Re: Printing *should* work...

1999-09-09 Thread Seth R Arnold
/dev/lp1 for 2.0.x, /dev/lp0 for 2.2.x, right? On Thu, Sep 09, 1999 at 10:43:47AM -0400, Raymond A. Ingles wrote: > > Okay, I'm tying to set up a 486-66MHz, 16MB RAM, 240MB HD, as a > demonstration for Linux Demo Day this Sunday. I've got it more-or-less > working for scanning (the world's wors

Re: Monitor various system informations

1999-09-09 Thread Seth R Arnold
Enrico, look into "ud" for uptime and "eximon" for exim monitor. (yeah, uptime shows uptime just as well -- but ud logs the three longest, as well as current time up..) On Thu, Sep 09, 1999 at 02:40:01PM +0200, Enrico Zini wrote: > Hello! > > I am looking for a way to monitor various system info

RE: permissions for /tmp

1999-09-09 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 09-Sep-99 Marshal Wong wrote: > > Could somebody send me the long listing of the root directory? I need > the proper permissions for /tmp since I fiddled around with it, and > now all the permissions are wrong. Thanks! > Here ya go. root Description: Binary data

Re: Modem connection speed

1999-09-09 Thread Brad
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Thu, 9 Sep 1999, Enrico Zini wrote: > Opening "/var/log/connection_speeds"... > chat: Sep 09 16:23:04 CONNECT 50666/ARQ/V90/LAPM/V42BIS > Closing "/var/log/connection_speeds". > Opening "/var/log/connection_speeds"... > chat: Sep 09 10:55:38 CONNECT 50666/A

problem installing dnsutils

1999-09-09 Thread Pollywog
I tried to install the dnsutils package (using apt-get on potato) and I got this: Unpacking replacement dnsutils ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/dnsutils_1%3a8.2.1-5_i386.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/usr/bin/dnsquery', which is also in package bind dpkg-deb: subprocess

permissions for /tmp

1999-09-09 Thread Marshal Wong
Could somebody send me the long listing of the root directory? I need the proper permissions for /tmp since I fiddled around with it, and now all the permissions are wrong. Thanks! Marshal

nfs boot off of a kernel on a floppy

1999-09-09 Thread Brian Servis
I just need a few pointers to docs and such. I am wanting to steal my wifes CPU for some number crunching and don't really want to install linux on her machine. I would like to use NFS root booting to accomplish this. My ultimate goal is to have a floppy with an appropriate kernel on it that I

X11amp

1999-09-09 Thread Andrei Ivanov
Afternooon all. I got x11amp running, but somehow user can not use volume/balance controls. The slidebar works, just nothing happens. Yet user can control the equalizer. Under root everything works. I thought that user might not be in the group with mixer, but I put him there, (I have mixer and mix

IBM Thinkpad 560, "hard disk" install problems too

1999-09-09 Thread John Miskinis
Hello, I'm giving up for now on a CDROM based install. It never lets me successfully install the "mcd" module, it complains about a device or resource busy. Perhaps I need to supply command line parameters, but anyway I'm giving up for now. HARD DISK INSTALL I used Windows95 to copy the conten

X upgrade on Slink

1999-09-09 Thread Wayne Topa
I upgraded Slink and found that the menu entry for Communicator no longer worked. There is a link in /usr/lib/netscape/46/communicator/communicator-smotif -> ../../base-4/wrapper. That directory isn't there anymore. I removed the link, re-ran update-menus and the menu /Apps/Net/Communicator now

Question

1999-09-09 Thread Esteban Rodriguez-Marek
> > Hi: > I am not too linux literate (I had to start with that). I would > appreciate if you could tell me how to get sound working for my Yamaha XG > 64V Wavetable Sound card. I run Debian 2.1 with the 2.2.10 kernel. > THank you very much, > > Esteban

apache-ssl + php3 + libpam

1999-09-09 Thread Marcin Kurc
Apache-ssl 1.3.6-15.2 with php 3.0.12-2 and libpam 0.69-1 fails giving error: Syntax error on line 105 of /etc/apache-ssl/httpd.conf: Cannot load /usr/lib/apache/1.3/libphp3.so into server: /lib/libpam.so.0: undefined symbol: _pam_get_static_sym httpd.conf line 105: LoadModule php3_module /usr/l

Re: Coping/Moving a Debian Instalation to Another Drive

1999-09-09 Thread Raymond A. Ingles
On Thu, 9 Sep 1999, Tiago A Macambira wrote: > The problem is that I have to give him an answer AND the 2G > disk today, with no further delays. Since I don't want to re-start > downloading - yes, downloaded the whole thing with a 52k modem - and > setting a Debian system up again, I was won

RE: Other KDE apt sources?

1999-09-09 Thread B. Szyszka
> There is a mirror in Germany > deb http://kde.tdyc.com potato kde contrib rkrusty kde2 > or > deb http://kde.tdyc.com slink kde contrib rkrusty kde2 These look like the same site I already have. What are these mirroring? BTW, I *didn't* just ask about TDYC. It was more impor

Re: Getting involved

1999-09-09 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 9 Sep, Thomas Malloy wrote about "Getting involved" > Is there any way for a non-programmer to be invloved in the Debian > project? Perhaps there is a program to train newcomers to help maintain > simple packages? The increase in the nuber of applications suggests > that developing a way

kernel compile error

1999-09-09 Thread Paul
Back Again! 2 distinct problems this time, firstly I seem to have been taken off the list (so please copy to this address). I suppose I`ll have to resubscribe. Secondly I`m trying to compile network support into the kernel, (I`ve got AT-1700 cards in both machines and want to connect the

Re: graphic login does not allow choice of wm

1999-09-09 Thread Dave Sherohman
John said: > Am new to Debian (a little knowledge of another distribution). Can anyone > explain how to change settings so I can choose which wm to use after login The system keeps a list of available window managers in /etc/X11/window-managers. Whichever one is listed first is the default window

Re: Need " " in a label, in a plot.

1999-09-09 Thread Peter S Galbraith
I know you got around your problem, but... Patrik Magnusson wrote: > I've been using 'gnuplot' and 'gri' for a while to produce neat-looking > plots. 'gnuplot' for the simpler stuff, and 'gri' whenever I needed greek > letters in the labels. > > Last night I got stuck. I need an "ä" (a with two

Re: Portable printer for Linux?

1999-09-09 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 9 Sep, Anthony Campbell wrote about "Portable printer for Linux?" > Does anyone know of a small and therefore portable printer (b/w, laser > or inkjet) that definitely works on Linux? > I don't have first hand experience but the HP Deskjet 340 is a PCL-3 printer. PCL-3 printers are very

Re: Portable printer for Linux?

1999-09-09 Thread mguenthe
On Thu, Sep 09, 1999 at 05:54:35PM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: > Does anyone know of a small and therefore portable printer (b/w, laser > or inkjet) that definitely works on Linux? > I've got a Canon BJC-80 hooked up to my laptop right now, it works well, although I haven't found a dedicated

Getting involved

1999-09-09 Thread Thomas Malloy
Is there any way for a non-programmer to be invloved in the Debian project? Perhaps there is a program to train newcomers to help maintain simple packages? The increase in the nuber of applications suggests that developing a way train new hands to help out would be a good idea. If no official t

Re: xserver-3dlabs dont recognige the Elsa Gloria XL

1999-09-09 Thread Illo de' Illis
On Thu, Sep 09, 1999 at 07:20:05PM +0200, Fabrizio Roccato wrote: > I have a BIG problem vith the 3.3.4 version of the 3dlabs xserver: it dont > recognize my Elsa Gloria XL video card > Obviously, with the 3.3.3.1 version of the xserver all works fine. I've talked to Dirk Hohndel (one of the xserv

Re: offtopic: WindowMaker questions

1999-09-09 Thread Noah L. Meyerhans
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Thu, 9 Sep 1999, Juli-Manel Merino Vidal wrote: > it's possible that an icon in the dock contain other icons ? For example, > in the terminal icon, have the possibility to choose other terminals. In > afterstep that was possible, and clicking on an icon showe

graphic login does not allow choice of wm

1999-09-09 Thread John
Have installed 2.1 from Official CDs: this took 2hrs as program continually spent long periods searching sectors and 'resetting atapi' and made it difficult to recall what options I selected. After completion XF86Setup was run successfully and startx fvwm95 worked fine. Now on booting, a graphic

Coping/Moving a Debian Instalation to Another Drive

1999-09-09 Thread Tiago A Macambira
Hi folks! I installed Debian in a 600M partition. OK, it is damn small but i just thought it would be a enough when I created it. Anyway, my father just came to me today asking if I would be interested in changing the 2G disk where the linux partition is by an 3.5G one. Well, that would

gnome panel... a few questions

1999-09-09 Thread Aaron Solochek
I have the panel starting in my windowmaker environment via (GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/autostart) panel &. I also load the gen_util_applet and gmc the same way. Question 1) Very often when I load windowmaker it says there is already a panel running, and do I want to continue. I can see that the

Re: multiple-file search & replace

1999-09-09 Thread Brian Boonstra
Guilherme Soares Zahn (IEN) wrote: > I was wondering if there is a tool to help me search & replace a given > keyword in all files inside a directory (and its subdirectories)... For > instance, imagine that I wanted to change, in ALL makefiles of the Linux > kernel source, the name of the compiler

Re: ALSA is miserable. (Help?)

1999-09-09 Thread Jonathan Markevich
On Thu, Sep 09, 1999 at 07:17:06PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Thu, Sep 09, 1999 at 12:50:55PM -0400, Jonathan Markevich wrote: > > > > What am I missing? Where are the drivers? Is this usable at all or should > > I try OSS/Free again? (cursed miserable closed source drivers...) > > >

Re: OpenGL in Linux

1999-09-09 Thread Jason Christensen
Look at Mesa, it is available as a Debian package. Check out www.mesa3d.org for more info. Jason >Dear All, > > I want to use OpenGL in Debian2.1 . What packages i need to >install ??? > >Thanks. > >Wilson > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >

Re: Databases

1999-09-09 Thread Oliver Elphick
Timothy Hospedales wrote: >Hi, ive been trying out MySQL and PostgreSQL on debian too see which > I >will use for my database projects. >Can anyone recommend: >1. Documentation / HOWTOs or whatever on how to set these up with web >interfaces - expecially about how to do so a

OpenGL in Linux

1999-09-09 Thread Liu Chung Him
Dear All, I want to use OpenGL in Debian2.1 . What packages i need to install ??? Thanks. Wilson

Re: Portable printer for Linux?

1999-09-09 Thread David Jardine
I have an old Canon BJ-10ex and it's the only thing I ever got to work on Linux. However, I don't know where you might find one today. David Jardine --- Computers don't work. (Old English saying) -Original Message- From: Anthony Cam

offtopic: WindowMaker questions

1999-09-09 Thread Juli-Manel Merino Vidal
Hi all, it's possible that an icon in the dock contain other icons ? For example, in the terminal icon, have the possibility to choose other terminals. In afterstep that was possible, and clicking on an icon showed more. Thanks. ---

Re: ICQ Debian users?

1999-09-09 Thread Jens Ritter
"B. Szyszka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello, > > I was wondering if there are any Debian users here who use > ICQ and wouldn't mind me asking them questions if I had > problems. My ICQ number is 4982727 . Feel free to add me > to your list if you wouldn't mind. Thanks. : ) Dear Bart, I w

Installation stalls with new kernel

1999-09-09 Thread Stuart Johnston
I am trying to make a new install/boot disk because the standard one doesn't like my IDE controller cards. I compiled a new kernel with the drivers I need and set it up with rdev. It now boots fine but when the installation program comes up, it seems to stall. It shows the display selection scre

Re: debian-user-digest Digest V99 #1563

1999-09-09 Thread Dave Topham
I have always used Ghostscript/Ghostview for printing to non-PS printers with excellent results. It's freeware--search the internet for locations to download it... Subject: PS -> Epson inkjet Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 11:10:29 -0500 (CDT) From: Dave Sherohman <[EMAIL PROT

Re: CD player question

1999-09-09 Thread Michael Meskes
On Thu, Sep 09, 1999 at 12:32:18PM -0500, David Cureton wrote: > Generally CD roms play audio cd's in the following way. That's the way I expected. My problem is that I a) saw them add the cable and b) it works under M$ Windows. Michael -- Michael Meskes | Go SF 49

Re: IBM Thinkpad 560, tried JVC drive, can't install BUT SEEN AT BOOTUP

1999-09-09 Thread Syrus Nemat-Nasser
On Thu, 9 Sep 1999, John Miskinis wrote: > Again, I could not use the CDROM for install. I configured just > about all of the SCSI device drivers, and PCMCIA controller. Now > when I boot, I see some info about the JVC drive though: > > It mentions the aha152x adapter BIOS test passes, detected

Xwindows problems

1999-09-09 Thread Andy
hello, I was wondering if u could help me with Xwindows.  My system is running redhat linux 5.1 (the free version) and is a pentium 90, 24mb ram and a 1mb ATI mach64-ct graphics card.  The problem is this:   I start Xwin through linux using the Startx command, and xwin starts up, but the I c

Re: Printing problem with HP LaserJet IIP

1999-09-09 Thread lexchive
On Thu, Sep 09, 1999 at 10:29:12AM -0700, Patrick Olson wrote: > > I saw a situation with the LaserJet III where if the OS specified the > number of copies, it would obey. If the OS does not specify, the printer > uses its setting. I had a surprise one day because someone had set the > printer t

how to find lines containing two null characters?

1999-09-09 Thread Mark Buda
I want to do what egrep '\000\000' files... would do if egrep understood \NNN octal escape sequences. Is there something I'm missing in the egrep man page that would permit this? If not, is there some package among the bazillions of Debian packages that contains a program that will do this? (I've

Re: StarOffice freezing problems with potato

1999-09-09 Thread Jason Christensen
Confirmed! The new libc6 package for unstable fixed the threading problems that were causing the SO 5.1 install to hang. I was able to successfully install it last night. Jason >-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > >Today, i noticed libc6 version 2.1.2-1 on the mirrors. Nothing is >mentioned in t

Re: PS -> Epson inkjet

1999-09-09 Thread virtanen
On Thu, 9 Sep 1999, Dave Sherohman wrote: > Where could I find a PostScript to Epson Stylus Color 400 convertor? Or is > there some other (standard) way of getting non-PS printers to print PS data? > > Thanks for any pointers. 1) I've used magicfilter and ghostscript (gs). Install those PACKAG

Re: mutt: help with saving a messge to a different folder

1999-09-09 Thread Christian Hammers
> > Hi, > > I am using mutt to read all the messages in ~/mail. > > When I save a message from a person say [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > I want to mutt to give me a default filename like this: > > > > ~/Mail/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Well, why not trying to use procmail ? I have a .procmail

Re: ide disks > 8.4gb

1999-09-09 Thread Christian Hammers
Hello > Not true, two weeks ago I temporarily set up slink on WD 13GB. What you need > to know is the final cylinder. In my case, I partition it with windows first, > tha box come with windows. So I know the final cylinder, ie 1581. In > slink-fdisk, I use x then c to set cylinder to 1581. > > B

Re: ALSA is miserable. (Help?)

1999-09-09 Thread lexchive
On Thu, Sep 09, 1999 at 12:50:55PM -0400, Jonathan Markevich wrote: > > What am I missing? Where are the drivers? Is this usable at all or should > I try OSS/Free again? (cursed miserable closed source drivers...) > Stupid question: You did actually compile the drivers, didnt you? The alsa pac

Re: Upgrading XFree86

1999-09-09 Thread Greg Vence
Bob Nielsen wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 09, 1999 at 10:13:10AM -0400, Greg Vence wrote: > > However, I've got a Viper 770 (TNT2 16 MB) and that doesn't show up > > until 3.3.4 those files are at http://www.debian.org/~branden/ > > As of 48 hrs ago, it had dependency problems on the fonts. I may try >

Re: multiple-file search & replace

1999-09-09 Thread Mark Brown
On Thu, Sep 09, 1999 at 02:00:10PM -0200, Guilherme Soares Zahn wrote: > I was wondering if there is a tool to help me search & replace a given > keyword in all files inside a directory (and its subdirectories)... For > instance, imagine that I wanted to change, in ALL makefiles of the Linux >

Re: Printing problem with HP LaserJet IIP

1999-09-09 Thread Patrick Olson
> I recently got a printer from someone who wasnt using it. He lost all the > manuals but claims the printer used to work correctly under win 95/98. The > printer is an HP LaserJet IIP (Plus). Now here is the problem I get: I tried > setting up apsfilter and magicfilter, using the filter ljet2p, l

Re: Magicfilter question?

1999-09-09 Thread Richard E. Hawkins
> I have been trying to get my printer to operate correctly using > magicfilter and it does not have the correct filter forit to work > correctly. However the printer works great with Wordperfect for Linux. > Is there a way to replace gv and its filter with WP and its filter, or a > way to use the

can't send mail back and forth between debian & local domain

1999-09-09 Thread Richard E. Hawkins
I can send mail from my debian box to anywhere except my local domain. The debian box is hawkins.cba.uni.edu, and any mail to any account at uni.edu yields the result, hawkins at uni.edu: loses; [USER] 550 '<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>' not matched: (ERR_100) unknown user. post: 1 addressee undeliv

xserver-3dlabs dont recognige the Elsa Gloria XL

1999-09-09 Thread Fabrizio Roccato
I have a BIG problem vith the 3.3.4 version of the 3dlabs xserver: it dont recognize my Elsa Gloria XL video card Obviously, with the 3.3.3.1 version of the xserver all works fine. Distribution: Debian potato Kernel: 2.2.11 here the output of my /proc/pci(only video section), 3.3.3.1 and 3.3.4 v

multiple-file search & replace

1999-09-09 Thread IEN
Hi there, I was wondering if there is a tool to help me search & replace a given keyword in all files inside a directory (and its subdirectories)... For instance, imagine that I wanted to change, in ALL makefiles of the Linux kernel source, the name of the compiler to use... TIA, Guilherme Za

Re: Bug#44109: root access to xserver

1999-09-09 Thread Ben Bucksch
Branden Robinson wrote: > > I just saw no reason to disallow (e.g. not to I'm sorry, I meant i.e., not e.g. > > allow by default) root to connect to the xserver of "it's" maschine. And > > it really annoys me and I'm sure, there're a lot of newbies who feel the > > same. > It's not a matter of b

Portable printer for Linux?

1999-09-09 Thread Anthony Campbell
Does anyone know of a small and therefore portable printer (b/w, laser or inkjet) that definitely works on Linux? Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - running Linux - Debian 2.1 (Windows-free zone) Book Reviews: www.achc.demon.co.uk/bookreviews/ "The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on.

ALSA is miserable. (Help?)

1999-09-09 Thread Jonathan Markevich
I had a lot of hope for ALSA... but I can't get it to work at all. I have an Acer AW32 (never mind) it's a CS4232 chipset. It has all of the WSS, SB-16, OPL, MPU-401 stuff on it. I had it working on SuSE with kernel modules and also with OSS/Free, so I know it works. It's PnP, so I had to use i

Re: Upgrading XFree86

1999-09-09 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 9 Sep, David Kanter wrote about "Re: Upgrading XFree86" > I'm assuming that I'll need to go on-line at some point during this update. > Since I cannot do that just yet where my Linux box is, what could I download > at another Internet-ready machine (which has a T1 line) to get deselect to

md5sum Hard drive vs CD-ROM puzzle

1999-09-09 Thread Ron Stordahl
Sorry for posting this in HTLM format. Here it is in plain text: In order to burn the 2 CD i386 binary set of 2.1r3 I ftp'd the images to my Win98 machine as I don't currently have a CD burner in my Linux box. I have successfully used these CD's to create Linux systems. These CD's were burned u

Magicfilter question?

1999-09-09 Thread John Foster
I have been trying to get my printer to operate correctly using magicfilter and it does not have the correct filter forit to work correctly. However the printer works great with Wordperfect for Linux. Is there a way to replace gv and its filter with WP and its filter, or a way to use the filter fro

md5sum Hard drive vs CD-ROM puzzle

1999-09-09 Thread Ron Stordahl
In order to burn the 2 CD i386 binary set of 2.1r3 I ftp'd the images to my Win98 machine as I don't currently have a CD burner in my Linux box.  I have successfully used these CD's to create Linux systems.  These CD's were burned using EZ CD Creator using image mode.  But because I have lim

PS -> Epson inkjet

1999-09-09 Thread Dave Sherohman
Where could I find a PostScript to Epson Stylus Color 400 convertor? Or is there some other (standard) way of getting non-PS printers to print PS data? Thanks for any pointers.

Re: Can't install gnome-apt and console-apt

1999-09-09 Thread Bob Nielsen
The latest console-apt has changed the dependency to libapt-pkg2.6. This isn't there either, but is provided by apt 0.3.12, so it will unstall. Unfortunately gnome-apt in potato still has the dependency for libapt-pkg2.5. You should probably file a bug report on this against gnome-apt. Bob On

Re: Upgrading XFree86

1999-09-09 Thread David Kanter
I'm assuming that I'll need to go on-line at some point during this update. Since I cannot do that just yet where my Linux box is, what could I download at another Internet-ready machine (which has a T1 line) to get deselect to work right? Also, how do dselect and apt integrate with one another

Re: Upgrading XFree86

1999-09-09 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 9 Sep, Greg Vence wrote about "Re: Upgrading XFree86" > "J.H.M. Dassen (Ray)" wrote: >> >> On Thu, Sep 09, 1999 at 08:49:29 -0500, David Kanter wrote: >> > I need some advice on how to upgrade the XFree86 files that came with >> > Slink. My problem is that I have a card (STB nVIDIA TNT, 16

Can't install gnome-apt and console-apt

1999-09-09 Thread Enrico Zini
Here's the screen dump: marvin:~# apt-get install gnome-apt console-apt Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some require

Re: Upgrading XFree86

1999-09-09 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Thu, Sep 09, 1999 at 10:13:10AM -0400, Greg Vence wrote: > "J.H.M. Dassen (Ray)" wrote: > > > > On Thu, Sep 09, 1999 at 08:49:29 -0500, David Kanter wrote: > > > I need some advice on how to upgrade the XFree86 files that came with > > > Slink. My problem is that I have a card (STB nVIDIA TNT,

Yamaha CDRW4260

1999-09-09 Thread graham . lillico
Hi, I have just upgraded my Yamaha CDRW-4360 Drive to the latest firmware version, but when I try to mount a cd in the drive I get an I/O Error message. I'm using it with an adaptec 2940AU scsi card and Debian 2.1. Does anyone know what the problem could be, The drive still work fine in Windows

Re: rexecd disappeared after update.

1999-09-09 Thread lexchive
On Thu, Sep 09, 1999 at 09:45:37AM -0400, Steve Rothanburg wrote: > Anybody know where I can find in.rexecd? I just ran dselect this morning > and after the 8megs of updates rexecd is gone. It didn't get split off > to a separate package did it? I'm running Potato with a 2.2.10 kernel. > Seems it

Re: Help! Hang on boot, with letters LI

1999-09-09 Thread John Foster
Brian Boonstra wrote: > > Hi > > I can no longer boot into Debian! I installed IE5 in my WinNT > partition, and after that Lilo would boot WinNT at the prompt, but hang on > trying to boot Linux. Then after some fiddling it broke completely, giving > me the letters LI (in the same posit

Re: NIS, /usr/bin/passwd, yppasswd

1999-09-09 Thread lexchive
On Thu, Sep 09, 1999 at 11:03:58AM -0400, Noah L. Meyerhans wrote: > I have just installed NIS on my network to keep passwords (among other > things) in sync between machines. Users should now use yppasswd to change > the passwords on the client machines. Would it be safe to rm > /usr/bin/passwd

NIS, /usr/bin/passwd, yppasswd

1999-09-09 Thread Noah L. Meyerhans
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- I have just installed NIS on my network to keep passwords (among other things) in sync between machines. Users should now use yppasswd to change the passwords on the client machines. Would it be safe to rm /usr/bin/passwd and symlink yppasswd to it so that the

Where is pam_krb4?

1999-09-09 Thread lexchive
I was asked to install kerberos4 on our server, and I gladly noticed there were debian packages for this. So far Im quite happy with it, except for one thing: i cant find the pam_krb4 module. It is mentionned in both the kerberos4kth doc and the libpam doc but is present in neither package. Do I ne

fixed sound problem at the 2.2.12 kernel level: bug??

1999-09-09 Thread James D. Freels
The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to linux.sources.kernel as well. Dear Linux developers: I am not normally a kernel or c-code developer, but I wanted to relay this to the community to correct a sound problem I have had. My sound quit working (SB16 PnP)

Printing *should* work...

1999-09-09 Thread Raymond A. Ingles
Okay, I'm tying to set up a 486-66MHz, 16MB RAM, 240MB HD, as a demonstration for Linux Demo Day this Sunday. I've got it more-or-less working for scanning (the world's worst SCSI card in there :-> ) but printing is giving me pause. Yes, this is old crappy hardware, but that's why it'll be impres

Re: Upgrading XFree86

1999-09-09 Thread Nick Dyer
On Thu, 9 Sep 1999, J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) wrote: > [Please use < 80 char linewidth] > On Thu, Sep 09, 1999 at 08:49:29 -0500, David Kanter wrote: > > I need some advice on how to upgrade the XFree86 files that came with > > Slink. My problem is that I have a card (STB nVIDIA TNT, 16 Mb of RAM) not >

Re: Upgrading XFree86

1999-09-09 Thread Greg Vence
"J.H.M. Dassen (Ray)" wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 09, 1999 at 08:49:29 -0500, David Kanter wrote: > > I need some advice on how to upgrade the XFree86 files that came with > > Slink. My problem is that I have a card (STB nVIDIA TNT, 16 Mb of RAM) not > > listed in the stable version, but listed in the

Re: Upgrading XFree86

1999-09-09 Thread Bob Nielsen
Put the following in /etc/apt/sources.list (in addition to the normal entries): deb http://ftp.netgod.net/ x/ Run dselect/update, select the Xserver you need and let apt sort out the rest. Bob On Thu, Sep 09, 1999 at 08:49:29AM -0500, David Kanter wrote: > I need some advice on how to upgrade t

Re: Upgrading XFree86

1999-09-09 Thread J.H.M. Dassen \(Ray\)
[Please use < 80 char linewidth] On Thu, Sep 09, 1999 at 08:49:29 -0500, David Kanter wrote: > I need some advice on how to upgrade the XFree86 files that came with > Slink. My problem is that I have a card (STB nVIDIA TNT, 16 Mb of RAM) not > listed in the stable version, but listed in the unstab

Upgrading XFree86

1999-09-09 Thread David Kanter
I need some advice on how to upgrade the XFree86 files that came with Slink. My problem is that I have a card (STB nVIDIA TNT, 16 Mb of RAM) not listed in the stable version, but listed in the unstable version of X. Newer versions of X that came with Mandrake (in rpm format) work fine; but the o

rexecd disappeared after update.

1999-09-09 Thread Steve Rothanburg
Anybody know where I can find in.rexecd? I just ran dselect this morning and after the 8megs of updates rexecd is gone. It didn't get split off to a separate package did it? I'm running Potato with a 2.2.10 kernel. -- There is an old saying that if a million monkeys typed on a million keyboards fo

Re: Open-SSL

1999-09-09 Thread Robert Varga
On Thu, 9 Sep 1999, J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) wrote: > On Thu, Sep 09, 1999 at 12:22:53 +0200, Robert Varga wrote: > > Where can I download Open-SSL from? > > non-US.debian.org ok, compiled and installed, although I could not build any of the demo applications in /usr/doc/openssl/demos/ssl because t

Re: Modem connection speed

1999-09-09 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 9 Sep, Enrico Zini wrote about "Re: Modem connection speed" > > (and, BTW, another thing I would like to know is why doesn't it CONNECT > 56000 :( ) > Here is a little article describing all the reasons. Actually you are lucky to get 50666. http://www.computers.com/reviews/comparative/s

Re: Matrox Millenium and slink

1999-09-09 Thread virtanen
On Wed, 8 Sep 1999, Jason Christensen wrote: > The name of the debian SVGA Xfree86 X Server package is > xserver-svga_3.3.2.3a-11.deb. > It is part of slink r4. You'll of course need other packages as well: fonts, > Xbase, etc. Dependencies should take care of that though. > > Jason I had probl

Monitor various system informations

1999-09-09 Thread Enrico Zini
Hello! I am looking for a way to monitor various system informations for the debian servers we install. An example of informations to monitor is: - Network throughput - Uptime - Mail queue size - If I'm sending mail, what's the sending progress (1) - If I'm retrieving mail (fetchmail), what'

Re: Mouse pointer in KDE

1999-09-09 Thread Juli-Manel Merino Vidal
On Thu, 9 Sep 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, > > I wonder why do I get an X shaped mouse pointer in KDE 1.1.1. under slink. > It happens when I move the pointer to the desktop. Its no big deal, but it > doesn't happen with other window managers. When I start kwm from > WindowMaker, it

Re: xauth

1999-09-09 Thread Mirek Kwasniak
On Mon, Sep 06, 1999 at 03:27:03PM +0100, Nick Dyer wrote: > On Mon, 6 Sep 1999, Dave Sherohman wrote: > > Seth R Arnold said: > > > On a whim I added a .rhosts file with the one word "amidala" in it. No > > > change. > > > > If you want to grant global access for another machine to use your displ

Re: Unidentified subject!

1999-09-09 Thread David Teague
All, and lonelyforever I wrote: > Repeated, canned message regarding this subjet: > > Please send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ^^ Dang. Too early in the AM Sorry. I keep a generic file on (un)subscribe. Clearly I edited the following line in my sleep. Please

Re: Open-SSL

1999-09-09 Thread J.H.M. Dassen \(Ray\)
On Thu, Sep 09, 1999 at 12:22:53 +0200, Robert Varga wrote: > Where can I download Open-SSL from? non-US.debian.org > Or is there any ready-made program which provides an SSL proxy for a POP3 > connection on the POP3 server? ssltunnel? (also on non-US). HTH, Ray -- UNFAIR Term applied to adva

Re: scsi advice

1999-09-09 Thread David Teague
On Wed, 8 Sep 1999, Joakim Svensson wrote: > > Hi all, > > Just need some advice/input. > > I have just bought a HP scanjet 6200c and am looking around for a > scsi card for it. > > The somewhat pricey Adaptec U2W seems to work very well with linux > so thats what I have in mind at this momen

Re: Unidentified subject!

1999-09-09 Thread David Teague
On 8 Sep 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > unsubscribe I sent the enclosed canned message to you in response to this request before. I iterate: Please send requests for subscription/unsubscription to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or use the web site www.debian.org Repeated, canned me

Open-SSL

1999-09-09 Thread Robert Varga
Where can I download Open-SSL from? Or is there any ready-made program which provides an SSL proxy for a POP3 connection on the POP3 server? Robert Varga

Re: qmail setup

1999-09-09 Thread Robert Varga
On Wed, 8 Sep 1999, Paul Nesbit wrote: > I'm trying to get pine working on top of qmail. > > I'm having problems with ./configure in /var/qmail/qmail1.02 > The output of ./configure is as follows: > > Your hostname is nezgnu. > soft error > Sorry, I couldn't find your host's cano

Mouse pointer in KDE

1999-09-09 Thread Tamas . GAIDOSCH
Hello, I wonder why do I get an X shaped mouse pointer in KDE 1.1.1. under slink. It happens when I move the pointer to the desktop. Its no big deal, but it doesn't happen with other window managers. When I start kwm from WindowMaker, it doesn't happen either. Tamas

Re: Modem connection speed

1999-09-09 Thread Enrico Zini
On 8 Sep 1999, John Hasler wrote: > > This is my chatscript (I added ECHO and REPORT to the original pppconfig > > generated script, but nothing changed): > > connect "/usr/sbin/chat -v -f /etc/chatscripts/mclink2" > > Change that to connect "/usr/sbin/chat -v -r report_file -f > /etc/chatscript

Menus

1999-09-09 Thread Juli-Manel Merino Vidal
Hi all, I amb usign WindowMaker and a lot of GNOME applications but I would like to see in the WindowMaker root menu the Gnome applications menu (as in enlightenment). Then, I would like to have another menu into the root menu with Debian applications. How can I do it using the menu application ??

KDevelop in potato, anyone?

1999-09-09 Thread Bob Bernstein
Has anyone been able to build and run on potato the kdevelop 1.0 beta source, in any of its incarnations? Here's the gist of two messages I've left on the kdevelop list; they languish there uncommented upon. -- snip --- I have just built from cvsup sources the current kdesupport, kdelibs,

IBM Thinkpad 560, tried JVC drive, can't install BUT SEEN AT BOOTUP

1999-09-09 Thread John Miskinis
Hi, I just tried everything again from scratch. This time I used the JVC SCSI CDROM, with the New Media Bus Toaster PCMCIA-SCSI card. Again, I could not use the CDROM for install. I configured just about all of the SCSI device drivers, and PCMCIA controller. Now when I boot, I see some info a

Re: IBM Thinkpad or a Toshiba?

1999-09-09 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 09 Sep 1999, Mark Phillips wrote: > Hi, > > A friend is thinking of buying a new laptop and putting Debian on it. > Have you any recommendations on which one to get? He is currently > vacillating between getting the IBM Thinkpad and getting a Toshiba. > > Thanks, > > Mark. > I'm using Debi

Re: A bug in a menu entry ?

1999-09-09 Thread Brad
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Thu, 9 Sep 1999, shaul wrote: > My slink system has the following entry in its menu system: > > [07:49:18 shaul]$ grep pstree .fvwm2/menudefs.hook > + "&pstree" Exec /usr/bin/X11/xterm -T "pstree" -e /usr/bin/pstree > [07:53:10 shaul]$ > > The problem is t

Re: IBM Thinkpad 560 - Nothing but problems installing (I got CDs today)

1999-09-09 Thread Syrus Nemat-Nasser
On Wed, 8 Sep 1999, John Miskinis wrote: > Hi, Hi again John. I installed Debian 2.1 to my Thinkpad 560 using a Dlink ethernet adapter on a T1 line. The pcmcia-cs package included in the base install automagically detected the card and set it to eth0. > No matter what I do, it won't see my CDRO

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