Re: PINE Debian Package

1998-04-23 Thread Rev. Joseph Carter
On Thu, Apr 23, 1998 at 09:48:17PM +0200, Santiago Vila wrote: > > Should we get a petition and a nice request letter going? :-) > > RMS has tried it several times, I think, without any success. > Do you really think we would succeed? Any special reason why they would > hear us now but not before

Re: PINE Debian Package

1998-04-23 Thread Rev. Joseph Carter
On Thu, Apr 23, 1998 at 01:48:40PM -0700, George Bonser wrote: > > When you know complain about the removed pine package, then you have two > > direct solutions (beside the solution to make your own pine package and put > > it on a derived distribution, as you are describing below): > > Why do you

Re: PINE Debian Package

1998-04-23 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"George" == George Bonser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: George> The way it has always been understod was that the "main" George> portion of the distribution would always be 100% free. George> Non-free stuff goes in non-free and stuff that is free but George> depends on non-free stuff goes in c

Re: PINE Debian Package

1998-04-23 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"George" == George Bonser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: George> Why do you continue to avoid the question? Debian has George> distributed Pine in non-free for about two years. As far as I George> can tell, Pine's license has not changed. Yes. We goofed. We made and distributed an il

Re: PINE Debian Package

1998-04-23 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Thu, Apr 23, 1998 at 01:48:40PM -0700, George Bonser wrote: > On Thu, 23 Apr 1998, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > > When you know complain about the removed pine package, then you have two > > direct solutions (beside the solution to make your own pine package and put > > it on a derived distribut

Problem with Post Method Not Implememnted

1998-04-23 Thread Matthew D. Myers
I am using apache web server and am trying to set up a guest book.  Every time I execute the CGI script it sends a Method Not Implemented error message.  How do I turn this on?

Re: PINE Debian Package

1998-04-23 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"George" == George Bonser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: George> On Thu, 23 Apr 1998, Nathan E Norman wrote: >> I don't understand why following a license decreases user utility. >> It may add work for the sysadmin ... George> No, it is the CHANGING of the interpretation of the license to Geor

Re: Linux + Win95 + Win NT on one HD

1998-04-23 Thread King Lee
On Wed, 22 Apr 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to install three OSs on one HD: Win 95, Win NT and Linux. I was > partially succesfull; th eonly problem at the moment is, that I can't boot > linux without a boot floppy. > > Here is what I did: > 1. Partition my hard disk ( 3

Re: HP890c supported by gs?

1998-04-23 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Thu, 23 Apr 1998, joost witteveen wrote: > Hi, > > Does anybody have any experience with gs's support for the HP DeskJet 890C? > > The printer compatibility page from gs says it should be supported with > the cdj850 device -- but that device apparently isn't linked in > with Debian's gs-aladd

Parallel port ethernet adapter

1998-04-23 Thread Edward Christopher Kern
I am trying to set up a Xircom parallel port ethernet adapter in debian 1.3. However, people tell me that those adapters can't be made to work with linux because Xircom will not release the technical specifications. Xircom tech supports says that they do now, however, release the technical specif

Re: PINE Debian Package

1998-04-23 Thread Rev. Joseph Carter
On Thu, Apr 23, 1998 at 02:19:47PM -0400, Stephen Carpenter wrote: > I got mutt and installed it about a week ago...along with pine. I > really like pine so...it will take some convincing to get me over to > mutt there are a few features of pine I like and if mutt has them then I > would be happy

Re: Fonts in X [Off Topic]

1998-04-23 Thread Remco Blaakmeer
On Thu, 23 Apr 1998, Stephen Carpenter wrote: > Luiz Otavio L. Zorzella wrote: > > > Remco Blaakmeer writes: > > > > > If nobody objects to it, I'll file bug reports for the following > > > annoyances I have encountered when X is misconfigured: > > I don't know if I agree witha bug report agains

Re: PINE Debian Package

1998-04-23 Thread Britton
> That is what the non-free portion of the distribution is for. BTW, if > Microsoft produced Word for Linux, I would probably buy it. Geez you sound like an agitator. > > It could give "bad reputation" on the eyes of those who think that Debian > > is just "one more Linux distribution". But cons

Re: PINE Debian Package

1998-04-23 Thread Scott Ellis
On Thu, 23 Apr 1998, Rev. Joseph Carter wrote: > On Thu, Apr 23, 1998 at 08:43:31AM -0700, Adam Klein wrote: > > > How about a pine-src package with the patch included, which patches the > > > original sources in the postinst script, builds the binary package and > > > then installs it? > > > > T

Re: PINE Debian Package

1998-04-23 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Thu, 23 Apr 1998, George Bonser wrote: : On Thu, 23 Apr 1998, Nathan E Norman wrote: : : > I don't understand why following a license decreases user utility. It : > may add work for the sysadmin ... : : No, it is the CHANGING of the interpretation of the license to fit the : current agenda (

Re: Modem Question.

1998-04-23 Thread shaul
I think AT&V will do it. > > I am looking for information that will allow me to see the modem conection > speed between my modem and the ISP, I have set up pppd to report the > conection speed, but when it reports the speed, its the speed between the > modem, and my computer... I was told I would

Re: PINE Debian Package

1998-04-23 Thread Rev. Joseph Carter
On Thu, Apr 23, 1998 at 08:43:31AM -0700, Adam Klein wrote: > > How about a pine-src package with the patch included, which patches the > > original sources in the postinst script, builds the binary package and > > then installs it? > > That's the proposed solution right now. Yeah, and I like it.

Re: PINE Debian Package

1998-04-23 Thread Rev. Joseph Carter
On Thu, Apr 23, 1998 at 04:28:54PM +0200, E.L. Meijer Eric" wrote: > > > As for the source package thing, if the binary generated by the user is > > > exactly the same as the binary that would be provided in a .deb, what is > > > the point? It seems like a lot of extra work that changes absolutely

Re: PINE Debian Package (maildir support)

1998-04-23 Thread Rev. Joseph Carter
On Thu, Apr 23, 1998 at 12:38:19AM -0800, Adam Shand wrote: > > Currently the only way to use maildir with sendmail is via the (excellent) > > procmail patch. > > hi, Hi back => > do you (or anyone else) have link for the maildir patch for procmail? i > am in the process of tuning a nfs moun

Re: PINE Debian Package

1998-04-23 Thread Rev. Joseph Carter
On Wed, Apr 22, 1998 at 11:06:47PM -0700, George Bonser wrote: > > Currently the only way to use maildir with sendmail is via the (excellent) > > procmail patch. > > Or you can use exim but that is a whole other thread. > > Also, what about systems where the spool and the home directory are BOTH

Re: Fonts in X [Off Topic]

1998-04-23 Thread Stephen Carpenter
If you happen to have an hour or two to killand nothing better to do you caould call the tech suport for the company and complain tell them that you want to delete the software off of the hard drive but refuse to turn it on because you don't want to agree to and be bound by those licences .

Re: PINE Debian Package

1998-04-23 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Thu, Apr 23, 1998 at 12:07:15PM -0700, George Bonser wrote: > On Thu, 23 Apr 1998, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > > BTW, George: You said nasty things on this list. You are free to change your > > distribution, but please refrain from prejudices --- we actually try our > > best to include every so

Re: PINE Debian Package

1998-04-23 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Thu, 23 Apr 1998, George Bonser wrote: [ snip ] : : > *We* can't change the license, and we will not change our policy : > for pine or other non-free software. : : You already DID change your policy, I am asking to have it changed BACK. : If the Debian diff is nothing more that items needed t

Re: PINE Debian Package

1998-04-23 Thread Santiago Vila Doncel
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Thu, 23 Apr 1998, George Bonser wrote: > On Thu, 23 Apr 1998, Adam Klein wrote: > > > As I understand it, the license forbids distribution of a modified > > source or binary, but allows the distribution of patch files. > > > > Adam Klein > > Agreed, bu

Re: PINE Debian Package

1998-04-23 Thread Rev. Joseph Carter
On Thu, Apr 23, 1998 at 12:06:25AM -0400, Lee Bradshaw wrote: > > > 6) Support for threaded discussions (great for mailing lists!) > > > > I'll reserve judgement about this being a good or bad thing. It's been > > handy for mailing lists yes, but I would like to disable it other places. > > It's

Re: PINE Debian Package

1998-04-23 Thread Alain Toussaint
> Should we get a petition and a nice request letter going? :-) > > Anthony you bet,count me in. Alain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: rpc.mountd times out (hamm)

1998-04-23 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Thu, 23 Apr 1998, Jens B. Jorgensen wrote: : Nathan E Norman wrote: : : > Having moved our RAID array from a BSD box to a Debian box, I'm trying : > to set up NFS. I have an area I'd like all our clients to be able to : > mount publically (it's a public ftp dir) : > : > Debian Linux runs moun

vi, Internet and display depth ...

1998-04-23 Thread Helmut Leinfellner
Hi ! I've got 3 questions: 1) I've worked with vi fine, until I installed elvis too. ( I'm only assuming this has to do with installing elvis ... ) But now, vi doesn't show the text of the file in an xterm, only on a console. After exiting from vi (in an xterm), I have to type "reset" to see any

Re: rpc.mountd times out (hamm) (addendum)

1998-04-23 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
Ok, sorry, there aren't a "bunch" of other programs. Really just nfsd. But that one's real important! So see if that's running. Nathan E Norman wrote: > Having moved our RAID array from a BSD box to a Debian box, I'm trying > to set up NFS. I have an area I'd like all our clients to be able to >

Re: PINE Debian Package

1998-04-23 Thread Santiago Vila
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Thu, 23 Apr 1998, Anthony Fok wrote: > On Tue, Apr 21, 1998 at 01:33:47PM +0200, Santiago Vila Doncel wrote: > > > > I contacted washington.edu and they really do not want binaries to be > > distributed if they do not "approve" the patches *first*. > > > >

Re: rpc.mountd times out (hamm)

1998-04-23 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
Nathan E Norman wrote: > Having moved our RAID array from a BSD box to a Debian box, I'm trying > to set up NFS. I have an area I'd like all our clients to be able to > mount publically (it's a public ftp dir) > > Debian Linux runs mountd through RPC. BSD didn't - mountd ran > standalone. Havin

FTP Tracking software

1998-04-23 Thread Michel West
Hi, I need to find FTP Tracking software for our linux server and am having trouble finding anything to fit the bill, can you help? The actual request I received was to be able to: 1) Directory access for organizing files remotely (from win95 pc's) 2) FTP Tracking software. 3) password protected

Re: chmod not working

1998-04-23 Thread Alain Toussaint
> I think you have misunderstood some of what has been said in the replies, > doing > a chmod u=rwx,g=rx,o=x or chmod 751 on a directody will give it the > permissions > of drwxr-x--x as you say it has, so to me it looks like chmod had done what > you > asked. > > It may help us if you told us

Re: mail and nfs

1998-04-23 Thread Lee Bradshaw
On Thu, Apr 23, 1998 at 04:26:59PM +0200, Harald Schueler wrote: > Am Thu, 23 Apr 1998 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lee Bradshaw): > > > Make all MUAs setgid disk (6 on debian). Unfortunately, this will > > need to be redone whenver an MUA is upgraded. > > No, not in Debian, see suidregister(8).

Re: [tcsh] disabling autologout?

1998-04-23 Thread Peter S Galbraith
On Mon, Apr 20, 1998 at 09:01:17PM -0700, Joel Klecker wrote: > At 12:17 -0400 1998-04-20, Peter S Galbraith wrote: > >$ cd [tab] > > -> shows and completes to directory names only > >$ latex [tab] > > -> shows and completes to .tex files only > >$ emacs -[tab] > > -> shows and completes to avail

HP890c supported by gs?

1998-04-23 Thread joost witteveen
Hi, Does anybody have any experience with gs's support for the HP DeskJet 890C? The printer compatibility page from gs says it should be supported with the cdj850 device -- but that device apparently isn't linked in with Debian's gs-aladdin_5.10_7. Anybody know why? Thanks! -- joost witteveen

rpc.mountd times out (hamm)

1998-04-23 Thread Nathan E Norman
Having moved our RAID array from a BSD box to a Debian box, I'm trying to set up NFS. I have an area I'd like all our clients to be able to mount publically (it's a public ftp dir) Debian Linux runs mountd through RPC. BSD didn't - mountd ran standalone. Having RTFM, I think Debian does this fo

Re: Fonts in X [Off Topic]

1998-04-23 Thread Peter S Galbraith
> Or I could send an spam like: > > "By receiving this email you agreed to install Debian on your > computer, and delete all the other operating systems in it." Sticker on my new Toshiba laptop: Notice: The software products pre-installed on your computer are copyrighted works. Before turnin

Re: [tcsh] disabling autologout?

1998-04-23 Thread Anthony Fok
On Mon, Apr 20, 1998 at 09:01:17PM -0700, Joel Klecker wrote: > At 12:17 -0400 1998-04-20, Peter S Galbraith wrote: > >$ cd [tab] > > -> shows and completes to directory names only > >$ latex [tab] > > -> shows and completes to .tex files only > >$ emacs -[tab] > > -> shows and completes to availab

Re: PINE Debian Package

1998-04-23 Thread Anthony Fok
On Tue, Apr 21, 1998 at 01:33:47PM +0200, Santiago Vila Doncel wrote: > > I contacted washington.edu and they really do not want binaries to be > distributed if they do not "approve" the patches *first*. > > If we do not have the freedom to apply whatever patches we like, including > security or

Re: xconsole question

1998-04-23 Thread Stephen Carpenter
I could have swonr I rea dthe man page course I can't read it here (the linux machine I have here at work is strictly text-only...so no X stuff) and hmm...so its syslog that does that/ I should have known... I need to configure that better anyway...hmmanother 2 hours and I can go home

Re: xconsole question

1998-04-23 Thread Shaleh
Once again I point you to the almighty man page. Also, read /etc/syslogd.conf. If you are still lost, post back. Stephen Carpenter wrote: > > This may be a silly Question but I figure it can't hurt to ask > anyway... > When I went to WPI last year they had allot of systems running DEC UNIX

Re: Bash help

1998-04-23 Thread Gary L. Hennigan
Stephen Carpenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | to make bash wait a certain amount of time... | sleep(X) # X = number of seconds to "sleep" | as for detecting an error | scripts can return errors just like any program... | I think maybe hmmm I forget exactly how...but I know its no differnt than

xconsole question

1998-04-23 Thread Stephen Carpenter
This may be a silly Question but I figure it can't hurt to ask anyway... When I went to WPI last year they had allot of systems running DEC UNIX I could go and sit down at a really cool DEC Xterminal and login... when I did I got a small window called xconsole. whenever I ran any program it wou

Re: Fonts in X [Off Topic]

1998-04-23 Thread Luiz Otavio L. Zorzella
George Bonser writes: > On Thu, 23 Apr 1998, Remco Blaakmeer wrote: >> They have no license or the license is ill-formed or very >> ambiguous. You get the idea. > The gist of any Microsoft licenses I have ever read have been along > the lines of: > "This software is owned by Microsoft, not you.

Re: Fonts in X [Off Topic]

1998-04-23 Thread Stephen Carpenter
Luiz Otavio L. Zorzella wrote: > Remco Blaakmeer writes: > > > If nobody objects to it, I'll file bug reports for the following > > annoyances I have encountered when X is misconfigured: I don't know if I agree witha bug report against X...as the keyword there is "misconfigured"...although you co

Re: PINE Debian Package

1998-04-23 Thread Stephen Carpenter
Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > > better. I am among those who feel this way. Why is mutt better? > > Because it is faster. I still was able to read 30+ MB mailboxes (debian bug > reports ;) without struggle. Over 7000 messages, and after building and > sorting the index (which took half a minute on

System cant use te Mouse

1998-04-23 Thread Efrem Pozzati
I'm an Italian user of DEBIAN LINUX and I have promblems to configure MOUSE. I have a MSMouse Compatible, un COM port, and I cant use it in any LINUX application because I've a strange reactions of pointers. If you know this problem, please give me a solution. Efrem Pozzati -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: PINE Debian Package

1998-04-23 Thread Joey Hess
Colin Telmer wrote: > Maybe I have too but just haven't noticed:) Seriously, how does this > manifest itself? Cheers, Colin. I have a .procmailrc that plays sounds when I recive mail in various mailboxes. It would play the sound, I'd go to the mailbox, and there would be no mail there. I confirme

Re: Fonts in X [Off Topic]

1998-04-23 Thread Luiz Otavio L. Zorzella
Remco Blaakmeer writes: > If nobody objects to it, I'll file bug reports for the following > annoyances I have encountered when X is misconfigured: > - If the X server fails to start, xdm seems to be restarting it > indefinitely. I'd say that if the X server is restarted too often too > fast, it

Re: Bash help

1998-04-23 Thread Stephen Carpenter
to make bash wait a certain amount of time... sleep(X) # X = number of seconds to "sleep" as for detecting an error scripts can return errors just like any program... I think maybe hmmm I forget exactly how...but I know its no differnt than a program -Steve BRIAN SCHRAMM wrote: > I am tr

Re: PINE Debian Package

1998-04-23 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Wed, Apr 22, 1998 at 04:40:12PM -0700, George Bonser wrote: > On Wed, 22 Apr 1998, Jason Costomiris wrote: > > > Weak? Uh, many of us feel that mutt is quite an order of magnitude > > better. I am among those who feel this way. Why is mutt better? Because it is faster. I still was able to r

Need a nice, large, fixed font

1998-04-23 Thread David Engel
Hi, Does anyone know of a large, nice looking, fixed-size font for X? With my poor vision, I need something slightly bigger than the standard 10x20 font for extended use. The 12x24 font is about the right size (maybe a tad too large), but it too ugly. David -- David Engel

Re: Fonts in X [Off Topic]

1998-04-23 Thread Stephen Carpenter
Luiz Otavio L. Zorzella wrote: > Stephen Carpenter writes: > > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > On Wed, 22 Apr 1998, Luiz Otavio L. Zorzella wrote: > > >> The point is: they can't demand certain restrictions in the > >> license, even if you signed a contract (which most users even did > >>

(no subject)

1998-04-23 Thread Edward Bell
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Re: Fonts in X [Off Topic]

1998-04-23 Thread Luiz Otavio L. Zorzella
Stephen Carpenter writes: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > On Wed, 22 Apr 1998, Luiz Otavio L. Zorzella wrote: >> The point is: they can't demand certain restrictions in the >> license, even if you signed a contract (which most users even did >> not). But I'm not a lawyer, and won't speak a

"Unable to allocate DMA memory" during base install

1998-04-23 Thread Brecht Samyn
Hello, I try to (floppy-) install Debian Linux on a new Dell PowerEdge 2200 server, but when I come to Base Disk 1, I get the error: floppy0: Unable to allocate DMA memory /dev/fs0: No such device or address Please insert disk 1 and press ENTER Does anyone recognise this? Any help appreciated!

Re: PINE Debian Package

1998-04-23 Thread Adam Klein
On Thu, Apr 23, 1998 at 11:13:28AM -0400, Thomas Lakofski wrote: > On Thu, 23 Apr 1998, Adam Klein wrote: > > > As I understand it, the license forbids distribution of a modified > > source or binary, but allows the distribution of patch files. > > Did anyone ask UoW what their position is? I've

inews, the control group, and the rn family

1998-04-23 Thread Richard E. Hawkins Esq.
Being foolhardy, I'm going to try this again . . . I cannot figure out how to get inews to let me post through my nntpserver. I have no problem reading articles, but posting yields a "no valid newsgroups" error from inews. It seems to be a problem in the control newsgroup, but i haven't be

Bash help

1998-04-23 Thread BRIAN SCHRAMM
I am trying to tell if a program is passing back an error in a Bash script. I would like to branch on receipt of the error to a wait statement that will give me about 20 seconds and then retry. My trouble is I cannot remember how to detect the error and how to make the sh

Re: PINE Debian Package

1998-04-23 Thread David Wright
On Thu, 23 Apr 1998, Colin Telmer wrote: > On Wed, 22 Apr 1998, Joey Hess wrote: > > > Colin Telmer wrote: > > > I have been using pine for years (no nfs spool) and have never ever > > > experienceed corruption and mail loss due to pine. > > > > FWIW, I used pine for years, and experienced frequ

Re: PINE Debian Package

1998-04-23 Thread Thomas Lakofski
On Thu, 23 Apr 1998, Adam Klein wrote: > As I understand it, the license forbids distribution of a modified > source or binary, but allows the distribution of patch files. Did anyone ask UoW what their position is? I've not heard of them prosecuting, and I'm sure there must be someone there who'

Re: New imap saves all mail to $HOME/mbox ????

1998-04-23 Thread David Wright
On Wed, 22 Apr 1998, George Bonser wrote: > On Wed, 22 Apr 1998, Alexander Stavitsky wrote: > > > On Wed, 22 Apr 1998, Tim Sailer wrote: > > > > > > I use fetchmail and I do not think I upgraded it recently, although I > > > > might be wrong. This happens even if I telnet to port 143 and just ch

GTK wants g_strcasecmp symbol

1998-04-23 Thread Kevin M . Bealer
When I try to run "gimp" it balks and says that it can't link because the GTK library wants a symbol. Any idea what is wrong? gimp: error in loading shared libraries /usr/lib/libgtk.so.1: undefined symbol: g_strcasecmp I have the following from LDD: $ ldd `which gimp` libgtk.so.1 =>

Re: PINE Debian Package

1998-04-23 Thread E.L. Meijer \(Eric\)
> > On Wed, Apr 22, 1998 at 11:06:47PM -0700, George Bonser wrote: > > As for the source package thing, if the binary generated by the user is > > exactly the same as the binary that would be provided in a .deb, what is > > the point? It seems like a lot of extra work that changes absolutely > >

Re: mail and nfs

1998-04-23 Thread Harald Schueler
Am Thu, 23 Apr 1998 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lee Bradshaw): > Make all MUAs setgid disk (6 on debian). Unfortunately, this will > need to be redone whenver an MUA is upgraded. No, not in Debian, see suidregister(8). > Change the hp mail system to use 8 for group mail I have here a bunch of N

Re: `From' line (Re: exim & mutt, weird)

1998-04-23 Thread Ben Pfaff
[...] However, the full headers don't look like they came from the mailing list! There's no X-Mailing-List line at all! [...] Can anyone compare this recent message and tell me whether it looks the same to them (no X-Mailing-List header)? My copy of it has an X-Mailing-List, just like

Re: PINE Debian Package

1998-04-23 Thread Adam Klein
On Wed, Apr 22, 1998 at 11:06:47PM -0700, George Bonser wrote: > As for the source package thing, if the binary generated by the user is > exactly the same as the binary that would be provided in a .deb, what is > the point? It seems like a lot of extra work that changes absolutely > nothing. Mayb

Re: `From' line (Re: exim & mutt, weird)

1998-04-23 Thread Peter S Galbraith
I wrote: > I have a procmail recipe to catch the Debian mailing list traffic : > > :0 > * ^From [EMAIL PROTECTED] > debian > > It fails on mail from a few users, for which the `From' line is not > the Debian mailing list: > > "Rev. Joseph Carter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Nils Rennebarth <[EMA

mail and nfs

1998-04-23 Thread Lee Bradshaw
Hi, I have an HP-UX mail server and a bunch of debian machines. The debian machines can send mail and it all gets forwarded to the HP. But I can't read mail on the debian machines. The gid for mail on the hp is 6, but on debian it is 8. I was trying to mount /var/mail from the hp to /var/spool

Re: ISP setup with IP Masquerading

1998-04-23 Thread Stephen Carpenter
Paul Miller wrote: > I'm trying to setup a dialup ppp server using only 1 real internet IP. Is > this currently possible using Linux? Yes it is. It has its limitations but it can be done. > /etc/hosts: > > /var/named/db.domain.net: > > /etc/ppp/options.ttyS1: > serv:ppp1-serv > /etc/ppp/options

Re: off-topic autofs permissions

1998-04-23 Thread Joost Kooij
On Thu, 23 Apr 1998, Fredrik Ax wrote: > In your /etc/group add a line (you can use any group-id, 108 is just an > example): > - > fat:x:108:userid1,userid2,userid3 > ---

Re: Kernel config

1998-04-23 Thread jdassen
On Fri, Apr 24, 1998 at 12:51:28AM +1200, Michael Beattie wrote: [kernel config] > > No. You might want to run "make oldconfig" though, which only asks you > > about options that weren't in your old .config . > > thanks :) just what I was hoping... > > One thing, If I do a make [x|menu]config, I

Re: super-strange linux behavior

1998-04-23 Thread Lorens Kockum
In debian-user Hamish Moffatt wrote: > >/bbs_d/ra$ ls -l msg* >-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2032293239 Apr 23 14:31 msghdr.bbs ... >/bbs_d/ra$ df . >Filesystem 1024-blocks Used Available Capacity Mounted on >/dev/hdb1 689829 6889740100% /local > >Even Linux i

Re: Kernel config

1998-04-23 Thread Michael Beattie
On Thu, 23 Apr 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Thu, Apr 23, 1998 at 11:13:56PM +1200, Michael Beattie wrote: > > A quick question, If I install a kernel source package, and copy an older > > .config (2.0.30 --> 2.0.33) into the src tree, and rerun make > > [x|menu]config , will it cause problem

super-strange linux behavior

1998-04-23 Thread Hamish Moffatt
I run a DOS BBS under dosemu, with linux kernel 2.0.32. Occasionally the BBS corrupts its message database (due to bad design of DOS, poor software etc). I don't mind that so much on FAT, it's just normal. But today it happened, and look at this: /bbs_d/ra$ ls -l msg* -rw-r--r-- 1 root root

kernel patch

1998-04-23 Thread Peter Shtinkov
I saw that kernel ver 2.0.33 is vulnerable by overdrop. Is kernel_image-2.0.33-3.deb patched for this ? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: PINE Debian Package

1998-04-23 Thread Colin Telmer
On Wed, 22 Apr 1998, Joey Hess wrote: > Colin Telmer wrote: > > I have been using pine for years (no nfs spool) and have never ever > > experienceed corruption and mail loss due to pine. > > FWIW, I used pine for years, and experienced frequent data loss. (I use mutt > now.) Maybe I have too but

Re: Kernel config

1998-04-23 Thread jdassen
On Thu, Apr 23, 1998 at 11:13:56PM +1200, Michael Beattie wrote: > A quick question, If I install a kernel source package, and copy an older > .config (2.0.30 --> 2.0.33) into the src tree, and rerun make > [x|menu]config , will it cause problems??? No. You might want to run "make oldconfig" thoug

Re: chmod not working

1998-04-23 Thread Graham Lillico +44 1785 248131
>> i was messing with some permission to directory but i think i found a bug >> in chmod,i try to run "chmod 751" on my home directory (i put the content >> of the home directory on another partition because of lack of space on my >> root partition),but the permission is still drwxr-x--x,i even tri

Kernel config

1998-04-23 Thread Michael Beattie
A quick question, If I install a kernel source package, and copy an older .config (2.0.30 --> 2.0.33) into the src tree, and rerun make [x|menu]config , will it cause problems??? Michael Beattie ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

ISP setup with IP Masquerading

1998-04-23 Thread Paul Miller
I'm trying to setup a dialup ppp server using only 1 real internet IP. Is this currently possible using Linux? Currently, I have 2 ethernet adaptors, eth0 is the local network and eth1 is the internet. IP masquerading is working, so eth0 can access the internet through eth1. I also have Bind s

More KDE problems

1998-04-23 Thread Jens Rosenboom
Oz Dror writes: > I have finally installed the latest version of kde from hamm. > > I have two problems > 1. there is NO kmail. kmail should be in the package kdenetwork, which somehow didn't make its way into hamm, yet. You can get a copy from ftp://julia.exp-math.uni-essen.de/debian/kdenetw

Re: chmod not working

1998-04-23 Thread Alain Toussaint
> I think that you must think that 'drwxr-x--x' means something > different than it does. Seeing this permission in ls means that the > user (owner) of the directory has read, write, and execute privileges, > that people in the same group as the owner have read and execute > privileges, and that

Re: off-topic autofs permissions

1998-04-23 Thread Fredrik Ax
On Thu, 23 Apr 1998, Daniel Martin at cush wrote: [SNIP] > /etc/fstab: > /dev/sda4/misc/zip vfat noexec,umask=0000 0 > (If you just had "defaults" before, you can just replace it with the > "umask=000" bit) > Then everyone will be able to write to /misc/zip. > Also, anyone will be ab

Re: the FAQ-O-MATIC is down ?????

1998-04-23 Thread Martin Schulze
On Sat, Apr 18, 1998 at 01:49:21PM -0400, Alain Toussaint wrote: > i tried to see the FAQ-O-MATIC but the (debian) server keep saying error > 404 file not found,where i can see it We had a system crash on the machine that hosts www.debian.org. We have switched DNS back yesterday. So

Re: Install disks for PowerPC

1998-04-23 Thread Martin Schulze
On Tue, Apr 21, 1998 at 10:04:07AM -0700, Joel Klecker wrote: > >i don't think there will be a Debian for the Mac version of the powerPC as > > Wrong, I am working on just such a thing, powerpc.debian.org is a Motorola > StarMax Mac clone of some sort (I'm not clear on the details since the > mac

Re: SmartList Trailer

1998-04-23 Thread Martin Schulze
On Tue, Apr 21, 1998 at 04:21:14PM -0400, Mark Sailer wrote: > I'm looking to add a trailer to a mail list I'm running. > I haven't been able to figure out how to add this. > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Trai

SGML, Jade, Docbook -- HELP!!!

1998-04-23 Thread Oliver Elphick
Is there anywhere some documentation that enables someone to understand SGML, DSSSL and so on from scratch? I have picked up a fair bit by trial and error, but all the documentation appears to assume knowledge. (For example, it says that you must do so and so without saying how to do it.) This i

Re: finger daemons

1998-04-23 Thread Martin Schulze
On Thu, Apr 23, 1998 at 12:26:34AM -0400, Paul Miller wrote: > > Are there any finger daemons available that do not require home > directories world readable+executable? I want to beable to have a .pgpkey > file in my home directory without being world readable+executable -- it > doesn't even hav

PSGML and split documents

1998-04-23 Thread Oliver Elphick
Can anyone show me how to make the settings for editing a split document in emacs PSGML mode, please? Document structure: Top level: reference.sgml: -+ %allfiles; |

Re: Bug#21412: tob deletes system files

1998-04-23 Thread Agustin Martin Domingo
Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: > > > Please chill out a little and read the emails you got yesterday. I released > tob_0.14-5 yesterday which added the following test > > cleanup () > { > message 'Cleaning up.' > # add a safety check here --edd 20 Apr 98, reg

Re: chmod not working

1998-04-23 Thread Daniel Martin at cush
Alain Toussaint <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > i was messing with some permission to directory but i think i found a bug > in chmod,i try to run "chmod 751" on my home directory (i put the content > of the home directory on another partition because of lack of space on my > root partition),but the

LaTeX installation

1998-04-23 Thread Luka Pravica
Hi, I finally decided to try lerning doing typesetting with LaTeX. I had already installed tetex-packages when I was installing linux, but when I tried to use LaTeX it comlained about missing files. I reinstalled tetex-packages using dselect, but even during installation some files were missing.

Re: off-topic autofs permissions

1998-04-23 Thread Daniel Martin at cush
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Hi! > I guess this it not a debian related problem, but: > I am setting up a small Network with a linux server and some linux, win95 and > nt-workstation clients. The clients shall be able to access the cd-rom and > zip-drive on the server using autofs. The problem is t

Re: chmod not working

1998-04-23 Thread E.L. Meijer \(Eric\)
> > i was messing with some permission to directory but i think i found a bug > in chmod,i try to run "chmod 751" on my home directory (i put the content > of the home directory on another partition because of lack of space on my > root partition),but the permission is still drwxr-x--x,i even trie

chmod not working

1998-04-23 Thread Alain Toussaint
i was messing with some permission to directory but i think i found a bug in chmod,i try to run "chmod 751" on my home directory (i put the content of the home directory on another partition because of lack of space on my root partition),but the permission is still drwxr-x--x,i even tried to run "c

Re: PINE Debian Package (maildir support)

1998-04-23 Thread Adam Shand
> Currently the only way to use maildir with sendmail is via the (excellent) > procmail patch. hi, do you (or anyone else) have link for the maildir patch for procmail? i am in the process of tuning a nfs mounted /var/mail and one of the things i am considering is migrating to maildir format.

Re: Can't find bo->hamm upgrade instructions.

1998-04-23 Thread Oliver Elphick
Mark Phillips wrote: >I am currently running a bo system, but want to upgrade to hamm. I >think I have read that upgrading to hamm requires special care and >involves taking special steps. I was under the impression that there >existed documentation that would explain all this, however I

Re: upgrade to libc6 script?

1998-04-23 Thread Alain Toussaint
need the script,i can download it for you (and this apply for anyone on this list who's in the same situation,just mail me if you need it) and send it by e-mail ??? Alain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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