transfer debian to CDR

1997-08-19 Thread Lawrence Chim
I have mirrored the debian bo, non-free, contrib, and hamm. Now, my friend want to install it and ask me to burn a CD from the mirror. I know how to creating the CD-image already, the problem is that the mirror (*.deb files only) is around 840MB, a CDR can only store up to 650MB, how can I due wit

spindown time of cdrom drive

1997-06-27 Thread Lawrence Chim
Is there any program available in Linux to set the spindown time of a cdrom drive? My Toshiba spindowns after 30 seconds and I need to set it to ~2 mins. Lawrence -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED

burning CD, how?

1997-06-23 Thread Lawrence Chim
I just bought my CDR. I burned several CD in win95 successfully. Can anyone tell me how to burn a CD in Linux? In particular, I have a mirror of Debian in my harddisk and want to make a copy of it to CD. Lawrence -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL

where is md home page?

1997-06-20 Thread Lawrence Chim
Is there a home page for md's driver/utils? Lawrence -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: file system tools for dos

1997-06-19 Thread Lawrence Chim
David B. Teague wrote: > > Paolo: > > I already have the ext2tool, it LOOKS wonderful but it has some serious > problems with SCSI drives. And It doesn't talk to more than the second > drive on a controller. > > I have a VL bus 486 dx2/66 16 MB RAM 2840 SCSI controller with a 150 MB > Microp 16

Re: Debian woes

1997-06-16 Thread Lawrence Chim
Dale Scheetz wrote: > > On Mon, 16 Jun 1997, Lawrence Chim wrote: > > > If a standard package depends a non-free package, it won't resolve it > > and I have to manually install the non-free package free before > > installing > > the standard package. > &

Re: Debian woes

1997-06-16 Thread Lawrence Chim
Dale Scheetz wrote: > > On Mon, 16 Jun 1997, Lawrence Chim wrote: > > > If a standard package depends a non-free package, it won't resolve it > > and I have to manually install the non-free package free before > > installing > > the standard package. > &

Re: Debian woes

1997-06-16 Thread Lawrence Chim
If a standard package depends a non-free package, it won't resolve it and I have to manually install the non-free package free before installing the standard package. Lawrence Dale Scheetz wrote: > I can offer several suggestions... > > I did about 5 installs from scratch during pre-release test

Re: Problems installing Debian 1.3

1997-06-16 Thread Lawrence Chim
Dale Scheetz wrote: > > On Sun, 15 Jun 1997, Joerg Friedrich wrote: > > > Hi everybody! > > > > I'm new to Debian. Yesterday I tried to install Debian 1.3, and I got 2 > > problems: > > > > 1. Installation. > > > > Everythig workes fine, until I selected 'Make the Hard Disk Bootable'. > > There w

Re: Release Date for Debian 1.3.1

1997-06-14 Thread Lawrence Chim
Patrick Ryan wrote: > > Hello, > > When is Debian 1.3.1 going to be released? > What do you expect in Debian 1.3.1? Lawrence -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

netscape 4.0 full version but no Linux

1997-06-11 Thread Lawrence Chim
Just checked and the full version for most platforms are ready to download but Linux. Lawrence -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: debian-1.3 partition size limitation ?

1997-06-11 Thread Lawrence Chim
Markus Diesmann wrote: > > Hi, > > I tried to install debian-1.3 on a system with an > Adaptec AHA-2940 UW SCSI Controller connected to > a hardware raid IFT-3102U with 34GB avialable. > > - partitioning the computers internal disk (also connected > to the SCSI controller) works fine > > - pa

Re: Video confrencing.

1997-06-11 Thread Lawrence Chim
Rick Jones wrote: > > Is there any kind of video confrencing program, like CU-SeeMe, in deb > format? I can't find anything like this any place. > > L8R, > > --Rick Yes, it is vic-cqcam, but it needs Connectix Colour QuickCam. I think it is in non-free/contrib. There is a very alpha version o

Re: Resuming interrupted download from http-site

1997-06-10 Thread Lawrence Chim
Rick Macdonald wrote: > > Dirk Herr-Hoyman wrote: > > > > At 03:45 AM 6/10/97 -0500, Rob Browning wrote: > > >Johann Spies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > >> I know ftp reget can resume an interrupted download of a large file. How > > >> do you do it from a http-site? > > > > > >I think, bu

Re: broken pipe

1997-06-10 Thread Lawrence Chim
I think it is a problem of bash package. I downgrade to 1.14 from debian 1.2 and no more broken pipe. Last time, tetex warned that my system was in a inconsistent state and I suspected it is casued by the broken pipe. Lawrence, Tim O'Brien wrote: > > Ok, I finally have to break down and ask a

Re: netscape 4.0

1997-06-09 Thread Lawrence Chim
Greg Vence wrote: > > Lawrence Chim wrote: > > > > Randy Edwards wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, 10 Jun 1997, Lawrence Chim wrote: > > > > > > > Does netscape beta 4.0 installer support preview 5? > > > > It does not work for me.

Re: netscape 4.0

1997-06-09 Thread Lawrence Chim
Randy Edwards wrote: > > On Tue, 10 Jun 1997, Lawrence Chim wrote: > > > Does netscape beta 4.0 installer support preview 5? > > It does not work for me. I found a symlink /usr/X11R6/bin/netscape --> > > .../../lib/netscape, but there is no such file/directory. >

netscape 4.0

1997-06-09 Thread Lawrence Chim
Does netscape beta 4.0 installer support preview 5? It does not work for me. I found a symlink /usr/X11R6/bin/netscape --> ../../lib/netscape, but there is no such file/directory. Lawrence, -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble?

a x86 emulator that support win95

1997-06-08 Thread Lawrence Chim
Just found a x86 emulator and it seems support win95 though in early stage. http://world.std.com/~bochs/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

why so many broken peips when installing 1.3?

1997-06-08 Thread Lawrence Chim
To further my previous post, I found that I have no problem installing netscape_3.0, but netscape-4.0 displayed a lot of broken pipes message and it not installed properly. After the install, I cannot find a find the nescape directory in /usr/lib. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail

why so many broken links when installing 1.3?

1997-06-07 Thread Lawrence Chim
Tried to install debian 1.3 but dselect displayed broken links error message: Installing Communicator Java files... ==> moving existing '/usr/local/netscape/java/classes/ifc11.jar' to '/usr/local/netscape/java/classes/ifc11.jar.old' ==> moving existing '/usr/local/netscape/java/classes/iiop10.ja

Re: Ricoh CDRW (CD-ReWritable) drive

1997-06-06 Thread Lawrence Chim
Sam Ockman wrote: > > Message from Dale Scheetz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) on 6-5-97: > > On Thu, 5 Jun 1997, Lawrence Chim wrote: > > > > > Any debian package that support the Ricoh CDRW drive? > > > Does Debian a stable platform to burn CDs? > > > > I&#

Re: video card driver (fwd)

1997-06-06 Thread Lawrence Chim
> > Hi There, > > I am installing linux debian on dell machine and it has a Matrox > > MGA Millennium PowerDesk video card and I haven't found any Matrox Video > > Cards in the database provided by the linux. If you please tell me which > > one in the closest match for the Matrox Video Card's

Ricoh CDRW (CD-ReWritable) drive

1997-06-05 Thread Lawrence Chim
Any debian package that support the Ricoh CDRW drive? Does Debian a stable platform to burn CDs? Lawrence, -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: Quikcam?

1997-05-27 Thread Lawrence Chim
Karl M. Hegbloom wrote: > > I'm looking for the libraries and programs for the quickcam. Does > anyone know what the name of the .deb is, and what section to look in? > I remember seeing an announcement a while back... > You can find cqcam and vic-cqcam in binary/graphics directory. Though th

Re: Installing Debian Linux on a new system w/out MSDOG

1997-05-19 Thread Lawrence Chim
What about a bootable CD and install it directly from the CD? Redhat allows installation without using floppies. Lawrence, -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: BusLogic FlashPoint LT SCSI BT

1997-05-14 Thread Lawrence Chim
Dave May wrote: > > Being a fan of Debian Linux for some time, I wanted to install Debian on > my own computer in my office (to replace Windows 95 especially). > Unfortunately, I have a BusLogic FlashPoint LT PCI SCSI adapter, and it's > not supported currently. > > I found the latest version of

post news periodically, how?

1997-05-13 Thread Lawrence Chim
Hi, Is it possible to post the same news to newsgroups automatically and periodically, say bi-weekly? Lawrence, -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

ET6000

1997-05-11 Thread Lawrence Chim
Anyone using ET6000? I am going to sell my diamond stealth and buy a ET6000 based card, e.g. Jaton 128. I just want to be sure that X run fine :) Lawrence, -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: dselect and updating the system

1997-05-09 Thread Lawrence Chim
Gernot wrote: > > When I start dselect (using the ftp-method) I get a list of available > "Updated Standard packages". This list tells me that there are new > versions of my installed components available, they are marked with the > asterix (*) but they are not installed when I try to install them

Re: stable or not stable?

1997-05-09 Thread Lawrence Chim
Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > On Fri, 9 May 1997, Rick Jones wrote: > > > On Fri, 9 May 1997, Eduardo Goyanes wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > I'm writing to satisfy my curiousity on why the llinux kernel 2.0.30 is in > > > > > > the unstable archives. When a.b.c and b is even the file is stable

Re: kernel: recognising >64Mb RAM

1997-05-07 Thread Lawrence Chim
Tan Wee Yeh wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm terribly sorry as I understand this question has > been answer just a few days before but I lost the mail. > Two option: 1. say you have 96M, put the following line in you lilo file mem=96M 2. download a kernel patch from http://www.linuxhq.com/ Lawrence,

Re: hot-change disk arrays...can I do it on Linux?

1997-05-06 Thread Lawrence Chim
Brian N. Borg wrote: > > The drives themselves are not any different. The hot swap trays have > the functionality to power the drives down before removal or up after > insertion. Such trays and drives could be used with the md utilities > under Linux to provide striped (raid 0), mirrored (raid 1

Re: lprng how? (magicfilter also not work)

1997-05-03 Thread Lawrence Chim
> Of course the minute I said I'd do something immediately a crisis arose to > delay me. Now I'm ready and I find the bug package is not on my system. > Worse it doesn't seem to be on the ftp site either. It's supposed to be > in the util section. Anyone know where it went? > Just tried to rem

Re: lprng how?

1997-04-29 Thread Lawrence Chim
> > I am using Alladin Ghostscript (from non-free) because I have a bjc600 > > printer and only non-free version support it(?). > > > > Aha! So of the three people (including myself) who are having or have had > this problem the common thread seems to be: > > !. All using lprng > 2. All using

one thing latex is better than tetex

1997-04-29 Thread Lawrence Chim
previously, dvips gave me ps file with page numbering and I can go to a particular page using ghostview or gv. after I installed tetex and found that the ps file no more numbered and I can only press in gv, can't get back. Is there any magic to make tetex's dvips number the ps file? Lawrence, -

Re: lprng how?

1997-04-29 Thread Lawrence Chim
> > > > Just change from lpr to lprng but then whenever I try to run > > > > lpr or lpq, it said "cannot open connection to [EMAIL PROTECTED]". > > > > I have read the Intro and Tutorial in the /usr/doc/lprng but > > > > could not find any short answer. > > > > > > > > > > Are you using apsfilter

Re: lprng how?

1997-04-29 Thread Lawrence Chim
> > Just change from lpr to lprng but then whenever I try to run > > lpr or lpq, it said "cannot open connection to [EMAIL PROTECTED]". > > I have read the Intro and Tutorial in the /usr/doc/lprng but > > could not find any short answer. > > > > Are you using apsfilter or magicfilter? If the for

lprng how?

1997-04-28 Thread Lawrence Chim
Just change from lpr to lprng but then whenever I try to run lpr or lpq, it said "cannot open connection to [EMAIL PROTECTED]". I have read the Intro and Tutorial in the /usr/doc/lprng but could not find any short answer. Lawrence, -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsub

how to make ppp die after only 4 rings?

1997-04-27 Thread Lawrence Chim
Since my ISP will answer the call after 2 rings, it is possible to set the pppd to die after 4 rings, otherwise, it keeps the line 'til 60s pass. Lawrence, -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

tcpdump: unknown data link type 0xc

1997-04-27 Thread Lawrence Chim
Hi, tcpdump 3.3-2 won't work for me. here is the error message: tcpdump: unknown data link type 0xc though I have no problem using PPP. Lawrence, -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

what umask?

1997-04-25 Thread Lawrence Chim
what is the umask to mount a partition that allows user and group "rwx" permission and other none, i.e. "---". -- Lawrence Chim [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

optionally select the path for non-free & contrib

1997-04-23 Thread Lawrence Chim
Using `/mirror/debian/development/binary-i386' as main binary dir. Using `/mirror/debian/development/binary-i386/Packages.gz' for main. Using `/mirror/debian/contrib/binary-i386' as contrib binary dir. Using `/mirror/debian/contrib/binary-i386/Packages.gz' for contrib. Using `/mirror/debian/non-fre

why I have this?

1997-04-23 Thread Lawrence Chim
dselect kindly give me this stuff for a long while, don't know what's wrong. /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/disk/setup: line 8: 7921 Broken pipe find "$mountpoint$2" -follow -name '*.deb' -print 2>/dev/null 7922 Done| head -1 7923 Done| grep

vfat32 patch

1997-04-22 Thread Lawrence Chim
Have anyone successfully applied the vfat32 patch to 2.0.29 or 2.0.30? Though I can compile the patched 2.0.29, I got unresolved symbols while booting linux. 2.0.30 not even compiled. -- Lawrence Chim [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubs

Re: Memory Gobbler

1997-04-21 Thread Lawrence Chim
all this memory ? Is it always for network services, or could it > be useful for desktop computers too ? > > Alexandre -- Lawrence Chim [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: Memory Gobbler

1997-04-19 Thread Lawrence Chim
Martin Schulze wrote: > > On Apr 19, Harmon Sequoya Nine wrote > > Don't know if this relates to the question, but... > > > > I was looking at how to recompile the kernel to get it to recognize memory > > above 64M, > > and it said you should have at least 512K of cache to do this... > > Add mem

Re: 'Sun Java WorkShop on Debian' experience anyone?

1997-04-12 Thread Lawrence Chim
need the linux port jws from blackburn. -- Lawrence Chim [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Matrox Millinium

1997-04-11 Thread Lawrence Chim
Karsten Bolding wrote: > > Hi > > Which xserver should I use to get the most out of a Matrox Millinium card > (presently I use xserver-svga) > > Karsten MGA -- Lawrence Chim [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: ppp redial problem

1997-04-11 Thread Lawrence Chim
t any problems. Still I'd > like to get to the bottom of the ppp problem if anyone has any ideas. -- Lawrence Chim [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: moxfm

1997-04-11 Thread Lawrence Chim
om source and run fine. Don't know why the precompiled binary not work. Did you setup the resource file properly? -- Lawrence Chim [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Multiple ISP setup

1997-04-11 Thread Lawrence Chim
dressing, you only need two chatscripts that dial different phone numbers. -- Lawrence Chim [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Scanning software available?

1997-04-11 Thread Lawrence Chim
e a HPScanJet4c connected to > a SCSI card and i'm using hpscanpbm, which is available as a standard > Debian package. It works quite well for me. > or you may pay $50 for xvscan, a program based on xv. -- Lawrence Chim [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: 'Sun Java WorkShop on Debian' experience anyone?

1997-04-11 Thread Lawrence Chim
jws running, can you tell me, which jdk you're using? jdk 1.0.2 with no problem, though I am not using it now. -- Lawrence Chim [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: moxfm

1997-04-11 Thread Lawrence Chim
he > dynamic or shared version. > > On 10-Apr-97 Lawrence Chim wrote: > >Tim O'Brien wrote: > >> > >> I downloaded the moxfm file manager from the author's website in binary > >> form. I uudecoded, unzipped, and un-tarred it, and rtfm'd. Foll

Re: moxfm

1997-04-10 Thread Lawrence Chim
e.tmpl'". moxfm requires Motif to compile. ^^ -- Lawrence Chim [EMAIL PROTECTED]

buslogic and boot disk

1997-03-27 Thread Lawrence Chim
Does the boot disk support buslogic? How people using buslogic card install debian? I think I have to use my 2940 to install debian first, then compile a kernel with buslogic support, swap the card, compile the kernel again without the 2940 in it. Lawrence,

Re: Metro-X ver 3.1.5

1997-03-22 Thread Lawrence Chim
Matthew Tebbens wrote: > > Metro-X 3.1.5 > - > For those interested; I just installed Metro-X version 3.1.5 on 2 of my > debian systems and it works great. I had no problems with the install and > no problems when I configured it. The installer package that debian has is > for the old

is buslogic 958 really better than 2940uw

1997-03-21 Thread Lawrence Chim
There are so many discussion about 958 vs 2940uw. I found that the main arugment 958 better than 2940uw is that buslogic supports linux and allows source distribution of the driver. Lawrence,

Re: Adaptec 2940 UW (general)

1997-03-21 Thread Lawrence Chim
> I've got 9 or 10 of these cards deployed. All of the machines are running > 2.0.29 without a single problem. I've never done anything more than plug > the card in, turn the machine on and install. No special tweaking > required. > What device(s) did you use on the card? Lawrence,

Re: Question

1997-03-20 Thread Lawrence Chim
Alexander Poquet wrote: > > When will debian get support for BusLogic FlashPoint LT SCSI adapters? > More specifically, I want to install Debian onto my computer at work, whose > hard drive is SCSI (along with the CD-ROM). > > The disks-i386 directory for the current debian release doesnt have a

true type to X11 fonts

1997-03-20 Thread Lawrence Chim
Hi, I want to convert some of the true type font to use in X11 fonts. Anyone know how to do it? Lawrence,

Re: SCSI Ultra/Wide support

1997-03-19 Thread Lawrence Chim
> I have two critical machines using this card. For me everything works > fine. However, I'd buy a Buslogic 958 if possible. People report that > the 2940* extreme sensitivity to cables is somewhat substandard. Also, > the buslogic driver seems more stable and faster. Adaptec doesn't give > any hin

Re: What Can I do?

1997-03-17 Thread Lawrence Chim
Oliver Elphick wrote: > > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, writes: > >Hi, > > I've got a problem. I can't download files that take over 1 hour > >to download, including the GCC C compiler. I need to get a program that > >will let me dail into my slip account and the only one I can fin

Re: Any recommendation about a good 3D video card?

1997-03-17 Thread Lawrence Chim
Dany Dionne wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'll buy a 3D video card this summer and i can expense 750$ (1000$ > Canadien). This card is to use in the developpment of a 3D environnement > in OPENGL on PC. Do you have any recommendations? I don't know if it's a > good idea to purchase a card like a Matrox

Re: Video Cards

1997-03-16 Thread Lawrence Chim
card is not listed in XFree86, I'm pretty sure you may > use the "Generic S3 ViRGE/VX" servers/drivers. I have been using a card > with S3 ViRGE/VX configured with the Generic driver for months now and it > works GREAT. There is a server for Matrox card, the name of the server is something like SMGA. Lawrence Chim,

Re: Where is modutils? & bind syntax error

1997-03-12 Thread Lawrence Chim
In a previous message Lawrence Chim said: > These are the files in modules_2.1.23-1.deb. It seems that all > binaries and manpages are missing. modules_2.1.23-1 is a dummy package used when upgrading from modules to the newer modutils. Unfortunately modutils has not been installed yet. W

flon command?

1997-03-10 Thread Lawrence Chim
Is there a debian package provides the flon command? Lawrence,

Re: lesstif requirement

1997-03-10 Thread Lawrence Chim
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > The newest package for timidity depends on lesstif. I own motif > proper. Is there a way to create a stub package for motif that > provides motif and then have timidity depend on motif. lesstif could > provide motif too. > If you are using SWiM Motif, you can call

where to upload the debianized packages?

1997-03-10 Thread Lawrence Chim

Re: lesstif requirement

1997-03-10 Thread Lawrence Chim
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > The newest package for timidity depends on lesstif. I own motif > proper. Is there a way to create a stub package for motif that > provides motif and then have timidity depend on motif. lesstif could > provide motif too. > Which commerical Motif you are using? I

very small bash script question

1997-03-08 Thread Lawrence Chim
Does anyone know how to check a directory is empty in bash script? lawrence,

example script want

1997-03-07 Thread Lawrence Chim
Firstly, I am not a script expert and I only know how to write a little script file to execute a batch of commands. Can someone provides me an example script that insert a line of text into a text file. The line should be placed below the line section[xyz] and above the line blahblahblahblah. -

netscape 3.01_4

1997-03-06 Thread Lawrence Chim
I don't why I have to load the libc.so.5.2.18 in order to run netscape, or I will get a bus error. I even try LD_PRELOAD=libgnumalloc.so.5 and it dose not work also. #!/bin/sh export LD_PRELOAD=libc.so.5.2.18 <<< export MALLOC_CHECK_=0 export NPX_PLUGIN_PATH=$HOME/.netscape/plugins:/usr/local/

is modules_2.1.23-1.deb corrupted?

1997-03-06 Thread Lawrence Chim
I checked the contents of modules_2.1.23-1.deb and found that the lsmod, insmod, modprobe, etc. are missing from the file. Did the maintainer forget to include those program files? drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 Feb 26 10:22 1997 ./ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 Feb 26 10:22 1997 etc/ -rw-r--r--

Re: AWE32 problems.

1997-03-03 Thread Lawrence Chim
Dark Lord of Sith wrote: > > I just can't get the AWE32 sound card to work under debian. It > works fine under dos,95, or NT. I've installed all the patches and tried > running it with kernel 2.0.27, 2.0.29, and 2.1.26 with no success. I use > the I/O ,IRQ and DMA values out of the manu

Re: can Linux r/w Windoze FAT32?

1997-03-02 Thread Lawrence Chim
Igor Grubman wrote: > > On Sat, 1 Mar 1997, Ralph Winslow wrote: > > > Lawrence Chim wrote: > > > > > > Harmon Sequoya Nine wrote: > > > > > > > > first is with the "mtools" (do a "man mtools" to get more info), >

is modules_2.1.23-1.deb corrupted?

1997-03-02 Thread Lawrence Chim
I found that the ismod, modprobe, rmmod are missing in the modules deb. Are they moved to a new package, or the deb is corrupted? dpkg --contents modules_2.1.23-1.deb drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 Feb 26 10:22 1997 ./ drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 Feb 26 10:22 1997 etc/ -rw-r--r-- root/roo

Re: can Linux r/w Windoze FAT32?

1997-03-01 Thread Lawrence Chim
Harmon Sequoya Nine wrote: > > Unless its changed in the past few months, Linux can read and write to > dos/windows 95 partitions without a problem. There are two ways. The > first is with the "mtools" (do a "man mtools" to get more info), although > this is usually only with a floppy. > > The

problem compiling kernel using make-kpkg

1997-01-15 Thread Lawrence Chim
I have problem to compile the Linux kernel 2.0.28 using make-kpkg, here is a part of the screen dump, it didn't happen when I compiled 2.0.26 MIDI interface support (CONFIG_MIDI) [Y/n/?] FM synthesizer (YM3812/OPL-3) support (CONFIG_YM3812) [Y/n/?] I/O base for SB Check from manual of the card (

PPP always disconnected

1997-01-14 Thread Lawrence Chim
I am using US Robotics modem and I don't know why the modem is always disconnected after 10~20 mins. Anyone knows how to fix it. Pls reply by mail, -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

how to find out who has fingered me?

1997-01-13 Thread Lawrence Chim
Rather than checking any log file, is it possible to find out who has fingered a user. I heard that I can create a .plan file to do it, but I don't know how to do it. Anyone knows how? -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail

Re: Scanner software recomendations ?

1997-01-12 Thread Lawrence Chim
Stan Brown wrote: > > I am looking for a software package to use to interface am HP scanner > to my Debian system. > > Any recomendations? xvscan, but you have to pay for it. you can go to http://www.tummy.com/xvscan/Welcome.html to get more info. lawrence, -- TO UNSUB

should X 3.2-2 go to rex-fixed?

1997-01-11 Thread Lawrence Chim
Why X 3.2-2 go to bo, rather than rex-fixed? -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Somethings Serious Amiss with JDK?

1997-01-08 Thread Lawrence Chim
Paul Serice wrote: > > > > 1) From my tribulations with JDK, I do believe jdk-common and jdk-static > > > depend on each other. Thus, neither can be installed. > > > > Try installing them both at the same time: > > # dpkg -i jdk-common.deb jdk-static.deb > > Wow, that installed them alright! >

Re: Somethings Serious Amiss with JDK?

1997-01-07 Thread Lawrence Chim
ugs wrote: > > 1) From my tribulations with JDK, I do believe jdk-common and jdk-static > depend on each other. Thus, neither can be installed. > > 2) When I forced the issue, I got an error similar to the one Joey Hess > reported earlier with 1.0.2.2: > > Whenever I try to run any of the java

SUN pkg -> deb?

1997-01-06 Thread Lawrence Chim
Is there any program that can covert SUN pkg packaging format to debian deb format? lawrence, -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Any PPP-connection keeping utility ?

1997-01-06 Thread Lawrence Chim
> I put this in my /etc/ppp/ip-up script: > > ping -i 120 $5 > /dev/null 2>&1 & ^ | what is it? not found in man page lawrence, -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL

Re: where is base deb?

1997-01-03 Thread Lawrence Chim
> If you are doing an upgrade from 1.1 to 1.2, don't force-remove the > base package even it is marked obsolete. The package still own files > that the system need. Does Debian offer a systematic way to get ride > of obsolete packages? I have force removed the base and install the base-file and

Re: where is base deb?

1997-01-03 Thread Lawrence Chim
Dale Scheetz wrote: > > On Thu, 2 Jan 1997, Lawrence Chim wrote: > > > Curiously, the base.deb is missing in the binary-i386/base dir. > > Where is it? It's used to be in binary-i386/base dir. > > Does it moved to a new place. > > > The base package

where is base deb?

1997-01-02 Thread Lawrence Chim
Curiously, the base.deb is missing in the binary-i386/base dir. Where is it? It's used to be in binary-i386/base dir. Does it moved to a new place. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: wine dor Debian ?

1997-01-02 Thread Lawrence Chim
Stan Brown wrote: > > Is there a debian package of wine? Seems like I saw this question a > month or so ago & I thought I saved the response, but I can't put my > finger on it at the moment. > yes, go to debian/project/experiment. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIS

ppp install problem

1996-12-23 Thread Lawrence Chim
I have problem to upgrade PPP and it seems that it is a chown problem. Any helps? Preparing to replace ppp 2.2.0f-2 (using ppp_2.2.0f-19.deb) ... Unpacking replacement ppp ... Setting up ppp (2.2.0f-19) ... Installing new version of config file /etc/init.d/ppp ... Configuration file `/etc/ppp/pap

Re: soft windows

1996-11-27 Thread Lawrence Chim
Fundamental wrote: > > Can debian handle dual processors and does debian (or any linux) have a > windows/win95 emulator? > dual processors - yes, you need to compile the kernel by yourself windows 3.1 - yes with wine (free) or WABI ($200) windows 95 - NO lawrence, -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS

Re: VFAT32 support?

1996-11-26 Thread Lawrence Chim
> > Is linux kernel vfat support compatible with the vfat32 from the > > microsoft recent OEM WIN95 release? > > > > I would strongly doubt it. vfat used to be just a superset of the fat > filesystem so it was too difficult to add support. vfat32, on the > otherhand, is a big jump considering th

Re: icmpinfo

1996-11-26 Thread Lawrence Chim
Bernd Eckenfels wrote: > > Hello, > > > How to fix it? I checked the resolv.conf and there is already > > a line nameserver 127.0.0.1 > > for every nameserver line in resolv.conf you have to check if there is a > nameserver running on that host (dig soa . @127.0.0.1). Remove all lines > which d

Re: icmpinfo

1996-11-26 Thread Lawrence Chim
Bernd Eckenfels wrote: > > Hi, > > > 10:59:08.535381 x.xx..xxx.xx > yy.yy..yyy.yy: icmp: > > x.xx..xxx.xx udp port route unreachable (frag 22923:[EMAIL > > PROTECTED]) > > [tos 0xc0] > > same problem, you are using an non-functionalnameserver. > > Greetings > Be

VFAT32 support?

1996-11-26 Thread Lawrence Chim
Is linux kernel vfat support compatible with the vfat32 from the microsoft recent OEM WIN95 release? lawrence, -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: icmpinfo

1996-11-26 Thread Lawrence Chim
tcpdump always dump this message to screen. It seems that it is a kind of error messages. the ppp channel seems *hang* for a while because of this error. Anyone know how to fix it? 10:59:08.535381 x.xx..xxx.xx > yy.yy..yyy.yy: icmp: x.xx..xxx.xx udp port route unre

Re: libc-5.4.13

1996-11-24 Thread Lawrence Chim
Bruce Perens wrote: > > From: Lawrence Chim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > It should be the last libc5 release and the next one should be libc6. > > Debian 1.3 (the release after this one) is based on LIBC 6. > Hopefully netscape works with it :-) lawrence, -- TO UNSUBSC

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