"Frankie" wrote:
>I had the same problem, except I tried formatting it under win95 as a
>DMF and stuff like that and rawrite2 seemed to have difficulty after 80 as
>well. the install.txt doc is from hamm and hasn't been updated as far as I
>could tell.
>any ideas?
The rescue disk mainta
> how can i install internet via a modem under linux?
> please help me
> thanks for the answer
>
Take a look at the pppconfig package.
On 22 Nov 1998, Jens Ritter wrote:
> Install magicfilter and run magicfilterconfig.
Ahh, very nice; thanks! When I print postscript files it still just sends
text to the printer (using the deskjet 855c filter fwiw), any ideas?
> P.S.: This will (hopefully) yield a running system. Later you can sc
Allan Bart wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I have been reading all the notes about this suite freezing up or the
> failing to install correctly.
> so what is the review of those who have managed to install it?
StarOffice5.0 expects to be installed by the user who will actually be
running the thing. I
Hi,
I have been reading all the notes about this suite freezing up or the
failing to install correctly.
so what is the review of those who have managed to install it?
allan
==
Allan W. Bart, Jr.
Strategic Analyst
_
DO YOU YAHOO!?
Get y
On Sun, 22 Nov 1998, Matt Garman wrote:
>
> I just installed dosemu on my system via Debian package (version
> 0.66.7-13). I need to run a dos program, but I cannot even access the
> partition through dosemu.
>
> Thus far, I have tried the following:
>
> - lredir, always fails. Checking deja
Martin,
What I have done is put it in /etc/init.d/local and run
'update-rc.d local defaults'
Bob
On Sun, 22 Nov 1998, Martin Waller wrote:
> I want to set up ip masquerading, but the docs all talk about other
> dists and puting things in their /etc/rc.d/rc.local file.
>
> Where should I put
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Does anyone know if there is a working xserver for the RivaTNT chipset?
> I just purchased the 16meg Creative Labs graphic blaster with this
> chipset, and want to get the latest server for it. I think one
> exists, but I can't seem to locate it.
Have a look at www
Chris Frost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'm farily new to debian and have been trying to find info on how to setup
> lprng (which is used instead of the bsd lp tools) and some filtering on my
> box (ps->dj conversion, and ps->lj over smb fwiw). Where could I find info
> explaining how to set thi
Robert V. MacQuarrie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote...
> On Sun, 22 Nov 1998, Mitch Blevins wrote:
> > Phillip Neumann wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > > Ok, i still cannot use procmail.
> > > .forward
> > >
> > > |exec /usr/bin/procmail
> > > ``
> I use this line
I LOOK FOR A COMMAND THAT SETS THE PERMISSIONS OF ONE FILE LIKE THE PERMISSIONS
OF ANOTHER FILE.
This is analogous to the touch command that sets the timestamps of one file
like another file,
touch -r file-template file-target
Of course, one can go through machinations like
cp -p file-te
I'm new to Debian, formerly using SuSE and Red Hat, and am still trying
to find my way around. I downloaded a theme from themes.org for
WindowMaker but I'm having problems with the configuration. I don't have
a Pixmaps directory in the background menu selection, so I added one and
added a path to t
Hi!
XFree86 is downloaded on my system, with Debian running.(downloaded from
the Debian site, stable location).
Startx gives the message "unable to load libXmu.so.6
Also sh preinstall.sh wouln't work.
Appreciate any help. I'm a brand newbie, so please keep it simple.
Thanks
-Richard
On Sun, 22 Nov 1998, Mitch Blevins wrote:
> Phillip Neumann wrote:
> > Hello,
> > Ok, i still cannot use procmail.
> > .forward
> >
> > |exec /usr/bin/procmail
> > ``
I use this line in my .forward file. NOTE this is all 1 line:
"|IFS=' ' && p=/usr
--- Begin Message ---
Well, this gets me further. "rawrite2 -f resc1743.bin -d a:" writes all
cylanders but returns a bad sector message at the end of the run. When I
try to boot from this disk I get "Boot Failed".
Suggestions?
David Stern wrote:
> > How to you correctly make a slink rescue
I'm trying to set up Debian on a friend's computer, and so
far have been unable to get the modem to work. It is an
ISA card, so I ran pnpdump > isapnp.conf. Towards the bottom
of the file there was a section for an 'LT Win Modem'. After
uncommenting the lines for an IO of 2F8 and IRQ3 I ran isa
Phillip Neumann wrote:
> Hello,
>
>
> Ok, i still cannot use procmail.
>
> firt i get mails runnung fetchmail..., after it finish getting all the mails,
> i run elm to see the mails and there are not any! in ~/Mail/* there is not
> any file either. Where did all the mails go?
>
>
> This are
Hi!
Don't worry about my last post. It now works.
Salutacions, Pere __oUltima Ratio Regum
2:343/108.91 - _`\<;_mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
PGP key available --- (_)/ (_) http://casal.upc.es/~pere/
> How to you correctly make a slink rescue disk?
>
> I downloaded resc1743.bin. First I tried superformating a 1.743 disk
> and running rawrite2. No go. Had trouble with anything past cyl 81.
>
> Then I downloaded resc1743 to a hamm box and ran "dd if=resc1743.bin
> of=/dev/fd0u1743 bs=512 conv
Does anyone know if there is a working xserver for the RivaTNT chipset?
I just purchased the 16meg Creative Labs graphic blaster with this
chipset, and want to get the latest server for it. I think one
exists, but I can't seem to locate it.
Hi!
}-> Hello Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
}->
}-> > Can I switch to another virtual terminal and start X Windows while I've
[..]
}-> > dselect session, etc?
}-> Yes.
}-> > And if I can, once I'm in X, how do I then get back to where I can see how
[..]
}-> > original vterm,
}-> Yes and yes.
}
Rainer Clasen said
> Hi!
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> > The motherboard is an AMI Titan 3 - w/ two 166MHz Pentiums - 64MB RAM.
> > Here's what I know:
>
> > Linux version 2.1.123 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 2.7.2.3) #3 SMP Fri
> > Oct 16 10:22:12 EDT 1998
> > oSo I know I've
Hello,
Ok, i still cannot use procmail.
firt i get mails runnung fetchmail..., after it finish getting all the mails, i
run elm to see the mails and there are not any! in ~/Mail/* there is not any
file either. Where did all the mails go?
This are my config files:
.procmailrc
```
I had the same problem, except I tried formatting it under win95 as a
DMF and stuff like that and rawrite2 seemed to have difficulty after 80 as
well. the install.txt doc is from hamm and hasn't been updated as far as I
could tell.
any ideas?
frankie
http://this.is/Drum&Bass
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
--
hi all-
i'm trying to set up the internal modem on a Winbook laptop. it's
configured to be on COM2 under the BIOS. as described by the Serial
HOWTO, i'm using kermit to test the modem, and this is the result:
[/home/alsu] C-Kermit>set line /dev/ttyS1
Sorry, can't open connection: /dev/ttyS1
Has anyone else here had trouble with StarOffice 5.0 freezing when you
right-click in it's window? I'm using the patch they provided for the X3V
xserver problem. Every time I right-click the mouse anywhere in the
Staroffice window, staroffice hangs. Everything else works fine -- I
eventually ha
Hello..
i can't seem to write the resc1743.bin image to a floppy under
windows 98...
any1 know how to fix this??
thanks in advance..
Andreas
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 17:09:10 +0100 (CET) Daniel Elenius writes:
> Does anyone know what values you might have for the environmnt
> variables LC_ALL and LANG (I sometimes get a warning that I should
> set these). I have set LC_CTYPE (to ISO8859-1), I use a swedish
> keyboard. I haven't found the s
On: 20 Nov 1998 20:58:52 +0100 Ole J Tetlie writes:
> | I have checked my sort command (version 1.22) for the value de_DE
> | for LANG and it didn't work either.
> |
> | I checked the documentation for both sort and the fileutils and
> | couldn't find any mentioning of locale support. So it seem
How to you correctly make a slink rescue disk?
I downloaded resc1743.bin. First I tried superformating a 1.743 disk
and running rawrite2. No go. Had trouble with anything past cyl 81.
Then I downloaded resc1743 to a hamm box and ran "dd if=resc1743.bin
of=/dev/fd0u1743 bs=512 conv=sync ; sync".
On Wed, Nov 18, 1998 at 12:01:06AM -0500, Phil Dyer wrote:
> Hi all,
> Trying to upgrade to svgalibg1.0.3 or dummy but dpkg won't let me
> replace the current svgalib. Just trying to install gs, ghostview.
How
> do I get around this?
> thanks,
> dyer
more info needed - what's the error message an
On Fri, 20 Nov 1998, Kent West wrote:
> At 11:35 AM 11/20/98 -0500, Richard Hall wrote:
> >I did try to run the commands as you describe, and still got 'not found',
> >so, if you suspect the shell, what does that mean? What can I do about
> >it?
I would think there is something wrong with the bas
Zack Brown writes:
> I had that problem. But in /etc/init.d/smail change the "-q10m" to "-q10s"
> and see if that helps.
Now you have smail waking up and running the queue every ten seconds.
Put this in /etc/ppp/ip-down.d/runq:
#!/bin/sh
runq
And type 'chmod 750 runq'.
Now the
Martin Waller writes:
> How can I find out what's causing the problem?
It's either the ISP or the phone line. Talk to your ISP.
--
John Hasler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
I just installed dosemu on my system via Debian package (version
0.66.7-13). I need to run a dos program, but I cannot even access the
partition through dosemu.
Thus far, I have tried the following:
- lredir, always fails. Checking deja news, apparently the FreeDOS
does not support this? I
Dear Debian-Users,
I have a very disturbing problem with communicator 4.5 and afterstep. My
Nestcape crashes VERY often (a few times a day), even I have switched of
Java and stuff like that. The Problem is that nothing will be displayed
anymore in the netscape window and that I can't close the win
Lots of documentation may be found in /usr/doc/lprng. I recommend reading
through
the LPRng-HOWTO.ps at least once. It contains a fair number of examples to
follow.
JM
Chris Frost wrote:
> I'm farily new to debian and have been trying to find info on how to setup
> lprng (which is used inst
I've been fooling around with debian for a little while now, and I need
some help, or pointers in the right direction.
I'm using Netscape for my mail and news, and WVDIAL to dial my isp.
What I'd like to do is to get the internal, if that's the right term,
stuff going in linux. I tried setting u
Hi,
> > You've got your facts confused. Linux Torvald's created the Linux kernel.
>
> LINUS not LINUX Trovalds
TORVALDS not TROVALDS --- touch'e! :)
I blame it on force of habit. I've got to spend less time typing "Linux."
-Ossama
_
I'm farily new to debian and have been trying to find info on how to setup
lprng (which is used instead of the bsd lp tools) and some filtering on my
box (ps->dj conversion, and ps->lj over smb fwiw). Where could I find info
explaining how to set this up (or if someone wouldn't mind helping)?
than
heh - i have one of those coming from Santa :)
I'm just worried I'll get the same probelms...
Martin
>Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1998 13:24:15 -0500
>Subject: Re: my modem keeps 'hanging itself up'!?
>To: Martin Waller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>From: Kevin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Cc: debian-user@lists.deb
Martin Waller wrote:
<>
> So, whats the prob.? Hardware? (it's worked fine for years - a standard
> 14.4 internal) Software? (happens more under Linux it seems, esp. after
> upgrading from bo to hamm [but could be coincidence?]), ISP provider?
> Telephone line?
Your still using your old 14.4?
Or, you could try kernel 2.1.129 which lets you use graphical modes for your
console. This can be slow, but it looks very good. And, you have the added
advantage of a penguin logo on top of your screen :-)
Check it out...
-Original Message-
From: Marcus Brinkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Mat
Hi!
I'm trying to print a landscape PostScript file with
gs-aladdin+magicfilter and a LaserJet 4L.
I'm trying to set up very small margins because the ps files
occupy the full A4. The margins are not too small as I've seen the same
printer print the same kind of postscrips without
*-Ingo Hohmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
|
| Hello!
|
| I've some source-packages (mostly .tar.gz) that I'd like
| to install. Is it possible to do this in a way, that the
| system later on knows about the binarys, like, if it's
| been a debin binary package? (Things like automatic menus,
| eventual upd
Jason Gunthorpe writes:
>
> I'm pleased to announce three new push mirrors,
>
> ftp.eecs.umich.edu
> debian.terrabox.com
> vega.law.miami.edu [note, this host is filtering icmp pings]
There is still no Push-Primary mirror in Germany... what do you need
for such a mirror? Or is such a mirro
Hi!
Peter Bartosch ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> after upgrading libc on my hamm-box to slink´s 2.0.7u-4 my apt won´t install
> anything further!
IIRC you are currently running apt_0.1.6, aren't you?
> i´ve installed the new libc´s for staroffice 5.
> would installing slink´s apt (0.1.7 iirc) fix such
Hi!
Ed Cogburn ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Rainer Clasen wrote:
> > Do you mean reinstalling xbase_3.3.2.3a-7? apt and IIRC the other access
> > methods to dselect won't install a package if the same or newer version is
> > already installed.
> >
>
>
> a) If we are talking about the missing 'C
On Sat, 21 Nov 1998, Daniel Martin wrote:
> Inside X, use the 'xset' command, like this:
> xset dpms
> -or-
> xset dpms 300 600 900
>
> You might consider putting this command into /etc/X11/Xsession, after
> the bit about xmodmap.
>
> If you use xdm, you might consider putting this command into
On Thu, Nov 19, 1998 at 07:57:15AM +0100, Matus fantomas Uhlar wrote:
> -> > Eric House ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> -> > > Can I rebuild the kernal to use my entire display?
> -> > >
> -> > > My hamm-equipped laptop has an 800x600 screen. When in console mode
> -> > > it uses only the middle of the scr
On Wed, Nov 18, 1998 at 05:30:08AM -0800, Kenneth Scharf wrote:
>
>
> ** Reply to message from Martin Bialasinski
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 17 Nov 1998 23:57:15 +0100
>
> > Let's not talk about the food :-)
>
> I quite agree, we have far too many Macdonalds and Burger King.
Remembers me of the
On Sun, 22 Nov 1998, Martin Waller wrote:
> I want to set up ip masquerading, but the docs all talk about other
> dists and puting things in their /etc/rc.d/rc.local file.
That's the BSD style init. Debian uses SysV style init. From what I can
tell, you can put your local init scripts in eithe
sort-key=OrderedSubj
"D'jinnie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Is there any way for me to sort my inbox by sender name and the rest of
> the folders by orderedsubj? I'm getting kinda tired of hunting around my
> inbox for emails from specific persons, but like OrderedSubj for lists
> like this
Hi, I have been trying to upgrade from libc6_2.7.0u-4.deb to
libc6_2.7.0u-5.deb, however when I try this I get a message saying ...
/usr/include/utime.h, could not make backup link, operation not
permitted.
or something very similar.
How do I get round this.
regards travs.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > I'm reposting this message since I've never seen my original come
> > through:
> >
> > I'm having problems with mail delivery on my local box. When I d/l my
> > mail from my isp (using fetchmail), it is taking over 5 minutes
> > (probably closer to 10) for the
Hello!
I've some source-packages (mostly .tar.gz) that I'd like
to install. Is it possible to do this in a way, that the
system later on knows about the binarys, like, if it's
been a debin binary package? (Things like automatic menus,
eventual update with dselect, and the like?)
thanks for your
On Sat, 21 Nov 1998 16:35:52 -0800 (PST), George Bonser wrote:
[...]
>My particular system here is an MTech mobo with Award BIOS. Just for
>grins, I set the BIOS setup for each drive from "Normal" to "LBA". All of
>my errors seem, so far (knock on head), to have gone away! I know that
This can on
Hi,
My modem is behaving oddly suddenly - it keeps getting reset or
something after about 10mins or so, making big-ish downloads a pain.
It's happened under NT as well as Linux, especially in the evenings
(UK).
Under Linux I get (in ppp.log and in the console) (something like...)
'Echo reques
On Sun, 22 Nov 1998, Martin Waller wrote:
> I want to set up ip masquerading, but the docs all talk about other
> dists and puting things in their /etc/rc.d/rc.local file.
>
> Where should I put stuff that normally you'd just bung in rc.local for
> Debian?
I think the similar it's /etc/init.d
I want to set up ip masquerading, but the docs all talk about other
dists and puting things in their /etc/rc.d/rc.local file.
Where should I put stuff that normally you'd just bung in rc.local for
Debian?
Ta,
Martin
__
Get Your Private, Fre
Hi there,
I recently downloaded InfoBase, which is supposed to be a data base for
Linux (RedHat4.2?), and came on a .tar.gz format. I wondered if anyone
knows it and could comment on it. Is it possible the debianization of it
through alien, directly from the tared-gzip'd file? I've also been tr
hi!
i once had an ISP where in order to be able to run elm (when telnet`ing to
it) you have to invoke _$ set TERM=v100_ , they were running RedHat.
on another ISP, in order for you to run pine, you have to invoke _$ export
TERM=vt100_ , they ran BSDI.
now, on my debian system, (when i teln
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I'm reposting this message since I've never seen my original come
> through:
>
> I'm having problems with mail delivery on my local box. When I d/l my
> mail from my isp (using fetchmail), it is taking over 5 minutes
> (probably closer to 10) for the mail to get deliv
I'm pleased to announce three new push mirrors,
ftp.eecs.umich.edu
debian.terrabox.com
vega.law.miami.edu [note, this host is filtering icmp pings]
All three provide http and ftp access and the first two have the archive
available for rsync.
Here are their mirror list entries (from http://www.d
I had this problem and I found that the missing files were from
/usr/share/toolbar.I had Redhat installation and got the files from there.
Now kmail works.
On Fri, 20 Nov 1998, Jesse Evans wrote:
> Folks,
>
> Ok, all those files are where you say they should be and I was able to
> vi
Hello My name is Alan and I need HELP... I am trying to set up a
simple network between Win95 and Linux... The problem seems to be with
Linux as I've done this in win95... I've checked with the manufacturer
about my ethernet card and from what I can tell it takes the tulip.0
driver in Linux,
Ok, I guess I will just go ahead and post the way it was solved.
Thank you, folks on IRC, for guiding me through this.
I don't know exactly WHY this happened to me, I believe I should have paid
more attention to README file for that utils-linux package.
Either use a rescue floppy (or, like me),
I installed utils-linux package, and I can no longer login into system.
All it says is "Incorrect password"
Help please.
Never include a comment that will help | Andrew Ivanov
someone else understand your code. | [EMAIL P
use ps x
the processes lost their controling termals. ps x shows them
so you will see ? instead of numbers
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 21 Nov 1998, David Densmore wrote:
> In case anyone is interested, I figured out why I couldn't list the PID
> of the app (Wine/Agent) that crashed my X server.
In case anyone is interested, I figured out why I couldn't list the PID
of the app (Wine/Agent) that crashed my X server. I had logged out of
the original console from which I started X, and it seems that when I
do that, the PIDs of some of the processes associated with X will no
longer display wh
Daniel Martin wrote:
>
> Rick Macdonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Support for power savings is included in the Linux kernel. Just use
> > setterm to enable support.
> >
> > but setterm insists:
> >
> > timshel:~$ setterm -powersave on
> > cannot (un)set powersave mode
> setterm i
1Q.
I use debian2.0. I have Matrox Millenium II AGP (8Mgb Video Ram)
and Color Monitor Bridge 17" OSD (17 inches).
I cannot find proper Modeline for that hardware.
Does anybody have the same configuration of hardware ?
If so could you send me your XF86Config file
or at least the Modelines for "
On Sat, Nov 21, 1998 at 05:42:46PM -0800, George Bonser wrote:
> The last Debian system I installed (Hamm last week) still had smail
> as its pre-selected MTA.
These kinds of changes are not made to the hamm release - after all,
it is supposed to be /stable/. Slink, ie frozen, has the change, at
On Sat, 21 Nov 1998, D'jinnie wrote:
> Is there any way for me to tell pine to use different Ctrl-keys? I'm
> getting tired of wanting to hit Ctrl-X to send, and hitting Ctrl-C instead
> (they're right next to each other, in case this was not known :). I still
> like pine but little annoying thing
Rick Macdonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> The Hardware-HOWTO just says:
>
> 20.1. VESA Power Savings Protocol (DPMS) monitors
>
> Support for power savings is included in the Linux kernel. Just use
> setterm to enable support.
>
> but setterm insists:
>
> timshel:~$ setterm -powers
On Sat, Nov 21, 1998 at 05:40:27PM -0300, Phillip Neumann wrote:
> > > Promail is for filtering mails isnit?
> > Yes.
> I use exim...
Then you don't need procmail as exim does filtering on its own.
--
Steve C. Lamb | Opinions expressed by me are not my
http://www
On Sat, Nov 21, 1998 at 03:56:20PM -0800, George Bonser wrote:
> The best argument I have seen for removing smail as the default
> Debian MTA
There's no need to advocate the issue any longer. Smail is now
optional and exim is important, ie the default.
Antti-Juhani
--
%%% Antti-Juhani
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I'm reposting this message since I've never seen my original come
> through:
>
> I'm having problems with mail delivery on my local box. When I d/l my
> mail from my isp (using fetchmail), it is taking over 5 minutes
> (probably closer to 10) for the mail to get deli
The Hardware-HOWTO just says:
20.1. VESA Power Savings Protocol (DPMS) monitors
Support for power savings is included in the Linux kernel. Just use
setterm to enable support.
but setterm insists:
timshel:~$ setterm -powersave on
cannot (un)set powersave mode
I can't find any
On Sat, Nov 21, 1998 at 04:57:43PM -0300, Phillip Neumann wrote:
> Hello,
>
>
>
> Promail is for filtering mails isnit? Well how do it work?
>
> It takes the /var/spool/mail/user file and prosess it??
No, the mail transport agent (eg. smail, exim) puts your
mail to /var/spool/mail/user unless
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