shells like bash > and zsh which receive their greatest exposure through Linux. Virtual > consoles aren't even Linux-specific, although they were one of Linus' main > beefs with Minix, as I recall; from the beginning they have been a touted

Serial communications question

> "Steve" == Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Steve> I'm having a problem with my modem. Using chat+pppd to dial Steve> out, I can connect, but not negotiate ppp. Sometimes I can Steve> negotiate ppp, but the connection is very slow. However, if Steve> I first run Minicom and