Paul McDermott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> hello everybody, can any one tell me what a good 3d card to get in a p2
> 400. i ordered a voodoo banshee. is that ok?
Debian won't support it until the next release of XFree86 comes out.
Your best best is probably a Matrox G200 or a nVidia TNT card.
Phillip Deackes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I regularly update my system using apt-get. Occasionally, however, I
> might want to hold back a package (exim, at the moment). Can I do this
> other than by using dselect? I have scoured the dpkg and apt-get man
> pages and can't see a way to do it.
Ossama Othman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Can the 2.1/2.2 kernels handle a gigabyte of memory?
Yes.
For more than 1GB, go to:
http://humbolt.geo.uu.nl/Linux-MM/more_than_1GB.html
There was a lot of discussion about this on the linux-kernel mailing
list lately.
> Also, I remember reading
Ed Cogburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> You can download the Netscape binary from ftp.netscape.com or use the
> one in slink, and in either case, you can upgrade to 128bit encryption
> using fortify.net's software. http://fortify.net is your friend.
There are fortify packages in non-US.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Does anyone know what server to use with a Creative labs 3D Blaster
> Banshee (Voodoo Banshee)? Also, does anyone have any experiance with
> it in linux.
http://www.uno.edu/~adamico/banshee/
I got it to work using the VESA framebuffer device (console and X
server)
Brent McMillan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'll be setting up a network between my linux box and 2 other
> machines for a cable modem. I hear that there are some network cards
> that just don't work for linux. Crazy I know, but that's the rumour.
> Does any one know off any cards I
Hakan Ardo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi,
> we had a hacker in one of ouer Debian boxes last night. Now is it
> possible to check my system integrity by comparing it's contents with the
> centrall debian archive? And how would that de done?
You could try resurrecting the dpkgcert package. Ac
"Damir J. Naden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> b)alternatively, can I, temporary, make a link for /tmp to point to
> /usr/local/tmp and so trick the system long enough to install the so5 in my
> /home partition? Are there any side effects I should be aware of ( I am
> planning on getting back to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I am trying to install debian from a 386SX 16mhz with 5 megs of ram from a
> floppy disk drive. It has a 106 meg hard drive. 15 megs of the hard drive
> are used as an MSDOS partition. The installation goes through detecting items
> on the system and then says the f
AJ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> hi again,
> i was thinking about upgrading to a matrox marvel-tv which supports
> video in and video out... is there anyway to watch video in linux i know
> that ouput will be fine i just didnt know if it was possible to watch
> TV in linux or do video editing,
>
Marcus Geiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi,
>
> today I tried a download of the gnome-packages (0.30-2). But I can't
> figure out how to solve the dependency problems of gnome-core. The
> dpkg packaging tool tells me that gnome-core (and so on
> libgtkxmhtml0) depends libgnome0_0.30.1-3.deb;
George Bonser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Or rather, looked like a Polish Opal for sale in another country.
It looks like somebody has been an idiot, and subscribed all the
Debian lists to a polish mailing list of some sort.
Cheers,
- Jim
Trevor Glen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi Everybody,
>
> My gnome libs are all wrong. Or to be more precise my gnome apps are. The
> availiable packages in dselect for the games (and most of the gnome stuff) are
> ver 0.30-1, whereas the lib packages are around 0.30.1-2 and so when I run a
>
Johann Spies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have used tob before, but today I get a segmentation fault every time I
> want to do a -fullcount of -full backup.
>
> It ends like this:
> -
> current->tss.cr3 = 00641000, %cr3 = 00641000
>
Jeff Noxon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'm about to set up a diskless Debian workstation. It's going to be
> booting over NFS using 2Mbps Wavelan... I know, not fast, but it's just
> going to be dishing out .MP3's to my stereo system -- so quietness and
> heat are the major concerns here.
>
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Beattie) writes:
> I have recently read a magazine about linux, and it mentioned the world's
> first "knowing" of linux; A 1991 post to comp.os.minix from Linus
> Torvalds. Would anyone have any idea if this is available, or even if it
> was saved? Or even where I could
"K. Claussen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 3. I was wondering if anyone knew of any COBOL packages available for
> Linux?
If you want to go commercial, ACUCOBOL is available (a pretty
mainstream version of COBOL) - see www.acucobol.com.
Other than knowing that, I've got a bit of an aversion t
"Christopher J. McNicholas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Can someone *please* tell me where to find giflib3g or a suitable
> replacement? several packages refer to it as a depend, and I can't
> find it or something that will provide it.
The source for it is in project/orphaned - so you'll nee
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Stern) writes:
> I've tried a lot of editing apps (and conversion utilities) in hamm,
> but I can't find one that edits postscript or acrobat files. Does
> anyone know what package I can use to edit a ps or pdf form that uses
> Times-Roman fonts in a variety of point
Marco Anglesio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >From comp.os.linux.development.system
>
> >This is from the official announce of X11 R6.4:
> >
> > With the release of X11R6.4 there will be a commercial use licensing
> > fee associated with the X Window System technology. This new licensing
> > st
1000 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> hello,
>
> i'm trying to get xcopilot working and am having
> difficulty getting it to notice my pilot rom image
> file.
>
> can anyone give me any pointers?
Copy it to ~/.xcopilot/pilot.rom
(I used the debugging ROM from the 3COM website)
Cheers,
- J
"Scott K. Ellis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Sat, 6 Dec 1997, [iso-8859-1] Nicolás Lichtmaier wrote:
>
> > > Now I notice that "cut" seems to buffer everything up.
> >
> > You should file a bug against cut, it should do line buffering when output
> > is a tty.
>
> It may be something in the
"Scott K. Ellis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > I was wondering if there was a commonly used method for doing the
> > same thing, but filtering it at the same time.
>
> Umm, you had the right idea when using tail -f. Try
>
> tail -f | grep
For some dumb reason, I didn't think I could do a p
Hi,
One task I do commonly is monitor my system log files using
'tail -f'.
I was wondering if there was a commonly used method for doing the
same thing, but filtering it at the same time.
For example, I like to view the logs on the LinuxHQ website as they are
being generated, but I don't care a
> The logo I chose is
>
> http://fatman.mathematik.tu-muenchen.de/~schwarz/debian-logo/profile/si02.html
Good choice. You forgot to give some credit to the artist (Simon?) though.
Do you think SPI should trademark it? What sort of licensing do you think
would be best? What does the original
Mike Patterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Is there anyone who has sucessfully gotten any version of java, javac, and
> AWT libraries to work together? If so, could they give me a basic rundown
> on how they did it?
Use Sun's JDK. I made a package of it - it is in unstable, non-free.
If you
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Timothy Phan) writes:
> Is the JDK 1.1.4 debian package available yet? Thanks!
Not the "blackdown" port which is being done by Steve Byrne.
There is a Linux JDK 1.1.4 from Sergey Nikitin at ASU:
ftp://lagrange.la.asu.edu/pub/Linux_jdk/
I haven't tried it though.
I'm pre
"David R. Kohel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'm trying to install "sane" (Scanner Access Now Easy) using
> rpm packages for the gtk+ (Gimp Tool Kit) and sane binaries.
> I see that in hamm I have the libgtk1 libraries and libgtk-dev.
> Can I use these without a complete upgrade to libc6?
> > Every outgoing message contains a Resent-To: header with the addresses
> > of everyone on the list. How can I get rid of this?
Ok, I figured out how to do it.
There is a new feature in exim 1.73 (just uploaded) that allows you to
strip selected headers. I changed to the following in /etc/e
I've recently installed exim and set up several smartlist mailing
lists. Things are working the way I want them to, except for
one thing.
Every outgoing message contains a Resent-To: header with the addresses
of everyone on the list. How can I get rid of this?
Cheers,
- Jim
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bruce Perens) writes:
> I bet SmartList didn't make that header. How are you invoking the MDA?
I figured that too (I was comparing notes against how the lists on
master were set up).
I'm just using the /var/list/.bin/choplist (altsendmail) method
that smartlist defaults to.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Having a desire to look at the ppp_2.3.1 sources, I went to unstable on
> ftp.debian.org and got what I guessed were the appropriate files:
> ppp_2.3.1-3.diff.gz, ppp_2.3.1-3.dsc, and ppp_2.3.1.orig.tar.gz. I stuck
> these in a directory, and, after perusing the dpkg-
"Bao C. Ha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I am having problems configuring NIS in Debian 1.3. I set one up as
> master and one as client, no shadow passwd. From the client, I can do
> "ypcat passwd", and see NIS distributed users. But when I try to log in
> as one of the NIS users, it just does
Mark Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I am trying to compile the kernel. The README says I should make sure
> "/usr/include/asm, /usr/include/linux, and /usr/include/scsi directories
> are just symlinks to the kernel sources". They are not, so should I do a
> "rm -rf asm linux scsi" as the
Yes. I was having a problem with PPP - after 6-8 hours it would drop the
connection, and then die shortly after reconnecting with the messages in
/var/log/ppp.log
Oct 20 07:14:33 fleming pppd[11094]: No response to 5 echo-requests
Oct 20 07:14:33 fleming pppd[11094]: Serial link appears to be di
> WD is the only brand that I have seen go belly-up without warning. I am told
> that WD has recognized the problem and has applied fixes.
The only drive I've lost was a WD one. But I have plenty of other WD drives
that haven't given me any grief. I've had no problems with my Quantum
drives ei
> Hi,
>
> I think the company/ group of people who are supposed to
> create this distribution are called the quality control/testing
> group. This is theoretically composed of people who are not
> necessarily maintainers, so they do not have to worry about new
> software.
>
> May
> Still, I imagine a debian release between stable and unstable. Stable is
> nice for the space shuttle or other critical purposes. But, let's say, the
> netscape installer package: There's no bug in the old version. But I think
> there should be a place outside the developers' corner for the new
By popular demand - more pictures!
I bagged RMS, and David Miller too.
http://www.jimpick.com/freesoft/rogues/
(I'll try to tune into Alan Cox late tonite/this morning)
Cheers,
- Jim
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> About 20 Debian Developer.
Wow. That's a pretty big crowd. No wonder the lists are quiet. :-)
It took me about 15 minutes to get a connection (the server was
probably swamped), but once I got it, it worked quite well (at 28.8k).
I made some screen grabs:
http://www.jimpick.com/debian/bru
> In either your /etc/profile our your own personal profile put:
> CLASSPATH="$where_netscape_is:."
> export CLASSPATH
Or,
export MOZILLA_HOME=/usr/lib/netscape
I don't do this though, because every time I access a web page with Java
using Netscape 4.03 it dies with a bus error - but only when
> Bruce Perens has just arrived at the convention in Aachen.
> His talk will be distributed over the net using RealVideo.
> If you have an RA player handy, switch to the URL as listed
> in the signature and watch Bruce on Saturday, 9/27/97.
> The talk will take place from 13.30 to 14.30 MET (germa
> Hi,
>
> Thanks for the reply. I looked at www,debian.org and the package
> description says depends on lic5, not libc6. I'm running essentially
> pure "stable". Should the binaries using libc5 from hamm be safe with
> 1.3.1?
There shouldn't really be a problem.
On the other hand, I don't r
> While looking for something else, I noticed the cygwin32-17.1 sources
> on the source Official CD. There seems to be no binary package.
> The source files are in the "new" source file format (unlike 1.2.10).
> There were binary packages in 1.2. What is the status of this stuff?
> Is the presen
Sorry to follow up to my own message - but mimedecode doesn't do what
I though it did. I was thinking of uudeview from the uudeview package.
Cheers,
- Jim
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> I keep getting e-mail through Juno from my boyfriend who is on an aircraft
> carrier. The last time, I used uuencode. This time it says base64. Can you
> tell my why they are coming to me encoded. Also, is there an easy way for me
> to decode this message. The uuencode doesn't work. Maybe
> Hi!
>
> Is it possible to allow root access via telnet?
> It is supposed to be used for remote administration. The server is
> *not* connected to the Internet and contains no sensitive/important
> data, so security would not be a problem. The server is (right now)
> only for playing with...
> i want to install debian and i want to know if it's possible to share
> the
> same partition for swap file of win95 and linux.
>
> if it's possible, how to do this???
There's a mini-HOWTO for this:
/usr/doc/HOWTO/mini/Swap-Space.gz
I've never done it myself though.
Cheers,
- Jim
> Since the web has become so annoying in the past year I have strayed away
> from using it as much as possible, however now I need/would like to set up
> a website that is username/password protected on my Debian Linux(so it is
> somewhat related) machine.
Here's how I do it in with Apache. Thi
Sounds like you've been bitten by 'unstable' too - followups to debian-devel
please.
Here's what I wrote previously:
> Ahh, you're using 'unstable'. Living dangerously, eh?
> There are some programs (ie. emacs, fvwm2, xdaliclock + others) that
> incorrectly link with both libc5 and libc6. Thi
> Hi!
>
> This might be a stupid question, but how do I automount partitons at
> startup?
> Regards,
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
If they are local hard disk partions, just add them to your /etc/fstab
file. 'man fstab' for details.
If you want to mount network partitions on demand - you want to che
Ahh, you're using 'unstable'. Living dangerously, eh?
There are some programs (ie. emacs, fvwm2, xdaliclock + others) that
incorrectly link with both libc5 and libc6. This wasn't a problem
until you installed xlib6g, since you didn't have libc6-based
X libs until then. Read my previous post,
> xlib6 used to provide it. It should have been fazed out a long time ago.
I'd like to add, if you are installing packages out of unstable, which you
must be, since you have this problem (due to the xlib6 in unstable) -- the
debian-devel list is probably a better place to direct questions about
> Hi:
>
> I try to install X11 from cdrom that is download and recorded from ftp.
> When I use dselect to install some packages, some .deb packages are
> refused by dpkg. Even I use dpkg -i xlib* to install X11, error message
> like:
>
> dpkg-deb: /...directory/xlib6*.. not dbian format
>
> Doe
> Anyone know if I can have ALL mail forwarded somewhere else, like this ?:
>
> Matthew
>
> ---
> # This is the aliases file - it says who gets mail for whom.
> # It was originally generated by `smailconfig', part of the Smail package
> # distributed with Debian, but it may edited by the mai
> is there a chance to force the cursor ? I installed debian 1.2 on
> an older portable computer with LC EGA display (which is maybe a little
> bit incompatible).
> During booting the cursor is there but is away as soon as the
> computers bios messages are shown.
> Then everythings is fine excep
> The problem relates to the headers of outgoing mail, the "From:" line doesn't
> seem to be rewritten as it should be by smail. I have the line
>
> from_field="From: Rob MacWilliams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>"
>
> in my /etc/smail/config file, but emacs seems to ignore it.
Try this - add the follow
> Hi!
>
> Has anyone got CorelDraw running on a Debian system?
>
> feri.
No. But Caldera sells it (version 3.5) on CD. It should be possible to
install
it on Debian, I would think.
Cheers,
- Jim
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The Filtering Mail FAQ explains how to set up both procmail and mailagent.
http://www.ii.com/internet/faqs/launchers/mail/filtering-faq/
Cheers,
- Jim
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> Hi,
> Can someone give us an update on the progress with Debian 2.0 and the
> stable libc6 release please.
It's looking very promising. Right now is the worst time to try it out
though - since there are quite a few binaries which need to be
recompiled/patched
to work with libc6 and libc5-comp
[ minor correction ]
> Here's what I did (the above script installed as libc5):
^
should be sedlibc5
I don't want to confuse anyone. :-)
Cheers,
- Jim
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>
> Where can I find the jdk 1.1.2 packages?
>
> --Zachary
hamm/non-free/binary-i386/devel/jdk1.1-runtime_1.1.3.v1-1.deb
hamm/non-free/binary-i386/devel/jdk1.1-dev_1.1.3.v1-1.deb
hamm/non-free/binary-all/devel/jdk1.1-docdemo_1.1.3.v1-1.deb
(on your local debian mirror)
They're not in stable
> Emacs dumps core, repeatedly. I just replaced the xlib6, installing both
> xlib6 and xlib6g in hamm. Is this possibly the problem? I have just
> installed
> new slang0.99 libraries from hamm, and the newest svgalib1 in hamm. Also, a
> number of applicatoins that were, mainly dependent upon
> > dpkg --forget-old-unavailforget uninstalled unavailable pkgs
> >
> >Did you have any uninstalled, unavailable packages? If not, then
> ^^^ ^^^
> Yes. ?
>
> >that's why it didn't do anything. If you did, then it's a bug.
>
Ioannis Tambouras wrote:
> The traditional unix nfs filesystem is _insecure_ : the
> i-node generation number, which is part of the file handles, is easy
> to guess.
I'm curious. How would an attack on nfs using this method proceed?
Cheers,
- Jim
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> Why?
Running dpkg --help, it says:
dpkg --forget-old-unavailforget uninstalled unavailable pkgs
Did you have any uninstalled, unavailable packages? If not, then
that's why it didn't do anything. If you did, then it's a bug.
Cheers,
- Jim
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> dada wrote:
> >
> > Is there any how-to to setup an ppp server under Debian?
> >
> > I need detailled information becouse I'm newie :-) and I want set up one
> > ppp server at my home.
>
> o get/install mgetty package
>
> o get/install ppp package
>
> o make sure kernel has ppp suppor
> > Win95 provides no "authentication" by itself. It needs to belong to an NT
> > Domain or NDS for this. So, without third party support, you're out of
> > luck.
>
> Not so. Win95 provides "share level" authentication of any local
> filesystems you share. That qualifies as authentication.
B
> Hi
>
> Is true that I never lose control on my linux box, but some times I lose
> control in my X-Windows and I must restart the X. Is that usual?
>
> I supose that's due to use some aplications. But if this is true, why I
> lose control on all aplications that I'm using?
How do you lose
I think somebody said this already, but I'll repeat it.
Use ssh.
It's more secure, and easier to figure out.
The only downside it that it is "non-free" (only for non-commercial use)
and "non-US" (can be used in the US, but not exported).
Cheers,
- Jim
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> Hi,
>
> I was wondering whether there is anything to worry about if I let
> another machine nfs mount, read only, root-squash, one directory on my
> machine. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks
> George
I d
> Hi,
>
> If anyone knows the answer to my previous question re: Logitech TrackMan
> mouse (ie, what support to compile in, what protocal is it? etc), could
> you reply in personal email as well as to the list? I'm going out of town
> for a few days so I'll have to temporarily unsubscribe. Thanks
> Hi:
>
> I first time try Linux. After install base system and boot up, I use
> dselect to set package. Although the cdrom is installed succefully
> during driver disk, the dselect ask me following:
>
> Insert the CD-ROM and enter the block device name [/dev/cdrom]:
>
> What is the block devic
> Is it possible to use netboot to boot
> these machines from floppy to run off of one of the debian machines?
I don't know about netboot - but the nfsroot package does this.
Pretty slick. :-)
Cheers,
- Jim
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> I am running NT 4.0 Workstation on a Pentium machine using the NT
> mutliboot (Dos is the other bootable system).
[ This really belongs on debian-user, so I'll cc: it there. ]
I used this tool to allow me to boot from the NT 3.51 multi boot menu
to Linux, FreeBSD, Win95 and WinNT.
http://www
> > Umm, would debian-devel be a better place for this topic?
>
> Umm isn't that a private list?
No. It is a public list.
Cheers,
- Jim
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> I know that Linux is now on the shelf at Fry's Electronics ... that is the
> Electronics Supermarket in Silicon Valley ... these are HUGE stores, larger
> than the average grocery supermarket. They see thousands of people through
> their doors every day.
I saw some Linux books (with CDs) at th
>
> Does debian use .Xresources or .Xdefaults at all? If not, what is the
> debian equivalent? ( I tried to put some options for xemacs in .Xdefaults,
> but nothing happens when I do so..)
You have to use the xrdb command to load those files in.
ie.
xrdb -load $HOME/.Xdefaults
(I have this in
> Could anyone point me towards documentation or help me with setting up EQL?
>
> I have installed the module in kernel 2.0.30 without problems but do not
> know where to go from there?
There is some documentation in /usr/src/linux/drivers/net/README.eql that
you might have missed. (from the Li
> Which leads on to the question: which "one of the Windows emulators
> available" does Linus Torvalds actually use? Does anyone know?
He has contributed to the wine project in the past. WABI and TWIN are
fairly new developments, maybe he uses those too.
I use wine here to run a solitaire game
> > > I have need for something to show me the load on an interface and so far I
> > > have not been able to find anything. tcpview looks promising but there is
> > > no binary. Any ideas? I'm interested in both eth0 and ppp0 interfaces.
> >
> > Is netdiag the package you are looking for?
> >
> hi is there any Java IDE interface to Linux?
>
> warnning: I'm loocking for an IDE diferent as JAVA WORKSHOP.
You might try Vibe from Visix (www.visix.com). I've never tried it, but
it is available for Linux.
There is also the FreeBuilder project:
http://www.techno-link.com/clients/ivo/
> Hi,
>
> I was just thinking that I would like to be more involed in debian and as
> I am just learning C++ I thought I would ask this list (specificly Bruce)
> how to become a debian package maintainer ... as there are some programs
> that I would like to see .deb's made of .
>
> Thanks...
> Hi
>
> I've been trying to connect through my schools dial up system for sometime
> now with no luck. I'm starting to think that my modem is not configured
> correctly. I think that my modem is on /dev/tty0. I deleted the device
> /dev/modem that present initially and made a new symbolic fro
> > I'm also sorry to see that this situation has driven our fearless leader
> > to echo profanities. Time for another beer, I guess. :-)
>
> And yesterday I promised someone who said he was from from a strict Baptist
> neighborhood that I would refrain from swearing in the groups. Sigh. I'm
>
> I sent this message to Dave Cinege and Paul Wade yesterday.
>
> > From bruce Fri Aug 22 00:39:12 1997
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: you and debian-user
> > Reply-To: Bruce Perens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > Paul and Dave,
> >
> > When I return from the i386 ABI mee
> I didn't get a satisfactory answer before, so I will try again.
Probably due to the fact that some inconsiderate individuals are
using debian-user as a batteground for a flamewar. :-(
>I know
> about LILO, it is on my boot diskette. How do I get it into the
> partition so my System Commander
I just came back from a week's work, and I've discovered that the nature
of debian-user has changed dramatically. That's unfortunate, since it
was previously an excellent forum for solving user problems. The
signal-to-noise ratio was superb.
Now it has been hijacked for use as a batteground fo
> I have several different problems occurring.
>
> 1. I choose the linux source from dselect and it says there is nothing to get.
>
> 2. I use ftp.debian.org for the ftp source and I get a broken channel
> during the execution of the scripts for d/l'ing.
>
> I used to be able to get the source
(time to do some apologizing)
> This really annoys me. (No, not you Jason.) I agree that we have to
> move on the the next distribution, but given the fact that
> *most* debian 1.3.1 users use netscape
> and that *most* of those folks will want
> to use a plug-in, I think this bug merits an
> I agree that an x86 only view of the world is stupid. hardware platforms
> are becoming more meaningless all the time. However, I do belive that it
> is worth thinking of "free" standards independantly of "comercial"
> standards. Sure we can adopt the commercial standards if they are good
> eno
> > 1. Debian has been growing in it's base, not shrinking.
>
> Growing in number of systems installed or as a PERCENTAGE of total linux
> systems? The first number does not count as much as the second number.
I'm guessing both. Among more experienced Linux users, I think Debian is
definitely
> > I don't want to pay $72US (http://standards.ieee.org/catalog/it.html)
> > to obtain the standards document (I dropped out of the IEEE) just to
> > find out that it is mandating some backwards technology.
>
> It's tar files (or cpio archives) with control files in them, not
> much different fr
> Hello there!
>
> I am looking for a good IDE for C/C++ development for Linux (Debian).
> Something like Turbo C++ or better, either for X or not (if it could run
> from both would be nice :) )
emacs!!!
It might not be as pretty, but it's an incredibly productive environment
once you know wha
> Within a few years everyone will be using POSIX packages. RPM and DPKG may
> survive as tools, but the RPM or the DEB package formats will both die.
> We're on the job, but it will take time.
Is this the 1387.2 standard? Is it any good? Who's done an analysis
on it to see if it is good enough
Travis Cole wrote:
> But one thing to consider is RedHat makes it a habit to give free CDs to many
> of the developers. The author of fetchmail uses RedHat for just this reason.
> I also think Linus uses RedHat.
Do you think he'd switch if we sent him a CD? :-)
> It would be really cool if De
> Perhaps Debian's becoming the developers' OS of choice, while Red Hat
> is replacing Slackware as the introduction to Linux.
That's fine with me. I started with Slackware, and moved to Debian.
I wouldn't recommend Slackware to a new user (unless it has changed)
- having a package management sy
> I just looked at the new packages in 1.3.1. I tried to installing
> jdk1.1 and find out that all the documentation provided by Sun (API,
> demos) are compressed.
I did that because that was what the Debian policy called for. I wish
I hadn't. For the next release of the JDK (any day now, I ho
> Hi,
>
> >From what I hear, there's a serious problem with that version of e2fsprogs
> (at least fsck) which may be affecting your new file-system. Also, I
> believe that 2 Gigs is the limit on a Linux filesystem's size so perhaps
> that's causing you problems as well...
>
> J. Goldman
As som
> I am a little bit confused how to format the new drive.
Assuming you want to format it as an ext2fs partition, you need
to use the "mke2fs" program to do that. As far as I know, you
can only do this from Linux. The Debian installation disks can
format your partition as one of the install ste
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