Re: the warez dudez won't leave me alone...

1997-03-20 Thread Daniel Robbins
like way. > > Can I leave these kidz a nice message somehow?? > > Richard Morin > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > === > There are two major products to come out of Berekley: LSD and UNIX. > We don't believe this to be a coincidence. Haahaaahaaheeho.. > > -=- Daniel Robbins School of Medicine Computer Services University of New Mexico [email:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Upgrading from slackware to debian

1997-03-20 Thread Daniel Robbins
I didn't know that Debian can use RedHat packages. Can dpkg do it or do I need something more? -=- Daniel Robbins School of Medicine Computer Services University of New Mexico [email:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: SCSI Ultra/Wide support

1997-03-20 Thread Daniel Robbins
On Thu, 20 Mar 1997, Lawrence Chim wrote: > did anyone done a performance comparison of buslogic 958 and adaptec > 2940? I don't, but I do want to say that I have a Buslogic BT958UW and I love it. -=- Daniel Robbins School of Medicine Computer Services University of New Mexico [e

Re: XFree 3.2A package?

1997-03-06 Thread Daniel Robbins
have a Ts6000 too - a Hercules Dynamite/128Video w/ 4Mb MDRAM) since they have a new accelerated architecture for this card. -=- Daniel Robbins School of Medicine Computer Services University of New Mexico [email:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Mail list problems??

1997-03-03 Thread Daniel Robbins
ave this problem. Look for some receint posts by him with > 'mail' in the title. I don't know if he said a time frame. He's just > working on it. > > Enjoy -- Greg. > > -=- Daniel Robbins School of Medicine Computer Services University of New Mexico [email:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Package configuration philosophy

1997-03-02 Thread Daniel Robbins
: beginning-of-line > "\e[3~": delete-char > "\e[4~": end-of-line > > Lindsay > > > -=- Daniel Robbins School of Medicine Computer Services University of New Mexico [email:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [OFFTOPIC] rc5-race is running!

1997-02-25 Thread Daniel Robbins
for huge numbers of machines and convince them to get the software running on all their systems. Imagine adding 30 systems a pop. -=- Daniel Robbins School of Medicine Computer Services University of New Mexico [email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the wo

Re: [OFFTOPIC] rc5-race is running!

1997-02-25 Thread Daniel Robbins
en someone put it in a .deb package; I'll run it on my machine. How does it work if you are connected to the net via PPP for about 2 hours a day? Do you need to have dial-on-demand? -=- Daniel Robbins School of Medicine Computer Services University of New Mexico [email:[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: Netscape 4.0b2 out, any success?

1997-02-25 Thread Daniel Robbins
> David > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -=- Daniel Robbins School of Medicine Computer Services University of New Mexico [email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

HELP! locked out of X - problem solved THANKS!

1997-02-24 Thread Daniel Robbins
I solved my locked out of X problem by rebooting the machine while holding down the shift key, then booting up in single user mode. Then removing the S99XDM file or whatever it is called. Thanks for all your help everyone, you are incredible! -=- Daniel Robbins School of Medicine Computer

HELP! XDM locked me out of Linux!

1997-02-23 Thread Daniel Robbins
27;s a 25% chance that it will show up on the login prompt). I've tried typing my ar about 50 times and I've given up. Is there any way to skip the XDM startup file? Maybe if I start up in single user mode? Is there a LILO option for that? Thanks,

Re: 3comm 509b

1997-02-23 Thread Daniel Robbins
lus other resources.) thanks for those who reply. > > dennis > Go into 3Com's 3C5X9CFG.EXE program under DOS and make sure the cable type or whatever they call it is set to 10Base-T, not "Auto" or BNC. You could also turn plug and play off. -=- Daniel Robbins School o

Re: UPS questions

1997-02-22 Thread Daniel Robbins
d to replace them. For a basic system with a 15" monitor, around 230VA should be OK; with a 17" monitor 420VA is recommended. If you have lots of hard drives in your machine, or other unusual power sucking things, you may need a bigger than average UPS -=- Daniel Robbins Schoo

Re: debian-newbie list

1997-02-21 Thread Daniel Robbins
q on using the debian archives, and also throw in a little bit about networking and ppp (pointing them in the right direction for their particular networking setup), so that it'll be a really good resource for beginners (like me). That way they'll have all the info they need to get sta

People Demanding Credit in the Press Release Silliness

1997-02-21 Thread Daniel Robbins
e this is the case. I don't think it is of much importance who is mentioned in the press release. Do Linus or GNU/FSF really care? We know their contributions, that's the important thing; the average reader of the press release will not care. -=- Daniel Robbins School of Medicine Com

Re: dec 21040 chipset

1997-02-21 Thread Daniel Robbins
now! :) > Thanks again, > Dennis > Network Cards seem to come set to IRQ 10 as a default; it's something to watch out for! -=- Daniel Robbins School of Medicine Computer Services University of New Mexico [email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e

Re: DepenGNUian Logo - Boxing Kangaroo?

1997-02-21 Thread Daniel Robbins
o me everyday, > and they are alive. Really. No... REALLY!) > How about a cartoon boxing kangaroo as the Debian Mascot? BTW, I am receiving multiple copies of the same message... (They seem to be separated by a day or two) -=- Daniel Robbins School of Medicine Computer Services Univer

Re: Unstable vs. Stable

1997-02-21 Thread Daniel Robbins
On 20 Feb 1997, Guy Maor wrote: > Daniel Robbins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Since it seems like all the bug fixes go in unstable, isn't the > > unstable stuff more stable than stable? > > All the new bugs go into stable too. Sometimes they are very b

Re: DepenGNUian Logo

1997-02-20 Thread Daniel Robbins
On 20 Feb 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>>>> "daniel" == Daniel Robbins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > OK, ok, the penguin's a jewel thief, and he's evil. But he > > has funny little beady eyes, and that's got to count

Unstable vs. Stable

1997-02-20 Thread Daniel Robbins
go in unstable, isn't the unstable stuff more stable than stable? -=- Daniel Robbins School of Medicine Computer Services University of New Mexico [email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Bug with libraries? -I'm having this problem!

1997-02-20 Thread Daniel Robbins
em. I'll take a look at /etc/ld.so.conf and see if I can figure it out. Could you post a solution (fix) to this problem? Thanks, -=- Daniel Robbins School of Medicine Computer Services University of New Mexico [email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail t

Re: DepenGNUian Logo

1997-02-20 Thread Daniel Robbins
er-mind jewel > thief who dressed as a chicken to commit crimes. He also drove poor > Grommit away from Wallace. > > Poor Gromit. OK, ok, the penguin's a jewel thief, and he's evil. But he has funny little beady eyes, and that's got to count for something. :

Re: DepenGNUian Logo

1997-02-19 Thread Daniel Robbins
", of course. > Joost Have you ever seen Nick Park's claymation "The Wrong Trousers"? There's a really cute penguin in that short film. Someday I may render one. -=- Daniel Robbins School of Medicine Computer Services University of New Mexico [email:[EMAIL PRO

Re: Easy ways of configuring Debian

1997-02-19 Thread Daniel Robbins
On Tue, 18 Feb 1997, Shaya Potter wrote: > On Tue, 18 Feb 1997, Daniel Robbins wrote: > > On Fri, 14 Feb 1997, Alexander Gieg wrote: > > > > > I think this is a great idea. LinuxConf makes the > > > configuration far easy for beginners. Let's think abo

Re: Easy ways of configuring Debian

1997-02-18 Thread Daniel Robbins
*great* idea! I'll check out their web page to see what it's all about. The base Debian install (from disks) was great, but it's going to take a while before I am comfortable with dselect. -=- Daniel Robbins School of Medicine Computer Services University of New Mexico [email:[EMA