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

1997-09-14 Thread Nicola Bernardelli
On Sun, 14 Sep 1997, A. Paul Heely Jr. wrote: > The backroom system has never gone down from a hardware failure. It has > crashed/locked up for who knows what reason. I know that it > should not happen but it can. The registers also have > been known to lock up, more so than the backroom. If

Re:Xemacs Mail (VM)

1997-09-14 Thread Rob MacWilliams
Thanks Jim and Carey, your suggestion to add (setq user-mail-address "[EMAIL PROTECTED]") to the .emacs or .vm file did the trick. Is there any place these variables are documented, I looked through the Info pages but couldn't find anything. Emacs really is a lifestyle and I'd like to find out

elf-xlib

1997-09-14 Thread Rick Jones
Can anybody point me to the elf-xlib package? I assume this is the cause of constant segmentation faults since updating my hamm install last night. If not let me know if you have an answer. It only seems to effect starting X programs using rxvt. Starting them from the window managers menus work

[OFF TOPIC] access controlled website

1997-09-14 Thread dpk
Since the web has become so annoying in the past year I have strayed away from using it as much as possible, however now I need/would like to set up a website that is username/password protected on my Debian Linux(so it is somewhat related) machine. Does anyone know of any software, information, o

Re: unsubscribe

1997-09-14 Thread Bob Halstead, Jr.
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Automount filesystems?

1997-09-14 Thread Michael Legart
Hi! This might be a stupid question, but how do I automount partitons at startup? Regards, [EMAIL PROTECTED] NEW icq uin -> 2565176 -- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Nedit

1997-09-14 Thread Bert Heijenga
After installing Nedit from the package nedit-smotif_4.0.3-1.deb I cannot start Nedit as root nor as a user. I get the following message: nedit: can't load library '/usr/lib/libXt.so.6' Unknown error however: ls -l /usr/lib/libXt* returns: -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 26665 jul 31

SB AWE 64 versus Soft. Syns. for making midi... Also, midi keybo

1997-09-14 Thread shawn . fumo
Hello everyone... Recently I have gotten interested in making my own midi music, after stumbling across some software synthesizers for Win95: WinGroove and Yamaha Soft Synthesizer. Was a mind-blowing difference in sound compared to my lowly SB16... hehe. Of course, they both had time limits an

Re: Sound Blaster AWE32 and Sound Blaster AWE 64 Gold

1997-09-14 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Sat, Sep 13, 1997 at 07:49:16PM +0200, Torsten Hilbrich wrote: > Will Lowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Wed, 10 Sep 1997, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > > > > On Tue, Sep 09, 1997 at 01:10:03PM -0400, Will Lowe wrote: > > > > If you have a pnp bios, it's handled before linux even boots. >

Re: comment about Linux

1997-09-14 Thread Britton
On 13 Sep 1997, Torsten Hilbrich wrote: > dada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > 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

Strange update problem

1997-09-14 Thread Colin R. Telmer
I just updated a machine that was previously running unstable to the most current version of unstable and a bunch of programs that seem to depend on libc5 core dump (emacs, fvwm2, ?). I poked around but couldn't solve the problem so I thought the easiest thing to do would be to present the output o

debian with smail

1997-09-14 Thread Berni Ernst
Hi there, we have an internal (virtual) domain with 192.168.0.xxx IPs. Our debian box (1.3) is the gateway to the outside world. It has an ppp connection to a provider an several uucp connections for news and file transfer. This box is also the smarthost for our domain. So smail has to - route m

Re: floppy

1997-09-14 Thread Douglas Bates
I would add just one thing to Torsten's very complete and informative response about mounting a floppy. The fdutils package contains a program called fdmount that can automate many of these steps. In particular, this program checks the type of filesystem on the floppy and inserts the appropriate

Re: Xemac Mail (VM)

1997-09-14 Thread john
Rob MacWilliams writes: > The problem relates to the headers of outgoing mail, the "From:" > line doesn't seem to be rewritten as it should be by smail. I have > the line > > from_field="From: Rob MacWilliams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" > > in my /etc/smail/config file, but emacs seems to ignore it. O

Re: problem compiling kernel with sound

1997-09-14 Thread kestrel
On Sun, 14 Sep 1997, Oliver Elphick wrote: > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, writes: > >Has anyone had any luck with compiling a kernel on Debian? I can compile > [snip] > > I suggest that you use `make xconfig' or `make menuconfig' to set up > your kernel configuration. That should leave the

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

1997-09-14 Thread Nicola Bernardelli
On Fri, 12 Sep 1997, Joey Hess wrote: > 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, scre

Re: sendmail+IDA

1997-09-14 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, If I recall correctly, sendmail+IDA was a version of sendmail that was hacked to be user friendly back in the bad old days of version 5 and version 6 sendmail. However, the new version 8 sendmail beats it in all facets; the new m4 macros being far friendlier. Forget the def

sendmail+IDA

1997-09-14 Thread Jimmy Lu
Does anyone know where I can get this package? I have read Mail-HOWTO and it suggests me to get it from sunsite but it is not there. I also looked at vixen.cso.uiuc.edu and many web sites without luck. Can someone guide me? Thanks, Jimmy -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the w

Re: HELP! what debian package provides 'elf-x11r6lib'??

1997-09-14 Thread Scott K. Ellis
On Sat, 13 Sep 1997, Paul Miller wrote: > Help! what debian package provides 'elf-x11r6lib'?? > > For some reason ftp.debian.org doesn't have the unstable directory.. and > dselect decided to uninstall tons of my programs.. :( .. I changed the > unstable directory in ftp to hamm/hamm .. I still

Setting up x

1997-09-14 Thread Thomas J. Malloy
I have setup x before with little trouble. Now I have tried both XF86Setup and XF86Config. Could anyone tell me what the following error message means and how I might correct it. _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 2 _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 2 _X11Tra

Re: Setting up x

1997-09-14 Thread TJM
Check your /etc/X11/Xserver file. the first line should have the path and filename of the server that you want to use. It seems that while other distributions link X to the server you want to run, Debian uses X as a small 'loader' program that reads the Xserver file and gets the server to run fro

procmailrc help

1997-09-14 Thread Paul Miller
Here's what I want to do: 1) mail addressed to me goes into the inbox (even from mailing lists) 2) mailing lists are separated (already working) 3) remaining messages go into a junk folder any ideas? -Paul -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: HELP! what debian package provides 'elf-x11r6lib'??

1997-09-14 Thread Jim Pick
> xlib6 used to provide it. It should have been fazed out a long time ago. I'd like to add, if you are installing packages out of unstable, which you must be, since you have this problem (due to the xlib6 in unstable) -- the debian-devel list is probably a better place to direct questions about

Re: libtermcap

1997-09-14 Thread Britton
> 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. libncurses is really another way of doing buisness altogether. The replacement for libtermcap is libterminfo. Debian i

Re: dpkg

1997-09-14 Thread Jim Pick
> Hi: > > I try to install X11 from cdrom that is download and recorded from ftp. > When I use dselect to install some packages, some .deb packages are > refused by dpkg. Even I use dpkg -i xlib* to install X11, error message > like: > > dpkg-deb: /...directory/xlib6*.. not dbian format > > Doe

Re: procmailrc help

1997-09-14 Thread ioannis
Attached to this letter you will find a procmailrc file. Adjust the MAILDIR variable and are set. > Here's what I want to do: > 1) mail addressed to me goes into the inbox (even from mailing lists) > 2) mailing lists are separated (already working) > 3) remaining messages go into a junk f

Re: Smail & /etc/aliases

1997-09-14 Thread Jim Pick
> Anyone know if I can have ALL mail forwarded somewhere else, like this ?: > > Matthew > > --- > # This is the aliases file - it says who gets mail for whom. > # It was originally generated by `smailconfig', part of the Smail package > # distributed with Debian, but it may edited by the mai

Re: minicom, modem questions

1997-09-14 Thread Britton
> I read the Serial and PPP-HOWTO's as well as the PPP-over-minicom > mini-HOWTO. > I made sure my modem is configured as described in section 9.3 > of the PPP-HOWTO (these were default anyway). > The point where I get stuck each time is section 9.5, i.e. > testing the modem for dial out. > What

Re: Cursor problem

1997-09-14 Thread Jim Pick
> is there a chance to force the cursor ? I installed debian 1.2 on > an older portable computer with LC EGA display (which is maybe a little > bit incompatible). > During booting the cursor is there but is away as soon as the > computers bios messages are shown. > Then everythings is fine excep

Re: Xemac Mail (VM)

1997-09-14 Thread Jim Pick
> The problem relates to the headers of outgoing mail, the "From:" line doesn't > seem to be rewritten as it should be by smail. I have the line > > from_field="From: Rob MacWilliams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" > > in my /etc/smail/config file, but emacs seems to ignore it. Try this - add the follow

Re: sendmail+IDA

1997-09-14 Thread David
I've just done a unpackaged install of qmail. It seems to work very well so far. One of the nice things is that because the configuration seems more straight forward I really feel I will be able to use the software. I've used sendmail and felt a little like a hang glider pilot in a jumbo jet. So ma

Re: CorelDraw on Linux

1997-09-14 Thread Jim Pick
> Hi! > > Has anyone got CorelDraw running on a Debian system? > > feri. No. But Caldera sells it (version 3.5) on CD. It should be possible to install it on Debian, I would think. Cheers, - Jim pgpRBmYbAxX5c.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: procmailrc help

1997-09-14 Thread Jim Pick
The Filtering Mail FAQ explains how to set up both procmail and mailagent. http://www.ii.com/internet/faqs/launchers/mail/filtering-faq/ Cheers, - Jim pgpzXLTTlL8Zs.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: dpkg uninstalled package...

1997-09-14 Thread Britton
> 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' ? One way is with dsel

Re: procmailrc help

1997-09-14 Thread Branden Robinson
On Sat, 13 Sep 1997, Paul Miller wrote: > Here's what I want to do: > > 1) mail addressed to me goes into the inbox (even from mailing lists) > 2) mailing lists are separated (already working) > 3) remaining messages go into a junk folder > > any ideas? Sure. This is what I do, except for the

Emacs dumps core after some major upgrades on system

1997-09-14 Thread adavis
Emacs dumps core, repeatedly. I just replaced the xlib6, installing both xlib6 and xlib6g in hamm. Is this possibly the problem? I have just installed new slang0.99 libraries from hamm, and the newest svgalib1 in hamm. Also, a number of applicatoins that were, mainly dependent upon earlier sla

Re: Xemac Mail (VM)

1997-09-14 Thread Carey Evans
Rob MacWilliams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [snip] > The problem relates to the headers of outgoing mail, the "From:" > line doesn't seem to be rewritten as it should be by smail. I have > the line > > from_field="From: Rob MacWilliams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" > > in my /etc/smail/config file, but

Re: Progress On Debian2.0 ?

1997-09-14 Thread Jim Pick
> Hi, > Can someone give us an update on the progress with Debian 2.0 and the > stable libc6 release please. It's looking very promising. Right now is the worst time to try it out though - since there are quite a few binaries which need to be recompiled/patched to work with libc6 and libc5-comp

Progress On Debian2.0 ?

1997-09-14 Thread David
Hi, Can someone give us an update on the progress with Debian 2.0 and the stable libc6 release please. I'm always keen to keep an eye on how many people post stuff regarding problems with libc6. While I'd love to be adventurous, I lack technical skills to contribute, and better serve our linux com

Emacs core dump SOLVED by downgrading to xlib6-3.3-4 in BO.

1997-09-14 Thread adavis
Emacs booted up after I downgraded xlib6-3.3-5 (in hamm) to xlib6-3.3-3 (in bo). I didn't have to touch xlib6g. I am unfamiliar with the use of strace, but when I tried it, the core dump occured as a SIGSEGV, right after getting the PID. Apparently emacs_19 has to be recompiled for the new l

Re: Emacs dumps core after some major upgrades on system

1997-09-14 Thread Jim Pick
[ minor correction ] > Here's what I did (the above script installed as libc5): ^ should be sedlibc5 I don't want to confuse anyone. :-) Cheers, - Jim pgp322gkd7f8n.pgp Description: PG

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

1997-09-14 Thread Nicola Bernardelli
On Sat, 13 Sep 1997, A. Paul Heely Jr. wrote: > >Why did you move to networked 386's? What's running on them? > > The system that we use is provided to us by True Value. The backroom > system is a SCO 3.2V4.2 box. There where a couple of reasons for > getting rid of the WYSE terminals. T

Re: CorelDraw on Linux

1997-09-14 Thread Ferenc Kiraly
Hi! > > Has anyone got CorelDraw running on a Debian system? > > No. But Caldera sells it (version 3.5) on CD. It should be possible to > install > it on Debian, I would think. Yes, I know that ... What I was really wondering is how did (would) someone go about it. Caldera requires, a

Off Topic: BIOS-like sources?

1997-09-14 Thread Dan Hugo
I thought I heard about something like this somewhere, but I'm not sure where: Say I want to bring up my own intel-based machine, or I want to do some embedded stuff, or I just want to learn about intel-based POST, or whatever, and I don't want to deal with Award or AMI or that bunch (and I want s

problem compiling kernel with sound

1997-09-14 Thread Ricardo Muggli
Has anyone had any luck with compiling a kernel on Debian? I can compile fine just as long as I don't try to compile with sound. NOTE: I did use the "make-kpkg -revision custom.1.0 kernel_image" option. This is the error I get (The same thing happens with 2.0.30 also): gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src

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

1997-09-14 Thread A. Paul Heely Jr.
:-) I put my hands on some SCO systems at some customers' and I think Linux is quite _another_planet_ (and among every distribution Debian, also used Yggdrasil, Slackware and RedHat). Could not agree more. I don't think SCO, even Open Server, is in the same solar system :). Yes but

Getting rid of -r /usr/X11R6/lib

1997-09-14 Thread Philippe Troin
[Followups redirected to debian-devel] Some packages in hamm have been linked with the -r /usr/X11R6/lib option and break on a libc6 system with the new libc6 X libraries (coredump). This perl script will patch these programs and make them work: === BEGIN SCRIPT #!/usr/bin/perl -w #

Re: procmailrc help

1997-09-14 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Sun, Sep 14, 1997 at 01:02:38AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Attached to this letter you will find a procmailrc file. Adjust > the MAILDIR variable and are set. [snip] > :0 > *(Cc:|From:|To:).*debian-bugs* > bug But if you want put all mail *from* the list to the folder, perhaps th

Re: problem compiling kernel with sound

1997-09-14 Thread Oliver Elphick
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, writes: >Has anyone had any luck with compiling a kernel on Debian? I can compile >fine just as long as I don't try to compile with sound. NOTE: I did >use the "make-kpkg -revision custom.1.0 kernel_image" option. This is the >error I get (The same thing happ

Re: problem compiling kernel with sound

1997-09-14 Thread Shaleh
> #error You will need to configure the sound driver with > CONFIG_AUDIO option. I had to manually edit the option file in the kernel directory (Forgot its real name and am at work right now). Everytime I tried to specifiy an IRQ it told me I typed an invalid number -- even the default 7. -- TO

Re: Where is Project.tmpl

1997-09-14 Thread Dale Scheetz
You will find the Contents file in the stable directory on your CD. A search of this file is the best way to find out which package contains a particular file. Searching for Project.tmpl shows that it is found in the x11 section in the package xlib6-dev. Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_-

kernel 2.0.30 (boot problem)

1997-09-14 Thread omill
Please, help me with clarifying a boot problem. I have upgraded from Debian 1.2.17 to Debian 1.3.1, and the machine will not boot. I have recompiled the kernel 2.0.30 and rebooted the machine again. Now it hangs, but then finally boots. This is dmesg with a troubled hda disk acces

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

1997-09-14 Thread Nicola Bernardelli
On 12 Sep 1997, TENCC01.LEWIS01 wrote: > It probably doesn't work the way you want. Usually the terminal keyboard is > locked until the print is finished. Making the terminal useful for input at > the > same time is generally not possible. It would require a very clever terminal > and an extre

Transfering system directories to new HD

1997-09-14 Thread C.L. Daugaard
I've seen (and kept) posts on how to transfer a system to a new HD. what I'm stumped on is how this is done when /, /usr, and /home are on *separate partitions* and I want to keep it that way. Can anyone tell me how this is done? At this state the "find . -mount -depth -print|cpio -pdmv /newtemp

Re: Security issues for nfs mount

1997-09-14 Thread ioannis
:-) In this case you may as well post your root passwd in Yahoo. On Fri, Sep 12, 1997 at 09:02:59PM +0100, G. Kapetanios wrote: > > 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 fi

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

1997-09-14 Thread RHS Linux User
> On 12 Sep 1997, TENCC01.LEWIS01 wrote: > > It probably doesn't work the way you want. Usually the terminal keyboard is > > locked until the print is finished. Making the terminal useful for input at the > > same time is generally not possible. It would require a very clever termin

Re: Transfering system directories to new HD

1997-09-14 Thread Rob Browning
"C.L. Daugaard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I've seen (and kept) posts on how to transfer a system to a new HD. > what I'm stumped on is how this is done when /, /usr, and /home are on > *separate partitions* and I want to keep it that way. Can anyone tell > me how this is done? At this state

smail to qmail

1997-09-14 Thread Richard Morin
Hi all, I seem to recall someone posting a way to switch from smail to qmail. I've searched deja news without success, and was wondering if anyone could pass me a clue. I currently use procmail as my local delivery tool and would like to remain doing so. I'm planning to open things up a bit with

Re: Transfering system directories to new HD

1997-09-14 Thread Rob Browning
Rob Browning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > cp -a `ls | grep -v proc` dummy Oops, this needs to be cp -a `ls | fgrep -v proc | fgrep -v 'lost+found'` dummy or something similar. -- Rob -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble?

Re: Transfering system directories to new HD

1997-09-14 Thread RHS Linux User
Try cp -ax /source /destination The a option copies symbolic links as links, preserves permissions, and copies directories recursively. The x option tells cp to not copy anything on a different file system. I have always used this method and the only thing I have to do is create the directories

Can't boot 1.2 or 1.3 rescue floppy.

1997-09-14 Thread R. Chris Ross
I am trying to do a install fresh install of Debian 1.3 but my machine is locking up with the last message on the screen: eata_pio: No BIOS32 extensions present. This driver still depends on it. Skipping scan for PCI HBAs. Then it's dead. I'm wondering if I need to build a new

Re: kernel 2.0.30 (boot problem)

1997-09-14 Thread David
I'd say you have bad sectors on your harddisk, and it just so happens that one of those badsectors has wiped out something important. This happened to me recently. The disk had a three year waranty (seagate) so I returned it and got a new drive. It seemed to me that IDE drives are able to recognis

Bought a printer !

1997-09-14 Thread Oleg Krivosheev
Hi, All i just got EPSON LQ-800 ($2 on garage sale ;)). What are right steps to get it working under Debian ? Yes, i read HOWTO, i have gs installed. Is this ready-to-run package? Any specific info i have to know about printer (i don't have manual)? regards OK -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MA

xdm, xinit and startx problem

1997-09-14 Thread TJM
I have my fvwm95..43a running with very few problems. One of these problems is indicated by not being able to run programs in the menus. For instance, under the utilities menu (left click on the desktop) there is a menu item called 'Running Processes' which is supposed to display a list of ru

Re: Can't boot 1.2 or 1.3 rescue floppy.

1997-09-14 Thread Bruce Perens
Tell us what kind of machine it is, and what peripherals it has. 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 TH

Re: Where is Project.tmpl

1997-09-14 Thread Jason Tseng
> You will find the Contents file in the stable directory on your CD. A > search of this file is the best way to find out which package contains > a particular file. Searching for Project.tmpl shows that it is found in > the x11 section in the package xlib6-dev. > Project.tmpl is indeed listed i

dpkg

1997-09-14 Thread Tao Lu
Hi: I try to install X11 from cdrom that is download and recorded from ftp. When I use dselect to install some packages, some .deb packages are refused by dpkg. Even I use dpkg -i xlib* to install X11, error message like: dpkg-deb: /...directory/xlib6*.. not dbian format Does anybody have same pr

Re: Where is Project.tmpl

1997-09-14 Thread Jason Tseng
I have checked with XFree86 ftp site. ALL XFree86 releases after 3.2 (3.2A to 3.3.1) no longer contains Project.tmpl. So I don't suppose the one included in Debian's latest distribution should. I'm now trying to reuse the one found in 3.2. Lets hope it works. Jason -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS

Re: Transfering system directories to new HD

1997-09-14 Thread David
Try booting off a floppy, mounting the two drives/partions as /mnt/target and /mnt/source Then use the command (cd /mnt/source && tar c .)|(cd /mnt/target && tar xvp) That's how I recently moved my home directories to a bigger disk. The p on the second tar statement is important because it preserv

DONE: Re.: Re: Emacs dumps core after some major upgrades on system

1997-09-14 Thread Alan Eugene Davis
Once more. I actually did the change you indicated (to /usr/bin/emacs), in the midst of debugging this situation. It turned out, I think, that the weird messages were from an editing error I made in editing the config file, tex-site.el, for auctex, which I had been running for only one day. No

Re: smail to qmail

1997-09-14 Thread David
There is a debian package in the experimental section, but it depends on libc6, and I'm not game to upgrade til I stop seeing posts saying they had to reinstall an old package to make things work again. I installed qmail happily. Compiled easily into /var/qmail I decided to install sendmail and th

xdm, xinit and startx problem

1997-09-14 Thread Rob MacWilliams
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I have my fvwm95..43a running with very few problems. One of these Try something like this: Exec "Top" exec xterm -e top It tells X to fire up an xterm and run top in it. Later Rob -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe"

Re: printing in netscape

1997-09-14 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) > > What do you have as "print command" in the window which pops up in > Netscape when you try to print? Just a simple "l

Re: jdk 1.1.2?

1997-09-14 Thread Jim Pick
> > Where can I find the jdk 1.1.2 packages? > > --Zachary hamm/non-free/binary-i386/devel/jdk1.1-runtime_1.1.3.v1-1.deb hamm/non-free/binary-i386/devel/jdk1.1-dev_1.1.3.v1-1.deb hamm/non-free/binary-all/devel/jdk1.1-docdemo_1.1.3.v1-1.deb (on your local debian mirror) They're not in stable

floppy

1997-09-14 Thread Tao Lu
Hi: What's the command to mount floppy driver and how to access the floppy? -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: floppy

1997-09-14 Thread Oliver Elphick
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, writes: >Hi: > >What's the command to mount floppy driver and how to access the floppy? There are 3 ways to deal with a floppy: 1. As a mounted file system: mount [-t ] /dev/fd0 /mnt If the floppy has not got a ext2fs file system on it, you need to tell it

Help with Bibtex

1997-09-14 Thread Johann Spies
I am for the first time trying out 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} -

jdk 1.1.2?

1997-09-14 Thread Zachary DeAquila
Where can I find the jdk 1.1.2 packages? --Zachary -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: xdm, xinit and startx problem

1997-09-14 Thread TJM
Rob, Tried your suggestion to Exec top without success. There is already a line to Exec top with several other parameters. However, when using xdm, this menu choice (to exec top) doesn't work but when using startx or xinit to start X, this line works perfectly and top runs in the xterm window. th

Setting serial ports

1997-09-14 Thread Carl Flippin
I have some strange IRQ settings for my serial ports. Linux doesn't autoprobe properly. I've read in the manual that this can be corrected by via setserial. This seems a rather inelegant solution. Is there a way similar to the "pas16=0x388,20" I use for my CD-ROM controller to override the auto

dpkg

1997-09-14 Thread Tao Lu
Hi: I try to install X11 from cdrom that is download and recorded from ftp. When I use dselect to install some packages, some .deb packages are refused by dpkg. Even I use dpkg -i xlib* to install X11, error message like: dpkg-deb: /...directory/xlib6*.. not dbian format Does anybody have same pr

Re: Transfering system directories to new HD

1997-09-14 Thread Carey Evans
"C.L. Daugaard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [snip] > VFS: Cannot open root device 00:00 > Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 00:00 > > I ran rdev on the kernel for the new root device and updated and > double-checked the info in the fstab and mtab files and the loadlin boo

Re: Transfering system directories to new HD

1997-09-14 Thread C.L. Daugaard
On Fri, 12 Sep 1997, C.L. Daugaard wrote: > > I've seen (and kept) posts on how to transfer a system to a new HD. > what I'm stumped on is how this is done when /, /usr, and /home are on > *separate partitions* and I want to keep it that way. Can anyone tell > me how this is done? At this state

Re: xman problems

1997-09-14 Thread Heikki Vatiainen
Manuel Sickert wrote: > I posted this question to the german user list too, no answers. > I'll try it again here. > The problem is, that xman doesn't find the X11 and related > man pages. All the other manpages are displayed correctly. > The X11R6 man directory is in the MANPATh: > ~$ manpath > /

Re: comment about Linux

1997-09-14 Thread dada
Jim Pick wrote: > > > 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 tha

Re: xman problems

1997-09-14 Thread dada
E.L. Meijer (Eric) wrote: > > > > > > Hello debians, > > > > > > I posted this question to the german user list too, no answers. > > > I'll try it again here. > > > The problem is, that xman doesn't find the X11 and related > > > man pages. All the other manpages are displayed correctly. > > > The

Re: Using the X with ATI Pro Turbo

1997-09-14 Thread Alex Romosan
i think i am using exactly the same configuration as you, i.e. an ATI Graphics Pro Turbo with a 21" ViewSonic P810 monitor. right now i am running 1600x1200 at 16bpp with no problems. i am using the mach64 driver. this is my XF86Config file: # XF86Config auto-generated by XF86Setup # # Copyright (

Debian and win95

1997-09-14 Thread Peter . Yarych . yarych
Hello Sorry for the waste of BW... but I need some advice. I "need" to install winblows95 (cringe) again.. I would like to install it on my second HD... hdc1 While keeping Debian on my main HD...hda2 swap is hda1 and to use lilo to switch between the two... with Debian being the main OS I thought

To_Yorych

1997-09-14 Thread Richard Sevenich
>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Sep 13 09:10:33 1997 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from lilac.sirti.org by blinn.sirti.org (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id JAA01441; Sat, 13 Sep 1997 09:10:31 -0700 Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from blinn.sirti.org by lilac.sirti.org with SMTP

Re: Debian and win95

1997-09-14 Thread dpk
> Hello Sorry for the waste of BW... but I need some advice. I "need" to > install winblows95 (cringe) again.. I would like to install it on my > second HD... hdc1 While keeping Debian on my main HD...hda2 swap is hda1 > and to use lilo to switch between the two... with Debian being the main > OS

Re: Debian and win95

1997-09-14 Thread Remco Blaakmeer
On Sat, 13 Sep 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello > Sorry for the waste of BW... but I need some advice. > I "need" to install winblows95 (cringe) again.. > I would like to install it on my second HD... hdc1 > While keeping Debian on my main HD...hda2 swap is hda1 > and to use lilo to switch

Smail & /etc/aliases

1997-09-14 Thread Matthew Tebbens
Anyone know if I can have ALL mail forwarded somewhere else, like this ?: Matthew --- # This is the aliases file - it says who gets mail for whom. # It was originally generated by `smailconfig', part of the Smail package # distributed with Debian, but it may edited by the mail systemadminist

Where do I get libmpeg?

1997-09-14 Thread jim
I loaded up the new ImageMagick and it requires libmpeg.so.1 which I don't have and which the packages in stable don't seem to have either. Anyone know where I can get this beast? -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [

CorelDraw on Linux

1997-09-14 Thread Ferenc Kiraly
Hi! Has anyone got CorelDraw running on a Debian system? feri. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Xemac Mail (VM)

1997-09-14 Thread Rob MacWilliams
Hi all, I'm trying to convert from TkMail to Xemacs (VM) for my e-mail. Emacs has a couple of features that TkMail doesn't. Currently I'm running fetchmail -> smail -> tkmail for the incoming side and tkmail -> smail for the outgoing side. All of these programs are up to date from stable an

Re: Where is Project.tmpl

1997-09-14 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Sat, 13 Sep 1997, Jason Tseng wrote: > I have checked with XFree86 ftp site. I checked the source from the Official CD. > > ALL XFree86 releases after 3.2 (3.2A to 3.3.1) > no longer contains Project.tmpl. So I don't suppose > the one included in Debian's latest distribution should. > My re

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

1997-09-14 Thread Nicola Bernardelli
On Fri, 12 Sep 1997, RHS Linux User wrote: > I don't know how big a problem having the keyboard locked > during printing would actually be. My part-time job is in a > hardware store that uses a POS system similar to the one > you are describing. All of our registers are 386's networked to > a b

Re: comment about Linux

1997-09-14 Thread Torsten Hilbrich
dada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 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

x clobbered and won't reinstall

1997-09-14 Thread Rick Hawkins
My X has died and won't come back. I had several windows open, making lyx, running dselect, and a few windows on an alpha. Then I attempted to try xfishtank, and the display froze. No mouse, no keyboard, no nothing. I telnetted to the alpha from another machine, and all of the jobs were gone,

Re: Sound Blaster AWE32 and Sound Blaster AWE 64 Gold

1997-09-14 Thread Torsten Hilbrich
Will Lowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, 10 Sep 1997, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > > On Tue, Sep 09, 1997 at 01:10:03PM -0400, Will Lowe wrote: > > > If you have a pnp bios, it's handled before linux even boots. > > > Otherwise, you'll need to use the isapnptools package. > > > > Hmm, near

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