On Mon, Jul 02, 2001 at 12:44:24AM -0400, User zos wrote:
> I'm sorry...its been a super crazy night (and I mean ULTRA) and this has
> been bothering me for a while. Is there a specific benefit to not deleting
> this stuff after I have decided that I no longer want something installed
> on my box?
On Sat, Jun 30, 2001 at 05:00:49PM +, Pollywog wrote:
> I need the man page for regexp but can't seem to locate it.
> Anyone know where I can obtain it? I searched the Packages page but could
> not find it there.
I'm late in the thread, so maybe someone's answered you already: it
isn't regex
When I remove a package, apt often leaves various shared and configuration
files laying around. Is there a way to remove everything
automatically? Its just seems like a waste of time to go and clean out
/etc and whatever else apt leaves laying around after I remove
something. Often I end up with a
I have run xf86config and did the modifications as
directed in intel's site documentation.
Deb
--- Jonathan Daugherty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Have you run XF86Setup?
>
> --
>
> Jonathan Daugherty
> Dept. of Computer Science / UCNS Workstation Support
> Group
> The University of Georgia
>
On Sun, Jul 01, 2001 at 03:31:59PM -0700, Wing wrote:
> >$ ls -l /etc/rc?.d/???networking
> >lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 20 Dec 31 1997
> /etc/rc0.d/S35networking -> ../init.d/networking
> >lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 20 Dec 31 1997
> /etc/rc6.d/S35networking -> ../init.d/
On Sat, Jun 30, 2001 at 05:00:49PM +, Pollywog wrote:
> I need the man page for regexp but can't seem to locate it.
> Anyone know where I can obtain it? I searched the Packages page but could
> not find it there.
also
perldoc perlre
if you're into the perl incarnation of Regular Ex
Oliver Elphick wrote:
> Packages of PostgreSQL 7.1 for potato are now available from
> http://people.debian.org/~elphick/postgresql/potato.html
i'm betting this was covered on-list somewhere but i've not
found it--
i've been using postgresql 7.0.3/potato for several months with
no trouble at all
> What output does "xlsfonts" give you (don't paste in if it's a lot).
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> Joost
xlsfonts gives me -bunches- of output. Standard adobe stuff, b&h, bitstream,
cronyx, ... KDE, for instance, uses a good font. The applications that suffer
are gtk apps like gnome-apt, and other random
I've recently had a drive go flaky on me and when the machine died,
several files were corrupted. I'm now trying to bring everything back
up on a new machine, copying over only what I must. This is turning
out well, except that I haven't been able to get my mailing lists working.
I've cpio'd ove
Have you run XF86Setup?
--
Jonathan Daugherty
Dept. of Computer Science / UCNS Workstation Support Group
The University of Georgia
/^.{10}\ +\d+\ +(\d+|\w+)\ +(\d+|\w+)\ +(\d+(\.\d+|)(M|k|G|)).*/ - master ls!
On Sat, Jun 30, 2001 at 04:16:48PM -0700, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote:
> Debian is working with a group from RH and elsewhere on a interchangeable
> packaging system, but it is a ways off.
>
This is the real answer. LSB has compromised in a way that benefits the
most distributions. As is often
I just had the problem on 2 computers. I recently did a fresh install of
Debian 2.2 r2 on my Desktop and my Laptop. I installed most
packages,xfree86, gnome, etc From the cd it installs XDM, and makes
Window maker my default. No biggy, because untill I started using KDE,
window maker was my
Hello all,
In my potato with xfree86-3.3.6, running inteln810e, I
tried to install xserver using the rpms downloaded
from intel's site, converted to debin using alien. I
got the instructions from our list members. After
installation, when i try to start X I am getting error
as shown below and it is
Hello:
I posted not too long ago about PPP not working with my new kernel. The
culprit turned out to be the iptables modules. When the following modules
are loaded, PPP won't work:
Module Size Used by
ipt_REJECT 3168 2 (autoclean)
ipt_state864
On Sun, Jul 01, 2001 at 01:32:02AM +0200, "J?rgen A. Erhard" wrote:
> will> i do have other tips that deal with this snag (some perl, some
> will> vim) -- and if you'd like to recommend a different solution, i'd
> will> be delighted to include it in my list (properly attributed, of
>
On Sun, Jul 01, 2001 at 05:26:03PM -0700, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote:
> > After adding the new options as I have done in the past for other distros, I
> > find that there has been no change to my menu options. What is the correct
> > way to personalize my menu options?
> >
>
> cd /usr/share/doc
On Mon, Jul 02, 2001 at 03:19:27AM +0200, Martin F. Krafft wrote:
> also sprach garman (on Sun, 01 Jul 2001 08:18:25PM -0500):
> > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric RefUse
> > Iface
> > 207.144.202.10 * 255.255.255.255 UH0 00 ppp0
> >
Hi Dimi!
Thanks for the reply.
On 07/01/01 17:02:36 -0500, Dimitri Maziuk wrote:
>
> What does /var/log/apache/error.log say?
>
[Fri Jun 29 20:10:47 2001] [alert] apache: Could not determine the server's
fully qualified domain name, using 24.5.8.184 for ServerName
[Fri Jun 29 20:10:47 2001] [
also sprach garman (on Sun, 01 Jul 2001 08:18:25PM -0500):
> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric RefUse Iface
> 207.144.202.10 * 255.255.255.255 UH0 00 ppp0
> default 207.144.202.10 0.0.0.0 UG0 00 ppp0
>
>= Original Message From "Martin F. Krafft" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> =
>also sprach matthew neil garman (on Sun, 01 Jul 2001 03:37:27PM -0500):
>> However, no network programs will run. For example, fetchmail quits with
>> a "temporary nameserver error." My /etc/resolv.conf file is correct---i
>
> A better solution in times like these is to find out where the files
> are being sought: if you have a config file that searches in
> /usr/X11R6/bin/lmorph, change the *config* file to
> /usr/X11R6/lib/xscreensaver. I'd say to start by opening up
> ~/.xscreensaver and seeing if it uses absolute
Hi everyone,
People have been experiencing dropped downloads from my FTP because of
transfer stalls. I am using the proftpd server, in standalone mode, and
I did some grepping in my /var/log/daemon and found this:
Jul 1 23:56:52 sledgehammer proftpd[5619]: sledgehammer
(xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx[xxx.xxx.
On Sun, Jul 01, 2001 at 10:51:49AM +0200, Robert Waldner wrote:
>
> >"Darryl L. Pierce" wrote:
> >>
> >> I have ESS Maestro 2E sound hardward on my laptop. When I built my kernel
> >> (2
> >.2.19) I made
> >> sure to enable it and have verified in /var/log/dmesg that the module(s)
> >> get
> >s
On 01-Jul-2001 Thomas Champion wrote:
> Greeting all. I am attempting to personalize my menu optins in WindowMaker.
> After adding the new options as I have done in the past for other distros, I
> find that there has been no change to my menu options. What is the correct
> way to personalize my
Greeting all. I am attempting to personalize my menu optins in WindowMaker.
After adding the new options as I have done in the past for other distros, I
find that there has been no change to my menu options. What is the correct way
to personalize my menu options?
thanks for any help.
Thom
Thank you.
Moritz Schulte wrote:
>
> "Michael D. Schleif" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Where and how is syslogd started at bootup?
>
> /etc/init.d/sysklogd is the init script. This gets called via the
> links in /etc/rc?.d/ (or via /etc/runlevel.conf, if you're using
> file-rc).
--
Best
> > Jun 19 16:56:35 orange pppd[1408]: pppd 2.3.11 started by root, uid 0
> > Jun 19 16:56:35 orange pppd[1408]: Couldn't attach tty to PPP unit 0:
> >Invalid argument
> > Jun 19 16:56:35 orange pppd[1408]: tcsetattr: Invalid argument
> > Jun 19 16:56:35 orange pppd[1408]: Exit.
>
> I brow
Try the usb storage driver. I haven't tried Iomega's USB cdrw, but the
one I have tried uses the usb storage driver.
On Sun, Jul 01, 2001 at 12:38:59AM -0500, Jonathan Daugherty wrote:
> Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2001 00:38:59 -0500
> From: Jonathan Daugherty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Debian User List
>
Wayne Topa writes:
> ...I would suggest that you download pppconfig,...
He already has it. It is in base.
--
John Hasler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
Previously Me wrote:
> The goal is to develop and promote a set of standards
> that will increase compatibility among Linux distributions
> and enable software applications to run on any compliant
> Linux system.
That's a nice description of the LSB.
Wichert.
--
__
> When I've mentioned about incompabilities between
> distros then I've mentioned about not only packaging
> format. I can only repeat that you expect to much if you
> think that common packaging format is the only problem
> of differences between distros.
>
> Please try to use something different
On Sun, Jul 01, 2001 at 03:36:54PM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote:
> This doesn't answer the original question: background or not, when a
> terminal is closed, it HUPs all of its child processes. True, if you
> background a task you can use the Eterm to start other processes as
> well, but when you clos
> In gnome Control Center, under Destop/Screensaver, I have:
>
> No Screensaer
> but also:
> Start after 3 minutes
> Require Password (not selected)
> Priority (about in the middle)
> Use Power Management (selected)
> Shitdown monitor 10 minutes after screen saver has started.
>
duplicate except I
Subject: Re. Total Confusion
Date: Sun, Jul 01, 2001 at 02:49:43AM -0700
In reply to:Sidney Brooks
Quoting Sidney Brooks([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> For those of you who tried to help with my problem, several weeks ago, here
> is a statement of the problem and solution.
> order to get
"Michael D. Schleif" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Where and how is syslogd started at bootup?
/etc/init.d/sysklogd is the init script. This gets called via the
links in /etc/rc?.d/ (or via /etc/runlevel.conf, if you're using
file-rc).
moritz
--
Moritz Schulte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http:/
This doesn't answer the original question: background or not, when a
terminal is closed, it HUPs all of its child processes. True, if you
background a task you can use the Eterm to start other processes as
well, but when you close that Eterm, anything you started from it will
be HUPed, and will clo
>$ ls -l /etc/rc?.d/???networking
>lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 20 Dec 31 1997
/etc/rc0.d/S35networking -> ../init.d/networking
>lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 20 Dec 31 1997
/etc/rc6.d/S35networking -> ../init.d/networking
>lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 20 Dec 31 1
I have seen some instructions for improving fonts in Netscape, often
using True Type fonts. I resist moving any MS products onto my machine.
Are there philosophical or practical arguements for or against using TT
fonts?
This question also touches upon TeX/LaTex; I have also seen instructions
Where and how is syslogd started at bootup?
--
Best Regards,
mds
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888.250.3987
"Dare to fix things before they break . . . "
"Our capacity for understanding is inversely proportional to how much we
think we know. The more I know, the more I know I don't know . . . "
Mariusz Przygodzki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> When I've mentioned about incompabilities between distros then I've mentioned
> about not only packaging format. I can only repeat that you expect to much if
> you think that common packaging format is the only problem of differences
> between di
On Sunday 01 July 2001 23:50, Anthony W. Youngman wrote:
> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mariusz Przygodzki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> writes
>
> >On Sunday 01 July 2001 18:29, Timothy H. Keitt wrote:
> >> Instead of having, for example, WordPerfect for RedHat,
> >> WordPerfect for Debian, WordPerfect
also sprach matthew neil garman (on Sun, 01 Jul 2001 03:37:27PM -0500):
> However, no network programs will run. For example, fetchmail quits with
> a "temporary nameserver error." My /etc/resolv.conf file is correct---it
> has two "nameserver" entries. When I try to run nslookup, it dies, and
>
* Mark Wagnon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly:
> On 07/01/01 13:51:29 -0700, Eric G. Miller wrote:
>
> > $ /etc/init.d/apache start ???
>
> Yeah, I did that, several times. That's why I'm scratching my head
> wondering what else I may have done.
What does /var/log/apache/error.log say?
Dima
--
also sprach Thomas J. Hamman (on Sun, 01 Jul 2001 01:32:54PM -0400):
> I like Python. :)
mailman is written in python, right? from my experience, python
scripts always take 1-2 seconds to load before they execute. that's
kind of a pain.
i don't know how python and shell interact - since i plan to
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mariusz Przygodzki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes
>On Sunday 01 July 2001 18:29, Timothy H. Keitt wrote:
>> Instead of having, for example, WordPerfect for RedHat,
>> WordPerfect for Debian, WordPerfect for YourDistributionHere, you simply
>> have WordPerfect for LSB.
>
Dale Morris wrote:
> Since my latest apt-get upgrade and the newer version of
> slrn(0.9.7-5), my download of newsgroups has slowed to a crawl. If I
> remove the .slrnrc from my home directory, speed goes back to normal.
> If I change the setup in the /etc/news/slrn.rc file, the same thing
> happen
The visor module doesn't work, unfortunately. A serial cradle with a
serial-to-usb adapter took care of it, tho.
Thanx!
On Sat, Jun 30, 2001 at 11:34:06AM +0200, Matthias Gasser wrote:
> I think the Visor Option should help you.
>
> you need that package: usbutils i think.
>
> Read your Kerne
On Sun, 01 Jul 2001 11:09:00 +0200, Robert Waldner writes:
>
>
>Seems like time to re-format and -partition the disk and restore
> from backup.
Ok, so from now on I can at least say: been there, done that.
Not Funny (tm), although it /seems/ to work for some hours now.
>Holy Shit, and my plan
also sprach Stig Brautaset (on Sun, 01 Jul 2001 06:37:56PM +0100):
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> E: Couldn't find package apt-console
my bad. console-apt. it's in stable, but i couldn't find it in testing
anymore...
martin; (greetings from the h
On Sun, Jul 01, 2001 at 01:55:03PM -0700, Dale Morris wrote:
> Since my latest apt-get upgrade and the newer version of
> slrn(0.9.7-5), my download of newsgroups has slowed to a crawl. If I
> remove the .slrnrc from my home directory, speed goes back to normal.
> If I change the setup in the /etc/
Hello!
I`ve installed Debian Gnu/Linux 2.2 "Potato",basic
system works great(!), but now I`m facing two problems:
1.When running XF86Setup or xf86config, I do not
find my video card listed in the card definitions! (NVIDIA TNT2 Model 64)Thus,
when selecting NVIDIA TNT2 and running the SVGA-S
On 07/01/01 13:51:29 -0700, Eric G. Miller wrote:
> $ /etc/init.d/apache start ???
Yeah, I did that, several times. That's why I'm scratching my head
wondering what else I may have done.
Thanks though ;-)
--
Mark Wagnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Sun, Jul 01, 2001 at 06:47:44PM +0200, Martin F. Krafft wrote:
> also sprach Stig Brautaset (on Sun, 01 Jul 2001 05:40:53PM +0100):
> > dselect is evil, I am sure of it.
>
> try apt-console.
>
> martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.)
> \ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<
On Sun, Jul 01, 2001 at 05:40:53PM +0100, Stig Brautaset wrote:
> bah. dselect is one of the most confusing things I have ever
> seen. Much easier to do:
>
> dpkg --get-selections > selections
>
> then edit the file "selections" so that the word "hold" is replaced
> with "installed" for the packa
On Sun, 1 Jul 2001, G.LeeJ wrote:
> Rick Macdonald wrote:
>
> > On 3 different machines, DPMS no longer turns off my monitors after
> > upgrading to woody/sid/XFree86 4.x/gnome 1.4. The screen goes blank, but
> > it doesn't do the suspend/off.
> >
>
> mine works fine as long as I don't set a scr
> "Sean" == Sean 'Shaleh' Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> IMNSHO the LSB seriously erred on this, the .deb format makes
>> far more sense as a baseline package format standard then rpm
>> for the simple reason that the .deb format isn't really a
>> format, its just an ar a
Since my latest apt-get upgrade and the newer version of
slrn(0.9.7-5), my download of newsgroups has slowed to a crawl. If I
remove the .slrnrc from my home directory, speed goes back to normal.
If I change the setup in the /etc/news/slrn.rc file, the same thing
happens. I've done the slrn.rc-conv
On Sun, Jul 01, 2001 at 12:12:51PM -0700, Mark Wagnon wrote:
> Hi all-
>
> Scratch that. I had to reboot for some recreational activities under
> Windows last night, and when I came back to Debian this morning,
> Apache was working fine. I thought that by simply restarting the
> server would have
On Sunday 01 July 2001 22:25, Joey Hess wrote:
> Mariusz Przygodzki wrote:
> > I am sorry but it will be not work in this case because you may have WP
> > for LSB for RH vX, WP for LSB for Debian vX etc. etc (every time the
> > same version of WP).
>
> The LSB mandates that specific versions of sha
Rick Macdonald wrote:
> On 3 different machines, DPMS no longer turns off my monitors after
> upgrading to woody/sid/XFree86 4.x/gnome 1.4. The screen goes blank, but
> it doesn't do the suspend/off.
>
mine works fine as long as I don't set a screensaver ..I understand its a
bug in 1.4 ?
lee
On Sun, Jul 01, 2001 at 07:34:05PM +0200, Viktor Rosenfeld wrote:
>
> And that's why I find it good, that Debian uses a different format from
> RPM. There's simply no risk for me to install a package that hoses up
> my system integrity. With DEB I'm forced to go the apt-get route. I
> can downl
Hello:
I just upgraded my kernel from version 2.2.18 to 2.4.5. I am running the
"potato" version of all my programs, except the following:
modutils 2.4.6-2.bunk
ppp 2.4.1-0.bunk
modconf 0.2.32
I downloaded these .deb's from the following link:
http://www.fs.tum
On Sun, Jul 01, 2001 at 11:34:15AM -0400, Alan Shutko wrote:
> It does include a References: header.
Indeed the message did, my bad. Someone else pointed out that the
threading worked fine in mutt for him. So perhaps it's just broken on
my side.
Cheers,
Joost
Mariusz Przygodzki wrote:
> I am sorry but it will be not work in this case because you may have WP for
> LSB for RH vX, WP for LSB for Debian vX etc. etc (every time the same version
> of WP).
The LSB mandates that specific versions of shared libraries be
installed (right down to the symbols th
On Sat, Jun 30, 2001 at 09:25:21PM -0500, Christopher M. Jones wrote:
> Installed are:
>
> xfonts-100dpi
> xfonts-75dpi
> xfonts-base
> xfonts-cryillic
> xfonts-pex
> xfonts-scalable.
What output does "xlsfonts" give you (don't paste in if it's a lot).
Cheers,
Joost
On Sun, Jul 01, 2001 at 02:42:20PM -0500, S . Salman Ahmed wrote:
>
> Is there any way to pass the "-j " option to make when building
> kernels using make-kpkg ?
RTFM. 'man kernel-pkg.conf' and search for CONCURRENCY_LEVEL or just
'-j'.
> I am hoping that by passing the "-j" option to make, ker
On Sun, Jul 01, 2001 at 02:42:20PM -0500, S.Salman Ahmed uttered:
>
> Is there any way to pass the "-j " option to make when building
> kernels using make-kpkg ?
>
Read the README for kernel-package.
Make a .kernel-pkg.conf in ~ as the user you compile it as.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ grep -i concurr
On 01 Jul 2001 12:38:10 -0700, Krzys Majewski wrote:
> Yeah, but unstable is unstable ;) With potato + custom stuff I have a
> compromise that suits me pretty well. And even unstable doesn't
> provide every piece of software on the planet.
There's nothing to say against stable + reasonab
> > Bottom line for me is, it's my box, I need to override Debian
> > occasionally. There used to be (still is?) this thing called `equiv'
> > for registering locally installed things with dpkg, but it's more of a
> > hassle than I'm willing to put up with for every tarball I
* On 01-07-01 at 16:17 Joost Kooij ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
+Here quoted text begins+
> What if you did "strace -o /tmp/dpkg.strace dpkg $options" instead?
> Look at the output file if dpkg is stuck on some system call.
>
Hmm it seams you were right... it was stuck on ldconfig... but now
Thanks for the response!
On 07/01/01 11:05:45 +0800, Lamer wrote:
> "install progeny, it does all"
I've had it installed once, but I didn't like it. I may not be that
bright of a guy, but I still like to look under the hood and get my
hands dirty.
> and
>
> "then upgrade to woody"
Well, that'
Check your /etc/samba/smb.conf to ensure that it does *not* contain a
line that says
syslog only = yes
just a shot in the dark...
Also, here's a snippet from /etc/cron.weekly/samba which may or may
not have some relevance to your situation:
# /var/log/samba/log.nmbd and /var/log/samba/log.smbd
On Sun, Jul 01, 2001 at 11:59:20AM -0500, Larry W. Irwin Sr. wrote:
> I just installed Debian potato and want to use Netscape. I went to the
> Debian
> website and found two .deb packages, netscape-base-476_4.76-1.deb and
> netscape-base4_4.76-1.deb. These packages installed properly but I don
Krzys Majewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I know RPM won't overwrite files that have been touched.
That's incorrect. It will either backup config files and overwrite,
or create a .rpmnew, depending on the the RPM.
> Then again RPM doesn't seem to distinguish between binaries and
> config fi
Hi all-
Scratch that. I had to reboot for some recreational activities under
Windows last night, and when I came back to Debian this morning,
Apache was working fine. I thought that by simply restarting the
server would have sufficed, but whatever occurred during the boot
process seemed to do the
On Sun, Jul 01, 2001 at 12:54:16PM -0400, Aaron Traas wrote:
> I've finally got Lilo set up just how I want it, almost. I'd like a boot
> option that sends me straight into single user mode. Yes, I know I can
> just enter "Linux single" at the boot prompt (or something similar... I
> don't quite re
On 01 Jul 2001 11:42:41 -0700, Krzys Majewski wrote:
> On 1 Jul 2001, Mario Vukelic wrote:
> > use dselect. You can put pkgs on hold with "="
>
> Thanks. Is this persistent, in the sense that I can use dselect to
> hold back the packages, quit dselect, and apt-get will do the right
> thing?
Well, it turns out that it's a hardware bug with the auto-sensing ethernet
port built into the motherboard used in the beige G3's. The ethernet
controller polls the nearest hub/switch to find out whether the network is
10/T or 100/T. The hub responds, but the controller decides before
getting teh
On 1 Jul 2001, John Hasler wrote:
> Sidney Brooks writes:
> > Why would you want to use wvdial when pon works? wvdial is just a hack
> > that tries to avoid making you set up pon.
Actually, 'twas I who wrote that.
>
> This is not true. Wvdial includes some rather sophisticated
> autoconfigurat
On Sun, Jul 01, 2001 at 07:53:18PM +0200, Hugo van der Merwe wrote:
> I've had problems with X input... basically, after doing some stuff, the
> keyboard and PS/2 mouse would stop working altogether... (the serial
> mouse still worked...) until I figured out to disable the PS/2 mouse. I
> am now op
On 1 Jul 2001, Mario Vukelic wrote:
> On 01 Jul 2001 10:53:56 -0700, Krzys Majewski wrote:
> > 1. How can I `hold back' packages so Debian doesn't upgrade them?
>
> use dselect. You can put pkgs on hold with "="
Thanks. Is this persistent, in the sense that I can use dselect to
hold back t
On Sun, 1 Jul 2001, Matti Airas wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 30, 2001 at 11:57:17PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote:
>
> > dpkg -s
> >
> > you really should rtfm...
>
> Well, thank you for suggesting so kindly. The '-s' switch does exactly
> what I want, but the manual page didn't even slightly hint of it.
>
[some extra quoting added, because your mailer doesn't and it would
be confusing as to what were your words and what were others' words.]
On Sun, Jul 01, 2001 at 08:21:07AM -0700, Sidney Brooks wrote:
>> 2.) It's been a long time since I used minicom, but am I totally wrong in
>> thinking it's a
On Sat, 30 Jun 2001, Ethan Benson wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 01, 2001 at 01:08:04AM +0200, Martin F. Krafft wrote:
> you can for example extract a .deb on a stock slackware
> system, not true of rpm. (unless slackware started including rpm in
> the base since i last looked..)
Slackware comes with RPM
On 01 Jul 2001 10:53:56 -0700, Krzys Majewski wrote:
> 1. How can I `hold back' packages so Debian doesn't upgrade them?
use dselect. You can put pkgs on hold with "="
> 2. Does apt-get/dpkg always overwrite existing files, or only if their
> timestamps are older than the corresponding file in t
On 01 Jul 2001 11:59:20 -0500, Larry W. Irwin Sr. wrote:
> I just installed Debian potato and want to use Netscape. I went to the
> Debian
> website and found two .deb packages
Hm, this sounds as if you downloaded the debs per hand and installed
them with dpkg -i. Is there some special reason
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1. How can I `hold back' packages so Debian doesn't upgrade them?
2. Does apt-get/dpkg always overwrite existing files, or only if their
timestamps are older than the corresponding file in the .deb?
I run a customized potato box. Usually I keep custom stuff separate
from Debian by installing
Hello,
I've had problems with X input... basically, after doing some stuff, the
keyboard and PS/2 mouse would stop working altogether... (the serial
mouse still worked...) until I figured out to disable the PS/2 mouse. I
am now operating without it. I find that if I enable it, after some
work, inp
On Sunday 01 July 2001 18:29, Timothy H. Keitt wrote:
> Instead of having, for example, WordPerfect for RedHat,
> WordPerfect for Debian, WordPerfect for YourDistributionHere, you simply
> have WordPerfect for LSB.
I am sorry but it will be not work in this case because you may have WP for
LSB f
"Martin F. Krafft" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> also sprach Stig Brautaset (on Sun, 01 Jul 2001 05:40:53PM +0100):
> > dselect is evil, I am sure of it.
>
> try apt-console.
arwen:~# apt-console
su: apt-console: command not found
arwen:~# apt-get install apt-console
Reading Package Lists... D
On Sun, Jul 01, 2001 at 06:12:49PM +0200, Martin F. Krafft wrote:
> > from random import *
> > from linecache import *
> > print getline('~/.muttrc',randrange(1,20))
>
> except that hardcodes the file length, does it not?
Yep, like I said it was a quickie example. Here's something that
wouldn't
Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote:
> RPM is not inherently bad. RH (and others) simply do not have a common
> standards set that must be followed like Debian does.
And that's why I find it good, that Debian uses a different format from
RPM. There's simply no risk for me to install a package that hoses
"Martin F. Krafft" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> also sprach Thomas J. Hamman (on Sun, 01 Jul 2001 11:58:32AM -0400):
> > What exactly is this for? You could use fortune and strfile. Make
> > the text file with a % symbol between each selection, like this:
>
> a list of albums that i have on mp3
In the /usr/doc/stunnel/examples there is an example for use stunnel
with some services.
is it the correct way to use with debian?
Thank you for all
Angel
I've finally got Lilo set up just how I want it, almost. I'd like a boot
option that sends me straight into single user mode. Yes, I know I can
just enter "Linux single" at the boot prompt (or something similar... I
don't quite remember), but I'm lazy, and would like a boot option I can
select from
I will like to use the "host_auth_accept_relay" option from exim, but it
doesn work. I am usin exim 3.12-10 from debian 2.2.
Do I need to recompile exim with "AUTH_CRAM_MD5=yes"???
Can anybody give me an example of comfiguration for accept relays to
anywhere form anywhere if the user has a cor
I just installed Debian potato and want to use Netscape. I went to the Debian
website and found two .deb packages, netscape-base-476_4.76-1.deb and
netscape-base4_4.76-1.deb. These packages installed properly but I don't
know what to do with them.
What do I need to do?
Larry
Matti Airas wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 30, 2001 at 04:16:48PM -0700, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote:
>
> > # apt-get install rpm
> > # rpm -i --nodeps foo.rpm
>
> Uh, wouldn't that be horribly dangerous, as it would bypass dpkg
> altogether? Alien would probably be a safer choice...
That's the reason I go
On Sun, Jul 01, 2001 at 11:14:52AM -0500, Richard Cobbe wrote:
> Given this, it's unclear to me why one would want to use apt-get upgrade.
Because it's safer, and less likely to bork your system, I suppose.
It'll keep your system up to date without changing your package
configuration at all.
-Nel
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