Re: [OFF TOPIC] Linus Torvalds, the man of the century

1998-04-13 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"Orn" == Orn E Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Orn> Look whose talking... the King of Geek world, as the magazines so Orn> well describe it :-) Orn> You want to continue to be a geek, be my guest :-) Hmm. Those terms are generally used by the intellectually challenged. I shall

Re: Quad PPro systems

1998-04-13 Thread Robert Wilderspin
On 13 Apr 98 18:26:04 GMT, in linux.debian.user Tim Sailer wrote: >Does anyone have any experience with quad PPro systems? I'm bringing >up a few boxes, and after 2-120 mins, we get IRQ DEADLOCK ON PROCESSOR X >where X is 1-3. Can anyone offer any suggestions? The most recent kernel patches have

Re: off-topic : mmx

1998-04-13 Thread Robert Wilderspin
On 13 Apr 98 18:10:22 GMT, in linux.debian.user Ossama Othman wrote: >That's not what I recall. I recall that MMX stood for "Multi Media >eXtensions," too. However, I couldn't find anything on the Intel site >about what it stood for. Perhaps "MMX" really is a PR thing. :) MMX does, according

Re: [X Problem] Windows lacking "chrome" after recent upgrade

1998-04-13 Thread Joey Hess
Sudhakar Chandrasekharan wrote: > I recently upgraded my hamm installation to the latest set of software under > frozen. Suddenly I find that X windows have lost their "chrome". I tried > kde, fvwm2 and olwm. Smae problem in all the cases. Why is this > happening? Hoe can I get around it? I r

Re: Debia 2 what does give us?

1998-04-13 Thread Greg Norris
I just installed Applixware 4.3.7 yesterday on my "bo" system. It seems that they include the rpm utility on the CD, and the installation script apparently makes use of it. All I had to do was indicate where I wanted it installed to (/usr/local/lib/applix), and which optional components I wanted.

Re: ?not enough colors: I need 10 colors + 4 planes.?

1998-04-13 Thread Pedro Quaresma de Almeida
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lee Bradshaw) >Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 16:41:57 -0400 > >On Mon, Apr 13, 1998 at 09:52:31AM +0100, Pedro Quaresma de Almeida wrote: >> Are there any commands that allows one to see the actual >> configuration? >> >> Something like "showcolors", or "showdepth", or ...? > >x

RE: Trouble reading fat32

1998-04-13 Thread Matt Thompson
>Greetings everyone, > >i'm having trouble mounting a fat 32 partition, mounting my zip drive >(Also FAT 32) and would like some advice on reading some Mac Formatted >disks(floppy & Zip). Any advise is greatly appreciated. > >Regards, > >jd? JD, Did you get your situation solved? You need to co

Re: kernel-headers-2.0.32 vs. kernel-headers-2.0.33

1998-04-13 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Mon, Apr 13, 1998 at 04:48:46PM +, Rev. Joseph Carter wrote: > On Mon, Apr 13, 1998 at 03:46:48PM +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > > > Granted, OSS/Linux is an example of how NOT to write a driver for Linux, > > > and OSS/Free is worse, but. > > > > Some day in the future, the ALSA (Alte

Re: SyQuest internal IDE 1GB disk?

1998-04-13 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
Hi! On Thu, Apr 09, 1998 at 08:16:14PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > For my own uses, I have found that the cheapest, fastest, & most reliable way > to backup is w/ > a nice extra internal HD. Just rig it up so that one of your IDE cables and a > power cord are > hanging out the back of

Repartitioning a working Linux\DOS machine.

1998-04-13 Thread Liran Zvibel
Hello, I have a 504MB DOS partition at the begining of the disk, and some more Linux partitions after it. The max. number of primary partitions is used. I want to use fips to move some more space to Linux :) I have two quoestion, though, 1. fips cuts the primary DOS part. into two primary DOS par

Re: [OFF TOPIC] Linus Torvalds, the man of the century

1998-04-13 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Mon, Apr 13, 1998 at 10:03:53PM +0200, Orn E. Hansen wrote: > > Þann 12-Apr-98 skrifar Marcus Brinkmann: > >> Yes, he is. I don't think that many of the voters take seriously what > >> they're doing. :-) > > > > If the would, Bill Gates wouldn't get so many votes... > > > You'd be surprised

Re: GIMP How is it?

1998-04-13 Thread Graham Pople
>> >Hi, >> > >> >I saw the linux journals write-up on gimp, now i would like to ask the >> >question, how does it stack up against commercial or established shareware >> >products? >> > >> >thanks, >> > >> >allan bart >> > >> > >> If you've got a PC, it's somewhere between version 3 and 4 of the >>

[X Problem] Windows lacking "chrome" after recent upgrade

1998-04-13 Thread Sudhakar Chandrasekharan
Hi, I recently upgraded my hamm installation to the latest set of software under frozen. Suddenly I find that X windows have lost their "chrome". I tried kde, fvwm2 and olwm. Smae problem in all the cases. Why is this happening? Hoe can I get around it? S. -- "The human race never solves an

Re: off-topic : mmx

1998-04-13 Thread Carl Mummert
Q1. What does the "MMX(TM)" mark stand for? A1. The MMX mark is not an acronym. It is Intel's brand name for this extension to the Intel Architecture. http://developer.intel.com/drg/mmx/Support/faq.htm -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tro

Re: [OFF TOPIC] Linus Torvalds, the man of the century

1998-04-13 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Mon, 13 Apr 1998, Orn E. Hansen wrote: : : Þann 12-Apr-98 skrifar Manoj Srivastava: : > : > anal jokes? "hots"? What kind of deranged reality is this : > coming from? : > : Look whose talking... the King of Geek world, as the magazines so : well describe it :-) : : You want to co

Re: ?not enough colors: I need 10 colors + 4 planes.?

1998-04-13 Thread Lee Bradshaw
On Mon, Apr 13, 1998 at 09:52:31AM +0100, Pedro Quaresma de Almeida wrote: > Are there any commands that allows one to see the actual > configuration? > > Something like "showcolors", or "showdepth", or ...? xdpyinfo -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communic

HP 7100e CD-RW

1998-04-13 Thread Jeff Alami
I am interested in getting an external parallel port CD-R drive. The cheapest one I can find (don't care too much about performance) is the HP 7100e CD-RW drive. Is this compatible with Linux? Are there any drivers I need to get it to work? _

Re: Default FTP installation

1998-04-13 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Mon, 13 Apr 1998, Ossama Othman wrote: : : > upload/download to directories that they have access to and 2) anonymous : > ftp download from /home/ftp is enabled but no world writeable upload : > directory is created. : : #2 assumes that anonymous ftp directories are setup, doesn't it? I : be

Re: installation

1998-04-13 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Mon, 13 Apr 1998, Peter Luongo wrote: : i am trying to install Debian 1.3 and am not getting very far. instead : of loading and decompressing linux first, the rescue disk is trying to : load root.bin, and failing each time. it then just tells me that the : boot failed and to insert a new disk

Re: [OFF TOPIC] Linus Torvalds, the man of the century

1998-04-13 Thread Orn E. Hansen
Þann 12-Apr-98 skrifar Manoj Srivastava: > > Frankly, most of us have sense enough not to tell people how > their vbotes are wrong. It is one thing to campaign for a candidate, > and urge and suggest where to cast ones vote, and it is quite another > to say your votes are silly and must

Re: Is there a precompiled appletalk.o module?

1998-04-13 Thread Ossama Othman
> I have installed Debian 1.3 and would like to set up appletalk. I > installed the appletalk package but there was no appletalk.o module > installed. The kernel (2.0.29) has appltalk configured as a module. > > Where can I get a pre-compiled module? OR... > > How do I compile just the appleta

Is there a precompiled appletalk.o module?

1998-04-13 Thread Greg Frye
I have installed Debian 1.3 and would like to set up appletalk. I installed the appletalk package but there was no appletalk.o module installed. The kernel (2.0.29) has appltalk configured as a module. Where can I get a pre-compiled module? OR... How do I compile just the appletalk.o module? T

Re: Newbie Question

1998-04-13 Thread servis
On 13 Apr, Dinesh wrote: > > Does the current Debian release work on a Pentium II platform? All the > FAQs mention the Pentium and Pentium Pro but not the Pentium II. If not, > when will the Pentium II be supported? > Yes it does. BTW, the Pentium II is just a Pentium Pro with MMX, a differen

Re: [OFF TOPIC] Linus Torvalds, the man of the century

1998-04-13 Thread Orn E. Hansen
Þann 12-Apr-98 skrifar Marcus Brinkmann: >> Yes, he is. I don't think that many of the voters take seriously what >> they're doing. :-) > > If the would, Bill Gates wouldn't get so many votes... > You'd be surprised how many "Bill Gates" fans are out there. And then I mean _true_ fans. -

Re: [OFF TOPIC] Linus Torvalds, the man of the century

1998-04-13 Thread Orn E. Hansen
Þann 12-Apr-98 skrifar Manoj Srivastava: > > Frankly, most of us have sense enough not to tell people how > their vbotes are wrong. It is one thing to campaign for a candidate, > and urge and suggest where to cast ones vote, and it is quite another > to say your votes are silly and must

Re: [OFF TOPIC] Linus Torvalds, the man of the century

1998-04-13 Thread Orn E. Hansen
Þann 12-Apr-98 skrifar Manoj Srivastava: > > anal jokes? "hots"? What kind of deranged reality is this > coming from? > Look whose talking... the King of Geek world, as the magazines so well describe it :-) You want to continue to be a geek, be my guest :-) -

Debian 2.0

1998-04-13 Thread Carroll Kong
A get a mixed bag from this a lot of people say Debian 2.0 is stable and fine to upgrade from 1.3. Then.. there are people who say that Debian 2.0 breaks applications. I am willing to upgrade again... but these are my concerns. last time i did it.. all went well. but X was killed. I

Re: gpm mouse with xemacs

1998-04-13 Thread Torsten Hilbrich
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Erv Walter) writes: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Carey Evans) writes: > > Erv Walter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >> Can anyone tell me how to make my gpm mouse work the way I want > >> it to in xemacs at the console? Currently, xemacs take

Re: Default FTP installation

1998-04-13 Thread Ossama Othman
> upload/download to directories that they have access to and 2) anonymous > ftp download from /home/ftp is enabled but no world writeable upload > directory is created. #2 assumes that anonymous ftp directories are setup, doesn't it? I believe that the default FTP daemon installation does not s

installation

1998-04-13 Thread Peter Luongo
i am trying to install Debian 1.3 and am not getting very far. instead of loading and decompressing linux first, the rescue disk is trying to load root.bin, and failing each time. it then just tells me that the boot failed and to insert a new disk. I thought it might just be a problem involving

Re: Newbie Question

1998-04-13 Thread Ossama Othman
Hi, > Does the current Debian release work on a Pentium II platform? All the > FAQs mention the Pentium and Pentium Pro but not the Pentium II. If not, > when will the Pentium II be supported? Yes it does. Many of us have Debian installed on PII systems, including myself. -Ossama -- To UNSU

Newbie Question

1998-04-13 Thread Dinesh
Does the current Debian release work on a Pentium II platform? All the FAQs mention the Pentium and Pentium Pro but not the Pentium II. If not, when will the Pentium II be supported? Thanks Dinesh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact

Re: Default FTP installation

1998-04-13 Thread Carroll Kong
Ok... this is "trolling" since I do not have Debian 2.0, but Debian 1.3. However, I would guess they would have it enabled by default. If not, check /etc/inetd.conf and check for the 'ftp' daemon and see if it is enabled through there. That is where the ftpd is usually started up. Car

Re: [OFF TOPIC] Paul Atreides

1998-04-13 Thread Carroll Kong
Actually Paul Atreides becomes a blind super prophet while his son, Leto II becomes the actual Worm of Lore. He then dies at the hands of his sister's troops as Leto II breaks in and slaughters everyone. But... hehehe I guess either way they are in a different category. :) Carroll Kong

Re: Routing with Debian?

1998-04-13 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
Jonas Bofjall wrote: > On Sun, 12 Apr 1998, George Bonser wrote: > > > The router finds the hardware (or MAC) address by broadcasting a request > > to the network. It basicly asks "Does anybody here know what the MAC > > This is the ARP request described in the NAG. But there is also some kind >

Default FTP installation

1998-04-13 Thread Will Smith
Hello, Could anyone clarify whether or not the FTP daemon is configured and enabled automatically upon a default installation of Debian (<2.0)? Thanks for your reply. -- Will Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contac

Re: [OFF TOPIC] Linus Torvalds, the man of the century

1998-04-13 Thread Tamas Papp
> Oh wow, is Paul Atreides an actual world leader? I voted for him too--in my > case > because he's the primary character of Frank Herbert's "Dune", in which he > becomes > emporer of the known universe. But later on he becomes a wormlike creature so he is in a different category :-) Sorry. jabb

Quad PPro systems

1998-04-13 Thread Tim Sailer
Does anyone have any experience with quad PPro systems? I'm bringing up a few boxes, and after 2-120 mins, we get IRQ DEADLOCK ON PROCESSOR X where X is 1-3. Can anyone offer any suggestions? Tim -- (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] / (home) [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.buoy.com/~tps "A publ

Re: Routing with Debian?

1998-04-13 Thread Jonas Bofjall
On Sun, 12 Apr 1998, George Bonser wrote: > The router finds the hardware (or MAC) address by broadcasting a request > to the network. It basicly asks "Does anybody here know what the MAC This is the ARP request described in the NAG. But there is also some kind of cache which can be viewed with

Re: problems using xmaple in a remote xterminal

1998-04-13 Thread Jens Ritter
Marco Anglesio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > (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. > > Have you tried

Re: off-topic : mmx

1998-04-13 Thread Ossama Othman
Hi, > > I allways thought, it stands for "Multi Media eXtensions" ??? But your'e > > right, I think the K6 is PII performance for under-Original-Pentium price. > > I read (again, can't place it) that MMX stands for nothing; it justs > sounded good to the PR guys at Intel. That's not what I recal

off-topic : mmx

1998-04-13 Thread Carl Mummert
> > I think I've heard of the same library (MMX stands for "Matrix math > > extensions", IIRC), > I allways thought, it stands for "Multi Media eXtensions" ??? But your'e > right, I think the K6 is PII performance for under-Original-Pentium price. I read (again, can't place it) that MMX stands fo

Re: PGCC package?

1998-04-13 Thread Ossama Othman
Hi Rob, > On a related note, is there a program that can keep a record of the > most heavily used libraries and programs, so that a list could be made > of the most useful ones to recompile? I am not aware of any program that will do that. The only thing I can think of is to use ldd to see what

Re: PGCC package?

1998-04-13 Thread Robert Wilderspin
On 13 Apr 98 01:20:26 GMT, in linux.debian.user you wrote: >If you use EGCS gcc, found in the Debian egcc package, just use the >"-mpentium" compiler flag. This should optimize your code for pentium >processors, just as PGCC does. This CPU flag for pentiums isn't available >in gcc 2.7.x, from wh

Re: CD-Rs In Linux

1998-04-13 Thread Scott Barker
Carroll Kong said: > Hi guys. I normally did not have any problems with Linux, Windows 95, > Windows NT with the Yamaha CDRW4260. I have the same CDR. Don't put the jumper on. It works just fine under linux without it. -- Scott Barker Linux Consultant [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mostly

Xscreensaver

1998-04-13 Thread Fulgham, Brent/SCO
I've never tried using xscreensaver before, and so I am not sure if this is an xscreensaver configuration problem, or an xbase configuration problem: I recently tried installing xscreensaver, but when I try to start it I get an error message that xscreensaver does not have permission to open the d

Re: Looking for xlib6g v3.3-5

1998-04-13 Thread Branden Robinson
On Mon, Apr 13, 1998 at 06:45:48PM +0200, Pierre Dupuis wrote: > Hello !! > > I'm looking for xlib6g v3.3-5, i've looked into hamm/oldlibs and nothing > was found :,( > > This lib is certainly existing because it's need by a lot or software (like > new afterstep version) > > If someone can

Re: kernel-headers-2.0.32 vs. kernel-headers-2.0.33

1998-04-13 Thread Rev. Joseph Carter
On Mon, Apr 13, 1998 at 03:46:48PM +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > Granted, OSS/Linux is an example of how NOT to write a driver for Linux, > > and OSS/Free is worse, but. > > Some day in the future, the ALSA (Alternative Linux Sound Architecture) may > take over. It is (L)GPL'ed software. Hel

Looking for xlib6g v3.3-5

1998-04-13 Thread Pierre Dupuis
Hello !! I'm looking for xlib6g v3.3-5, i've looked into hamm/oldlibs and nothing was found :,( This lib is certainly existing because it's need by a lot or software (like new afterstep version) If someone can help me, it will be great : Bye , -- Pierre Dupuis Rédacteur du Music

Re: PGCC package?

1998-04-13 Thread Ossama Othman
Hi, > Now, the FAQ for that pgcc said that it was based on egcs. It listed > various optimisation switches but didn't mention '-march'. After > reading your message I tried '-march=pentiumpro -O6' and it produced > the same code as '-mcpu=pentiumpro -O6'. > > So.. is it worth me downloading egcs

Re: [OFF TOPIC] Linus Torvalds, the man of the century

1998-04-13 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
Oh wow, is Paul Atreides an actual world leader? I voted for him too--in my case because he's the primary character of Frank Herbert's "Dune", in which he becomes emporer of the known universe. Richard E. Hawkins Esq. wrote: > It wasn't until I saw the post -voting list that I realized that I'd

Re: kernel-headers-2.0.32 vs. kernel-headers-2.0.33

1998-04-13 Thread Tamas Papp
> That is precisely correct. libc6-dev depends on one exact set > of headers from an exact kernel version. This is documented. The > dependencies are correct. > > manoj Thanks, that's what I wanted to know. jabberwock ###By lack of understanding they remained sane. (George Orw

Re: Edit Program

1998-04-13 Thread Anders Hammarquist
>Could anyone tell me the magic keystrokes for copy and paste? Left mouse button marks and copies, middle (both if you only have two and are emulating a 3-button mouse) mouse button pastes. Most X programs follow this convention, as well as the Linux console if you run gpm. Emacs keystrokes are (

Re: [OFF TOPIC] Linus Torvalds, the man of the century

1998-04-13 Thread Richard E. Hawkins Esq.
It wasn't until I saw the post -voting list that I realized that I'd heard about this before. Right After I saw Paul Atreides listed . . . There's a government, Turkey I think, that has an organized effort to stuff the ballot on these things. -- These opinions will not be those of ISU until

Re: Edit Program

1998-04-13 Thread Pete Poff
Could anyone tell me the magic keystrokes for copy and paste? Thanks, Pete Poff E-Mail Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, 10 Apr 1998, Nathan C. Burnett wrote: > On Thu, 9 Apr 1998, Pete Poff wrote: > > > Is there a edit program that I can use without

Re: Question.

1998-04-13 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
This is what's known as a 'port scan'. Someone wants to see what network services are available on your box. This would likely be a first step for a would-be intruder. You should probably alert someone at fuller.edu. Petra wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > I was trying to download

Re: gpm mouse with xemacs

1998-04-13 Thread Erv Walter
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Carey Evans) writes: > Erv Walter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Can anyone tell me how to make my gpm mouse work the way I want it to >> in xemacs at the console? Currently, xemacs takes over the gpm mouse >> cursor and it no longer wo

Re: GIMP How is it?

1998-04-13 Thread Wojciech Zabolotny
On Sat, 11 Apr 1998, Art Lemasters wrote: > > Ben wrote: > >I saw the linux journals write-up on gimp, now i would like to ask the > >question, how does it stack up against commercial or established > > shareware > >products? > > > > It's as good as PhotoShop, and better than any

Re: kernel-headers-2.0.32 vs. kernel-headers-2.0.33

1998-04-13 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Mon, Apr 13, 1998 at 04:15:21AM +, Rev. Joseph Carter wrote: > Granted, OSS/Linux is an example of how NOT to write a driver for Linux, > and OSS/Free is worse, but. Some day in the future, the ALSA (Alternative Linux Sound Architecture) may take over. It is (L)GPL'ed software. Help is app

Re: PGCC package?

1998-04-13 Thread Bruce Mardle
> Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 21:20:26 -0400 (EDT) > From: Ossama Othman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > The EGCS project has been attempting to recombine most or all of the gcc > forks, including pgcc. Therefore, EGCS gcc should have most, if not all, > of the optimizations available in the PGCC compiler. So

Re: sgml authoring

1998-04-13 Thread Joachim Trinkwitz
On Fri, Apr 10, 1998 at 02:15:34PM +1100, Damon Muller wrote: > > I'm going to be writing a Masters thesis this year (ie. approx 30k words), > and I'm planning on doing it in Linux (drag myself kicking and screaming > into the Emacs documentation...). > > The possibilities I am looking as as to f

Re: GIMP How is it?

1998-04-13 Thread Wintermute
Graham Pople wrote: > >Hi, > > > >I saw the linux journals write-up on gimp, now i would like to ask the > >question, how does it stack up against commercial or established shareware > >products? > > > >thanks, > > > >allan bart > > > > > If you've got a PC, it's somewhere between version 3 and 4

RE: Installing debian (fwd)

1998-04-13 Thread Laurent PICOULEAU
>You seem to be knowlegable about linux and getting things work and this > is why I have sent you this letter. >I am having problems getting linux to recognize my SB16 IDE cdrom drive. > Under > DOS all my PnP hardware is initialized and loadlin boots linux from DOS. I > use the CDROM dri

emacs/xemacs

1998-04-13 Thread Richard Sevenich
It appears that to pursue sgml in a free environment, authoring tools are restricted to psgml via emacs or xemacs. Is there a preference with respect to psgml? Further, is there a general preference in the selection of xemacs vs. emacs? Regards, Richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTE

weird routing problem

1998-04-13 Thread Hamish Moffatt
Weird routing problem here. I have a network which looks like this: pc1 <-ethernet-> linux1 <-ppp-> central <-ppp-> linux2 <-ethernet-> pc2 | V internet That is, there are two separate eth

Re: Really have to use .deb to install anything?

1998-04-13 Thread Graham Pople
>Do you really have to use a .deb installer file for every program you want >to install? > >Thing is that I accidently downloaded the wrong netscape (v4.2 or something >similar) and it was 8 megs long so it took 2 hours on my humble 14.4 > >Anyway, it wouldn't work because the .deb installer is for

Re: GIMP How is it?

1998-04-13 Thread Graham Pople
>Hi, > >I saw the linux journals write-up on gimp, now i would like to ask the >question, how does it stack up against commercial or established shareware >products? > >thanks, > >allan bart > > If you've got a PC, it's somewhere between version 3 and 4 of the shareware program Paint Shop Pro. Gra

Re: Debia 2 what does give us?

1998-04-13 Thread Graham Pople
> >Hi, > >i was just in j&r in new york city and you should see all of the linux cd >sets, i see that they even haven have debian book sets. i wanted to ask >if anyone here has used applixware or smartware on their linux based >systems? how do you make the software compatible with debian- seems t

Re: Linus Torvalds - Man of the century

1998-04-13 Thread Ulisses Alonso Camaro
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hi all! > would also be good. Just enough to get mentioned somewhere. The idea > is to get Linux mentioned in the mainstream media as much as possible. > And typing the words "Linus Torvalds" and clicking a submit button > doesn't seem like too much effort to

Re: Help: PCBIT on Linux

1998-04-13 Thread jdassen
On Sun, Apr 12, 1998 at 10:38:07PM +0200, Nuno Carvalho wrote: > > - What kernel are you using (ISDN was more or less broken before 2.0.33)? > > I'm using kernel 2.0.30 ! I never had PCBIT installed on my computer, > but I think that sincethe kernel 2.0.27 it already works ! Please try 2.0.33

Re[2]: IPX problem

1998-04-13 Thread BRIAN SCHRAMM
I have tried manual as well as automatic. I have not had any luck with ether yet. If I do it manually I can eliminate the 802.2 in the ifconfig table but I still get the same error. This network is big. It runs on 802.3 and uses a mixture of Novell 3.x, 4.x and NT. It is

NFS IP and Microsoft for Workgroups IPX (on same bus)

1998-04-13 Thread Isabelle Dauthieu
Hello all, We have three stations (PC Pentium). On the first one server.localdomain.fr, we run Debian GNU/Linux. On the second one ipclient.localdomain.fr, we run Debian GNU/Linux. On the third one billvirus on domain Workgroup, we run thr world wide known virus Microsoft for Workgoups :) . The th

Re: printing with kernel 2.1.94

1998-04-13 Thread David Z. Maze
James Dietrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: JD> For some reason, JD> post-install parport modprobe "-k" "-s" "parport_pc" JD> doesn't work for me. One thing I found (while trying to figure out why 'modprobe char-major-14' would successfully load the sound driver but 'cat /dev/audio' wouldn't) was

how to mount /usr (problem with config files)

1998-04-13 Thread Isabelle Dauthieu
Hi all, I have two machines, one with enough disk place to install everything I need, the other not having enough place. So on the first computer I installed a complete stable system with everything I need. I would like now to install the second computer. The idea was to install a minimum system,

Re: ?not enough colors: I need 10 colors + 4 planes.?

1998-04-13 Thread Pedro Quaresma de Almeida
>From: Norbert Veber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >On Fri, Apr 10, 1998 at 12:36:30PM +0100, Pedro Quaresma de Almeida wrote: >> Hi >>=20 >> I have a Matrox Millenium II with 4Mg and my XF86Config file it is >> like this (display section) >>=20 >> Section "Screen" >>Driver "SVGA" >>Device

Re: What is a block device name?

1998-04-13 Thread Carey Evans
"Beth Lewis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > "Insert the CD_ROM and enter the block device name []: > Can someone tell me what it wants to know? If you have a newish home computer, it's probably /dev/hd? where ? is "b", "c" or "d". Switch to the second console (Alt-F2) and run `dmesg | more'.

Re: gpm mouse with xemacs

1998-04-13 Thread Carey Evans
Erv Walter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Can anyone tell me how to make my gpm mouse work the way I want it to > in xemacs at the console? Currently, xemacs takes over the gpm mouse > cursor and it no longer works the way it does normally If you hold Shift while using gpm, any programs that take

Re: What is a block device name?

1998-04-13 Thread Oliver Elphick
"Beth Lewis" wrote: >Hi everyone, > >I've been lurking on this list for ages and you seem a very friendly >bunch , so I hope someone can help me with what is obviously >a very newbie question. >I am loading Debian 1.3.1 for the first time, and I get: > >"Insert the CD_ROM and enter

Re: kernel-headers-2.0.32 vs. kernel-headers-2.0.33

1998-04-13 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"George" == George Bonser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: George> Ok fine, so what do I do to get a system done correctly George> running 2.1.X? George> It looks like I, at first, point the symlinks to the kernel George> source provided headers. Compile glibc. Create a George> kernel_headers pa

problems with x links in frozen

1998-04-13 Thread Britton
Are these warnings critical? Are they all related to the a.out errors? Sorry if this is all useless information. Preparing to replace xviewg 3.2p1.4-2 (using .../x11/xviewg_3.2p1.4-3.deb) ... Unpacking replacement xviewg ... ldconfig: warning: can't open /usr/lib/i486-linuxaout/libdb.so.1 (No su

Re: Hi

1998-04-13 Thread dg
On Mon, 13 Apr 1998, Marco Anglesio wrote: > I think I've heard of the same library (MMX stands for "Matrix math > extensions", IIRC), but can't place it; however, the K6 also carries the > genuine intel MMX. You're certainly not losing anything by buying a K6 - > performance is in the PPro/PII c

Re: Hi

1998-04-13 Thread Marco Anglesio
On Sun, 12 Apr 1998, shaul wrote: > > I don't think, that any pgm (except the Intel MMX benchmark) makes much use > > of MMX. And if you want a powerfull CPU with a good price, buy the AMD K6 > > As much as I can remember, there is a math library that is being developed > (and is among the pac

/etc/hosts and using make for system admin tasks (was Re: Reverse DNS lookup at telnet)

1998-04-13 Thread Craig Sanders
On Sun, 12 Apr 1998, Scott D. Killen wrote: > I run a server with Debian 1.3.1 installed. This machine is set up > as an internet gateway to a 3 bit subnet. Diald is installed for > automatic dialup internet connections. My machine runs a caching > name server that the machines on the subnet us

Re: kernel-headers-2.0.32 vs. kernel-headers-2.0.33

1998-04-13 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"George" == George Bonser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: George> On 12 Apr 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Nothing but libc6-dev is supposed to set symlinks in /usr/include; >> certainly the kernel packages should not. >> George> YES they SHOULD! If the /usr/include symlinks are

Re: kernel-headers-2.0.32 vs. kernel-headers-2.0.33

1998-04-13 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"George" == George Bonser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: George> I just keep /usr/src/linux symlinked to the current source George> directory. Example: on slowpoke /usr/src/linux is a symlink to George> /usr/src/linux-2.1.95. In this way, patches that try to patch George> against both /usr/src/

Re: kernel-headers-2.0.32 vs. kernel-headers-2.0.33

1998-04-13 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, Congratulations! You have just introduced a subtle bug on your system. It may work, and possibly never cause a problem, but there is a bomb ticking away, waiting to explode ;-) There is a reason there is a versioned dependency for libc6-dev. The reasons are explained in a l

Re: kernel-headers-2.0.32 vs. kernel-headers-2.0.33

1998-04-13 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"George" == George Bonser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: George> Oh, well then just --force depends! Use force anything and you are on your own. Using the wrong set of headers (which is what you shall be doing if you use force) has been known to hose compilation. Please do

Re: EXT2 fs questions

1998-04-13 Thread Carey Evans
shaul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Lately I was forced into single user mode while booting because e2fsck had > discovered some problems with the HD. > I was able to pass that after e2fsck -c. However, althought the fs is now > states itself as clean, running e2fsck -f still shows some errors (

Re: Gateway, Proxy, DNS Help

1998-04-13 Thread Carey Evans
Ben Szyc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm tryin to connect my Win95 and WinNT machines across why LAN through > a debian box and on to the NET. Look at /usr/doc/HOWTO/mini/IP-Masquerade.gz. > My debian box works fine on the net and > i can use Lynx. I feel it's got something to do with the way

Re: kernel-headers-2.0.32 vs. kernel-headers-2.0.33

1998-04-13 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"Tamas" == Tamas Papp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Tamas> My problem was that I couldn't not substitute Tamas> kernel-headers-2.0.32 with kernel-headers-2.0.33 in the sense Tamas> that libc6-dev depends on the former but it doesn't accept the Tamas> latter instead, so my problem was a depende

Re: kernel-headers-2.0.32 vs. kernel-headers-2.0.33

1998-04-13 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"George" == George Bonser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: George> On 12 Apr 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> Hi, >> kernel-source-> version> may not supply the same headers as kernel-headers-> version>, especially on non intel hardware. There >> fore the dependency in libc6-dev is correct. >>

Re: kernel-headers-2.0.32 vs. kernel-headers-2.0.33

1998-04-13 Thread Ngo Bach Long
> > Nothing but libc6-dev is supposed to set symlinks in > > /usr/include; certainly the kernel packages should not. > > > > YES they SHOULD! If the /usr/include symlinks are pointed to > /usr/src/kernel-headers-2.0.29 and you install kernel-source-2.0.32 you > MUST change those symlink

What is a block device name?

1998-04-13 Thread Beth Lewis
Hi everyone, I've been lurking on this list for ages and you seem a very friendly bunch , so I hope someone can help me with what is obviously a very newbie question. I am loading Debian 1.3.1 for the first time, and I get: "Insert the CD_ROM and enter the block device name []: Can someone te

Re: kernel-headers-2.0.32 vs. kernel-headers-2.0.33

1998-04-13 Thread Rev. Joseph Carter
On Sun, Apr 12, 1998 at 04:20:00PM -0700, George Bonser wrote: > > kernel-source- may not supply the same headers as > > kernel-headers-, especially on non intel hardware. There > > fore the dependency in libc6-dev is correct. > > > > manoj > > The problems I saw were in installing a k

Re: kernel-headers-2.0.32 vs. kernel-headers-2.0.33

1998-04-13 Thread Rev. Joseph Carter
On Sun, Apr 12, 1998 at 03:42:12PM -0600, Tamas Papp wrote: > My problem was that I couldn't not substitute kernel-headers-2.0.32 with > kernel-headers-2.0.33 in the sense that libc6-dev depends on the former > but it doesn't accept the latter instead, so my problem was a dependency > problem. I

Re: printing with kernel 2.1.94

1998-04-13 Thread James Dietrich
On Fri, Apr 10, 1998 at 11:25:36PM -0400, Christopher Jason Morrone wrote: > On Thu, 9 Apr 1998, James Dietrich wrote: > > > This one has me stumped: > > > > I have been experimenting with the latest kernels--versions 2.1.92 and > > now 2.1.94. However, I have had difficulties configuring my sou

Re: Debian 2, What will it Have

1998-04-13 Thread Tamas Papp
> > I am sorry, but I think that my correction is important: XFree86 will > > remain under old BSD-like license, NOT GPL. Making XFree86 GPL'ed would > > cause > > a majot disaster for Linux. > Actually I think your correction is irrelevant. The point is that > XFree86 will remain free, which was

Question.

1998-04-13 Thread Petra
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- I was trying to download a new ppp package from one of the debian mirrors... speifficly ftp.fuller.edu, and in my syslog I found this. Apr 12 20:16:18 petra tcplogd: port 2417 connection attempt from deborah.fuller.edu Apr 12 20:16:23 petra tcplogd: port 2418 co

Re: Debian 2, What will it Have

1998-04-13 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Sun, Apr 12, 1998 at 05:42:18PM -0400, Alex Yukhimets wrote: > > > i did have a question about Xfree, it is my understanding that x will not > > > be free after a new version? > > > > X is going to split. There will be Open Group's X11R6.(>=4) which you can > > still obtain free but can not dis

Re: Apache Server Side Includes

1998-04-13 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Sun, Apr 12, 1998 at 08:03:22PM -0600, Asher Haig wrote: > I'm at a loss for how to set up SSI in apache. I just want to be able to > do stuff like > > > > and have it interpreted by the server. No One I've talked to seems to > know how to do this and I can't find anything about it in any c

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