Stephen Pitts wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 27, 1999 at 08:47:20AM -0400, Jon Hughes wrote:
> > I just posted a question last night about some problems with a ZIP drive.
> > One thing I read that could be a possible solution is the module lp is
> > loading before ppa (at least, that's what the book says...
On Mon, Aug 30, 1999 at 01:43:57PM +0100, Michelle Konzack wrote:
> Today I have found a 3Dfx graphic card in my miracle sack
>
> Currently I am using the 'miroCrystal 40 sv' which works very good,
> but the 3Dfx und mor then 2 years younger and it will have more Power.
You will still have to re
Hi,
> i'm thinking about switching from debian to red hat. is there any compelling
> reason why debian is better than red hat?
> --
Sure. Debian has a better package control system and can resolve the
dependence better. Apt is a superior tool. Can you find an equivalent one for
redhat?
Seco
Hi,
[ no doubt ths comes up often so I hope no-one minds me commenting! ]
I'm sure you'll get lots of answers. For me the main points were:
PRO:
- More 'standards' compliant in the sense that I found that when I read the
HOWTOS in many cases the RH stuff wasn't in the places it said it would b
Hi all,
I'm new at this list and I want to ask something:
Is there any program to check which libraries are unused on a system, so,
any program doesn't depends on them ?
Many thanks.
Juli-Manel Merino Vidal
[EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://jmmv.cjb.net
> Thanks for your response, For the info of everyone it seems that FTP install
> capabilities are not yet a reality for debian.
^^^ ??
FYI I originally came to use Debian because at the time it was the
_only_ distribution that I was
At 02:24 PM 8/31/99 MDT, Duggan Dieterly wrote:
>i'm thinking about switching from debian to red hat. is there any compelling
>reason why debian is better than red hat?
>--
>Duggan Dieterlyvoice: (970) 898-7906
>Software Design Engr
> Hello,
>
> On Windows98, I'm able to use my MAG DJ700 monitor with
> my Diamond 3D Stealth 2000 card at 1024x768 and 24-bit colors
> without a problem. Whenever I've tried to set that up with
> XFree86, it always turns off the 1024x768 option for 24-bit color,
> so the highest color depth I'm ab
I have an official CDROM for Debian which I've used for a good many
months without problems. Suddenly I'm getting numerous errors in reading
the disk; I can't give the exact error messages but they are of the form
"Atapi reset... error on reset.."
After a good deal of this it resumes reading
On Tue, Aug 31, 1999 at 09:11:28AM -0300, Guilherme Soares Zahn wrote
> > > Any ideas??
> >
> > Correctly masquerading FTP sessions requires a special module,
> > ip_masq_ftp in 2.2 version kernels; Do you have this module
> > loaded (or built-in to the kernel)?
>
> Hmmm... I have to check it out.
Not meaning to waste space. I finally got my sys up and running Thanks to
all for the info..
Thanks one and all. I tried two approaches:
- at LILO prompt I typed linux init=/bin/bash. This failed because the /
partition mounted read-only
- used Toms Rescue Disk. This allowed me to edit /etc/passwd and
/etc/shadow. Success!
Thanks for the help!
Patrick
Hello.
I am using Debian GNU/Linux as a nameserver, and I wonder how do I
modify it to reject all lookups for stupid sites like
"ad.doubleclick.net" or any other annoying banner-site?
I've been told to use something called "junkbuster" but I rather not run
anything extra on the host, I simply woul
i'm thinking about switching from debian to red hat. is there any compelling
reason why debian is better than red hat?
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win98 fdisk warns that if LONG DISK SUPPORT is enabled then no other
operating systems will be able to share the disk with windows 98. long disk
support is need so that i can get a partition bigger than 2 GB for windows 98.
will linux fdisk be able to work with the partition table that win98 writ
I upgraded the kernel to 2.2.x version (I tried different ones), but now I
always get a warning message from mount saying that the compiled version
of mount is older than the kernel (although I've already recompiled
mount!). Due to that, NFS gets very verbosy and keeps on sending
nfs_warning, nfs_d
As far as I know, the only time you can select these pre-packaged lists of
software to install is in the install scripts.
It would be nice to be able to pick a "group" like that after install, but
I don't think it's in the software yet.
Of course, the old open-source adage applies. Jump in and
Can someone please help this guy?
Ciao, Hanno
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Seth, I have never been able to get dhcpcd to work. I installed dhclient and
the only
success I've had, was with that. Perhaps you could try removing dhcpcd and
installing
the package called dhcp-client-beta from the Debian installation CD's. Mind
you, I am
still having trouble even though I cre
Yep, I'll check that out tonight. Where on the system do I put it?
I told it 16384, so I'm guessing it is a cascade from the unknown
chipset.
Thanx again -- Greg.
Bob Nielsen wrote:
>
> Looking at what you posted:
>
> > (--) SVGA: videoram: 64k
>
> This might be your problem. Are you runnin
Ok let's take it from the top.
Boot your machine into X, forget the dhcp thing for now.
In a term window, su to root and run dhcp. Then, highlight the text and go to
your email window. Click the middle mouse button when you have the cursor
where you want the text -- bammo cut and paste X style.
Hello,
On Windows98, I'm able to use my MAG DJ700 monitor with
my Diamond 3D Stealth 2000 card at 1024x768 and 24-bit colors
without a problem. Whenever I've tried to set that up with
XFree86, it always turns off the 1024x768 option for 24-bit color,
so the highest color depth I'm able to use 1024
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on Mon, 30 Aug 1999, Ernest Johanson wrote:
> I just upgraded a potato system to 2.2.12 due to the 2.2.11 memory leak.
> The release notes say that the .12 kernel won't compile with gcc 2.95. I
> have gcc 2.91.66-2 on that system and it compiled ok, a few warning
Hi,
I ran 2.2.12 till today, but due to a bug in the ipx module, I'll
need to downgrade to 2.0.38 (I hope it's ok!).
When upgrading to 2.2.12, I upgraded netbase and some other guys.
Will I have problem running netbase for 2.2.12 in a 2.0.38 kernel? Some
suggestion on this? I real
Cory,
Boot hangs during the "now booting the kernel" stage can usally be
remedied by using the "Tecra" boot images from the FTP site.
I had a Toshiba laptop exhibiting the same problem during install and I
followed the instructions at :
http://slf.gweep.net/~sfoskett/linux/p3010-4.html#ss4.3
On Mon, 30 Aug 1999, Guilherme Soares Zahn wrote:
) Hi there,
)
) Lately I've been facing a strange and very annoying problem... When
) I try to do FTP from a site, it will almost surely drop my connection
) out when I try to build a data connection (either through a 'get',
) 'retr' or just a
On Tue, Aug 31, 1999 at 01:21:22PM +0100,
John Gay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> now I can open xmms on my daughter's display, but when I start to play an MP3,
> the sound plays from the speakers on the PII! I am hoping when I get nas
> running
> properly, I'll be able to play the sound from the
Some of the linux disk partition programs (cfdisk included) are "large
disk impaired" to be politically correct about the issue.
I've had wonderful results with programs like PartitionMagic doing the
partitioning and then installing linux into pre-made partitions.
Your mileage may vary, good luc
> Thanks for your response, For the info of everyone it seems that FTP install
> capabilities are not yet a reality for debian.
Well, mas... I must admit I got into the thread just now, so I may be a little
repetitive.. The forst time I installed Linux in my life was when I put Debian
in my PC,
Hi
On Sunday, I booted into my Windows NT partition, downloaded
Internet Explorer 5.0, and installed it. Later that night, I discovered that
LILO would no longer load my Linux partition.
I still get the LILO boot prompt, and if I hit Shift and type WinNT
for my NT partition
Boy, I hate this... :)
I think I mistyped my first submission to this mailing list. Here it is
again, verbatim, save for fixing the errors I know I had in it.
Hey gang, I desperatly need your help. I don't think my slink's dhcpcd is
properly doing the dhcpdiscover.
Specs:
kernel 2.0.36, both cu
With a disk this size, you probably cannot use cfdisk. You might be
able to use fdisk instead (at the point in the installation process
where you are asked to invoke cfdisk, hit alt-F2 and enter and you will
receive a shell prompt, from which you type 'fdisk').
If fdisk does not recognize the d
> Thanks for your response, For the info of everyone it seems that FTP
> install capabilities are not yet a reality for debian. In my experience
> installing debian is no longer a reality. I have in my possession three
> different debian CD's. One I created on the ftp site, one from cheap by
Looking at what you posted:
> (--) SVGA: videoram: 64k
This might be your problem. Are you running kernel 2.2.12? I had a
similar problem after my latest kernel upgrage in that it no longer
detected my video memory and I had to add a line in
/etc/X11/XF86Config Device section:
VideoRam20
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Duggan Dieterly wrote:
> i'm trying to install debian linux from a cd-rom that was in the 'Debian
> GNU/Linux Guide to Installation' book.
>
> the problem is that i have a 25 GB disk. if i want to use more than 2 GB for
> windows 98 (which i do) then i must enable long disk support when i use
>
Hello:
I've seen the glibc2.1 in potato break and then fix Star Office
5.1 several times. The current version (2.1.2-0pre12) seems to break
the printing in Star Office. It has worked with 2.1.2-0pre9 (I think).
What should I do to try to fix this???
Ryan
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello everyone, I just installed Debian slink on a PII and as a first
attempt I choose to
install the minimal configuration.
Now I would like to go back to the nice page that let you choose the
installation profile.
I mean the installation step where we can choose to install a standalone
machine, a
On Tue, Aug 31, 1999 at 09:06:56AM -0600, Duggan Dieterly wrote:
> i'm trying to install debian linux from a cd-rom that was in the 'Debian
> GNU/Linux Guide to Installation' book.
>
> the problem is that i have a 25 GB disk. if i want to use more than 2 GB for
> windows 98 (which i do) then i mu
-Original Message-
From: Cory Rudder
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 1999 12:13
To: 'Patrick Olson'
Subject:RE: FTP Install
Thanks for your response, For the info of everyone it seems that FTP install
capabilities are not yet a reality for debian. In my experience installing
On Mon, 30 Aug 1999, Guilherme Soares Zahn wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> Lately I've been facing a strange and very annoying problem... When
> I try to do FTP from a site, it will almost surely drop my connection
> out when I try to build a data connection (either through a 'get',
> 'retr' or just
> Lance Levsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > but:
> > my @data_sources=DBI->data_sources("mysql");print @data_sources;
> >
> > outputs:
> > nothing.
>
> Can you connect to mysql using:
>
> mysql -u -p
>
> ?
>
> Jens
I can, and successful remote connections as well. And php3 can connect a
Sorry for so many messages. Too much coffee makes me too quick to hit
SEND!
Does the "Update" step work correctly? (Do you see the CD-ROM light up
and does the system respond appropriately that the available packages have
been updated?
On Mon, 30 Aug 1999, Ron Stordahl wrote:
> Nathan Duehr
Hello again Ron,
One more thing, confirm for us that you're loading Debian 2.1 (some
version of slink) and not something else. Perhaps we're giving you bad
information due to assumptions.
On Mon, 30 Aug 1999, Ron Stordahl wrote:
> Nathan Duehr replied:
>
> > Ron,
> >
> > Due to various laws a
Hi Ron,
"Local" packages are exactly that. If you create your own Packages.gz
file and .deb files and keep them locally (usually developers do this)
then you can determine where the "local" packages are kept in this step.
I'm not sure exactly where your configuration isn't working in the
"Insta
here is the posting that i sent yesterday. it directly relates
to the problem i'm having with cfdisk.
i am trying to install debian linux. i got the distribution from the
'Debian GNU/Linux Guide to Installation and Usage' book.
i followed the instructions using FIPS to partition my hard drive.
i'm trying to install debian linux from a cd-rom that was in the 'Debian
GNU/Linux Guide to Installation' book.
the problem is that i have a 25 GB disk. if i want to use more than 2 GB for
windows 98 (which i do) then i must enable long disk support when i use
windows 98 fdisk to partition my dis
Mark Wagnon wrote:
>
> On Tue 08/31/99 04:21PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > i have just installed slink from scratch but unfortunately i chose the
> > wrong network card in the installation process... I now know the correct
> > card so my question is... how do i go about setting it up?
On Tue, 31 Aug 1999, Liu Chung Him wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I have 2 3com network cards (3c509B and 3c905). I plugs the 3c905 first
> and install the linux. It can work and can connect to the Internet.
> Then , i plugs the 3c509B. However, when the machine boot up. It only can
> detect the eth0 whi
*- On 31 Aug, Patrick Kirk wrote about "Re: Forgotten root password HELP using
shadow passwords"
>> Assuming you're not using shadow passwords, you'll need to boot from the
>
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> I am using shadow passwords. Does that mean I'm unable to do as you
> suggest?
>
In that c
> > > I can cut and paste with left and middle mouse button without problem
> > > from one xterm to another. Not so if lynx is running in an xterm: I
> > > can neither cut nor paste.
> >
> > Hold down the SHIFT key when you select text in lynx. Works for me
> > either in a text console (gpm) or X
> When I have added new fonts and run texhash I will still on occasion
> get failures and messages like those you report.
>
> The only way I have found to fix it is to run metafont by hand on the
> relevant source files (i.e. those with the .mf extension in the
> `source' directory) and move the
On Tue, Aug 31, 1999 at 12:26:55PM +0200, Debian Mail wrote:
[...]
> > Hold down the SHIFT key when you select text in lynx. Works for me
> > either in a text console (gpm) or X.
>
> Yep, that works. Thanks!
> Still strange that cut and paste without SHIFT does not work...
Try clicking on a lin
On Mon, Aug 30, 1999 at 09:17:38PM -0700, Mark Wagnon wrote:
> I'm taking a C class this semester and my instructer want us to use
> the script command to verify our work: cat the program, compile it,
> and enter test data while scripting.
>
> The program itself is easy to use, but I get control c
Stephen Pitts wrote:-
> Hi! I'm trying to figure out what level of Japanese input support exists
> in Debian.
Not much to my knowledge, unless you install Debian-jp.
> Ideally, I'd like to be able to receive messages written in
> Unicode with mutt (via the mutt-ja package), and type messages/docu
Hi, I downloaded and installed Netscape Communicator
'communicator-v461-export.x86-unknown-linux2.0.tar.gz'
Now I get the error that it can't load libXpm.so.4
but that file is in /usr/X11R6/lib
can anyone help me?
Ari Sigurðsson
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Igor Mozetic, the Debian List and Brandon Harris:
I came across a post for XDMCP and broadcast posting to the debian lists
+ in November 1998. SPecifically, the message which was written was:
http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/debian-user-9811/msg00336.html
I have a subnet of 6 Linux boxes and
Hope this is the right place to mention this:
Did an apt-get update this morning and found package tkdesk in
slink/proposed-updates has a new revision which depends on libc6 (>=2.1)
(dists/proposed-updates/tkdesk_1.1-3_i386.deb)
I believe this to be an oversight.
Isn't slink; libc6 < 2.1 ??
Ne
> Assuming you're not using shadow passwords, you'll need to boot from the
Thanks for the reply.
I am using shadow passwords. Does that mean I'm unable to do as you
suggest?
Patrick
Stavros wrote:
>
> the problem had something to do with the xconfig.
> after i did menuconfig, saved and exit everything warked fine.
>
> thnanks everyone.
>
Hi,
thanks for this hint. I had that same error message (PAGE_OFFSET_RAW'
undeclared).
I had copied my .config from a 2.2.10 kernel sourc
Greetings,
I have recently installed a SONY SCSI tape drive onto my linux box. I
would like to use the Taper program to back up my hard drive to tape. But
I seem to be having a problem with getting the tape drive to work.
When I do a cat on /proc/scsi/scsi I get:
Attached device
I've been trying to set up Network Audio System for my daughters remote
X-Terminal but my lack of networking knowledge is getting in the way. I've got
sound compiled and working on her PC, as I can cat bark.au > /dev/audio and get
a bark from my speakers. At the moment I log into her PC as root,
> > Any ideas??
>
> Correctly masquerading FTP sessions requires a special module,
> ip_masq_ftp in 2.2 version kernels; Do you have this module
> loaded (or built-in to the kernel)?
Hmmm... I have to check it out... Should it be loaded in the masquerading
server or
in every Linux box whose IP is
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Oh yes -- an addition to my last email. Where I said the error message looks
like "xxx (init): cannot something.."
the "xxx" should read: "sendto"
I get the same error message when I try to ping places too. :)
Thanks again
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Hi,
Looks like netscape-461/communicator-461 in current potato move back to libc5
version. It crashes with Bus Error on starting up every time. After I remove
xswallow things work fine again.
Is this a netscape bug or xswallow bug?
Chanop
--
,---
On Tue, 31 Aug 1999, Patrick Kirk wrote:
2 things you can do:
pop a debian boot disk into the floppy
wait untill you get to te color selction screen
alt-2, enter
now you have a console
mount your linux partition (whichever one has etc on it)
vi /etc/passwd
delete what's in teh second feild
so it l
On Tue, 31 Aug 1999, Liu Chung Him wrote:
> Dear all,
>
>My Machine is installed with Debian 2.1 and have a 4X cdrom.
> When i want to mount the cdrom with "mount /dev/cdrom /mnt", a error
> "mount: special device /dev/cdrom does not exist" is shown. I have checked
> the boot log (/var/log/k
At 11:39 31/08/1999 +0100, you wrote:
Can I recover this installation?
Assuming you're not using shadow passwords, you'll need to boot from the
rescue disk, switch to an alternative terminal (Alt-F2), press enter for a
terminal, then mount the root partition of your hard disk.
(e.g.
# mkdir
Hi Gregory,
On Mon, 30 Aug 1999, Gregory T. Norris wrote:
>
> There's an IPX overbroadcasting problem with all currently released
> versions of 2.2.x... very nasty, in my experience (saturates the network
> *very* quickly, crashed some switches, etc.). If you're willing to compile
> a custom k
Ok, here's the output... BTW, it's a pain in the real only having a M$ box
currently working here at home...
Thanx again -- Greg.
-
XFree86 Version 3.3.3.1 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6300)
Release Date: January 4 1999
I
On Tue, 31 Aug 1999, Francois GELIS wrote:
> With glibc2.x, isn't that configured in something
> like /etc/nsswitch.conf instead of /etc/host.conf ?
Yeap it is ... and that solved my problem.
Thx a bunch ;-)
/fax
- Original Message -
From: Stephan Hachinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Christian Hammers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 1999 12:52 PM
Subject: Re: boot from cd but load kernel from hd ?
>
> - Original Message -
> From: Christian Hammers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To:
> S
On Tue, Aug 31, 1999 at 11:32:46AM +0200, Bruno Boettcher wrote:
> Hello,
>
> i just want to make some tests with the mbrola package which needs access to
> the /dev/dsp device, but gnome blocks it.
>
> Which entity of gnome does this, and is there a way to remove the control of
> gnome over th
Dear all,
My Machine is installed with Debian 2.1 and have a 4X cdrom.
When i want to mount the cdrom with "mount /dev/cdrom /mnt", a error
"mount: special device /dev/cdrom does not exist" is shown. I have checked
the boot log (/var/log/kern.log) , It shows me that "hdd: HITACHI 4X
CD-ROM dri
Thank you for help. I send in attachment my XF86config file.
Davide
Stephan Hachinger wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> How is your X configured? Could you attach XF86config, please?
>
> Kind Reagards, Stephan Hachinger.
# XF86Config auto-generated by XF86Setup
#
# Copyright (c) 1996 by The XFree86 Project, In
Dear all,
I have 2 3com network cards (3c509B and 3c905). I plugs the 3c905 first
and install the linux. It can work and can connect to the Internet.
Then , i plugs the 3c509B. However, when the machine boot up. It only can
detect the eth0 which is 3c509 card, no eth1 or 3c905 is detected.
How ca
Hi all,
My root password on my home box was compromised a couple of weeks ago as I
telnetted in from work and I had to change it in a hurry. I did so, changed
it again to make sure there was no chance the person who "eyeballed" me
entering the old password had been able to use it and then devoted
Ok, here's the output... BTW, it's a pain in the real only having a M$ box
currently working here at home...
Thanx again -- Greg.
-
XFree86 Version 3.3.3.1 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6300)
Release Date: January 4 1999
I
> > I can cut and paste with left and middle mouse button without problem
> > from one xterm to another. Not so if lynx is running in an xterm: I
> > can neither cut nor paste.
>
> Hold down the SHIFT key when you select text in lynx. Works for me
> either in a text console (gpm) or X.
Yep, that
On Tue, 31 Aug 1999, Fredrik Ax wrote:
> I'm runing Debian 2.1 r2 with
> Linux kernel 2.2.11 (downloaded recompiled source)
> glibc 2.0.7 (libc6_2.0.7.19981211-6.deb)
> libresolv 2.0.7 (libc6_2.0.7.19981211-6.deb)
>
>
> Here are some config files. Things whithin <> of course
>
Hello,
i just want to make some tests with the mbrola package which needs access to
the /dev/dsp device, but gnome blocks it.
Which entity of gnome does this, and is there a way to remove the control of
gnome over this device temporarily?
--
ciao bboett
===
On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, Sebastian Canagaratna wrote:
> 127.0.0.1 is the localhost ( your machine ). Unless
> your machine is acting as the name server names will not be
> secolved. You will have to get the name server from the network
> administrator.
I'm fully aware that 127.0.0.1 is the localhos
Lance Levsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Does anyone run slink with Perl and libdbd-mysql-perl with a locally
> compiled version of Mysql?
>
> My problem is that perl refuses to connect. It know the mysql module
> is there:
> @driver_names=DBI->available_drivers; print @driver_names;
>
> ou
On Tue 08/31/99 01:58AM, Brad wrote:
> i'm hoping you don't have to print it all out then... That's a huge pain,
> and waste of paper! (if you do, look into a2ps or mpage to put multiple
> pages on one sheet)
Unfortunately I do, but at this stage, the programs are very short.
I've been using a2ps
On Mon, Aug 30, 1999 at 08:18:02PM -0700, Private Man wrote:
> I was wondering if Debian Linux 2.1 and the 2.2.11 kernel will support a
> relatively new tape drive that HP has come out with.
> Its a 14GB Travan, but it is an IDE attach.
insert the ide-scsi module and use it as a normal SCSI tape d
Thanks for the info. First, My mail is on Lotus Notes at work on a M$ PC. I
don't have access to set the line length, Sorry everyone.
I edited my /etc/window-manager file and now WindowMaker starts from login. Boy
X is confusing. I downloaded wmsound from the debian site and installed it, I'll
ha
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On Mon, 30 Aug 1999, Mark Wagnon wrote:
> I'm taking a C class this semester and my instructer want us to use
> the script command to verify our work: cat the program, compile it,
> and enter test data while scripting.
i'm hoping you don't have to print it all
George Bonser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> You have neglected the "finish" after your rules. WHat is happening is
> that it processes the first rule ... which is true. Then it processes
> the
> second rule, which is ALSO true.
I have found a very good rule for Debian lists:
if $h_x-mailing-lis
Ernest Johanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I just upgraded a potato system to 2.2.12 due to the 2.2.11 memory
> leak.
> The release notes say that the .12 kernel won't compile with gcc 2.95.
> I
> have gcc 2.91.66-2 on that system and it compiled ok, a few warnings
> but
> no errors. System came
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On Mon, 30 Aug 1999, Christian Dysthe wrote:
> I have a couple of cron jobs running that I have added myself. The
> problem is that I get mails from cron with the subject:
>
> Cron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily
>
> In the mail it may s
the problem had something to do with the xconfig.
after i did menuconfig, saved and exit everything warked fine.
thnanks everyone.
On Mon, Aug 30, 1999 at 11:11:45PM -0700, Beverley Eyre wrote:
> OK, I give up. What's potato?
Potato is the code name for the unstable section of debian. The current
version of debian is code named slink and is considered stable. The
previous version was hamm and before that... well lets just say
OK, I give up. What's potato?
Bev
Memory question / concern,
First off, I am running a bleeding edge potato box and know that I will
get bitten more than once ;-) I just had the strangest thing happen, I
was on vc5 when everything just sorta stopped (interactive wise) but the
dis activity went into overdrive. I also had a bunch of
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
On Mon, 30 Aug 1999, David Blackman wrote:
> so your basic prompt (from dos) is:
> export ps1"\w$"
i'd recommend the following instead:
export PS1='\w\$ '
This will give the current working directory, followed by a $ if non-root
or a # if root. In either cas
When trying to change the password of a user on my system, with
"passwd ", I get the error "Cannot open the password file."
I have no idea how this happened, but I am logged in as root,
and /etc/passwd is mod 644... I have shadow passwords installed,
and /etc/shadow is mod 640.
I can cat < /etc/s
Thanks to all, I have received messages into both of my mailboxes
without redundancy or repitition. The finish seems to do the trick, I am
posting my filter for any future readers that may like to follow suit.
# Exim filter
if $h_X-Mailing-List: contains "ebian-user"
then save $home/Mail/debian-
On Tue 08/31/99 01:14AM, Peter Mickle wrote:
> hello,
>
> thanks to anyone who can help...i am running slink (reasonably
> successfully), and i have downloaded a cad/drawing program - octree -
> which requires "libtermcap.so.x". this library doesn't appear to be part
> of the slink distribution th
Peter,
What is octree? Did you get it from Berkeley as part of the oct suite?
(from the Ptolemy project)
Bev
> hello,
>
> thanks to anyone who can help...i am running slink (reasonably
> successfully), and i have downloaded a cad/drawing program - octree -
> which requires "libtermcap.so.x". th
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