Re: how can I read a MS Word attachment with Debian software

2000-06-03 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Sat, Jun 03, 2000 at 09:51:11PM -0700, Erik Ryberg wrote: > Hello, > > When someone sends me an attachment in word 97 or whatever, what is my > best option for reading it with the software available on my Debian > disk or the debian site? apt-get install catdoc Includes catdoc, wordview and x

Re: printcap file

2000-06-03 Thread paul
Joseph said, > Hi, > > I've just setup my printer (hp deskjet 855c) and when I test it via lptest> > /dev/lp0 it prints but only the first line then stops or goes to the next > page > then printsjust one line again (some letters and some garbage) and I think > this has something to do with my

Re: Fetchmail

2000-06-03 Thread Eric 'Alibut
On Sat, Jun 03, 2000 at 08:22:25PM -0700, Jay Kelly wrote: > I have a fetchmail question. Im running potato with kernel 2.2.15 and when i > try "fetchmail" I get an error: Did you follow someone's advise and install exim? If so run eximconfig and chose Option #2. Be sure localhost is listed as a

Re: how can I read a MS Word attachment with Debian software

2000-06-03 Thread Jeronimo Pellegrini
:: On Sat, 03 Jun 2000 21:51:11 -0700, Erik Ryberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Hello, > When someone sends me an attachment in word 97 or whatever, what is my > best option for reading it with the software available on my Debian disk > or the debian site? You may try the "word2x" and "mswordview"

how can I read a MS Word attachment with Debian software

2000-06-03 Thread Erik Ryberg
Hello, When someone sends me an attachment in word 97 or whatever, what is my best option for reading it with the software available on my Debian disk or the debian site? -- Running Debian GNU/Linux www.debian.org www.gnu.org www.cheapbytes.com

Re: Fetchmail

2000-06-03 Thread Dan Brosemer
On Sat, Jun 03, 2000 at 09:17:48PM -0700, Jay Kelly wrote: > Sorry to keep bugging you. I checked and exim is running and I configured it > just like you said. When I try to telnet in like you said I get "Unable to > connect to remote host: Connection refused. " is that my problem? Yes, that's the

Re: Fetchmail

2000-06-03 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
means the system cannot connect to your MTA, whatever it may be, try to telnet localhost 25 you must have a working MTA for fetchmail to work, sendmail, postfix, exim are all MTA (mail transfer agents). nate On Sat, 3 Jun 2000, Jay Kelly wrote: neutec >Hello Group, neutec >I have a fetchmail

Re: X on a 486

2000-06-03 Thread David Fisher
> On Sat, Jun 03, 2000 at 11:03, Sven Burgener wrote: > > > > Apropos 486 and firewall: what requirements are there for a firewall / > > masq. gateway to serve a LAN of approx. 20 - 50 clients? > > I mean, I have seen a 486 25sx w/z a cable modem serve up to 5 clients > > completely fine. It has I

Re: Fetchmail

2000-06-03 Thread Dan Brosemer
You're not running a mail transfer agent. Check that you have installed one of sendmail, postfix, exim, qmail, smail, (any others that I'm unaware of). If you're trying to run from inetd, check that your /etc/inetd.conf is configured correctly. For example, on one of my simple hosts, I have: [E

Re: Samba printing question

2000-06-03 Thread Dan Brosemer
On Sat, Jun 03, 2000 at 07:41:07PM -0700, Bob Nielsen wrote: > On Sun, Jun 04, 2000 at 10:57:52AM +1200, C. Falconer wrote: > > Specifically about your question, I don't know but I have a DJ 850 here > > shared via samba (off the linux machine) and my win9x boxes have the HP > > driver for th

Re: Fetchmail

2000-06-03 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Sat, Jun 03, 2000 at 08:22:25PM -0700, Jay Kelly wrote: > Hello Group, > I have a fetchmail question. Im running potato with kernel 2.2.15 and > when i try "fetchmail" I get an error: > > 1 message for neutec at pacbell.net (1033 octets). reading message 1 > of 1 (1033 octets) fetchmail: SMTP

Re: Dual boot problem!

2000-06-03 Thread Dean
Hi Daisy Did you run /sbin/lilo after changing lilo.conf? Dean Daisy Nguyen Davis wrote: > I installed linux on apartition of 7GB using text installation and > fdisk instead of diskdruid because diskdruid limited the size of each > partition to 4GB maximum. > > I installed the PC with dual boo

Fetchmail

2000-06-03 Thread Jay Kelly
Hello Group, I have a fetchmail question. Im running potato with kernel 2.2.15 and when i try "fetchmail" I get an error: 1 message for neutec at pacbell.net (1033 octets). reading message 1 of 1 (1033 octets) fetchmail: SMTP connect to localhost failed fetchmail: SMTP transaction error while fetc

Re: Mouse troubles

2000-06-03 Thread Christian Hammers
On Sat, 03.06.00 23:51 +0200, Dietmar wrote: > set to /dev/gpmdata with Microsoft protocol. This works fine although I have > a PS2 > mouse, whereas /dev/psaux and PS2-protocol don't work. I had problems because I called the protocol PS/2 instead of ps/2 and X didn't want to start. > Dietmar bye

Re: Is nextaw broken in woody ?

2000-06-03 Thread John Carline
"S. Salman Ahmed" wrote: > Has anyone else noticed that the nextaw/nextawg packages in woody don't > seem to be working ? I'm not sure that we're talking about the same problem, but I've been having trouble getting the scroll bars I like with potato (i.e. both up and down arrow next to each oth

Re: Editing the order of modules in the boot sequence

2000-06-03 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Sat, Jun 03, 2000 at 06:56:04PM -0700, Eric Hagglund wrote: > How do I change the order of loading for modules? I > need to load my ppa driver before lp so that I can get > my zip drive to work. Also, once the driver is loaded, > how do I determine what device handles in in /dev? You can add 'p

Re: Samba printing question

2000-06-03 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Sun, Jun 04, 2000 at 10:57:52AM +1200, C. Falconer wrote: > Specifically about your question, I don't know but I have a DJ 850 here > shared via samba (off the linux machine) and my win9x boxes have the HP > driver for the 850 (1) > > Why do you need to use a laserwriter driver? > > (1)

Re: Video problems during 2.2 install

2000-06-03 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Sat, Jun 03, 2000 at 06:30:59PM -0600, Larry Elmore wrote: > I have a 20" fixed-freq monitor that uses a special Permedia2 video > card. It works fine except for some DOS games that like > 640x480 > resolution (like Harpoon 2 -- it doesn't _require_ higher res, but > it's a whole _lot_ nicer wit

Dual boot problem!

2000-06-03 Thread Daisy Nguyen Davis
I installed linux on apartition of 7GB using text installation and fdisk instead of diskdruid because diskdruid limited the size of each partition to 4GB maximum. I installed the PC with dual boot: winnt and Linux. When the system boot up, it only see Linux at the boot time. I was surprise that

Editing the order of modules in the boot sequence

2000-06-03 Thread Eric Hagglund
How do I change the order of loading for modules? I need to load my ppa driver before lp so that I can get my zip drive to work. Also, once the driver is loaded, how do I determine what device handles in in /dev? __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos -- no

Re: Hosts.allow confusion

2000-06-03 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya jon check that your telnet daemon is called /usr/sbin/in.telnetd grep -i telnetd /etc/inetd.conf remember that hosts.allow is read before hosts.deny so you can use positive or negative logic which ever file you decide to use... /etc/hosts.allow # # hosts.allow This

Re: TCP domain connection

2000-06-03 Thread Steve Zinck
It's probably nothing to worry about. But if they're zone transfers, you can prevent that (BIND 8.x syntax ...) with allow-transfer in your named.conf. ie: zone "domain.com" { allow-transfer { 123.456.7.8; }; }; Also, if you're worried about BIND security, you might want to look into

Video problems during 2.2 install

2000-06-03 Thread Larry Elmore
I have a 20" fixed-freq monitor that uses a special Permedia2 video card. It works fine except for some DOS games that like > 640x480 resolution (like Harpoon 2 -- it doesn't _require_ higher res, but it's a whole _lot_ nicer with it). The Debian 2.2 boot disk apparently displays some graphic of a

Re: yahoo messenger

2000-06-03 Thread Bart Szyszka
> Has anybody tried the java version offered by the yahoo site? Do we have > any similar clone debianised? No particularly Yahoo Messenger-specific, but you might want to look into a Jabber client like Gabber: http://gabber.sourceforge.net -- Bart Szyszka [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:4982727 GigaBee

Re: LILO boot problem

2000-06-03 Thread Sven Burgener
Hello >I don't know if it would help you, but I got error 0x01...which was because >I forgot to enable the disk in my BIOS. In fact my error is 0x01, as yours. In my BIOS I too haven't enabled the IDE disk. This hasnt been a problem to Linux so far as it bypasses the BIOS in many cases AFAIK. No

Re: LILO boot problem

2000-06-03 Thread Sven Burgener
>When booting LILO V20 (on other distro), I get "error 0x02". This is Sorry, but the error code should have been "0x01" instead. Apologies. In a README I've found data on error code 0x01: 0x01 "Illegal command". This shouldn't happen, but if it does, it may indicate an attempt to access

Cfdisk + win98 + > 8.4 GB = DANGER!

2000-06-03 Thread David Henningsson
Okey...here is what I've learned, the hard way (no guarantees, but I'm quite sure about this now). 1) For large disks, win98 uses LBA mode. That is, the partition *must* be "Win95 FAT32 LBA" and not "Win95 FAT32". (Otherwise, windows writes on your linux partition, which may cause severe file syst

RE: Samba printing question

2000-06-03 Thread C. Falconer
Specifically about your question, I don't know but I have a DJ 850 here shared via samba (off the linux machine) and my win9x boxes have the HP driver for the 850 (1) Why do you need to use a laserwriter driver? (1) the HP drivers give much better quality colour than Micros~1 supplied

Re: potato base2_2.tgz?

2000-06-03 Thread Robert L. Harris
Actually, I meant woody instead of potato, but he is installing potato. I've gotten that base file. Now to get lilo to work with his drive (40Gig ide)... Thus spake Colin Watson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > "Robert L. Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I have a friend who's trying to install pot

Samba printing question

2000-06-03 Thread Bob Nielsen
I have set up samba so my wife can print from Windows 95 to the printer on my Linux box (dj520 configured with magicfilter). It prints fine, but after the page ejects, a second page is printed with: %%[ Page: 1 ]%% %%[ LastPage ]%% I suppose this is some PostScript code, probably

Re: potato base2_2.tgz?

2000-06-03 Thread Colin Watson
"Robert L. Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I have a friend who's trying to install potato, he got the floppies, >downloaded the full binary-i386, etc, but we can't find base2_2.tgz >on ftp.debian.org. Anyone know a path? Try: ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/potato/main/disks-i386/current/base

Re: TCP domain connection

2000-06-03 Thread Peter Palfrader
Hi Igor! On Sun, 04 Jun 2000, Igor Mozetic wrote: > > Peter Palfrader writes: > > > > As far as I understand, these are not DNS queries since they > > > are UDP. > > > > DNS queries usually are UDP actually. > > Well, this is my point. DNS queries are UDP and are not logged > by ippl. But

Re: yahoo messenger

2000-06-03 Thread Ron Farrer
Joseph de los Santos ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I do not know if there are any debianised clones of yahoo messenger but there > are a lot of clones you can choose from like gtkyahoo,kyahoo,chimmy's yahoo > client etc, take your pick. go to www.freshmeat.net and search yahoo. > unfortunately,

Hosts.allow confusion

2000-06-03 Thread Jon Hughes
I am attempting to let machiens from a certain domain (mydomain.com we'll call it) telnet into my machine. The IP Address will change each time so I know I can't do the simple ALL: xx.xxx.xx.x method. I've looked in hosts_access but the characters it indicates aren't showing up correctly (in Con

Re: naming kernel images (potato)

2000-06-03 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Sat, Jun 03, 2000 at 03:45:39PM -0400, Ben Collins wrote: > On Sat, Jun 03, 2000 at 12:37:11PM -0700, Pann McCuaig wrote: > > Whenever I've built a kernel I've used the following syntax: > > > > # make-kpkg --rev tux.1.0 kernel_image > > > > where "tux" identifies the machine to me and "1.0" i

Re: TCP domain connection

2000-06-03 Thread Peter Palfrader
Hi Igor! On Sat, 03 Jun 2000, Igor Mozetic wrote: > As far as I understand, these are not DNS queries since they > are UDP. DNS queries usually are UDP actually. yours, peter -- http://www.cosy.sbg.ac.at/~ppalfrad

potato base2_2.tgz?

2000-06-03 Thread Robert L. Harris
I have a friend who's trying to install potato, he got the floppies, downloaded the full binary-i386, etc, but we can't find base2_2.tgz on ftp.debian.org. Anyone know a path? Robert :wq! --- Robert L. Harris

Re: Mouse troubles

2000-06-03 Thread Dietmar
Steve wrote: > Need a little advice. I just loaded potato on my machine. I'm using a ps2 > style mouse with the psaux device. I also have gpm loaded and the mouse > works fine with it. The trouble come when I load the GUI (gnome at this > point). All the settings in XF86Config are the same as I've

Re: help on setting up lan

2000-06-03 Thread Shaul Karl
> Hello! > Dear sir > > ref: I got your reference from www.Debian.com > > Myself L Navin Kumar an electrical engineer,interested in setting up a > Linux > based LAN (server and dumb clients/terminals) for Net Cafe in > Nagpur(Maharastra) INDIA. > Please send me the informatio

Re: TCP domain connection

2000-06-03 Thread Jens Müller
- Original Message - From: "Igor Mozetic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2000 11:30 PM Subject: TCP domain connection > > I'm observing TCP connections to port 53 (domain) to our > (secondary) name server from unknown locations. > ippl.log looks like: > > Jun 3 21:

TCP domain connection

2000-06-03 Thread Igor Mozetic
I'm observing TCP connections to port 53 (domain) to our (secondary) name server from unknown locations. ippl.log looks like: Jun 3 21:51:59 domain connection attempt from [x.x.x.x] (x.x.x.x:3302->y.y.y.y:53) As far as I understand, these are not DNS queries since they are UDP. Is this a

Re: yahoo messenger

2000-06-03 Thread Joseph de los Santos
I do not know if there are any debianised clones of yahoo messenger but there are a lot of clones you can choose from like gtkyahoo,kyahoo,chimmy's yahoo client etc, take your pick. go to www.freshmeat.net and search yahoo. unfortunately, you will most likely install it from source ;) > Has an

Re: help with a simple C program

2000-06-03 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Sat, Jun 03, 2000 at 11:58:50PM +1000, Shao Zhang wrote: > Hi, > Could anyone explain to me why the following C program always fails? > I mean the setsockopt always fails. Thanks for the help. > > Thanks for any help in advance. > > Regards, > > > Shao. > > > =cut here=

Re: potato boot floppies

2000-06-03 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Sat, Jun 03, 2000 at 08:39:27PM +0200, Sven Burgener wrote: > On the other subject of modules, I have to apologise again as I booted > with the wrong(!) kernel into the right system. :-) > See, I have two different distros installed over two harddisks. Now I'm > still having initial trouble with

printcap file

2000-06-03 Thread Joseph de los Santos
Hi, I've just setup my printer (hp deskjet 855c) and when I test it via lptest> /dev/lp0 it prints but only the first line then stops or goes to the next page then printsjust one line again (some letters and some garbage) and I think this has something to do with my /etc/printcap file because I

yahoo messenger

2000-06-03 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
Has anybody tried the java version offered by the yahoo site? Do we have any similar clone debianised? Thanks

Re: exim and perl filter

2000-06-03 Thread Kris
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: which works but changes the address of internal mail as well. Can anyone see any problems with this code. I don't know much about perl and was wondering if the code contained any obvious (to perl coders) errors. It gives the following when I source ( . /usr/local/bin/ma

Re: naming kernel images (potato)

2000-06-03 Thread Bart Szyszka
> Whenever I've built a kernel I've used the following syntax: > # make-kpkg --rev tux.1.0 kernel_image > where "tux" identifies the machine to me and "1.0" identifies which of > my revisions of the kernel I'm dealing with. > I install the resulting kernel-image-...-.deb with dpkg -i. > I recently

Re: naming kernel images (potato)

2000-06-03 Thread Ben Collins
On Sat, Jun 03, 2000 at 12:37:11PM -0700, Pann McCuaig wrote: > Whenever I've built a kernel I've used the following syntax: > > # make-kpkg --rev tux.1.0 kernel_image > > where "tux" identifies the machine to me and "1.0" identifies which of > my revisions of the kernel I'm dealing with. > > I

naming kernel images (potato)

2000-06-03 Thread Pann McCuaig
Whenever I've built a kernel I've used the following syntax: # make-kpkg --rev tux.1.0 kernel_image where "tux" identifies the machine to me and "1.0" identifies which of my revisions of the kernel I'm dealing with. I install the resulting kernel-image-...-.deb with dpkg -i. I recently upgraded

LILO boot problem

2000-06-03 Thread Sven Burgener
Hi all I have trouble setting up LILO correctly. :-( When booting LILO V20 (on other distro), I get "error 0x02". This is when I try to boot debian potato from a different disk (/dev/hdb) using the other distro's LILO. (Other distro is on /dev/sda) This is what (part of) my config file looks like

Re: OT: named cache

2000-06-03 Thread Eric 'Alibut
On Sat, Jun 03, 2000 at 09:32:36AM -0600, Nate Duehr wrote: > I've never seen any disk usage for anything other than master zones on > the seven nameservers I run, if that's any help. Yes. As soon as I posted this question I thought to take a peek at comp.protocols.dns.bind where my eyes almost i

mouse-Xfree4.0

2000-06-03 Thread maxine
Hi-I just finished installing XFree4.0 over the top of XFree3.3.x. My problem is that I can't get the mouse to function. Configure detects it as /dev/mouse, that doesn't work. I changed it to /dev/psaux, like Xfree3.3.x, but this doesn't work either. Anyone know how to get the mouse working. Y

Re: potato boot floppies

2000-06-03 Thread Sven Burgener
Hello >> Besides that, when calling pppd, I get a message saying that the kernel >> isn't config'ed for PPP. > >That is one of pppd's favorite error messages, and it is almost always >wrong. I solved the ppp problem by setting up things correctly. :-) One thing was setting the correct tty(!) Sorr

wine

2000-06-03 Thread Daniel Burrows
Could someone please send me there wine.conf file as I'm having trouble getting it to work. Please 'CC' it to me. Thanks.

pdflib install

2000-06-03 Thread Roger Hales
Hello list   Although there are no pdflib deb packages available, I wish to install pdflib-3.0 as an extension of php4.   i586 debian 2.2 potato   So far...   Php4 with mysql and gd extension working well.  Pdflib compiled from source in /usr/local.  php.ini has appropriate extension=libpdf.

Re: nextawg-0.5.1-34 vs. nextaw-0.8-2

2000-06-03 Thread Colin Watson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >What's the difference between these two nextaw packages ? It seems that >only 1 of these can be installed at any time. And also, nextawg produces >the NeXt-style look that I want, but with nextaw the scrollbars of >X-apps become weird. -g normally denotes a libc6 package,

Re: potato boot floppies

2000-06-03 Thread Sven Burgener
>That is one of pppd's favorite error messages, and it is almost always >wrong. [snip] >> What's the problem here?! > >Permissions, usually. How are calling pppd? Are you using pon? How did >you configure ppp? With pppconfig? Yes, "pon bw" with "bw" as my provider connection name, having set u

Re: potato boot floppies

2000-06-03 Thread John Hasler
Sven Burgener writes: > Besides that, when calling pppd, I get a message saying that the kernel > isn't config'ed for PPP. That is one of pppd's favorite error messages, and it is almost always wrong. > What's the problem here?! Permissions, usually. How are calling pppd? Are you using pon? H

Re: Modules

2000-06-03 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
what kind of controller is the cdrom hooked up to? the onboard ide controller? if so you need no module, if it is hooked up to a sound card or something you must specify the soundcard or other controller for someone to assist you. as for the modem is it a hardware modem? what com port is it set

Re: potato boot floppies

2000-06-03 Thread Sven Burgener
>When booting, I get lots of errors about dependencies and when issuing >"modprobe ppp" or something, I get: Besides that, when calling pppd, I get a message saying that the kernel isn't config'ed for PPP. I surely chose this during the floppy installation, though. What's the problem here?! Probab

Re: Compile problems

2000-06-03 Thread Fabio Massimo Di Nitto
Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > > I would suggest to use instead the kernel-package, wich contains the command > make-kpkg. It is specially designed for debian, and takes care of all the > steps. If > you need more details ask. > > Fabio Massimo Di Nitto wrote: > > > Jay Kelly wrote: > > > > > > Can

Re: potato boot floppies

2000-06-03 Thread Sven Burgener
Hi Mirek, list >Problem is that diskette is unformated :) I noticed that it worked after having formatted them. Thanks though. >Yes, yes - you don't need any filesystem on it but formatted sectors are >necessary :( Oh, well, that's news for me. Why is this though? AFAIK, dd writes directly onto

Re: mounting cdroms

2000-06-03 Thread mcclosk
|> How do I give normal users permissions to mount cd-roms? Do I add |> them to a group?? Which one? Please 'CC' me in a reply. If you put this line in /etc/fstab: /dev/hda/cdrom iso9660 ro,user,noauto,unhide then any user should be able to mount a cdrom file-system at /cdrom, with eithe

Re: X on a 486

2000-06-03 Thread Pann McCuaig
On Sat, Jun 03, 2000 at 11:03, Sven Burgener wrote: > > Apropos 486 and firewall: what requirements are there for a firewall / > masq. gateway to serve a LAN of approx. 20 - 50 clients? > I mean, I have seen a 486 25sx w/z a cable modem serve up to 5 clients > completely fine. It has IIRC 48 mbs o

Re: help with a simple C program

2000-06-03 Thread Chris Gray
On Sat, Jun 03, 2000 at 11:58:50PM +1000, Shao Zhang wrote: > Hi, > Could anyone explain to me why the following C program always fails? > I mean the setsockopt always fails. Thanks for the help. > > Thanks for any help in advance. > > sd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0); /* 0 for

Re: OT: named cache

2000-06-03 Thread Nate Duehr
I've never seen any disk usage for anything other than master zones on the seven nameservers I run, if that's any help. Without having looked at the source, it would appear that named writes some temporary files during zone-transfers, and can be configured to dump statistics in a database-like for

Re: Compile problems

2000-06-03 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
I would suggest to use instead the kernel-package, wich contains the command make-kpkg. It is specially designed for debian, and takes care of all the steps. If you need more details ask. Fabio Massimo Di Nitto wrote: > Jay Kelly wrote: > > > > Can someone tell me the steps needed to compile a k

arp -D

2000-06-03 Thread Scott Mann
Hi, I was wondering if anyone could shed some light on the -D flag to arp. The man page simply says "Use the interface ifa's hardware address." What does this mean? Thanks! Scott

help with a simple C program

2000-06-03 Thread Shao Zhang
Hi, Could anyone explain to me why the following C program always fails? I mean the setsockopt always fails. Thanks for the help. Thanks for any help in advance. Regards, Shao. =cut here== #include #include #include #include int main(void) { int sd, error; cons

Re: perl and exim filter

2000-06-03 Thread nitebirdz
On Sat, 3 Jun 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have recently been setting up my email on > the linux side and decided to use a tip that > I found in an old addition of the linux gazette. > > Basically the idea is to create a filter for mail > leaving the local system. I tried to use it a few

Re: woody: Delete key works like back space after my last apt-get.

2000-06-03 Thread Colin Watson
Shaul Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I got used to not working with the Delete key becuase it had the >functionality of a back space. But a few months ago I found out that it >was fixed. Yet after my last apt-get I found that it is once again >working exactly as the backspace key. >Can you advise

SOCKD

2000-06-03 Thread Jens Müller
How do I configure the sockd? I just want that i can enter some infos into all proggies on the LAN PCs, so that they can use services like ICQ, Napster etc. I use an ippp-connection.   mfg   Jens Müller

woody: Delete key works like back space after my last apt-get.

2000-06-03 Thread Shaul Karl
Hello, I got used to not working with the Delete key becuase it had the functionality of a back space. But a few months ago I found out that it was fixed. Yet after my last apt-get I found that it is once again working exactly as the backspace key. Can you advise how to fix it? Why was t

mounting cdroms

2000-06-03 Thread Daniel Burrows
How do I give normal users permissions to mount cd-roms? Do I add them to a group?? Which one? Please 'CC' me in a reply. Thanks very much.

How to measure my bandwith

2000-06-03 Thread Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira
Hi all, I have a server at an ISP that say for me that I have a 512Kb/s exclusive connection. How I can check if this is true? Thanks, Paulo Henrique

Re: Compile problems

2000-06-03 Thread Fabio Massimo Di Nitto
Jay Kelly wrote: > > Can someone tell me the steps needed to compile a kernel. I am having > problems with Unresolved symbols. I first run 'make config' and select the > option I want. Then I use'make dep' 'make clean; after that I compile the > kernel with 'make bzImage' then I use 'make bzlilo;

Re: potato boot floppies

2000-06-03 Thread Mirek Kwasniak
On Sat, Jun 03, 2000 at 02:53:36PM +0200, Sven Burgener wrote: > When writing - or trying to, anyway - the images, I get the following: > > hp90:/mnt/hd2/data/Tmp/potato # dd of=/dev/fd0 if=base-1.bin bs=1024 > dd: /dev/fd0: No space left on device > 5+0 records in > 4+0 records out > hp90:/mnt/hd

Re: potato boot floppies

2000-06-03 Thread Sven Burgener
When writing - or trying to, anyway - the images, I get the following: hp90:/mnt/hd2/data/Tmp/potato # dd of=/dev/fd0 if=base-1.bin bs=1024 dd: /dev/fd0: No space left on device 5+0 records in 4+0 records out hp90:/mnt/hd2/data/Tmp/potato # cmp /dev/fd0 base-1.bin cmp: /dev/fd0: I/O error What's

Re: Mouse troubles

2000-06-03 Thread adam.edgar
I had the same problem as you did and the easiest solution I found was simply to kill gpm. I know its not a perfect fix but how often do you use your mouse from a vt? Adam S Edgar On Fri, 2 Jun 2000, Steve wrote: > Need a little advice. I just loaded potato on my m

Re: help on setting up lan

2000-06-03 Thread navin rao
Hello! Dear sir ref: I got your reference from www.Debian.com Myself L Navin Kumar an electrical engineer,interested in setting up a Linux based LAN (server and dumb clients/terminals) for Net Cafe in Nagpur(Maharastra) INDIA. Please send me the information about how yo

X windows in and out puzzle

2000-06-03 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
I have noticed the following strange behaviour of my X windows: If I log in first as user, I can restart, quit it, without problems. It goes back to it. But if I log in first as root, when I then logout to afterwards enter as user, the X window doesn't come back, just hangs in a black screen -conso

Re: vga=ask

2000-06-03 Thread Wayne Topa
Subject: vga=ask Date: Thu, Jun 01, 2000 at 10:38:02PM -0500 In reply to:A. Scott White Quoting A. Scott White([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I've set vga=ask in my lilo.conf and run lilo. > > I've specified the kernel image along with the command line vga=auto at the > lilo prompt. > >

potato boot floppies

2000-06-03 Thread Sven Burgener
Hi list I am intending to download potato boot floppies. I wanna know what's necessary for me to be able to use the 2.8 MB images. I have regular 1.4 MB floppies here. Also, if using the "regular" 1.44 MB floppies, do I need to download _all_ the images (*.bin) from ftp://ftp.at.debian.org/debian

Re: compatible sound cards

2000-06-03 Thread Frank Barknecht
Rogerio Brito hat gesagt: // Rogerio Brito wrote: > On Jun 02 2000, Oliver Hingst wrote: > Are you using the alsa packages that come with Debian or are > you using the stock packages? I'd like to try the stock ones > to use a card from Trident (it's Trident 4DX something) and >

Re: firewall

2000-06-03 Thread Michael Vlasov
On Sat, 3 Jun 2000, Eric 'Alibut wrote: > On Sat, Jun 03, 2000 at 11:54:44AM +0400, Michael Vlasov wrote: > > > Sorry, but ipchains has more problewms in security with ipmasq. > > I'd like to catch up on this question of ipchains & security. Do you have > any URL's handy? > See bugtraq maillist

UPS - setserial - baud_base?

2000-06-03 Thread Johann Spies
I bought a Tripp Lite Omnismart 1000 INT PNP ups. I have never before used a UPS and am now living in an area with frequent power failures. Now I have a few questions about he setup and software. According to the documentation "The port must be set to run at 2400 baud, gety/login off, modem contro

Re: X on a 486

2000-06-03 Thread Sven Burgener
>Don't throw your 486 away when you eventually get a faster machine. One day >it will make a fine firewall. Apropos 486 and firewall: what requirements are there for a firewall / masq. gateway to serve a LAN of approx. 20 - 50 clients? I mean, I have seen a 486 25sx w/z a cable modem serve up to 5

Modules

2000-06-03 Thread T
Hi, i just got a cd drive for my computer and i was wondering what module i should install to use it? It is a 40x Diamond Data. Could someone please help me. I also got an internal modem. How do i get it to recognise this? When i try to set up a ppp account, it will not detect it as a modem

Re: firewall

2000-06-03 Thread Eric 'Alibut
On Sat, Jun 03, 2000 at 11:54:44AM +0400, Michael Vlasov wrote: > Sorry, but ipchains has more problewms in security with ipmasq. I'd like to catch up on this question of ipchains & security. Do you have any URL's handy? -- Bob Bernstein at http://www.ruptured-duck.com

Re: postgres database framework disappeared: Solved

2000-06-03 Thread Johann Spies
On Sat, Jun 03, 2000 at 12:05:45AM +0100, Oliver Elphick wrote: > Johann Spies wrote: > >On Fri, Jun 02, 2000 at 11:03:23PM +0200, Johann Spies wrote: > > [snip] > >I found the culprit but still does not know how it happened: > > > >In /etc/passwd the line was > >postgres:x:31:32:pos

Re: firewall

2000-06-03 Thread Michael Vlasov
On Fri, 2 Jun 2000, Bob Nielsen wrote: > On Fri, Jun 02, 2000 at 04:04:13PM -0500, Timothy C. Phan wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'd like to know if there is any firewall software > > for Debian? > > Firewalling is done in the kernel and set up with ipchains. > > Debian has a couple of packages

Re: firewall

2000-06-03 Thread Michael Vlasov
On Fri, 2 Jun 2000, Timothy C. Phan wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like to know if there is any firewall software > for Debian? > And a'm want too firewall for Debian . > Thanks! > > --- > tcp > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >

Re: compatible sound cards

2000-06-03 Thread Rogerio Brito
On Jun 02 2000, Oliver Hingst wrote: > Kenneth Scharf wrote: > Yes, these cards are supported. I use a Soundblaster 128 PCI. It works > using the OSS/Lite drivers (found in the kernel) as well as ALSA (what I > am currently using). Are you using the alsa packages that come with Debian or

Re: Modifying /etc/apt/sources.list

2000-06-03 Thread Rogerio Brito
On Jun 02 2000, Colin Watson wrote: > deb ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/non-US woody non-US/main non-US/contrib > non-US/non-free If that's the stucture of the mirror, then it should probaly also work with: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - de

Re: fdisk/mkfs problem

2000-06-03 Thread Rogerio Brito
On Jun 02 2000, john smith wrote: > nope..it still does'nt work. any other ideas? Install dosfsutils. It contains the tool mkdosfs so that you can format your partition. It also provides mkfs.vfat and mkfs.msdos. Hope this helps, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Re: X on a 486

2000-06-03 Thread David Fisher
Without knowing how much memory your machine has, I would say you certainly need more than the standard amount supplied in a 486. Mine had 64 Mb in it, but had 32 at one stage which was okay. More is definitely better when it come to memory. Don't throw your 486 away when you eventually get

time problems

2000-06-03 Thread john smith
Greetings!, I was wondering if anybody also experienced this problem...I use a dual boot system (debian/win98) and when I use debian and set the correct time/date the nxt time I boot into windows it shows me the wrong time/date so I set it again...then again when I boot into debian..same thing

disk space problem

2000-06-03 Thread Joseph de los Santos
Hi, I am having disk space problems with one of my partitions but I have another partition that is free so what I did was download software on my second partition and created a directory there and linked it into my home directory in the hope of being able to install programs there (on the free

exim and perl filter

2000-06-03 Thread ulla.russell
In an article in the linux gazette I found the following piece of code: -- #!/usr/bin/perl -- $address = '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; -- while(<>){ -- if(/^From: /){ s/<.*>/<$address>/; print; last; } -- print;} -- while(<>){ print; } After naming it /usr/local/bin/mail-filter and changin

  1   2   >