Re: OT : RAM, please help.

1999-08-07 Thread Colin Marquardt
* J W Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > system. Some will take it, others just float off into la la land when they > are counting RAM. It is usually because the motherboard has a problem with > the clock chip on the RAM(very tiny black chip, normally off to right or > left side). IMHO, your best

lprng problem

1999-08-07 Thread Patrick Olson
I am having a hard time getting lprng to work. I am pretty sure the problem is in my /etc/lpd.perms file. With the default /etc/lpd.perms file, things print just fine. However, I want to restrict who can use my printer. The configuration below pretends to do exactly what I want it to, but pri

Font editor?

1999-08-07 Thread peter karlsson
Hi! Is there a font editor included in Debian to let me edit the console fonts (.psf) (and unicode mappings) in a sensible way? I'd like to take the font on my video card and remap it to Latin-1 so I can use it as a console font. (And I need to fix the unicode mapping, since they seems to be all

Re: Can't boot from hard disk

1999-08-07 Thread Mark Lawrence
Paul Miller wrote: > > Mark Lawrence wrote: > > > > The /etc/lilo.conf looks like this: > > > > boot=/dev/hda1 > > root=/dev/hda1 > > install=/boot/boot.b > > map=/boot/map > > vga=normal > > delay=20 > > image=/vmlinuz > > label=Linux > > read-only > > > You should try 'boot=/dev/hda'. No

Re: How does one activate sound on Slink

1999-08-07 Thread egm2
Most likely, you need to compile sound support into the kernel. You'll need to know your sound device and a few other items for configuration. -- Eric G. Miller Powered by the POTATO (http://www.debian.org)!

Re: c++ include problem (preprocessor directives)

1999-08-07 Thread Oleg Krivosheev
On Sat, 7 Aug 1999, Micha Feigin wrote: > Date: Sat, 07 Aug 1999 13:48:48 +0300 (GMT+0300) > From: Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Debian-user > Subject: c++ include problem (preprocessor directives) > Resent-Date: Sat, 07 Aug 1999 10:45:21 + > Resent-From: debian-user@lists.DEBIAN.org

Re: Can't boot from hard disk

1999-08-07 Thread Hartmut Figge
Mark Lawrence wrote: > The /etc/lilo.conf looks like this: > > boot=/dev/hda1 perhaps boot=/dev/hda ? -- hafi

How does one activate sound on Slink

1999-08-07 Thread Jor-el
Hi, I wasnt too concerned about audio when I installed Slink. Now, however, I feel the sudden desire to make my machine talk. The only question is how. None of the audio modules required have been installed to disk, and 'modconf' doesnt have any audio drivers listed. The install guide does

re:PS printing question

1999-08-07 Thread Johan Dewaele
Referring to earlier mail about PS printing problem. got it replaced gs with gs-aladdin replaced apsfilter with magicfilter everything ok ! :) Thanks for the help Johan Dewaele

Re: 56K internal modems

1999-08-07 Thread David Teague
On Sat, 7 Aug 1999, Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira wrote: > Hi all, > here at Brazil is very difficult to find a 56K internal modem > that is not Winmodem. > I want to buy an internal 56k modem (external are expensives) > but cant find a model. Anyone with a real 56k internal modem

Re: Login script!

1999-08-07 Thread Paul Miller
Rudy Broersma wrote: > > Hi, > > Is it possible that Linux executes a script file when a user logs on? > So for example, if user RUDY logs on, it executes the /home/rudy/script > file, and when ROOT logs on, it executes the /root/script file! > > Could anybody please give me some examples? > Yu

Re: Connect boxes

1999-08-07 Thread Bob Nielsen
The network file system (NFS) will do this. See the NFS-HOWTO. Bob On Sat, Aug 07, 1999 at 08:44:38PM +0200, Rudy Broersma wrote: > Hi, > > Is there a way to mount a file system from another linux box? > For example, I'm sitting behind box1, and I perform some kind of mount > command so that I

Re: StarOffice

1999-08-07 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Sat, Aug 07, 1999 at 08:44:00PM +0200, Rudy Broersma wrote: > Hi! > > I installed StarOffice from the RH 6.0 Application CD, I installed the RPM, > but where did RedHat store the shit? And how do I launch it? An interesting question for a Debian list. I'll assume you installed it with rpm int

Re: Login script!

1999-08-07 Thread Bob Nielsen
If you are using the bash shell, the file ~/.bash_profile is read when logging on. Bob On Sat, Aug 07, 1999 at 08:44:30PM +0200, Rudy Broersma wrote: > Hi, > > Is it possible that Linux executes a script file when a user logs on? > So for example, if user RUDY logs on, it executes the /home/ru

Bizarre problem, at my wits' end

1999-08-07 Thread Ian Eure
I am having the strangest problem. As a demonstration, I took my Potato server into singleuser mode, unmounted the partition mounted on /tmp, and overwrote the first 128k with data from /dev/zero. I then rebooted (`shutdown -r now') to show how fsck worked (new admin) - well, it also checked my RA

cfdisk says hda is smaller than it really is!

1999-08-07 Thread David Kane-Parry
I am trying to install Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 on a Dell Inspiron 7000 with a 14.1GB hard drive. Currently, Win98 has half of it and I am hoping to give Linux the other half. During the partitioning part of the installation process, however, cfdisk tells me, "yes, Win98 has a 6740MB partition, but t

Re: [Debian: XFree86] Minimal requirements

1999-08-07 Thread esoR ocsirF
On Sat, Aug 07, 1999 at 05:11:37PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote: > On Sat, Aug 07, 1999 at 11:46:20AM -0400, Bill Leach wrote: > > > You can not install X without "graphic card dependencies". That is, > > to display X sessions on your computer there must be an xserver that > > "knows how" to speak to

Any help with Realtek RTL8139 ?

1999-08-07 Thread Nuno Emanuel F. Carvalho
Hi, I'd two machines at home and I'm unable to get them working both on linux. There configuration are: $ mii-diag Using the default interface 'eth0'. Basic registers of MII PHY #32: 0100 780d 05e1 . Basic mode control register 0x0100: Auto-negotiation disabled, with S

Re: Login script!

1999-08-07 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 7 Aug, Rudy Broersma wrote about "Login script!" > Hi, > > Is it possible that Linux executes a script file when a user logs on? > So for example, if user RUDY logs on, it executes the /home/rudy/script > file, and when ROOT logs on, it executes the /root/script file! > > Could anybody ple

Re: What inkjet color printers are well supported?

1999-08-07 Thread esoR ocsirF
On Sat, Aug 07, 1999 at 07:35:17PM +0200, Bernard wrote: > > I am planning for a color inkjet purchase, I gatherned several info and > welcome suggestions and feedbacks. Is the following info correct? what would > you add to it? > > - no USB support for printer yet, so printer stay on printer po

KIllustrator 0.70

1999-08-07 Thread Alisdair McDiarmid
Has anyone had any success compiling KIllustrator 0.70 with potato? I've got the latest qt1g, kdelibs2g and the -devs of both, and the latest g++ (2.95) and all its dependencies. Trying to compile the KIllustrator tar.gz from the author's homepage was unsuccessful: the configure script was fine,

Re: Login script!

1999-08-07 Thread Michael Stenner
On Sat, Aug 07, 1999 at 08:44:30PM +0200, Rudy Broersma wrote: > Is it possible that Linux executes a script file when a user logs on? > So for example, if user RUDY logs on, it executes the /home/rudy/script > file, and when ROOT logs on, it executes the /root/script file! your shell takes care o

Re: StarOffice

1999-08-07 Thread Michelle Konzack
Hello Rudy, Please read the StarOffice-HowTo. It will explain all. Webmistress Michelle Oh yes, if you do not know how to find the Howto, go to http://ftpsearch.lycos.com/ and search for 'staroffice' At 20:44 07.08.1999 +0200, you wrote > This was the original Message: MK>Hi! MK> MK>

Re: Login script!

1999-08-07 Thread Oliver Elphick
"Rudy Broersma" wrote: >Hi, > >Is it possible that Linux executes a script file when a user logs on? >So for example, if user RUDY logs on, it executes the /home/rudy/script >file, and when ROOT logs on, it executes the /root/script file! > >Could anybody please give me some examples?

Re: Connect boxes

1999-08-07 Thread Oliver Elphick
"Rudy Broersma" wrote: >Hi, > >Is there a way to mount a file system from another linux box? >For example, I'm sitting behind box1, and I perform some kind of mount >command so that I can mount the root at box2 so I can access it at box1 > >Just like mapping network shares in windows,

Re: 56K internal modems

1999-08-07 Thread Salman Ahmed
At 08:28 AM 8/7/99 , you wrote: I have basically the same modem (Acer/AOpen FM56 ITU or something like that). Works awesome in Linux, never any problems. I really suggest it as well. Here in Canada, I've seen it for less than $70. Ditto. I picked up my Acer/AOpen modem for under $70.00 inclu

Re: 56K internal modems

1999-08-07 Thread Salman Ahmed
At 02:10 PM 8/7/99 , you wrote: I have an internal 56k PCI Fax/Data modem made by USR that is not a WinModem. This was purchased about 10 months ago. Looking at VA Research's custom workstation page, an internal 3com (aka USR) 56k PCI fax-modem is available as an option. So, you should be able

Re: 56K internal modems

1999-08-07 Thread Wim Kerkhoff
On 07-Aug-99 Salman Ahmed wrote: > At 03:13 AM 8/7/99 , you wrote: >> Hi all, >> here at Brazil is very difficult to find a 56K internal modem that >>is not Winmodem. >> I want to buy an internal 56k modem (external are expensives) but >>cant find a model. >> Anyone with a real 56k

Re: Samba Mount

1999-08-07 Thread Nathan Duehr
Depending on your samba configuration, you may need to run smbpasswd to set a samba password for the user you're logging into the Windows machine as. On Sat, 7 Aug 1999, Rudy Broersma wrote: > Hello, > > I tried to mount a windows 98 share, but it just doesn't work! I can get the > share list, b

Connect boxes

1999-08-07 Thread Rudy Broersma
Hi, Is there a way to mount a file system from another linux box? For example, I'm sitting behind box1, and I perform some kind of mount command so that I can mount the root at box2 so I can access it at box1 Just like mapping network shares in windows, and just like SMBMount, but I don't want to

Login script!

1999-08-07 Thread Rudy Broersma
Hi, Is it possible that Linux executes a script file when a user logs on? So for example, if user RUDY logs on, it executes the /home/rudy/script file, and when ROOT logs on, it executes the /root/script file! Could anybody please give me some examples? Thanks in advance, Rudy

Samba Mount

1999-08-07 Thread Rudy Broersma
Hello, I tried to mount a windows 98 share, but it just doesn't work! I can get the share list, but when I try to mount, I get a password error! Is there anybody who succeeded mounting a windows share? If so, could he please tell me how he did it? Thanks in advance, Rudy Broersma

StarOffice

1999-08-07 Thread Rudy Broersma
Hi! I installed StarOffice from the RH 6.0 Application CD, I installed the RPM, but where did RedHat store the shit? And how do I launch it? This is the first time I installed something, so please help me! Thanks, Rudy

Quit DOSEMU

1999-08-07 Thread Rudy Broersma
Hi, I want to run my multinode BBS on Linux! It's currently running on Windows, but windows crashes all the times! Now I got a question, the board runs fine! All multinodes work perfectly.. I set DOSEMU to use a partition instead of a disk image (/dev/hda2) Now, the disk image contains a file EX

Re: Problem running Corel WP

1999-08-07 Thread Stephan Hachinger
- Original Message - From: David Hamilton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Debian User List Sent: Thursday, August 05, 1999 6:21 AM Subject: Problem running Corel WP > > After converting a system from RH to Debian, I have been unable to run > WP. I get an error message that it can't find libXpm

Can't boot from hard disk

1999-08-07 Thread Mark Lawrence
Just installed 2.1 (slink) from cdrom. Boots from floppy OK, but hangs after "Loading Linux." The machine is a Pentium 200 with 96 MB of RAM. The master EIDE hd has 6.4 GB and is partitioned like this: device startstopmount point /dev/hda1 1 65

Re: 56K internal modems

1999-08-07 Thread egm2
On 7 Aug, Salman Ahmed wrote: | US Robotics does make a few internal hardware modems, but I think | that all of their current and newer models are only PCI WinModems. I | got bitten by a WinModem when I first bought my system a few months | ago and had to buy a hardware modem. I hav

Re: [Debian: XFree86] Minimal requirements

1999-08-07 Thread Mark Brown
On Sat, Aug 07, 1999 at 11:46:20AM -0400, Bill Leach wrote: > I don't believe that Linux (any distribution) and XFree will both fit > on your ZIP disk. It will, but you will have a very cut down environment. > You can not install X without "graphic card dependencies". That is, > to display X se

Re: [Debian: Install] In relation to Debian FAQ 9.4

1999-08-07 Thread Mark Brown
On Sat, Aug 07, 1999 at 07:31:37PM +0100, Michelle Konzack wrote: > OK, I have splitted a package in smaler parts (dpkg-split) > and copied them to three Floppys. > Now I want to know, how to install this 3 Floppys on my machine. > What must I do with dpkg ??? > Must I copy the files first ont

Re: X window resolution extremely low

1999-08-07 Thread Ernest Johanson
Lev, One way you can check what's going on is to type Control-Alt-F1 (assuming that X was started from the first virtual terminal). You should see some info like below. You can get back to X by typing Control-Alt-F7. This should tell you what modes are available. If what you want is there, then ed

Re: 56K internal modems

1999-08-07 Thread Salman Ahmed
At 03:13 AM 8/7/99 , you wrote: Hi all, here at Brazil is very difficult to find a 56K internal modem that is not Winmodem. I want to buy an internal 56k modem (external are expensives) but cant find a model. Anyone with a real 56k internal modem can give me your specification of

What inkjet color printers are well supported?

1999-08-07 Thread Bernard
Hi, Rather that comming up with 'the wrong' TM printer that is not well supported and asking to the list how do I get it work with debian. I do it the other way around... I am planning for a color inkjet purchase, I gatherned several info and welcome suggestions and feedbacks. Is the following in

[Debian: Install] In relation to Debian FAQ 9.4

1999-08-07 Thread Michelle Konzack
Hello, I have a question in relation to the Debian FAQ: 9.4 How can I get/install the Debian from a set of floppy disks? I had read the complete FAQ but I do not find a answer. OK, I have splitted a package in smaler parts (dpkg-split) and copied them to three Floppys. Now I want to know,

Re: News Server Configuration

1999-08-07 Thread Mark Wagnon
On Sat 01:04PM, Mark Brown wrote: > > Putting the name of the server in /etc/nntpserver (/etc/news/server on > potato) should also work. > Thank you. I was running it with the -h option, but I didn't have to before. I had both above mentioned files in /etc though. /etc/nntpserver contained news

Re: faxrunq in what package

1999-08-07 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 7 Aug, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about "faxrunq in what package" > Hi! > I have a man page for faxrunqd (part of the mgetty package), but not the > program. Also I don't have faxrunq, which is mentioned in the man page. > > Where can I find those? My HylaFAX server only spools faxes and I th

Re: [Debian: XFree86] Minimal requirements

1999-08-07 Thread Michelle Konzack
At 11:46 07.08.1999 -0400, you wrote > This was the original Message: MK>Hi Michelle; MK> MK>I don't believe that Linux (any distribution) and XFree will both fit MK>on your ZIP disk. I must make a srtiped down Version MK>You can not install X without "graphic card dependencies". That is

Re: How to escape this for the bash shell...

1999-08-07 Thread Lex Chive
On Wed, Aug 04, 1999 at 03:08:55PM -0500, Michael Merten wrote: > On Wed, Aug 04, 1999 at 03:08:20PM +0300, Alex Shnitman wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 04, 1999 at 01:22:17AM -0600, Nate Duehr wrote: > > > > > I have a file named : > > > > > > ?[4~?[4~?[4~?[4~?[4~?[4~?[4~?[4~?[4~?[4~ > > > > > > ..

Re: [Email Converter] Eudora 3.06 (Windows) to Linux ...

1999-08-07 Thread Dpk
On Sat, 7 Aug 1999, Michelle Konzack wrote: Hello, I am using a Workstation on WfW 3.11 with my E-Mailer Eudora 3.06. Now I upgrade to a Debian 2.1 Workstation and I like to keep all E-Mails (around 300 MBytes) from my Windows Workstation. Disk space is no problem !!! What

Re: [Debian: XFree86] Minimal requirements

1999-08-07 Thread Bill Leach
Hi Michelle; I don't believe that Linux (any distribution) and XFree will both fit on your ZIP disk. You can not install X without "graphic card dependencies". That is, to display X sessions on your computer there must be an xserver that "knows how" to speak to your graphics hardware. OTOH, you

Re: 56K internal modems

1999-08-07 Thread Mirek Kwasniak
On Sat, Aug 07, 1999 at 04:13:05AM -0300, Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira wrote: > Hi all, > here at Brazil is very difficult to find a 56K internal modem that > is not Winmodem. > I want to buy an internal 56k modem (external are expensives) but > cant find a model. > Anyone w

Re: no fixed disk

1999-08-07 Thread Patrik Magnusson
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (tf) writes: > Hey guys, > > I dual boot, and suspect I picked up a virus that ate somthing > important. I can't get either to windows or my debian partition. > > What I wonder is, how can I restore my mbr, (or do anything,) If I c

Re: Crystal CS 4232

1999-08-07 Thread egm2
On 7 Aug, Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira wrote: | Hi all, | my brother has a computer with a Crystal Sound Card 4232 - Sound | Blaster PRO compatible. | I tried to recompile the kernel (2.2.5) to enable the sound but I | cant figure what are the options. | An

Re: OT : RAM, please help.

1999-08-07 Thread Aaron Solochek
When I was adding RAM to my mothers gateway, I ran into problems because I didn't have double clock ram. The ram I added just simply wasn't being counted before I got the right kind. -Aaron Solochek [EMAIL PROTECTED] "J.W. Jones" wrote: > I worked for a long time as a computer repair tech

Re: SCSI Emulation

1999-08-07 Thread Stephen Pitts
On Fri, Aug 06, 1999 at 03:13:49PM -0400, Quesada, Juan wrote: > I need help in configuring SCSI Emulation under kernel 2.2.5 > I've turned on SCSI Emulation option, I cannot see it in /proc/devices > You won't see it under /proc/devices, because the 'virtual' SCSI controller for your IDE drives

Re: Esound and vmware

1999-08-07 Thread Stephen Pitts
On Fri, Aug 06, 1999 at 06:35:53PM +0200, Andy Spiegl wrote: > Hi! > > I tried to start vmware with the esddsp wrapper, but vmware still > complains that it can't access /dev/dsp. > I've used ESD with VMWare fine. What are the permissions on /dev/dsp? What user is running VMWare? What user star

Re: network audio system?

1999-08-07 Thread Stephen Pitts
On Sat, Aug 07, 1999 at 06:55:17AM +0100, John Gay wrote: > > > I've set up an old 486DX33 as an X-Terminal and I plan to put a sound card > into > it. After a few questions and searching, it seems that nas, network audio > system > is what I need, but I can't seem to find much information abou

Re: Diald Setup

1999-08-07 Thread Mark Brown
On Fri, Aug 06, 1999 at 10:43:32AM -0400, Charles Gates wrote: > I've installed the diald package, but I can't get it to work properly. > There are two problems: Which diald version and which kernel version are you running? If you are using diald 0.16 from slink with a 2.2 kernel you need to upg

Re: Disk drive: going, going, ...

1999-08-07 Thread Stephen Pitts
On Sat, Aug 07, 1999 at 08:48:06AM -0400, Jim Foltz wrote: > Hi, > > I an going to do a re-installation of Windows and Debian and planned on > backing up the /etc directory. My /home and /usr/local are on a second > drive so will remain intact. What else on the / partition might need > to be saved

faxrunq in what package

1999-08-07 Thread Thorsten . Manegold
Hi! I have a man page for faxrunqd (part of the mgetty package), but not the program. Also I don't have faxrunq, which is mentioned in the man page. Where can I find those? My HylaFAX server only spools faxes and I think I need this program to make it send it out. TIA Thorsten

THANKS A LOT EVERYBODY

1999-08-07 Thread erasmo perez
hallo girls and guys thanks for your support in the non-debian cuestion of gsm it is just that i have not seen my wife since november (since i came from mexico to germany to study) so i was really upset when she did not arrive in the scheduled date (she lost the train) but now we have talked and

Re: How to resize root partition?

1999-08-07 Thread Marcin Owsiany
Hello! On Sat, Aug 07, 1999 at 09:06:05PM +0800, a wrote: > I have Debian 1.2 on hda3 (350M). Is it possible to resize it to 300M? as far as i know - it's not possible.. > If this isn't possible, is it possible to cp hda3 to hda2 and run from hda2? this is possible (actually i did something simi

[Debian: XFree86] Minimal requirements

1999-08-07 Thread Michelle Konzack
Hello, It is possible to install Debian 2.1 and XFree86 on a LS-120/ZIP-Disk without any grapic card depencies ??? I like to use the installation on different computers with different graphic cards. Possible with different NIC's too. Thanks in advance Webmistress Michelle

[Debian: Diskless] Looking for Infos to do that

1999-08-07 Thread Michelle Konzack
Hello, How can I make a Linux installation WITH XFree86 on a diskless system ??? Must the Ramdisk have the Minix file system ??? The Linux must be bootable from LS-120 or ZIP-Disk (and Floppy-Bootdisk because my SCSI contoller is not bootable) Thannk in advance Webmistress Michelle

How to resize root partition?

1999-08-07 Thread a
I have Debian 1.2 on hda3 (350M). Is it possible to resize it to 300M? If this isn't possible, is it possible to cp hda3 to hda2 and run from hda2? Please reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] because I will leave the list in a minute.

[Debian: XFree86] Newbie trouble

1999-08-07 Thread Michelle Konzack
Hello and good day to all, I have the 4-CD Debian 2.1 Distribution and tied to install a Workstation with XFree86 around 8 or 10 times without success. I know all of my hardware, addresses, IRQ's, type of graphic card, SCSI controller, ... What can you suggest me to do ??? And then: I h

[Debian: Back-Up] How to back up ???

1999-08-07 Thread Michelle Konzack
Hello to all. I have installed the base of Debian 2.1 and it works. Hmm, I have done this on the same machine several times, because I have installed some programs and crashed the full system !!! Now my question:How can I back-up the Installation ??? I have a SCSI contro

[Email Converter] Eudora 3.06 (Windows) to Linux ...

1999-08-07 Thread Michelle Konzack
Hello, I am using a Workstation on WfW 3.11 with my E-Mailer Eudora 3.06. Now I upgrade to a Debian 2.1 Workstation and I like to keep all E-Mails (around 300 MBytes) from my Windows Workstation. Disk space is no problem !!! What is with E-Mail clients which user compressed Mail-Folder ??? OK,

Disk drive: going, going, ...

1999-08-07 Thread Jim Foltz
Hi, I an going to do a re-installation of Windows and Debian and planned on backing up the /etc directory. My /home and /usr/local are on a second drive so will remain intact. What else on the / partition might need to be saved? I don't have any databases or anything out of the ordinary (that I kn

Re: News Server Configuration

1999-08-07 Thread Mark Brown
On Sat, Aug 07, 1999 at 01:05:47AM -0700, Mark Wagnon wrote: > When I installed I didn't enter a news server when prompted to. I > figured I'd be using Netscape to read news. I was wrong. I want > to try slrn, but now it craps out because it's looking for a > local news server. From slrn(1):

Re: stop bringing up X window when Linux booting

1999-08-07 Thread Laurent PICOULEAU
Hi, On Fri, 06 Aug, 1999 à 12:00:51PM -0400, Matt Kopishke wrote: > It's really pretty simple, > > just coment out the 'start-xdm' line in your /etc/X11/config > > You don't need to remove xdm, and I actuly would not recomend it, who > knows you might want it someday... > It *was* simple wit

scsi hd idle spin down

1999-08-07 Thread Weasel
Hi there. I've two SCSI harddisks and what I'm looking for is a tool/kernel patch that spins down those drives after some idle time and up again when needed. I've tried scsi-idle (original version by Christer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, version for 2.0.30 by Matthew Jachimstal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and fo

Re: c++ include problem (preprocessor directives)

1999-08-07 Thread J.H.M. Dassen \(Ray\)
On Sat, Aug 07, 1999 at 13:48:48 +0300, Micha Feigin wrote: > only then i get an error that the functions declared inside input.h can't > be found. The linker says: Preprocessing and linking are separate stages of the compilation proccess. Your .h file tells the compiler how input() looks, but you

c++ include problem (preprocessor directives)

1999-08-07 Thread Micha Feigin
In my files the headers are included like this: #ifdef NEWCPPH #include #else #include #endif #include #include #include "input.h" only then i get an error that the functions declared inside input.h can't be found. The linker says: g++ -o main.o -Wall -pedantic -c main.cpp g++ main.o -o

Makefile gone crazy - urgent

1999-08-07 Thread Micha Feigin
I have a makefile for a project I'm writing. In it I add values to a variable CFLAGS according to whether certain variables are defined. for example: ifdef NEWCPPH CFLAGS := $(CFLAGS) -DNEWCPPH endif the problem is that for the last one it inserts the three last letters twice. So the command comes

Re: GSM

1999-08-07 Thread J.H.M. Dassen \(Ray\)
On Sat, Aug 07, 1999 at 10:32:03 +0200, erasmo perez wrote: > the GSM number is: 0476823240 > > how can i call her? Have you tried simply using that number? > the long distance in germany is 00 > the acces code for belgium is 32 > the acces code for brussels is 2 In my experience, these number

Re: using ccmalloc

1999-08-07 Thread Micha Feigin
when i used ccmalloc without the .o suffix it linked fine i think (at list the linker didn't give any warnings that it wasn't working) The problem is that when i ran the program i got no deferent output, so the question is how do i actually use ccmalloc to track the memory leaks? On 7 Aug 1999, Co

[Fwd: Mail delivery failed: returning message to sender]

1999-08-07 Thread erasmo perez
--- Begin Message --- This message was created automatically by mail delivery software. A message that you sent could not be delivered to all of its recipients. The following address(es) failed: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: lookup of host "smaug.com" failed in worldwide router -- This is a copy

Re: ppp fails "LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests"

1999-08-07 Thread Vicente Ferrando Berenguer
David Wright wrote: > Quoting Not Again ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > For the first time I'm having difficulty establishing Linux > > ppp connections, with a recently opened ISP account. > > pppconfig has done well enough on my numerous previous > > setups, with only an occasional script tweak, that I'

GSM

1999-08-07 Thread erasmo perez
hallo guys this is not a debian question but i need technical support my wife is in brussels, and i need to contact her, but i only have a GSM telefon number the GSM number is: 0476823240 how can i call her? wich number do i need to dial to phone her? the long distance in germany is 00 the ac

Re: Crystal CS 4232

1999-08-07 Thread Chanop Silpa-Anan
>From memory, I used to have a note book with cs 4232, I compile sound support >as modules and load modules like this. modprovbe sound insmod ad1848 insmod uart401 insmod cs4232 io=0x530 irx=5 dma=1 dma2=0 insmod opl3 io=0x388 as shown in /usr/src/linux/Documentation/sound./CS4232 cheers, Chan

News Server Configuration

1999-08-07 Thread Mark Wagnon
When I installed I didn't enter a news server when prompted to. I figured I'd be using Netscape to read news. I was wrong. I want to try slrn, but now it craps out because it's looking for a local news server. Is there a special configuration command that I need to use. Here's what I get in case y

56K internal modems

1999-08-07 Thread Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira
Hi all, here at Brazil is very difficult to find a 56K internal modem that is not Winmodem. I want to buy an internal 56k modem (external are expensives) but cant find a model. Anyone with a real 56k internal modem can give me your specification of model & etc? Is there 56kbs US

Crystal CS 4232

1999-08-07 Thread Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira
Hi all, my brother has a computer with a Crystal Sound Card 4232 - Sound Blaster PRO compatible. I tried to recompile the kernel (2.2.5) to enable the sound but I cant figure what are the options. Anyone has the same card and can help me? Thanks,Paulo Henrique

Realplayer woes

1999-08-07 Thread Wim Kerkhoff
Hi All, I have been having troubles getting Realplayer working. I've tried different versions & different methods. With some methods, it wouldn't even come up, but segfault right away. Other times, it would segfault when it started to buffer a clip. The furthest I've gotten is by installing th

Re: OT : RAM, please help.

1999-08-07 Thread J.W. Jones
I worked for a long time as a computer repair tech, and Gateways are a pain in the neck. What has probably happened is that the Gateway Tech you talked with wasn't paying attention looking at the specs for your system. I personally have had about 50% success with runnning PC100 RAM in a 66mhz syste

network audio system?

1999-08-07 Thread John Gay
I've set up an old 486DX33 as an X-Terminal and I plan to put a sound card into it. After a few questions and searching, it seems that nas, network audio system is what I need, but I can't seem to find much information about it on the web. Does anyone know if there is a home site for this? I trie

Request for information on subscription

1999-08-07 Thread dmaestra
Dear Sir or Madam, I am currently using IMP server to access my email box attached to provider FREE.FR. However, I still don't know how to store my sent-messages in case I wish to keep them. Could you please tell me the way to do so. I thank you very much in advance. I am looking forward to he

Re: backspace character does not exists in xterm,

1999-08-07 Thread Daniel Yang
If you floppy device (fd0) is bootable (It is default setting on most BIOS), you could use Linux Rescue Boot Disk as Brian said. It works. If you floppy device (fd0) could not be booted, you may check the user manual of your machine and see how to reconfigure boot setting of BIOS. You must set flop

Re: backspace character does not exists in xterm,

1999-08-07 Thread Daniel Yang
I believe if you choose the keyboard type correctly when you do XF86Config, the key mapping should be set right basically. So I would check the XF86Config, make sure the keyboard selection is OK. You may also look at the file .Xmodmap in /etc/X11 directory ( It may not in the same directory on your

Re: most: cannot display *.gz files

1999-08-07 Thread Hartmut Figge
Matthias Murra wrote: > If anyone out there is running a slink system, has the version of "most" > installed that came with it (or could install it for a few seconds :->) and > would be so kind to tell me if "most .gz" works, that might help. :) i haven't seen a reply yet, so ... no problem here

Re: OT : RAM, please help.

1999-08-07 Thread John Carline
Andrei Ivanov wrote: > Sorry for OT question, but I'm completely stumped here. > My stepfather has a custom Gateway machine, and he wanted to get some > memory upgrades on it. The docs say that motherboard supports up to 32M > 4x64 modulo SDRAM chip in each DIMM (it has 2). > I told him to order t

Re: backspace character does not exists in xterm,

1999-08-07 Thread Lee Elliott
Hello Brian, On 06-Aug-99, you wrote: BS> *- On 6 Aug, Lee Elliott wrote about "Re: backspace character does BS> not exists in xterm," BS>> Hello J.H.M., BS>> BS>> On 02-Aug-99, you wrote: BS>> BS>> JD\> On Sun, Aug 01, 1999 at 15:39:17 -0700, Oz Dror wrote: JD\>> BS>> On xterm I have to type c

syslog config question

1999-08-07 Thread Noah L. Meyerhans
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hello. I have a question that's been nagging at me for quite some time, and it's finally gotten to the point where I need to ask somebody. I am using the standard slink syslog.conf file, and I have bind installed to provide name service for my local network. E

Re: Xauthority?

1999-08-07 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 7 Aug, erasmo perez wrote about "Xauthority?" > hallo guys! > > where can i specify the name of the server that is authorized to conect > to my server? > > i mean, if i try tu run a graphic application of another server in my > debian macine, i receive a message: > > Xlib: Client is not a

RE: no fixed disk

1999-08-07 Thread Ted Harding
On 07-Aug-99 tf wrote: > Hey guys, > > I dual boot, and suspect I picked up a virus that ate somthing > important. I can't get either to windows or my debian partition. > > What I wonder is, how can I restore my mbr, (or do anything,) If I can > not boot? the slink rescue disk does not

no fixed disk

1999-08-07 Thread tf
Hey guys, I dual boot, and suspect I picked up a virus that ate somthing important. I can't get either to windows or my debian partition. What I wonder is, how can I restore my mbr, (or do anything,) If I can not boot? the slink rescue disk does not boot. windows system disk wont eit

Re: backspace character does not exists in xterm,

1999-08-07 Thread Kris
Oz Dror wrote: >On xterm I have to type crtl-h to generate the backspace character > >the backspace character defaults to the delete character > >how can I change this default. Add... xmodmap -e "keycode 22 = BackSpace" & ... to the top of your ~/.xsession, or type it from within an (x|e|rxv)te