Re: two monitors

1999-09-25 Thread Oleg Krivosheev
hi, Ok guys -- I have a second monitor, and wouldn't mind buying a second video card if it would allow me to use two monitors at the same time. I don't know where to start looking for information on this. as usual http://www.xfree86.org My current video card is an AGP ATI [EMAIL PR

Re: Root password

1999-09-25 Thread Keith Harbaugh
On Fri, 1999-09-24 at 08:32:28 -0500, Andrei Ivanov wrote: > Here is how you do it: > reboot and at lilo prompt type > linux init=/bin/sh > > This will rop you into shell. In there, > mount -n -o remount rw > > Then edit the /etc/passwd file and blank out root password field. (The > second fie

Re: Does X11 ignore ~/.bash_profile?

1999-09-25 Thread Keith Harbaugh
On Fri, 1999-09-24 at 00:42:35 +0200, Johann Spies wrote: > I am trying to install real player and have the following lines in my > ~/.bash_profile: > > LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/src/rvplayer5.0 > export LD_LIBRARY_PATH > PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/src/rvplayer5.0 > > When I do an "echo $PATH" in the

Re: Slow system clock?

1999-09-25 Thread Jason Christensen
It was the problem! I disabled APM in the BIOS and let linux run overnight. The time was accurate the following morning. I just finished rebuilding & booting a new kernel with APM support and turned BIOS power management back on. I think it's licked. Thanks to all who helped me out! Jason >On Fr

Re: loop devices? [some success]

1999-09-25 Thread Steve George
Hi, OK I have had some more success with this now, still stuck on some points but perhaps this will help someone and if anyone knows the answers to my queries that would be nice too: 1) Got the crypto kernel source from www.kerneli.org and compiled a new kernel with the crypto stuff enabled.

Re: Star Office 5.1 dead?

1999-09-25 Thread Jason Christensen
I have SO 5.1 working fine with Potato, but installing it was a headache. When I was first trying, Debian potato was using a distribution of glibc that had some problems with threading, and I had problems installing because of it. A new glibc package was released a couple of days after I started tr

ipchains: zeroing built-in chain counters

1999-09-25 Thread Hwei Sheng TEOH
I'm just wondering, why does `ipchains -Z' only clear the counters for the rules in each chain, but not the counters for the chain policy? Is there a way to clear the counters for the builtin chains' policies? Thanks! T

Re: Regex and memory gone. (Wingz)

1999-09-25 Thread Steve Stancliff
I have this problem also. Does anybody have a solution? Here's what I get when I run Wingz: Regex Error: Memory exhausted Aborted I have 80M physical and 64M swap. Please cc me. Thanks, Steve Stancliff

Re: xfree 3.3.4 debs

1999-09-25 Thread Scott Henry
> "J" == Jonathan P Tomer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: J> does anyone know where i can get xfree86 3.3.4 debs? 3.3.5 is toast for J> me, unfortunately. Both 3.3.4 and 3.3.5 are toast for me. But only the xserver. Fortunately I found another machine to copy a working xserver from. I've submit

Re: Deleted menu in Wmaker

1999-09-25 Thread Brad
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Sat, 25 Sep 1999, Alan Eugene Davis wrote: > While trying out the spiffy wm configurator, I seem to have eliminated > all the debian menus. > > How can I get back the menus? Meanwhile I have just inserted my own > menu entries for the few programs I use a

Re: Rejected e-mails

1999-09-25 Thread Eric G . Miller
> My .fetchmailrc file is: > poll pop3.pop.debitel.net protocol pop3 > user [EMAIL PROTECTED] there password > is [EMAIL PROTECTED] here forcecr > I would suggest changing [EMAIL PROTECTED]' to simply `dave' in your .fetchmailrc. The problem is fetchmail is trying to send it to [EMAI

Re: xfree 3.3.4 debs

1999-09-25 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 25 Sep, Jonathan P Tomer wrote about "xfree 3.3.4 debs" > does anyone know where i can get xfree86 3.3.4 debs? 3.3.5 is toast for > me, unfortunately. > http://samosa.debian.org/~branden/xfree86-334-slink/ has them for slink. I would imagine they would work on potato as well. -- Brian --

Modem + setserial + minicom problems

1999-09-25 Thread Michelle Maria Coelho
Hi DebianUsers, I have installed slink on my 486 last night..The kernel can't recognize the modem. When I ran minicom, all it says is Serial operation not supported by ttyS3. The modem is jumper configured for ttyS3. If I do a setserial -a ttyS3, I get the same reply.. Can some one figure out a

X-sever problem with ATI Rage II

1999-09-25 Thread Oliver
Hi, I tried to configure the X-server for my ATI Rage II. But If I start the server it hangs. I 'm confused with the output because memory shouldn't be the problem (128MB RAM, 4 MB on VGA board). The messages looks like in the appendix. How can I fix the problem? thx! Oliver output Descript

Rejected e-mails

1999-09-25 Thread davidj
I'm trying to set up e-mail on debian (I'm not sure which version - before the login int says 2.1, after the login 2.0.36). I've succeeded, with the help of recent exchanges on the debian-user list and perusal of pop3 and smtp protocols, in either sending messages out or fetching them, but not b

Re: DNS and IP MASQ

1999-09-25 Thread Edward Kear
At 07:09 PM 9/25/99 +0200, Jean-Yves BARBIER wrote: >On Sat, Sep 25, 1999 at 10:10:32AM -0500, Lance Hoffmeyer wrote: >> >> I have a server that dials into the internet with a client attached on a home network. My IP MASQ is working and the >> client can connect to the internet, but only using I

Re: cdtool?

1999-09-25 Thread Gregory T. Norris
Try running a mixer, such as aumix or cam, prior to playing the CD. Some soundcards default to 0% volume. On Sat, Sep 25, 1999 at 11:10:09AM -0700, pplaw wrote: > debs, > > i've installed cdtool (and its dependencies), but i get no sound. i've > tried it on two lapboxes...same outcome. pointing

Re: PAP Authentication Failed

1999-09-25 Thread Joakim Svensson
I have the same problem ! Started today. hmmm If you solve it please let me know /Joakim

Oracle Web Server on Linx

1999-09-25 Thread Ernest Johanson
Has anyone had experience running the Oracle Web Application Server on Debian? I got the download, installed it and all processes come up except the administrative web server run fine, which refuses to run. The only variation I'm aware of from the docs is that they say kernel 2.0.34 and I have 2.2

cdtool?

1999-09-25 Thread pplaw
debs, i've installed cdtool (and its dependencies), but i get no sound. i've tried it on two lapboxes...same outcome. pointing to /dev/hdc as the cdrom, do i need to do anything else in order to cdplay and actually hear the music? ia, t. bentley taylor. //

xfree 3.3.4 debs

1999-09-25 Thread Jonathan P Tomer
does anyone know where i can get xfree86 3.3.4 debs? 3.3.5 is toast for me, unfortunately. (if replying to the list, please cc me, i am not subscribed.) thanks, --p. "I can learn to resist anything but temptation" -- Rush, "Resist" PGP 5.0 key (0xE024447449) at http://cif.rochester.edu/~jpt/pubke

Star Office 5.1 dead?

1999-09-25 Thread Robert Rati
I had Star Office 5.1 working just perfectly and upgraded my system to potato. Now, I had it open and running when I did this and it didn't seem to have a problem. I had to reboot for something and now when I try to load Star Office, I get an unrecoverable error and it closes about 5-10 seconds a

Re: DNS and IP MASQ

1999-09-25 Thread Jean-Yves BARBIER
On Sat, Sep 25, 1999 at 10:10:32AM -0500, Lance Hoffmeyer wrote: > > I have a server that dials into the internet with a client attached on a home > network. My IP MASQ is working and the > client can connect to the internet, but only using IP Addresses. The client > cannot connect using doma

Debian m68k slink atari scsi install problem

1999-09-25 Thread Freek Munniksma
Package:Debian/dists/slink/main/disks-m68k/current/atari/install.lzhVersion: 2.1I am a total newbie to linux,so probably i´m doing something wrong,butanyway i tried to install the slink version of debian linux on an atarifalcon with 14 MB RAM with an external scsi Seagate HD(scsi id 0) .Afte

Re: video modes for X11

1999-09-25 Thread Ernest Johanson
Paul, Your display may be running at a lower pixel depth than you're used to seeing. Check the Screen section of your XF86Config that applies to your x server. If your server recognizes the DefaultColorDepth parameter you can set your default depth that way, otherwise you can use startx -- -bpp

Debian images with newer kernel

1999-09-25 Thread B. Szyszka
Hello, Where can I find the rescue and other disk images for Debian with the newer kernels? When I went to the potato directory and got them from there, the kernel was 2.0.x. Isn't it up to 2.1.x or 2.2.x now? -- Bart Szyszka [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:4982727 B Grafyx http://www.bgrafyx.com ** Go

Re: two monitors

1999-09-25 Thread Evan Van Dyke
Seth R Arnold wrote: > > Ok guys -- I have a second monitor, and wouldn't mind buying a second video > card if it would allow me to use two monitors at the same time. I don't know > where to start looking for information on this. > > My current video card is an AGP ATI [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am runn

cd packet error

1999-09-25 Thread Rob Mahurin
So I'm trying to dub this CD for my roommate and I'm getting this error message about once a frickin second: hdc: packet command error: error=0xb4 ATAPI device hdc: Error: Aborted command -- (Sense key=0x0b) Loss of streaming -- (asc=0xbf, ascq=0x00) The failed "" packet command was: "be 0

Re: Remote Login

1999-09-25 Thread Ben Collins
On Sat, Sep 25, 1999 at 08:04:13AM -0700, j way wrote: > Hi, login from ttyS1 is rejected while the same username & password are > accepted > on the main console. Is there some further permission required to > enable? > Thanks for any help, John. Well, you can't login as root on ttyS1 unless you

Re: Remote Login

1999-09-25 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
On Sat, 25 Sep 1999, j way wrote: > Hi, login from ttyS1 is rejected while the same username & > password are accepted on the main console. Is there some > further permission required to enable? You may need to edit the file /etc/login.access. See the man page login.access(5). -- Jean Pierre

Re: PAP Authentication Failed

1999-09-25 Thread John Hasler
Wiz writes: > When i dial to my ISP i get "PAP authentication failed". Whats wrong and > how do i fix it? Your ISP requires PAP authentication: that authentication is failing. That may be because you have configured ppp wrong or because your password is incorrect. IF you set up ppp with pppconf

DNS and IP MASQ

1999-09-25 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
I have a server that dials into the internet with a client attached on a home network. My IP MASQ is working and the client can connect to the internet, but only using IP Addresses. The client cannot connect using domain names. So , the connection is 10.254.2.2 --eth0---> 10.254.2.1p

Re: awk or sed?

1999-09-25 Thread John Pearson
On Sat, Sep 25, 1999 at 02:13:15PM +1200, Tim Thomson wrote > On Fri, 24 Sep 1999, Brad wrote: > > > On Sat, 25 Sep 1999, Tim Thomson wrote: > > > > > On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, Steve Lamb wrote: > > > > > > > while(<>){ > > > > if ($_ =~ /inet addr:(\n+)\.(\n+)\.(\n+)\.(\n+)/){ > > > > $ipaddr

Remote Login

1999-09-25 Thread j way
Hi, login from ttyS1 is rejected while the same username & password are accepted on the main console. Is there some further permission required to enable? Thanks for any help, John.

SYBASE & Perl

1999-09-25 Thread Adamo UNIX
Hi, All. A friend of mine is trying to use SYBASE with Perl scripts. Where can I find (if it exists) .deb DBI for Perl? TIA! __ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com

Re: Deleted menu in Wmaker

1999-09-25 Thread Laurent Martelli
> "Alan" == Alan Eugene Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Alan> Thank you very much for your timely response to my query! Alan> However, I'm afraid something has escaped me: right-click Alan> what? I tried to right-click on the root window; nothing! Alan> Right-clicked on an xterm: no

Re: configuration of a printer

1999-09-25 Thread Andreas Piesk
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- on Thu, 23 Sep 1999, Manuel Arenaz Silva wrote: > > At first sight everything looks OK: the /dev files, the printcat file... > > cambados:~# ls -lisa /dev/lp* > 9409650 crw-rw 1 root lp 6, 0 Feb 23 1999 /dev/lp0 > 9409660 crw-rw

PAP Authentication Failed

1999-09-25 Thread Wiz
When i dial to my ISP i get "PAP authentication failed". Whats wrong and how do i fix it? I use pppd, chat and have a dynamic IP-adress. The Log file: Sep 25 10:11:17 wizard chat[138]: send (ppp^M) Sep 25 10:11:17 wizard chat[138]: expect (~) Sep 25 10:11:17 wizard chat[138]: >ppp^M Sep 25 10:11:

Re: Deleted menu in Wmaker

1999-09-25 Thread Alan Eugene Davis
>> "Alan" == Alan Eugene Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Alan> While trying out the spiffy wm configurator, I seem to have > Alan> eliminated all the debian menus. How can I get back the menus? > >right-click and "insert debian menu". Beware there's a bug : when you >

Re: Deleted menu in Wmaker

1999-09-25 Thread Laurent Martelli
> "Alan" == Alan Eugene Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Alan> While trying out the spiffy wm configurator, I seem to have Alan> eliminated all the debian menus. How can I get back the menus? right-click and "insert debian menu". Beware there's a bug : when you restart wmakerconf, the de

Deleted menu in Wmaker

1999-09-25 Thread Alan Eugene Davis
While trying out the spiffy wm configurator, I seem to have eliminated all the debian menus. How can I get back the menus? Meanwhile I have just inserted my own menu entries for the few programs I use all the time. By the way, since this little flub none of the newly installed packages has b

RE: Advansys Boot Disk

1999-09-25 Thread George Bonser
I have built a set for you using that driver but I am not sure what network options you need or what kind of machine you have. The result is an SMP 2.2.13-pre6 kernel (yeah, I know, it is a little behind) with the most popular NIC drivers and no ISDN support. Try the images at ftp://opensource.ca

Re: video modes for X11

1999-09-25 Thread Paul Harris
ah yes thanks :) xf86config had the correct modeline already, but it was using the interlace line because it had a higher refresh rate (i guess). just comment out the interface line and everything is sweet :) thanks! Seth R Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Paul, it is likely that your monitor i

Re: Slow system clock?

1999-09-25 Thread Laurent PICOULEAU
On Fri, 24 Sep, 1999 à 09:00:25AM +, Jason Christensen wrote: > Colin, > > I think that you may be right. Now that I think about it, the problem only > seems > to occur after linux has been running for a long period of time without a > logon > (i.e. overnight). I think I have the BIOS config

Re: two monitors

1999-09-25 Thread Herbert Ho
I'm not sure, but i think you can do console on two machines, but the current stable XFree86 doesn't support multiple monitors well. Though the new unstable X server is suppose to. Maybe some one can support/clarify this? (i'm interested in such a thing too... =) Herbert Ho On Sat, 25 Sep 1999,

Mail isn't working

1999-09-25 Thread Alan Eugene Davis
For me this is deja vu, all over again: I had similar problems two years ago, getting mail up. Smail doesn't seem to want to work. This system has just been brought up, using a hamm CD, and upgrading twice by apt, first to slink, then to potato. Hope that provides a clue. This is the kind o

two monitors

1999-09-25 Thread Seth R Arnold
Ok guys -- I have a second monitor, and wouldn't mind buying a second video card if it would allow me to use two monitors at the same time. I don't know where to start looking for information on this. My current video card is an AGP ATI [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am running XFree86 Mach64 3.3.5-1. Do y

Re: video modes for X11

1999-09-25 Thread Seth R Arnold
Paul, it is likely that your monitor is running in interlace mode to get that resolution. I think the right way to fix it is to look up in the manual (or the ini file, if it is legible) the horizontal refresh, verticle refresh, as well as what your video card can do, and using XF86Setup or xf86con

video modes for X11

1999-09-25 Thread Paul Harris
hi, my lovely 17" monitor has a grainy-liney appearance when in 1280x1024 mode, however its perfectly clear under windows. i have the .ini file that windows uses but am unsure how to set up the x11 modelines... can anyone help? thanks, Paul "If you can't make it good, make it look good."

Advansys Boot Disk

1999-09-25 Thread Curtis M. Brune
Hello, I read with interest your posting of a boot disk with a 2.2.10 kernel and "Advansys Support" -- I have a new Advansys Ultra2 Wide SCSI controller (ASB3940U2W) that requires an updated advansys.o driver available here http://www.advansys.com/support/software/os/linux.htm Do these boot dis

RE: File location differences between Debian and other 'X'nix's?

1999-09-25 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 24 Sep, Ryan McLean wrote about "RE: File location differences between Debian and other 'X'nix's?" > Forgive me if this is already mentioned, but there is a document out called > FSSTND (FileSystem STaNdarD) that describes all of this. I'm unsure if > that's what you're referencing when you

RE: File location differences between Debian and other 'X'nix's?

1999-09-25 Thread Ryan McLean
Forgive me if this is already mentioned, but there is a document out called FSSTND (FileSystem STaNdarD) that describes all of this. I'm unsure if that's what you're referencing when you say FHS. Debian includes this document in /usr/doc/debian-policy/fsstnd. It's definitely worth the read as it

Re: Utility for "talking" to TCP port

1999-09-25 Thread Seth R Arnold
Such things do exist. If your needs are minimal, telnet *might* be enough. You can "telnet localhost 80" and see what it does. Netcat, on the other hand, is exactly what you are looking for, and will probably do a wonderful job. On Fri, Sep 24, 1999 at 10:41:06PM -0400, Kristopher Johnson wrote:

Re: awk or sed?

1999-09-25 Thread Seth R Arnold
On Sat, Sep 25, 1999 at 02:13:15PM +1200, Tim Thomson wrote: > I was thinking it was just something like that. I've been meaning to learn > perl for awhile. Any good starting points, apart from going through > source code? Thanks for the link to that awk link, looks good. This is a bit off-topic a

Re: Utility for "talking" to TCP port

1999-09-25 Thread Kristopher Johnson
George Bonser wrote: > > telnet hostname portnum > > telnet somehost 80 > > will do what you describe below. > > On Fri, 24 Sep 1999, Kristopher Johnson wrote: > > > Is there any standard utility for opening a connection to a > > TCP/IP port and then interactively sending data and seeing > > r

Re: loop devices?

1999-09-25 Thread Ben Messinger
Steve George wrote: > > Hi, > > I am looking into using loop devices so I can encrypt stuff onto a floppy > file system. I am stuck right at the start with loop devices. The manual > says to do the following: > > dd if=/dev/zero of=/file bs=1k count=100 > losetup -e des /dev/loop0 /file > Pa

Re: File location differences between Debian and other 'X'nix's?

1999-09-25 Thread Mark Brown
On Fri, Sep 24, 1999 at 11:40:29PM +0100, John Gay wrote: > Sorry for the format, but I'm E-Mailing from Lotus Notes on a Windows PC at > work > and can't change the format. Sorry. Prior experience tells me that writing in short paragraphs helps make mail from notes look more reasonable. As eve

Re: Apache, cgi, and users...

1999-09-25 Thread Ron Farrer
Wim Kerkhoff ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I put this in httpd.conf, to allow .cgi and .pl files to run. I believe I > found this somewhere in the online manual at apache.org. > > > Options ExecCGI Includes > > Hello, thanks for replying! I added this to access.conf (I'm running the stock sl

Utility for "talking" to TCP port

1999-09-25 Thread Kristopher Johnson
Is there any standard utility for opening a connection to a TCP/IP port and then interactively sending data and seeing responses? For example, I'd like to be able to open a connection to port 80 on some machine, type "GET / HTTP/1.0" and then see the response. I'm experimenting with some protoc

Re: awk or sed?

1999-09-25 Thread W. Paul Mills
I do not remember from the original post. Were we doing this in ip-up. If so the ip numbers are already available as environment variables. Then all you need is nslookup. That is the way I do it. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brad) writes: > > On Sat, 25 Sep 1999, Tim Thomson wrote: > > > On Wed, 22 Sep

Re: awk or sed?

1999-09-25 Thread Tim Thomson
On Fri, 24 Sep 1999, Brad wrote: > On Sat, 25 Sep 1999, Tim Thomson wrote: > > > On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, Steve Lamb wrote: > > > > > while(<>){ > > > if ($_ =~ /inet addr:(\n+)\.(\n+)\.(\n+)\.(\n+)/){ > > > $ipaddr = "$1.$2.$3.$4"; > > > } > > > $return = `nslookup $1.$2.$3.$4`; > > > p

Re: Root password

1999-09-25 Thread W. Paul Mills
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Pollywog) writes: > On 24-Sep-99 Andrei Ivanov wrote: > > Here is how you do it: > > reboot and at lilo prompt type > > linux init=/bin/sh > > > > This will rop you into shell. In there, > > mount -n -o remount rw > > > > Then edit the /etc/passwd file and blank out root pa

Re: File location differences between Debian and other 'X'nix's?

1999-09-25 Thread W. Paul Mills
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Gay) writes: When I moved to Debian, quite some time ago now, it was actually very refreshing to find nearly all config info in /etc. Having come from Slackware, which seemed to just put it anywhere. It was a wonderful breath of fresh air. Now days, I think all distribution

Re: awk or sed?

1999-09-25 Thread Peter Palfrader aka Weasel
On Thu, Sep 23, 1999 at 12:12:57PM +1200, Tim Thomson wrote: > Hi, > > I want to write a script, that gets the local ip address, and does a > reverse ns lookup, then sets the hostname to the dns response. The Trinity OS uses these lines to get the IP and the Point-to-Point peer (if any) where E

Re: loop devices?

1999-09-25 Thread Steve George
Hi, Hmm well I msut be thick or ir is broken. I've asked in about 4 irc channels, searched dejanews, FAQ's etc and no-one seems to know hot os use it. I grabbed the code and it looks like (from my poor understanding) as if it is trying to get a single long digit and then does a isxdigit() on eac

Re: apt-get and http proxy failure

1999-09-25 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Fri, 24 Sep 1999, Richard A Nelson wrote: > If I use an environment variable http_proxy, apt does use the specified > proxy. Include the whole config file - betcha have a no proxy setting. Jason

Re: apt-get (potato) no longer works with dante-client

1999-09-25 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Fri, 24 Sep 1999, Joe Raube wrote: > I need to use dante-client as I am trapped behind a msproxy SOCKS4 > server. Using slink, apt-get worked fine. APT basically triggers problems in the socksification libraries, the only solution really is to create an apt-socks package that has socksified m

Re: awk or sed?

1999-09-25 Thread Brad
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Sat, 25 Sep 1999, Tim Thomson wrote: > On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, Steve Lamb wrote: > > > while(<>){ > > if ($_ =~ /inet addr:(\n+)\.(\n+)\.(\n+)\.(\n+)/){ > > $ipaddr = "$1.$2.$3.$4"; > > } > > $return = `nslookup $1.$2.$3.$4`; > > print($return); > >

Re: loop devices?

1999-09-25 Thread Brad
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Sat, 25 Sep 1999, Steve George wrote: > dd if=/dev/zero of=/file bs=1k count=100 > losetup -e des /dev/loop0 /file hmmm... isn't des considered broken? > Password: > Init (up to 16 hex digits): > > This is the part I am stuck on...what hex digits am I sup

Re: Getting the most out of apt.

1999-09-25 Thread Seth R Arnold
Todd, here are two lines from mine that make sense for everone. deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib non-free deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free I just cut this from someone's example on the list a month ago or so. This is for p