>
> What is the One True Debian way to allow users access to special devices such
> as
> floppies, CD-ROM drives and modems (ie., ppp, efax and minicom)?
>
> But simply doing the following for user foo does not work (at least on my
> 2.1 system):
>
> # addgroup foo floppy
> # addgr
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What is the One True Debian way to allow users access to special devices such as
floppies, CD-ROM drives and modems (ie., ppp, efax and minicom)?
The Debian FAQ has this to say on the subject:
12.2 How can I provide access to hardware peripherals, without
compromising security?
Subject: Lynx, Telnet won't resolve host
Date: Wed, Apr 07, 1999 at 05:42:01PM +
In reply to:Jim
Quoting Jim([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Hi,
>
> I am able to get Lynx and Telnet to connect to an (non local) IP address
> such as xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx,
> but when I enter in a URL such as
Wolfgang Ginolas wrote:
>
> i have installed linux on a 386 over NFS. After writing a bootsector on
> disk, and makeing a boot-Floppy debian boots the new system. Everything
> looks fine until he sais:
>
> Configuring serial ports...Serial driver version 4.13 with no serial
> options enaled
> t
Glad to hear that you got PPP working! I had a similar experience on a frend's
machine
with RedHat, and I ended up installing Debian to get PPP working. Fetchmail
insists on
calling the local machine localhost, so change your /etc/exim.conf to have a
local_domains = localhost:machinename
For
Hi,
I am able to get Lynx and Telnet to connect to an (non local) IP address
such as xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx,
but when I enter in a URL such as http://www.foo.com I get the error
"can't resolve host".
I read the pppHOWTO (but I'm not sure if a; I understand it all, and b;
if it even applies since wvdial
So, I installed slink on my machine, and got to the dselect phase. I
read the docs and ran dselect, and got to the Install phase, whereupon
it took about 20 hours to download all the selected packages, which
seems about right. I got back to the machine, and it was back to the
dselect main menu, w
On Wed, Apr 07, 1999 at 10:08:22PM +0800, Paul Harris wrote:
> hi,
>
> when I try to login through xdm, it disappears, I expect my X
> (windowmaker) to start up, but xdm comes back! as if nothing happened.
>
> I'd like to tell you more, but I can't figure out where to look for error
> messages...
On Tue, Apr 06, 1999 at 11:41:30PM -0500, Matt Miller wrote:
Several things:
1. You don't need to compile the object files and then link them in two
seperate steps.
2. You need to #include iostream.h
3. You need to link with the stdc++ library to get all of the C++ I/O classes
The command line w
On Wed, Apr 07, 1999 at 11:19:10AM -0500, Christian Dysthe wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have been using imwhweel to be able to use wheel mice under Linux. Works
> great.
>
> I was wondering if there are other solutions to wheel mice use integrated in
> Debian now?
>
> ---
>
On Wed, Apr 07, 1999 at 07:58:05PM +0200, Piotr Domagalski wrote:
Download kernel-source-2.0.36 and build a new kernel with the sound
stuff compiled in. Don't use the ALSA packages, ALSA is fast-moving
and if you really want it you need to snag it from the ALSA web site.
--
Stephen Pitts
[EMAIL P
On Wed, 7 Apr 1999, Brian Servis wrote:
> *- On 7 Apr, Bob Nielsen wrote about "Re: Why was gs-aladdin removed as
> "recommends" from magicfilter?"
> > On 7 Apr 1999, Jan Vroonhof wrote:
> >
> >> Brian Servis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >>
> >> > > Recommends: lpr | lprng, gs (>= 3.33) | gs-
Hi ppl, Could someone explain me how should I use uucp to download
multiple files at once. This command doesn't work for me:
uucp crdlx2\!/var/spool/uucppublic/\*tmp gaguk\!~
...while these four commands do their job just fine.
uucp crdlx2\!/var/spool/uucppublic/123tmp gaguk\!~
uucp crdlx2\!/var/
Shaun Lipscombe writes:
> did you know that pppd itself can act as an on-demand service?
But with no filtering. Fine if you don't mind having any packet bring up
the link.
--
John Hasler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
On Wed, 7 Apr 1999, Gary Singleton wrote:
> With all the discussion about these two over the last
> couple of days I have to ask what the advantage of
> gs-aladdin is (if any)? I read the FAQ on Wisconsin's
> home for Ghostscript and in section 1.3 it states that
> the only difference is in licen
Brian Servis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> For me it is the addition by the gs-aladdin maintainer of the HP Deskjet
> driver.
But that driver is LGPL so it could also go into the free gs.
> I use it with the 660c but it works great, much better than the dj550
> driver that is in the free gs.
In
I have used the .debs Brian mentioned without difficulty since he put them
out weeks ago with Slink.
On Wed, 7 Apr 1999, Brian Servis wrote:
> *- On 7 Apr, James Mastros wrote about "Re: [q] XFree 3.3.3.1 available in
> .deb?"
> > On Wed, Apr 07, 1999 at 04:04:47PM -0400, Jozef Skvarcek wrote:
*- On 7 Apr, James Mastros wrote about "Re: [q] XFree 3.3.3.1 available in
.deb?"
> On Wed, Apr 07, 1999 at 04:04:47PM -0400, Jozef Skvarcek wrote:
>> Can somebody suggest a place I can download XFree 3.3.3.1 in debian
>> packages from? (If they exist...)
> There are pre-release packages avaible
I want finally to migrate to Debian 2.0 from 1.3.1. I have purchased a
new
12.7 Quantum drive, and hope to install 2.0 on it, but leave 1.3.1
temporarily
on the old drive (this drive has win95 on the first partition, and
Debian
1.3.1 and a swap on the next two partitions---I boot from a floppy into
On Wed, Apr 07, 1999 at 04:04:47PM -0400, Jozef Skvarcek wrote:
> Can somebody suggest a place I can download XFree 3.3.3.1 in debian
> packages from? (If they exist...)
There are pre-release packages avaible at
http://master.debian.org/~branden/xfree86-3331/. If you're using apt, add
the followin
On Wed, 7 Apr 1999, JonesMB wrote:
> I have setup a couple of Debian/Linux systems in the lab at work.
> They are used for many things, including acting as telnet and FTP
> servers for various test programs. The test engineers complain that
> when an attempt is made to connect to the Linux bo
Hello
I cannot hear any difference between mp3 encoded with different encoders. So
for me the most usefull thing that mp3 encoder shold have, is a good
encoding-speed. I found lamer to be the quickier.
lamer comes inside scEamer, a package for sending info to a shoucast server.
You can find sc
On Wed, Apr 07, 1999 at 16:04:47 -0400, Jozef Skvarcek wrote:
> Can somebody suggest a place I can download XFree 3.3.3.1 in debian
> packages from? (If they exist...)
As posted numerous times already: see
http://master.debian.org/~branden/xsf.html
HTH,
Ray
--
Tevens ben ik van mening dat Neder
On Wed, 7 Apr 1999, JonesMB wrote:
> I have setup a couple of Debian/Linux systems in the lab at work.
> They are used for many things, including acting as telnet and FTP
> servers for various test programs. The test engineers complain that
> when an attempt is made to connect to the Linux b
I have setup a couple of Debian/Linux systems in the lab at work.
They are used for many things, including acting as telnet and FTP
servers for various test programs. The test engineers complain that
when an attempt is made to connect to the Linux box, it takes a while
before they get the log
Hi,
Can somebody suggest a place I can download XFree 3.3.3.1 in debian
packages from? (If they exist...) I have Diamond FireGL 1000 PRO
videocard that requires the version of XFree, and so far I was not
able to find it.
Thank you,
Jozef Skvarcek __
*- On 7 Apr, Gary Singleton wrote about "What advantage; gs-aladdin vs. gs?"
> With all the discussion about these two over the last
> couple of days I have to ask what the advantage of
> gs-aladdin is (if any)? I read the FAQ on Wisconsin's
> home for Ghostscript and in section 1.3 it states tha
I'm using debian 2.1.
I find that /etc/init.d/lpd starts two copies of the lpd daemon. Is this a
bug or a feature?
Anthony
--
Anthony Campbell - running Linux Debian 2.1
Book Reviews: www.achc.demon.co.uk/bookreviews/
"The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,
Moves on..." - Edward Fit
Title:
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On Wed, 7 Apr 1999, Raymond A. Ingles wrote:
> On Tue, 6 Apr 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > One thing you may want to check is the cable. That's one of the biggest
> > trouble-makers when dealing with SCSI problems, especially in Linux,
> > from what I've noticed. Low quality or older cab
> I have recently installed debian on a older pc at work with only a 500 meg
> hard drive and no cdrom. There was no room for both downloaded deb files
> and the uncompressed system on the hard drive if I installed all the options
> I wanted, therefore, I installed the standard system. Now, I wan
On Wed, Apr 07, 1999 at 11:56:45 -0700, Gary Singleton wrote:
> With all the discussion about these two over the last couple of days I
> have to ask what the advantage of gs-aladdin is (if any)?
Unless I'm mistaken, gs-aladdin is the actively maintained version, i.e.
new/improved drivers and new
Where can I find the latest copy of the user's guide in a Debian package?
I installed from
http://www.debian.org/~jim/debian-gtk-gnome/gnome-stage-slink, but I am
still missing the user's guide.
- thanks, Bill
David B.Teague dixit:
>
> On Mon, 5 Apr 1999, Stefan Langerman wrote:
>
> I have thought about using alien to create a .deb and then used dpkg to
> install it. IF the tarball puts things in the right places, it seems to me
> that this should work find. It has the added advantage of my being able
On Mon, Apr 05, 1999 at 11:21:32PM -0500, Christian Dysthe wrote:
> Hi,
>
> does anyone know what is going on with XFmail (or not is going on!)? The
> mailing list is dead. The page hasn't been updated in a while.
>
> XFmail is the only GUI email client I have been able to find that (sort of)
> c
Hi,
I've been playing with gnome stuff in my debian box. I upgraded it to
potato, to have to most recent things, as the ones in slink don't work
very well.
Well, it looks like every time I exit gnome (log out), the session
records the very gnome-panel as an application to be started when the
gno
With all the discussion about these two over the last
couple of days I have to ask what the advantage of
gs-aladdin is (if any)? I read the FAQ on Wisconsin's
home for Ghostscript and in section 1.3 it states that
the only difference is in licensing. The only
difference there is apparently that t
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to install the packages xfonts-cyrillic_3.3.2.3a-11.deb and
> xfonts-cjk_3.3.2.3a-11.deb, for which I need xfs and xbase-clients;
>
> xbase-clients_3.3.2.3a-11.deb depends, among others, on xlib6g (>=
> 3.3.2.3a-2)
> (the rest of the dependencies were already installed in the
*- On 7 Apr, Gergely Madarasz wrote about "Re: Why was gs-aladdin removed as
"recommends" from magicfilter?"
> On Wed, 7 Apr 1999, Brian Servis wrote:
>
>> *- On 7 Apr, Bob Nielsen wrote about "Re: Why was gs-aladdin removed as
>> "recommends" from magicfilter?"
>> > On 7 Apr 1999, Jan Vroonho
Subject: timezones FAQ
Date: Wed, Apr 07, 1999 at 11:26:48AM -0400
In reply to:Seth M. Landsman
Quoting Seth M. Landsman([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Okay, here's a probable FAQ that I can't find the answer to in
> /usr/doc or the man pages or through some web surfing.
>
>
On Tue, 6 Apr 1999, Holtz, Mike IS wrote:
> Subject: SCSI problem
> Trying to install Debian 2.02 and the rescue disk boot system is
> having problems with the aha2940 scsi adapter.
> Basically it sees it ok, but at the point where it goes to scan
> for devices it gets the following
On 07-Apr-99 Richard Harran wrote:
> Do you mean that you are trying to start a second X session while the
> first is still running, or are you having difficulty starting for a
> second time having exited the first session?
>
> If it is the first (and you get an error like:
> server is alre
On Wed, 7 Apr 1999, Brian Servis wrote:
> *- On 7 Apr, Bob Nielsen wrote about "Re: Why was gs-aladdin removed as
> "recommends" from magicfilter?"
> > On 7 Apr 1999, Jan Vroonhof wrote:
> >
> >> Brian Servis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >>
> >> > > Recommends: lpr | lprng, gs (>= 3.33) | gs-
On Mon, 5 Apr 1999, Stefan Langerman wrote:
> Subject: What do I do with tarballs?
>
> dselect is great, but what do I do when there is no deb package for the
> soft I want? I know of course how to install somethng from a tarball, my
> question is just: where do I do it? Where do I put the packa
Hi,
I'm trying to install the packages xfonts-cyrillic_3.3.2.3a-11.deb and
xfonts-cjk_3.3.2.3a-11.deb, for which I need xfs and xbase-clients;
xbase-clients_3.3.2.3a-11.deb depends, among others, on xlib6g (>= 3.3.2.3a-2)
(the rest of the dependencies were already installed in the system);
xlib6
*- On 7 Apr, Bob Nielsen wrote about "Re: Why was gs-aladdin removed as
"recommends" from magicfilter?"
> On 7 Apr 1999, Jan Vroonhof wrote:
>
>> Brian Servis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>> > > Recommends: lpr | lprng, gs (>= 3.33) | gs-aladdin
>> > >
>> > > to
>> > >
>> > > Recommends: lp
Do you mean that you are trying to start a second X session while the
first is still running, or are you having difficulty starting for a
second time having exited the first session?
If it is the first (and you get an error like:
server is already active for display :0, or something)
you c
Hi !
I've been trying to run this soundcard since I first installed Debian
GNU/Linux. I don't know which drivers to use ? Alsa ? These from kernel
(2.0.36) ? Will these from kernel work ? (I don't use 2.2.x and 'll not
use it untill Potato goes stable). I thought that this won't work on
kernel dri
Richard Harran wrote:
Isn't the X packages in cd 2?
>
> I'm not sure about this, but perhaps you should remove, rather than
> purge, the xbase package. This is what I did, and I did not get this
> problem. The difference between purging and removing is that removing
> leaves configuration files
Chris Blain wrote:
>
> I'm having a problem with my text screen being corrupted after I exit X.
> The screen is all garbled and it doesn't print regular characters. Any idea
> what causes this and if there is a fix?
X is corrupting the console. Upgrade X, or use setfont to reset
terminal fonts
Subject: Console Screen Saver
Date: Wed, Apr 07, 1999 at 11:33:26AM -0500
In reply to:Chris Brown
Quoting Chris Brown([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> We would like to completely and fully disable the screen saver for
> the console.
>
setterm - set terminal attributes
setterm [ -blank [
On Tue, 6 Apr 1999, Terry Gray wrote:
> The possibility of UW releasing a version of Pine specifically for Debian
> Linux is not out of the question,
I think a possible solution for this "problem" is that UW itself
distributes pine in .deb format.
Would you willing to do this?
> but it is also
bob blipped,
> > If that is the reason then I think this either a bug in the policy or
> > a misinterpretation of it. It does not "require" it because the
> > recommends is on "gs | gs-alladin". i.e. you can satisfy it with the
> > DFSG free version of gs.
> I agree, although a better approach m
On Tue, 6 Apr 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> One thing you may want to check is the cable. That's one of the biggest
> trouble-makers when dealing with SCSI problems, especially in Linux,
> from what I've noticed. Low quality or older cables are notorious for
> giving headaches, especially with
On Wed, Apr 07, 1999 at 12:43:37PM -0500, Chris Brown wrote:
> The command we use is "setterm -blank 0"
>
> it works once logged in, but we want to disable blanking the screen
> very early on in the boot process.
Create a file /etc/rcS.d/0screen_blank and put that command in it. You
may also n
On 7 Apr 1999, Jan Vroonhof wrote:
> Brian Servis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > > Recommends: lpr | lprng, gs (>= 3.33) | gs-aladdin
> > >
> > > to
> > >
> > > Recommends: lpr | lprng, gs (>= 3.33)
> > >
> > > Isn't this carrying the free/non-free argument a bit far?
> > In addition,
The command we use is "setterm -blank 0"
it works once logged in, but we want to disable blanking the screen
very early on in the boot process.
On 7 Apr 99 at 8:42, Alan Su wrote:
> what is the command you're using to turn off screen blanking?
>
> -alan
>
***
Title: Installing X after a standard install
I have recently installed debian on a older pc at work with only a 500 meg hard drive and no cdrom. There was no room for both downloaded deb files and the uncompressed system on the hard drive if I installed all the options I wanted, therefore, I
I'm having a problem with my text screen being corrupted after I exit X.
The screen is all garbled and it doesn't print regular characters. Any idea
what causes this and if there is a fix?
Thanks,
--Chris
On Wed, 7 Apr 1999, Richard Harran wrote:
> I'm not sure about this, but perhaps you should remove, rather than
> purge, the xbase package. This is what I did, and I did not get this
> problem. The difference between purging and removing is that removing
> leaves configuration files alone, so pe
i have installed linux on a 386 over NFS. After writing a bootsector on
disk, and makeing a boot-Floppy debian boots the new system. Everything
looks fine until he sais:
Configuring serial ports...Serial driver version 4.13 with no serial
options enaled
tty00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16450
tty01 a
We would like to completely and fully disable the screen saver for
the console.
We know the command use at the command line and it works, but.
we would like to have the system comeup without the screen
saver, so if it stops somewhere in boot or a the login prompt the
screen doesnt t
Hi,
I doubt that my ISP would agree to that :-) But I could ask.
On Tue, Apr 06, 1999 at 05:33:31PM -0500, Jonathan Guthrie wrote:
> On Sat, 3 Apr 1999, Andrew Holmes wrote:
>
> > Wouldn't it be nice if POP mail boxes could be set to
> > automatically bounce messages over a certain s
Okay, here's a probable FAQ that I can't find the answer to in
/usr/doc or the man pages or through some web surfing.
As of daylight savings time, all my debian machines have been slow
one hour because the timezone is not correct. The obvious (changing
/etc/timezones from EST to
Hi,
I have been using imwhweel to be able to use wheel mice under Linux. Works
great.
I was wondering if there are other solutions to wheel mice use integrated in
Debian now?
---
Regards,
Christian Dysthe
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.bigfoot.com/~cdysthe
IC
Thanks Bruce; I appreciate your note.
-teg
On Wed, 7 Apr 1999, Bruce Sass wrote:
> Terry,
>
> Sorry if I misrepresented your position,
> "broke off" does carry too much connotative baggage.
>
>
> - Bruce
>
>
On Tue, 6 Apr 1999, Brian Servis wrote:
> *- On 6 Apr, Bob Nielsen wrote about "Why was gs-aladdin removed as
> "recommends" from magicfilter?"
> > magicfilter 1.2-29 changed
> >
> > Recommends: lpr | lprng, gs (>= 3.33) | gs-aladdin
> >
> > to
> >
> > Recommends: lpr | lprng, gs (>= 3.33)
>
In a message dated 4/6/99 6:27:27 PM Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> AFAIK, your problem is neither new nor soluble: what's happening is that
> your pixelsize is too large for the default windowsize to fit within the
> screen boundaries--either set a higher resolution or live
Keith G. Murphy wrote:
>
> Daryl Williams wrote:
> >
> > hello,
> >
> > i have just set up a hylafax server and i would like to customize
> > the cover page. it currently prints a silicon graphics logo.
> > is there a way to change this? also the cover page does not
> > contain "company", "regardi
what is this mars package I keep seeing
In a message dated 4/6/99 5:44:49 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
> $ /usr/local/netscape/netscape
> /usr/local/netscape/netscape: can't load library 'libXpm.so.4'
>
> all the xpm pkgs in stable/x11 are installed.
>
>
Is it possible you have the libc6 versions of x
Look at your .xsession-errors or /var//log/xdm.log to see what is says for
errors and
get back to me
craig
Paul Harris wrote:
> hi,
>
> when I try to login through xdm, it disappears, I expect my X
> (windowmaker) to start up, but xdm comes back! as if nothing happened.
>
> I'd like to tell you
hi,
when I try to login through xdm, it disappears, I expect my X
(windowmaker) to start up, but xdm comes back! as if nothing happened.
I'd like to tell you more, but I can't figure out where to look for error
messages... I read the xdm man page (some of it) and I don't want to have
to use the -
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On Wed, 7 Apr 1999 09:29:49 -0400 (EDT), Will Lowe wrote:
>How about ssh? Do
>ssh remote_machine remote_app
>and ssh will set up the xauth stuff _for_ you.
M, IIRC that doesn't set up the environment, however, which I need.
> >I may be missing something here. But is xhost + what you want??
> Ah, my savior. xhost +[machine name] worked nicely. Thanks for the
> help.
How about ssh? Do
ssh remote_machine remote_app
and ssh will set up the xauth stuff _for_ you.
Hi,
I keep getting this fiendly email from cron:
/etc/cron.daily/suidmanager:
/usr/sbin/sendmail PERMISSION MISMATCH: was root.root 777 changed to root.root
4755
I am using exim so the sendmail refered to is just a symbolic link. But I still
would like to know why this happens.
TIA
--
Hi,
If I download the source code for something, compile it, and install
it, how do I get dpkg to know that it's there? I downloaded a new
version of qt from trolltech's web site and installed it on my
machine. Then I downloaded kde debian packages and tried to install
them. dpkg complained
Brian Servis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Recommends: lpr | lprng, gs (>= 3.33) | gs-aladdin
> >
> > to
> >
> > Recommends: lpr | lprng, gs (>= 3.33)
> >
> > Isn't this carrying the free/non-free argument a bit far?
> In addition, the packages in "main"
> => * must not require a p
On Tue, 6 Apr 1999, George Bonser wrote in response to
Steve Lamb, on 6 Apr 1999:
> Subject: Re: Xauth, how to get rid of it?
> Steve, you do not want to get rid of xauth ... exactly what problem are
> you having?
I have a slightly different problem:
The presence of Xauth prevents me from start
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On Wed, 7 Apr 1999 03:36:40 -0600 (MDT), John Galt wrote:
>But the emailing standard predates both FTP and HTTP, thus the situation
>existed once.
Excuse me? Which emailing standard? AFAICT by the RFCs email emerged
as its own protocol around t
hi.
List,
I have no problem connecting to my isp and I don't have any problems
with my transfer rate but in /var/log/messages I keep seeing this error
messages; "can't locate module ppp-compress-21". I have managed to disable
this error message but I am still wondering exactly what incompletene
I'm not sure about this, but perhaps you should remove, rather than
purge, the xbase package. This is what I did, and I did not get this
problem. The difference between purging and removing is that removing
leaves configuration files alone, so perhaps purging xbase removes
config files necessary
On Wed, 07 Apr 1999, J.H.M. Dassen wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 07, 1999 at 05:11:27 -0400, Sean wrote:
> > Just bypass the whole package manager, download the source, compile and
> > install.
>
> Bypassing the package manager is usually a bad idea, unless you compile the
> source to install outside the p
On Wed, 07 Apr 1999, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> where can I find mars_nwe in deb package ?
> >>
> >
> >It is in project/experimental.
>
> Does it mean that I cannot download it ?
> If I can - where ?
>
look for the project directory on any ftp server which has a
mirror of ftp.de
On 06 Apr 1999q, Raymond A. Ingles wrote:
>
> I upgraded (at least, with CD 1) from 2.0 -> 2.1 last night, and
> everything seemed to be fine. I quit dselect, fired up X, and while
> running X, looked at some notes I had made preparing for the upgrade.
>
> I purged xbase, since it's been claim
J.H.M. Dassen wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 07, 1999 at 05:11:27 -0400, Sean wrote:
> > Just bypass the whole package manager, download the source, compile and
> > install.
>
> Bypassing the package manager is usually a bad idea, unless you compile the
> source to install outside the package manager contro
On Tue, Apr 06, 1999 at 04:18:32PM -0400, Mitch Blevins wrote:
[...]
> This happens to me often with Netscape 4.51 and 4.08. Although it is
> immortal when faced with a windowmanager kill signal, is has always
> died properly when faced with a "kill -9 "
I found that "kill -12" (USR2) is more gra
On Wed, Apr 07, 1999 at 00:45:31 +, Terry Hancock wrote:
> On the Hamm CDs, the "Qt" library required by KDE is not included for
> licensing reasons.
> However, the Troll Tech website claims the newer versions of Qt are "free"
> software,
Qt 2.0 will be licensed under the QPL 1.0, which is a
On Wed, Apr 07, 1999 at 05:11:27 -0400, Sean wrote:
> Just bypass the whole package manager, download the source, compile and
> install.
Bypassing the package manager is usually a bad idea, unless you compile the
source to install outside the package manager controlled directories, e.g.
by --prefi
On Tue, 6 Apr 1999, Steve Lamb wrote:
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> On Tue, 6 Apr 1999 19:10:33 -0600 (MDT), John Galt wrote:
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> >I posited a problem wherein FTP and HTTP were both unavailable, so the
> >obvious solution is mail--NOT snail mail, email.
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> And if
Shaikh Abdul Tahir wrote:
> Where i can find sendmail listserver or somebody have that link please
> sendme
>
> Tahnx
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Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct,
not tried it. -- Donald E. Knuth
Please always Cc to me when replying to me on the lists.
Just bypass the whole package manager, download the source, compile and install.
This way when you decide to upgrade you won't have to worry about qt-kde getting
broken unless some of their support libraries change. And even if that does
happen,
it would just mean that you would need to recompile
Hi,
I've installed the "Hamm" (=2.0) distribution of Debian Linux from CD,
and I intended from the
start to install KDE as quickly as I could, but Debian has since gone to
"Slink" (=2.1).
On the Hamm CDs, the "Qt" library required by KDE is not included for
licensing reasons.
However, the Troll Te
I am having some problem with sendmail 8.9.3 which i have recently
compile on my operating system Bsd/Os 3.0 the error what i am getting is
"relaying denied Please check the message recipients and try again "
I have check my relay domains entry or some other configuration but i
did'nt find any t
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Terry,
Sorry if I misrepresented your position,
"broke off" does carry too much connotative baggage.
- Bruce
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On Tue, 6 Apr 1999, Terry Gray wrote:
> Bruce,
> I would have been much happier with phrasing such as "has not yet
> responded" rather than the much more pejorative "broke off
> com
>> Hi,
>>
>> where can I find mars_nwe in deb package ?
>>
>
>It is in project/experimental.
Does it mean that I cannot download it ?
If I can - where ?
przemol
>> Hi,
>>
>> where can I find mars_nwe in deb package ?
>>
>
>It is in project/experimental.
Does it mean that I cannot download it ?
If I can - where ?
przemol
On Wed, Apr 07, 1999 at 12:11:54AM -0700, George Bonser wrote:
> But now any user at [machine name] may monitor everything you do.
Considering it is my laptop and I am the only user, I'm not all that
worried. And if I were on my laptop going to my main machine (sometimes
happens) then it is m
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