Help with Bibtex

1997-09-12 Thread Johann Spies
I am for the first time trying to use bibtex. When I am trying to run bibtex on the following file (I deleted nonrelevant lines) --- Moenie dieselfde gebed oor en oor bid nie. \cite[]{Mostert:1992} \bibliographystyle{harvard} \bibliography{spies} ---

Re: Debian ppp server how-to?

1997-09-12 Thread mike
On Fri, 12 Sep 1997, dada wrote: > Is there any how-to to setup an ppp server under Debian? > > I need detailled information becouse I'm newie :-) and I want set up one > ppp server at my home. > > Regards. Depending how many users you want to server try checking out Portslave at http://

Re: Security issues for nfs mount

1997-09-12 Thread G. Kapetanios
Hi, Although I am not familiar at all with the inner workings of nfs the description below indicates a risk that an unauthorised client may read files on the specific directory which is being exported by nfs read only. However my worry is not whether somebody else will read the files which in m

Re: Security issues for nfs mount

1997-09-12 Thread ioannis
I could resist to your request, Jim, and appear before you with further clarifications, for you are an active contributor in the Debian project and we are quite fortunate to have you here among us; moreover, there in an ancient saying, that "hard is the knowledge of the good." And the kn

Re: Project.tmpl

1997-09-12 Thread Brian K Servis
% grep Project.tmpl Contents-i386 usr/X11R6/lib/X11/config/Project.tmplx11/xlib6-dev I keep a copy of the Contents file locally in case I can't find a file that should be in a package somewhere. If 'dpkg -S ' can't find it then I do the above. My. $.02. Brian -- TO U

Re: printing in netscape

1997-09-12 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Fri, 12 Sep 1997, Matthew C. Thompson wrote: > hello, all, > > when i try to print from netscape, i get this message in my xconsole: > > Sep 12 09:53:40 mattyt lpd[1143]: lp: Daemon filter 'f' terminated (13) What do you have as "print command" in the window which pops up in Netscape when yo

Re: DHCP Server

1997-09-12 Thread Pete Templin
On Thu, 11 Sep 1997, Jim Pick wrote: > There might be a way to configure Win95 (via the registry) to require a > valid password when logging in at the "console". But I'm not sure how. > I would never use a Windows 95 machine as a "public access" terminal. > I've seen somebody build a super-secu

Re: DSELECT/DPKG Problems with Apache 1.1.3-6

1997-09-12 Thread Bruce Perens
The pre-install script in that package is failing - it says returning status 1, and it should return 0. You can use "dpkg" to extract the package archive, and then try to run DEBIAN/preinst by hand. That should let you figure out what is wrong with the script. Sometimes it is something simple like

Re: Where is Project.tmpl

1997-09-12 Thread Bruce Perens
I think it's in the "xdevel" package. Bruce -- Can you get your operating system fixed when you need it? Linux - the supportable operating system. http://www.debian.org/support.html Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECTED] 510-215-3502 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the

Where is Project.tmpl

1997-09-12 Thread Jason Tseng
I've just installed Debian from the Official 1.3.1 CD. I'm now running into problems when developing applications for the X Window System. It appears to me that some development files are missing, namely Project.tmpl and others. And even though I know where it should be if its in the original XFre

DSELECT/DPKG Problems with Apache 1.1.3-6

1997-09-12 Thread Nigel Price
Hello, I've been having problem with Apache 1.1.3-6 as supplied with Debian 1.3.1. Basically I've been using DSELECT, but reverted to DPKG in an effort to get more info on the problem. Alas, even the highest level of --debug failed to provide me with enough. A brief history: Apache 1.1.3-6 ins

Re: "dpkg --forget-old-unavail" do nothing

1997-09-12 Thread Jim Pick
> > dpkg --forget-old-unavailforget uninstalled unavailable pkgs > > > >Did you have any uninstalled, unavailable packages? If not, then > ^^^ ^^^ > Yes. ? > > >that's why it didn't do anything. If you did, then it's a bug. >

Re: dpkg uninstalled package...

1997-09-12 Thread Paul Seelig
Viorel ANGHEL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I installed some custom packages in /usr/local. Now, when > i install other packages which depends on that, dselect says > that "x depends on y; hower y is not installed" (but y is in > /usr/local, manually instaled. > > How can i tell to dpkg that i hav

Re: Best Ethernet Card

1997-09-12 Thread Jeff Noxon
On Fri, Sep 12, 1997 at 01:09:24PM -0400, Dale Martin wrote: > The current wisdom says to avoid the 3com 3c905, and go with a DEC > "Tulip" based card. I do know from personal experience that the 3c905 > has problems - haven't tried a Tulip card yet, but will be using one > very soon. The Tulip c

Re: Best Ethernet Card

1997-09-12 Thread Dale Martin
Leszek Gerwatowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi! > > Can anyone tell me which 100MB Ethernet Card is best for Debian (driver > quality, stability, support and also performance)? I'm planning to switch > to 100MB Ethernet Network and want to be shure that my new network card > will work withou

printing in netscape

1997-09-12 Thread Matthew C. Thompson
hello, all, when i try to print from netscape, i get this message in my xconsole: Sep 12 09:53:40 mattyt lpd[1143]: lp: Daemon filter 'f' terminated (13) ??? Matt Thompson MZI, Inc. v-206.430.3726 707 S. Grady Wayf-206.430.3420 Renton, WA 98055 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO U

Re: Debian + PC with multi RS... port -> n x (text dumb terminal + printer)

1997-09-12 Thread stick
> > If you were willing to go with 386 class PC's, you could strip them down to > a special ethernet card with the kernel in ROM (or, a normal ethernet card > and a floppy disk drive), a video card, a printer port, and 2 to 4 MB of > memory (plus keyboard, screen, and printer, of course). That ca

Re: Debian + PC with multi RS... port -> n x (text dumb terminal + printer)

1997-09-12 Thread Joey Hess
Nicola Bernardelli wrote: > But I never heard of PC's with 8 or 16 LPTs, while I hear of multi serial > IO cards with that number of ports. That's right, neither have I. > > I'll bet you're setting up a point of sale system. > > Bingo. I don't feel like doing it so much, but I should _hope_ t

How to NFS install.

1997-09-12 Thread R Chris Ross
I am going to set up a new machine at home this weekend to replace one that is currently running Caldera Standard 1.1. While reading the list mail I had seen mention that the system could be installed via NFS. After reading the install doc on my mirror here at the shop I couldn't find

Re: DHCP Server

1997-09-12 Thread Kevin Traas
>> Win95 provides no "authentication" by itself. It needs to belong to an NT >> Domain or NDS for this. So, without third party support, you're out of >> luck. > >Not so. Win95 provides "share level" authentication of any local >filesystems you share. That qualifies as authentication. I *hat

Re: X boot not automatic SOLVED--

1997-09-12 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Fri, 12 Sep 1997, Victor Torrico wrote: > > >-- Wildflower Hill, Head Waters, Virginia -- > > On 97/09/12 at 05:22 AM -0400, Victor Torrico wrote

Re: Best Ethernet Card

1997-09-12 Thread Paul Ryan Kuykendall
On Sep 12, Jean Pierre LeJacq wrote > On Fri, 12 Sep 1997, Leszek Gerwatowski wrote: > > > Can anyone tell me which 100MB Ethernet Card is best for Debian (driver > > quality, stability, support and also performance)? I'm planning to switch > > to 100MB Ethernet Network and want to be shure that m

Re[2]: Debian + PC with multi RS... port -> n x (text dumb t

1997-09-12 Thread TENCC01.LEWIS01
Printing to the aux port of a terminal has been done before. SCO Xenix used to do it (about 10 years ago) with Wyse terminals. I have heard about printing through vt type terminals off dec vax machines. I once wrote a program to do it through hp terminals (with rte-a, not unix). It probably does

Re[2]: Debian + PC with multi RS... port -> n x (text dumb t

1997-09-12 Thread TENCC01.LEWIS01
Printing to the aux port of a terminal has been done before. SCO Xenix used to do it (about 10 years ago) with Wyse terminals. I have heard about printing through vt type terminals off dec vax machines. I once wrote a program to do it through hp terminals (with rte-a, not unix). It probably does

Re: libtermcap, tputs, and clisp

1997-09-12 Thread James Troup
Will Lowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm trying to recompile the clisp package, which installs and > compiles it's own gnu readline library. The display routines are > having problems locating functions such as "tputs", which the > comments in the source code indicate should come from the loca

Re: Best Ethernet Card

1997-09-12 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
On Fri, 12 Sep 1997, Leszek Gerwatowski wrote: > Can anyone tell me which 100MB Ethernet Card is best for Debian (driver > quality, stability, support and also performance)? I'm planning to switch > to 100MB Ethernet Network and want to be shure that my new network card > will work without any pro

Best Ethernet Card

1997-09-12 Thread Leszek Gerwatowski
Hi! Can anyone tell me which 100MB Ethernet Card is best for Debian (driver quality, stability, support and also performance)? I'm planning to switch to 100MB Ethernet Network and want to be shure that my new network card will work without any problems. Thanks in advance! __ Le

libtermcap, tputs, and clisp

1997-09-12 Thread Will Lowe
I'm trying to recompile the clisp package, which installs and compiles it's own gnu readline library. The display routines are having problems locating functions such as "tputs", which the comments in the source code indicate should come from the locate termcap library. I'm using the most curre

dpkg uninstalled package...

1997-09-12 Thread Viorel ANGHEL
I installed some custom packages in /usr/local. Now, when i install other packages which depends on that, dselect says that "x depends on y; hower y is not installed" (but y is in /usr/local, manually instaled. How can i tell to dpkg that i have the package `y' ? vang -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM TH

Re: "dpkg --forget-old-unavail" do nothing

1997-09-12 Thread Andrea Arcangeli
On Thu, 11 Sep 1997, Jim Pick wrote: > >> Why? > >Running dpkg --help, it says: > > dpkg --forget-old-unavailforget uninstalled unavailable pkgs > >Did you have any uninstalled, unavailable packages? If not, then ^^^ ^^^ Yes. ?

RE: minicom, modem questions

1997-09-12 Thread Pilon
-Hi there, I am trying to get my modem to communicate with -the one at work. Using dial-up networking from window$ -works, but it is pretty ennoying to reboot to -the window$ OS every time I need my modem. -I read the Serial and PPP-HOWTO's as well as the PPP-over-minicom -mini-HOWTO. -I made su

Re: Debian + PC with multi RS... port -> n x (text dumb terminal + printer)

1997-09-12 Thread Nicola Bernardelli
On Fri, 12 Sep 1997, Joey Hess wrote: > Nicola Bernardelli wrote: > > 1) what about sending output TO A PRINTER which is NOT ON A PARALLEL > > PORT (lpt1, lpt2, ...) but is instead on a serial line? (Maybe I just > > need to write software which sends output to its stdout instead of >

Re: X boot not automatic SOLVED--

1997-09-12 Thread Peter Iannarelli
Hello: xdm depends on /etc/X11/config. The config tell indicates how the Xserver is to run. Peter From: G. Kapetanios <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Friday, September 12, 1997 6:26 AM Subject: Re: X boot not automatic SOLVED-- > >Hi, >Maybe I am wrong but doesn

RE: X boot not automatic

1997-09-12 Thread Waller Martin MEJ
>Hello, > >Installed X from debian 1.31 CD. > >Upon boot the screen comes up with the console login prompt. After I log >in the console and do a "/etc/init.d/xdm start" the X login window comes >up and X works fine after logging in. > >What must be done to get X to come up automatically instead o

Re: libtermcap

1997-09-12 Thread jdassen
On Sep 12, Peter Weiss wrote >On Debian there is no libtermcap.so, on Redhat-4.2 there is one. As far >as I remember libtermcap is obsolete and should be replaced by >libncurses. >Am I wrong? No. >Has any body more Information? Yes. >The problem occurred when installing some foreign binaries bu

libtermcap

1997-09-12 Thread Peter Weiss
Hello, On Debian there is no libtermcap.so, on Redhat-4.2 there is one. As far as I remember libtermcap is obsolete and should be replaced by libncurses. Am I wrong? Has any body more Information? The problem occurred when installing some foreign binaries build on a Redha

Re: X boot not automatic SOLVED--

1997-09-12 Thread G. Kapetanios
Hi, Maybe I am wrong but doesn't the automatic start of X or not depend on /etc/X11/config ? So if you have no-xdm-start-server in /etc/X11/config, even runing the xdm daemon would not start X automatically ? George On Fri, 12 Sep 1997, Victor Torric

Re: X boot not automatic SOLVED--

1997-09-12 Thread Victor Torrico
-- Wildflower Hill, Head Waters, Virginia -- On 97/09/12 at 05:22 AM -0400, Victor Torrico wrote: > Hello, > > Installed X from debian 1.31 CD. >

Re: X boot not automatic

1997-09-12 Thread Peter Iannarelli
Hello: To automatically start X at boot you need to have a symbolic link from your /etc/rc2.d to your /etc/init.d/xdm. You have to make sure you have a /etc/init.d/xdm. Mine is like this (use the ln command) S99xdm -> ../init.d/xdm Also you can use the xf86config facility and answer yes when as

X boot not automatic

1997-09-12 Thread Victor Torrico
Hello, Installed X from debian 1.31 CD. Upon boot the screen comes up with the console login prompt. After I log in the console and do a "/etc/init.d/xdm start" the X login window comes up and X works fine after logging in. What must be done to get X to come up automatically instead of stoppin

minicom, modem questions

1997-09-12 Thread Simons Erwin
Hi there, I am trying to get my modem to communicate with the one at work. Using dial-up networking from window$ works, but it is pretty ennoying to reboot to the window$ OS every time I need my modem. I read the Serial and PPP-HOWTO's as well as the PPP-over-minicom mini-HOWTO. I made sure my mo

Re: Sendmail and domain name

1997-09-12 Thread R. Chris Ross
I have had problems from time to time in places like at home where I simply run a script to get my ppp connection going. Like you my sendmail was getting unhappy. One simple solution can be to add your machine to the /etc/hosts file and them sendmail will be able to use the informa

Re: Video Cards

1997-09-12 Thread David
We use S3virge cards. They work well at 16bpp 1024*768. They are also cheap. david.. Binary Bar - Australia's first free access internet bar/cafe/gallery. 243 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy, Melbourne, Australia. 12:00pm - 11:00pm http://www.binary.net.au On Wed, 10 Sep 1997, Chad D. Zimmerman wrote:

Re: Security issues for nfs mount

1997-09-12 Thread Jim Pick
Ioannis Tambouras wrote: > The traditional unix nfs filesystem is _insecure_ : the > i-node generation number, which is part of the file handles, is easy > to guess. I'm curious. How would an attack on nfs using this method proceed? Cheers, - Jim pgpYNozTVDntA.pgp Description: PGP sig

Re: "dpkg --forget-old-unavail" do nothing

1997-09-12 Thread Jim Pick
> Why? Running dpkg --help, it says: dpkg --forget-old-unavailforget uninstalled unavailable pkgs Did you have any uninstalled, unavailable packages? If not, then that's why it didn't do anything. If you did, then it's a bug. Cheers, - Jim pgpdzLhEFBqfp.pgp Description: PGP s

Re: Debian ppp server how-to?

1997-09-12 Thread Jim Pick
> dada wrote: > > > > Is there any how-to to setup an ppp server under Debian? > > > > I need detailled information becouse I'm newie :-) and I want set up one > > ppp server at my home. > > o get/install mgetty package > > o get/install ppp package > > o make sure kernel has ppp suppor

Re: DHCP Server

1997-09-12 Thread Jim Pick
> > Win95 provides no "authentication" by itself. It needs to belong to an NT > > Domain or NDS for this. So, without third party support, you're out of > > luck. > > Not so. Win95 provides "share level" authentication of any local > filesystems you share. That qualifies as authentication. B

Re: comment about Linux

1997-09-12 Thread Jim Pick
> Hi > > Is true that I never lose control on my linux box, but some times I lose > control in my X-Windows and I must restart the X. Is that usual? > > I supose that's due to use some aplications. But if this is true, why I > lose control on all aplications that I'm using? How do you lose

Re: Security issues for nfs mount

1997-09-12 Thread ioannis
The traditional unix nfs filesystem is _insecure_ : the i-node generation number, which is part of the file handles, is easy to guess. -- Ioannis Tambouras [EMAIL PROTECTED], West Palm Beach, Florida Signed pgp-key on key server. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the w

Re: Debian + PC with multi RS... port -> n x (text dumb terminal + printer)

1997-09-12 Thread Nicola Bernardelli
Thank you once again, you are so kind to me, but after sending _I_ realized that I may have been cryptic, I'm so sorry... I don't want to use the same output that I send to the display in order to drive the printer, just the opposite thing: I wonder whether or not I can have a Linux box "