Re: remapping M$ windows key to act as meta under console emacs (like X)

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- I had this set once before, but not in a while to be sure now.. I think you need to hack the console keymap to bind 'M$' to ALT. But there's a little thing on console about ALT<-->META mapping. I don't believe emacs will recognise META and ALT seperately on the

Re: bashrc

> -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- > Their is five errers in this sentance. Took me a while to find the fifth, then my brain briefly rebelled. Think I'll share your sig with a few friends; pretty cool.

Re: Samba

Jay Kelly wrote: > > Where would I find smbclient, I cant seem to find it and I guess I need it > for samba ,, right? apt-get install smbclient and, no, not necessarily. There are two components: 1)Samba, the server, which makes your Linux box look like a Windows server, and 2)smbclient, the cli

Re: Help with the /etc/init.d/network

On Wed, May 17, 2000 at 01:38:19PM +1000, Matthew Dalton wrote: > > > "A. Scott White" wrote: > > > > Can anyone tell me exactly what this line accomplishes: > > > > [ "${GATEWAY}" ] && route add default gw ${GATEWAY} metric 1 > > if the $GATEWAY variable has been set, run the command 'route a

Re: Debian vs Red Hat??? I need info.

On Tue, May 16, 2000 at 06:48:02PM -0400, Jeremy Hansen wrote: > > I'm a long time Red Hat user. Basically the company I'm working for is > currently using Red Hat but for some reason they're considering switching > to Debian. I personally don't have any experience with Debian abd > honestly I'm

FW: Tape Backup Problem

... i'm using tar & smbtar on a Dell Poweredge (with SONY DDS3 tape drive) running Debian 2.2.14 (potato) ... works very nicely ... tar's a great little program & very useful for your shell scripts ... backing up several gig with no problems, I'd stay away from GUI tape drive managers, there's real

RE: Help with the /etc/init.d/network

`[' (the `test' command) is used to evaluate the GATEWAY environment variable. `&&' is a shell control operator to evaluate an AND list. It is often used like this instead of an if/then construct. The `route' command is only executed if the test evaluated to zero, i.e., GATEWAY is set. For details

Re: hide the commabd executed from ps,who

On Tue, May 16, 2000 at 09:29:55PM +0200, Robert Waldner wrote: > On Tue, 16 May 2000 11:56:07 PDT, "Sean 'Shaleh' Perry" writes: > >On 16-May-2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> How can I hide the commond I am executing so that people can't see > >> it from ps,or who?For example,if i use mysql by t

gcc

hi.. i tried to get gcc into my woody box.. but when i did apt-get install gcc it says obsolete and.. and give 3 choice "gcc272, gcc272-doc and gcc-doc" how do i get gcc 2.95 ? -- kreaper [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Q: How many existentiali

Re: oracle and debian

Trimming CCs I was running this in my old company, and it's still up and going. Debian Slink, with some potato stuff, but not libc. 256MB RAM (please do not skimp). Oracle 8.0.5 mostly, although installing OAS 4.0 forced many upgrades, so I think we may be closer to 8.1.5, actually. Need to ch

Re: Help with the /etc/init.d/network

"A. Scott White" wrote: > > Can anyone tell me exactly what this line accomplishes: > > [ "${GATEWAY}" ] && route add default gw ${GATEWAY} metric 1 if the $GATEWAY variable has been set, run the command 'route add default gw ${GATEWAY} metric 1. The [ and ] are synonyms for the 'test' progra

Re: Debian vs Red Hat??? I need info.

I agree - dpkg and apt are great compared to rpm's. However, that's all assuming that there are debian packages out there that are up to date (which they're generally not). But this seems to be the only major drawback I've found to Debian. --d

Re: IP forwarding

On Tue, May 16, 2000 at 07:24:09AM -0600, Dwayne C . Litzenberger wrote > I have a box that I want to do IP forwarding. But, I can't ping outside > hosts through it. The firewall sends packets from me, but it doesn't > re-forward the ICMP echo replies (although you can see them with iptraf in > p

Re: ipchains error

On Tue, May 16, 2000 at 10:07:10AM -0400, Chris Mason wrote > TO get around my problems with my rtl8139.o module not being recognized by > moprobe, I recompiled the kernel 2.0.38 version with the driver rolled into > it. This solved the problem beautifully (thanks, Peter). However, I get a > load o

Help with the /etc/init.d/network

Can anyone tell me exactly what this line accomplishes: [ "${GATEWAY}" ] && route add default gw ${GATEWAY} metric 1 I'm pretty sure it adds the default gateway setting for TCP/IP, but I don't understand what it means, exactly. Could you explain: 1. The script syntax 2. the commands involved I'd

Re: remapping M$ windows key to act as meta under console emacs (like X)

> "Britton" == Britton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Britton> I notice that under X, emacs now uses the little window key as a meta, Britton> while doing something totally other with Alt. This is fine, but I like to Britton> use emacs from the console, and there Alt is still need

Re: Debian vs Red Hat??? I need info.

At 07:29 PM 5/16/00 -0400, Jeremy Hansen wrote: >I'm a long time Red Hat user. Basically the company I'm working for is Sorry about that. :) >Dpkg vs RPM RPM is a piece of crap compared to dpkg, and now we have apt (advanced package tool). It's a handler for dpkg, but it's intelligent. The ki

Re: man --> info?

At 05:35 PM 05/16/2000 -0700, Eric G . Miller wrote: On Tue, May 16, 2000 at 09:10:16AM -0500, Gregory Guthrie wrote: > At 05:53 AM 05/16/2000 -0700, Eric G . Miller wrote: > >. Perhaps you'd enjoy the dhelp > >package. It's not perfect, but it works through your browser and will > >render info

Re: IP forwarding

Well, I figured it out. I needed the firewall to intercept ARP requests for my hosts from the cable modem. The two commands (both needed) that got it working were: arp -i eth0 -Ds 24.x.x.190 eth0 arp -i eth0 -Ds 24.x.x.190 eth0 pub Thanks for the help. -- Please always Cc to me when replying

Re: Rename Workgroup,etc.

Jay Kelly wrote: > > Where do I change my computer Name In /etc/hostname There is a program 'hostname' you can use but if I remember right to make it stick you need to sometimes change the file. >, Workgroup Try "apropos group" there are several programs listed such as "groupadd" to add a gr

Re: Debian vs Red Hat??? I need info.

On Wed, 17 May 2000, Matthew Dalton wrote: > I beleive it is possible to install a Debian system, configure/customise > it, and then repackage the deb packages using the customised files on > the system instead of the original default ones, using some provided > tools. > > Can anyone confirm this?

Re: bashrc

Graeme Mathieson wrote: > montefin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > ALTHILTM, > > WTF does that mean? :) at least, that's how it looks to me. ALTHILTM. (couldn't resist.) :) -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Their is five errers in this sentance.

ipchains saga

It's over! Firewall is working well thanks to the generous help of all on this list. I found the driver by selecting the "experimental drivers" option. Thanks, I would have dumped Linux long ago without the help of the list members. Chris Mason Box 340, The Valley, Anguilla, British West Indies T

Upgrade from slink to potato, IPX

Greetings. Thanks to all who offered assistance on my upgrade from Debian 2.1 to "frozen potato". The process went fairly well, apart from a circular dependency that was resolved by re-installing 2.1 with the 2.2 kernel. However, there seems to be an intermittent problem with the dynamic linker (ld

smb errors

Everytime I install samba I get these errors when I try to use it: load_client_codepage: filename /etc/samba/codepages/codepage.850 does not exist. load_unicode_map: filename /etc/samba/codepages/unicode_map.850 does not exist. What's up? Chris Mason Box 340, The Valley, Anguilla, British West In

Re: xntp

john writes: > After installing xntp3 and xntp3-doc packages, I find the docs far too > complex to fully understand, and the program aims for far greater > accuracy than I need. Michel Verdier writes: > I felt like yourself :) Try chrony. The debian package works with dialup straight out of the

Re: Debian vs Red Hat??? I need info.

Dpkg beats RPM hands down for anyone who has to actualy administer a number of boxes and wants everything as automatic as possible (for upgrades). As far as being able to customize the distro - go all out. You can of course edit config files at the "vi" level ;) There are also tools to take the

Re: xntp

john <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : | I wish to keep time synchronised by using my ISP's timeserver. This box | is a stand-alone one, and I connect using a modem. I personnally choosed some time servers on the net but the result is more or less the same... | | After installing xntp3 and xntp3-do

Re: Debian vs Red Hat??? I need info.

On Tue, May 16, 2000 at 07:55:16PM -0400, David Z Maze wrote: > Debian seems to be fairly tweak-friendly; dpkg makes an effort to not > overwrite users' configuration files without advance notice. Building > Debian packages takes a little work, but there are semiautomated tools > that help a lot

Re: Samba

Jay Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Where would I find smbclient, I cant seem to find it and I guess I > need it for samba ,, right? Nope. It's mainly useful for Unix folks that need to access networked Windows machines. Handy to test your Samba setup from a Unix box tho. You can find it i

Re: XScreenSaver

On Tue, May 16, 2000 at 04:46:32PM -0800, Adam Shand wrote: > > > I think WindowMaker has some kind of session manager, but if you can't > > figure out how to make that work, you can put this in ~/.xsession > > > > # We like a screensaver... > > if [ -f /usr/bin/X11/xscreensaver ]; then > >

Re: Wanted a free library for computational geometry

On Tue, May 16, 2000 at 11:36:58AM -0700, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > On 16-May-2000 Daniele Cruciani wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm going to write some programs of computational geometry, so i > > need a library (probably a set of libs) for data type and > > algorithms. AFAIK there are 2 library

Re: grep with actual date ?

On Tue, May 16, 2000 at 01:41:00PM +0100, Oliver Schoenknecht wrote: > > I am planning to do a daily system check with refused connects by > placing them in a cron job. So far, so good. But - and that's the > problem - does anyone know how to tell the "grep"-command to > filter just the refused

Re: XScreenSaver

> I think WindowMaker has some kind of session manager, but if you can't > figure out how to make that work, you can put this in ~/.xsession > > # We like a screensaver... > if [ -f /usr/bin/X11/xscreensaver ]; then > /usr/bin/X11/xscreensaver -no-splash & > fi if you run X by typing 'st

Re: pop3 server w/ virtual domains

check out solidpop, there is a debian package of it as well (solid-pop3d). it supports virtual domains and a bunch of other useful stuff. adam. On Fri, 12 May 2000, Mario Olimpio de Menezes wrote: > > Hi, > > When using exim + virtual domains, is it possible to have a pop3 > server als

Samba

Where would I find smbclient, I cant seem to find it and I guess I need it for samba ,, right?

Re: man --> info?

On Tue, May 16, 2000 at 09:10:16AM -0500, Gregory Guthrie wrote: > At 05:53 AM 05/16/2000 -0700, Eric G . Miller wrote: > >. Perhaps you'd enjoy the dhelp > >package. It's not perfect, but it works through your browser and will > >render info and man pages as html on the fly using (info2www and >

updating magicfilter

Is there anyway to update he print filter selections in magicfilter to support more and newer printer models. If there is a way to update magicfilter, what kind of filter can I add (from which program)? I tried switching to apsfilter, but found it harder to setup than magicfilter. Especially try

Re: Debian vs Red Hat??? I need info.

David Z Maze wrote: > JH> Autoinstall (Red Hat's kickstart) > JH> This is also something fairly important. We need this as we do a > JH> lot of mass installs. > > This isn't quite there. IANADD, but my guess is that this > functionality will probably appear (via APT and debconf) in a few

mmap- what is it?

While attempting to compile Archimedes, I got this: *** configure has detected some severe problems. Before running *** "make" you should check the following messages: ** Must have working mmap. Which package contains this? I never had this problem with this ma

Re: svgatextmode

In the program there is a configuration file /etc/TextConfig where you specify your video card and so forth. To improve your resolution type SVGATextMode 80x40x9 or whatever desired resolution you have. I use the program in that mode. You can check with the file for all the possibilities you ca

Re: Debian vs Red Hat??? I need info.

Jeremy Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: JH> Dpkg vs RPM JH> Both managability and build packages. I have heard a lot JH> of "good things" about dpkg. My experience has been that it can be extremely hard to upgrade a system from one RH release to another, and that RH is very bad about pr

Debian vs Red Hat??? I need info.

I'm a long time Red Hat user. Basically the company I'm working for is currently using Red Hat but for some reason they're considering switching to Debian. I personally don't have any experience with Debian abd honestly I'm open to anything but I was hoping for some positive feedback from people

Re: IP forwarding

On Tue, May 16, 2000 at 04:44:53PM -0600, Dwayne C . Litzenberger wrote: > > Here's the problem: I don't *want* to do masq'ing. The ethernet card/network > subsystem is not picking up that it's supposed to forward packets from the > cable modem (that's what it is) to the computers on my home netw

Debian vs Red Hat??? I need info.

I'm a long time Red Hat user. Basically the company I'm working for is currently using Red Hat but for some reason they're considering switching to Debian. I personally don't have any experience with Debian abd honestly I'm open to anything but I was hoping for some positive feedback from people

Re: IP forwarding

> In english: > append to forward chain that on interface ppp0 from our internal network to > any destination jump to Masq'ing. > > Here's the problem: I don't *want* to do masq'ing. The ethernet card/network subsystem is not picking up that it's supposed to forward packets from the cable modem

Rename Workgroup,etc.

Where do I change my computer Name, Workgroup and how do I rename the Samba Server?

svgatextmode

I have checked the man page and email the maintainer of this program all without being able to understand how to get the program to work. I have set X up several times, but this console display program causes me no end of concern. I don't want to have to try to reinstall everything because I scre

RE: IP forwarding

> As soon as I do an "ipchains -P MASQ" (yes, I know that's > evil), the pings > work. So, I can do masquerading. (lightning bolt to head) As stated in the IPMasq Howto, "Ja, you do have to state masq'ing packets. Forwarding chain doesn't mean outside all the time." Besides all the other chains

Re: Alpha Server Supported

On Tue, 16 May 2000, Ron Farrer wrote: > For slink (stable): > > > I'm not sure for potato (frozen).. anyone know where the pre-release > copies are? Good question. Basically, any Alpha supported by Linu

Re: Where is gcc in unstable?

"Diethelm Guallar, Gonzalo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I have been keeping my system updated to unstable, >and for a few weeks dselect is showing several >suspicious obsolete packages: > >Section PackageVersion >=== = >develg++2.95.2-9 >devel

RE: IP forwarding

> I know. But I'm saying it doesn't even work with that. oh... O.K. > I know. If you noticed, after the cat command was listed "1" > -- it was > already enabled. Duh...I was looking at a followup message that didn't display that. Sorry. Maybe not enough coffee. :) Could you please state kernel

Re: IP forwarding

Some more information about my problem: As soon as I do an "ipchains -P MASQ" (yes, I know that's evil), the pings work. So, I can do masquerading. It seems the routing code isn't telling my 3c509 (or tulip card, I swapped them) card to recognize IP addresses of other nodes in the network. Am I

Shareable library errors

Hi all, I'm having a particular problem in attempting to run a particular commercial software package (I know, I know...) [1]. I keep getting a error that looks like this: error in loading shared libraries: undefined symbol _xstat. (I've also seen an error about something called __setfpucw if

Re: Samba Setup

Jay Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I notice when I go into /etc there isnt a file named smb.conf. Does that > mean that samba is not installed or do I need to create the file myself? On Debian it's in /etc/samba. "locate", "find" and "dpkg -S" are your friends! Gary

Re: IP forwarding

So to sum it all up: "RTFM" is your answer. I did. What I have seems very odd (almost flaky). Read my original post for the problem. -- Please always Cc to me when replying to me on the lists. "Real hackers mostly think crackers are lazy, irresponsible, and not very bright, and object that be

Re: IP forwarding

On Tue, May 16, 2000 at 05:05:42PM +0200, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote: > > I have a box that I want to do IP forwarding. But, I can't ping outside > > hosts through it. The firewall sends packets from me, but it doesn't > > re-forward the ICMP echo replies (although you can see them with iptraf in >

Where is gcc in unstable?

Title: Where is gcc in unstable? This will probably qualify me as a newbie, but here it goes anyway... I have been keeping my system updated to unstable, and for a few weeks dselect is showing several suspicious obsolete packages: Section  Package    Version ===  =  ===

Re: Alpha Server Supported

Romero Orellana, Ricardo ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I need to know what are the Compaq Alphas Servers supported by Debian Linux, > and if Compaq Fortran for Linux Compiler run over Debian/Alpha. Thanks in > advanced. For slink (stable):

Re: Tape Backup Problem

On 05/16/00, Robert Waldner addressed "Re: Tape Backup Problem": > I had the same experience on kernel 2.0.38 with a HP DDS-2 when > using taper and/or kbackup. Settled down for plain tar. Plain tar is nice in some ways, but unless there's hardware compression, using compression is risky. I've b

ip traffic control

Hi ! Is there a tool which can handle the maximum limit of kilobites what a user can use ? I want to restrict the usage of bandwith for every people. Example the online editor could use the bandwith upto 20kb-s but the secretary only could use 3 kbits maximum. So she could start to download th

RE: Samba Setup

I notice when I go into /etc there isnt a file named smb.conf. Does that mean that samba is not installed or do I need to create the file myself? -Original Message- From: Rob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2000 12:27 AM To: Jay Kelly Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subje

ipchains error

I have downloaded the 2.2.15 kernal sources to compile my own kernel soo I can roll in the drivers for my trl8139.o card, but there is no option for that card in the config script (using make menuconfig). There was under 2.0.36. Am I missing somehting or has support for that card been discontinued

Re: Mail Server

Sorry no howto yet, but if read well this : http://www.maticad.it/davide/xmaildoc.htm You can easily setup a working server. I suggest You to read well this document to fine setup Your server especially for a security and relay point of view. I've planned anyway to setup an howto asap. Davide

Re: LyX crashed and now doesn't work

My problem with lyx and the Options/Reconfigure selection seems to have been caused by a bad environment variable. I had set TEXINPUTS in my .bashrc file to a set of paths I needed for a document at work over a year ago. When I commented out the TEXINPUTS= statement, Options/Reconfigure started wor

RE: Mail Server

Is there a How-To I can look at to help me set this up -Original Message- From: Davide Libenzi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 15, 2000 11:42 PM To: Jay Kelly; debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Maikl Server If You need a "one package" solution ( SMTP + POP3 + FING

RE: Samba Setup

Ok, When I run lynx localhost:901 I get errorAlert! Unexpected network read error; connection aborted. Alert! Unable to access document. And if I try nmap I get command not found. So what do you think I need to do? -Original Message- From: Rob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May

testing... please ignore

-- The address in the headers is not the poster's real email address. Do not send private mail to the poster using your mailer's "reply" feature. CC's of mail to mailing lists are OK. Problem reports to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]". The poster's email address is "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".

RE: hide the commabd executed from ps,who

On 16 May 00, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: >On 16-May-2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>How can I hide the commond I am executing so that people can't see >>it from ps,or who?For example,if i use mysql by typing mysql -u >>myname -p passsword ..people can see my password...So it would be >>good if I ca

Alpha Server Supported

Title: Alpha Server Supported Hi Debian Users, I need to know what are the Compaq Alphas Servers supported by Debian Linux, and if Compaq Fortran for Linux Compiler run over Debian/Alpha. Thanks in advanced. Saludos, Ricardo Romero Software Product Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www

Re: xntp

On Tue, 16 May 2000 20:18:08 BST, john writes: >I wish to keep time synchronised by using my ISP's timeserver. This box >is a stand-alone one, and I connect using a modem. > >After installing xntp3 and xntp3-doc packages, I find the docs far too >complex to fully understand, and the program aims fo

Re: hide the commabd executed from ps,who

On Tue, 16 May 2000 11:56:07 PDT, "Sean 'Shaleh' Perry" writes: >On 16-May-2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> How can I hide the commond I am executing so that people can't see >> it from ps,or who?For example,if i use mysql by typing mysql -u myname -p >> passsword ..people can see my password...So

Re: Making my vt320 useful

TERM was set to vt320. I have switched my inittab to say: T1:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -Lhwi ttyS1 38400 wy185 now though, so not TERM is wy185 (which is the model of my terminal). i don't think the /etc/gettydefs is necessary anyways since i specify my terminal type as an argument to getty. having

xntp

I wish to keep time synchronised by using my ISP's timeserver. This box is a stand-alone one, and I connect using a modem. After installing xntp3 and xntp3-doc packages, I find the docs far too complex to fully understand, and the program aims for far greater accuracy than I need. /etc/ntp.conf

RE: hide the commabd executed from ps,who

On 16-May-2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > How can I hide the commond I am executing so that people can't see > it from ps,or who?For example,if i use mysql by typing mysql -u myname -p > passsword ..people can see my password...So it would be good if I can > hide what i am doing from other user...

Re: Tape Backup Problem

>Debian 2.0 with Kernel 2.2.2 running on a Dell with >a Quantum DLT4000 tape drive. > >Details: >I attempted to do a test backup a 150meg directory to tape >using the tape >backup program "Taper" After about 10min of it running (46% I had the same experience on kernel 2.0.38 with a HP DDS-2 when

hypenation in tetex

How does one change hypenation in potato tetex ?? I've run texconfig and changed the /etc/texmf/language.dat - no effect. When I run Latex I still get the original hypenation: This is TeX, Version 3.14159 (Web2C 7.3.1) (avt.tex LaTeX2e <1998/12/01> patch level 1 Babel and hyphenation patterns fo

Re: Epson 740

Thanks again for the reply. :) I tried the command you suggested for a text file and for a .ps file: # lpr -Plp4 test.ps # lpr -Pascii ftp://mattyt.net/pub/printcap Thanks for your help and patience... :) -Cheers > If you used apsfilter, your printcap probably has several printers > defined.

hide the commabd executed from ps,who

How can I hide the commond I am executing so that people can't see it from ps,or who?For example,if i use mysql by typing mysql -u myname -p passsword ..people can see my password...So it would be good if I can hide what i am doing from other user...espcially for some program which I can specify m

RE: Wanted a free library for computational geometry

On 16-May-2000 Daniele Cruciani wrote: > Hi, > > I'm going to write some programs of computational geometry, so i > need a library (probably a set of libs) for data type and > algorithms. AFAIK there are 2 library that could hit my need: > LEDA (http://www.mpi-sb.mpg.de/LEDA/) for data type and C

RE: Making my vt320 useful

Is your TERM variable set to vt320? There are also a bunch of wyse types. See /usr/lib/terminfo/v/* and /usr/lib/terminfo/w/*. (or /usr/share/terminfo/...) On other systems there is a file in /etc/ that specifies what kind of terminal is on which serial line (gettydefs or ttytype or something li

Wanted a free library for computational geometry

Hi, I'm going to write some programs of computational geometry, so i need a library (probably a set of libs) for data type and algorithms. AFAIK there are 2 library that could hit my need: LEDA (http://www.mpi-sb.mpg.de/LEDA/) for data type and CGAL (http://www.cs.ruu.nl/CGAL/) for algorithms. But

Re: Tape Backup Problem

I had the same problem, but I had a scsi HP and I only tried taper. I was using 2.2.12 with slink. Kevin - Original Message - From: "JoeCool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ; Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2000 10:18 AM Subject: Tape Backup Problem Hi All, I've been trying t

Re: installing a printer

On 16-May-2000 17:28:03 Daniel Reuter wrote: > Get the Printing-HOWTO at > http://metalab.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/Printing-HOWTO.html > There, all the steps are described. In short: > 1. install printer spooling software (usually lpr or lprng) > 2. install filter software (magicfilter or apsfilter, woul

Re: installing a printer

Hello Pollywog, On Sat, 13 May 2000, Pollywog wrote: > I did not configure a printer when I installed Debian. Is there a > tool to help me configure a printer now without reinstalling Debian? Of course you can configure a printer without reinstalling. The Debian way of doing things lets you do

Tape Backup Problem

Hi All, I've been trying to get tape backup working on a server and almost everytime I attempt to backup files to the tape drive the machine goes crazy. The load goes sky high (way over 100.00) and it stops responding to everything. Maybe someone out there has some insight on the problem. Specs:

Re: amd home map

On Mon, May 15, 2000 at 03:54:29PM -0600, Barak Pearlmutter wrote: > > I have the actual home directories on the server in /disk/home> > Doesn't this mean that all your home directories live on a single > server? The reason we are considering amd (or autofs if it is > capable) is to be able to h

ReiserFS and USB (was Re: udf kernel patch)

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Kristian Rink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Does anybody have an idea what to do to get both USB *and* > rfs in the same kernel? Is there an USB patch for 2.3.99? 2.3.99pre-n has USB already in it. Also, the bunch that are producing ReiserFS a

Re: Maikl Server

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Jay Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm looking to run a mail server similar to Microsoft Exchange. Is there > something for debian out there I can use? If so what's the url? I've never come across one that buggy for Debian. :) There are do

Re: Going from DHCP -> Static IP network config

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, "S. Salman Ahmed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What config files do I need to modify to change this box's networking > setup from DHCP-based to one using a static IP address ? Or is there > some to rerun the networking scripts that were part of

Re: bashrc

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, montefin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 1.) Edit his/her MOTD file to print to screen a set text message at > login. (Edit your /etc/motd file, Avinash, to make it say what you want > it to say.) But, as I said before, leave the first line blank.

Re: amd home map

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Barak Pearlmutter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > From: Graeme Mathieson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > For autofs ... > > I have the actual home directories on the server in /disk/home> > > Doesn't this mean that all your home directories live on a s

Re: Quick Question

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, "Sean 'Shaleh' Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 'apt-get install communicator' at the command prompt with root privileges. Or if you find the mai/news/composer stuff to be excess crap which you'll not use, you can do 'apt-get install navigat

Re: Couple questions

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Cameron Matheson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What's the difference between typing 'su', and 'su root'? Nothing at all. Just that instead of typing 'su root', you can also do 'su otheruser'. > Are their any noticable differences between the 2

Re: amd home map

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, "Michael Janssen (CS/MATH stud.) " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > ... It seems, after looking at the init.d script, there's no > default way to automount something locally AND by NIS also.. Take a look at the patch in my previous posting. That

g++

I think there is something wrong with my g++ (using the latest version of frozen). If I make a file only containing #include main(){} or $include then: ~$ g++ test.cpp test.cpp:1: iostream: No such file or directory But: ~$ g++ -I /usr/include/g++-3 test.cpp ~$ I think it should wor

Making my vt320 useful

actually, it's not a vt320, it's a wyse which emulates a vt320. my question is this: how do i get special keystrokes like control-X to go through as if i was typing on a local tty? The arrows and any control-key combination that isn't ^C (or a few others which are recognized by stty i think) jus

Re: Where can I download Potato?

On Tue, 16 May 2000, Menno Slaats wrote: > Does anyone have the exactly URL of it? > "ftp://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/potato/";.

Re: IP forwarding

> I have a box that I want to do IP forwarding. But, I can't ping outside > hosts through it. The firewall sends packets from me, but it doesn't > re-forward the ICMP echo replies (although you can see them with iptraf in > promiscuous mode) back. just an idea to make it easier to spot the error

Re: IP forwarding

On Tue, 16 May 2000, Dwayne C . Litzenberger wrote: > > I have a box that I want to do IP forwarding. But, I can't ping outside > hosts through it. The firewall sends packets from me, but it doesn't > re-forward the ICMP echo replies (although you can see them with iptraf in > promiscuous mode)

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