Re: HowTo?: Log Everything -> file

On Mon, 16 Feb 1998, Bob Bernstein wrote: > Ok, ok, I haven't posted a Linux-For-Dummies question in quite awhile, > so here goes: > > What's the trick to getting into a file all the contents of a console > session, i.e. commands, and the output of commands, into a log file > for that session? > >

Re: HowTo?: Log Everything -> file

Bob, One way that I know of is: telnet localhost | tee session.txt Other people that telnet into the machine can then 'tail -f session.txt' and see exactly what you are doing. Very good for doing training sessions. Hope this helps, Steve Mayer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bob Bernstein wrote: >

Re: Bullshit-->Fired for Linux?

hi i suggest you go to his 'talk back' button on the web page and let him know your thoughts. the list of postings was already about a mile long and very negative... that's what i did dave -=+=- -=+=- -=+=- -=+=- -=+=- -=+=- -=+=- -=+=- Dave Mallery, K5EN po box 520; ramah nm 87321 runnin

Re: How do you patch a debian package?

On Mon, Feb 16, 1998 at 09:49:20AM -0600, IBMackey wrote: > > I downloaded the debian package for message handler email system. Turns > out it doesn't view the digest list formats correctly. On checking the > net, I found under mh's homepage, there's a patch. I'm a newbie and have > very little C

Re: Smail pop3

Thanks for the advice all. I installed qpopper and it works fine now. Thanks, Greg Green -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Work-Needing and Prospective Packages for Debian GNU/Linux

Work-Needing and Prospective Packages for Debian GNU/Linux [EMAIL PROTECTED] $Id: prospective-packages.html,v 1.1 1998/02/16 23:31:33 johnie Exp $ This document is intended to identify areas that need your contributions. It prov

Re: Bullshit-->Fired for Linux?

http://www.80s.com/cgi-bin/valley.cgi?url=http://www.zdnet.com/ anchordesk/story/story_1774.html> -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

hamm timezones problem

First, a meta-question: is this the right list to be asking hamm-specific questions, or is there a developers list which is preferred for such things? Now, the problem: $ date Mon Feb 16 23:26:53 /etc/localtime 1998 $ dpkg -l timezones ... ii timezones 2.0.7pre1-1Time zone data files a

[Q] Check please Hardware for Linux Box.

Hi, We would like to buy a computer to put Linux on it. There are couple of cards we are not sure about: - Video Card: Diamond Viper 330 AGP.W.DIAMOND MONSTER 3D.COMBO - Multimedia: Yamaha Wavetable - Modem: USR X2 (56K) Speakerphone Modem Any comments? Sorry if info is not complete, we

Re: HowTo?: Log Everything -> file

Bob Bernstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What's the trick to getting into a file all the contents of a > console session, i.e. commands, and the output of commands, into a > log file for that session? Have a look at `script'(1) from bsdutils. -- James -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LI

Debian people taking care of spam

Dear Users and Developers, for some weeks now we have protected our servers against spam via the Realtime Backmail List (RBL) provided by the folks from the Mail Abuse Protection System http://maps.vix.com/>. Since we're using Qmail as our Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) relaying is impossible. Since

Re: Bullshit-->Fired for Linux?

I'm a newbie with LINUX, but I will blow my horn about something related for today. I know my propaganda (flames off-list from former political opponents, please). Notice how the ZD editor said "backside" in the line, "but can it pass the all-important 'cover your backside' test?" The conce

RE: HowTo?: Log Everything -> file

On 16-Feb-98 Bob Bernstein wrote: >What's the trick to getting into a file all the contents of a console >session, >i.e. commands, and the output of commands, into a log file for that >session? 'telnet localhost | tee log_file_name' will work (I found this in the Linux Journal). Frederic Dum

Re: HowTo?: Log Everything -> file

Bob Bernstein wrote: > What's the trick to getting into a file all the contents of a console session, > i.e. commands, and the output of commands, into a log file for that session? The "script" command. -- see shy jo -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [E

Re: HowTo?: Log Everything -> file

What's the trick to getting into a file all the contents of a console session, i.e. commands, and the output of commands, into a log file for that session? Try the script(1) command. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble?

Re: FW: Unidentified subject!

The following script shows my attempts to read my mail using mailx. = Results are the same for mail. Is the command 'p' used to print the = message to the terminal, as the man page states? I have been utterly = unsuccessful in reading my mail under Linux, resorting to windows for =

Re: Bullshit-->Fired for Linux?

Career limiting move ? I think not... The company I work for chose Linux because : 1. It works 2. Its reliable 3. It does not require HUGE amounts of resources to function. 4. MOST IMPORTANTLY !!! You can get support from people who use it, and know what they are talkin

Re: Smail pop3

Sounds like you have to install the package 'qpopper' on the mail server. It is under the section 'mail'. Dennis -- dpk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Network Administrator | work: 353.4844 Division of Engineering Computing Services | page: 222.5875 On Mon, 16 Feb 1998, Greg Green wrote: > Can an

Re[2]: Bullshit-->Fired for Linux?

Keith Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, if Linux is ever going to establish itself as more than a > "hobbie OS", it (the Linux community and the free software community > in general) needs to be able to gracefully withstand a lot more heat > than that article dishes out. In particular th

Re: Smail pop3

You can't. Instead, you need to install a pop3 server, such as cucipop or qpopper. Note that if you're running netscape on the mail server you don't actually need a pop3 server. Instead, you can use the movemail app which comes with the package. Greg Green wrote: > Can anyone tell me how to confi

[OFF-TOPIC] Pentium II performance?

Hi, I know this is off topic, but I don't have access to cola (and newsgroups in general) and I feel more confortable asking here, because I want Linux specific answers. Ten days ago a professor here bought a Pentium II/233 system. He promptly installed Debian on it, and let me us

Re: Kernel compilation

Hi, May I suggest the kernel-package package? Having installed it, the README file in /usr/doc/kernel-package/README.gz should be a reasonable HOWTO. I am enclosing the latest version of the document, which has been expanded and bug fixed. manoj -- ``They should ope

Re: Release names??

Ben Pfaff wrote: > >Please excues the question, but as a matter of interest, where are the >names for the Debian releases derived? i.e. bo, hamm etc?? > > Characters from _Toy Story_ by Pixar. > Does this mean there is going to be a "Mr Potato Head" release? You

Re: spam mail or mail relay

On Fri, Feb 13, 1998 at 04:43:29PM +0200, Daniel Mashao wrote: > On Fri, 13 Feb 1998, Martin Schulze wrote: > > > On Sat, Feb 14, 1998 at 09:03:34AM +0700, Wiria A Kusuma wrote: > > > Hello.., I would like to ask what are the terms spam mail and mail > > > relay? are they the same thing? how does

Re: Incredibly huge /var/log/lastlog

On Thu, Feb 12, 1998 at 10:00:17PM +0100, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Colin R. Telmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >After a recent hamm upgrade (two or three days ago) on my machine (pretty > >much a single user machine) I noticed that /var/log/faillog and > >/

Re: usr mounted on md device

Patrick Ouellette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > In a fit of madness, I created a md device and moved the /usr file > system to it. Everything runs fine, except I get an error during > shutdown that /usr can't be unmounted. Why do I get the message (or > what files are in use at shutdown on /usr)

HowTo?: Log Everything -> file

Ok, ok, I haven't posted a Linux-For-Dummies question in quite awhile, so here goes: What's the trick to getting into a file all the contents of a console session, i.e. commands, and the output of commands, into a log file for that session? I have fooled around with $bash --login > session.txt, b

Re: Kernel compilation

Oleg Krivosheev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > i'm going to recompile kernel. > i've got kernel-headers, kernel-source and > bin86 packages? You should add kernel-package > What is The Debian Way to compiler the kernel? The Debian Way is to read and follow the documentation in /usr/doc/kernel-p

Re: More BASH questions

I usually use "gmp" package for selecting with mouse an interesting area of the screen and pasting it into my favorite editor (joe) on another virtual console. Wojtek Zabolotny [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Mon, 16 Feb 1998, Fulgham, Brent/SC

Update

Hello I had a running debian linux 1.1 system. The I tried to update it directly to 1.3 from CD from a PC-newspaper. This does not work. Then I found in the internet this help for updating 1.1 to 1.3 dpkg --clear-avail dpkg -i ldso_*.deb dpkg -i libc5_*.deb

Re: Ordering LINUX

Spin wrote: > > Dear, > > We would like to start with LINUX > Please can you tell us the right price and coordinates for ordering > you package ? > The following web page details sources for ordering Debian GNU/Linux. http://www.debian.org/vendors.html Behan -- Behan Webster mailto:

Re: Bullshit-->Fired for Linux?

May work for the good guys , though. If you check the list of responses at the bottom of the cited page, they (surprise) overwhelmingly support Linux. On Mon, 16 Feb 1998, Ian Keith Setford wrote: > > Yo- > > I received this and couldn't believe this! What an irresponsible piece of

Re: Release names??

Ben Pfaff wrote: > >Please excues the question, but as a matter of interest, where are the >names for the Debian releases derived? i.e. bo, hamm etc?? > > Characters from _Toy Story_ by Pixar. > Does this mean there is going to be a "Mr Potato Head" release? :) Keith -- TO UNSUBSCRIB

FW: Unidentified subject!

The following script shows my attempts to read my mail using mailx. Results are the same for mail. Is the command 'p' used to print the message to the terminal, as the man page states? I have been utterly unsuccessful in reading my mail under Linux, resorting to windows for that purpose. I a

Re: Bullshit-->Fired for Linux?

George Bonser wrote: > > Agreed, cancel all subscriptions to ZD magazines. Badmouthing Linux > could be a career limiting move for an editor. > Well, if Linux is ever going to establish itself as more than a "hobbie OS", it (the Linux community and the free software community in general) needs

Re: Kernel compilation

David Z Maze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: DZM> You can then install the new kernel with "dpkg -i DZM> kernel-headers-_.deb". umm, install the kernel-image package if you actually want to install the kernel. Silly me. -- _ / \ "The cat's

Smail pop3

Can anyone tell me how to configure smail as a pop3 server? I can send from my Netscape just find but I cannot pull the messages off the server with Netscape. When I'm on the mail server, I can check my mail just fine also. I am setting up my pop3 (and SMTP)server in Netscape as the machinename.

Re: True Type fonts for X11?

Christopher Barry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I finally got PPP working and got Navigator 4.04 installed and was > shocked to see how ugly the fonts were! They are these tiny little > pixelated things that are stressful to the eyes to read. Even as I > am typing this I am appalled! Where can I g

Re: Kernel compilation

Oleg Krivosheev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: OK> What is The Debian Way to compiler the kernel? OK> And how compiled kernel will fit into OK> kernel-image package ? Install the kernel-package package and kernel sources. Run "make *config" as usual, then use make-kpkg to build the various kernel-*

Re: help me buy a cheap sound card

I wish to buy a cheap sound card, just to be able to put some sound in my system, but all that I tried failed... Can someone point me a cheap one that (certainly) works under Linux? How cheap? You can get a genuine SoundBlaster 16 for pretty cheap if you shop around, and they certainly

Re: Kernel compilation

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Oleg Krivosheev) writes: > I'm going to recompile kernel. > > I've got kernel-headers, kernel-source and > bin86 packages? > > What is The Debian Way to compiler the kernel? > And how compiled kernel will fit into > kernel-image package ? A good way to do this is to use the k

Re: More BASH questions

On Mon, Feb 16, 1998 at 10:38:15AM -0700, Fulgham, Brent/SCO wrote: > Can anyone tell me if there is a way to generate "screen dumps" of bash > sessions? > > For example, let's say I have a test-mode application that asks for some > input and then outputs something in response.

Ordering LINUX

Dear,   We would like to start with LINUX Please can you tell us the right price and coordinates for ordering you package ?   Sincerely,   (Tat2)Spin   Stem onze site naar de TOP !!Gelieve desbetreffende buttons aan te klikken op onze site.Wij danken U reeds bij voorbaat.   De eerste Nederl

Re: any debianized CAD programs?

On Mon, 16 Feb 1998 13:06:33 EST, Michael Stutz wrote: > > Are there any *linux* CAD programs? (That are open source and not > proprietary. Haven't found much in this area...) If you mean today, and fully featured, then I don't think so, no. However, there may be some alternatives, depending on y

Re: Kernel compilation

Oleg Krivosheev wrote: > > Hi, All > > i'm going to recompile kernel. > > i've got kernel-headers, kernel-source and > bin86 packages? > > What is The Debian Way to compiler the kernel? > And how compiled kernel will fit into > kernel-image package ? Check out the kernel-package package. > >

Xrsh?

I need to use xrsh to connect to some hosts at a university where ssh isn't installed. Is there a debian-compatible version around anyplace? Will -- | [EMA

Re: Bullshit-->Fired for Linux?

George Bonser wrote: > > Agreed, cancel all subscriptions to ZD magazines. Badmouthing Linux > could be a career limiting move for an editor. And as Bugs Bunny would say - "What a maroon!". > > On Mon, 16 Feb 1998, Ian Keith Setford wrote: > > > > > Yo- > > > > I received this and couldn't be

help me buy a cheap sound card

Hi, I wish to buy a cheap sound card, just to be able to put some sound in my system, but all that I tried failed... Can someone point me a cheap one that (certainly) works under Linux? Thanks. -- Luiz Otavio L. Zorzella Product Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.c

Mail setup and configuration

I have successfully upgraded (I think) from Bo to Hamm. Thanks to all who offered advice and helped me along the way. I now want to configure my system for mail, so I can quit using windows for that utility. I have sendmail, fetchmail, procmail, mail, and mailx on my system. I have a local n

Re: More BASH questions

On Mon, Feb 16, 1998 at 10:38:15AM -0700, Fulgham, Brent/SCO wrote: > Can anyone tell me if there is a way to generate "screen dumps" of bash > sessions? > > For example, let's say I have a test-mode application that asks for some > input and then outputs something in response. Is there a way to

Question - Hamm, Mgetty, PPP, wtmp - Arrgh!

I have three dial-in modems on my hamm box. They are all identical USR Couriers AFIAK, and their configuration *appears* to be the same. But one port always shows connect speed in wtmp, and the others do not: mystic:~$ finger Login NameTty Idle Login Time Office Office Phone j

Unidentified subject!

Script started on Mon Feb 16 12:51:17 1998 sh-2.01$ mailx Mail version 8.1 6/6/93. Type ? for help. "/var/spool/mail/rcook": 1 message 1 unread >U 1 rcook Mon Feb 16 11:06 11/343 "test" & p Held 1 message in /var/spool/mail/rcook sh-2.01$ mail Mail version 8.1 6/6/93. Type ? f

Re: More BASH questions

On Mon, 16 Feb 1998, Fulgham, Brent/SCO wrote: > Can anyone tell me if there is a way to generate "screen dumps" of bash > sessions? > > For example, let's say I have a test-mode application that asks for some > input and then outputs something in response. Is there a way to have > this whole ex

Re: More BASH questions

Brent, Try the following cat /dev/vcsaX | lpr Where "X" is the number of the Virtual Console that contains the output that you want to print. You can do the same to a file: cat /dev/vcsaX > screen.dump Hope this helps, Steve Mayer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fulgham, Brent/SCO wrote: > >

Re: Hello

I would like to know how debian handles in a machine with two pentiums. = Are two cpus quicker then one in any situation. I mean does every = program run quicker. Generally any particular process will only run on one processor at a time, so particular programs won't run faster. However,

usr mounted on md device

In a fit of madness, I created a md device and moved the /usr file system to it. Everything runs fine, except I get an error during shutdown that /usr can't be unmounted. Why do I get the message (or what files are in use at shutdown on /usr), and is there any way to fix it (short of moving /u

Kernel compilation

Hi, All i'm going to recompile kernel. i've got kernel-headers, kernel-source and bin86 packages? What is The Debian Way to compiler the kernel? And how compiled kernel will fit into kernel-image package ? i have unstable installed... thanks OK -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-

Re: So what is ksmbfs pkg for?

That works great. Thanks. Linux box reaches out across the Ethernet and grabs files from the windoze95 machines just fine. I was under the (apparently false) impression that ksmbfs was sufficient if all you wanted was a smb client on the Linux box, that Samba was necessary only i

Re: Can't install samba_1.9.18p2-1.deb (the one in hamm)

At 11:14 -0500 1998-02-16, David Gaudine wrote: >dselect was unable to upgrade my samba using samba_1.9.18p2-1.deb. >I then rather foolishly used "dpkg --purge samba" to see if a >fresh install went better, this was a mistake since it left me with >no samba at all instead of the older one. I have

OFF TOPIC: in search for Mr. Scheetz

Hi, sorry for this waste of bandwith, but this message is somewhat debian related. I need to contact Mr. Dale Scheetz, who used to be an active debian developer and debian CD burner (this is the reason why I'm looking for him). I sent many messages to his (old?) address ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), but nev

Hello

Hello! I would like to know how debian handles in a machine with two pentiums. Are two cpus quicker then one in any situation. I mean does every program run quicker. Thanks. Matej Grasic -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail t

Re: any debianized CAD programs?

On Sun, 15 Feb 1998, David Stern wrote: > Are there any debianized CAD programs? I'm running hamm, and I don't > see any. Are there any *linux* CAD programs? (That are open source and not proprietary. Haven't found much in this area...) -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the wor

Re: NCPFS seems broken on 2.1 kernels...

At 09:15 AM 2/15/98 -0500, Ben Pfaff wrote: > OK guys, I finally managed to make ncpfs-2.1.1 compile and work under > libc6. I have just released a new package called ncpfsx. Use this > package if you want to play around with ncpfs and kernels > 2.1.29. > For older kernels u

Re: newbie X windows problems with menu?

Yo- What window manager are you running? -Ian > I 've got X windows running but after typing startx I get xterm and a > menu with only one menu item when I click the mouse.That is to exit. How > do I get some of the X applications on the menu ? and get the X programs > to work?I'm starting to

Re: NCPFS seems broken on 2.1 kernels...

Eloy A. Paris wrote: > > So far, the package is working great! > > > > The utilities working for me so far are: > > ncpmount,ncpumount,slist,nprint, > > nwfsinfo, > > > > and you may also be interested to learn, that nwuserlist works > > flawlessly, both on our Netware 4, and Netware 3

Fatal Server error

Hi I have a problem with X-windows setup. Fatal Server error: Cannot open mouse (I/O error) Help me! I have MS mouse (serial port). Should I use insmod to set mouse on? -- Cheers K.Y.Lo Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [E

More BASH questions

Can anyone tell me if there is a way to generate "screen dumps" of bash sessions? For example, let's say I have a test-mode application that asks for some input and then outputs something in response. Is there a way to have this whole exchange dumped to the printer, so that both the program outpu

So what is ksmbfs pkg for?

On 14 Feb 98 at 23:00, Remco wrote: > On Sat, 14 Feb 1998, Richard B. Talley wrote: > > : I can't find smbclient or smbmount anywhere on the system. I've been > : through all the FAQ's and HOWTO's. > > Try the samba package: > hamm/hamm/binary-i386/net/samba_1.9.18p2-1.deb That works great

Re: Can't install samba_1.9.18p2-1.deb (the one in hamm)

On Mon, Feb 16, 1998 at 11:14:34AM -0500, David Gaudine wrote: > Unpacking samba (from .../net/samba_1.9.18p2-1.deb) ... > dpkg: error processing debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/net/ >samba_1.9.18p2-1.deb (--install): > trying to overwrite `/usr/man/man8/smbmount.8.gz', which is also in

Bullshit-->Fired for Linux?

Yo- I received this and couldn't believe this! What an irresponsible piece of pro-Microsoft propaganda. Ziff-Davis has sunk to a new low. -Ian btw, pardon my french -- Forwarded message -- Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 03:15:02 -0500 (EST) From: Jesse Berst's AnchorDesk <[EMAIL PROT

newbie X windows problems with menu?

I 've got X windows running but after typing startx I get xterm and a menu with only one menu item when I click the mouse.That is to exit. How do I get some of the X applications on the menu ? and get the X programs to work?I'm starting to loose my mind! -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST:

RE: BASH question

For those who are interested, my BASH problems were due to the presence of some control characters in the script file. I was using the "ae" editor, which in its latest incarnation was inserting a "^M" at the end of each line to signify a carriage return. Once I switched to vi I could see the char

Re: any debianized CAD programs?

On 16 Feb 1998 12:43:18 GMT, Pedro Quaresma de Almeida wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Stern) writes: > > > Are there any debianized CAD programs? I'm running hamm, and I don't > > see any. > > You may want to look at SAL, Scientific Applications on Linux, > > http://www.idite-minho.pt/SAL/

Re: NFS mounting problem

> "joost" == joost witteveen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: joost> In an attempt to save the world from disaster, Rob Duncan joost> wrote: >> I'm having some problems mounting with NFS. The baffling thing >> is that the client machine (aidan) can happily mount two other >> d

mounting /tmp

I'm trying to mount a filesystem (ext2) as /tmp, and am experiencing what I assume to be problems with the permissions. For example, when I type "man bash" (as a normal user) I get the message: bash: can't create a temporary filename: No such file or directory If I try again after unmountin

Re: NCPFS seems broken on 2.1 kernels...

Eloy A. Paris wrote: > At 02:01 PM 2/16/98 +, you wrote: > > >I've downloaded the package now, and will try it out later today. > >I'll get back to you on whether i'm successfull or not with it soon. > > So the URL was correct? Great, I didn't try it myself, I just saw a post > from someone gi

Re: NCPFS seems broken on 2.1 kernels...

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Eloy A. Paris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >The problem is that upstream ncpfs-2.0.x and ncpfs-2.1.x are different >packages and I don't know how to create a binary package (a .deb) from two >different source packages. Ah, that's easy. Just look at how I did it with N

bbs for debian?

Hi! Does anybody know of a good piece of BBS software for debian? I'm looking for something like Remote Access for DOS. TIA! Salutacions, Pere __o mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 2:343/108.91 - _`\<;_ http://casal.upc.es/~pere/ PGP key ava

Can't install samba_1.9.18p2-1.deb (the one in hamm)

dselect was unable to upgrade my samba using samba_1.9.18p2-1.deb. I then rather foolishly used "dpkg --purge samba" to see if a fresh install went better, this was a mistake since it left me with no samba at all instead of the older one. I have copied the dselect messages to the end of this mess

tune2fs errors behaviours

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hi all, I would like to know what are the behaviour and problems/beneficts by setting the EXT2 errors behaviour flag to readonly or panic Any comment will be greatly appreciated, many thanks in advance Ulisses -B

How do you patch a debian package?

I downloaded the debian package for message handler email system. Turns out it doesn't view the digest list formats correctly. On checking the net, I found under mh's homepage, there's a patch. I'm a newbie and have very little C expertise, how do I patch the debian package ? Any help is much app

modconf needs whiptail under hamm

I should have followed the discussion on the modconf package under the unstable or hamm distribution more closely but I didn't. In trying to install the modconf_0.2.16 package I get a message that it requires whiptail but whiptail is not available. This has been the case for over a week and I h

Re: NCPFS seems broken on 2.1 kernels...

At 02:01 PM 2/16/98 +, you wrote: >I've downloaded the package now, and will try it out later today. >I'll get back to you on whether i'm successfull or not with it soon. So the URL was correct? Great, I didn't try it myself, I just saw a post from someone giving the URL. I am very intereste

Re: NCPFS seems broken on 2.1 kernels...

Eloy A. Paris wrote: > At 12:03 PM 2/16/98 +, Kevin cave wrote: > > >Sorry to be a pest, but can you tell me where I can find the Incoming > >directory? I'm probably being a bit daft, but I can't seem to find it under > >ftp.debian.org - if that's where it is.. > > Since the package ncpfsx is

Re: NCPFS seems broken on 2.1 kernels...

[cross-posted to debian-devel to get developer's feedback] Hi, At 09:15 AM 2/15/98 -0500, Ben Pfaff wrote: > OK guys, I finally managed to make ncpfs-2.1.1 compile and work under > libc6. I have just released a new package called ncpfsx. Use this > package if you want to play around with n

Re: Diff window managers for diff users

If you use startx, it is also possible to create an .xinitrc file in your home directory and specify the window manager to use on the last line as follows (you can start by copying the system .xinitrc in (I believe) /etc/X11): exec fvwm2 (or olvwm, etc.) The man page for X explains this clearly.

Re: more ?s on ISDN and PPP ...

Thanks to all who responded. There were numerous correct answers, with the chat file being the cleanest. Cheers, -- "Until we extend the circle of our compassion to all living things, we will not ourselves find peace" -Albert Schweitzer Richard G. Roberto -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILIN

Re: NCPFS seems broken on 2.1 kernels...

At 12:03 PM 2/16/98 +, Kevin cave wrote: >Sorry to be a pest, but can you tell me where I can find the Incoming >directory? I'm probably being a bit daft, but I can't seem to find it under >ftp.debian.org - if that's where it is.. Since the package ncpfsx is new, processing takes longer than

Re: Diff window managers for diff users

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David R Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >If you and your wife log on as distinct users with distinct home >directories, then you can have different ".xsession" files. This file, >if present, will determine what window manager is used. There is a >default one somew

Re: HELP: FATAL SERVER ERROR

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Albert Hurd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >This newbie would like some help with the following problem: Okay. Follow closely. >It began with a cd to /tmp All right so far. >and then a rm -r /tmp. You must have been root at this time? /tmp is pretty much necessary

Re: cc:Mail under Linux (was: debian-user-digest Digest V98 #224 (fwd))

Dave Burchell wrote: > Hey Kevin, > > Me too! I also want to get cc:Mail working under LInux. But I am going to > try to get the DOS version running. > > On my main machine I have an old kernel (well, 2.0.27) so I'm going to try > to bring it up on our new 200Mhz box. I'm planning to do dosemu,

Re: any debianized CAD programs?

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Stern) writes: > Are there any debianized CAD programs? I'm running hamm, and I don't > see any. > > I've looked at Linux Woven Goods, but found one commercial, one > pre-alpha, and one who's website I couldn't connect to. > -- You may want to look at SAL, Scientifi

Re: NCPFS seems broken on 2.1 kernels...

Eloy A. Paris wrote: > Roy C Bixler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > : Yes, this is a problem. The only fix I know of right now is to get the > : ncpfs-2.1.1.tar.gz file, compile with libc5 and use it. Elroy Paris did > > > OK guys, I finally managed to make ncpfs-2.1.1 compile and work under > li

Re: printing .pdf files

> > 1) I also run into problems with the postscript that acroread produces. My gs > version is 3.33. Yes, that one is known to fail. > 2) gs-aladin is in non-free. I use gs-aladdin5.03-0.99 which prints pdf files nicely. Eric Meijer -- E.L. Meijer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | tel. office

Azteck sound Card

Hello. i've just found my old sound card... have anybodyu installed this card under debian? it's 8bits local-bus and can work as old sound-blaster. thx for answers Wojciech Zukowski PGP via finger http://www.kkiem.mech.pg.gda.pl/~wojtek Nie wierz w cuda - poleg

RE: [comp.os.linux.hardware] Oracle on Linux

The fact is that SCO Oracle runs under linux using iBCS. This was a topic of discussion a while back in the Caldera list. The trouble with porting an application to Linux is a lack of standards. Different distributions bundle different versions of libraries, update their distributions at differe

Re: oops -- did a bad thing

Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hmmm..i'm sorta new to linux and was trying to run the "xdm" login > screen on system startup -- and made some changes to the > .bash_profile - file and was wondering if anyone knows of any > program that will run in win95 - that allows one to mount the linux >

[comp.os.linux.hardware] Oracle on Linux

Hi, I thought people here might find this interesting. manoj -- An executive will always return to work from lunch early if no one takes him. Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Key C7261095 fingerprint = CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 2

Re: looking for a regex to match an email addr...

Vincent Renardias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > As the subject says I'd like to find a perl regex to match an email addr. > Those I've been able to write seem to be either too restrictive or not > enough... I'd also like to find the same for URLs too. Do a DejaNews for this in comp.lang.perl.misc

Re: oops -- did a bad thing

On 15 Feb 98 at 22:46, debian-user@lists.debian.org wrote: > Hmmm..i'm sorta new to linux and was trying to run the "xdm" login screen on > system startup -- and > made some changes to the .bash_profile - file and was wondering if anyone > knows of any program > that will run in win95 - that al

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