Re: Decodeing base64 stuff

1997-04-02 Thread James W. Lynch
- Received message begins Here - > > Is there a utility that I can use in Deban to decode base64 files? > > Thanks. > > -- > Stan Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 404-996-6955 > Factory Automation Systems > Atlanta Ga. > -- You c

Netscape popup windows zero size problem

1997-04-01 Thread James W. Lynch
I installed Netscape 3.01 (not via dpkg) on a mostly Debian 1.1 system, with a few libraries and fonts from 1.2. When I bring up popups, like the "open" button, it appears as a thin line on the screen. I have to resize it to see what it says. Popup error messages appear as a very small box tha

How to upgrade?

1997-04-01 Thread James W. Lynch
I've seen this question before, but didn't memorize the answer, 'cause I though it would be obvious. Now that I want to go from 1.1 to 1.2, I looked at the faq and a number of other files and can't find anything. There appears to be quite a bit of info on upgrading from 0.93 to 1.1, b but I can'

Can't replace the Linux kernel on the "boot" disk (1 of 5)

1997-03-13 Thread James W. Lynch
I've been trying to replace the kernel on the original boot disk. The one I marked boot when instructed to rawrite boot, root, base 1, base 2, and base 3. I read over the instructions on the disk, copied my zImage file that boots fine from ldlinux on the dos C: drive, ran the rdev commands that

Re: LARRY ELLISON

1997-03-11 Thread James W. Lynch
- Received message begins Here - > > The most brilliant mind has his website: > > http://www.concentric.net/~Cclm > WARNING: An attempt to access this site killed netscape, so be careful. This may be a trojan horse and surely hasn't anything to do with Debian that can be de

Re: zsh vs bash

1997-03-11 Thread James W. Lynch
- Received message begins Here - This subject brings up a question I've had for a long time. Bash appears to be the shell that I get when I log in as root or do an su command. I'm from the old school and perfer vi editing of commands, but I have yet to be able to make bash use v

Re: Local X application defaults

1997-03-11 Thread James W. Lynch
- Received message begins Here - (Header snipped) > > Riku Saikkonen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Can X be set to read app-defaults > > files in /usr/local/X11/app-defaults/ (or whatever) in addition to the > > normal directory? > > You could try (ab-)using XUSERFILESEARCHPA

Re: turning off computer

1997-03-10 Thread James W. Lynch
- Received message begins Here - Could one add a user named "halt" or "shutdown" whose login shell was shutdown with the appropriate parameters? Jim. Jim Lynch, System Engineer, SGI/Cray Research, Inc. /

Re: Debian installation

1997-02-21 Thread James W. Lynch
- Received message begins Here - I hate to toss water on this logic, but here is my 2 Gb drive. Using /dev/hda as default device! Command (m for help): p Disk /dev/hda: 64 heads, 63 sectors, 1023 cylinders Units = cylinders of 4032 * 512 bytes Device Boot BeginSta

Re: Withdrawl of fee for producing Debian CDs

1997-01-22 Thread James W. Lynch
I'm the Sec'try/Treasurer of a local amateur radio club and we just set up an account at the local bank. The only drawback was that they wanted the SSN of the club officers. I'd guess you'd have to apply for a not-for-profit (as opposed to a non-profit) organization tax id, if you wanted to avoi

Kernel doesn't have PPP support, What does this mean?

1997-01-21 Thread James W. Lynch
The message isn't necessarily word for word, but that was the essence of it. Maybe something like "this kernel lacks ppp support." Running Debian 1.1.10 from iConnect CD. Installed and built linux 2.0.21 kernel with ppp supported as a module, did insmod and got the message, so I recompiled with

Re: Whats in a name?

1996-12-30 Thread James W. Lynch
- Received message begins Here - A fellow named Ian started this project, a long time ago, and if I recall correctly his helpful and delightful wife's name was Debbie. Hence the Deb-Ian or Debian. Jim. > From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Dec 30 00:07:42 1996 > Resent-Date: Sun, 29 D

Help generating a boot disk for install

1996-12-26 Thread James W. Lynch
I'm trying to install a new disk drive and would like to take the 5 disk set I currently have that I used to initially install Debian and replace the "boot" disk with one with a custom kernel. I tried a make zdisk, followed by a rdev /dev/fd0 /dev/fd0. No dice. It booted OK, but after it prompt

Re: file permission for cdrom /dev/hdc etc

1996-12-20 Thread James W. Lynch
If I can assume you don't really want your users to access the raw device, I think you will find all is well. On my system, when I mount the device (/dev/mcd) on /cdrom, everyone can read it. I also have the "user" option in my /etc/fstab which lets anyone mount the cd. This may or may not be

Another (different) printing question

1996-12-20 Thread James W. Lynch
I used to run magic filter on an older Debian system and it worked fine. I installed 1.1 a few months back and re-installed the magicfilter and now I have the stair-step problem. I have read the HOWTO and it said to run a filter, and described one to fix that problem, but with magicfilter pointin

Generating a boot disk for 5 disk set

1996-12-20 Thread James W. Lynch
For some reason, my first message got lost. The spam nazi caught it the first time, so I registered, got the confirmation back and resent the message, but I never saw it. So if this is a dup, please excuse me. I'm installing a new 2.1 Gb drive in place of my 350 Mb. Current set up is the first d

Re: hard disk recommendation

1996-11-21 Thread James W. Lynch
- Received message begins Here - I looked at a new drive and the only thing I saw was a DHFS sticker from IBM. Is that a model number or something? As far as the Seagates, I saw a couple of ST43400ND drives here in the office. They appear to be 2-3 years old. I don't know of a

Re: Question??

1996-11-04 Thread James W. Lynch
- Received message begins Here - What about all of the plain files in / ??? Jim. > > On Fri, 1 Nov 1996, Martin Stromberg wrote: > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > What do I need to consider when copying "/" to another partition? Reason > > > I ask is I would like to put it

Re: packages install

1996-10-29 Thread James W. Lynch
I had a similar problem that included module installation problems along with the "can not configure /dev/cua0" message. I solved it by running a depmod -a per helpful instructions from this group. Jim. - Received message begins Here - > > Hi Debian Users: > > Is there any d

Re: Bogus symblic link in Debian-1.1.12

1996-10-28 Thread James W. Lynch
I got the same thing when trying to install from the iConnect CD mastered on Oct 3. So much for dselect. I couldn't get by it and had to use dpkg to install. Not a good sign. Jim. - Received message begins Here - > > Trying to use install via deselect in Debian-1.1.12 fails

Modules problems

1996-10-25 Thread James W. Lynch
I don't know why I keep trying to use modules, they never work right for me I trashed my 1.2.13 system on my home box and installed 2.0.2?. Dselect didn't work, so I did a manual job with dpkg. I installed the kernel source and compiled it fine. Did the make modules and make module_install

Re: LaTeX problem

1996-10-15 Thread James W. Lynch
After a number of very pleasant folks indicated that my sample input produced correct results on their system, I re-installed all of the TeX stuff and it has started working. I don't recall seeing any problems with the first install, but the second one did it. Thanks to all who responded. What

LaTeX problem

1996-10-14 Thread James W. Lynch
As some of you might remember I asked if there were any LaTeX problems a week or so ago and received a few responses that indicated that it was working for them. So I discarded my old reliable 1.2.13 system and installed 2.0.6 with all of the new elf software and mostly all is well, except LaTeX

LaTeX and XFree questions

1996-10-02 Thread James W. Lynch
I'm considering upgrading from my very reliable and perfectly satisfactory 1.2.13 system to the new Elf systems, but I need to be reassured that LaTeX is working OK. I've seen a number of people describing problems with LaTeX and almost no answers to them in the past few weeks. I have an extrem

dead HD

1996-08-21 Thread James W. Lynch
I just installed a new Pentium 100 on a ASUS motherboard. The first thing I noticed was an odd sound coming from my maxtor 1 Gbyte drive. It sounded kinda like a marble on the end of piece of sping steel being drawn back and released about an inch from a thin steel plate. It was a sprong - tic -t

Re: [Fwd: Virus Alert]

1996-08-16 Thread James W. Lynch
- Received message begins Here - (urban legend hoax deleted) Oh, god, it's back! Jim Lynch, Sales Analyst, SGI/Cray Research, Inc. / ARS: K4GVO Southeast District, Phone: (770) 631-2254, Email: [EMAIL PRO

How to start NIS?

1996-05-06 Thread James W. Lynch
I'm trying to make NIS work for a Linux 0.96 debian release on a network of Sun Solaris machines. I've read the NIS.howto and the Net.howto. I've a few questions. Is there a doc somewhere I've missed? The NIS.howto says to add a domainname-yp command to my rc.local. I don't have a domainnam