Re: My network script running before eth0 is created

1998-06-01 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Mon, 1 Jun 1998, Ian Lynagh wrote: : : Hi all! : : I am having a problem with setting my network up. : I basically want to run the following commands at bootup: : ifconfig eth0:0 1.1.1.1 netmask 255.0.0.0 broadcast 1.255.255.255 : route add -net 1.0.0.0 dev eth0:0 I'm not sure what you're tr

DNS problem

1998-06-01 Thread Dennis Dai
Hi all, I have a debian box connecting to our intranet which has an DNS server. I also have a modem that I can dial to my ISP to browse the Internet. So, I have to have 2 entries in /etc/resolv.conf, one for intranet and the other for my ISP. The problem is that whenever I connect to my ISP, I ha

Creating booteable floppy

1998-06-01 Thread Keith Alen Vance
I need to create a bootable floppy disk. I am running Debian 1.3 and have kernel 2.0.33. I went through all the instructions in the Linux How-to, but it didn't work some of the steps in the how-to did not work like the how-to clained. Does Debian have any easy way to do this. I like Linux a lot

Re: xlib6g

1998-06-01 Thread Bill Moran
I obtained my version of hamm from ftp.usyd.edu.au. It contained xlib6g_3.3.2.1-1. I couldn't install this using dselect, instead I had to do it manually using dpkg --install. Bill -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: hamm upgrade

1998-06-01 Thread Ralph Winslow
When Bob Nielsen wrote, I replied: Thanks for the reply. There were myriad things (fvwm* among them) that wouldn't load as they depended on xlib6g which wasn't available. I ran and re-ran install and config and remove phases until my remaining errors were minimized. I've since added a few more

xlib6g

1998-06-01 Thread Ralph Winslow
Unavailability of xlib6g seems to be the basis of several problems that I'm having in finishing this upgrade. Where can I get this package? BTW, Is a list of the mirrors with the appropriate paths available? When running dselect, I'm usually unsuccessful in using other than my tried and true sit

Looking for dpkg-split

1998-06-01 Thread Mary Pierce
Dearest Org,   I find that I cannot find "dpkg-split". It does not seem to be in the "tools" directory refered to in the user documents and the faq. I have looked at all the mirrors too, and they have all lived up to the name by also not containing it.   What am I missing here?   Thanks,   D

Re: hamm upgrade

1998-06-01 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Mon, 1 Jun 1998, Ralph Winslow wrote: > I just finished my bo -> hamm upgrade but havn't rebooted the system yet > because > during the upgrade, I couldn't install fvwm2 or fvwm95 and I'm afraid > that if I > re-boot, I may loose my X environment. Any advice?? What errors did you get when tr

PCMCIA

1998-06-01 Thread Bill Moran
I have just upgraded from bo to hamm on my Toshiba laptop (successfully except for a few corrupted files). How do I configure to make my ethernet card (HyperEnet) work? Thanks Bill -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED

My network script running before eth0 is created

1998-06-01 Thread Ian Lynagh
Hi all! I am having a problem with setting my network up. I basically want to run the following commands at bootup: ifconfig eth0:0 1.1.1.1 netmask 255.0.0.0 broadcast 1.255.255.255 route add -net 1.0.0.0 dev eth0:0 Here is /etc/rc.boot/IansStuff #!/bin/sh echo "IAN'S STUFF STARTED..." ifconfig

Re: New VHosts in apache 1.3

1998-06-01 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
This looks correct. Note that this will not work for web browsers which don't comply with HTTP 1.1. Ie., the client is required to send the "Host:" header in the request, which wasn't done in HTTP 1.0. Which browsers send the header? I leave this as an exercise for the reader. If you have a client

hamm upgrade

1998-06-01 Thread Ralph Winslow
I just finished my bo -> hamm upgrade but havn't rebooted the system yet because during the upgrade, I couldn't install fvwm2 or fvwm95 and I'm afraid that if I re-boot, I may loose my X environment. Any advice?? Auch, I see that my display mumble.jpg and xlock commands are no longer working. I'

virtuald

1998-06-01 Thread Nathan E Norman
Is anyone using virtuald, as described in the Virtual Services HOWTO? Has anyone even tried it? Looking for success stories, horror stories, etc. -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet - 410 South Phillips Avenue - Sioux Falls, SD 57104 mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net finger [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: Can't recognize com port

1998-06-01 Thread The Gecko
On 01-Jun-98 Alan D. Post wrote: > which I got out of a book on Linux networking. Previously I was using > /dev/ttyS1 for outgoing connections. Is there any reason to use the cua > devices? /dev/ttyS* is the "latest standard". /dev/cua* isn't really supported any longer. --

Re: Can't recognize com port

1998-06-01 Thread Rev. Joseph Carter
On Mon, Jun 01, 1998 at 02:33:07PM -0700, Alan D. Post wrote: > > >ANy suggestions on how I can get PPP to recognize my com port? I just > > installed linux on my > > >system. I set pgm to tty1 (com2) (it was orignally on tty0) which is > > where my mouse is. It > > >it working. Neither PPP nor

Re: Can't recognize com port

1998-06-01 Thread Alan D. Post
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >ANy suggestions on how I can get PPP to recognize my com port? I just > installed linux on my > >system. I set pgm to tty1 (com2) (it was orignally on tty0) which is > where my mouse is. It > >it working. Neither PPP nor minicom will recognize cua2, Com3. > > I was s

New VHosts in apache 1.3

1998-06-01 Thread Asher Haig
How do I set up the vhost in apache 1.3? The way I have it set up right now, they just send it to the first one, regardless of all the others. I'm doing name based rather than IP based. After looking at the documentation, here's what I have: NameVirtualHost 168.151.130.19 ServerAdmin [EMAIL

Re: FTP site

1998-06-01 Thread Bob Hilliard
> Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 09:54:01 -0500 (EST) matthew.r.pavlovich.1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The problem is not the server being up or down. When it is up, I am not > able to connect because the server cannot reverse-resolve my hostname. Hi, AFAIK, the reverse-dns-lookup failure is due t

Re: [hacker@brightok.net: ]

1998-06-01 Thread Ed Cogburn
Martin Schulze wrote: > > - Forwarded message from cc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - > > Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Received: at Infodrom Oldenburg (/\##/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.12 Joey) > by finlandia.Infodrom.North.DE from gimli.Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.DE > with smtp > id ;

Re: Kernel problems -- unresolved symbols.

1998-06-01 Thread Ed Cogburn
Matthew D. Myers wrote: > > When I recompile my kernel with all the stuff I don't need turned off, for > example scsi support. At bootup I get messages about unresolved symbols and > stuff. What did I do wrong and how can I fix it? > The error messages are happening because you now ha

Re: Help: Can't config kernel after hamm upgrade!!!

1998-06-01 Thread Ed Cogburn
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I have upgraded to hamm over the weekend and now I can't seem to config > the kernel(kernel-source-2 2.0.32-5 from hamm) for a recompile. > > 'make menuconfig' and 'make xconfig' fail with: > > /usr/lib/crt1.o(.text+0xe): undefined reference to `__libc_init_first' >

Re: dselect

1998-06-01 Thread Ed Cogburn
Sidney Brooks wrote: > > I have a Debian CD, which I obtained from Linux Mall. I have repeatedly > tried to install packages with dselect both from the CD and by transferring > the packages to my hard drive. I go through Select, Install where there is > disk action, then Configure where I get a po

HSK,TRS, and deskwriter (mac version)

1998-06-01 Thread Richard E. Hawkins Esq.
While I' at it, thinking of printers, I received the following the last time I looked at attaching my old HP DeskWriter (mac version) to my linux box: >>The other option is to just hook the printer up to the K6, making sure to >>map HSKo to RTS on the K6, and then run the PC's serial port at 576

lpd daemon dies every job

1998-06-01 Thread Richard E. Hawkins Esq.
hmm. A couple of weeks ago, it was suggested that my printing problem could be from the lpd daemon dying. SUre enough, this is the problem. Now it appears that it dies/hangs each time it successfully prints. I'm printing to an HP 5j or so on the same subnet. I still haven't figured out how

Can't recognize com port

1998-06-01 Thread Kenneth . Scharf
>ANy suggestions on how I can get PPP to recognize my com port? I just installed linux on my >system. I set pgm to tty1 (com2) (it was orignally on tty0) which is where my mouse is. It >it working. Neither PPP nor minicom will recognize cua2, Com3. I was screwing this up in sort of the same wa

LS-120

1998-06-01 Thread Kenneth . Scharf
A while ago I tried to boot slackware a compaq deskpro here at work and found that it would not boot using the standard boot disk. The problem, of course, is that the machine does NOT have a floppy drive, it uses an LS-120 drive. Now I know that this drive is supported under linux as a removable

Re: slrn question

1998-06-01 Thread Anthony Campbell
On Sat, 30 May 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi! I just installed slrn, > I am doing "slrn -f .newsrc -create" to get the list of groups from my > news server. After getting afew hundred kilobytes, it says the connection to > the > server has been lost and stops. (I have a pretty slow p

Re: FTP site

1998-06-01 Thread dpk
What is your hostname? I can manually add it to the /etc/hosts file to retreive the correct information. Thanks, Dennis -- Dennis Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | phone: 353.4844 Network Admin, College of Engineering, MSU | pager: 222.5875 On Mon, 1 Jun 1998, matthew.r.pavlovich.1 wro

RE: adding users via scripts

1998-06-01 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Mon, 1 Jun 1998, Scott Ellis wrote: : On Mon, 1 Jun 1998, Nathan E Norman wrote: : : > On Mon, 1 Jun 1998, Bob McGowan wrote: : > : > : How about just adding the 'passwd' command to the scirpt? : > : > Because I don't know what the user's password is. I have the encrypted : > password entry

RE: adding users via scripts

1998-06-01 Thread Scott Ellis
On Mon, 1 Jun 1998, Nathan E Norman wrote: > On Mon, 1 Jun 1998, Bob McGowan wrote: > > : How about just adding the 'passwd' command to the scirpt? > > Because I don't know what the user's password is. I have the encrypted > password entry from the /etc/master.passwd file from the BSDi box, and

Re: Setting up initrd / Using a RAM Disk (Is there a (good) alternative?) to make a jaz the root fs with a PCMCIA scsi adapter

1998-06-01 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
The thing is, I don't think just loading the modules is good enough. If that were the case you could simply compile the modules into the kernel. The problem is that there's a user-level program which deals with setting up pcmcia devices. Now you have a catch-22 because you can't load a user-level

RE: adding users via scripts

1998-06-01 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Mon, 1 Jun 1998, Bob McGowan wrote: : > -Original Message- : > From: Nathan E Norman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] : > Sent: Sunday, May 31, 1998 10:11 AM : > To: Debian User List : > Cc: recipient list not shown; @[EMAIL PROTECTED] : > Subject: adding users via scripts : > : > : > We are

Help: Can't config kernel after hamm upgrade!!!

1998-06-01 Thread servis
I have upgraded to hamm over the weekend and now I can't seem to config the kernel(kernel-source-2 2.0.32-5 from hamm) for a recompile. 'make menuconfig' and 'make xconfig' fail with: /usr/lib/crt1.o(.text+0xe): undefined reference to `__libc_init_first' /usr/lib/crt1.o(.text+0x18): undefined ref

RE: NT and Linux

1998-06-01 Thread Bob McGowan
> -Original Message- > From: King Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, May 28, 1998 11:29 PM > To: Leandro Guimaraens Faria Corcete Dutra > Cc: recipient list not shown; @[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: NT and Linux > > > > > On Thu, 28 May 1998, Leandro Guimaraens Faria Cor

RE: adding users via scripts

1998-06-01 Thread Bob McGowan
> -Original Message- > From: Nathan E Norman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, May 31, 1998 10:11 AM > To: Debian User List > Cc: recipient list not shown; @[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: adding users via scripts > > > We are in the process of moving users from a BSDi box to a Linux

Re: DNS

1998-06-01 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
Yeah, you need the IP addresses. I'm not sure if the current ppp software can glean the dns address from the peer. Do you know what the names for the servers are? If you can dual boot into Win95 then connect in Win95 and run 'winipcfg'. This window will show you the DNS addresses. You can just jot

Re: How to configure sendmail for dial on demand operation ?

1998-06-01 Thread Gerd Bavendiek
Torsten Hilbrich writes: > Gerd Bavendiek schrieb am Sun, 31 May 1998 17:24:30 +0200 (CEST): > > > > Hi, > > My box is connected to my ISP via an ISDN router (Ascend pipeline), > > which does dial on demand. I don't want sendmail to establish > > connections in the background. The mail proces

Re: FTP site

1998-06-01 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Mon, 1 Jun 1998, Peter S Galbraith wrote: : But it would be nice for Debian to be more `open' considering what it's : used for... Except ftp.debian.org is administered by Georgia Tech, not Debian. Feel free to give our mirror at "linux.midco.net" a try. I think I've got it so anyone can acce

BACKUPS Again

1998-06-01 Thread Leonardo Ruoso
I want to learn about BACKUPS on Linux Systems (and about backups at all). How better mantain tape cartridges, drives.. .etc... How better do backups and restores... etc... down anyone know where are the docs??? tia -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe

Re: FTP site

1998-06-01 Thread Peter S Galbraith
"matthew.r.pavlovich.1" wrote: > The problem is not the server being up or down. When it is up, I am not > able to connect because the server cannot reverse-resolve my hostname. > > Connected to santanni.cc.gatech.edu. > 421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection > ftp> >

Re: FTP site

1998-06-01 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Mon, 1 Jun 1998, matthew.r.pavlovich.1 wrote: : The problem is not the server being up or down. When it is up, I am not : able to connect because the server cannot reverse-resolve my hostname. : : Connected to ike.egr.msu.edu. : 421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection :

Re: Drive proving stubbornly unmountable

1998-06-01 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Mon, 1 Jun 1998, Damon Muller wrote: : Hi Folks, : : Just got around to installing Bo on my old Pentium 150, and it's pretty : much working (give or take a few minor issues...) : : One thing has got me a little cofused, and maybe it's me doing something : wrong (prolly is)... I have a 1.2G dr

Re: backup s/w suggestions

1998-06-01 Thread Michael Acklin
At 11:18 PM 5/29/98 -0400, Randy Edwards wrote: > I just got ahold of a Seagate TapeStor 8 GB IDE tape backup that >I'm eager to use with my hamm system. > > I noticed that dselect lists out several different tape backup >programs. I was wondering if someone could give me a recommendation. >I'

Re: Debian on COMPAQ ProLine 2500 ???

1998-06-01 Thread Peter S Galbraith
(Mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] bounced, so here goes) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Is network card NetFlex 3 (?) supported? 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. I have tried an

Re: FTP site

1998-06-01 Thread matthew.r.pavlovich.1
The problem is not the server being up or down. When it is up, I am not able to connect because the server cannot reverse-resolve my hostname. Connected to ike.egr.msu.edu. 421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection ftp> Connected to santanni.cc.gatech.edu. 421 Service not a

Re: FTP site

1998-06-01 Thread Ossama Othman
On Mon, 1 Jun 1998, matthew.r.pavlovich.1 wrote: > I am still not able to log into the debian ftp server, seems it cannot > resolve my hostname. My machine has two dns entries, could that be a > problem? I think the Debian ftp server (ftp.debian.org) is down since I was able to connect to it

Re: FTP site

1998-06-01 Thread matthew.r.pavlovich.1
I am still not able to log into the debian ftp server, seems it cannot resolve my hostname. My machine has two dns entries, could that be a problem? -matt On Sun, 17 May 1998, shaul wrote: > > On Sat, May 16, 1998 at 10:15:48AM -0500, matthew.r.pavlovich.1 wrote: > > > This what I get: > >

Re: Reboots on Adaptec SCSI-based install (was: Installation)

1998-06-01 Thread Peter S Galbraith
"Bouden Mahmoud" wrote: > I have a big problem installing the debian linux 1.3 from floppy. > The machine is a Compaq Deskpro 6000. I'm using Debian 1.3, and had to build a custom boot disk because the probing in the regular install boot disk would somehow touch the Adaptec SCSI controller

Re: Installing Java JDK 1.1.5 on Debian 1.1?

1998-06-01 Thread Marcus Johnson
On Mon, 1 Jun 1998, Steven A. Reisman wrote: > > Yeeehaa! I tried the JDK 1.1.5v7 on Debian 1.1 and javac actually > > executed out of the box, with no configuration! Maybe that sounds like no > > big deal, but I count that as an enormous victory after fumbling around > > with 1.1.5v5 for quite

Re: subnet broadcast?

1998-06-01 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Mon, Jun 01, 1998 at 03:49:25AM -0700, Mikhali Mifsud wrote: > Ok, so I tried that as follows; > > server IP 210.225.21.3 > Netmask 255.255.255.240 > Broadcast 210.225.21.15 > > I can ping myself but not a connected router. Any ideas on where I > should look to troubleshoot? The broadcast is

Re: telnet port 25

1998-06-01 Thread Martin Bialasinski
>> "AC" == A D Y Cheng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: AC> I try the command to test my email connection 'telnet localhost 25', but AC> it gives me the error: AC> Trying 127.0.0.1... AC> telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused Check if smtp is enabled in /etc/inetd.conf

Re: telnet port 25

1998-06-01 Thread David Z. Maze
A D Y Cheng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: ADYC> I try the command to test my email connection 'telnet localhost ADYC> 25', but it gives me the error: ADYC> ADYC> Trying 127.0.0.1... ADYC> telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused Are you running an SMTP daemon (sendmail,

Re: telnet port 25

1998-06-01 Thread Remco van de Meent
On Mon, 1 Jun 1998, A.D.Y. Cheng wrote: : I try the command to test my email connection 'telnet localhost 25', but : it gives me the error: : : Trying 127.0.0.1... : telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused : : However, I have '127.0.0.1 localhost' entry in my

Re: troubles after upgrading to 1.3.1r8

1998-06-01 Thread A.D.Y. Cheng
On Mon, 1 Jun 1998, Cheng Dien Yiu wrote: > Hello all, > > I have great deals troubles after upgrading to 1.3.1r8. I wish I would > never do it. > First I have troubles sending email using through. When I try to send it, > it gives me the error. > > [Error sending: 421 SMTP connection went away

Re: Drive proving stubbornly unmountable

1998-06-01 Thread Christian Zander
On Mon, 01 Jun 1998, Damon Muller wrote: >Hi Folks, > >Just got around to installing Bo on my old Pentium 150, and it's pretty >much working (give or take a few minor issues...) > >One thing has got me a little cofused, and maybe it's me doing something >wrong (prolly is)... I have a 1.2G drive in

telnet port 25

1998-06-01 Thread A.D.Y. Cheng
Hello all, I try the command to test my email connection 'telnet localhost 25', but it gives me the error: Trying 127.0.0.1... telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused However, I have '127.0.0.1 localhost' entry in my /etc/hosts file. Another problem is that I hav

troubles after upgrading to 1.3.1r8

1998-06-01 Thread Cheng Dien Yiu
Hello all, I have great deals troubles after upgrading to 1.3.1r8. I wish I would never do it. First I have troubles sending email using through. When I try to send it, it gives me the error. [Error sending: 421 SMTP connection went away!] Another problem is that I have troubles download email

Re: Help! Major crash in Hamm upgrade!

1998-06-01 Thread Ossama Othman
Hi, Use the Debian Rescue disk to boot your system but mount your existing root partition as the root instead of allowing the rescue disk to mount a ram disk as root. For example, when presented with the "boot:" prompt from the rescue disk type: linux root=/dev/hda1 Substitute whatever

Bootactv

1998-06-01 Thread Bert Conliffe
Hi Viewers, Does anyone know where I can find a copy of "BOOTACTV"? Thank You Bert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Help! Major crash in Hamm upgrade!

1998-06-01 Thread Mark Phillips
I posted this message a day ago and still have received no response. I would appreciate some help since my computer is currently useless. I have included the two emails I have sent previously just in case you missed them. But in summary, I suspect the reason for my problems is that I didn't con

[hacker@brightok.net: ]

1998-06-01 Thread Martin Schulze
- Forwarded message from cc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: at Infodrom Oldenburg (/\##/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.12 Joey) by finlandia.Infodrom.North.DE from gimli.Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.DE with smtp id ; Mon, 1 Jun 98 13:02 MET DST Received:

Re: subnet broadcast?

1998-06-01 Thread Mikhali Mifsud
Thanks. Ok, so I tried that as follows; server IP 210.225.21.3 Netmask 255.255.255.240 Broadcast 210.225.21.15 I can ping myself but not a connected router. Any ideas on where I should look to troubleshoot? thanks again ---Peter Shtinkov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Mikhali Mifsud wrot

Re: "LI" when booting

1998-06-01 Thread Nils Rennebarth
On Fri, May 29, 1998 at 02:28:18PM -0500, Michael Roark wrote: > I know this topic is hardly fresh, but I can't find the solution > anywhere. You know the case -- installing to a large disk -- reboot and > freeze at "LI". What how-to do I read to find the fix? What is your /etc/lilo.conf? What are

Drive proving stubbornly unmountable

1998-06-01 Thread Damon Muller
Hi Folks, Just got around to installing Bo on my old Pentium 150, and it's pretty much working (give or take a few minor issues...) One thing has got me a little cofused, and maybe it's me doing something wrong (prolly is)... I have a 1.2G drive in it which was formated as FAT under NT4, and work

Re: pppd disconnects after authenticating

1998-06-01 Thread Martin Bialasinski
>> "PM" == Paul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: PM> (I'm dialing from a win95 machine to my Linux box) Immediately after I PM> authenticate (using PAP), pppd disconnects me and windows just says to PM> try connecting again... I looked through all the logs for any kind of PM> Anyone experianci

subnet broadcast?

1998-06-01 Thread Mikhali Mifsud
I have a server with the IP of 210.225.21.3 and a subnet of 255.255.255.240, what would the broadcast be? Thanks. == "live life to the full because your DEAD longer than your alive." _ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com addre

Re: How to configure sendmail for dial on demand operation ?

1998-06-01 Thread Torsten Hilbrich
Gerd Bavendiek schrieb am Sun, 31 May 1998 17:24:30 +0200 (CEST): > > Hi, > My box is connected to my ISP via an ISDN router (Ascend pipeline), > which does dial on demand. I don't want sendmail to establish > connections in the background. The mail processing shall be delayed > until I explicitly

Re: Can't recognize com port

1998-06-01 Thread Norbert Veber
On Sun, May 31, 1998 at 07:33:11PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ANy suggestions on how I can get PPP to recognize my com port? I just > installed linux on my > system. I set pgm to tty1 (com2) (it was orignally on tty0) which is where > my mouse is. It > it working. Neither PPP nor minico

pppd disconnects after authenticating

1998-06-01 Thread Paul Miller
(I'm dialing from a win95 machine to my Linux box) Immediately after I authenticate (using PAP), pppd disconnects me and windows just says to try connecting again... I looked through all the logs for any kind of error or warning, but i didn't find anything -- even with debug on. The last pppd li

Re: Can't remove device even as root

1998-06-01 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Sun, 31 May 1998, R. Chris Ross wrote: : I recently had a large portion of my hard disk got trashed. : Somehow a directory in my home director got mutated into a device file. : Even logged in as root I can't seam to get rid of it. Any ideas. I'm : trying to clean up to do a final backup

Can't remove device even as root

1998-06-01 Thread R. Chris Ross
I recently had a large portion of my hard disk got trashed. Somehow a directory in my home director got mutated into a device file. Even logged in as root I can't seam to get rid of it. Any ideas. I'm trying to clean up to do a final backup before trashing everything and starting over.

Re: Partition MAX?

1998-06-01 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Sun, 31 May 1998, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: : : On Sun, 31 May 1998, Matthew D. Myers wrote: : : > What is the maximum partition size for an ext2 filesystem that linux can : > handle? Is it limited to 2.1 GB like dos? : : Nope, it'll scale beyond 18G at least : : Jason We've got a 44G news s

Re: Partition MAX?

1998-06-01 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Sun, 31 May 1998, Matthew D. Myers wrote: > What is the maximum partition size for an ext2 filesystem that linux can > handle? Is it limited to 2.1 GB like dos? Nope, it'll scale beyond 18G at least Jason -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Troub

DNS

1998-06-01 Thread Edward Christopher Kern
My ISP (erols) uses server assigned DNS's. How do I configure my linux box to use those? As I understand it, I would and "nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx" to my resolv.conf if I had the IP, but this is not the case. Thanks, Chris -- Edward Christopher Kern [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ# 9

Partition MAX?

1998-06-01 Thread Matthew D. Myers
What is the maximum partition size for an ext2 filesystem that linux can handle? Is it limited to 2.1 GB like dos? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Can't recognize com port

1998-06-01 Thread lanceh
ANy suggestions on how I can get PPP to recognize my com port? I just installed linux on my system. I set pgm to tty1 (com2) (it was orignally on tty0) which is where my mouse is. It it working. Neither PPP nor minicom will recognize cua2, Com3. Thanks Lance -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: How to build Debian Linux cluster?

1998-06-01 Thread Craig Sanders
On Thu, 7 May 1998, Alexander Kushnirenko wrote: > > component in the cluster within 2 hours. I have since found out > > listening to this list that the dpkg utility helps to make this > > chore a lot simpler, if you learn to use the command line interface > > (silly me). > > Could you please gi

dselect

1998-06-01 Thread Sidney Brooks
I have a Debian CD, which I obtained from Linux Mall. I have repeatedly tried to install packages with dselect both from the CD and by transferring the packages to my hard drive. I go through Select, Install where there is disk action, then Configure where I get a positive response, and finally, af