Re: xanim error :(

1999-10-15 Thread Mark Buda
> "Jonathan" == Jonathan D Proulx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Jonathan> hi, when trying to run xanim (from netscape via plugger Jonathan> or from the command line) I get the following error: Jonathan> error in loading shared libraries :undefined Jonathan> symbol:__re

Re: Sound Config Probs

1999-10-06 Thread Mark Buda
> "bwarsing" == bwarsing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: bwarsing> Did: bwarsing> cat "some .au file" > /dev/audio bwarsing> Nothing happens. Can't figure out if its isapnp or some bwarsing> other config i have not completed yet. Um... did you recompile the kernel with sound s

Re: Device busy

1999-09-30 Thread Mark Buda
> "Sami" == Sami Dalouche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Sami> Trying a fuser /dev/cdrom usually reports nothing. Perhaps try "fuser -m /dev/cdrom"? -- I get my monkeys for nothing and my chimps for free. http://www.clark.net/pub/hermit/

Re: rm strange file/device

1999-09-22 Thread Mark Buda
> "Daniel" == Daniel Faller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Daniel> I found the following file: Daniel> c---rw---x 1 8240 12641 105, 101 Jul 22 2034 Daniel> cache36876DC80351532.class Daniel> I do not know how to get rid of it. Daniel> I have no idea how this file was created

Re: problems with 2.2.11 and serial port (pilot, camera)

1999-09-16 Thread Mark Buda
>>>>> "Mark" == Mark Buda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Mark> Under 2.2.11, I am having persistent problems with Mark> pilot-manager that vanish when I boot 2.0.36. Also, I am Mark> having similar problems with kdcpi, a perl script that can

Re: where is what? - clarification (hopefully)

1999-09-16 Thread Mark Buda
> "Jari" == Jari Aalto+mail procmail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I am compelled by my nature to pick a couple nits. Jari> However, one thing is for sure: what(1) is not equivalent of Jari> ident(1). I didn't mean that they are identical, I meant they serve the same purpose in their r

what patches have been applied to the kernel-source-* packages?

1999-09-13 Thread Mark Buda
I know this is documented somewhere. I've seen it. Unfortunately, I can't figure out where I've seen it. What patches are applied to the pristine kernel source to make the distributed Debian kernel-source packages? And where do they come from? And where is this documented? -- I get my monkeys for

Re: ftp not working

1999-09-12 Thread Mark Buda
> "Miguel" == Miguel Wooding SF Ten Union <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Miguel> More fundamentally, why would I need to use passive mode? FTP uses two kinds of connections: a control connection, and a data connection. The control connection is made FROM the client TO the server, and it is

Re: ppp and kernel 2.2.12

1999-09-11 Thread Mark Buda
> "Levi" == Levi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Levi> I seem to have a problem involving ppp and the new Levi> kernel. I've got ppp set up and it works just fine with Levi> kernel 2.0.34, but I can never seem to get connected with Levi> kernel 2.2.12. There is a small group of p

how to find lines containing two null characters?

1999-09-09 Thread Mark Buda
I want to do what egrep '\000\000' files... would do if egrep understood \NNN octal escape sequences. Is there something I'm missing in the egrep man page that would permit this? If not, is there some package among the bazillions of Debian packages that contains a program that will do this? (I've

Re: Zombie process using pppd

1999-09-08 Thread Mark Buda
> "Alex" == Alex V Toropov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Alex> In what situation process becomes Zombie ? When a process exits, it can return an exit status code to its parent process. The parent process retrieves this exit status code by invoking the wait() system call. A zombie process is

Re: where is what?

1999-09-05 Thread Mark Buda
> "Keith" == Keith Harbaugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Keith> `what' was an old unix program which would access certain Keith> identifying lines within text files, allowing easy reading Keith> of key parts of files without having to use a pager or Keith> editor. Your descript

problems with 2.2.11 and serial port (pilot, camera)

1999-09-01 Thread Mark Buda
Is anybody else trying to use pilot-manager under a 2.2 kernel? Does it work for you? Under 2.2.11, I am having persistent problems with pilot-manager that vanish when I boot 2.0.36. Also, I am having similar problems with kdcpi, a perl script that can talk to my Kodak digital camera - works fine

Re: cfdisk says hda is smaller than it really is!

1999-08-09 Thread Mark Buda
"David Kane-Parry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I can pass the geometry to the kernel 'til the cows come home 'cause 2.0.x > won't see higher than 8.4GB. Because you've been responding on the list to messages that haven't been on the list (at least, I haven't seen them), I'm not sure what makes y

Re: Toshiba Satellite 2520CDS

1999-07-29 Thread Mark Buda
> "Stanley" == Stanley J Benes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Stanley> The toshiba laptops require special (kernel?) install Stanley> called the tecra. I think it's on the 2.1 slink CD, but I Stanley> don't have my machine by me right now to check. Try Stanley> looking for and us

Re: IglooFTP goes commercial. Violation of GPL?

1999-07-28 Thread Mark Buda
> "egm2" == egm2 writes: egm2> Okay GPL experts. The once free alpha versions of IglooFTP, egm2> copyright by Jean-Marc Jacquet and released under GPL is now egm2> in beta and being released *only* as a commercial product egm2> for $$. Now, does this violate the GPL under t

Re: System freezes unexpectedly

1999-07-27 Thread Mark Buda
> "Chris" == Chris Mayes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Chris> [...] The thing was totally frozen. [...] Chris> Does anyone have any suggestions for diagnosing Chris> and possibly fixing this problem? Run a memory test. I suggest "memtest86" in the hwtools package, if you're using an

Re: Network addressing

1999-07-26 Thread Mark Buda
> "Kaa" == \[ Kaa \] writes: Kaa>route add -net 24.5.xx.yy -netmask 255.255.255.0 eth0 Kaa> did NOT work ('route' complained about inconsistency) You used the host address (24.5.xx.yy) instead of the network address (24.5.xx.0). The route to use for a packet is determined by

Re: Network addressing

1999-07-26 Thread Mark Buda
> "Mike" == Mike Lieberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Mike> Neither plan is good. Please remember that cable modems are Mike> broadcast networks. Your ISP, @Home, uses that Class A as Mike> subnetted Class C's for good reason. If @Home is unwilling Mike> to assign you two add

Re: Network addressing

1999-07-26 Thread Mark Buda
> "Kaa" == \[ Kaa \] writes: Kaa> I have two machines [...] One is 24.6.xxx.xxx, and the Kaa> other is 24.5.xxx.xxx. [...] However the ISP says that the Kaa> netmask for these addresses should be 255.255.255.0 [...] Kaa> So [...] can I simply set the netmask to 255.0.0.0 K

Re: Mutt dependency on an MTA

1999-07-26 Thread Mark Buda
> "Kaa" == \[ Kaa \] writes: Kaa> [...] apt refused to download mutt because it depends on a Kaa> "mail-transfer-agent" and such a beast was not to be found in Kaa> dpkg's database. I've tried persuading apt [...] So, can Kaa> somebody tell me how to persuade apt to let me use

Re: Network addressing

1999-07-26 Thread Mark Buda
> "Kaa" == \[ Kaa \] writes: Kaa> I have two machines plugged into a cable modem. Both have IP Kaa> addresses provided by the ISP. One is 24.6.xxx.xxx, and the Kaa> other is 24.5.xxx.xxx. [...] However the ISP says that the Kaa> netmask for these addresses should be 255.255.25

Re: bbdb and PalmPilot

1999-07-21 Thread Mark Buda
> "Felipe" == Felipe Alvarez Harnecker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Felipe> Does someone know about some package to sync the BIG Felipe> brother data base (bbdb) and the palm pilot? under Linux Felipe> of course. Well, I don't, but I intend to write a conduit for the pilot-manager