Trantor 128F SCSI - FDD, HDD controller failure

Hi, I just acquired a used Trantor 128F SCSI adapter that I am trying to install in a 486sx-33 to run a Maxtor lxt-340sy harddrive. The card has onboard bios that can be enabled/disabled. The computer bios is AMI (06/06/92). I have set the jumpers and dipps on the drive and car

Re: tetex installation bug

On 20 May 1998, Thomas Vaughan wrote: > > No, that doesn't solve the problem, which has something to do with an > environment variable, TEXMFMAIN. Apparently there is a bug somewhere > that causes TEXMFMAIN to be unset when it should be set. I don't > really know where to look, though. Everyt

Re: tetex installation bug

> "MCV" == M C Vernon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: MCV> Thomas, You need to configure tetex-bin and -base at the same MCV> time - MCV> dpkg --configure tetex-base tetex-bin : $ dpkg --configure tetex-base tetex-bin : Setting up tetex-base (0.9-6) ... : /usr/bin/texconfig: No $TEXMFMAIN; se

Re: redirecting display of program over telnet (with DISPLAY)

As Joost (cryptically) mentioned yesterday, ssh is on non-us.debian.org. The US laws on encryption force this. -- --- How can you see, when your mind is not open? How can you think, when your eyes are closed? - Jason Bonham Band, "Ordinary Black and W

Re: redirecting display of program over telnet (with DISPLAY)

On Wed, 20 May 1998, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote: > > echo "Please install ssh , thanks in advance" \ >Mail -s "Humble request to install ssh" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi! Now the situation is that I have ssh installed at the Uni. but don't have it at home. Is there a debia

Re: X windows, Dselect, and then some...

I will take the easy one. Dselect (and apt) will compare your package list against the ftp site's package list and suggest updates. Simply start dselect in ftp mode, tell it to "update", then go to "select" at the top will be listed any new or changed packages. I use this almost nightly. -- -

Re: MH folders in Pine

>Does anyone know how to get Pine to read mail from MH style folders? >I primarily use XFMail and I set up all my mail folders as MH folders. I'm >trying to read my mail with Pine over telnet and I like to not have to >reformat all my mail. You give it the magic folder path #mh/, so, for example,

X windows, Dselect, and then some...

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- When ever I have a problem I add it to this file, and send it out every so often.. Any help on any of these questions would be very very very (did I stress that enough, one more =) very helpful! (1) What is the graphical configuration utility for Xfree86 called

Re: Lincity and SVGAlib not working

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Adrian Bridgett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >I would suggest removing the dummy package (you want to run it under svgalib >since you have got lincity-svga, if you want to run under x-windows you will >want lincity-x instead/as well). I forgot to mention that - I rem

XF86_S3V Problems

I have a hamm system with a STB Nitro 3D / 4MB video card, using the S3V server from XFree86 3.3.2.1-1. The display is managed by xdm. The problem is the about 75% of the time when I end a session (normal WM is afterstep, but the problem happens with others as well), the machine locks hard and v

Re: Kernel reboots at startup

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Wed, 20 May 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On my intel p100 when I try to boot the resq1440.bin I get a quick screen > of pci error messages and then an instant reboot. > > The motherboard is Intel-Triton TX. Award bios v.4.51PG The TX chipset is the ke

Re: Where can I get a gnome debian package

On Wed, 20 May 1998, Daniel Mashao wrote: > I know gnome is alpha, but where can I get the Debian package or how does > one install it on a Debian system. It's in slink. --- Regards, Roger -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

MH folders in Pine

Does anyone know how to get Pine to read mail from MH style folders? I primarily use XFMail and I set up all my mail folders as MH folders. I'm trying to read my mail with Pine over telnet and I like to not have to reformat all my mail. -- E-Mail: Mark Ciciretti <[E

Kernel reboots at startup

On my intel p100 when I try to boot the resq1440.bin I get a quick screen of pci error messages and then an instant reboot. The motherboard is Intel-Triton TX. Award bios v.4.51PG I have currently tried several of the PCI settings in the BIOS to no avail. I have disabled the features mentioned i

Re: Drivers for Compaq Net-Flex 2 NIC on a chip?

> Has anyone had any luck with getting the built in NIC on Compaq Deskpros to > work? >From my Compaq Deskpro 6000 summary: The Compaq uses an onboard network card called the Compaq Integrated NetFlex-3/P. James Banks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> at Caldera is writting a driver for it: ftp:

Re: apache mailing list for users?

Ulisses Alonso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I found some lists via search, rather than via the structure: II. Your search on apache matched 4 mailing lists: apache apache Game apacheweek News and information about the Apache Server apacheweek-

[Q] Steps in migrating to qmail from smail

I have a pretty simple smail instalaltion. I have heard nice things about qmail. I installed qmail-src. Could somebody give me the steps on compiling qmail and migrating to qmail from smail.Do I uninstall smail first (with --force-depends) and then install qmail? Thanks. S. -- "Why is it

Re: Netscape 4.05 configuration

On Wed, 20 May 1998, Michael Sickelmann wrote: > HI, > I am new in DEBIAN LINUX. So I have some Problems by configuration my > system. > Is there somebody who can help me with my NETSCAPE 4.05??? > I took the netscape.tar.gz package from Netscape's home. I had done the > unpacking and running the

Re: Netscape 4.05 configuration

At 07:38 PM 5/20/98 +, you wrote: >HI, >I am new in DEBIAN LINUX. So I have some Problems by configuration my >system. >Is there somebody who can help me with my NETSCAPE 4.05??? >I took the netscape.tar.gz package from Netscape's home. I had done the >unpacking and running the installation sc

Drivers for Compaq Net-Flex 2 NIC on a chip?

From: Tony [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 05/20/98 11:50 AM PDT Subject: Drivers for Compaq Net-Flex 2 NIC on a chip? Has anyone had any luck with getting the built in NIC on Compaq Deskpros to work? Any advice is extremely appreciated... Thanks T -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Re: first script executed

On Wed, 20 May 1998, nico wrote: > Do you know what is the name of the first script executed after the > install of the distrib ( the one which call adduser to give a passwd to > root and create a new user, dselect ...) and how i can configure it ? It's either root's .bashrc or .bash_profile. It

Re: Lincity and SVGAlib not working

On Tue, May 19, 1998 at 03:09:19PM +0100, Ian Lynagh wrote: > > Hi all > > I d/led Hamms Lincity, Lincity-svga and the SVGAlib dummy. However, > after typing 5 for mouse (PS2 - I do not have gpm if that makes > a difference) it just stopped. I then tried removing the svgalib dummy > and installin

HTML ToC generators?

Hi, I have a large collection of webpages and I am looking for something to generate a Table of Contents (eg, site index). I don't need a search tool -- something that just spits out HTML will be fine. Any ideas where to find such a thing? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a s

Re: Install Questions

On Wed, 20 May 1998, Doug Thistlethwaite wrote: > > You don't need any special drivers for IDE cd-roms. If you have the cd > > in the sound-cards ide-channel, it's propably more easy to move it to > > either primary or secondary channel. Then just point the installation to > > cd, > > just li

Netscape 4.05 configuration

HI, I am new in DEBIAN LINUX. So I have some Problems by configuration my system. Is there somebody who can help me with my NETSCAPE 4.05??? I took the netscape.tar.gz package from Netscape's home. I had done the unpacking and running the installation script called "ns-install". In the README-file

kernel error?

After my machine was completely hung this morning, I did a hard reset, fsck'd the filesystems, and found the following in /var/log/syslog: :>May 20 02:10:42 alsu kernel: Warning: kfree_skb passed an skb still on a list (from 01d5ccf0). :>May 20 02:10:42 alsu kernel: general protection: 4674 :>M

S3 video installation.

Hello all, I am working on my second attempt in installing Debian on my PC. (The first try died when I deselected a whole bunch of packages and had dselect delete them... oops :) I have a Pent 166 32MB system with a Diamond Stealth 64 (S3 trio64) dram version display card. This system has been

Re: Install Questions

> Thanks for the tip. I ordered the CD a couple of weeks ago, but it has not > arrived yet. I went ahead and downloaded the stuff from the FTP sites. I > have > noticed that the LED on the CD is on alot of the time. I'm not sure if this > is a > problem. > > Can I read non-linux CD's just

Re: tetex installation bug

Thomas, You need to configure tetex-bin and -base at the same time - dpkg --configure tetex-base tetex-bin HTH, Matthew > > I just this morning updated my hamm system with dselect but found the > following problem: > > : Setting up tetex-base (0.9-6) ... > : Installing new version

RE: first script executed

> -Original Message- > From: nico [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 1998 2:02 AM > To: Hamish Moffatt > Cc: recipient list not shown; @[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: first script executed > > > Hamish Moffatt wrote: > > > > On Wed, May 20, 1998 at 09:45:20AM +0200, n

CD from hamm

Hi, I just downloaded the whole hamm stuff for the i386 arch. But that's too much to make just one CD out of it. What can I do to make dselect recognize a needed CD-change (I have only one CD-ROM drive). (How should the CD-layout be?) Thnx, Thomas -- Thomas Kruse   < >  Telefon:  (+49

Re: Install Questions

Jaakko Niemi wrote: > >> I tried to send this about 5 minutes ago and my system locked up... > >> If it made it, sorry for the duplication *** > >> > >> > >> Hello there, > >> > >> I just setup my linux system last night and finished the generic > >> install. I have a few questions on thin

Where can I get a gnome debian package

I know gnome is alpha, but where can I get the Debian package or how does one install it on a Debian system. /---/ Daniel J. Mashao Electrical Engineering[EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Cape Town

tetex installation bug

I just this morning updated my hamm system with dselect but found the following problem: : Setting up tetex-base (0.9-6) ... : Installing new version of config file /etc/texmf/language.dat ... : /usr/bin/texconfig: No $TEXMFMAIN; set the environment variable or in texmf.cnf. : dpkg: error proces

Re: can't ftp to debian

On 20 May 1998, Martin Bialasinski wrote: > > > "CH" == Chris Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > CH> [gub]:delerium:~$>ftp ftp.debian.org > CH> Connected to santanni.cc.gatech.edu. > CH> 421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection You have to install the ftpd package or som

depth and GTK

I recently installed the gtk libs, development, and doc packages. Following the instructions in the docs I compiled a very basic program. When I try to run it though I get the message ** ERROR **: unable to find a usable depth and a core dump. I'm running the plain ol' VGA16 ser

Re: Adaptec aic 7895 aha2940

Do you have scsi support and the aic7xxx driver compiled into your kernel? If so '/proc/scsi' and '/proc/scsi/aic7xxx' should exist. If not - download/install the kernel packages. The READMEs in /usr/doc should help you out. Dennis -- dpk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Network Administrator | work: 35

Adaptec aic 7895 aha2940

I am trying to install debian linux in a 2 400mhz processors with a host adpater Adaptec AIC-7895 but when I try to install the debian linux linux don't detect the host adapter. How can i solve this problem? thanks -- E-Mail: Telesforo L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date:

Re: redirecting display of program over telnet (with DISPLAY)

On Wednesday 20 May 1998, at 16 h 4, the keyboard of Liran Zvibel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So what do you suggest? I can't install any sonftware on the faculty's > server. echo "Please install ssh , thanks in advance" \ Mail -s "Humble request to install ssh" [E

Re: TeTex upgrade problems

On Wed, 20 May 1998, Matt Thompson wrote: : > > OK, multi-part question. : > > : > > 1.) Just upgraded my hamm dist., got this: : > > : > > Errors were encountered while processing: : > > tetex-base : > > tetex-nonfree : > > tetex-bin : > > tetex-extra : > > : > > ??? : > First install tet

Re: redirecting display of program over telnet (with DISPLAY)

On Wed, 20 May 1998, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote: > > laureline:~/tmp/sgmltools-1.1.4> who > bortzttyp0May 20 11:03 (josephine.sis.pasteur.fr) > > > > I think it is pretty safe > > No. (In the University, it was a common joke among

RE: Help making a 486 into an X Terminal

Take a look at the following - it explains how to do what you are asking (and then some): http://www.menet.umn.edu/~kaszeta/unix/xterminal Pat > -Original Message- > From: Kiyan Azarbar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 1998 12:32 AM > To: DEBIAN-USER list > Subject: H

Debian 2.0

Greetings everyone, I have a question for anyone that can assist me. I recently upgraded to the Debian 2.0 distribution and upon doing so, I seem to have ran into a problem. When I attempt to compile the source code (Kernel-Source_2.0.33-9.deb), I have noticed that I receive some

Re: Help with first-time install

> After choosing "Install the Base System" from the menu, the screen reads, > > "The base system is being extracted from > /instmnt/stable/disks-i386/current/base1_1.3tgz ..." It might be easier to download then by ftp, and store them on floppies. That's what I did ;) Matthew -- Elen sila lume

Re: TeTex upgrade problems

> 1.) Just upgraded my hamm dist., got this: You need to configure tetex-bin and tetex-base at the same time - dpkg --configure tetex-bin tetex-base > 2.) What the heck *is* TeX anyway, and are there applications that > call/use it regularly? Because I have never invoked it for any purpose

Re: Backups on Iomega-ditto 2Gb tape drive

On Wed, 20 May 1998, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > On Wed, May 20, 1998 at 01:08:18PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > How did you get this to work at all? Last time I looked around on the web > > (1.5 weeks ago) all I could find was a page that said that Ditto units > > were not supported and that

Re: Backups on Iomega-ditto 2Gb tape drive

On Wed, May 20, 1998 at 01:08:18PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > How did you get this to work at all? Last time I looked around on the web > (1.5 weeks ago) all I could find was a page that said that Ditto units > were not supported and that driver development was in foetal stage. > > I'm real

Re: Fast Ethernet

What type of card is it? You will most likely have to add the corresponding module or compile a kernel with support for the card you have. There is a linux ethernet HOWTO at the following url: http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/Ethernet-HOWTO.html Hope that helps, Dennis -- dpk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug in su or mc ?

Hi, If I do the followings in X: 1. start an xterm; 2. in xterm give an su 3. as root (under su) start mc 4. close the xterm I end up with a 100% CPU usage, even when I do nothing. If I give top, I discover that mc is still running and eating all the CPU power (say 98 %). The mc is owned by root

How to promote debian ?

Hi, I have chosen Debian for several reasons: 1. Unable to write a linux installation CD under Win95 from downloaded slackware and Red Hat. (I think Debian is the only that distribute the CD image). 2. Disappointment with Red Hat 5.0 because some packages which didn't install (or break the instal

Re: How to convert Microsoft mail to Netscape mail ?

Hi, Ok, it is solved. As Daniel said, I've found on the net a program to convert from Microsoft Internet Mail to Eudora Mail or to Netscape Mail. The program for this is at: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Park/9276/ie42nsc.html It's a small program that's doing all the job. Very nice. S

Re: can't ftp to debian

> "CH" == Chris Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: CH> [gub]:delerium:~$>ftp ftp.debian.org CH> Connected to santanni.cc.gatech.edu. CH> 421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection Maybe it tries to do a reverse DNS lookup on your box and fails? Ciao, Martin -- T

Re: Backups on Iomega-ditto 2Gb tape drive

On Wed, 20 May 1998, Johann Spies wrote: > Hallo, > > I would like to hear whether there is somebody using the Iomega-ditto 2Gb > tape drive for reliable backups. > > I have tried out tbackup, but the documentation says it is not supposed to > handle a lot of files - 30 000 if I remember corre

can't ftp to debian

for the last month or so, I have been unable to ftp to ftp.debian.org...i have managed to connect to ftp.netgod.net to check for new packages (2.0) and all is working fine but i would like to find out why I and other 6 who are on our LAN cannot ftp to Debian. We have another box on another network

Re: How to convert Microsoft mail to Netscape mail ?

Hi, This is one way of doing it, first set outlook up to send all of your emails to yourself then quit outlook, it will ask 'you have unsent... want to send them now' click ok start netscape and download all your emails Rick >Hi, > >As I try to move all my files from Win95 to Linux, I would like

Re: redirecting display of program over telnet (with DISPLAY)

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Stephane Bortzmeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I think it is pretty safe >No. (In the University, it was a common joke among students to map a key >to something else or worse.) And it's trivial to snoop all keyboard activity - I got a lot of passwords that way

Re: TeTex upgrade problems

On 20-May-98 Matt Thompson wrote: >> First install tetex-base (you should install dpkg-perl before) and after >> that install the rest of the files. So, you have to install tetex >> packages in a 2 (or 3) step process: (dpkg-perl,) tetex-base and finally >> the rest of the tetex .deb files. > >

Re: Help making a 486 into an X Terminal

On Wed, May 20, 1998 at 12:32:10AM -0400, Kiyan Azarbar wrote: > > Is this possible? If so, what is the bare minimum I need. How do I get > started? Is there a bootdisk package? I can copy any debs I need from my > computer over to the share drive on the win95 machine, but I'm wondering how I > sh

Re: non-interactive Debian installation or update

"HZ" == HOLGER ZIEROLD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: HZ> Hi, HZ> I'm looking for a way to automate an upgrade/update of already HZ> installed Debian systems. Since there are several packages that HZ> require user interaction this cannot be done over night or at remote HZ> sites without

Backups on Iomega-ditto 2Gb tape drive

Hallo, I would like to hear whether there is somebody using the Iomega-ditto 2Gb tape drive for reliable backups. I have tried out tbackup, but the documentation says it is not supposed to handle a lot of files - 30 000 if I remember correctly and it became very slow. Also, I could not restore s

Re: redirecting display of program over telnet (with DISPLAY)

On Wednesday 20 May 1998, at 11 h 47, the keyboard of Liran Zvibel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The DISPLAY environment variable is local to my account, and I'll change > it when I'll be logging from home whis a dynamic IP, so it changes every > time I'm logging in. laureline:~/tmp/sgmltools-1.1

Re: first script executed

Hamish Moffatt wrote: > > On Wed, May 20, 1998 at 09:45:20AM +0200, nico wrote: > > Do you know what is the name of the first script executed after the > > install of the distrib ( the one which call adduser to give a passwd to > > root and create a new user, dselect ...) and how i can configure i

Re: redirecting display of program over telnet (with DISPLAY)

On Wed, May 20, 1998 at 11:47:46AM +0300, Liran Zvibel wrote: > On Wed, 20 May 1998, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote: > > Much more! It allows *any* user on the remote host to do *anything* on your > > machine, using only standard X programs (hint: xmodmap). > > > > The only real solution is to use ssh

Re: first script executed

On Wed, May 20, 1998 at 09:45:20AM +0200, nico wrote: > Do you know what is the name of the first script executed after the > install of the distrib ( the one which call adduser to give a passwd to > root and create a new user, dselect ...) and how i can configure it ? I forget what it's called, b

Re: redirecting display of program over telnet (with DISPLAY)

On Wed, 20 May 1998, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote: > > Much more! It allows *any* user on the remote host to do *anything* on your > machine, using only standard X programs (hint: xmodmap). > > The only real solution is to use ssh which is safer and much simpler (no > longer a need to set DISPLAY

Re: TeTex upgrade problems

On Wed, 20 May 1998, Matt Thompson wrote: > > For LaTeX you need TeX. > > ...and so what's LaTeX? > > Matt TeX is a very powerful text processing system that produces beautifully formatted parers (books, letters etc). It can handle mathematics very well, and a lot of books are written that way.

non-interactive Debian installation or update

Hi, I'm looking for a way to automate an upgrade/update of already installed Debian systems. Since there are several packages that require user interaction this cannot be done over night or at remote sites without the intervention of a system administrator.

Re: redirecting display of program over telnet (with DISPLAY)

On Tuesday 19 May 1998, at 18 h 13, the keyboard of "Noah L. Meyerhans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Quite a bit safer. It's still rather dangerous, as it doesn't see what > account on the remote host is accessing your display. It just lets all > users on that specific host display X apps on yo

Re: TeTex upgrade problems

> > OK, multi-part question. > > > > 1.) Just upgraded my hamm dist., got this: > > > > Errors were encountered while processing: > > tetex-base > > tetex-nonfree > > tetex-bin > > tetex-extra > > > > ??? > First install tetex-base (you should install dpkg-perl before) and after > that inst

Unidentified subject!

Hi, I'm looking for a way to automate an upgrade/update of already installed Debian systems. Since there are several packages that require user interaction this cannot be done over night or at remote sites without the intervention of a system administrator.

Using Diald

Hi all, I am trying to install diald, as I have a small network, no more than 5 machines, and I want all of them to use the interent via my isp account, everything else is already configured, apart from my connection which at the moment has to started and stopped manually. I am looking at using d

first script executed

Do you know what is the name of the first script executed after the install of the distrib ( the one which call adduser to give a passwd to root and create a new user, dselect ...) and how i can configure it ? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble?

Re: SMTP connection went away?

On Tue, May 19, 1998 at 10:16:53PM -0700, George Bonser wrote: > Note that the #off# was in place ... not just a simple comment. This means > that was done with an update-inetd command. Yes and there is "update-inetd --enable smtp" at the end which looks like it should fire but obviously does not.

Re: TeTex upgrade problems

Matt Thompson wrote: > > OK, multi-part question. > > 1.) Just upgraded my hamm dist., got this: > > running dpkg --pending --configure ... > Setting up tetex-base (0.9-6) ... > /usr/bin/texconfig: No $TEXMFMAIN; set the environment variable or in > texmf.cnf. > dpkg: error processing tetex-bas

Re: TeTex upgrade problems

On Tue, 19 May 1998, Matt Thompson wrote: > OK, multi-part question. > > 1.) Just upgraded my hamm dist., got this: > > > ??? Looks like it didn't work. I have no idea > 2.) What the heck *is* TeX anyway, and are there applications that > call/use it regularly? Because I have never invoke

TeTex upgrade problems

OK, multi-part question. 1.) Just upgraded my hamm dist., got this: running dpkg --pending --configure ... Setting up tetex-base (0.9-6) ... /usr/bin/texconfig: No $TEXMFMAIN; set the environment variable or in texmf.cnf. dpkg: error processing tetex-base (--configure): subprocess post-installa

Re: SMTP connection went away?

On Tue, May 19, 1998 at 08:39:54PM -0700, George Bonser wrote: > On Tue, 19 May 1998, Will Lowe wrote: > > > That was it exactly. Edited out the ##, killed inetd and restarted, > > and now life is happy again. Thanks, Hamish, and thanks also to Mr. > > Bonser, who's answered about ten emails

Re: Help making a 486 into an X Terminal

On Wed, May 20, 1998 at 12:32:10AM -0400, Kiyan Azarbar wrote: > I had an idea recently. I would like to install a very minimal Linux/Debian > base on the family 486. I already have a little LAN going here, using the > 192.168.1.X subnet. We have three (sometimes four) computers connected, using >

Help making a 486 into an X Terminal

I had an idea recently. I would like to install a very minimal Linux/Debian base on the family 486. I already have a little LAN going here, using the 192.168.1.X subnet. We have three (sometimes four) computers connected, using coax/BNC and terminators. Everything is great, I even have samba set up

Re: SMTP connection went away?

> Could this /etc/inetd.conf entry be related to Mr. Lowe's problem? What Yes -- it was the problem. inetd was refusing to start smail when it received connections on port 25 becuase this line was commented out. (btw, it's "Will" ... Mr. Lowe is my dad :) .. I'm 20...) > does "(will be restored

Re: SMTP connection went away?

On Tue, May 19, 1998 at 07:18:17PM -0700, George Bonser wrote: > On Tue, 19 May 1998, Will Lowe wrote: > > > > Have you changed hostnames or anything? Is smail running out of inetd or > > Not lately. > > > > > as a daemon? > > from inetd. > > > > > Can you telnet to localhost 25 and see the sma

Fast Ethernet

I have an Fast Ehernet card and don't know how to start then as an ordinary Fast Ethernet Card! 10/100 PCI! TIA Leonardo Ruoso -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: SMTP connection went away?

> It certainly would. This happened here too, with 3.2.0.101-4. > This infuriating situation seems to happen every time there is an smail > upgrade. The service is switched off as ## in /etc/inetd.conf, That was it exactly. Edited out the ##, killed inetd and restarted, and now life is happy aga

Re: GDB

On Tue, May 19, 1998 at 11:52:24PM +0300, shaul wrote: > > On Sun, 17 May 1998, Pete Poff wrote: > > > > > I'm using the "-g" flag. But gdb will tell me what code is causing the > > > crash right? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > It will depend. If the binary is stripped, you might not get m

Re: SMTP connection went away?

On Tue, May 19, 1998 at 09:36:33PM -0400, Will Lowe wrote: > > Have you changed hostnames or anything? Is smail running out of inetd or > Not lately. > > > as a daemon? > from inetd. > > > Can you telnet to localhost 25 and see the smail > > announcement? > I get "connection refused" > > > Is

Re: SMTP connection went away?

> > It's empty -- but I haven't changed it. All the sudden yesterday when up > > upgraded some packages my smail port became unavailable. Would a new > > package have bungled that up without asking? > > > > Could have, what does your hosts.deny have in it? ALL : PARANOID

Re: SMTP connection went away?

> Have you changed hostnames or anything? Is smail running out of inetd or Not lately. > as a daemon? from inetd. > Can you telnet to localhost 25 and see the smail > announcement? I get "connection refused" > Is your hosts.allow set up correctly? It's empty -- but I haven't changed it. All

Re: smail says:

> "DT" == Derek Tam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> A sample "mailsession" could be: >> >> 220-haitech.martin.home Smail-3.2.0.101 (#2 1998-Mar-18) ready at Sun, DT> 17 May 1998 18:21:21 +0200 (CEST) >> RCPT TO: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> 250 '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Recipient Okay. DT> Ugrading to t

SMTP connection went away?

I've been trying to send mail all day using pine from my hamm box. I keep getting messages: SMTP Connection Went Away and the mail doesn't get sent. What's causing this? I haven't changed my smail config or anything lately, but it's a pain because I can't send mail from my server...

Re: URGENT: problem of dependencies

On Tue, May 19, 1998 at 12:15:12PM -0400, Shaleh wrote: > Declare that crisoft depends on apache. Then it should set up apache first. > There is also a "pre-depends". This would not allow crisoft to be installed > unless apache is installed. Use pre-depends as a last resort. No, use pre-depend

smail says:

In a previous email that was somewhat unrelated to my following question, Martin Bialasinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >A sample "mailsession" could be: > >220-haitech.martin.home Smail-3.2.0.101 (#2 1998-Mar-18) ready at Sun, 17 May 1998 18:21:21 +0200 (CEST) [snip] >RCPT TO: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Low memory install help

Are we talking bo here? The following applies to bo and may well work with hamm but I have not yet tried it. The trick with a low-mem install is this; when you get to the "boot: " prompt answer with "linux floppy0". After that just follow instructions but note that along the way you will need

Re: Mail problems

Some time around Mon, 18 May 1998 22:21:23 MDT, Mike Patterson wrote: > > I've started getting this error when trying to send mail, and I can't > recieve mail: > > What now? send > post: problem initializing server; [BHST] no servers available > send: message not delivered to an

How to upgrade ?

Sorry for this basic question, but to upgrade a package it's simple necessary to use Dselect , but when i want upgrade a distribution by example debian 1.3 to 2.0 the Base packages are automaticaly upgrade without reboot with deselect or what is a method ??? Tony Schonfeld - F5G