Re: Guessing the date style from the timezone for postgresql postinst

> > > Here's a revised version of the script taking into account all comments > > > so far. > > I guess Argentina isn't the only country that uses the SQL format. There > > must be some others too. It would be great to find a source for this > > information > > Hmm... the question is why we d

Re: Dying services due to low memory?

On Sat, 18 Sep 1999 15:21:28 -0400 (EDT), William T Wilson wrote: >On Sat, 18 Sep 1999, Ralf G. R. Bergs wrote: > >> modules or overclocked CPUs.) Memory usage is permanently about 99%, swap >> usage only a few percent. But obviously processes are dying because they > >Then you are not running o

Re: Guessing the date style from the timezone for postgresql postinst

On Sat, Sep 18, 1999 at 03:58:02AM -0300, Nicolás Lichtmaier wrote: > > Here's a revised version of the script taking into account all comments > > so far. > I guess Argentina isn't the only country that uses the SQL format. There > must be some others too. It would be great to find a source for t

Configuring the E

Hey all, I've got X apparantly working on the Viper 770. Now I need a wm and would like to use E. To double check, my latest probe of the startx is below. After that I get a message saying it can't find a wm or term emulator. I've got the econfigedit package installed but don't know where and t

Re: What is required for Kernel 2.2.12 ?

On Sat, 1999-09-18 14:57:50 -0400, Salman Ahmed wrote: > Can someone tell me exactly what packages I will need to > run the 2.2.x kernel ? I know that I will need some packages > from unstable but that's ok. > > Here is what my /etc/apt/sources.lists looks like right > now : > > # Use for a

libqt.so and kde prob

I tried to upgrade kde from 1.1.1 to 1.1.2 I also upgrade qt1g in the process. The problem is that after the upgrade kde wont start with an error: kcontrol:error in loading shared libraries: libqt.so.1: cannot open share object file: No such file or directory kwmsound:error in loading shared librar

Re: PPP for non-root users

> > How do I enable non-root users to use PPP (via pon/poff) ? > > adduser username dip Thanks from me too! I've been doing "sudo pon" for a long time, but had just resigned myself to it... This mailing list really is the greatest source of information. -- Thank you, Joe Bouchard Powered

Re: Guessing the date style from the timezone for postgresql postinst

On Sat, Sep 18, 1999 at 06:36:47PM +0200, Robert Vollmert wrote: > With /bin/sh -> /bin/ash, I get the following error: > > guess.datestyle: 25: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting ")") > > It works fine with bash. It seems the opening brace on > > case "$x" in ( SystemV | posix |

Re: Guessing the date style from the timezone for postgresql postinst

Robert Vollmert wrote: >With /bin/sh -> /bin/ash, I get the following error: > >guess.datestyle: 25: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting ")") > >It works fine with bash. It seems the opening brace on > >case "$x" in ( SystemV | posix | right ) > ^ >is

Re: anyone using sblive under kernel 2.2.12

I don't think I am following you. My suggestion was just what somebody else posted to the list a few days ago, you don't even need a hex editor to do that; vi or whatever should do the trick. What do you mean by text-to-speech program? That Jim is blind and using text-to-speech to 'see' what he

Re: PPP for non-root users

Salman Ahmed writes: > How do I enable non-root users to use PPP (via pon/poff) ? Add the users to the 'dip' group. -- John HaslerThis posting is in the public domain. [EMAIL PROTECTED]Do with it what you will. Dancing Horse Hill Make money from it if you can;

Re: Kppp

On Fri, Sep 17, 1999 at 07:16:20PM -0300, Eber de Castro Diniz wrote: > The I execute kppp, it shows the following message after connect: > ppp died unexpectly > Does anyone know how to fix it? Check you system logs /var/log/messages /var/log/ppp.log and /var/log/syslog for more information on why

Kppp

The I execute kppp, it shows the following message after connect: ppp died unexpectly Does anyone know how to fix it?

Re: Guessing the date style from the timezone for postgresql postinst

On Sat, Sep 18, 1999 at 01:45:55AM +0100, Oliver Elphick wrote: > If you have a recent potato system, with timezone files in > /usr/share/zoneinfo, could you please run the script and let me know if > it gives WRONG results for you. If it does, please tell me your timezone > and offset (date '+%Z

Re: Rebuilding unstable packages

> Anyone know how this might be accomplished ? I really want to use > the new version of Eterm from unstable so I am hoping there is > a way to rebuild the .deb package from its sources using the > libs installed on my system currently. Cehck out the FAQ for this good info: http://www.debian.org/d

Re: anyone using sblive under kernel 2.2.12

Wim, nice thought, but if you can hexedit while using a text-to-speech program, I will be VERY impressed. I bet Jim would LOVE to do it himself. As for me, I haven't got 2.2.x, nor do I have the sblive, nor do I have the module. Sorry Jim. On Sat, Sep 18, 1999 at 06:29:19AM -0700, Wim Kerkhoff wr

Re: Bind Problem : Another kind of idea !

On Sat, Sep 18, 1999 at 09:44:54PM +0200, Sami Dalouche wrote: > Hi all, > I've seen that bind will become a problem in its future releases, > so, I'm now thinking that the non-US division is really stupid ! > Why not syncing non-US and main ?? Only because this > policy forbit it ? > So, let's

Bind Problem : Another kind of idea !

Hi all, I've seen that bind will become a problem in its future releases, so, I'm now thinking that the non-US division is really stupid ! Why not syncing non-US and main ?? Only because this policy forbit it ? So, let's change it ! I think the last US export restriction laws would arrange that

Re: Question of Firewall & Mail Servers

On Sat, Sep 18, 1999 at 09:15:46AM -0700, Pann McCuaig wrote: > On Fri, Sep 17, 1999 at 14:11, Doug Thistlethwaite wrote: > > > I am working on adding a debian slink linux system as a fire wall to my > > existing company network. When finished, we will have an ISDN router > > connected to the lin

Rebuilding unstable packages

I downloaded Eterm from unstable (after first getting all the other prerequisites from unstable eg glibc2.2, etc.) and now this unstable version of Eterm seg faults - surprise, surprise!! I read on this list a while ago a way to build the .deb package for an application from its sources which sup

Re: How does it...

386SX/16, 4mb RAM, ~40mb HD. That's the requirement for any Linux distro. To install Debian > 1.3, you must have at least 6 (or is it 8) mb of RAM, but once it's installed, you can take out the extra 2-4mb, and run it just on 4mb. On Sat, 18 Sep 1999, Fredrick Schmitt wrote: > You knew what I

Re: dselect broke when updating to potato

On Sat, 18 Sep 1999, Marcin Owsiany wrote: > > The other day I updated my system from slink to potato, and now dselect > > and apt are broken. First off, if I go into dselect and choose Access, > > Update, or Install, it exits out to the shell with the error: > > > > dselect: unable to access meth

Re: su without password using libpam

Ben Collins wrote: > > The only way to manage this, is to set up a group wheel, use the > > "auth required pam_wheel.so" line, add user "you" to group > > wheel and do it the above way leaving out the "apply=you" option. > > It shouldn't according to the docs (yes I read that particular ca

Re: Dying services due to low memory?

On Sat, Sep 18, 1999 at 11:17:13AM +0200, Ralf G. R. Bergs wrote: > Hi there, > > can anyone point me to a solution for the following problem? > > I have several machines running as Internet servers, mainly FTP and HTTP. > They're relatively low-end machines (P100 and 486-133 with 48 resp. 64 MB

Re: ppp failure under debian (slakware with pppd 2.2 patch level 0 works)

On Sat, Sep 18, 1999 at 05:06:18PM +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, >I'm typing this from my old slackware install. I connect on this > installation using cu -l /dev/cua1 then negotiating my way through my > ISP's login manually, then start pppd in another window, then quitting > from cu.

Re: dselect broke when updating to potato

On Fri, Sep 17, 1999 at 04:32:48PM -0400, Edward Di Geronimo Jr. wrote: > Hi, > > The other day I updated my system from slink to potato, and now dselect > and apt are broken. First off, if I go into dselect and choose Access, > Update, or Install, it exits out to the shell with the error: > > ds

Re: How does it...

On Fri, Sep 17, 1999 at 08:47:19PM -0500, Fredrick Schmitt wrote: > Is the setup text based or graphial? What are the extra features this > opperating system has over my RH6 box? What system would be the > cheeziest I could run it on? there has been a LARGE discussion on it about a week ago. The S

Re: To the Debian Project, IMHO

Hello! Again some criticism about your opinions... >Ok, ok, I sit corrected in several respects, but I am still adamant that any attempt to paint Linux as an out of the box solution >with no prior knowledge is a real danger to the on-going comercial success of Linux. I worked in tech-support for

RE: anyone using sblive under kernel 2.2.12

Just get the emu10k1 package from developer.soundblaster.com/linux. Unpack it, and edit the 2.2.10 module with a text editor, changing 2.2.10 to 2.2.12. I got it to work under 2.2.11 by forcing it with insmod -f, that may work as well. On 18-Sep-99 Jim Ruby wrote: > Hi, > If anyone is using th

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Re: What is required for Kernel 2.2.12 ?

> Salman Ahmed wrote: > > > As you all might have guessed, I am in the process of > > customizing and configuring my Debian 2.1 so that I can > > dump RH. > > > > Next step is to move up to the 2.2.x kernel. I wish to > > run 2.2.12. > > > > Can someone tell me exactly what packages I will need to

Re: sendmail again -argh!

Please ignore my idiocy on my last post. I was logged in as the wrong user and so, despite my efforts to show off my success, I screwed up. Hopefully this time it worked properly. Cheers, addi

Re: silly sendmail question - solved

Thanks to all who offered advice, but I did finally find a way to trick sendmail into using the address I wanted it to (as you can see by my address on this post, hopefully). The FAQs and so forth were never a help to me. I just kept changing my configuration files around until it worked. (Took a

Re: What is required for Kernel 2.2.12 ?

Salman Ahmed wrote: > Can someone tell me exactly what packages I will need to > run the 2.2.x kernel ? I know that I will need some packages > from unstable but that's ok. the minimum requirements are included in the kernel source. Look in the Documentation/Changes file. Very straight forward. I

Re: Dying services due to low memory?

On Sat, 18 Sep 1999, Ralf G. R. Bergs wrote: > modules or overclocked CPUs.) Memory usage is permanently about 99%, swap > usage only a few percent. But obviously processes are dying because they Then you are not running out of memory. The kernel likes to leave all the memory allocated. It us

Re: What is required for Kernel 2.2.12 ?

I simply go to ftp.kernel.org and download the latest kernel and compiling it. i.e. put the tarball in /usr/src/ and tar-zvzf it. Then go into /usr/src/linux/ and make menuconfig. the make dep; make clean; make bzlilo. There are many veriations on this, but I don't ever recall needing new pa

What is required for Kernel 2.2.12 ?

As you all might have guessed, I am in the process of customizing and configuring my Debian 2.1 so that I can dump RH. Next step is to move up to the 2.2.x kernel. I wish to run 2.2.12. Can someone tell me exactly what packages I will need to run the 2.2.x kernel ? I know that I will need some p

Re: .xsession problem with WDM amd/or WindowMaker

On Sat September 18, Brad wrote : > > Yes, you do have to run the window manager explicitly if you use an > .xsession file. > > You can have your .xsession use /etc/X11/window-managers, though. Just > place this at the bottom of your .xsession (code shamelessly ripped from > /etc/X11/Xsess

Re: sb16

On Fri, 17 Sep 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Fri, Sep 17, 1999 at 07:54:28AM -0700, Craig B wrote: > >during kerenel initialization, then you have not compiled support into > >your kernel. Do a make mrproper then make config from withing your > >kernel source directory. You will need to ma

anyone using sblive under kernel 2.2.12

Hi, If anyone is using the sblive under kernel 2.2.12, would you be willing to email me the sblive .o module? I don't have a way to edit the file with a hexed as the speach output I'm using makes this hard. Thanks.

Re: sound under 2.2.x

On Fri, 17 Sep 1999, Seth R Arnold wrote: > Would someone please confirm or deny that the latest 2.2.x plays sounds > quite nicely? And, would someone please confirm or deny that the latest > 2.2.x no longer munges up filesystems? I would like to upgrade to 2.2.x (no > real reason, it just seems

Re: PPP for non-root users

On Sat, 18 Sep 1999, Salman Ahmed wrote: > How do I enable non-root users to use PPP (via pon/poff) ? Add the user to the group dip. Martin -- If the box says 'Windows 95 or better', it should run on Linux, right? - anonymous For

Re: PPP for non-root users

On Sat, Sep 18, 1999 at 01:26:17PM -0400, Salman Ahmed wrote: > How do I enable non-root users to use PPP (via pon/poff) ? Add them to the dip group (eg, put their name in the list at the end of the dip entry in /etc/group). -- Mark Brown mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Trying to avoid grumpiness)

Re: PPP for non-root users

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Sat, 18 Sep 1999, Salman Ahmed wrote: > How do I enable non-root users to use PPP (via pon/poff) ? With the normal Debian setup, you only have to add those non-root users to group dip. As root, this command should do it: adduser username dip - -- fing

Re: .xsession problem with WDM amd/or WindowMaker

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Sat, 18 Sep 1999, Salman Ahmed wrote: > Do I have to start up WindowMaker from my .xsession file (as > I do for RedHat) or is it enough to rely on > /etc/X11/window-managers ? Yes, you do have to run the window manager explicitly if you use an .xsession file

PPP for non-root users

How do I enable non-root users to use PPP (via pon/poff) ? Thanks. -- Salman Ahmed ssahmed AT interlog DOT com

Re: How does it...

On Sat, Sep 18, 1999 at 08:32:52AM -0500, Fredrick Schmitt wrote: > You knew what I meant. What is the most gutless system I could run it on > (weakest processor)? I'd guess either a 386SX/16 or an old m68k box. Probably the 386 is the better option - many old m68k machines are too underspeced t

Re: removal of essential packages

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Sat, 18 Sep 1999, Werner Reisberger wrote: > Once again I spent a lot of time with the debian package system. It seems > to be impossible to remove an essential package although dpkg offers > an option. When I am issuing the command > > dpkg --force-remo

.xsession problem with WDM amd/or WindowMaker

I am running Debian 2.1 with all updates (nothing as yet from the unstable area) and am having this bizarre problem with my .xsession file. I am using Wdm 1.0-7 and WindowMaker 0.20.3-5. WindowMaker has been specified as the default window manager by moving its entry to the top of the /etc/X11/wi

Re: removal of essential packages

On Sat, 18 Sep 1999, Werner Reisberger wrote: > Once again I spent a lot of time with the debian package system. It seems > to be impossible to remove an essential package although dpkg offers > an option. When I am issuing the command > > dpkg --force-remove-essential perl-base > > only a he

removal of essential packages

Once again I spent a lot of time with the debian package system. It seems to be impossible to remove an essential package although dpkg offers an option. When I am issuing the command dpkg --force-remove-essential perl-base only a help message is displayed. This is frustrating since dpk

Re: netscape: booksmarks have changed

*- On 18 Sep, Remco van 't Veer wrote about "netscape: booksmarks have changed" > Hi, > > Some weirdness.. Today I upgraded to navigator-46 (from netgod). > Netscape reports, every 2 minutes or so, that the bookmarks are > changed and are being reloaded. I've seen this before (after my > previou

Re: xemacs &

On Sat, Sep 18, 1999 at 12:01:17PM +0200, Juli-Manel Merino Vidal wrote: > Hi all, > > I've a problem with the key in xemacs. If I press it does > the same as , so deleting the character before the cursor > position. It happens in the console and under X (but not with emacs, > that works fine).

Re: latex

Juli-Manel Merino Vidal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi all, > > where can I found a latex tutorial ? There are books available as has already been mentioned, but if you have tetex installed, look in the /usr/doc/tetex-doc/texmf/latex/general/ directory. The file lshort2e will give you some qu

Re: Dying services due to low memory?

"Ralf G. R. Bergs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have several machines running as Internet servers, mainly FTP and HTTP. > They're relatively low-end machines (P100 and 486-133 with 48 resp. 64 MB > RAM.) Every couple of days I have to restart inetd or other stand-alone > services (like syslo

Re: xfree 3.3.4 debianized, where can I found it pls?

Thanks to all of you! JY

guest accounts with wu-ftp

I am trying to enable the guestgroup feature with wu-ftp (2.5.0). The login and the chrooted environment is flawlessly but the ls command doesn't work. The ls used within the anonymous account works. I used the same binary and the libs within the guestgroup account without success. The ls command

Re: "RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0"

Gary Young wrote: > > Some change between the kernel in Debian 2.0 > and in Debian 2.1 fails on something in my > hardware. I'll look at what hardware is > in the box next. > Hamm uses 2.0.34 while Slink uses 2.0.36 The only obvious difference I have noticed is that 2.0.36 is able to proble I

Re: xfree 3.3.4 debianized, where can I found it pls?

On Sat, Sep 18, 1999 at 06:13:45PM +0200, Jean-Yves BARBIER wrote: > Any URL? http://samosa.debian.org/~branden/xfree86-334-slink/ Found from: http://www.debian.org/~branden/

Re: xfree 3.3.4 debianized, where can I found it pls?

Jean-Yves BARBIER wrote: > Any URL? > > Thanx in advance. > > JY > I assume you are talking about slink packages. http://samosa.debian.org/~branden/ you can apt-get with deb http://samosa.debian.org/%7Ebranden/ xfree86-334-slink/ hth -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= dyer

Re: Question of Firewall & Mail Servers

On Fri, Sep 17, 1999 at 14:11, Doug Thistlethwaite wrote: > I am working on adding a debian slink linux system as a fire wall to my > existing company network. When finished, we will have an ISDN router > connected to the linux firewall machine and a separate network card > connecting the interna

xfree 3.3.4 debianized, where can I found it pls?

Any URL? Thanx in advance. JY

Re: To the Debian Project, IMHO

Ok, ok, I sit corrected in several respects, but I am still adamant that any attempt to paint Linux as an out of the box solution with no prior knowledge is a real danger to the on-going comercial success of Linux. I worked in tech-support for Xerox for about 7 years (Xerox used to sell Apple Mac

Re: PCMCIA (?) Ethernet problem

"Ingles, Raymond" wrote: > > I'm installing Debian 2.1 onto a Zenith "Z*Star EX", a 486/50MHz > laptop w/8MB RAM and a 300MB HD. Sorry I don't have any technical help to offer you on this. But I would like to tell you this; The very first time I installed Linux, in '95, was on one of those

Re: undelete for partition tables?

On Sun, 12 Sep 1999, Laurent PICOULEAU wrote: > Lo?c Prylli posted a C programm on the newsgroup fr.comp.os.linux some 2 > years ago to detect an ext2 partition that can help to solve Jaldhar's > problem. > This programm can be found on but I don't know > the exact U

Re: hi i got a question

> > >> Medium answer: >> >> WinModem (and other Win* hardware) is a really stupid idea: >> cripple the hardware to save a few manufacturing bucks. >> > Maybe stupid today, but when modems were expensive, it made it possible for people to have a high-speed modem at low cost.

Re: silly sendmail question

On Sat, Sep 18, 1999 at 07:32:38AM -0400, add|ct|on wrote: > Greetings... > > I know I'm going to get a lot of responses to the tone of "read the > how-to" or "check the archives" but I have to post my question > anyway, as I have done both and I'm still clueless. > > My question is this: I do not

Re: undelete for partition tables?

On Sun, 12 Sep 1999, Tom Pfeifer wrote: > Instead of me trying to cover every possible detail now (which is > impossible anyway), I suggest you try following my procedure and try to > account for the differences in your situation as you do it. If you have > specific questions or problems, feel fre

Re: How does it...

You knew what I meant. What is the most gutless system I could run it on (weakest processor)? Rob Mahurin wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 17, 1999 at 08:47:19PM -0500, Fredrick Schmitt wrote: > > What system would be the cheeziest I could run it on? > > Unfortunately, you cannot run Debian on a block of

Re: hi i got a question

Scott Henry wrote: > Medium answer: > > WinModem (and other Win* hardware) is a really stupid idea: > cripple the hardware to save a few manufacturing bucks. > And unless you have a pretty fast system, you take a big performance hit too. What a rip-off.

KDEDIR and KDE 1.1.2

I have KDEDIR set to /usr/bin/X11 I installed KDE 1.1.2 in this order (source, not Debian packages): kdesupport kdelibs kdebase all the other packages The problems is that my menus do not work; only my desktop icons bring up the apps they should bring up. Should I have KDEDIR set to /usr/bin/X1

Re: ppp failure under debian (slakware with pppd 2.2 patch level 0 works)

On 09/18/99 at 17:06:18, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote concerning "ppp failure under debian (slakware with pppd 2.2 patch level 0 works)": > Hi, >I'm typing this from my old slackware install. I connect on this > installation using cu -l /dev/cua1 then negotiating my way through my > ISP's login ma

Re: How does it...

On Fri, Sep 17, 1999 at 20:26:35 -0700, NatePuri wrote: > 4. Menu integration. When ever you install an X app dpkg will update > your menus in all you window managers. Whether you use KDE, GNOME, > icewm or fvwm your menus will always reflect the packages you have > installed. No hand

Re: labels

On 18 Sep 1999, eric k. wolven wrote: > Greetings: > > I am running potato with an hpdeskjet 540c installed as my printer. > > I would like to find out how to print labels under Debian linux. > > I am a hobbyist bee-keeper and give labeled honey jars to friends. > Last year I printed my labels

Re: silly sendmail question

On Sat, Sep 18, 1999 at 07:32:38AM -0400, add|ct|on wrote: > Greetings... > > I know I'm going to get a lot of responses to the tone of "read the how-to" > or "check the archives" but I have to post my question anyway, as I have done > both and I'm still clueless. > > My question is this: I do

Re: telnetd-ssl

On Sat, Sep 18, 1999 at 11:50:06AM +0200, peter karlsson wrote: > J.H.M. Dassen (Ray): > > > Looks like the permissions on your ttyp devices are wrong; they should > > look like this: > > crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty3, 2 Mar 13 1999 /dev/ttyp2 > > Okay, I fixed that (it must've somehow

labels

Greetings: I am running potato with an hpdeskjet 540c installed as my printer. I would like to find out how to print labels under Debian linux. I am a hobbyist bee-keeper and give labeled honey jars to friends. Last year I printed my labels under a windows program but want to use debian to pri

Re: su without password using libpam

On Sat, Sep 18, 1999 at 09:44:58AM +0200, Andreas Kurth wrote: > Ben Collins wrote: > > Ok correction on this. In the /etc/security/su.allow just put "root" (who > > they are > > allowed to su to). and the add this line: > > > > ### > > auth sufficient pam_listfile.so onerr=fail sense=a

Configurare la schda video

Ho una scheda video s3virge agp con chipset non supportato e non riesco a configurare xwindow. C'è un upgrade, o qualcosa che possa fare?? Grazie

Re: ppp failure under debian (slakware with pppd 2.2 patch level 0 works)

> I'm fairly sure that the serial conifg is OK, as I can get out with cu -l > /dev/ttyS1, but when I try to start pppd, it complains about cu having > the serial line and won't let it at it. Odd. I just tried cu on this system and it complains that the line is in use. Pon works fine. Is there a

Re: Dying services due to low memory?

On Sat, 18 Sep 1999 02:31:44 -0700, Seth R Arnold wrote: >>[...] >> RAM.) Every couple of days I have to restart inetd or other stand-alone >> services (like syslogd, klogd, snmpd, apache.) >>[...] >Ralf, ugly as it is, you could have a cron job restart inetd every five >minutes. I have heard tha

netscape: booksmarks have changed

Hi, Some weirdness.. Today I upgraded to navigator-46 (from netgod). Netscape reports, every 2 minutes or so, that the bookmarks are changed and are being reloaded. I've seen this before (after my previous upgrade?), ignored it and it went away.. but curiosity remains.. Does anybody know what

silly sendmail question

Greetings... I know I'm going to get a lot of responses to the tone of "read the how-to" or "check the archives" but I have to post my question anyway, as I have done both and I'm still clueless. My question is this: I do not have a domain of my own, and connect to the net via PPP. I use sendm

dselect error

Kenneth Litko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ok, I keep getting this error from dselect > and it is driving me nuts. Here's > the error: > > > internal error - no filename at -e line 12, chunk 13 > > > > installation script returned error status 1. > > Press RETURN to continue. Me too, except

Re: Job in queue on hold, but not job in queue. Huh?!

> "Kent" == Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Kent> I'm trying to set up printing on a Debian box to a remote Kent> printer. My printcap looks like: lp|hplj4l|HP Laserjet 4L:\ Kent> :lp=/dev/null:sd=/var/spool/lpd/hplj4l:rm=:rp=hplj4l:\ Kent> :sh:pw#80:pl#66:px#1440:mx#0:\ Kent

Re: latex

The canonical reference is a silly-looking book with a wierd cat on the cover and such. It is written by a Leslie Lamport. (A quick google finds this webpage: http://www.research.digital.com/SRC/personal/Leslie_Lamport/home.html Nice book. :) On Sat, Sep 18, 1999 at 11:59:06AM +0200, Juli-Manel

xemacs &

Hi all, I've a problem with the key in xemacs. If I press it does the same as , so deleting the character before the cursor position. It happens in the console and under X (but not with emacs, that works fine). What I have to do to make work both keys ? So, deleting the current character and t

latex

Hi all, where can I found a latex tutorial ? Thanks. -- --- -> Powered by Debian/GNU Linux <- --> Linux User 140860 Machine 61143 <-- Juli-Manel Merino Vidal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: telnetd-ssl

J.H.M. Dassen (Ray): > Looks like the permissions on your ttyp devices are wrong; they should > look like this: > crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty3, 2 Mar 13 1999 /dev/ttyp2 Okay, I fixed that (it must've somehow forgot to reset them, because some were owned by my own user accound, and had

Re: Dying services due to low memory?

Ralf, ugly as it is, you could have a cron job restart inetd every five minutes. I have heard that there is a debian package to ensure that daemons are always running, I have forgotten the name of course. Perhaps you could check ebay, ubid, etc for used memory? On Sat, Sep 18, 1999 at 11:17:13AM

Dying services due to low memory?

Hi there, can anyone point me to a solution for the following problem? I have several machines running as Internet servers, mainly FTP and HTTP. They're relatively low-end machines (P100 and 486-133 with 48 resp. 64 MB RAM.) Every couple of days I have to restart inetd or other stand-alone ser

Re: berolist mail-list server

On Fri, Sep 17, 1999 at 10:45:31PM -0700, Ben Messinger wrote: > V 1999-09-17 22:06:25 11S7dL-00039J-00 Neither the system_aliases > director nor the address_pipe transport set a uid for local delivery of > |/usr/sbin/list news Is list a trusted user in /etc/exim.conf? trusted_users = mail:li

Re: correct way to move /usr to a new partition..

On Fri, Sep 17, 1999 at 11:40:09PM -0500, rich wrote: > > That's a good suggestion - my question is: is there a linux utility to > compare directories / files to see if they are the same? Seems like I've > heard of one, but can't remember... $ apropos checksum cksum (1)- checksum and

Re: su without password using libpam

Ben Collins wrote: > Ok correction on this. In the /etc/security/su.allow just put "root" (who > they are > allowed to su to). and the add this line: > > ### > auth sufficient pam_listfile.so onerr=fail sense=allow \ > file=/etc/security/su.allow item=user apply=you > ### > >

Re: Free version of maildir2mbox?

On Sat, 18 Sep 1999, Brian May wrote: > Hello, > > Is there any DFSG free versions of maildir2mbox, included with qmail? > > This program converts $HOME/Maildir/ into $HOME/Mailbox, to allow use > of Maildir, even if individual programs (eg pine, nmh) do not support > Maildir format. > > (...or

ppp failure under debian (slakware with pppd 2.2 patch level 0 works)

Hi, I'm typing this from my old slackware install. I connect on this installation using cu -l /dev/cua1 then negotiating my way through my ISP's login manually, then start pppd in another window, then quitting from cu. This worked fine whne this machine was a 486 and now works with a new mothe

Re: Guessing the date style from the timezone for postgresql postinst

> Here's a revised version of the script taking into account all comments > so far. I guess Argentina isn't the only country that uses the SQL format. There must be some others too. It would be great to find a source for this information

Re: How does it...

On Fri, Sep 17, 1999 at 08:47:19PM -0500, Fredrick Schmitt wrote: > What system would be the cheeziest I could run it on? Unfortunately, you cannot run Debian on a block of cheese. Work on a cheese port is in progress, but is not even ready yet for the alpha release. Until then, you must run Deb

Re: Guessing the date style from the timezone for postgresql postinst

Carey Evans wrote: >"Oliver Elphick" writes: > >> If you have a recent potato system, with timezone files in >> /usr/share/zoneinfo, could you please run the script and let me know if >> it gives WRONG results for you. If it does, please tell me your timezone >> and offset (date '+%Z

berolist mail-list server

I am trying to get the mailing-list server "berolist" working. Setting it up includes adding aliases such as: listname : "|/usr/sbin/list listname" So you see that mail sent to "listname" gets piped to the program /usr/sbin/list , or at least that is what is suppose to happen. When I do send mail

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