Re: FrameMaker 5.5.6 for LINUX

On 19 Dec 1999, Paul Seelig wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Phil Brutsche) writes: > > > > Well, it explicitly SAYS so on the website that it's a 2.1.2 binary. > > > > It does say that. It also say's it'll work with glibc 2.0.7, which is > > what slink uses. Imagine my disappointment... > > > Tha

max swap ?

Does anybody know what is the maximum number of swap files (or partitions) and their maximum size in 2.2 kernels ? I vaguely remember that for 2.0 it was 16 times a 128MB, but couldn't find anything in 2.2.13 documentation. -Igor Mozetic

Re: apache index.html

On Sun, 19 Dec 1999, Patrick Kirk wrote: > How do I tell apache where index.html is as it can't seem to see the one in /var/www? > The documentroot property is the one telling where it is. And there is a property telling the filenames checked in a directory for being the default files. Rober

Re: Files in /var/lib/dpkg/

> > "k" == ktb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > k> Salman Ahmed wrote: > >> What is the difference b/w /var/lib/dpkg/status and > k> If you run 'dpkg -s you will see the output. It > k> basically gives you a description and tells you the status > k> (installed or not inst

apache index.html

How do I tell apache where index.html is as it can't seem to see the one in /var/www? Thanks. Patrick

Re: Potato from scratch. Thanks.

On Sun, Dec 19, 1999 at 11:02:08AM +0100, Hans wrote: > But I've always wondered about one thing: how do you know the name > of the package you want to install. At least with dselect you have a menu > to search. I use both apt-get and dselect. If I want to browse what's available, or hunt down th

Re: HOW TO CREATE AN IMMEDIATE CASH FLOW! AS SEEN ON TV!

I use www.spamcop.net myself...satisfying to get notified when the spammer's account is pulled. I kill one or two most days. Bit like swatting flies tho' as there's always more coming.

Can't find a valid termcap

This is still bugging me. Anyone have any suggestions on how to resolve this termcap question? Cannot find termcap: Can't find a valid termcap file at /usr/lib/perl5/5.004/Term/ReadLine.pm line 305 Errors were encountered while processing: libopenldap-runtime libopenldap1 E: Sub-process return

Re: Xterm and function keys

Andy Spiegl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >In an xterm the function keys produce the following: > F1 -> ^[OP > F2 -> ^[OQ > F3 -> ^[OR > F4 -> ^[OS > F5 -> ^[[15~ > F6 -> ^[[16~ >... > >On a different system (I tried SuSE) they produce: > F1 -> ^[[11~ > F2 -> ^[[12~ > F3 -> ^[[13~ > F4 -> ^[[14~ > F5

Re: Can one keep networks apart on a machine?

In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 12/19/99 at 11:56 AM, Dave Sherohman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >Would it be acceptable to just set up the Linux box with a static route >pointing at your NT box and no default route? This would prevent it from >talking to any other machines even if it's physically u

Re: connecting to internet

Steve Winston wrote: > > I am a newbie and have just installed Debian. I need to connect to > a website to download an upgrade to xfree86. I put the url in my > sources list, but when I try apt-update, the response I get is > that the website doesn't exist. I have checked it and it exists. > My p

Re: Can one keep networks apart on a machine?

In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 12/19/99 at 01:42 PM, Marcin Kurc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: [...] >But let's get to the point. I understand that you have Windows box and Linux >box, you could install wingate on Windows box and put another network card >in it. This way you could have local ip on you

Re: error in loading shared libraries

On Sun, Dec 19, 1999 at 01:18:07PM -0600, ktb wrote: > Paul Miller wrote: > > > > > As for the jed problem. You might try using the ldd command. It tells > > you what libraries a library or executable is compiled against. eg: > > > > gemini:pmiller:~\:$ldd /usr/bin/jed > > libslang.so.

Re: error in loading shared libraries

Paul Miller wrote: > As for the jed problem. You might try using the ldd command. It tells > you what libraries a library or executable is compiled against. eg: > > gemini:pmiller:~\:$ldd /usr/bin/jed > libslang.so.1 => /lib/libslang.so.1 (0x40011000) > libgpm.so.1 => /usr/lib/

Re: RCP problem

On Sun, 19 Dec 1999, L.U.S.T List wrote: > > OK, I have had this problem come up several times running different Linux > distributions. I will be using NFS on a network and then all of a sudden > I cannot mount any nfs drives and the logs say that rcp is not registered. > I really need more i

Re: Can one keep networks apart on a machine?

[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > I have a dilemma at work. They use Windoze (NT at the moment) and will not > allow me to use Linux instead. Yet Linux is my choice both personally and > professionally (given the tools my discipline has which run under the two > environments, Linux is a born winner). I

Re: Bigclock bug in v2.4

Hi >I just recently upgraded bigclock from 2.3 to 2.4 on my Palm IIIe. Now > about 1/2 the time when I use a countdown timer Bigclock will crash and force > me to execute a hard reset. Is there anyway to get v2.3 again? The bug is fixed in V2.5 Get it from www.palmgear.com Jens

Audio CD database

Is there any ready-to-use Audio CD database program? I mean a program to keep track of the discs I have, allowing searches by Author, Orchestra and so on If there is no such thing, where can I find something to learn to build a database and it's query forms with postgresql? (possibly somethin

Re: static IP on PPP

Sorry about my last message but it would seem I did not read. *deep sigh* Its been a long weak. luis wrote: > > hello > > how can i fix an IP using PPP? > > i have a fixed IP that i use when using eth0, and i would like to use > it also when using ppp0 > > i have tried putting the IP address

Re: static IP on PPP

Do a man on pppd and look at the 'local IP address:remote IP address' option. This would be set in /etc/ppp/peers/provider Hope this helps, luis wrote: > > hello > > how can i fix an IP using PPP? > > i have a fixed IP that i use when using eth0, and i would like to use > it also when using pp

Re: error in loading shared libraries

ktb wrote: > > I finally got into the archives, (slow as hell tonight). Anyway I found > in one of the mails the command, 'ldconfig -D' it shows that in /lib > there are several errors such as: > > ldconfig: warning: /lib/ld-2.0.7.so has inconsistent soname > (ld-linux.so.2) > ldconfig: warning:

RCP problem

OK, I have had this problem come up several times running different Linux distributions. I will be using NFS on a network and then all of a sudden I cannot mount any nfs drives and the logs say that rcp is not registered. 1. What causes this??? 2. What can I do to stop it?? 3. Ho

Re: Repost! Please help PPPD!

On Mon, Dec 20, 1999 at 04:14:40AM -, TH wrote: > Dec 14 14:07:05 frontier pppd[216]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 0x0> ] > > Dec 14 14:07:06 frontier pppd[216]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x4 > < 11 04 05 dc> > < 13 03 00>] > > Dec 14 14:07:06 frontier pppd[216]: sent [LCP ConfRej id=0x4 < 11

Can one keep networks apart on a machine?

I have a dilemma at work. They use Windoze (NT at the moment) and will not allow me to use Linux instead. Yet Linux is my choice both personally and professionally (given the tools my discipline has which run under the two environments, Linux is a born winner). I Am allowed to use it as long as

Hamm to slink to XFree86 3.3.5

Here is my problem:  My end goal is to install StarOffice 51.  I loaded hamm from my cd, upgraded to slink using apt-get from ftp.debian.org, then pulled down XFree86 3.3.5 (current) for glibc.  When I run startx I get this: /usr/X11R6/bin/X: error in loading shared libraries : undefined sy

dpkg install errors

heya I've just been trying to upgrade all my slink stuff to potato and dpkg has been complaining about a pile of files that it can't overwrite because they're "also in package ". It currently seems silly to me as to why a file present in two different packages simultaneously should completely pre

Re: KDE's menu messed up after apt-getting abiword

On Mon, 20 Dec 1999 00:44:23 -0500, Bart Szyszka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > After installing abiword through apt-get, my KDE menu is messed > up. All the main menu things like 'System' and 'Network' got moved > into a sub menu instead (where a "Personal" menu would go). This This happens to me o

Re: depmod outputs "unresolved symbols ..."

Hi Mikhail, Don't know if this helps, but, when I compile a new kernel I always rm -rf /lib/modules/ before executing make modules_install. (I never use kernel-dpkg) My guess is you have old modules lying around... HTH H.S. -- Give me Debian or pencil and paper

Re: HOW TO CREATE AN IMMEDIATE CASH FLOW! AS SEEN ON TV!

On Sat, 18 Dec 1999, Patrick Kirk wrote: > I hope we can blacklist these guys! I seem to remember a comment on debian homepage mentioning a $1000-$2000 bill sent out to spammers automatically, since posting spam to debian lists means automatically accepting the advertisement fee specified for

Re: In search of the perfect font

Damon Muller wrote: > > Hi folks, > > Although I love by debian system, I must face the reality that X is > designed for and by people with big, expensive, ultra-high resolution > monitors. While environments like GNOME and WindowMaker leave MS Windoze > for dead, functionality and looks wise, if

Re: MP3 Players and Encoders

On Wed, Dec 15, 1999 at 12:41:09AM +1100, Andrew J.F. Clark wrote: > I'd like to encode some cds I have as mp3s and I'm wondering what the > best packages are to do this. I'd like a player similar to winamp if > one is available. Encoder: gogo (lame written partly in assembler ;) Jan

news binaries upload

Pan is fine for downloading binaries from news servers but is there any package which can upload binaries? Something to batch maybe? TIA, Remco -- security hashish Noriega Khaddafi alarm North Korea genetic serbian Patijn grenade CD Marxist Honduras MDMA ammunition Desi Bouterse KFOR confident

Re: cooledit can't find library/compile from source?

On Thu, Dec 16, 1999 at 17:27:13 -0600, ktb wrote: > This is the output when I try to run the program, > > /usr/local/cool_e/usr/bin$ ./cooledit > ./cooledit: can't load library 'libCw.so.1' Hmm.. try 'objdump --all-headers /usr/local/cool_e/usr/bin/cooledit' ; if you see an 'RPATH' setting in th

Re: Citrix ICA client on potato anybody?

Hi Nico, On Fri, Dec 17, 1999 at 03:23:41PM +0100, Nico De Ranter was heard to state: > I just downloaded the Windows Terminal Server client for Linux > (actualy Citrix' ICA Client for the Metaframe version of Windows > Terminal Server), but it appears to use libc5 in stead of 6. Is > there any

In search of the perfect font

Hi folks, Although I love by debian system, I must face the reality that X is designed for and by people with big, expensive, ultra-high resolution monitors. While environments like GNOME and WindowMaker leave MS Windoze for dead, functionality and looks wise, if you run them at anything less than

Problems with building of Gnupg 1.0.1 package in slink - with (dirty) solution

Hi All, I've downloaded the new GnuPG source from http://www.gnupg.org (gnupg-1.0.1.tar.gz), unpacked it, and tried to build on my slink system. After the first try to run 'su -c "dpkg-buildpackage"', I received the message: usr/bin/dpkg-buildpackage: debian/rules: permission denied I've stated, t

Potato from scratch. Thanks.

I want to thank the person who made the suggestion last week to download the Potato installation disks and installing a Potato system from scratch. I downloaded resc1440.bin, root1440.bin and base2_2.tgz (16MB, so that took a while), but after that I had a new system in a matter of minutes. During

depmod outputs "unresolved symbols ..." after recomiling kernel with CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=Y

I use debian (kernel 2.2.13, libc6 2.1.2) with module support enabled. When building custom kernels (with kernel-package) I set CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=N. Everyting went good until I've decided to try 3com driver 3c90x from . As driver's

Repost! Please help PPPD!

Can someone please tel me what is going wrong here? Dec 14 14:07:05 frontier pppd[216]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1] Dec 14 14:07:06 frontier pppd[216]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x4 < 11 04 05 dc> < 13 03 00>] Dec 14 14:07:06 frontier pppd[216]: sent [LCP ConfRej id=0x4 < 11 04 05 dc> < 1

RE: Address Search Protocol, tcp 27374

> Hello, > > Are you aware of any security concerns involving Debian's Address Search > Protocol, on port 27374? I perform intrusion detection and have observed > probing activity for this port. Also, can you point me towards any > resources describing this protocol? > > Thank you, > > Richard

connecting to internet

I am a newbie and have just installed Debian. I need to connect to a website to download an upgrade to xfree86. I put the url in my sources list, but when I try apt-update, the response I get is that the website doesn't exist. I have checked it and it exists. My ppp connection to my isp is working

Re: problems with debian mirrors

On Sat, 18 Dec 1999, Salman Ahmed wrote: > Maybe my /etc/apt/apt.conf is incorrect. This is the line I added for > the http_proxy setting, after reading "man apt.conf": > > APT::Acquire::http::Proxy "http://cache01.tor.pathcom.com:80/";; Drop the leading APT:: > I also tried "setenv HTTP_PROX

Re: ip

luis wrote: > > hello > > a humble question: is possible to make a succesful telnet to an IP as > 195.243.107.55 ? > if not, why ? > > thanks a lot Yes you can telnet to an isp by using a dns number. Give it a try. kent

Re: problems with debian mirrors

On Sat, 18 Dec 1999, Salman Ahmed wrote: > Tried that. Didn't help. I converted the URIs in my > /etc/apt/sources.list to use ftp instead of http and things are better > now. Which version of APT are you using? I tried your proxy with 0.3.15 and it works fine. I actually fixed an error like you

Re:

Technically, its a distribution of the linux operationg system, where a bunch of people got together and made their own way of packaging it. Slackware, Redhat, Debian, etc all use the same kernel, and most of the same tools, just packaged and distributed in different manners. The link below wi

Re: problems with debian mirrors

On Sat, 18 Dec 1999, Salman Ahmed wrote: > I pointed netscape to the URL you mentioned and it reports REMOTE_ADDR > as being 209.250.153.18, so I guess I am being proxied. So what you are > saying is that my ISP's provider is proxying their connections ? Is that > the general idea ? rameau{jgg}

Re: Keyboard on console; and base files

On Sun, Dec 19, 1999 at 11:48:32AM +1000, Alan Eugene Davis wrote: > On my machine the keyboard on the console is seriously deranged, so > that typing an a gets a "q" on the screen, and so on. X11 is fine. Run kbdconfig and choose the correct keyboard layout and language (qwerty/US -- for inst

Keyboard on console; and base files

On my machine the keyboard on the console is seriously deranged, so that typing an a gets a "q" on the screen, and so on. X11 is fine. In trying to upgrade, I am running into the base files message about /etc/inputrc, but I have deleted the messages and cannot get onto the archive since the mi

Re: problems with debian mirrors

On Sat, 18 Dec 1999, Salman Ahmed wrote: > I called up my ISP and asked them and they insisted (quite strongly I > might add) that they are not running any kind of HTTP proxy at their > end. I spoke to a couple of different techies and they both insisted > that they aren't running any HTTP proxy.

Re: problems with debian mirrors

On Sat, 18 Dec 1999, Gregg Berkholtz wrote: > I have problems like this sometimes too -- any ideas on how someone > might get around a transparent proxy or to force the proxy to update > itself. I dont have any control over the proxy. No idea, I don't think you can - they are built so they canno

Re: problems with debian mirrors

Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > On Sat, 18 Dec 1999, Salman Ahmed wrote: > > > I have been getting these errors consistently for the past couple of > > days. > > Looks like your ISP has installed a 'transparent' HTTP proxy that is > screwing up your connection. > > Jason > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail

Re: Monochrome XFIG

"Pedro Sanchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >Unfortunately this didn't solve my problem. I have all the files as you >describe but still xfig shows up in monochrome. By the way, this is >happenning in a fresh Potato install done about a month ago which I'm >upgrading to the latest every weekend. Xf

ip

hello a humble question: is possible to make a succesful telnet to an IP as 195.243.107.55 ? if not, why ? thanks a lot