Re: Setting Path ENV variable

1999-12-21 Thread Pollywog
On 20-Dec-1999 Andy Thomas wrote: > Ok... where is .bash_profile for root supposed to be located? I've got one > for a user ("jimmy") I've created in /home/jimmy/.bash_profile and another > one in /etc/skel/.bash_profile. Edit the /etc/skel one or create a new one > in /etc? > > So is there no

Re: APC UPS (Back-UPS Pro 650)

1999-12-21 Thread Ralf G. R. Bergs
On Tue, 21 Dec 1999 14:32:55 -0800 (PST), aphro wrote: >On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, Ralf G. R. Bergs wrote: > >rabe >I don't know which cable we got -- since I've set up the machine remotely. >rabe >I've never seen it... :-) > >If powerchute can't communicate with the ups then u got the wrong cable, >t

Re: Setting Path ENV variable

1999-12-21 Thread Pollywog
On 21-Dec-1999 Wayne Topa wrote: > > Subject: Re: Setting Path ENV variable > Date: Sun, Dec 19, 1999 at 09:24:37PM -0800 > > In reply to:Andy Thomas > > Quoting Andy Thomas([EMAIL PROTECTED]): >>| ok.. I've found the .bashrc in /root and put the path statement into >>| there. >>|

Re: Setting Path ENV variable

1999-12-21 Thread Andy Thomas
Ok... where is .bash_profile for root supposed to be located? I've got one for a user ("jimmy") I've created in /home/jimmy/.bash_profile and another one in /etc/skel/.bash_profile. Edit the /etc/skel one or create a new one in /etc? So is there no need for .bashrc under Debian as described by t

vga=ask in lilo.conf

1999-12-21 Thread Andy Thomas
Hi, Is this known to be a bit buggy? I put this in there and once in awhile (every 5th boot or so... I know linux is stable but am saving electricity ) I get the video option in the boot menu ("hit enter to choose"). Once it "crashed the video" (after choosing something like 132 x something mode)

Re: APC UPS (Back-UPS Pro 650)

1999-12-21 Thread Ralf G. R. Bergs
On Tue, 21 Dec 1999 16:02:12 -0700, Nate Duehr wrote: [...] >> i was suprised to see that the cables were so different, my back ups pro >> was brand new(boxed) and yet it came with a cable that only appeared to >> work with windows. even more odd is that powerchute for win* worked fine >> through

Re: APC UPS (Back-UPS Pro 650)

1999-12-21 Thread Nate Duehr
On Tue, Dec 21, 1999 at 02:32:55PM -0800, aphro wrote: > On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, Ralf G. R. Bergs wrote: > > rabe >I don't know which cable we got -- since I've set up the machine > remotely. > rabe >I've never seen it... :-) > > If powerchute can't communicate with the ups then u got the wrong ca

Re: APC UPS (Back-UPS Pro 650)

1999-12-21 Thread aphro
On 21 Dec 1999, Ian Zimmerman wrote: itz >OK, out with the secret: what is "the grey cable" and "the black itz >cable" ?!? itz > itz >My situation: I have a BackUPS 650 that came, sure enough, with a itz >grey cable. I have tried apcd and genpowerd with the APC cable itz >definition, neither wor

Re: APC UPS (Back-UPS Pro 650)

1999-12-21 Thread aphro
i have powerchute for linux on 2 machines, about to install it on a 3rd..2 of them are smart UPS 620 and 1 is back ups pro 650. the one downside is on the machine i got at home, powerchute wont work unless i got a connection to the 'net. I have a small home network(100baseT) and a hub and shit i

Re: APC UPS (Back-UPS Pro 650)

1999-12-21 Thread aphro
On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, Ralf G. R. Bergs wrote: rabe >I don't know which cable we got -- since I've set up the machine remotely. rabe >I've never seen it... :-) If powerchute can't communicate with the ups then u got the wrong cable, this happened to me, i had 1 out of 4(or 5?) ups programs that s

Re: Setting Path ENV variable

1999-12-21 Thread Wayne Topa
Subject: Re: Setting Path ENV variable Date: Sun, Dec 19, 1999 at 09:24:37PM -0800 In reply to:Andy Thomas Quoting Andy Thomas([EMAIL PROTECTED]): >| ok.. I've found the .bashrc in /root and put the path statement into there. >| Yet is still gives only the standard path (login a

Missing MSIE's Search Bar under Linux

1999-12-21 Thread Bart Szyszka
Hi, I've been using Debian a lot lately, but there's one thing I'm missing a lot. MS Internet Explorer's Search Bar. In case you don't know what it is, it's basically a search pane on the left side of the browser window where when you type in your keywords, it'll display the results in that bar an

Re: priority of sources.list entries

1999-12-21 Thread John Pearson
On Mon, Dec 20, 1999 at 11:24:42AM +0100, Peter Weiss wrote > Hello Debian, > > Is there a way to tell apt to install a package from one medium prior to > another? I'd like packages available on CD to be installed using the CD > even if they're available by http entry. > > Tha

Re: when a build fails with debian source

1999-12-21 Thread John Pearson
On Sun, Dec 19, 1999 at 11:41:38PM -0600, Matt Garman wrote > > If I'm building a package from the Debian package source, and the build > fails half way through, how do I pick up where I left off when I retry, > rather than starting from scratch? > > For example, I'm building xfree 3.3.5 from the

Re: NEWBIES, SMTP and SECURITY

1999-12-21 Thread Nate Duehr
You're not going to find a whole lot of folks who feel that default settings in a Debian distribution for mail services are "giving Linux a bad name", but nonetheless... Most Unix users probably don't pick up their mail with Netscape. They use MTA's and MUA's as they were originally designed and

Re: Installing Potato with dselect apt

1999-12-21 Thread Nate Duehr
On Tue, Dec 21, 1999 at 09:16:53AM -0800, Clyde Wilson wrote: > I reformated my disks and loaded the base potato floppies. > When I run apt under dselect I end up with so many missing > programs that deselect refuses to continue... > > I have selected nothing during dselect, I just want to install

NEWBIES, SMTP and SECURITY

1999-12-21 Thread Albert Hurd
I am a casual user of Debian. Just got a call from @home informing me that without my knowledge, my computer was being used as a mail relay to send spam mail and that I was responsible for the security to see that this didn't happen. It took me a few minutes reading the Security Howto to see th

UK Freeserve Connection

1999-12-21 Thread Mike Norris
Just finished installing Linux and have everything up and running EXCEPT my connection to Freeserve. (this is not a Freeserve problem as the same happens with my Demon connection) Hardware seems not to be the problem as I get a connection ... scripts are exchanged and then I get rejected after Fr

Sharing a modem via network

1999-12-21 Thread Arcady Genkin
I have two boxes: one I use as a workstation, and another one which I use as a server. I am considering moving my modem into the server. What would be involved in using the modem via network from the workstation? Can it be done transparently for applications? Thanks for any pointers! -- Arcady G

Re: pppd died

1999-12-21 Thread Greg Madden
The new Corellinux is based on Debian, Kernel 2.2.12, so there may be a few Corel users, (me) out there. Corel has done new deb packages. ftp://ftp.corel.com/pub/linux/CorelLinux/

Re: custom colors for 'ls'

1999-12-21 Thread Andy Thomas
uh... what's in the .dircolors file? Thanks Andy -- > From: John Bagdanoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: custom colors for 'ls' > Date: Friday, December 17, 1999 1:16 AM > > Hey, great tip Aaron. It's , err colorful :) > > John > > Aaron

Re: Setting Path ENV variable

1999-12-21 Thread Andy Thomas
ok.. I've found the .bashrc in /root and put the path statement into there. Yet is still gives only the standard path (login and type: set). Are there multiple places where this needs to be set? The syntax is: PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/x11:/usr/code/c/util:/usr/code/c /space:/

Re: Startup-scripts

1999-12-21 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 21 Dec, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about "Startup-scripts" > *please CC all replies to me, as I am not subscribed to this list. thanks* > > Hello all, > > I am using Debian GNU/Linux potato i386. I have written a ipchains > firewall script that I would like to be executed automatically during

new email address

1999-12-21 Thread Scott Stanford
I have officially retired my modem in favor of a cable modem and all I can say is "It's about (^%*()( time!"   [EMAIL PROTECTED]      

Re: pppd died

1999-12-21 Thread Paul J. Keenan
Jacob Smith wrote: > > Hey > > I have just installed the Corel Linux, I have gotten everything to run > pretty smoothly on it however when I try to connect to the internet it > returns an error message every time saying pppd daemon died unexpectedly. > All the setting dial up setting in there dia

Re: network settings

1999-12-21 Thread Paul J. Keenan
Brian Thomas wrote: > > Seasons Greetings!... > What is the file I need to use to change my network settings (i.e., IP > address, DNS etc.) > Any help is appreciated. > > regards, > BT /etc/resolv.conf If you connect via ppp, /etc/resolv.conf is copied from 1 or more files in /etc/ppp/resolv/<>

Re: graphical login loop!!!

1999-12-21 Thread Robert Rati
You probably have an error with a window-manager. If you don't have a default set, or your default window-manager doesn't work, that can happen. I can also happen if xdm (or whatever you're using) can't find your homedir. Check settings like that. Check the .xsession-error file in your homedir t

graphical login loop!!!

1999-12-21 Thread Marc D Chapman
Have a problem here. I have a Potato machine set up for graphical login. However, recently the machine has decided that it won't let me log in. When I type in my password, it looks as if it will log in, then it brings me right back to the login screen. Any ideas as to why this is happening? I

pppd died

1999-12-21 Thread Jacob Smith
Hey I have just installed the Corel Linux, I have gotten everything to run pretty smoothly on it however when I try to connect to the internet it returns an error message every time saying pppd daemon died unexpectedly. All the setting dial up setting in there dial up program are correct as I have

documentation

1999-12-21 Thread Robert Kerr
Hi all, We're trying to find an easy-to-use, cross-platform help system generator that will do on-line, hypertext, searchable documentation, as well as being able to print out the hardcopy. It there such a thing? We'd like to be able to use it on Windows, Linux, Solaris, Dec Tru64-Unix, SGI IRIX,

network settings

1999-12-21 Thread Brian Thomas
Seasons Greetings!... What is the file I need to use to change my network settings (i.e., IP address, DNS etc.) Any help is appreciated. regards, BT

Re: APC UPS (Back-UPS Pro 650)

1999-12-21 Thread Ian Zimmerman
> "nate" == aphro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: nate> you try powerchute plus for linux yet ? its been out for a few nate> months now..kinda nice..make sure you got trhe black cable and nate> not a grey cable though. OK, out with the secret: what is "the grey cable" and "the black cable" ?!?

IMP

1999-12-21 Thread Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira
Hi all, anyone using IMP? I installed one from potato in a machine and no error. In another there was an error that I'm ataching: -- Abraços,PH Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Information Technology Consultant Linux Solutions -- htt

Startup-scripts

1999-12-21 Thread Neil
*please CC all replies to me, as I am not subscribed to this list. thanks* Hello all, I am using Debian GNU/Linux potato i386. I have written a ipchains firewall script that I would like to be executed automatically during startup. Where would I put this (shell) script? I know that Debian has ru

Re: APC UPS (Back-UPS Pro 650)

1999-12-21 Thread Aaron Solochek
I just went though all this with a smartups 620. If the cable came with the ups, it should have a part number on it. The documentation of apcupsd mentioned the different type and their numbers. I tried apcd without success, but apcupsd workes great. And it also seems to be more powerful than

Re: Potato inconsistency

1999-12-21 Thread Santiago Vila Doncel
On Mon, 20 Dec 1999, peter karlsson wrote: > Got this during today's apt-get dist-upgrade: > > Preparing to replace base-files 2.1.10 (using .../base-files_2.1.11_all.deb) > ...Unpacking replacement base-files ... > dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/base-files_2.1.11_all.deb > (--un

Re: APC UPS (Back-UPS Pro 650)

1999-12-21 Thread Ralf G. R. Bergs
On Tue, 21 Dec 1999 09:21:42 -0800 (PST), aphro wrote: >you try powerchute plus for linux yet ? its been out for a few months Nope, but it seems as if I *should* give it a try >now..kinda nice..make sure you got trhe black cable and not a grey cable >though. I don't know which cable we got

Re: Virus scanner

1999-12-21 Thread Andy Spiegl
Hi Michael, > Is there a virus scanner available for linux that I can use to scan mails, > downloads etc. before they even reach M$ systems? I am using AntiVir (www.antivir.de) which is free for private use, but there are Linux versions of McAfee, Sophos, KasperskyLab and more. A good overview (o

Re: APC UPS (Back-UPS Pro 650)

1999-12-21 Thread Peter S Galbraith
If you can stand to use dumb-mode, try powstatd. http://www.debian.org/~psg/ Peter Alberto Maurizi wrote: > > Does anybody out there use this UPS to protect > Linux boxes from power failure? > I'm trying to figure out what is the best among > all the available package

Question on wmaker, startup does not really work

1999-12-21 Thread Alexander Koch
Hi there. I have a rather typical setup here, when I do startx as a user I have the basic X Server running with nothing on it. The startx on the console tells me that WindowMaker could not be started because of an "invalid argument -- '-clientId'" Is that error known? How do I get around it? Thi

Re: es1370 installs but doesn't work

1999-12-21 Thread Chris Baker
Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...discussion of diagnosing sound card snipped...] > So Chris, your ES1370 works properly now? Can you do a "cat > /dev/sndstat"? > > I've got an ES1371 that I've been wrestling off-and-on for months > with. It's not important enough to buckle down and fix

Re: Virus scanner

1999-12-21 Thread Sven Esbjerg
On Mon, Dec 20, 1999 at 06:37:18PM +0100, Michael Meskes wrote: > Is there a virus scanner available for linux that I can use to scan mails, > downloads etc. before they even reach M$ systems? Check out http://www.datafellows.com or http://www.mcafee.com They both sell linux-versions that are able

Re: Modem does not work

1999-12-21 Thread Ian Zimmerman
> "Pedro" == Pedro Quaresma de Almeida <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Pedro> It is an internal PCI modem, Windows says that it is on COM3, Pedro> IRQ10, so it should be in /dev/ttyS3, but I only have two Pedro> serial connections working, No, COM3 == ttyS2 ! -- Ian Zimmerman Lightbinders, Inc.

Re: MTA

1999-12-21 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 21 Dec, Steve Lamb wrote about "Re: MTA" > Tuesday, December 21, 1999, 9:14:31 AM, Joe wrote: >>> I never liked smail or exim, and sendmail seems like overkill for a >>> small site. > >> Count me in as another vote for postfix. I used to run qmail back when >> I still ran RedHat, but switch

Re: MTA

1999-12-21 Thread Steve Lamb
Tuesday, December 21, 1999, 9:14:31 AM, Joe wrote: >> I never liked smail or exim, and sendmail seems like overkill for a >> small site. > Count me in as another vote for postfix. I used to run qmail back when > I still ran RedHat, but switched to postfix a few months before I > switched to Debia

Re: APC UPS (Back-UPS Pro 650)

1999-12-21 Thread aphro
you try powerchute plus for linux yet ? its been out for a few months now..kinda nice..make sure you got trhe black cable and not a grey cable though. nate On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, Ralf G. R. Bergs wrote: rabe >On Tue, 21 Dec 1999 11:27:21 + (/etc/localtime), Alberto Maurizi wrote: rabe > rabe

Re: APC UPS (Back-UPS Pro 650)

1999-12-21 Thread aphro
i use powerchute plus for linux (www.apcc.com click on software downloads) since its a back ups pro make sure u got the black cable, my back ups pro came with a grey cable and i spent hours trying to get it to work to no avail, APC sent me a black cable free of charge which was cool of them i gue

Re: plextor cd-r trouble

1999-12-21 Thread Matt Garman
On Tue, Dec 21, 1999 at 08:11:29AM -0600, Jesse Jacobsen wrote: > >From this description and your dmesg output below, I take it you have no > external devices? If you did, it would be a factor, since it lengthens > one of the SCSI chains. At least with a BusLogic BT-958. Nope, I don't have any e

Installing Potato with dselect apt

1999-12-21 Thread Clyde Wilson
I reformated my disks and loaded the base potato floppies. When I run apt under dselect I end up with so many missing programs that deselect refuses to continue... I have selected nothing during dselect, I just want to install the default 50 or so. Has anyone done this lately? This is not an upg

Re: MTA

1999-12-21 Thread Joe Block
Matt Garman wrote: > I've found postfix to be my favorite mta thus far. It's configuration > is very easy. There is now a debian package of postfix. I did a > /usr/local install, though, because I was previously unaware of the Deb > package. > > I have postfix setup to defer messages until I e

Re: plextor cd-r trouble

1999-12-21 Thread Jesse Jacobsen
On 12/21/99, Matt Garman addressed "plextor cd-r trouble": > My scsi system consists of the following internal components: > > - Adaptec 2940UW pcsi scsi controller > - Plextor PlexWriter 412c SCSI cd-r > - Seagate ST34371W Barracuda 4.3 gig scsi hard drive > > The Adaptec 2940uw cont

Re: MTA

1999-12-21 Thread Matt Garman
On Tue, Dec 21, 1999 at 01:42:27PM +0100, peter karlsson wrote: > I'll be moving and will lose my direct Internet connection, and will have to > resort to dial-up. To prepare for this, I am switching over to doing mail > and news offline (slrnpull, fetchmail), but I need some ideas on what to use >

Re: es1370 installs but doesn't work

1999-12-21 Thread Kent West
Chris Baker wrote: > > Salman Ahmed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > "CB" == Chris Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > CB> I'm trying to get a sb128 to work. At startup, whether > > CB> compiled in or as a module, I get es1370: version v0.24 time > > CB> 19:13:34 Dec 20 199

Re: MTA

1999-12-21 Thread peter karlsson
Dave Sherohman: > I use exim and diald. They handle mail for me without any problems, although > exim (by default, at least) wants to send out all mail immediately. That's what I don't want, since I'll be running dial-up. It'd be nice if I could have it call and send/receive mail at pre-deter

Fritz!X PC and Linux

1999-12-21 Thread Robert Kasunic
Hello, I recently bought a Fritz!X PC with an integrated ISDN-Controller. This box connect to the serial port. Is there a possibility to use it with Linux. If so, how? Any hints? TIA Robert PS: Please reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] as I'm not on this list. Thanks! __

dpkg/apt getting Section line wrong

1999-12-21 Thread Stuart Ballard
I think this is a bug and I'm wondering whether I should file it in the BTS. The problem is, looking at the current bug lists for dpkg and apt, filing bugs against them seems to be more or less a waste of time. Also, I don't know which one has the problem. But the problem is: I use apt more-or-les

Exim

1999-12-21 Thread graham . lillico
Hi, I have just recently upgraded from debian 2.1 to potato and I cannot send any email at all (either internal or external) i keep getting the following error message. 1999-12-21 14:34:58 [EMAIL PROTECTED]: procmail director deferred: file existence defer in procmail director: Permission denied

Re: MTA

1999-12-21 Thread Dave Sherohman
peter karlsson said: > I'll be moving and will lose my direct Internet connection, and will have to > resort to dial-up. To prepare for this, I am switching over to doing mail > and news offline (slrnpull, fetchmail), but I need some ideas on what to use > for outgoing mail. I've had sendmail die o

Re: Installing Debian-2.1 on a Compaq DeskPro EN Series Workstation

1999-12-21 Thread Nico De Ranter
On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, Salman Ahmed wrote: > > "NDR" == Nico De Ranter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > NDR> I have a number of Compaq Deskpro EN's and EP's. Everything > NDR> works fine except for one major problem: about 1 out of 3 times > NDR> I boot the keyboard will go completely

Re: Adding a second NIC

1999-12-21 Thread Onno
At 10:01 AM 12/21/99 -0500, mhammonds wrote: >Hi all, >How would I add a 2nd NIC (linksys 10/100 PCI)to my debian 2.1 apache >server? For loadbalancing ? Regards, Onno

Adding a second NIC

1999-12-21 Thread mhammonds
Hi all, How would I add a 2nd NIC (linksys 10/100 PCI)to my debian 2.1 apache server?

Re: Still Can't Print

1999-12-21 Thread Pavel V. Epifanov
David Densmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote : > I upgraded from kernel 2.0.35 to 2.2.13 and can no longer print. I As temporary solution for such situation I have created a simple Bash file with the call of GhostScript (gs) with direct output (output file) assigned to the /dev/lp1 . > changed /d

Re: FrameMaker 5.5.6 for LINUX

1999-12-21 Thread Harald Weidner
Hello, Phillip Deackes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Syrus, could you please tell us how you got FrameMaker running? I have a >potato system, upgraded weekely using apt-get. FrameMaker will not run >at all, I get no error messages, I just get the $ prompt back again. Am >I perhaps missing some vit

Installation on Dell Dimension 486's

1999-12-21 Thread Graham Woodruff
Hi all Has anyone got any ideas about installing on the above ? I have a couple of 486/66DL's 16Mb, one with and one without ATAPI cdrom, both run Dell/Phoenix Bios v.A00/A03 - installing using either rescue or rescue-safe fails on both at the: Loading root.bin... (one gives 3 dots, the other 4 !

Re: Troubles with moving /var

1999-12-21 Thread Paolo Pedaletti
Ciao Alberto Bigazzi, > I actually did it "by hand", by tar-ing /var, copying it under /home and > untaring it there. Then deleting /var and symlinking /home/var to /var. > > But I guess this is something VERY BAD as I ended up with lots of problems > with PERMISSIONS. Now normal users CANN

Re: ??? :undefined symbol: __register_frame_info

1999-12-21 Thread Jean-Yves BARBIER
On Sun, Dec 19, 1999 at 07:27:45PM -0500, Bob Brown wrote: > 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/

Re: DNS slow?

1999-12-21 Thread Jean-Yves BARBIER
On Mon, Dec 20, 1999 at 11:55:33AM +0100, Onno wrote: > My experiance with older versions of netscape under > windows is the same, so this -could- be a netsacpe issue... > > Regards, > > Onno Thanks Onno, I checked with lynx, which does not give the error, so it is really a nestcape issue :( JY

Re: IP

1999-12-21 Thread Marc Mongeon
123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345 Luis: It looks like some gateway between you and the host you're trying to telnet to is acting as a firewall and blocking the telnet port (23). I believe the "no route to host" error is consistent with that situation. It

Re: MTA

1999-12-21 Thread Paul J. Keenan
peter karlsson wrote: > > Hi! > > I'll be moving and will lose my direct Internet connection, and will have to > resort to dial-up. To prepare for this, I am switching over to doing mail > and news offline (slrnpull, fetchmail), but I need some ideas on what to use > for outgoing mail. I've had s

Re: How do I install Netscape with Debian?

1999-12-21 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
What works for me is downloading the netscape from the netscape site (for linux version) and installing it according to their instructions. "David J. Kanter" wrote: > I'm confused on how to install Netscape using the available Debian packages. > >From what I've read, it sounds like all I need to

Re: APC UPS (Back-UPS Pro 650)

1999-12-21 Thread Alberto Maurizi
On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, Ralf G. R. Bergs wrote: > So do I. Even worse: NONE of the ups daemons seem to work. > > We use the apcupsd to drive a SmartUPS 2200. Shutting the machine down DOES > work, but the daemon doesn't shut down the UPS?! > > Hints anyone?! > apcupsd seems to see all

Debianized Mutt-i 1.0 for slink! (WAS: Problem with Mutt <-> GPG cooperation)

1999-12-21 Thread Wojciech Zabolotny
On Mon, Dec 20, 1999 at 10:50:21PM +, Jonathan McDowell wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 20, 1999 at 11:41:52PM +0100, Wojciech Zabolotny wrote: > > > > I had this problem too and upgraded to mutt 1.0i and it's gone away, so > > > I guess it was a known bug that got fixed. > > Is the mutt 1.0i availabl

Re: Is this really true?

1999-12-21 Thread Jesse Jacobsen
On 12/20/99, Henry Kingman addressed "Is this really true?": > are only reliable on Windows machines. Joining the > conference from the iMac and Linux platforms produced > slide shows that wouldn't advance, consoles that were > corrupted or frozen, and even a few hard crashes. This doesn't say on

MTA

1999-12-21 Thread peter karlsson
Hi! I'll be moving and will lose my direct Internet connection, and will have to resort to dial-up. To prepare for this, I am switching over to doing mail and news offline (slrnpull, fetchmail), but I need some ideas on what to use for outgoing mail. I've had sendmail die on me when I'm not connec

Re: APC UPS (Back-UPS Pro 650)

1999-12-21 Thread Ralf G. R. Bergs
On Tue, 21 Dec 1999 11:27:21 + (/etc/localtime), Alberto Maurizi wrote: > I'm getting more and more confused reading all the > documentation (HOWTO etc ...) about cables, signals, > and so on. So do I. Even worse: NONE of the ups daemons seem to work. We use the apcupsd to

How do I install Netscape with Debian? (fwd)

1999-12-21 Thread 2
>I'm confused on how to install Netscape using the available Debian packages. >From what I've read, it sounds like all I need to do is: download the >tarball from Netscape (Linux 2.0 glibc version); put it into the /tmp >directory; and then apt-get install netscape4, a package which should >automa

Re: cannot open '/dev/lp0' - 'No such device'

1999-12-21 Thread Frank Barknecht
aphro hat gesagt: // aphro wrote: > i had a hellva time getting printing to work..to this day i still cannot > 'lpr filename' or 'lp filename' but printing through samba, or through > netscape or wordperfect or staroffice works fine.. odd too because > netscape shows the command it's using as lpr

APC UPS (Back-UPS Pro 650)

1999-12-21 Thread Alberto Maurizi
Does anybody out there use this UPS to protect Linux boxes from power failure? I'm trying to figure out what is the best among all the available packages (apcd, pacupsd, genpower, ...), to manage such a kind of UPS. I'm getting more and more confused

Re: IP

1999-12-21 Thread Paul J. Keenan
luis wrote: > > hello > > when i connect using ppp and get a dynamic IP as 195.243.107.221 i can > not make a telnet to me from another machine > > from another machine (cenected using eth0) i can ping to the machine > using ppp, but when i try to make a telnet to the ppp machine i always > get

Re: Can one keep networks apart on a machine?

1999-12-21 Thread Onno
>>I kind of like the suggestion from a previous post that this ignorant net >>admin of yours be brought to task over his administrative decisions. Isn't >>his job ultimately to provide a network infrastructure that makes end-users >>more productive? Seems to me that his draconic "nothing but NT" s

Re: SoundBlaster 16 PCI configuration?

1999-12-21 Thread Tom Pfeifer
If lspci lists the card as ES1371, this should be quite simple. I believe all you need to do in the kernel config is to: 1) enable sound card support 2) enable support for the ES1371 Plug and play doesn't matter in this case, nor should it matter whether you compile the driver into the kernel or

SoundBlaster 16 PCI configuration?

1999-12-21 Thread Dave Whiteley
Seasons greetings to all... I am trying to configure Soundblaster 16 PCI cards to run in Dell Optiplex machines. If I use lspci it tells me that the card is an ensoniq es1371 device with address dcc0 and IRQ 11, but no other information I am trying to compile a kernel for this. Do I include

Re: Can't find a valid termcap

1999-12-21 Thread Wayne Topa
Subject: Re: Can't find a valid termcap Date: Mon, Dec 20, 1999 at 02:25:56PM -0800 In reply to:Joey Hess Quoting Joey Hess([EMAIL PROTECTED]): >| Patrick Kirk wrote: >| > This is still bugging me. Anyone have any suggestions on how to resolve >| > this termcap question? >| > >

Re: What are glibc2.X, libc5 and 6?

1999-12-21 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Tue, Dec 21, 1999 at 02:09:20AM -0600, David J. Kanter wrote: > What's the purpose of these files? And is the older version of glibc > (version 2.0, right?) synonymous with libc5, and the newer version of glibc > (2.2?) synonymous with libc6? 2.0 == libc5, 2.1 == glibc , 2.2 == ¿ > I'm a lit

Re: How do I install Netscape with Debian?

1999-12-21 Thread aphro
if you use netscape 3 you should be able to: apt-get install netscape3 if you use v4 then apt-get install netscape4 i ignore the rest of the stuff, looks like netscape that is linked with motif(either statically or dynamically) motif from what i read is about as non free as one can get(althoug

Re: What are glibc2.X, libc5 and 6?

1999-12-21 Thread aphro
its all libc .. glibc i believe is just "GNU" Libc (but i could be wrong) libc5 = obsolete, but still used by many programs like netscape, real audio/video, star office, xview ..and many more..most of them either not maintained very well or not maintained at all. the authors find it easier to jus

plextor cd-r trouble

1999-12-21 Thread Matt Garman
Hello: I've been struggling with getting my Plextor Plexwriter 412 to work for quite some time now. I think I have nearly exhausted every possible trouble shooting option, and the drive still does not work. Also this is my second drive of the same model, I sent the first one back to the factory

Virus scanner

1999-12-21 Thread Michael Meskes
Is there a virus scanner available for linux that I can use to scan mails, downloads etc. before they even reach M$ systems? Michael -- Michael Meskes | Go SF 49ers! Th.-Heuss-Str. 61, D-41812 Erkelenz| Go Rhein Fire! Tel.: (+49) 2431/72651 | Use Debian

How do I install Netscape with Debian?

1999-12-21 Thread David J. Kanter
I'm confused on how to install Netscape using the available Debian packages. >From what I've read, it sounds like all I need to do is: download the tarball from Netscape (Linux 2.0 glibc version); put it into the /tmp directory; and then apt-get install netscape4, a package which should automagical

What are glibc2.X, libc5 and 6?

1999-12-21 Thread David J. Kanter
What's the purpose of these files? And is the older version of glibc (version 2.0, right?) synonymous with libc5, and the newer version of glibc (2.2?) synonymous with libc6? I'm a little confused because I thought my system was pretty up-to-date, but when I tried to remove libc5, dselect wanted t

IP

1999-12-21 Thread luis
hello when i connect using ppp and get a dynamic IP as 195.243.107.221 i can not make a telnet to me from another machine from another machine (cenected using eth0) i can ping to the machine using ppp, but when i try to make a telnet to the ppp machine i always get the following: trying 195.243.

Re: Bootable MSDOS filesystem from Linux

1999-12-21 Thread Michelle Konzack
MK>If I format a floppy in DOS, then just copy IO.SYS A:\ (and then MK>command.com), it boots. When I do the same under Linux, it won't. What I MK>need is to get a win9x hard drive partition bootable while running off a MK>Linux boot disk. It has been mentioned that I need a proper boot sector.

Re: Can one keep networks apart on a machine?

1999-12-21 Thread Nate Duehr
On Mon, Dec 20, 1999 at 01:43:42PM -0600, Kent West wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > >I kind of like the suggestion from a previous post that this ignorant net > > >admin of yours be brought to task over his administrative decisions. Isn't > > >his job ultimately to provide a network

Re: Installing Debian-2.1 on a Compaq DeskPro EN Series Workstation

1999-12-21 Thread Nico De Ranter
I have a number of Compaq Deskpro EN's and EP's. Everything works fine except for one major problem: about 1 out of 3 times I boot the keyboard will go completely dead (you can still logon through the network however). I'm not the only one who had this problem, at the time I started working wit

SCSI & ttyS2

1999-12-21 Thread Bostjan JERKO
When running with new kernel 2.2.15 compiled with SCSI support for Initio's 9100 I see (using setserial /dev/ttyS2) that serial port ttyS2 is busy (actually device or port is busy). What is the reason for that ? How to resolve the problem since I'm using this port for modem ? Will usage of modul

Re: Kernel 2.2.13 dumps AX/BX/CX/DX booting

1999-12-21 Thread aphro
it would be helpful to know 1) where you got that kernel 2) if you did compile it yourself what compiler did you use 3) if you know what processor is it optmized for 4) what kind of CPU is in the system nate On Mon, 20 Dec 1999, John Dalbec wrote: jdalbe >I thought I remembered seeing somethin

Re: Kernel 2.2.13 dumps AX/BX/CX/DX booting

1999-12-21 Thread John Carline
John Dalbec wrote: > I thought I remembered seeing something about this problem before. > When I boot from floppy to Kernel 2.2.13 I get > 0400 > AX:0212 > BX:7000 > CX:5001 > DX:. > over and over again. > I tried searching the list archives but I kept getting "no articles found." > What's the

Re: Troubles with newer IMAP binaries

1999-12-21 Thread A. M. Varon
On Mon, 20 Dec 1999, Timm Gleason wrote: > I have been having problems with the newer versions of the IMAP daemon. The > last version the works, somewhat is the 4.4 package from BO. After upgrading > a bunch of packages to the Potato versions, I noticed that Outlook would not > connect to my IMAP

Re: es1370 installs but doesn't work

1999-12-21 Thread Chris Baker
Salman Ahmed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > "CB" == Chris Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > CB> I'm trying to get a sb128 to work. At startup, whether > CB> compiled in or as a module, I get es1370: version v0.24 time > CB> 19:13:34 Dec 20 1999 es1370: found adapter at io 0xdc

Re: Bootable MSDOS filesystem from Linux

1999-12-21 Thread Yassen Roussev
> If I format a floppy in DOS, then just copy IO.SYS A:\ (and then > command.com), it boots. When I do the same under Linux, it won't. What I > need is to get a win9x hard drive partition bootable while running off a > Linux boot disk. It has been mentioned that I need a proper boot sector. > H

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