custom network intefaces during boot for Debian

Hello Here is a script modification for /etc/init.d/networking in Debian so that your list of network interfaces can be reconfigured during boot. Why would you like to have a script like this? Well, in my case, I have a laptop with a lan based eth0 and a wifi based eth1. If I am not connected to

problem with cvsweb

is my url. If you click on the files in repository, you get a error message about not being able to parse the RCS output. What is the deal? John Davis

ssh keys keep changing.

to avoid attacks by corrupted servers. X11 forwarding is disabled to avoid attacks by corrupted servers. Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? no suit:~$ John Davis

perl says the year is 0100

hello I have the latest perl for slink, but perl reports the year is 0100. Any idea what I should do? John Davis

failed ppp setup

/pppd /etc/ppp/ppplogin: #!/bin/sh mesg -n stty -echo exec /usr/sbin/pppd -detach crtscts modem #exec /usr/sbin/pppd passive crtscts modem So that ppp is not started on boot, I have no_ppp_on_boot file in /etc/ppp John Davis

split archives using tar

Hello I have a zip disk which I would like to use for archive in Linux. Can I run tar so that it will take a 500 Meg archive and split it into 5 100 Meg tar files? If so, how do I do this? John Davis

RE: telnet not working on home LAN

Hmm. I think its because 10.x.x.x domains are not routable. John > -Original Message- > From: Nathan E Norman [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 1999 10:18 AM > To: Patrick Kirk > Cc: Debian User List > Subject: Re: telnet not working on home LAN > > On Wed

fetchmail, sendmail, and mutt and sending mail with the correct a ddress

Hello I thought I had my mail system setup correctly, but then I noticed a problem. When I send mail from my linux box (which is connected to the internet via ppp,) it sends mail as if its coming from suit.ntrnet.net which is wrong. Suit is my hosthame and ntrnet.net is my isp domain. Ntrnet doe

Looking for GCC developer and compiler backend people

Hello I work for a company that wants to hire a couple of gcc developers. This jobs requires some heavy thinking. You will be writing/modifying C/C++ compilters and must be comfortable with the GNU tools. If you got what it takes, please drop me a line. I'll forward your resume to the appropiat

small fonts in Netscape packaged with Slink

Hello Why is that even though I have both the 75dpi and 100dpi fonts installed for X windows, Netscape still uses tiny unreadable fonts?

vim 5.3, gzip files, and Debian Slink

Hello I recently discovered that vim allows editing of gzip'd files. However, in my case, this capability is only available on my stock debian installation where I installed the vim package and not on my custom debian installation where I installed/Make'd vim myself. I tried to rebuild/config/ma

pcmcia and the debian way.

Hello This is somewhat related to my previous question concerning make-dpkg. Please correct me if I am wrong, but these are the steps I used to get my laptop working with a 3COM pcmcia ethernet card. I am still somewhat confused by this process and I would like to get confirmations on the proces

make-kpkg doesn't make different kernel source revs.

Hello Why is that when I build a new kernel via make-kpkg, it doesn't make a new kernel rev. Scenario: Previously, I built a new kernel using: make-kpkg --rev Custom.1.0 kernel_image This command built my kernel and put an file in my /usr/src directory called. kernel-image

cracklib

Hello I get messages in my root mailbox about cracklib. It always prints the same two numbers. What does this mean?

intall hang: 'unknown pci device'

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