linux unformat

1999-10-14 Thread Luis
HI Could you tell me if is it possible to recover a NT disk formated with linux? I had a 6Gb disk with 3 partitions (2GB for NT, 2 Gb for win95 and 2Gb free) and i tried to install the RedHat Linux on the free disk space. I choose the linux server custom instalation and it formated all the disk w

Re: dwnld .deb files with Netsc

1999-10-14 Thread Greg Wooledge
j way ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi, my Win95 Netsc 4.61 expands crets to cret-lf when dwnld'g .deb > files. Anybody know how to discourage this? Tnx. First, make sure that you're really downloading them, not saving them after having converted them to text. Hold the Shift key when clicking o

Re: Mutt and From: line in mail

1999-10-14 Thread Greg Wooledge
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > I can't find anything in my muttrc that would account for this. I also > > somehow doubt that qmail is rewriting a MUA-generated line (but I could > > be wrong). It definitely should not. I use mutt and qmail, and my From: line (generated by my_hd

Re: http://www.debian.org/contact

1999-10-14 Thread Greg Wooledge
Miles Bader ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > peter karlsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Is there some secret mode in console-apt that makes it tell you what > > > *other* packages it's going to upgrade or remove as a result of > > > upgrading a particular package (because they're dependencies,

xanim error :(

1999-10-14 Thread Jonathan D. Proulx
hi, when trying to run xanim (from netscape via plugger or from the command line) I get the following error: error in loading shared libraries :undefined symbol:__register_frame_info I installed xanim via `apt-get install xanim`. Anyone know how to fix this? TIA

Re: New dpkg upload - please test!

1999-10-14 Thread Raul Miller
On Thu, Oct 14, 1999 at 06:14:15PM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > To what end? No offence is intended to any maintainers, but > some of the splits lately seem a bit pointless to me. After recent > runs of 'apt-get dist-upgrade', I've been left without telnet, > ftp and rlogin; these are so small it

Re: Modem's and video cards for linux

1999-10-14 Thread Brad
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Thu, 14 Oct 1999, Micha Feigin wrote: > i am planning on buying a new computer soon, which is supposed to run > mainly on linux (Debian). The problem is, no sales person seems to know > what hardware is windows dependent and what not. Surprised? > As far as

SBLive! Installation

1999-10-14 Thread Christopher W Peers
Well, I've tried just about every installation instruction I've seen to install the beta driver (0.3) for the sblive, and it's still not working. I get the following error: emu10k1: init_module: Device or resource busy this is still the farthest I've gotten. I'm running the 2.2.10 kernel on an A

Re: 2.3.x + masquerading, etc.

1999-10-14 Thread Dwayne C . Litzenberger
http://netfilter.kernelnotes.org/ for later 2.3 kernels On Thu, Oct 14, 1999 at 11:44:07AM -0500, Marcin Kurc wrote: > Does anyone know where I can find some docs about ip masqerading with 2.3 > kernels? > There is not too much documentation that comes with the kernel. > > Thanks. > -- "I a

How to Access 2nd Serial Port & Cisco 675?

1999-10-14 Thread Art Lemasters
How can I access my Cisco 675 modem/router through the second serial interface? ...anyone have experience with the 675 or at least with access any device through the second serial port? Art

Re: Modem's and video cards for linux

1999-10-14 Thread Dwayne C . Litzenberger
> > The only modem they could offer me which is shure to work is US robotics > > which is a bit expensive. > > The video card i was offered (since I static image handling mainly, and > > not video), is ATI xpert 8 meg AGP, How is it for linux? > > AFAIK it is well supported, I use an ATI Rage Fury

Re: Weird fortune problem...

1999-10-14 Thread Dan Everton
On Thu, Oct 14, 1999 at 02:07:59PM -0500, Jon Marler wrote: > All of a sudden, my fortune "game" started saying this ... > > "fortune: no place to put residual probability (0%)" > > I am using fortune 9708-15 from potato. > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Thanks! > > Jon > [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: html, and a file manager.

1999-10-14 Thread Pollywog
On 14-Oct-99 leckert wrote: > tf wrote: >> >> Hey guys, >> >> I'm on a roll. Those of you who write html for a living, what do you >> use? I have, but have not tried, asWedit, amaya, and (ahem) >> wordperfect. I hate to plug a windows app, but notetab pro is great. >> Sure would be nice if so

Re: Debian/Slink Connection Speed...too slow

1999-10-14 Thread Dwayne C . Litzenberger
> >mru 576 > >mtu 576 How much extra overhead does that have on large downloads (eg. all of SuSE)? I'd like to set it for the easily intertwined packets (eg for games), but is it worth it for my download speed? -- "I already have all the latest software." -- Laura Winslow, "Family

Re: 2.3.x + masquerading, etc.

1999-10-14 Thread Tobias Zimpel
On Thu, Oct 14, 1999 at 11:44:07AM -0500, Marcin Kurc wrote: > Does anyone know where I can find some docs about ip masqerading with 2.3 > kernels? I hope you know very well what you are doing. 2.3 is a development kernel and therefore unstable. I weouldn't use it. IMO you should use 2.2.12 (the

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RE: OT: MS Security not centralized at all

1999-10-14 Thread Paul McHale
(sorry it is long and ends a bit opinionated ) (first part may be useful for NT users ! ) > I'm getting weary of looking in a dozen or more locations for the > patches I need to keep my Windows NT systems up to date. As you know, > Microsoft locates patches in various directories on its FTP site a

Re: html, and a file manager.

1999-10-14 Thread leckert
tf wrote: > > Hey guys, > > I'm on a roll. Those of you who write html for a living, what do you > use? I have, but have not tried, asWedit, amaya, and (ahem) > wordperfect. I hate to plug a windows app, but notetab pro is great. > Sure would be nice if someone would make a clone for linux. >

Re: kernel 2.2.10 patch to UDMA66 ?

1999-10-14 Thread Jean-Yves BARBIER
On Thu, Oct 14, 1999 at 12:43:12PM -0600, Alexis Maldonado wrote: > Hello. > It is possible. I have a Promise Ultra/66 board running with a Western > Digital Expert 27.3GB, at UDMA/66. > I'm using kernel 2.2.12, with patches that can be found on your local kernel > mirror under people/hedrick. Hi

Re: Modem's and video cards for linux

1999-10-14 Thread Colin Marquardt
* Phil Brutsche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Also, should there be any problem with sound cards, if so, how do I >> recognise one that will work. > Almost all will - try to avoid the Sound Blaster Live, and you should be > OK. "Almost all will" -- I think that is said a bit too much. Avoid the

Re: OT: MS Security not centralized at all

1999-10-14 Thread Colin Marquardt
* Fabien Ninoles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > - Forwarded message from WNT Mag Security UPDATE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - [...] > ** > WINDOWS NT MAGAZINE SECURITY UPDATE > The weekly Windows NT security update newsletter > http://

Re: html, and a file manager.

1999-10-14 Thread Oleg Krivosheev
On Thu, 14 Oct 1999, Keith G. Murphy wrote: > tf wrote: > > > > Hey guys, > > > > I'm on a roll. Those of you who write html for a living, what do you > > use? I have, but have not tried, asWedit, amaya, and (ahem) > > wordperfect. I hate to plug a windows app, but notetab pro is great. > > S

Re: sources.list entry for KDE - how to construct?

1999-10-14 Thread Achim Bohnet
>>>"Charles Lewis" wrote: > Believe me, I know how you feel. This is what I have, which seems to be > working for me: > > deb http://kde.tdyc.com potato kde contrib rkrusty FWIW: if possible use a TDYC mirror. Entries for sources.list are listed at the end of http://kde.tdyc.com/Deb

Re: html, and a file manager.

1999-10-14 Thread Sven Esbjerg
On Mon, Oct 11, 1999 at 01:50:20PM +0300, tf wrote: > I'm on a roll. Those of you who write html for a living, what do you > use? I have, but have not tried, asWedit, amaya, and (ahem) > wordperfect. I hate to plug a windows app, but notetab pro is great. > Sure would be nice if someone would m

Re: sources.list entry for KDE - how to construct?

1999-10-14 Thread Charles Lewis
Believe me, I know how you feel. This is what I have, which seems to be working for me: deb http://kde.tdyc.com potato kde contrib rkrusty > Hi > > I'm not stupid, but I feel that way sometimes; I seem to be unable > to get my sources.list right for KDE. Examining the lynx -dump command (see >

Re: 24-bit graphics woes

1999-10-14 Thread John Foster
Stuart Ballard wrote: > > Bryan Allen wrote: > > > > You might want to check out xfree86.org, they've got spiffy infos on the > > supported cards. and yeah.. the 24 bit ugly netscape thing is netscape > > being ghetto and ugly in 24 bit. try jumping it up to 32bit as soon as you > > can. x is gene

RE: Word to the wise Re: is your WINE broken too?

1999-10-14 Thread Pollywog
On 14-Oct-99 David Coe wrote: > Any time you're going to upgrade a wine package (or any other package > that's either alpha status (like wine) or extremely critical to the > continued operation of your system), I recommend you use dpkg-repack > first,, to save a copy of the currently-installed ver

Weird fortune problem...

1999-10-14 Thread Jon Marler
All of a sudden, my fortune "game" started saying this ... "fortune: no place to put residual probability (0%)" I am using fortune 9708-15 from potato. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks! Jon [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Please copy me as I am not a member of the list.

Re: 24-bit graphics woes

1999-10-14 Thread Stuart Ballard
Bryan Allen wrote: > > You might want to check out xfree86.org, they've got spiffy infos on the > supported cards. and yeah.. the 24 bit ugly netscape thing is netscape > being ghetto and ugly in 24 bit. try jumping it up to 32bit as soon as you > can. x is generally a lot prettier when it's got t

Word to the wise Re: is your WINE broken too?

1999-10-14 Thread David Coe
Any time you're going to upgrade a wine package (or any other package that's either alpha status (like wine) or extremely critical to the continued operation of your system), I recommend you use dpkg-repack first,, to save a copy of the currently-installed version. Then, after you find out that th

weird KDE 1.1.2 problem on slink

1999-10-14 Thread Leszek Gerwatowski
Hello! I've downloaded and upgraded KDE from 1.1.1. to 1.1.2 on my slink system and now I've one little problem - KFM stoped to show me contents of folders and URLs. When I click on an folder or try to open any URL kfmclient opens window but absolutely empty and works forever trying to show conten

Re: Help with this simple makefile

1999-10-14 Thread Pedro Sanchez
Thank you!, It works! -- Pedro I. Sanchez ESN 393-6084 GMS 117/A1/C5 >Hi > >How about this? > >eps_files = fig1.eps fig2.eps >all : $(eps_files) > >%.eps: %.fig >fig2dev -L ps $< $@ > > >- Brian You wrote: > Hello, > > I have this simple makefile: > > eps_f

Re: kernel 2.2.10 patch to UDMA66 ?

1999-10-14 Thread Alexis Maldonado
Hello. On Wed, Oct 13, 1999 at 08:15:12PM -0700, aphro wrote: > i read in the kernel mailing list that UDMA66 isn't possible in the linux > kernel yet. even with a patch its bound to cause lockups. It is possible. I have a Promise Ultra/66 board running with a Western Digital Expert 27.3GB, at

Re: sources.list entry for KDE - how to construct?

1999-10-14 Thread Kristopher Johnson
Brian Boonstra wrote: > > Hi > > I'm not stupid, but I feel that way sometimes; I seem to be unable > to get my sources.list right for KDE. Examining the lynx -dump command (see > below), we find that the Packages.gz file resides in the same place as all > the .deb files. According to

Re: 24-bit graphics woes

1999-10-14 Thread Bryan Allen
You might want to check out xfree86.org, they've got spiffy infos on the supported cards. and yeah.. the 24 bit ugly netscape thing is netscape being ghetto and ugly in 24 bit. try jumping it up to 32bit as soon as you can. x is generally a lot prettier when it's got the color depth behind it. :)

24-bit graphics woes

1999-10-14 Thread Stuart Ballard
I just upped my X server to 24-bpp display, and I have two questions regarding this: First, netscape suddenly started displaying all its icons in a rather fetching grey/black color scheme. Is this always the case in 24-bit, is there a known fix, or is my system just weird? :) Secondly, of course,

Re: Help with this simple makefile

1999-10-14 Thread Brian Boonstra
Hi How about this? eps_files = fig1.eps fig2.eps all : $(eps_files) %.eps: %.fig fig2dev -L ps $< $@ - Brian You wrote: > Hello, > > I have this simple makefile: > > eps_files = fig1.eps fig2.eps > $(eps_files): %.eps: %.fig > fig2dev -L ps $< $@

Help with this simple makefile

1999-10-14 Thread Pedro Sanchez
Hello, I have this simple makefile: eps_files = fig1.eps fig2.eps $(eps_files): %.eps: %.fig fig2dev -L ps $< $@ It is supposed to process both input files, fig1.fig and fig2.fig, and generate the corresponding .eps files. But it only processes fig1 and completely ignores fig2. What's

Re: mail multiple deliveries

1999-10-14 Thread Ian Zimmerman
> "Jean-Yves" == Jean-Yves BARBIER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Jean-Yves> Hi folks, I actually have a server which retrieve mail from Jean-Yves> all my PO boxes and acts as a pop server. (exim, mutt, on Jean-Yves> the station) Jean-Yves> What I'd like to do is multiple deliveries when I retri

Re: html, and a file manager.

1999-10-14 Thread Ian Zimmerman
> "tf" == tf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: tf> Also, I want to try out some x file managers. I have mc, of tf> course, and file runner. I just got offix-files... what do I type tf> to call that up? Can anyone recommend one that I can play with? I have been severely disappointed by all of th

Re: fetchmail vs. ?

1999-10-14 Thread Ian Zimmerman
> "Jim" == Jim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Jim> I'm looking for something similar to fetchmail which will allow Jim> me to download msgs via POP3 and deliver them to a local mailbox Jim> file, such as /var/spool/mail/user or whatever I want, whereas Jim> AFAICT (please correct me if I am wron

Re: is your WINE broken too?

1999-10-14 Thread aphro
you can get them here http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/ALPHA/wine/development/ (or ftp) nate [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- Linux System Administrator http://www.firetrail.com/ Firetrail Internet Services Limited http://www.aphroland

Re: is your WINE broken too?

1999-10-14 Thread aphro
yes i had that problem too, i went back to the august snapshot and it fixed it. nate [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- Linux System Administrator http://www.firetrail.com/ Firetrail Internet Services Limited http://www.aphroland.org/

2.3.x + masquerading, etc.

1999-10-14 Thread Marcin Kurc
Does anyone know where I can find some docs about ip masqerading with 2.3 kernels? There is not too much documentation that comes with the kernel. Thanks. -- Marcin Kurc Indiana Institute of Technology System Administrator http://me.indtech.edu http://www.indtech.edu

Re: html, and a file manager.

1999-10-14 Thread lexchive
On Mon, Oct 11, 1999 at 01:50:20PM +0300, tf wrote: > I hate to plug a windows app, but notetab pro is great. > Sure would be nice if someone would make a clone for linux. > That notepad pro is an editor right? From the desc I got, nothing really special? This my personal opinion but I dont thin

Re: How to read the result of inittab

1999-10-14 Thread Keith G. Murphy
Mickael Vera wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm still looking for reading the results of inittab. > Redirection of the output to a file is not a solution > as the root partition is mounted read-only when it > executes. /var is not mounted yet, so that you don't see it in /var/log/messages? > > My problem i

dwnld .deb files with Netsc

1999-10-14 Thread j way
Hi, my Win95 Netsc 4.61 expands crets to cret-lf when dwnld'g .deb files. Anybody know how to discourage this? Tnx.

Re: html, and a file manager.

1999-10-14 Thread Keith G. Murphy
tf wrote: > > Hey guys, > > I'm on a roll. Those of you who write html for a living, what do you > use? I have, but have not tried, asWedit, amaya, and (ahem) > wordperfect. I hate to plug a windows app, but notetab pro is great. > Sure would be nice if someone would make a clone for linux. I

SECOND TRY: Re: Group "adm"?

1999-10-14 Thread Ed Cogburn
Ed Cogburn wrote: > > I've noticed several files in my normal user (ed) home dir, which, > instead of "ed" as group owner, are given the group of "adm". These > files are all types, a file created by Netscape while downloading, a > sub-dir I created, and a config file (.xscreensaver) crea

Re: sources.list entry for KDE - how to construct?

1999-10-14 Thread Ingo Reimann
On Thu, Oct 14, 1999 at 11:09:36AM -0500, Brian Boonstra wrote: > Hi > > I'm not stupid, but I feel that way sometimes; I seem to be unable > to get my sources.list right for KDE. Examining the lynx -dump command (see > > below), we find that the Packages.gz file resides in the same p

sources.list entry for KDE - how to construct?

1999-10-14 Thread Brian Boonstra
Hi I'm not stupid, but I feel that way sometimes; I seem to be unable to get my sources.list right for KDE. Examining the lynx -dump command (see below), we find that the Packages.gz file resides in the same place as all the .deb files. According to my understanding, apt-get looks

Re: Unix qusetion

1999-10-14 Thread Ed Cogburn
Li Wei wrote: > > I have an unofficial FreeBSD 3.0 and install xpm and fvwm2 and get an error > when running fvwm2: > > /usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "libkrb.so.3" not found > > Please reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] because I will leave the list in a > minute. This mailing list i

Re: atari800 package - README.Debian has bad web address for ROMS

1999-10-14 Thread Ed Cogburn
John Miskinis wrote: > > Hello, > > I've been trying to get the "atari800" emulator working. The ROMS > are not in the package for legal reasons. The link in the readme > is bad, and although I found the "xf25.zip" elsewhere, the ROMs > to not appear to work when I unpack them on WIN95, and mov

Re: How to read the result of inittab

1999-10-14 Thread Mickael Vera
Martin Fluch wrote: > Add a sleep comand to the /etc/init.d/rc script, somthing like this: > > startup() { > case "$1" in > *.sh) > $debug sh "$@" > ;; > *) > $debug "$@" > ;; > esac > > sleep 1 > } > Martin Go

Re: How to read the result of inittab

1999-10-14 Thread Mickael Vera
Dave Sherohman wrote: > > Mickael Vera said: > > My problem is that there are not enough lines on the console, > > is it possible to scroll back on the console, > > Shift-PgUp > > > or to > > make the boot processus make a pause ? > > Ctrl-S should halt text (either Ctrl-Q or Ctrl-S to restart)

Re: Debian/Slink Connection Speed...too slow

1999-10-14 Thread Ed Cogburn
Salman Ahmed wrote: > > > "DCL" == Dwayne C Litzenberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > DCL> Edit /etc/ppp/peers/provider and make sure your baud rate is set > DCL> to 115200 or 57600. You might also want to add the lines: > > DCL> bsdcomp 15,15 deflate 15,15 vj-max-slots 16

Re: Enlightenment .16 segafaults.

1999-10-14 Thread A. M. Varon
On Tue, 12 Oct 1999, A. M. Varon wrote: > I have downloaded Enlightenment 0.16 .debs from www.debian.org/~ljlane. > > Well, when I start E... it gives me an indicator in terms of percentage. > When it hits 91%... it segfaults. Hi, Just to tell everybody that there is nothing wrong with E .16. I

Re: fetchmail VS. ?

1999-10-14 Thread OKANO Dai
Hi. In message "Re: fetchmail VS. ?" on 99/10/14, Brian Servis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Yes but this is using smtp and your mta to put it there. The orginal poster was looking for a method of skipping the smtp connection via the mta. Maybe I'm not understanding the problem, but

Re: How to read the result of inittab

1999-10-14 Thread Dave Sherohman
Mickael Vera said: > My problem is that there are not enough lines on the console, > is it possible to scroll back on the console, Shift-PgUp > or to > make the boot processus make a pause ? Ctrl-S should halt text (either Ctrl-Q or Ctrl-S to restart), but I haven't tried it myself. > Some err

Re: How to read the result of inittab

1999-10-14 Thread Martin Fluch
On Thu, 14 Oct 1999, Mickael Vera wrote: > Hi, > > I'm still looking for reading the results of inittab. > Redirection of the output to a file is not a solution > as the root partition is mounted read-only when it > executes. > > My problem is that there are not enough lines on the console, >

Re: Mutt and From: line in mail

1999-10-14 Thread markzimm
> I can't find anything in my muttrc that would account for this. I also > somehow doubt that qmail is rewriting a MUA-generated line (but I could > be wrong). > If you set the MAILUSER and MAILHOST environment variables, qmail rewrites the from line as [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is usually a good th

Ms Access Clone

1999-10-14 Thread Timothy C. Phan
hi, I'd like to know if there is a MS ACCESS clone for Linux? I'm mainly looking for perl/java API to access the MS Access *.mdb file on the Linux. I do NOT need the GUI, VBA, etc. Thanks. -- tcp

Re: OT: MS Security not centralized at all

1999-10-14 Thread Robert Varga
>How difficult can organizing a moderate number of patch files be? I think here is the problem... They don't seem to be a moderate number... they just appear and appear More like almost infinite... :-) And still less patches than bugs and secholes... Robert Varga

Re: libqt and qt are they the same !?

1999-10-14 Thread Pollywog
On 14-Oct-99 Achim Bohnet wrote: Ingo Reimann wrote: > > Hi Maintainers, > > > > could anyone please solve the dependency-conflict of libqt1.44-6.3 and > > qt1g-1.44-6.1. Both seem to contain the same - maybe in different minor > > versions, but nevertheless some packages depend on qt1g

OT: MS Security not centralized at all

1999-10-14 Thread Fabien Ninoles
Indeed, at least they are on there web sites ;) - Forwarded message from WNT Mag Security UPDATE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - X-MsgID: 20010 X-ListID: 1374 Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 15:30:40 -0600 Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WNT Mag Security UPDATE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: WNT Mag Security U

How to read the result of inittab

1999-10-14 Thread Mickael Vera
Hi, I'm still looking for reading the results of inittab. Redirection of the output to a file is not a solution as the root partition is mounted read-only when it executes. My problem is that there are not enough lines on the console, is it possible to scroll back on the console, or to make the

Re: tiresome mail questions.

1999-10-14 Thread Jean-Yves BARBIER
On Mon, Oct 11, 1999 at 01:41:58PM +0300, tf wrote: > Hey guys, > > I've saved some up for ya. > > Ok, if I wanted to tell netscape mail to use this machine for a smtp > server, how would I write the line? Instead of smtp.isp.com, what would > it be? (I have exim) I recommend you to read the exc

Re: fortune problems?

1999-10-14 Thread Dan Everton
On Thu, 14 Oct 1999, Ingo Reimann wrote: > On Thu, Oct 14, 1999 at 12:01:41PM +1000, Dan Everton wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 13, 1999 at 05:02:44PM -0500, Robert Rati wrote: > > > For some reason, when I run fortune I get this message: > > > > > > fortune: no place to put residual probability (0%) > >

Re: Modem's and video cards for linux

1999-10-14 Thread Jean-Yves BARBIER
On Thu, Oct 14, 1999 at 01:51:11PM +0200, Micha Feigin wrote: > i am planning on buying a new computer soon, which is supposed to run > mainly on linux (Debian). The problem is, no sales person seems to know > what hardware is windows dependent and what not. > As far as i know the main problem is w

Re: tiresome mail questions.

1999-10-14 Thread lexchive
On Mon, Oct 11, 1999 at 01:41:58PM +0300, tf wrote: > Hey guys, > > I've saved some up for ya. > > Ok, if I wanted to tell netscape mail to use this machine for a smtp > server, how would I write the line? Instead of smtp.isp.com, what would > it be? (I have exim) > Just use localhost as your s

Qt2-2 for Slink

1999-10-14 Thread dodjee
Hello, Does anyone know where I can find the *deb files of Qt2-2 for Slink ? I know it has been mentioned here before but I can't find the information. Larry de Graaf

Re: Modem's and video cards for linux

1999-10-14 Thread Phil Brutsche
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > i am planning on buying a new computer soon, which is supposed to run > mainly on linux (Debian). The problem is, no sales person seems to know > what hardware is windows dependent and what not. > As far as i know the main problem is wit

Re: html, and a file manager.

1999-10-14 Thread Rob Mahurin
On Mon, Oct 11, 1999 at 01:50:20PM +0300, tf wrote: > I hate to plug a windows app, but notetab pro is great. > Sure would be nice if someone would make a clone for linux. > have you tried wine? Rob -- Forms follow function, and often obliterate it.

Re: fortune problems?

1999-10-14 Thread Ingo Reimann
On Thu, Oct 14, 1999 at 12:01:41PM +1000, Dan Everton wrote: > On Wed, Oct 13, 1999 at 05:02:44PM -0500, Robert Rati wrote: > > For some reason, when I run fortune I get this message: > > > > fortune: no place to put residual probability (0%) > > > > This happened after I ran the newest wine whic

Re: fetchmail VS. ?

1999-10-14 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 14 Oct, Andrew Clark wrote about "Re: fetchmail VS. ?" > > > Fetchmail does devliver to local var/spool/mail dirs. On my machine I > have in the ~/.fetchmailrc file: > > poll mail.dynamite.com.au proto pop3 user ajfclark there is andrew > here > > Then when I run fetchmail, it asks for

Modem's and video cards for linux

1999-10-14 Thread Micha Feigin
i am planning on buying a new computer soon, which is supposed to run mainly on linux (Debian). The problem is, no sales person seems to know what hardware is windows dependent and what not. As far as i know the main problem is with modems and video cards. How can i recognise one that will work und

Re: console cd player? pleace CC me

1999-10-14 Thread peter karlsson
Ari Sigurðsson: > Hello, I have debian 2.0 and I am trying to play cd from the console, so > far I have tryed to compile 2 different cd players with no luck. nothing > but errors and warnings. the ones I have tried are. Try installing "workbone" or "cdtool". They are available in the Debian dist

console cd player? pleace CC me

1999-10-14 Thread Ari Sigurðsson
Hello, I have debian 2.0 and I am trying to play cd from the console, so far I have tryed to compile 2 different cd players with no luck. nothing but errors and warnings. the ones I have tried are. cdplayer 0.1 beta 1 Copyright (c) 1997 Flavio Lerda and cd-console 1.5 Author: Nam

Re: Mutt and From: line in mail

1999-10-14 Thread Peter Solodov
Hi. I use my_hdr in .muttrc and it works just fine. But I use smail. Maybe you just need to check $sendmail variable - add some magic key or something. Or maybe it's a problem of slink package - I work with potato. [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I've got an annoyin

mail multiple deliveries

1999-10-14 Thread Jean-Yves BARBIER
Hi folks, I actually have a server which retrieve mail from all my PO boxes and acts as a pop server. (exim, mutt, on the station) What I'd like to do is multiple deliveries when I retrieve mail from the station (i.e. debian-user > IN_DU, personal > PERSO, etc) I don't know which method is t

I can't find GNOME APT source!

1999-10-14 Thread Richard Deighton
Why is it so hard to find the GNOME APT source? It would be great to have an up-to-date list of APT sources on www.debian.org! Anyway where can I find the GNOME APT source and is it the October release? Regards. Richard. -- +--

Re: LILO won't load win95, but no error...??SOLVED

1999-10-14 Thread Martin Waller
Worked like a dream - mucho thanks! Martin >>sounds like you may have, at one point, had this line in your lilo.conf >>file... >> >>boot=/dev/hda1 if the above is the case an easier way is to uninstall lilo as follows: lilo -u /dev/hda1 this will restore the saved boot sector from /boot/boot

Re: kernel 2.2.10 patch to UDMA66 ?

1999-10-14 Thread Jean-Yves BARBIER
On Wed, Oct 13, 1999 at 08:15:12PM -0700, aphro wrote: > i read in the kernel mailing list that UDMA66 isn't possible in the linux > kernel yet. even with a patch its bound to cause lockups. > > http://kt.linuxcare.com/kt19990927_36.html#12 > > "You can not currently use the second ATA-66 chann

html, and a file manager.

1999-10-14 Thread tf
Hey guys, I'm on a roll. Those of you who write html for a living, what do you use? I have, but have not tried, asWedit, amaya, and (ahem) wordperfect. I hate to plug a windows app, but notetab pro is great. Sure would be nice if someone would make a clone for linux. Also, I want to try out s

Re: Netscape 4.71 Is Rock Solid & Fast!

1999-10-14 Thread John
Same here, also had a big headache with it when i changed my user password and tried to change my pop password on my local machine netscape kept bombing out, when i entered my password. It doesnt seem to be able to remember news settings at times ive had news servers dissapear and then only to re

tiresome mail questions.

1999-10-14 Thread tf
Hey guys, I've saved some up for ya. Ok, if I wanted to tell netscape mail to use this machine for a smtp server, how would I write the line? Instead of smtp.isp.com, what would it be? (I have exim) someone posted somthing about getting a pop server, too, but I'm not clear on that, either. I on

Re: making device /dev/sr0 (bug 32723) any workaround?

1999-10-14 Thread John
Yep i had the same problem some time back, couldnt get a "^$%#^^" /dev/sr0 device in dev, then i stumbled upon /dev/scd0 devices, voilla problem solved, it always easy once one knows . cheers Brad wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > On Sat, 9 Oct 1999, John Miskinis wrote: > > > W

Re: Trident 3dImage975 and X

1999-10-14 Thread Achim Bohnet
>>>Frank Copeland wrote: > Nathan Smith wrote: > > >I have what I hope is a quick question. I'm having trouble getting X to > >work using the SVGA server with my Trident 3DImage 975 Card. The VGA 16 > >server works fine, but as you can imagine looks slightly less beautiful > >than I would

Re: libqt and qt are they the same !?

1999-10-14 Thread Achim Bohnet
>>>Ingo Reimann wrote: > Hi Maintainers, > > could anyone please solve the dependency-conflict of libqt1.44-6.3 and > qt1g-1.44-6.1. Both seem to contain the same - maybe in different minor > versions, but nevertheless some packages depend on qt1g (tuxeyes) some > on libqt1g (kdebase) See h

Unix qusetion

1999-10-14 Thread Li Wei
I have an unofficial FreeBSD 3.0 and install xpm and fvwm2 and get an error when running fvwm2: /usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "libkrb.so.3" not found Please reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] because I will leave the list in a minute.

Re: Trident 3dImage975 and X

1999-10-14 Thread Frank Copeland
Nathan Smith wrote: >I have what I hope is a quick question. I'm having trouble getting X to >work using the SVGA server with my Trident 3DImage 975 Card. The VGA 16 >server works fine, but as you can imagine looks slightly less beautiful >than I would like. > >I'm using the X that came with Sli

Re: fetchmail VS. ?

1999-10-14 Thread Andrew Clark
Fetchmail does devliver to local var/spool/mail dirs. On my machine I have in the ~/.fetchmailrc file: poll mail.dynamite.com.au proto pop3 user ajfclark there is andrew here Then when I run fetchmail, it asks for my password, grabs each mail and delivers it to [EMAIL PROTECTED], which stic

Mutt and From: line in mail

1999-10-14 Thread damon
Hi Folks, I've got an annoying little problem in mutt with the From: line of my email. At least, I think it's in mutt. This is on a slink system with the slink version of mutt. Mutt lets you set the From: line of the email, either through `my_hdr From:', or by pressing ESC f when the message has

Re: Netscape 4.71 Is Rock Solid & Fast!

1999-10-14 Thread Miles Bader
Adam Shand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > well it sucks a lot harder with glibc 2.1, it's basically not usable. i've > had no major problems with libc5 or glibc 2.0 versions though i would love > to have a smaller/faster/more stable browser. Netscape 4.7x (whatever version is in debian unstable) w

Re: here's something strange.

1999-10-14 Thread Rob Malchow
> What pager app are you using ?? Is it a pager dock-app, or the gnome pager > app ? i'm using the windowmaker clip. (not very familiar with the appropriate terminology, so we'll leave it at that) that comes with basic windowmaker. > > I too have been using WindowMaker (wmaker-plain 0.60 from u

Re: is your WINE broken too?

1999-10-14 Thread Pollywog
On 14-Oct-99 Rob Mahurin wrote: > > I couldn't get 990923 to do anything useful from either the .deb or > the wine-source. I just went back to 990731. Too bad I can't find a copy of the prior version. I will have to wait for a bug fix. thanks -- Andrew

Re: here's something strange.

1999-10-14 Thread Dwayne C . Litzenberger
Odd. I use WindowMaker a lot, and I've never had any problems with it ever. On Wed, Oct 13, 1999 at 08:19:10PM -0700, Rob Malchow wrote: > Hi there, here's a weird one for the masses. > today i did an apt-get update/upgrade, and now windowmaker acts very > strangely. by "very strangely," i mean

Re: atari800 package - README.Debian has bad web address for ROMS

1999-10-14 Thread Dwayne C . Litzenberger
> (Maybe there's a linux "unzip", I do not know). (?) apt-get install unzip and maybe you want: apt-get install zip (or {un}zip-crypt from non-US/non-free for encryption support) -- "I already have all the latest software." -- Laura Winslow, "Family Matters" Dwayne C. Litzenberger - [

Re: is your WINE broken too?

1999-10-14 Thread Rob Mahurin
On Thu, Oct 14, 1999 at 03:12:06AM -, Pollywog wrote: > I just upgraded WINE (I had to make some symlinks in /usr/lib for Mesa to get > it to work) but it appears to be broken, because it says that it cannot use > this version of MSVCRT20.DLL. Anyone else have this problem? I installed the >

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