I'm trying to setup a ppp dialup server on Linux (2.0.29)/
Debian 1.3 and am having problems.
I want a Win95 machine to be able to dialup into my linux box and
access the Internet through the linux box which is connected to a
router (internet).
I am able to get the modems to connect and I can pin
On Wed, 16 Jul 1997, Paul Miller wrote:
> I installed Debian 1.3.1 about a week ago and I'm wondering if I need to
> uninstall packages that I want to upgrade to hamm.. or will if uninstall
> the automatically?
>
Things will work as you expect. When you upgrade a package, by installing
a new vers
how can I start X on the same vc as the terminal?
-Paul
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I have too connections to the internet in different locations.. When I
download from either one it is about 250 to 450 kb/s. Is this fast
enough to run X remotely at a reasonable rate?
Also, how would I start it (if possible)?
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> I installed Debian 1.3.1 about a week ago and I'm wondering if I need to
> uninstall packages that I want to upgrade to hamm.. or will if uninstall
> the automatically?
it's automatic. That's the whole point :)
rick
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uninstall packages that I want to upgrade to hamm.. or will if uninstall
the automatically?
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Can we participate or this is a private conversation? :-)
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Andreas Jellinghaus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: momentan ist nicht viel da, soweit ich weis.
: du kannst aber ein redhat draufspielen, grundprogramm kompilieren,
: und dadurch deine eigenes debian boot strappen. ich w|rde es ja selbs
Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
>
>On Tue, 15 Jul 1997, Kevin M. Bealer wrote:
>
>> "Kevin M. Bealer" wrote:
>
>> Following up on this:
>>
>> After:
>>
>> 1) installing set6x86
>> 2) Setting all BIOS settings to maximum delay timings (for RAM)
>> 3) Setting the ISA bus frequency to 7.159 MHz (lowest setti
On 16-Jul-97 Rick Hawkins wrote:
>> As the only proprietary part is the motherboard, which includes sound/midi,
>> while the rest is made up of industry standard components, I very much doubt
>> your estimate. Esp. as they haven't announced a price yet. You are probably
>> confusing it with the Kee
The pppd man pages say that the ip-up and ip-down scripts are
executed with "standard input, output and error streams redirected
to /dev/null."
I would like to use these scripts, but I want them to echo
messages to the console. How can I overcome this redirection to
/dev/null?
Bob
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I have a script to start ppp that was written when I was running
slackware. This script allows me to choose among several isp numbers
and several option files. It displays the number being called,
reports when the connection is up, and records the time connection is
made. When ppp is stoppe
Johann Spies wrote:
>
> Hallo,
>
> I am using efax with a Zoltrix 14400 modem. I have no problem with faxes
> sent from my machine, but the ones I received so far are all vertically
> compressed. The width is ok but the height is about half what it should
> be.
>
> Is there a way to fix this?
You need to install the as86 package from devel.
-- Jaldhar
On Wed, 16 Jul 1997, Karlheinz Nolte wrote:
> I get the following error, if I try to build a custom kernel with
> make-kpkg:
>
> --snip
> make[3]: Entering directory
> `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.0.27/arch/i386/boot'
>
> As the only proprietary part is the motherboard, which includes sound/midi,
> while the rest is made up of industry standard components, I very much doubt
> your estimate. Esp. as they haven't announced a price yet. You are probably
> confusing it with the Keenya, which is a Mac clone based on
On 16-Jul-97 Rick Hawkins wrote:
>
>> For those of you interested in CHRP PPC machine, take a look at
>> www.pios.de. Seems like a very flexible system, and it will be shipping
>> with Linux and BeOS. I know what my next computer will be.
>
>They certainly look interesting, at least eventually. Bu
"F. L. Szot/Dr. Lightning" wrote:
> Anyway, my Compaq 9240 came with a combination CD-Rom/Optical drive.
Recompile a kernel, enabling Multiple LUNs in the SCSI stuff.
The PD-CD should then be detected as two separate devices.
A note to Compaq buyers: They don't ship a SCSI PD-CD anymore!
Now i
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write:
>Hello,
>
>I want to buy a new box and wonder about some alternatives to the
>Intel (compatible ... I think of K6) architecture. I've got the
>following information from Johannes Ramm-Ericson:
momentan ist nicht viel da, soweit ich weis.
du kannst aber ei
Hi,
I've installed stabled gcc/g++ recently without any problem. However,
when I tried to compile dxpc-3.6.0, the script complains that g++
is not able to create binary. Should I suspect any problem with
gcc/g++ installation? If so, how would I be able to confirm this?
Are there any test programs
You probably only miss the right kind of connector on the Ultrasound or the
right kind of cable, depends on how you think about it :).
My SB 32 has two CD audio connectors. They both have left, right and two
ground pins but the shape of the connector and the pin assignment is
different. The CD-
I get the following error, if I try to build a custom kernel with
make-kpkg:
--snip
make[3]: Entering directory
`/usr/src/kernel-source-2.0.27/arch/i386/boot'
as86 -0 -a -o bbootsect.o bbootsect.s
make[3]: as86: Command not found
make[3]: *** [bbootsect.o] Error 127
make[3]: Leavin
I just bought a Ultrasound sound card, used. It's up and working fine
but the audio cable that came with my cdrom drive wont fit the pins on the card.
Did I miss something?
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I'm sorry for starting a thread and then not responding but I got really
busy. I thought I'd post a summary of the advice I got and what I
eventually did to get Debian up and running on this system.
Thanks to the many people who responded to my question both on the list
and privately. Special th
> For those of you interested in CHRP PPC machine, take a look at
> www.pios.de. Seems like a very flexible system, and it will be shipping
> with Linux and BeOS. I know what my next computer will be.
They certainly look interesting, at least eventually. But at the moment
it seems to be an almos
Hallo,
I am using efax with a Zoltrix 14400 modem. I have no problem with faxes
sent from my machine, but the ones I received so far are all vertically
compressed. The width is ok but the height is about half what it should
be.
Is there a way to fix this?
Johann.
-
Hi Kam,
you have to specify io port and interrupt for your ethernet card.
Via 'modconf':
Under net/your_card/Install in the box below "Please enter bla bla bla"
write the parameters
io=0 irq=n (replace xxx and n with the proper values, maybe you can
even omit irq)
Via '/etc/conf.modules:
I currently use a small script/executable combination named st/gettime to
set my system clock via an atomic server. This is done as a cronjob at
3am and immediately after the system time is written to the cmos time
(clock -w). For some unknown reason, once and awhile when I come in to my
office in
Jason Killen writes:
>
>Along those lines. What tty is my modem I have two working com
>ports and an internal modem. Is there a way to say the internal is number 1
>or number 2 if I want.
>
This is usually set by jumpers on the modem along with the interupt. If
you have 2 builtin com port
Hi, i just run 'modconfig' to install the network driver, it found the
problem. My ethernet is called SMC8000 16-Bit ISA(10Mbp), which it can
run Novell IPX and TCP/IP software.
SMC9194: You shouldn't use auto-probing with insmod!
loading device 'eth0' ...
/lib/modules/2.0.29/net/smc9194.o :init_
> My conclusion is if I buy my new boc next week I should buy a Intel,
> if I buy next year PPC or Alpha. Right?
this is pretty much what i've come to. If i could buy an atx ppc
motherboard now, I would. but i can't, so i won't :( And I'm not
willing to own another apple proprietary design whic
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (icon) writes:
> There is always the "other" switch.
>
> On 16 Jul 1997, Paul Seelig wrote:
>
> > And under file managers they didn't even mention the most powerful and
> > versatile of them all, the "GNU Midnight Commander". Seems to be very
> > GUI oriented rather than geere
What is the standard (if there is a standard) routing that MTAs
use to route bounced mail? Do they use the FROM: field or the
Return-Path: field?
Bob
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I was bored the other day so I decided to grab my old modem and try it out.
(It's an internal with a Rockwell(eek) chipset) I slapped it in and
booted the machine, everything looked ok. But when I ran kermit after
setting the speed, line and hitting c kermit hangs. I get the connection
info but
> Well, after several more hours of tinkering, I'm tracking down my
> problem. I changed the USR factory settings on my modem. My
> connection would still crash out. So I let a ping session run for an
> hour to see what happened. Here is a sample of the results:
> round-trip min/avg/max =
Hi.
I'm new to Linux. And I'm definitely still in the playing around stage.
I've installed Debian 1.3.1 on a 486/50Mhz with a 233mb hard drive. I
didn't make my Linux partition big enough, so I'm going to repartition
and reinstall Linux. My question is about the partitioning for swap.
If I keep
There is always the "other" switch.
Shaya
On 16 Jul 1997, Paul Seelig wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hamish Moffatt) writes:
> > On Tue, Jul 15, 1997 at 01:28:00PM -0800, Bruce Perens wrote:
> > > Vote for Debian as your favorite distribution at
> > > http://www.ssc.com/lj/readchoice.html .
> >
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hamish Moffatt) writes:
> On Tue, Jul 15, 1997 at 01:28:00PM -0800, Bruce Perens wrote:
> > Vote for Debian as your favorite distribution at
> > http://www.ssc.com/lj/readchoice.html .
>
> Unfortunate that it seems to be very commercially-oriented.
> Under X servers, Accelerated
One way is to set the PAGER environment variable to '/usr/bin/less' I
do this in /etc/profile. I'm sure there are other ways.
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On Tue, 15 Jul 1997, Bob Clark wrote:
:Syd Alsobrook wrote:
:>
:> Really easy
:>
:> The best way to copy a directory tree from one drive to another is
:>
:> cp -pr /usr /hd
:>
:> Thanks
:>
:> Syd
:>
:
:Hmm... The _best_ way? I not so sure. Like most things in
:*nix where there are l
Someone sent me mail with the comment that X11_SVGA on the
non-TFT displays is a bear to configure properly.
He's right.
Unfortunately I lost his email address, and need to correspond
with him a bit more on the matter.
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On Jul 16, Carlos Marcos Kakihara wrote
> Hi, I'm using bind 4.9.5-1 and I'm getting the following warning:
> [stress]:~# tail -f /var/log/daemon.log
>
> Jul 16 09:59:00 stress named[4921]: localhost.rev: WARNING SOA refresh value
> is less than 2 * retry (3600 < 3600 * 2)
>
> What
On Wed, 16 Jul 1997, Carlos Marcos Kakihara wrote:
>
> Hi, I'm using bind 4.9.5-1 and I'm getting the following warning:
> [stress]:~# tail -f /var/log/daemon.log
>
> Jul 16 09:59:00 stress named[4921]: localhost.rev: WARNING SOA refresh value
> is less than 2 * retry (3600 < 3600 * 2)
>
Hi, I'm using bind 4.9.5-1 and I'm getting the following warning:
[stress]:~# tail -f /var/log/daemon.log
Jul 16 09:59:00 stress named[4921]: localhost.rev: WARNING SOA refresh value is
less than 2 * retry (3600 < 3600 * 2)
What does it mean?
Carlos Marcos Kakihara (bacate)
Es
On Wed, 16 Jul 1997, Paul Miller wrote:
> the ncurses3.4 package is not available in the hamm version of Debian.
> Where can I get this package?
>
It's still in Incoming on master.
Shaya
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Oh, your're very welcome!
Btw, after installing the awe-package, did you also execute the install
script that patches the kernel sources before trying to reconfigure the
kernel?
Regards,
Andree
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Hi
I have been trying to compile a package called ftools on my debian P5-166.
Initial problems with X libs were solved by installing xlib6-dev_3.2-6.deb,
but now I have a problem with termcap. According to the FAQ on compatiblity
one must replace all references to libtermcap with libncurses to ge
> The new PowerPC chips (the next generation, called "G3" or 740/750 or
> Arthur or Mach V...) are, well, FAST. I haven't run any linux
> benchmarks on them, but I intend to once the "Money-making OS" is
> running on them officially.
>
> So, basically, the decision is similar to decing between Al
I wonder if the survey is still useful when it is published. ;-)
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Thanks for helping us with the Reader's Choice survey!
The results of this poll will be printed in the December 1998 issue, #44.
^
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On Mon, 14 Jul 1997, Curt Howland wrote:
> After installing this at other times and having the
> same problem, you'd think I might remember. It was the
> "FCC File Not Found" that threw me. Why FCC of all the
> words they could have used...
Because that is what everyone uses. Stands for somethin
> the ncurses3.4 package is not available in the hamm version of Debian.
> Where can I get this package?
In master's incoming, or it's mirror:
ftp://cfni.com/pub/linux/debian/Incoming
>
> -Paul
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> Anyone know what package stddef.h is in?
Although I knew the answer, I asked it
http://sunsite.tut.fi/finder/
and it also told me your package is libc5-dev or libc6-dev.
> I had to re-install debian in
> attempts to get my AWE32 drivers to work. I had this problem the first
> time around and
ok, well when running 'make config' it gets to the sound driver part
and lists 4 or 5 *.h files that call for stddef.h, which can't be
found. This happened the first time I tried compiling my kernel.
Copying /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-linux/2.7.2.1/include/stddef.h into
/usr/include seems to do
Hi Jason,
you can find out to which package a certain file belongs with:
dpkg -S
E. g. 'dpkg -S stddef.h' on my system yields:
gcc: /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-linux/2.7.2.1/include/stddef.h
kernel-source-2.0.30:
/usr/src/kernel-source-2.0.30/include/linux/stddef.h
libc5-dev: /usr/include/li
On Tue, Jul 15, 1997 at 01:28:00PM -0800, Bruce Perens wrote:
> Vote for Debian as your favorite distribution at
> http://www.ssc.com/lj/readchoice.html .
Unfortunate that it seems to be very commercially-oriented.
Under X servers, Accelerated X, then Metro X, then XFree was third,
while I suspect
Sunsite is missing the unstable -> hamm/hamm symlink ... for now I'll
just use Debian's ftp until sunsite it fixed (sunsite it faster from my
location)
-Paul
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the ncurses3.4 package is not available in the hamm version of Debian.
Where can I get this package?
-Paul
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Anyone know what package stddef.h is in? I had to re-install debian in
attempts to get my AWE32 drivers to work. I had this problem the first
time around and can't remember how I fixed it. BTW, someone mentioned
running 'make-kpkg clean' to get things into order so that the AWE
drivers packag
Andreas Tille wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I want to buy a new box and wonder about some alternatives to the
> Intel (compatible ... I think of K6) architecture. I've got the
> following information from Johannes Ramm-Ericson:
[Apple stuff snipped]
> I need a very stable system on my new box because
Hello,
I want to buy a new box and wonder about some alternatives to the
Intel (compatible ... I think of K6) architecture. I've got the
following information from Johannes Ramm-Ericson:
> I just came across the following information:
> *
>
> This ann
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jim Foltz) writes:
> Is it safe to put these lines in the /etc/ppp/ip-up scripts? $6 is passed
> to the script using the ipparam option of pppd and is the name of the
> user initiating the ppp link.
[snip executing file in home]
Since ip-up is executed as root, that depends
Chris Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[snip]
> Now once I
> figure out how to concatenate these files with whatever is in my NT box,
> and write a CD, I may be on my way to more wonderful Linux thrills.
I found out the hard way, that the equivalent of
cat foo bar > wibble
in MS-DOG is
Make sure that the system has a CPU fan and that it is WORKING. Heat
problems are one common cause of random reboots.
If using 2.0.30, you might go back to 2.0.29 or .27 .30 really should
not have been released in the state that it was in (IMHO). .31 might be
out in a couple of weeks from wh
On Tue, 15 Jul 1997, [ISO-8859-1] Marcelo E. Magallón wrote:
>
> The problem I have right now (and this showed up long before I started
Check the voltages from the power supply, some older cases tend to fall
a bit low and will cause exactly this, should be close to 5 and close to
12.
Jason
Hi,
A couple of people here (including myself) are trying to set up a
router (IP forwarder really) based on Debian. We have an old 486 (it's a Cyrix
486-40) with 4 MB of RAM for the router. According to what I have found on the
web, this should do the work.
We have installed Debian usi
On Tue, 15 Jul 1997, Paul Miller wrote:
> How can I change the program used to view the manual pages from more to
> less?
Add
export PAGER="less"
to your /etc/profile (for a system setting) or to your ~/.bash_profile
(for a per user setting).
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On Tue, 15 Jul 1997, Paul Miller wrote:
> how do I change the logon message?
Note that the first line of /etc/motd is automatically edited at boot
time to include system information. You may disable this feature in
/etc/init.d/boot (look there, it's easy).
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Please help me!!
I need to know what the best products are for linux:
I need to buy a new video card (accelerator), a new modem, and a new HDD w/
EIDE controller.
any opinions?
Also If you could give me resonably priced products...
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> "SH" == Steve Hsieh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
SH> After upgrading to Deiban 1.3.1 from 1.2, my xserver no longer
SH> runs. It dies with:
SH> Fatal server error: Could not open default font 'fixed'.
SH> Yet the fixed font definitely exists...
SH> Can someone tell me
After upgrading to Deiban 1.3.1 from 1.2, my xserver no longer runs. It
dies with:
Fatal server error:
Could not open default font 'fixed'.
Yet the fixed font definitely exists...
Can someone tell me what is wrong?
Thanks.
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Hi,
Try this link:
http://sunsite.unc.edu/mdw/linux.html#ldp
I would recommend starting with The Linux System Administrators' Guide
Happy reading,
David
On 16-Jul-97 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have the basic debian system installed after some trial and error. Problem
is th
I have the basic debian system installed after some trial and error. Problem
is that I now need pointers to basic unix/linux. Am working through Running
Linux Welsh & Kaufman, but would appreciate a good unix source. Thanks in
advance.
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On Tue, 15 Jul 1997, Paul Miller wrote:
> How can I change the program used to view the manual pages from more to
> less?
>
If you want it system wide add the following line to /etc/profile
export PAGER=less
If you only want it on an account basis, the line goes in the users
.bash_profile.
Luc
How can I change the program used to view the manual pages from more to
less?
-Paul
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