Missing KDE images?

1998-09-25 Thread Eric Jensen
I have been trying to figure this out for a long time. Most of the kde programs that I have installed have an inability to disply the buttons on their toolbar properly. This happens with the kde file browser and other things. Other kde programs, however, have a complete inability to start (kcmsa

Re: kernel 2.0.35

1998-09-25 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Fri, 25 Sep 1998, Tony Schonfeld wrote: > Many thanks at all for the reply but another minor problem for me > i want to install kde and can't found qtg1 ??? Tony, It's qt1g, not qtg1 and it is in non-free/libs Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ

Re: Samba

1998-09-25 Thread King Lee
Hello First thanks to Dai and others who replied to my query regarding Samba. For the benefit of others, let me state what I learned Evidently when Debian installs Samba, the nmbd demon is started in inetd. The Samba documentation explains how to start nmbd manually and wit

Re: KDE man pages

1998-09-25 Thread Noah L. Meyerhans
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Fri, 25 Sep 1998, Richard Heller wrote: > When I try to read any of the KDE man pages, the man page that comes up > says that the entry has no useful manpage. Is there something like > ldconfig that I have to do for man to work? There actually aren't any us

"Can't load default font 'fixed'"

1998-09-25 Thread Evan Van Dyke
I'm trying to get Xfree up and running... and can't run XF86Setup, so I ran XF86Config. I've set it for the VGA-16 server, just to make sure I can get something running, but I get the error message: "Can't load default font 'fixed'" or something very close to that when I run 'startx'. As root, o

Re: 386SX-33 for pop3 server and proxy server

1998-09-25 Thread Jaakko Niemi
>> I have a 386sx-33 with: >> 4mb ram >> 100 mb hard disk >> 10mbit ethernet card >> >> Would this be enough for pop3 server and proxy server for a 25 node network= >> with one dial up connection ? A router and a firewall yes.. but for proxy and mail that box has too little memory and hdd. (so

Re: *sigh* source for pcmcia modem cables?

1998-09-25 Thread Jaakko Niemi
>> >> *DOH* >> >> the day after jens found a solution to let me ppp, I managed to put >> down my laptop sideways, crunching the connector on the cable--it now >> features a 90 degree bend :) and the connectors are broken. >> >> This is one of those two flat prongs inline.does anyone know

KDE man pages

1998-09-25 Thread Richard Heller
Hi, I got KDE 1.0 up and running. Installing the dev version of the libraries and running ldconfig worked. Thanks to everyone who helped with that. Now the next problem... When I try to read any of the KDE man pages, the man page that comes up says that the entry has no useful manpage. Is ther

Re: simple password

1998-09-25 Thread Phillip Neumann
Jason Herring Dale Davis wrote: > I believe that if you just enter your simple password the program will > say that it is too simple if you really want to use that password then > just enter it in again this time it should go on and ask you to reenter > the password and you'll be done... > > Jaso

Re: Voice Chatscript

1998-09-25 Thread David Stern
On Fri, 25 Sep 1998 04:56:20 EDT, Daniel Martin wrote: [..snipped for brevity..] Hi, As Daniel points out (yeah, yeah! :), I was trying to send ascii characters to a touchtone expecting voice processing system. The solution, as Daniel also pointed out, was to make a long phone number using th

Installation error in hamm lowmem on Laptop

1998-09-25 Thread Anton J . Gamel
Hi! My problem is: I installed bo (kernel 2.29-6) without Problems on my Austin Laptop (Phenix BIOS) 640k+3Mb (Installation with the rescue floppy to load lowmemroot. The first installation menu (partition, swap, temp_root) is already flanked by a alt-f2 sh and a alt-f3 error. ok ... Initializa

Modprobe Question

1998-09-25 Thread Mike Acklin
Hello Again, Well still working on the xringd program but started watching the syslog file and found something I had not seen before. I was working with diald yesterday and finally got it working just fine. But I was debugging it with /var/log/ppp.log so really didn't see the /var

Re: kernel 2.0.35

1998-09-25 Thread Tony Schonfeld
On Thu, 24 Sep 1998, Bob Nielsen wrote: > It's in: > > /debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/devel/kernel-source-2.0.35_2.0.35-1.deb > > Bob > > On Thu, 24 Sep 1998, Tony Schonfeld wrote: > > > The kernel 2.0.35 is it available in .deb packages ? > > If yes where ? > > Many thanks at all

RE: kernel 2.0.35

1998-09-25 Thread Tony Schonfeld
On Thu, 24 Sep 1998, Bob Nielsen wrote: > It's in: > > /debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/devel/kernel-source-2.0.35_2.0.35-1.deb > > Bob > > On Thu, 24 Sep 1998, Tony Schonfeld wrote: > > > The kernel 2.0.35 is it available in .deb packages ? > > If yes where ? > > Many thanks at all for th

Re: PPP problem.

1998-09-25 Thread shaul
No /etc/resolv.conf is necessary if you have BIND installed (and no network is permanently connected to the machine ?) > > >> "SYZ" == Shao Ying Zhang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > SYZ> The system dialed out fine. And ping was working fine. > SYZ> But telnet, ftp & lynx does not work. My /etc

RE: Win98 <=> Linux via E-net

1998-09-25 Thread David Karlin
Jeff Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I am trying to setup my home LAN with a Win98 machine and a Linux > machine with ethernet. I have successfully setup the ethernet I have a similar setup, but with win95. > NIC but I am not sure what to do next. I want to be able to copy > files

Re: Win98 <=> Linux via E-net

1998-09-25 Thread Nils Rennebarth
On Fri, Sep 25, 1998 at 01:26:07PM -0500, dsb3 wrote: > >The reverse can be done (ie. modem on your Linux box, and > >browsing on your Win95 Box) by enabling IP-Forwarding and > >setting up IP-masquerading. > > last I looked this won't work. unless the rest of the world knows to > route packets

isdn in the USA

1998-09-25 Thread Pat O'Brien
Is there anyone out there that has configured and uses isdn in the US ? Can you help me configure my USR Sportster 128k TA ? pat

Linux tools for Atmel AVR?

1998-09-25 Thread Jeff Noxon
Does anyone know of Linux tools for the AVR? Anyone interested in helping me write some? I'd like to see a macro assembler, simulator, and programming software. None of that stuff should be terribly complicated. Thanks Jeff

Re: 3c905 driver installed, but not in ifconfig??

1998-09-25 Thread servis
*- Evan Van Dyke wrote about "3c905 driver installed, but not in ifconfig??" | I have a 3com 3c905 Ethernet card that I can't quite get to work. I have | turned _OFF_ the | PNP OS option in my bios btw. :> I recompiled the 2.0.35 kernel including | Network | support, and the 3c59x driver as a mo

3c905 driver installed, but not in ifconfig??

1998-09-25 Thread Evan Van Dyke
I have a 3com 3c905 Ethernet card that I can't quite get to work. I have turned _OFF_ the PNP OS option in my bios btw. :> I recompiled the 2.0.35 kernel including Network support, and the 3c59x driver as a module. When I boot in Linux, the driver loads fine, says it detects the card at IRQ5(wh

Re: cannot find libXpm.so.4 when running netscape

1998-09-25 Thread Torsten Hilbrich
On: Sat, 26 Sep 1998 01:05:46 +1000 (EST) Shao Ying Zhang writes: > > Hi debies, > I just moved from redhat to debian. Don't know much about deb > package at all. > > Ok, I tried to run netscape 3.0 and got the error libXpm.so.4, so > what pkg do I need?? The needed packages are (for

Re: Installation Issues

1998-09-25 Thread john
Brian Armstrong writes: > Then, configure the ppp connection, using pap (which ppp files do I > edit?). Just run pppconfig and follow directions. -- John HaslerThis posting is in the public domain. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Do with it what you will. Dancing Horse Hill

Re: simple password

1998-09-25 Thread Keith Beattie
DAVID B. TEAGUE wrote: > Horacio writes: > > > > This maybe a stupid question, but i want to change my password. When > > > putting `passwd' linux askme for the new password. I put it in, and > > > linux said it is too simple what can i do for linux dont say me > > > that? Currently i have NO

Horizon PCI video

1998-09-25 Thread Bruce McCormick
Where can I find support for a STB Horizon-PCI video card? This card isn't in the card list when I run XF86Setup for my new hamm distribution, and I'm not having sucess using the detailed setup. // // Bruce McCormick

Re: Win98 <=> Linux via E-net

1998-09-25 Thread dsb3
On Fri, 25 Sep 1998, Saisanthosh B wrote: >> I am trying to setup my home LAN with a Win98 machine and a Linux machine >> with ethernet. I have successfully setup the ethernet NIC but I am not >> sure what to do next. I want to be able to copy files from the Win98 >> machine to the Linux hard dr

Re: simple password

1998-09-25 Thread dsb3
On Thu, 24 Sep 1998, DAVID B. TEAGUE wrote: >Horacio writes: > >> > This maybe a stupid question, but i want to change my password. When >> > putting `passwd' linux askme for the new password. I put it in, and >> > linux said it is too simple what can i do for linux dont say me >> > that? Curr

Unidentified subject!

1998-09-25 Thread Dooms Wesley
Hi, how are you Write me back,if you want. dwesley.planetinternet.be

Re: X locks at -bpp 16

1998-09-25 Thread David Densmore
John Forest wrote: >David Densmore wrote: > >>I have a Diamond SpeedStar Pro with CL-GD5426 chip and am running >>the svga X server. >> >>It works fine when I run it at -bpp 8, but at -bpp 16 it starts with >>a completely black background and the mouse freezes as soon as I place >>the xterm window

RE: X on a laptop

1998-09-25 Thread Bill Moshier
Anatol If you look under www.linux.org/hardware/laptop.html for your laptop, you will probably find the information you need. I was able through that to find the Neomagic driver needed to run linux on a Compaq 1620 laptop. Bill Moshier [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Anatol Qu

Re: emacs-20.3

1998-09-25 Thread Ole J. Tetlie
*-"C.J.LAWSON" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | | [1 ] | Hi, |I am having a bit of a problem with emacs ... I cannot get it to | 'set-fill-column ' .. Each time I 'M-x set-fill-column ' it does not allow | me a space to specify the colum width. If I try using 'cntrl-f ' it | returns the same error messag

Installation Issues

1998-09-25 Thread Brian Armstrong
I recently installed Debian Linux, the most recent version, and have had difficulty installing Netscape and Staroffice. It seems to need Motif or something similiar. Man pages and readme files have helped my setup of Debian Linux and xwindows. However, I need help learning what files are necessa

Re: /usr/local

1998-09-25 Thread Santiago Vila Doncel
On Tue, 22 Sep 1998, Paulo J. da Silva e Silva wrote: > I would like to ask a question. I noticed that some important packages in Hamm > (Latex and Emacs, for example) write in /usr/local during installation (at > least they create directories there). > > Well, our local system administrator is h

Re: apache virtual domain

1998-09-25 Thread Remco van de Meent
On Fri, 25 Sep 1998, Pere Camps wrote: : How do you configure a virtual domain under Apache 1.3? : : I already have the DNS alias. It's described in file:/usr/doc/apache/manual/vhosts/index.html -Remco

X on a laptop

1998-09-25 Thread Anatol Quabach
Take a deep breath, I'm new to Linux. I'm trying to set up the svga x-server on my laptop, but I have no idea which monitor to choose and how to calculate the modelines. I've done this yesterday on my desktop and it worked, so I hope to have a basic understanding of what it's all about. But what "

emacs-20.3

1998-09-25 Thread C.J.LAWSON
Hi, I am having a bit of a problem with emacs ... I cannot get it to 'set-fill-column ' .. Each time I 'M-x set-fill-column ' it does not allow me a space to specify the colum width. If I try using 'cntrl-f ' it returns the same error message 'set-fill-column requires an argument' Pleas

Re: pppd on leased line problems

1998-09-25 Thread john
Matus "fantomas" Uhlar writes: > Sep 24 23:55:23 home kernel: ppp_tty_ioctl: set xmit asyncmap You shouldn't need this (but all it will do is slow you down). > Sep 24 23:55:54 home kernel: ppp: ppp0 not connected to a TTY! can't go open! This looks bad. Exactly what command did you sta

Re: bo->hamm upgrade

1998-09-25 Thread john
Lazar Fleysher writes: > I have bo system installed and I have changed ISP and can not seem to > configure ppp to conect to it. Send me your scripts and the output of plog and I will try to help you. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI

Resc1440 Floppy locks up during install of Debian 2.0

1998-09-25 Thread Dave White
Hello Everyone, The Rescue/boot floppy locks up after the following: Loading root.bin Loading linux . < here is where it locks up -I've formatted three different floppies -downloaded resc1440.bin from two different sites -tried "linux floppy=thinkpad" with same result I use

Help with ssh

1998-09-25 Thread Brian Schramm
I figure that I need to configure something at this time but I am not quite sure where to start. I installed the ssh deb file on my Debian 2.0 machine. I have also installed the redhat side on my redhat machine. Now I would like to configure it so the root user has access to the debian machine b

Re: Weird stuff in X

1998-09-25 Thread Alexander Stavitsky
On Fri, Sep 25, 1998 at 10:08:44AM +0200, E.L. Meijer Eric" wrote: > OK, I'll throw in my 2 cents. I see the `blips' at 32 bit color, but > not at 16 bit (Diamond Viper 330). I will try lowering the dotclock > setting. > My roommate has STB Velocity128 on Riva128ZX and he uses 1152x864x16bit H

two session , only the first visible

1998-09-25 Thread Rx
I write two sessions on a CD-R with cdrecord -multi cdrecord -toc says me there is two sessions, windoz says it too. but no one can see the second session how to link the two session ? I was thinking cdrecord -multi do it alone. thanks Xavier __ [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: samba problems

1998-09-25 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
WINS maps NetBIOS names to IP addresses. When it comes time to send a packet the MAC Address is gotten through arp. NetBEUI does sit right on top of ethernet (and thus uses MAC Addresses) but this is not the same thing and Linux doesn't support NetBEUI. To complicate things, a NetBT (NetBIOS over

apache virtual domain

1998-09-25 Thread Pere Camps
Hi! How do you configure a virtual domain under Apache 1.3? I already have the DNS alias. TIA! Salutacions, Pere __oUltima Ratio Regum 2:343/108.91 - _`\<;_mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP key available --- (_)/ (_) http

Re: HOW: PRINTER INSTALL

1998-09-25 Thread Pann McCuaig
On Fri, Sep 25, 1998 at 12:07:10AM -0700, BOB'S MAIL wrote: > I know this is simple, but how do I get my Okidata OL 410e installed at > LPT0 (LPT1). > > magicfilter sets parameters, but I need something that sets up the printer. > Like an installation script that creates a printer.conf file (or w

Re: Quick Question

1998-09-25 Thread Lazar Fleysher
There are two things I would like to add.(Hope you find it interesting) 1. When I installed xringd, it could not find the modem and -m option did not work.So I recompiled xringd and explicitly defined modem device as /dev/ttyS1 2. When you start pon it resets the modem and after you do poff, xri

Re: Fixkeys Mini Howto

1998-09-25 Thread Ed Cogburn
Bob Nielsen wrote: > > On Fri, 25 Sep 1998, Paul Seelig wrote: > > > On Thu, 24 Sep 1998, Martin Schulze wrote: > > > > > > Very likely. In addition to Partition Magic, many of the Linux distribs > > > > come with FIPS.EXE, which is free software. > > > > > > ... and can (only) resize FAT and VF

Need help: superblock error!

1998-09-25 Thread dtctt1
During booting time I got the following message: "The filesystem size (according to the superblock) is 1428840 blocks The physical size of the device is 1427328 blocks Either the superblock or the partition table is likely to be corrupt! Abory?" I'm sure my partition table is correct, so it seems

Re: Menu (how do I edit/customize) for wms from .deb/dselect

1998-09-25 Thread Ed Cogburn
Steven Udell wrote: > > Hello, > > I am trying to figure out how to customize the menu > system in Debian 2.0. I have installed 3 wms so far > from dselect, all work and show a pretty ok menu of > some but not all of what I want in applications to > use. I have installed WM GNU nextstep/fvwm2 & W

Re: xterm-debian

1998-09-25 Thread Michael Stutz
On Sat, 26 Sep 1998, Shao Ying Zhang wrote: > But, is this the formal way or proper way to do it?? > > What is xterm-debian?? Any additional features?? Check out /usr/doc/xbase/README.Debian for the scoop. I put this line in my .bash_profile: alias p="export TERM=xterm; pin

xterm-debian

1998-09-25 Thread Shao Ying Zhang
Hi all, Another one! When I telnet to uni(sys V release 4) and run pine, I got the msg that xterm-debian unknown. I made it work by manually setting the XTERM var to VT100. But, is this the formal way or proper way to do it?? What is xterm-debian?? Any additional

cannot find libXpm.so.4 when running netscape

1998-09-25 Thread Shao Ying Zhang
Hi debies, I just moved from redhat to debian. Don't know much about deb package at all. Ok, I tried to run netscape 3.0 and got the error libXpm.so.4, so what pkg do I need?? Thx for the help! regards, Shao. ~~~

Re: Print Filters

1998-09-25 Thread servis
*- Wayne Cuddy wrote about "Print Filters" | What package in hamm do I need to install to get the print filter that | recognizes different file formats and prints them correctly on my | HP2P? This was the Magic Filter on Redhat. | And it is call Magic Filter on Debian as well. Look for the magi

Cannot export Path when not login as root

1998-09-25 Thread Shao Ying Zhang
Hi all, I got a little problem. When I login as root, I can export the path properly. But I login as a normal user, my path is not exported properly. It is set to the path defined in /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config. If I login in an ascii mode, then the path is fine. But

Re: Quick Question

1998-09-25 Thread Mike Acklin
On Fri, Sep 25, 1998 at 07:42:59AM -0600, Gary L. Hennigan wrote: > > Not mgetty. That's if you want to run a PPP server, among other > things. What you want is xringd. It allows you to call your computer > and run any command you want, including whatver you use to initiate > your PPP link, depend

Print Filters

1998-09-25 Thread Wayne Cuddy
What package in hamm do I need to install to get the print filter that recognizes different file formats and prints them correctly on my HP2P? This was the Magic Filter on Redhat. Thanks. Wayne Cuddy CRB-WEB (C & H Consulting) http://www.crb-web.com [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Quick Question

1998-09-25 Thread Mike Acklin
On Fri, Sep 25, 1998 at 08:53:49AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I think you want xringd. This a daemon that watches for incoming ring > patterns i.e ring-ring-pause 60 sec.-ring. Then when a preset ring > pattern is caught it will execute a command for that ring pattern, ie. > execute pon

Re: samba

1998-09-25 Thread Remco van de Meent
On Thu, 24 Sep 1998, Benoit Joly wrote: : 2) I have a printer on the win95 box (canon bjc-210) : how can I config my linux box to print there? I looked in the howto, but : it'smore like a cryptic language than a help file :). It say something : about /etc/printcap, but nothing about inkjet p

Re: SAMBA

1998-09-25 Thread Remco van de Meent
On Wed, 23 Sep 1998, Florian Attenberger wrote: : MY win95 clients access a samba server, that connects them to the : internet via dialup, too. : The linux-box is dialing unnecessarily when win95 is trying to get : information about servers around. Which port do i have to forbid??? More : i

Re: Quick Question

1998-09-25 Thread servis
*- Mike Acklin wrote about "Re: Quick Question" | On Fri, Sep 25, 1998 at 02:15:12PM +0200, Zilvinas Valinskas wrote: | > It's mgetty. You need to update your inittab to run mgetty on boot ( or | > when edited just run a : init q :) reread init tab ;) and that's all ) | > Setup up to listen /de

Re: Quick Question

1998-09-25 Thread Gary L. Hennigan
Zilvinas Valinskas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | At 07:00 1998.09.25 -0500, Mike Acklin wrote: | >Hello Everyone, | > | > I have a quick question about linux/debian. Does anyone know of a | >way or a program that if you call your Modem (With it being offline), it | >will monitor the port and if

new SCSI driver

1998-09-25 Thread tko
I purchased a new PCI based SCSI card locally and was dismayed to find that the 2.0.3x kernels did not support this card. I went surfing and found the "linux ready" driver for this card (source code no less!) So my question here is: What do I have to do to fully integrate this new SCSI driver into

bo->hamm upgrade

1998-09-25 Thread Lazar Fleysher
Hello everyone, I need an advice on how to do it. The situation is the following: I have bo system installed and I have changed ISP and can not seem to configure ppp to conect to it. I can do it from a different machine and transfer files using floppies (sorry no network...) Could someone tell m

Re: KDE library problems

1998-09-25 Thread Noah L. Meyerhans
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Thu, 24 Sep 1998, Richard Heller wrote: > When I try to run kdm, it can't find libkdecore.so.1 and when I try to run > kwm it can't find libkfm.so.1. I installed kdebase, kdelibs0g, > kdemultimedia, kdegraphics, and kdeutils. They're all version > 980710-1.

Re: Quick Question

1998-09-25 Thread Mike Acklin
On Fri, Sep 25, 1998 at 02:15:12PM +0200, Zilvinas Valinskas wrote: > It's mgetty. You need to update your inittab to run mgetty on boot ( or > when edited just run a : init q :) reread init tab ;) and that's all ) > Setup up to listen /dev/ttySx ( x=0,1, => com1, com2 in dos ). More > inform

Re: Quick Question

1998-09-25 Thread Ralf G. R. Bergs
[...] > > What I am trying to do is have my home computer on and connected to > >a separate line, and be offline. Then if I need something from my computer > >from work or somewhere else besides home, I can dial my home number, the > system > >will see an incoming call, the start the ppp/pon so

Re: xdm on ttys7 and ttys8

1998-09-25 Thread Michael Beattie
On Fri, 25 Sep 1998, Shao Ying Zhang wrote: > Hi all, > in my inittab, I have six ttys running in run level 5. And the xdm > is on ttys 7. > > Could anyone tell me how to get the xdm running in ttys8 as well?? > > In this case, I can just press ctrl-alt-f8 to change to my secon

Re: samba problems

1998-09-25 Thread Mario Olimpio de Menezes
Hi, Maybe I didn't explain very well (poor english mine!). As I said, I have three NIC's (the linux is a masq machine). The tcp/ip part is working ok, since all my internal machines can reach internet (http,telnet,etc). In the smb.conf I added the correct ip's for all interfaces.

Re: Quick Question

1998-09-25 Thread Zilvinas Valinskas
At 07:00 1998.09.25 -0500, Mike Acklin wrote: >Hello Everyone, > > I have a quick question about linux/debian. Does anyone know of a >way or a program that if you call your Modem (With it being offline), it >will monitor the port and if it sees "RING", the system will automagically >start pon

Menu (how do I edit/customize) for wms from .deb/dselect

1998-09-25 Thread Steven Udell
Hello, I am trying to figure out how to customize the menu system in Debian 2.0. I have installed 3 wms so far from dselect, all work and show a pretty ok menu of some but not all of what I want in applications to use. I have installed WM GNU nextstep/fvwm2 & WM standard. I have installed a non .

Debian packages available now (Re: vnc-3.3.2r2_x86_linux_2.0.tgz under debian hamm

1998-09-25 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Thu, Sep 24, 1998 at 09:40:46PM +0200, Marco Machmer wrote: > hy there, > > i have installed the tar-file from vnc (vnc-3.3.2r2_x86_linux_2.0.tgz) > and copied > all files correctly to /usr/local/... > in netscape i can start the the vnc viewer to look on my win95 desktop. > > the (X) vncviewe

Quick Question

1998-09-25 Thread Mike Acklin
Hello Everyone, I have a quick question about linux/debian. Does anyone know of a way or a program that if you call your Modem (With it being offline), it will monitor the port and if it sees "RING", the system will automagically start pon? What I am trying to do is have my home c

Re: Fixkeys Mini Howto

1998-09-25 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Fri, 25 Sep 1998, Paul Seelig wrote: > On Thu, 24 Sep 1998, Martin Schulze wrote: > > > > Very likely. In addition to Partition Magic, many of the Linux distribs > > > come with FIPS.EXE, which is free software. > > > > ... and can (only) resize FAT and VFAT partitions. > > > The latest of

Installation Problem - Reboot Hang Up

1998-09-25 Thread Caroline Goldblat
Debian 2.0 stable System 486DX2-66 16Mb Ram 170Mb Hard Drive (2 partitions-32Mb Swap-170Mb System) 1.4 Mb floppy internal modem 1 serial port 1 parallel port 3com 3c509B network card Installation seemed to go fine. After creating boot disk and tried to reboot got the following message: configurin

Re: flicking in xterms

1998-09-25 Thread Zilvinas Valinskas
Maybe you have set a 'Visual Bell' ? If so turn it off. ( Does it beep if it comes to that when screen flashes ? ) At 20:48 1998.09.25 +1000, Shao Ying Zhang wrote: >Hi all, > When I use VI in an xterm with black background, and when I get to >EOF, the xterm started flicking. It doesn't hap

xdm on ttys7 and ttys8

1998-09-25 Thread Shao Ying Zhang
Hi all, in my inittab, I have six ttys running in run level 5. And the xdm is on ttys 7. Could anyone tell me how to get the xdm running in ttys8 as well?? In this case, I can just press ctrl-alt-f8 to change to my second xdm?? Thanks... Regards, Shao ~~

Re: Installation (again)

1998-09-25 Thread Jens Ritter
Michael Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, 25 Sep 1998, Menno Scholten wrote: > > > Hello again, > > > > I received some mail about my problem but it still insn't solved. Can you > give me an exact description of what to do. When I select Install Linux > Kernel etc. it ask me for t

flicking in xterms

1998-09-25 Thread Shao Ying Zhang
Hi all, When I use VI in an xterm with black background, and when I get to EOF, the xterm started flicking. It doesn't happen in rxvt though. I know there are some vars to set to fix it... Anyone give me a quick tip?? Regards, Shao

Re: Netscape error

1998-09-25 Thread Michael Grimm
Hi - [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > [snip] > An example : > I open a Xsession with 'franck' loggin > I try to run Netscape as 'root', it doesn't work (root doesn't have > rights to display on franck loggin screen) > As franck, I do 'xhost +' > Now, I can run and displa

pppd on leased line problems

1998-09-25 Thread fantomas
Hello, Ok this is kern log - note that i played with pppd, killed it few times; i happily could send packets (LED blinks) but nothing returned... Sep 24 23:49:57 home kernel: PPP: version 2.2.0 (dynamic channel allocation) Sep 24 23:49:57 home kernel: PPP Dynamic channel allocation code copyri

question on connecting two computers

1998-09-25 Thread G. Kapetanios
Hi, I am looking for info on how to connect two PCs running linux outside of a network. I.e. I want to be able to access information on both computers fron both computers (nfs e.t.c.) Is there a manual explaining the details? Any other source of info ? Thanks George --

corrections to last post (all apologies)

1998-09-25 Thread justin honold
to start with, the debian-rsync script should point to 'debian/', not '/debian/'. i realize the entire problem has to do with blocking out 'binary-*/' and 'disks-*' and then attempting to allow just the i386 stuff through with '+ *i386/'. the rsync works fine if i manually specify the directories

Re: Installation (again)

1998-09-25 Thread Michael Beattie
On Fri, 25 Sep 1998, Menno Scholten wrote: > Hello again, > > I received some mail about my problem but it still insn't solved. Can you give me an exact description of what to do. When I select Install Linux Kernel etc. it ask me for the medium I want to use. After selecting "mounted partiti

Re: Voice Chatscript

1998-09-25 Thread Daniel Martin
David Stern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello, > > I'd like my computer to call up one of those automated voice business > information systems, then execute some transactions by entering my user > account information and make some selections from the menu. I'll need > to execute this task r

Re: ICQ and clones

1998-09-25 Thread Michael Beattie
For most of them, you have to already have a UIN, it's a downside, but hey.. at least it works! Try getting a friend who has ICQ on a win9x machine to do it for you. On Fri, 25 Sep 1998, Art Lemasters wrote: > > There's licq, but I have not found any way to use it to > register with the

Hello Debian People (new to list test)

1998-09-25 Thread Steven Udell
Hello Debian People (new to list test) Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: KDE library problems

1998-09-25 Thread Waldemar Żurowski
Richard Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > kdemultimedia, kdegraphics, and kdeutils. They're all version > 980710-1.0-1. I would run ldconfig - as root - first. I don't really know, if dpkg run ldconfig itself, or each package should care about that ldconfiging just after new libraries were in

Re: Weird stuff in X

1998-09-25 Thread E.L. Meijer \(Eric\)
> > Alexander Stavitsky wrote: > > > > Adam Klein wrote: > > > I have a Diamond Viper V330, and in X at 1024x768x32bpp, it behaves > > > strangely. When I scroll or move a window, little blips come up on the > > > screen. They go away when I stop. Does anyone know how to get rid of > > > this?

Re: Weird stuff in X

1998-09-25 Thread Blazej Sawionek
Alexander Stavitsky wrote: > > Adam Klein wrote: > > I have a Diamond Viper V330, and in X at 1024x768x32bpp, it behaves > > strangely. When I scroll or move a window, little blips come up on the > > screen. They go away when I stop. Does anyone know how to get rid of > > this? > > It is a doc

RE: Netscape error

1998-09-25 Thread FRANCK . LEGALL
Hi, This problem often occurs when somenone who is different from the person from who opened the Xsession try to run an X application.: To run an X application, you must have rights to dispay it. This can be done using the xhost command. Sorry, my english is so poor that I am not sure to be rea

HOW: PRINTER INSTALL

1998-09-25 Thread BOB'S MAIL
I know this is simple, but how do I get my Okidata OL 410e installed at LPT0 (LPT1). magicfilter sets parameters, but I need something that sets up the printer. Like an installation script that creates a printer.conf file (or whatever name). I have 9 books here and they don't say how to do this r

Installation (again)

1998-09-25 Thread Menno Scholten
Hello again,   I received some mail about my problem but it still insn't solved. Can you give me an exact description of what to do. When I select Install Linux Kernel etc. it ask me for the medium I want to use. After selecting "mounted partition", is akes me "please choose the directory w

Re: ICQ and clones

1998-09-25 Thread Art Lemasters
There's licq, but I have not found any way to use it to register with the ICQ server. Art On Fri, Sep 25, 1998 at 04:10:21PM +1200, Michael Beattie wrote: > On Thu, 24 Sep 1998, Ruud de Bruin wrote: > > > > > Are there any "ready-to-use" ICQ programs available in .deb format? I > > would

Ham Upgrade Problem with emacs/LaTeX

1998-09-25 Thread Nick Busigin
After upgrading to HAM from BO, I have not been able to get the LaTeX key-bindings to work or even have the LaTeX menu items appear in emacs. I've tried emacs19, emacs20-nomule and xemacs but to no avail. Has anyone else run into this problem and if so, how did you solve it. Thanks in advance!

Re: Weird stuff in X

1998-09-25 Thread Alexander Stavitsky
On Thu, Sep 24, 1998 at 09:35:28AM -0700, Adam Klein wrote: > I have a Diamond Viper V330, and in X at 1024x768x32bpp, it behaves > strangely. When I scroll or move a window, little blips come up on the > screen. They go away when I stop. Does anyone know how to get rid of > this? It is a docum

Re: Fixkeys Mini Howto

1998-09-25 Thread Paul Seelig
On Thu, 24 Sep 1998, Martin Schulze wrote: > > Very likely. In addition to Partition Magic, many of the Linux distribs > > come with FIPS.EXE, which is free software. > > ... and can (only) resize FAT and VFAT partitions. > The latest official version can BTW finally handle FAT32 as well. This

RE: No menu in wmaker

1998-09-25 Thread Cristov Russell
Marcello I tried the chmod command and got error stating that the file or directory did not exist. The only file in /etc/menu is README. The .xsession-error says: WindowMaker warning: defaults DB: couldn't find menu file "menu.hook". As far as modifying the kernel, I don't know how. The proble

Cannot install .deb files (dpkg parse error)

1998-09-25 Thread David Karlin
Here is a snippet of a dselect session, a bit of info, and a couple of questions: Do you want to install the files fetched [y]: Installing files... dpkg: parse error, in file `/var/lib/dpkg/updates/0046' near line 1: newline in field name `#padding' DPKG ERROR Do you wish to delete the install

Re: newbie help: spourious messages in var/log/messages

1998-09-25 Thread Michael Beattie
On Thu, 24 Sep 1998, Peter S Galbraith wrote: > > > > BB> Sep 20 11:07:41 yoda -- MARK -- > > > > > > > Apart from setting this to a ridiculously high number, is there a way to > > disable it? > > /etc/syslog.conf > > [...] > *.=info;*.=notice;*.=warn;\ > auth,authpriv.none;\ >

smail spoolhost config

1998-09-25 Thread Kunihiro Fujimoto
How can I configure smail to deliver local mail to another host? I want to set up servers as follows: foo.bar.com: primary mail server outside firewall. all mails from outbound to bar.com delivered the host by MX. it has no personal accounts. all mails to foo.com sholud be accepted and delivered

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