Re: pine user converts to mutt

1998-05-28 Thread Lee Bradshaw
On Thu, May 28, 1998 at 05:37:04PM -, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I want to skim through my messages, reading them as I go. After > reading a message, I may want to save it, and in pine I would hit a > key to save it to a folder. I've seen the "C" command in mutt: I can > read an email, "C"opy

Re: Installing Java JDK 1.1.5 on Debian?

1998-05-28 Thread Marcus Johnson
On Thu, 28 May 1998, Paul Reavis wrote: > the FAQ (currently at > http://www.place.org/~stevemw/java/FAQ/FAQ-java-linux.html > ) for general issues. That reference is like gold! Thanks gobs for that. I read through part of it and it explained what all this glibc vs libc5 stuff was. I went bac

Re: fvwm window "shadows" don't move...

1998-05-28 Thread Lee Bradshaw
On Thu, May 28, 1998 at 11:19:02AM -0500, the lone gunman wrote: > On problem, though, is as follows: > I'm using fvwm2 as a window manager under XFree86. When I > click and hold the left mouse button on a window "handle" or title > bar, and move the mouse the window stays in place, and only

3c905b

1998-05-28 Thread William D. Rendahl
How do I set up a 3Com 3c905b (Cyclone?) NIC at 100Mbps on Bo? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

pine user converts to mutt

1998-05-28 Thread lgunman
[This message has also been posted.] I used to use pine as an email client, quite happily, but recently I've switched to mutt for it's threading and color support (and I just wanted something new). Anyway, I'm probably overlooking something obvious, but I'm having trouble understanding mutt's fol

Re: fvwm window "shadows" don't move...

1998-05-28 Thread Martin Bialasinski
> "tlg" == the lone gunman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Hi lone (or is your name "gunman", or maybe "the"), we tend to use our real names here. tlg> I'm using fvwm2 as a window manager under XFree86. When I tlg> click and hold the left mouse button on a window "handle" or title tlg> bar, an

Re: dump again

1998-05-28 Thread Behan Webster
Thanks to all who sent me advice. I'm afraid I had already tried all the things people had suggested, except trying to add the whole directory instead of just the file I wanted to restore. (Thanks to Gary Hennigan for suggesting that) That seemed to do the trick. dragon:~/tmp# restore -i -v -f

fvwm window "shadows" don't move...

1998-05-28 Thread the lone gunman
Hello: I just installed Debian/GNU 1.3.1, I've got pretty much everything going as I want it. On problem, though, is as follows: I'm using fvwm2 as a window manager under XFree86. When I click and hold the left mouse button on a window "handle" or title bar, and move the mouse the window

Slightly misguided article

1998-05-28 Thread Dan Hugo
If you have some time, please check out http://www.zdnet.com/pcweek/opinion/0525/25wide.html With the headline "The case against Linux?" I think this author needs to hear from real users, and it is clear that the large Debian community has plenty to say... -dh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMA

Re: dump again

1998-05-28 Thread Andy Kahn
On Thu, May 28, 1998 at 04:50:05PM -0400, Behan Webster wrote: > > That's actually what I tried first. I get the same results with -i. > > > dragon:~/tmp# restore -i -v -f ~/prev/dragon.hda2.19980523.0 > Verify tape and initialize maps > Tape block size is 32 > Dump date: Sat May 23 03:44:19

Re: anybody have/use ADSL?

1998-05-28 Thread Dan Hugo
I've been using PacBell service in Silicon Valley, CA (USA) since February, and I have to say that I have had a generally good experience. The prices during the trial period have been high $80/month for service from PacBell $75/month for PacBell Internet ISP $125 for wiring install at PacBell (no

Re: Smail spam-prevention filter?

1998-05-28 Thread Curt Howland
More info: Sure enough, there was a later version on the web site, taking me from v3.2 to 3.2.0.92-3. :^> So I installed the package, and tried the smtp_remote_allow in the config file, as mentioned for smail 3.2. No such luck, it doesn't know that configuration option. *IF* that configuratio

obscure kernel error

1998-05-28 Thread Alan Su
Does anyone know what the following error (extracted from /var/log/syslog) means: :>May 28 13:46:18 alsu kernel: Warning: kfree_skb passed an skb still on a list (f :>rom 017ff8f8). :>May 28 13:46:18 alsu kernel: bounds: :>May 28 13:46:18 alsu kernel: CPU:0 :>May 28 13:46:18 alsu kern

Re: dump again

1998-05-28 Thread Behan Webster
Jens B. Jorgensen wrote: > > When it says 'Specify next volume' just enter 1. I'm afraid that didn't work. It just keeps on asking for the next volume. What I'm confused about is that doing a "restore -i" or "restore -t" and I seem to be able to find the file just fine. But when I do a "restor

Re: dump again

1998-05-28 Thread Behan Webster
Gary L. Hennigan wrote: > > Behan Webster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > | I'm new to using restore(1), and can't quite figure out how to extract a > | single file from a dumped filesystem. > | > | I first restored the dump image from amanda onto an empty partition (the > | image is called dragon.h

Re: Word for Linux

1998-05-28 Thread Johann Spies
On Thu, 28 May 1998, Kevin wrote: > Is there a *.doc (MS Word) viewer / converter for linux & is it a deb > pkg? I saw the following message on another list a few days ago: - Announcing mswordview a MS Word 8 Decoder mswordview is a program that c

Re: dump again

1998-05-28 Thread Gary L. Hennigan
Behan Webster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | I'm new to using restore(1), and can't quite figure out how to extract a | single file from a dumped filesystem. | | I first restored the dump image from amanda onto an empty partition (the | image is called dragon.hda2.19980523.0), then I tried to resto

Re: libc6 install help

1998-05-28 Thread Chris Zander
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Thu, 28 May 1998, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Hello, > >I'm trying to upgrade to libc6 and am running into a few problems. >First I didn't have a new enough version of libc5, so I got version >5.4.38-1 and installed that. Installation went fine until the end >w

Re: How to have 2 NE200 cards in the same box

1998-05-28 Thread Will Lowe
> I'm trying to have two NE2000 cards in the same box, I have this two lines check out the ethernet howto: http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/Ethernet-HOWTO.html Will ---

Re: library load problems

1998-05-28 Thread Torsten Hilbrich
On: Wed, 27 May 1998 14:04:34 -0700 Richard Sevenich writes: > > 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

dump again

1998-05-28 Thread Behan Webster
I'm new to using restore(1), and can't quite figure out how to extract a single file from a dumped filesystem. I first restored the dump image from amanda onto an empty partition (the image is called dragon.hda2.19980523.0), then I tried to restore bcwhite/longtmp/testfuncs.cpp... I just can seem

RE: Java JDK 1.15 on Debian?

1998-05-28 Thread Marcus Johnson
Okay, I'm not the administrator, the admin is not very available and I'm a newbie at Linux/Unix admin stuff, but I have uncovered this much at least. * when I start I new shell I get the following: "Linux bay1 2.0.0 #19 Tue Jul 30 21:58:15 PDT 1996 i586 Debian v1.1 Copyright (C) 1993-1996 Debian

How to have 2 NE200 cards in the same box

1998-05-28 Thread Krzysztof Adamski
Hi All I'm trying to have two NE2000 cards in the same box, I have this two lines in /etc/modules ne io=0x340,irq=15 ne io=0x300,irq=5 The first card is configured fine, but not the second. If I switch the order then again the first one is fine. I have made a copy of ne.o to be called ne2.o and

anybody have/use ADSL?

1998-05-28 Thread Ian Keith Setford
Yo- Service come online here in 3 days and I was just wondering if anyone has experience with it yet. I believe the head-end units will be Fujitsu multiplexors and the client side will have Orckit modems? Anybody have any info? Thanks, -Ian ___

Re: Getting ttyx

1998-05-28 Thread Bob Hilliard
tty|cut -c6- Bob > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Beattie) > Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Beattie) > Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 18:49:38 +1200 (NZST) > > > What is the best way to get the current console's tty? I know tty does the > job, but how do I find the name WITHOUT the /dev/ ? i.e. tt

Re: linux download

1998-05-28 Thread aqy6633
> how to download and install linux from your website on my computer? Go to ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/hamm/disks-i386/current/ and read install.txt (or install.html) Good luck. Alex Y. -- _ _( )_ ( (o___ +---+ | _ 7

linux download

1998-05-28 Thread Asmady Bin Ahmad
how to download and install linux from your website on my computer? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

libc6 install help

1998-05-28 Thread The . Sage
Hello, I'm trying to upgrade to libc6 and am running into a few problems. First I didn't have a new enough version of libc5, so I got version 5.4.38-1 and installed that. Installation went fine until the end wherein it informed me I didn't have /usr/lib/libc.so, and thus exited with an error. Lo

Re: JDK 1.1.5 and Java ICQ

1998-05-28 Thread Torsten Hilbrich
On: Tue, 26 May 1998 22:05:01 -0400 (EDT) Corey Miller writes: > > Warning: > Name: textfield > Class: XmTextField > Character 'S' not supported in font. Discarded. > > This happens for all characters and numbers it tries to show. I > have tried reinstalling the jdk packages a

Re: pon - When am I connected?

1998-05-28 Thread aqy6633
> As root I do "pon whatever" and 3 seconds or later it is connected. > However, I cannot tell when except by trying it until it works. > How do I tell when a connection has been negotiated? And how can > I tell if it has failed? Using PAP for the moment, in case it matters. plog Alex Y. --

Re: jdk1.1-runtime

1998-05-28 Thread Chris Zander
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Thu, 28 May 1998, Tomas Petersson wrote: >Hello, I downloaded and tried to install JDK 1.1, but >ran into some problem. > >Package libc6 is not installed. >Package xlib6g is not installed. >Package xpm4g is not installed. > >I have searched the ftp-site for t

Re: Cut and paste question

1998-05-28 Thread Chris Zander
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Thu, 28 May 1998, Tim O'Brien wrote: >I've been using Debian for quite a while now, and was wondering what sort >of support Linux/X has for cut and paste? Sure, there's the stuff with >GPM where things can be cut and pasted, but it's not very universal. > >

Re: Smail spam-prevention filter?

1998-05-28 Thread Curt Howland
Many thanks, I intend to do the massive upgrade, pain, and suffering of trying to get everything rebuilt from scratch when 2.0 is considered released. Yes, old smail. I will forward this to the debian-user list for comment. Unfortunately, I had to unsubscribe due to message volume, so I must requ

pon - When am I connected?

1998-05-28 Thread Ian Lynagh
As root I do "pon whatever" and 3 seconds or later it is connected. However, I cannot tell when except by trying it until it works. How do I tell when a connection has been negotiated? And how can I tell if it has failed? Using PAP for the moment, in case it matters. Also, is there any way I can

Diagnosing NFS or network problems

1998-05-28 Thread Ian Lynagh
Hi all I am having some problems with NFS. Is there any way I can see on my server if someone is attempting to mount something? Also, what does "mount: RPC: Timed out" mean? How far has it got before something timed out? Thanks Ian -- Ian Lynagh - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.sol.no/~balchen

Re: Stronghold Apache

1998-05-28 Thread Pete Harlan
> (I'm assuming 1.2.6 since 1.3 is still beta) with 128bit encryption. They > have binaries for red hat 5.0 but I want to use debian 2.0 since it's what > I know and I like it. > > anyone had any experience with this? anyone know of another way (other We've done it with [the nearly prehistoric]

Re: Intel Redwood(?) motherboard

1998-05-28 Thread Jaakko Niemi
>> >> Hi, >> >> I need to buy a couple PCs featuring an Intel Redwood >> (I'm not sure this is the correct name) motherboard with >> onboard 100MB Ethernet and fast SCSI-2. However I need to >> be absolutely sure Linux will run on it. Does anybody have >> any experience with this motherboard? >

Re: Cut and paste question

1998-05-28 Thread robert havoc pennington
On Thu, 28 May 1998, Tim O'Brien wrote: > I've been using Debian for quite a while now, and was wondering what sort > of support Linux/X has for cut and paste? Sure, there's the stuff with > GPM where things can be cut and pasted, but it's not very universal. > There is limited support. You c

Re: Cut and paste question

1998-05-28 Thread Bonard B. Timmons III
"Tim O'Brien" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I've been using Debian for quite a while now, and was wondering what sort > of support Linux/X has for cut and paste? Sure, there's the stuff with > GPM where things can be cut and pasted, but it's not very universal. Could you be more specific? It a

RE: Getting ttyx

1998-05-28 Thread Bob McGowan
Several ways, including piping the tty output to sed or cut or awk. But my preference would be: basename $(tty) # assumes you are using bash, ksh etc. or basename `tty` # back quotes for sh --- Bob McGowan i'm: bob dot mcgowan at artecon dot com > -Original Message- >

Cut and paste question

1998-05-28 Thread Tim O'Brien
I've been using Debian for quite a while now, and was wondering what sort of support Linux/X has for cut and paste? Sure, there's the stuff with GPM where things can be cut and pasted, but it's not very universal. Though I hate to admit it, this is one of the (very) few places where Windoze shi

jdk1.1-runtime

1998-05-28 Thread Tomas Petersson
Hello, I downloaded and tried to install JDK 1.1, but ran into some problem. Package libc6 is not installed. Package xlib6g is not installed. Package xpm4g is not installed. I have searched the ftp-site for these packages without luck. Does anyone know where I can find them? /Tomas Petersson

Re: Where can i get this

1998-05-28 Thread Bonard B. Timmons III
> Acording to my system it's in the package textinfo. Wich means i have > to upgrade my tex packages, wich brings another question. Dselect says that > the > tex packages i have are obsolete. should i deinstall them and install the new > ones or is there another way to do it? > >

RE: Nethack save files: was: angband save problems

1998-05-28 Thread Bob McGowan
I have not been following the beginning of this discussion thread, so this may have been said before. The reference to nethack caught my eye, since I had tried it out and had save problems, too. What I found is that both the save file and its parent directory must have write permission in order f

Re: Word for Linux

1998-05-28 Thread aqy6633
> Is there a *.doc (MS Word) viewer / converter for linux & is it a deb > pkg? http://www.csn.ul.ie/~caolan/docs/MSWordView.html Alex Y. -- _ _( )_ ( (o___ +---+ | _ 7 |Alexander Yukhimets| \

Word for Linux

1998-05-28 Thread Kevin
Is there a *.doc (MS Word) viewer / converter for linux & is it a deb pkg? -- -- mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED] GNU/Linux -- Use the source!! http://users.townsqr.com/gnol/ Power is as unix does -

Re: Where can i get this

1998-05-28 Thread Mario Filipe
On 28-May-98 Bonard B. Timmons III wrote: > Mario Filipe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> >You need a newer version of makeinfo; or more to the point a newer >> >texinfo.tex (which comes with makeinfo). I had thought that distributing a >> >texinfo.tex which matches texi files in the same direct

Fresh install woes.

1998-05-28 Thread Tom Shorock
I am a quite experienced UNIX tweaker, so I may be able to kludge this on my own, but. A. I have not the time B. I'd like normal users to install hamm reasonably. Anyway, I am freshly installing a hamm system using the current boot disks. I have base2_0.tgz, and the rescue-driver disk images on

Re: File-system on tape

1998-05-28 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 to

Setting clock time

1998-05-28 Thread M.C. Vernon
Dear Debian users, I'm trying to get my sysclock set again from the hwclock. The HWclock is in GMT, but I want the sysclock to be in BST. I've RTFM, but I'm not getting anywhere - it refuses to add the hour. Any ideas? Thanks, Matthew [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/mcv21# date Thu May 28 14:59:05 BS

Hamm upgrade

1998-05-28 Thread Richard Sevenich
Thanks to the several folks who helped me with several post-upgrade problems. These were related to getting my old libc5-compiled versions of Applix and Netscape running. Although a libc6 version of Netscape is available, I wanted to not spend money for a newer Applix even if available at least at

Re: NT and Linux

1998-05-28 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? >2. Does Linux support hardware raid 5 Just (re)found it! http://www.osnews.com./features/04.98/raid.html Very good reading indeed! Enjoy and tell us wh

Cut and Paste/ Xirc?

1998-05-28 Thread Michael Acklin
Hello everyone, I know this has been asked before, but just a quick browse of the archives, I wasn't able to find. Wished there was a grep button on the mailing list archves.:) Ok, here's my question. What are the keys or commands to use cut and paste in Xwindows? I know in WinBl

Re: Does Debian support...

1998-05-28 Thread Leandro Guimaraens Faria Corcete Dutra
Rafal Gasiorek wrote: > So does DEBIAN support this feature? Yep. Use the module configuration utility -- modconf? confmod? the curses-based one you used to set the network and other modules... -- Leandro Guimaraens Faria Corcete Dutra http://www.lge.com.br./ [E

Re: is pam linux specific?

1998-05-28 Thread Ulisses Alonso Camaro
Hi again! On Thu, 28 May 1998, Jean Pierre LeJacq wrote: > On Thu, 28 May 1998, Ulisses Alonso wrote: > > > that's the question... > > No. At least Solaris uses it as well. I believe Sun was the primary > developer of pam. I think that's great! do you know if the API/admin issues are equal?

excel replacement

1998-05-28 Thread FRANCK . F . L . LEGALL
Hi, I would like to know if there is some 'excel' like software under linux. I would like it to be free and not to big: my modem will die if I try to transfer some 30 Mo. Is there any one in debian CDs ? Thanks Franck -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe

Re: mutt not in color

1998-05-28 Thread Lee Bradshaw
On Thu, May 28, 1998 at 02:02:51AM -, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > System: Linux 2.0.29 [using slang 9938] > Compile options: > -DOMAIN > -HIDDEN_HOST +HOMESPOOL -USE_SETGID +USE_DOTLOCK +USE_FCNTL -USE_FLOCK It looks like you compiled this yourself on debian 1.3. I think you should have -U

Re: 3d pass through

1998-05-28 Thread Chris Zander
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Thu, 28 May 1998, Ian Keith Setford wrote: >Yo- > >I just got another machine which I would like to dual boot *grin* with >Winblows so I can have fun playing StarCraft and Unreal. I would like to >get a 3dfx card. Will linux care if the 3dfx card is installe

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

1998-05-28 Thread Damon Muller
G'day, > > 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 ! ;) Just to follow up my earlier post, yes, there does seem to be a few ICQ clients for Linux, although all of them seem to be unofficial and *v

Re: after upgrading to hamm, ppp problems

1998-05-28 Thread Ed Cogburn
Rich Hartman wrote: > > Hello everyone: > > After many trials and tribulations, I have finally upgraded to > hamm... First, I installed Debian 1.3 from CD, then immediately wrote > my ppp script required to login to my server - worked great. > Immediately upgraded to latest stable version, THEN i

Re: Stronghold Apache

1998-05-28 Thread John Kloss
> There are AFAIK patches available to SSLeay to use RSAREF. There are also > Apache-ssl Debian packages in non-us which can be IMPORTED to the US, but > not EXPORTED again. There's also a rsaref package in non-us. > > So, get the source packages for all of these things, build a custom SSLeay >

Re: after upgrading to hamm, ppp problems

1998-05-28 Thread Bonard B. Timmons III
Make sure that your /etc/ppp/peers/provider file contains: noauth This option tells pppd not to expect your ISP to authenticate itself to you. Bake -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: pon

1998-05-28 Thread Bonard B. Timmons III
(1) Check your /etc/ppp/peers/provider file for this line: connect "/usr/sbin/chat -v -f /etc/chatscripts/provider" Make sure to put the -v in there if it is not there. (2) After you run pon and it fails, examine the /var/log/syslog file. At the end of it you should see a record of the chat wit

Re: pon

1998-05-28 Thread Ed Cogburn
Frustrated wrote: > > I'm still struggling with pon. I wrote the exact login sequence for my > ISP. Maybe someone can help. > >[snip] > > Any help is appreciated. > Here is my chatscript: TIMEOUT 3 ABORT

Re: Getting ttyx

1998-05-28 Thread Michael Beattie
On Thu, 28 May 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > What is the best way to get the current console's tty? I know tty does the > > job, but how do I find the name WITHOUT the /dev/ ? i.e. tty1, tty2, tty3 > > etc? I want to use it with bl in a script. > > tty | cut -c 6- > > =) Thanks!

RE: Getting ttyx

1998-05-28 Thread Lewis, James M.
try something like: mytty=$(basename $(tty)) echo $mytty jim -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 28, 1998 2:49 AM To: Debian User List Cc: The recipient's address is unknown. Subject:Getting ttyx What is the best way to g

Re: angband save problems

1998-05-28 Thread Michael Beattie
On Thu, 28 May 1998, Ed Cogburn wrote: > M.C. Vernon wrote: > > > > On Thu, 28 May 1998, Ed Cogburn wrote: > > > > > > > > First, what does the program do when you try ^S? Does angband give > > > a > > > message? > > > > It hangs - the scroll lock light comes on, and won't go out again.

Re: angband save problems

1998-05-28 Thread Ed Cogburn
M.C. Vernon wrote: > > On Thu, 28 May 1998, Ed Cogburn wrote: > > > > > First, what does the program do when you try ^S? Does angband give a > > message? > > It hangs - the scroll lock light comes on, and won't go out again... :( > > This can only be rectified by hitting the scroll lock

after upgrading to hamm, ppp problems

1998-05-28 Thread Rich Hartman
Hello everyone: After many trials and tribulations, I have finally upgraded to hamm... First, I installed Debian 1.3 from CD, then immediately wrote my ppp script required to login to my server - worked great. Immediately upgraded to latest stable version, THEN immediately upgraded to hamm usi

Re: is pam linux specific?

1998-05-28 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
On Thu, 28 May 1998, Ulisses Alonso wrote: > that's the question... No. At least Solaris uses it as well. I believe Sun was the primary developer of pam. -- Jean Pierre -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

pon

1998-05-28 Thread Frustrated
I'm still struggling with pon. I wrote the exact login sequence for my ISP. Maybe someone can help. plog tells me "chatscript failed". Plog output looks like this CONNECT 28800 ^?^?^?^?^?^?^?^?^?^?^?^?^?^?^?^?^?^?^?^?^?^?^?^??^?^?^?^?^?^?^?^?^?^?^?^?^?^?^?^?^?^?^?^?^?^?^?^?^?^?^?^??^?^?^?^?^?^?^?^?

Re: Where can i get this

1998-05-28 Thread Bonard B. Timmons III
Mario Filipe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >You need a newer version of makeinfo; or more to the point a newer > >texinfo.tex (which comes with makeinfo). I had thought that distributing a > >texinfo.tex which matches texi files in the same directory would be enough > >here... but gtk+ does suppl

Re: Again: Mouse problem running 'xbase-configure'

1998-05-28 Thread Bonard B. Timmons III
Tomas Petersson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 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? I don't know what the error message really means, but I know what I would do here. I would just

Re: angband save problems

1998-05-28 Thread M.C. Vernon
On Thu, 28 May 1998, Ed Cogburn wrote: > The scroll light is supposed to come on. Your Linux is working fine, so > for some reason, your copy of angband isn't. Are you using a copy you > compiled yourself or a precompiled version from some package. Is it the > latest version (2.83)? I've

Re: mutt not in color

1998-05-28 Thread Michael Acklin
At 02:02 AM 5/28/98 +, you wrote: >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Hello: > >I just installed mutt on my computer and it is not in color. Here is >an output of "mutt -v": > >Notice I compiled with slang. Also, I have a recent terminfo database >(Debian 1.3.1 installed). My $TERM is set

Re: angband save problems

1998-05-28 Thread Ed Cogburn
Michael Beattie wrote: > > On Wed, 27 May 1998, Ed Cogburn wrote: > > > Michael Beattie wrote: > > [snip] > > > > On another point, has anyone got the ^S command to work to "save the game > > > without exiting?" I have to use ^X and fire it up again. > > > > > >Michael B

Re: can't start netscape

1998-05-28 Thread Kenneth . Scharf
>Richard Sevenich wrote: >> >> 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 mes

Re: File-system on tape

1998-05-28 Thread Kenneth . Scharf
> 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 to even think of such a thing... > hmm I

Re: Installing 1.3 on IBM PS/1

1998-05-28 Thread Bonard B. Timmons III
Jonathan Hester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > hda: status timeout: status=0xff { Busy } > hda: drive not ready for command > ide0: reset timeout, status=0xff > (...repeat of these three messages...) > end_request: I/O error, dev 03:00, sector 0 > hda: drive not

Re: scsi cdrom

1998-05-28 Thread Nils Rennebarth
On Wed, May 27, 1998 at 06:17:38PM -0700, Phlip wrote: > I hope I'm not in the dark about this due to mental deficiancy. I can't > seem to mount my cdrom. I have a buslogic bt946c controlling a 1gig > drive and a chinon 1X cdrom. What name do you try? It should be /dev/scd0 if it is the only SCSI

is pam linux specific?

1998-05-28 Thread Ulisses Alonso
Hi all that's the question... Ulisses - "Computersare useless. They can only give answers." Pablo Picasso -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Where can i get this

1998-05-28 Thread Mario Filipe
Hi Fisrt of all i'm still running BO. I've been trying to compile gnome and I had a few problems. The solution that I was given was as follows : >You need a newer version of makeinfo; or more to the point a newer >texinfo.tex (which comes with makeinfo). I had thought that distributing a >texin

Re: Getting ttyx

1998-05-28 Thread forsberg
> What is the best way to get the current console's tty? I know tty does the > job, but how do I find the name WITHOUT the /dev/ ? i.e. tty1, tty2, tty3 > etc? I want to use it with bl in a script. tty | cut -c 6- =) \EF --- [EMAIL PROTECTED], 2:204/[EMAIL PROTECTED], Phone: +46-380-371 282, Ce

Re: angband save problems

1998-05-28 Thread Michael Beattie
On Wed, 27 May 1998, Ed Cogburn wrote: > Michael Beattie wrote: [snip] > > On another point, has anyone got the ^S command to work to "save the game > > without exiting?" I have to use ^X and fire it up again. > > > >Michael Beattie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > > Hmm,

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

1998-05-28 Thread Damon Muller
G'day, > 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 ! ;) A mate of mine was telling me about an ICQ hack that runs on Linux console, but I never got around to getting the source off him, so I'm not c

Re: Can I read NTFS from Linux?

1998-05-28 Thread Damon Muller
Greets, > The 2.1.x kernels have read (and experimental write) support for NTFS, I > believe you can get NTFS for 2.0.x kernels, but it is probably not as good. > > I've used it occasionally at work and havn't had any problems. I haven't used it myself for a while now, but there is a loadable mo

Again: Mouse problem running 'xbase-configure'

1998-05-28 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: how to get color ls display?

1998-05-28 Thread Frank Barknecht
the lone gunman hat gesagt: // the lone gunman wrote: > 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 ne

Re: Quake

1998-05-28 Thread Michael Beattie
On Wed, 27 May 1998, Joey Hess wrote: > 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 ti

Getting ttyx

1998-05-28 Thread Michael Beattie
What is the best way to get the current console's tty? I know tty does the job, but how do I find the name WITHOUT the /dev/ ? i.e. tty1, tty2, tty3 etc? I want to use it with bl in a script. Michael Beattie ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

RE: NT and Linux

1998-05-28 Thread Robbie McGarrigle
-Original Message- From: King Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 1998 8:29 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: NT and Linux >Hello, >I got into a discussion with a system administrator of >a website. The system administrator wishes to use >NT because it su

Re: Iomega parallel Ditto 2G

1998-05-28 Thread Johann Spies
No. Johann On Wed, 27 May 1998, Lazar Fleysher wrote: > Is Iomega Ditto 2G parallel tape drive supported by Linux (ftape)? > > Thank you > > ZORO > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ---

nn dumps core

1998-05-28 Thread lgunman
[This message has also been posted.] Hello: I just installed a fresh Debian 1.3.1 Linux system. I cannot get nn ("No news is good news" news reader). I have the $NNTPSERVER set correctly, and also /etc/nntpserver is also correct. When I type nn, it prints two lines, one that looks like a prelim

Japanese keyboard

1998-05-28 Thread Martos-Riano
I haven't found a japanese keyboard at the base/kbd pakage. Nevertheless, an Xwindow configuration does come with one of such keyboards Can someone tell me where to find one? thanks, dm -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PRO

Re: Does Debian support...

1998-05-28 Thread Rev. Joseph Carter
On Thu, May 28, 1998 at 05:19:16PM +1000, Rafal Gasiorek wrote: > I need to be able to access data from Linux, Win95 and NT running on > the same machine. Currently I can only do this with Slackware... > I tried RED HAT, very nice - good installation and easy setup of X, > however no support for UM

Re: mutt not in color

1998-05-28 Thread Rev. Joseph Carter
On Thu, May 28, 1998 at 02:02:51AM -, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I just installed mutt on my computer and it is not in color. Here is > an output of "mutt -v": Did you install the debian package mutt? pgp8yu1E2iEm4.pgp Description: PGP signature

Does Debian support...

1998-05-28 Thread Rafal Gasiorek
Hi, Just a simple question: I need to be able to access data from Linux, Win95 and NT running on the same machine. Currently I can only do this with Slackware... I tried RED HAT, very nice - good installation and easy setup of X, however no support for UMSDOS (? is this what the file system is ca

mutt not in color

1998-05-28 Thread lgunman
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello: I just installed mutt on my computer and it is not in color. Here is an output of "mutt -v": Mutt 0.91i (1998-04-11) Copyright (C) 1996-8 Michael R. Elkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mutt comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `mutt -vv'. Mutt is free so

Re: Stronghold Apache

1998-05-28 Thread Rev. Joseph Carter
On Thu, May 28, 1998 at 02:10:30AM -0400, John Kloss wrote: Your name seems familliar to me from the days when I used DOS to access the net more frequently than anything else.. Admittedly that was long ago so I could be wrong. > so I'm thinking about hosting a web site to do e-commerce (selling

Stronghold Apache

1998-05-28 Thread John Kloss
so I'm thinking about hosting a web site to do e-commerce (selling disk and database space to some local stores who want on-line catalogs). so I figure that they would probably want SSL for credit card stuff. since I'm in the US I can't just compile in SSLeay to apache without copywrite violation t

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