Time track for X similiar to gtt?

1999-03-17 Thread Gary L. Hennigan
I'm looking for a time tracker utility for X similiar to the Gnome Utility gtt. I don't really want to use Gnome, since I'll be using the utility on different architectures, namely a Debian box and a SGI box, and the idea of compiling Gnome for my SGI isn't exactly appealing. If you're not familia

/etc/localtime and glibc 2.1

1999-03-17 Thread Colin Telmer
I am running potato and have glibc 2.1 installed and date reports GMT time rather than EST. I realize that the timezone package was replaced by glibc 2.1 but I can't figure out how to tell it to use EST rather than GMT. The date command produces telmer:~$ date Wed Mar 17 23:44:56 /etc/localtime 19

ghostscript error

1999-03-17 Thread John Maheu
I just noticed that the last two print jobs ended with a last page printing something like Operand Stack: 247 0 Execution Stack: ?? both were ps files, /var/log/lp-err shows --> /var/log/lp-errs <-- Aladdin Ghostscript: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1 /etc/magicfilter/ljet4-filter

Re: installing debian

1999-03-17 Thread mike shupp
On Wed, 17 Mar 1999, Juan Revollo wrote: > -No, when looking at the partition table, no extended partitions exist > > -The original partition was Dos. When the rescue floppy could not > repartition, I deleted it. The rescue floppy sill cannot partition. > > -The rescue floppy runs a menu, thi

deb files

1999-03-17 Thread Craig T. Hancock
Say if I got the source for some software and complied it how do I turn that into a Debian package

Re: 2.2.3

1999-03-17 Thread Craig T. Hancock
Well I complied the the ethernet card directly into my source. I know that the kernel recognizes the ethernet card but.. It doesn't get anytype of network connectivity what so ever . And I did a ifconfig -a under the 2.2.3 and I saw the device but no address was assigned to it so I just plug an a

Re: 2.2.3

1999-03-17 Thread Craig T. Hancock
Well netwroking works if I do ifconfig and route stuff manually but I cand get my dhcpcd client to work at all so... that is what I ma think I am using the deb but I am thinking about downloading the source. And I never use modules because I can never ever get them to work right "Gregory T. Norr

Re: 2.2.3

1999-03-17 Thread Gregory T. Norris
On Tue, Mar 16, 1999 at 08:45:51PM -0600, Craig T. Hancock wrote: > Hell oall I just upgraded my kernel and I have a 3com 900 series card > > The recofnized the card but.. I still don't any network connectivity is > there a driver update for the card that I ma not aware of As far as I know, there

Re: debian-user-digest Digest V99 #483

1999-03-17 Thread Craig T. Hancock
are you using dhcpcd Max wrote: > > Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 20:45:51 -0600 > > From: "Craig T. Hancock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Hell oall I just upgraded my kernel and I have a 3com 900 series card > > > > The recofnized the card but.. I still don't any network connectivity is > > there a driv

Re: installing debian

1999-03-17 Thread Juan Revollo
-No, when looking at the partition table, no extended partitions exist -The original partition was Dos. When the rescue floppy could not repartition, I deleted it. The rescue floppy sill cannot partition. -The rescue floppy runs a menu, this menu runs down steps to partitioning, configuring, e

dhcpcd

1999-03-17 Thread Craig T. Hancock
Is anyone having trouble with dhcpcd with kernel 2.2.3

Re: mailing list software

1999-03-17 Thread Padraic Renaghan
PC> > I like GNU mailman (http://www.list.org/). All commands through web PC> > interface and subscriber commands also through email. PC> PC> Any .deb for it? I don't use the .deb personally, but there are apparently 2 versions in .deb format. See: http://cgi.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_packag

Re: win-printer??

1999-03-17 Thread Mike Merten
On Tue, Mar 16, 1999 at 07:31:17PM -0600, Oleg Krivosheev wrote: > On Tue, 16 Mar 1999, Mark Connolly wrote: > > > Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 16:19:16 -0800 (PST) > > From: Mark Connolly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > Subject: win-printer?? > > Resent-Date: Wed, 17 Mar 19

Re: HELP! Can't get connected

1999-03-17 Thread Mike Merten
On Wed, Mar 17, 1999 at 11:51:00AM +, wlovett wrote: > Used connection daemon to edit ppp files during installation Slink > basic. Program attempted to connected to Debian.org to complete > installation of packages. No go. received following display: > /etc/ppp/peers/proviver unrecognized opti

Re: mailing list software

1999-03-17 Thread Pere Camps
Padraic, > I like GNU mailman (http://www.list.org/). All commands through web > interface and subscriber commands also through email. Any .deb for it? -- p.

Re: which package provides ldd

1999-03-17 Thread Jens Ritter
Matt Garman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Which package has the ldd program in it? I could swear this utility > used to be on my computer, now it's not (I had that dselect removal > disaster mentioned in an earlier post). > > Thanks, > MG Please have a zgrep at ftp://your.favourite.mirror.of.

RE: Can Debian run in IMacs?

1999-03-17 Thread Lucio Rossi
Yes LinuxPPC is a RedHat distribution but it does have all the correct USB stuff working. I am sure by the time potato is released that should all be taken care of. -Original Message- From: Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 1999 2:

Re: mailing list software

1999-03-17 Thread Padraic Renaghan
PC> berolist, majordomo or smartlist? PC> This will be a very low traffic mailing list server, so I prefer PC> it to be easy to install/manage/use than to be lightweight. PC> Any hints would be greatly appreciated! I like GNU mailman (http://www.list.org/). All commands through web int

Re: installing debian

1999-03-17 Thread Juan Revollo
-Yes, I restarted the computer. -The rescue floppy runs a menu, this menu runs down steps to partitioning, configuring, etc. When the step to partition the hard drive is executed, It tells me: cfdisk has failed to repartition. I may wipe out your partition table and run cfdisk again. If i answe

mailing list software

1999-03-17 Thread Pere Camps
Hi! berolist, majordomo or smartlist? This will be a very low traffic mailing list server, so I prefer it to be easy to install/manage/use than to be lightweight. Any hints would be greatly appreciated! -- p.

RE: Can Debian run in IMacs?

1999-03-17 Thread Lucio Rossi
Well there is a distribution of linux for PPC macintoshes. You can find more info on it at http://www.linuxppc.org They have a specific IMac installation section. Good Luck. Lucio Rossi -Original Message- From: Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wedne

Re: grrr, No response from modem

1999-03-17 Thread John Hasler
Jay Barbee writes: > Modem should be in the first serial port. You mean /dev/ttyS0? What does setserial say about /dev/ttyS0 and /dev/ttyS1? > $ setserial /dev/ttyS2 > /dev/ttyS2, UART: 16550A, Port: 0x03e8, IRQ: 4 > $ setserial /dev/ttyS3 > /dev/ttyS3, UART: 16550A, Port: 0x02e8, IRQ: 3 Looks

Re: Dumb networking question about IP forwarding

1999-03-17 Thread Dale E. Martin
Paul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What you are trying to do is make a bridge. This is experimental in the > new 2.2.x kernels. Will that work with IPX? There are Novell boxes on this network as well... > You can achieve the same affect with a 100Mbs Hub which you can connect > all you

Re: -- MARK -- in /var/log/messages

1999-03-17 Thread MallarJ
In a message dated 3/17/99 2:39:34 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I recently started wondering what the -- MARK -- lines in > /var/log/messages represent. I cannot explain them logically, nor have I > found a daemon that's responsible for these lines. > Search the list

Help connecting with earthlink

1999-03-17 Thread Obi
hello, I'm trying to setup my linux box to connect to earthlink, but with no luck. I've done that quite a few times with different ISPs, but this time I cannot set it up. It works fine under windows98, but under linux no. This is the important part of the log: Mar 17 15:08:08 harp pppd[1139]: Us

Re: -- MARK -- in /var/log/messages

1999-03-17 Thread servis
*- On 17 Mar, Paul Lemmens wrote about "-- MARK -- in /var/log/messages" > Hello everybody, > > I recently started wondering what the -- MARK -- lines in > /var/log/messages represent. I cannot explain them logically, nor have I > found a daemon that's responsible for these lines. > > Can anybody

Re: Beta-testing and the glibc 2.1 (Was: Missing ldd? Have libc6 on hold? Get ldso from slink...

1999-03-17 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Wed, Mar 17, 1999 at 02:19:05PM -0500, Seth M. Landsman wrote: > If debian unstable isn't tested on machines used for real work, > debian is going to end up a toy distribution which is only suitable for > work on systems which aren't appropriate for real work. > > Think about it. S

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Re: Beta-testing and the glibc 2.1 (Was: Missing ldd? Have libc6 on hold? Get ldso from slink...

1999-03-17 Thread David Bristel
This is a good point, and it actually leads to an interesting idea for a package that would take care of this issue. Now, this is NOT an easy project, but, what about a package that has a list of the config files for ALL the packages, and would back up what is needed to restore a system to normal

RE: REQUEST

1999-03-17 Thread Person, Roderick
Let me get this. You have gotten past the base install and are trying to install packages. You then start dselect and try and select a install method (harddrive, cdrom, NFS etc.) and it can't find your HD? > -Original Message- > From: m.nau [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March

Re: Can Debian run in IMacs?

1999-03-17 Thread Stephen Pitts
On Wed, Mar 17, 1999 at 03:55:01PM -0300, Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira wrote: > Hi all, > My teacher was thinking about putting Linux in his IMac. I'm wondering > if Debian has a dist that fits IMacs. If so, where I can download it. > Thank you, Paulo Henrique

SOLVED: How to correct suidmanager errors..

1999-03-17 Thread Jay Barbee
At 3/17/99 08:12 PM +0100, Thomas Keusch wrote: >On Tue, Mar 16, 1999 at 10:20:56AM -0500, Jay Barbee wrote: > >> I get this cron error ever since I upgraded the LPR package. >> >> I didn't just want to run a chmod on it, but if someone could explain what >> has happened and how to handle it I wou

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REQUEST

1999-03-17 Thread m.nau
Hello there!After about 5 hours with Debian 2.0, trying to install it, 2 cans of coffe, about 10 broken pens and raw nerves, I decided to ask for help.My problem is:After starting dselect as / , it is asking for a "block device".But it does NOT accept any HD!!!PS:The installation took place

Re: Beta-testing and the glibc 2.1 (Was: Missing ldd? Have libc6 on hold? Get ldso from slink...

1999-03-17 Thread renfro
On Wed, 17 Mar 1999, Seth M. Landsman wrote: > Okay, let's not turn this into a flame war. My point is that > breakages in unstable are *REALLY BAD THINGS*. I have no intention of flaming anybody; from my standpoint, at least, everything I say is sober and reasonable. Everyone else's opini

Re: How to correct suidmanager errors..

1999-03-17 Thread Thomas Keusch
On Tue, Mar 16, 1999 at 10:20:56AM -0500, Jay Barbee wrote: > I get this cron error ever since I upgraded the LPR package. > > I didn't just want to run a chmod on it, but if someone could explain what > has happened and how to handle it I would appreciate it. > >/etc/cron.daily/suidmanager: > >

Re: Can Debian run in IMacs?

1999-03-17 Thread Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira
Hi Ares, Thanks for the information. I'm interested specifically in IMac. Paulo Henrique Quoting Ares ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Well, like I said, Debian PPC is available, it just isn't stable yet. > Incidentally, I've got Debian/m68k running on a Mac LCIII with 36MB of RAM > a

RE: installing debian

1999-03-17 Thread Person, Roderick
When you deleted the partition in DOS, did you restart the computer. You then should have free space in the amount of the erased partition. What is the rescue disks error message when you try to partition the disk. Do you have Debian CDs too? > -Original Message- > From: Juan Revollo [SMTP

Re: Dumb networking question about IP forwarding

1999-03-17 Thread Paul Miller
"Dale E. Martin" wrote: > > I have a Debian Linux box that I'd like to use as a switch (I guess) in a > network. It's going to have a 100Mbs network card and a 10Mbs network card > in it. I'd like the IP addresses of the to be on the same network - > e.g. one will be 10.0.0.1 and the other 10.0.

-- MARK -- in /var/log/messages

1999-03-17 Thread Paul Lemmens
Hello everybody, I recently started wondering what the -- MARK -- lines in /var/log/messages represent. I cannot explain them logically, nor have I found a daemon that's responsible for these lines. Can anybody help out? TIA! Paul LemmensUse the Force [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mobi

installing debian

1999-03-17 Thread Juan Revollo
I am beginning the installation process where I am to repartition my drive. The rescue floppy that I'm using to install was not able to repartion & now i'm stuck. I had a dos partition and tried to delete it with dos fdisk but this did not work. Any help would be appreciated. ___

Re: Virtual Domains

1999-03-17 Thread Joerg Friedrich
if you have installed apache on your system: http://localhost/doc/apache/manual/vhosts/index.html On Mon, 15 Mar 1999, Paul Nathan Puri wrote: > Where can I get more information on setting up virtual domains in apache? > > NatePuri > Certified Law Student > & Debian GNU/Linux Monk > McGeorge S

Re: grrr, No response from modem

1999-03-17 Thread Jay Barbee
At 3/17/99 05:53 PM +0100, Nils Rennebarth wrote: >On Wed, Mar 17, 1999 at 11:48:39AM -0500, Jay Barbee wrote: >> Never on tried using a modem on this debain box. >> >> First modem is MultiTech ZDX 19.2k bps and the second is a USR Courier >> v.everything 33.6k bps. >What does cat /proc/interrupts

Re: Upgrade to 2.2.1 kernel, sound problems

1999-03-17 Thread Torsten Hilbrich
Antal Ritter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > That's also true, but has nothing to do with the mentioned error > message. The "Cant't open /dev/dsp" error seemed to be going away > after I stopped NAS. Sorry again for the mis-information... You should upgrade your nas, the current version (1.2p5-9)

Re: Beta-testing and the glibc 2.1 (Was: Missing ldd? Have libc6 on hold? Get ldso from slink...

1999-03-17 Thread Seth M. Landsman
> > > If you need your machine for "real work" then you shouldn't be running > > > unstable. > > > > If debian unstable isn't tested on machines used for real work, > > debian is going to end up a toy distribution which is only suitable for > > work on systems which aren't appropriate for real

Re: Beta-testing and the glibc 2.1 (Was: Missing ldd? Have libc6 on hold? Get ldso from slink...

1999-03-17 Thread renfro
On Wed, 17 Mar 1999, Seth M. Landsman wrote: > > If you need your machine for "real work" then you shouldn't be running > > unstable. > > If debian unstable isn't tested on machines used for real work, > debian is going to end up a toy distribution which is only suitable for > work on syste

RE: Can Debian run in IMacs?

1999-03-17 Thread Person, Roderick
I did not know that. Thanks I was thinking of getting one as a second PC, but not know! > -Original Message- > From: Ares [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 1999 2:28 PM > To: Person, Roderick > Cc: 'Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira'; debian-user@lists.debian.org;

RE: Can Debian run in IMacs?

1999-03-17 Thread Ares
No chance. The Imac is a PPC based distro, which won't be available from Debian as a stable release until potato is stable, or so say the plans @www.debian.org. JDM On Wed, 17 Mar 1999, Person, Roderick wrote: > Won't the m68k version run on an IMAC. > > -Original Message- > > From:

Re: Can Debian run in IMacs?

1999-03-17 Thread Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira
I dont know. If I already know, I will not ask. :) Have a nice day,Paulo Henrique Quoting Person, Roderick ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Won't the m68k version run on an IMAC. > > -Original Message- > > From: Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira [SMTP:[EMAIL P

Re: Beta-testing and the glibc 2.1 (Was: Missing ldd? Have libc6 on hold? Get ldso from slink...

1999-03-17 Thread Seth M. Landsman
> > May be these chickens are people who have some work to do. These sarcasms > > or > > those of Edward Betts will not convince people that Debian is a serious > > distribution, intended for real work. > > > > If you need your machine for "real work" then you shouldn't be running > unstable.

RE: Can Debian run in IMacs?

1999-03-17 Thread Person, Roderick
Won't the m68k version run on an IMAC. > -Original Message- > From: Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 1999 1:55 PM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Can Debian run in IMacs? > > Hi all, > My teacher was

Re: debian-user-digest Digest V99 #483

1999-03-17 Thread Max
> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 20:45:51 -0600 > From: "Craig T. Hancock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Hell oall I just upgraded my kernel and I have a 3com 900 series card > > The recofnized the card but.. I still don't any network connectivity is > there a driver update for the card that I ma not aware of

Re: MIT-SCREENT-SAVER

1999-03-17 Thread Noah L. Meyerhans
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Wed, 17 Mar 1999, Ramiel Givergis wrote: > Xlib: extension "MIT-SCREEN-SAVER" missing on display > "local-host-ip-number:0.0". > > I use the most recent version of both WindowMaker and xserver-svga > available on the potato distribution with licq .60 > (t

Can Debian run in IMacs?

1999-03-17 Thread Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira
Hi all, My teacher was thinking about putting Linux in his IMac. I'm wondering if Debian has a dist that fits IMacs. If so, where I can download it. Thank you, Paulo Henrique Please CC to me because the address that I'm subscribed to the list is with pro

Re: vivo player for linux

1999-03-17 Thread Jens Ritter
Maarten Bezemer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hiya! > > Is there anyone out here that knows about a player that can play > .viv-files? The version of xanim I have doesn't support it :-( > > Please send a Cc: to [EMAIL PROTECTED] when replying. AFAIK, there is no vivo player for linux. I once se

Re: Sound Card problems

1999-03-17 Thread Craig T. Hancock
Use OSS to detect your sound caerd it is much eaiser OSS provides sound card drivers for most popular sound cards under Linux. These drivers support digital audio, MIDI, Synthesizers and mixers found on sound cards. These sound drivers comply with the Open Sound System API specificati

Re: Beta-testing and the glibc 2.1 (Was: Missing ldd? Have libc6 on hold? Get ldso from slink...

1999-03-17 Thread Stephen Crowley
On Wed, Mar 17, 1999 at 11:16:18AM +0100, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote: > On Sunday 14 March 1999, at 16 h 57, the keyboard of Robert Woodcock > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Those of you who are tracking unstable but are too chicken to install the > > new glibc 2.1 may have noticed that your ldd

Re: MIT-SCREENT-SAVER

1999-03-17 Thread Ramiel Givergis
I ran the xhost remote host from the local box then from the remote ssh session I set export DISPLAY="ip-number:0.0" and then ran licq& and everything was ok just as before till I go to online mode you see this only happens when I'm in some kind of online mode (away,n/a,online) etc. But when I'm o

Re: IP Masq

1999-03-17 Thread Torsten Landschoff
On Tue, Mar 02, 1999 at 06:39:27PM +1000, Peter Ludwig wrote: > The Client machine needs to have it's default gateway set as your > gateway/host machine. Oops... forgot an important detail before, you'll > need to allow the IP number for your client machine as part of the allowed > systems in yo

Re: non-anonymous ftp with MC?

1999-03-17 Thread Torsten Landschoff
On Tue, Mar 02, 1999 at 07:26:08PM +0900, chul-yong,shin wrote: > The only thing that I can get from MC home page is > > type "cd ftp://[EMAIL PROTECTED]". This example doen't tell me > > how to input passwd. Did you ever try? It will prompt you for the password. cu Torsten pgpQI0Qpdhl

Re: Sound Card problems

1999-03-17 Thread Andrei Ivanov
Kernel setup is that you go into windows and get the parameters of your soundcard, such as IRQ, DMA, IO. Then you recompile kernel, but enable the sound support and put in the information you have for that specific card. If your card is PnP, you compile sound as module and use isapnp. Otherwise, ju

Re: System Hosed a.k.a Don't be nice to the wife and Mother-in-law!!

1999-03-17 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
You need to boot into single-user mode. Get your LILO boot: prompt and type the name of the image you want to boot plus 'single'. "Person, Roderick" wrote: > OK, > > The Mistakes > It was all my stupid mistake. I was working with some tar's having fun > hacking in Debian, and then my wife and mo

Re: System Hosed a.k.a Don't be nice to the wife and Mother-in-law!!

1999-03-17 Thread Steve Haslam
On Wed, Mar 17, 1999 at 11:08:33AM -0500, Person, Roderick wrote: > The Problem > So here is the problem. I boot to wdm. But now it does startx it drops and > my screen flashes off and on. I need to disable wdm before it starts. I > can't crtl+alt+backspace, crtl+c, crtl+z or even crtl+alt+F3. I t

slow connection

1999-03-17 Thread Juha
Hello everybody! I need help to troubleshoot my Internet-connection. I have new 3com. U.S.Robotics modem and it works well with Windows. I can get connnected in, but transfer-rate is extremly slow. Netscape-homepage takes 2-3 minutes to download. Can somebody help me out here? Juha Korkiakangas

Dumb networking question about IP forwarding

1999-03-17 Thread Dale E. Martin
I have a Debian Linux box that I'd like to use as a switch (I guess) in a network. It's going to have a 100Mbs network card and a 10Mbs network card in it. I'd like the IP addresses of the to be on the same network - e.g. one will be 10.0.0.1 and the other 10.0.0.2. If I enable forwarding in th

Western digital ultra wide SCSI bus problems

1999-03-17 Thread Darren Yates
Hi good people, I am, (yes you've guessed it), another enthusiastic new user joining the ranks in the exciting world of Linux, specifically the Debian verity. I have successfully installed the Debian 2.0.34 Kernel on several systems, with the same HW configuration and patched them to 2.0.36 with S

Wer kann mir helfen ??

1999-03-17 Thread Christian . Boehm
*This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(tm) Pro* Ich bin seit einiger Zeit auf der Suche nach jemanden der mir folgende Frage beantworten kann: Läuft LinuxPPC oder Debian LinuxPPC auf einem Motorola PowerStack MT603-66 und wenn ja welche Version ist die richtige. Viel

Re: grrr, No response from modem

1999-03-17 Thread Nils Rennebarth
On Wed, Mar 17, 1999 at 11:48:39AM -0500, Jay Barbee wrote: > Never on tried using a modem on this debain box. > > First modem is MultiTech ZDX 19.2k bps and the second is a USR Courier > v.everything 33.6k bps. What does cat /proc/interrupts and cat /proc/ioports say? Nils -- Plug-and-Play is r

Re: Beta-testing and the glibc 2.1 (Was: Missing ldd? Have libc6 on hold? Get ldso from slink...

1999-03-17 Thread Robert Woodcock
On Wed, Mar 17, 1999 at 11:16:18AM +0100, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote: > May be these chickens are people who have some work to do. These sarcasms or > those of Edward Betts will not convince people that Debian is a serious > distribution, intended for real work. Quite frankly, unstable isn't some

HELP! Can't get connected

1999-03-17 Thread wlovett
Used connection daemon to edit ppp files during installation Slink basic. Program attempted to connected to Debian.org to complete installation of packages. No go. received following display: /etc/ppp/peers/proviver unrecognized option "/dev/modem". Entered provider with vi and changed to suggeste

Problem package

1999-03-17 Thread Christian Dysthe
Hi, I have installed the bplay package through dselect. dselect tells me the package is broken, but bplay works. I tried to remove it, but dselect tells me the package is so damaged it has to be reinstalled. I tried to install it using dpkg but got another error message. Now I can either uninstall

RE: grrr, No response from modem

1999-03-17 Thread Jay Barbee
Never on tried using a modem on this debain box. First modem is MultiTech ZDX 19.2k bps and the second is a USR Courier v.everything 33.6k bps. I figured pretty standard modems. I was using the USR on a NT with all the same cables, so I know the cable and modem do work. --Jay Barbee At 3/17/99

RE: grrr, No response from modem

1999-03-17 Thread Person, Roderick
What kind of modems are they. Did they ever work in Debian. > -Original Message- > From: Jay Barbee [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 1999 11:42 AM > To: Person, Roderick; debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: RE: grrr, No response from modem > > At 3/17/99 11:

Another apt question

1999-03-17 Thread Peter Weiss
Hello, now having managed the Hamm->Slink upgrade successfull and working with apt I got 2 questions: 1) What are these "kept" packages? Well the following pcmcia-modules package was set to hold but during the upgrade there were a few others in "Kept" state. How can a

RE: grrr, No response from modem

1999-03-17 Thread Jay Barbee
At 3/17/99 11:18 AM -0500, Person, Roderick wrote: >In minicom you need to make your modem either: > /dev/ttyS2 >or > /dev/ttyS3 >Depending on which modem your using. > >BTW, /dev/ttyS2 would be your 3rd serial

RE: grrr, No response from modem

1999-03-17 Thread Person, Roderick
In minicom you need to make your modem either: /dev/ttyS2 or /dev/ttyS3 Depending on which modem your using. BTW, /dev/ttyS2 would be your 3rd serial port, /dev/ttyS0 being the first serial port and so on..

IOCTL

1999-03-17 Thread Ricardo Jardel Nunes da Silveira - 294-1320
Dear Friends: Any one know where i can find more documentatin about ioctl(...) I want to do an program for serial communications in Linux. The man pages has little information. Thank You !

RE: Kernel 2.2.1 question.

1999-03-17 Thread Person, Roderick
Yes I did compile with elf support. > -Original Message- > From: Paul Miller [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 1999 8:04 PM > To: Person, Roderick > Cc: debian-user > Subject: Re: Kernel 2.2.1 question. > > "Person, Roderick" wrote: > > > > Paul, > > > > Thanks

System Hosed a.k.a Don't be nice to the wife and Mother-in-law!!

1999-03-17 Thread Person, Roderick
OK, The Mistakes It was all my stupid mistake. I was working with some tar's having fun hacking in Debian, and then my wife and mother-in-law need to use the computer to web browse. So since I had netscape running in Debian and that what they use in Win95, I decided to be nice and let them use Deb

Re: Netscape problems

1999-03-17 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
There are still two versions, although in dselect the name is too long and gets cut off in a screen which is 80 chars wide. You need the static (statically linked to motif libraries, to be specific) version unless you've purchased motif and have it installed on your system. Shanta McBain wrote:

Re: SLink ipfwadm or ipchains?

1999-03-17 Thread Ben Collins
On Wed, Mar 17, 1999 at 11:50:06AM -0500, Wayne Cuddy wrote: > Does SLink use ipfwadm or ipchains for firewalling and NAT? It's enabled for both. If you run a 2.0.x kernel (the default on slink) then you will need to use ipfwadm. If you upgrade to a 2.2.x kernel, then you will need to use ipchains

Re: VB and Active X

1999-03-17 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
Tommy Malloy wrote: > Someone I know who is learning programming sent me a link to a web page > they were working on that had VB and Active X controls. I couldn't see > any of it in netscape. Why not? Is it possible to see this stuff on a > Linux box? Are LInux users going to be cut off from

Re: samba: Operation not permitted (was: Re: vfat -> cp: file: Operation not permitted)

1999-03-17 Thread Martin Bialasinski
>> "JB" == Jiri Baum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: JB> I ask because I'd like to be able to use `mv' to move files. If it JB> can't set permissions on the destination, mv behaves like cp. On FAT partitions, there is no concept of permissions. So Linux uses values determined by the uid, gid and uma

SLink ipfwadm or ipchains?

1999-03-17 Thread Wayne Cuddy
Does SLink use ipfwadm or ipchains for firewalling and NAT? Thanks, Wayne

Re: apt problem?

1999-03-17 Thread Khalid EZZARAOUI
jeb wrote: > I've used dselect/apt for a long time to update my debian > distribution. For the last several days when I tried to update I get > the following message. > > Updating package file cache... > E: Line 3 in package file > /var/state/apt/lists/ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_potat > o_main_bi

PCI Modems and Trident cards

1999-03-17 Thread Shanta McBain
Hi I have a PCI modem which I cant seem to get Linux to see. There also dose not seem to be a Trident 975 driver for X windows. Do I have to run the PCI module, which I installed with dselect of the Debian website? Will this program detect the modem? Shanta

Netscape problems

1999-03-17 Thread Shanta McBain
Hi I used dselect to install all the communicator programs and it will not load. I had this problem with the dynamic version in an old installation but the static version seemed to work . In the latest builds there dose not seem to be these two versions. How can I get this product on line? Shant

Sound Card problems

1999-03-17 Thread Shanta McBain
Hi I am trying to setup my sound card. What is the kernel setup here? I download the latest Debian updates with Dselect on a weekly basis so I have the current release. Shanta McBain

Re: grrr, No response from modem

1999-03-17 Thread Jay Barbee
At 3/16/99 08:07 PM -0600, John Hasler wrote: >Jay Barbee writes: > >> Mar 16 16:49:16 torch kernel: tty02 at 0x03e8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A >> Mar 16 16:49:16 torch kernel: tty03 at 0x02e8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A > >> Modem should be in the first serial port. Any ideas how I can get this >> thing to

ANSWER: Re: Boot disk swiped, how to make one?

1999-03-17 Thread David B. Teague
On Fri, 12 Mar 1999, David B. Teague wrote: > I installed Slink on my system but had not installed LILO > to make it bootable directly from the HD. Someone swiped the > boot disk. > > Question: Is it possible, given the contents of the /etc/fstab > file and a knowledge of where the kernel is

emacs20 slink problems

1999-03-17 Thread Nathan O. Siemers
Hi folks, I think I am *still* getting bitten by the emacs19/emacs20 stuff. I have purged both packages using dpkg, then removed the /etc/emacs directory by hand (it was not removed by the purge), then tried a fresh emacs20 install. Error: emacsen-common: byte-compiling for emacs20 cp

Slink upgrade - problems with X.

1999-03-17 Thread Anthony Campbell
I just upgraded to slink, and followed the instructions to delete xbase. Lots of problems have resulted. I am very confused by the new X stuff. Startx wasn't installed, but I found it on the CDRom and installed it. To get startx to work I had to make a link from /etc/X11/XF86Config to /etc/XF86

Re: debian-user-digest Digest V99 #484

1999-03-17 Thread Franko Luin
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"sash"

1999-03-17 Thread Craig McVean
G'day Raul. i have sash installed as the root shell i typed exit and it through me out of myconsole to a login prompt ( well thats ok as i wanted to logout ) But now i cant login anymore. it tells me its running a restricted shell called exit and drops me back to the login screen again? i can't

How to edit /etc/init.d/network?

1999-03-17 Thread Paul Nathan Puri
So that my computer will apply the ipchains commands, the ipforward command in echo, the ifconfig, etc... at boot? NatePuri Certified Law Student & Debian GNU/Linux Monk McGeorge School of Law [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ompages.com

Re: Help."Can't log in as root"

1999-03-17 Thread Vardhan Varma
> Yes. Most strange I can't log in as root or "su" I have just upgraded to > "su:cannot execute exit no file or directory" then it just drops me back > to the ansci login prompt?? it seems like a danferous feature can it be > remidied ?? > Is it same with 'su' and 'su -' ? Boot

Re: Help."Can't log in as root"

1999-03-17 Thread Craig McVean
On Wed, Mar 17, 1999 at 11:57:27AM +0100, E.L. Meijer Eric" wrote: > > > > Yes. Most strange I can't log in as root or "su" I have just upgraded to > > slink from hamm. Everything went pretty well, for some reason sash became > > my shell for root? (probably me using dselect - iused the multicd

Re: Any way to read docs in base64?

1999-03-17 Thread J.H.M. Dassen
On Wed, Mar 17, 1999 at 08:28:15 +, Anthony Campbell wrote: > Thanks to all who kindly replied on this. I do have mutt but not the mime > decode stuff. If you have mutt, you don't need the stand-alone MIME handling packages. Mutt should be able to view the attachment, provided it has a proper

Re: Elm and sun mailtool attachments

1999-03-17 Thread J.H.M. Dassen
On Tue, Mar 16, 1999 at 20:49:52 -0800, Rich Pawlowicz wrote: > So...(1) Obviously, something recognizes that this isn't mime encoded, > but is sun-encoded, and > (2) There is some way of configuring this something to handle it...but... Look at the "emil" package; it can convert from

Re: Help."Can't log in as root"

1999-03-17 Thread E.L. Meijer \(Eric\)
> > Yes. Most strange I can't log in as root or "su" I have just upgraded to > slink from hamm. Everything went pretty well, for some reason sash became my > shell for root? (probably me using dselect - iused the multicd method. well > not Knowing > sash (well not at all axcept that its pretty

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