On Sat, Nov 27, 1999 at 02:11:34PM -0500, Antonio Rodriguez wrote:
> Does any body know of any support for Aztech 3D sound card? I haven't
> been able to hear any sound in my Linux-slink box yet. Except for beeps.
What kind of Aztech 3D have you got? If it is the WaveRider 3D PnP, then
it is the c
Hi!
I made a bad mistake... ;-)
There was an error in the bind configuration.
The reverse-entry for the name server was wrong, forget the address type IN.
The entry to allow only local users printing from remote computers was correct.
:rs#1:\
Bye,
Sven
aphro writes:
> did you configure your PPP connection with the a new default route and
> give it the defaultroute flag (run pppconfig) it should add the new
> defeault route once the ppp link is up.
pppd won't replace an existing defaultroute. The solution is a script in
/etc/ppp/ip-up.d to delet
Anyone knows what this error means?
This message *was* posted to debian-user, despite the error. I
got replies...
Also, note that the address the bounced message was posted "to"
an illegal address.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]doesn't exist, nor have I ever used it.
<[EMAIL PROTECTED] mis
I'm running current potato and recently tried to reconfigure exim
to work with a mail server on our LAN, and it broke localhost
delivery.
On the LAN there's a host (mail.wasters) which is running exim and
is configured to route all LAN mail properly; this is the same
machine we use to run IPmasq.
Does anyone know of a spell-checker that only accepts U.K. (Canadian)
English? I need to be able to have a spell checking tool for school that
will reject words like "color", "favorite", etc, and only accept "colour",
"favourite", etc.
Please don't start a flame war about linguistic evolution.
-
On Sat, Nov 27, 1999 at 09:50:02PM +0100, Matthias Hertel wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I can't get Fortify (fortify 1.4.5-1, fortify-linux-x86 1.4.5-1) to
> patch my Netscape Navigator (navigator-smotif-47 4.7-14). Is it
> possible that this particular Navigator binary
> (/usr/lib/netscape/47/navigator/naviga
did you configure your PPP connection with the a new default route and
give it the defaultroute flag (run pppconfig) it should add the new
defeault route once the ppp link is up.
nate
On Sat, 27 Nov 1999, luis wrote:
luis >hello
luis >
luis >how can i switch as the default route, between eth0 y
Hello,
I recently installed slink on a new SCSI disk for my dual oc 450 MHz
Celeron machine. (suse 6.2 is already on an IDE disk).
Since I'm new to .deb-based systems I would like to ask a few questions:
(I have been running RedHat since 5.0 up to 6.1 and rawhide, mandrake
6.1 and suse 6.2 on di
set samba to allow GUEST access and it will allow everyone including me to
connect to your server and delete all your files. see the man page or use
SWAT.
nate
On Sat, 27 Nov 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
debian >Hi all,
debian >
debian >I just want to share one folder on a Linux box with NO S
Hi all,
1. After upgrade to potato from slink the ethernet card is not working any
longer. How do I reenable it?
2. The old kernel is still there, how do I upgrade to 2.2.x?
Hoping for help,
Svante Signell
Perhaps I was mistaken. It's been some time now since I've used NT at
home. Maybe it was fat16/vfat. Either way, I recall not having it loaded
on NTFS and booting the NTLoader from LILO. If I had a spare partition,
I'd double check... I vaguely recall it warning me about not using NTFS,
but I never
Hi all,
I'm sending this e-mail using Windowze because my Linux box was
reinstalled (the primary HD was broken) and PPP isnt working. I used pppconfig
to configure. I estabilish the connection with pon but the connection's
velocity doesnt pass above 0 bytes, even pinging or ftping.
Hi,
I can't get Fortify (fortify 1.4.5-1, fortify-linux-x86 1.4.5-1) to
patch my Netscape Navigator (navigator-smotif-47 4.7-14). Is it
possible that this particular Navigator binary
(/usr/lib/netscape/47/navigator/navigator.smotif.real, 7220976 bytes,
timestamp Sep 16 07:58) is not supported by F
On Sat, 27 Nov 1999 20:12:34 + (GMT)
Phillip Deackes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> XFMail is tightly married to XForms. I would not expect this to
>> change.
> Darned ugly too. Enough to make you yearn for Windows!!
This is a common disagreement for me. I just
I still have difficulty with email configurations. Although I can
send and receive mail, things are very basic. Would someone
kindly help me a little further along by explaining/answering:-
a. My .fetchmailrc contains 'warning 3600' at the end the basic
config. (i.e. poll pop..xxx with pro
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On 27 Nov 1999 18:16:47 +0100
> Paul Seelig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Has this already been ported to a better (and freer) toolkit than
> > xforms, like GTK+ (or at least Qt)?
>
> XFMail is tightly married to XForms. I would not expect this to
> change.
Darn
Cyrus Patel wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> I'm trying to compile Mesa3.0 under potato. The readme file says:
>
> - You'll need the Glide library and headers. Mesa expects:
> /usr/local/glide/include/*.h// all the Glide headers
> /usr/local/glide/lib/libglide2x.so
>
> I downloaded
Hi,
It works.
You should update a few packages, especially the user-space nfsd.
Have a look on Documentation/Changes. Up to date is 2.2.13
Ciao,
Holger
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"I'd love to go out with you, but I'm staying home to work on my
cottage cheese sculpture."
[EMAIL PROTECTED] says:
> But diald isn't working, and no log messages are being produced.
If you type 'diald' at a prompt, does it segfault? If so, try making
lines in /etc/services that look like:
#***[lots of stars]**
into:
# [lots of stars]*
(i.e. insert a space before the stars)
hello
how can i switch as the default route, between eth0 y ppp0?
is for a machine that need to get access to the net in both ways,
either using the ethernet card or with the modem
the ethernet card is ok, the modem can fax and minicom, i also have
access to the ppp conexion, and i get an IPm bu
Does any body know of any support for Aztech 3D sound card? I haven't
been able to hear any sound in my Linux-slink box yet. Except for beeps.
Thanks
Antonio.
On 27 Nov 1999 18:16:47 +0100
Paul Seelig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Has this already been ported to a better (and freer) toolkit than
> xforms, like GTK+ (or at least Qt)?
XFMail is tightly married to XForms. I would not expect this to
change.
--
J C Lawrence
Vincent Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> the closest thing to what i want requires that you have apt-get on the
> connected machine. i don't (it's a windows machine with wget).
>
> to repeat: i need to manually download the Packages.gz files from the
> archives listed in sources.list, whi
I have had similar problems with diald though not in the past few days. BTW
your e-mail to the list (just this one) keeps crashing my XFMail for some odd
reason. Very odd.
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*we all live downstream*
I have server with kernel 2.2.12 and a mostly slink Debian system (I have
upgraded to packages from potato as necessary). I have diald set up on the
server, but it is not working. I am also running IP Masquerading with IP
Chains, etc. I have everything configured correctly, as far as I can te
On Sat, 27 Nov 1999 17:07:28 +0100
Remco van de Meent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In lists.linux.debian.user, you wrote:
>> I am looking for something like MS Exchange with folder and such.
> You could try xfmail, for example -- IIRC it supports folders.
Most if not all MUA (Mail User Agens) s
Hey all,
I'm trying to compile Mesa3.0 under potato. The readme file says:
- You'll need the Glide library and headers. Mesa expects:
/usr/local/glide/include/*.h// all the Glide headers
/usr/local/glide/lib/libglide2x.so
I downloaded the driver - Device3Dfx-2.3-1.src
richard newton wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> I've finally made the move to potato and it's sweet, meaning I can now
> use my SB Live! card.
> The question is does anyone have problems with the sound in Quake2 using
> this card? Unreal Tournament
> is fine apart from the fact that my machine is belo
Micha Feigin wrote:
Hi,
If it's connected to a PS2 port the correct device is /dev/psaux.
Cheers
MaryK
> I just upgraded from a 485dx2 using a bus mouse which worked great to a
> pentiumIII450.
> I move the whole system to the new disk but the mouse doesn't seem to
> work.
> I tried most pr
Hi all,
is there a definitive list for apt's source.list file. Specifically I
want the lines pertaining
to potato but I can't seem to fine a list anywhere for any distribution.
I assume sombody must maintain
a list. Is there a way to find out what archives are available through
apt? That wo
Hi all,
I've finally made the move to potato and it's sweet, meaning I can now
use my SB Live! card.
The question is does anyone have problems with the sound in Quake2 using
this card? Unreal Tournament
is fine apart from the fact that my machine is below spec. and Civ:CTP
is great. Quake2
Many thanks...a second useful tip comes from the smb newsgroup which is to
map bad user = ftp.
In lists.linux.debian.user, you wrote:
> I am looking for something like MS Exchange with folder
> and such.
You could try xfmail, for example -- IIRC it supports folders.
Remco
> > WaveLAN (radio Ethernet over unrestricted frequencies) can apparently get
> > 1Mb/s over distances greater than 1Km. No need to pay the telco either...
> >
>
> What is radio Ethernet over unrestricted frequencies? Can you give a URLs for
> more info? Who manufacture this kind of radio equi
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said...
> Hi. Does anyone know of a good front end for email?
>
> I do not like elm, mutt or XEmacs.
>
> I am looking for something like MS Exchange with folder and such.
You mean something like Outlook? I'm afraid that no such program exists
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said...
> Hi all,
>
> I just want to share one folder on a Linux box with NO SECURITY on a small
> LAN with Win9x and NT4 boxes. I am truly amazed at just how hard this
> is...the smb.conf seems designed to scare off anyone with less than 1000
>
On Sat, 27 Nov 1999, John Pearson wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 26, 1999 at 07:58:35AM -0600, Jor-el wrote
> >
>
> Let me answer your questions in reverse:
>
> You don't *really* have a standard Slink install. My guess is that
> somewhere along the line, you must have installed a new dpkg. The slink
>
> 1. the xterm scrollbar displays differently in debian from in redhat. I
> like it in redhat more. Is it a thing about terminfo? ( Running redhat
> binary in debian got same result. )
This is configurable by the ~/.Xresources:
XTerm*rightScrollBar: true
XTerm*scrollBar:true
XTerm*multi
What line should I add to my sources.list in order to be able to find
and intelligently download and install all sources and dependencies for
kernel 2.2.13? I've done it through the search tool in the web site, but
I suspect that I have already some of the recommended dependencies. I am
running sli
Hi. Does anyone know of a good front end for email?
I do not like elm, mutt or XEmacs.
I am looking for something like MS Exchange with folder
and such.
Please email me off-list if you have any ideas. Thanks.
Hi,
I've been trying to set up a Soundblaster ISA card under Debian. The
card (AWE64 I think) works fine under Redhat with sndconfig, albeit
with slightly different hardware. I have 4 IDE devices installed, 2
PCI NICs and a PCI ATI graphics card.
I'm using a modular 2.2.13 kernel. If I do the
I am looking for a distribution (Linux or BSD)
that will install on a Pioneer CD-ROM ATAPI Model DR-A24X 0104 without hanging
(or a suggestion how to get the cd-rom to work; yes, I have tried
autoboot). RedHat 5.1 and 5.2 both hang. The system is an old Cyrix
486-DX with a 1 Gb drive. I
Hi,
Please forgive me for this Super Off Topic question. I just
want to contribute something to the linux community.
I and my fellow friends are going to start our thesis next year.
Could anyone give us some ideas on this? Any interesting topics
on linux out
Hi all,
I've installed the mgetty, mgetty-voice i mgetty-fax packages.
Everything works fine, but I receive messages:
cannot open logfile /var/log/mgetty/mg_unknown.log: Permission denied
cannot open logfile /var/log/mgetty/vm.log: Permission denied
I've checked the /var/log/permissions/ and they
On Fri, Nov 26, 1999 at 04:06:04PM +0100, Robert J. Alexander wrote
> Is there a place with hints on the right packages to upgrade to install
> perl 5.005 on a slink platform ??
>
It isn't clear whether you intend to *replace* the perl packages with
perl-5.005, or install the new version alongsid
On Fri, Nov 26, 1999 at 07:58:35AM -0600, Jor-el wrote
> Hi,
>
> I am working on a box which has a standard Slink install. I used
> to be able to pull up the man page of dpkg by doing 'man dpkg'. Yesterday,
> all of a sudden, this command quit working on me, and I cant figure out
> why. The
Hi
I'm one of the debian fans.I've setup the email gateway system with UUCP
and Smail.But sometimes I've got "UUCP Execution failed" with "exit on
error Sendmail -t (error code 1)".I have no idea what's happening.Could
anybody please give me a better idea?Am i sending this mail to the wrong
list?T
> "James" == James D Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
James> I have installed Debian Linux 3 times and am still
James> stuck. Not every one has a degree in computer science!
You have sent this to me, the maintainer of the diskless boot
package for Debian.
As I don't think this messa
On Sat, Nov 27, 1999 at 12:28:27AM -0800, aphro wrote:
> fat32 readonly support for NT is free i believe..and readonly support for
> NTFS in win9x is free too i think(but unstable)
Read only is not really acceptable. I survive with read-only NTFS
on linux, but all my other file systems are read-wr
On Sat, Nov 27, 1999 at 12:30:42AM -0800, aphro wrote:
> all VFAT is is the ability to support long file names and the like
> right? we had vfat long before fat32..(correct me if im wrong ..)
>
> On Fri, 26 Nov 1999, Eric G . Miller wrote:
>
> egm2 >NT can live on a VFAT(FAT32) partition just fin
On Fri, Nov 26, 1999 at 10:35:09PM -0800, Eric G . Miller wrote:
> NT can live on a VFAT(FAT32) partition just fine. I had stock NT4.0
> running on that a while back, until I deleted it cause it was just
> taking up space. Linux could read/write to it. NT loses some of it's
> security qualities on
Hi all,
I just want to share one folder on a Linux box with NO SECURITY on a small
LAN with Win9x and NT4 boxes. I am truly amazed at just how hard this
is...the smb.conf seems designed to scare off anyone with less than 1000
users!
Does anyone have a sample smb.conf that shares one folder with
you sure it can live on a fat32 drive? even the fat32 "drivers" for NT
clearly say to NOT run NT on a fat32 drive as it does not support booting
off of fat32. fat16 and hpfs and ntfs i thought were the only supported
file systems in NT4 (hpfs is undocumented i think)
all VFAT is is the ability to
On Sat, 27 Nov 1999, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
hamish >
hamish >There are tools to let NT read and write FAT32, but they cost money.
hamish >That's one possible solution.
fat32 readonly support for NT is free i believe..and readonly support for
NTFS in win9x is free too i think(but unstable)
hamish
NT can live on a VFAT(FAT32) partition just fine. I had stock NT4.0
running on that a while back, until I deleted it cause it was just
taking up space. Linux could read/write to it. NT loses some of it's
security qualities on VFAT, but if it's a home sys...
--
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I've just bought a new hard disk and I'm unsure how to partition it.
I need to share quite a bit of data between NT, 95, and Linux. The only
file system these three have in common is FAT, and 2Gb partitions
don't excite me much on a 17Gb disk!
There are tools to let NT read and write FAT32, but t
On Sat, Nov 27, 1999 at 07:52:52AM +0200, Shaul Karl wrote:
> [07:50:59 /tmp]$ zgrep -A7 "Chris Gray"
> /usr/share/doc/HOWTO/en-txt/Emacs-Begin
> ner-HOWTO.txt.gz | head -8
> Chris Gray ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) also notes:
>
>
>In Debian, the ~/.Xdefaults doesn't seem to be used. How
>
I recently tried to upgrade to kernel 2.2.1 from 2.0.34 . The
scanner had been working great. After upgrade (kernel only),
find-scanner found the scanner, attempting to scan caused some
action in the scanner, then I lost keyboard and mouse control.
While rebooting (with reset button) the scanner
I'm currently using fetchmail to download mail from a POP server. However, I
notice that it's been acting up once in a while... sometimes there will be a
message addressed to myself with a malformed From: field which is a mix of my
local login name (which is different from my username on the POP se
hello
please froget my mail concerning my class 1 modem
all i need was to download tthe last version of the efax package
thanks a lot
[07:50:59 /tmp]$ zgrep -A7 "Chris Gray" /usr/share/doc/HOWTO/en-txt/Emacs-Begin
ner-HOWTO.txt.gz | head -8
Chris Gray ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) also notes:
In Debian, the ~/.Xdefaults doesn't seem to be used. How
ever, Debian people can put what you have given in
/etc/X11/Xreso
Mostly they should live under /usr/include. Did you accidentally remove
libc6-dev?
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hello
which package i muss use to send faxes with a class 1 modem
i already can use minicom with it
thanks a lot
hi,
Just want to feel better when coding; no critical issue this time.
1. the xterm scrollbar displays differently in debian from in redhat. I
like it in redhat more. Is it a thing about terminfo? ( Running redhat
binary in debian got same result. )
2. what are all xterm.color* about? I obse
I have the floppy tape driver compiled into my kernel.
I just tried to play with it for the first time tonight. When I
use the "ftformat" command to try and format a tape, I get:
Unknown format API version. Giving up.
I am trying to format a TR-3 tape using the example at the
bottom of the ftfor
Hi,
I've been compiling kernels a lot lately without problems.
Then tonight I type "make xconfig" and get a bunch of errors
about not being able to find some pretty standard include
files like stdio.h, stdlib.h, string.h etc.
Confused, I do a "cd /" and then execute a find command
looking for th
Why don't you try with the Slink debs and dpkg? You can download the
required packages from http://www.debian.org. Make sure to Shift-Click
to download to file if your using Netscape. You'll need: xserver-common,
xserver-vga and xterm. Probably you'll want a window manager too.
The debian packages
Hey guys,
I just installed wine 991114. I get an error saying to get xpm and
recompile, however, I have xpm. from the wine man page:
If you're using Debian, the packages
you need are xpm4g and xpm4g-dev.
got 'em. had them already, in fact. are they not the right version, do
you su
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said...
> Hi,
>
> I'm looking for a straight answer about a general set of packages
> that I should get if I want to compile programs myself. Aren't there
> several packages I should get that would take care of just about
> most of my compiling n
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said...
> On Fri, 26 Nov 1999, luis wrote:
>
> luis >i need to change the IP and name of one machine
>
> usually, /etc/init.d/network for the ip/network info
> and /etc/hostname for the name of the machine
>
> (this can be changed without a reb
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said...
> Hi,
>
> I'm having trouble finding the apt-get package name for egcs. Are
> there any packages that have that?
Try installing the package egcc.
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Phil Brutsche
On Fri, Nov 26, 1999 at 08:24:37PM -0700, csager wrote:
>
> Is there something I missed when I setup Linux? I followed
>
Yeah, you missed the packages for X that are already compiled for Debian
and are much simpler to install :)
Check the x11 packages.
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I'm trying to install Xfree86 on top of Debian Linux 2.1 on
an old 386 DX intel chip system.
I'm using a Windows 95, pentium based machine, with Netscape
to dowload the files, then a 3 1/2 inch floppy drive to
transfer the files from the pentium to the DOS partition on
the 386, then into the Linux
> Try adding the following to your lilo.conf:
> append="no-hlt"
Thanks. Actually, I just reinstalled Debian and reset everything up (I
wanted to try again with the installation and try to get it as clean as
possible) which had actually gotten rid of the vibrating problem. I'll
be sure to look into
This is weird.
I recently upgraded to potato. Some potato packages require kernel
2.2.x, so I downloaded the kernel-source package. I successfully
compiled the kernel, and it boots fine (after fixing my embarassing
mistake of forgetting to make modules_install).
But: trying any communications
On Fri, Nov 26, 1999 at 07:47:43PM -0500, Bart Szyszka wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm looking for a straight answer about a general set of packages
> that I should get if I want to compile programs myself. Aren't there
> several packages I should get that would take care of just about
> most of my compiling
On Fri, Nov 26, 1999 at 07:12:57PM -0500, Bart Szyszka wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm having trouble finding the apt-get package name for
> egcs. Are there any packages that have that?
In slink, the gcc package is egcs 1.1.2. Currently egcs has been
maintained as the mainline gcc, so gcc 2.95.2 in potato i
Hi,
I'm looking for a straight answer about a general set of packages
that I should get if I want to compile programs myself. Aren't there
several packages I should get that would take care of just about
most of my compiling needs?
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B Grafyx http://ww
On Fri, 26 Nov 1999, Bart Szyszka wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm really exited because I finally got Debian working after
> doing an slink to potato upgrade.
Hooray! :-)
> What I'm wondering about is that there were some features I
> would have liked in Corel Linux (I was considering installing it,
> but
well this may not answer your question the newest GCC releases are the
work of the egcs group and i believe the egcs group totally took over gcc
development, so you may try looking for something along the lines of gcc
2.9 gcc2.95 2.95.1(?) etc ..
nate
On Fri, 26 Nov 1999, Bart Szyszka wrote:
ba
setting the sgid bit (that +s you see) makes sure all files in that
directory are created with ownership of that group. debian uses that in a
lot of places.
nate
On Fri, 26 Nov 1999, Antonio Rodriguez wrote:
arodri >While checking some files with ls -l, I have found some permission
arodri >se
On Fri, 26 Nov 1999, luis wrote:
luis >i need to change the IP and name of one machine
usually, /etc/init.d/network for the ip/network info
and /etc/hostname for the name of the machine
(this can be changed without a reboot ..)
nate
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTE
Hi,
I'm having a problem here that's giving me a headache (very literally;
the Blair Witch Project effect). While I type something in X11 or move
my mouse, the screen vibrates as if someone is taping on my screen.
I've run XF86Setup and xf86config several times with the same results.
Here are my
Hi,
I'm having trouble finding the apt-get package name for
egcs. Are there any packages that have that?
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Hi,
You can try the following:
1. go to prompt mode (test mode) by "xdm stop"
2. use XF86Setup to set the port and protocol for your mouse.
3. start xwin, the mouse should work. If not, you can check two files,
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config, and /etc/gpm.conf, make sure the port
and protocol a
86 matches
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