Re: Memory problems

1997-07-25 Thread Ben Gertzfield
"Franck LE GALL - STAGIAIRE A FT.BD/CNET/DTD/PIH" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I used to have 16 Mb (2*8) of 60 ns EDO memory and I had no problems. > I bought 32 Mb (2*16) of 60 ns EDO Memory (not the same as above). > So I have now 48 Mb of memory. > It seems to have no prob

Removing packages

1997-07-25 Thread Vitor Beires Nogueira
Hi, I'm trying to install tetex-base but for that i need to remove all previous TeX packages. I manage to remove almost all except babel and latex. When i type the suggested command : dpkg --purge --force-depends babel latex I get these errors: /var/lib/dpkg/info/latex.prerm: install-fmt-bas

Re: kernel support to NE2000?

1997-07-25 Thread Jason Costomiris
On Fri, 25 Jul 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Today, I was recompiled my kernel 2.0.29 (debian 1.3.1) and I don't see > suport for my PCI NE2000 network card. > > I see support to ISA NE2000, but I have an PCIwhere is it? Use the ne.o module, just like you would for the ISA board. You sti

Re: Swap Space

1997-07-25 Thread Shaya Potter
On 25 Jul 1997, Dale Martin wrote: > Shaya Potter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I haven't had any problem with the 4 gig Barracuda I've been using in my > > Linux box, except for getting bitten by the glibc/fsck bug. > > What bug is that? Just curious, as I'm running glibc on a 4G > barracuda,

Re: Memory problems

1997-07-25 Thread Mario Olimpio de Menezes
On Fri, 25 Jul 1997, Franck LE GALL - STAGIAIRE A FT.BD/CNET/DTD/PIH wrote: > Hello, Hi, > > It seems to have no problems with Windows NT4.0 but when I run Linux, > I have got disks problems (too much inods...). I had problems too adding 2*16MB (32MB) and my solution was

Memory problems

1997-07-25 Thread Franck LE GALL - STAGIAIRE A FT.BD/CNET/DTD/PIH
Hello, I am using debian 1.3 with a p166+. I used to have 16 Mb (2*8) of 60 ns EDO memory and I had no problems. I bought 32 Mb (2*16) of 60 ns EDO Memory (not the same as above). So I have now 48 Mb of memory. It seems to have no problems with Windows

Re: Swap Space

1997-07-25 Thread Dale Martin
Shaya Potter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I haven't had any problem with the 4 gig Barracuda I've been using in my > Linux box, except for getting bitten by the glibc/fsck bug. What bug is that? Just curious, as I'm running glibc on a 4G barracuda, and 2 2G Quantum Atlases. (With a large stripe

kernel support to NE2000?

1997-07-25 Thread crontab
hi Today, I was recompiled my kernel 2.0.29 (debian 1.3.1) and I don't see suport for my PCI NE2000 network card. I see support to ISA NE2000, but I have an PCIwhere is it? I so extrange; when I frist install my Debian system (I used RedHat before),during intallation procces I see suppo

xdm error on boot

1997-07-25 Thread Matthew C. Thompson
hello, i get this: xdm error (pid 125): extra arguments on command line:xdm error (pid 125): "start"xdm error (pid 125): ...then xdm starts. everything works ok, but it seems like i shouldn't get this, ya know? :) ??? matty -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscr

Error with debian-cd

1997-07-25 Thread Petr Barta
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hallo all, I've got a problem. I'm trying to prepare Debian CD image using debian-cd package, but every time all I got is following error message: "Extent overflow processing file /name/of/some/file/in/distribution" The file on which I got this message is

Re: dump error 8-(

1997-07-25 Thread Jörg Delker
On Thu, 24 Jul 1997 12:37:35 -0700, Philippe Troin wrote: >> DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Thu Jul 24 12:41:50 1997 >> DUMP: Date of last level 0 dump: the epoch >> DUMP: Dumping /dev/sda3 (/) to /dev/null >> DUMP: mapping (Pass I) [regular files] >> DUMP: mapping (Pass II) [directori

/usr/bin/which: unset: `run-mailcap': not a valid identifier

1997-07-25 Thread H Huang
Got this error when typed: $ which run-mailcap although it did find out run-mailcap is in /usr/bin. bash: version 2.01 debianutils : version 1.5 Any idea what's wrong? Thanks HH --- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail

Re: mc

1997-07-25 Thread Nils Naumann
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Paul Seelig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I suppose you run Debian-1.3.1 with XFree86-3.3!? If this is the case > then you have to manually replace the 'xterm' binary found from the > XFree86-3.3 xbase package with the one in the XFree86-3.2 xbase > package. T

Re: gzipped fonts..

1997-07-25 Thread Anthony Fok
Hello! On Thu, 24 Jul 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I noticed that the majority of the X-windows fonts are gzipped. > Has this always been the case?[...] gzipped fonts support was added in XFree86 3.3. XFree86 (<= 3.2) could not handle gzipped fonts. I don't know about other commercial X-

POP3 Xtnd Xmit clients?

1997-07-25 Thread George Bonser
Are there any email MUA's out there that can TRANSMIT mail via pop3 using the xtnd xmit extention to POP3 that also work with Linux? George Bonser Why is it that the same people that tell us that manned space flight is a waste of money also tell us that we have been visited by aliens? -- TO U

Re: apache, public_html, and security

1997-07-25 Thread Pure Energy
On Thu, 24 Jul 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Sure, but what's the problem ? Maybe I misunderstood the original > question. I think he wants to keep the users homedir and subdirs other > than public_html secret. And public_html readable and browsable by > all/the webserver. >

gzipped fonts..

1997-07-25 Thread Richard . Dansereau
Hello all! I noticed that the majority of the X-windows fonts are gzipped. Has this always been the case? I'd imagine that xfree86 supports this.. but, some of the other "commercial" X-window servers may not. Should there be some configuration option during installation for choosing between gzip

Re: mail????

1997-07-25 Thread George Bonser
Did you try running it with the PPP connection up? > well, i'm sending this message from windoze. :( i can't seem to send > any mail, only receive it. i ran smailconfig --force twice and still > the same thing, it says no route to host. > > any suggestions? > > matty > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCR

mail????

1997-07-25 Thread Matthew C. Thompson
hi, well, i'm sending this message from windoze. :( i can't seem to send any mail, only receive it. i ran smailconfig --force twice and still the same thing, it says no route to host. any suggestions? matty -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PRO

Re: Install Instructions

1997-07-25 Thread jghasler
Ben Gertzfield writes: > I always make it a point to read the big README that flashes at me when I > pop in the CD; that README points you to the proper directory. Dunno why > Patrick missed it. Neither do I. Perhaps he has had experience with some of the many CD's and ftp sites where the README

Re: Graphics only from root

1997-07-25 Thread Vadim Vygonets
On Thu, 24 Jul 1997, Harald Helfgott wrote: > Hi! > > I have installed Linux from Debian 1.3.1/1.3.2 in a Cyrix200P-based > system. XWindows runs smoothly from the root account, but it doesn't run > at all from other accounts. In fact, even programs outside XWindows > that use graphics (su

Graphics only from root

1997-07-25 Thread Harald Helfgott
Hi! I have installed Linux from Debian 1.3.1/1.3.2 in a Cyrix200P-based system. XWindows runs smoothly from the root account, but it doesn't run at all from other accounts. In fact, even programs outside XWindows that use graphics (such as gnuplot) will not run outside the root account. G

Re: Uh oh! After dselect installed the new kernel... the system does not boot...

1997-07-25 Thread David M
Hello again, Mmm I would think the installation would have prompt me for that... (it did ask whether to use the lilo.conf configuration file). Anyways I have booted from diskette and ran `lilo`. I still get the 01 01 01 01 01 01 How can I revert back to my old kernel image? Just change t

Re: /etc/rc[0-6].d directories missing in Debian 1.3.1

1997-07-25 Thread Sam Ockman
Huh...that must be itdon't I feel foolish... I guess I was just nervous because something deleted my inetd.conf file when I installed 1.3 on a different machine a long time ago.. Thanks -Sam Message from Noel Yap ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) on 7-24-97: > On Thu Jul 24 12:45:31 -0700 1997, Sa

update-menues 1.5

1997-07-25 Thread Alex Yukhimets
Hi. While installing (recompiled for libc5) menu_1.5 package I got the following error messages: /usr/lib/menu/fvwm95: wm: command not found /usr/lib/menu/fvwm95: fvwm95module: command not found /usr/lib/menu/fvwm95: fvwm95module: command not found ... It looks like it is trying to execute /usr/l

nfsroot (update)

1997-07-25 Thread Marcelo E. Magallon
I got a spare machine where I installed Debian 1.3.1 base system and a couple of things like sed, bind (I need this because mknfsroot needs nslookup and the one from dnsutils is not enough... btw, can't we move nslookup from bind to dnsutils?) and other stuff. Now the machine boots, gets its IP ad

X Windows

1997-07-25 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
Hi, Why does X windows try to open /dev/dsp when it loads? I don't have my sound module configured right so this causes a kernel message.. Also, during load it flashes something about Xauthority bad add command.. This is a somewhat older XFree 3.3, it's a version or two behind what is in hamm now

Re: /etc/rc[0-6].d directories missing in Debian 1.3.1

1997-07-25 Thread Noel Yap
On Thu Jul 24 12:45:31 -0700 1997, Sam Ockman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I found the rc directories in /var/backup along with the file rc.symlink > there. I put them back where they belong. It still seems important that we > figure out what caused this (maybe this belongs in Debian developer...

Re: samba newbie help request

1997-07-25 Thread Paul Miller
Kevin Traas wrote: > > > What I'm looking for is the absolute minimum /etc/smb.conf that will > > allow me to share a directory, say /tmp, on the Linux box with the > > Windows box. > > Have you looked at /usr/doc/HOWTO/SMB-Howto.gz? > > It contains a starter /etc/smb.conf as follows: >

Re: samba newbie help request

1997-07-25 Thread Randy Edwards
On Thu, 24 Jul 1997, Pann McCuaig wrote: > What I'm looking for is the absolute minimum /etc/smb.conf that will > allow me to share a directory, say /tmp, on the Linux box with the > Windows box. Ahh, another person who despite RTFMing needs a good example -- sounds like me! :-) BTW, I found