Re: USER and LOGNAME environment settings

On Sat, Feb 20, 1999 at 08:51:43PM +0100, Patrik Hagglund wrote: > I don't know if Debian has some special policy for this; but as > far as I know: on a general UNIX box is USER is set by csh (and > tcsh), and LOGNAME is set by login. > > -- > Patrik Hägglund Ok, if that's all it is, no problem (

Re: magic cookie error

Pollywog wrote: > I am getting this MAGIC COOKIE error when I try to run some X stuff as root. > Is there something I can add to my profile in order to avoid it? > > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > Xlib: Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key > ktail: cannot connect to X server :0.0 > > tha

Re: giflib23 needed

On 20-Feb-99 Pollywog wrote: > > On 20-Feb-99 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Install either libungif and libungif-dev OR giflib and giflib-dev >> >> libungif is free, giflib is hindered by patents > I have libungif installed, but I will check for libungif-dev > I am unable to uninstall libungif due

Re: giflib23 needed

On 20-Feb-99 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Install either libungif and libungif-dev OR giflib and giflib-dev > > libungif is free, giflib is hindered by patents I have libungif installed, but I will check for libungif-dev I am unable to uninstall libungif due to dependency problems, so I might have

magic cookie error

I am getting this MAGIC COOKIE error when I try to run some X stuff as root. Is there something I can add to my profile in order to avoid it? Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key ktail: cannot connect to X server :0.0 thanks -- Andrew

Re: giflib23 needed

Install either libungif and libungif-dev OR giflib and giflib-dev libungif is free, giflib is hindered by patents

Re: ls in anon.ftp

Hernan, Thanks. I tried your suggestion and it worked. I wonder whether the alternative given in the man page for ftpd ( to use pwd.db, I never could find out where to get this ) would work. You had suggested libncurses.so.4, but I had only libncurses.so.3.4, but this seems to work.

giflib23 needed

I tried to install kwatch from source and got this error: checking for main in -lcompat... no checking for giflib... configure: error: You need giflib23. Please install the kdesupport package I already have the kdesupport packages installed. What else can I try? thanks -- Andrew

Re: XFree86 3.3.3.1 packaged.

On Sat, Feb 20, 1999 at 03:00:49PM -0500, Brian Almeida wrote: > I'd appreciate it if you could make a build with the patch included at > http://www.debian.org/bugs/31827, so I can test it and let branden know if it > works. It's only about a 100 line patch and applies cleanly to the 3.3.3.1 > sou

Unidentified subject!

Hi, My Debian system is getting to have so many packages installed that backing it up is becoming difficult. Ideally I'd like to only back up the files which I can't restore by re-installing the packages. Does anyone have a scheme or suggestions for backing up: * all files * exce

Setup problems

hello, i am just starting to install debian in my toshiba satellite 2500 cds laptop, but it doens´t seem to be working. I am installing from a dos partition, already made my separate linux partition using fdisk, but when i run the install.bat it asks for the name of the kernel image and no matter

Configuring Login.App

I have been using the Login.App program and like it better than the default login. But when it runs X, it runs it in 8 bit color mode. Is there a way to configure this differently? I always used the Xservers file in /etc/X11/xdm before, but Login.App doesn't seem to have a comparable file. [

gtk

Thanks to everyone who helped me out on the ethernet problem. It's up now. Now I have a problem with gtk 1.0.6 (it's always something). It configured fine but when I did make, it gave this error: In file included from /usr/include/errno.h:36, from gscanner.c:27: /usr/include/err

Re:ls in anon.ftp

Further to my note asking for help about ls in anonymous ftp, it seems to me that the problem is that I do not have the pwd.db in ftp/etc. man ftpd refers to pwd_mkdb but I do not appear to have this installed. In what package is this? I have searched the debian cd-roms and I have come up wit

Re: NeoMagic Card with Slink

On Sat, Feb 20, 1999 at 10:18:39PM +0100, John Stevenson wrote: > Hello, > > Has anyone had any problems using Slink with a Neomagic video > card. I am currently using Hamm with Precision Insights > XFCom_NeoMaic Xserver. > > Now from what I have seen from slink is that a lot of changes > happen

Re: pine & mutt

Steve Willer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said: > > Now I use mutt and tin and am quite happy with both. > > Sounds like mutt wasn't too good for news either. AFAIK mutt isn't currently meant to be a news reader. There are patches to make it do news however, but they aren't incorporated into the stable (B

Re: NeoMagic Card with Slink

I use a pure Slink laptop. Has a NeoMagic 128XD chip. No complaints here.

Re: ATAPI zip drive

On Sat, Feb 20, 1999 at 09:35:03AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Eric Leblanc dixit: > > On Fri, Feb 19, 1999 at 01:28:34PM -0800, Matt Campbell wrote: > > > Do I need a special kernel device driver for an Iomega ATAPI Zip 100 > > > drive? Or will the regular ATAPI driver detect and handle th

NeoMagic Card with Slink

Hello, Has anyone had any problems using Slink with a Neomagic video card. I am currently using Hamm with Precision Insights XFCom_NeoMaic Xserver. Now from what I have seen from slink is that a lot of changes happen when you upgrade to slink, especially with the fonts. My question is will the

Re: Master Boot Record

On Fri, 19 Feb 1999, Odin wrote: [ snip ] : is this the dd (if there is one) on the rescue floppy? It may be a : stripped down version. Perhaps someone with more C skills than I could : compile you a quick binary to do this without linking many (or any) : dynamic libraries. dd on the rescu

Re: pine & mutt

On Sat, 20 Feb 1999, Frederick Page wrote: > It's the other way around here: I used Pine for email and news, was > content about the way it handled email, but it sucked for news. And it > did not have color, which is very helpful (for me). There is a patch available for Pine that gives it some c

Anyone in Boston? [Off-topic]

My apologies for this off-topic, but I need some info from Boston. My sister is staying in Boston for a couple of terms and she would like to get a second-hand laptop for herself. I'd too like to take advantage on her staying and get some components for myself. If there's anyone from Boston who

Re: Compiling a program error

Oh, sorry, your problem seams to be an compiler installation problem. A search for __eh_pc gives the following URL: http://www.cygnus.com/ml/egcs/1998-Oct/0119.html with the following quote: > My guess is that you're mixing new compilers and old libraries. > You probably have an old libgcc.a some

Re: XFree86 3.3.3.1 packaged.

Is this built with the Sparc and Alpha patches, so those of us not on x86 can try it out too? Thanks, John Vincent Renardias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 'lo, > > If you feel bored this WE or happen to have one of those gfx cards > supported only in the most recents XFree86 releases, you may wa

Re: Smail -> Exim: If smail works, why change?

On Sat, Feb 20, 1999 at 11:54:31AM -0500, Jim Foltz wrote: Hi Jim, >Is there any compelling reason to switch from smail to exim? How about this: Ease of configuration with Exim, and Procmail (with it's cryptic recipes) becomes obsolute, because Exim has already very powerful filtering capabilit

Re: pine & mutt

On Sat, Feb 20, 1999 at 11:05:56AM +0200, Johann Spies wrote: >problems using mutt to send mail to a lot of people at once. Pine's way >of handling the addressbook and aliases works better for me. It's the other way around here: I used Pine for email and news, was content about the way it handle

Re: Need help with new cable modem

*- On 20 Feb, Matt Campbell wrote about "Need help with new cable modem" > 1) Find a driver for the plug-n-pray PCI ethernet controller they > installed. (Realtek RTL8029 - a really really generic card, the box > doesn't even have the manufacturers name on it) A quick search on Realtek's site(ht

Re: [OFFTOPIC] Compiling a program error

The compiler is unable to find __eh_pc used by the file WindowManager.cpp (?) in the library. You have to debug this yourself. -- Patrik Hägglund

Re: not a plain file - apt install with dselect

I'm not sure that [EMAIL PROTECTED] is best for you to bother about this. I've forwarded this correspondence to the person who probably is best. Ted. On 20-Feb-99 John Stevenson wrote: > I guess we are better off using Imperial college in london that > manchester. I now use src.doc.ic.ac.uk/pack

Re: Mitsumi FX001D CD-ROM drv. Need help...

"Larry Shields WD9ESU" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am hopeing that someone that also has a CD-ROM drive the FX001D > can help me out here, in configuring the cd-rom drive, so that when > at bootup it will be mounted... > > If I boot right from the linux floppy disk, when it gets to the > poin

Re: Need help with new cable modem

On Sat, 20 Feb 1999, Matt Campbell wrote: > Help! > > As of about 8 pm tonight I will have a brand spanking new cable modem > connection to the internet. However, at this point it looks like it > might only work for Windows 95, and this sucks. Is there anyone out > there on the @Home network

Re: Need help with new cable modem

*- On 20 Feb, Matt Campbell wrote about "Need help with new cable modem" > Help! > > As of about 8 pm tonight I will have a brand spanking new cable modem > connection to the internet. However, at this point it looks like it > might only work for Windows 95, and this sucks. Is there anyone out

Re: XFree86 3.3.3.1 packaged.

On Sat, Feb 20, 1999 at 07:37:21PM +0100, Vincent Renardias wrote: > If you feel bored this WE or happen to have one of those gfx cards > supported only in the most recents XFree86 releases, you may want to try > my 3.3.3.1 packages. > They're accessible on: http://master.debian.org/~vincent/xfree-

Re: USER and LOGNAME environment settings

I don't know if Debian has some special policy for this; but as far as I know: on a general UNIX box is USER is set by csh (and tcsh), and LOGNAME is set by login. -- Patrik Hägglund

Re: not a plain file - apt install with dselect

I guess we are better off using Imperial college in london that manchester. I now use src.doc.ic.ac.uk/packages/Linux/debian and have had no problems. David Wright wrote: > > Quoting John Stevenson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > [...] > > I am installing the frozen distribution from ftp.mcc.ac.uk using

RE: Need help with new cable modem

> > 1) Find a driver for the plug-n-pray PCI ethernet controller they > installed. (Realtek RTL8029 - a really really generic card, the box > doesn't even have the manufacturers name on it) Supported in the 2.2 series if I recall > > 2) Configure a DHCP client. Also, in relation to this, I m

rsync usage with ftp.debian.org ?

Does someone have a sample command line to use with ftp.debian.org? I've never used rsync before and starting with something that is known to work would be better than starting from scratch Pf -- --- Pierfrancesco C

Need help with new cable modem

Help! As of about 8 pm tonight I will have a brand spanking new cable modem connection to the internet. However, at this point it looks like it might only work for Windows 95, and this sucks. Is there anyone out there on the @Home network who might be able to help me configure my linux box t

Re: where is the ipfwadm stuff by default?

Subject: Re: where is the ipfwadm stuff by default? Date: Sat, Feb 20, 1999 at 05:44:56PM - In reply to:Pollywog Quoting Pollywog([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > On 20-Feb-99 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Subject: where is the ipfwadm stuff by default? > > Date: F

Re: WindowMaker themes -> Debian packages

Christian Lavoie wrote: > > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > > Daniel Burrows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi. Over the weekend, I wrote a script that converts WindowMaker > themes to > > >Debian packages automatically. (the themes have to follow wm.t.o's > packaging > > >policy). I t

Re: ip-up question

On Sat, 20 Feb 1999, Pollywog wrote: there's an example in /usr/doc/fetchmail > My /etc/ppp/ip-up does not appear to be working. Am I correct in assuming > that in Debian, ip-up won't work unless it is placed in /etc/ppp/ip-up.d ? > I want to start fetchmail when I go online and I believe that i

XFree86 3.3.3.1 packaged.

'lo, If you feel bored this WE or happen to have one of those gfx cards supported only in the most recents XFree86 releases, you may want to try my 3.3.3.1 packages. They're accessible on: http://master.debian.org/~vincent/xfree-3.3.3.1/ Notes: - Based on the Debian changes from 3.3.2.3a-10 and

Re: ip-up question

On Sat, 20 Feb 1999 13:11:40 -0500 (EST), you wrote: >Any script in /etc/ppp/ip-{up,down}.d is run when the link goes {up,down}. The >file ip-{up,down} is also run (I think before the scripts in the >ip-{up,down}.d). Actually, /etc/ppp/ip-{up|down} are furnished by Debian and explicitly include "

RE: ip-up question

On 20-Feb-99 Shaleh wrote: > > On 20-Feb-99 Pollywog wrote: >> My /etc/ppp/ip-up does not appear to be working. Am I correct in assuming >> that in Debian, ip-up won't work unless it is placed in /etc/ppp/ip-up.d ? >> I want to start fetchmail when I go online and I believe that is where my >> s

RE: wxPython on debian?

> > It seems that debian is far behind on the availability for these kind of > packages. Can somebody give advice on my way forward. > The maintainer has informed me he is working on new packages. Perhaps you should contact him directly. Be aware that wxPython is very new and not stable or te

Re: WindowMaker themes -> Debian packages

*- On 20 Feb, Christian Lavoie wrote about "Re: WindowMaker themes -> Debian packages" >> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, >> Daniel Burrows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > Hi. Over the weekend, I wrote a script that converts WindowMaker > themes to >> >Debian packages automatically. (the the

RE: ip-up question

On 20-Feb-99 Pollywog wrote: > My /etc/ppp/ip-up does not appear to be working. Am I correct in assuming > that in Debian, ip-up won't work unless it is placed in /etc/ppp/ip-up.d ? > I want to start fetchmail when I go online and I believe that is where my > script needs to be placed. I think I

RE: ip-up question

On 20-Feb-99 Pollywog wrote: > My /etc/ppp/ip-up does not appear to be working. Am I correct in assuming > that in Debian, ip-up won't work unless it is placed in /etc/ppp/ip-up.d ? > I want to start fetchmail when I go online and I believe that is where my > script needs to be placed. > Any sc

wxPython on debian?

I want to start experimenting with wxwindows and wxpython in order to write cross-platform applications. I did install wxgtk2_1.96-1.deb, but could not do anything usefull with it. I could not get wxpython to compile due to missing header files. So I removed it. According to some people using w

ip-up question

My /etc/ppp/ip-up does not appear to be working. Am I correct in assuming that in Debian, ip-up won't work unless it is placed in /etc/ppp/ip-up.d ? I want to start fetchmail when I go online and I believe that is where my script needs to be placed. thanks -- Andrew

need help w/ SSLeay

Hi, I am using SSLeay and apache (or will be once it works). I use Verisign as my key provider. They just sent me a new cert. How do I use it?

Re: where is the ipfwadm stuff by default?

On 20-Feb-99 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Subject: where is the ipfwadm stuff by default? > Date: Fri, Feb 19, 1999 at 11:26:07PM - > > In reply to:Pollywog > > Quoting Pollywog([EMAIL PROTECTED]): >> >> I have a couple of ipfwadm rules in effect that I did not add. That means

Re: where is the ipfwadm stuff by default?

On 20-Feb-99 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Woops, I was on slackware when I did that, sorry > > rgrep ipfwadm /etc/* oic Thanks. -- Andrew

Re: where is the ipfwadm stuff by default?

Subject: Re: where is the ipfwadm stuff by default? Date: Sat, Feb 20, 1999 at 10:53:30AM + In reply to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > Subject: where is the ipfwadm stuff by default? > Date: Fri, Feb 19, 1999 at 11:26:07PM

Smail -> Exim: If smail works, why change?

Is there any compelling reason to switch from smail to exim? -- Jim Foltz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ACORN techie AOL/IM jim_foltz

Re: Multi IP's on interface

Bill Bell writes: > I want to get to the management utility on the bridge without > broadcasting the bridges management IP on the Internet. Why do you think your bridge will do this? -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI

Re: Make postscipt files use less pages?

Subject: Make postscipt files use less pages? Date: Sat, Feb 20, 1999 at 07:12:07AM + In reply to:M.C. Vernon Quoting M.C. Vernon([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > Dear all, > > Is it possible to make postscipt files print out with two > postscript pages fitting onto one physic

Re: where is the ipfwadm stuff by default?

Subject: where is the ipfwadm stuff by default? Date: Fri, Feb 19, 1999 at 11:26:07PM - In reply to:Pollywog Quoting Pollywog([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > I have a couple of ipfwadm rules in effect that I did not add. That means > that the default installation has rules someplac

Mpg/Dat viewer

Sir, I am in badly in need of a DOS based MPG or DAT file player. What I actually mean is to play the file from command line without any playback controls in full screen.

Re: Make postscipt files use less pages?

On Sat, 20 Feb 1999, M.C. Vernon wrote: > Dear all, > > Is it possible to make postscipt files print out with two > postscript pages fitting onto one physical page (or is there an option in > ghostview for this?), please? 350 pages of hurd manual could do with being > shrunk before I use _a

Re: pine & mutt

On Fri, 19 Feb 1999, Shao Zhang wrote: > So, do you think it is worth switching to mutt? Is it better in > terms of supporting mutiple folders?? I have used pine for quite a few years and tried out mutt for a few weeks last year - just to return to pine. I do not like mutt. Maybe I could

Re: Web email packages question

> What packages are available that would allow me to get > to my email from the web server on my system? Run -- don't walk! -- to http://www.tdyc.com/~rkrusty/Debian/ and grab Ivan Moore's IMP setup. When I did an overview of all the web-based systems IMP stood out as at least one of the best,

[SOLVED] where is `xstart'

Please, ignore my earlier message, I put /usr/X11R6/bin in my path instead of /usr/bin/X11 as I should. My apologies [EMAIL PROTECTED] dixit: > Hi, > > I just installed WordPerfect8 and tried it as user #1: just an error > message about the path... so, I added it to the user's path in .bash_pr

VGA fonts on X

is it possible to use vga fonts on an Xterm? if it is, how? TIA k e c h i e

Doesn't casio-illum work with SF-5580E ?

Hi there, the 2.2 version of the casio package seemingly has support for the Casio Illuminator series of organizers like my SF-5580E. While communication using Casif/Win in Windoze seems to work properly, I can't get casio-illum to communicate with the organizer. It would be quite helpful to kn

Problems with M1543 Super-I/O (Asus P5A)

Hi there, I wonder if anybody else has problems setting the Aladdin 5 Super I/O part of the M1543 southbridge to speeds above 38400 using setserial ? Whenever I set spd_vhi the modem will not respond to AT commands at all, it works fine with spd_normal though, yielding the usual 2.8 KByte/sec

where is `xstart'

Hi, I just installed WordPerfect8 and tried it as user #1: just an error message about the path... so, I added it to the user's path in .bash_profile as well as to the root's path in .bash_profile; Then I did a su, and tried WP as root; finally, I tried it as user #2 (though I didn't add it to

Re: A couple more strange "sound" probs...

Sorry, I have promissed to write yesterday, but I completly forgot. Here goes my awe64 setup information. I tried to play some .wav files (with xwave) and they played well. So I am suposing everything is working OK. If this is not the case I would appreciate if some one calls my attention. "ca

Re: How to import pub keys with gnupg

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Well, using the '-a' on the export did work to get rid of the > 'public key not found' error when doing: > # gpg -r B -se file1 That's the correct syntax for doing this. > I had actually tried this before. But when 'B' goes to decrypt > the file1.gpg this is what h

Re: 1.3 -> 2.0. Am I okay to reboot?

Chris Wong wrote: > WARNING > If APT lists lib* in the list of essential packages to remove then > it is very likely you will hose your system by continuing. > -- > > This was quoted from the Debian 2.0 update README. I've logged > my 1.3 -> 2.0 update, and just noticed something. Is it

Re: ls in anon. ftp

Hi : You must be copy also the libraries : -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 148756 Feb 14 18:11 ld-2.0.7.so* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Feb 3 16:53 ld-linux.so.2 -> ld-2.0.7.so* -r--r--r-- 1 root root 651436 Feb 14 18:11 libc.so.6 -r--r--r-- 1 root root

1.3 -> 2.0. Am I okay to reboot?

WARNING If APT lists lib* in the list of essential packages to remove then it is very likely you will hose your system by continuing. -- This was quoted from the Debian 2.0 update README. I've logged my 1.3 -> 2.0 update, and just noticed something. Is it a big deal? Is it safe to reboo

gqmpeg

hi, Anyone have any problems with gqmpeg, i have now had several occasions where it seems to have crashed my xserver - drops to console and than xdm fires up again so its not just windowmaker ( well i assume :) ). Ive switched to x11amp, now. cheers

Re: ATAPI zip drive

Eric Leblanc dixit: > On Fri, Feb 19, 1999 at 01:28:34PM -0800, Matt Campbell wrote: > > Do I need a special kernel device driver for an Iomega ATAPI Zip 100 > > drive? Or will the regular ATAPI driver detect and handle the drive? > > It just need the ide-floppy drivers compiled or loaded as a m

Re: can't boot recover disk on grid 1755

[EMAIL PROTECTED] asks: > I'm trying to install debian linux on a grid 1755 laptop (486sx 25 4meg ram, > 80meg HD). It makes it to loading the kernal then alot of stuff goes past > real quick, the last thing I see is probing something(goes by to fast to > read). Then the computer > reboots. Doe

Re: Sending with mutt/smail. was: Netscape 'movemail'

Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira wrote: > > Hi Richard, > first thank you for aswering me with great patiente. :) > Richard Harran wrote: I don't use mutt, or smail to send mail, so I'm cc this reply to the list, as we're reaching the limit of my knowledge! > First. I installed

apt-get and no-passive ftp?

How do I tell apt-get to NOT use a passive ftp connection? Joop -- Joop Stakenborg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Linux Hamradio Applications and Utilities Homepage http://www.casema.net/~aba

problem with sendmail

I've set up my sendmail daemon to just forward my mail to my provider's smart relay host mail.online-club.de. It worked pretty well until earlier this week. All of a sudden though I get messages like Deferred: 451 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... Deferred by rule. Obviously no mail goes out. I checked the

Re: Make postscipt files use less pages?

On Sat, Feb 20, 1999 at 07:12:07AM +, M.C. Vernon wrote: > Dear all, > > Is it possible to make postscipt files print out with two > postscript pages fitting onto one physical page (or is there an option in > ghostview for this?), please? 350 pages of hurd manual could do with being > sh

Re: ATAPI zip drive

On Fri, Feb 19, 1999 at 01:28:34PM -0800, Matt Campbell wrote: > Do I need a special kernel device driver for an Iomega ATAPI Zip 100 > drive? Or will the regular ATAPI driver detect and handle the drive? It just need the ide-floppy drivers compiled or loaded as a modules. If you did compile you

Re: Crashing Install with Debian 2.0

I'm very novice with Linux (only one month of !!) and I'm very poor in my english also, so excuse me. I had the same problem when I installed Debian 2.0 and I spent one week to fix it. The problem was the SDRAM (10 ns); I've changed it with my old EDO (70 ns) and now it works fine, but I like to

Make postscipt files use less pages?

Dear all, Is it possible to make postscipt files print out with two postscript pages fitting onto one physical page (or is there an option in ghostview for this?), please? 350 pages of hurd manual could do with being shrunk before I use _all_ my paper up Thanks, Matthew -- Elen sil

Soundpro Under 2.2.1

Well, I've gotten Kernel 2.2.1 running on the machine, it has everything I need (at present), but I seem to have a little problem. Under 2.0.34 I setup my soundcard as a "sound blaster", but with the new version, it refuses to detect the sound Card (it's a Soundpro ). With 2.0.34 I had to wait fo

RE: Multi IP's on interface

On 19-Feb-99 Bill Bell wrote: > Hello, > > Is it possible, and if so how, to support two IP's on a single > interface card? I thought I have seen this somewhere. > It is called IP aliasing. Read the IP Aliasing Howto and it will explain how this is done. -- Andrew

re: Exceed 6 setup help

> I just purchased a new computer so I wouldn't have to dual boot anymore. > I must use Windows for MS Office (Excel) and games. Problem is that I > have only one monitor. I have Exceed 6 but I can't seem to get it > working. Does someone who has done this have time to walk me through > this? >

Multi IP's on interface

Hello, Is it possible, and if so how, to support two IP's on a single interface card? I thought I have seen this somewhere. I am trying to put a 192.168.2.x on my eth1 which is the same interface that connects to my bridge and my Internet connection. I want to get to the management utility on th

Re: Archiving Old Messages and Misc Mail Features

Hi, On Thu, 18 Feb, 1999 à 04:59:19PM -0800, George Bonser wrote: > On Thu, 18 Feb 1999, Stephen Pitts wrote: > > > Reply-To: > > Hi! > > I'm using fetchmail, procmail, and mutt to get/sort/read mail. I've > >been subscribed to the debian list (among others) for about 2 months, and > >I just rea

Re: Debian Logo *Idea* Contest! (Delay for painting contest required)

Hi, On Thu, 18 Feb, 1999 à 12:23:43PM +0100, Andreas Tille wrote: > Hello Debian deveolopers and friends, > > this day is the first I started thinking about the importance of > a Debian logo. Someone will say it is to late for a maintainer who [...] > Debian Logo Idea Contest > > Wy do we

2.2.1 kernel installation problem

I biuld a 2.2.1 kernel. Attempting a: make zdisk failed until I changed the floppy device from /dev/fd0 to /dev/rfd0. Still the machine does not see it as a "bootable" floppy. Attempted a: make vmlinux and ended up with an unbootable machine. It tells me that the boot device 8, 1 cannot be mounted

Re: How to import pub keys with gnupg

Well, using the '-a' on the export did work to get rid of the 'public key not found' error when doing: # gpg -r B -se file1 I had actually tried this before. But when 'B' goes to decrypt the file1.gpg this is what happens: #cat /home/A/file1.gpg | gpg gpg: public key decryption failed: secret

ls in anon. ftp

I have just set up an anonymous ftp on my machine. The directory is /home/ftp with subdirectories bin etc and pub. THe directory ftp is owned by root and group staff. I copied /bin/ls into /home/ftp/bin. In etc, I copied the /etc/passwd and /etc/group files and deleted everything except the lin

Compiling a program error

Hello, I have attached the output from the make command I get while trying to compile a program for my programming class. The book is called "c++ Program Design" and the comes with a simple window library, which the program in question is linked against. I think the program compiles, as a .o file

Re: WindowMaker themes -> Debian packages

> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Daniel Burrows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi. Over the weekend, I wrote a script that converts WindowMaker themes to > >Debian packages automatically. (the themes have to follow wm.t.o's packaging > >policy). I think it would be useful for other Debian