Re: Editing java files.

1998-04-02 Thread Liran Zvibel
It just colors everything but strings in white and strings in brown. Does this called java mode? Thanks, Liran Zvibel. http://www.math.tau.ac.il/~liranz/ On Thu, 2 Apr 1998, Daniel Martin at cush wrote: > Liran Zvibel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Hello, > > > > Now that I know that I s

Re: X is dead.

1998-04-02 Thread Branden Robinson
On Thu, Apr 02, 1998 at 01:49:54AM -0300, Nicolás Lichtmaier wrote: > X has become non-free software > (http://www.camb.opengroup.org/tech/desktop/x/xlicensefaq.htm) and because > of that unuseable for the Linux community. > And now? The rumors of X's death have been greatly exaggerated. What w

Re: sdram and linux

1998-04-02 Thread tony mollica
thanks for the info. The motherboard recognizes the memory as sdram just fine and linux starts up ok but then the problems start. Mostly, applications stop and disappear from the desktop without warning and the file system (as fsck reports) becomes corrupted. The machine never locked up and it

Re: Editing java files.

1998-04-02 Thread Daniel Martin at cush
Liran Zvibel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello, > > Now that I know that I should type and not name.calss ( I > couldn't have thought about it myself) I can start working. > Does anyone of you has an addition to .emacs or another emacs file that > colors java sources (Like there is for C\C++

Re: How do I create /proc???

1998-04-02 Thread Jens Ritter
Paul Rightley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am trying to backup my Debian 1.3.1 system and make it bootable > from a Jaz drive. I have copied the essential directories (cp -a) > from my system to the Jaz. If I create an empty /proc directory on the > Jaz and boot from a floppy with the Jaz as

Re: mozilla.deb, get it while its hot

1998-04-02 Thread Bob Nielsen
It doesn't seem to like the rvplayer plugin, but the ump midi plug-in works fine. Otherwise, it looks like NS4.04. The "N" logo is replaced by the word "animated", which is animated (?). Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAI

Im Jenny

1998-04-02 Thread Oasis179
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Editing java files.

1998-04-02 Thread Liran Zvibel
Hello, Now that I know that I should type and not name.calss ( I couldn't have thought about it myself) I can start working. Does anyone of you has an addition to .emacs or another emacs file that colors java sources (Like there is for C\C++ LaTeX, etc)? If you do, please e-mail it to me. Tha

Re: Running java (JDK 1.02) applicatios.

1998-04-02 Thread Alex Yukhimets
> BTW - Does anyone know why Sun makes javac use filename.java and java use > filename with no .class extension? Because some may want to name .java files differently, like .jav And you may not necesseraly have .class file - class may be part of .zip or .jar file. Alex Y. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, ema

Re: Running java (JDK 1.02) applicatios.

1998-04-02 Thread Alex Yukhimets
> I installed all the important parts of the JDk 1.02 (at least all the > parts that were at the ftp server). > My CLASSPATH is set to .:/usr/lib/jdk/classes.zip but when ever I do > java ???.class it says it can't find the class. > > Can you help? Just do "java ???" (without .class) and everythi

RE: Running java (JDK 1.02) applicatios.

1998-04-02 Thread hospedales
Java just uses the class name, if you add a ".class" extension it won't work. Hope that helps. Timothy. BTW - Does anyone know why Sun makes javac use filename.java and java use filename with no .class extension? On 02-Apr-98 Liran Zvibel wrote: > Hello! > > I re-subscribed (and remembered why

qpopper and users

1998-04-02 Thread Tamas Imrei
Hello, is there any way that I can tell qpopper to allow or deny specific users to use pop3? Thanks, Tamas Imrei [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: braodcast announcements

1998-04-02 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
Oh yes. You just use smbclient -M Ian Keith Setford wrote: > Yo- > > Is there a way to send broadcast announcements to Win based computers on a > local LAN? Similar in function to "WinPop-Up" but originating from my > Debian machine, of course. I wish to announce reboots and stuff before >

braodcast announcements

1998-04-02 Thread Ian Keith Setford
Yo- Is there a way to send broadcast announcements to Win based computers on a local LAN? Similar in function to "WinPop-Up" but originating from my Debian machine, of course. I wish to announce reboots and stuff before they occur to all the local machines. Thanks for the info! -Ian _

Re: How do I create /proc???

1998-04-02 Thread Shaleh
/proc IS NOT A REAL FILESYSTEM. It exists only in memory and is created by the kernel at boot time. You must not try to create this yourself. -- --- How can you see, when your mind is not open? How can you think, when your eyes are closed? - Jason Bon

uucp conection

1998-04-02 Thread Mario Olimpio de Menezes
Hi, My linux box is set to send mail via uucp to another linux server. What are the services/inetd.conf lines I have to uncomment to successfully send email? Thanks, []s, Mario O.de Menezes"Many are the plans in a man's heart, but IPEN-CNEN/SP

Re: Poor interaction between chown and quota

1998-04-02 Thread Pete Templin
On Thu, 2 Apr 1998, Nathan E Norman wrote: > On Thu, 2 Apr 1998, Pete Templin wrote: > > : > : Hi: > : > : In the process of debugging a variety of quota problems visible in > : procmail-based mail delivery and qpopper-based mail pickup, I believe I've > : identified an interaction problem

Re: Poor interaction between chown and quota

1998-04-02 Thread Bernd Eckenfels
Hello, > : 2) I use qpopper to offer email to our customers. Quotas are enforced > : (10M soft, 21M hard) on the /var partition, which therefore limits both > : the user's mailbox and the corresponding copy which qpopper creates > : beneath /var/spool/pop . You can user another POP3 Server, like

How do I create /proc???

1998-04-02 Thread Paul Rightley
I am trying to backup my Debian 1.3.1 system and make it bootable from a Jaz drive. I have copied the essential directories (cp -a) from my system to the Jaz. If I create an empty /proc directory on the Jaz and boot from a floppy with the Jaz as root, the boot fails just before I get a prompt - a

Re: Poor interaction between chown and quota

1998-04-02 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Thu, 2 Apr 1998, Pete Templin wrote: : : Hi: : : In the process of debugging a variety of quota problems visible in : procmail-based mail delivery and qpopper-based mail pickup, I believe I've : identified an interaction problem between chown and quota. Essentially, : if a program runn

Poor interaction between chown and quota

1998-04-02 Thread Pete Templin
Hi: In the process of debugging a variety of quota problems visible in procmail-based mail delivery and qpopper-based mail pickup, I believe I've identified an interaction problem between chown and quota. Essentially, if a program running as superuser creates/appends/edits a file which w

RE: Utility needed

1998-04-02 Thread Lewis, James M.
We have a similar problem. What we did was send a marker file after the one with data in it. If the marker file is there, the file is finished. If using ftp it would be something like ftp -n somehost user username password cd theplaceyouwant put file.ps put

Hard Drive Petitioning

1998-04-02 Thread Ryan Riskowski
Hello, I am installing debian for the first time, and it boots fine from the floppy, but in the installation program, when I try to partition a hard disk (either of mine), it briefly flashes the 'installation program is determining the current state of your system' message, and at the very bottom o

Knews and missing domain-name

1998-04-02 Thread David Morris
I asked this question a week or so ago and received no answer. I searched the archives and found various others who asked the question and I found either that no-one answered or what was suggested didn't work for me. Here is the set-up: Latest Frozen version of Debian; dynamic ppp dialup; leafnode

Re: Forcing a process to have a new controlling terminal

1998-04-02 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
First open /dev/tty. Then do an TIOCNOTTY ioctl on the file. This will make it so your process no longer has a controling terminal. Then simply open a terminal-type device. It will become your controlling terminal (unless you specify otherwise, note the flag to open(2): O_NOCTTY

Re: .ps or .pdf editing app

1998-04-02 Thread Keith Beattie
David Stern wrote: > > I've tried a lot of editing apps (and conversion utilities) in hamm, > but I can't find one that edits postscript or acrobat files. Does > anyone know what package I can use to edit a ps or pdf form that uses > Times-Roman fonts in a variety of point sizes, with some lin

Re: Utility needed

1998-04-02 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
Well, first of all when you say "state" of the file this is a very vague term. Second of all this is a debian Linux list, not a Solaris list. Did you know you can run Debian Linux on sparc? Anyway, the closest you'll probably get is to user 'fuser' to find out if any process has the file open. Adm

sendmail in hamm

1998-04-02 Thread Nathan E Norman
I thought I saw a message recently about sendmail being slow. I've noticed this myself over the past few days. Anyone else? -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet - 410 South Phillips Avenue - Sioux Falls, SD 57104 mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP Key: (0xA3

Forcing a process to have a new controlling terminal

1998-04-02 Thread Harmon Sequoya Nine
Hello. I'm experimenting with pseudo-terminals, and I cannot find out how, after getting a pseudo-terminal how I can make it the controlling terminal (i.e. "/dev/tty") of a newly-spawned process. Can anyone help me out? TIA -- Harmon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a sub

Re: lsof -i

1998-04-02 Thread Torsten Hilbrich
Ulisses Alonso Camaro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have build lsof for my system using the Debian, that is: > > dpkg-source -x lsof*something*.dsc > cd lsof-something* > dpkg-buildpackage > > Everithing seems Ok in the package building > > And Installed the packages. Nor the bo nor hamm vers

frozen Packages file out of sync with frozen files?

1998-04-02 Thread Britton
I have had a problemlately trying to dpkg-ftp files from ftp.debian.org. Even after updating the list of available packages, I get errors like this one: getting: dists/frozen/main/binary-i386/devel/kernel-source-2.0.33_2.0.33-5.deb (6684234) dists/frozen/main/binary-i386/devel/kernel-source-2.0.

Running java (JDK 1.02) applicatios.

1998-04-02 Thread Liran Zvibel
Hello! I re-subscribed (and remembered why I unsubscribed - in 10 min. I had 7 msgs in my spool...). I installed all the important parts of the JDk 1.02 (at least all the parts that were at the ftp server). My CLASSPATH is set to .:/usr/lib/jdk/classes.zip but when ever I do java ???.class it say

PM3 or MAX TNT

1998-04-02 Thread Leonardo Ruoso
I was asked about why do not use PM3 instead of MAX TNT! Can someond tell about the two Access Servers? TIA Leonardo Ruoso -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Utility needed

1998-04-02 Thread Admin Bob Panther
Have need of a utility for Solaris 2.x. Situation is as follows. Sun is fileserver for many Mac users. The users app will produce both large .txt and printable .ps files. The ps files may exceed 300mb. The need is to put files on Sun, mv the txt files to another directory, and print the ps files

Re: Boot hang and debian hamm

1998-04-02 Thread Gary Kline
According to Jeffery D. Collins: > Nils Rennebarth wrote: > > > On Tue, Mar 31, 1998 at 06:44:10PM +, Jeffery D. Collins wrote: > > > I have been unable to reboot the kernel. The only text printed > > > to the screen is "LI". > > > Here is lilo.conf: > > > > > > > > > $ cat /etc/lilo.conf > >

Re: olvwm locks up ...

1998-04-02 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Thu, 2 Apr 1998, Nathan E Norman wrote: : Hello, : : On a brand new install, Debian 2.0, using install disks from 29 Mar98. : Machine has an S3 Trio 64/V+ ... I'm using the SVGA xserver, olvwm WM, : and xdm. : : If any user tries to login via xdm, you get as far as the desktop, with : two win

olvwm locks up ...

1998-04-02 Thread Nathan E Norman
Hello, On a brand new install, Debian 2.0, using install disks from 29 Mar98. Machine has an S3 Trio 64/V+ ... I'm using the SVGA xserver, olvwm WM, and xdm. If any user tries to login via xdm, you get as far as the desktop, with two windows open (an xterm, and the virtual desktop window). There

Re: Boot hang and debian hamm

1998-04-02 Thread Jeffery D. Collins
Nils Rennebarth wrote: > On Wed, Apr 01, 1998 at 09:10:16PM +, Jeffery D. Collins wrote: > > > > Here is lilo.conf: > > > > > > > > > > > > $ cat /etc/lilo.conf > > > > boot=/dev/hda1 > > > > root=/dev/hda1 > > > > compact > > > > install=/boot/boot.b > > > > map=/boot/map > > > > vga=normal >

Re: desperately seeking installation

1998-04-02 Thread Paul Rightley
On 25-Mar-98 Hamish Moffatt wrote: > On Tue, Mar 24, 1998 at 10:48:40PM -0600, Ender Wigin wrote: >> > Through long practice and much patience, I was able to see the word >> > "Calibrating" on the display before it reboots, so if there's a stage >> > during >> ... > > I just compiled 2.0.33. (I h

Scientific Software Packaging Feedback

1998-04-02 Thread Kachina Software
Purpose? We at Kachina Technologies, Inc. are very excited about the tremendously increasing popularity of our SAL (Scientific Application on Linux) web site. Based on encouraging user feedbacks, we want to go the extra mile to provide more services to the Linux and the Scientific and Enginee

Re: xlib6 (libc5 based) on a debian 2.0

1998-04-02 Thread Stephen Carpenter
I am not at home now so I can't really look but... I had a similar netscape problem I forget exactly how I fixed it but I strace'd netscape and saw that it was lookin gint he wrong place for a lib...so I made a sym link (thats 4.04) then I also had to install some othr library that I didn't have in

Re: block device name for cd-rom

1998-04-02 Thread Stephen Carpenter
that depends on what type of CDROM you have if you are like most PC Users who can only afford cheap hardware (like me) then you probably use IDE, the device name would be /dev/hdX (where X is a letter ) a typical setup would be this: you have the hard drive ( C: in DOS) as the first device

Re: mozilla.deb, get it while its hot

1998-04-02 Thread Dale Smith
On Thu, 2 Apr 1998 17:00:56 +0200 (CEST), you wrote: >On Thu, 2 Apr 1998, Peter S Galbraith wrote: > >> At my lab, after installing MS-Outlook as the `corporate EMail system', >> the Informatics guy send 200 users a document explaining that each user >> had a 20 MB mailbox limit and explained how

[OFFTOPIC] Announce: Archive for Free Software in Real Life

1998-04-02 Thread Ben Pfaff
An Archive for Free Software in Real Life - There's been a lot of discussion lately about the free software paradigm and where it's headed. Now with the release of Netscape as free software, and formation of free software support companies like WilberWorks

Re: mozilla.deb, get it while its hot

1998-04-02 Thread Joost Kooij
On Thu, 2 Apr 1998, Jules Bean wrote: > An amusing story. I'm doubtful though... I've written long essays and > papers which aren't 1MB even in MS Word.. They do, if you include OLE objects, like bitmaps. OLE needs an enormous overhead (receipes to make word crash seem to always involve OLE obje

Re: FTP login incorrect when user specified

1998-04-02 Thread gunfried geiger
On Thu, 2 Apr 1998, Daniel Martin at cush wrote: > gunfried geiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Dear Linux Experts, > > > > what might be the reason for the following behaviour of FTP when trying to > > log into my Linux device: the client shows 'connected to 134.2.4.8' > > but after sp

Re: FTP login incorrect when user specified

1998-04-02 Thread Tim Sailer
Jens B. Jorgensen wrote: > > If hosts.allow/hosts.deny were preventing you you'd never get a login prompt. Correct. > gunfried geiger wrote: > > > Dear Linux Experts, > > > > what might be the reason for the following behaviour of FTP when trying to > > log into my Linux device: the client show

Re: I love Bill!

1998-04-02 Thread Tim Sailer
W Paul Mills wrote: > I really enjoy his wonderful nonoperating system! It give me so many > chances to waste hours trying to undo the things it decides are best > for me. :) Windowsn't 4.0 is a huge beast that has not too much more dis-functionality than Lose95.. > And Internet Destroyer IV, wh

Re: I love Bill!

1998-04-02 Thread Stephen Carpenter
I woul dbet thatApril 1 had alot to do with it but... the person who wrote it really tocuhed hom ehere those are all the reasons I love Bill Gates and Win95... If they didn't crash all the time I wouldn't have a job :) (and this job fixing end-luser machines pays well enough and gives me lots o

Re: FTP login incorrect when user specified

1998-04-02 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
If hosts.allow/hosts.deny were preventing you you'd never get a login prompt. gunfried geiger wrote: > Dear Linux Experts, > > what might be the reason for the following behaviour of FTP when trying to > log into my Linux device: the client shows 'connected to 134.2.4.8' > but after specifying th

Re: I love Bill!

1998-04-02 Thread W Paul Mills
On Wed, 1 Apr 1998, Ian Keith Setford wrote: > > Yo- > > I have had a moment of clarity this morning and I have "seen the light"!! > No longer will I be a part of the Debian community because its purpose is > flawed. I will run Microsoft Win95 from now on! So Win95 crashes all the > time, at l

Re: mozilla.deb, get it while its hot

1998-04-02 Thread Joost Kooij
On Thu, 2 Apr 1998, Peter S Galbraith wrote: > At my lab, after installing MS-Outlook as the `corporate EMail system', > the Informatics guy send 200 users a document explaining that each user > had a 20 MB mailbox limit and explained how to automatically delete `old' > mail. > > His 1-page no

Re: FTP login incorrect when user specified

1998-04-02 Thread Daniel Martin at cush
gunfried geiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Dear Linux Experts, > > what might be the reason for the following behaviour of FTP when trying to > log into my Linux device: the client shows 'connected to 134.2.4.8' > but after specifying the user and the CORRECT password, it shows: > '530 Login i

Re: mozilla.deb, get it while its hot

1998-04-02 Thread Jules Bean
On Thu, 2 Apr 1998, Peter S Galbraith wrote: > > On Thu, 2 Apr 1998, Jules Bean wrote: > > > Actually, if you have a decent MIME-configured email reader, HTML mail > > shouldn't give you a problem. > > Joost Kooij wrote: > > > At some companies (like mine :-( ) people will startup MS Word to

Re: .ps or .pdf editing app

1998-04-02 Thread Dale Martin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Stern) writes: > Hi, > > I've tried a lot of editing apps (and conversion utilities) in hamm, > but I can't find one that edits postscript or acrobat files. Does > anyone know what package I can use to edit a ps or pdf form that uses > Times-Roman fonts in a variety of

Re: mozilla.deb, get it while its hot

1998-04-02 Thread Peter S Galbraith
On Thu, 2 Apr 1998, Jules Bean wrote: > Actually, if you have a decent MIME-configured email reader, HTML mail > shouldn't give you a problem. Joost Kooij wrote: > At some companies (like mine :-( ) people will startup MS Word to write an > email of three lines. At my lab, after installing MS

Re: Unidentified subject!

1998-04-02 Thread Jules Bean
On Thu, 2 Apr 1998, Remco van de Meent wrote: > Hey, > > Question: is a S3/Virge DX-3D videocard also supported by the > xserver-s3v-3.3.2 package? > > > Thanks for your help, Yes. I'm using one right now, with 4MB. Does 640x480x24bpp nicely. Can't test higher res, my monitor is broken :(

Re: Fat 32 and Linux.

1998-04-02 Thread E.L. Meijer \(Eric\)
Thomas wrote: > Will Lowe wrote: > > > > Hate to answer a question with a question, but: > > > > > that will allow Windows 95 to read the Linux partition and it works > > > great. > > > > Where did you get this, and can I get a copy from the same place? > > I don't have any URL but the name i

Unidentified subject!

1998-04-02 Thread Remco van de Meent
Hey, Question: is a S3/Virge DX-3D videocard also supported by the xserver-s3v-3.3.2 package? Thanks for your help, Remco -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Fat 32 and Linux.

1998-04-02 Thread Thomas Apel
Will Lowe wrote: > > Hate to answer a question with a question, but: > > > that will allow Windows 95 to read the Linux partition and it works > > great. > > Where did you get this, and can I get a copy from the same place? I don't have any URL but the name is FSDEXT2. It provides read only a

problems using xmaple in a remote xterminal

1998-04-02 Thread Fernando Tadeu Caldeira Brandt
I am using the Linux version of maple V R4 (maple is a computer algebra system). If I start xmaple (the graphical interface) locally, everything works fine. However, if I try to use a remote xterminal (using rlogin or telnet) I get a segmentation fault. More recently I noticed that the same pr

Re: mozilla.deb, get it while its hot

1998-04-02 Thread jdassen
On Thu, Apr 02, 1998 at 01:34:46PM +0200, Joost Kooij wrote: > A lot of people confuse "Standard" with "Convenient To Me And My Whimsy." One of the ways suggested on comp.mail.misc for dealing with text/html mail is to reply in application/postscript . I would not recommend this, except in cases

Re: Slink [was: Re: Debian Hamm & Dselect]

1998-04-02 Thread jdassen
On Thu, Apr 02, 1998 at 12:49:55PM +0200, Florian Attenberger wrote: > Its not just this easy. I did it and upadated all packages. AND compiled > my kernel with gcc 2.8.1 Result: Any graphics where fucked. (XFree86, > SVGAtextmode, SVGAlib) > > Then i downgraded to gcc 2.7.x -> Everything works fi

Re: swap space

1998-04-02 Thread Jules Bean
On Thu, 2 Apr 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I asked earlier on this list about why memory is sucked up into buffers. I > appreciate the answers and thank everyone who responded. Now I have a new > question: why won't the kernel release the swap space that it apparently > needed sometime earlier?

Re: swap space

1998-04-02 Thread E.L. Meijer \(Eric\)
> > I asked earlier on this list about why memory is sucked up into buffers. I > appreciate the answers and thank everyone who responded. Now I have a new > question: why won't the kernel release the swap space that it apparently > needed sometime earlier? The kernel is 2.0.30 > > Here's a snapsh

swap space

1998-04-02 Thread tko
I asked earlier on this list about why memory is sucked up into buffers. I appreciate the answers and thank everyone who responded. Now I have a new question: why won't the kernel release the swap space that it apparently needed sometime earlier? The kernel is 2.0.30 Here's a snapshot of /proc/mem

CONFIRM s04020611122221

1998-04-02 Thread Fernando Tadeu Caldeira Brandt
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Re: mozilla.deb, get it while its hot

1998-04-02 Thread Joost Kooij
On Thu, 2 Apr 1998, Jules Bean wrote: > Actually, if you have a decent MIME-configured email reader, HTML mail > shouldn't give you a problem. No offense to you personally, but this argument is also used by the more braindead Microcronies: "If you'd used decent software, you could read the Ex

Re: Killing NetBios Network Connections

1998-04-02 Thread Mirek Kwasniak
On Wed, Apr 01, 1998 at 05:49:25PM -0500, Carroll Kong wrote: > How exactly do I kill an active Network Connection (NETBIOS) so they are > forced to reconnect to me? (reauthenticate themselves)? netstat -kill? > hehehe? Basically something analagous to MS's net use /delete IPC$ killall nm

Re: .ps or .pdf editing app

1998-04-02 Thread Mark Phillips
> I've tried a lot of editing apps (and conversion utilities) in hamm, > but I can't find one that edits postscript or acrobat files. Does > anyone know what package I can use to edit a ps or pdf form that uses > Times-Roman fonts in a variety of point sizes, with some lines (no > graphics)?

Re: Slink [was: Re: Debian Hamm & Dselect]

1998-04-02 Thread Florian Attenberger
On Wed, 1 Apr 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Wed, 1 Apr 1998, William R. Ward wrote: > > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Scott Ellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Simple. Slink doesn't currently duplicate anything that is in hamm. Set > > > dselect or whatever to look in dists/froze

Re: ftp.debian.org mirroring at Sunsite

1998-04-02 Thread Jules Bean
On Thu, 2 Apr 1998, Arunas Norvaisa wrote: > Dear all, > > Does anybody of you know the reason why hamm/frozen is not > mirrored at the mother-Sunsite and countless mirrors? It will > be so much easier for European people to download the rought > 300-350 MB of the distribution. > > Have wr

Re: mozilla.deb, get it while its hot

1998-04-02 Thread Jules Bean
On Wed, 1 Apr 1998, Alex Romosan wrote: > >Hey, I don't like html mail either, but that was too hard. > >Dont you think so? > > > >Alex Y. > > not really. i usually delete such mail right away without even reading > it. and i don't care where it comes from: my boss or from somebody off > the net

Re: Fat 32 and Linux.

1998-04-02 Thread Anthony Fok
On Wed, Apr 01, 1998 at 08:05:57PM -0500, Dr Zap wrote: > Currently I am using Windows 95 OSR2 with fat32 enabled. I do have the utility > that will allow Windows 95 to read the Linux partition and it works great. > > My question, I have been trying to set up the Debian version of Linux (kernel >

Re: mozilla.deb, get it while its hot

1998-04-02 Thread Jules Bean
On Wed, 1 Apr 1998, Alex Romosan wrote: > >You might want to tell everyone that it comes _without_ the news and > >mail readers. > > > look at this as an added bonus. no more unreadable html mail from > clueless newbies (or seasoned morons). > > --alex-- > Actually, if you have a

Re: Glibc2

1998-04-02 Thread Oliver Elphick
Carroll Kong wrote: > What kind of success would I get if I simply got a "tarball" of the >glibc2 libs and ran the mozilla package? It should work... right? Wrong. It isn't as simple as that. To run glibc2 (libc6 on Linux) you need to do a proper upgrade according to the libc5-libc6 Howt

Editing (e)ps graphics (was Re: .ps or .pdf editing app)

1998-04-02 Thread jdassen
On Thu, Apr 02, 1998 at 01:36:59AM -0800, Jim Pick wrote: > I'd like to see a vector drawing package that could import EPS/PS > graphics, and allow editing on that. Package: pstoedit Section: graphics Filename: dists/frozen/main/binary-i386/graphics/pstoedit_2.60-1.1.deb Description: Converts ps

Re: .ps or .pdf editing app

1998-04-02 Thread Jim Pick
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Stern) writes: > I've tried a lot of editing apps (and conversion utilities) in hamm, > but I can't find one that edits postscript or acrobat files. Does > anyone know what package I can use to edit a ps or pdf form that uses > Times-Roman fonts in a variety of point

Re: sdram and linux

1998-04-02 Thread Dan Hugo
tony mollica wrote: > > Hi. Just looking for a little more info. > > Just installed 64megs 168 pin sdram (replacing the 64megs of the usual > type 72 pin edo stuff) in my system and it appears > to be causing file system corruption, as indicated on boot > up by fsck (attempted boot up, actually).

FTP login incorrect when user specified

1998-04-02 Thread gunfried geiger
Dear Linux Experts, what might be the reason for the following behaviour of FTP when trying to log into my Linux device: the client shows 'connected to 134.2.4.8' but after specifying the user and the CORRECT password, it shows: '530 Login incorrect. Login failed' It can't be a problem of the hos

Extrange diald behaviour

1998-04-02 Thread Ulisses Alonso Camaro
Hi all, I have setup a Debian GNU/Linux box with IP-Masquerade, Samba and dial on demand. This system is running with NT workstations and an NT server. Sometimes the Linux box dials when it shouldn't. What it does to cause diald to dial is a ping echo request to the nameservers... Apparently, t

Re: ftp.debian.org mirroring at Sunsite

1998-04-02 Thread E.L. Meijer \(Eric\)
[ on European debian-mirrors ] > > > Try: > > ftp.infomagic.com/pub/mirrors/linux/debian/dists/frozen/ Or in the Netherlands: ftp.nl.net/site/ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/frozen/ Eric -- E.L. Meijer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | tel. office +31 40 2472189 Eindhoven Univ. of Technology

ftp.debian.org mirroring at Sunsite

1998-04-02 Thread Arunas Norvaisa
Dear all, Does anybody of you know the reason why hamm/frozen is not mirrored at the mother-Sunsite and countless mirrors? It will be so much easier for European people to download the rought 300-350 MB of the distribution. Have wrote to [EMAIL PROTECTED] about this - no avail. Thanks fo

Re: .ps or .pdf editing app

1998-04-02 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, I used to edit raw postscript (writing display postscript on an old unix box), and I used emacs+postscript mode. (I fail to see how the fonts one uses in the postscript program has anything to do with the editor). However, if you need to edit machine generated postscript u

Re: .ps or .pdf editing app

1998-04-02 Thread Michael Beattie
On Wed, 1 Apr 1998, David Stern wrote: > Hi, > > I've tried a lot of editing apps (and conversion utilities) in hamm, > but I can't find one that edits postscript or acrobat files. Does > anyone know what package I can use to edit a ps or pdf form that uses > Times-Roman fonts in a variety of

Re: xlib6 (libc5 based) on a debian 2.0

1998-04-02 Thread Jeffery D. Collins
For netscape3 (I see you're running netscape4) there is a "bus error" fix at http://members.ping.at/theofilu/netscape.html. You may also check out the netscape debian packages in hamm/contrib/binary-i386/web. I have had trouble getting either netscape3 or netscape4 to work under with a clean hamm

Re: Debian PPP

1998-04-02 Thread Shaleh
> Keith Vance wrote: > > I am trying to setup ppp on a Debian Linux box. I have an internal > modem and it is set to com1. I followed the instructions on > http://www.debian.org/fom/40.html to set up ppp but when I so what it > says I get the following error message tcgetattr: I/O error. I noticed

Linux on 486 sx

1998-04-02 Thread Leonardo Ruoso
Have you ever experienced runnning an IRC client over XWindows in an old Intel 486SX33? Alguem jah executou um clint de IRC num 486 dentro do X Windows? Eu vou ter que usar uns 486 fuleragens com IRC. (Um bom e facil de usar)/X Windows/Linux/Intel 486 33. TIA

xlib6 (libc5 based) on a debian 2.0

1998-04-02 Thread matthew.r.pavlovich.1
I am getting some very odd errors while trying to run libc5 based X-apps w/ debian 2.0 (frozen/hamm/unstable) I have xlib6-3.3.2 and libc5 all set up out of the oldlibs . This is a fresh installation. New drive, used Debian disks hamm/current 02/20/98 and a ftp install. My computer is a P5-200 w

.ps or .pdf editing app

1998-04-02 Thread David Stern
Hi, I've tried a lot of editing apps (and conversion utilities) in hamm, but I can't find one that edits postscript or acrobat files. Does anyone know what package I can use to edit a ps or pdf form that uses Times-Roman fonts in a variety of point sizes, with some lines (no graphics)? I've

Re: Did I answer this perl question correctly?

1998-04-02 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, Yes, "require 'blah.pl';" is correct. You may also want to look at .pm files and the new "use blah;" directives. manoj use Module LIST use Module use Module VERSION LIST use VERSION Imports some semantics into the current package

Re: Boot hang and debian hamm

1998-04-02 Thread Jeffery D. Collins
Nils Rennebarth wrote: > On Tue, Mar 31, 1998 at 06:44:10PM +, Jeffery D. Collins wrote: > > I have been unable to reboot the kernel. The only text printed > > to the screen is "LI". > > Here is lilo.conf: > > > > > > $ cat /etc/lilo.conf > > boot=/dev/hda1 > > root=/dev/hda1 > > compact > > i

Re: IMAP for Linux

1998-04-02 Thread Jaldhar H. Vyas
> Will there be a IMAP4rev1 for Debian coming soon. Currently I installed the > imap-4 debian package and replaced the imapd binary with a redhat one so I > can get it to work half decently with Outlook Express. Actually there already is one. Look for /debian/dists/frozen/main/binary-i386/imap_

Re: Problems with AccelX4.1 / Debian 2.0 [frozen]

1998-04-02 Thread aqy6633
> > I had Debian 2.0 frozen running just fine with XFree and my ATI Mach64 > > card. I recently purchased a Diamond FireGL1000Pro card and AccelX 4.1 > > which supports this card. Upon doing a "Minimal Install" of AccelX, > > I cannot run X at all. When I type startx, I get some "symbol not > >

Glibc2

1998-04-02 Thread Carroll Kong
What kind of success would I get if I simply got a "tarball" of the glibc2 libs and ran the mozilla package? It should work... right? Carroll Kong -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: FTP and Hamm (again)

1998-04-02 Thread Norbert Veber
On Thu, Apr 02, 1998 at 05:02:25AM +0700, Wiria A Kusuma wrote: > I got the same error as well...neither have luck with harddisk installation. > :) install process exits with a status of 1. > > Mike Patterson wrote: > > > > I've gotten to the point where I have selected files I want to install, b

Re: non-free software

1998-04-02 Thread Bill Leach
I am more than just a little amazed at parts of this thread... The 'Official Debian' position is not only clear it is also the ONLY rational possition given the terms of Debian's own license. Encouraging CD producers to review the licenses in non-free and make their own decisions is sane. As far

Re: Problems with AccelX4.1 / Debian 2.0 [frozen]

1998-04-02 Thread Norbert Veber
On Wed, Apr 01, 1998 at 03:02:13PM -0500, Vaibhav Goel wrote: > > Hello; > > I had Debian 2.0 frozen running just fine with XFree and my ATI Mach64 > card. I recently purchased a Diamond FireGL1000Pro card and AccelX 4.1 > which supports this card. Upon doing a "Minimal Install" of AccelX, > I

Re: Slink [was: Re: Debian Hamm & Dselect]

1998-04-02 Thread William R. Ward
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > On Wed, 1 Apr 1998, William R. Ward wrote: >> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Scott Ellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > Simple. Slink doesn't currently duplicate anything that is in hamm. Set >> > dselect or whatever to look in dists

Afterstep Bug?--OFF TOPIC?

1998-04-02 Thread Ian Keith Setford
Yo- I upgraded to AS 1.4 when I upgraded to "frozen" 2 weeks ago. Hamm rocks but I am having some problems with AS 1.4. I was just wondering if anyone else had this problem. It might be an AS bug or a Hamm bug I'm not sure. When I try to switch backgounds using the menu selection my screen f

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