Peter S Galbraith wrote:
> > I want to put a small UPS on my work system to let it shutdown
> > gracefully when there's a power outage. I'm looking at:
> >
> > Best Power Patriot
> > Best Power Patriot Pro
> >
> > APC Back-UPS BK500M
> > APC Back-UPS BK650M
> >
> > Anyone have any recommend
Andrew Holmes wrote:
> Maybe this is a pointless question, but. Has anyone found a program for
> linux that will look through binary news groups and download/decode all of the
> images/attachments according to a filter? I have AUB which works for
> multi-part messages, but I can't find a way to
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> I have these lines in /etc/apt/sources.list.
>
> > deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free
> > deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable non-US
> > deb http://www.debian.org/~mblevin/gnome-apt ./
> > deb http://www.debian.o
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> When I installed fetchmail and typed man fetchmail it did not work.
> But when I did a reboot it worked after that. I have now installed
> pgp and when I type man pgp "No manual entry for pgp"!! So I did a
> locate "/usr/man/man1/pgp.1.gz". What is wrong ?
I don't
In foo.debian-user, Erhan Ince wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have a 56K US robotics speakerphone modem.
>
> I am interested in activating the speakerphone or toggling it off using
>
> the modem commands from my visual basic program. I know how to
> use the MSCOMM port I just don't know how to activate
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> Any comments about the DEC Alpha vs the UltraSparc? And also discovered
> that Solaris supports 64 bit processors, whereas Linux doesn't?
Linux does support 64-bit processors. Both alphas and ultra-sparcs.
-Mitch
Koyote wrote:
> >Be careful about following explicit ISP instructions. Most are
> written
> >for RedHat, and there may be differences. If you have a URL of the
> >ISP instructions, it may help us to identify where the differences
> are.
>
>
> Sorry, I thought I had put it in there:
>
> http://
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> I started trying to set up a pp connection a few months ago. I can't
> sit and hack this full time, as I have jobs (in the plural) taking up
> a *lot* of my time. I've been through ezppp, wvdial, hand hacking,
> gnome-ppp, and I just haven't gotten anywhere. I have
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> Oh, and a final question that isn't so rhetorical. Is it possible
> to use apt from behind a corporate firewall that does *not* seem to do IP
> forwarding or masquerading?
> I don't know much about firewalls, but I work at a big company where
> I
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> Hi,
> when I try to use alien to convert to a rpm file, I got the following:
>
> alien: 822-date did not return a valid result.
>
> Could someone please help me??
Actually, the full text message of the error is:
alien: 822-date did not return
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> The problem is this:
>
> I've got a UPS daemon (mgeupsd, not debianized, but I might work on
> that if I can get this problem resolved.)
>
> It works fine when the power fails: it writes FAIL to /etc/powerstatus
> and sends SIGPWR to init. init then looks at thes
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
>
> I have QT 1.42 installed from the source tarball. Unfortunately, my KDE
> installation was in the form of Debian packages, and now I get
> "kde-whatever depends on qt-142" errors from dselect and apt-get. How can
> I convince my system that QT is installed? Is th
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In a message dated 5/17/99 5:03:50 PM Central Daylight Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> > 1) What kind of mouse do you have? (PS/2 or serial)
>
> I have a Logitech Mouseman 3 button, on serial.
> > 2) What brand of mouse?
> Logitech
> > 3) What is the setting i
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> I'm trying to run X windows on my computer. I installed all of the packages
> required for it, but I still have one basic problem: my mouse won't work when
> I first run XF86Setup. I have gone through every mouse option in XF86Setup,
> applying them all, and no
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> ever since I upgraded to apt 0.3.6 I get this error with just about every
> package I install
>
> ldconfig: warning: can't open /lib/libNoVersion.so.1 (No such file or
> directory), skipping
> -
> any thoughts on how to fix this?
[prompt]# rm /lib/libNoVersion
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I keep getting the message below now installing packages using delect.
> Where does this come from, and how do I get rid of it?
>
> ldconfig: warning: can't open /lib/libNoVersion.so.1 (No such file or
> directory), skipping
This is a symlink created som
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> hey all
>
> I don't suppose the list manager would consider putting somthing like [deb]
> in the subject line, would he (you)? Sure would
> help me sort this stuff...
You can only sort on the Subject field? What type of program are you
using to sort? Others o
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> I will shortly be taking a two week vacation, and sadly, I have to leave my
> trusty box behind *schniff* .. It has to stay running, however, because a
> local user group relies on it for mail and web serving. There is no one else
> who will have access to the machi
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> Hi All.
>
> This just started today, after doing a dselect/Update off of www.debian.org
> stable main, contrib, and non-free. Now when I run dselect and go into the
> Select option, the program just quits with the message:
>
> dselect: failed to create baselist p
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> Quoting Mitch Blevins([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> > In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> > > Not so much dselect, but dpkg yes. I have a dialup connection and
> > > sometimes I download a package over more than one dialup session, save it
> >
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> Not so much dselect, but dpkg yes. I have a dialup connection and
> sometimes I download a package over more than one dialup session, save it
> in a directory and install it with dpkg.
>
> I have tried apt, but could not get it to install a package from a
> dire
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> Can anyone give me a quick tutorial on how to use dpkg to install rpm's
> with alien? Thanks...
[prompt]# alien -i somepackage.rpm
This will convert and install the RPM file. An easier way to get a quick
tutorial on alien would by to type 'man alien' at the promp
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> On Sat, 8 May 1999, Lawrence Wickline wrote:
> > Also need something that will make .gifs (Gimp doesn't seem to do this)
>
> Haven't found one yet myself... I wouldn't mind a decent package... I'll
> probably just wait until Wine gets better and run Paint Shop Pro
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> Question: So how do I, running from a slink CD, get and install potato's apt?
>
> If I add entries for 'unstable' in /etc/apt/sources.list, and then go into
> dselect, it wants to upgrade my world to potato.
>
> Of course, I can always just go download the deb a
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> Somewhat off-topic, but perhaps applicable
>
> If a modem is a device for MOdulating/DEModulation,
> and a "winmodem" turns that job over to the software (Windows),
> is that not grounds for a class-action fraud suit against winmodem
> manufacturers for marketi
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> I just installed Debian 2.1 on a DX2 100 MHz labtop. I am encountering two
> problems after the installation, and would appreciate your help. The
> first one, I first used a 3Com ethernet/modem combo card to do ftp
> install, but since I do not have a permanant IP
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> did someone know if apt-get keep it's output somewhere, or the way to do
> it ?
> because the long list of thing to do during the install ?
>
> I try :
> apt-get upgrade 1>&2 apt-get_output.txt
> but I don't see what is wrong.
>
> thanks.
Try:
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Since I installed X on my slink dist, xdm starts automaticly when I boot my
> computer. Normally, this is no problem, but in some circumstances I would
> like to quit X (ie to rebuild the kernel).
>
> My question is:
>
> How do I kill xdm, or prevent xd
configure
to grep the root mailbox for 'cracklib' to determine if the macro
is being run on a Debian system.
-Mitch
--
The above is both unhelpful and untrue
--Mitch Blevins
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> Hi All
>
> I was just wondering if there was a way to set Linux up as an NFS server
> without all the hassle of creating an exports file, etc. etc... Just one
> that I can install & go...???
How would you tell the server which directories to serve?
The exports fi
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> ... or I'm just dense today.
>
> I am installing slink from the Cheapbytes 4-CD set. The base package
> install went smooth. I selected the default dialup packages. However,
> when I tried to install it I got a lot of messages scrolling up the
> screen that looke
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> Is there a quick and painless way to translate the output from
> man into plain text?
[prompt]$ man somesubject |col -b > somesubject.txt
-Mitch
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> [skip 1 and 2... sorry]
> 3rd. Anyone know of some good text to speech software thats easy to
> use? I just need to be able to type something in and have it say it to
> me, and I need to be able to record the sound. I'm looking for
> something along the lines of th
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> Hi all:
>
> To continue my new Linux user paranoia, I have just noticed in
> xconsole that someone's been trying to connect to every port from port
> 2 thru 1024. It looks like this:
>
> Apr 27 20:03:09 main tcplogd: tcpmux connection attempt from [EMAIL
> PROTE
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> I'm curious about virii and Linux...
>
> Am I wrong to assume that Linux is not immune to virii (I don't even know if
> virii is a word - but it just sounds cool :) ? Obviously the security
> features of Linux can prevent some virii from affecting certain files
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> after my kid was playing games on win95 yesterday
> evening i was unable to boot into Linux - actually unable
> to boot into win95 also... Looks like some kind of
> virus destroyed boot sector with partition table.
>
> i can remember approximate partition sizes and
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> So if I understand you and others who have replied correctly, the
> main advantage is the automatic dep-resolustion via ftp.
> But it seems to me that this has nothing to do with the deb format
> itself. Instead it is something that results out of Debian making
>
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> I have a lot of question:
> [snip]
> 2. When I change mode of *.pl (perl), I can excute it in unix, but I
> cannot excute it in linux, I must use 'perl *.pl' to excute it. I don't
> know if I need configure something.
More than likely, the .pl file has a shebang
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> I am trying out a new ISP and have run into a problem I have not seen
> before. I wonder if anyone else might have run into this?
> [snip problem]
Just wanted to let you know that you are not alone. (I feel your pain)
I cannot list newsgroups by wildcards in slrn
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> Running an old AcceleratedX 3.1
> Mostly hamm, with slink and potato stuff mixed in, but dpkg is happy.
>
> abiword complains about improperly installed fonts.
>
> I tried the following as per the /usr/doc/abiword/unix_fonts.txt.gz file:
> xset fp+ /usr/share/abiw
Jens B. Jorgensen wrote:
> Mitch Blevins wrote:
> > In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> > > On Wed, 14 Apr 1999, Mitch Blevins wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Try http://non-us.debian.org/debian as the URL.
> > > >
> > > Thanks, Mitch. It works, a
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> Hello List,
> May I know at how many bytes-per-inode is the default debian (slink)
> install at ?
> Or, in my already working debian system, how do i know how many bytes/inode
> is it presently set at ?
> I am about to add a new hd as my /home and i want to
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Apr 1999, Mitch Blevins wrote:
> >
> > Try http://non-us.debian.org/debian as the URL.
> >
>
> Thanks, Mitch. It works, and I happily have ssh. I'm still curious,
> though: why is non-US called a distribution in ap
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> So I looked at the master lists suggested earlier in this thread and tried
> to restore the non-US settings that got fubared earlier in my setup. I
> couldn't get it to work. Here's what I've tried:
>
> 1) using dselect, I choose apt as my access method.
>
> 2)
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have had Netscape Navigator freeze up a couple fo times lately. I have used
> xkill on the frozen browzer window, but I'm left with a netscape process
> running
> that I am not able to kill without rebooting.
>
> I have tried to kill it from root also.
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> netscape navigator 4.08 keeps dieing on me because of an illegal instruction
> in libBrokenLocale (apparently).
>
> i want to find out what package libBrokenLocale belongs to so i can (up/down)
> grade and see if it fixes netscape. i'm going nuts without the abi
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> dselect is great, but what do I do when there is no deb package for the
> soft I want? I know of course how to install somethng from a tarball, my
> question is just: where do I do it? Where do I put the package etc. and
> make sure I am not messing up dpkg? Are the
Looks like our own Havoc Pennington has an article featured
on Linux Today...
http://linuxtoday.com/stories/4604.html
Paul Lowe wrote:
> > I don't think it is packaged for Debian yet, but you can use
> > http://nui.vlsivie.tuwien.ac.at/gfdisk/
>
> GNOME has a little applet for the panel that does EXACTLY what you want.
> But...you'll
> have to install gnome
Yes, ignore the crap I said... I meant gdiskfree,
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
>
> Until I can afford a new hard drive, I find myself typing "df" often
> to see how much free space I have on each partition.
>
> I think it would be nice to have a little utility that displays graphs
> of free space per partition, and updates regularly (a graphic
It works for me... and I only have an AMD/300.
Great work, Ben!
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
>
> Yup..you are right. It won't boot on my 486dx4/100. Damn..it's got a
> sweet OpenGL card in it too.
>
> -Ian
>
> On Thu, 1 Apr 1999, Ben Pfaff wrote:
>
> > Following up on the success of my VGA
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> > export http_proxy="http://myproxy:port/";
> > apt-get foo..
>
> You sent me this reply a while ago. Up till now I haven't had to use
> it, but today I needed to, but had this problem with it:
>
>
> Err http://www.au.debian.org stable/main stow 1.3.2-11
> 407
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> I'm looking for a recommendation for an Handheld-Organizer like SHARP
> Wizard OZ-650 or YO-470.
> Does someone know about the support in LINUX or can recommend a
> supported Organizer ?
Palm. I gave up my Sharp 2 years ago and haven't regretted it.
Debian has goo
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> I get a Slackware 2.0.29 Kernel of Linux. I'd like to know if it's Y2K.
> If not which version is Y2K.
Only Debian GNU/Linux is Y2K compliant (any version). All other distros
will fail at the end of this year. Please reformat your Slackware system
and install Deb
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> This sounds like a great idea.. I have one question tho:
>
> Foo depends on libfoo1 and libfoo2
> libfoo1 depends on foostuff1 and foostuff2
>
> So, say I remove foo, will it be smart enough to remove foostuff1 and
> footstuff2 as well as libfoo1 and libfoo2?
I
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I was pondering on the problem of splitting output over multiple
> mountable media, and discovered the following:
>
> $ tar czf foo elmfract
> $ tar czf - elmfract > bar
> $ ls -l foo bar
> -rw-r--r-- 1 tgakem users 10240 Mar 29 16:59 bar
> -
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Mar 1999, Mitch Blevins wrote:
> > Apt will keep a boolean flag called 'Auto' for each package installed
> > on your system. 'Auto' is short for 'Automatically uninstall this
> > package when it i
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> I have a question regarding security issue with Debian and Linux in
> general. By now everyone has probably heard about the new Mellissa
> virus. I know that this doesn't affect Linux because it is related to
> M$ products only. However, I just wondered if
Mark Phillips wrote:
> > Is that what you were looking for?
>
> Almost. This would work for "required" packages, but what about
> "suggested" packages?
>
> Perhaps dselect or the apt front end could behave the same (by
> default) with "suggested" packages, with the user being able to turn
> off
Mark Phillips wrote:
> [snip nice suggestion]
This has already been discussed and is being addressed in apt.
Here's how it will work (if I understand correctly):
Apt will keep a boolean flag called 'Auto' for each package installed
on your system. 'Auto' is short for 'Automatically uninstall th
frankie wrote:
> Mitch Blevins wrote:
> > Call me old-fashioned, but I think email should remain a primarily
> > text-based medium. Nothing irks me more that some nut sending an
> > HTML email to the Debian lists.
>
> Don't pretend you haven't done it - every
George Bonser wrote:
> > What type of integration are you thinking of?
>
> Drag and drop from a spreadsheet, word processor, or graphics program ...
> the embedable opject idea. Having the mail program be able to directly
> render some standard wp formats, show graphic items within the document,
>
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> Netscape mail (I know, I know) is already standard in most enterprises.
> There is also Ishmail (commercial) and others. Qualcomm told me that there
> will be a Unix version of Eudora when you see Satan skiing down the icy
> peaks of Hell.
>
> What is REALLY needed
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> Does Debian 2.0 (hamm) installation have an ftp and mail program included
> to use with the ppp? I have the pon and poff controlling my modem. It dials
> and makes all sorts of wierd noises but then what. I need ftp to
> avoid floppy problems in getting netscape
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> In earlier e-mail to the list someone advised that I could add the line
> append=(mem=96M)
> to /etc/lilo.conf to get the kernel to recognize my newly added memory.
> When, having done so, I run lilo, I get
> [snip]
append="mem=96M"
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> > example:
> > [prompt]$ cat mytar.tar.gz |mimeit application/x-gtar/ "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
> > "This is the subject of the mail"
>
> Cool, it worked, I think. When it gets to the other end i get several
> messages all with attachments called "Part 1" "Part 2". Ho
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I am wondering if anyone knows how to send a binary (.tar.gz) file from
> the command line? I am trying to write a "batch" (Sorry my old DOS
> stuff coming back) program that tars and gzipps up some directorys and
> then emails them to me. All this for
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> Running potato im coming up against the following with kernel 2.2.4
>
> acct.c: In function `sys_acct':
> acct.c:197: too few arguments to function `filp_close'
> acct.c:203: too few arguments to function `filp_close'
> make[2]: *** [acct.o] Error 1
> make[2]: Leav
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> 1.) I somehow managed to delete my /var/log/news
> directory and was getting boot errors. I apparently
> fixed it by recreating the directory as root but that
> made the /news subdir owned by root:root. Is this
> correct or should it be owned by root:news?
[prom
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> hi,
>I am looking for mySQL source. It's not easy for
> me to download it from internet. in fact, I just can
> use email to relate with internet.
> please email a mySQL for linux source to me.
> thanks.
> my email:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi Chen,
The address
Michael Beattie wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Mar 1999, Mitch Blevins wrote:
>
> > In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> > > Can the developers subscribed please tell me/us where the various staging
> > > areas are? I keep losing the various posts that have the urls (stupid me).
&g
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> Can the developers subscribed please tell me/us where the various staging
> areas are? I keep losing the various posts that have the urls (stupid me).
> (i.e. gnome, apt, whatever) And if possible, an apt sources.list line too.
There is only _one_ (to my knowledge)
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> I think this got lost - apologies if this is its second time around.
>
> I'm installing Debian gradually; until I get it online I have Windows,
> in its own partition, set up for Internet use. I use Windows to download
> Debian packages I'm interested in onto my ha
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> Someone I know who is learning programming sent me a link to a web page
> they were working on that had VB and Active X controls. I couldn't see
> any of it in netscape. Why not? Is it possible to see this stuff on a
> Linux box? Are LInux users going to be cut
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> I have a normal apache installation; where is the cgi-bin?
/usr/lib/cgi-bin
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> Just curious - is there a doc that lists comparisons between GNOME and KDE?
Just to to dejanews and do a search under 'flame'. ;-)
Seriously, I don't know of any document that does that exactly, but
you can read one author's opinions at
http://linux.miningco.com/
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> 1. Is Gnome a window manager for X, or is it a replacement for X?
>(or it it something else?)
Something else. You can use your existing WM with gnome.
Gnome just provides libraries for applications and also several
utility apps. The gnome-panel is an example
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
>
> --zYM0uCDKw75PZbzx
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
>
> I made a c program :
>
> #include
> main()
> {
> int nbr=3D0;
> while(1)
> {
> printf("%d\n",nbr+=3D1);
> mkdir ("x");
> c
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Mar 1999, Brian Almeida wrote:
>
> >
> > Enlightenment 0.15 .debs are out. They will not be uploaded into the
> > distribution, they are placed in the GNOME staging area. This is so that
>
> Where's the GNOME staging area? For those of us who like to
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> Somebody (through jhb60.jaring.my) wandered into my system, set up a user
> account for themselves and set up a couple of programs, eggdrop and smurf.
> I've not been using encrypted passwords, I understand that there are ways
> to derive the "salt" that the passwd
You also might try specifying the nfs version in your mount command.
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> Howdy:
> Make sure that the DNS is active on one machine or the other, and that the
> names are
> still set up properly... I'm assuming (should I?) that you are running a
> tcp/ip based
> net..
Nathan E Norman wrote:
> I maintain that particular mirror.
> [snip successful apt output]
>
> Could you have a library problem?
The problem appears to be with 206.187.92.15
[prompt]$ nslookup http.us.debian.org
Server: ns2.mindspring.com
Address: 207.69.188.186
Name:http.us.debian.org
Add
Matt Garman wrote:
> > I am trying to update from that mirror without much luck.
> > Try changing the line to be
> >
> > deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
>
> It appears to be my system :( Same errors:
No, it's not your system. I just checked and ftp1.us.debian.
Matt Garman wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 11, 1999 at 04:56:23PM -0500, Mitch Blevins wrote:
> > In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> > >
> > > I still can't get "apt-get update" do do anything useful. Anyone have
> > > a clue?
> > >
> >
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying debian after using redhat for awhile and have a question about
> procmail.
>
> With redhat I use fetchmail to download my email and as long as I have a
> procmailrc set up in my home directory my mail would be filtered
> automatically. I am usi
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
>
> I still can't get "apt-get update" do do anything useful. Anyone have
> a clue?
>
> Here's my /etc/apt/sources.list
>
> # Use for a local mirror - remove the ftp1 http lines for the bits
> # your mirror contains.
> # deb file:/your/mirror/here/debian stable ma
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> According to Bob Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> >
> > gnome-apt requires apt ver. 0.3, which does not (yet) support the ftp
> > method. Your options are to use the http method or to downgrade to an
> > older version of apt. The http method works very well and th
Frozen Rose wrote:
> Yes, Exim will normally write a Sender: header, (although I didn't
> think it did if one was supplied... hmmm...)
Yes, it will rewrite them to match the actual sender.
See section 44.11 of /usr/doc/exim/oview.txt
> [snip]
> However, if you must change the outgoing sender lin
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> I have a small network that looks like:
>
> workstation running Linux and Win95 hub server
> runing linux isp
>
> The server runs ipmasquerade and works fine. The problem is that
> whenever I login to the server from the ws, no connection is made untill
> the
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> Please I need some help.
>
> I have Debian GNU/Linux running on my Sony VAIO PCG-505G which I carry
> around to different offices. I need to connect to the networks in the
> different offices so I can download my e-mail and stay in contact with
> the rest of the wo
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> I've been trying to connect to irc.debian.org for some time now.
>
> It appears to be down. Does anyone have the lowdown on this?
>
> I have a feeling the developers are busy getting slink ready.
For some reason, irc.debian.org doesn't work thru an IPMASQ connec
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> Can somebody explain this to me?
>
> $ find /cdrom -iname wx*
> $ find /cdrom -iname wxx*
> /cdrom/debian/hamm/hamm/binary-i386/libs/wxxt1_1.66d-2.deb
>
> Why does the first 'find' query give no results?
Are you quoting the argument to avoid shell expansion?
$ f
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> Mitch Blevins wrote:
> >
> > The newer NetGear cards ship with a floppy that contains their
> > own version of tulip.c which is not necessarily the same tulip.c
> > that is included in your kernel tarball.
> >
> > Replace
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> AAAH!!!
>
> Well I made it back from Frye's and bought a Netgear Fast
> Ethernet NIC, a Netgear Fast Ethernet Hub, and I'm still
> using the Linksys pcmcia fast ethernet NIC for my laptop.
>
> I recompiled my desktop kernel to recognize the Tulip module
> for
Hogland, Thomas E. wrote:
> Interesting - if I can ever figure out how to get into the system I'll do
> that :-) There's no way to shut down and reboot clean - xdm won't do
> anything till you log in ...
Can't you just -- to another console?
-Mitch
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> Lance Hoffmeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > What is the easiest way to locates files (say HTML) by text in their
> > documents?
>
> find ~/somedir -iname "*\.htm*" -exec grep -i "some text" {} \; -print
Also look at the 'rgrep' package.
rgrep "some text" /s
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
>
> >>
> >> my version of dpkg is:
> >> 1.4.0.23.2
> >
> >Hmmm... same version as me.
> >
> >I wonder if your status file is fubarred.
> >Can you read it? "less /var/lib/dpkg/status"
> >
> >You should have a backup copy of it at /var/lib/dpkg/status-old
> >that can
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> I have a stand-alone machine, with dialup ppp connection (using diald). I
> think someone was trying to hack me today, and I'd like advice on how to find
> out whether they succeded, and what to do about it. I'd also appreciate
> suggestions on the easiest way to
In foo.debian-user, you wrote:
> A long long time ago my root account mysteriously switched to using vi
> command-line editing instead of the default emacs, and I've been too
> lazy to get around to fixing it until now I guess. Where is this
> behavior configured?
>
> Christopher
Mine is set in ~
In debian-user, you wrote:
> [snip poorly formatted message]
Please do not post messages in html format. And also please
do not post lines over 76 columns wide. It makes it difficult
for most folks on this list to read/respond to your messages.
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