Debian Link

2000-05-12 Thread Jay Kelly
Im new to linux and was looking for a link to download Debian. Where can I find a ISO format of Debian? Thanks Jay

108-key keyboard in Slink X Windows

2000-05-12 Thread Cameron Matheson
Hey, I'm running Debian slink, and I just bought a linux keyboard from thelinuxstore.com, but I can't use all of it's buttons. It has three power-management buttons (making a total of 108 keys), but they aren't recognized in X Windows. I ran XF86Setup but the largest keyboard I found was 104 key

SNES joy-console questions

2000-05-12 Thread Cameron Matheson
Hey, I just made a SNES gamepad into a linux gamepad (I followed the directions in joystick-parport.txt). Anyways, I got it to work (I'm using a module with 2.2.14), but the response seems to be really slow. Is their anything I can do to speed it up? Thanks, Cameron Matheson

installing a printer

2000-05-12 Thread Pollywog
I did not configure a printer when I installed Debian. Is there a tool to help me configure a printer now without reinstalling Debian? I am getting an Epson Stylus Color 740 and I will use the parallel connector until the 2.4 kernels are released. I know I will need to recompile my kernel with pr

Re: invisible cursor in X windows

2000-05-12 Thread Eric G . Miller
Assuming /dev/mouse --> /dev/psaux, it might actually be a window manager problem. Do you use xdm (or an equivalent) and do you see a cursor there (the good ol' X cursor)? Are you running "unclutter"? It hides the cursor after a specified amount of time if it's over a window (very nice actually).

Re: Framebuffer settings for the Matrox MGA Milenium

2000-05-12 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Fri, May 12, 2000 at 04:01:12PM +0200, Otto Wyss wrote: > Since I couldn't use the framebuffer with my ATI Rage IIc I switched > to an old Matrox MGA Milenium card. It does work perfectly but I don't > know the lilo.conf values (vga=...; append=...) to get a 880x660-72 > display or similar. Wh

Epson 740

2000-05-12 Thread Matthew Thompson
Hello, all, I recently purchased a 740 for my home network. I have a Debian 2.1 server with magicfilter and gs-5.10 installed. I was unable to get the printer to work with any of the normally available filters in magicfilter. After scouring the 'net, I found Christian Meder's debian-epson740.tg

Re: NIC Cards...is there any difference between them?

2000-05-12 Thread Brian Stults
I got my rtl8139 for free ($15 - $15 rebate). It's worked great for about 6 months - no exceptions. -- Brian J. Stults Doctoral Candidate Department of Sociology University at Albany - SUNY Phone: (518) 442-4652 Fax: (518) 442-4936 Web: www.albany.edu/~bs7452

Re: gif

2000-05-12 Thread Joe Bouchard
On Fri, May 12, 2000 at 02:31:32AM +0800, Kreaped Ripping Reaper wrote: > how do i make .gif in linux? If you have an existing picture: convert myjpeg.jpg mygif.gif man convert . . . it can convert about anything to anything. It's part of the imagemagick package. Be advised the is a legal/pol

Re: Newbie Slink install CDROM problem on old computer

2000-05-12 Thread Joe Bouchard
On Wed, May 10, 2000 at 08:07:26PM -0400, Andy L. Krietemeyer wrote: > > I have run dmesg and it reports my CDROM has been probed as "hdh". > Answering "hdh" or "/dev/cdrom" or "dev/hdh" does nothing to help. Hi, If the CDROM is plugged in the primary or secondary IDE controller on the motherboa

Re: Help: disk problems..

2000-05-12 Thread John Pearson
On Fri, May 12, 2000 at 04:49:21PM -0500, Gregory Guthrie wrote > Help!! > > I had a working system, and after several weeks up we were moving some > (Apache) files around and wanted to make sure that the system setup for > Apache was OK, se we re-booted. > > At re-boot I now get: > |--

RE: NIC Cards...is there any difference between them?

2000-05-12 Thread KULISHdotCOM
I haven't used those cards in months... I switched to linksys 10/100... can get them for 15 bucks US and they work flawlessly. All my 8139s have been donated to the local landfill. -Original Message- From: Jason Gunthorpe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 12, 2000 7:31 PM To: C

amd home map

2000-05-12 Thread Barak Pearlmutter
Has anyone gotten the AMD configuration option for the home map to work? We cannot figure it out, and we've tried a couple different things. What would get us on track would be: sample line in /etc/passwd location of user's home directory on remote NFS server proper /etc/exports on remote NFS

RE: NIC Cards...is there any difference between them?

2000-05-12 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Fri, 12 May 2000, Chris Mason wrote: > Aahhh! That's why my realtek cards are not being installed when I boot from > cold. In the trash with them. Have you tried the rtl8139too driver? These cards are nice and cheap, perfect for workstations.. Jason

Please help - strange networking problem...

2000-05-12 Thread Christian Pernegger
Hello! Until recently my computer's only network connection was via cable mode to the net as follows: 3Com 3C905B (3c59x.o) = eth0 connected to cable modem. #cat /etc/network/interfaces: iface lo inet loopback iface eth0 inet dhcp hostname This setup worked fine. Now I also want to

Re: Compiling New Kernel

2000-05-12 Thread Hartmut Figge
Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > procps has what you need. To get the versions 2.2.15 wants, you need to > upgrade your system to debian 2.2 (potato). potato is currently frozen and in not necessarily. on my system: ii procps 2.0.6-6The /proc file system utilities. ii util-linux

RE: NIC Cards...is there any difference between them?

2000-05-12 Thread Chris Mason
Aahhh! That's why my realtek cards are not being installed when I boot from cold. In the trash with them. Chris Mason Box 340, The Valley, Anguilla, British West Indies Tel: 264 497 5670 Fax: 264 497 8463 USA Fax (561) 382-7771 Take a virtual tour of the island http://net.ai/ The Anguilla Guide F

Re: installing kernel

2000-05-12 Thread ktb
To learn more about Linux. To make the kernel smaller so you have shorter boot times. Those are a couple of reasons to do so. I bet I could come up with more but I have to eat:) kent w trillich wrote: > > Corey Popelier wrote: > > > > Yep, everything I've read or heard suggests if your going

RE: NIC Cards...is there any difference between them?

2000-05-12 Thread KULISHdotCOM
I agree, avoid the $10 types. I bought 5 realtek 8139 type cards for 6 bucks a piece. Everything seemed kosher, they even ran with the Linux drivers fine Until you had an unscheduled reboot due to power loss. Then they would forget who they were and what they were supposed to do. Didn't hurt

RE: NIC Cards...is there any difference between them?

2000-05-12 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 12-May-2000 Ron Stordahl wrote: > 10Base-T RJ45 PCI Network Cards some in an incredible range of prices from > 10 bucks up. Is it possible that the only significant difference is the > brand name? > some cards only send even numbered packets (yes I am serious). Some cards are so cheap we do

Re: Q: Potato install tool to config X is?

2000-05-12 Thread Mental
On Fri, May 12, 2000 at 08:09:41PM +0200, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote: > > > Hint: use /dev/gpmdata as your Pointer for X. > > > > Why? I've got gpm running to use the mouse on the console, and in > > my XF86Config the pointer section uses /dev/mouse, which is linked > > to /dev/psaux. And everythi

NIC Cards...is there any difference between them?

2000-05-12 Thread Ron Stordahl
10Base-T RJ45 PCI Network Cards some in an incredible range of prices from 10 bucks up. Is it possible that the only significant difference is the brand name? Ron

Re: Limiting Access

2000-05-12 Thread Peter Good
Graeme had more of an idea of what i'd like to do, what it looks like is thus usergrouptelnet ftp access10 no yes access20 no yes shells yes yes allothers yes yes It's a web hosting box, that also hosts shell accounts. the people with webpage packa

RE: Compiling New Kernel

2000-05-12 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
> > package dselect version recommended version > == == > Procps 1.2.9-3 2.0.3 > Util-linux 2.9g-6 2.9z > > I have updated my dselect packages list, and it appears that no newer > versions are available. Do I ne

Compiling New Kernel

2000-05-12 Thread A. Scott White
I have just installed Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 with kernel 2.0.36 and wanted to update the kernel to 2.2 I downloaded the source code for the Linux kernel 2.2.15 I was reading the Documentation/Changes document to make sure I had the necessary versions of the various software packages. I found that t

Help: disk problems..

2000-05-12 Thread Gregory Guthrie
Help!! I had a working system, and after several weeks up we were moving some (Apache) files around and wanted to make sure that the system setup for Apache was OK, se we re-booted. At re-boot I now get: |-- | ... | .. checking root file system | fsck.ext2: attempt to read block

RE: HOWTO get src via dselect?

2000-05-12 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 12-May-2000 Bolan Meek wrote: > Greetings, all: God bless you. > > I have noticed for some time now that, when 2)Update ing > in dselect, that source package list files are hit & gotten. > Is there a way to get source file packages though dselect? > I fail to find any key combination in the h

HOWTO get src via dselect?

2000-05-12 Thread Bolan Meek
Greetings, all: God bless you. I have noticed for some time now that, when 2)Update ing in dselect, that source package list files are hit & gotten. Is there a way to get source file packages though dselect? I fail to find any key combination in the help screens.

Re: Konfucious (KDE2 beta1)?

2000-05-12 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 12-May-2000 Bart Szyszka wrote: >> > Any word yet on DEBs of Konfucious (KDE2 beta1)? When is something going >> > to >> > be done about the fact that there are always RPMs of something released >> > before >> > there are DEBs? >> most KDE people are not debian users or developers. So they mak

Re: Konfucious (KDE2 beta1)?

2000-05-12 Thread Bart Szyszka
> > Any word yet on DEBs of Konfucious (KDE2 beta1)? When is something going to > > be done about the fact that there are always RPMs of something released > > before > > there are DEBs? > most KDE people are not debian users or developers. So they make packages for > what they use. Of all the GN

Re: Printing

2000-05-12 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
Check http://widget.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis/hpdj-printing/ Daniel Burrows wrote: > I want to configure my HP LaserJet 3IIIP under Debian but don't know > really where to start. Is there a good website devoted to Debian and > printing or Linux and printing?? > > Thanks. > > Daniel. > > -- > Unsubs

Re: Printing

2000-05-12 Thread Wayne Topa
Subject: Printing Date: Fri, May 12, 2000 at 08:45:20PM + In reply to:Daniel Burrows Quoting Daniel Burrows([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Daniel> Daniel> I want to configure my HP LaserJet 3IIIP under Debian but don't know Daniel> really where to start. Is there a good website devoted

RE: Konfucious (KDE2 beta1)?

2000-05-12 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 12-May-2000 Bart Szyszka wrote: > Hello, > > Any word yet on DEBs of Konfucious (KDE2 beta1)? When is something going to > be done about the fact that there are always RPMs of something released > before > there are DEBs? > most KDE people are not debian users or developers. So they make pa

Konfucious (KDE2 beta1)?

2000-05-12 Thread Bart Szyszka
Hello, Any word yet on DEBs of Konfucious (KDE2 beta1)? When is something going to be done about the fact that there are always RPMs of something released before there are DEBs? -- Bart Szyszka [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:4982727 GigaBee Interactive http://www.gigabee.com PayPal - Securely send mone

Printing

2000-05-12 Thread Daniel Burrows
I want to configure my HP LaserJet 3IIIP under Debian but don't know really where to start. Is there a good website devoted to Debian and printing or Linux and printing?? Thanks. Daniel.

Re: socket programming

2000-05-12 Thread Marek Habersack
** On May 12, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry scribbled: > >> a) read the telnetd / telnet source > >> b) look at how programs like login do it > >> > >> it boils down to you setting flags for the device. > > And for good socket tutorials, info etc. you can visit those two addresses: > > > > http://www.priv

[debian-user] fail to print postscript

2000-05-12 Thread Debian Mailing List
Hi all, I created a simple test postscript file (enscript -p - /etc/hosts >/tmp/a.ps) and could not print it to a networked hplaserjet5m. I get garbage from the printer. When I print the same ps file from a DEC box to the same printer, no problems. Both the debian system and DEC box are using t

Re: socket programming

2000-05-12 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 12-May-2000 Marek Habersack wrote: > ** On May 12, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry scribbled: >> >> On 12-May-2000 Brett Fowlkes wrote: >> > I am writing a server that accepts telnet connections. I am using basic >> > sockets to do so and do not use inetd. I cannot figure out how to disable >> > the echoi

Re: socket programming

2000-05-12 Thread Marek Habersack
** On May 12, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry scribbled: > > On 12-May-2000 Brett Fowlkes wrote: > > I am writing a server that accepts telnet connections. I am using basic > > sockets to do so and do not use inetd. I cannot figure out how to disable > > the echoing to screen for the password. I have tried ev

RE: socket programming

2000-05-12 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 12-May-2000 Brett Fowlkes wrote: > I am writing a server that accepts telnet connections. I am using basic > sockets to do so and do not use inetd. I cannot figure out how to disable > the echoing to screen for the password. I have tried everywhere else, this > is my last resort. > a) read th

RE: gpg confusion

2000-05-12 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 12-May-2000 Kreaped Ripping Reaper wrote: > hi! > i'm new with gpg... which one should be really sent as attachment... the > revoke.asc or the gpgkey thats bigger than revoke? > in general the asc is the item you want to send. www.gnupg.org has a nice doc on how gnupg works.

Re: Connecting through firewall

2000-05-12 Thread L. Besselink
On Fri, 12 May 2000, debian-lists wrote: > I work at EDS. Here, we have an https firewall that requires a > login/password in order to open a connection to the internet. I want to > set up a Debian box on our intranet that will be able to use console apps > to access the internet (such as lynx, ap

Re: installing kernel

2000-05-12 Thread w trillich
Corey Popelier wrote: > > Yep, everything I've read or heard suggests if your going to use 2.2, use > 2.2.14+ kernels. I'm now running 2.2.15 (pre19-1) with no probs > whatsoever. i'm running 2.0.36 (slink kernel? with potato packages) without any problems whatsoever. until i run into problems a

Re: C and C++ library docs

2000-05-12 Thread J.H.M. Dassen \(Ray\)
On Fri, May 12, 2000 at 10:41:35 +0200, Roso Giuseppe (Beppe) wrote: >I have to ask if someone know if there is a good documentation of Gnu C and >C++ libraries documentation in postscript, acrobat pdf or something like >format. I found only some old documents and often info or man aren't so >compl

Connecting through firewall

2000-05-12 Thread debian-lists
I work at EDS. Here, we have an https firewall that requires a login/password in order to open a connection to the internet. I want to set up a Debian box on our intranet that will be able to use console apps to access the internet (such as lynx, apt-get, lftp, etc...). Is there a way that I can ma

Re: Q: Potato install tool to config X is?

2000-05-12 Thread Oswald Buddenhagen
> > Hint: use /dev/gpmdata as your Pointer for X. > > Why? I've got gpm running to use the mouse on the console, and in > my XF86Config the pointer section uses /dev/mouse, which is linked > to /dev/psaux. And everything works just fine. Worked just fine > when I was running slink, worked just

Re: ipchains and vmware

2000-05-12 Thread Robert Kerr
On Fri, 12 May 2000, Robert Norris wrote: > > Can I just use IP-Masquerading with ipchains to allow my vmware virtual > > machines to access the internet? > > You certainly can. Enable the 'host-only networking option' of vmware, > which will create an interface called 'vmnet1'. Give this an IP a

Re: Q: Potato install tool to config X is?

2000-05-12 Thread Mike Werner
On Fri, May 12, 2000 at 10:23:07AM -0400, Mental wrote: > On Fri, May 12, 2000 at 03:11:56AM -0700, Ed Slocomb wrote: > > I just installed the frozen potato, and the cold spud tried to make me use > > xf86config to generate my XF86Config file. I outsmarted the icy tuber by > > hitting ctl-C and th

Re: pop3 server w/ virtual domains

2000-05-12 Thread Davide Libenzi
Give a try to XMail : http://www.maticad.it/davide/xmail.asp Davide -- Feel free, feel Debian !

RE: pop3 server w/ virtual domains

2000-05-12 Thread Paul McHale
Mario, I haven't looked at courier-imap, but i should support multiple domains. In fact, any pop3 server should be oblivious to the domain. It simply allows user access to their email account. This is independent of the domain. At least as far as I know ... paul -- Paul McHale Work: 93

Re: kde

2000-05-12 Thread Marc Meier
On Fri, May 12, 2000 at 06:14:28PM +0200, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote: > > ftp.kde.org/stable/1.1.2/distribution/deb/potato/i386 - if the files > would still be there - but they have gone to hell. :'-( > the slink files are still available. A better resource including the appropriate lines for your

Re: kde

2000-05-12 Thread Oswald Buddenhagen
> Is kde available anywhere in a deb package? > ftp.kde.org/stable/1.1.2/distribution/deb/potato/i386 - if the files would still be there - but they have gone to hell. :'-( the slink files are still available. -- Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature, please! -- Linux - the

Re: OpenSSL headers?

2000-05-12 Thread Dan Brosemer
To build OpenSSH, you need libssl09-dev, libssl09, and openssl. I would assume another package would be similar or the same. You may have to point it at /usr/include/ssl instead of /usr/include/openssl for the headers, though. -Dan On Fri, May 12, 2000 at 04:10:40PM +, Nick Phillips wrote:

Re: OpenSSL headers?

2000-05-12 Thread Oswald Buddenhagen
> I've got OpenSSL installed (all works fine), and I'm now trying to build a > package from > source which looks for opensslv.h to detect whether or not openssl is > available. Presumably > it will also need some headers to build, but /usr/include/openssl is empty. > There also > doesn't appear

kde

2000-05-12 Thread Chris Mason
Is kde available anywhere in a deb package? Chris Mason Box 340, The Valley, Anguilla, British West Indies Tel: 264 497 5670 Fax: 264 497 8463 USA Fax (561) 382-7771 Take a virtual tour of the island http://net.ai/ The Anguilla Guide Find out more about NetConcepts www.netconcepts.ai bwz*mq

OpenSSL headers?

2000-05-12 Thread Nick Phillips
I've got OpenSSL installed (all works fine), and I'm now trying to build a package from source which looks for opensslv.h to detect whether or not openssl is available. Presumably it will also need some headers to build, but /usr/include/openssl is empty. There also doesn't appear to be an opens

Re: using the source packages

2000-05-12 Thread Maury R. Merkin
Thanks, Kent. It looks like that may be all I need. I've copied on to my box and will start digging into it later. Maury ktb wrote: > Someone will probably answer with more detail but see -- > http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ > > and look at 'man dpkg.' I have to run. > > The kernel compiling

Re: gedit Crash: Segmentation fault

2000-05-12 Thread Corey Popelier
Hmm, I just did apt-get install gedit (version 0.5.4-1) and it works fine on my machine. Only thing I would suggest is perhaps purge any trace of gedit that you currently have, and install it again. The problem might be more critical than this (ie. might be more GTk related than gEdit related) but

Re: Limiting Access

2000-05-12 Thread Graeme Mathieson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Peter Good <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This may sound like a newbie question but, how do i stop a certian group > from accessing my system via telnet? I've played with PAM to no avail, > spent the last 3 hours on it in fact. System is 2.2, just

gedit Crash: Segmentation fault

2000-05-12 Thread Jaume Teixi
hi to everyone, gedit crashed and after reisntalling it continues with crashing at starting up it. fatal error (segmentation fault) Gtk-CRITICAL **; file gtkbox.c: line 332 (gtk_box_pack_start): assertion `child->parent == NULL' failed. any points on howto fix it ? thanks, jaume

Re: ?texinfo where?

2000-05-12 Thread Corey Popelier
texinfo is in the debiandoc-sgml package (ie apt-get install debiandoc-sgml). Dunno if its in any other packages, thats all I can see so far. Cheers, Corey Popelier http://members.dingoblue.net.au/~pancreas Work Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, 12 May 2000, Martin Albert wrote: > Hello, to e

Re: Limiting Access

2000-05-12 Thread Andrei Ivanov
> This may sound like a newbie question but, how do i stop a certian group > from accessing my system via telnet? I've played with PAM to no avail, > spent the last 3 hours on it in fact. System is 2.2, just need someone > to point me in the right direction, if anyone can help, plz lemme know, > it

RE: pop3 server w/ virtual domains

2000-05-12 Thread Mario Olimpio de Menezes
On Fri, 12 May 2000, Paul McHale wrote: > Mario, > > > When using exim + virtual domains, is it possible to have a pop3 > > server also with virtual domains? > > All mail for that user will go to the same mail box regardless of what > domain it is sent to. Their might be another way of doin

Re: GNOME Gripes

2000-05-12 Thread Felix Natter
Felix Natter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Ross Boylan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > It looks as if potato is on v 1.0. Here are some package listings > > from my system: > > ii gnome-admin1.0.3-2Gnome Admin Utilities (gulp and logview) > > ii gnome-bin 1.0.56-3 Misc

Re: installing kernel

2000-05-12 Thread mcmi0037
> kernel panic: can't find init. try passing init= as kernel option. > Init is sitting in /sbin/init, where it should. Anyway, even passing > init= as kernel "command line" via lilo to the kernel doesn't make any > difference. I've had this happen to me on numerous occasions, even with 2.2.14

?texinfo where?

2000-05-12 Thread Martin Albert
Hello, to everybody! Call me silly - i want to compile a source package that build-depends (pls. developers, add this line to more pkgs) on 'texinfo'. I can not find a (source-)package with that name? Where will i find it? Thanks to repliers ;-) all the busy developers, greetings, martin

RE: pop3 server w/ virtual domains

2000-05-12 Thread Paul McHale
Mario, > When using exim + virtual domains, is it possible to have a pop3 > server also with virtual domains? I am not sure how you mean this. I am virtual serving doubleesolutions.com and desinc.com. That only matters to exim. Once exim decides it is taking care of the domain, it places

Re: donut is dead, long live the donut

2000-05-12 Thread David Z Maze
Oswald Buddenhagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: DZM> I've tried reinstalling both LILO and the Debian MBR. Neither DZM> 'install-mbr' nor rerunning 'liloconfig' seems to have had an effect. OB> i don't know, what liloconfig is for, but does it automatically run lilo? OB> the invocation of /sbin/l

Re: Q: Potato install tool to config X is?

2000-05-12 Thread Daniel Reuter
Hello Jonathan, On Fri, 12 May 2000, Jonathan Gift wrote: > Does the install procedure on Potato require you dig up the monitor's > frequency rate, etc, Yes it does. You can of course always choose one of the least demanding modes for the hardware (640x480, 16 colours (in fact this is what XF8

invisible cursor in X windows

2000-05-12 Thread Vladimir Yelistratov
Hi, I have the following problem with potato release I have invisible cursor in X windows. Mouse WORKS: I can do everything one can do with mouse (e.g., click, select, move windows and folders) BUT the cursor is invisible. On text mode the cursor is visible. I am not sure whether the followi

Re: Shadow passwords with SAMBA

2000-05-12 Thread Mental
On Fri, May 12, 2000 at 11:58:36AM +0800, Andrew McRobert wrote: > hi all > > ... does anyone know the configure option to compile samba with shadow > password support? (It's not listed on the samba.org site with all the other > options). > Can you even do this? I thought samba had its own passw

Re: apache 1.3.9 debs

2000-05-12 Thread thomas lakofski
phew; managed to fix it with tactical installation of packages from frozen. i guess that's why it's called unstable ;-) cheers, -t On Fri, 12 May 2000, Mental wrote: > I did something like this too. I simply backed up my config files, then > purged apache-common, apache, and apache-ssl, the di

Re: apache 1.3.9 debs

2000-05-12 Thread Mental
On Fri, May 12, 2000 at 10:45:38AM +0100, thomas lakofski wrote: > in a rash moment at 2am i upgraded my apache, forgetting about mod-ssl > which still depends on 1.3.9. does anyone know where i can find apache > and apache-common 1.3.9? dpkg-repack'ed packages would be fine too if > anyone feels

Re: Q: Potato install tool to config X is?

2000-05-12 Thread Mental
On Fri, May 12, 2000 at 03:11:56AM -0700, Ed Slocomb wrote: > I just installed the frozen potato, and the cold spud tried to make me use > xf86config to generate my XF86Config file. I outsmarted the icy tuber by > hitting ctl-C and then saying "no" every time it asked me again, and then > I used t

pop3 server w/ virtual domains

2000-05-12 Thread Mario Olimpio de Menezes
Hi, When using exim + virtual domains, is it possible to have a pop3 server also with virtual domains? I mean, if I have some users with same name under different domains, how to serve pop3 for them? Is it possible? Thanks Mario O.de Menezes"Many are the plans

Framebuffer settings for the Matrox MGA Milenium

2000-05-12 Thread Otto Wyss
Since I couldn't use the framebuffer with my ATI Rage IIc I switched to an old Matrox MGA Milenium card. It does work perfectly but I don't know the lilo.conf values (vga=...; append=...) to get a 880x660-72 display or similar. O. Wyss

Re: Linux redials every 2-3 minutes

2000-05-12 Thread John Foster
Karsten Bolding wrote: > > Hi > > I've a linux box connected to the internet via ISDN - in addition I've 2 > other machines using the linux box as a gateway. It all works fine. The > only problem is that without any activity the linux box make a > connection every 2-3 minutes. I'm quite sure it h

RE: socket programming

2000-05-12 Thread Lewis, James M.
> I am writing a server that accepts telnet connections. I am using basic > sockets to do so and do not use inetd. I cannot figure out how to disable > the echoing to screen for the password. I have tried everywhere else, this > is my last resort. > > Brett > I'm not quite sure what you are doin

Re: Newsgroups

2000-05-12 Thread Graeme Mathieson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Daniel Burrows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I want to start subscribing to newsgroups and wondered if anyone could > recommend a really good news group application, one with a good GUI if > possible. Ooh, news reader war. :) I use Gnus. In f

Re: using the source packages

2000-05-12 Thread ktb
Someone will probably answer with more detail but see -- http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ and look at 'man dpkg.' I have to run. The kernel compiling is listed in the FAQ also. Install the kernel-package and read the docs there. hth, kent "Maury R. Merkin" wrote: > > As I've mentioned here bef

Re: Ethernet question

2000-05-12 Thread ktb
First you need to find out if that card is supported. If it is then find out which driver you need. Then you compile that driver into you kernel or as a module. Someone may know which card your talking about and tell you which driver you need, if it is supported. If not there are a couple place

Limiting Access

2000-05-12 Thread Peter Good
This may sound like a newbie question but, how do i stop a certian group from accessing my system via telnet? I've played with PAM to no avail, spent the last 3 hours on it in fact. System is 2.2, just need someone to point me in the right direction, if anyone can help, plz lemme know, it's driving

using the source packages

2000-05-12 Thread Maury R. Merkin
As I've mentioned here before, I have used Linux since late 1994, but I'm new to Debian. In the past, whenever I've wanted to compile stuff I have just gone out and d/l'd a tar ball and stuck it in /usr/local, did my little incantations and probably include a 'make install' or whatever and that wa

Unidentified subject!

2000-05-12 Thread Kenneth Scharf
2.2 is stable enough right now to install. It is in DEEEP FREEEZE at the moment, in final testing before cd images are released. You CAN find some cdr's of potato for sale, or just install over the net. A basic install over a 56k modem will take overnight. I am running 2.2 now, and except for a

Re: installing kernel

2000-05-12 Thread Corey Popelier
Yep, everything I've read or heard suggests if your going to use 2.2, use 2.2.14+ kernels. I'm now running 2.2.15 (pre19-1) with no probs whatsoever. Cheers, Corey Popelier http://members.dingoblue.net.au/~pancreas Work Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, 12 May 2000, Jens Guenther wrote: > On F

Re: installing kernel

2000-05-12 Thread Jens Guenther
On Fri, May 12, 2000 at 12:22:17PM +0200, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote: > > Hi, I've been using debian slink and the 2.0.36 kernel for a while now, > > and have just compiled the 2.2.4 kernel. I have my linux partition Hi, as far as I know there were some nasty problems in early 2.2.x kernels. I thin

Re: installing kernel

2000-05-12 Thread Oswald Buddenhagen
> btw: kernel 2.2.4 is not out yet - and won't be for the next three > months, from what i've heard. > ehhhm - bullshit! i confused 2.4.0 with 2.2.4. *shame* -- Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature, please! -- Linux - the last service pack you'll ever need.

Re: installing kernel

2000-05-12 Thread Oswald Buddenhagen
> Hi, I've been using debian slink and the 2.0.36 kernel for a while now, > and have just compiled the 2.2.4 kernel. I have my linux partition > (ext2fs) on hda2. When booting the new kernel, it tells me something > like > installed root fiesystem (ext. 2) > kernel panic: can't find init. t

Re: Q: Potato install tool to config X is?

2000-05-12 Thread Ed Slocomb
On Fri, May 12, 2000 at 10:00:47AM +0200, Jonathan Gift wrote: > Hi, > > Does the install procedure on Potato require you dig up the monitor's > frequency rate, etc, or can you just select the resolution an bitmap mode as > in 1152x864 and 24 bit? > I just installed the frozen potato, and the co

undefined symbol

2000-05-12 Thread Jacob Kanev
Hi, I'm using debian slink and get an error message when trying to use kpaint, kdvi, ksysv, kgv, khelp and simular programs (otherwise kde works fine, by the way): kdvi: error loading shared librarys /usr/X11R6/lib/libkfile.so.2: undefined symbol: __pure_virtual Slink had been installed wi

apache 1.3.9 debs

2000-05-12 Thread thomas lakofski
in a rash moment at 2am i upgraded my apache, forgetting about mod-ssl which still depends on 1.3.9. does anyone know where i can find apache and apache-common 1.3.9? dpkg-repack'ed packages would be fine too if anyone feels like doing so. thanks in advance, thomas lakofski .. wh

installing kernel

2000-05-12 Thread Jacob Kanev
Hi, I've been using debian slink and the 2.0.36 kernel for a while now, and have just compiled the 2.2.4 kernel. I have my linux partition (ext2fs) on hda2. When booting the new kernel, it tells me something like installed root fiesystem (ext. 2) kernel panic: can't find init. try passing

Re: Q:Potato kernel w/APM & Pentium support?

2000-05-12 Thread Ed Slocomb
On Fri, 12 May 2000 01:02:08 Jonathan Gift wrote: > Hi, > > Is Potato already compile for apm and Pentium support or do you have to > compile it it? > Ben Collins just told me that the .config file for your installed kernel-image lives in /boot/config-* . A cursory examination shows that APM

Ethernet question

2000-05-12 Thread Urban Gabor
Hello, I have and Ethernet card in my HP Kayak, and the M$ NT recognises it as: HP Ethernet with Lan Remote Power. I'd like to install slink, can I use the card as generic Ethernet? Thanx Gabaux

C and C++ library docs

2000-05-12 Thread Roso Giuseppe \(Beppe\)
Goodmorning, I have to ask if someone know if there is a good documentation of Gnu C and C++ libraries documentation in postscript, acrobat pdf or something like format. I found only some old documents and often info or man aren't so complete. It is easier to find documentation on

Re: bigots - was Emacs - was Mail/news software

2000-05-12 Thread Richard Taylor
Jonathan Markevich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > I think the best comment over the emacs thing was; someone said "it's not an > editor, it's a virtual machine" Now that makes great sense! Now someone > needs to come up with something as clever to explain vi... :) It's just an editor?

Q:Potato kernel w/APM & Pentium support?

2000-05-12 Thread Jonathan Gift
Hi, Is Potato already compile for apm and Pentium support or do you have to compile it it? Thanks, Jonathan

Q: Potato install tool to config X is?

2000-05-12 Thread Jonathan Gift
Hi, Does the install procedure on Potato require you dig up the monitor's frequency rate, etc, or can you just select the resolution an bitmap mode as in 1152x864 and 24 bit? Thanks; Jonathan

Re: socket programming

2000-05-12 Thread Philippe MICHEL
Hello, you should have a look to the Telnet RFC's : rfc-0854 for the telnet, and especialy 857 for the echo command. You can find much of these rfc at http://www.it.kth.se/docs/rfc/ Philippe. Brett Fowlkes wrote: > > I am writing a server that accepts telnet connections. I am using basic > so

socket programming

2000-05-12 Thread Brett Fowlkes
I am writing a server that accepts telnet connections. I am using basic sockets to do so and do not use inetd. I cannot figure out how to disable the echoing to screen for the password. I have tried everywhere else, this is my last resort. Brett

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