Re: Scanner

1998-01-09 Thread Ben Gertzfield
> "William" == William R Ward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: William> I have a Tamarack (sp?) SCSI-based "TWAIN compliant" William> scanner and would like to use it under Linux. Of course William> it only came with Windoze drivers... Is there (preferably William> Debianized) soft

Re: vt100 On a wyse terminal

1998-01-09 Thread Michael Beattie
At 22:39 8/01/98 -0500, Rick Pasotto wrote: >On Fri, Jan 09, 1998 at 01:32:01PM +1300, Michael Beattie wrote: >> Hi, I am trying to get an old Wyse terminal going on my linux box, all is >> well, but I have not been able to get keys like PageUp, PageDown, Home and >> End to work. The Function Keys

Re: vt100 On a wyse terminal

1998-01-09 Thread Michael Beattie
>> Hi, I am trying to get an old Wyse terminal going on my linux box, all is >> well, but I have not been able to get keys like PageUp, PageDown, Home and >> End to work. The Function Keys were another story, they were comparitively >> easy. strings like {ESC}OP, {ESC}OQ, {ESC}OR etc. The pla

why does dpkg do destructive updates when it fails

1998-01-09 Thread Shaleh
I recently did the bo-->hamm conversion. By hand. This failed because I did not have all of ppp2.3.2's required packages. But rather than dpkg saying this, it half installed it anyway. I did not have ppp2.2 floating around, so I was stuck w/ no ppp until I could grab it from work the next day.

hamm CD in area NL?

1998-01-09 Thread Maarten Boekhold
Hi, is there somebody in (or close to) the netherlands who has the means to burn a CD with the current hamm-distribution (main/contrib/non-free)? And then ofcourse send it to me. I can't do this, and downloading the whole thing on 28k8 is no fun and costs a fortune. Running around with floppy disk

ppp connection stats from ifconfig

1998-01-09 Thread tony mollica
Using Debian 1.3.1 with 2.0.30 kernel and netscape 4.03 and everything works. However, there is one item I have been unable to explain. I can start my ppp connection successfully but ifconfig shows RX packets:13 errors:1 dropped:1 overruns:0 Although the connection appears to operate OK,

Re: Debian 2.0?

1998-01-09 Thread Craig Sanders
On Fri, 9 Jan 1998, Mike Garfias wrote: > Any idea when 2.0 will be out? I'm tempted to start playing with the > unstable release, but was hoping to avoid that. I'm just sick of > having to download and compile all the packages that available for > glibc (which I don't have). 2.0 will be releas

samba -- how?

1998-01-09 Thread Shaleh
I would like to set up samba to my winders machine at work. Is this possible? What permissions do I need? Would it be easier to simply setup a ftp server on it? -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Ghostscript & Epson Stylus COLOR 500

1998-01-09 Thread dg
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hi all! I'm just working a bit with ghostscript and just can't figure out how to make it print in my Epson Stylus COLOR 500. I'm using Ghostscript 3.33 (package gs_3.33-5 of bo) and the following command line: $ gs -sDEVICE=stcolor -r360x360 -sOutputFile=golf

Re: Burning a CD

1998-01-09 Thread Tim Ferrell
Making a CD under Win95 with 8.3 filenames *WILL* break the install - instead, make the disk with joliet filenales. Then your best bet is to install a minimal system with kernel sources via FTP and add the joliet file system patch and recompile the kernel. (The patch is available at http://www.lin

Re: Fetchmail and Procmail. (Fixed pine)

1998-01-09 Thread dg
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > >> Hi, > >> > >> BTW I fixed Pine to all those who might have the Mailbox Lock problem the > >> solution is to "su -c chmod 1777 /tmp" > >> > >> Now for the problem ... I have procmail installed and I configured it with > >> the .forward file as the mail-fil

Re: LILO stopped working

1998-01-09 Thread dg
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Fri, 9 Jan 1998, Bruce Jackson wrote: > I normally leave my computer on all the time. Just the other day I > rebooted and LILO would not work. It prints LI on the screen and then > freezes. I have not rebooted my computer in a few weeks and much has > chan

Scanner

1998-01-09 Thread William R. Ward
I have a Tamarack (sp?) SCSI-based "TWAIN compliant" scanner and would like to use it under Linux. Of course it only came with Windoze drivers... Is there (preferably Debianized) software for Linux that would talk to it? --Bill. -- William R Ward Bay View Consulting http://www.bayview

-dev's and upgrade to libc6

1998-01-09 Thread Maarten Boekhold
Hi, I already have upgraded large parts of my non-dev packages to libc6, which wasn't too much trouble. now I want to upgrade my development stuff to libc6. Is the only thing required to just to upgrade all -dev packages to their equivalents in hamm? And after that can I just remove -altdev pa

Re: inconsistency between server and config file?

1998-01-09 Thread Heikki Vatiainen
For some reason your X setup is different from mine. Below is a short description about how my X works. I am using the unstable distribution but it should be the same for the stable too. X in Debian is only a small wrapper for the real X servers like XF86_SVGA. /etc/X11/Xserver stores configura

NFS woes

1998-01-09 Thread William R. Ward
Is anyone else using hamm for a file server? The nfs daemon keeps dying on me. After some indeterminate amount of time it just stops working - the client machines lock up when they try to access a mounted filesystem. I can restart it using /etc/init.d/netstd_nfs (sometimes it requires some help

Re: lp/ppa configuration; how to set to use printer?

1998-01-09 Thread dg
On Thu, 8 Jan 1998, Gregory Guthrie wrote: > I have a Zip drive on lp0, and at boot time it is recognized (een if no > disk inserted), and then I cannot use lp0 to print. > > The lsmod reports ls module loaded, no ppa module reported. > > How can I disable ppa, and print? Hi Gregory! I think,

Re: "unable to determine run-level"

1998-01-09 Thread Scott Ellis
On Fri, 9 Jan 1998, Shaleh wrote: > When I type reboot or halt, I get "unable to determine run-level", and > then it pretty much dies. it is a new hamm system. Use "shutdown -r now" or "shutdown -h now" instead. (or actually, it should only be a problem when you've upgraded the sysvinit package

"unable to determine run-level"

1998-01-09 Thread Shaleh
When I type reboot or halt, I get "unable to determine run-level", and then it pretty much dies. it is a new hamm system. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: Good Linux books??

1998-01-09 Thread Will Lowe
On Fri, 9 Jan 1998, Rick wrote: > I am looking for some good books, that introduce linux and provide a good > reference for the begginer, but will still be a usefull reference later on. "Running Linux", by Matt Walsh, is the standard how-to-run linux book. A debian developer has also written The

mke2fs

1998-01-09 Thread Nils Sandmann
Hi, I've got a IBM PS/2 and tere were some problems with the harddik. I got round this by creating the partions by hand. But I've got a problem: If have to use mke2fs to install a file system and I know what to write for parameters. (I'm a very unexperienced user) Thanks, Nils Sandmann -- PGP F

Supported New Technology

1998-01-09 Thread James Scheiderich
Hi, I have Debian Linux 1.3.1 that cam,e from the Boot disc. I have recently got a Micron Xku PII-266. I have looked over the LINUX compatibility site and was wondering when & if there may be support for: Yamaha OPL3-SAx Sound card. It is on the mother board

Re: Hamm upgrade troubles. Help!

1998-01-09 Thread Jaakko
>> >> My system is now unusable. Before the holidays, I performed the >> steps in the libc5 to libc6 mini-HOWTO successfully. Today, I >> decided to try to use dselect to upgrade to hamm. dselect dowloaded >> 60+MB from the mirror I pointed to (ftp.cdrom.com). I went through >> a couple of pas

Re: Fetchmail and Procmail. (Fixed pine)

1998-01-09 Thread Jaakko
>> Hi, >> >> BTW I fixed Pine to all those who might have the Mailbox Lock problem the >> solution is to "su -c chmod 1777 /tmp" >> >> Now for the problem ... I have procmail installed and I configured it with >> the .forward file as the mail-filtering FAQ sugjested ... to no avail ... >> I was w

help w/ lilo 20

1998-01-09 Thread Shaleh
How do I make lilo use a chain loader to boot windows on hdc. hda == linux hdb == cdrom hdc == win95 boots to linux, in lilo 19 i could tpye win95 at the lilo prompt and boot winders. But I do not understand how to set v20 up. Thanks for the help. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-m

Good Linux books??

1998-01-09 Thread Rick
Hi, I am looking for some good books, that introduce linux and provide a good reference for the begginer, but will still be a usefull reference later on. I am unsure about the 'xxx for dummies' books, as i have recently found at my cost, they assume you really are dumb and the first half focuses

Re: install image too large for floppy

1998-01-09 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
Yes, this is because these are disk "images", not files to be written to an already formatted disk. The formatting itself consumes disk space. You can't "copy" these files to the disk. You must use rawwrite (or some equivalent program). 1,474,560 is indeed the raw capacity of a 1.44mb floppy. Er

LILO stopped working

1998-01-09 Thread Bruce Jackson
I normally leave my computer on all the time. Just the other day I rebooted and LILO would not work. It prints LI on the screen and then freezes. I have not rebooted my computer in a few weeks and much has changed. I am running 2.0.33 with LILO 20-0.1. I have tried running LILO off of a floppy

FW: [Q] How to install everything libc6

1998-01-09 Thread Vladislav Papayan x285
I am sorry, I am forwading the mail again, but I had a problem with my mail that all the messages that were not directed to debian-alpha were deleted. So if there were any answeres to my question -- I did not see them. >-- >From: Vladislav Papayan x285 >Sent: Friday, January 09, 1998

Re: install image too large for floppy

1998-01-09 Thread Tim Sailer
Eric White wrote: > > I'd like to install from floppies, but some of the disk images are larger > than 1.44 mb. Resc1440.bin and drv1440.bin both copy to my hd at 1,474,560 > bytes. Formatting a HD floppy give me 1,457,663 bytes available. > > Any help? Sure.. use the 'rawrite' program or dd

install image too large for floppy

1998-01-09 Thread Eric White
I'd like to install from floppies, but some of the disk images are larger than 1.44 mb. Resc1440.bin and drv1440.bin both copy to my hd at 1,474,560 bytes. Formatting a HD floppy give me 1,457,663 bytes available. Any help? Thanks --

inconsistency between server and config file?

1998-01-09 Thread Alan Su
All this talk about setting up the X server got me wondering. So, I checked it out, and it seems that there's some kind of inconsistency on my machine: :>11:31 [1] alsu (alsu):/home/alsu -> ls -l /usr/X11R6/bin/X :>lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 Nov 11 23:31 /usr/X11R6/bin/X -> /usr/X

APPEND

1998-01-09 Thread Kaoru Sato
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Re: lp/ppa configuration; how to set to use printer?

1998-01-09 Thread Adrian Bridgett
On Thu, Jan 08, 1998 at 01:26:17PM -0600, Gregory Guthrie wrote: > I have a Zip drive on lp0, and at boot time it is recognized (een if no > disk inserted), and then I cannot use lp0 to print. > > The lsmod reports ls module loaded, no ppa module reported. > > How can I disable ppa, and print? T

Re: Fetchmail and Procmail. (Fixed pine)

1998-01-09 Thread Jeremy Worley
Ender> Now for the problem ... I have procmail installed and I Ender> configured it with the .forward file as the mail-filtering Ender> FAQ sugjested ... to no avail ... I was wondering if some Ender> nice person who has Fetchmail getting the mail and Procmail Ender> sorting it

Re: Upgrade to libc6...

1998-01-09 Thread Scott Ellis
On Fri, 9 Jan 1998, Michael [badpixel/bad sector] wrote: > Hi! > > > > Just wondering how to uprade to libc6? Do I just install the libc6 > > > package, > > > or do I have to reinstall my hole system? ... > > > > http://www.debian.org/devel/libc5-libc6-Mini-HOWTO.html > > Ok ... but I just hav

Re: multiple fs types for user floppy access?

1998-01-09 Thread Douglas Bates
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I currently have my floppy set up so that users can mount ms floppies with > the > line > > /dev/fd0/floppy msdos user,rw 0 0 > > in /etc/fstab > > I tried changing "msdos" to "auto", but no dice. Is there a change so that > it >

Re: Upgrade to libc6...

1998-01-09 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Fri, 9 Jan 1998, Michael [badpixel/bad sector] wrote: : Hi! : : > > Just wondering how to uprade to libc6? Do I just install the libc6 package, : > > or do I have to reinstall my hole system? ... : > : > http://www.debian.org/devel/libc5-libc6-Mini-HOWTO.html : : Ok ... but I just have a li

Re: Upgrade to libc6...

1998-01-09 Thread Michael \[badpixel/bad sector\]
Hi! > > Just wondering how to uprade to libc6? Do I just install the libc6 package, > > or do I have to reinstall my hole system? ... > > http://www.debian.org/devel/libc5-libc6-Mini-HOWTO.html Ok ... but I just have a little problem (i think!) :) the libc6 package conflicts with libc5,and when

Debian 2.0?

1998-01-09 Thread Mike Garfias
Any idea when 2.0 will be out? I'm tempted to start playing with the unstable release, but was hoping to avoid that. I'm just sick of having to download and compile all the packages that available for glibc (which I don't have). Mike -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "u

Re: bug in new smail?

1998-01-09 Thread Pure Energy
On Fri, 9 Jan 1998, Richard E. Hawkins Esq. wrote: > I upgraded to the new smail, and got the message "unexpected end of attribute > in /etc/smail/config" when sending messages. This completely eliminated the > { (really [$sender_host_addr])}} }\ > else {${if def:sender_hos

bug in new smail?

1998-01-09 Thread Richard E. Hawkins Esq.
I upgraded to the new smail, and got the message "unexpected end of attribute in /etc/smail/config" when sending messages. This completely eliminated the ability to send or receive messages. I downgraded to the stable version, force-reconfigured, and have things running again. Has anyone else

Re: compiling gnome-0.11?

1998-01-09 Thread Heikki Vatiainen
I have not compiled Gnome myself but your Makefile seems to lack -lXpm even though it's needed. Brian K Servis writes: [cut] > Now I am getting this error: > > /bin/sh ../libtool --mode=link gcc -g -O2 -o htmltest test.o > ../gtk-xmhtml/libgtkxmhtml.la -lgtk -lgdk -lglib -lm -L/usr/X11R6/lib

mgetty-voice with USR Sportster 56K

1998-01-09 Thread Dave Burnett
Greetings, I have been trying to install mgetty-sendfax with voice extensions on a PC with a USR Sportster 56K voice/fax modem. The machine has the Debian 1.3.1 release installed and I have installed the mgetty 1.1.8-1 packages from bo. With the lack of documentation for mgetty-vo

Re: [Q] How to install everything libc6

1998-01-09 Thread Brandon Mitchell
On Fri, 9 Jan 1998, Vladislav Papayan x285 wrote: > When I installed the base installation it put binaries compiled > with libc5. Bruce is still working on the libc6 boot/base disks. I'm hoping they will be out sometime next week. The ones in hamm are probably copies of the current stable dis

Re: PPP not finsihing connection for Earthlink

1998-01-09 Thread Bill Vinson
This problem existed before that line was entered... The PPP Howto seemed to mention this might fix it. However all it seems to do is prolong how long I will wait for the return LCP echo. However, it never comes. I have tried this with both Earthlink and IBM.net and it happens with both of the

Re: PPP not finsihing connection for Earthlink

1998-01-09 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
To quote from the pppd man page: lcp-echo-failure If this option is given, pppd will presume the peer to be dead if n LCP echo-requests are sent without receiving a valid LCP echo-reply. If this happens, pppd will terminate the conn

[Q] How to install everything libc6

1998-01-09 Thread Vladislav Papayan x285
Hello, On December 19 I downloaded (to a CD) everything in Hamm/binary-i386 And created the floppy disks later on (from the same place). When I installed the base installation it put binaries compiled with libc5. When I was prompted with DSELECT screen I select an option to update the existing pac

Re: compiling gnome-0.11?

1998-01-09 Thread Brian K Servis
Brian K Servis writes: > > >Hello gnomers, > >I am trying to compile gnome-0.11 and am running into trouble. This >is the last error messages and text from the compile. > >/bin/sh ../libtool --mode=link gcc -g -O2 -o gnome-score-helper >gnome-score-helper.o ../libgnome/libgnome.la -lgdk -lglib

Re: xfree86.config probles

1998-01-09 Thread E.L. Meijer \(Eric\)
> > While running dselect and installing x, it asks me if I want to create > a config file and I say yes. Then it shoots me into a graphics mode > which takes a long time to load and then when loaded the config > screens seem real sluggish and my computer sounds like its going to > have a hernia.

Re: exec of /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_NONE failed

1998-01-09 Thread Heikki Vatiainen
If you have your XF86Config set up ok, please check /etc/X11/Xserver. Read the comments in that file and replace XF86_NONE with your correct X server. For example I use XF86_SVGA since I have a Matrox card. The correct location of XF86Config is /etc/X11/XF86Config. Any other reference to it sho

questions about pppd (fwd)

1998-01-09 Thread Pete Templin
(A forwarded message, due to mailer problems...) --> please forward this to the mailing list for me, thanks Fuz we have gotten the pppd daemon to start correctly using pon and poff scripts but we note that now that we ppp support compiled in verses in modules the ppp.o module always tries to loa

exec of /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_NONE failed

1998-01-09 Thread Irmund Thum
What is wrong wih my debian configuration since I get the error: exec of /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_NONE failed when I try startx? XF86Setup works well but wants to write to /etc/X11/XF86Config and copying (not moving) the XF86Config from /etc to /usr/X11R6/bin/ doesn't help. I'm stuck at this point

Re: Yet Another libc5->libc6 question..

1998-01-09 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Fri, Jan 09, 1998 at 02:13:41AM +0200, Neilen Marais wrote: > But IMHO its silly keeping seperate headers... Why not just leave the > links to /usr/src/linux/include? /usr/src/linux is anyway the standard > location for the kernel, and it makes sense to always use your current > kernel's header

Re: Yet Another libc5->libc6 question..

1998-01-09 Thread Neilen Marais
>kernel-source package that libc6-dev depends on is going to be >available >this week, or alternatively, can I *safely* force the libc6-dev to >install with 2.0.32_2.0.32-1 kernel source? Yeah, sure, just make sure /usr/include/linux is a symlink pointing to /usr/src/linux/include/linux, and that

Burning a CD

1998-01-09 Thread Stephen Carpenter
As I mentioned previously...im a convert to debian linux. My next step is to start using it at home. I am no where at work...and looking for some info gettin gdebian isn't a problem here... we have T-1's and T-3s up the ass. In fact I installed on my 486 via FTP in a coupla hours. anyway...I fo

compiling a kernel

1998-01-09 Thread Nils Sandmann
Hi, first of all I'd like to thank all of you for helping me finding out what didn't work with my linux installation. (The installation couldn't find my harddisk because it uses tha MCA bus architecture). You've helped me very much! But I still have a problem: There are patches for MCA in the

Re: lilo

1998-01-09 Thread tko
Rainer Dorsch writes: > > I wanted to install Win95 on the slave disk on my IDE system > (/dev/hdb). To make sure, that Linux (on /dev/hda) is not damaged, I did the > following > > 1. Remove hda > 2. Configure hdb as master > 3. Install Win95 > 4. Insert hda again > 5. Configured win95 disk as h

xfree86.config probles

1998-01-09 Thread Chris Keathley Keathley
While running dselect and installing x, it asks me if I want to create a config file and I say yes. Then it shoots me into a graphics mode which takes a long time to load and then when loaded the config screens seem real sluggish and my computer sounds like its going to have a hernia. Is my comput

A cheap PCI Ethernet card that works?

1998-01-09 Thread Britton
Is there such a thing? I have a PCI card from KTI networks, but I can't make it work with any of the existing drivers, the tech rep thinks the card has it's own interface (not cloning a more common card), and the engineer who was supposedly going to get in touch with me hasn't. Also, why does al

Re: Colors

1998-01-09 Thread dpk
You don't need color xterms for this. You can get it to work with just 'xterm' by adding the following line to your Xdefaults/Xresources (personal choice and opinion), which can be either your personal or global file: xterm*customization:-color Once I added that, 'ls --color', etc. w

Re: Upgrading to unstable

1998-01-09 Thread dpk
This reason why it is more difficult is that when upgrading from stable -> unstable: you are upgrading from libc5 -> libc6. Have you followed the steps in the mini-HOWTO for this? You can find it at: ftp://ftp.debian.org/pub/debian/doc/libc5-libc6-Mini-HOWTO.html.tar.gz Thanks, Dennis -- dpk <

Upgrading to unstable

1998-01-09 Thread Brian Skreeg
Upgrading to unstable used to be easy. Login, get list, choose yer kit, install. Play. Lovely. The current unstable tree seems impossible to me to upgrade to without horrid dependancy stuff creeping in everywhere. My main problem seems to be with lib6g+ (or something similar), tk4.2 (I hav

Re: IP-Masq (was Re: ms explo

1998-01-09 Thread Tim Thomson
On Fri, 9 Jan 1998, John Spence wrote: > I'm wondering If I'm going to have to load any. I just succesfully ran > WS_FTP from the pretty looking machine and I know I haven't loaded the ftp > module. It (ip_masq_ftp.o) isn't being loaded from anywhere that I can > find it. Maybe WS_FTP is configu

Re: new smail pkg (3.2.0.100-1.deb) problems

1998-01-09 Thread Martin Bialasinski
"Damir J. Naden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > BTW, my answers to smailconfig when first installing: > 1-internet site (SMTP via TCP/IP) > 2-visible name: inforamp.net > 3-other visible names: none > 4-smarthost: inforamp.net > 5-use inforamp.net for all mail that doesn't have to be delivered > lo

Re: fetchmail procmail

1998-01-09 Thread Florian Helbing
Hi, well I dont know the mail filtering FAQ and so on but if u want procmail to process your mail: As far as I know procmail usese a file called .procmailrc in you $HOME for the rules. So the rules should be there not in .forward. The .forward is just for sending the mail to procmail in case this

Re: libc5 to libc6 auto-upgrade script

1998-01-09 Thread Craig Sanders
On Fri, 9 Jan 1998, Lindsay Allen wrote: > I hope this is the final version for a while. The script works here on a > freshly installed bo. > > Watch out for line folding. > > # sanity check that we are in the right place > [ -f base/libc6_* ] || exit 9 9 is already used for perl_base failure.

Slow mail throughput

1998-01-09 Thread Tim Thomson
Hi, Is this list supposed keep messages for six hours before sending them? I sent a message at five tonight, and it has just been recieved (at 11pm). I don't think it's the list, I'm pretty sure it's my email provider (usa.net). I seem to be having a few problems with connecting to them today. Ac

Re: Fetchmail and Procmail. (Fixed pine)

1998-01-09 Thread Steve Witt
On Thu, 8 Jan 1998, Ender Wigin wrote: > Hi, > > BTW I fixed Pine to all those who might have the Mailbox Lock problem the > solution is to "su -c chmod 1777 /tmp" > > Now for the problem ... I have procmail installed and I configured it with > the .forward file as the mail-filtering FAQ sugjest

Re: Why use pgp?

1998-01-09 Thread Chuma Agbodike
How about the so called Certificate Authorities? Should one use them ? And if am paranoid should I trust them ? What if I impersonate someone and give out keys under their name ? I read something about such issues long ago , but still don't understand. Chuma Dan Hugo wrote: > Will Lowe wrote:

Re: XFree86 setup problems

1998-01-09 Thread Heikki Vatiainen
The XF86Setup utility only comes with the xserver-vga16 package. The VGA16 server in the xserver-vga16 package should work with any video card, so that is why the X based configuration utility comes only with it. Since I want to use higher resolutions and more colors than plain VGA can offer, I

Re: Debian and the MANPATH variable

1998-01-09 Thread E.L. Meijer \(Eric\)
> > Hi, > > I've solved quite all the problems I had with my server/clients running > Debian:-) > I now have a little trouble with the MANPATH environment variable... > [ ... snip ... ] > > The only problem that remain is that I _don't_ want to include the > servers' man directories in the cl

Re: XINETD don't start

1998-01-09 Thread Peter Bodnar
Guido Bozzetto wrote: > I've installed the xinetd package but at the boot time don't start. ...skip... > with the same problem, xinetd starts if run then manualy from the > prompt but don't start automaticaly at boot. The problem is on the > startup script /etc/init.d/xinetd : > > #!/bin/sh > #

Re: Why use pgp?

1998-01-09 Thread jdassen
On Fri, Jan 09, 1998 at 12:44:10AM -0800, Dan Hugo wrote: > Will Lowe wrote: > > Well, we use it to sign other things. Like, for example, when I > > upload a new debian package, I sign it so that the people who run > > ftp.debian.org (and eventually you) know that that package really came > >

Debian and the MANPATH variable

1998-01-09 Thread Sébastien Phélep
Hi, I've solved quite all the problems I had with my server/clients running Debian:-) I now have a little trouble with the MANPATH environment variable... I have set up my clients so that I can mount several servers quite the same way: /home is splitted into several parts, each belonging to a spe

XINETD don't start

1998-01-09 Thread Guido Bozzetto
I've installed the xinetd package but at the boot time don't start. I've 2 machines : 1) Debian 1.3.1.r6 with: # dpkg -l xinetd ||/ NameVersionDescription +++-===-==- ii xinetd 2.1.7-3xinetd -

Re: Why use pgp?

1998-01-09 Thread Dan Hugo
Will Lowe wrote: > > On Fri, 9 Jan 1998, Tim Thomson wrote: > > > I know why you would want to use it to send encrypted messages, but why do > > you want to sign your messages? > Well, we use it to sign other things. Like, for example, when I upload > a new debian package, I sign it so that

Re: lp/ppa configuration; how to set to use printer?

1998-01-09 Thread Mike Schmitz
On Thu, Jan 08, 1998 at 01:26:17PM -0600, Gregory Guthrie wrote: > I have a Zip drive on lp0, and at boot time it is recognized (een if no > disk inserted), and then I cannot use lp0 to print. > > The lsmod reports ls module loaded, no ppa module reported. > > How can I disable ppa, and print? Y

Re: Why use pgp?

1998-01-09 Thread Will Lowe
On Fri, 9 Jan 1998, Tim Thomson wrote: > I know why you would want to use it to send encrypted messages, but why do > you want to sign your messages? Well, we use it to sign other things. Like, for example, when I upload a new debian package, I sign it so that the people who run ftp.debian.o

Re: Dosemu lredir problem

1998-01-09 Thread Bob Bernstein
Neilen Marais <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I can't seem to get lredir to work in dosemu. If I recall arightly, this is a problem with the version of DOS you are utilizing for dosemu. The DOS kernel that seems to come with dosemu doesn't support network drives. (Is it a sort of OpenDos lite, or so

Re: Colors

1998-01-09 Thread Will Lowe
On Fri, 9 Jan 1998, Colson E. wrote: > I want to have colors under X. For that, I have tried to install x term color > of the Slackware's Distribution. But there's a problem. > Have you an other idea, please. Install the debian xbase package, which includes the standard color xterm as /usr/X11R6

Re: libc5 to libc6 auto-upgrade script

1998-01-09 Thread Lindsay Allen
I hope this is the final version for a while. The script works here on a freshly installed bo. Watch out for line folding. --- cut here --- #! /bin/sh # upgrade a libc5 (bo) machine to libc6 (hamm). # based on Scott Ellis' excellent "Debian libc5 to libc6 Mini-HOWTO" # document at http://www

Re: vt100 On a wyse terminal

1998-01-09 Thread Rick Pasotto
On Fri, Jan 09, 1998 at 01:32:01PM +1300, Michael Beattie wrote: > Hi, I am trying to get an old Wyse terminal going on my linux box, all is > well, but I have not been able to get keys like PageUp, PageDown, Home and > End to work. The Function Keys were another story, they were comparitively > ea

Fetchmail and Procmail. (Fixed pine)

1998-01-09 Thread Ender Wigin
Hi, BTW I fixed Pine to all those who might have the Mailbox Lock problem the solution is to "su -c chmod 1777 /tmp" Now for the problem ... I have procmail installed and I configured it with the .forward file as the mail-filtering FAQ sugjested ... to no avail ... I was wondering if some nice pe

Re: Internet access with Debian --long reply

1998-01-09 Thread Jameson Burt
> Hi guys, > > I have expected just a problem, > > I want to conect on the internet with my Debian. > > I have configured the file /etc/ppp.chatscript, so that i have > writing my provider's phone number, my login and pass > But when i lauch ppp i don't know what i shall do. > > Please help me

Why use pgp?

1998-01-09 Thread Tim Thomson
Hi, I've installed pgp-i, to see what it's about. I've noticed many people have pgp signatures in their messages, and some offer the signature via finger. I know why you would want to use it to send encrypted messages, but why do you want to sign your messages? I read that it's so you know what y

Colors

1998-01-09 Thread Colson E.
I want to have colors under X. For that, I have tried to install x term color of the Slackware's Distribution. But there's a problem. Have you an other idea, please.   By advance.   Eric.

Re: misc questions: screen, version notation

1998-01-09 Thread Joey Hess
G. Crimp wrote: > I am in an interrogative mood this evening. There are two things > that have often caught my eye when cruising the dselect selection > browser. The screen package is one. From the description it seems to > me to be pretty much the same thing as the virtual terminals that

Re: misc questions: screen, version notation

1998-01-09 Thread Asher Haig
G. Crimp, [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 1/8/98 10:51 PM > I am in an interrogative mood this evening. There are two things >that have often caught my eye when cruising the dselect selection >browser. The screen package is one. From the description it seems to >me to be pretty much the same thing a

Re: new smail pkg (3.2.0.100-1.deb) problems

1998-01-09 Thread John Boggon
-Original Message- From: Damir J. Naden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Friday, 9 January 1998 2:37 pm Subject: new smail pkg (3.2.0.100-1.deb) problems >When installing smail package, the only remaining package in hamm dist >was 3.2.0.100-1, so I installed th

Re: Mail is Slow to send

1998-01-09 Thread Pure Energy
On Thu, 8 Jan 1998, Anthony Fok wrote: > On Thu, 8 Jan 1998, Mark W. Blunier wrote: > In your /etc/pine.conf.fixed (or /etc/pine.conf or ~/.pinerc), > your smtp-server setting is probably blank; set it to localhost: > > # List of SMTP servers for sending mail. If blank: Unix Pine uses sendmail. >

misc questions: screen, version notation

1998-01-09 Thread G. Crimp
I am in an interrogative mood this evening. There are two things that have often caught my eye when cruising the dselect selection browser. The screen package is one. From the description it seems to me to be pretty much the same thing as the virtual terminals that come part and parcel w

Re: new smail pkg (3.2.0.100-1.deb) problems

1998-01-09 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
On Thu, 8 Jan 1998, Damir J. Naden wrote: > When installing smail package, the only remaining package in hamm dist > was 3.2.0.100-1, so I installed thinking it had solved previous problems > with /etc/inetd.conf file. Well, the smtp line in /etc/inetd.conf is > *not* commented out, and I still ge

Re: gs v.5.10

1998-01-09 Thread G. Crimp
On Thu, Jan 08, 1998 at 08:32:32PM -0800, G. Crimp wrote: > I am preparing to install ghostscript and ghostview on my system. > If anyone can help with the following questions I'd appreciate it. > Forgat to ask. If I download the newer ghostsc, will the ver. 4.01-7 fonts do or do I need

gs v.5.10

1998-01-09 Thread G. Crimp
I am preparing to install ghostscript and ghostview on my system. If anyone can help with the following questions I'd appreciate it. On my Deb 1.3.1 CD are available gs v3.33-5 gsfonts v.4.01-5 zlib1 v.1.0.4-7 (already installed

new smail pkg (3.2.0.100-1.deb) problems

1998-01-09 Thread Damir J. Naden
When installing smail package, the only remaining package in hamm dist was 3.2.0.100-1, so I installed thinking it had solved previous problems with /etc/inetd.conf file. Well, the smtp line in /etc/inetd.conf is *not* commented out, and I still get the same (?) message that fetchmail sees the mail

Explorer...

1998-01-09 Thread Pure Energy
Today i'd figured i'd try the Explorer package out. No go.. It just spilled out the following. Any one else run into this? Any suggestions? Adrenolin [~]$>explorer explorer: error in loading shared libraries /lib/libqt.so.1: undefined symbol: __pure_virtual Explorer package and dependent i

Re: Trying to get debian to see over 64 meg of RAM

1998-01-09 Thread Will Lowe
On Thu, 8 Jan 1998, Timothy G. Wells wrote: > I would like to have 128 meg in my debian box but it won't recognize it. I > don't see any options during the make config process and the computer > physically does see the memory. You need an append mem=128M line in lilo.config. Check the bootprompt

Re: PPP not finsihing connection for Earthlink

1998-01-09 Thread Fabio Olive Leite
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hi there, > However, I get the LCP problem where they are being sent but not > received. I put LCP-MAX-CONFIGURE 30 in my options file and have > upped it all the way to 150, but I still don't get any LCP's received. > Finally after 30 - 60 seconds the modem s

Re: IP-Masq (was Re: ms explo

1998-01-09 Thread John Spence
> > > I've just been through the same thing with IP Masquerading. I created a > > > file in /etc/rc.boot (I don't know whether that was the right place or > > > not!) marked it as executable. It contained the following: > > Why not just put the module names in /etc/modules? It's a lot easier.

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