On Sat, Jun 26, 1999 at 06:19:17PM -0400, Alec Smith wrote:
>When I use VIM, I get a backup file with ~ at the end. How do I go about
>stopping VIM from creating these backups on a system-wide basis?
/etc/vimrc
...the command that sets it is in that file...change the set to an unset
and you shoul
Hi,
We are running a slink debian distribution with kernel 2.0.36 on a
celeron 333 as our file server. Our SCSI adapter is an Adaptec 2940UW PCI card,
with this configuration:
2940UW Adapter
|
Seagate Barracuda 9.1gig UW
|
Quantum V
On Sat, Jun 26, 1999 at 10:29:09PM +0100, Oliver Elphick wrote:
>What I have done in a like case was to connect to the server with telnet
>on the pop-3 port and delete the message by hand. It goes something like
>this:
I've done this with a few offending emails...
wasn't really my question thoug
Hello,
I am trying to install serveral mysql packages, I need 'mysql-server'
'php3-mysql' and 'mysql-client' or 'mysql-gpl-client'. When I try to
install these packages I have problems because 'php3-mysql' depends on
'mysql-base'. I can't seem to find 'mysql-base' any where. The server also
need
Hi,
when I try to post from knews (installed the deb from unstable) I get the
message:
"Domain name not available. Posting will not be allowed!"
What can I do to fix this?
TIA
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Regards,
Christian Dysthe
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.bigfoot.com/~cdysthe
I now notice that apt-get is stuck at 99.2% CPU usage when its stuck.
There are no pending packages to be configured. Aptget -f install hit the
"Correcting dependencies" message ..and got stuck.
bb
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From: Mark Wagnon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, June 26, 19
On Fri, 25 Jun 1999, Frankie wrote:
> Further to this I understand the stress to be on the first syllable - DEBian.
> May well be wrong though :-),
Yes, that's right - accent on the first syllable.
...RickM...
When I use VIM, I get a backup file with ~ at the end. How do I go about
stopping VIM from creating these backups on a system-wide basis?
Alec
Chris Flipse wrote:
...
>I say until now because I hadn't noticed my setup's behavior where
>bounced mail is concerned -- basically, fetchmail grabs the mail, shunts
>it to my local sendmail deamon, and tries to deliver it.
>
>The problem is that when sendmail cannot deliver it, it send
Thanks guys - that was ithonest hardware isn't my thing ;-)
I can now annoy people immensely by playing my CD's loud!!
Steve
On Sat, Jun 26, 1999 at 12:44:45PM -0800, blutgens wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 26, 1999 at 09:37:30PM +0100, Steve George wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have sound running fine on
John Foster wrote:
> > Maybe having another section of debian would be better: eg
> > main,contrib,non-free,non-US,marginal. [I'm sure someone could come up with
> > a better
> > name than marginal :-)]
> > Marginal would contain really large packages, or packages that very few
> > people might
Brian Servis wrote:
> *- On 23 Jun, tboy wrote about "How to pronouce "Debian"?"
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm not a native english speaker so i don't know how to pronouce "Debian"
> > --- it seems somewhat strange to me.
> > When i introduce Debian to my friends i have to spell it out letter by
> > l
* Steve George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> I have sound running fine on my machine for example I installed GNOME today
> and esd works fine. What has never worked is sound from the cdromI
> remember the sound HOWTO mentioning that this was a 'different' issue but I
> don't know what causes it. Cou
Hi,
I have sound running fine on my machine for example I installed GNOME today and
esd works fine. What has never worked is sound from the cdromI remember
the sound HOWTO mentioning that this was a 'different' issue but I don't know
what causes it. Could anyone point me in the right dire
Hi,
On Sun, Jun 27, 1999 at 05:11:44AM +1200, Tim Nicholas wrote:
> When new mail arives on the system i get a message saying:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> You have mail in /var/spool/mail/tim
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Is there any way to have whichever program does this also monitor
> other mailboxe
Hi all,
I was directed here by a very helpful person on the comp.os.linux.setup
group, (thanks Tom!) looks like just what I need. I have been puttering
with Linux for a few years, started with Slackware, tried Redhat 4x and
5x, and lately I got my hands on Debian 2.0, Caldera 2.2, Linux Pro and
Su
Hi,
after having installed the mnews package I have problems creating postings.
When I try to do so I get the message:
"Domain name not available, posting will not be permitted"
What can I do to fix this?
TIA
---
Regards,
Christian Dysthe
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED
Cheers havoc that worked a treat!
Def. a case of not seeing the wood for the trees :)
Steve
On Sat, Jun 26, 1999 at 12:13:37PM -0400, Havoc Pennington wrote:
>
> On Sat, 26 Jun 1999, Steve George wrote:
> >
> > interface.c:28: gtk-xmhtml/gtk-xmhtml.h: No such file or directory
> > make[2]: ***
Did someone else notice that emacs in potato doesn't differentiate
delete and backspace keys any more, as it did in slink?
Pf
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ik5
Konstantin Kivi writes:
> Can someone explain me what should I put in my /etc/hosts if I am not on
> the network and sometimes dial to my ISP
Here's mine:
127.0.0.1 hasler.dhh hasler localhost
'hasler' is a made-up hostname and 'dhh' a made-up domain.
--
John Hasler
On Sat, 26 Jun 1999, Tracy Nelson wrote:
> Whenever I start X, it comes up with a default resolution of (I think)
> 640x480. I normally run at 1280x1024, which means I have to hit
> two or three times to select the correct resolution. Is
> there any way I can specify that as the default re
Quoting Martin Bialasinski ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
>
> >> "Chad" == Chad A Adlawan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Chad> does anyone know of a way to change the default "useradd" or
> Chad> "adduser" behaviour in terms of giving permissions to the new
> Chad> users home directory ? that is, when u
On Sat, 26 Jun 1999, Tracy Nelson wrote:
> Whenever I start X, it comes up with a default resolution of (I think)
> 640x480. I normally run at 1280x1024, which means I have to hit
> two or three times to select the correct resolution.
> Is there any way I can specify that as the default resolu
I've got a ... well, what basically amounts to a kludge to get around a
blocked SMTP port... I'm using a remote mailbox and fetchmail to serve
as a sort of virtual mailhosting, which has, until now, worked just
fine.
I say until now because I hadn't noticed my setup's behavior where
bounced mail i
Whenever I start X, it
comes up with a default resolution of (I think) 640x480. I normally run at
1280x1024, which means I have to hit two or
three times to select the correct resolution. Is there any way I can
specify that as the default resolution? Is it a matter of just
resequencing
Sorry for this stupid question, but what does it mean by the TCP/IP error
message: No route to host (ftp works fine, but telnet and netscape
don't)? Thanks!
Best wishes,
Chip
On Sat, 26 Jun 1999, Steve George wrote:
>
> interface.c:28: gtk-xmhtml/gtk-xmhtml.h: No such file or directory
> make[2]: *** [interface.o] Error 1
>
> Which I think means that I am missing gnome-xml. Problem is I can't
> find it on the ftp site, only a cvs module. There is a libxml-dev in
>
>
> I just built a system from motherboard up and am having a few problems and
> looking for pointers. I used the latest Debian version from Cheap Bytes,
> "slink", I think.
>
> Anyhow, what happens is that Netscape crashes a lot, and Mozilla crashes
> too. Sometimes the crash is severe enou
Hi,
I am trying to compile Screem (http://www.screem.org) which says it needs
gnome-libs and gnome-xml. When I try and compile I get this:
interface.c:28: gtk-xmhtml/gtk-xmhtml.h: No such file or directory
make[2]: *** [interface.o] Error 1
Which I think means that I am missing gnome-xml. Pro
On Sat, Jun 26, 1999 at 06:42:48PM +0200, Gernot Bauer wrote:
> Hi,
>
> just wrote a java-app that creates a class called Euro1.class. It
> compiles and the Euro1.class-file is created. When I try to start it
> with "java Euro1.class" I always get "Can't find class Euro1.class" but
> Im in the di
hey there,
I have exim sorting my mail into several different mail boxes which works well
but i have one question.
When new mail arives on the system i get a message saying:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
You have mail in /var/spool/mail/tim
[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Is there any way to have whichever program doe
Hi,
just wrote a java-app that creates a class called Euro1.class. It
compiles and the Euro1.class-file is created. When I try to start it
with "java Euro1.class" I always get "Can't find class Euro1.class" but
Im in the directory where Euro1.class is. The jdk-doc tells me not to
set CLASSPATH...
*- On 25 Jun, Rob Mahurin wrote about "vnc-doc conflicts with vnc??"
> Why does vnc-doc conflict with vncserver and xvncviewer? That is dumb.
>
Because the old vnc and vnc-doc packages are replaced by the
newer split packages vncserver, xvncviewer, etc.
Package: vncserver
Status: install ok ins
I just installed Debian 2.0 using the CheapBytes disk. At the end of
the install, Just before I was popped into deselect, I encountered a
screen which I thought was going to allow me to pick what kind of system
I wanted to install (eg Administration, Standard, Developer, etc) with
little check box
According to David Teague:
> Device with major 22 and minor 2 is /dev/hdc2
>
> My reason for jumping in is to ask: Will somebody please tell me
> What the 16 in 16:02 means?
0x16 == 22
Mike.
--
Beware of Programmers who carry screwdrivers.
Hi,
I user an isdn dialup network with two isdn ppp interfaces for
connections to the ISP and to an IBM host on two telephone lines.
1. I get spontaneous nameserver requests (port) without doing anything.
2. When I connect to the IBM host there is a nameserver request (to the
ISP) AFTER dialing t
According to Johann Spies:
> On 26 Jun 1999, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote:
> > It also says (because of request_module[block-major-22]) that IDE disk
> > support was not compiled into the kernel, which ofcourse poses a small
> > problem if the root file system is on an IDE disk.
>
> Thanks Mike.
On Sat, 26 Jun 1999, Johann Spies wrote:
> On 26 Jun 1999, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote:
>
> > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > Oliver Elphick wrote:
> > >Johann Spies wrote:
> > > >I got this message after recompiling my kernel and I cannot find out
> > > what
> > > >is causing it. I hav
On 26-Jun-99 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> I use linux on a home computer, so I'm the only user, pretty much. It's
>> just a pain to always type the root password to start my internet
>> connection with pon. I was wondering what would be the best way to
>> allow normal users to start the ppp conne
hello everyone !
i friend was asking me whether i can help him convert his slackware system to
debian (since imthe only debian user in our group and their slak admin jumped
ship) from "tacacs" to "radius" ... whatever those are. can someone please
help point to me where i should look for mor
Hi all,
When i tried to activate my sound card in Debian 2.1 i got this error message
"sox : invalid audio buffer size 0" I don't know exactly what does it mean ??
Actually i've tried this one in Slakware and Redhat but it works fine ...
Just for information when i use the command cat /proc/sound m
On 26 Jun 1999, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Oliver Elphick wrote:
> >Johann Spies wrote:
> > >I got this message after recompiling my kernel and I cannot find out what
> > >is causing it. I have a single computer that uses a dialup ppp connection
> > >to
On Fri, Jun 25, 1999 at 10:52:50AM -0700, Greg Baker wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Jun 1999, Andrew Holmes wrote:
> > I've looked through the man pages for splay and mpg123 but I can't find an
> > option to output the trackname information from an mp3 file.
>
> Have a look at the 'mp3info' package (which gi
> I use linux on a home computer, so I'm the only user, pretty much. It's
> just a pain to always type the root password to start my internet
> connection with pon. I was wondering what would be the best way to
> allow normal users to start the ppp connection? I hope this hasn't been
> asked 6 m
On Fri, 25 Jun 1999 19:54:22 -0500 (EST), Brian Servis
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>You don't need to do it everytime, just once. The mounted disk keeps
>the permisions you set for it. Example with a ext2 floppy:
[Sound of coin dropping] Ah, now I see! The permissions are saved
somewhere on
Isabelle Poueriet writes:
> This is really confusing. I thought the garbage test I was receiving when
> I typed pppd was a sign that the modem sent a signal.
That was coming from pppd itself.
Type 'setserial -a /dev/ttyS2' and report the results.
--
John Hasler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler)
Da
Hi,
I want to set up different virtual screen sizes for XF86 using the same server
and color depth.
I know how to add a new Section "Screen" to XF86Config, but how do I specify
this from the command line at startx (or xinit)?
TIA,
Jon
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Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
ICQ:
:-> "Sean" == Sean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Sounds like you have a bad symlink. What I do is make a symlink
> in /usr/bin from
> egcc to gcc, after moving gcc to gcc-old just in case I want to
> use the old compiler,
When I first spotted this problem I tried totally remo
>> "David" == David Teague <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
David> Even with a fresh install, I couldn't get a script. If I leave
David> dselect after it starts in the initial boot up to start a
David> script, that screen never appears again, if memory serves. You
David> say thse parts of the script a
On Thu, 24 Jun 1999, Pedro Sanchez wrote:
> Off course, you have to compile the kernel with sound support and enter
> the proper parameters (you can take those from the isapnp.conf file).
> Alternatively, install the ALSA drivers at http://www.alsa-project.org/
> (in fact, that's how I have my PC
On 24 Jun 1999, Martin Bialasinski wrote:
>
> >> "KS" == Kevin Septor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> KS> program pops up allowing you to choose between tasks or profiles
> KS> and it then passes that info on to dselct so that you don't have
> KS> to tool around with 2000+ plus packages on your
Hello All
Can someone explain me
what should I put in my
/etc/hosts if I am not on the network
and sometimes dial to my ISP
127.0.0.1 localhost myname
or
127.0.0.1 localhost
It seems that first cause sendmail to hang at startup
(and it keep complaining like
calhost sendmail[1921]: My unqualifi
Have you tried calling your modem by /dev/ttyS0 /dev/ttyS1 /dev/ttyS3?
Hint:
on boot-up you will see some serial port info like:
/dev/ttyS[0-4]
-Jon
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ICQ: 39679408
Hello and thanks a million to those who have responded to my request for
taking some of your precious time to help me out.
I downloaded wvdial and minicom like some of you suggested and wvdial
cannot find my modem. I sent a message to them like they suggested because
I am 100% sure that my modem i
:-> "Timothy" == Timothy Hospedales <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> How do I get Xemacs to colorize/facerize HTML tags in psgml mode?
> I did M-x sgml-mode, M-x set-variable, and set sgml-set-face to '1' as
specified
> in the psgml doc files, but html files are still quite normal lookin
Brad wrote:
> On Sat, 26 Jun 1999, Marshal Wong wrote:
>
> > I use linux on a home computer, so I'm the only user, pretty much. It's
> > just a pain to always type the root password to start my internet
> > connection with pon. I was wondering what would be the best way to
> > allow normal users
On Fri, Jun 25, 1999 at 03:55:57PM +1000, Ed Breen wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> We are running a slink debian distribution with kernel 2.0.36 on
> a celeron 333 as our file server. Our SCSI adapter is an Adaptec 2940UW
> PCI card, with this configuration:
>
> 2940UW Adapter
> |
>
Pierfrancesco Caci wrote:
> I've installed egcc as in potato, I get this error message, while
> trying to compile linux:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/linux # make xconfig
> rm -f include/asm
> ( cd include ; ln -sf asm-i386 asm)
> make -C scripts kconfig.tk
> make[1]: Entering directory `/scratc
Hello,
I have a small LAN and am having problems printing from one Debian box to
the other. The workstation is igra and the server is doma. Here is
doma's /etc/hosts:
127.0.0.1 localhost
216.39.144.57 mail.mattyt.net mail
192.168.1.1 doma.mattyt.net doma
192.168.1.5 igra.matty
Hi,
I am trying to burn CDs using Mitsumi CR-2600-TE which is IDE/ATAPI cd
reader/writer.
1) ISO-9660 image is made with
mkisofs -r -D -o /tmp/local.iso /usr/local -x /usr/local/lost+found
which produces CD image file 'local.iso'.
2) 'SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devic
Jason Errol Draut wrote:
>
> I have downloaded the linux base system from debian, and want to install
> some of the other packages, like man pages, gcc, emacs, etc. Simple stuff
> that I've used in Unix... But when I get the downloads onto my base
> system, I don't know what to do. The *.deb fil
Add the user names to group dip.
On Sat, Jun 26, 1999 at 05:19:22AM +0100, Marshal Wong wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I use linux on a home computer, so I'm the only user, pretty much. It's
> just a pain to always type the root password to start my internet
> connection with pon. I was wondering what would
Karen Hanson wrote:
>
> I just built a system from motherboard up and am having a few problems and
> looking for pointers. I used the latest Debian version from Cheap Bytes,
> "slink", I think.
>
> Anyhow, what happens is that Netscape crashes a lot, and Mozilla crashes
> too. Sometimes the cra
On Fri, Jun 25, 1999 at 10:38:48PM +1000, Colin Tree wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Just noticed something called VMware, a pc emulator which creates
> a virtual pc. Rock solid, runs ms-dos, windows 3.x, 95, 98, NT, 2000 beta.
> Needs a fast machine with heaps of ram and doesn't support DirectX.
> Has anyone
On Sat, 26 Jun 1999, Marshal Wong wrote:
> I use linux on a home computer, so I'm the only user, pretty much. It's
> just a pain to always type the root password to start my internet
> connection with pon. I was wondering what would be the best way to
> allow normal users to start the ppp connec
Hi!
I use linux on a home computer, so I'm the only user, pretty much. It's
just a pain to always type the root password to start my internet
connection with pon. I was wondering what would be the best way to
allow normal users to start the ppp connection? I hope this hasn't been
asked 6 millio
I just built a system from motherboard up and am having a few problems and
looking for pointers. I used the latest Debian version from Cheap Bytes,
"slink", I think.
Anyhow, what happens is that Netscape crashes a lot, and Mozilla crashes
too. Sometimes the crash is severe enough to kill the
Hi,
Just noticed something called VMware, a pc emulator which creates
a virtual pc. Rock solid, runs ms-dos, windows 3.x, 95, 98, NT, 2000 beta.
Needs a fast machine with heaps of ram and doesn't support DirectX.
Has anyone tried this software ?
http://www.vmware.com
>also, is there any way to s
I have downloaded the linux base system from debian, and want to install
some of the other packages, like man pages, gcc, emacs, etc. Simple stuff
that I've used in Unix... But when I get the downloads onto my base
system, I don't know what to do. The *.deb files are listed as
executables, so I t
Why does vnc-doc conflict with vncserver and xvncviewer? That is dumb.
Rob
23:53 ~ $ sudo apt-get install vncserver xvncviewer
Updating package status cache...done
Checking system integrity...ok
The following packages will be REMOVED:
vnc-doc
The following NEW packages will be installed:
xv
I'm not using a NT domain controller, but I think NT, as well as Win95/98,
will hold local elections to see which machine will carry the browsing list
every 15 minutes or so... I'm not sure if additional information is sent
from NT (without an initial client message); a DHCP service may operate th
How to make the OPTi931 sound card run in potato (2.2.9):
1) Go to RedHat and get the rpm's for sndconfig and newt40.
2) Use alien to make these into debs, and install. .
3) Run sndconfig.
4) Ignore the midi problem and save the versions of isapnp.conf and
conf.modules.
5) Put these two lines
On Fri, 25 Jun 1999, Andrei Ivanov wrote:
> > I have a problem with installing an US Robotics 56K Internal Modem in a
> > Linux
> > system (Slink Debian 2.01). The vendor assure me it is not a WinModem. How
> > to
> > install it ? It Your suggestions are highly appreciated.
>
> If it's not,
*- On 25 Jun, Gertjan Klein wrote about "Re: Autofs for root only??"
> On Fri, 25 Jun 1999 16:47:29 -0400 (EDT), William T Wilson
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>If you want to change the permissions of the volume's / directory, change
>>them with chmod once it's mounted.
>
> Under normal circ
*- On 25 Jun, William T Wilson wrote about "Re: Autofs for root only??"
> On Fri, 25 Jun 1999, Gertjan Klein wrote:
>
>> Unfortunately, the filesystem ext2 recognises neither the gid= nor the
>> umask= options, and refuses to mount! I can find no similar options for
>
> Those options are only
>
> Hi There,
>
> I have a problem with installing an US Robotics 56K Internal Modem in a Linux
> system (Slink Debian 2.01). The vendor assure me it is not a WinModem. How to
> install it ? It Your suggestions are highly appreciated.
>
> Ming
If it's not, then you just stick it into the co
Hi There,
I have a problem with installing an US Robotics 56K Internal Modem in a Linux
system (Slink Debian 2.01). The vendor assure me it is not a WinModem. How to
install it ? It Your suggestions are highly appreciated.
Ming
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--
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Oliver Elphick wrote:
>Johann Spies wrote:
> >I got this message after recompiling my kernel and I cannot find out what
> >is causing it. I have a single computer that uses a dialup ppp connection
> >to the ISP.
> >
> >Before the error message in the subject l
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