Re: RPC for linux

1997-03-10 Thread Dominik Kubla
It's part of the system library. Just remove -lrpc* from the Makefile and everything should do fine. (libc6 will change that a bit, but it will still be distributed aling with libc...) Dominik Kubla -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- The text

Re: Automounter troubles

1996-11-15 Thread Dominik Kubla
it works for me (as it should since i used to be the maintainer until last evening). Your files are correct (and identical to mine) and should work, i suspect a misconfiguration of the network subsystem. Dominik Kubla -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Re: Unable to FTP to debian box

1996-10-23 Thread Dominik Kubla
login shell is listed in /etc/shells ... Dominik Kubla -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- The text above represents my personal opinion and does not represent the official position of my employer on the issue(s) discussed. Any official statement made on beh

Re: Debian Incoming directory

1996-10-22 Thread Dominik Kubla
> I tried to cd to ./project/private/Incoming/ > the response was: > ./project/private/Incoming/: No such file or directory. > > I tried it in both ftp.debian.org and master.debian.org > > I am interested in reading the Incoming directory, because many time > it takes a long time between posting

Re: Reading news with Emacs

1996-10-15 Thread Dominik Kubla
t read in login shells as well: test -r $HOME/.bashrc && source $HOME/.bashrc That change was introduced in version 1.12 or 1.13. Dominik Kubla -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- The text above represents my personal opinion and does not represent t

Re: How to interrupt the boot process?

1996-10-13 Thread Dominik Kubla
If you are using a boot loader like lilo/syslinux that is simple: just pass the '-b' switch to the kernel. Eg: LILO: vmlinux -b -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- The text above represents my personal opinion and does not represent the official positi

Re: FTP/NFS install via 3COM 3C589C?

1996-10-12 Thread Dominik Kubla
r the installation i use dselect to get the rest via NFS. There are so many notebook users around that a PCMCIA install disk might be a good idea. Dominik Kubla -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- The text above represents my personal opinion and does not repr

Re: looking for a sparc distribution

1996-10-10 Thread Dominik Kubla
Hello Eric, There is currently no complete SPARC distribution. Seems to me that there is a need for developers. If you want to contribute, please contact the mailing list: "debian-sparc@lists.debian.org" and ask "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" to be put on the developers lists. Since there is no ready-to-i

Re: [IMPORTANT] New package maintainer(s) needed!

1996-10-01 Thread Dominik Kubla
Several people have indicated they might take over the ssh-package, so please stop "flooding my mailbox". If that had happend a week or two earlier when i announced that i had to give up these packages, then i would not have withdrawn that package. Please note that i still need new maintainer(s

[IMPORTANT] New package maintainer needed!

1996-09-30 Thread Dominik Kubla
PLEASE NOTE: I can no longer maintain all of my packages and therefore i need somebody to take over one (or more) of the following packages: amd - The 4.4bsd automounter kbd - Linux console font and keytable utilities vlock - Virtual Console loc

[IMPORTANT] Local Packages at FTP.Uni-Mainz.DE will be removed

1996-09-30 Thread Dominik Kubla
unconditionally. Due to me no longer having access to this server and because of my current workload i do now change the status of these packages to WITHDRAWN and they will be removed from the FTP site at the end of this week. Dominik Kubla -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word

Re: argh, NIS!

1996-09-26 Thread Dominik Kubla
> I thought that using broadcasting to find ypserver was considered > a security hazard, and it was better to explicitly specify the > server location? (ie, that this is what NIS+, and hence NYS was > going to require)? Well, that can be done with Linux' NIS implementation as well, just put

Re: Emacs on console: keys not responding

1996-09-22 Thread Dominik Kubla
o clean up the kbb package may raise his/her hand. Dominik Kubla kbd maintainer

New packages uploaded to master.

1996-09-21 Thread Dominik Kubla
er to post all the changes files because there were no real bug fixes with this release. The current status of all my packages may be retrieved via finger -l [EMAIL PROTECTED] That's all for now, Dominik Kubla

Re: cfs Debian package available!

1996-09-21 Thread Dominik Kubla
Sven Rudolph wrote: > We could use the uni-mainz server. Dominik, what do you think about > this ? Fortunately i do no longer work for the Computing Center of U-Mainz and unfortunately the new FTP-Server i am in charge of is behind the firewall of the Medical Center and it will take some time unt

Re: as86?

1996-09-16 Thread Dominik Kubla
Install the bin86 package. Dominik -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- The text above represents my personal opinion and does not represent the official position of my employer on the issue(s) discussed. Any official statement made on behalf of my employe

Re: need libbsd.so.1.0.0

1996-09-04 Thread Dominik Kubla
Hi Joost, you wrote: > But if you've got the .a file, cannot you make the .so file by: > > mkdir t > cd t > ar -x ../libbsd.a > gcc -o libbsd.so.1.0.0 -shared -W,l-soname,libbsd.so.1 *.o > > (I may well be _very_ wrong, and please flame me if I am, > but I just _think_ it would work, and it's ea

Re: Cross posting per request

1996-09-04 Thread Dominik Kubla
> Your idea is sound. I'm opposed to merging XDM and startx too much. XDM > and startx already share too much to some degree. We need to make > considerations that someone running XDM will not necessarily have > choices of window managers before the session begins. It would be a big > plus if Debi

Re: wrong /dev/console messes up mouse -- why?

1996-09-04 Thread Dominik Kubla
Hello Joey, > Anyone know why /dev/console is important to gpm or to x in this way? I > don't think it's a bug, I just wanna figure out _why_ this happens.. This is a bug in GPM which i (informally) brought up in connection with support of serial console devices on debian-devel some time ago. GP

Re: can't open xconsole

1996-08-27 Thread Dominik Kubla
> Ken Gaugler writes: > Hello folks. I am having a strange problem trying to have an > xconsole window working under my own login. I use a .xsession file > to set up certain windows and apps I like to have available when I > log in. Look at /dev/console. On a stock system it should be a sym

Re: /tmp, /var/tmp (was: Debian Quirks?)

1996-08-22 Thread Dominik Kubla
> Pete Harlan writes: > I believe the way to do it is to have /tmp be a real directory in > the root filesystem, and then mount a larger filesystem over it > later. Programs that get run before /tmp is mounted over have the > limited space, and all others (i.e., just about everyone) see the >

Re: can't ifconfig dummy

1996-08-19 Thread Dominik Kubla
> Bill Roman writes: > Why doesn't `ifconfig dummy songdog' work? It tells me: > SIOCSIFADDR: No such device Try 'dummy0' when it is loaded as a module ... > Am I the dummy here? No, this one is really a stupid bug (needs just ONE changed line in the kernel to be fixed!) Dominik

Re: [Fwd: Virus Alert]

1996-08-19 Thread Dominik Kubla
> Terry Eck writes: > I remember reading about this several months ago. It was the opinion > of most people at the time to be just a joke. Anyone know for sure > if it is anything other than a joke? Terry It is. There is even a FAQ about it. I will dig out the URL ... Dominik

Re: bsdgames

1996-08-16 Thread Dominik Kubla
> Hamish Moffatt writes: > Has anyone done a package of the bsd games collection? I'm missing > hangman since upgrading from slackware ;-) I did consider it, but the linux-ports are way to old and use /etc/termcap instead of /usr/lib/terminfo (yes, i know that ncurses has an emulation). Unf

Re: Spreadsheet for Debian?

1996-08-15 Thread Dominik Kubla
Look at GNU oleo, it's in the MATH section. Dominik

Re: IPX and loopback

1996-08-13 Thread Dominik Kubla
Hello Pablo, > Why does kerneld load the IPX module while the localhost's loopback > interface is being set up? (ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1) > I see no need to it... stracing ifconfig shows that it makes an IPX call > (and also an AX.25 and some other calls). This didn't happened with and > old Slackw

Re: A few stupid(?) questions...

1996-08-12 Thread Dominik Kubla
> 1. The Bourne Again SHell seems to require a '.\' before the | I guess you mean "./", don't you? ---+ > executable name in order to be able to execute the program (all > programs in the /usr/games directory). Check your PATH settin

Re: Installing Linux over a LAN

1996-08-12 Thread Dominik Kubla
Bruce you wrote: > For Debian, you can do the installation using the 5 floppies, and then all > other software can be auto-loaded by "dselect" via FTP. We can do better > than that, and will in 1.2 if I get time (or a volunteer to work on the > installation system). But using NFS is more fun and

Re: Help needed using Sun 'automount' map with Debian's amd.

1996-08-09 Thread Dominik Kubla
> > Err. doesn't seem to be in my /usr/doc/amd: > Ah, silly me. That should have been /usr/doc/examples/amd ... As for the documentation, try 'info amd'. Yours, Dominik Kubla

Re: Help needed using Sun 'automount' map with Debian's amd.

1996-08-08 Thread Dominik Kubla
Look at /usr/doc/amd there is a (untested!) script to convert automount to amd maps. Dominik Kubla (Maintainer)

Re: des encryption..

1996-08-06 Thread Dominik Kubla
make a symlink /opt -> /usr/opt) Yours, Dominik Kubla

Re: VC buffer

1996-08-06 Thread Dominik Kubla
Perhaps something in /proc? > > Thanks. > Thats what /dev/vcs* is for. Look at the kernel Documentation (aka Source) for further information ... :( Yours, Dominik Kubla