Re: Download once, apt-get install many?

1999-12-31 Thread Ben Lutgens
al box's /var/cache/apt/ dir via nfs? -- Ben Lutgens (resume available at http://contractor.computerwork.com/index.cfm?blutgens) "There are two things that are infinite; Human stupidity and the universe. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein

Re: enlightenment epplets and debian

1999-12-28 Thread Ben Lutgens
On Tue, Dec 28, 1999 at 04:16:05PM -0500, Richard wrote: > anyone had any luck with these? I can't seem to get them to run right ... They work fine for me. get the epplet dostro and manuallyinstall it. -- Ben Lutgens (resume available at http://contractor.computerwork.com/index.cfm?

Re: Potato inconsistency

1999-12-20 Thread Ben Lutgens
-force-overwrite And the rest of your upgrade will be all good. -- Ben Lutgens (resume available at http://contractor.computerwork.com/index.cfm?blutgens) "There are two things that are infinite; Human stupidity and the universe. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein

Epplet Multiplication

1999-12-18 Thread Ben Lutgens
ytime I restart X. TIA -- Ben Lutgens icq#10836629 "There are two things that are infinite; Human stupidity and the universe. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein

New Viruses

1999-12-04 Thread Ben Lutgens
PBS VIRUS: Your programs stop every few minutes to ask for money. -- Ben Lutgens http://cybercreep.mosquitonet.com icq#10836629 "There are two things that are infinite; Human stupidity and the universe. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein

Macromedia products for linux

1999-12-03 Thread Ben Lutgens
This is an email I recieved from macromedia after I asked them to support our OS. I think maybe if enough people show interest maybe we'll get flash for linux. Fire off and email to the address in the email please. -- Ben Lutgens http://cybercreep.mosquitonet.com icq#10836629 &

Re: kernel config

1999-11-28 Thread Ben Lutgens
sion specific? ie... can a 2.2.x kernel work on debian > 1.3(bo)? No, each kernel has certain requirements, at 2.2.x kernel needs a version of pppd that isn't available, and probably won't compile for 1.3. go to kernelnotes.org and / or read the kernel how-to for more info. -- Ben

Re: Revised post (off topic?)

1999-11-23 Thread Ben Lutgens
On Mon, Nov 22, 1999 at 07:16:00PM -0800, Nun Yobiznez wrote: > > Could someone please tell me what should be in $#ARGV, > 0? Why not try an apt-get upgrade, then manually use deselect to rid yourself of those yucky packages that suck like xbiff ( I hate xbiff ). -- Ben Lutgens

keybard doesn't work after upgrade

1999-11-22 Thread Ben Lutgens
o.k. I did an apt-get upgrade yesterday, after I rebooted my keyboard doesn't work in x, the bad part is I am using gdm and can't get to a vc. The machine is not on a network and does not dial automagically on boot up. When I try to boot with a rescue disk, I get "error allocating a virtual console

licq 0.71 deb by me

1999-11-03 Thread Ben Lutgens
I packaged an licq 0.71 deb, I tried to include the qt stuff and licq-data files in the postinst, get em here untill the maintainer gets one up on potato, let me know if you have problems. -- Ben Lutgens http://cybercreep.mosquitonet.com icq#10836629 If you love something set it free

mutt / slang1 problem temp fix

1999-11-03 Thread Ben Lutgens
this is bad lemme know and i'll remove them. Note: these are not official packages, nor are they very professional. -- Ben Lutgens http://cybercreep.mosquitonet.com icq#10836629 If you love something set it free. If it doesn't come back to you, hunt it down and kill it.

Re: shh for Linux?

1999-10-26 Thread Ben Lutgens
wtf is shh?

Eterm 0.9

1999-10-26 Thread Ben Lutgens
Hey all, word to the wise, should you upgrade to Eterm0.9 from the cvs deb site, it doesn't seem to read the cfg files properly. i.e. telling you that shade is not valid in context color. and the like. Linkwise menubars don't work either.

Re: SED question

1999-10-21 Thread Ben Lutgens
On Thu, Oct 21, 1999 at 03:36:01AM -0500, Eric Gillespie, Jr. wrote: > > Those are backticks (`), not apostrophes ('). Thanx, figured it out, and man did I feel like a dummy. About 15 minutes after I sent off the e-mail. Nevermind that I tried everything for an hour or two and read and read all d

Re: SED question

1999-10-21 Thread Ben Lutgens
On Thu, Oct 21, 1999 at 09:53:26AM +0200, Andrew Hately wrote: > What do you want in the variable? Multiple lines? > Did you try > set foo=$( grep florida roam.db | sed -e "s/^.*\? //g" ) > Whats the greater context? > Andrew > I finally got it with export GREP_RESULT=`grep $LOCATION $HOME/roam.db

SED question

1999-10-21 Thread Ben Lutgens
I am writing a shell script using sed I need to figure out how I can store the output of grep florida roam.db | sed -e "s/^.*\? //g" to a variable. roam.db has entries like, one per line. florida: 555-1212 Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Re: ttysnoop

1999-10-21 Thread Ben Lutgens
On Thu, Oct 21, 1999 at 12:16:53AM +0100, Kris wrote: > > It would be excellent if I could log all insecure telnet traffic, > partly as an incentive for my users to use SSH and partly because > there are a lot of 16 year-old students around. Please just send a > private e-mail if this is a case of

Re: ip-up.d

1999-10-20 Thread Ben Lutgens
On Wed, Oct 20, 1999 at 11:23:47AM +0800, Lindsay Allen wrote: > show the problem - no script with a "." in its filename will run. Nothing I did worked, I changed the name as I learned the run-pærts thing before I recieved you message. Still no avail. I think it had something to do with the fact th

ip-up.d

1999-10-20 Thread Ben Lutgens
I am having a stubborn ip-up.d. I have some scripts in there that I would like run when I connect to isp. here are the perms: -rwxr-xr-x 1 root dip34 Oct 19 09:49 mailer.sh -rwxr-xr-x 1 root dip34 Oct 14 16:59 ntpdate the mailer.sh is as follows #!/bin/sh su all

ttysnoop

1999-10-20 Thread Ben Lutgens
I am trying to configure ttysnoop. Whenever i try to login with telnet I get: Escape character is '^]'. Debian GNU/Linux potato cybercreep can't bind server socket (/var/spool/ttysnoop/ttyp0) Connection closed by foreign host. the entry in my inetd.conf for telent is telnet stream tcp

Re: Potato broke my mouse in X?

1999-10-16 Thread Ben Lutgens
On Sat, Oct 16, 1999 at 02:52:15PM -0400, Aaron Solochek wrote: > I just installed a potato partiton, all seemed to go well. I even > installed accelerated X on it, and its setup didn't segfault, an obvious > improvement. The first time I ran X everything worked fine. Then, out > of the blue, th

Re: http://www.debian.org/contact

1999-10-13 Thread Ben Lutgens
On Tue, Oct 12, 1999 at 10:22:45PM -0500, Brad wrote: > you don't, check out console-apt or gnome-apt. Yes, what with apt, console-apt I rarely need to use dselect. Even though I have no problem using it.

Re: Netscape 4.71 Is Rock Solid & Fast!

1999-10-13 Thread Ben Lutgens
On Tue, Oct 12, 1999 at 07:13:31PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Does it fix the problems that make me hate Netscape so? The Java that > crashes/freezes NS, the DNS lookups that freeze NS, the random crashes if > you don't close windows in the correct order, etc. > I am using the latest .deb p

Re: can resolve now..and Star Office...

1999-10-08 Thread Ben Lutgens
On Wed, Oct 06, 1999 at 05:54:31PM +0300, tf wrote: > Hey guys, > > Thanks for everybody's help. I got bind 8, and now everything works. > I'm back on my own computer again. > > While I'm at it, I want to get rid of the giant Star Office. I have it > in a sub-directory of /home. can I just del

Re: Re: still can't resolve...

1999-10-08 Thread Ben Lutgens
On Wed, Oct 06, 1999 at 11:58:31AM -0600, tf wrote: > which is unchanged from when everything worked right. > ah, so that I might avoid sounding stupid, how may I describe what's > happening>to me? can't connect to the name server? > (nslookup reported that... plus "default servers are unavailab

Re: still can't resolve...

1999-10-07 Thread Ben Lutgens
On Wed, Oct 06, 1999 at 11:13:09AM -0600, tf wrote: > Hey guys, > > I'm still having problems with resolving. I've tried a few things, > but none of them solved the problem. So. Anyone have any more > ideas ?(thanks Pollywog for the input) > > I can access websites by ip address, but no other

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

1999-10-05 Thread Ben Lutgens
On Tue, Oct 05, 1999 at 03:58:10PM -0500, Adam Heath wrote: > I just did an upgrade. The menu pkg ate memory like no tomorrow. I have a > dual-330, 256m ram, 384m swap. Update-menus calls install-menu, and I saw > that eating 280m of memory. Just don't install the new menu package. It's fscked

Re: GoZilla for Linux

1999-10-01 Thread Ben Lutgens
On Wed, Sep 29, 1999 at 04:39:02PM +, John wrote: > > Does anyone knows I there is an ftp client for Linux Debian with, more > > or less, the same functionality as GoZilla for Windows? > > > > Some of the more interesting caracteristics of GoZilla are: > > > > * Restart donwload if connection f

wierd errors

1999-09-28 Thread Ben Lutgens
It seems X is misbehaving on my potato box. I am using a Banshee Video Card with 16MB of ram and have just started getting these errors and don't know why. tell me what you crazy cats think this is from and where to fix it or find info. [EMAIL PROTECTED] allegro}$ rxvt rxvt: can't load color "Anti

ip-up.d

1999-09-23 Thread Ben Lutgens
I am having a problem using /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/ to start fetchmail when I use pon to connect. there is a script in there that wil start fetchmail for me as desired via command line. yet fetchmail still won't start on it's own when I connect to my ISP. Any ideas why. Or where to look for more info. I

Re: quake2 / gl problems

1999-09-08 Thread Ben Lutgens
s. I was very impatient to play quake2 with GL. -- Ben Lutgens - Finger for public PGP key. -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GCM d--- s: a- C UL++ P+ L+++ E--- W+ N+ o+ K- w-- O- M- V-- PS+ PE+ Y+ PGP+ t--- 5 X+ R- tv+ b+++ DI- D++ G e h- r y++ --END GEEK CODE BLOCK--

Re: quake2 / glx problems

1999-09-08 Thread Ben Lutgens
freezes. Still when I try to run it from console I get no gl support at all. I can't run it as a user.. only as root. Which means I have to startx as root or I get "Xlib client cannot open display 0:0" crap. I am getting closer though. Any more ideas? -- Ben Lutgens - Finger for

Re: quake2 / gl problems

1999-09-07 Thread Ben Lutgens
> > As a side note, isn't the Fusion a Banshee-based, and not > Voodoo2-based card? > Actually you are exactly right! I did some more checking at diamondmm.com and saw this! What a dipshit. As a result I am installing the voodoo3 glide stuff. And am gonna try your script. Thanx

quake2 / gl problems

1999-09-07 Thread Ben Lutgens
Initializing OpenGL display ...setting mode 3: 640 480 Received signal 11, exiting... I have read, and read, and read. Nothing seems to help. I am so close to buying another hard drive so I can play this damn game with some good graphics. Anyone that could off me some help would forever be my hero. -- Ben Lutgens

X V.4?

1999-09-01 Thread Ben Lutgens
Anyone know when Branden plans (if at all) to release the snap of X? -- "Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime." Ben Lutgens (pgp public key is "blutgens" available @ hkp://pgpkeys.mit.edu) -BEGIN GEEK CODE

Re: cannot loginto new system

1999-08-24 Thread Ben Lutgens
f you need anymore help. -- "Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime." Ben Lutgens (pgp public key is "blutgens" available @ hkp://pgpkeys.mit.edu)

Re: $B#K#D#EF|K\8l%Q%C%1!<%8$K$D$$$F(B

1999-08-21 Thread Ben Lutgens
gt; $B!!(Bftp://kde.tdyc.com/pub/kde/debian/dists Content-Description: Shinichi Miyazawa ‚̃J[ƒh Wow! wtf is this! lol!!! -- "Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime." Ben Lutgens (pgp public key is "blutgens" available @ hkp://pgpkeys.mit.edu)

Re: can't connect to my isp

1999-08-16 Thread Ben Lutgens
p. -- "Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime." Ben Lutgens (pgp public key is "blutgens" available @ hkp://pgpkeys.mit.edu)

Re: help with emacs

1999-08-13 Thread Ben Lutgens
On Fri, Aug 13, 1999 at 05:04:29PM -0400, Javier Pinto wrote: > anybody suggest what to do? Yeah, try vim, and mutt. -- "Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime." Ben Lutgens (pgp public key is "blutgen

Re: bash scripting

1999-07-26 Thread Ben Lutgens
and you feed him for a lifetime." Ben Lutgens (pgp public key is "blutgens" available @ hkp://pgpkeys.mit.edu) pgpITFw20WCue.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: X server for crappy Packard Hell machine

1999-07-22 Thread Ben Lutgens
e XF86_VGA server running and not know it. -- "We're associates of your business partner, Marcellus Wallace. You do remember your business partner Marcellus Wallace don't you?" Jules - Pulp Fiction Ben Lutgens (pgp public key is "blutgens" available @ hkp://pgpkeys.mit.edu)

Re: dhcpcd

1999-07-20 Thread Ben Lutgens
r business partner, Marcellus Wallace. You do remember your business partner Marcellus Wallace don't you?" Jules - Pulp Fiction Ben Lutgens (pgp public key is "blutgens" available @ hkp://pgpkeys.mit.edu)

Re: Exim vs. Win95

1999-07-14 Thread Ben Lutgens
ome out. I am no expert but I think this should do it. Whether this is the most graceful way to solve this problem I am not sure. Let me know -- Debian / GNU Linux: An OS the way god intended it; 32Bit, multi-tasking, Rock Solid Stable, and always getting better. Ben Lutgens (pgp

EsounD

1999-07-09 Thread Ben Lutgens
OS the way god intended it; 32Bit, multi-tasking, Rock Solid Stable, and always getting better. Ben Lutgens (pgp public key is "blutgens" available @ hkp://pgpkeys.mit.edu) pgpK50YNhTVTD.pgp Description: PGP signature

menu

1999-07-08 Thread Ben Lutgens
no avail. All I can fine in the docs is that this is generally root menu naughtiness Any ideas? -- Debian / GNU Linux: An OS the way god intended it; 32Bit, multi-tasking, Rock Solid Stable, and always getting better. Ben Lutgens (pgp public key is "blutgens" available @ hkp://pgpkey

Re: Star Office 5.1 with Slink?

1999-07-08 Thread Ben Lutgens
-- Debian / GNU Linux: An OS the way god intended it; 32Bit, multi-tasking, Rock Solid Stable, and always getting better. Ben Lutgens (ICQ # 10836629 IRC: irc.openprojects.net #debian Nick: fugas)

Re: Exim troubles

1999-07-07 Thread Ben Lutgens
On Wed, Jul 07, 1999 at 03:59:15AM +0200, Martin Bialasinski wrote: > > >> "Ben" == Ben Lutgens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Ben> I just upgraded and now I can't send mail to any addresses at my > Ben> ISP, > > What upgrade? From which

Exim troubles

1999-07-07 Thread Ben Lutgens
inux: An OS the way god intended it; 32Bit, multi-tasking, Rock Solid Stable, and always getting better. Ben Lutgens (ICQ # 10836629 IRC: irc.openprojects.net #debian Nick: fugas)

Re: Cannot startx. Please help!

1999-06-28 Thread Ben Lutgens
t wishes, > Chip > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > -- Debian / GNU Linux: An OS the way god intended it; 32Bit, multi-tasking, Rock Solid Stable, and always getting better. Ben Lutgens (ICQ # 10836629 IRC: irc.openprojects.net #debian Nick: fugas)

Re: How to pronouce "Debian"?

1999-06-28 Thread Ben Lutgens
Debian / GNU Linux: An OS the way god intended it; 32Bit, multi-tasking, Rock Solid Stable, and always getting better. Ben Lutgens (ICQ # 10836629 IRC: irc.openprojects.net #debian Nick: fugas)

xemacs appearance

1999-06-04 Thread Ben Lutgens
t, piss on it! Ben Lutgens (ICQ # 10836629 IRC: irc.openprojects.net #debian Nick: fugas)

pon & .ppprc

1999-05-26 Thread Ben Lutgens
O.K. When I try to dial my isp with pon, I get the old "can't find ~/.ppprc" error. I have tried to find some information on the format of this file to no avail. If one of you could point to a source for this info I would appreciate it. Thanx Ben

Re: A Linux CIA(Red Hat Bruhaha)?

1999-05-21 Thread Ben Lutgens
HA HA HA AHA HA HAHAH HHHA AH AHAHAHAH A!!! Grasssy Knoll my drunk ass ha ha hah is JFK from propaganda.themes.org involved? Ha ha ha hah aha LOL LOL

Re: Protecting root security

1999-05-20 Thread Ben Lutgens
True security must begin with the "Physical Security" of the box itself. One can remove removable disk drives like CDROM, Floppy, Zip etc but anyone could still use a paralel port drive etc, but each step you take helps. Just my two cents. Ben