Upgrading from slink to potato

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Making a backup

Hello, I want to do a back-up of my system. Is there any tool to do it automatically? Which are the parts of the Debian system that is mandatory to back-up? Thanks in advance for your help, Manuel Arenaz

Re: only half of physical memory showing up

Hello, Can I know how much memory is available in my Debian linux box? Thanks in advance for your help, Manuel Arenaz

Re: The clock has gone crazy...

write a new /etc/adjtime, and fill > it > with more realistic values. > > Bryan Scaringe > > On 13-Dec-1999 Manuel Arenaz Silva wrote: > > Hello, > > > > The clock of my machine has gone crazy. When I set it up to the correct > > time in the BIOS everyt

The clock has gone crazy...

Hello, The clock of my machine has gone crazy. When I set it up to the correct time in the BIOS everything works fine for a while. But after some time, the clock begins to accumulate more and more delay. When I reboot the machine and enter in the BIOS setup, the hardware clock has been changed. Wh

CD-Writer recomendation!

Hello again, A friend of mine is interested in buying a CD-Writer. He asked me to recomend a model to him, but I have no idea. Can anyone help me to go through this situation? Thanks in advance, Manuel Arenaz

Presentations with latex

Hello, I use latex to prepare my presentations. Before installing Debian Slink (default workstation setup), I had a latex class called "seminar.cls" available. Nevertheless, I cannot use it now bacause it is not installed. Which package(s) do I have to install? Are there any other latex recomended

Re: Accounting Package

I have installed the package "acct" but how is it used? In the man pages there is no information about how to "account information". Solution?

Re: Sources of linux documentation (solved)

Thanks to everyone, I have solved the problem. I succeeded by installing the package "latex2html", which includes the file "html.sty". NOTE THAT THE FILE "html.sty" LISTED IN A PREVIOUS MAIL IS NOT VALID BECAUSE I GOT THE FILE "typehtml.sty" FROM ANOTHER SYSTEM AND RENAMED IT TO "html.sty" TO CH

Problems with the man

In my slink box there are some packages (for example a2ps) whose man pages are available only for the root user. The other users can execute the commands (a2ps) but can not read their man pages ("man a2ps" fails). What is the problem? Should these man pages be available as their are related to pac

Re: Sources of linux docu... html.sty ??? (solved)

I have solved the problem ofcompiling the Tex file by installing the package latex2html in my box. Thak you very much, Manuel Arenaz Peter S Galbraith wrote: > virtanen wrote: > > > > In my linux box the > > > compiling process

Re: Sources of linux documentation

> I've tried some three times to get a book compressed in that bz2 format > uncomperessed to a readable version. But no LaTex, TeX or LyX ever could > read that stuff. > > Is there something in general wrong with that bz2 format or are there > available some brand new TeX formats, which no Slink la

Re: Sources of linux documentation

I have downloaded the sources of the Debian linux documentation in the format .tar.bz2. While compiling the .tex file using the default slink Latex2e, the compiler couldn't found the file "html.sty". Where can I found this file? Do I have to install any new package? Thanks in advance,

Re: Sources of linux documentation

"J.H.M. Dassen (Ray)" wrote: > On Fri, Oct 29, 1999 at 21:21:32 +0200, Manuel Arenaz Silva wrote: > > Where can I download the Latex/EPS source of this package from? > > Same as with all source: do a dpkg --print-avail on the package so you have > the source package

html to postscript converter

Where can I find a html to postscript converter for slink? I can perform the conversion by using netscape->SaveAs, but this way I have to open and SaveAs each file, which is very tedious and embarrasing. Thanks in advance, Manuel Arenaz

files with extension tar.bz2

What kind of fiels are those that end with ".tar.bz2"? How are they decompressed? Thaks in advance, Manuel Arenaz

Sources of linux documentation

I have installed the package debian-guide from the unstable distribution in slink and every has gone right. Now I would like to build the postscript file by myself in order to change some appearance features. Where can I download the Latex/EPS source of this package from? Thanks in advance,

Linux documentation

Hello, I am a beginner in Linux and I am interested in obtaining linux documentation for free (at least for the moment). Following one of the suggestions that appeared in the list, I have downloaded an online Debian Linux book from the O'Reilly site: wget -r --no-parent www.ora.com/cata

Re: HP 9070cxi ???

Rob Reesor wrote: > Hi, > > Sorry for the intrusion. I noticed your exchange muc.lists.debian.user. I'm > having trouble posting, so thought I'd send email directly. > > I've just ordered a Red Hat Linux system and am having a hard time finding > a printer. Seems that most of the printers listed o

Re: SB-PCI-64

Jordi wrote: > On Fri, Oct 08, 1999 at 02:50:40AM +0200, Javier Viñuales Gutiérrez wrote: > > On jue, oct 07, 1999 at 07:08:56 +0200, Agustín Martín Domingo wrote: > > > La SoundBlaster 64 PCI es realmente una Ensoniq 1371, no una > > > soundblaster. Ponle sus parámetros al kernel > > > > Cuidado

Re: Printer suggestion

Justin Settle wrote: > For an ink jet, however, I own and Epson and, IMHO, they make a better > product. They are a bit cheaper, but built just as well, have high res > and are pretty fast. You mention higher cost to maintain (what are you > referring to?) but I don't see that. I have a 440 and

Re: Printer suggestion

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Manuel, > > Hewlett-Packard, but avoid the "Winprinters" > Best value for my money would be the HP 970cxi. It's 12 ppm in B&W > fast draft mode. It can do two-sided printing (!!!) and street prices > are under $350. I don't know of any other inexpensive printer that >

Printer suggestion

Hello, I am interested in buying a printer, but I want to avoid as many installation problems as posible. For this reason I would appreciate if someone could advice me about a mark and a model. What do you prefer? An epson printer (highest resolution but expensive to mantain), a HP printer (very

Shell bash

Hello, In my work in have to use some machines where the bash shell is not available. Normally, these machine have Solaris or IRIX installed. When I connect to those machines I have to use other different shells which I am not used to using. You can imagine how embarrasing is this situation. I h

Re: How to filter this list?

Hello, I am interrested in filtering the incoming mail. On my opinion, my situation is quite different from the explained in this thread. I am the administrator of a PC K6-3 400MHz running Debian Linux. I use a mail server (mercurio.des.fi.udc.es) to send and receive mails. [mercurio:/home/des/

Re: configuration of a printer

Hello, I have already solved my problem. My problem came from the fact that I created the /etc/printcap properly (for example, using "magicfilter") but I didn't know that, in order to use the new configuration, I had to make the lpd daemon re-read the printcap file. This can be done by executing t

Re: What does "mountd" is used for?

Wayne Topa wrote: > Subject: What does "mountd" is used for? > Date: Wed, Sep 22, 1999 at 09:03:31PM +0200 > > In reply to:Manuel Arenaz Silva > > Quoting Manuel Arenaz Silva([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > I would like what is the usage of the mountd d

Re: configuration of a printer

Andreas Piesk wrote: > > are you sure about the /dev/lp1 ? the first lpt is lp0. > > what are the permissions of /etc/printcap ? readable by everyone ? > the printcap itself seems to be ok. > At first sight everything looks OK: the /dev files, the printcat file... cambados:~# ls -lisa /dev/lp*

What does "mountd" is used for?

I would like what is the usage of the mountd daemon.

configuration of a printer

Hello, I want to install an Epson Stylus Color 850 printer directly attached to my machine (local printer). I have been looking at the Printing-HOWTO-6.html that comes with the default installation of Linux Debian 2.1 (slink). After reading the introduction, I have tried to print an ascii text to

About mountd

Hello, Right now, when I want to read the contents of a CD or a floppy I have to mount the corresponding directory (/cdrom in my machine) manually. I would like the system to configure the mount point automatically when I try to read or write the contents of that directory. I have scanned the fil

telnet to my machine (succes)

This is to inform that I have had succes. Next, I intend to install "ssh" so as to improve the security of my machine. Thanks to everyone, Manuel Arenaz

telnet to my machine (cont)

Jim McCloskey wrote: > Hello, Manuel: > > [1] If you simply install the telnetd package, the daemon, I believe, > will start running. If you reboot, it certainly will. So install > it with: > > dpkg --install > > or: > > apt-get install telnetd > > and you should be fine. >

telnet to my machine (cont)

Hello, I really want the telnet service installed. But, what is "SSM"? I have never heard about it. thanks

telnet to my machine (cont)

Hello, I have taken a look at the file "/var/log/syslog", which registers the same information every time a telnet conection is refused: Sep 21 17:11:49 cambados in.telnetd[8102]: connect from 193.144.50.23 Sep 21 17:11:49 cambados in.telnetd[8102]: error: cannot execute /usr/sbin/in.telnetd: No

GoZilla for Linux

Hello, Does anyone knows I there is an ftp client for Linux Debian with, more or less, the same functionality as GoZilla for Windows? Some of the more interesting caracteristics of GoZilla are: * Restart donwload if connection fails * Continue donwloading (without restart) if connection fails *

Library glibc

Hello, I want to install an MP3 player. I want to download it from "www.freeamp.org", but I have to chose between to configurations: * FreeAmp_1.3.1_for_Linux2.0.x_glic2.0_Intel_x86 * FreeAmp_1.3.1_for_Linux2.0.x_glic2.1_Intel_x86 How can I know which version must I download? I have installed

telnet to my machine (cont)

Hello, I have checked the daemons that are installed in my system, and I have noticed that "inetd" is working but there is no "telnetd" installed. ¿How can I make my system install "telnetd" on start-up? I don't know where the daemons to be installed are specified. Is there any HOW-TO available?

telnet to my machine

Hello, I have installed Debian on my computer. Surprinsingly, sometimes when I try to stablish a telnet conection to my machine I obtain the following message: venus% telnet cambados.des.fi.udc.es Trying 193.144.50.62... Connected to cambados.des.fi.udc.es. Escape character is '^]'. Connection cl

Where is apt-cdrom?

Hello, I keep on trying to know more about apt. In a message sent to the list a few days ago, someone talked about installing ".deb" packages from a CDROM via a command called apt-cdrom. I have searched for this tool in my system but it isn't installed. cambados:~# find / -name apt* -ls 30723

Thanks to all

Thank you very much for the information about StarOffice (the dowload, the license,...) Regards, Manuel Arenaz

Entry in apt/sources.list to install StarOffice

Hello, Can someone tell me what entry must I add to my apt/sources.list in order to install StarOffice? Thanks.

Re: How do you apt-get WORDVIEW?

Kent West wrote: > Manuel Arenaz Silva wrote: > > > > It is very interesting to be able to view Microsoft Word files under > > Linux. What must I include in my apt/source.list in order to install the > > program "wordview"? What is the name of the correspond

Re: Reading Word format files?

Anthony Campbell wrote: > Thanks to all for replies. I've now found two apps that will do this: > word2x and mswordview. Both are available for slink; I found word2x to > be the more convenient. > Where can you install these aplications from? Via apt-get?

How do you apt-get WORDVIEW?

It is very interesting to be able to view Microsoft Word files under Linux. What must I include in my apt/source.list in order to install the program "wordview"? What is the name of the corresponding package? On the other hand, is there any program to edit and generate Microsoft Word files under L

System defaults: user enviroment

Hello, I would like to know where the default user enviroment is configured. Thanks in advance. Manuel Arenaz

Printer configuration

Hello, I would like to know what I have to do to configure a printer. I need to configurations: 1) A local printer attached to a parallel port. 2) A remote printer that is accesed through a local area network. ¿Is there any tool to configure printers (as there is in RedHat)? Thanks in advance.

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