MPPP with isdnutils

1998-05-27 Thread Craig Sanders
I'm having difficulty getting multi ppp running with the isdnutils package. i can get one channel working with no problems - the debian package for isdnutils is excellent...works "out of the box". unfortunately, the documentation and faqs (including the stuff in the kernel source) are incompre

Re: Hamm Upgrade Failure - problem with dpkg-perl_0.1-2.deb

1998-05-27 Thread Bob Hilliard
Mark Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > # dpkg --info ../../binary-all/devel/dpkg-perl_0.1-2.deb > dpkg-deb: `../../binary-all/devel/dpkg-perl_0.1-2.deb' is not a debian > format archive > > What's wrong? I can't upgrade anything using dselect as a result of this > bug. Try getting dpkg

Re: problem setting network - installing Hamm/frozen

1998-05-27 Thread Bob Hilliard
Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have a problem that while installing hamm release 26/4 when i go > into setting up the network, if i chose the option that i am not > connected to a network the menu jumps back to the start (chose color > or mono monitor) and then when i get back to th

Installing 1.3 on IBM PS/1

1998-05-27 Thread Jonathan Hester
Thanks very much to Bonard Timmons and Nathan Norman for their advice. However, I'm still having trouble installing Debian 1.3 on my IBM PS/1. As recommended, I'm typing the following at the boot: prompt - linux hda=934,16,17 (My hard disk has 934 cylinders, 16 heads, and 17 se

scanpackages - what's the problem?

1998-05-27 Thread Lindsay Allen
Running scanpackages on non-free gives me output such as !! Package libgd1g has `Section: non-free/libs', but file is in `libs' !! Package archie has `Section: non-free/net', but file is in `net' !! !! Package cucipop has `Section: non-free/net', but file is in `net' !! My script, which I go

Linux bos behind MSProxy

1998-05-27 Thread Marcelo E. Laurenti
Hi all I need to know if there is a solution to use a linux box behind a NT ( ajjj...) little box running the MSProxy, that tries to be a proxy. Thanks -- Marcelo E. Laurenti Escuela de Ingenieria Electronica Fac. de Cs. Exactas e Ingenieria Universidad Nacional de Rosario -- To UNSUBS

Re: DSELECT

1998-05-27 Thread Rev. Joseph Carter
On Wed, May 27, 1998 at 11:19:22PM +0200, Karl Laping wrote: > I still have some fights with DSELECT. When I call SELECT I am told: Since > you do not hve the privilegy necessary to update package you are in the > read-only mode. Thus, I cannot use '+' or '-' to select. dselect must be run as root

RE: X11 S3 installation

1998-05-27 Thread Vladislav Papayan x285
> -Original Message- > From: Doug Thistlethwaite [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, May 21, 1998 12:23 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: X11 S3 installation > > > ... the docs you will need for x are in /usr/doc/x11... > > I was not ab

Re: how to get color ls display?

1998-05-27 Thread Bob Hilliard
Also see man ls "DISPLAY COLORIZATION", which says: You can override the default colors by defining the envi- ronment variable LS_COLORS (or LS_COLOURS). The current version of ls handles colors differently than the version I used in Slackware. Remco Blaakmeer <[EMAIL PRO

Re: Where is killall

1998-05-27 Thread rE^d
> > I have installed the new procps pakage and > > the killall command is lost. > > > > Does any one knows where is it? > > killall is in the psmisc package. You could also take a look at the skill > command, which is in the procps package and has very much the same > functionality as the killall

DSELECT

1998-05-27 Thread Karl Laping
Hi I still have some fights with DSELECT. When I call SELECT I am told: Since you do not hve the privilegy necessary to update package you are in the read-only mode. Thus, I cannot use '+' or '-' to select. Rgds Karl -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscri

LPRng broked??

1998-05-27 Thread fealvar
Hi, I'm trying to print trough LPRng to a JetDirect Printer and i got no succes even if i use the same printcap that work with the standar BSD lpr. I've tried lpd to lpd connection (The usual way) and direct connection to port 9100. Please Help. __ Fe

Re: library load problems

1998-05-27 Thread Scott Ellis
On Wed, 27 May 1998, Richard Sevenich wrote: > I just installed Hamm from scratch with kde as the desktop environment. When > I start certain applications (e.g. netscape), they fail with messages of > this sort: > cant load library 'libXt.so.6' > where the library is present as well a

Re: Quake

1998-05-27 Thread Joey Hess
Michael Beattie wrote: > -sndbits 8 gave me a promising result, just a bit of clicking > occasionally, I could live with it.. but.. Is there any other cure, or if > not, where can I put the parameter as a default so I dont need to type it > every time? I'm afraid you'll have to type it every time

Man ?

1998-05-27 Thread Gutraind
Hi! I'm a new linux user and I've installed debian 1.3.1 . I was looking for a comprehensive help for the commands, built within linux itself (I don't want to reboot every time to get some info or to 'harass' the user lists with basic questions) and heard about the Man pages from pofessionals typin

library load problems

1998-05-27 Thread Richard Sevenich
I just installed Hamm from scratch with kde as the desktop environment. When I start certain applications (e.g. netscape), they fail with messages of this sort: cant load library 'libXt.so.6' where the library is present as well as the ldso package. Any hints/advice? TIA, Richard --

Re: File-system on tape

1998-05-27 Thread DAVID B. TEAGUE
Hi Ted There was a paper, I forget the locateion or details, but it concerned a "log structured file system" that would be made to order for tape file system. writes at the end, maitains a log of space allocation, Dang! I wish I'd paid more attention to the paper. The Sprite operating (now def

Re: File-system on tape

1998-05-27 Thread Ted Harding
On 27-May-98 Stephen Carpenter wrote: > On Tue, May 26, 1998 at 10:15:58PM -0600, Lazar Fleysher wrote: >> Is it possible to create a file system on a tape drive ( like on >> mainframes) and use it as a disk? I know it is very slow, but is it >> possible? > > That is really very sick and twisted t

RE: NT and Linux

1998-05-27 Thread Bob McGowan
> -Original Message- > From: King Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 1998 12:29 PM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Cc: recipient list not shown; @[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: NT and Linux > > > > Hello, > > I got into a discussion with a system administrator o

Re: NT and Linux

1998-05-27 Thread Leandro Guimaraens Faria Corcete Dutra
King Lee wrote: >1. Has anyone here had any experience or knowledge > about software raid. How good is it? Know nothing about NT. If you look for information on Linux RAID (it's in the Internet, I've read it, can't remember where), it's said that Linux s/w RAID was in fact p

Re: creating simple interface for low-power users

1998-05-27 Thread Rev. Joseph Carter
On Wed, May 27, 1998 at 08:14:39AM -0500, Tim O'Brien wrote: > > Impatience, lazyness and hubris. Always remember these three great virtues > > (© Larry Wall) > > > > Do not program something which has already been programmed several times. > > You have the choices to do what you want without an

Re: how to get color ls display?

1998-05-27 Thread Remco Blaakmeer
On Tue, 26 May 1998, the lone gunman wrote: > > Hello: > > I recently installed Debian 1.3.1 that I purchased from Linux System > Labs. I have had several problems, and cannot seem to find the > answers. > > Getting color with ls! I copied my /etc/DIR_COLORS from my old > slackware system to

Re: How stable is 2.1.103?

1998-05-27 Thread Brian Weiss
On Wed, 27 May 1998, Liran Zvibel wrote: > Hello, > > I want to upgrade to the development kernel so I will be able to use CDs > from NT. > > I know that 2.1.101 is considered quite stable, but it is not the last > one. I think that the last one is 2.1.103, is it stable? > Should I download i

How stable is 2.1.103?

1998-05-27 Thread Liran Zvibel
Hello, I want to upgrade to the development kernel so I will be able to use CDs from NT. I know that 2.1.101 is considered quite stable, but it is not the last one. I think that the last one is 2.1.103, is it stable? Should I download it or 2.1.101/102? TIA, Liran Zvibel. --- http://www.math.

NT and Linux

1998-05-27 Thread King Lee
Hello, I got into a discussion with a system administrator of a website. The system administrator wishes to use NT because it supports software raid 5 (raid without a special controller). I thought if it works, there would be a terrible performance degradation. The system administrator said o

Hamm install problem

1998-05-27 Thread Carl Flippin
I attempted a install from the Hamm branch and after the package selection got the following from the install command: internal error - no filename at -e line 12 chunk 15 I can't find any mention of this anywhere. What does this dire sounding line mean? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTE

Re: Installing Hamm - NFS not working

1998-05-27 Thread Ian Lynagh
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ian Lynagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > >When I "mount -t nfs 192.168.37.2:/tmp /mnt" from 192.168.37.2 it all >works fine, but when I try it from 192.168.37.13 I get >"mount: RPC: Timed out". I had someone on the 'net try it out and they could NFS mount it. So eith

Re: Boot problem after installation

1998-05-27 Thread Norbert Veber
> That is the wrong solution to the problem. Something is probably wrong > with lilo.conf, or the wrong partition is marked active, but changing > lilo.conf isn't the best solution. As far as I can tell, the problem is with the boot disks, as it has happened on 2 of my friends computers as well, w

Re: xdm and ps

1998-05-27 Thread Jeffrey Ebert
Marcus Hirschfeld wrote: > > I switched from startx to xdm and now, with ps in an X-Term > no processes are displayed (just the gettys from tty1 to tty6an a single > bash). Any idea on how to use ps, so I can see all my running processes > like my running window-manager? > > Marcus Try "ps x" or

Re: Can I read NTFS from Linux?

1998-05-27 Thread Adrian Bridgett
On Wed, May 27, 1998 at 02:08:40PM +0100, Robbie McGarrigle wrote: > HELP! > > I've just installed a Debian Linux *bare* system.. I got it on a bunch > of 8 floppies whilst @ work. I can download lotsa stuff at work but I > don't know how to read my NTFS partition from within Linux. COnfig is: >

Re: Installing X-Windows?

1998-05-27 Thread Doug Thistlethwaite
I just finished installing my "X" on a new system. I assume you are using the 1.3 release of linux (bo). I used dselect to install the system. It took me 3 tries to get it right (I'm new to using the Debian so maybe I'm doing something wrong... but it seemed that if you just pick all of the pack

Re: How to upgrade from smail to exim?

1998-05-27 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Wed, 27 May 1998, Peter Prohaska wrote: > On Tue, May 26, 1998 at 09:28:42PM -0700, George Bonser wrote: > > On Tue, 26 May 1998, Johann Spies wrote: > [..] > > I wholeheartedly DISAGREE with that. Exim is a breeze, at least for me. > > Smail should not be considered as an internet mailer in my

Installing 1.3 on IBM PS/1

1998-05-27 Thread Jonathan Hester
Thanks very much to Bonard Timmons and Nathan Norman for their advice. However, I'm still having trouble installing Debian 1.3 on my IBM PS/1. As recommended, I'm typing the following at the boot: prompt - linux hda=934,16,17 (My hard disk has 934 cylinders, 16 heads, and 17 se

Re: Now that I downloaded GNOME whow do I run it?

1998-05-27 Thread robert havoc pennington
On Wed, 27 May 1998, Daniel Mashao wrote: > I have doenloaded gnome from slink and yes it I ran dpkg on it and it > seems to be well installed but how do I use it? I thought it would be like > the nice KDE desktop but it just seems to be eating my disk space. How do > I run it? Why is there no doc

Re: Boot problem after installation (and a cfdisk query)

1998-05-27 Thread David Wright
On Wed, 27 May 1998, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > On Tue, May 26, 1998 at 02:56:13PM -0400, Norbert Veber wrote: > > On Tue, May 26, 1998 at 08:27:09PM +0200, Tomas Petersson wrote: > > > Hello, I have just installed Debian Linux, everything > > > went fine except I can't boot from the harddrive. > > >

problem setting network - installing Hamm/frozen

1998-05-27 Thread Micha Feigin
I have a problem that while installing hamm release 26/4 when i go into setting up the network, if i chose the option that i am not connected to a network the menu jumps back to the start (chose color or mono monitor) and then when i get back to the options i am again on the option for confiuring

Re: How to upgrade from smail to exim?

1998-05-27 Thread Peter Prohaska
On Tue, May 26, 1998 at 09:28:42PM -0700, George Bonser wrote: > On Tue, 26 May 1998, Johann Spies wrote: [..] > I wholeheartedly DISAGREE with that. Exim is a breeze, at least for me. > Smail should not be considered as an internet mailer in my opinion and > should be left to uucp only setups. >

2.0 boot floppies

1998-05-27 Thread Babs
does anyone know the proper syntax to use make-kpkg for making boot floppies for v.2.0??? Info needed asap as i need to install the os on a box for work. Thanks, Fuzy :) Thanks, Babs, Your Got.Net PC Tech... http://we.got.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "uns

lilo compile problem (can't add entry for dos)

1998-05-27 Thread Micha Feigin
i tried to change lilo.conf to add an entry for msdos thats sitting on a diferent partition on my hardisk (I'm using lilo ver 20 if i'm not mistaken the one that comes with the Hamm-frozen instelation) i added the lines: other=/dev/hda1 label=Dos the answear i got was sometimes error near line 11

Installation problems

1998-05-27 Thread Igor S. Livshits
Hello, This is my first attempt at installing any Linux in years; so, if I missed an FAQ section somewhere, please point me there first. I am trying to install 1.3 on a new Dell. I boot off the rescue floppy and quickly get to the "please wait...determining current state" window. This screen neve

Re: system time

1998-05-27 Thread Steve Mayer
Chris, Try tzconfig to change the timezone setup and 'man hwclock' or 'man date' for ways to set the system time. Stever Mayer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chris Zander wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > where can I change the system time / rerun the timezone setup? > > - -- > Stone's L

system time

1998-05-27 Thread Chris Zander
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- where can I change the system time / rerun the timezone setup? - -- Stone's Law: One man's "simple" is another man's "huh?" - -- == Christian Zander

Re: Is there any program like ICQ ? Thanks ! ;)

1998-05-27 Thread Nuno Carvalho
I really need ICQ cause some of my friends use it on Windoze and we like to know when someone are online! I think this is the better idea ! ;) Thanks Next weekend I will try ICQ for JAVA on linux! ;) Beste regards, Nuno Carvalho --- Nuno Emanuel

Re: Unidentified subject!

1998-05-27 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Tue, 26 May 1998, Jonathan Hester wrote: : : Friends, a question: : : I am trying to install Debian 1.3 on my old IBM PS/1 Consultant : machine. During the installation procedure, when the time comes : to partition my hard drive, the operating system cannot find my : hard drive. I know the

Now that I downloaded GNOME whow do I run it?

1998-05-27 Thread Daniel Mashao
I have doenloaded gnome from slink and yes it I ran dpkg on it and it seems to be well installed but how do I use it? I thought it would be like the nice KDE desktop but it just seems to be eating my disk space. How do I run it? Why is there no documentation about running it? /--

RE: Java JDK 1.15 on Debian?

1998-05-27 Thread Jay Barbee
> You download the jdk1.1-runtime debian package (And jdk1.1-dev if you want > to do development) from non-free/devel. Then use dpkg as usual. Timothy > > >How do you install the Java JDK 1.15 on Debian? Is this for HAMM or BO installations? I thought last time I looked that JDK 1.1 was for

Re: ATI Rage Pro AGP

1998-05-27 Thread Steve Izma
> > Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 10:08:59 -0400 > From: Peter S Galbraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > - High-performance AGP-enabled video. Integrated ATI Rage Pro video > controller with up to 4MB 100MHz SGRAM video memory Uses 1X Accelerated > Graphics Port (AGP) bus for faster graphics processing.

can't start netscape

1998-05-27 Thread Richard Sevenich
I just installed Hamm and am using kde as the desktop environment. Attempting to start netscape yields error message: can't load library 'libXt.so.6' The netscape version is one I used earlier under bo (netscape 4.05). The library in the error message exists. Any advice/hints? TIA Richard

Re: Last try: can't make rshd recognize +@netgroup

1998-05-27 Thread Pierre Blanchet
"KS" == Kevin Squire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: KS> Hi there -- KS> I've tried asking this before, but I think I might have been asking the KS> wrong question (or at least no one answered). I'll try one more time with KS> different wording. On a hamm machine, I'm trying to get rshd to

Re: DNS.

1998-05-27 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
Johan Berglund wrote: > I´m about to move a web-server (Debian) from one place to another > and have to change IP. I now like to install and use DNS on the server. > I´d like the DNS in the new server to handle my domain. My domain > is now handled by my ISP but I need the ability to add and remov

Debian JDK page

1998-05-27 Thread Paul Reavis
Well, I got dragged around on errands all night last night, so didn't get this done before the JDK FAQ was published, but it's up now- Still very rough; needs lots of input from you good people out there. Focus is on getting various versions of the JDK running on various versions of Debian. As li

Mouse problem running 'xbase-configure'

1998-05-27 Thread Tomas Petersson
Hello, when I try to configure X I get the errormsg below as soon as I move the mouse. I have a standard Microsoft mouse connected to COM1 Any ideas? /Tomas Petersson can't read "tkPriv(x)": no such element in array while executing "if {(300

Re: File-system on tape

1998-05-27 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
No, it isn't. In unix the basic requirement for a filesystem-capable device is that it be a block-device (as opposed to a character device). The real clincher is that a filesystem device needs to support random access. Most tape drives (DDS2 being a notable exception) support only sequential reads

ppp, chat slow connect

1998-05-27 Thread Kenneth . Scharf
I finally got pon to start pppd and chat to connect to the internet via modem. The first time I typed pon it dialed out, but this was after playing with the commands manually from the command line. The next time I booted the system and tried it again nothing happened. I typed ps and saw that bo

Re: creating simple interface for low-power users

1998-05-27 Thread Tim O'Brien
On Wed, 27 May 1998, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote: > On Tuesday 26 May 1998, at 20 h 2, the keyboard of "G. Crimp" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I thought it would be great if I could set up their accounts so that > > when they logged in a button bar greated them. They could invoke xpat2,

Last try: can't make rshd recognize +@netgroup

1998-05-27 Thread Kevin Squire
Hi there -- I've tried asking this before, but I think I might have been asking the wrong question (or at least no one answered). I'll try one more time with different wording. On a hamm machine, I'm trying to get rshd to let me put [EMAIL PROTECTED] in hosts.equiv. If I list the local mach

Can I read NTFS from Linux?

1998-05-27 Thread Robbie McGarrigle
HELP! I've just installed a Debian Linux *bare* system.. I got it on a bunch of 8 floppies whilst @ work. I can download lotsa stuff at work but I don't know how to read my NTFS partition from within Linux. COnfig is: 2 SCSI disks (1 NTFS partition on first disk, 1 Linux on 2nd & 1 Linux

Re: File-system on tape

1998-05-27 Thread Stephen Carpenter
On Tue, May 26, 1998 at 10:15:58PM -0600, Lazar Fleysher wrote: > Hi, Hi > Is it possible to create a file system on a tape drive ( like on > mainframes) and use it as a disk? I know it is very slow, but is it > possible? That is really very sick and twisted to even think of such a thing... hmm I

DNS.

1998-05-27 Thread Johan Berglund
I´m about to move a web-server (Debian) from one place to another and have to change IP. I now like to install and use DNS on the server. I´d like the DNS in the new server to handle my domain. My domain is now handled by my ISP but I need the ability to add and remove hostnames. I guess this is t

Printer compatibility

1998-05-27 Thread M.C. Vernon
Dear all, Anyone tried one of these with linux? Can you recommend a printing package pls (or tell me which FM to R? =>) Thanks, Matthew Mannesmann Tally MT-910 laser printer for sale 300 dpi, 2 font cartridges, 2Mb RAM, parallel interface, dual 250 sheet trays. Comes with spare ton

Installing Hamm - NFS not working

1998-05-27 Thread Ian Lynagh
Hi all I am trying to install base2_0.tgz via NFS. On 192.168.37.2 I have /tmp(rw) in /etc/exports (I have also tried other lines such as /tmp*.lynagh.demon.co.uk(ro,insecure) but no better luck) When I "mount -t nfs 192.168.37.2:/tmp /mnt" from 192.168.37.2 it all works fine, but when

Re: X Windows, how to set up?

1998-05-27 Thread Martin Bialasinski
> "TP" == Tomas Petersson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: TP> Hello, I have installed the base system and standard packages. TP> Can anyone me tell if this is enough for running X Windows? TP> If not, what do I need more, and where can I find documentation. Check http://www.debian.org/fom/21.htm

Re: X Windows, how to set up?

1998-05-27 Thread Mike Acklin
On Wed, May 27, 1998 at 01:28:15PM +0200, Tomas Petersson wrote: > Hello, I have installed the base system and standard packages. > Can anyone me tell if this is enough for running X Windows? > If not, what do I need more, and where can I find documentation. > > /Tomas Petersson > Tomas,

Re: creating simple interface for low-power users

1998-05-27 Thread Stephane Bortzmeyer
On Tuesday 26 May 1998, at 20 h 2, the keyboard of "G. Crimp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I thought it would be great if I could set up their accounts so that > when they logged in a button bar greated them. They could invoke xpat2, > logout, shutdown, or call up a graphic mail user agent

Re: How to upgrade from smail to exim?

1998-05-27 Thread Johann Spies
On Tue, 26 May 1998, George Bonser wrote: > On Tue, 26 May 1998, Johann Spies wrote: > > > Hallo, > > > > Why do you call that an "upgrade"? I have tried out exim several times > > without success. In my opinion smail is much easier to install and works > > with a lot less problems than exim.

X Windows, how to set up?

1998-05-27 Thread Tomas Petersson
Hello, I have installed the base system and standard packages. Can anyone me tell if this is enough for running X Windows? If not, what do I need more, and where can I find documentation. /Tomas Petersson -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Con

Re: Unidentified subject!

1998-05-27 Thread Bonard B. Timmons III
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jonathan Hester) writes: > displayed by pressing at the boot: prompt, the following special > parameter is recommended for IBM PS/1's with IDE hard drives: > > hd=,, > > Thus, I tried booting by typing the following at the boot: prompt - > > linux hd=934,16,254031

Re: SMTP connection went away?

1998-05-27 Thread Martin Bialasinski
> "HS" == selber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] HS> How can I convince smail to accept my existence again? Try running smailconfig again. Ciao, Martin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: SMTP connection went away?

1998-05-27 Thread selber
+- My mail system seems to be working since the upgrade to hamm/frozen. +- However, I just tried "telnet localhost 25" and got "connection +- refused". I had noticed after the upgrade that /etc/inetd.conf had this +- line (note the "#"): +- # smtpstream tcp nowait root/usr/sbin/tcp

Re: Boot problem after installation

1998-05-27 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Tue, May 26, 1998 at 02:56:13PM -0400, Norbert Veber wrote: > On Tue, May 26, 1998 at 08:27:09PM +0200, Tomas Petersson wrote: > > Hello, I have just installed Debian Linux, everything > > went fine except I can't boot from the harddrive. > > If I boot from the 'Custom Boot Floppy' it works, > >

Hamm Upgrade Failure - problem with dpkg-perl_0.1-2.deb

1998-05-27 Thread Mark Phillips
I am trying to upgrade to Hamm. I have run the autoup script, I think successfully. Now I am trying to run deselect to upgrade everything else, but it bombs out when I try to install, complaining that: Looking for part 1 of dpkg-perl ... /usr/local/store0/debian/hamm/hamm/binary-i386/devel/dpkg

THANKS: Re: starting point doc abut regexp and perl

1998-05-27 Thread Ulisses Alonso
Hello Hamish! On Wed, 27 May 1998, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > On Tue, May 26, 1998 at 12:53:19PM +, Ulisses Alonso wrote: > > I would like some URLs to get an starting point about perl(I searched > > in www.perl.com) and it's regular expressions. The manual pages > > are huge and not very didact

Re: Installing X-Windows?

1998-05-27 Thread Martin Bialasinski
> "BS" == Ben Szyc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: BS> I've just recently started using Debian and thought it's bout time I BS> installed X-Windows but I don't have much idea where to start. Can BS> someone please help me in detail if possible??? The best way is to use dselect to install the nee

Re: fetchmail just hangs

1998-05-27 Thread Martin Bialasinski
> "tlg" == the lone gunman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: tlg> fetchmail (or popclient) will connect to the server, prompt me for my tlg> password, then start reading messages. It will say tlg> "reading message 1 (size)" tlg> print one or two periods, then sit there indefinately. If I watch th

Re: fetchmail & sendmail/smail

1998-05-27 Thread Martin Bialasinski
> "DB" == Darren Benham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: DB> fetchmail: 9 messages at [EMAIL PROTECTED] DB> reading message 1 (3345 bytes) .fetchmail: SMTP connect to (null) failed DB> fetchmail: SMTP transaction error while fetching from mail.skylink.net Try adding "smtphost localhost" to your .

Xauthority permission change

1998-05-27 Thread Oskar Liljeblad
When I su root and run X (startx) from the su'ed shell, the owner and modes of the /.Xauthority are changed to root and rw--- (ls format). (The file group doesn't change.) Next time you start X as a normal user, no X applications can be started because .Xauthority is not readable. Is this a pro

Re: angband save problems

1998-05-27 Thread Michael Beattie
On Tue, 26 May 1998, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > On Mon, May 25, 1998 at 11:39:09PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > > On Mon, 25 May 1998 23:37:46 -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > > > > >Wouldn't it just be easier to set the executable to GUID games and have > > >all the game files owned by games? That way

Re: scsi tape devices?

1998-05-27 Thread Jean-Luc Anthoine
On Tue, 26 May 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Can someone tell me what the *a, *l, and *m devices are/do for for my > scsi tape drive? The Linux Device List was not very enlighting. > >0 crw-rw 1 root disk 9, 128 May 28 1997 /dev/nst0 >0 crw-rw 1 root disk

Re: HELP! Installing Packages From Another Drive...

1998-05-27 Thread Jean-Luc Anthoine
On Tue, 26 May 1998, Harry Tuttle wrote: > Chris, > > Where do you find the options, ie. nonumtail, user, rw, exec, for the > fstab file? I have looked in (man)fstab, mount, mfstab, etc, but have been > unable to find anything. > > What I am really interested in is the "nonumtail" m

Re: Printing to appletalk printer?

1998-05-27 Thread stephen . p . ryan
On 26 Apr, Asher Haig wrote: > Is it possible to make linux print to an appletalk printer? I see papd > can spool from appletalk to an lp printer. Can it work the other way? > > I want to print to an HP 6MP hooked up via a Jet Direct Plus to 10bT > ethernet. It does NOT have a specific IP addres

reply address...

1998-05-27 Thread the lone gunman
Hello: I just posted three messages to the mailing list: A question about being unable to mount my root-partition, a question about colorizing ls, and a fetchmail question. I did not provide a (correct) return email address. It is: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sorry. Thanks for your help! -- To UNSUBSCR

fetchmail just hangs

1998-05-27 Thread the lone gunman
Hello: I recently installed Debian 1.3.1 that I purchased from Linux System Labs. I have had several problems, and cannot seem to find the answers. I have ppp successfully running, but cannot get fetchmail (or popclient) to work. Here's the commands I've tried: fetchmail -k -u fetchmail -p

how to get color ls display?

1998-05-27 Thread the lone gunman
Hello: I recently installed Debian 1.3.1 that I purchased from Linux System Labs. I have had several problems, and cannot seem to find the answers. Getting color with ls! I copied my /etc/DIR_COLORS from my old slackware system to my new Debian system. In my /etc/profile, I have "dircolors -b

Kernel panic: VFS: unable to mount root fs on 80:3b

1998-05-27 Thread the lone gunman
Hello: I recently installed Debian 1.3.1 that I purchased from Linux System Labs. I have had several problems, and cannot seem to find the answers. I installed the system by booting from a floppy and installing the base system from cdrom. (My cdrom is bootable; the cd is bootable, but for some

RE: mount cdrom?

1998-05-27 Thread Mark Ciciretti
mount -t iso9660 /dev/scd0 /cdrom On 27-May-98 Mikhali Mifsud wrote: > Ahh I know this is a stupid question, but how do I mount a cdrom? > > I have a sun scsi cdrom set to address 6, and a directory (mount > point) called cdrom created in / > > Whats the the command line to mount it? > > Thank

mount cdrom?

1998-05-27 Thread Mikhali Mifsud
Ahh I know this is a stupid question, but how do I mount a cdrom? I have a sun scsi cdrom set to address 6, and a directory (mount point) called cdrom created in / Whats the the command line to mount it? Thanks. == "live life to the full because your DEAD longer than your alive." ___

File-system on tape

1998-05-27 Thread Lazar Fleysher
Hi, Is it possible to create a file system on a tape drive ( like on mainframes) and use it as a disk? I know it is very slow, but is it possible? If not, is it possible to have several files on one tape and how to access them? Any input is appreciated. Thank you all ZORO -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: creating simple interface for low-power users

1998-05-27 Thread Rodrigo Bernardo Pimentel
On Tue, 26 May 1998, G. Crimp wrote: > I'm trolling for ideas and guidance. I'm trying to help my parents > enter the electronic age. They basically know nothing about computers. > They're 80 and I'm stubborn. This means that things have to be super easy > for them, and I'm hoping to avo

Printing to appletalk printer?

1998-05-27 Thread Asher Haig
Is it possible to make linux print to an appletalk printer? I see papd can spool from appletalk to an lp printer. Can it work the other way? I want to print to an HP 6MP hooked up via a Jet Direct Plus to 10bT ethernet. It does NOT have a specific IP address assigned to it -- I only have 6 IPs

RE: creating simple interface for low-power users

1998-05-27 Thread Darren Benham
On 27-May-98 G. Crimp wrote: > I thought it would be great if I could set up their accounts so that > when they logged in a button bar greated them. They could invoke xpat2, > logout, shutdown, or call up a graphic mail user agent (maybe xfmail or > netscape) just by clicking the appropriat

fetchmail & sendmail/smail

1998-05-27 Thread Darren Benham
Ok... I get this message when I run fetchmail... fetchmail: 9 messages at [EMAIL PROTECTED] reading message 1 (3345 bytes) .fetchmail: SMTP connect to (null) failed fetchmail: SMTP transaction error while fetching from mail.skylink.net I've successfully set up fetchmail on several systems but thi

Re: How to upgrade from smail to exim?

1998-05-27 Thread Damir J. Naden
Hi Bonard B. Timmons III; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > Johann Spies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Yes, that was my experience also, but I did not give up. I am glad > because exim really is clean, powerful, and logical. I would be glad > to assist anyone; at the very least I can help

creating simple interface for low-power users

1998-05-27 Thread G. Crimp
Hi, I'm trolling for ideas and guidance. I'm trying to help my parents enter the electronic age. They basically know nothing about computers. They're 80 and I'm stubborn. This means that things have to be super easy for them, and I'm hoping to avoid windoze. So far I have set u

Re: Is there any program like ICQ ? Thanks ! ;)

1998-05-27 Thread Rodrigo Bernardo Pimentel
On 26 May 1998, John Goerzen wrote: > > Or you could use ICQ for Java. I've used it with Solaris x86 and RedHat 5. > > It seems to be pretty stable. > > I have experienced a few too many crashes. It is also a memory hog > (12 meg). Which is much more than the, what, 3k that it takes inetd > to

Re: How to upgrade from smail to exim?

1998-05-27 Thread Bonard B. Timmons III
Johann Spies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hallo, > > Why do you call that an "upgrade"? I have tried out exim several times > without success. In my opinion smail is much easier to install and works > with a lot less problems than exim. > > Johann. Yes, that was my experience also, but I did

RE: JDK 1.1.5 and Java ICQ

1998-05-27 Thread timothy
For me this only happens when people with non-standard characters in their name, (like what Alt-### keys under dos make), comm me. Most of the time if I rename them to something normal its all fine. Timothy On 27-May-98 Corey Miller wrote: > I've been trying to run the Java version of ICQ o

Re: Hamm ...

1998-05-27 Thread Jack Kern
On Tue, May 26, 1998 at 09:47:44PM -0300, Marcelo Laurenti wrote: > Hi > > Anybody has upgraded to hamm?? > > I'm having trouble with WTEMP, it seems to be destroyed after a reboot. If you have not yet, get autoup.sh and other info: http://debian.vicnet.net.au/autoup/ http://www

JDK 1.1.5 and Java ICQ

1998-05-27 Thread Corey Miller
I've been trying to run the Java version of ICQ on my hamm system. I get the following error when ICQ tries to display information in text boxes: Warning: Name: textfield Class: XmTextField Character 'S' not supported in font. Discarded. This happens for all characte

Unidentified subject!

1998-05-27 Thread Jonathan Hester
Friends, a question: I am trying to install Debian 1.3 on my old IBM PS/1 Consultant machine. During the installation procedure, when the time comes to partition my hard drive, the operating system cannot find my hard drive. I know the hard drive is operational because it boots under DOS. I ha

Netscape not resolving some domain names

1998-05-27 Thread Keith Alen Vance
I have just installed Netscape Communicator 4.05 on my Debian 1.3 system and I am having alittle trouble. Problem #1 Netscape does not resolve all domain names. It will go to the Gimp site but not AfterStep or Netscape homepage. I am assuming that it has something to do with reverse DNS or so

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