Re: qic-02

1997-11-20 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
Mike Schmitz admin0 wrote: > > On Thu, 20 Nov 1997, Jens B. Jorgensen wrote: > > > Mike Schmitz admin0 wrote: > > > > > > I am trying to set up a mountain qic-02 drive with debian. The default > > > kernel seems to be compiled with qic-02 support, and comes up with a blurb > > > on bootup about f

popassd

1997-11-20 Thread Bao C. Ha
I am having a hard time to get poppassd (1.2.5) to work in Debian 1.3.1. Appreciate any suggestions/comments. Thanks. Bao -- Bao C. Ha ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.hacom.net voice: (706) 736-8717 dial-in: (706) 849-0785 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the

Re: good crack program

1997-11-20 Thread LeRoy D. Cressy
Paul wrote: > > Hello everybody, is there a good crack program. I can't seem to find > qcrack. Can somebody tell me where to find qcrack. > thanks > Paul > Run dselect and look in the administration sections for it. -- 0 0 " http://www.netaxs.com/~ldc/ ___ooO

Re: How do I refresh a Linux SCSI bus?

1997-11-20 Thread Alex Yukhimets
> I would like to know if there is a way to refresh the SCSI bus under > Linux. > > I know that on a Win95 box, if you plug an un-powered SCSI device into > the external SCSI port, power up the device, and refresh the system > from the Device Manager the system find new SCSI devices. I have done >

Re: help with mounting particular CD

1997-11-20 Thread Robert D. Hilliard
When I mount a cd on my system, the mount command returns the file system detected on the cd: hilliard:vc-2:bob>mount /cd ISO9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A Bob > On Wed, 19 Nov 1997, JD Thomlinson wrote: > > I've got a CD that won't mount on FreeBSD 2.2.2 > (Yes, I'm working on getting them

Re: where is domainname from?

1997-11-20 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
Andrea Arcangeli wrote: > > arca:~$ dpkg -S /bin/domainname > dpkg: /bin/domainname not found. > > It must be a recent file because: > arca:~$ ldd /bin/domainname > libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x4001) > /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x4000) I get: gatekeeper

Re: can't load library

1997-11-20 Thread Rick Hawkins
> > this error only happened after upgrading to libc6, which i did by > > following the instructions in the mini-howto. does this mean i have to > > upgrade all of X also? > > > > brad > Well, you probably should, even though this error doesn't mean that you > need to. Check your /etc/ld.so.c

Re: can't load library

1997-11-20 Thread B. Bell
On Thu, 20 Nov 1997, Daniel Martin wrote: > On Thu, 20 Nov 1997, B. Bell wrote: > > when i try to start x i get the following errors: > > $ startx > > xauth: can't load library 'libXmu.so.6' > > xinit: can't load library 'libXmu.so.6' > need to. Check your /etc/ld.so.conf file and make sure it co

[Q] multi-disk

1997-11-20 Thread Vladislav Papayan x285
Hello, I have root partition on /dev/hda5 /usr and /home directories on /dev/hdb1 I have another Harddisk I would like to put it such that it increases the space for my /usr and /home I compiled my kernel to include linear and Raid personalities for MD. My question is: is it doable to mount my ne

Re: can't load library

1997-11-20 Thread Daniel Martin
On Thu, 20 Nov 1997, B. Bell wrote: > when i try to start x i get the following errors: > $ startx > xauth: can't load library 'libXmu.so.6' > xinit: can't load library 'libXmu.so.6' > > > this error only happened after upgrading to libc6, which i did by > following the instructions in the mini

can't load library

1997-11-20 Thread B. Bell
when i try to start x i get the following errors: $ startx xauth: can't load library 'libXmu.so.6' xinit: can't load library 'libXmu.so.6' what exactly does it mean by 'can't load library' - because: $ ls -l /usr/X11R6/lib/libXmu.so.* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Nov 19 15:04 /usr/X11

Re: Configuring Pine

1997-11-20 Thread Johann Spies
On Thu, 20 Nov 1997, Daniel Martin wrote: > On Thu, 20 Nov 1997, Dale Scheetz wrote: > > > On Thu, 20 Nov 1997, Johann Spies wrote: > > > > > If you look at the header of this message, you will see that where the > > > other messages shows the sender of the message, this one shows "To: > > > Deb

xinetd does not run at boot

1997-11-20 Thread Nick Gilliam
I know this is probably something really simple but after installing xinetd in place of inetd, the super server (xinetd) no longer loads at boot. As root I can run it from the command line. I looked in the rc2.d thru rc5.d directories and symbolics links point to xinetd. Any suggestions. Tnx,

Re: laptop problems

1997-11-20 Thread Bruce Perens
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David S. Zelinsky) > (In reference to an earlier thread: how can anyone complain about a project > leader who actually answers users' questions?) Because I'm not perfect by their standards. Sigh. > So if all the devices seem to work, does that mean I won't have any proble

Re: Configuring Pine

1997-11-20 Thread Johann Spies
On Thu, 20 Nov 1997, Dale Scheetz wrote: > I probably don't understand your question, because my answer is, "You type > that field in yourself!". > . Hallo Dave, Now I feel stupid. I have checked again. It is actually not the header of the messages, but it when I move to an index eg. tha

Re: fetchmail and friends

1997-11-20 Thread David Stern
On Thu, 20 Nov 1997, Dima wrote: > > David Stern wrote: > > > >My fetchmail, sendmail, and procmail configuration has passed initial > >testing for use with ppp and imap (my isp recomends imap over pop3), > >though it's not been automated or tweaked as of yet. > > > >I have one important issue to

Re: Linux for Amiga

1997-11-20 Thread csmall
Torsten Jonas wrote: > here are Torsten from Hamburg, Germany. I have Interest on a Linux Package > for the Amiga 1200. G'day Torsten, First of all, I don't have anything to do with the Debian Amiga group, so what you are getting are observations from a user, not the "offical party line". AFAI

RE: Linux for Amiga

1997-11-20 Thread Bill Leach
Torsten wrote: > Hello, > here are Torsten from Hamburg, Germany. I have Interest on a Linux > Package for the Amiga 1200. > Can vou help me? > Thanks > Torsten First, there is a "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" list. It is not currently intended to be a "real users list" such as this one. Debian Amiga Linu

Re: How do I refresh a Linux SCSI bus?

1997-11-20 Thread Olivier THARAN
On Thu, Nov 20, 1997 at 07:51:20PM +, Timm Gleason wrote: > I would like to know if there is a way to refresh the SCSI bus under > Linux. To add a new device, type as root: echo "scsi add-single-device 0 0 id 0">/proc/scsi/scsi where id is the SCSI ID of the drive you want to appear. To swi

artifacts with diamond 2500

1997-11-20 Thread Rick Hawkins
OK, I"ve gotten it working. Turns out that for some reason it wasn't changing the default xserver to svga, but leaving it at S3. But Now I have artifacts. Lots of them. ANd many of them scroll in windows. I've got white ones, blue ones, and black ones. Forcing the redraw of a window helps

Re: qic-02

1997-11-20 Thread Mike Schmitz admin0
On Thu, 20 Nov 1997, Jens B. Jorgensen wrote: > Mike Schmitz admin0 wrote: > > > > I am trying to set up a mountain qic-02 drive with debian. The default > > kernel seems to be compiled with qic-02 support, and comes up with a blurb > > on bootup about finding a tpqic device. I am not sure what

where is domainname from?

1997-11-20 Thread Andrea Arcangeli
arca:~$ dpkg -S /bin/domainname dpkg: /bin/domainname not found. It must be a recent file because: arca:~$ ldd /bin/domainname libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x4001) /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x4000) Andreas Arcangeli -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING L

Re: Configuring Pine

1997-11-20 Thread Daniel Martin
On Thu, 20 Nov 1997, Dale Scheetz wrote: > On Thu, 20 Nov 1997, Johann Spies wrote: > > > If you look at the header of this message, you will see that where the > > other messages shows the sender of the message, this one shows "To: > > Debian-poslys .". > > > > How do I change that? I am

Re: [Q] defrag

1997-11-20 Thread Christian Leutloff
"Peter Iannarelli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Try using ex2defrag (I am assuming you are using a linux native FS) Have you used this tool? Is it working for you? Has it crashed (itself, the system)? Where should I'm be careful?? Thanks Christian -- Christian Leutloff, Aachen, Germany

How do I refresh a Linux SCSI bus?

1997-11-20 Thread Timm Gleason
I would like to know if there is a way to refresh the SCSI bus under Linux. I know that on a Win95 box, if you plug an un-powered SCSI device into the external SCSI port, power up the device, and refresh the system from the Device Manager the system find new SCSI devices. I have done this with my

Re: Configuring Pine

1997-11-20 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Thu, 20 Nov 1997, Johann Spies wrote: > If you look at the header of this message, you will see that where the > other messages shows the sender of the message, this one shows "To: > Debian-poslys .". > > How do I change that? I am using Pine and smail. > I probably don't understand yo

qic-02

1997-11-20 Thread Mike Schmitz admin0
I am trying to set up a mountain qic-02 drive with debian. The default kernel seems to be compiled with qic-02 support, and comes up with a blurb on bootup about finding a tpqic device. I am not sure what device to use. TIA Mike -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubs

Re: Best partition distibution for new install.

1997-11-20 Thread Bill Leach
I would not suggest worrying about using logical partitions in Linux. Though I don't really know, I suspect that there might be a little more overhead in accessing them (at least for mounting) but even if there is some for an aready mounted partition, it is my experience that you won't "see" t

Re: Best partition distibution for new install.

1997-11-20 Thread Lorens Kockum
On Thu, Nov 20, 1997 at 10:17:22AM -0500, Raymond A. Ingles wrote: > On Wed, 19 Nov 1997, robert havoc pennington wrote: > > > > How hard should I try to avoid logical partitions? What's the impact > > of using them? AFAIK, under Linux, none whatsoever. > everything's lost. Splitting things up

Diamond stealth 2500 & X setup

1997-11-20 Thread Rick Hawkins
My new video card has arrived, a diamond stealth video 2500. I've tried to run XF86Setup, but am not getting anything usable. I tell it which card, and for monitor have tried both the "can do 1280x1024 at 60hx", and actually entering the ranges for my machine, 30-66 and 55-130. It successfull

New Mailing List: Development of H.323 video conferencing

1997-11-20 Thread Adam Heath
This list is for those who want to develop, and see developed, this protocol, both for masquerading, and as a proxy. Send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "subscribe" in the body. Adam Heath, of Borg-Linux [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwp.mirabilis.com/3375265 -- Page me -- TO UNSUBSCR

good crack program

1997-11-20 Thread Paul
Hello everybody, is there a good crack program. I can't seem to find qcrack. Can somebody tell me where to find qcrack. thanks Paul -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: Q: List Archive

1997-11-20 Thread E.L. Meijer \(Eric\)
> > Is there an archive of the questions asked on this list anyplace? > I've been trying to save all the digest mail, yet it is getting BIG > fast. I hate to re-ask a question someone may of asked a few > weeks before. See http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/ Eric -- E.L. Meijer ([EMAIL PRO

Re: Configuring dftp to get hamm

1997-11-20 Thread Frere Roy
> As stated in the libc5-libc6-Mini-HOWTO: > When you run dselect, select "access" from the menu and anser the questions as > follows: > > ftp site: ftp.debian.org > debian directory: /debian > dist. to get: > dists/unstable/main dists/unstable/non-free dists/unstable/contrib Thanks, but I am no

Configuring Pine

1997-11-20 Thread Johann Spies
If you look at the header of this message, you will see that where the other messages shows the sender of the message, this one shows "To: Debian-poslys .". How do I change that? I am using Pine and smail. Johann. Johann Spies [EMAIL PROTEC

Q: List Archive

1997-11-20 Thread Dean C. Sullinger
Is there an archive of the questions asked on this list anyplace? I've been trying to save all the digest mail, yet it is getting BIG fast. I hate to re-ask a question someone may of asked a few weeks before. Any ideas? [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the wor

Re: pppd

1997-11-20 Thread Daniel Martin
On Thu, 20 Nov 1997, Zach Wilkes wrote: > okay.. I've gotten my chat script to dial and connect.. pppd gets my > ip and gets the ip of the remote system.. my resolv.conf looks good > (from what I can tell), hosts looks good according to the ppp-howto.. > but, after all this.. after I'm sure it sh

Re: netscape4_4.0-6.deb w/o libc6!

1997-11-20 Thread jdassen
On Thu, Nov 20, 1997 at 10:29:38AM -0500, Brian K Servis wrote: > Does anybody know were to find a netscape4_4.0-6.deb that does not depend > on libc6, so that I can use it on a 1.3.1 system? Why does it need to > depend on libc6 anyway? It looks like the installer package was built using "fakero

ANNOUNCE: deb-view.el [was: using dpkg to "see" the contents of a package]

1997-11-20 Thread Rick Macdonald
I thought I'd mention my Emacs deb file browser since the MC capability has been discussed recently. In June 1996 I wrote a deb file browser for emacs. I hope it will be made obsolete by the deity project but it may be of use to some people until then. There aren't any package install features

Re: Best partition distibution for new install.

1997-11-20 Thread Raymond A. Ingles
On Wed, 19 Nov 1997, robert havoc pennington wrote: > > On Wed, 19 Nov 1997, Raymond A. Ingles wrote: > > > > The second thing to think about is the PC's somewhat dated partition > > scheme. You can only have 4 physical partitions on a drive, but you can > > divide those partition into logica

Re: [Q] defrag

1997-11-20 Thread Peter Iannarelli
-Original Message- From: Vladislav Papayan x285 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: 'debian-user@lists.debian.org' ; 'Peter Iannarelli' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, November 20, 1997 10:50 AM Subject: RE: [Q] defrag >Thanks for the suggestion. > >Is a part of standard packages of I have to fi

RE: [Q] defrag

1997-11-20 Thread Vladislav Papayan x285
Thanks for the suggestion. Is a part of standard packages of I have to find it myself. Does it also mean that defrag is not for ext2fs filesystems? what is it for than? Vladislav >-- >From: Peter Iannarelli[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Thursday, November 20, 1997 10:32 AM >To:Vla

ipppd

1997-11-20 Thread Iztok Umek
Hello! Can someone provide me with working example of config files needed for ipppd to work (unix to cisco with pap). >From cisco side i figured out it authorizes itself (i mean linux from which I call does make authorization), but then seems like unable to get protocols trough. I only want ip no

help- ldconfig: warning

1997-11-20 Thread Udjat the BitMeister...
ldconfig: warning: can't open /usr/X11R6/lib/libolg.so.3 (No such file or directory), skipping Anyone know what package libolg.so.3 comes from? Change is inevitable. Except from a vending machine. ,, / ( "> ___ _(-}) B

Re: [Q] defrag

1997-11-20 Thread Peter Iannarelli
-Original Message- From: Vladislav Papayan x285 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: 'debian-user@lists.debian.org' Date: Thursday, November 20, 1997 10:18 AM Subject: [Q] defrag > >Hello, >I am trying to use >defrag /dev/hdb1 > >and get something like "bad magic number" >my HD (/dev/hdb1) is a 4.3

netscape4_4.0-6.deb w/o libc6!

1997-11-20 Thread Brian K Servis
Does anybody know were to find a netscape4_4.0-6.deb that does not depend on libc6, so that I can use it on a 1.3.1 system? Why does it need to depend on libc6 anyway? I could modify the control file but I don't know how to put the pieces back together once I have extracted them using ar and tar.

Re: backup deselections?

1997-11-20 Thread Brandon Mitchell
On Thu, 20 Nov 1997, David S. Zelinsky wrote: > I want to back up my choices in deselect on a floppy, so I can later do a > clean install of the whole system, and install all the same packages without > having to go through the selection process again. > > What's the right way to do this? dpkg -

[Q] defrag

1997-11-20 Thread Vladislav Papayan x285
Hello, I am trying to use defrag /dev/hdb1 and get something like "bad magic number" my HD (/dev/hdb1) is a 4.3 GB Maxtor. the number of cylinders is greated than 1024. On the bios level the HD is setup for LBA mode (it is set to automatic by I think it resolves it LBA). Why would defrag have

backup deselections?

1997-11-20 Thread David S. Zelinsky
I want to back up my choices in deselect on a floppy, so I can later do a clean install of the whole system, and install all the same packages without having to go through the selection process again. What's the right way to do this? Do I just need the `status' file? It contains my selections, b

pppd

1997-11-20 Thread Zach Wilkes
okay.. I've gotten my chat script to dial and connect.. pppd gets my ip and gets the ip of the remote system.. my resolv.conf looks good (from what I can tell), hosts looks good according to the ppp-howto.. but, after all this.. after I'm sure it should work great.. I get "network is unreachable"

problems with booting from PCMCIA SCSI drive

1997-11-20 Thread Vankeerberghen Pieter
I've a desktop system with an external SCSI disk which carries my Debian GNU/Linux V1.3 system. Now, when I want to connect this drive to my portable using an inserted SlimSCSI 1460 card, I've to make an initrd image (on my desktop), which I've read in the PCMCIA HOWTO (dated Oct 9, 1997) since the

Re: laptop problems

1997-11-20 Thread David S. Zelinsky
Thanks for your help, Bruce. (In reference to an earlier thread: how can anyone complain about a project leader who actually answers users' questions?) Bruce Perens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > But with some experimenting, I discovered that telling the BIOS to > > disable both primary and s

Re: change IP

1997-11-20 Thread Kevin Traas
>that stuff already work but i must start that stuff step by step , first i >run IRCD and then eggdrop , i wanna that all stuff running in start up .., >how can i make it,..?? Add a script file to the /etc/rc.boot directory as follows: /etc/rc.boot/irc-startup: ---snip here--- #!/bin/s

Re: smail

1997-11-20 Thread Brian Mays
On Wed, 19 Nov 1997, Gerald Livingston wrote: > If I can find a sucker -- errr -- nice person to host for me, would > it be possible for me to set up a MX on someone's system such as > force-1.xxx.com and have mail addressed to [EMAIL PROTECTED] be > held on the host system until it is somehow rec

Unidentified subject!

1997-11-20 Thread Vankeerberghen Pieter
I've a desktop system with an external SCSI disk which carries my Debian GNU/Linux V1.3 system. Now, when I want to connect this drive to my portable using an inserted SlimSCSI 1460 card, I've to make an initrd image (on my desktop), which I've read in the PCMCIA HOWTO (dated Oct 9, 1997) since the

Re: smail

1997-11-20 Thread Steve Kostecke
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [snip] > use fetchmail. But you can most likely do that with your isp, too. I think > you should not let people send e-mail directly to your box if you are not > on a permanent connection with a computer switched on 24/7. fetchmail can Another reason to not accept i

Re: Having Trouble Printing From Netscape

1997-11-20 Thread Oliver Elphick
"J. T. Lawson" wrote: >I am a computer teacher in a public school system. I am having >difficulty printing from Netscape 3.0 on some sites that play music >and/or include java script. I have emptied the caches.Please advise. Advice is difficult with so little information. 1. What command

Re: debian 2.0

1997-11-20 Thread Adriano Nagelschmidt Rodrigues
> On Wed, 19 Nov 1997, Timothy Phan wrote: > > > > I think this question has been asked before and I'd like to bring > > it up again since it been a while. > > > > Is there a set day for the Debian 2.0 (or the next release after 1.3.1)? If your machine isn't a critical production one

Re: ati 3d xpression + pc2tv

1997-11-20 Thread Iztok Umek
On Thu, 20 Nov 1997, Benoit Joly wrote: > i want to setup a ati 3d xpression + pc2tv (4 ram) on xfree v3.3. > > i tried with XF86Setup but didnt start the server. > > what should i do?? you must use latest XFree (not sure if it is in debian tho). Regards, Iztok -

Having Trouble Printing From Netscape

1997-11-20 Thread J. T. Lawson
I am a computer teacher in a public school system. I am having difficulty printing from Netscape 3.0 on some sites that play music and/or include java script. I have emptied the caches.Please advise. Thanks, J. T. Lawson --

TIS Fwtk Servers and dpkg-ftp

1997-11-20 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
Hi, I was bored (insomnia actually) so I decided to sit down and figure out how to hack dpkg-ftp to run over the TIS-FWTK FTP proxy we have here. The chat for the firewall looks like user pass user @ pass It's an authenticated [EMAIL PROTECTED] type firewall. I know a few othe

Emacs and PCMCIA cards

1997-11-20 Thread Bill Moran
Hi Whenever I have PCMCIA cards running on my (Toshiba) laptop it is impossible to open emacs from the console (rather than in an X environment). Emacs just hangs and the only way to stop it is to kill the process from another virtual console. Recently, after using my modem, and then removing the

Re: Proposal on PPP

1997-11-20 Thread Chuma Agbodike
You realize that xisp is an X windows application. And the proposal is to have a PPP frontend that will fit in the base floppy. Chuma Bruce Perens wrote: > All that is necessary is for the xisp package to install a file in > /usr/lib/menu, that will hook it into the menu system of the Debian > "

ati 3d xpression + pc2tv

1997-11-20 Thread Benoit Joly
hi, i want to setup a ati 3d xpression + pc2tv (4 ram) on xfree v3.3. i tried with XF86Setup but didnt start the server. what should i do?? if anyone setup this card, maybe u can send me your config Thanks Benoit [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail t

xvmount_3.6-5 uploaded to master

1997-11-20 Thread Volker Ossenkopf
I have uploaded version 3.6-5 of my xvmount package to master. It fixes the security hole (#15029) which could enable normal users to change the permissions of /etc/mtab by means of xvmount. Here comes the signed changes file: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Format: 1.5 Date: Thu, 20 Nov 1

Re: cannot install 3c509

1997-11-20 Thread A. M. Varon
On Wed, 19 Nov 1997, zhang xu wrote: > the adapter is 3c509b-TPO ,It works properly in > windwos95 on PnP mode. Btw, remove the plug n' play config from your adapter. regards, =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Andre M. Varon Lasaltech Incorpo

Re: cannot install 3c509

1997-11-20 Thread Chi Wong
set the irq=5 and the io=300 At 11:30 PM 11/19/97 -0800, zhang xu wrote: >hi >I'm a beginner in linux. >I have installed debain linux.in "Configure device" >option,the system cannot find the adapter. >what can I do? > >the adapter is 3c509b-TPO ,It works properly in >windwos95 on PnP mode. > >zhan

cannot install 3c509

1997-11-20 Thread zhang xu
hi I'm a beginner in linux. I have installed debain linux.in "Configure device" option,the system cannot find the adapter. what can I do? the adapter is 3c509b-TPO ,It works properly in windwos95 on PnP mode. zhangxu __ Sent by

Re: change IP

1997-11-20 Thread teguh
At 12:51 AM 11/20/97 -0500, you wrote: >You will have to edit the file /etc/init.d/networks... you will >have to change IPADDR, and maybe BROADCAST and GATEWAY, thanks for helping me about change the ip addres ..it's work,..! -:) and i have 2 program in my debian linux : - IRCD - eggdrop t

Linux for Amiga

1997-11-20 Thread Torsten Jonas
Hello, here are Torsten from Hamburg, Germany. I have Interest on a Linux Package for the Amiga 1200. Can vou help me? Thanks Torsten -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: using dpkg to "see" the contents of a package

1997-11-20 Thread Lindsay Allen
On Wed, 19 Nov 1997, Gertjan Klein wrote: > > Lindsay Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > IIRC you add this snippet to /etc/mc/mc.ext > > > regex/\.deb$ > > Open=%cd deb:%d/%p/ > > View=%view{ascii} dpkg-deb -c %f > > Yes, that works! Great! It is really nice to be

Re: hello?

1997-11-20 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Wed, Nov 19, 1997 at 05:43:00PM -0800, Bruce Perens wrote: > The list doesn't mind if you subscribe more than once using the same > address - it'll only send one message to each address. That's the best > thing to do when it gets quiet. > > The server will unsubscribe you when it gets too many

Re: laptop problems

1997-11-20 Thread Bruce Perens
From: "David S. Zelinsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > But with some experimenting, I > discovered that telling the BIOS to disable both primary and secondary cache, > I was able to get Linux to load, and all went well after that. Turn it back on now, and see if it boots from hard disk with the cache on.

Re: kernel message : Possible flooding ???

1997-11-20 Thread Rik Johns
>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Nov 19 19:30:15 1997 >Received: (qmail 23137 invoked by uid 38); 20 Nov 1997 03:25:23 - >Resent-Date: 20 Nov 1997 03:25:23 - >Resent-Cc: recipient list not shown: ; >X-Envelope-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Received: (qmail 23099 invoked from network); 20 Nov 1997 0

Re: change IP

1997-11-20 Thread dpk
You will have to edit the file /etc/init.d/networks... you will have to change IPADDR, and maybe BROADCAST and GATEWAY, depending if you change subnets. If you do, make sure you edit /etc/networks also. Once you make those changes, as root run /etc/init.d/networks to test your new settings. You

change IP

1997-11-20 Thread teguh
hi..netterss.. i'm new user in debian linux i wanna change ip address in my debian server... how can i change that,.?? please give an advise ... thanks sincerly 'teguh -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAI

Re: fetchmail and friends

1997-11-20 Thread Dima
> David Stern wrote: >Hi, > >My fetchmail, sendmail, and procmail configuration has passed initial >testing for use with ppp and imap (my isp recomends imap over pop3), >though it's not been automated or tweaked as of yet. > >I have one important issue to resolve: when I view my email in exmh (57 >

kernel message : Possible flooding ???

1997-11-20 Thread Dany Dionne
Hi, In the file /var/log/kern.log, I have the message like that : Nov 18 05:08:49 poynting last message repeated 2 times Nov 18 05:10:50 poynting kernel: Warning: possible SYN flooding. Sending cookies. Nov 18 05:10:59 poynting kernel: Warning: possible SYN flooding. Sending cookies. Nov 18 05:10:

Re: Installation SONY CD-ROM

1997-11-20 Thread Claude Sisson
darren morin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: :I have the Debian Linux edition CDRom from the boot! magazine (Nov. '97) :and I constructed my disks using the DOS rawrite-2 tool, and everything is :fine there. However, since I'm a newbie, my question is regarding in the :CD Rom installation. I have a SO

Frustration with JAVA/AWT

1997-11-20 Thread Mike Patterson
Ok, I installed kaffe java. Good enough. Then I found I needed to grab biss for AWT... simple enough, right? Problem is, it still can't find awt. Here's the setup: >echo $CLASSPATH /usr/lib/jdk/classes.zip:.:/home/src/biss/lib/biss/awt >ls -l /home/src/biss/lib/biss/awt/Awt.class -rw-r--r--

Re: debian 2.0

1997-11-20 Thread Simon's Mailing List Account
On Wed, 19 Nov 1997, Timothy Phan wrote: > > I think this question has been asked before and I'd like to bring > it up again since it been a while. > > Is there a set day for the Debian 2.0 (or the next release after 1.3.1)? When it's ready. Not before. > Where can I find the status of

fetchmail and friends

1997-11-20 Thread David Stern
Hi, My fetchmail, sendmail, and procmail configuration has passed initial testing for use with ppp and imap (my isp recomends imap over pop3), though it's not been automated or tweaked as of yet. I have one important issue to resolve: when I view my email in exmh (57 messages), I found that all m

laptop problems

1997-11-20 Thread David S. Zelinsky
I just installed bo on a Fujitsu Lifebook 535Tx. It's working, but there are a couple of glitches I'd like to solve. Initially, I couldn't get Linux to load from the boot floppy (or anywhere else). At first I thought this had to do with shadow RAM, since the installation instructions say to disa

Re: Best partition distibution for new install.

1997-11-20 Thread robert havoc pennington
On Wed, 19 Nov 1997, Raymond A. Ingles wrote: > > The second thing to think about is the PC's somewhat dated partition > scheme. You can only have 4 physical partitions on a drive, but you can > divide those partition into logical partitions. All things being equal, > it's better to avoid log

Re: hello?

1997-11-20 Thread dpk
Ahh... no wonder, I receive postmaster mail for egr.msu.edu and some clown had a 60 meg email bounce back to our site and filled our /var/mail! Thanks! Dennis -- dpk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Systems/Network | work: 353.4844 Division of Engineering Computing Services | page: 222.5875

Re: hardware again

1997-11-20 Thread Bruce Perens
Maybe nobody has booted those two computers. If you are mail-ordering them you are going to have a problem. If you can get them at a store go to the store with a Debian boot floppy and the "tecra" floppy, and see if either boots. Odds are, they will. Bruce -- Can you get your operating sy

Re: Installation SONY CD-ROM

1997-11-20 Thread Bruce Perens
CDU31A/CDU33A Driver Info - Information on the Sony CDU31A/CDU33A CDROM driver for the Linux kernel. Corey Minyard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Colossians 3:17 Crude Table of Contents --- Setting Up the Hardware Co

Re: hello?

1997-11-20 Thread Bruce Perens
The list doesn't mind if you subscribe more than once using the same address - it'll only send one message to each address. That's the best thing to do when it gets quiet. The server will unsubscribe you when it gets too many bounces from your system. This happens when your disk quota runs out, et

Re: video cards

1997-11-20 Thread Lee Bradshaw
"Paul Miller wrote:" > I'm looking for a PCI video card for Linux, which will allow me to do > at least 1024x768 in 24bit mode.. and of course as fast as possible. I > would like to spend around $300.. > > Here are a few cards I've looked at: Diamond Fire GL 1000 Pro (8 meg) > - $250 Matrox Millenn

hardware again

1997-11-20 Thread Pablo Ares Gastesi
Hello, this is a second post about a question I sent some time ago. I did not get any answer, but may be there is some one new in the list... I would like to know if some one has installed/booted LINUX in a Digital Prioris 6000 HX or Dell PowerEdge 4200 machines. I know LINUX boots

Re: 100Mb networking

1997-11-20 Thread RedHat Linux User
yes, I have a smc-ultra also that I put back in when I could not get the 100M to work. I have some machines running redhat as well, on the redhat machine I can just replace the driver and it does work. I will have to put redhat on this machine if I can't get it to work. On Thu, 20 Nov 1997, R

Re: smail

1997-11-20 Thread Remco Blaakmeer
On Wed, 19 Nov 1997, Daniel Martin wrote: > On Wed, 19 Nov 1997, Gerald Livingston wrote: > > > > > If I can find a sucker -- errr -- nice person to host for me, would > > it be possible for me to set up a MX on someone's system such as > > force-1.xxx.com and have mail addressed to [EMAIL P

Re: 100Mb networking

1997-11-20 Thread Remco Blaakmeer
On 19 Nov 1997, Ben Pfaff wrote: > RedHat Linux User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I have a news machine that I am trying to put a KNE100 kingston network > > card into. however when i try the card is recodnized and ifconfig works > > but all the traffic goes to the lo device. How do I fix this

Re: debian 2.0

1997-11-20 Thread Remco Blaakmeer
On Wed, 19 Nov 1997, Timothy Phan wrote: > Hi Y'all, > > I think this question has been asked before and I'd like to bring > it up again since it been a while. > > Is there a set day for the Debian 2.0 (or the next release after 1.3.1)? No. Debian doesn't set release dates in advance. If

Re: how to reduce colors used by netscape?

1997-11-20 Thread Remco Blaakmeer
On Wed, 19 Nov 1997, Paul Seelig wrote: > On Wed, 19 Nov 1997, E Papantoniou wrote: > > > I have read that to correct the problem I must reduce the colors used by > > netscape...does anybody know in which file are these defined? > > > Put this into "~/.Xresources": > > ! For Netscape 3.04

Re: unstable. How?

1997-11-20 Thread Will Lowe
You also need to upgrade to the latest version of dpkg-ftp from unstable. Will -- | [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |