modem dialin init string

2000-07-17 Thread A. M. Varon
Hi, Anybody has a good init string for a v.90 rockwell based modem(dlink dfm-56E)? this will be used for dialin purposes. regards, = == Andre M. Varon - Technical Head = = == Lasaltech, Inc. - http://andre.lasaltech.com = === = = = = If I cannot bend Heaven

Oracle on Debian potato

2000-01-25 Thread A. M. Varon
Hi, Anybody has experiences running Oracle on a potato system? regards, = == Andre M. Varon - Technical Head = = == Lasaltech, Inc. - http://andre.lasaltech.com = === = = = = If I cannot bend Heaven, I shall move Hell. = = -- Publius Vergilius

Re: Troubles with newer IMAP binaries

1999-12-21 Thread A. M. Varon
On Mon, 20 Dec 1999, Timm Gleason wrote: > I have been having problems with the newer versions of the IMAP daemon. The > last version the works, somewhat is the 4.4 package from BO. After upgrading > a bunch of packages to the Potato versions, I noticed that Outlook would not > connect to my IMAP

Refresh debian binaries

1999-12-05 Thread A. M. Varon
How do refresh/reinstall debian binaries while all the configs are intact? regards, = == Andre M. Varon - Technical Head = = == Lasaltech, Inc. - http://andre.lasaltech.com = === = = = = If I cannot bend Heaven, I shall move Hell. = = -- Publiu

Re: Enlightenment .16 segafaults.

1999-10-14 Thread A. M. Varon
On Tue, 12 Oct 1999, A. M. Varon wrote: > I have downloaded Enlightenment 0.16 .debs from www.debian.org/~ljlane. > > Well, when I start E... it gives me an indicator in terms of percentage. > When it hits 91%... it segfaults. Hi, Just to tell everybody that there is nothing wron

Re: Enlightenment .16 segfaults.

1999-10-12 Thread A. M. Varon
On Tue, 12 Oct 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Without having tried anything on my own system, I would suggest > that you remove the .enlightenment directory in your home directory > and try to load it again. > > It is very likely that an old configuration file is incompatible with > the new vers

Enlightenment .16 segafaults.

1999-10-12 Thread A. M. Varon
I have downloaded Enlightenment 0.16 .debs from www.debian.org/~ljlane. Well, when I start E... it gives me an indicator in terms of percentage. When it hits 91%... it segfaults. Anybody has a fix for this? regards, = == Andre M. Varon - Technical Head = = == Lasaltech, Inc. - http://and

RE: DO NOT UPGRADE TO POTATO. MENU UPLOAD ON OCT 2 KILLS SYSTEMS

1999-10-06 Thread A. M. Varon
> It doesn't totally kill the system .. It seems to start up the various wm's, > and they run at about 95% cpu and 88%+ memory for about 2-5 mins (each), but > they do die (or finish?) and everything is fine (my worst case, I saw > gnome-panel running at 95% for about 3 mins, then wmaker running at

Re: KDE don't run

1999-09-28 Thread A. M. Varon
On Mon, 27 Sep 1999, Jean-Yves BARBIER wrote: > I just remember to change the theme this night before > leaving KDE 1.1.2 (slink). > > Today, it refuse to run: the msgs begin to scroll, > it switch to graphic mode, the gray screen's here, > the icons are printed, the hi & lo bars are drawned, > b

Re: Why use Debian? Why not Red Hat?

1999-09-01 Thread A. M. Varon
On Wed, 1 Sep 1999, Hasso Tepper wrote: > Agree. I moved from Redhat to Debian 2 months ago and only app I'm missing > is printtool. I like printool of redhat. So I used alien to debianized that thing. I installed and it works(gui), but have not tested it yet. Anyway, to comment on the original

Re: Netscape

1999-08-27 Thread A. M. Varon
On Thu, 26 Aug 1999, David Blackman wrote: > Netscape is stable except for when I browse in multiple windows, then > closing any window may kill my entire netscape suite (downlaod,s collabra, > everything), it isn't only closing the original window that does it. Use the libc5 Netscape version. Ad

Re: Gnome+IceWM

1999-08-19 Thread A. M. Varon
On Thu, 19 Aug 1999, Stephen Pitts wrote: > Correct me if I'm wrong, but that changes the window manager for all > users, and it doesn't even start the GNOME panel! I know... my fingers are fast at typing ^x from pine... Have not finished my response to it. Anyway, Editing ~/.xsession nev

Re: Gnome+IceWM

1999-08-17 Thread A. M. Varon
On Tue, 17 Aug 1999, Bek Oberin wrote: > I'm not sure of the proper incantations to run both IceWM (the > gnome-compliant version) and Gnome. My instinct was this: > > /usr/bin/gnome-session & > exec icewm-gnome > > But I end up with -two- toolbars on top of each other, which > is rather dim.

Re: dpkg -S

1999-08-17 Thread A. M. Varon
On Mon, 16 Aug 1999, Brian Servis wrote: > This is always available and up to date at the "Search the Contents > of the Latest Release" seearch engine at > http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages.html Say I have local debs avail. in my system. Is there a program that can htmlized the contents ju

Re: major slink -> potato problem

1999-08-14 Thread A. M. Varon
On Fri, 13 Aug 1999, George Bonser wrote: > If I tried to run /usr/bin/which I would get "file not found" as if it > could not find which ... not because which could not find bash and since > strace was also not installed, it caused a few minutes of thinking before > I realized that bash was gone.

Re: Netscape crashing problem possible solve

1999-08-13 Thread A. M. Varon
On Fri, 13 Aug 1999, Mirek Kwasniak wrote: > I had using (in potato) libc5 version for last two week, but after recent > potato upgrades it didn't start anymore (segfault at start) :( For now, remove the plugger package which integrates itself into netscape. It worked for me. The solution where

Debian support for PAP

1999-08-09 Thread A. M. Varon
Any recommended dialers for Debian which supports PAP? regards, = = Andre M. Varon Lasaltech Incorporated = = == Technical Head Fax-Tel: (034)435-0836 = == = = = = E-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] = WebPage : http://andre.lasaltech.com

Re: SoundCard [Bit of a Rant]

1999-08-06 Thread A. M. Varon
On Thu, 5 Aug 1999, camiel coenen wrote: > I have been setting up my Debian 2.1 system (kernel 2.2.5), and have > progressed quite well. The only problem is my soundcard, which is a > soundblaster-clone: ES1869 from ESS Technology. > I have read the HOWTO on sound, but I still don't know where to

Re: MD5Sum mismatch in potato

1999-07-30 Thread A. M. Varon
On Thu, 29 Jul 1999, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > When running apt-get upgrade, I get this error: > > > > E: MD5Sum mismatch for package menu > > > > Running Debian potato. > > Assuming you have 0.3.11, just run it again and/or switch mirrors. It > should automatically erase the downloaded file w

Re: Streaming Media

1999-07-30 Thread A. M. Varon
On Fri, 30 Jul 1999, Ben Crocker wrote: > Hi, I'm just enquiring about whether there is any streaming video and > audio software for Debian, or Linux in general. Realaudio 5.0 works pretty well. There is wrapper/installer for debian. regards, = = Andre M. Varon Lasaltech Incorporated = =

MD5Sum mismatch in potato

1999-07-30 Thread A. M. Varon
Hi, When running apt-get upgrade, I get this error: E: MD5Sum mismatch for package menu Running Debian potato. regards, = = Andre M. Varon Lasaltech Incorporated = = == Technical Head Fax-Tel: (034)435-0836 = == = = = = E-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] = WebPage : http://andre.lasalt

Re: sendmail virtual hosting

1999-07-21 Thread A. M. Varon
On Wed, 21 Jul 1999, Robert Varga wrote: > I use slink with sendmail on one of my machines doing this. > > First of all, put all virtualhosts in the /etc/mail/sendmail.cw file, one > host in one line. This is needed for sendmail to accept mail for the host. > You need to restart sendmail for this

sendmail virtual hosting

1999-07-21 Thread A. M. Varon
Hi, Anybody has experience with sendmail virtual hosting on a Debian slink/potato? Any tips/tricks to share? Thanks, = = Andre M. Varon Lasaltech Incorporated = = == Technical Head Fax-Tel: (034)435-0836 = == = = = = E-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] = WebPage : http://andre.lasaltech.c

Re: STABLE graphical FTP clients?

1999-07-21 Thread A. M. Varon
On Tue, 20 Jul 1999, Bryan Scaringe wrote: > I'm trying to get an FTP client for Linux that is graphical, and > supports bookmarks. Something like gFTP or IglooFTP. Try wxftp. Avail. as .deb. regards, = = Andre M. Varon Lasaltech Incorporated = = == Technical Head Fax-Tel: (034)435-0836

RE: Linuxcare Debian Promo Poster

1999-07-15 Thread A. M. Varon
On Thu, 15 Jul 1999, Person, Roderick wrote: > The Red Hat box was on there first promo poster was at the Linux Expo in > North Carolina. That made Red Hat call the big bad lawyers. So in kind of a > parody of a parody and to give RH the finger they made the poster over with > Debian as the CD cov

Re: What's compiled into the kernel?

1999-07-03 Thread A. M. Varon
On Fri, 2 Jul 1999, Kent West wrote: > This may be a stupid question, but I couldn't figure out how to phrase > it for the archive search engine to return anything useful. > > How do I find out what's compiled into my kernel? For example, how do I > know if I have NFS compiled int? How do I know

Re: ssh and libgpm2.so (potato)

1999-06-03 Thread A. M. Varon
> > I'm trying to install ssh (not ssh2) on potato. It can't find libgmp2.so. > > That sounds suspiciously like something that should be in the > > libgmp2 package, but that package is installed. > > I'm not sure if it's a bug in ssh or in libgmp2, but creating a symlink in > /usr/lib fixes it. >

RE: packages for dialing isp

1999-05-14 Thread A. M. Varon
On Thu, 13 May 1999, Pollywog wrote: > How about x-isp or kppp (for KDE users)? If you use x-isp (you can search > "xisp" on Yahoo for the URL) you will first need to install xforms. > > I might have the URL for x-isp. I will send it to you if I find it. > kppp is for KDE but xisp will work wit

Re: ppa.o?

1999-05-06 Thread A. M. Varon
On Wed, 5 May 1999, Debian Mail wrote: > But I think there was a possibility to sellect it when I installed > Debian. So there should be a way to get that module without compiling > it, shouldn't it? There are 3 ways that I can think of if you want to get ppa.o from drv1440.bin file: option a:

Re: ppa.o?

1999-05-05 Thread A. M. Varon
On Wed, 5 May 1999, Debian Mail wrote: > I want to use my ZIP drive and am therefore looking for ppa.o which I > don't find on my Debian 2.0 r3 CD. Not in base2_0.tgz and also not in > Contents-i386.gz > Where is this module? If it's not there... then just recompile a new kernel whick supports th

Re: backspace

1999-05-05 Thread A. M. Varon
On Tue, 4 May 1999, pedro bastos - strm wrote: > i would like to know if there's another way to get the backspace working > in X, > instead of xmodmap. Run xf86config or XF86Setup and configure correctly your keyboard layout. Debian will then correctly use backspace correctly in xwindows. reg

Re: linux usage by well known sites

1999-04-16 Thread A. M. Varon
On Thu, 15 Apr 1999, Eugene Sevinian wrote: > I would like to know if there are any well known sites which are running > linux? I need some statistics to persuade some decision makers to > consider linux for a crusial task machine to provide different internet > services. Form netcraft.com: sl

Re: Slink mirroring weirdness

1999-04-14 Thread A. M. Varon
On Tue, 13 Apr 1999, George Bonser wrote: > I have started to mirror slink and I am noticing something a bit odd. It > seems that when I use ftp.us.debian.org I end up replacing quite a bit of > the slink files every time. This should only happen when files are changed > and I thought slink has be

Re: vmware and kernel header mismatches...

1999-04-14 Thread A. M. Varon
On Tue, 13 Apr 1999, Adam Shand wrote: > i'm trying to install vmware which looks really cool > (http://www.vmware.com) but running into this problem. because it > doesn't have a module for my kernel already setup it wants to build one > but claims that: What I did was: 1. mv /usr/include

Debian on a Compaq Presario Laptop

1999-03-23 Thread A. M. Varon
On Mon, 22 Mar 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Have you looked at the Linux-Laptop page at > http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/ > There is a link to a page for the 1210. You might want to compare > notes with its author. On a sidenote, has anyone implemeted a patch or a program

Re: /usr/include/linux -> eh?

1999-03-23 Thread A. M. Varon
On Fri, 19 Mar 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I'm trying to compile vmware (virtual machine under linux), having > > updated my kernel to 2.2.3. What I did a couple of minutes ago is to: mv /usr/include /usr/include.bak ln -s /usr/src/linux/include /usr/include (assuming that your kernel

Re: fmirror/mirror/lftp ?

1999-03-16 Thread A. M. Varon
On Mon, 15 Mar 1999, Ian Keith Setford wrote: > I would like to mirror the unstable tree at work. I have tried to > accomplish this with several tools (fmirror/mirror/lftp) but I can't > figure out how to get exactly what I want. > > When I use fmirror (which I like), most of what is downloaded

Re: Goodbye, people!/Digressing to time.

1999-02-03 Thread A. M. Varon
On Tue, 2 Feb 1999, ktb wrote: > It's been quite a while since I posted here about it. I can't even > remember all I did. It is consistently 6 hours off. Time zone, bios clock > and everything is set ok but when I reboot the correct time is lost. It > has been one of those things on the back b

Re: to mirror or not to mirror

1998-12-28 Thread A. M. Varon
On Sun, 27 Dec 1998, Marco Frattola wrote: > i'd like to ask the nice debianers about mirror like programs. i need to > keep in sync two linux (debian of course) servers. they both share many > files to windows clients thru samba. one of the two server (call it the > master) periodically receive n

Re: Violence: Lethal StarOffice...

1998-12-23 Thread A. M. Varon
On Tue, 22 Dec 1998, Adam Shand wrote: > just as a follow up note here. don't even bother with the patch from > stardivision, it's a waste of time (imho of course). star office still > crashes and behaves erratically even with the patch, and if the problems > are as bad as mine were (the install

RE: Eterm 0.8.7 problems.

1998-12-23 Thread A. M. Varon
On Tue, 22 Dec 1998, Shaleh wrote: > How did this happen? Debian provides several tools to do updates that > insure you get everything you need to have a working system. Dselect, > apt, or a combination thereof can prevent problems like this. The reason is I updated my Eterm manually. Download

RE: Eterm 0.8.7 problems.

1998-12-22 Thread A. M. Varon
On Mon, 21 Dec 1998, Shaleh wrote: > > I have installed Eterm 0.8.7 (frozen 2.1 distro) and whenever I try to use > > a .jpg file as a background, it gives an error saying: > > > > "Wrong JPEG library version: library is 62, caller expects 61" > > > > having a .gif background works fine. Though.

Eterm 0.8.7 problems.

1998-12-22 Thread A. M. Varon
Hi, I have installed Eterm 0.8.7 (frozen 2.1 distro) and whenever I try to use a .jpg file as a background, it gives an error saying: "Wrong JPEG library version: library is 62, caller expects 61" having a .gif background works fine. Though. Commments? regards, = = Andre M. Varon Lasalte

Re: Kernel Won't Recompile

1998-11-28 Thread A. M. Varon
On Sat, 28 Nov 1998, Jason Dawe wrote: > Anyway after doing a 'make config', then a 'make zImage', I get the > error listed below. Also a similar error after trying 'make bzImage'. I > might be the same, but I'm not sure. > /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/zImage does not appear after doing make > xI

subdirectories and files to backup.

1998-11-26 Thread A. M. Varon
Hi, I would like to selectively backup my config files on a Debian 2.0. Anybody can suggest what subdirectory or files to backup? /etc and /var/www pops up. Any suggestions? regards, = = Andre M. Varon Lasaltech Incorporated = = == Technical Head Fax-Tel: (034)435-0836 = == = = = = E-

Re: Bandwidth monitor

1998-11-12 Thread A. M. Varon
On Wed, 11 Nov 1998, Paul Reavis wrote: > I just set up the atlanta java users' group site at www.ajug.org; it's > running hamm. It's hung off a member's cable modem, though, and he has a > monthly bandwidth limit. Are there any handy utilities to measure > bandwidth usage so we can keep tabs on i

Re: Mirrors

1998-10-29 Thread A. M. Varon
On Wed, 28 Oct 1998, Stephen A. Witt wrote: > So I guess if I want to mirror only part of the distribution (binary-all > and binary-i386) I need to manually add the soft links between the code > name of the distribution (e.g. slink) and the canonical name of the > distribution (e.g. unstable). I

Re: SATAN

1998-10-28 Thread A. M. Varon
On Tue, 27 Oct 1998, Mike Holliday wrote: > I'm having a slight problem installing Satan..when I go to the reconfig > script..I'm not sure of the command I've used "sh > /my/satan/directory/reconfig.sh But it's not moving or showing that it > is working. Forget satan. I managed to compile it...

RE: StarOffice

1998-10-26 Thread A. M. Varon
On Sun, 25 Oct 1998, Christian Lavoie wrote: > Why doesn't someone make .deb files out of the package? This would forever > put and end to the StarOffice messages. (Hoepfully) Maybe someone could make .deb installer just like Netscape. regards, == == Andre M. Varon Lasaltech Incorporat

Re: ftp1.us.debian.org and FTP mirrors

1998-10-22 Thread A. M. Varon
On Wed, 21 Oct 1998, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > It seems that ftp1.us.debian.org has had a recent surge in popularity, to > the point that it was saturating it's outbound connection! Unfortunately > this has resulted in it being shut down :< > > We have quite a few mirrors around the world, a parti

Re: Searching in dselect

1998-10-21 Thread A. M. Varon
On Wed, 21 Oct 1998, A. M. Varon wrote: > On Wed, 21 Oct 1998, Chris Leishman wrote: > > I was wondering if there is a way to search for a particular type of > package in dselect (not based on it's name, but on what it does)? > ie. Search the description fields. This would b

Re: Searching in dselect

1998-10-21 Thread A. M. Varon
On Wed, 21 Oct 1998, Chris Leishman wrote: > I was wondering if there is a way to search for a particular type of > package in dselect (not based on it's name, but on what it does)? > ie. Search the description fields. This would be really useful when > I'm trying to see if there is a debian pack

Re: Admin tool needed

1998-10-21 Thread A. M. Varon
On Tue, 20 Oct 1998, Ralph Winslow wrote: > > > is there some admin tool for X ?? > > > > package: xadmin > > dselect didn't find this for me in stable - do I need to go to frozen? Xadmin was removed in the stable few weeks ago. I think the maintainer removed it. It was a promising software...

Re: unattended ftp

1998-10-12 Thread A. M. Varon
On 12 Oct 1998, Ole J. Tetlie wrote: > *-Rahul Sood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Excuse if this is a FAQ, but how can I set up a shell script to ftp to a > host and retrieve a file? wget. no shell script necessary to get a file. Handles anonymous and password protected FTP sites. regards, == ===

Mirror debian 2.0

1998-09-28 Thread A. M. Varon
Hi, I have a debian cd 2.0. I'll be copying the "main" to a harddisk. How do I mirror "main" in such a way that packages will be automatically be updated(delete some old packages, add some packages, automatically.)? I'll just mirror binary-i386 and binary-all. Someone mentioned rsync. will rsync

Re: X wallpaper

1998-09-25 Thread A. M. Varon
On Thu, 24 Sep 1998, Richard Heller wrote: > I was wondering how to use an image file as wallpaper under X. Is it > a window-manager specific thing? > I've been trying to use fvwm2. I've > seen some screenshots on-line showing fvwm2 users with wallpaper but I > don't seem to be able to find whe

Re: Anybody got wine to install on hamm?

1998-09-22 Thread A. M. Varon
On Tue, 22 Sep 1998, Daniel Mashao wrote: > I have a circular problem trying to install wine. Wine says it cannot > install since libwine is not configured. Libwine would not install since > wine is not configured. It is a case of chicken and egg. Any help? Funny, wuz having that same problem/com

Re: mp3 player

1998-09-22 Thread A. M. Varon
On Mon, 21 Sep 1998, D'jinnie wrote: > I can't seem to find an mp3 player package, everything in sound seems to > be either mixers or wav players. Are there no takers or is it somehow > illegal? For a text based mp3 player: mpg123 for debian is available. For an X based mp3 player: There are pl

Best software to mirror debian ftp sites..

1998-09-21 Thread A. M. Varon
Hi, What's the best software (for debian.) to mirror debian ftp sites? the software mirror? or wget? regards, == == Andre M. Varon Lasaltech Incorporated == == Technical Head Fax-Tel: (034)435-0836 == = == ==== == E-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] == WebPage : ht

Re: ftp and NIS

1998-09-19 Thread A. M. Varon
On Fri, 18 Sep 1998, Max wrote: > I'm trying to get proftpd working and having no success so far. The > damn thing refuses to allow logins. The ftp connection goes fine, but > then it always says login incorrect. My suspicion is that it's > somehow not interacting properly with NIS and/or shado

Re: TCPIP stack needs work?

1998-09-17 Thread A. M. Varon
On Wed, 16 Sep 1998, Tod Detre wrote: > I'm not really sure. I haven't seen it myself, but they claim that their ping > times (where quake2 ping times are 2 things put together. One the ping between > the server and the client. Two it adds something with the frames per second) > get worse as the m

Re: Backspace in xterm (again)

1998-09-09 Thread A. M. Varon
On Tue, 8 Sep 1998, Pete Harlan wrote: > > I too have this problem few weeks ago. What I did was: > > > > 1. Run xf86config > > 2. When it asks me for "Do you want to use XKB?" say yes. > > 3. Choose a preconfigured keymaps. I selected then: "1 Standard 101-key, > >US encoding" > > > > Wi

Re: Backspace in xterm (again)

1998-09-07 Thread A. M. Varon
On Sun, 6 Sep 1998, Joost Witteveen wrote: > I upgraded my system yesterday (OK to slink, but it appears the same problem > is present in hamm), and now my bacspace generates an delete again. > (in an xterm that is. Emacs (X11) and VC are OK) > > I already asked this question once, but I seem to

Help! I hosed my filesystem with mkfs.ext2

1998-09-02 Thread A. M. Varon
Hi, It was a stupid mistake. I accidentally type "mkfs.ext2 /dev/hdb2". It was an unmounted file system. Someone can help me on how to bring it back? I have not rebooted my computer or anything. thanks, == == Andre M. Varon Lasaltech Incorporated == == Technical Head Fax-Tel:

Re: netscape

1998-09-02 Thread A. M. Varon
On Tue, 1 Sep 1998, Ed Cogburn wrote: > No, I'm running 4.06, but I never used the installer to install it. > 4.06 is far more stable than 4.5 is. Hi, You should use the installer/wrapper of debian. it's at: ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/contrib/binary-i386/web/netscape4_4.0-

Re: netscape

1998-09-01 Thread A. M. Varon
On Mon, 31 Aug 1998, Rick Knebel wrote: > I just installed Netscape 4.06 and it crashes on just about every page > with a Java applet on it. > > Is this what is happening to everyone. Hi, I have been using Netscape 4.06 (With or Without Java.) without any problems. In fact, It's much more stabl

Re: SyJet

1998-09-01 Thread A. M. Varon
On Sat, 22 Aug 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I was just wondering if anyone had any expierence with using the Syjet > (from Syqest) drive with Debian Linux. I am currently considering buying > a Syjet 2 gig drive. I am just wondering how are/if possible to have it > run on my linux system. The

Re: No Backspace in X

1998-08-08 Thread A. M. Varon
On Fri, 7 Aug 1998, Matthew Myers wrote: > I am having trouble with my backspace key in X. It acts as the delete > key rather than the backspace, deleting characters after the cursor > rather than backspacing over them. Hi, edit /etc/X11/Xmodmap and put something like this: keycode 22 = BackS

Re: Bill Wohler: Linux security tips

1998-07-27 Thread A. M. Varon
On Mon, 27 Jul 1998, Bill Wohler wrote: > In a recent Usenix login; magazine, an article on security noted the > following configurations for Linux. I noticed that most are already > in place in my 2.0.33 kernel (I haven't upgraded to hamm yet, but > soon!) > > I couldn't find mention

Re: SyQuest

1998-07-09 Thread A. M. Varon
On Thu, 9 Jul 1998, Robert Henry Rati wrote: > Will the release of Debian 2.0 support SyQuest removable drives in any > way? I know there is a way to make the Iomega parallel port version of > the zip drive work in Linux, but not the SyQuest EZFlyer. Is there going > to be any support for the Sy

Re: Upgrade From RH 5.0 to Debian 2.0

1998-05-26 Thread A. M. Varon
On Tue, 26 May 1998, David Lauder wrote: > Thanks to all for your excellent advice. I'm now running a Debian 2.0 > GNU/Linux system. The good news is the install went smoothly except Sorry, i have'nt read the debian mailing lists for a couple of weeks. Is there a HOWTO to convert a RH 5.0 to Debi

Re: awk or sed?

1998-04-07 Thread A. M. Varon
On Tue, 7 Apr 1998, George Bonser wrote: > > What I want to do is compare the two files, and delete the contents of > > file1 according to file2. So, from the above, I'll have to delete the word > > alpha from file1. Can it be possible using sed? or awk? > > Hehe, try grep! > > grep -vFf file2 f

awk or sed?

1998-04-07 Thread A. M. Varon
Hi, [Sorry if this is off-topic.] I have two files say, file1 and file2 file1 contains:file2 contains: alpha alpha bravo charlie What I want to do is compare the two files, and delete the contents of file1 according to file2. So, from the abo

Re: MetroX

1998-04-03 Thread A. M. Varon
On Fri, 3 Apr 1998, Graham Lillico +44 1785 248131 wrote: > I would like to use MetroX instead of XFree86 and I was wondering how I > should install it, it comes as an rpm, do I use the Alien Package or is > there another way? I noticed a MetroX deb file in the contrib (i think) > directory, and

Re: lilo and boot messages

1998-04-03 Thread A. M. Varon
On Wed, 4 Mar 1998, Will Lowe wrote: > Is there any way to get lilo to show a boot message after it prints "LILO" > WITHOUT someone pressing a key? I have it currently configured to show a > boot menu when you hit shift, but for novice users that's a little > difficult to explain ... In your /e

Re: minimum reqd. files to run X-win on hamm

1998-03-26 Thread A. M. Varon
On Wed, 25 Mar 1998, Bill Leach wrote: > Basically, to install X you have to have the xbase package, font base > and fonts, xlib's, and a server. Thanks, I have gotten the minimum files to run X. throw in xgpm also for the mouse. regards, == == Andre M. Varon Lasaltech Incorporated ==

minimum reqd. files to run X-win on hamm

1998-03-25 Thread A. M. Varon
Hi, I have a question, what is the min. reqd. files to run X-win. I'm using hamm right now. regards, == == Andre M. Varon Lasaltech Incorporated == == Technical Head Fax-Tel: (034)435-0836 == = == ==== == E-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] == WebPage : http://andr

Re: UART's???

1998-03-20 Thread A. M. Varon
On Thu, 19 Mar 1998, Dave Elliot wrote: > 1) I have a 16450 UART in the system, and am wondering if that will support > 33.6. If not, what is the top speed available for 16450? I really don't > feel the need to buy a new one(ie:16550A), so I guess I'm stuck with what > I've got. hi, But from

Re: Running just an X-server

1998-03-06 Thread A. M. Varon
On Fri, 6 Mar 1998, M K Pai wrote: > There are two X-clients for Win. You will find them at > > 1) www.microimages.com >This is a free Win95/NT server. I like it very much. > > 2) www.orl.com/vnc >This server is supposed to be good for NT and OK for 95. I have not >tried it yet. Hi,

Re: pine/spell checking

1998-02-12 Thread A. M. Varon
On Thu, 12 Feb 1998, Colin R. Telmer wrote: > Paul, In case you haven't used ispell, it does not give any choices > (unless I have it set up incorrectly). > > A.M. Do you have ispell give you choices in pine? sure! go to the setup of pine. In the speller, type ispell. Invoking the speller in pi

Re: limiting user access

1998-02-12 Thread A. M. Varon
On Thu, 12 Feb 1998, Paul Miller wrote: > hmm... how would that stop users from running programs they copied onto my > server? chmod, perl and tar connot be directly used to make the copied/uploaded files executable... since the files in /bin, /sbin, /usr/sbin, and /usr/bin are owned by say, ro

Re: limiting user access

1998-02-12 Thread A. M. Varon
On Wed, 11 Feb 1998, Paul Miller wrote: > Is there any way to do this for only certain groups? what I do is chmod 550 and chown root.staff the /bin, /sbin, /usr/sbin, and /usr/bin etc. Where the group staff could be you. All others connot access the binaries or whatever. regards, == =

Re: pine/spell checking

1998-02-12 Thread A. M. Varon
On Wed, 11 Feb 1998, Paul Miller wrote: > Is there a good spell checker for pine? - One that works all the time and > gives possible choices? There is a program called ispell. It can be used with pine. regards, == == Andre M. Varon Lasaltech Incorporated == == Technical Head F

network status thru voice

1998-02-10 Thread A. M. Varon
Hi, I would like our users to know if our local or international link to the internet is up or down. One solution I'm looking at is our users would dial a tel. no. and they would be greeted with a voice saying the link is up or down. Is there a program for this? Perl or C program would do? rega

Re: Which Linux distribution???

1998-02-06 Thread A. M. Varon
On Fri, 6 Feb 1998, John Spence wrote: > One interesting point: I've noticed that it is very common for people to > move to Debian after using other distributions. I would make a guess and > claim that there aren't too many people who migrate from Debian to another > dist after using Debian for a

Newbie question..

1998-02-05 Thread A. M. Varon
How do I cut or removed the lines of a file starting from the EOF (end of the file) up to the 500th lines? Will tr, cut or sed be used? can someone point me to some web pages where there are tutorials or books about tr,cut, sed or awk? TIA, == == Andre M. Varon Lasaltech Incorporated ==

www.lsl.com and debian

1998-02-03 Thread A. M. Varon
[Sorry for the offtopic theme.] Has anyone ordered from www.lsl.com for a Debian cd? can someone give me an e-mail address that could help me? I have ordered a Debian CD and o'reilly book from www.lsl.com, but after 3 MONTHS, the goods are nowhere in sight. Repeat, 3 MONTHS. I have already paid m

Re: debians /etc/rc.local?????

1998-01-29 Thread A. M. Varon
On Thu, 29 Jan 1998, Remco Blaakmeer wrote: [I hope some Debian Developers are reading this.] Could it be possible to have the rc.local file by default in the Debian Distro? == == Andre M. Varon Lasaltech Incorporated == == Technical Head Fax-Tel: (034)435-0836 == = == ==

shell program menu and MCI dostracker

1998-01-29 Thread A. M. Varon
Thanks to all who responded about my question on the shell program menu! Another question, has anyone tried running the MCI dostracker on a Linux box? it's on www.security.mci.net. regards, == == Andre M. Varon Lasaltech Incorporated == == Technical Head Fax-Tel: (034)435-0836

shell program menu

1998-01-23 Thread A. M. Varon
Hi, [ Sorry if this is not debian specific.] Hi, I would like to implement a shell program (preferebly in C programming.) where our users if they telnet to us, they would be given a menu instead of a shell. They just press "1" they get pine. They press "2" they get the vi editor, and so on a

Re: Upload files via web browser

1998-01-21 Thread A. M. Varon
> I'd like to know how do I can create a web page that would > allow the user browsing at the page to upload files > to the server. If you have an FTP server on your web server, type this in your netscape: ftp:// example: ftp://[EMAIL PROTECTED] It will ask you for your password and you c

Re: SEUL: Re: SEUL distribution?

1998-01-15 Thread A. M. Varon
On Wed, 14 Jan 1998, Erik Walthinsen wrote: > I know that RedHat rushed quite a bit to get Hurricane out, and it shows in > the speed at which the Errata list has grown. I will have to now take a > closer look at the Debian distribution's efforts relative to glibc and > stability. Stability..

Re: Debian vs. Caldera

1997-12-30 Thread A. M. Varon
On Mon, 29 Dec 1997, Brinsfield, Sean wrote: > I'm new to the Linux scene, actually want to get into the Linux scene > and have two copies that I could start out with, Debian 1.3.1 and > Caldera OpenLinux Standard. Please tell me which flavor would be best > for a newbie and why. I'm excited abo

Re: AMD K6

1997-12-12 Thread A. M. Varon
Hi, I have heard of some problems with AMD K6 Anyone to comment? The reason is because I have a K6 200 right beside me. :) regards, =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Andre M. Varon Lasaltech Incorporated Technical Head

Re: Proxy Server

1997-12-09 Thread A. M. Varon
On Tue, 9 Dec 1997, Steve Millard wrote: > I am doing work for a small township that has 5 people working there that > would > like internet access and email. Is there a way to give them access with only > one modem connection with Linux? I know Wingate will do this, but is there > some > sor

Re: NNTPCACHE

1997-12-08 Thread A. M. Varon
On Mon, 8 Dec 1997, Roger Dunk wrote: > Just wondering if anyone has sucessfully compiled NNTPCACHE on a Debian > system? > If so, how?!?!? Sure... I have compiled NNTPCACHE on a Debian box. Just follow the steps (there is a readme on how to install it.). The problem really I have encountered on

Re: sound problem

1997-12-08 Thread A. M. Varon
On Sun, 7 Dec 1997, Larry Gariepy wrote: > I have a Yamaha 3d Wavetable sound card. I would like to be able > to use it. I have compiled sound support into my kernel (though I wouldn't > bet my life that I did it correctly). I read the Sound.HOWTO, which referred

Re: 3c509 Detection problem. Experienced user needs assistance.

1997-11-25 Thread A. M. Varon
On Tue, 25 Nov 1997, Wintermute wrote: > > And one more thing, type dmesg | more and see if the kernel did detect a > > 3c509b PnP card. > > Nope, sure doesn't, and I've rebooted my kernel enough time in the past 3 days > to force at least 2 maximal mount count checks, too. Hmm linux did not

Re: autodetect on debian

1997-11-21 Thread A. M. Varon
On Thu, 20 Nov 1997, butch wrote: > Hi, > > i was talking about autodetect of hardware as will be available on redhat > 5.0? The default stock kernel of debian will attempt to autodetect some of your hardware. regards, =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Re: cannot install 3c509

1997-11-20 Thread A. M. Varon
On Wed, 19 Nov 1997, zhang xu wrote: > the adapter is 3c509b-TPO ,It works properly in > windwos95 on PnP mode. Btw, remove the plug n' play config from your adapter. regards, =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Andre M. Varon Lasaltech Incorpo

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