Quadrant CineMaster Video Encoder Card

I did see mention somewhere of a module called bt865.o which I have not been able to locate. Has anyone gotten this card to work on a debian system? Please respond to me directly. TIA. -- David Karlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux

apt-move update skips .debs

hile others are moved into the local mirror? TIA P.S. Please reply to me directly. Thank you. -- David Karlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux

apt-move update skipping .debs

the point of having a local mirror in the first place). Am I missing an important step, or is there some reason that these .debs are not making it into the local mirror? TIA P.S. Please reply to me directly. Thanks. -- David Karlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux

Re: using /var/cache/apt/archives/*.deb

has --get-selections and --set-selections options. There was a recent thread on this in debian-user. Check the archives or the manpage for more info. HTH. -- David Karlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux

Re: installation problems

so I ought to be able to whip > something up pretty quickly. AFAIK, yes. In the past, I have simply rm'ed files from /var/cache/apt/archives with no, noticable, detrimental effects. Doing so via script should be about the same. > Thanks very much for all your help. > jim You&#x

Re: installation problems

omething like: update-rc.d -f xdm remove (or gdm or kdm, depending on which one is running.) This will leave xdm (or gdm, kdm...) on the system, but not start it up at boot time. Or, apt-get remove xdm (or gdm or kdm or whatever). (Probably easier) HTH. -- David Karlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux

Re: Console based Word Processor

On Fri, Sep 01, 2000 at 05:06:02PM +0100, Ted Harding wrote: > If I could get WP5 for UNIX up on Linux I'd run for it! I did my share of editing in Wordperfect, too. I suppose you could try running the old DOS version in dosemu. (Don't know about licensing issues, though.) --

Re: filtering out ads

web browser. installed-size: 237 I've installed it, but not yet adjusted the configuration. HTH. -- David Karlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux

Re: Dselect file list generation

d "set-selections" which sounds like what you are describing. man dselect for more info. HTH. -- David Karlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux

SpeedStream 4060 DSL "modem"

060 with Debian? Please reply to me directly. TIA. -- David Karlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux

Re: plip installation (Host name lookup failure)

Hi, I re-ran the installation, and now things are working fine. After a 900% ram upgrade (4MB -> 36) and a fresh potato installation, this old '486 laptop is running better than ever! Mon, Jul 31, 2000 at 11:09:38PM -0600, David Karlin wrote: > Hello, > I'm doing an installat

Re: Why not Standard, Pre-Release, and Development versions?

elopment --> woody > > exactly replacing these: > > stable --> slink > frozen --> potato > unstable --> woody > > My .02 EUR > Thierry A rose (or potato) by any other name, smells just as sweet. If someone is scared by the name "unstable" or "frozen", perhaps they *should* be running stable. My .02 (US) -- David Karlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux

Re: some questions

essfully used update-rc.d to have xdm available on my system, but not have it run on boot (this way remote machines can get an xdm login screen, but the system defaults to a text-login). > 5. Single-user mode loads a whole bunch of stuff that are not really > needed. > What is the recomended

unsubscribing from list [was: HHHEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLPPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!]

ouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Have you tried sending email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe"? For more info, go to www.debian.org and click the link "Mailing List Subscription". Hth. -- David Karlin Powered by Debian GNU/Linux

Re: Ethercard Plus Elite 16: (WD/8013EP)

took all that info from a win partition. If the settings work with another OS, then they should be correct for linux. > Would be advisable/possible to install some package, which could do > automaticly all this job? I would recommend installing the packages ppp and pppconfig, then run pppconfig. It will prompt you for all the info it needs to configure PPP. Another option is the wvdial package, but I've had little success with it. -- David Karlin Powered by Debian GNU/Linux

Re: can't remove "directories"

f {} \;` > But first of all, make copy of your home directory to /tmp and test it! > > Greetings > Albrecht I guess you could also remove these files with midnight commander (apt-get install mc). Hth. -- David Karlin Powered by Debian GNU/Linux

dpkg --smallmem

Hello, Is there a way to get dpkg to use the <4MB ram optimization (invoked by the --smallmem command-line option) when using apt-get or the dselect/apt method? This is for a 4MB notebook (until I get a ram upgrade for it). TIA. P.S. Please CC: me directly; thank you. -- David Kar

Re: Email Q

e file ~/.signature to outgoing mail. HTH. -- David Karlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux

Re: hide the commabd executed from ps,who

using .netrc doesn't solve the problem of sending the password in clear-text to the POP server (neither does retyping it on the command-line) but at least it keeps the password from showing up on the output of a "ps" (at least on my slink system, YMMV). -- David Karlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux

Re: Can not get a floppy only install to work

em.bin" boot disk image. Detailed instructions at: http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch-install-methods.en.html#s-low-mem-disk It works, but 4MB ram makes for an almost painfully slow system. HTH. -- David Karlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux

modprobe failed: no /lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0

encies file /lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/modules.dep (No such file or directory) I tried "ln -s 2.2.15 2.2.14-5.0" and reran "modprobe ne io=0x300" and get a bunch of unresolved symbol messages Anyone have a clue on this? TIA. -- David Karlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux

depmod and /lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0

encies file /lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/modules.dep (No such file or directory) I tried "ln -s 2.2.15 2.2.14-5.0" and reran "modprobe ne io=0x300" and get a bunch of unresolved symbol messages Anyone have a clue on this? TIA. -- David Karlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux

Re: unknown file appeared in home directory

On Sun, May 07, 2000 at 06:10:42PM +0200, Stephan Engelke wrote: > HI David, > > David Karlin writes: > > I noticed a file named "jzip39143D5C0850D1C" in my home directory (slink > > system). It was created yesterday, but not by me. I tried view it with > &g

unknown file appeared in home directory

Hello, I noticed a file named "jzip39143D5C0850D1C" in my home directory (slink system). It was created yesterday, but not by me. I tried view it with less and zless, but it is a jumble. Anyone know anything about this? TIA. -- David Karlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux

Re: install problem; modules

on of the boot-floppies. HTH. -- David Karlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux

potato intallation failed

Hello, I'm installing potato from floppies, and when I try to load the kernel modules, I get: "modprobe: Can't open /target/etc/modules.conf" and "Installation failed." Anyone else had this happen? Tia. -- David Karlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux

Re: network oddity

On Sat, Apr 15, 2000 at 12:06:01AM +, Jim Breton wrote: > On Fri, Apr 14, 2000 at 06:31:02PM -0600, David Karlin wrote: > > Hello, > > I have a slink box which has been running great. It was up for over > > 45 days without a hitch. > > > > The box does ipma

network oddity

ping another box on the lan, or make a PPP connection to my ISP). Anyone else had this happen? TIA. -- David Karlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux

fetchmail/exim losing messages when downloading

responding. TIA. -- David Karlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux

Re: Is it possible for finger to not show .forward?

] > >> > >> Is there a way to get finger to not show .forward? > >> > > > > simply "chmod 600 .forward" - at least on solaris this works ... > > I don't think that works on Linux; it did not work for me, anyway. > > -- > Andrew Tried it and it seems to work okay here. (slink) -- David Karlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux

Is it possible for finger to not show .forward?

way to get finger to not show .forward? TIA -- David Karlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux

Re: can't display remote X jobs after potato

similar problem after doing an `apt-get dist-upgrade', with /etc/apt/sources.list pointing to the X update for slink. It turns out that xdm was upgraded, and my old config files were somehow overwritten. The one in question was /etc/X11/xdm/Xaccess. It is well commented and you should be able to figure

Re: XDMCP broken after X upgrade

/etc/X11/xdm/Xaccess. BTW, I only allow xdm logins from within my LAN, so I guess the security risk is minimal.... Thanks. -- David Karlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux

XDMCP broken after X upgrade

might have been inserted during the X upgrade. Am I on the right track? Has anyone experienced this, or know how to fix it? Thanks. -- David Karlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux

apt manpage missing

my system? Do I need to reinstall apt? Thanks and happy new year. -- David Karlin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux 2.1

/etc/hosts.deny "booby trap"

seem to do the finger and mail the output. Has anyone gotten this to work? TIA. -- David Karlin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux 2.1

Re: Why

I second that sentiment. > not affiliated in any way with O'Reilly and Associates ;). Sit down in the Me either. > Hang in there, it's worth it. I second that one too. The thing with linux is that you have to be willing to read. -- David Karlin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux 2.1

[off-topic] MS Outlook

00 version. AFAIK, it is part of the office 2000 suite. Perhaps this one is more configurable. -- David Karlin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://funk48.home.travelin.com Powered by Debian GNU/Linux 2.1

Re: pppconfig and multiple AT commands for modem initialization

On Tue, Nov 23, 1999 at 07:09:01PM -0800, Eric G . Miller wrote: > I have in /etc/chatscript/provider > > > "" ATZ > OK ATLO > OK ATDTxxx > CONNECT \d\c Thanks, this is exactly what I need. -- David Karlin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux 2.1

pppconfig and multiple AT commands for modem initialization

none seems to work. The modem dials as loudly as ever. BTW, this is a Diamond Supra Express (internal) and seems to work fine in all other respects. What is the proper way to concatenate two AT commands into one initialization string? TIA. -- David Karlin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux 2.1

Re: stopping x from starting automatically

Hello, On Tue, Nov 16, 1999 at 11:37:19PM +, John Stevenson wrote: > I am not a developer or expert on policy, but as far as I know the intent of > xdm is to start > linux up X rather than on the terminal. Now as debians default init level is > 2, it seems Actually, it starts up X *and* th

getting exim to clear queue immediatly (w/o "exim -qf")

e that something got changed inadvertantly, but I can't figure out what it is. Can anyone tell me what I need to change so mail will clear out from the queue right away, instead of sitting there? Thank you. -- David Karlin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://funk48.home.travelin.com Powered by Debian GNU/Linux 2.1

Re: where are ftp error messages logged?

On Mon, Oct 04, 1999 at 02:36:12PM -0500, Bill West wrote: > On Mon, Oct 04, 1999 at 01:22:44PM -0600, David Karlin wrote: > > Hello, > > I've written a shell script that creates a file, then uploads it to my > > ISP's server via (command-line) ftp. > > > &

where are ftp error messages logged?

Hello, I've written a shell script that creates a file, then uploads it to my ISP's server via (command-line) ftp. After getting it to work from the (bash) command-line, I put it in /etc/ppp/ip-up.d, so it would update this file every time my ppp link goes up. When run automatically (for example

RE: DriveReady SeekComplete Error and DriveStatusError

> -Original Message- > From: B. Szyszka [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 1999 3:21 PM > To: Stephen R. Gore > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: RE: DriveReady SeekComplete Error and DriveStatusError > > Well "buy something else" isn't exactly a very good s

ppp broken, log says: "Receive serial link is not 8-bit clean"

I'm a digest subscriber. -- David Karlin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Reduced to using Windows 95 :-(

Re: Installing deb packages on top of UNIX

ublic key available at > http://lynx.dac.neu.edu/home/httpd/n/nmeyerha/mail.html > or by 'finger -l [EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: 2.6.2 > > iQCVAwUBN+Zj8IdCcpBjGWoFAQGRwAP9FSvzLeMcj/L2PEVBRpR+3T7MzihZg8tO > GOv2NWVnLPdSyrknMVqdoLzdefEcTTa9O4x

netscape error (won't display images)

Hello, I just debianized a friend's old '486 (16MB ram) with a fresh slink installation. Everything seems to be running fine, except for netscape. I did 'apt-get install navigator-smotif-45', and navigator comes up fine, displays text, background colors, etc., but does not display images (they sh

Re: X Login Fails

etup' and then 'apt-get install xdm'. After running xf86config, everything was good on alt-f7 (i.e. I could log in via xdm). Hth, ymmv. -- David Karlin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux 2.1

Re: error's when starting X

box via xdm. If anyone out there can correct me or explain this better, please do so. In my case, running 'apt-get install xf86config' (not XF86Setup) caused apt to fetch and install everything I needed for X. After that I ran xf86setup, and everything was good on ctl-alt-f7. As always, YMMV. -- David Karlin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux 2.1

Re: E-mail client for POP3?

I always have to be the > one doing the compromising?) :-) > Thanks anyway! Not backing up is a compromise in and of itself. I'm guilty too, but at this time, my data is not very important to me. -- David Karlin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux 2.1

Converting VMS "mail.mai" file to UNIX mailbox format

;s box, so POP3 would be tough without messing around with his winbox (i.e. installing software, etc.). Thanks. -- David Karlin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux 2.1

dselect using smbmounted archive

dselect able to find Packages.gz, but not the .debs? Is this some error inputting the archive location, or another problem? Is it possible to us a smbmounted CD rom in this way, or do I need to find another solution? Thanks. -- David Karlin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Debian GNU/Linux 2.1

apt with smbmount

Hello, I'm installing slink on a friend's old '486, with a CD rom which is smbmounted from a drive on his win98 box. I can access the .deb files okay, and can do 'dpkg -i file.deb', but 'apt-get install ' is broken because the symlinks on the CD aren't followed. Is there any way to get apt-get to w

debian-user@lists.debian.org

prompt gets "invalid command". You have to clear the prompt and type > in the first "ftp". from the "ftp>" prompt you can also do "open ftp.foo.com". from the "ftp>" prompt you can also do "help". from the "$&q

Re: Flaming Debian Newbies

hat to the list as there could be other people who are wondering where to find that particular info. I've gotten some good tips that way. --D -- === David Karlin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://funk48.home.travelin.com Powered by Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 ===

Re: Change the signatures for -user and -devel!

On Mon, Jul 26, 1999 at 04:28:41PM -0500, Kent West wrote: > David Karlin wrote: > > P.S. What is the current sig for debian-user? (Doesn't show > > up in my mail.) > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >

Re: Change the signatures for -user and -devel!

the current sig for debian-user? (Doesn't show up in my mail.) -- === David Karlin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://funk48.home.travelin.com Powered by Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 ===

Re: FW: bash scripting

is better (IMO) than berating someone who is trying to learn something. -- === David Karlin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://funk48.home.travelin.com Powered by Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 ===

newbie guidelines suggestion

e" msgs which appear on the list.) The sig could say something like "Please read before posting to this list --Thank you". --D -- ======= David Karlin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://funk48.home.travelin.com Powered by Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 ===

RE: [Fwd: Lynx Problems]

> You seem to have a fundamental misunderstanding. A good PPP (or other > network) connection is necessary for any browser to work. No browser > can work independently of that, or debug your connection for you. So > what's the knock on lynx if it didn't work when you didn't have the > connection

Re: SupraExpress Modem problems

ing PNP is preferred. --D P.S. I assume the original poster has solved his modem problem as we haven't heard back from him. -- === David Karlin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://funk48.home.travelin.com Powered by Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 ===

Re: SupraExpress Modem problems

n appendix A of the manual. This seems to have worked fine. Is there an advantange to using isapnptools over disabling PNP? -- ======= David Karlin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://funk48.home.travelin.com Powered by Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 ===

RE: SupraExpress Modem problems

> To: Julian Gilbey > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: SupraExpress Modem problems > > > Julian writes: > > - the /var/log/ppp.log file showed that the intial connection had > > been attempted, and that after precisely 45 seconds, an alarm > > happened and the connection attempt

Re: SupraExpress Modem problems

he alarm lines in the log. > > Does anyone have any idea what to do or how to go about fixing this > problem? > > Thanks in advance, > >Julian -- === David Karlin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://funk48.home.travelin.com Powered by Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 ===

Re: poff quesition.....

bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/loca/bin and my path (user) is: /sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin, wouldn't the original, /usr/bin/poff, be called instead of my new version, /usr/local/bin/poff? --D -- =======

poff quesition.....

Should I put my command(s) at the very to of /usr/bin/poff, or is there a more appropriate location? Thanks, --David -- ======= David Karlin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://funk48.home.travelin.com Powered by Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 ===

Re: public_html directories not accessable outside of LAN

1999 at 09:31:28AM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > On Mon, Jul 12, 1999 at 08:54:45PM -0600, David Karlin wrote: > > The real question is: What is causing the > > dotted-quad to turn into a hostname? I suspect > > I think this is because you have specified a "ServerName"

plog and wvdial output

Hello, My ppp connection quit working this afternoon, and before finding out that there was a problem on my ISP's end, I reran pppconfig, and edited a config file or two, but I can't remember exaxtly what I did. Well now my ISP is back up again, but my PPP connection is broken. Here's the plog out

RE: Offtopic - Amiga and Linux join forces?

t a "GNU" distribution of Linux, though. It still won't have a look familiar to GNU/Linux users, or freeBSD users, or any other *nix user, so it's a safe bet that they won't be stealing from the GNU/Linux userbase. Just my $.02. --David -- === David Karlin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://funk48.home.travelin.com Powered by Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 ===

RE: [dkarlin@coloradomtn.edu: Re: public_html directories not accessable outside of LAN]

> > Hi Jeff, > > First, thanks for the speedy response (4 minutes). > > Second, I tried your suggestion and set > > UseCanonicalName no, but after I restarted Apache, it > > refused all connections, even from the LAN. > > You need to set UseCanonicalName off, not UseCanonicalName no, or > Apache

RE: automagic ftp sessions?

ginal Message- > From: Kevin A. Foss [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, July 11, 1999 3:30 PM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: automagic ftp sessions? > > > On Sun, Jul 11, 1999 at 11:34:13AM -0600, David Karlin wrote: > > Thanks for the sc

Re: public_html directories not accessable outside of LAN

ot;/~dbk", it did get rewritten as mylocalhostname.com/~dbk. Then I noticed that the same thing was happening with netscape on the box running the Apache server in question, and with lynx, too. Well, thanks again for your interest and effort. --David -- === David

Re: public_html directories not accessable outside of LAN

dydns.org is the solution. --D -- ======= David Karlin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://funk48.home.travelin.com Powered by Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 ===

public_html directories not accessable outside of LAN

he dotted-quad to turn into a hostname? I suspect either something in my nameserver config, or something in the Apache config, but I'm not to sure where to start looking. Anyone out there have any clues? Thanks, --David -- ======= David Karlin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

fetchmail -k acting funny w/pop3 mailbox on VMS

ushed. So, "fetchmail -k" works differently on the two POP3 servers. Has anyone else noticed this type of behavior? Thanks, --D -- === David Karlin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://funk48.home.travelin.com Powered by Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 ===

Re: automagic ftp sessions?

tzis wrote: > On Wed, Jul 07, 1999 at 11:34:45PM -0600, David Karlin wrote: > > I'm running slink and would like to automate an ftp session > > to upload a file to a remote server. > > > > I've been reading a Unix book which says that the "<<"

automagic ftp sessions?

o function within ftp, but have been unable to set up macros which are available the next time I run ftp. Seems they last only for one session. Anyone care to shed some light? TIA, --D -- ======= David Karlin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://funk48.home.travelin.com Powered by Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 ===

RE: Ethernet card problems

Hi, I get a similar message when I boot the system with no ethernet cable connected to the ethercard, no matter which card. BTW, I have the same card running in a '386 slink box. No problems. Feel free to contact me if you have further problems. HTH, --David > -Original Message- > Fro

RE: Hmmmm .deb files??

Hi, "dpkg -i " will install the .debs on to your system. Make sure you are in the correct directory first, or specify its path. As an alternative, try: "apt-get update;apt-get install " (package name is "foo", not "foo.deb"); apt-get will take care of dependencies. Try "man dpkg" and "man apt-

RE: ftp/telnet fails since upgrade

Hello, I've recently upgraded, and remembered reading that some of the networking packages were split up. I opened the packages.gz file (in dists/stable/main/binary-i386) and searched for "telnetd". I found that telnetd is now its own package. I'm about to "apt-get" it. You probably need to do

RE: exim receives mail, but won't send it to smarthost

> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf > Of George Bonser > Sent: Sunday, May 30, 1999 12:13 PM > To: David Karlin > Cc: Debian User > Subject: Re: exim receives mail, but won't send it to smarthost > > > >

RE: Laplink and DOS?

Hello, I recall reading something in the plip mini-howto about a dos-linux plip connection using a Crynwr driver called plip.exe on the dos machine. HTH, --David > -Original Message- > From: John Pearson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 1999 8:30 PM > To: virtanen; deb

exim receives mail, but won't send it to smarthost

Hello again, Running exim on slink, and now that I've gotten exim to deliver local mail and fetchmail to download mail from my smarthost, outgoing mail is broken. The system is _trying_ to deliver mail, but it never makes it out of the queue. Two messages have been sitting in the queue for more th

RE: .fetchmailrc (or: 'rtwfm')

> -Original Message- > From: Pollywog [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, May 29, 1999 11:31 PM > To: David Karlin > Cc: Debian User; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: .fetchmailrc (or: 'rtwfm') > > > > On 30-May-99 David Karlin w

RE: .fetchmailrc (or: 'rtwfm')

Hi, Thanks for your speedy responses, pointers to the proper section of the manpage, and sample .fetchmailrc files. After going back and reading the _whole_ f***ing manual, (okay, I admit that I skimmed some of it) I edited my file, and am now downloading mail without the bother of entering my m

specification of mailhost password to fetchmail on command line.

Hello, I'm using the following fetchmail command to download my mail from my smarthost: /usr/bin/fetchmail -u funk48 travelin.com This command causes me to be prompted for my mail password, but I'd like to be able to run this as a script in a cron job, i.e. to to have this script

RE: Replacement for Netscape

> > Netscape *is* a memory hog, especially if it's statically linked against > Motif, but as someone else already pointed out, once it's loaded it runs > fine. You can't expect to run Linux, X, and Netscape in 32 megs, however. I'm running Slink with X and Netscape on a P90 w/24mb. It's a bit s

RE: Just installed Exim - how to I get local/system mail?

Hi Phillip, I recently installed Exim as well. My /etc/exim.conf includes: local_domains = mybox.mylocalnet:localhost (replace mybox.mylocalnet with yourbox.yourlocalnet) Hope that was of some help, --David > -Original Message- > From: Phillip Deackes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Fetchmail problems

Hello, I have a fairly fresh slink system, and I get the same fetchmail error msgs. --David > -Original Message- > From: XRDLAB [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, May 22, 1999 5:19 AM > To: Debian Users > Subject: Fetchmail problems > > > Hi, > > I upgraded my hamm system to slin

loading module for NE2000 Ethernet card

Hello, I have a box running slink and am trying to install an NE2000 ethercard. When I do: # insmod /lib/modules/2.0.36/net/ne.o I get: /lib/modules/2.0.36/net/ne.o: unresolved symbol ei_open /lib/modules/2.0.36/net/ne.o: unresolved symbol ethdev_init /lib/modules/2.0.36/net/ne.o: unresolved symbo

Tadpole Sparcbook 3GX Laptop

I have the opportunity to purchase a Sparcbook 3GX for $800. I've attatched the specs. Has anyone used this machine? Is this a good price? (Seems like it to me.) How suitable would this machine be for running Debian? As an aside, what about performance while running Solaris? Am considering setti

libpcre.so.1 and libpcre.so.1.01 (was strange sendmail error msgs)

Hello, I've been running a hamm system for a few months and recently installed exim and libpcre1 (upon which exim depends). Since then, I've been getting console msgs: /usr/sbin/sendmail: error in shared libraries libpcre.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory I'm guessi

strange sendmail error msgs

Hello, On my hamm system, I've been getting strange error msgs since installing exim. Strange, because they are sendmail msgs: /usr/sbin/sendmail: error in loading shared libraries libpcre.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory I did dpkg -s sendmail, and found that it i

strange sendmail error msgs

Hello, On my hamm system, I've been getting strange error msgs since installing exim. Strange, because they are sendmail msgs: /usr/sbin/sendmail: error in loading shared libraries libpcre.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory I did dpkg -s sendmail, and found that it i

serial terminal hangs at login prompt

Hello, I've tried connecting two different terminals to the serial port on my hamm box. One was an old pc with terminal emulator software, the other is a genuine Digital VT100. Both hang at the login prompt. I ran 'getty -L ttyS0 9600 vt100' most recently for the VT100. I got the login prompt,

RE: Compress

> -Original Message- > From: Andrew Ivanov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, November 29, 1998 12:58 PM > To: Debian user list > Subject: Compress > > > > Anyone know where I can get 'compress' program? > TIA, > Andrew > Package: ncompress Version: 4.2.4-7 Priority: optional Secti

RE: Linux Tips & Tricks

> > I don't think people will think it inappropriate for you to publish > > their suggestions organized in this way (this is not dissimilar to > > FAQs or the FAQ-O-Matic) but I do think it is inappropriate for you to > > not credit the individuals who wrote the tip as well as copyrighting > > the

in which directory does lynx.cfg belong?

Hello, I'm attempting to get lynx to access the web via a proxy server on the lan. As I was reading the lynx documentation, I came across a sample lynx.cfg file. The sample file indicates that its default location should be /usr/local/lib/lynx.cfg, but since I installed from the .deb file in hamm,

RE: Moving Files from Windows

> On Wed, Nov 11, 1998 at 08:42:55AM -0500, Costa, Michael J. wrote: > > I have just installed LINUX on another machine in my office. > The powers that > > be are reluctant at this moment to let me put in on the network. I have > > loaded some items down to my NT machine and now need to ship them

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