Re: Pascal for Linux?

On Wed, Nov 25, 1998 at 05:18:54PM -0600, Alexander Kushnirenko wrote: > Just wondering is there Pascal compiler for Linux? preferable free? close to > Turbo Pascal 6? http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/languages/pascal/fpc/www/fpc.html -- Steve C. Lamb | Opinions expressed by me a

Re: Pascal for Linux?

On Wed, Nov 25, 1998 at 05:18:54PM -0600, Alexander Kushnirenko wrote: > Hi, > > Just wondering is there Pascal compiler for Linux? preferable free? close to > Turbo Pascal 6? Don't know if there are alternatives. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/debian/glibc/libc$ dpkg --print-avail gpc Package: gpc Priori

printing over smb

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I've setup printers using magicfilterconfig before, but how do I set the printer up to print using smb? thanks, Chris <- Visit Me At -> <

Pascal for Linux?

Hi, Just wondering is there Pascal compiler for Linux? preferable free? close to Turbo Pascal 6? Thanks, Sasha.

Hangs on installation

Hi. I'm trying to install 2.0 on a 486, but it hangs when it gets to the screen selection. I've copied all the files necessary to the Hard Disk and ran install.bat, but no joy...can anyone help? Merci d'avance! -- K I E R A N G A R B U T T Email - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cellphone - 025 289 34 97 Ho

Re: exim

On Wed, Nov 25, 1998 at 08:12:10AM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote: > On Thu, Nov 26, 1998 at 02:17:28AM +1100, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > > My only question: can I have my filter deliver messages into > > /var/spool/mail/hamish? I got a lockfile error whenever it tries to deliver > > them; I had to make a fo

gpm and X

I've run into a rather strange problem with gpm and X. I can tell X to use /dev/gpmdata, and the mouse responds fine except for the middle mouse button. In X, the middle mouse button appears to cut out after pressed, even if I hold it down. For example, when I press ctrl and the middle mouse but

Re: Restricted group-writable directories

On Wed, Nov 25, 1998 at 02:41:33PM -0800, Aaron Van Couwenberghe wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ... ~$ > groups > aaron dip > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ... ~$ > su > Password: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ... /home/aaron# > groups aaron > aaron : aaron dip source the account aaron needs to logout anf log

Re: Please help with Networking

Alan thanks for advice but i'm a linux/unix newbie you lost me after the network card 1. make sure that your network card is supported--yes >2. make sure kernel has support enabled (compiled in or module)--how to check?? >3. setup ip & host in /etc/hosts-how to set up?? >4. setup dns in /etc/resolv

Re: Linux Tips & Tricks

Subject: Linux Tips & Tricks Date: Wed, Nov 25, 1998 at 06:58:17PM +0100 In reply to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > Hi, > > Just to let you know all that i've started a project called Linux Tips and > Tricks (http://www.patoche.org/LTT) in w

Re: Restricted group-writable directories

Aaron Van Couwenberghe wrote: > Hmm. why is this happening? I'd love to be able to do this in a > secure way, rather than making /usr/local/src world-writable. Have you tried logging out, and logging back in again? :^) -damon

Restricted group-writable directories

Hello all - I recently have been running low on drive space in my home partition. I've much free space on /usr, so I was considering moving my development to /usr/local/src rather than ~/src. So I did this: addgroup source usermod -G source aaron mkdir /usr/local/src chmod 775 /usr/local/src chgr

LSB should not deal with GUI for now

The Linux Standard Base should not deal with GUI components for now. In a sense GUI is not in the same dimension as the C library and file system layout. GUI sits above X Windows, which is a standard for all Unix systems. Thus GUI issues are not Linux specific but common to all Unix systems (

Re: diald

Joe Emenaker wrote: > >I call my net localnet and if I fill in that as the domain in win98 it > >tries to look up LOCALNET.localnet ?? if I dont have any domain it only > >lloks for LOCALNET go figure :( > > It sounds like you might have "localnet" defined in two places, as your > domain, and also

Re: Desktop normalization

Jean-Eric Cuendet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm asking me a question. There is now 2 big desktops for Linux: KDE > and Gnome. This issue has come up at several meetings with Linux distributors and developers. The general view (which I share) is that the LSB should not address the desktop qui

Please help with Networking

I wish to connect my debian pc to our office network (on co-ax cable peer to peer all other machines running   W98) firstly, is this possible and if so how?   My /etc/init.d/network file says: #! /bin/sh ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 route add -net 127.0.0.0   One of the reasons i need to connect is

Re: Linux Tips & Tricks

the 25-Nov-98, Keith Beattie wrote: > This looks like a good idea, though I curious to see how you will > organize it when your database of tips gets very large (for example in fact i didn't thought about that right now... for now i have all my tips in WML format in one dir, and a prog of mine is

Re: perl problems

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On 25 Nov, Jim Foltz wrote: > > Greetings, > > > > I don't know why slahes.pl isn't working for you. The libgtk version numbers are busted. I have the same problems with any GTK app, as they are all linked against libgtk-1.1.so.2, and I have libgtk-1.1.so.3... I'm ru

Re: quicky postgreSQL question

On Wed, 25 Nov 1998, Shaleh wrote: > > That is exactly what I wanted thank you. > > db=> copy stdcal from /vservers/stdcal/users/root/gem_inv.txt using delimeters > ,; > > the database is db, the table is stdcal, the file contains the wanted data. > > When I run this I get a "parse error at o

Re: Kernal compiling/Search Archieve and xterm ques

Hi, >>"rathon" == rathon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: rathon> 1) Is there any docs on how to do a Kernal Compile ? Install misc/kernel-package, and look at the document /usr/doc/kernel-package/README.gz manoj . -- "Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in

Re: yp libs?

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Daryl Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >folks, > >i am trying to find a yp library (for linux) to link against. >specifically i am looking for the following functions: > >yp_get_default_domain >yperr_string >yp_match > >any ideas, tips, faqs, rtfms (with a pointe

Re: kernel 2.1.128 & sound

Subject: Re: kernel 2.1.128 & sound Date: Tue, Nov 24, 1998 at 09:02:17PM +0100 In reply to:Michele Bini Quoting Michele Bini([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > On Wed, Nov 18, 1998 at 09:24:15AM +0100, Mirek Kwasniak wrote: > > On Sat, Nov 14, 1998 at 11:10:40PM -0500, Paul McDermott wrot

TAO packages available for testing

Hi, I released some unofficial Debian packages of the "The ACE ORB" TAO, for testing. I'd appreciate any feedback, suggestions, bug reports, etc. This build of TAO supports C++ exceptions since the ACE library in the ACE packages I created supports C++ exceptions, too. The TAO packages contain

[off topic] anyone need some apollo Xterms?

this is way off group but all things being equal maybe somone is in need of a Xterm HP Apollo 715/33 Xterminals please email me off list thanks [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Kernal compiling/Search Archieve and xterm ques

David Stern wrote: >> rathon wrote: >> >I have two questions: >> > >> >1) Is there any docs on how to do a Kernal Compile ? >> >> Download the make-kpkg package, read its documentation and use it. > >Oliver is the man, but I think it's called kernel-package, and the doc >

Re: perl problems

On 25 Nov, Jim Foltz wrote: > Greetings, > > I don't know why slahes.pl isn't working for you. > > I downloaded this program from freshmeat and it ran on my hamm bone (box). > It mostly worked, opening a window and retrieving the Slashdot headers. It > would would crash when I clicked the button

Re: buggy xbase or am I doing something wrong?

I don't know exactly where you can get one for that chip, but check out http://www.suse.com they have the XSuse package of video drivers. Philip Jensen Debian - The GNU way to work debian-user/42:49 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org cc: recipient list not shown: ; (bcc: Philip Jensen/New

Re: Kernal compiling/Search Archieve and xterm ques

> rathon wrote: > >I have two questions: > > > >1) Is there any docs on how to do a Kernal Compile ? > > Download the make-kpkg package, read its documentation and use it. Oliver is the man, but I think it's called kernel-package, and the doc is /usr/doc/kernel-package/README.gz. The de

Re: C.L.P.M. crashes Netscape 4.05 under Debian

Hi, I'm not sure if I have similar problem to your, but anyway. Here how my Netscape gets stuck: 1. Goto Debian.org --> Mailing list archives --> debian-devel (october) or actually to any big archive for this matter. It starts to read messages and at about 86% gets stuck. No response, have t

Re: Linux Tips & Tricks

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Just to let you know all that i've started a project called Linux Tips and > Tricks (http://www.patoche.org/LTT) in which i'm collecting tips i find. > Since i use Debian and read this mailing-list i will put tips sent here. > In fact there are the majority of tips i al

Re: Desktop normalization (fwd)

[ My appologies, the message that Marcin is replying to should have been sent to the mailing list but I forgot to change the headers in elm (hey it was 2am ;-). Nonetheless, I'll try to clarify somethings which only make sense with a copy of my message. On a related note, I replied to an

Re: Kernal compiling/Search Archieve and xterm ques

rathon wrote: >I have two questions: > >1) Is there any docs on how to do a Kernal Compile ? Download the make-kpkg package, read its documentation and use it. >2) How do I search thru Debian E-mail Archives for a topic ? http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/ >3) I am using olvwm a

Re: quicky postgreSQL question

Shaleh wrote: >How can I read in a comma delimited file and have the contents added to a SQ >L >table? I seem to recall there being a program that did this for postgres. The command you want is copy (from inside psql). COPY [BINARY] class_name [WITH OIDS] TO|FROM filen

C.L.P.M. crashes Netscape 4.05 under Debian

Hi y'all: I have been having a strange problem for the past month or so: I've been using Netscape 4.05 under Debian with Kernel 2.0.34 (if it matters) as my Newsreader for a long time, with no problems. But whenever I try to read the group comp.lang.perl.misc, it starts updating the messages and

Re: quicky postgreSQL question

On 25-Nov-98 Eric Jacoboni wrote: > Shaleh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> How can I read in a comma delimited file and have the contents added to a >> SQL >> table? I seem to recall there being a program that did this for postgres. > > I'm not sure to have understood what you mean, but in psq

Re: Apologize (OFF TOPIC)

On Thu, Nov 26, 1998 at 12:05:44AM +1100, Jiri Baum wrote: : Hello, Hi ! : > When, just when, will so-called BOFHs learn what an news<->mail gate : > is about? : : Would that be a script that automatically greps lusers' private mail for : messages containing the words "pregnant" and "family way"

Re: quicky postgreSQL question

Shaleh wrote: > > How can I read in a comma delimited file and have the contents added to a SQL > table? I seem to recall there being a program that did this for postgres. > In the comercial world, several vendors call it bcp. Don't have access to psql here... yet. -- What do you want to spen

Re: PPP connection speed

Shao Ying Zhang writes: > In debian, for ISP A, I can have a average download rate 3k/s. But for B & > C, the download rate is only about 800bytes/s. > But for the same matchine, in RedHat 5.1, I can have a download rate at > 3k/s for all three ISPs. What version of pppd are you using with Red Ha

Re: PPP options for different providers - how ?

wb2oyc writes: > Well, see, therein lies part of the problem with this ppp thing. It > changes so much with each release, with refinements or whatever, that the > use of it is altered. And therein lies part of the advantage of the Debian packaging system. When Phillip releases a new upstream vers

Re: help!

Hello, > Jiri writes: ... > > If memory serves it's [EMAIL PROTECTED] and it's ... > Memory doesn't serve. debian-mentors is for one-on-one help for debian > *developers*. debian-user@lists.debian.org is for help for debian users. "Sorry about that, chief..." > nbrown writes: ... > > Can you s

Re: XML-based configurations

Aaron wrote: > > I propose (or reiterate, if it's already been proposed) that relatively > complex, and especially new configuration files be XML-compatible (that is, > could be parsed by an XML-parser given a proper DTD). My reasoning is this: > doing so would link the myriad of different formats

Re: PPP problems

I don't know what is wrong, but I suspect that the chat script is the source of your troubles. To check it, try connecting your ISP with minicon. Also, send the list the chat file and ppp's log for more help. > Hi all > > After running pppconfig and running pppd provider (where provider is the >

Re: quicky postgreSQL question

Shaleh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > How can I read in a comma delimited file and have the contents added to a SQL > table? I seem to recall there being a program that did this for postgres. I'm not sure to have understood what you mean, but in psql, you can issue a "\copy table from file"... fi

Re: quicky postgreSQL question

On Wed, Nov 25, 1998 at 02:47:53PM -0500, Shaleh wrote: > How can I read in a comma delimited file and have the contents added to a SQL > table? I seem to recall there being a program that did this for postgres. I've always done that kind of thing using Perl. You can use the postgres libraries,

quicky postgreSQL question

How can I read in a comma delimited file and have the contents added to a SQL table? I seem to recall there being a program that did this for postgres.

Re: yp libs?

Daryl Williams napisal(a): [...] : yp_get_default_domain : yperr_string : yp_match : : any ideas, tips, faqs, rtfms (with a pointer to the fm) : are very weclome. Maybe NIS ? -- Daniel Podlejski [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://underley.zakopane.top.pl/ ... Promised myself I wouldn't weep One mo

buggy xbase or am I doing something wrong?

Hallo again, I'm not certain if this is a problem on the debian cd's I've got (cheap bytes) or if I'm just doing something incredibly stupid, so maybe someone out there can offer some help. If I do a fresh debian install (I'm trying to stick linux on my machine at work) then for X to wo

yp libs?

folks, i am trying to find a yp library (for linux) to link against. specifically i am looking for the following functions: yp_get_default_domain yperr_string yp_match any ideas, tips, faqs, rtfms (with a pointer to the fm) are very weclome. tia, //daryl -- Daryl Williams Network Administrat

Kernal compiling/Search Archieve and xterm ques

Hi, I have two questions: 1) Is there any docs on how to do a Kernal Compile ? 2) How do I search thru Debian E-mail Archives for a topic ? 3) I am using olvwm and when I move from xterm window to xterm window I have to click on the new window to make it active. How can I set this up so w

libgtk trouble

I've just finished installing Debian Potato. (Upgrading from Hamm) Although I'm at the latest versions of the gtk libs I could find I still get an error message. (See attached file) Which package contains that file? Or where can I find it? (Please refer to a .deb file) err Description: Binary d

netscape + java activator: undefined symbol: stat

Hi, I had netscape (4.05 and I think 4.07) + java activator working for quite some time, then suddently netscape started crashing when is accessed. Any ideas on which library that used to provide the symbol "stat"? Must be a recently upgraded library (current frozen - 2 weeks at most). ERROR:

Rescue disk creation

I thought I found enough doc's to create a working rescue disk. It appears I have not configured my kernel to correctly. I'm missing modules and after installation I can boot from my newly created boot floppy but not directly from the hard disk. Does anyone have a kernel .config file to share? An

Re: xplaycd probs

The version of mctools-lite I am using is the default one in hamm (v970129-5). The problems I encounter as follows: 1) When ejecting the tray pops out and then immediatly pops in again. 2) When switching to another desktop (I'm using icewm) xplaycd simply stops playing after a while. 3) Selecting r

Re: kernel 2.1.128 & sound

On Wed, Nov 18, 1998 at 09:24:15AM +0100, Mirek Kwasniak wrote: > On Sat, Nov 14, 1998 at 11:10:40PM -0500, Paul McDermott wrote: > > alias char-major-14 sb > alias synth0 opl3 > options sb io=0x220 irq=7 dma=1 dma16=5 mpu_io=0x330 > options opl3 io=0x388 > Isn't irq 7 used by the printer port?

Linux Tips & Tricks

Hi, Just to let you know all that i've started a project called Linux Tips and Tricks (http://www.patoche.org/LTT) in which i'm collecting tips i find. Since i use Debian and read this mailing-list i will put tips sent here. In fact there are the majority of tips i already have (around 60). If so

Re: XML-based configurations

On Wed, 25 Nov 1998, Aaron wrote: > I propose (or reiterate, if it's already been proposed) that relatively > complex, and especially new configuration files be XML-compatible (that is, > could be parsed by an XML-parser given a proper DTD). This can do the trick. Positive thing is that by embrac

Re: How do you use su under X?

>> "GLH" == Gary L Hennigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: GLH> Replace "user" above with whatever user you log on as. Of course, if GLH> you have what is essentially a single user system GLH> xhost + localhost GLH> is much simpler. *Never* do this on a system which has any kind of connection to

Re: Automatizing installation on several machines

>> "JT" == Joachim Trinkwitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: JT> At last: it's unwanted that the different users can see (read, JT> write, delete ...) each others data files -- is there a way to do JT> that without any action on the users' side? Set umask 002 in /etc/profile. You can also block acce

Re: building pine 4

>> "CF" == Chris Frost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: CF> Has anyone gotten pine 4 to build? I'd really like to upgrade. Get the files from project/experiment (from any debian mirror). Make sure none of the files gets unpacked yet. dpkg-source -x pine*.dsc cd pine-* fakeroot debian/rules binary cd

Re: Linux shutdown

>> "TY" == Tun Yang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: TY> I was wondering if there was a way for linux to make use of the TY> ATX soft power switch... Recompile the kernel (with kernel-package) and enable the APM features. shutdown -h now will then turn the computer off. Ciao, Martin

Re: X server crashing using Viper 330

[ problems running a Viper 330 on debian 2.0 ] > (--) VGA16: PCI: NVidia/SGS-Thomson Riva128 rev 16, Memory @ > 0xf500, 0xfc00 > (--) VGA16: chipset: generic > (**) VGA16: videoram: 4096k (using 4096k) > (--) VGA16: clocks: 25.19 28.32 28.32 28.32 > (--) VGA16: Maximum allowed dot-cl

Re: Linux shutdown

Tun Yang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello ... > I was wondering if there was a way for linux to make use of the ATX soft > power switch... > For example, shutdown ... totally, power and all just like win9x. > or, suspend to disk by pressing the momentary button? Recompile your own kernel (ins

X server crashing using Viper 330

Hello everyone, I am having problems running X with my Diamond Viper 330 AGP with Debian 2.0. The xserver crashes with the infamous error 111, however I know it can and will work. First of all, it worked fine with RH 5.1, and second, the xf86config program runs fine and it runs the xserver witho

Re: Linux shutdown

Tun Yang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | Hello ... | I was wondering if there was a way for linux to make use of the ATX soft | power switch... | For example, shutdown ... totally, power and all just like win9x. | or, suspend to disk by pressing the momentary button? Yes, but you need to compile a

Re: perl problems

Greetings, I don't know why slahes.pl isn't working for you. I downloaded this program from freshmeat and it ran on my hamm bone (box). It mostly worked, opening a window and retrieving the Slashdot headers. It would would crash when I clicked the button that was supposed to open netscape and sho

Contents file?

Is the Contents file going to make a re-appearance in the next Debian release? If not, I would like to request that that be reconsidered. I am seeing more and more posts asking where some utility is located, but this could be easily answered if Debian had the Contents file to quickly look it up.

Re: No more procmail, now exim..........

On Tue, 24 Nov 1998, Phillip Neumann wrote: > Well i still cannot make procmail to filter my emails. [...] I'm sad to hear that. Did you bothered to read /usr/doc/procmail/QuickStart and follow what it says to the letter? (It worked for me).

building pine 4

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I've been trying to get pine 4.05 to build for a couple weeks now, and have gotten pretty close. The only thing stopping the build is pico, which gives this out as it builds: Making Pico and Pilot make CC=cc -f makefile.lnx cc -g -DDEBUG -Dlnx -lnc

eth0 entering handler already handling ?

This is on a dual processor PII box, is this a problem ? Regards, | Debian GNU/ __ o .| R L / / _ _ _ _ _ __ __ Jeff | E I / /__ / / / \// //_// \ \/ / (FidoNet 1:3644/9) | D N// /_

Re: XML-based configurations

On Wed, 25 Nov 1998, Jakob 'sparky' Kaivo wrote: > IMHO, this would be a Bad Thing(tm). It is far beyond the scope of LSB to > specify *how* an application stores its configuration. Read mission statement:"The goal of the Linux Standard Base (LSB) is to develop and promote a set of standards tha

Re: XML-based configurations

IMHO, this would be a Bad Thing(tm). It is far beyond the scope of LSB to specify *how* an application stores its configuration. It may be acceptable to specify *where* an application stores its configuration, though. I.e. daemons with one config file store it in /etc, daemons with multiple config

Re: exim

On Thu, Nov 26, 1998 at 02:17:28AM +1100, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > My only question: can I have my filter deliver messages into > /var/spool/mail/hamish? I got a lockfile error whenever it tries to deliver > them; I had to make a folder in my home directory for my new mail. Which > isn't the end of

Re: Where is uudecode?

On Wed, 25 Nov 1998, Ross D. Gardler wrote: > I am trying to install a piece of software that is distributed as a script. > The script contains a UUEncoded section and attempts to decode this section > with the uudecode command. My problem is I don't have the command available > on my machine. >

Re: 1743K rescue disk from slink.

"C. R. Oldham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Greetings, > > I sent this to the boot-floppies maintainer, but thought I might also > get a response here. > > I'm trying to install slink from scratch on a machine here but rawrite > and > rawrite2 will not write the resc1743.bin disk image (Control

Re: Debian Linux 2: shutdown unmounts unclean!

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Sebastian Canagaratna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi: > > I recently upgraded to Debian Linux 2: the upgrade at home > went smoothly, but I had a problem at office. I seem to be > solving most problems, but this one I do not understand: > > When I shutdown with shu

dhcpc- not getting anything

Hi, After a broken upgrade, I re-installed Debian2.0. With 1.3, I'd installed dhcpc and it like worked right out of the box i think. For my re-install, i set up the base system and said | was on a network and filled in all the info. Then, I installed dhcpc thinking it would like get all that

Re: Desktop normalization

On Wed, 25 Nov 1998, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > > I think Greg has a good point. I would be nice to include the desktop as > > > a part of the OS for a personal workstation, but having the choice of no > > > GUI is why some people choose linux. > > That's why layered or modular standard with op

Re: exim

*- Hamish Moffatt wrote about "exim" > I just took the plunge and installed exim on our main mail server. > The Debian configuration scripts got our important domains up and running > immediately (local delivery) and the auto-freeze on others meant I could > get the others running in no time. > >

Linux shutdown

Hello ... I was wondering if there was a way for linux to make use of the ATX soft power switch... For example, shutdown ... totally, power and all just like win9x. or, suspend to disk by pressing the momentary button? thanks, -tun

Re: Desktop normalization

> I hereby volunteer to be virtual Jon Postel and maintain such an > archive, should it be considered useful. You need to grow the beard, otherwise yes I think this is a veyr good idea. It'll also encourage library vendors and people like the perl and python projects to provide reference naming sc

exim

I just took the plunge and installed exim on our main mail server. The Debian configuration scripts got our important domains up and running immediately (local delivery) and the auto-freeze on others meant I could get the others running in no time. I've read the entire manual (just flipping throug

Re: Where is uudecode?

yOn Wed, 25 Nov 1998, Ross D. Gardler wrote: I am trying to install a piece of software that is distributed as a script. The script contains a UUEncoded section and attempts to decode this section with the uudecode command. My problem is I don't have the command available on my machin

Debian Linux 2: shutdown unmounts unclean!

Hi: I recently upgraded to Debian Linux 2: the upgrade at home went smoothly, but I had a problem at office. I seem to be solving most problems, but this one I do not understand: When I shutdown with shutdown -h now, there seems to be no complaint but when I boot next time it seems to th

Where is uudecode?

I am trying to install a piece of software that is distributed as a script. The script contains a UUEncoded section and attempts to decode this section with the uudecode command. My problem is I don't have the command available on my machine. Which package can I find it in? Thanks in advance, Ros

Re: Sound Problems

>I got it and all it does is initialise the sound card (I hear a click in my >speakers) then nothing and then returns me back to the prompt. I am making >progress though as Licq is recognising this command and I can hear a click >whenever I get a message. But I would like to hear the sounds! :) Ch

magicfilter race condition

Hi David, I upgraded our print server from bo to hamm. Since then, we see race conditions when printing ascii files (the filter entry is default filter /usr/bin/enscript Sending ascii files to the printer (lpr *.h) results in a random number of files printed. It is neither c

Re: What I really like is the way FreeBSD has laid out there port making system.

On 25-Nov-1998, Gossamer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hamish Moffatt ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote... > > (Hey, I know you :)) Hey, I know both of you! > > > On Tue, Nov 24, 1998 at 11:55:24PM -0500, Edward Ing wrote: > >> It didn't work of course. But anybody got and idea about how much > >> work

Re: Mouse freezes

Martin Bialasinski wrote: > > Shut down gpm before starting X (/etc/init.d/gpm stop). I heared you > can use a special device in XF86Config make gpm also manage the mouse > in X, but I can't find any pointer about this right now, so better In the FaqOMatic there's something about it. If

Strange finger information

Dear all, This is puzzling me: finger -l apc27 gives this: yet there are no processes belonging to him running. How do I get rid of that on since sat message? Thanks, Matthew Login: apc27Name: Andrew Cowley Directory: /home/apc27 Shell: /

Re: netscape woes

Richard Lyon wrote: > > The browser works well, maybe even better than IE5. V4.5 may be the last free > browser from netscape, so enjoy it while you can! Not so! Mozilla may not be the wonderful GPL'd program I would like it to be, but it's still free. Unless you consider that M

Re: Install problem

Patrick Colbeck wrote: > > If I then use the dustribution CD as a rescue disk and tell it that hda3 > contains the root partition it boots fine and I can rerun lilo but then again > rebooting from hard drive gives the same error. This looks like just another nasty lilo configuration error

Re: Desktop normalization

On Wed, 25 Nov 1998, Davide Bolcioni wrote: > Agreed. I see a few possible approaches to solve the problem: > 1) provide a standard set of services application writers can use, i.e. > a single fully specified API (Macintosh or Windows; Linux might still > have different implementations but their c

Re: What I really like is the way FreeBSD has laid out there port making system.

*- Gossamer wrote about "Re: What I really like is the way FreeBSD has laid out there port making system." > Hamish Moffatt ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote... > > (Hey, I know you :)) > >> On Tue, Nov 24, 1998 at 11:55:24PM -0500, Edward Ing wrote: >>> It didn't work of course. But anybody got and id

Re: Sound Problems

On 25-Nov-98 Daniel Elenius wrote: > You should be able to play all sorts of sound formats with 'play' that > comes with sox. Try it. I got it and all it does is initialise the sound card (I hear a click in my speakers) then nothing and then returns me back to the prompt. I am making progress th

Re: Problem with PPP & ISDN

>> "JE" == Joe Emenaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: JE> However, when I try using the ISDN through the Linux box, it fails. JE> The ISDN TA (modem) is a 3COM ImpactIQ external. More infos would have been more useful. With the modem, you connect and use PAP for authenticating? Then most likely

Re: Compiling a debianized PINE(another problem)

>> "SYZ" == Shao Ying Zhang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: SYZ> I have downloaded the pine-src and pine-diffs package. SYZ> Then I ran the command: SYZ> dpkg-source -x pine_3.96M-1.dsc SYZ> I then went into the dir pine396, and typed: SYZ> ./build lnx type debian/rules binary instead of build

Re: perl problems

On 24 Nov, Mitch Blevins wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> I'm trying to run a perl/gtk ticker program and keep running into >> problems. Since I know little about perl, could someone help me fix >> the problem? >> >> The error that I am getting is in the attached file. >> >> thanks. > > Con

Re: What I really like is the way FreeBSD has laid out there port making system.

>> "G" == Gossamer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: G> It would be -very- nice if you provided sorta "patch"es though - G> since we have binaries I guess a "patch" would consist of all the G> files in a particular .deb that have changed since the last G> release. I suspect this would be a fair bit l

Re: Lilo and MBR

Right on target Noah ! I downloaded 2.0.36 for kernel.org this morning and recompiled, what do you know it boots perfectly now. Well now to learn the intricies of dselect, an easy to understand intuative package... not. Pat On Tue Nov 24, 1998 at 11:50:44AM -0500, Noah L. Meyerhans wrote: > --

XF86Config help needed

I am trying to do a new install on a Hitachi M-Series laptop. I have the base installation loaded, but can't get the X server to run. Hitatchi says the V Freq for all resolutions is 60 Hz, and provides no additional information. The card is a Cirrus CL-GD7543, which is detected as having dotclocks

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