RE: Network Tangle

1999-08-24 Thread david . cureton
I am not sure where you are setting ftp_proxy but I believe that apt-get has some mechanisim for using proxy servers in the /etc/apt.conf file. I am using the 1.3 distributation of apt-get and I cannot seem to find any information on this type of support. Maybe it is only in later releases of apt-

Re: Still Having .forward problems with EXIM

1999-08-24 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 24 Aug, Kent Andersen wrote about "Still Having .forward problems with EXIM" > Anyone know why exim still deivers localy when a .forward file is in place > and a valid email address is in it? > Im about to pull my hair out! > any ideas on what might be wrong would be greatly appreciated! >

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1999-08-24 Thread david . cureton
Hi, I am trying to upgrade my debian 1.3 distribution to something a little more recent. I have installed the apt-get package developed for this distribution and intend to use this to upgrade. As I sit behind a proxyserver for http and ftp services I need to configure apt-get to download

Re: Still Having .forward problems with EXIM

1999-08-24 Thread Alvin Oga
hi kent is your .forward file specified in your home directory of the outgoing "mail server" ?? otherwise the mail server you are pointing to will not see it.. have fun linuxing alvin > Anyone know why exim still deivers localy when a .forward file is in place > and a valid email address is i

Still Having .forward problems with EXIM

1999-08-24 Thread Kent Andersen
Anyone know why exim still deivers localy when a .forward file is in place and a valid email address is in it? Im about to pull my hair out! any ideas on what might be wrong would be greatly appreciated! Kent

Network Tangle

1999-08-24 Thread John D Smith
Hi thanks for reading this,   I have just re installed the latest version on a Toshiba Laptop, with a CNET PCMCIA card in a slot, which gives me access, (Though Limited) to my Windows Network. The windows Network uses Wingate Proxy server to access the Internet.   I have re installed a num

Re: module aliases

1999-08-24 Thread Alan Cox
> >Periodically I get the following messages in my logfiles: > > > > modprobe: can't locate module sound-slot-1 > > modprobe: can't locate module sound-service-1-0 > > > >How can I tell for certain which modules I need to add an alias for, or > >if I should alias them off entirely? I'm run

Re: DVD on Linux?

1999-08-24 Thread Frankie Fisher
On Mon, Aug 23, 1999 at 07:25:24PM -0500, Oleg Krivosheev wrote: > On Mon, 23 Aug 1999, Mark Brown wrote: > > > On Sun, Aug 22, 1999 at 12:30:39AM -0700, Ramiel G. wrote: > > > > > Does anyone know if there are any DVD players out there for Linux? > > > > Due to restrictions on the decoding algo

Re: slink --> potatoe (hi dan quayle! :)

1999-08-24 Thread Stephen Pitts
On Mon, Aug 23, 1999 at 03:06:10PM -0700, Seth R Arnold wrote: > hi all, > > I recently bought slink from cheapbytes ($12 for 4 CDs! wow! :) so I could > install it before I get to school... but, it seems to me that it comes with > ancient versions of some software (windowmaker 20.x I think...) so

Re: module aliases

1999-08-24 Thread Keith Owens
On Mon, 23 Aug 1999 20:55:55 -0500, "Gregory T. Norris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Periodically I get the following messages in my logfiles: > > modprobe: can't locate module sound-slot-1 > modprobe: can't locate module sound-service-1-0 > >How can I tell for certain which modules I need

ARP problems w/Axis Print Server

1999-08-24 Thread ^chewie
Problem --- I cannot ARP the Axis Print Server from my Linux machine (antilles) Assessment -- The Axis Print Server can be assigned an IP address from two separate Linux machines (chewie and cfo) with the arp command: arp -H ether -s temp * where hostname = axis-1 a

Hello!!!

1999-08-24 Thread Scott Paper Company
I'm new using Linux and I want to know where can I find about shared "Video & RAM" Systems like PC-100 with built in Video SiS 620.   Thanks to all.   PD: I'd like to know some "news groups"  

gdm does not start gdmchooser ?!

1999-08-24 Thread Christian Hammers
Hello List After installing a new version of gdm (1.0.0-9) I have a problem. When it starts, I see the gray X root window and a mouse but nothing more happens. A ps gives the following output: 276 ? S0:00 /usr/sbin/gdm 283 ? S0:01 \_ /usr/bin/X11/X -auth /var/state/gdm/authdir/

Re: apache/lynx problem - this is driving me crazy...

1999-08-24 Thread Patrick Olson
> I believe the error is the /www/one-click.com settings. This looks like an > invalid http format. Unfortunately I cannot find the file which is > controlling this. Probably should be www.one-click.com Look in /etc/lynx.cfg for a line that begins STARTFILE: and I think that will be the line y

Re: Netscape

1999-08-24 Thread Noah L. Meyerhans
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Tue, 24 Aug 1999, Ryan Chouinard wrote: > I always hear people complain about Netscape crashing, but I never had > that problem, except in Windows. But then, everything crashes in > Windows. Netscape works fine for me in RH, Slackware, and now Debian. > What'

no way to make bookmark into info page in emacs?

1999-08-24 Thread Britton Leo Kerin
When I do C-x r m and type bison and return, I don't get anything (neither error messages nor other stuff), but when I try to jump to the bookmark I get bison nonexistent. Relocate "bison"? (y or n) If I choose to relocate it into the info page again, the problem persists. Is there any way to

Re: Communicator 4.6.1 Segfaulting under slink

1999-08-24 Thread Patrick Olson
> I'm trying to run Communicator 4.6.1 (downloaded 128 bit, non-glibc > version), and every time I try to start up, it waits a few minutes and > segfaults. Hints as to what to do next? Do I download and use glibc, > or pull their 56 bit exportable version? Is this likely a Debian > problem or a

Netscape

1999-08-24 Thread Ryan Chouinard
I always hear people complain about Netscape crashing, but I never had that problem, except in Windows. But then, everything crashes in Windows. Netscape works fine for me in RH, Slackware, and now Debian. What's the deal? --Ryan Chouinard

Re: mozilla M8, but compiled for slink

1999-08-24 Thread Josip Rodin
On Tue, Aug 24, 1999 at 10:20:00AM -0700, Steven Work wrote: > > > I guess I should put a recompiled libgtk1.2 and libglib1.2 there, too... > > > tell me if anything else is needed. > > > > I am using the ones that came with the gnome slink > > compile. All is fine untill now. > > But the depende

Re: Video Rules?

1999-08-24 Thread Karl F. Larsen
Thanks Raymond, that is VERY helpful! I will order an 8 meg card today! Best wishes - Karl F. Larsen, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (505) 524-3303 -

Re: DVD on Linux?

1999-08-24 Thread Kent West
Dave Swegen wrote: >>> >> > The problem with that of course is that a lot of DVD films with DVD-ROM > content (stuff like scripts, web-links etc) you can only access the DVD-ROM > extras via windows (since it's the _only_ OS anyone ever uses. Isn't it? > :) This is getting uglier and uglier

Re: PPP over an Ethernet connection.

1999-08-24 Thread Mario Olimpio de Menezes
On Tue, 24 Aug 1999, Peter Palfrader aka Weasel wrote: > > Feel free to reply with RTFM since I haven't done so yet. Your mail was just > a good oportunity to get into it. since you allow it :-)), VPN-HOWTO (mini) maybe is what you want. []s, Mario O.de Menezes"Many are the plans

Re: PPP over an Ethernet connection.

1999-08-24 Thread Peter Palfrader aka Weasel
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Tue, Aug 24, 1999 at 12:14:30PM -0500, Jens B. Jorgensen wrote: > shaul wrote: > > I want to set up a *dynamic* PPP connection over an Ethernet connection (at > > least, that is what I think). > > Can you tell me what are the available tools ? > It might help

Re: Wysiwyg Report Writer?

1999-08-24 Thread Kent West
^chewie wrote: > > Just wondering if anyone knows of a Wysiwyg report writer similar to > Crystal Reports for Linux? If not, what type of tools could I use for > creating custom reports (that look good and aren't too difficult to > edit) that are database driven using ODBC drivers? We've got a S

Wysiwyg Report Writer?

1999-08-24 Thread ^chewie
Just wondering if anyone knows of a Wysiwyg report writer similar to Crystal Reports for Linux? If not, what type of tools could I use for creating custom reports (that look good and aren't too difficult to edit) that are database driven using ODBC drivers? We've got a SQL Server database (I know

debian installation

1999-08-24 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
How do I install debian on a ppc box? I use a Power Computing PowerBase 240 with a 603ev processor. I already have Linuxppc 1999 installed and running and would like to also try debian. Any help or pertinent links or urls greatly appreciated. Thanks a million

Re: [Debian] Multiport Ethernet boards?

1999-08-24 Thread Wayne Topa
Subject: [Debian] Multiport Ethernet boards? Date: Tue, Aug 24, 1999 at 03:55:40PM +0200 In reply to:Nico De Ranter Quoting Nico De Ranter([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > Howdy, > > I believe somebody posted a message about this some time ago > but I couldn't find it in the archives (a

Re: libc6-dev confilicts with libstdc++2.9-dev?

1999-08-24 Thread Ben Collins
On Tue, Aug 24, 1999 at 11:00:35AM -0700, Emile Snyder wrote: > Hrm. I went and got my system all messed up messing with stuff that I > shouldn't have, and now I'm trying to recover. I can't seem to get gcc > and g++ environments to play nice. > > Does anyone have any pointers as to where to go

libc6-dev confilicts with libstdc++2.9-dev?

1999-08-24 Thread Emile Snyder
Hrm. I went and got my system all messed up messing with stuff that I shouldn't have, and now I'm trying to recover. I can't seem to get gcc and g++ environments to play nice. Does anyone have any pointers as to where to go with this? Why does libc6-dev_2.1.2-0pre7.deb conflict with libstdc++2.

Re: mozilla M8, but compiled for slink

1999-08-24 Thread Steven Work
Eduardo Marcel Macan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Aug 24, 1999 at 12:37:15AM +0200, Josip Rodin wrote: > > > I guess I should put a recompiled libgtk1.2 and libglib1.2 there, too... > > tell me if anything else is needed. > > I am using the ones that came with the gnome slink > compile.

Re: PPP over an Ethernet connection.

1999-08-24 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
It might help if you could add more information about what it is exactly you're trying to do. You can run PPP over the internet and I'd be happy to send you pre-hack netcat which will help you do this. I'm not sure the tool I have built though matches what you're trying to do. Tell me more. sha

Re: ipconfig eth0:1 down doesnt do what i think it would

1999-08-24 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
It sounds like the real solution is to not add your static IP to eth0. Does it really need to be? What network is on eth0? What's the regular IP on eth0? What IP are you trying to add? I'm guessing there's a better way to accomplish whatever it is you're trying to accomplish by settings this sta

Xemacs-21

1999-08-24 Thread Micha Feigin
I installed xemacs21 some time ago. It is now running parallel to xemacs20 untill it will work. For almost anything i try to do i get an error: Symbol's function definition is void:allow-remote-path Also on most operations, including trying to open files i get a message: I also got this message on

Re: Video Rules?

1999-08-24 Thread Raymond A. Ingles
On Sun, 22 Aug 1999, Karl F. Larsen wrote: > Are there any rule of thumb on how much ram the video card must > have to achieve a given resolution? I have a 1 meg card now and get 8 bit > 16 color when using a 1024x480 screen. It's actually pretty simple. The formula is: (horizontal re

Re: e2fsck w/out boot?

1999-08-24 Thread William T Wilson
On Tue, 24 Aug 1999, Ralph Winslow wrote: > Having got to single user mode (as root, BTW), umount the slice that > you want to run e2fsk on before you e2fsk it. To be really safe. when > you do the / filesystem, reboot from diskette first. It isn't necessary to do that. If you remount it read-o

Phantom Port problems

1999-08-24 Thread Matt Kopishke
We have a server set up that does IP-Masq and Firewalling for a internal office network. The odd thing is that it has been broadcasting on port 1033 to 255.255.255.255:1478 (the world ?). There is no entry for ether in /etc/services and lsof can't find any thing runing on those ports, but syslog

Re: Parallel Port Scanner

1999-08-24 Thread Raymond A. Ingles
On Tue, 24 Aug 1999, Guilherme Soares Zahn wrote: > Brazilian company (TCE), so I guess it's just an OEM repackage... Anyway, I > know it supports a TWAIN driver... Now, what the hell is a TWAIN driver? TWAIN is a software standard for scanners. Unfortunately, it's a standard that's nearly usele

Lots of smail's running

1999-08-24 Thread Clemens Heuberger
On my slink system (linux 2.2.9) with smail (3.2.0.102-1) the following happens since a few days (and I do not see any reason for it to happen, so I didn't change anything in the configuration of the machine in the near past ...): There are many smails running: finanz:~ $ps aux |grep smail root

Unidentified subject!

1999-08-24 Thread John Haggerty
Hello, I am having difficulty in installing gnome on my debian system which I am upgrading from slink to potato I try to get some of the libs for parts of the system like gnome-bin and it says that they need to be configured first so when I try to configure them they say I need to configure th

Re: Parallel Port Scanner

1999-08-24 Thread Guilherme Soares Zahn
Hey! No wonder everybody just loves this list! In a few minutes I got a couple of GREAT answers! I've followed the links and found myself stuck again in a dilemma... My PP Scanner is made by a Brazilian company (TCE), so I guess it's just an OEM repackage... Anyway, I know it supports a TWAIN driv

Re: Need tips on using apt with src

1999-08-24 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 24 Aug, John Foster wrote about "Need tips on using apt with src" > I recently tried using apt pointed at the source codes on potato. I want > to try getting it to compile several applications to run on slink. This > seemed to work until apt tried to compile the app (newt30) that I > wanted.

Netscape segfaulting, cont'd

1999-08-24 Thread Jonathan Hayward
I got 4.5.1 from the Debian website, and it's segfaulting as well. Does Netscape just not like my system? -Jonathan

Re: DVD on Linux?

1999-08-24 Thread Dave Swegen
On Tue, Aug 24, 1999 at 02:16 -0500, Kent West wrote: > Mark Brown wrote: > > > > On Sun, Aug 22, 1999 at 12:30:39AM -0700, Ramiel G. wrote: > > > > > Does anyone know if there are any DVD players out there for Linux? > > > > Due to restrictions on the decoding algorithms and (I presume) the spe

PPP over an Ethernet connection.

1999-08-24 Thread shaul
I want to set up a *dynamic* PPP connection over an Ethernet connection (at least, that is what I think). Can you tell me what are the available tools ? Can I redirect a terminal to the Ethernet device ? There does not seems to be /dev/eth*. Suppose I'll have to hack some package, which one wou

Re: Parallel Port Scanner

1999-08-24 Thread Raymond A. Ingles
On Tue, 24 Aug 1999, Guilherme Soares Zahn wrote: > Hi folks! > > Some days ago someone posted here a link to a page where I would > find notes and/or drivers for using a parallel port scanner under > Linux... OK, but the *%$@ here entered the page with Netscape and > deleted the message... b

Re: DVD on Linux?

1999-08-24 Thread Oleg Krivosheev
On Tue, 24 Aug 1999, Kent West wrote: > Mark Brown wrote: > > > > On Sun, Aug 22, 1999 at 12:30:39AM -0700, Ramiel G. wrote: > > > > > Does anyone know if there are any DVD players out there for Linux? > > > > Due to restrictions on the decoding algorithms and (I presume) the specs > > for chip

Re: [Debian] Multiport Ethernet boards?

1999-08-24 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Tue, 24 Aug 1999, Nico De Ranter wrote: : : Howdy, : : I believe somebody posted a message about this some time ago : but I couldn't find it in the archives (actualy I don't know : what to look for :-). I want to build a router using a PC : running Linux. Unfortunately there aren't en

Re: e2fsck w/out boot?

1999-08-24 Thread Ralph Winslow
Brad wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > On Fri, 20 Aug 1999, William T Wilson wrote: > > > You have to be in single-user mode. Do 'telinit 1' to accomplish that and > > then 'telinit 3' to get back. Having got to single user mode (as root, BTW), umount the slice that you want to

Re: boot messages too fast to read.

1999-08-24 Thread Wayne Topa
Subject: boot messages too fast to read. Date: Thu, Aug 19, 1999 at 06:14:02PM +1000 In reply to:Alexander Jankowsky Quoting Alexander Jankowsky([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > How do you look at all the start up information that scrolls past > too quickly to read when the computer

[Debian] Multiport Ethernet boards?

1999-08-24 Thread Nico De Ranter
Howdy, I believe somebody posted a message about this some time ago but I couldn't find it in the archives (actualy I don't know what to look for :-). I want to build a router using a PC running Linux. Unfortunately there aren't enough PCI slots to accomodate all networkadapters. Are there any

Re: Weird slow network problem...

1999-08-24 Thread Kent West
Dan Everton wrote: > > On Tue, 24 Aug 1999, Aaron Solochek wrote: > > If its not too much of a pain in the ass you might want to try switching the > > oomputers around to see if the problem is in the campus infastructure. Are > > you in > > the same dorm? Are they switched or shared connections

Need tips on using apt with src

1999-08-24 Thread John Foster
I recently tried using apt pointed at the source codes on potato. I want to try getting it to compile several applications to run on slink. This seemed to work until apt tried to compile the app (newt30) that I wanted. It kept giving error codes and failed to compile. I read all the docs and checke

Re: Weird slow network problem...

1999-08-24 Thread Kent West
Dan Everton wrote: > As for what I mean by locally and externally... we both live on campus at > university and are connected to the residential network. Traffic within > this network is fine and goes at full speed for my friend. The residential > network is connected (through a firewall) to th

Re: HELP: 3Com 509B(or 900B TP0) Network Problem

1999-08-24 Thread Julian Stoev
I remember I had some problems with some 3com, because of the PnP. I remember I had to find their drivers and *_disable_the_PnP_*. After this Win98 (from the win98 CD) drivers were not working with the card, but Linux and FreeBSD were perfect. There were also Win98 drivers from the net for cards w

Re: parport0 has no irq.

1999-08-24 Thread Alson van der Meulen
Hi, I've set up my system for PLIP, and when I try to load the plip >module, I get an error message that parport0 has no IRQ. When trying to load the module with parameters (i.e. insmod plip irq=5), the system complains that irq is an invalid parameter. Hi, I've had the same problem with pl

Re: Parallel Port Scanner

1999-08-24 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 24 Aug, Guilherme Soares Zahn wrote about "Parallel Port Scanner" > Hi folks! > > Some days ago someone posted here a link to a page where I would > find notes and/or drivers for using a parallel port scanner under > Linux... OK, but the *%$@ here entered the page with Netscape and > del

Re: FAT32 e Compactador DOS<->Linux

1999-08-24 Thread Guilherme Soares Zahn
Fala Lindalvo, o negocio eh o seguinte: O Linux soh consegue acessar volumes FAT32 a partir do kernel 2.2.x, e o seu Slack deve estar com o 2.0.x, neh? OK, uma sugestao seria atualizar o kernel, mas isso nem sempre eh possivel, (afinal eh mais um download de 14Mb, neh)? Quanto a um compac

Re: Weird slow network problem...

1999-08-24 Thread Jens Ritter
On Tue, 24 Aug 1999, Dan Everton wrote: > On 24 Aug 1999, Jens Ritter wrote: > > What do you mean by locally and externally? Two cards in different > > directions? > > No interrupts and other cards are not the same. I have an ISA VIBRA16 and > he has an ISA ESS688, I have an PCI S3 ViRGE, he has a

Re: scsi

1999-08-24 Thread Ben Pfaff
webmaster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Does this linux support the NCR 53C710 scsi chip ? Not in general. Only 53c8xx are supported on all archs. 53c7xx is supported on Linux/m68k in particular; ISA and PCI versions are definitely not supported.

Re: HELP: 3Com 509B(or 900B TP0) Network Problem

1999-08-24 Thread Marcin Kurc
I never had any problems with 3coms. I always compile the support into kernel. 509 works: eth0: 3c509 at 0x300 tag 1, 10baseT port, address 00 10 5a 03 d3 82, IRQ 10. 3c509.c:1.16 (2.2) 2/3/98 [EMAIL PROTECTED] and also 900 works: 3c59x.c:v0.99H 11/17/98 Donald Becker http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.

Parallel Port Scanner

1999-08-24 Thread Guilherme Soares Zahn
Hi folks! Some days ago someone posted here a link to a page where I would find notes and/or drivers for using a parallel port scanner under Linux... OK, but the *%$@ here entered the page with Netscape and deleted the message... but, as always, netscape crashed before I could save the page in

Re: slink --> potatoe (hi dan quayle! :)

1999-08-24 Thread Richard E. Hawkins Esq.
seth supplied, > > btw -- the reason why I decided to try debian was its users -- many of the > users evangelize debian, absolutely lauding it. The support. Oh, and the support :) Every year or two something gets me irked, and I go play with FreeBSD. Just try to get a question answered there

Authorization Problems using GDM

1999-08-24 Thread David Natkins
I am basically a "newbie" when is comes to Gnome, so I apologize if my problem is covered in some FAQ. I've been using xdm and I decided to try out gdm. I installed all the appropriate packages from a mirror of ftp.gnome.org. I would appreciate it if someone would point me in the right direction

Re: escaping novell network and 21041 ethernet card

1999-08-24 Thread Richard E. Hawkins Esq.
jens wrote, > > NETMASK=255.255.255.0 > Ok, here's the problem. Your network by the looks of it should be a class B > network, which means that your netmask should be 255.255.0.0. That should fix > it. james wrote, > : NETMASK=255.255.255.0 > Try "NETMASK=255.255.0.0" > : NETWORK=134.161.248

parport0 has no irq.

1999-08-24 Thread Marius Aamodt Eriksen
Hi, I've set up my system for PLIP, and when I try to load the plip module, I get an error message that parport0 has no IRQ. When trying to load the module with parameters (i.e. insmod plip irq=5), the system complains that irq is an invalid parameter. Any ideas? TIA, Marius. -- Marius Aamo

Re: Weird slow network problem...

1999-08-24 Thread Dan Everton
On Tue, 24 Aug 1999, Aaron Solochek wrote: > If its not too much of a pain in the ass you might want to try switching the > oomputers around to see if the problem is in the campus infastructure. Are > you in > the same dorm? Are they switched or shared connections? If you live in > different >

Re: DVD on Linux?

1999-08-24 Thread Evan Van Dyke
Kent West wrote: > Oh Man! This means I've talked my sister into a Linux box for > nothing; playing DVDs was an important issue for her. At least > we're still in the planning stage. I guess it's back to her > original plan of getting a blue-box G3 (at three times the cost). > At least I'll be able

unsuscribe

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Re: Weird slow network problem...

1999-08-24 Thread Dan Everton
On 24 Aug 1999, Jens Ritter wrote: > Dan Everton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > The weirdest part about this is that he has identical network card > > (RTL-8029, using the ne2k-pci driver), identical kernel (2.2.11), identical > > Debian install (potato as of yesterday) and identical config (ex

Re: mozilla M8, but compiled for slink

1999-08-24 Thread Eduardo Marcel Macan
On Tue, Aug 24, 1999 at 12:37:15AM +0200, Josip Rodin wrote: > Hi people, > > You can find mozilla .debs compiled for glibc2.0 (slink version) here: > > http://pandora.debian.org/~joy/slink/ > > They worked on a mostly-slink system I tried them on. I have tried it on a pure slink

Re: Weird slow network problem...

1999-08-24 Thread Jens Ritter
Dan Everton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The weirdest part about this is that he has identical network card > (RTL-8029, using the ne2k-pci driver), identical kernel (2.2.11), identical > Debian install (potato as of yesterday) and identical config (except for the > IP address of course :). I hav

ipconfig eth0:1 down doesnt do what i think it would

1999-08-24 Thread meridian
Hi, i have added eth0:1 with the ip of my static ip assigned by my isp, which is only supposed to be up on the local network when my connection to my isp goes down. however when my connection comes back up i get ip-up to run ifconfig eth0:1 down to remove it except this also removes eth0 which i

re: Kernel 2.2.10 and Stallion Brumby 4 port serial card

1999-08-24 Thread Michael
I have a Stallion Brumby Multiport intelligent serial card. 4 port model. I had this card working fine under 2.0.x series of kernels, and had it compiled in as part of the kernel. I followed the info in the readme's for the card, and edited /usr/src/linux-`kernel version`\char\istallion.c to point

mozilla M8, but compiled for slink

1999-08-24 Thread Shad Gregory
Hi, I downloaded and installed the slink-mozilla debs. However, when I tried to run mozilla I get: MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME=/usr/local/mozilla/package LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/mozilla/package MOZ_PROGRAM=./viewer moz_debug=0 moz_debugger=

Re: suscribe

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scsi

1999-08-24 Thread webmaster
Does this linux support the NCR 53C710 scsi chip ?

lilo boot from scsi

1999-08-24 Thread Armin Wegner
Hi, I've got the Gigabyte GA-6BXE motherboard with Award BIOS v4.51PG, two IBM DTTA IDE hard disks, the Symbios 53c875E SCSI-to-PCI hostadapter, one IBM DORS-32160 and two IBM DCAS-34330 SCSI hard disks. I've installed linux on the two IDE disks and Windows 98 on the DORS. the DORS is my first SC

Re: debian installation

1999-08-24 Thread vw
I went through the same kind of nightmare trying to install on a box without net and without cd-rom, using diskettes. After installing the base system I realized: this isn't working and it's driving me nuts, so I got a modem, ran pppconfig and the rest of the install was a breeze, except for my int

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US Robotics/3 Com Upgrade to v90?

1999-08-24 Thread Alan Eugene Davis
I purchased a USR Sportster 33.6 about two years ago, at what now looks like a premium. I have tried several times to upgrade to v90, with results leaving a bad after taste. As I informed 3Com, at my salary, I have wasted over 2X the *considerable* cost of the modem trying to flash upgrade. I

Re: boot messages too fast to read.

1999-08-24 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Hwei Sheng TEOH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >It seems that certain messages are not recorded by dmesg: such as isapnp >messages. (I've never been able to see the board ID and "activated OK" message >in dmesg -- only on the console.) Anybody can explain why?? Yes. Th

fvwm2 configuration

1999-08-24 Thread E.L. Meijer \(Eric\)
Hi all, I use fvwm2 as a window manager in slink. In /etc/X11/fvwm2/system.fvwm2rc, the FvwmPager module is started with one desk, after .fvwm2/post.hook is read. I like to start FvwmPager with three desks, and do that in my post.hook file. As a result there are always two FvwmPagers running, o

Re: SCSI Drive Geometry Question

1999-08-24 Thread Marcus Johansson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > I still got an annoying error message from my SCSI BIOS when I boot my > machine. I did a low-level format of the drive and all of a sudden it > was reporting the correct drive geometry of 555/255/63, which is the > same geometry that my original drive always reported.

Re: dhcpd doesn't log anything anymore

1999-08-24 Thread Marc Dubrowski
Hi again guys end girls I have found an answer to my problem. I should have checked the dhcp mailing list archive before, but ... Well; Sorry to have posted the wrong list. In fact, I forgot to mention my dhcp server gives static addresses following the MAC address of the PC's. And at this time,

Re: user name lenght

1999-08-24 Thread Stephan Engelke
On Tue, Aug 24, 1999 at 09:50:29AM +0200, Matus fantomas Uhlar wrote: > -> > The usual max is 8 characters. You can use more but why? > -> because i have a long surname ;-). > > don't risk problems with programs & scripts which take only 8 chars; use > your first name as login then ;) Initials a

Re: user name lenght

1999-08-24 Thread Matus \"fantomas\" Uhlar
-> >The usual max is 8 characters. You can use more but why? -> > -> because i have a long surname ;-). don't risk problems with programs & scripts which take only 8 chars; use your first name as login then ;) -- Matus "fantomas" Uhlar, sysadmin at Telenor Internet Kosice, Slovakia BIC co

Re: Anyone using a Mustek 1200ED Scanner with Linux?

1999-08-24 Thread Jens Ritter
John Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Has anyone here tried using Linux with a Mustek 1200ED scanner. I have > requested info as to driver availability for Linux but no answer yet. I > just got one and want to set it up with Linux. Any suggestions? See www.mostang.com/sane for a list of sc

Re: Weird slow network problem...

1999-08-24 Thread Dan Everton
On Tue, Aug 24, 1999 at 05:29:27PM +1000, Dan Everton wrote: > This has to be one of the weirdest networking problems I've come across. > > A friend running Debian can transfer files on the local network at normal > 10mbit speeds. However as soon as he tries to transfer stuff from outside the > lo

Weird slow network problem...

1999-08-24 Thread Dan Everton
This has to be one of the weirdest networking problems I've come across. A friend running Debian can transfer files on the local network at normal 10mbit speeds. However as soon as he tries to transfer stuff from outside the local net, transfer speeds drop to 30kB/s bursts as opposed to the 300-60

Re: module aliases

1999-08-24 Thread David Z. Maze
Gregory T Norris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: GTN> Periodically I get the following messages in my logfiles: GTN> modprobe: can't locate module sound-slot-1 GTN> modprobe: can't locate module sound-service-1-0 GTN> GTN> How can I tell for certain which modules I need to add an alias GTN>

Re: esd and realplayer

1999-08-24 Thread Oz Dror
My eds command is esd -terminate -nobeep -as 2 as soon as noises is played by enlightement. The system freezes until real audio is terminated -Oz "Eric G . Miller" wrote: > I run esd with 'C' so it allows other processes to use > the sound. The upshot is that if realplayer is running, then g

Re: boot messages too fast to read.

1999-08-24 Thread Mark Brown
On Tue, Aug 24, 1999 at 12:40:19AM -0400, Hwei Sheng TEOH wrote: > It seems that certain messages are not recorded by dmesg: such as isapnp > messages. (I've never been able to see the board ID and "activated OK" message > in dmesg -- only on the console.) Anybody can explain why?? I'd like to hav

Re: apache/lynx problem - this is driving me crazy...

1999-08-24 Thread André Bell
>When I just type "lynx" I get: > Alert! Unable to connect to remote host. > lynx: can't startfile http://www/one-click.com Ok, so now I figured out that part of these errors came from the virtualhost settings. Now that I've commented out all of the virtual host settings lynx now runs when I t

Re: apache/lynx problem - this is driving me crazy...

1999-08-24 Thread Mark Brown
On Mon, Aug 23, 1999 at 06:33:29PM -0700, André Bell wrote: > I've re-run apacheconfig a million times and am stumped as to why I get > these errors. I've also checked /etc/host and /etc/apache/httpd.conf to see > if there is anything obvious that is wrong. i can't find the problem. Look for erro

Anyone using a Mustek 1200ED Scanner with Linux?

1999-08-24 Thread John Foster
Has anyone here tried using Linux with a Mustek 1200ED scanner. I have requested info as to driver availability for Linux but no answer yet. I just got one and want to set it up with Linux. Any suggestions? -- John Foster AdVance-Computing Systems [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ# 19460173

Re: boot messages too fast to read.

1999-08-24 Thread Hwei Sheng TEOH
On Tue, 24 Aug 1999, Mark Wagnon wrote: > On Mon 08/23/99 11:31PM, David Teague wrote: > > > After boot, dmesg will give a good bit of the boot messages, but > > sometimes it fails to give parts of the boot message that I want :( > > I have this problem, and it drives me crazy. Sometimes I wan

Driver support for parallel-port midi interface?

1999-08-24 Thread Miles Bader
Does anyone have any advice as to how I can use my Opcode `Midi-translator-pc' (at least I think that's what it's called) parallel-port midi interface with linux? Thanks, -Miles -- Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra. Suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night the ice w

Re: boot messages too fast to read.

1999-08-24 Thread Mark Wagnon
On Mon 08/23/99 11:31PM, David Teague wrote: > After boot, dmesg will give a good bit of the boot messages, but > sometimes it fails to give parts of the boot message that I want :( I have this problem, and it drives me crazy. Sometimes I want to cut and paste the info into my pleas for help, but

Re: xf86setup q's

1999-08-24 Thread Hans van den Boogert
At 05:25 PM 8/23/99 -0700, you wrote: >debs, > >i've got vga monitor, which plugs into a port at the back of the >computer. i don't have a video card for the monitor, meaning that the >monitor connects to the motherboard via ribbon from the port. > Try to run the program SuperProbe (must be in /u

Re: [Re: DVD on Linux?]

1999-08-24 Thread Julian
current developement is underway do develope DVD on linux.. http://livid.on.openprojects.net/ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.

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