Recovering the original boot sector

1999-06-05 Thread Jor-el
Hi, When I purchased my PC, it came with Win95 preloaded. After installing linux on it, lilo did back up the original bootsector and stored it in /boot, but over the past two years, and after a couple of Linux reinstalls, I lost the original bootsector (blush). Now, I am planning to reorga

fetchmail won't work in slink

1999-06-05 Thread Jason Loll
I got fetchmail working in redhat5.2 and set up the same .fetchmailrc in slink.    When I run the app I get this output: ollollo:~# fetchmail5 messages for ollollo at mail.cpinternet.com (9348 octets).reading message 1 of 5 (1922 octets) .fetchmail: SMTP listener doesn't like recipient addre

su problems with xdm

1999-06-05 Thread Alisdair McDiarmid
I've got problems running X apps as root with xdm. If I log in as alisdair (my main user) and su root in a terminal window, any attempt to run an X application fails: [root%letdown /home/alisdair] # xmcd Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Ser

Re: International Business Opportunities

1999-06-05 Thread Alisdair McDiarmid
On Sat, Jun 05, 1999 at 07:25:55AM -0700, Ecotech Technologies, L.L.C. wrote: [spam] isn't there some way of stopping this spam? can't posting ability be restricted to those who subscribe to the list? -- alisdair mcdiarmid [i won't tear again i won't breathe in the shards of what is left]

Re: Disabling Ice WM panel

1999-06-05 Thread Gergely Madarasz
On Sat, 5 Jun 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Does anyone know how to do this? I went through all the usr/doc files, but I > couldn't find anything that would let me turn the panel off. Thanks. Just edit your preferences file and set ShowTaskBar=0 -- Madarasz Gergely [EMAIL PROTECT

Disabling Ice WM panel

1999-06-05 Thread Morgoth3
Does anyone know how to do this? I went through all the usr/doc files, but I couldn't find anything that would let me turn the panel off. Thanks. Colin Winters

Re: Invalidfont in Ghostscript

1999-06-05 Thread Colin Marquardt
* Valdemir Melechco Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am not able to print or view postscript documents. In both cases, it has > been displayed (or printed) a message like this: >Error: /invalidfont in findfont Operand stack: >F0 Times-Roman Font Times-Roman 14740 Times-Roman --nos

Re: Setting software clock (gmt)

1999-06-05 Thread Bob Nielsen
See 'man tzconfig'. tzconfig can handle all of this for you. On Sat, Jun 05, 1999 at 04:30:36PM -0500, Chris Frost wrote: > I'd like to have a box setup so that it's hardware clock is set to gmt, > while in software the box presents the time in the local time (central > fwiw); how would I do this

ATAPI/SCSI CD-ROM

1999-06-05 Thread Lazar Fleysher
Hi Everybody, I just have learned that ATAPI is SCSI on IDE bus, so I thought that I would recompile the kernel to support IDE-SCSI emulation. I did... but only one of my two cdroms is detected during boot process. Telling hdc=ide-scsi in loadlin did not help... I use linux 2.0.34 and at this poin

Cooledit for debian?

1999-06-05 Thread Johann Spies at Johann
Does anyone know whether somebody is packaging cooledit for Debian? It is a very nice, and fast X-editor with a lot of features. I have read about it on another mailing list and installed a rpm package. Have a look at http://www.obsidian.co.za/psheer/devel/cooledit/ ftp://lava.obsidian.co.za/

Re: TCP wrapper telnet breakage?

1999-06-05 Thread MJ Watson
On 4 Jun 1999, Christopher R. Barry wrote: > Ever since I did some major upgrading of my Debian box to potato, > telnet seems to be screwed, though it is configured properly and > worked before. It's the classic problem: > > In /etc/hosts.allow (redundant, but just making sure) > > ALL: 127.0.0

Re: dselect problem - can't install stuff

1999-06-05 Thread Kris
You wrote this: >I just installed debian 2.1 slink for the first time; dselect doesn't seem >to be working. Possible explanations: I didn't read the readme on the 4 CDs >I have, where it says > >"If you wish to use the multicd installation method, as is the default for >CD-based installs, you sho

Re: Setting software clock (gmt)

1999-06-05 Thread Brad
IIRC, if you have your timezone set up correctly (use tzconfig) it will automatically take care of daylight savings time. On Sat, 5 Jun 1999, Chris Frost wrote: > I'd like to have a box setup so that it's hardware clock is set to gmt, > while in software the box presents the time in the local tim

Re: lib termcap problems...

1999-06-05 Thread Kris
At 11:35 05/06/1999 -0300, vmlinuz wrote: >I have trying to compiling Pine 4.10 on slink and I get this error: > >ld: cannot open -ltermcap: No such file or directory > >Anyone can help me ? Yep. In 'pine4.10/pine/makefile.lnx' change the line... STDLIBS= -ltermcap ... to read... STD

Re: Setting software clock (gmt)

1999-06-05 Thread Oliver Elphick
Chris Frost wrote: > >--dDRMvlgZJXvWKvBx >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > >I'd like to have a box setup so that it's hardware clock is set to gmt, >while in software the box presents the time in the local time (central >fwiw)

Re: GNOME problems

1999-06-05 Thread Havoc Pennington
On Sat, 5 Jun 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 1. Some programs take up more than the screen, and I can't see all of the > program. How can I fix this? I've gone through XF86config and XF86setup, > using 800x600, and saying I didn't want virtual desktops. It depends on the window manager -

RE: apt-get configuration for multi cd set

1999-06-05 Thread Brendon Baumgartner
Point it to the second CD. It contains the first and the second. I believe the installation instructions discuss this. I first installed without reading instructions, and I didn't figure this out till later. It would be nice if you could install without ever having to read the installation instruct

Setting software clock (gmt)

1999-06-05 Thread Chris Frost
I'd like to have a box setup so that it's hardware clock is set to gmt, while in software the box presents the time in the local time (central fwiw); how would I do this? Is there a pre-setup way to account for daylight savings time, or should I either do it manually or through cron? thanks! -- C

GNOME problems

1999-06-05 Thread Morgoth3
I recently have installed GNOME by hand, using the task*.deb gnome files as references to what I needed to install. I installed all of the dependencies of the task*.deb files except for a few files that had to do with audio. I currently have a few problems: 1. Some programs take up more than

Change run level.

1999-06-05 Thread Fu-Dong Chiou
Hi, I was trying to change runlevel from 2 to 4. I edited /etc/inittab, so that it now has # The default runlevel. id:4:initdefault: However, it does not seem to work. I must have missed something. I noticed I do not seem to have xdm. Don't know if it's the cause. Thanks for any help!

Re: XDM problems

1999-06-05 Thread Chris Flipse
On Sat, Jun 05, 1999 at 08:20:11PM +0100, Philip Armstrong wrote: On Sat, Jun 05, 1999 at 03:06:52PM -0400, Chris Flipse wrote: > I can log in through *dm, and everything works fine while I'm working in > X. However, occasionally, when I log out, instead of bringing up the > login app agai

Re: GPM 1.17.8-1/Midnite Commander problem

1999-06-05 Thread wb4mle
On Sat, 05 Jun 1999 08:24:50 -0700, you wrote: >>If you delete the .mc dir in your home/user directory, which is a user config >>file, >>the next time you start mc a new config file and dir will be created. It >>seems your >>system is trying to use an old config for new utility in the new mc and

Re: Thinking of buying a CD-R ... Is this supported?

1999-06-05 Thread Bryan Scaringe
Yep. The 2x2x24x Smart & Friendly CD-RW Drive is really a repackaged JVC 2x2x24x CD (see the CD-R FAQ). I am using the drive now, no problems. "Seth M. Landsman" wrote: > > So I was reading my comics this morning and saw an ad for a 140$ > CDR. So I click over the web page thinking I'l

Re: Junk?

1999-06-05 Thread Jakob 'sparky' Kaivo
On Sat, 5 Jun 1999, Michael Merten wrote: > On Sat, Jun 05, 1999 at 10:45:25AM -0500, Brad wrote: > > On Sat, 5 Jun 1999, Michael Talbot-Wilson wrote: > > > [snip] > > That comes from the elvis package. The MS-DOS stuff is probably because > > Debian tends to distribute all the documentation, eve

Invalidfont in Ghostscript

1999-06-05 Thread Valdemir Melechco Carvalho
I am not able to print or view postscript documents. In both cases, it has been displayed (or printed) a message like this: Error: /invalidfont in findfont Operand stack: F0 Times-Roman Font Times-Roman 14740 Times-Roman --nostringval I tried to uninstall and install gs (and gs-aladdin) and

Exim problem -- maybe

1999-06-05 Thread Gregory Wood
I did a fresh install of Deb v2.1 using the 'Web Server plus' option. It loaded a couple of things different from v1.3. I have successfully run email between two computers in the office. However, when I try to email to this group I get an error message. Not surprisingly, I didn't write it down. T

Re: What is ELF?

1999-06-05 Thread Carl Mummert
ELF and a.out are two different ways of arraning data in a compiled program or library. a.out is older; ELF has more features. Most of the linux world switched to ELF several years ago, and new a.out binaries are uncommon on linux. (Although, for historical reasons, the compiler will still CALL y

Re: How to create mailing list like debian-user?

1999-06-05 Thread Gregory Wood
Colin Marquardt wrote: > * Jens K Olsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Could someone please advise how to set up a mailing list like the > > debian-user? > > I assume all the software is available in debian, but which packages will be > > necessary? > > A few I found with dselect (search with

Re: XDM problems

1999-06-05 Thread Philip Armstrong
On Sat, Jun 05, 1999 at 03:06:52PM -0400, Chris Flipse wrote: > I can log in through *dm, and everything works fine while I'm working in > X. However, occasionally, when I log out, instead of bringing up the > login app again, I get a series of red and black vertical stripes on my > monitor, and m

What is ELF?

1999-06-05 Thread Thomas Ruedas
Maybe it's a silly question, but here it goes: I've sometimes seens things like ELF Linux binaries, or - right now, passing by the xanim web site - an ELF and Linux-aout version of a DLL file. I wonder what the difference is and what might be the right one for my box (Debian 2.0.34 running on a P10

Re: Kernel with APM support.

1999-06-05 Thread Raphael Alla
On Sat, 05 Jun 1999, Jens K. Olsen wrote: > I have Debian running on my SONY VAIO and it works like a dream. Only thing I > am > missing is the APM support. I downloaded the kernel source package, etc. and > I am > getting ready to compile the kernel with APM support. > > I would like to keep my

XDM problems

1999-06-05 Thread Chris Flipse
I've got an issue with the *dm programs I had thought it was just an issue with xdm, but this just happened with kdm as well... I can log in through *dm, and everything works fine while I'm working in X. However, occasionally, when I log out, instead of bringing up the login app again, I get

Re: How to create mailing list like debian-user?

1999-06-05 Thread David Coe
I suggest you also look at mailman (packaged for slink and potato). Colin Marquardt wrote: > > * Jens K Olsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Could someone please advise how to set up a mailing list like the > > debian-user? > > I assume all the software is available in debian, but which pack

Re: X windows manager?

1999-06-05 Thread Fu-Dong Chiou
Thanks for your help. I am now using fvwm as the windows manager. I do have some more questions. 1. Regarding the screen blink. It blinks every 2-3 secs (sometimes longer), forever, unless I reboot. I am not sure if it's normally, since I never have the same problem on other machines. I do

Re: Kernel with APM support.

1999-06-05 Thread Colin Marquardt
* Jens K Olsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I would like to keep my system "as it" but with APM support. Since > I have never compiled the kernel before, I have no idea what to > select and what to leave out when runing make config. Is there a > way I can use the default settings of the Debian pa

Re: How to create mailing list like debian-user?

1999-06-05 Thread Colin Marquardt
* Jens K Olsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Could someone please advise how to set up a mailing list like the debian-user? > I assume all the software is available in debian, but which packages will be > necessary? A few I found with dselect (search with "/", search again with "\"): majordomo (

communicator-dmotif-45 4.5-1: Error at first start

1999-06-05 Thread Stefan Möller
After installing the communicator-dmotif-45 4.5-1 and all depending packages, I received the following message at the first start: --- ERROR: /usr/lib/netscape/45/communicator/plugins/libnullplugin.so: undefined symbol: FE_GetToplevelwidget Can't load plugin /usr/lib/netscape/45/communicator/plug

Linux and 3DFX (prolly off-topic)

1999-06-05 Thread Junior System Administrator
Hi. I've just installed a Monster3D pass-through for my Diamond Stealth 64. I installed GLIDE 2.x, Mesa 2.6 (Quake doesn't seem to like 3.0) and a 3dfx module (which creates a '/dev/3dfx' device) -- my kernel is 2.0. I can run programs compiled with libc6 (not with libc5 however, I just get a se

Re: lib termcap problems...

1999-06-05 Thread Chris Flipse
On Sat, Jun 05, 1999 at 11:35:19AM -0300, vmlinuz wrote: ld: cannot open -ltermcap: No such file or directory debian:/# ls -l /lib/libtermcap.so.2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Jun 5 11:10 /lib/libtermcap.so.2 -> libtermcap.so.2.0.8 Have you checked that the file that th

Re: hello!!! (install source)

1999-06-05 Thread Jonathan D. Proulx
On Fri, Jun 04, 1999 at 06:49:52PM -0600, slayer wrote: >, I could just find readme-files...and I would like > you to tell me if I can download it anywhere...for free.mail me > back please > Installation files are available via http or ftp from: http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/

VI keyboard problems..

1999-06-05 Thread Allen B. Riddell
I can't seem to get backspace to work with gvim (or vim in an Eterm window). I've tried putting :fixdel in .vimrc but that doesn't seem to work.. help me :) -abr

Re: Junk?

1999-06-05 Thread Michael Merten
On Sat, Jun 05, 1999 at 10:45:25AM -0500, Brad wrote: > On Sat, 5 Jun 1999, Michael Talbot-Wilson wrote: > [snip] > That comes from the elvis package. The MS-DOS stuff is probably because > Debian tends to distribute all the documentation, even stuff pertaining to > MS-DOS ports of various program

Re: Getting rid of vi color

1999-06-05 Thread Michael Merten
On Sat, Jun 05, 1999 at 10:36:11AM -0500, Brad wrote: > Did you file a bug report? At the least, it would let the maintainer know > that someone doesn't like the default setup. > > Also, you could easily install a different vi. nvi, for example, comes > with a rather basic default configuration. i

Re: autofs for all users

1999-06-05 Thread Stefan Baums
Thanks, Brian! That worked. pgpwdbDKlpoJw.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: GPM 1.17.8-1/Midnite Commander problem

1999-06-05 Thread wb4mle
On Sat, 05 Jun 1999 08:24:50 -0700, you wrote: >If you delete the .mc dir in your home/user directory, which is a user config >file, >the next time you start mc a new config file and dir will be created. It seems >your >system is trying to use an old config for new utility in the new mc and not

Re: Mozilla is..errm..slow?

1999-06-05 Thread Jason Willoughby
> I installed Mozilla today on my potato system. It was very slow. I don't > know how to say this, but if this is how it is supposed to perform it is > no better than it's "dad" Netscape. In fact, it is "worse". This is a known issue, and from what I've heard, the problem lies in gtk, not Mozilla

Re: GPM 1.17.8-1/Midnite Commander problem

1999-06-05 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Sat, Jun 05, 1999 at 02:53:26PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Did the latest gpm (1.17.8-1) break the mouse in Midnite Commander for > anyone else? Mouse quit in MC with latest potato gpm update- Has been > a few updates ago it quit in aumix also. Seems to cut-and-paste ok but > no click-o

Re: autofs for all users

1999-06-05 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 5 Jun, Stefan Baums wrote about "autofs for all users" > Hi all, > > I am using autofs. My /etc/auto.master is: > > /mnt/amnt /etc/auto.amnt --timeout 1 > > and my /etc/auto.amnt is: > > cdrom -fstype=iso9660,ro,user :/dev/hdc > floppy

Re: Junk?

1999-06-05 Thread Brad
On Sat, 5 Jun 1999, Michael Talbot-Wilson wrote: > There is a /usr/lib/elvis directory that contains documentation and > trash (MS-DOS stuff). There is also a /usr/doc/elvis directory. That comes from the elvis package. The MS-DOS stuff is probably because Debian tends to distribute all the docu

Re: Getting rid of vi color

1999-06-05 Thread Brad
Did you file a bug report? At the least, it would let the maintainer know that someone doesn't like the default setup. Also, you could easily install a different vi. nvi, for example, comes with a rather basic default configuration. i believe elvis is intended to be more featured than a 'standard'

Smail hosed.

1999-06-05 Thread Dan Willard
I've apparently hosed smail. Mail still comes in, but doesn't get put into my mailbox, it just sits in /var/spool/smail/input. I must have killed it while getting a Wascom tablet to work last weekend, played with libs. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Should I just kill smail and use

Re: Unwanted package downloaded

1999-06-05 Thread Brad
On Sat, 5 Jun 1999, Michael Talbot-Wilson wrote: > Hi. I didn't select doc-linux-text. How come it is downloaded? > > > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > The following NEW packages will be installe

Re: CTRL+ALT+DELETE.

1999-06-05 Thread Brad
On Sat, 5 Jun 1999, Fu-Dong Chiou wrote: > Where and how can I modify which file so that every time I use the force > reboot key-combo, it actually send out the command "shutdown -r now"? > Thanks! It's in /etc/inittab, a line something like this: # What to do when CTRL-ALT-DEL is pressed. ca:

Re: X windows manager?

1999-06-05 Thread Andrei Ivanov
> > Hi, > > I finally get an X server to run, but still seem to have a lot to work > out. It seems that I am assigned a windows manager (or none at all) that > is not so desirable. The xterminal in X has no title bar, so the window > cannot be dragged and moved. I tried to copy .xinitrc und

GPM 1.17.8-1/Midnite Commander problem

1999-06-05 Thread wb4mle
Did the latest gpm (1.17.8-1) break the mouse in Midnite Commander for anyone else? Mouse quit in MC with latest potato gpm update- Has been a few updates ago it quit in aumix also. Seems to cut-and-paste ok but no click-on works. Works normally in XFree. -- Eddie Seymour, WB4MLE E-Mail [EMAIL PR

Re: X windows manager?

1999-06-05 Thread Brad
On Sat, 5 Jun 1999, Fu-Dong Chiou wrote: > Hi, > > I finally get an X server to run, but still seem to have a lot to work > out. It seems that I am assigned a windows manager (or none at all) that > is not so desirable. The xterminal in X has no title bar, so the window > cannot be dragged a

Re: Sound?

1999-06-05 Thread Andrei Ivanov
> Hi, > > After moving the HD from a broken CTX notebook to a Compaq LTE 5200 > notebook, I found that the audio is gone. Can anyone tell me how I can > get the sound back to work? Thanks!x > > > Best wishes, > Chip Recompile the kernel with sound settings that are valid for your new noteb

autofs for all users

1999-06-05 Thread Stefan Baums
Hi all, I am using autofs. My /etc/auto.master is: /mnt/amnt /etc/auto.amnt --timeout 1 and my /etc/auto.amnt is: cdrom -fstype=iso9660,ro,user :/dev/hdc floppy -fstype=auto,rw,user:/dev/fd0 If I access /mnt/amnt/floppy for

lib termcap problems...

1999-06-05 Thread vmlinuz
Hellow.. I have trying to compiling Pine 4.10 on slink and I get this error: ld: cannot open -ltermcap: No such file or directory debian:/# ls -l /lib/libtermcap.so.2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Jun 5 11:10 /lib/libtermcap.so.2 -> libtermcap.so.2.0.8 Anyone can help me ? Thanks!

International Business Opportunities

1999-06-05 Thread Ecotech Technologies, L.L.C.
ECOTECH TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C. 4001 E., Broadway Road, Suite 7, Phoenix, AZ 85040, USA Tel: (602) 437 8000, Fax: (602) 437 4033 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ecotechind

Re: Code-Crusader Code-Medic Installation Problem

1999-06-05 Thread Brad
libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2 is in potato, in the libstdc++2.9-glibc2.1 package. Slink has libstdc++-libc6.0-1.so.2 (in the libstdc++2.9 package), which may not be compatible. On Sat, 5 Jun 1999, John Foster wrote: > I recently installed a Code-Crusader.rpm package via alien conversion to > .deb. It

Re: linking X11 libs with automake - "standard" way?

1999-06-05 Thread Brad
On Sat, 5 Jun 1999, Martin Waller wrote: > I'm trying to learn automake/autoconf and was wondering if there's a > standard way to link in various X11 libraries (X11, Xt, lesstif, etc.). > > I can't find any info on that in the docs I've got. i'm trying to learn those too. i sort of have it work

Re: libc >6.1

1999-06-05 Thread Brad
On Sat, 5 Jun 1999, Adilson dos Santos Dantas wrote: > Try to look on the unstable section. Here's the obligatory warning: unstable is called unstable for a reason. If you can deal with things possibly breaking, go ahead and use it (and file bug reports!). If you can't handle things possibly brea

Junk?

1999-06-05 Thread Michael Talbot-Wilson
I guess this is because I installed bo, upgraded to slink and then potato, but... There is a /usr/lib/elvis directory that contains documentation and trash (MS-DOS stuff). There is also a /usr/doc/elvis directory. There are directories /usr/lib/developers-reference, /usr/doc/developers-reference

Getting Netscape to use my mailer

1999-06-05 Thread Christian Dysthe
Hi, I am not able to make Netscape open and use my email program when I click on an email link. I have tried all kinds of commands, but no go. I use XFmail, but it should be a "standard" way to do this? Help needed please. TIA --- Regards, Christian Dysthe Email:

Getting rid of vi color

1999-06-05 Thread Michael Talbot-Wilson
For some reason, vi (elvis) has started to display colors and behave in a generally unpredictable way. I first (just now) noticed this in a .h file in which it is also disallowing things I want to do, e.g. it beeps when I try to delete (with 'x') the first character of a commented-out line, althou

Re: Kernel with APM support.

1999-06-05 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
On Sat, 5 Jun 1999, Jens K. Olsen wrote: > I have Debian running on my SONY VAIO and it works like a > dream. Only thing I am missing is the APM support. I downloaded > the kernel source package, etc. and I am getting ready to > compile the kernel with APM support. > > I would like to keep my sys

Re: CTRL+ALT+DELETE

1999-06-05 Thread J Horacio MG
> Where and how can I modify which file so that every time I use the force > reboot key-combo, it actually send out the command "shutdown -r now"? /etc/inittab: # What to do when CTRL-ALT-DEL is pressed. ca:12345:ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t1 -a -r now Regards -- Horacio [EMAIL PROTECTED] Valen

Unidentified subject!

1999-06-05 Thread Shawn Koons
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password protect postgresql databases?

1999-06-05 Thread Michael Legart
Hi! I'm having some problems understanding postgresql access system. I read the manual, but cannot find anything about how to put passwords on the users i create, and how to tell it, that this database can *ONLY* be read by this or these users. Etc.. Maybe someone can point me to some good docs?

Re: PPP server wont work - I have R all TFMs + the FAQs

1999-06-05 Thread John Hasler
Frankie writes: > Please can someone tell me how stupid I am please Let's see some logs. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI

Correction Re: anacron doesn't send mail anymore

1999-06-05 Thread Frederic Dumont
On Sat, Jun 05, 1999 at 12:37:39PM +0200, Frederic Dumont wrote: > I'm using anacron to process cron jobs as soon as my computer starts. It used > to send an email at the end with the output of each job. It doesn't anymore. > The mail.log shows no sign of it, so it's not related to the mail deliver

anacron doesn't send mail anymore

1999-06-05 Thread Frederic Dumont
I'm using anacron to process cron jobs as soon as my computer starts. It used to send an email at the end with the output of each job. It doesn't anymore. The mail.log shows no sign of it, so it's not related to the mail delivery. Does anyone have a similar problem? Is it a known issue? Thanks -

Re: CD-writing with IDE CD-RW

1999-06-05 Thread Wojciech Zabolotny
On Fri, Jun 04, 1999 at 09:10:42PM +, Alisdair McDiarmid wrote: > On Fri, Jun 04, 1999 at 10:07:29PM +0200, Wojciech Zabolotny wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 04, 1999 at 06:10:52PM +, Alisdair McDiarmid wrote: > > > I'm trying to get my HP8100i CD-RW to function in > > > Linux (it works okay in Win

Unwanted package downloaded

1999-06-05 Thread Michael Talbot-Wilson
Hi. I didn't select doc-linux-text. How come it is downloaded? Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: tetex-base kernel-source-2.2.9 tetex-bin xmanpages xserve

Re: PS/2 vs Serial mouse.

1999-06-05 Thread Oliver Elphick
Fu-Dong Chiou wrote: >Hi, > >I have a question regarding using a Logitech cordless MouseMan Pro PS/2 >mouse on a Compaq LTE 5200 notebook. Although it is a PS/2 mouse, I can >only hook it up to COM1 to get it to work in X. If I plug it into PS/2 >port, the cursor won't move. I ass

Re: AMD K6 2 - 350. New install. Some doubts...

1999-06-05 Thread Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira
Hi, I found that it is a M598 PCChips mother board. Anyone has the same model? Or a similar? I'm trying to configure video and sound on board with no sucess :( Have a nice day,Paulo Henrique Quoting Oleg Krivosheev ([EMAIL PROTECTED] nal.gov)

Sound?

1999-06-05 Thread Fu-Dong Chiou
Hi, After moving the HD from a broken CTX notebook to a Compaq LTE 5200 notebook, I found that the audio is gone. Can anyone tell me how I can get the sound back to work? Thanks!x Best wishes, Chip

CTRL+ALT+DELETE.

1999-06-05 Thread Fu-Dong Chiou
Hi, Where and how can I modify which file so that every time I use the force reboot key-combo, it actually send out the command "shutdown -r now"? Thanks! Best wishes, Chip

X windows manager?

1999-06-05 Thread Fu-Dong Chiou
Hi, I finally get an X server to run, but still seem to have a lot to work out. It seems that I am assigned a windows manager (or none at all) that is not so desirable. The xterminal in X has no title bar, so the window cannot be dragged and moved. I tried to copy .xinitrc under the home di

Re: Amiga Harddrives

1999-06-05 Thread Martyn Bampton
Hi again, I solved it last night, it's AFFS as you say and it works a treat now, thanks anyway :) > It's in the kernel docs, Documentation/filesystems/affs.txt tells all > about the Amiga Fast File System. > > Note that you may have to recompile the kernel, i don't know if that > filesystem is

PS/2 vs Serial mouse.

1999-06-05 Thread Fu-Dong Chiou
Hi, I have a question regarding using a Logitech cordless MouseMan Pro PS/2 mouse on a Compaq LTE 5200 notebook. Although it is a PS/2 mouse, I can only hook it up to COM1 to get it to work in X. If I plug it into PS/2 port, the cursor won't move. I assume it's because ttyS0 is taken by COM

Re: getting around a firewall?

1999-06-05 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, adam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I have a little dilemma.  My work PC (windoze) is on a (gov't) network.  >The firewall blocks all ports save http, ftp, telnet, and maybe a few >others  -- ssh is most certainly blocked.   I want to be able to >securely connect to a

linking X11 libs with automake - "standard" way?

1999-06-05 Thread Martin Waller
Hi, I'm trying to learn automake/autoconf and was wondering if there's a standard way to link in various X11 libraries (X11, Xt, lesstif, etc.). I can't find any info on that in the docs I've got. Ta __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http

Re: Confused package database

1999-06-05 Thread Brian May
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write: >I somewhat screwed up my package database and had to revert to an old one. >Now it thinks I have some stuff that is installed which isn't and some that >it thinks is installed and is not. WHen I run install in dselect, I get a >lot of these. I guess i'm sa

Code-Crusader Code-Medic Installation Problem

1999-06-05 Thread John Foster
I recently installed a Code-Crusader.rpm package via alien conversion to .deb. It went OK and the application seems to work well. Next I attempted the same thing with Code-Medic.rpm, which failed. It said there was a warning, but finished making the .deb file and I went ahead and installed it. When

netscape 4.6

1999-06-05 Thread Serge Gavrilov
Hello! Does anybody know: is (unoffficical) netscape 4.6 packed for Slink system exists somewhere? Thanks, Please, make CC for me, because I not subscribe debian-user mailing list. -- Serge Gavrilov

Re: libc >6.1

1999-06-05 Thread Adilson dos Santos Dantas
On 5 Jun 99, at 5:01, Algernon NG wrote: > Hi there! > > This is algernon. I'm quite new to Debian, and somehow managed to > download > some packages that require libc >6.1. Where can I find one? I looked on > ftp.debian.org, but the newest I found was 6.0.7 or something, but > surely <6.1. > > Th

Re: apt-get proxy

1999-06-05 Thread Barry Kauler
On Thu, 03 Jun 1999, debian wrote: > Also once I have downloaded/upgraded using dselect to apt-get how do I > configure apt-get to use the MS-proxy on company lan, which doesn't require > authentication It's in the documentation somewhere. # export ftp_proxy=ftp://your ftp address here:port/ ditto

Re: dselect problem - can't install stuff

1999-06-05 Thread Barry Kauler
On Thu, 03 Jun 1999, Erik Sandblom wrote: > > "If you wish to use the multicd installation method, as is the default for > CD-based installs, you should be careful to insert the LAST BINARY CD of > your set when you start" > > I have the 4-cd set but I put in CD 1. Did I break something in doin

How to create mailing list like debian-user?

1999-06-05 Thread Jens K. Olsen
Could someone please advise how to set up a mailing list like the debian-user? I assume all the software is available in debian, but which packages will be necessary?

Kernel with APM support.

1999-06-05 Thread Jens K. Olsen
I have Debian running on my SONY VAIO and it works like a dream. Only thing I am missing is the APM support. I downloaded the kernel source package, etc. and I am getting ready to compile the kernel with APM support. I would like to keep my system "as it" but with APM support. Since I have never

Re: Death of a 2nd WD hard drive

1999-06-05 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Wed, Jun 02, 1999 at 02:18:50PM -0400, David B.Teague wrote: > I had a 1.6 GB Caviar drive to die with that horrible clicking > prior to its death.The computer was at 1992 vintage 486-33. > > The WD Caviar 1.6 GB drives are reputed to be flakey. It was a > design flaw of some kind. They apparen

libc >6.1

1999-06-05 Thread Algernon NG
Hi there! This is algernon. I'm quite new to Debian, and somehow managed to download some packages that require libc >6.1. Where can I find one? I looked on ftp.debian.org, but the newest I found was 6.0.7 or something, but surely <6.1. Thanks, Algernon NG of The MadHouse Project begin:vcard n:

Re: Enlightenment's mini-desktop windows

1999-06-05 Thread Rahsheen Porter
On Fri, Jun 04, 1999 at 10:38:45PM -0400, Stuart Ballard wrote: > Alisdair McDiarmid wrote: > > > > I'm using Enlightenment 0.15.5 with GNOME, and > > every time I start up four mini-desktop windows > > appear at the top left of the screen (I have four > > desktops configured in E). I can't find a

select tty an incoming connection comes to depending on their address?

1999-06-05 Thread Frankie
Is it possible to set up ttysnoop on an incoming telnet connection? I thought the best way would be to redirect telnet con from a certain ip range to a certain ttyp device, and snoop that,? Any better ideas? Frankie -- Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is good f

Re: Enlightenment's mini-desktop windows

1999-06-05 Thread Stuart Ballard
Alisdair McDiarmid wrote: > > I'm using Enlightenment 0.15.5 with GNOME, and > every time I start up four mini-desktop windows > appear at the top left of the screen (I have four > desktops configured in E). I can't find any way > of stopping these appearing, and closing them > every time is becom

Re: HELLO

1999-06-05 Thread Ben Cranston
One of the reasons this seems somewhat spammish to me is that JC (the major prophet of xianity) is himself deemed a minor prophet in Islam. I suppose there is some amount of "the heretic is more dangerous than the infidel" in some of the less-enlightened arabic countries, however, most of the curr

Re: HELLO

1999-06-05 Thread Ted Harding
On 04-Jun-99 Bob Brown wrote: > Hey, this is a good one {grin} . Why can't I think up a scam like > this? > - Original Message - > From: some one <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > Sent: Friday, June 04, 1999 9:43 AM > Subject: HELLO What scam? I didn't see anything devious there. Seriously, t

PPP server wont work - I have R all TFMs + the FAQs

1999-06-05 Thread Frankie
2 debian boxes, 2.2.9, almost identical config. Box A is on a 2 PC LAN, Box B is a standalone PC. Box A can dial in with PPP to Box B OK, however when Box B dials in to Box A, no connection or anything is made - cannot ping etc. Box A uses ip masquerdading. Whether it is turned on or off Box B c

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