Re: getting emails from cron despite redirecting output to a log file

2014-04-02 Thread David Nelson
ter.pm line 67. at /usr/share/perl5/SNMP_Session.pm line 608 Subroutine SNMPv1_Session::sockaddr_in6 redefined at /usr/share/perl/5.14/Exporter.pm line 67. at /usr/share/perl5/SNMP_Session.pm line 608 On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 7:05 AM, David Nelson wrote: > MKS, > > Thank you ! That

Re: getting emails from cron despite redirecting output to a log file

2014-04-01 Thread David Nelson
again for clearing that up for me, and thank you to others who took time to reply also. Have a great day! David On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 5:12 AM, Markus Schönhaber < debian-u...@list-post.mks-mail.de> wrote: > 31.03.2014 20:22, David Nelson: > > > I have configured mrtg to log

getting emails from cron despite redirecting output to a log file

2014-03-31 Thread David Nelson
Hello, I have configured mrtg to log network traffic for our organization. This is working nicely except at some point while I was fiddling with the scripts under /etc/cron.d, which run every 5 minutes to collect snmp data I started getting emails to root from cron. I have stared at this and googl

Re: Using Dselect...

1999-04-27 Thread David Nelson
Even if you don't see the packages in the list, you can still install them "by hand" using dpkg -i (replace x1.1.1.deb with the appropriate file name). All those packages you listed are pretty important ones; you'll need them for various other packages, and for recompiling your kernel or other

Problem recompiling kernel 2.0.36 for Ensoniq AudioPCI sound card

1999-04-17 Thread David Nelson
Help!! I'm getting the following error messages on recompiling the kernel to recognise my Ensoniq AudioPCI sound card: make [1] as86: Command not found make [1]: [bootsect.o] Error 127 make [1]: Leaving directory /usr/kernel-source-2.0.36/arch/i386/boot make [1]: *** [zImage] Error 2 Originally,

Re: Debian vs. RedHat

1999-04-17 Thread David Nelson
Well, I just recently installed Debian for the first time, via FTP via a LAN. I'd say I was a "reasonably-experienced end user" but no computer expert. I found that provided you take the time to think about things logically, the Debian installation script was quite OK and that Dselect provides a p

Re: linux usage by well known sites

1999-04-16 Thread David Nelson
If you have RealPlayer, drop this into "Open Location" in the File menu. It's the keynotes speech for the LinuxWorld expo: pnm://audio.cnet.com/1999/03/02/lwce02.ra/28_8.36 Apparently, Oracle have a Linux box on 1 in 10 of their developers. Listen for yourself. Web applications are going to be bi

Re: file system vfat

1999-04-16 Thread David Nelson
27;vfat' type option > (apparently quite sucessfully), which is why I asked the question. > > Seems a bit strange. > Rich > > David Nelson wrote: > > > > For one, vfat let's you see long filenames in Linux. > >

Re: file system vfat

1999-04-16 Thread David Nelson
For one, vfat let's you see long filenames in Linux. Richard Harran wrote: > > What does compiling vfat support into your kernel do for you? I only > ask because I don't have it, but I do mount my Windows95 drives under > linux, and I seem to be able to use them ok (except for permissions, > whi

Re: WordPerfect for Linux installation problem...

1999-04-15 Thread David Nelson
A big thanks to you for all the help. I installed the said libraries, etc, etc, and WordPerfect is now installed and up and running. For the information of other beginners, the installation files should be dumped in a subdirectory, not the root directory, and then all goes fine. Do you think I ca

Re: WordPerfect for Linux installation problem...

1999-04-15 Thread David Nelson
A big thanks to you for all the help. I installed the said libraries, etc, etc, and WordPerfect is now installed and up and running. The installation files should be dumped in a subdirectory, not the root directory, and then all goes fine.

Re: WordPerfect for Linux installation problem...

1999-04-15 Thread David Nelson
Thanks for all the help. So libc6 does not in anyway replace libc5, meaning I have to install both libraries and not just libc6 then? David [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > The libraries Jan menionted (included at the end of this post) are the files > you need to make the install work. You need t

Re: WordPerfect for Linux installation problem...

1999-04-15 Thread David Nelson
I forget where, but I did see it before I installed) > > Slink is not libc5 based, so you need to install the libc5 packages. > at a minimum you'll need xpm4.7 > you'll also need (but may find them already installed) > libc5 > xlib6 > > libm.so.5 is part of xpm

Re: X windows and ModeLines

1999-04-15 Thread David Nelson
1) You won't get anything out of the mouse wheel. Don't think anyone wrote a special driver for it, so... 2) For the monitor, in XF86Setup you can enter the full range of vertical and horizontal scan frequencies, for instance: 30-80 and 24-120. 3) Try and choose the card from the list within XF86

WordPerfect for Linux installation problem...

1999-04-15 Thread David Nelson
Hi there, Anybody got any ideas for this? I downloaded WordPerfect for Linux (an X application), gunzipped it to a tar file and then ran tar on it to extract about 8 or 9 files plus Runme (the installer script) and readme (the info and instructions). I put the lot in /tmp on my filesystem. I run R

RE: Laptop clock skews after suspend

1999-04-14 Thread David Nelson
My laptop has a little DOS program to load on booting, with another for the mouse. Maybe yours does too. I haven't done it, but how about running dosemu and running that utility in the background? Or is there something under Linux that could do the same thing? David -Message d'origine

Re: Any way to convert Word 7 files?

1999-04-13 Thread David Nelson
I had heard that StarOffice is able to read them. In any case, text format would be a pity: you'd lose all the formatting. I haven't done it myself yet, but I expect HTML or RTF would be a better choice 'cause you'd keep the formatting (I expect StarOffice could handle RTF). David Anthony Campb

How do you re-install dpkg?

1999-04-13 Thread David Nelson
Hullo there, 1) How does one re-install dpkg? Can I use dselect (which itself uses dpkg) or should I use dpgk-deb? 2) If I'm getting "segmentation errors" each time I use dpkg and apparently only when I use dpkg, is it likely to be due to dpkg being corrupted in some way or is the format of my en

Hard disk errors after installing on VP I486 laptop from First International Computers, Taiwan

1999-04-12 Thread David Nelson
Hullo there, After installing Linux (slink), I'm having hard disk errors such as: "EXT2-fs error (device 03:03) ext2-find-entry: bad entry across blocks - offset = 1316, inode 2852811149, rec_len = 60588 name-len = 4073". Please read below for a rather lengthy explanation of exactly what happened

Hard disk errors after installing on VP I486 laptop from First International Computers, Taiwan

1999-04-12 Thread David Nelson
Hullo there, After installing Linux (slink), I'm having hard disk errors such as: "EXT2-fs error (device 03:03) ext2-find-entry: bad entry across blocks - offset = 1316, inode 2852811149, rec_len = 60588 name-len = 4073". Please read below for a rather lengthy explanation of exactly what happen

RE: Emacs

1999-04-12 Thread David Nelson
If I was looking for a good word processor to run on a small laptop system that has to contain Linux, X and all within 320 Meg, would you recommend emacs or is there something better? David -Message d'origine- De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: lundi 12 avril 1999

Hard disk errors after installing on VP I486 laptop from First International Computers, Taiwan

1999-04-12 Thread David Nelson
Hullo there, After installing Linux (slink), I'm having hard disk errors such as: "EXT2-fs error (device 03:03) ext2-find-entry: bad entry across blocks - offset = 1316, inode 2852811149, rec_len = 60588 name-len = 4073". Please read below for a rather lengthy explanation of exactly what happen

How do I get rid of dummy PPP

1999-04-09 Thread David Nelson
I just installed Debian on my laptop, using the installation script, and during the process chose to install serial PPP followed by dummy PPP. Now Debian starts up with dummy PPP and I can't proceed with to update and download the rest of the packages via FTP using apt. Could anyone be kind eno

How do I get rid of dummy PPP

1999-04-09 Thread David Nelson
I just installed Debian on my laptop, using the installation script, and during the process chose to install serial PPP followed by dummy PPP. Now Debian starts up with dummy PPP and I can't proceed with to update and download the rest of the packages via FTP using apt. Could anyone be kind eno

TR: using Hauppauge WinTV under Debian

1999-04-04 Thread David Nelson
-Message d'origine- De: David Nelson [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: dimanche 4 avril 1999 13:45 À: 'Syrus Nemat-Nasser' Objet: RE: using Hauppauge WinTV under Debian Hi Syrus, No, my card is the ATI 3D Pro Turbo PC2TV, which I think differs from the All-In-Won

TR: using Hauppauge WinTV under Debian

1999-04-04 Thread David Nelson
David Nelson Cc: 'debian-user@lists.debian.org' Objet: RE: using Hauppauge WinTV under Debian On Fri, 2 Apr 1999, David Nelson wrote: > Do you reckon it would work with my ATI-TV card? > > And will xawtv support PAL/SECAM, etc? When I was looking at TV cards, the ATI was

RE: Distribution

1999-04-02 Thread David Nelson
Try http://www.debian.org. It's there for downloading if you want (50 to 250 Meg, depending on what you want... or more!) or there are links to where you can order it. Price: a few dollars to receive it on CD, but the OS is free. HTH, David -Message d'origine- De: khaled samy [SMTP:[

RE: using Hauppauge WinTV under Debian

1999-04-02 Thread David Nelson
Do you reckon it would work with my ATI-TV card? And will xawtv support PAL/SECAM, etc? All the best, David Syrus Nemat-Nasser wrote: I've got a Hauppauge WinTV card now working under Debian with kernel 2.2.1. I can't give details now because I'm at work (different machine). The trick was to g

RE: ATI 3D Pro Turbo PC2TV graphic card + ATI-TV tuner card setup

1999-04-02 Thread David Nelson
Hi Dave, So far, it seems to come up with the right server each time... As a matter of interest, exactly what did you tweak in Xservers? David -Message d'origine- De: Dave Blears [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: vendredi 2 avril 1999 11:26 À: David Nelson Objet: Re: ATI 3

Newbie setting up StarOffice...

1999-04-02 Thread David Nelson
Hi there! I just installed slink and installed StarOffice (i.e. installed the installer, fetched the necessary files from the StarOffice ftp site, installed them with the installer). On attempting to run swriter, I get the message "Could not open XPrinter Please make sure your XPPATH is set corr

ATI 3D Pro Turbo PC2TV graphic card + ATI-TV tuner card setup

1999-04-02 Thread David Nelson
op back? 2) Does anybody know if I can use my ATI-TV tuner card under X (ATI itself does not directly support Linux)? With hopeful thanks in advance, David Nelson