On Fri, 31 Dec 1999, Nate Duehr wrote:
> There's a version of linuxconf undergoing testing for Debian in potato right
> now.
>
Good news. I'm glad somebody is sharing tools, instead of the "not made
here" syndrome.
> What's RedHat got that's better than dselect? I haven't seen any decent
>
On Fri, 31 Dec 1999, Don Cavaiani wrote:
> To get Netscape to work on X, must I download a part of it directly from
> the Netscape web site?
something about netscape's licensing (i think)
prohibits it from being distributed with debian,
so you have to download the actual netscape archive
file fro
On Fri, 31 Dec 1999, Robert Varga wrote:
> > I installed the Debian package for BIND, and I just checked and it does
> > appear
> > to be running as root :(
> >
> > I will have to read the docs to determine if I can change that without
> > compiling it myself.
>
> Just append
>-- -u named
On Fri, 31 Dec 1999, Patrick Kirk wrote:
> $ mail-to-mail RMAIL Archives
> bash: mail-to-mail: command not found
>
> Did I do something wrong?
$ ./mail-to-mail RMAIL Archives
bash will search your PATH (echo $PATH) trying to
find "mail-to-mail", but if the current directory
isn't in your path (
On Fri, Dec 31, 1999 at 02:54:24PM -0700, Nate Duehr wrote:
> Okay, I'm fairly new to vi after living in a uMacs/Emacs world for a
> number of years...
>
> When using vi with mutt for mail, I have to type carriage returns
> manually to avoid linewrap. Is there any way to teach vi to linewrap
> at
Phil Brutsche writes:
> Samba won't necessarily work if you don't have the hostname pointing to
> the IP in /etc/hosts.
Are you saying that samba will may not work if you have both lines, like
this?
127.0.0.1 hasler.dhh hasler localhost
192.168.1.1 hasler.dhh h
I noticed the other "nate" mentioned to try out linuxconf. It's packaged for
potato, but there's a number of things (including networking setup) that aren't
working yet on Debian. Check the README's if you decide to install the package.
On Fri, Dec 31, 1999 at 04:16:28AM +0800, Robert Marlow wro
*- On 31 Dec, Fish Smith wrote about "Re: Proposal: Source file package format "
>>Big problem is getting guys like LSB to buy the .deb
>>format. I haven't
>>researched it, but even guys on the Red Hat list say
>>it's better.
>
>>There are two really horrible things about Debian,
>>though. 1) The
There's a version of linuxconf undergoing testing for Debian in potato right
now.
What's RedHat got that's better than dselect? I haven't seen any decent
tools for RPM's that provide:
1. Integration with an outside program to download all necessary files
from a package mirror.
2. Listings of a
Hi,
Happy New Year to all!
To get Netscape to work on X, must I download a part of it directly from
the Netscape web site?
Also, is it difficult to add my own icons(scripts) to the X desktop?
Cheers,
Don
I see someone already replied to you on this, but didn't explain it.
You had to switch localhost and aphro in the hosts file because when it
looks like this:
127.0.0.1 localhost aphro
It's saying that the machine at 127.0.0.1 is REALLY localhost, but it has
an ALIAS of aphro. Since
On Sat, Jan 01, 2000 at 04:20:07AM +0800, Robert Marlow wrote:
> I am new to debian.
> Since you mention it how can I upgrade to potato use apt-get.
Add these lines to your /etc/apt/sources.list
###-potato-###
deb http://www.debian.org/debian potato main contrib non-free
deb http://non-us.debia
Okay, I'm fairly new to vi after living in a uMacs/Emacs world for a
number of years...
When using vi with mutt for mail, I have to type carriage returns
manually to avoid linewrap. Is there any way to teach vi to linewrap
at 72 columns?
Also, I know there's a way to pass vi options from mutt
|> PS - do you know a URL on how to use rmail?
The on-line help (in Info) is good in this respect, I've found.
In Info (Ctl-h i), go first to Emacs and then search down for `Sending
Mail' and `Reading Mail with Rmail'.
The package Minfo provides a nice-looking and easily-navigable GUI for
brows
You're both right. In the "stock" kernels the echo will work and you can
also compile it in so you don't have to do it! :)
I use the echo thing on a potato system I couldn't really afford to take
down to put a newly compiled kernel in, but that I needed to start
forwarding/routing IP packets for
yeah..
what caught me off gaurd was the fact that there was other machines (at
the isp that gives us service) that need to get the zone info from *us*
for our reverse ns lookups. they changed ips on me without telling and my
acl's were denying the zone transfers from happening. bastards!
thanks!
>Big problem is getting guys like LSB to buy the .deb
>format. I haven't
>researched it, but even guys on the Red Hat list say
>it's better.
>There are two really horrible things about Debian,
>though. 1) The
>dselect
>package handler. I'm speaking from Debian 2.1 here.
>It has a very
>primitive i
Hi,
I have never used apsfilter before and on my initial installation messed it
up.
How do I run setup again.
Where is the setup program at.
Thanks
Rick
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[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 31 Dec 1999, Salman Ahmed wrote:
ssahme >Could this be a case of the DHCP server treating Windows clients
ssahme >differently than non-Windows clients ? Majority of the DHCP clients at
ssahme >our place are Windoze boxes.
yes, if they are pointed at different DNS then anything is possible
On Fri, 31 Dec 1999, Carel Fellinger wrote:
cfelli >isn't order relevant here? I thought the first was used as the canonical
cfelli >name, the other(s) as aliases. if so try:
cfelli >127.0.0.1 aphro localhost
cfelli >
cfelli >or even better:
cfelli >127.0.0.1 aphro.your.domain aphro lo
|> Just installed emacs and opened rmail just to see it works. To my
|> surprise, all my inbox messages are now gone into RMAIL and can
|> only be read from emacs.
|>
|> Anyone know how I can get them back? I'll probably play about with
|> RMAIL but I want it as just another imap client...not as
i believe you would need at least APM turned on, and make sure your not
running a SMP kernel or it wont work (no APM calls are SMP safe)
nate
On Fri, 31 Dec 1999, John Dalbec wrote:
jdalbe >How does this work? Do I need "console blanking" selected in the
kernel?
jdalbe >Do I need to "setterm
try
apt-get install termcap-compat
that command is to be used in slink, the package name may be different if
your running potato
(not termcap.compat)
and make sure you are using AccelX5 not v4.
nate
On Fri, 31 Dec 1999, Rick Knebel wrote:
rknebe >Hi,
rknebe >I am still tring to fin
I did that once on a 486 laptop ..what i did..
1) install debian on my desktop PC and do a basic configuration of all the
packages i want
2) take a drive image of that partition using whatever program you like, i
used powerquest drive image.
3) burn the image to a cd
4) make a boot disk with the d
Hi Nate,
Don't have any answers for your BIND issue with reverse lookups, but
you've been kind enough to help me on a couple of things in the past,
and I wanted to mention that you should probably look into the
"notify" stuff, specifically the "also-notify" statement for named.conf
so your serv
make sure your typing everything right :) make sure caps lock is off etc
.. make sure you can login at the console(text mode). If for some reason
you can login at the console but not in XDM(X Display manager) you can
kill XDM and 'startx' from a prompt.
you can remove /etc/rc2.d/S99xdm to prevent
I checked out that my CHAP user should be "MSN/yunsheng" instead of
"yunsheng". And now my connection is fine. Thanks for your help.
Tim
>
>
>>From: "Paul J. Keenan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>To: Yunsheng Zheng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>Subject: Re: CHAP problem
>>Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 19:11:33 +
>>
On Thu, 30 Dec 1999, Pollywog wrote:
>
> On 30-Dec-1999 Onno wrote:
> > At 04:16 PM 12/28/99 -, Pollywog wrote:
> >>
> >>On 28-Dec-1999 root wrote:
> >>
> >>Was this someone trying to find out which BIND I am running?
> >>>
> >>> Unusual System Events
> >>> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> >>> Dec
On Fri, Dec 31, 1999 at 08:20:12PM -, Patrick Kirk wrote:
> $ chmod +x mail-to-mail
> $ mail-to-mail RMAIL Archives
> bash: mail-to-mail: command not found
> Did I do something wrong?
The current directory is not in the default path. Say
./mail-to-mail
instead.
--
Mark Brown mailto:
On Fri, Dec 31, 1999 at 03:15:15PM -0500, Rick Knebel wrote:
> What do I have to put in my apt config file to upgrade to potato.
Change all references to "stable" or "slink" to read "unstable" or
"potato" depending on if you want to carry on using unstable or track
stable once Potato is released.
Thanks! But this is what I got when I tried the script:
$ chmod +x mail-to-mail
$ mail-to-mail RMAIL Archives
bash: mail-to-mail: command not found
Did I do something wrong?
Patrick
PS - do you know a URL on how to use rmail?
Hi,
What do I have to put in my apt config file to upgrade to potato.
Thanks
Rick
--
Rick Knebel
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Hi,
> When I used redhat I could start gnome and enlightenment using the
> gnome-sessions command.
> Is there anyway to do this with debian.
>
> Thanks
> Rick
>
> Hi Rick,
> the version of gnome that comes with slink is pretty old and doesn't support
> session management well. either upgrade to
On Wed, Dec 29, 1999 at 11:55:59PM -0800, aphro wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Dec 1999, Paul J. Keenan wrote:
> i just removed the 'aphro' from my /etc/hosts's line that was
>
> 127.0.0.1 localhost aphro
isn't order relevant here? I thought the first was used as the canonical
name, the other(s) as ali
Hi,
When I used redhat I could start gnome and enlightenment using the
gnome-sessions command.
Is there anyway to do this with debian.
Thanks
Rick
Hi Rick,
the version of gnome that comes with slink is pretty old and doesn't support
session management well. either upgrade to potato's gnome (which
It's ``termcap-compat'' in potato. Don't put .deb in commands to
apt-get. Just do:
$ apt-get update
$ apt-get install termcap-compat
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On Fri, 31 Dec 1999, Patrick Dahiroc wrote:
: thanks for the info on Potato. if i do decide to go to Potato is there
: something i should be wary of. it appears from the other distro that the
: 2.2 kernel is working fine. does Potato have any specific issues with the
: 2.2 kernel i.e is so
Greetings,
Not sure if this is the right place to ask, but... I'm using Debian. I
use Debian. I know this list is full of knowledgeable individuals.
;-) Other than that, my question's a little off-topic. Pointers to
where else to ask/look would be appreciated.
I've got a system here that I'v
*- On 31 Dec, Patrick Dahiroc wrote about "RE: Kernel Upgrade: Slink to Potato"
> thanks for the info on Potato. if i do decide to go to Potato is there
> something i should be wary of. it appears from the other distro that the
> 2.2 kernel is working fine. does Potato have any specific issues
Hi,
When I used redhat I could start gnome and enlightenment using the
gnome-sessions command.
Is there anyway to do this with debian.
Thanks
Rick
--
Rick Knebel
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 31 Dec 1999, Patrick Kirk wrote:
>
> Just installed emacs and opened rmail just to see it works.
> To my surprise, all my inbox messages are now gone into RMAIL and can
> only be read from emacs.
>
> Anyone know how I can get them back? I'll probably play
> about with RMAIL but I want
Thanks. I never thought of uninstalling the one that was installed. I
was trying to update it.
Brian
Brian Schramm
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.linuxexpert.org
On Fri, 31 Dec 1999, Konrad Mierendorff wrote:
> Brian Schramm wrote:
> > I have downloaded the netscape communicator 4.7 and would like to
thanks for the info on Potato. if i do decide to go to Potato is there
something i should be wary of. it appears from the other distro that the
2.2 kernel is working fine. does Potato have any specific issues with the
2.2 kernel i.e is something horribly broken that makes Potato very unstable
u
Hi all,
Just installed emacs and opened rmail just to see it works.
To my surprise, all my inbox messages are now gone into RMAIL and can
only be read from emacs.
Anyone know how I can get them back? I'll probably play
about with RMAIL but I want it as just another imap client...not as
one t
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said...
> Salman Ahmed writes:
> > What should I add to this file so I can ping from the machine itself by
> > giving its fqdn hostname ?
>
> 127.0.0.1 matrix. matrix localhost.
>
> With this line any process on the machine can reach the machine
Hello Everyone:
Where I can find package chkconfig. I was installing manually apache and
mysql and instructions asked to use chkconfig and i can find this package
on debian.
I really appreciate your help in this regard
Thank you.
With best regards
Dinakar
How does this work? Do I need "console blanking" selected in the kernel?
Do I need to "setterm -powerdown ##"?
TIA,
John
Brian Schramm wrote:
> I have downloaded the netscape communicator 4.7 and would like to know how
> I can install it by writing over the files that are there for 4.0. Ether
> that or have a deb package that will install it (prefered method). I need
> to do this today so can anyone help me out ple
Bernd Überbacher wrote:
>
> hi again
>
> what do i have to write into /etc/crontab that cron will cp a
> file every 5 mins??
>
> i have
>
> 5 * * * * root cp ...
*/5 * * * * root cp ...
--
Joe Block <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
CREOL System Administrator
Social graces are the packet headers of ever
Hi,
I am still tring to find the termcomp or termcap.compt file to
make Accelerated X work.
The search engine on debians site is not working and I cannot seem to find
the file on my debian cd.
if I issue the command apt-get install termcap.compat.deb it says it cannot
find tyhe file. This file can
I am having a problem trying to see my folders from my imap server in
pine. I can see them in any other program that I use. Any ideas?
Brian
Brian Schramm
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.linuxexpert.org
*- On 31 Dec, David Karlin wrote about "apt manpage missing"
> Hello,
> The manpage for apt seems to be missing, although the manpage for
> apt-get is present, on my (slink) system.
>
> I'd thought that a program's manpage is installed with the package
> itself, but it doesn't seem to have happene
I have downloaded the netscape communicator 4.7 and would like to know how
I can install it by writing over the files that are there for 4.0. Ether
that or have a deb package that will install it (prefered method). I need
to do this today so can anyone help me out please?
Brian
Brian Schramm
[E
Hi,
I am trying to install Accelerated X on my debian system.
On their website they say i must install a termcomp program.
I cannot seem to find this.
Can anyone diredt me on how to install it or where it is.
Thanks
Ri ck
--
Rick Knebel
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ciao,
when I use apt-move localupdate I have the following problem:
# apt-move localupdate
Updating from local Packages files...
Getting: unstable main Packages.gz
Building: unstable main override.gz
Getting: unstable contrib Packages.gz
Building: unstable contrib override.gz
Getting: unstable no
Hello,
The manpage for apt seems to be missing, although the manpage for
apt-get is present, on my (slink) system.
I'd thought that a program's manpage is installed with the package
itself, but it doesn't seem to have happened in this case.
How can I get this manpage installed on my system? Do I
Anyone knows if epplets of E will be included in Potato before freeze or
not?
Thanks, PH
--
Abraços,PH
Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Information Technology Consultant
Linux Solutions -- http://www.linuxsolutions.com.br
Av. Presid
On Thu, 30 Dec 1999, Onno wrote:
> Before you buy a CD Writer please visit:
>
> http://www.elaborate-bytes.com/CloneCD/english/hardware.htm
>
> (subsection of: http://www.elaborate-bytes.com/english/corp/index.htm)
There was an interesting program available, thank you a lot.
But it is written
Does anyone know how to install debian 2.13 on a laptop where
the CDROM is connected only via PCMCIA card?
Thanks
Alex Flores
Alejandro Flores Jimenez
Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya
Edif. Nexus-104, Gran Capita`, 2-4, 08034 Barcelona
Phone: +34 93 280 20 88. Fax: +34 93 280 63 95
e
I have just installed the X Windows system under Debian 2.1 (slink).
Unfortunately the system won't let me past the log-in prompt. I have tried
the details for the root account and also for a user I configured during
setup but alas the program keeps telling me it is an incorrect login.
Any idea
Urban Gabor wrote:
> Could somebody explain me what PGP is?
http://www.pgp.net/, /usr/doc/pgp, /usr/share/pgp/
It's used to encrypt and sign electronically.
Regards,
Joey
--
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Please always Cc to me when replying to me
Blazej Sawionek wrote:
> How do I enable a particular user on a given machine to write on my screen,
> not just anybody who is logged there?
man xauth
Basically, you'll create either a cookie for him and send it to him
or you simply copy your .Xauthority file to the users home directory,
or to
On Thu, 30 Dec 1999, aphro wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Dec 1999, Mario Olimpio de Menezes wrote:
>
> mario >If I do a full stop and then a start, everything is ok! I think that
> the
> mario >reload isn't working well with mod_ssl.
>
> is apache-ssl the same as apache+mod_ssl ? i dont like to use dynam
>From the slink cd i installed the python module python-curses 1.5.1-7
>From www.python.org/doc/howto/curses/curses.html (by Andrew Kuchling)
I understand that this is the original curses module, and that there
exists a much improved one, to be found at
andrich.net/python/selfmade.html#ncurse
Okay guys,
problem solved, with some assistance from a private post. I ended up
ditching the script for a rewrite rule in my exim.conf file. All is
back to normal.
still, it's strange that the script stopped working...oh well.
nite!
--
) Mark Wagno
On Thu, 30 Dec 1999, Dave Sherohman wrote:
> > what do i have to write into /etc/crontab that cron will cp a
> > file every 5 mins??
> > i have
> > 5 * * * * root cp ...
> > but this copies just every hour.
> crontab entries define patterns that the time has to match for it to execute,
> not i
On Wed, 29 Dec 1999, aphro wrote:
> On 30 Dec 1999, Nick Moffitt wrote:
>
> nick >Quoting Svante Signell:
> nick >> - rpm format to be used for binary packages in LSB.
> nick >
> nick >I beg your pardon?
>
> RPM is one of the biggest pieces of crap ive seen..i spent 20 minutes
> workin
On Thu, Dec 30, 1999 at 11:51:50PM -0500, Arcady Genkin wrote
> John Pearson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > See my reply to this list under the subject
> > > Re: Bad points for debian (was: resetting dpkg)
> >
> > I provided a perl scrpt that probably does what you want.
> > Please be careful
Big Gaute wrote:
>
> I downloaded the source to angband and compiled it myself, so that I
> wouldn't have to install ncurses34. It now works perfectly. I then put
> the package on hold, so that my version will not be automatically
> replaced. However when I attempt an apt-get dist-upgrade apt w
On Fri, 31 Dec 1999, Frank Copeland wrote:
> Since you are couching that as a question, I assume you haven't actually
> tried to do it that way. And my answer would be: I don't know. If you ever
If you NFS mount /var/cache/apt/archives on all machines APT will
magicially do the right thing.. Mak
Hi,
I'd like to know whether you have experiences with installing Debian on
dual-cpu Acer machines; AcerAltos or AcerFrame.
How does Linux recognize that a particular machine has more than one CPU;
is it done via the bios? Do I have to install a specific "driver" for
different models so that the
Hi,
I have mserver and masqmail running on different hosts. I think masqmail's
doc is not clear enough in explaining what to be done if the
"online_detect" becomes true (connection established).
I have the following in /etc/masqmail.conf
# online detection:
#
# for 'mserver' uncomment next 2 lin
Hi,
Is it possible to set all applications' scroll-bars on the left-hand side
of their respective windows? (preferably done via the window mgr.'s
settings).
TIA,
Oki
Ben Lutgens wrote:
>On Fri, Dec 31, 1999 at 04:49:59PM +1100, Frank Copeland wrote:
>> If the boxes are networked together, you can easily set up your own partial
>> mirror and install from that. Once you have upgraded box #1, use apt-move to
>> create a partial mirror from the .debs you downloaded
On Fri, Dec 31, 1999 at 04:49:59PM +1100, Frank Copeland wrote:
> If the boxes are networked together, you can easily set up your own partial
> mirror and install from that. Once you have upgraded box #1, use apt-move to
> create a partial mirror from the .debs you downloaded, and set up a
> web/ft
hypnos wrote:
>
> i use sendmail instead of exim, but i suspect your
> warning message says something to the effect that
> it was unable to send your message within 'x' hours,
> but that it will continue to try to send it. sendmail
> here is configured to send a warning after 8 hrs and
> to conti
On Thu, 30 Dec 1999, Mark Wagnon wrote:
> Hi all-
>
> I'm getting warning messages from my mailer-daemon about how it
> can't deliver mail. I've only sent three over the last few days, so
> that's all that have been postponed. My mail system was working as
> late as a week ago, but now seems to h
Robert L. Harris wrote:
> I'm looking at upgrading to potato. I'm doing the
>"apt-get -d dist-upgrade" currently since it looks like it'll take 1day
>and 15hrs per box. Since the -d downloads, can I take the files being
>downloaded for box1, tar them up, copy and untar to box[234] and then
>j
Pollywog wrote:
>
> I am using Exim 3.11-2 (Debian package) and I do not see any problems.
Well I've narrowed down the problem. I just don't know why it has
stopped working. When I first set up exim, I did so following along
with an LG article. It had me edit my exim.conf file's remote_smtp
secti
John Pearson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> See my reply to this list under the subject
> > Re: Bad points for debian (was: resetting dpkg)
>
> I provided a perl scrpt that probably does what you want.
> Please be careful to get the right message: I also posted
> an awk script that was broken en
>> The idea with non-US is mainly to offer encryption
software. (illegal
in
>> US)
>Encryption software is not illegal in the US. It is
>illegal to export
>it
>from the US and therefor illegal to put it up on a
>public site
>accessible
>from outside the US, but it is perfectly legal to
>import it
On Thu, Dec 30, 1999 at 10:27:43PM -0600, matt garman wrote:
> I have zsh version 3.1.6.pws13-1 installed on my potato system. For
> some reason, it's not doing *any* completions when I hit the tab key.
> By default, it behaves similar to bash with respect to completions, I
> believe, but this deb
On 30/12/99 matt garman wrote:
Would it be a bad idea to just do a
tar xzvpf base2_2.tgz
from my root directory?
I assume all the files will be put in the correct places, but will this
throw off or otherwise interfere with dpkg's accounting in anyway?
I really don't know, I am not familiar
On 30/12/99 matt garman wrote:
Yup, what you described is exactly what happened on my system. Gives
new meaning to "unstable," eh?
yeah, i was rather horrified :( especially this close to freeze, i
suppose i should get around to writing that bug report (i discovered
this after the 3rd re
I have zsh version 3.1.6.pws13-1 installed on my potato system. For
some reason, it's not doing *any* completions when I hit the tab key.
By default, it behaves similar to bash with respect to completions, I
believe, but this deb packaged zsh doesn't seem to do so.
I tried just using the default
> Rob Rati wrote:
>
> > I just got the new Yamaha 6x4x16x CD-RW and can't seem to burn a CD. It
> > always error out with what looks like a buffer problem. My machine is
> > all SCSI, and it doesn't seem to matter whether I do a CD to CD burn or
> > make an image and burn that from the HD. It a
[Bernd _berbacher] said:
> what do i have to write into /etc/crontab that cron will cp a
> file every 5 mins??
>
> i have
>
> 5 * * * * root cp ...
>
> but this copies just every hour.
crontab entries define patterns that the time has to match for it to execute,
not intervals. So you need to
On Thu, Dec 30, 1999 at 04:52:17PM -0900, Ethan Benson wrote:
> I just reinstalled a potato system 3 days ago using the 2.2.3 potato
> boot floppies and the base system was installed with massively wrong
> permissions:
>
Would it be a bad idea to just do a
tar xzvpf base2_2.tgz
from my root
On Thu, Dec 30, 1999 at 04:52:17PM -0900, Ethan Benson wrote:
> I just reinstalled a potato system 3 days ago using the 2.2.3 potato
> boot floppies and the base system was installed with massively wrong
> permissions:
> ...
> now hopefully this is not what happened to you and you can check to
>
Firstly, avoid the drivers in the kernel they are outdated..
use http://www.metzlerbros.de/bttv.html
instead
i can't help you on yer xawtv problems as i compile xawtv myself and never
had a problem. for most of my needs though i use kWINTV.
nate
On Fri, 31 Dec 1999, Hans wrote:
hansfo >I bo
Salman Ahmed writes:
> But the second line in /etc/hosts will have to be updated/modified
> whenever the DHCP lease for that IP address runs out.
If you have a proper localhost line in /etc/hosts you don't actually need
the IP of your interface in there at all.
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John Hasler
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Salman Ahmed writes:
> What should I add to this file so I can ping from the machine itself by
> giving its fqdn hostname ?
127.0.0.1 matrix. matrix localhost.
With this line any process on the machine can reach the machine itself via
the fqdn, the hostname, or just 'localhost'.
Phil Brutsche wr
On Thu, 30 Dec 1999, Salman Ahmed wrote:
ssahme >
ssahme >Whenever I try to ping this machine (from itself) by giving the
ssahme >fqdn hostname, I get an error message like:
ssahme >
ssahme > unknown host matrix.domain.com
ssahme >
ssahme >nslookup on that fqdn hostname gives an error message sayi
I can not tell why -store does not store but a work around might be to put
something like the following lines in your .bashrc:
power_save() {
if [ -z "$DISPLAY" ]; then
setterm -powersave on
fi
}
power_save
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I'm trying to do a setterm -store (-powersave off -powerdow
On 31-Dec-1999 Mark Wagnon wrote:
> Hi all-
>
> I'm getting warning messages from my mailer-daemon about how it
> can't deliver mail. I've only sent three over the last few days, so
> that's all that have been postponed. My mail system was working as
> late as a week ago, but now seems to have st
On Fri, Dec 31, 1999 at 12:16:46AM +0100, Bernd Überbacher wrote:
> hi again
>
> what do i have to write into /etc/crontab that cron will cp a
> file every 5 mins??
>
> i have
>
> 5 * * * * root cp ...
*/5 * * * * root cp ...
HTH
Tobias
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Tobias Zimpel (TZ496-RIPE) Linux -
Hi all-
I'm getting warning messages from my mailer-daemon about how it
can't deliver mail. I've only sent three over the last few days, so
that's all that have been postponed. My mail system was working as
late as a week ago, but now seems to have stopped. I normally use
exim and the exim.conf fi
> "Bernd" == Bernd Überbacher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Bernd> hi again what do i have to write into /etc/crontab that
Bernd> cron will cp a file every 5 mins??
Bernd> i have
Bernd> 5 * * * * root cp ...
Bernd> but this copies just every hour.
From
man 5 crontab
on
Christian Surchi wrote:
> Now I don't use leafnode, so I couldn't try, but someone told me that leafnode
> has problem with the state of messages after 31/12/99... :o
according the leafnode mailing-list that's fixed since leafnode 1.9.5.
current release is version 1.9.7
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hafi
Arcady Genkin wrote:
> Any ideas, anyone? I'm pretty much at the end of my rope. I tried
> looking in various /var directories, hoping to find some cache file
> for dselect or apt, but alas...
how about the status* files in /var/lib/dpkg ?
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