Re: unable to cd "/home/directory_name"

1999-05-05 Thread Bob Hilliard
"budi wibowo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > guys , i have a little problem > > i use slink and i got this problem : > when i boot into slink i must enter login name and password and then i got > this message "unable to cd /home/my_home_dir" > but if login ass root it doesn't happen and i can log

Re: *.deb

1999-05-05 Thread David H. Silber
On Wed, May 05, 1999 at 08:16:05PM -0400, Matthew McFarlane wrote: > How to open and install a *.deb file? dpkg --install package_version.deb If there are unsatisfied dependancies, dpkg will warn you and stop after unpacking the package, but before configuring it. Because of this, you may wish t

Sendmail for dial-up

1999-05-05 Thread Cerebus
Hi guys, I'm using Potato with the latest sendmail. Everything works except for one annoyance: when the daemon is first ran, and anytime anyone sends mail, it takes an extremely long time. This is a dial-up machine, so it doesn't have it's own actual domain. A long time ago, I had configured s

*.deb

1999-05-05 Thread Matthew McFarlane
How to open and install a *.deb file? Matthew McFarlane -

Eterm behaving badly

1999-05-05 Thread Cerebus
Hi gang, I'm currently running bleeding edge potato stuff (yeah, I know, I know, I have no right to bitch) but ever since updating to the latest E-term, I can no longer do a normal BACKSPACE or DELETE. I either have to use CTRL-H or CTRL-BACKSPACE. Now I know this easily fixable, should the resu

Re: some sound - solved

1999-05-05 Thread David Bellows
add|ct|on wrote: > > > hi there... > do you have audio devices in your dev dir? i had this same problem, and it > was because i had no audio devices defined. i had to do a ./MAKEDEV audio in > the /dev dir (hidden executable SHOULD be there, or somewhere nearby). after > that everything went fine.

Re: ppa.o?

1999-05-05 Thread Debian Mail
> If it's not there... then just recompile a new kernel whick supports the > zip drive. But I think there was a possibility to sellect it when I installed Debian. So there should be a way to get that module without compiling it, shouldn't it? Stef

Re: squake in debian

1999-05-05 Thread Joey Hess
Vaidhyanathan G Mayilrangam wrote: > make squake-real in /usr/bin/games to be suid root.. Things should work fine.. Read README.Debian before doing that. -- see shy jo

Re: strange behavior in script(1)

1999-05-05 Thread Joey Hess
Carl Mummert wrote: > I am looking for a way to run an arbitrary command inside a script(1) > session without having to type the name of the command after I type > 'script'.I know about shell redirection so please don't suggest I > switch to that. > > In the man page, they suggest I try the SH

Re: Exim and fetchmail

1999-05-05 Thread Dan Christensen
Jake Bishop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello, > I am having a problem getting exim and fetchmail to work.I just > installed Slink.I used option #2 in the > eximconfig menu. when I try to send a message with mutt it only goes to > /var/spool/mail/jak3b. > when I try to use fetchmail I get this me

Re: Exim and fetchmail

1999-05-05 Thread Marc Haber
On Wed, 05 May 1999 10:45:44 -0700, you wrote: >I am having a problem getting exim and fetchmail to work.I just >installed Slink.I used option #2 in the >eximconfig menu. when I try to send a message with mutt it only goes to >/var/spool/mail/jak3b. >when I try to use fetchmail I get this message:

Re: Problems playing mp3's under potato

1999-05-05 Thread Adam Shand
> I have a potato system that I update regularly. Recently I put in a > custom 2.2.5 kernel to support my soundblaster 16. This is whats is > causing me problems. > > If I cat foo.au >/dev/audio it works correctly. However once if I try to > use x11amp or splay or anyone of the other mp3 player

Duplicating installations

1999-05-05 Thread debian
Hello all, I'd just like a leeetle bit of hand holding, please. I've three machines, preinstalled with slink, that should be kept identical. I'm tailoring the first machine and have had to add a package here and there to get the functionality i need. I've kept good notes on what I've done so far,

Re: I can't extract debian pakages from binary-i386.iso. Help!

1999-05-05 Thread J.H.M. Dassen
On Wed, May 05, 1999 at 01:44:43 +0200, soliman wrote: > I have downloaded binary-i386-1.iso. > I am trying to extract debian packages from it, but I didn't succed. It's not really what that file is intended for. It's meant to be written to CD. > Can somebody please say, how this file was pakaged

apt-0.3.4: package list or status file could not be parsed or opened

1999-05-05 Thread Marc Haber
Hi! Since apt-0.3.4 now supports smbmounting cd-roms, I started a new attempt to get apt-get running on my system. My Debian box is stowed away in a closet and I access it via the network from a Windows box. It would be quite comfortable to use apt-get with the official Debian CDs inserted into my

strange behavior in script(1)

1999-05-05 Thread Carl Mummert
I am looking for a way to run an arbitrary command inside a script(1) session without having to type the name of the command after I type 'script'.I know about shell redirection so please don't suggest I switch to that. In the man page, they suggest I try the SHELL environment variable. I crea

Exim and fetchmail

1999-05-05 Thread Jake Bishop
Hello, I am having a problem getting exim and fetchmail to work.I just installed Slink.I used option #2 in the eximconfig menu. when I try to send a message with mutt it only goes to /var/spool/mail/jak3b. when I try to use fetchmail I get this message: 1 message for jak3b at postoffice.pacbell.ne

Re: ppa.o?

1999-05-05 Thread A. M. Varon
On Wed, 5 May 1999, Debian Mail wrote: > I want to use my ZIP drive and am therefore looking for ppa.o which I > don't find on my Debian 2.0 r3 CD. Not in base2_0.tgz and also not in > Contents-i386.gz > Where is this module? If it's not there... then just recompile a new kernel whick supports th

Re: backspace

1999-05-05 Thread A. M. Varon
On Tue, 4 May 1999, pedro bastos - strm wrote: > i would like to know if there's another way to get the backspace working > in X, > instead of xmodmap. Run xf86config or XF86Setup and configure correctly your keyboard layout. Debian will then correctly use backspace correctly in xwindows. reg

Re: SMB as printer server: suggestions

1999-05-05 Thread Mario Olimpio de Menezes
Hi Jose, I have a Debian/GNU Slink serving as a print server here without problems. I'm sending relevant portions of my smb.conf and printcap so you can examine. An observation: I installed the potato version of samba and used swat to configure it. My clients are WFWG and Win9x.

Re: ldap

1999-05-05 Thread Allan M. Wind
On 1999-05-05 11:34, Craig Hancock wrote: > OK so open ldap inn itself is a databse then I presume LDAP stands for Light-weight Access Protocol. Protocol being the keyword in this context. Historically, LDAP was intended as an interface to (ISO) X.500 but some implementations went a step furthe

Re: diskless box: fanless too ?

1999-05-05 Thread John C. Ellingboe
Michael Stenner wrote: > > On Tue, 4 May 1999, John C. Ellingboe wrote: > >Michael Stenner wrote: > >> I disagree that the cpu would need a fan - I used to run a very old P60 > >> (a REALLY hot chip) without a fan (fan kept breaking...) and it was > >> toasty but caused no problems. If you choose

Re: SMB as printer server: suggestions

1999-05-05 Thread shaleh
> > Hi! > After tinkering about with samba for a couple of days, I am unable > to have a decent printer server up and running. All that is needed is access > to a single printer (two in the future, if that one works :D). I'd like to > know how one can achieve that. I read the smb.conf docume

SMB as printer server: suggestions

1999-05-05 Thread Jose L Gomez Dans
Hi! After tinkering about with samba for a couple of days, I am unable to have a decent printer server up and running. All that is needed is access to a single printer (two in the future, if that one works :D). I'd like to know how one can achieve that. I read the smb.conf documentation, an

KDE and compiling

1999-05-05 Thread Brian Schramm
I downloaded a program from the kde site and started to compile it for my system (slink) following the instructions. For some reason it is looking for the header files in the /opt/kde/source directory. How do I force the corect directory for the make? -- Brian Schramm [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PR

Re: ldap

1999-05-05 Thread Collins M. Ben
On Wed, May 05, 1999 at 10:51:14AM -0500, Craig Hancock wrote: > > When using ldapadd I want to know would it be eaiser to add all of my stuff > with > MySQL and then have ldap read from that databse You're confusing two different things. Database does not equal API. SQL and LDAP are API's for a

Problem with format

1999-05-05 Thread Brian Schramm
I am using KDE on my system. It has a nice GUI formater that will format a floppy disk in ether DOS or Ext2fs formats. My problem is that I try to format in Dos mode and I get an error message saying that it cannot access the /dev/fd0H1440 device. I looked at the /dev directory and found a fd0h1

Re: Help files

1999-05-05 Thread MallarJ
In a message dated 5/5/99 12:23:33 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > From what I understand, I am supose to be able to get help on the Debian > system > but every time I have tried, I get a search box and I get nothing replying > to > any search command that I give it. Wh

Help files

1999-05-05 Thread Brian Schramm
>From what I understand, I am supose to be able to get help on the Debian system but every time I have tried, I get a search box and I get nothing replying to any search command that I give it. What do I do to fix it so I get some help? -- Brian Schramm [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

PPP server setup problem

1999-05-05 Thread YueHerng Lin
Hi all, I'd like to setup a PPP server running on a slink installation. So far I can get pass the authentication and the link seems to be up. However, I couldn't ping each others. I think ifconfig and route gave me the right information. That is, ppp0 interface with IP 192.168.1.1 to remote IP 1

Re: Debian and Novell Netware

1999-05-05 Thread Paul Schwebel
Thanks for the feedback. I will try to test it out as soon as I can. > On Mon, 3 May 1999, Paul Schwebel wrote: > > > I am learning Debian/GNU Linux. I have a 2.0 install with ncpfs. I haven't > > actually used it, yet, because the disclaimers in the readme's refer to such > > things as potentia

unable to cd "/home/directory_name"

1999-05-05 Thread Kenneth Scharf
>guys , i have a little problem >i use slink and i got this problem : >when i boot into slink i must enter login name and >password and then i >got this message "unable to cd /home/my_home_dir" >but if login ass root it doesn't happen and i can >login normally >can anyone help me pls Th

Re: How to check the amount of free disk space?

1999-05-05 Thread add|ct|on
quote o' the day: I got sucked into /dev/null - Original Message - From: Robert-Jan Kuijvenhoven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 1999 11:48 AM Subject: How to check the amount of free disk space? try the command df > Hi, > > This is probabl

Re: ldap

1999-05-05 Thread Lawrence Walton
On Wed, May 05, 1999 at 11:34:03AM -0500, Craig Hancock wrote: > Lawrence Walton wrote: > > > On Wed, May 05, 1999 at 10:51:14AM -0500, Craig Hancock wrote: > > Not sure you can do that; Openldap uses a custom binary database, it uses > > the .ldif format to > > import data. > > > > > > > > When

Re: How to check the amount of free disk space?

1999-05-05 Thread Andrei Ivanov
man df --- Andrei S. Ivanov [EMAIL PROTECTED] UIN 12402354 http://members.tripod.com/AnSIv <--Little things for Linux.

Re: unable to cd "/home/directory_name"

1999-05-05 Thread Khalid EZZARAOUI
enter as root and type : ls -l /home ls -l /home/your_home_dir see the owner of this directory. if needed change them with : chown chmod for more help : man chown man chmod

Re: unable to cd "/home/directory_name"

1999-05-05 Thread Arcady Genkin
budi wibowo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > when i boot into slink i must enter login name and password and then i got > this message "unable to cd /home/my_home_dir" > but if login ass root it doesn't happen and i can login normally Does that directory exist? -- Arcady Genkin "I opened up my w

Re: ldap

1999-05-05 Thread Craig Hancock
Lawrence Walton wrote: > On Wed, May 05, 1999 at 10:51:14AM -0500, Craig Hancock wrote: > Not sure you can do that; Openldap uses a custom binary database, it uses the > .ldif format to > import data. > > > > > When using ldapadd I want to know would it be eaiser to add all of my stuff > > with

Re: How to check the amount of free disk space?

1999-05-05 Thread MallarJ
In a message dated 5/5/99 10:56:53 AM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > This is probably a very stupid question, but I haven't been able to find the > answer to it myself. In DOS it was very easy to check the amount of free disk > space, just type dir and the amount of free d

Can't allocate DMA buffer

1999-05-05 Thread Jake Griesbach
Hi, I'm running the most recent kernel (2.2.7), and I also use a Crystal semiconductor sound card, so I have the cs4232 kernel module. Sometimes I get the kernel error: kernel: Sound error: Couldn't allocate DMA buffer I have plenty of available memory left, so I don't understand why I am ge

Roxen

1999-05-05 Thread Dan Nguyen
Hi, I'm interested in using the Roxen webserver, however, I'm currently running Apache, and don't want anything to break. Does anyone know of any problems which will occur if I do so? -dan PS. Please cc me a copy of any replies. -- Dan Nguyen | It is with true love as it is

Re: kernel compile error-help

1999-05-05 Thread Khalid EZZARAOUI
try the package : kernel-package it makes all automaticaly. else : perhaps you need the package bin86

Re: How to check the amount of free disk space?

1999-05-05 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 5 May, Robert-Jan Kuijvenhoven wrote about "How to check the amount of free disk space?" > Hi, > > This is probably a very stupid question, but I haven't been able to find the > answer to it myself. In DOS it was very easy to check the amount of free disk > space, just type dir and the a

Re: ldap

1999-05-05 Thread Lawrence Walton
On Wed, May 05, 1999 at 10:51:14AM -0500, Craig Hancock wrote: Not sure you can do that; Openldap uses a custom binary database, it uses the .ldif format to import data. > > When using ldapadd I want to know would it be eaiser to add all of my stuff > with > MySQL and then have ldap read from

Re: How to check the amount of free disk space?

1999-05-05 Thread William Schwartz
use: df will - Original Message - From: Robert-Jan Kuijvenhoven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 1999 11:48 AM Subject: How to check the amount of free disk space? > Hi, > > This is probably a very stupid question, but I haven't been able to find the answer

Re: How to check the amount of free disk space?

1999-05-05 Thread Lawrence Walton
On Wed, May 05, 1999 at 05:48:37PM +0200, Robert-Jan Kuijvenhoven wrote: Try 'df -h' > Hi, > > This is probably a very stupid question, but I haven't been able to find the > answer to it myself. In DOS it was very easy to check the amount of free disk > space, just type dir and the amount of fr

Re: How to check the amount of free disk space?

1999-05-05 Thread Ian Peters
On Wed, May 05, 1999 at 05:48:37PM +0200, Robert-Jan Kuijvenhoven wrote: > What command do I need to use to find out how much free disk space I > have left? df -- Ian Peters "I never let schooling interfere with my education." [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How to check the amount of free disk space?

1999-05-05 Thread Kirk Hogenson
Robert-Jan Kuijvenhoven wrote: > > What command do I need to use to find out how much free disk space I > have left? > You can use: df Kirk

RE: kernel compile error-help

1999-05-05 Thread Alexandre DEVAURE
Hi, The command as86 is not found so the directory of as86 is not in your PATH (I don't think so) or (probably) the package bin86 is not installed on your system Alexandre Devaure -- De :mel[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Date d'envoi : mercredi 5 mai 1999 12:39 A : debian-user@lists.deb

Re: posgresql postmaster would not start

1999-05-05 Thread Oliver Elphick
Johann Spies wrote: >On Wed, 5 May 1999, Khalid EZZARAOUI wrote: > >> hey, >> >> do you delete the file : /tmp/.s.PGSQL. >> like says your error message >> >> after what if it doesn't work do as root : >> >> /etc/init.d/postgresql stop >> /etc/init.d/postgresql start >

Re: Diald config problems

1999-05-05 Thread John Hasler
Joe Stewart writes: > I have tried to figure this one out to no avail. This time on a new > install. Diald (pppd) has "peer refused to authenticate" error after > logging into server. pon works ok. Add noauth to the pppd-options line in /etc/diald/diald.options. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: ldap

1999-05-05 Thread Craig Hancock
When using ldapadd I want to know would it be eaiser to add all of my stuff with MySQL and then have ldap read from that databse Ben Collins wrote: > On Tue, May 04, 1999 at 09:44:45AM -0500, Craig Hancock wrote: > > Hello all I am starting a ldap server on my machine and I am curious the > >

How to check the amount of free disk space?

1999-05-05 Thread Robert-Jan Kuijvenhoven
Hi, This is probably a very stupid question, but I haven't been able to find the answer to it myself. In DOS it was very easy to check the amount of free disk space, just type dir and the amount of free disk space is shown at the bottom of the list. Now I have installed Debian on a 850 MB disk

Re: some help me with SSLeay please

1999-05-05 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
There are a number of directives you need in your httpd.conf file: SSLCacheServerPath /etc/apache-ssl/gcache SSLCacheServerPort 1234 SSLSessionCacheTimeout 300 SSLCACertificatePath /etc/apache-ssl SSLCACertificateFile /etc/apache-ssl/cacert.pem SSLCertificateFile /etc/apache-ssl/apache.pem SSLVeri

Re: what happened to courtney?

1999-05-05 Thread Daryl Williams
hi remco, thanks for your reply. i appreciate the information. //daryl Remco Blaakmeer wrote: > On Fri, 30 Apr 1999, Daryl Williams wrote: > > > folks, > > > > i am building a new firewall machine and in the process > > discovered that courteny is no longer available as a debian > > package?

Re: Diald config problems

1999-05-05 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
Your pppd options are specifying 'auth' which requires the peer to authenticate. You can edit /etc/diald/diald.options and find (or create) the pppd-options line and add 'noauth', eg. pppd-options noauth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have tried to figure this one out to no avail. This time on

Re: squake in debian

1999-05-05 Thread Vaidhyanathan G Mayilrangam
make squake-real in /usr/bin/games to be suid root.. Things should work fine.. Regards, Vaidhy On Wed, May 05, 1999 at 11:06:26AM -0400, Jeffrey Jones wrote: > > I installed the debian package for the shareware quake. The X version > works fine, but when I try to run the svgalib version I get t

unable to cd "/home/directory_name"

1999-05-05 Thread budi wibowo
guys , i have a little problem i use slink and i got this problem : when i boot into slink i must enter login name and password and then i got this message "unable to cd /home/my_home_dir" but if login ass root it doesn't happen and i can login normally can anyone help me pls regards b

retry timeout-error

1999-05-05 Thread Johann Spies
Hallo, Forgive me that I ask this the second time. I did not get any response the first time. For the last week or more I have experienced a strange problem on my mail: retry timeout-errors on certain mail. I have a dialup system to my ISP ans is using exim as mailagent on a Debian 2.0 system.

Re: posgresql postmaster would not start

1999-05-05 Thread Johann Spies
On Wed, 5 May 1999, Khalid EZZARAOUI wrote: > hey, > > do you delete the file : /tmp/.s.PGSQL. > like says your error message > > after what if it doesn't work do as root : > > /etc/init.d/postgresql stop > /etc/init.d/postgresql start Thanks Khalid. I did look in the /tmp directory but forgo

Re: installing

1999-05-05 Thread Kent West
At 03:21 PM 5/5/1999 +1000, darrin griffiths wrote: >hi, i'm having a hard time installing debian. it's on >an old 486 with 8 meg ram and a 100 meg h/d. i put it >together with spare parts and it works well. when i >install all goes well ( i am installing from floppies ) >untill i put in the 7 base

Re: problems with netscape

1999-05-05 Thread MallarJ
You probably have the libc6 version of xpm - you'll need to get the libc5 version. -Jay

Re: kernel compile error-help

1999-05-05 Thread Ian Peters
On Wed, May 05, 1999 at 10:39:44AM +, mel wrote: > hi, > Trying to compile sound support into a kernel (2.0.36), i am getting the > following error messages: > after `make zImage` > make[1] as86 command not found > make [1] ***[bootsect.o] Error 127 > make[1] Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/a

squake in debian

1999-05-05 Thread Jeffrey Jones
I installed the debian package for the shareware quake. The X version works fine, but when I try to run the svgalib version I get the following: Added packfile ./id1/pak0.pak (339 files) FindFile: can't find gfx/pop.lmp Playing shareware version. PackFile: ./id1/pak0.pak : gfx.wad Console initia

Re: diskless box: fanless too ?

1999-05-05 Thread Dean Carpenter
Dean Carpenter's Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 05/05/99 09:07:00 AM AFAICR, a heat pipe is a sealed pipe/tube, with a convection fluid inside. It's not just a simple tube, but does have some structure within. Apply heat to one end, and natural convection causes the fluid to circulate, moving the h

Re: XDM to KDM

1999-05-05 Thread MallarJ
Check the archives for a post from me on the start-kdm line - I uploaded a version of the startup files that allows the start-kdm or start-xdm line to be places in /etc/X11/xdm/xdm.options. -Jay

Re: how do i get past "install.bat" file

1999-05-05 Thread Kent West
At 07:20 PM 5/4/1999 -0700, pplaw wrote: >hi, > >i'm trying to install, boot, and configure debian linux. > >onto my hard drive (partitioned into "c:" and "d:") i've downloaded the >required files (resc1440.bin,drv1440.bin, base2_1.tgz, root.bin, linux, >install.bat, and loadlin.exe). i type "inst

Re: Kernel-Package problems

1999-05-05 Thread MallarJ
In a message dated 5/4/99 8:16:11 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Has anyone ever encountered the trouble with Kernel-package that does not > make the symbolic link in /usr/src/linux? This seems to be my trouble. I > have the source tarballs in /usr/src but no /usr/src/lin

kernel compile error-help

1999-05-05 Thread mel
hi, Trying to compile sound support into a kernel (2.0.36), i am getting the following error messages: after `make zImage` make[1] as86 command not found make [1] ***[bootsect.o] Error 127 make[1] Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/arc/i386/boot` make[1] ***[zImage] error 2 How can this be correcte

Re: dosfsck - "Root directory has zero size."

1999-05-05 Thread Remco Blaakmeer
On Tue, 4 May 1999, Nils Rennebarth wrote: > On Mon, May 03, 1999 at 06:26:21PM -0400, Arcady Genkin wrote: > > Steve Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > My first guess is that dosfsck cannot check fat32 partitions. > > Hmm. The man page says nothing about Fat16/Fat32 issues. > You will ne

Re: what happened to courtney?

1999-05-05 Thread Remco Blaakmeer
On Fri, 30 Apr 1999, Daryl Williams wrote: > folks, > > i am building a new firewall machine and in the process > discovered that courteny is no longer available as a debian > package? can someone verify this, or did i miss something? > also am looking for recommendations on intrusion detection

Re: Cobalt Qube

1999-05-05 Thread Greg Vence
Ok, gotta ask... Now that you've had the NetWinder a while, what do you think of it as a possible workstation? Shaleh wrote: > > Qube: > > small > pretty > geek drool > > *NO* vid card PERIOD > a slow mips processor (over priced for the hardware) > closed box > a net appliance not a workstatio

Re: contens fo /etc/rc0.d

1999-05-05 Thread Matt Folwell
On Wed, May 05, 1999 at 01:48:46PM +0200, Thorsten Manegold wrote: > So could anybody send me their directory-list of rc0.d? Some of them depend on what packages you have installed. (e.g. you won't have K20exim if you're not running exim.) But it should be identical to /etc/rc6.d/ except for ha

Re: posgresql postmaster would not start

1999-05-05 Thread Khalid EZZARAOUI
hey, do you delete the file : /tmp/.s.PGSQL. like says your error message after what if it doesn't work do as root : /etc/init.d/postgresql stop /etc/init.d/postgresql start good luck

Re: Help ISDN HISAX 16.3c install

1999-05-05 Thread Nils Rennebarth
On Wed, May 05, 1999 at 03:18:37PM +0200, Csejtey Gabor Zoltan wrote: > I use Debian 2.1. I would like to install > an ISDN HIsax 16.3c card with ISA slot into a 486 machine. > I used the following command: > > depmod type=14 protocol=2 irq=10 io=0x580 id=teles > > I got this message: > > > T

Re: Linux/VAX clarification

1999-05-05 Thread ANShevin
I'm not familiar with the hardware that runs HPUX, but if it has the same endianness as the VAX (little endian), you should not need to do anything. Otherwise, you will have to write some converter program or code that swaps bytes before using the files on the VAX. (The VAX has a nice assembler

Help ISDN HISAX 16.3c install

1999-05-05 Thread Csejtey Gabor Zoltan
I use Debian 2.1. I would like to install an ISDN HIsax 16.3c card with ISA slot into a 486 machine. I used the following command: depmod type=14 protocol=2 irq=10 io=0x580 id=teles I got this message: Teles 16.3c: IRQ(10) getting no interrupts during init 1 Teles 16.3c: IRQ(10) getting no in

Re: contens fo /etc/rc0.d

1999-05-05 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 5 May, Thorsten Manegold wrote about "contens fo /etc/rc0.d" > Hi! > > Hitting return a bit too fast I deleted the rc0.d directory. > Now I know, that there are only links to the scripts in /etc/init.d > in there, so it should be easy to repair. > I copied the links from /rc1.d but that do

Re: Kernel-Package problems

1999-05-05 Thread Nils Rennebarth
On Tue, May 04, 1999 at 09:10:29PM -0400, Jayson Baird wrote: > Has anyone ever encountered the trouble with Kernel-package that does not > make the symbolic link in /usr/src/linux? This seems to be my trouble. I > have the source tarballs in /usr/src but no /usr/src/linux. Any help I'd be > greatl

RE: IDE for JAVA

1999-05-05 Thread Person, Roderick
I've been testing out a couple of JAVA and JAVA/C++ IDEs lately, So far I have Tried Elixir IDE, Simplicity IDE and Wipeout. I have downloaded NetBeans but it's was the .pl auto installer and I have got that to compile yet. Of the three Simplicity is the coolest. It like Visual C++ by M$, it writes

posgresql postmaster would not start

1999-05-05 Thread Johann Spies
Hallo, My 486 DX4/100's motherboard gave problems and I borrowed a Pentium 300 Celeron to carry on with my work, connecting my hard disks to it. Normally when I start my system, posgresql's daemon is started at startup - but not on the pentium. The following error message is the result: Startin

Re: diskless box: fanless too ?

1999-05-05 Thread Michael Stenner
On Tue, 4 May 1999, John C. Ellingboe wrote: >Michael Stenner wrote: >> I disagree that the cpu would need a fan - I used to run a very old P60 >> (a REALLY hot chip) without a fan (fan kept breaking...) and it was >> toasty but caused no problems. If you choose a cpu that runs cool, you >> should

problems with netscape

1999-05-05 Thread Oliver Kastner
Hi everybody, being new to debian (but not to linux at all), I installed netscape's communicator (v. 4.05) on my machine. Last Debian >>slink<< version ( preselected packages"dial_in" ) is used. Installation of the communicator was done not by using the debian-installation tool 'dselect', but by u

changing default LANGUAGE

1999-05-05 Thread Thorsten Manegold
HI! I managed to change the default language for the shells via the LANG environment-variable, that I put into /etc/profile and ~/.bashrc. When I start apps that support NLS from there they come up the way they are supposed to in my language, but starting them from the Panel of KDE 1.1 (or via

contens fo /etc/rc0.d

1999-05-05 Thread Thorsten Manegold
Hi! Hitting return a bit too fast I deleted the rc0.d directory. Now I know, that there are only links to the scripts in /etc/init.d in there, so it should be easy to repair. I copied the links from /rc1.d but that does not seem to be all there was. So could anybody send me their directory-list

RE: simple graphics in latex

1999-05-05 Thread Paulo J. da Silva e Silva
Shao Zhang writes: > Hi, > I need to include some simple graphics(boxes, triangles, similar to a > flow chart) in > my latex document. > > I am wondering: Will it be easier to use gimp and xfig to draw the > chart first and then > include it in latex as a picture, OR

Re: some sound

1999-05-05 Thread Khalid EZZARAOUI
there was a lot of speak about this last month, try to : http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/

Re: how do i get past "install.bat" file

1999-05-05 Thread add|ct|on
i forgot something... do you even have lilo??

Re: how do i get past "install.bat" file

1999-05-05 Thread add|ct|on
quote o' the day: I got sucked into /dev/null - Original Message - From: pplaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 1999 10:20 PM Subject: how do i get past "install.bat" file > hi, > > i'm trying to install, boot, and configure debian linux. > > onto my hard

Re: IDE for JAVA

1999-05-05 Thread Khalid EZZARAOUI
try http://www.netbeans.com it's free for non commercial use (if I remember) you have one to jdk1.1 and 1.2. there is a rpm archive

ppa.o?

1999-05-05 Thread Debian Mail
I want to use my ZIP drive and am therefore looking for ppa.o which I don't find on my Debian 2.0 r3 CD. Not in base2_0.tgz and also not in Contents-i386.gz Where is this module? Stef

SCSI DC-390, kernel 2.2.1 & NOT recognizing

1999-05-05 Thread Jean-Yves BARBIER
Hi folks, Since I use the 2.2.1 kernel, it refuse to recognize my second CD-ROM (writer) and I don't know why! specs: SCSI card is DC-390 TEKRAM SCSI Id 4 is a PIONEER, Model: CD-ROM DR-U16S Rev1.01, Type CD-ROM, ANSI SCSI Rev.: 02 SCSI Id 5 is a YAMAHA, Model: CRW4416S Rev1.0e, Type CD-ROM, ANS

New Window Maker breaking some character input?

1999-05-05 Thread Borut Mrak
Hi! I recently installed new WM from potato (Version: 0.53.0-2). With the previous version (0.5x.something), I could type characters (ccaron, scaron, ssharp and similar), but after the install of the new one, I cannot do that anymore. Now the characters simply don't show up, but I can still see t

Re: Downloading the "apt-get upgrade" packages

1999-05-05 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Wed, 5 May 1999, Chuck Peters wrote: > I would like to download the updated packages with a nightly cron job and > have it mail me if new pakages have arrived. Does Debian have such a > utilty package like Redhat's harvester? Put apt-get -qq update apt-get -qd upgrade In roots crontab Ja

Downloading the "apt-get upgrade" packages

1999-05-05 Thread Chuck Peters
Hi, I would like to download the updated packages with a nightly cron job and have it mail me if new pakages have arrived. Does Debian have such a utilty package like Redhat's harvester? Thanks, Chuck

Re: How to build socks5 for Debian?

1999-05-05 Thread Marc Haber
On Tue, 04 May 1999 17:21:24 -0500, you wrote: >Marc Haber wrote: >> On Tue, 4 May 1999 15:04:25 -0400 (EDT), you wrote: >> Nope. Slink. > >Hmmm, are you sure then that you don't have the debian socks4 client package >installed >and you're getting the socks4 version of runsocks? Quite. |[EMAIL PR

Re: Cobalt Qube

1999-05-05 Thread G. Crimp
On Tue, May 04, 1999 at 10:22:21PM -0400, Sergey V Kovalyov wrote: > > > On Tue, 4 May 1999, G. Crimp wrote: > > > I'm also wondering about mixing architechtures. This guy wants to > > sit in front of a quiet diskless box at his desk (not entirely solved yet) > > Why not just keep the exis

Re: Email Sorting

1999-05-05 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, Package: mailagent Priority: optional Section: mail Installed-Size: 1143 Description: An automatic mail-processing tool Mailagent allows you to process your mail automatically. This has far more functionality than procmail, and is easier to configure (providing, of course, that you grok per

Re: simple graphics in latex

1999-05-05 Thread William Park
On Wed, May 05, 1999 at 03:17:49PM +, Shao Zhang wrote: > Hi, > I need to include some simple graphics(boxes, triangles, > similar to a flow chart) in my latex document. > > I am wondering: Will it be easier to use gimp and xfig to draw > the chart first and then includ

Re: installing

1999-05-05 Thread KaHa
darrin griffiths wrote: > hi, i'm having a hard time installing debian. it's on > an old 486 with 8 meg ram and a 100 meg h/d. i put it > together with spare parts and it works well. when i > install all goes well ( i am installing from floppies ) > untill i put in the 7 base discs. after the 7th i

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