Re: Multiple ISP setup

Dear all, Thanks for those who responded. It seems that one may use the tools xisp (available as a debian package), ezppp (http://www.serv.net/~cameron/ezppp/index.html) or Linuxconf for easy switching of ISP. But does Linuxconf work in harmony with Debian? Regards, -- Billy C.-M. Chow <[EMAIL

Multiple ISP setup

Dear all, Just wonder what is a good ppp dial-up setup for multiple ISPs. I want to be able to choose which ISP to dial up easily (read: without having to edit /etc files manually each time I have to switch). Is there a tool for this? -- Billy C.-M. Chow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: cron doesn't start at boot up?

> "Bernt" == Bernt T Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Bernt> Billy- Try # update-rc.d cron defaults Bernt> I had to add the links for cron after installing it to have it Bernt> start at boot time for run levels 2-5. Bernt> You should probably read about the boot process information in Bern

cron doesn't start at boot up?

Hi, System: Debian 1.2 Package: cron_3.0pl1-36.1 It seems that cron is not started by postinst. Is this delibrate? How do the /etc/cron.{daily,weekly,monthly} work? Thanks. -- Billy C.-M. Chow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Department of Systems Engineering The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Re: Some thoughts for Debian.

> "Matt" == Matt Kracht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Matt> Debian gives me several packages to choose from, Matt> which, it turns out, are all required. Then I find out that the Matt> guy who compiled it did something weird. Lynx 2.6 doesn't Matt> compile with it. So, I go to the S-LANG home

Re: tar dumps core

Daniel> There is a buffer-overrun bug in (non-Debianized) tar-1.11.8 Daniel> that involves the -M flag. Daniel> Does anyone know if Debian patches this bug? Debian definitely has this bug. -- Billy C.-M. Chow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Department of Systems Engineering The Chinese Universit

tar dumps core

Hi, Has anyone else seen this before? [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp # dd if=/dev/zero of=file count=100 100+0 records in 100+0 records out [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp # tar cvf test.tar file file [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp # tar tvfM test.tar -rw-r--r-- cmchow/cmchow 51200 Jan 16 17

Re: A proposal to improve dselect

> "Pete" == Pete Templin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Pete> On Sat, 11 Jan 1997, Jonas Bofjall wrote: >> No, this is wrong. A new user should not have to read long >> documents prior to installation. The configure scripts which runs >> directly after the installation should make reading docs >

Re: A few questions.

> "Nathan" == Nathan L Cutler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Nathan> I don't use the debian kernel-source package at all. I Nathan> download Linus's kernels and install them in /usr/src/linux Nathan> and compile them as per /usr/src/linux/README. I have never Nathan> had any problems with this,

Re: A proposal to improve dselect

> "Hamish" == Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Hamish> We should certainly not force a particular editor down Hamish> anyone's throat, especially emacs :-) I think it is pretty safe to assume that many Linux people use BASH. >From the bash manpage [...] READLINE This is the

Re: Help please: installation of TeTeX on a Debian machine.

> "Paul" == Paul Seelig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Paul> --cut-here--- Paul> You just have to append the following lines to Paul> "/var/lib/dpkg/status": I thought the ``provides'' field should contain ONLY the ``agreed'' (discussed in

Re: where is base deb?

> "Dale" == Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Dale> On Thu, 2 Jan 1997, Lawrence Chim wrote: >> Curiously, the base.deb is missing in the binary-i386/base dir. >> Where is it? It's used to be in binary-i386/base dir. Does it >> moved to a new place. >> Dale> The base package has been

Re: Some notes on Debian experiences

> "Alan" == Alan Eugene Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Alan> During the process of upgrading, I inadvertently deleted the Alan> entire /usr/info directory. My own fault, as I freely and Alan> readily accept. However, I was not ready for what happened Alan> next: when I upgraded gcc and cp

Weid problem

Dear all, On my newly installed Debian pre1.2 box, I was able to do a lot of netowrking and all of a sudden all network connections are lost. The machine is not locked up but is isolated from the world (even machines on the same network cannot be reached). The /var/log/messages file recorded pag

Re: Debian vs. floppy install

> "-Ing" == -Ing Andreas Wehler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: -Ing> : home PC. Now, with Debian there seems to be no information -Ing> whatsoever on : how to choose the packages after you install the -Ing> 4 or 5 base set : floppy disks. I know that if you use other -Ing> methods like dpkg-ftp (

Re: mpeg_play, can't load libXt.so.6

> "Spineux" == Spineux Alain (D M-L) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> The libraries libXt.* are in '/usr/X11R6/lib/'. I tried to make >> symbolic links to then 'ln -s /usr/X11R6/lib/libXt.so.6' ... , but >> the same message appears after trying to run mpeg_play. >> >> Can you help me? >>

Re: Rex install report

Dear all, Thanks for all who responded. Bruce> From: Chow Chi-Ming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> When I am offered to install additional drivers (modules), how may >> I find out what options does a module take and its syntaxes? This >> information would make the loading o

Wrong permissions for /tmp and /var/tmp?

Dear all, Just installed rex and found that the /tmp and /var/tmp directories do not have write permission for others. Are they supposed to be used by all? -- Billy C.-M. Chow Department of Systems Engineering The Chinese University of Hong Kong email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Rex install report

Dear Deianers, Just intalled rex (files downloaded via dpkg-ftp on the 4th and 5th Dec from ftp.debian.org). The installation was very smooth and things are mostly working. I have the following questions however. - When I am offered to install additional drivers (modules), how may I find ou