Emacs - was Re: Mail/news software

Different Strokes for different folks. Emacs - "Show a newbie that and you will see the dust as he turns and runs back to the Windows camp" . Emacs and Linux/Unix for that matter is not for everybody - its there because of and for the growing few that want to learn to swim upstream against the c

segfaults in window managers - please help

I have been unable to run any window manager in X, including sawmill, enlightenment, twm, wm2, as well as gnome panel. However, other apps work okay like xterm and netscape. I did an strace of several of these apps, and it seems that they all segfault in the same area. Here is some of the output

Re: /var/spool/popbull?

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Robert Waldner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Anyone knows what this and $HOME/.popbull are for? Read the manual page of qpopper, and read the docs in /usr/doc/qpopper/ ... it's all documented. Mike.

list suggestion? [was Another dpkg or apt-get question from a new user]

the simple answer to the question 'how do i know what files are in the package i installed?' was dpkg -L things like this are standard knowledge among debian folk who have been on this list for a few weeks--but for the new folk, it's a complete mystery, but each one of us has had to ask

Potato networking

I just installed Potato using the Potato boot disks, and found there's no more /etc/init.d/network for setting things up. As it stands now, the machine is using DHCP to get settings. It appears this also overwrites custom changes to /etc/resolv.conf at the very least. Does someone have a sampl

Re: mutt header strangeness

Mike Brownlow ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Even better: > my_hdr X-Operating-System: `uname -a|sed -e 's/#/\\#/'` Cool. Works good. I've added another one now... :) Ron -- Email: Home: Bellingham Linux Users Group: Al

Re: Sideways printing?

On 04/30/00, Anthony Campbell addressed "Sideways printing?": > Is there any way to get sideways printing (landscape)? I need this to > print a4 envelopes. > > Latex has a landscape option but it just alters the page size, not the > orientation. When you run dvips on the dvi file, use the -landsc

Re: mutt header strangeness

Mike Brownlow wrote: > Ron Farrer wrote: > > be "Linux mustang 2.2.14 #1 Sat Jan 8 16:09:20 PST 2000 alpha unknown". > > I think that the '#' is being interpreted as a comment at runtime. In > this email I used: > > my_hdr X-Operating-System: `uname -a|sed -e 's/#/Number /'` > > and it worked. W

Re: mutt header strangeness

Ron Farrer wrote: > > Hey all; > > I have the following line in my .muttrc: > my_hdr X-Operating-System: `uname -a` > > For some reason all it reports is "Linux mustang 2.2.14" why? IMHO it should > be "Linux mustang 2.2.14 #1 Sat Jan 8 16:09:20 PST 2000 alpha unknown". I think that the '#' i

porting debian

hi ! i plan to port debian on a embedded system based on PPC 603e and another one based on PPC 8260. As far as I understand, there is already work done for 603e (saw the sources for debian). What about 8260, I know that it's core is of 603e, so, by adding the appropriate device drivers can thi

Re: make-kpkg fail: can't find modversions.h (compiling pcmcia-modules)

Mark Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am trying to use make-kpkg to make a pcmcia-modules package for a > laptop. It quits giving the following error: > > /usr/src/linux/include/linux/module.h:19: linux/modversions.h: No such file > or > directory > > and sure enough, I can't find a f

Re: what package is sh(bourne) in?

On Sun, Apr 30, 2000 at 03:05:36PM -0500, jerry j jaskierny wrote: > i'm trying to figure out what package "sh" is included in. anyone > know? i can't seem to find it. i suppose i could do a grep of "sh" > but that would take forever to search through. thanks. BASH and ASH provide sh. AFAIK,

Re: set up cd-rw

On Sun, Apr 30, 2000 at 03:04:23PM -0500, jerry j jaskierny wrote: > no, no. i don't think i made it clear what i wanted. i saw THAT > setup program. anybody who couldn't find that setup button you spoke > up should be shot. :). i'm looking for a text based setup program. > i can't use xcd

what package is sh(bourne) in?

i'm trying to figure out what package "sh" is included in. anyone know? i can't seem to find it. i suppose i could do a grep of "sh" but that would take forever to search through. thanks. Get your FREE Email at http://mailcity.lycos.com Get your PERSONALIZED START PAGE at http://my.lycos.co

Re: set up cd-rw

no, no. i don't think i made it clear what i wanted. i saw THAT setup program. anybody who couldn't find that setup button you spoke up should be shot. :). i'm looking for a text based setup program. i can't use xcdroast's. for some reason, it's not showing my cd-rw device, i can't get i

set up cd-rw

There is a setup button in the opening menu of xcdroast. click on it, make your changes, and press the save button! (If it were a snake it would have bit you! > --- i'm having bit of a problem. when i first installed xcdroast (includin

3c509 initialization problem

Greetings! I am trying to install the release 2.1 cd I just got from linux central. When dbootstrap (I think) was asking about adding modules to the kernel I was adding 3c509 to support my two network cards. The parameters I specified were: io=0x300,0x340 irq=0x10,0x11 Which match the NIC sett

mutt header strangeness

Hey all; I have the following line in my .muttrc: my_hdr X-Operating-System: `uname -a` For some reason all it reports is "Linux mustang 2.2.14" why? IMHO it should be "Linux mustang 2.2.14 #1 Sat Jan 8 16:09:20 PST 2000 alpha unknown". TIA, Ron -- Email: Home:

Re: SCSI devices not present

On Sun, Apr 30, 2000 at 11:15:52AM -0500, Lance Hoffmeyer wrote: > > > I compiled my kernel with scsi tape and scsi cdrom built in. > When I boot I see the LUNs and the message indicates that the > tape is /dev/nst0 and the cdrom > /dev/sr0 (or something similar) > but these devices are

Re: Sideways printing?

On Sun, Apr 30, 2000 at 04:25:51PM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > Is there any way to get sideways printing (landscape)? I need this to > print a4 envelopes. > > Latex has a landscape option but it just alters the page size, not the > orientation. Use the graphicx package. There's a \rotate

Re: are there any good free 3d modeling tools?

Felix Natter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding Re: are there any good free 3d modeling tools?: > Chris Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Blender (www.blender.nl) is a very good tool for 3D-modelling/animation. > It is free (as in beer) and not open-source, but version 2.0 will probably > be.

Re: Problems with PPP

On Sun, Apr 30, 2000 at 02:23:39PM +0200, José María Pongilioni López wrote: > When I connect to the Internet, 'xconsole' shows the following: > 'ppp-compress-1' unable to locate module > > I'm using Kernel 2.2.5, and I compiled PPP support as a module. > Is this correct? If not, how can I to

Re: are there any good free 3d modeling tools?

Felix Natter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding Re: are there any good free 3d modeling tools?: > Chris Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Blender (www.blender.nl) is a very good tool for 3D-modelling/animation. > It is free (as in beer) and not open-source, but version 2.0 will probably > be

Re: gzip based on file date

Hello Lance Have a look at bash's built-in functions. I suggest using "test". I qoute from the bash manual page: file1 -nt file2 True if file1 is newer (according to modifi­ cation date) than file2. file1 -ot file2

Re: X display

> > > ( what is olwm and many other apprev...I done no!!)? Missed this question. Olwm is a windows manager not a xserver. You can load one windows manager or several and then switch between them. Windows managers are what you seed when the xserver starts. Everyone has their favorite. I like fvwm

Re: X display

Elsadig Khanagi wrote: > Dear,Sir > How are you .. Thanks lot for all group members, I go one step and I > need more help. > 1-I install Debain Linux 2.1r2, and I got Debian Login :,,,But when I login > and write startx to load graphic interface... I have error 111 > failed to connect to X sr

gzip based on file date

I wish to gzip a numbe of files based on the date they were created. I assume I would use ls and gzip. Are these the commands I should use or is there an easier way? Lance

gnus froze emacs20

Hello! I tried gnus, recommended by several people (thanks to all who responded!), and it froze my emacs20. Here's what I wrote to John Hasler, one of the people trying to help: --- I installed gnus (gnus_5.8.3-9.deb) on top of Emacs20. I launched emacs, started the tutorial, it seemed to be worki

Re: Keeping apt-get, dpkg & dselect in sync

On Sun, 30 Apr 2000 14:27:13 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson) wrote: >As far as I know, you need to do a dselect update to get the available >file that dpkg uses to be updated. You can do this without going into >the dselect interface by typing 'dselect update'. As you correctly >guess, if

Learning Linux

I'd recommend getting a good Linux book to help you get started. Many of them include a Linux CD-Rom so you can install it and practice with it. There is also a lot of help online. --- Sahap Kayhan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am using Windows98. I want to learn and try Linux > system. What ca

Re: how to burn from iso file in xcdroast

>I just went through this a couple of days ago. The >commandline is: > >cdrecord -v speed=8 dev=0,0 > >Speed & dev probably will be different on your box. I >found this was >much easier than doing it with xcdroast. > >Someone had mentioned that by just changing the >extension from .iso to >.r

SCSI devices not present

I compiled my kernel with scsi tape and scsi cdrom built in. When I boot I see the LUNs and the message indicates that the tape is /dev/nst0 and the cdrom /dev/sr0 (or something similar) but these devices are not present in /dev. Is there a way to create them? What do I need to do in o

/var/spool/popbull?

Hi! Anyone knows what this and $HOME/.popbull are for? tia, &rw

frozen broken at bootdisks and help with ADSL

Hello all ! I am trying to install Debian and got all the install ok until the part; creat a bootdisk, but I put my disks and get the message that the disk is broken or something. After I reboot the system with the rescue disk and add the following line at the prompt: linux root=/dev/hdb1 ..

Re: make-kpkg fail: can't find modversions.h (compiling pcmcia-modules)

> Well I used make menuconfig, and then make dep, make modules, make > modules_install, make bzImage and make bzlilo. > > Of course, by doing things like this, I have no idea what caused the > modversions.h file to get where it has. Thanks. I've sort of solved the problem. I think maybe "make d

Re: Mail/news software

On Sun, Apr 30, 2000 at 02:13:19PM +0100, Phillip Deackes wrote: > I am very sorry if I offend, but I find emacs/xemacs about the most > off-putting thing in Linux. Show a newbie that and you will see the dust > as he turns and runs back to the Windows camp. That is not always the case. I tried o

Sideways printing?

Is there any way to get sideways printing (landscape)? I need this to print a4 envelopes. Latex has a landscape option but it just alters the page size, not the orientation. a2ps will do it but only in double-page output. Ted will do it but it's buggy and won't place the text far enough from th

set up cd-rw

i'm having bit of a problem. when i first installed xcdroast (including cdrecord and mkisofs)) with dselect, it ran me through a little setup for the cd-rw device and my cdrom. i had to pick which drives i had and name them. unfortunately, i picked the incorrect drives and i didn't name my cd-

Re: are there any good free 3d modeling tools?

Chris Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello, > > I'm looking for good free (as in speech) 3d modeling tools. > > Any and all suggestions are welcome. Blender (www.blender.nl) is a very good tool for 3D-modelling/animation. It is free (as in beer) and not open-source, but version 2.0 will pr

Re: print

lpr as the quick and dirty option, lprng is a little more featureful. You might want to consider either magicfilter or apsfilter as well, and a2ps is probably a good idea. On Sun, 30 Apr 2000, joshua marston wrote: > could someone PLEASE tell me which package the print command is in > because i

Re: Mail/news software

On Sun, 30 Apr 2000, Phillip Deackes wrote: > I disagree and am continually posting info about an excellent email app > called Ishmail. It was a commercial offerring but the source code has > now been released. It is available on www.ishmail.com > I looked at this a while back (and debianized it

OpenSSH for Stable

Hi, Does anyone know if there is an OpenSSH .deb for Stable anywhere? I can find an official package for frozen/unstable but not for stable. An 'unofficial' package would be OK if anyone's made one!? Or has anyone compiled it from the frozen source? Thanks, Steve

Re: site to site ftp?

Hoi Ron! Ron> Is there a tool available that can do a site to site ftp? I Ron> need to transfer a few files from one ftp site (via anonymous Ron> ftp) to another site (via user ftp). Unfortunately the Ron> destination site does not allow users to ftp out, but you can Ron> ftp in. So basi

Apt strange error!!!

Hi all. My friend has a Debian potato machine and there is occorring the following error: amora:/home/luke# apt-get update Reading Package Lists... Error! E: Encountered a section with no Package: header E: Problem with MergeList /var/state/apt/lists/home_mirror_debian_dists_stable_main_bi

Re: mutt and courier-imapd

On Sat, Apr 29, 2000 at 06:36:17PM -0400, Brendan Cully <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There is a small bug in courier currently which chokes mutt. I've > attached a workaround patch against mutt 1.1.12 (should apply to > earlier versions) which I'd love people to test - we're trying to get > mutt 1.

Re: Keeping apt-get, dpkg & dselect in sync

Brian Greenfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I use apt-get to keep this potato box up to date. However, I >often use dpkg -l to search for packages whose name I'm not >quite sure of. It was during one of these searches ('dpkg -l >syslog\*') that I noticed that the packages available >according to d

Re: Mail/news software

Christophe TROESTLER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Mew has all that (plus much more, particularly > important for me is the ablility to manage several identities with > associated headers, signature,...). I just went to the homepage and was welcomed with: "In short, Mew i

Re: your mail

> I am using Windows98. I want to learn and try Linux system. What can I do? I > am waiting for your explanation messages. Thanks. > take one of the "life system" CDs, which are often attached to computer magazines. there you have a pre-installed linux system, which you can boot from cd and use o

Re: Mail/news software

Steve Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Given your description and the fact that you sent with PMMail/2 I > can say, > with authority, nothing. There is not a thing out there that will > suit what > you describe nor what you're currently using, at least when it comes > to mail. > News apps

[no subject]

I am using Windows98. I want to learn and try Linux system. What can I do? I am waiting for your explanation messages. Thanks.

Re: Mail/news software

On Sat, 29 Apr 2000, "Kovacs Istvan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What mail and news software do you recommend? The ideal software > would be able to handle both mail and news in an integrated manner, > place incoming and outgoing messages into folders automatically > using header i

Re: Installing Debian from 2.1.R4 CD's...question

I would have to agree with Ron that "the wording is confusing. I am a new user and as such easily confused". In my case the boot up kernel in resc1440.bin* recognized my NCR SCSI adapter, made reference to my SCSI CD-ROM in the boot up messages and went on to partition and mount my SCSI hard driv

Re: Logging out from serial login

> you disconnect? i assume, that this means "only disconnect, but > not log out". if so, then you have no problem: this is intended behaviour > (at least to some point). so it is theoretically possible to reconnect > and continue the session after some time. however, this will possibly > conflict w

Re: Logging out from serial login

> When I disconnect from the Palm, getty ends as expected and pppd shuts down, > but for some reason the 'palm' user doesn't release ttyS0. The permissions are > still set to > you disconnect? i assume, that this means "only disconnect, but not log out". if so, then you have no problem: this is in

X display

Dear,Sir How are you .. Thanks lot for all group members, I go one step and I need more help. 1-I install Debain Linux 2.1r2, and I got Debian Login :,,,But when I login and write startx to load graphic interface... I have error 111 failed to connect to X srever... I didn't have a server I

Logging out from serial login

Hi all, I've been setting up a ppp-over-null-modem connection for a friend's Palm, and its working great, except for one point. I've created a user called 'palm', with shell /etc/ppp/ppplogin which looks like this: #!/bin/sh mesg n stty -echo /usr/bin/sudo /usr/sbin/pppd nodetach passive local n

RE: hacked?

What difference does complex passwords make if the password is sent in the clear. It would be trivial for a cracker to sniff the traffic and grab a password, then use the account to create havoc. Chris Mason Box 340, The Valley, Anguilla, British West Indies Tel: 264 497 5670 Fax: 264 497 8463 USA

Problems with PPP

When I connect to the Internet, 'xconsole' shows the following:     'ppp-compress-1' unable to locate module   I'm using Kernel 2.2.5, and I compiled PPP support as a module. Is this correct? If not, how can I to workaround this?   Please, reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]   Thanks.

Re: print

joshua marston wrote: > > could someone PLEASE tell me which package the print command is in > because i did a minimal install off the net and now i need it > dpkg -S print will give you that information. hth, kent

Re: apache includes

Hamish Moffatt wrote : > With mod_include in Apache, is it possible for me to execute or > include a CGI which would be parsed as part of the script? > > I have a CGI which produces a whole bunch of > > > lines. Apache just sends these out to the client, even if > the CGI says content-type text

Re: Mail/news software

On Sat, Apr 29, 2000 at 05:05:38PM +0200, Kovacs Istvan wrote: > What mail and news software do you recommend? Wel. > The ideal software would be able to handle both mail and news in an > integrated manner, place incoming and outgoing messages into folders > automatically using header

Keeping apt-get, dpkg & dselect in sync

I use apt-get to keep this potato box up to date. However, I often use dpkg -l to search for packages whose name I'm not quite sure of. It was during one of these searches ('dpkg -l syslog\*') that I noticed that the packages available according to dpkg is different to that of dselect and apt-get.

Re: how to burn from iso file in xcdroast

I confirm it: I copy .iso files ar .raw with xcdroast. John Bagdanoff wrote: > I just went through this a couple of days ago. The commandline is: > > cdrecord -v speed=8 dev=0,0 > > Speed & dev probably will be different on your box. I found this was much > easier than doing it with xcdroast.

apache includes

With mod_include in Apache, is it possible for me to execute or include a CGI which would be parsed as part of the script? I have a CGI which produces a whole bunch of lines. Apache just sends these out to the client, even if the CGI says content-type text/x-server-parsed-html Thanks Hamish -

Re: more real runlevels?

>> > > If so, what _is_ the proper way to do this with Debian? >> >> You can just delete the links you don't want > >I've always felt that it's better to change the link from S to K, >instead of just deleting it. > >Say for example you delete the xdm link from runlevels 2, 3, and 4. So >you change

Re: are there any good free 3d modeling tools?

> I'm looking for good free (as in speech) 3d modeling tools. > > Any and all suggestions are welcome. Ever taken a look at POVRay? I don't know (or care) about licencing, so it might or might not be free as in 'free speech' (however it is as in 'free beer'). I'm not at all an expert, but you can

Re: print

> could someone PLEASE tell me which package the print command is in > because i did a minimal install off the net and now i need it > mime-support -- Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature, please! -- Linux - the last service pack you'll ever need.

print

could someone PLEASE tell me which package the print command is in because i did a minimal install off the net and now i need it -- Joshua Marston WWW: http://surf.to/josh_m/ E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 5162549

Re: Win98 and Linux can't keep apart on /dev/hda!

"tristan misseri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > You told about mounting different fs on both systems : linux and win98. How > can U mount ext2 partitions on win98? http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/ -- My other computer's running Debian. {www.debian.org}

Re: how to burn from iso file in xcdroast

I just went through this a couple of days ago. The commandline is: cdrecord -v speed=8 dev=0,0 Speed & dev probably will be different on your box. I found this was much easier than doing it with xcdroast. Someone had mentioned that by just changing the extension from .iso to .raw, then xcdr

Re: hacked?

On Thu, 27 Apr 2000 09:02:05 -0400 (EDT), you wrote: >On the other hand, I do not feel as strongly as other posters that telnet >needs to be disabled in order to have a secure machine. Strong passwords >will work just as well. I have an account on a large Solaris network >where telnet has been op

Re: Mounting SCSI CD-ROM during Install

Rob Lilley wrote: >Hi all, > >I am attempting to install the stable version of Debian 2.1 distributed by >O'Reilly. All is fine until install asks me to identify the CD-ROM where >the Debian CD is. All of my drives are SCSI and this includes the CD-ROM. >The floppy is IDE and I am boo

Re: Double messages?

On Sat, Apr 29, 2000 at 09:54:02PM -0700, Eric G . Miller wrote: > I seem to have gotten a bunch of messages again too. Don't know why I > getting two day old messages that I've already read and deleted. Hmm, > Debian list server misconfigured? Nope, someone at debian.org.hk seems to be trying t

Re: Win98 and Linux can't keep apart on /dev/hda!

Hi , You told about mounting different fs on both systems : linux and win98. How can U mount ext2 partitions on win98? thanx Tristan - Original Message - From: "David Henningsson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2000 12:24 AM Subject: Re: Win98 and Linux can't keep apart

Re: make-kpkg fail: can't find modversions.h (compiling pcmcia-modules)

> Mark> I am guessing you must have done something which creates this > Mark> config directory and puts modversions.h in the right place. If > Mark> you do > > Mark> So the question is, what do you do which creates this file??? > > Did you try configuring the kernel? I think this is the pr

Re: make-kpkg fail: can't find modversions.h (compiling pcmcia-modules)

> Well I'm not sure what you've done, but I am using kernel 2.2.15 > (pre19-1) and I have the modversions.h file in: Yes that's the same version as me (2.2.15pre19-1) > /usr/src/kernel-source-2.2.15/include/config/modversions.h > /usr/src/kernel-source-2.2.15/include/linux/modversions.h Neither

Re: make-kpkg fail: can't find modversions.h (compiling pcmcia-modules)

Well I'm not sure what you've done, but I am using kernel 2.2.15 (pre19-1) and I have the modversions.h file in: /usr/src/kernel-source-2.2.15/include/config/modversions.h /usr/src/kernel-source-2.2.15/include/linux/modversions.h Cheers, Corey Popelier http://members.dingoblue.net.au/~pancreas

make-kpkg fail: can't find modversions.h (compiling pcmcia-modules)

Hi, I am trying to use make-kpkg to make a pcmcia-modules package for a laptop. It quits giving the following error: /usr/src/linux/include/linux/module.h:19: linux/modversions.h: No such file or directory and sure enough, I can't find a file called "modversions.h" anywhere on the system!! I

Re: Mail/news software

I've looked at most of what is available and the closest thing to Yarn is the Tin news reader, they're almost identical. For email the best thing I've found is Mutt. Mutt can be configured with what I call 'tin style cursor keys' so I can go back and forth between readers without getting confused

Re: tape drive device

On Sat, Apr 29, 2000 at 11:57:30AM -0400, Rob Lilley wrote: > I've installed the "base" and standard" slink distributions, configured > them and then went to do a tar archive to my Seagate 4mm SCSI tape drive. > Bless me, there is no /dev/st0 to do this to. Are they not supported? > Do I have to a

installation

I have had no success trying to install Debian on my Pentium. It already has Slackware and Solaris installed bug Debian hangs on the installation with the following error: hdd lost interrupt I have done many installations of Slackware and Red Hat with little difficulty but I can't get Debian to

Re: Double messages?

I seem to have gotten a bunch of messages again too. Don't know why I getting two day old messages that I've already read and deleted. Hmm, Debian list server misconfigured? -- ¶ One·should·only·use·the·ASCII·character­set·when·compos­  » ing·email·messages. 

how to burn from iso file in xcdroast

Does anyone know the command sequence to get xcdroast to burn from an .iso file I downloaded? I can't seem to get it to see the file and burn from it. I was able to do this in slink ( or was it hamm?), but can't seem to find the sequence of things now. HELP (If I mounted the file as a file

Re: multi line regex's in vi ...

On Sat, Apr 29, 2000, Adam Shand wrote: > > > A two-liner is > > %s/^// - add to the start of each line > > %s/^$// - remove any lines that contain only > > nope won't work. it'll put a ' ' at the beginning of every line which > has text in it. thus this: Ah. Don't know how to do that wi

Re: Installing potato with a 3c905

it's in 3c59x. I'm multitasking, forgive me. On Saturday, 29 April 2000 at 22:45, Brendan Cully wrote: > forget it. I didn't notice it was _compiled in_. The shame. > > Sorry for the wasted bandwidth (again). > > -Brendan > > On Saturday, 29 April 2000 at 22:30, Brendan Cully wrote: > > Hi, > >

Re: Installing potato with a 3c905

forget it. I didn't notice it was _compiled in_. The shame. Sorry for the wasted bandwidth (again). -Brendan On Saturday, 29 April 2000 at 22:30, Brendan Cully wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to install potato from boot floppies and I've run into a > stupid problem: I've got a 3c905 on the target m

Double messages?

i seem to be recieving random messages twice: once when the message is sent and again a few days later. As near as i can tell, debian.org.hk is trying to gateway a newsgroup and the mailing list, but it sometimes decides a message it gatewayed to the newsgroup three days earlier should be gatewaye

Installing potato with a 3c905

Hi, I'm trying to install potato from boot floppies and I've run into a stupid problem: I've got a 3c905 on the target machine, but I can't seem to find the module in drivers.tgz. Anyone know where I can get it? I'm trying to install via ftp, so I need it early in the process. Thanks, Brendan pg

Re: mutt and courier-imapd

On Sunday, 30 April 2000 at 11:11, Brian May wrote: > > "Brendan" == Brendan Cully <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Brendan> There is a small bug in courier currently which chokes > Brendan> mutt. I've attached a workaround patch against mutt > Brendan> 1.1.12 (should apply to earli

Re: multi line regex's in vi ...

> So add to any non-blank line? I'd like to know a one-liner for this > too. You've got blank line with ^$ but how do you negate that? but what if a paragraph has more then one line. you have to detect the beginning of a new paragraph and then insert a ' ' before the first line of text. > A

Re: telnet problems with Debian woody

On Sun, Apr 30, 2000 at 09:15:52AM +0800, Curtis Hogg wrote: > A friend of mine (as am I) is running Debian 2.1 that has been > dist-upgraded to woody, and while he can telnet into my machine just fine, > I cannot telnet into his, the error received states- > > telnetd: getpty: permission denied >

Re: POP3 using SSH

> This corresponds to the what the man page tells me to do. Using this > exact setup, I get a parse error at "user", which is the line following > the above one. I don't know how to correct this. May someone show me > their [working] config-file? here is my working config. the only thing i've ch

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> "Brendan" == Brendan Cully <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Brendan> There is a small bug in courier currently which chokes Brendan> mutt. I've attached a workaround patch against mutt Brendan> 1.1.12 (should apply to earlier versions) which I'd love Brendan> people to test - we'r

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I've been using Slink with a 2.2.14 kernel compiled to allow power-off on shutdown. This morning I tried to mount my windows partition and it complained about no vfat support. I tried to recompile the kernel. I did a make menuconfig and selected dos vfat support. Then I did make bzImage. I cop

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While installing gpg-rsa, I got this and I am not quite sure what it is all about. I looked at the man page for 'locale' but I still don't know what to do. The only variable that I have set is LANG. Setting up gpg-rsa (2.1.1) ... perl: warning: Setting locale failed. perl: warning: Please check