On Wed, Apr 07, 1999 at 11:22:50PM +0200, Jan Vroonhof wrote:
> 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.
At least in gs-5.10-1 it is.
--
Hi Tyrus,
Remember to use the rawrite (or dd in *nix) when creating these
floppies rather than formatting and just coping the file to them. They
should fit on a normal high density disk.
Hope this helps,
Rob
> doesn't look like that has been done. Also, is there some kind of utility
> on Debian that I could use to check my hard drive space? I know about the
> utilities to check my RAM but haven't been able to find anything about hard
> drive. Thanks for any help.
>
> Shawn
man df
Andrew
---
Hi,
I have seen a lot of messages lately on this list about the Xfree86
version 3.3.3.1 as being better because it seems to fix a lot of the bug in
the previous version. I was wondering if Debian is looking to update their
Xfree86 debian package to this newer version, when I looked in
On Sun, Apr 11, 1999 at 02:26:01PM +1000, Alan Eugene Davis wrote:
>
> I have been having a problem that when I fetch my mail using
> fetchmail, the new messages do not always appear, at least
> immediately. Sometimes, I have to run fetchmail a second time, then
> a few messages appear, and as I d
Hi,
> Is it possible to sync two servers connected over the internet?
> I want to sync the home-dirs of my users and there should be a very low
What about the "coda" filesystem?
> delay to sync files (some seconds or less). It should also be possible
> to exclude files (on name, user, group, perm
I seem to be having a problem with my floppy drive install of
Debian GNU/Linux. I downloade rescu144.bin, and it is exactly 1.4
MB. However, I can't seem to get ahold of a floppy that has more that 1.38
MB of space on it. It says they are 1.4 MB floppies, but upon formatting
them, I find
John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Robbie writes:
> > I had this problem...just touch .ppprc, and everything should be OK.
> > It worked for me, at least.
>
> Yes, but you shouldn't have to. It's a bug somewhere. The puzzlement is
> that I have the same version of pppd as Bob does but I
Albert Hurd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I want finally to migrate to Debian 2.0 from 1.3.1. I have purchased a
> new 12.7 gig 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 o
I have been having a problem that when I fetch my mail using
fetchmail, the new messages do not always appear, at least
immediately. Sometimes, I have to run fetchmail a second time, then
a few messages appear, and as I delete messages, new messages begin
showing at the tail end of the buffer.
On Fri, Apr 09, 1999 at 03:01:02PM -0300, Carlos Carvalho wrote:
> Collins M. Ben ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote on 9 April 1999 11:18:
> >Then again maybe you could read the docs. You have two choices...
>
> I tried...
>
> >a) rm -f /dev/ptmx
>
> Ah, I hadn't noticed this in /dev...
>
> >b) make s
On Fri, Apr 09, 1999 at 04:03:16PM -0400, Don Gillaspie wrote:
> I want to allow all users of machines I have listed in /etc/hosts.equiv
> access to my printers.
[.snipp.]
>
> Any ideas?
please have a look at `/etc/lpdperms`
line starts with
ACCEPT SERVICE=
change to Your needs, its described
m
On Fri, 9 Apr 1999, Havoc Pennington wrote:
> > What about dividing deb-packages into smaller pieces? Which kind of
> > software can handle this from a dos-machine into the debian-machine?
> >
>
> I think maybe pkzip can. I'm not sure though.
I'll see. I think that I've got the docs of pkzip.
>
>Is it possible to format 1.44 meg floppies into bigger ones so that a
>(win)do(w)s- and the debian-machine both can read the floppies?
>
i once had a program (vga-copy) that could make 1.6 floppies out of 1.44
ones (office 95 had those). Don't know if that would work on Linux
On Sat, 10 Apr 1999, virtanen wrote:
> in a dos-machine to make them smaller and 'unzip' them in the
> debian-machine?
>
Debian packages are already compressed, so you can't really make them
significantly smaller via compression.
> What about dividing deb-packages into smaller pieces? Which ki
Anyone knows a cheap way to get debian packages, which are too big for a
floppy to a computer, which isn't networked and has got only a cdrom
driver and a floppy disk driver? Is it possible to 'pkzip' deb-packages
in a dos-machine to make them smaller and 'unzip' them in the
debian-machine?
Is
Hi all!
How can I tell how much time a program spent running? (Real elapsed
time as well as cpu time or something).
Also: apt-get install of some things wants to upgrade me to glibc2.1
etc. (from regular glibc2). is this safe yet? ive heard it breaks things!:(
Thanks!
Timothy
Pollywog writes:
> For instance, could I tar (recursively) /local/mail and copy all the
> files to a floppy with the directory structure intact?
Yes. Just like tape. Note, however, that one bad sector will make the tar
unreadable. If you are going to do this you should test the floppies and
not
I have successfully built Linux 2.2.5 on a Debian 2.1 system, and so far
it appears the various utils work without updating to unstable. I've had
colleagues who have been running the 2.1/2.2 kernels under Slink give the
same reports. Debian 2.0 on the other hand probably has some compatability
prob
As a student and an employee at the UW, it seems to me very unlikely that
Pine will even be actively developed in the near future, considering the
generally antagonistic attitude of the administrators (PHB's, so to speak)
towards anything non-Microsoft, and more and more of the students,
faculty, a
On Thu, 8 Apr 1999, Mark Mackenzie wrote:
> I intend to buy a scanner, mainly to be used for OCR of journal articles
> (with some b/w pictures), hopefully for less than $AUS250 (arround $A150
> I guess)
Sadly, the state of OCR under Linux is... immature at best. There
currently is no usable OCR
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On 09-Apr-99 Gary L. Hennigan wrote:
> Pollywog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>| I was going about reformatting a floppy disk I use to backup my Exim
>| filters
>| and configs and I remembered something: DOS floppies are limited to 8.3
>| type
>| names. I believe there are some ways around this wh
Hello all --
I have a dual processor Pentium II system, and I recently decided to
switch to the new version of SMP (the old version had been giving me
problems). That meant moving to the new kernel.
To use the new kernel within the framework of the stable distribution,
I had to upgrade certa
Pollywog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
| I was going about reformatting a floppy disk I use to backup my Exim filters
| and configs and I remembered something: DOS floppies are limited to 8.3 type
| names. I believe there are some ways around this which I cannot
| remember, but instead I will keep
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Hash: SHA1
Sorry about the previous post. This version is a little cleaner.
I want to allow all users of machines I have listed in /etc/hosts.equiv
access to my printers. The absence of :rs: in /etc/printcap is supposed
to allow that. Why isn't it working?
A
I want to allow all users of machines I have listed in
/etc/hosts.equiv access to my printers.
The absence of :rs: in /etc/printcap is supposed to allow
that.
Why isn't it working?
Anyone on any other machine who user an account I have defined
on my machine (like root, or don)
can print j
After doing this (adding exit 0 to prerm) ...
dpkg --purge autofs
dpkg: error processing autofs (--purge):
Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
reinstall it before attempting a removal.
Errors were encountered while processing:
autofs
OK, so I r
I fixed the problem by stopping gpm. It was conflicting with my X mouse
protocol. I simply removed it from/etc/init.d.
-D
---
On Fri, 09 Apr 1999 01:26:40 Martin Waller wrote:
>I think you will need to recompile your kernel with the proper mouse support,
>as the default kernel doesn't come w
On Fri, 9 Apr 1999, Branden Robinson wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 07, 1999 at 10:49:07PM -0600, Rick Macdonald wrote:
> > I have a program that I want to run only while my PC is unattended. I
> > don't need the screen locked necessarily.
> How about the "xautolock" package?
Ah, that's what I was asking
I think that if you use make menuconfig or make xconfig, it 'remembers'
what you had the last time you ran it. Thus you only have to set the
options that you want to change.
HTH
Rich
Pollywog wrote:
>
> If I need to add a module, can I do so without having to answer ALL the 'make
> config' stuff
Add an "exit 0" to the top of the prerm script and try again.
i.e.,
#!/bin/bash
exit 0
Regards,
Jeff
On Fri, Apr 09, 1999 at 03:31:18PM -0400, Paul Kirschner wrote:
> In the process of installing and removing autofs and amd, I got autofs
> locked up so that I cannot remove, purge, install or u
On Thu, Apr 08, 1999 at 07:42:10PM -, Pollywog wrote:
> Is libXt.so.6 a glibc library as I suspect, or am I wrong?
It's not part of the GNU C Library, no. The "6" is the major version
number of the library itself. In this case that corresponds to the "6" in
"X11R6", which has nothing to do w
If I need to add a module, can I do so without having to answer ALL the 'make
config' stuff again; can I simply edit /usr/src/linux/.config to add the
desired module and then perform all the other steps (make bzdisk, make
modules, lilo, etc)?
thanks
--
Andrew
[PGP5.0 Key ID 0x5EE61C37]
In the process of installing and removing autofs and amd, I got autofs
locked up so that I cannot remove, purge, install or unpack it. All I
get is...
dpkg --purge autofs
(Reading database ... 28494 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing autofs ...
Stopping automounter.
dpkg: error p
On 09-Apr-99 Branden Robinson wrote:
> The following is one possibility, and is what I use:
>
> export XAUTHORITY=/home/branden/.Xauthority
This is what I have done after someone suggested it to me.
I first su'd to root in an xterm after starting KDE as "pollywog"
Then I entered export XAUTHORIT
On Wed, Apr 07, 1999 at 10:49:07PM -0600, Rick Macdonald wrote:
> I have a program that I want to run only while my PC is unattended. I
> don't need the screen locked necessarily.
>
> xlock does this for me:
>
> xlock +nolock -startCmd startsetiathome -mode blank
>
> but I have to run it manuall
Hi again !
Ok I'm posting letter about that card the last time but I want to know a
few things :
I have 2.0.36 and don't want to upgrade to any other till potato will be
stable. I want to use OPL3SA3. My distribution is Slink.
How can I use this card ? I want clean answer 'cos I'm tired of tryin
On Thu, Apr 08, 1999 at 01:25:53PM -0700, Ben Messinger wrote:
> Pollywog wrote:
> > I get those annoying MAGIC COOKIE warnings when I su from a regular user and
> > this even happens when I use vim after 'su'. I am still able to edit stuff,
> > and the only problem is when I need to run some X pr
On Thu, Apr 08, 1999 at 11:12:03PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I'm trying to set up 2-4 Debian boxes at school to run in parallel under
> lam (MPI) and have several problems frustrating me. The machines are
> currently Not
> recognized by their names (eg. dasher.myschool.edu ) but rather on
On Fri, 9 Apr 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> OK, but if the addresses change occasionally, then it would still be a mess
> even with setting up a DNS, yes? (given that the hosts file needs IP
> addresses?)
The suggestion of dynamic dns is probably the best one. Check out
dhis.org.
> Out of
I was going about reformatting a floppy disk I use to backup my Exim filters
and configs and I remembered something: DOS floppies are limited to 8.3 type
names. I believe there are some ways around this which I cannot remember, but
instead I will keep using ext2 on some floppies like this one.
-
On Fri, 9 Apr 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on
> 04/09/99
>at 08:52 AM, Jonathan Guthrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> >Of course it is! If the LAN was mostly static, then I'd suggest using the
> >/etc/hosts files on each computer, but if things are going to change w
On Tue, Apr 06, 1999 at 05:01:12PM -0700, Terry Gray wrote:
> On Tue, 6 Apr 1999, Bruce Sass wrote:
> > 2. The above requirement places Pine in non-free, rather than main,
> > which means Pine could not be put onto Debian CD's. The only fix for
> > this is a licensing change; for Pine to modify th
I have one of those nifty drawing tablets working with my Debian system.
However, the button on the side of the stylus is mapped to button 4! I've
played with xmodmap, but can't change the mappings on the tablet. I've
tried playing with XInput stuff, but the documentation is way too sketchy
for me
Collins M. Ben ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote on 9 April 1999 11:18:
>Then again maybe you could read the docs. You have two choices...
I tried...
>a) rm -f /dev/ptmx
Ah, I hadn't noticed this in /dev...
>b) make sure your kernel (2.2.x) is compiled with devpts support
> and mount /dev/pts/
I want finally to migrate to Debian 2.0 from 1.3.1. I have purchased a
new
12.7 gig 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
Hi!
I've asked many times about installing YAMAHA-OPL3SA3 (it's still actual,
so if anyone did that please give me some info about doing this) but this
mail is about something else. What's the difference between ALSA, OSS
(comercial) , OSS/Free (and is OSS/Free the same as kernel sound drivers
2.0
>
> Is everyone getting multiple copies, or am i just special? :) I got two
> of most of yesterday's, 3 of #628, and 2 each of #629 & #630
>
> rick
Yes, except I got at least five of #627, three of #630 and two of #631.
Alan
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on
04/09/99
at 08:52 AM, Jonathan Guthrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>Of course it is! If the LAN was mostly static, then I'd suggest using the
>/etc/hosts files on each computer, but if things are going to change with
>any frequency at all, then you'd probably want to
On Fri, Apr 09, 1999 at 10:57:19AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In a message dated 4/9/99 9:39:51 AM Central Daylight Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> > Which window manager are you using? It must be possible to fix this:
> > you're just bothered by the initial placement of the window
Tat was the problem -- I got eth0 taken care of, and then forgot about
lo. 2.2.5 kicks on the old 486s I've got it on.
On Fri, 9 Apr 1999, Philip Blundell wrote:
> >When booting kernel 2.2.5 under Debian 2.1, I get the error as attached.
> >Once booted, everything seems to work fine. I'm guessi
Hi!
Does anyone use linuxconf with slink?
Is it save to install linuxconf and use linuxconf? (I found a deb in
ftp://ftp.debian.org/pub/debian/project/experimental/)
Oliver
On Thu, Apr 08, 1999 at 09:47:49AM -0400, Bob Hilliard wrote:
> When I updated a hamm partition to slink (using apt-get
> dist-upgrade) the upgrade was easy and painless. I purged xbase (and
> a lot of other x stuff I don't use). My XF86Config was not disturbed
> by the installation or purg
Multiple copies here, so I'm special too.
Mike
> -Original Message-
> From: Richard E. Hawkins Esq. [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, April 09, 1999 9:41 AM
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: multiple copies of digest?
>
> Is everyone getting multiple copies, or a
On Thu, Apr 08, 1999 at 09:59:31AM -0400, Raymond A. Ingles wrote:
> I knew that XF86Setup would overwrite XF86Config, so I saved a copy. I
> don't know what *other* file XF86Setup created/restored/modified, but it
> wasn't XF86Config.
There have been some brains hacked into both XF86Setup and th
Put them where they should be, then add the files to the appropriate
/var/lib/dpkg/info/java-pkg.list file. The "convention" is so that the
package manager knows about the files, manually adding them to the .list
accomplishes that.
- Bruce
--
On 9 Apr 1999, Gary L. Hennigan wrote:
> I'm doin
On Wed, 7 Apr 1999, James Mastros wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 07, 1999 at 08:19:47PM -0400, Michael Stutz wrote:
> > This works for the CD-ROM drive after doing "chgroup audio /dev/cdrom;
> > chgroup audio /dev/hdc" as root (should I have done that?) but doing "mount
> > /dev/fd0 /floppy" as a user still
On Fri, 9 Apr 1999, Oliver Thuns wrote:
> Is it possible to sync two servers connected over the internet?
> I want to sync the home-dirs of my users and there should be a very low
> delay to sync files (some seconds or less). It should also be possible
> to exclude files (on name, user, group,
hi
At least mutt turns spaces at the end of the line into =20
> --vkogqOf2sHV7VnPd
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
>
> 3 space: =20
> 2 tab : =20
> :bat 2
>:ecaps 3
>
> --=20
so that there will be no problem with pg
Is it possible to sync two servers connected over the internet?
I want to sync the home-dirs of my users and there should be a very low
delay to sync files (some seconds or less). It should also be possible
to exclude files (on name, user, group, permissions).
Is this possible?
Oliver
nobody's home dir is /home on my slink box.
--
On Fri, 9 Apr 1999, Frank Barknecht wrote:
> Robert V. MacQuarrie hat gesagt: // Robert V. MacQuarrie wrote:
>
> > I just re-installed junkbuster and during the install/start-up it gave
> > this error. I've seen this error (shell-init:...) when a
I just installed Debian on my laptop, using the installation script, and during
the process chose to install serial PPP followed by dummy PPP. Now Debian
starts up with dummy PPP and I can't proceed with to update and download the
rest of the packages via FTP using apt.
Could anyone be kind eno
When upgrading to Slink I replaced my working qmail/procmail
setup with the Debian recommended exim, and have been seeing more and
more dup mails.
Now this seems to be only on the debian lists ( just noticed 3
debian-devel archives #497) but wonder if anyone has an exim dup
filter worked out
>When booting kernel 2.2.5 under Debian 2.1, I get the error as attached.
>Once booted, everything seems to work fine. I'm guessing this error has
You are probably trying to do `route add 127.0.0.0 dev lo' or something
similar. Just remove that line or make it conditional on a 2.0 kernel. But
The current sig line (or whatever line it is ) about
unsubscribing may be replaced with a few lines on frequently asked problems.
Like
How to stop xdm from autostarting - look at ..reference...
...
The reason I think this may be worthwhile is that I see too
many people asking the same question -
*- On 9 Apr, Nico De Ranter wrote about "[Debian] XFree86 3.3.3.1 ?"
>
> Howdy,
>
> I have a FireGL 1000 which isn't supported by 3.3.2.3
> Unfortunately the xglint server I once donwloaded from SUSE
> doesn't work with the Debian 2.1 and there is no new server on
> the SUSE site since the driv
I hope I'm sending this to the correct mirror administrator.
I'm getting the following error because the file
binary-i386/mutt-i_0.93i-1.1.deb has permissions only of "0400":
Mirrored debian-unstable-non-US
(nonus.debian.org:/debian-non-US/dists/unstable/non-US ->
/disk1/rickm/dists/unstable/non
I had the same problem trying a harddisk install of slink (from scratch). It
kept giving me the file error (and the floppy install of the base didn't
work well either). I just got a new version of base2_1.tgz from the ftp
site, and it worked fine. See if you can do that, as that might be the
easies
In a message dated 4/9/99 10:02:49 AM Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> 199 2 S0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty2
>200 3 S0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty3
>201 4 S0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty4
>202 5 S0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty5
>203 6 S0:00
I'm doing some Java development and I'd like to use my Debian box as
one of the development platforms. Trouble is that I need the swing and
infobus libraries for this project and they're not included with the
Debian JDK. I can download these puppies from Sun but how do I install
them so that I don'
On Fri, Apr 09, 1999 at 12:03:11PM -0300, Carlos Carvalho wrote:
> I upgraded to the latest unstable, including glibc 2.1, and suddenly
> windows ssh clients, and some unix ones too, started getting "the
> server couldn't allocate a pseudo-terminal". What can I do? It's not a
> problem of all pty's
When booting kernel 2.2.5 under Debian 2.1, I get the error as attached.
Once booted, everything seems to work fine. I'm guessing this error has
something to do with networking... Any hints? Because it appears setserial
is run later in the boot process, I don't think its causing the problem,
or is
Christian Dysthe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
CD> I was looking at running processes. Found these:
CD>
CD> 199 2 S0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty2
CD> 200 3 S0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty3
CD> 201 4 S0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty4
CD> 202 5 S0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty5
CD>
On Fri, Apr 09, 1999 at 09:51:30AM -0500, Christian Dysthe wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I was looking at running processes. Found these:
>
> 199 2 S0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty2
> 200 3 S0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty3
> 201 4 S0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty4
> 202 5 S0:00 /sbin/get
In a message dated 4/9/99 9:39:51 AM Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Which window manager are you using? It must be possible to fix this:
> you're just bothered by the initial placement of the windows, not with
> bits of your actual desktop being off the screen, right?
It
I upgraded to the latest unstable, including glibc 2.1, and suddenly
windows ssh clients, and some unix ones too, started getting "the
server couldn't allocate a pseudo-terminal". What can I do? It's not a
problem of all pty's being used.
I tried to recompile sshd to no avail.
If I can't get this
Howdy,
I have a FireGL 1000 which isn't supported by 3.3.2.3
Unfortunately the xglint server I once donwloaded from SUSE
doesn't work with the Debian 2.1 and there is no new server on
the SUSE site since the driver is now incorporated with
XFree86 3.3.3.1. I know I can download the .deb's from
The mirror ftp.us.debian.org (debian.egr.msu.edu) now offers both
contrib and non-free once again, due to the addition of an 18 GB disk
for the Debian project.
The distribution is now also available via http, as well as ftp, from
our site.
Fyi,
Dennis
--
Dennis Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Network
Hi,
I was looking at running processes. Found these:
199 2 S0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty2
200 3 S0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty3
201 4 S0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty4
202 5 S0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty5
203 6 S0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty6
Why are all these runni
>
> Thanks for this response, but it doesn't apply in my case. I don't have a
> virtual screen set up, the only resolution mention in my file is 640x480.
> The laptop pages don't help - frankly because it isn't an issue with laptops
> - it's an X server problem. I get the same results using
David Stern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On 27 Mar 1999 23:14:05 +0200, wrote:
>
> I hope noone minds if I expand on this thread a little. Sorry, but
> there's too much to quote. Summary: running up to date potato,
> apparently glibc2.1 replaced glibc2.0 and staroffice stopped working.
>
>
Is everyone getting multiple copies, or am i just special? :) I got two
of most of yesterday's, 3 of #628, and 2 each of #629 & #630
rick
--
Which window manager are you using? It must be possible to fix this:
you're just bothered by the initial placement of the windows, not with
bits of your actual desktop being off the screen, right?
If you open the windows from within a menu (I use fvwm95), add
'geometry' switches to the commands
Subject: Netscape and *.png files
Date: Mon, Apr 05, 1999 at 09:25:53PM -0800
In reply to:Christopher Swingley
Quoting Christopher Swingley([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Hello!
>
> I'm having trouble getting Netscape to read portable network graphic
> (*.png) files. I've tried Navigato
In a message dated 4/8/99 11:59:42 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
> My laptop used to work just beautifully with my pcmcia modem, it was
> recognized and dialed just fine--now when I run 'pon' I get:
>
> pppd 2.3.5 started by bob
> tcgetattr: Input/output error(5)
> Exi
Hi !
Has anybody used this printer in slink ? How did you configure magicfilter
? I'm asking because I configure it and quality is poor (vs. printing in
Windows ... )
--
Piotr Domagalski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Linux is like a wigwam - no Windows, no Gates, Apache inside.
George Bonser wrote:
> Also, e2fs is wasteful of disk space. You will have more available disk
> space in an msdos floppy format.
$ superformat /dev/fd0 tracksize=12KB cyl=83 mss
$ mdir a:
Volume in drive A has no label
Volume Serial Number is 6F43-9F01
Directory for A:/
No files
In a message dated 4/8/99 7:32:49 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
> It depends on what kind of a video card you use. Check out the Linux Laptop
> homepage
>
> http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/
>
> For your problem, in your XF86Config, if you have some
On Thu, 8 Apr 1999, Mike Hill wrote:
> I think you said you wanted to do this with a 2.0 kernel; mine works using a
> late-2.1 kernel (2.1.132?). I just followed the instructions in the kernel
> source file Documentation/sound/OPL3-SA2: the driver is good for SA2, SA3
> and SAx.
I want to use it
My ISP is changing my server IP address. The old one will stay available
to me for awhile. I interface to the ISP via cable modem.
I thought a good way to transition seamlessly would be to use IP alias
to set up the new interface, then make the DNS changes and let them work
their way thru, then re
>
> How to prevent xdm from starting up after a boot?
>
a) removed the xdm package if you dont want it
or
b) disable the xdm script in /etc/init.d
or
c) edit the options files in /etc/X11 (read them and you will find what you
need)
"Assad Khan" wrote:
> Hello. I just got Debian 2.1 with the official cds. In the installation
> when it asks for the path to base2_1.tgz, even though it is there, it
> says there is a file error and it cant extract
> /instmnt/debian/dists/slink/main/disks-i386/2.1.8-1999-02-22/base2_1.tgz=
>
> .
On Thu, 8 Apr 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I'm trying to set up 2-4 Debian boxes at school to run in parallel
> under lam (MPI) and have several problems frustrating me. The
> machines are currently Not recognized by their names (eg.
> dasher.myschool.edu ) but rather only by IP address.
> Is
On Fri, 9 Apr 1999, Ronnie Cooley wrote:
> Hello I have installed debian2.1
> I get pings back when i ping my router and when i ping my isp from debian.
> But when i start BitchX it will do nothing but blink at me.
> Any ideas.
> the puter that has linux on it is networked to another computer both
Enough lurking :) This newbie has questions, but we'll start with
some answers.
Check out the following:
http://www-jcr.lmh.ox.ac.uk/~pnp/
It involves patching the kernel to provide pnp support directly
within the kernel, therefore eliminating the need for isapnp
completely.
He initially desi
On Fri, 9 Apr 1999, Shao Zhang wrote:
> From: Shao Zhang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: config X - s3 virge
>
> Hi,
> I have a 4mb diamond 3d s3 virge video card. From XFree86.org, I
> read that "1280x1024 at 24/32 bpp for a 4 Meg".
>
> However, I can only achieve 16 at 1024x768. Whe
Just to add my two cents, I had a Linux box up and running for 457 days
lately. Didn't show any alarming symptom. And no, it didn't crash then.
I just rebooted it myself.
> > > Isn't there something similar in Linux? Except the limit is a bit over a
> > > year?
> > A bit more than that. The date
On Fri, 9 Apr 1999, William R Pentney wrote:
> I have changed my root password, and su takes notice, but
> sudo still uses the old password. How can I change the sudo
> root password? Do I edit etc/sudoers?
To use sudo, you don't have to demonstrate that you have permission to act
in some ways as
That card, the same one I have, is problematic at 24bpp. Get used to it
at 16bpp. Search last years e-mail archives for details. This question
used to come up a lot.
-Ian
On Fri, 9 Apr 1999, Shao Zhang wrote:
> Hi,
> I have a 4mb diamond 3d s3 virge video card. From XFree86.org, I
>
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