Re: Missing packages?

1998-06-11 Thread Ed Cogburn
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > What missing package causes the following in source configure scripts?: > 'checking for working makeinfo.. missing' > > Thanks, > Timothy I checked a couple of configure scripts I had on hand, but they didn't have a reference to 'makeinfo'. This appare

any cvs users out there? (and bug #22392)

1998-06-11 Thread Stuart Marshall
Hi, We use cvs for managing the source code of a multi developer project. On 13, May 1998 after a "frozen" update I discovered a new cvs "feature/bug" and filed a bug report (#22392). I haven't heard much about it since then so I thought I would ask the other users if anybody has the same proble

Re: Unidentified subject!

1998-06-11 Thread George R
On 06/11/98 at 07:16 PM, Ed Cogburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >forest wrote: >> >> I've installed Debian 1.3 but can't run many commands, including man. Why? >> > You need to tell us what error messages the system says when you try >to run these commands. IIRC, the manpages and man-db p

Re: [Hamm Install] package dependency problems

1998-06-11 Thread Ed Cogburn
Francois Gouget wrote: > > Hi, > > I downloaded Hamm last night from fp.mi.us.debian.org and I got quite > a lot of package download problems. Packages that seem to have moved > between the ime I selected them and the time I downloaded them. > > Anyway, I have a lot of pa

Re: CD-rom and ZIP

1998-06-11 Thread Ed Cogburn
Ian Stuart wrote: > > On Wed, 10 Jun 1998, Marc van der Vossen wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > A big thanks to all who have responded to my questions. I can now mount > > every thing I want. Is there an automatic mounter ? If I would like to mount > > three things, what should they be called? I know /mn

Re: Unidentified subject!

1998-06-11 Thread Ed Cogburn
forest wrote: > > I've installed Debian 1.3 but can't run many commands, including man. Why? > You need to tell us what error messages the system says when you try to run these commands. IIRC, the manpages and man-db packages are not by default installed unless you select them (Can so

Re: dselect ftp problem - the solution

1998-06-11 Thread Norbert Veber
On Fri, Jun 12, 1998 at 12:03:17AM +0800, Ivan wrote: > Many thanks - Norbert in particular > > Changing the options file to initiate ppp on the ISP machine - I just > inserted the line > $ ppp that line was in the scripts provided by your isp, was it not? That is why I didnt understand why

Re: Sound with wine

1998-06-11 Thread danair
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I'm having trouble getting sound to work under wine. > I've installd libwine0.0.971116_0.0.980601-1.deb > and wine_0.0.980601-1.deb from slink. > I downloaded the files ossfree38s9-linux20x.tar.gz and > ossfree38s-linux20x.README and follow the instructions > in this R

Re: y2k subcontracting arrangements

1998-06-11 Thread Ed Cogburn
Sally Pesiri (HQ) wrote: > > > > Please feel free to call us if you are looking for an option to Your y2k > projects for clients or yourself. > > Thank you, > > Sally Pesiri > You do realize that your Word attachment file is nearly 400k in size. Sending a message with a 400k M$ Wor

Sound with wine

1998-06-11 Thread danair
I'm having trouble getting sound to work under wine. I've installd libwine0.0.971116_0.0.980601-1.deb and wine_0.0.980601-1.deb from slink. I downloaded the files ossfree38s9-linux20x.tar.gz and ossfree38s-linux20x.README and follow the instructions in this README. Rebuilt the kernel (2.0.34) wi

Re: Removing users from groups

1998-06-11 Thread Steve Mayer
Matthew, Try 'gpasswd -d user group' Check out 'man gpasswd' for more info. Steve Mayer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Matthew Myers wrote: > > How do you remove a user from a group without manually editing the > passwd file? > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "uns

Re: Instructions for producing a new Debian package

1998-06-11 Thread servis
On 11 Jun, Peter S Galbraith wrote: > Are there any instructions? > I thought the hello package was supposed to explain it all, but clearly > this was a joke. Unless the src package is better? > Check out: http://www.debian.org/developers_corner.html Brian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAI

Re: gnus

1998-06-11 Thread Martin Bialasinski
>> "BH" == Bob Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: BH> `DEL' BH> Scroll the current article back one page BH> (`gnus-summary-prev-page'). BH> When I press DEL (from either buffer) I get an error message that BH> the buffer is read only. How can I make the article scroll back one BH> page? Wit

Re: XFree86

1998-06-11 Thread servis
On 11 Jun, Dennis Dixon wrote: > First, let's make sure I understand the difference between various versions > of Debian and XFree86. The 2 relevant parameters seem to be "bo" vs. "hamm" > and "xlibc5" vs. "xlibc6". > Debian 1.3 uses "bo" and "xlibc5", whereas the "frozen" version Actually

Removing users from groups

1998-06-11 Thread Matthew Myers
How do you remove a user from a group without manually editing the passwd file? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Custom Bootdisk Problem

1998-06-11 Thread Tim Buller
On Thu, 11 Jun 1998, Tim Buller wrote: > I am using yard-1.15 to make a compressed root fs floppy for installation > of the some new systems (hamm). I can write the image out, and it boots > fine, but when I try to login as root (with no passwd) I get: > > login[20]: invalid password for 'UNKNOWN

Re: Diamond Stealth 3D 3000 problems

1998-06-11 Thread servis
On 11 Jun, Brian Weiss wrote: > > Ok, this is for all fellow Diamond users. I have a Diamond Permedia 2 8mb > AGP card and because of this XFree86 3.3.2 does not support my card. (No > Diamond cards are currently supported

Re: Printer (port) Problems

1998-06-11 Thread Mark Yobb
>Resent-Date: 10 Jun 1998 01:03:16 - >Resent-Cc: recipient list not shown: ; >X-Envelope-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 03:03:58 +0200 >From: Marcus Brinkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Mark Yobb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, debian-user@lists.debian.org >Subject: Re: Printer (port) Pro

y2k subcontracting arrangements

1998-06-11 Thread Sally Pesiri \(HQ\)
Please feel free to call us if you are looking for an option to Your y2k projects for clients or yourself. Thank you, Sally Pesiri final press release4242.doc Description: MS-Word document

Instructions for producing a new Debian package

1998-06-11 Thread Peter S Galbraith
Are there any instructions? I thought the hello package was supposed to explain it all, but clearly this was a joke. Unless the src package is better? -- Peter Galbraith, research scientist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Maurice Lamontagne Institute, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada P.O. B

XFree86

1998-06-11 Thread Dennis Dixon
Thanks to the numerous responses I received from my posting (June 9, 10:04) regarding setting up XFree86 on my Debian 1.3 O/S. Below is what I think I'm supposed to do. Possibly, someone could verify if this is correct. First, let's make sure I understand the difference between various versions

libc5 vs. libc6

1998-06-11 Thread Brian Morgan
I'm having trouble setting up xwindows in debian 2.0. I install Xwindows as an option when installing debian 2.0 (kernel 2.0.33), but get error messages all over the place about missing libraries when I type xdm or startx. In running dselect, I see that I have libc6 installed, but everytime I tr

Re: Newbie Install - Serial port and PPP does not work

1998-06-11 Thread Shaleh
Glad it is working now! I will add an item to the FAQ-o-matic telling people to ignore that file. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: libungif - missing

1998-06-11 Thread Shaleh
Libungif is not officially debianized yet. Jim Pick and I have a temporary version available. See www.livenet.net/~shaleh/software Patrick Scott Pierce wrote: > > This one is driving me crazy and cropping up everywhere when compiling. > Anybody got some hints on which package libungif.so.3 is

libungif - missing

1998-06-11 Thread Patrick Scott Pierce
This one is driving me crazy and cropping up everywhere when compiling. Anybody got some hints on which package libungif.so.3 is hiding in? tia -- Patrick Scott Pierce MindSpring Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsu

Re: Newbie Install - Serial port and PPP does not work

1998-06-11 Thread john
Raj writes: > I was focussed on the other file in ppp directory called optionsttySXX. > And I did not see any reference to the port in that file except the file > name. The comment inside that file says that I should rename that file > for my serial port to optionttyS1 and edit it to put my hostna

Format of entries in /etc/hosts.lpd?

1998-06-11 Thread Rick Sykes
Debian Gods/Goddesses - I am trying to set up remote printing. I have a Intel PC compatable running Linux attached to a HP LaserJet 4m with a parallel cable and local printing is working fine under the bsdlpr package. I have a room full of SGIs and Suns, all happily networked together (with the

Custom Bootdisk Problem

1998-06-11 Thread Tim Buller
I am using yard-1.15 to make a compressed root fs floppy for installation of the some new systems (hamm). I can write the image out, and it boots fine, but when I try to login as root (with no passwd) I get: login[20]: invalid password for 'UNKNOWN' on 'tty1' If I try to "CTRL-ALT-DELETE" it, I g

Pitfalls of domain-name aliasing?

1998-06-11 Thread David Sewell
I've just applied to register an *.org domain name that will be aliased to my Linux box (already an *.edu host). I'm wondering whether any of the standard Debian Internet services are likely to need reconfiguration if an IP address becomes associated with more than one Internet name. I use Exim fo

X11 not installing on debian 2.0

1998-06-11 Thread Brian Morgan
I'm having trouble getting x11 to work properly in Debian 2.0. I did a custom install of Debian, and selected all available options, including xwindows. When I type xdm, or startx, I get the following message: can't load library 'libxmu.so.6' When I go to the x11 directory, and try the man page,

upgrading to hamm from pre-bo

1998-06-11 Thread Kendrick Myatt
I have one box that is still Debian 1.2, can I upgrade to hamm directly, or should I go to bo first? Unfortunately this is not a test machine, so I can't afford to have it crashed. What's the best route for something like this? Which brings me to another question... what do I use in dselect for

Re: gnus

1998-06-11 Thread David Z. Maze
Bob Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: BH> How can I use gnus to review old (previously read) mail that is BH> held in the gnus folders? My .gnus file is set up for the BH> nnfolder secondary-select method. Use C-u RET to enter the group from the *Group* buffer. -- _

Re: x-window

1998-06-11 Thread Matthew Myers
>I have installed Debian version of Linux on my PC as a dual boot > WIN95/Linux system. I tried installing x-windows and I have a video > problem. I set up the mouse, keyboard, moniter, and video card correctly > but the screen comes up all fuzzy, wavey lines, etc. My video chipset > and monite

Re: auctex not happening

1998-06-11 Thread Davide G. M. Salvetti
* NY => Noel Yap NY> [A courtesy copy has also been sent to the auctex package NY> maintainer.] Thank you, I'm not subscribed to debian-user at this moment. The Debian AUC TeX package currently works the way it does because Debian is a multi-user operating system. A system administrator may

Re: netscape

1998-06-11 Thread Matthew Myers
> I just installed netscape using the ns-install script since the package > wasn't working. It installed correctly, however it won't let me run it. > When I type netscape it tells me: > cp: *: No such file or dirctory > I don't suppose that anyone has a solution for me? > I don't know why it's gi

gnus

1998-06-11 Thread Bob Hilliard
After using rmail for reading mail for several years, I am now trying to learn to use gnus. I have a several questions that I haven't been able to resolve. I find it convenient to leave the point in the summary buffer at the top of the screen, and read the messages in the article buffer

netscape

1998-06-11 Thread Chris Brainerd
I just installed netscape using the ns-install script since the package wasn't working. It installed correctly, however it won't let me run it. When I type netscape it tells me: cp: *: No such file or dirctory I don't suppose that anyone has a solution for me? Thanks for any help, lynx is gettin

Re: Newbie Install - Serial port and PPP does not work

1998-06-11 Thread Raj_Gole
Hi All, We can close this thread. PPP works now. Thanks for all those who jumped in to help me. I really like the response time of this list. First response from Shaleh was in ten minutes. WOW!! Here is the scoop. I un-installed PPP package and installed it again. It still did not work.

Re: HTTP mirrors

1998-06-11 Thread Bob Nielsen
I've had pretty good luck with http://llug.sep.bnl.gov Bob On Thu, 11 Jun 1998, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > Sorry to bring this up, but can someone suggest an up-to-date HTTP > mirror? > > I tried http://ftp1.us.debian.org, timestamp there is June 10 which > is ok, but APT says I don't need anythin

x-window

1998-06-11 Thread Pfeifer, Aaron
Dear Debian, I have installed Debian version of Linux on my PC as a dual boot WIN95/Linux system. I tried installing x-windows and I have a video problem. I set up the mouse, keyboard, moniter, and video card correctly but the screen comes up all fuzzy, wavey lines, etc. My video chipset and mo

Re: telnetting to a host behind ip_masq

1998-06-11 Thread Glynn Clements
Paul Miller wrote: > Is it possible to telnet directly to a host behind ip_masq? You need to run a port forwarder on the masquerading host. > -- Something like connecting to a different hostname at the same ip, > and acting as a different computer. -- Apache does this with virtual > hosting. T

Re: FTP gone from dselect

1998-06-11 Thread Scott Ellis
On Thu, 11 Jun 1998, Brian Morgan wrote: > I've just installed Debian 2.0 and successfully downloaded several > packages using the custom install and FTP method of access. Now, when I > reboot the system, it gives me several network errors, and FTP is gone > from dselect's "Access" menu. Any sug

Re: Apache

1998-06-11 Thread Harry Tuttle
On Thu, Jun 11, 1998 at 01:12:41PM +0200, Torsten Hilbrich wrote: > > It seems to be the famous "Cannot determine hostname" problem. > > Check the contents of your /etc/hosts and /etc/host.conf files. > /etc/hosts should contain your ip-address and your fully qualified > hostname and /etc/host.co

RE: CD-rom and ZIP

1998-06-11 Thread Dennis Dai
/A: is legal. I use /c: /d: /e: for my windoz partition. (It's a pitty that I can't get rid of them now.) Dennis > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, June 11, 1998 5:09 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: CD-rom a

Re: CD-rom and ZIP

1998-06-11 Thread Marc van der Vossen
Thanks guys, I now automaticly (sp) mount my harddisk partitions. And I'm going to find one of those automounters (for CD and Zip). Thanks Again, Marc [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Debian vs. W95 (was: Money where mouth...)

1998-06-11 Thread Gregory Guthrie
>> I think I can safely say that anyone who tells you Linux (any flavour) is >> as easy to set up as Win95 is pulling your leg. ... You >> can make it exactly how you like it, and nothing (much) is forced down >> your throat. -- I am trying to get some networking up on W95/NT, to do it on Debian to

dselect ftp problem - the solution

1998-06-11 Thread Ivan
Many thanks - Norbert in particular Changing the options file to initiate ppp on the ISP machine - I just inserted the line $ ppp to the options file and it worked perfectly. As an experiment and to ensure that all my "playing" didn't upset anything else I restarted the installation using th

FTP gone from dselect

1998-06-11 Thread Brian Morgan
I've just installed Debian 2.0 and successfully downloaded several packages using the custom install and FTP method of access. Now, when I reboot the system, it gives me several network errors, and FTP is gone from dselect's "Access" menu. Any suggestions? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PRO

Re: Diamond Stealth 3D 3000 problems

1998-06-11 Thread Brian Weiss
On Thu, 11 Jun 1998, E.L. Meijer (Eric) wrote: > Hi, > > I have some problems with X running on a bo system, with a Diamond > Stealth 3D 3000 series video card (4MB memory). > > The PC used to run a bo system (1.3.1) and worked OK. Then the hard > disk broke down, and problems with memory were

Re: Apache

1998-06-11 Thread Torsten Hilbrich
On: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 14:42:21 +0700 Michael Acklin writes: > > Hello, > I have just installed Apache Web Server and keep getting the same > message > I try to start the server. What do I need to do get the server working. > Here is the error.log > > [Wed Jun 10 13:59:35 1998] [alert] mod_u

Re: my slrn isn't using the system newsgroups.dsc file

1998-06-11 Thread Paul Miller
Yes, that is how it should be -- but mine isn't! That is why I posted the message in the first place! Touching that file doesn't work because slrn isn't using the system newsgroups.dsc file. I've even tried setting the SLRN_LIB_DIR variable.. -Paul On Thu, 11 Jun 1998, Steve Lamb wrote: > On

RE: HTTP mirrors

1998-06-11 Thread Mark Mickan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- I don't know how up to date it is, but there is another Australian http mirror at http://ftp.it.com.au/ftp/ (I think). They also have non-US. They used to be very fast, but I've been finding their ftp site very slow lately, but YMMV. I can't vouch for http becaus

Re: key repeat in X

1998-06-11 Thread Peter S Galbraith
Craig Sanders wrote: > anyone know how to turn repeating keys back on after some stupid program > (like quake) has screwed it up? I use this in a hacked /etc/init.d/ file to set it to something sane. By default it was awfully slow: /sbin/kbdrate -r 30 (Note: this is because X is even started,

Re: Beowulf?

1998-06-11 Thread kriol
On Wed, 10 Jun 1998, Mikhali Mifsud wrote: > > What do people know about this brand of parrellel processing linux? > > thanks > check Extreme Linux at www.redhat.com regards OK -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: HTTP mirrors

1998-06-11 Thread servis
On 11 Jun, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > Sorry to bring this up, but can someone suggest an up-to-date HTTP > mirror? > >From my /etc/apt/sources.list my two favorites are: deb http://bigfoot.eecs.umich.edu/pub/linux/debian frozen main contrib non-free deb http://llug.sep.bnl.gov/debian frozen main co

Permission problem with FTE

1998-06-11 Thread Matthew Myers
I use the FTE editor quite a bit for programming and html, but I have to use it as root. I would prefer to be able to use it in my normal account. When I try to execute FTE as anyone else but root it gives me this error message: open: Permission Denied Failed to open /dev/vcsa* I never get this

Xemacs weirdness

1998-06-11 Thread Michael Roark
I need to ask a question that isn't Debian specific: if inappropriate, let me go ahead and apologize. I still have SuSE installed on my laptop. Curiousity got the best of me and I installed XEmacs this morning. I opened the prog and everything works fine except this: whenever I mouse-over the func

Re: Using Vim with mutt

1998-06-11 Thread Steve Lamb
On Fri, 12 Jun 1998 00:15:39 +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: >Yes, you just hit the enter key at the end of each line. :-) Use J to >join lines when reformatting, etc. Or use Joe. -- Steve C. Lamb | Opinions expressed by me are not my http://www.calweb.com/~morphe

Re: Using Vim with mutt

1998-06-11 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Fri, Jun 12, 1998 at 06:39:11PM +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > While I have found some Vim settings that wrap messages on screen, they > don't seem to insert the CR (or LF/CR, or LF, or whatever it is these > days) at the end of the line... > > Am I completely losing it, or is it possib

Re: Diamond Stealth 3D 3000 problems

1998-06-11 Thread Noah L. Meyerhans
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Thu, 11 Jun 1998, E.L. Meijer (Eric) wrote: > I reinstalled debian 1.3.1, using the XF86_S3V server. I am using xdm > to login. Every so many times the machine hangs when terminating the > xsession. The screen gets a single color, it seems to have a prefer

Domain name server

1998-06-11 Thread Erik Eriksson
Hello all, I have one PC at work with debian installed, where I would like to use ftp (we have a fast connection). In the manual it is described how to configure the resolv.conf file, i.e you must write the IP address of the domain name server, but what if you don't have any? We reach Internet

Re: CD-rom and ZIP

1998-06-11 Thread Kenneth . Scharf
Come to think of it Redhat did put mount points under /mnt/ Being lazy I usually mount everything (cd, floppies) under mount. But I did make mount points of /A, /B, /CD, and now /bernie. The latter is for my bernoulli drive, the first two for the floppys. I don't remember if /A: was legal. Dos

Re: telnetting to a host behind ip_masq

1998-06-11 Thread Joe
I have done this and other tricks with an IP MASQ network by using a port bouncer and bouncing a particular port to and from a masqued box. Joe On Wed, 10 Jun 1998, Paul Miller wrote: > > Is it possible to telnet directly to a host behind ip_masq? -- Something > like connecting to a different

Re: telnetting to a host behind ip_masq

1998-06-11 Thread Juanjo Ciarlante
On Wed, Jun 10, 1998 at 04:30:42PM -0400, Paul Miller wrote: > > Is it possible to telnet directly to a host behind ip_masq? -- Something > like connecting to a different hostname at the same ip, and acting as a > different computer. -- Apache does this with virtual hosting. > You can use . use

Re: Using Vim with mutt

1998-06-11 Thread jdassen
On Fri, Jun 12, 1998 at 06:39:11PM +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > While I have found some Vim settings that wrap messages on screen, they > don't seem to insert the CR (or LF/CR, or LF, or whatever it is these > days) at the end of the line... Here's part of my muttrc; among other things, it

DNS and Host access.

1998-06-11 Thread Graham Lillico +44 1785 248131
Hi, I have just set up a primary and secondary name servers on my network, and I have created some A class records for things like ftp, www and news. I would like to deny access to say the web site if someone used say http://ftp.bogus.org and just allow access from http://www.bogus.org, I have be

[ debian-user-request ] libXpm and wine

1998-06-11 Thread Micha Feigin
I am looking for libXpm in order to compile the source version od wine (its newer then the one in the debian package) is there a debian package of libXpm? because i couldn't find one. id not, does anyone know where i can find a binary version and how to install it? (i think there is one under su

RE: Unidentified subject!

1998-06-11 Thread FRANCK . F . L . LEGALL
Did you installed some packages using dselect for example ? Franck -- >I've installed Debian 1.3 but can't run many commands, including man. Why? > > >-- >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: Money where my mouth is

1998-06-11 Thread joost
On Fri, 12 Jun 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I think I have surmounted the major obstacles (the fact that I can send > this sort of proves that). I have got X running with my fav. WM, AfterStep > 1.0 (tho I don't like that Debian menu... how do I get rid of it so I can > edit the .steprc and g

Money where my mouth is

1998-06-11 Thread damon
Hi Folks, Just something I thought I'd like to share with the list... It's nothing crucially important, so if you're in a hurry, feel free to skip over it. I've sort of been into Linux for a year or so now, I guess. Actually, prolly not quite that long. I consider myself an 'advocate' and I'm adm

Using Vim with mutt

1998-06-11 Thread damon
Hi Folks, Not strictly a debian question, I guess. I've just started using mutt as my MUA, and I'd quite like to use Vim as the editor. At the moment I'm using pico (yukk!) because it's the only thing I know of which loads fast and does word wrapping. I'm guessing that mutt doesn't wrap m

Re: key repeat in X

1998-06-11 Thread Damien Miller
On Thu, 11 Jun 1998, Craig Sanders wrote: > > anyone know how to turn repeating keys back on after some stupid program > (like quake) has screwed it up? "xset r on" doesn't work? "xset 100 10"? Regards, Damien Miller | Damien Miller | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.ilogic.com.au/ | Interne

Diamond Stealth 3D 3000 problems

1998-06-11 Thread E.L. Meijer \(Eric\)
Hi, I have some problems with X running on a bo system, with a Diamond Stealth 3D 3000 series video card (4MB memory). The PC used to run a bo system (1.3.1) and worked OK. Then the hard disk broke down, and problems with memory were also suspected. The hard disk was replaced and the memory too

HTTP mirrors

1998-06-11 Thread Hamish Moffatt
Sorry to bring this up, but can someone suggest an up-to-date HTTP mirror? I tried http://ftp1.us.debian.org, timestamp there is June 10 which is ok, but APT says I don't need anything new. If I use ftp://ftp.debian.org, I need to download 60mb+ of stuff -- odd. Unfortunately FTP seems to have hug

Re: CD-rom and ZIP

1998-06-11 Thread Ian Stuart
On Wed, 10 Jun 1998, Marc van der Vossen wrote: > Hi, > > A big thanks to all who have responded to my questions. I can now mount > every thing I want. Is there an automatic mounter ? If I would like to mount > three things, what should they be called? I know /mnt, but that is only one > out of t

Missing packages?

1998-06-11 Thread timothy
What missing package causes the following in source configure scripts?: 'checking for working makeinfo.. missing' Thanks, Timothy -- E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 11-Jun-98 Time: 03:10:14 This message was sent by XFMail. Powered by GNU/Linux 2.0.

my slrn isn't using the system newsgroups.dsc file

1998-06-11 Thread Paul Miller
(I'm using the lastest slink/hamm packages...) My slrn isn't using the system newsgroups.dsc file... the file exists and has the groups/descriptions as expected. When I run slrn when .jnewsrc and .newsrc don't exist, I get the following error: $ slrn slrn 0.9.5.2 (May 17 1998 11:27:48) Unable t

Re: How to get lpd not to print userid pages

1998-06-11 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Wed, 10 Jun 1998, Kiyan Azarbar wrote: > How can I disable the userid/printjob identifier pages using lpd? > > I just moved a Canon BJC-4000 which used to be attached to a Win95 machine > on the LAN; I used to use samba to print to it. Now I've got it on my machine, > but it's printing those i

How to get lpd not to print userid pages

1998-06-11 Thread Kiyan Azarbar
How can I disable the userid/printjob identifier pages using lpd? I just moved a Canon BJC-4000 which used to be attached to a Win95 machine on the LAN; I used to use samba to print to it. Now I've got it on my machine, but it's printing those id pages, which is a waste of paper and ink. Do the fq

Re: Beowulf?

1998-06-11 Thread Kenneth L. Summers
> > What do people know about this brand of parrellel processing linux? Hmmm. Kind of an open ended question. You mean besides what the web pages say? I know that a cluster of Linux machines using a resonably quick intercommunications network can rival some of the large supercomputers for a fr

Little Screwy smal tincy bug I'm gonna feal real dumb about

1998-06-11 Thread The Darkling
For some reason my box excepts nil for connections. I found and removed the all pariniod from my /etc/hosts.deny and added ALL to hosts.allow and still it dosn't help. I noted that my xinitd also has some problems wiht haveing no listing but for ports like echo and local things. little help wou

[newbie] svga(lib?) help with tgui 9680

1998-06-11 Thread Rybread
Basically, while X works and svgatextmode works, things like Sasteroids doesn't. It gives me a garbled screen, where i can make out some stuff, and when i quit, i get a ferked up console screen with or sans svgatextmode on. so...what do I do? Should I tool around in /etc/vga/ and if so, double he

Re: slrn scrolling trouble

1998-06-11 Thread Damir J. Naden
Hi Paul Miller; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote: > > I can't figure out how to scroll down in the message window. The help > screen says to press ESC + UP/DOWN .. this works, but it is extremely slow > (keys and only 1 line at a time)... Is there a way to use PgDn/PgUp? > > Thanks > -Paul I

Re: Newbie Install - Serial port and PPP does not work

1998-06-11 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Wed, Jun 10, 1998 at 08:29:20PM -0400, Shaleh wrote: > Non-free can not be on a CD, that is the point of it being called > "non-free". As to your problem here goes (I help maintain the > FAQ-o-matic). Well, if it by definition could not go on CD, it should be called non-CD. Some parts of it AR

slrn scrolling trouble

1998-06-11 Thread Paul Miller
I can't figure out how to scroll down in the message window. The help screen says to press ESC + UP/DOWN .. this works, but it is extremely slow (keys and only 1 line at a time)... Is there a way to use PgDn/PgUp? Thanks -Paul -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "un

Re: auctex not happening

1998-06-11 Thread Noel Yap
[A courtesy copy has also been sent to the auctex package maintainer.] Waldemar ¯urowski wrote: > AFAIK it is not. AUCTeX is separate package for Emacs, and there is > "native"(?) tex-mode in Emacs. In other words, if someone wants to use > AuCTeX, she/he should put require tex-site in .emacs. Ma

X-crash

1998-06-11 Thread xsat
Hy, I've got BIG problemm: I've got Debian some time and it was well, but I've just bought new mainboard (fic 502)and my X window started to crash ... "undefinied references in libX11.so.6, fatal error in freeing of nonexisting swap page, ... " But I've got RedHat 4.2 too, and it is unaffected by

Re: [Hamm Install] package dependency problems

1998-06-11 Thread Johnie Ingram
"Francois" == Francois Gouget?= writes: Francois> (a rather bad name imho), not perl. perl-base Francois> replaces perl which I guess means it provides Francois> it (once the install worked out ok). Or maybe Francois> the package perl provides perl because it is Francois> called perl then. Pack

RE: Zip and CD-rom (almost there)

1998-06-11 Thread Mark Ciciretti
Try mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdd /mnt The file system on a CD is in the ISO 9660 format not fat. You also don't have to specify a partition. > for CD: > mount -t msdos /dev/hdd4 /mnt > this does not work. Same with vfat > I tried fdisk on /dev/hdd. Here's the output. ---

RE: [Hamm Install] package dependency problems

1998-06-11 Thread Francois Gouget
On Wednesday, June 10, 1998 3:49 PM, Johnie Ingram [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > "Francois" == Francois Gouget?= writes: > > Francois> 5.004.04-2)'. I tried to find another package > Francois> that would provide 'perl' but did not find > > Perl itself provides perl: > > ./hamm/hamm/b

Beowulf?

1998-06-11 Thread Mikhali Mifsud
What do people know about this brand of parrellel processing linux? thanks == On the plains of hesitation lies the bones of countless millions who, on the verge of victory, sat down to wait and in waiting died. _ DO YOU YAHOO!? G

Re: Newbie Install - Serial port and PPP does not work

1998-06-11 Thread Shaleh
Non-free can not be on a CD, that is the point of it being called "non-free". As to your problem here goes (I help maintain the FAQ-o-matic). COM2 is /dev/ttyS1. You can make a /dev/modem w/ "ln -s ttyS1 modem". While in the dev directory. The "No PPP support in kernel" is caused by it trying

Re: key repeat in X

1998-06-11 Thread Craig Sanders
On Thu, 11 Jun 1998, David Keegel wrote: > ] anyone know how to turn repeating keys back on after some stupid > ] program (like quake) has screwed it up? > > Check out the xset program. "xset q" will query status (so you know > what is going on without changing anything). "xset r on" might fix > y

Newbie Install - Serial port and PPP does not work

1998-06-11 Thread Raj_Gole
Hi All, About a year with Linux (Slackware, Caldera) new to Debian. Just Installed 1.3.1 (bo) CD format from Linux Mall on the same hardware that used previous OSs.I saw some problems during the install as the CD image was not true to the source. dselect complained about certain directories.

Re: aic6260, cdrom & linux

1998-06-11 Thread Chea Prince
thanks hamish. tried your settings and still no joy. this one's got me stumped. anybody else have a suggestion? is there an optimal place to put 'append' lines in lilo.conf? -c- On Thu, 11 Jun 1998, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > On Wed, Jun 10, 1998 at 12:59:28PM -0400, Chea Prince wrote: > >