Re: question about display lines long than the screen

2000-05-06 Thread Paul Serice
or LINES defined in > the enviroment variableAny solution? "COLUMNS=200 ps aux" will work for you after you upgrade your procps package. A quick look at the code shows that slink uses procps-1.2.9 which does not have support for COLUMNS or LINES; however, unstable uses procps-2.0.6 which does support COLUMNS or LINES. Paul Serice

Re: network start time

2000-05-05 Thread Paul Serice
modules. The leading comments states: # /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time. The modules in this file will be loaded by /etc/rcS.d/S20modutils. Because S20 starts before S40, the modules will be loaded prior to network configuration. Paul Serice

gnome-session only starts enlightenment

1999-11-02 Thread Paul Serice
I'm having a hard time getting gnome-session to start any window manager other than enlightenment. I've tried exporting WINDOW_MANAGER immediately before calling gnome-session but to no avail. Thanks, Paul Serice

Re: Slow mail delivery

1998-11-22 Thread Paul Serice
ly closer to 10) for the mail to get delivered, i.e. for the > machine to say I have new mail, not for it to come down from my isp. > Any ideas on what could be causing this, and how to fix it? > You are not alone. smail and fetchmail here. Paul Serice

Re: Diald question

1998-11-11 Thread Paul Serice
iald" for more details, and search for "pppd-options".) Instead, append "-- noauth" to the end of the command you use to start diald. Paul Serice

Re: advice installing motif

1998-11-11 Thread Paul Serice
> I am about to install motif (2.1.10) from metrolink and I am wondering > about the best way to do it. I can use either "tar.gz" or ".rpm" > files. If I use the rpm's I can run them through alien to get debs. > My concern, if all of this gets installed in /usr (instead of > /usr/local), is how t

Re: xboard and kde

1998-11-10 Thread Paul Serice
> Does anybody knows why xboard does not work properly with kde? > I mean, the menu bar does not react to the mouse clicks. This *** might *** have something to do with the way KDE plays around with your resources. Try commenting out "krdb &" in /usr/X11R6/bin/kde. Paul Serice

Beta Test and e2fsprogs

1998-07-23 Thread Paul Serice
. In cases like this, I next try to back the offending package out by first uninstalling everything that depends on it and then removing the package. This package is different because it is "essential". I don't want to "--force" this, but I don't see any other

autofs HOWTO

1998-06-28 Thread Paul Serice
t;automount ... "'. Now, when the automount daemon does it's job, I see something like the following: drwxrwxr-x 2 root floppy 7168 Dec 31 1969 ./ drwxr-xr-x 3 root floppy 0 Jun 28 08:24 ../ -rw-rw-r-- 1 root floppy 9199 Jun 28 08:18

Printing Info Pages

1998-06-22 Thread Paul Serice
n package that has the texinfo files. If not, is there a common method to printout all of the info documentation under a given node? Thanks, Paul Serice -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

pppd and fetchmail OR ip-up.d and ip-down.d

1998-04-28 Thread Paul Serice
I'm just now noticing two new directories in /etc/ppp called "ip-up.d" and "ip-down.d". They look like they have scripts that will be run automatically? Currently, the only scripts I have in there are fetchmail scripts. From the looks of it, they have fetchmail poll the server every 5 mi

Re: ICQ for Java [kinda off topic]

1998-02-08 Thread Paul Serice
ber which answers your exact question. I'm including it here. I haven't checked to see if the information is up to date. The version I'm using is 0.95. Paul Serice =BEGIN ANSWER With some trial and error, I've

Re: xdm -- Starting Multiple Servers

1998-01-01 Thread Paul Serice
Thanks, that works well. Paul Serice Joey Hess wrote: > > Paul Serice wrote: > > I don't know if anyone else who uses xdm to manage multiple Servers > > has run across the problem whereby starting all the servers > > simultaneously can cause all sorts o

xdm -- Starting Multiple Servers

1997-12-31 Thread Paul Serice
var/run/xdm-pid`". This tells xdm to re-read its configuration files. It does so, and finds that it is now responsible for starting exactly one more server. Of course, xdm has no problem starting one server, and all is well. I just repeat the process until all the servers are up and ru

Man Pages -- Section 2?

1997-12-27 Thread Paul Serice
Where did the Section 2 man pages go? They had been located in the "manpages" package. Thanks Paul Serice -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: Hardware ?

1997-12-03 Thread Paul Serice
no "Well, I guess that's how it works" built into the driver. Take a look at http://www.dandelion.com/Linux/ Paul Serice -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: Debian GNU/Linux Logo chosen

1997-12-03 Thread Paul Serice
ase? Is there a security increase? > Stability? Power? What? It does answer those questions. According to the people who know (which excludes me), the monolithic kernel is arguably faster and much easier to program. The microkernel is supposedly more modular and more portable. The discussio

Re: Debian GNU/Linux Logo chosen

1997-12-02 Thread Paul Serice
come close to being a microkernel. What are the clear cut benefits? > (Just a few simple lines please.. no dissertations.. I'd as a professor > of computer science for that...) There is a grand old discussion archived on KDE's web site at http://www.kde.org/food/linux_is_obsol

Re: allow mount to normal user

1997-12-02 Thread Paul Serice
Adam Klein wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 01, 1997 at 05:02:06PM -0600, Paul Serice wrote: > > Adam Klein wrote: > > > > > > On Mon, Dec 01, 1997 at 12:46:47AM +1100, Anand Kumria wrote: > > > > On Sun, 30 Nov 1997, Benoit Joly wrote: > > > > > &g

Re: allow mount to normal user

1997-12-01 Thread Paul Serice
th that is that you can only specify one filesystem type. > I've got this problem two. Is there a solution? > I believe using "auto" as the file type should do the trick. Paul Serice -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: free backup tailored for removable disks

1997-11-30 Thread Paul Serice
Carl Fink wrote: > So: are there any free (or cheap) backup programs for Linux, which > by design support multivolume archives? Take a look at PerfectBACKUP. It's free and a cursory look indicates that it is complete. http://www.unisrc.com/

ICQ -- Multi-User Installation

1997-11-28 Thread Paul Serice
With some trial and error, I've been able to setup ICQ for multiple users under Debian. The idea was to give each user an ~/.icq directory where she can keep her personal configuration. In my experience, if you use the installation directions which come with the program, things will not work like

Icon Conversion

1997-11-25 Thread Paul Serice
What do you use to convert Win95 icons into XPM format? Paul Serice -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

KDE team doesn't like Debian dist.?

1997-11-23 Thread Paul Serice
I've just finished installing the right honorable Debian version of KDE. I'm impressed with how well it works and how well it is packaged. The README.debian file says the KDE team is not too happy with the packaging. I'm wondering why. Thanks Paul Serice -- TO UNSUBS

Re: 2.0.31

1997-10-22 Thread Paul Serice
odule support. I have heard that some of the > modules in .31 don't load and unload properly at all times. Is it > possible this is your problem? That is, are you using kerneld? Same here. Linux 2.0.31 is running as solid as ever, but I don't use modules. Paul Serice -- TO UNSUBSCRI

Netscape's Stale Lock Files -- Automatic Removal

1997-10-16 Thread Paul Serice
quot;Not Removing lock for $lockfile -- $lockpid." fi done END- Thanks Paul Serice -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: xlock

1997-10-15 Thread Paul Serice
ell enough with lesstif). When I was reading the options, I ran across an option which lets their be an encrypted password in your home directory which xlock will check against instead of trying to use shadow passwords etc. Paul Serice -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: xlib6g and netscape

1997-10-10 Thread Paul Serice
s/debian-devel-9709/msg01093.html I've also found adding a symlink for app-defaults cleared up some problems too. I've also read some messages where down grading xlib6 does the trick if you can find xlib6g_3.3-5.deb . Paul Serice -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail t

Re: Diald problem

1997-10-01 Thread Paul Serice
bosity and to report on this script's progress. WARNING: # THIS MIGHT CAUSE YOUR PASSWORD TO SHOW UP IN THE SYSTEM LOGS # DEBUG=-v I would suggest uncommenting the "DEBUG=-v" line and then looking in your system logs to see exactly what is going on. It should be a breeze to

Re: Diald problem

1997-09-28 Thread Paul Serice
uot; or "-V" will do for you. Oh yeah, your password will more than likely show up in your logs. You'll want to delete all those occurrences. Paul Serice -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: installing twin and other questions

1997-09-28 Thread Paul Serice
ot; directory. Just "cd temp" and type "find". All the files will scroll past. Look for the files which are in the usual directories for execution. When you are done, "cd" back to the directory with the debian packages and type "rm -r temp". Paul Serice -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: Which news reader to use?

1997-09-26 Thread Paul Serice
combination of leafnode to fetch and store the messages and Netscape to read the messages works as well as (if not a little better than) Free Agent. Paul Serice -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: Netscape BS & Del Problems

1997-09-25 Thread Paul Serice
Markus, Thanks s much! I didn't even think to look in the global resource file. Paul Serice - Markus M. Schneider wrote: > > Paul Serice wrote: > > > > >From everything I've read in the HOWTO and in the mini-HOWTO and

Re: Netscape BS & Del Problems

1997-09-24 Thread Paul Serice
Joey Hess wrote: > > Paul Serice wrote: > > Do people really have Netscape backspacing and deleting like a champ? > > Yes. > > > If so, how can I train my copy to be a contender? > > I simply followed the instructions in /usr/doc/HOWTO/mini/Key-Setup.gz, and &

Netscape BS & Del Problems

1997-09-24 Thread Paul Serice
ckspacing and deleting like a champ? If so, how can I train my copy to be a contender? Thanks Paul Serice -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: Java's Dumping Core

1997-09-24 Thread Paul Serice
Paul Serice wrote: > > I've been doing some upgrading, and managed to break Java support. > It dumps core even if you just ask it to print the version. It wasn't a Debian problem. Paul Serice -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscr

Re: Compiling TWIN

1997-09-22 Thread Paul Serice
Dale Scheetz wrote: > I built twin a couple of weeks ago and had the same problem you did. I > quickly discovered that the library was failing to be built in earlier > portions of the make. If memory serves, it was failing to find a necessary > library, once I installed that, everything built fine.

Java's Dumping Core

1997-09-22 Thread Paul Serice
I've been doing some upgrading, and managed to break Java support. It dumps core even if you just ask it to print the version. The packages I've installed lately are pgcc, xlib6g, xquake, and a few others I don't seem to have written down. I have also just finished installing the latest Java pack

Re: Compiling TWIN

1997-09-22 Thread Paul Serice
Syrus Nemat-Nasser wrote: > > On Sun, 21 Sep 1997, Paul Serice wrote: > > > Has anyone compiled TWIN successfully on a Debian system? > > > > I've followed the instructions (I'm pretty sure), but I > > keep getting errors that ldconfig couldn't fin

Re: Compiling TWIN

1997-09-22 Thread Paul Serice
Martin Str|mberg wrote: > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Paul Serice wrote: > : Has anyone compiled TWIN successfully on a Debian system? > : > : I've followed the instructions (I'm pretty sure), but I > : keep getting errors that ldconfig couldn't f

Compiling TWIN

1997-09-21 Thread Paul Serice
brary until I create it, and I can't create the library, according to the make file, until I link it. So it appears to me to be a catch-22. Any help would be appreciated. Paul Serice -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

xlib6g experiences

1997-09-20 Thread Paul Serice
te the fact that the links the errors refer to exist and point to existing files. Is maybe something wrong with the timing of those packages? Paul Serice -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

xlock's "bomb" mode

1997-09-20 Thread Paul Serice
The xlock man page talks about a "bomb" mode which can be used to autologout X sessions. Can someone tell me if this mode has been compiled in? If not, can someone tell me how they manage to autologout X sessions? Thanks, Paul Serice -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mai

Re: shielding from liability

1997-08-23 Thread Paul Serice
Please, lets take this off the list. Paul Serice -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: shielding from liability

1997-08-23 Thread Paul Serice
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Paul Serice writes: > > Suppose, Bruce is "going to drive tomorrow to Santa Cruz (from > > Berkeley) to participate in a meeting for Debian," and on the way > > he causes an accident. Before incorporation, no one knew how far > &g

Re: Show me the money Re: Donations to Debian

1997-08-22 Thread Paul Serice
like beating someone senseless or causing an automobile accident? The proposition is silly. And, to answer your question, yes, (unless I'm mistaken) all the developers hold their own copyrights unless they have specifically said otherwise. In short, you are no longer under an onus to specifically reserve your copyright. Like I said though, it is irrelevant to what we're talking about. Paul Serice -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: shielding from liability

1997-08-22 Thread Paul Serice
e and, arguably, this includes just about everyone involved in the project. By the way, last time I checked, in all 50 states, anarchists have no special exemptions. Paul Serice -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: Anarchy! Yes, Anarchy!

1997-08-21 Thread Paul Serice
> On Thu, 21 Aug 1997, Paul Serice wrote: > > > Now for your anarchist side, when governments become overbearing they > > tend to nationalize -- meaning they take property away from > > corporations (and other private organizations or individuals) for the > > suppos

Re: Show me the money Re: Donations to Debian

1997-08-21 Thread Paul Serice
rk. A group of people cannot avoid liability by refusing to incorporate, and as soon as the group does incorporate, the law kicks in and makes certain requirements of the corporation, e.g., that it not be undercapitalized, for the benefit of third parties who deal with the entity. Paul Serice -- TO UNSU

Re: Show me the money Re: Donations to Debian

1997-08-21 Thread Paul Serice
upposed general welfare. So, it is not difficult to see that freedom from intrusive government does not necessarily imply fewer corporations. As a matter of fact, strong and health corporations arguably contribute as much to your personal autonomy as any other single factor. Paul Serice -- TO UNS

Why Is PPP Restarting Cron?

1997-08-08 Thread Paul Serice
Every day, cron is restarted twice. Once by the file that is supposed to restart it and once by /etc/cron.daily/ppp. Is this the right behavior? Paul Serice -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

xlock and "-forcelogout"

1997-08-04 Thread Paul Serice
The man page says this option may not be available. Is it available? I've tried playing around with xlock's resources to no avail. If it is available, is the resource I need to be playing with "Xlock.logoutAuto". Thanks Paul -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscri

Re: xemacs20 won't start

1997-08-04 Thread Paul Serice
Oliver Elphick wrote: > > I just loaded xemacs20 and tried to run it. > > It fails before any window appears. You are not alone. Same problem here. Paul Serice -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trou

Re: Installing the new libreadline and Packages that depend on the old libreadline

1997-08-01 Thread Paul Serice
> What you need to do is install the new libreadline2 and libreadlineg2 > packages at the same time, after making sure you also have the latest ldso > package. libreadlineg2 only conflicts with older versions of > libreadline2, not the one in hamm. Wow, that was painless. Thanks

Re: user processes

1997-08-01 Thread Paul Serice
Paul Miller wrote: > > If a user logs in and runs a process such as fetchmail, will it still be > runnning when he/she logs out? Normally, no, but if she uses "nohup" to run the program yes. Paul Serice -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word &quo

Installing the new libreadline and Packages that depend on the old libreadline

1997-08-01 Thread Paul Serice
uld I just wait until I see netstd to have an explicit dependency on the new libreadline? Thanks Paul Serice -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

apcd -- 3 Cheers!!!

1997-07-29 Thread Paul Serice
Just when I thought it was safe to throw away my APC Smart UPS along comes apcd. Bravo. Paul Serice -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: fetchmail problem? now fixed!!!

1997-07-28 Thread Paul Serice
uot; I haven't been following this thread too thoroughly, but a while back I had a similar problem with fetchmail and an SMTP error. The solution to my problem was to use fetchmail's "smtphost" option. Paul Serice -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

libreadlineg2

1997-07-24 Thread Paul Serice
The nifty search feature doesn't know where libreadlineg2 is, and neither do I. Would someone mind letting me know where to look? Also, I'm curious about the trailing "g". What should it be telling me? Thanks Paul Serice -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail t

Re: Starwiter

1997-06-08 Thread Paul Serice
g all the > lib* files to that directory. "lib0fa312.so" is also there. > > I could not find any documentation on installing and starting except > for README.StarOffice and that did not tell me a lot. > > Can somebody help, please? The only time I've seen

URL for StarOffice is here

1997-06-07 Thread Paul Serice
I hope it works as well for you as it does for me. Paul Serice -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: StarOffice and Fvwm95

1997-06-06 Thread Paul Serice
W Paul Mills wrote: > > Two things: > 1. You could include the full path. > 2. Environment variables. If you are using xdm to start X, you > can "source sd.sh" (or whatever filename your use) in your > $HOME/.xsession file to set the environment as you log in. > Then your menu

StarOffice and Fvwm95

1997-06-06 Thread Paul Serice
Oh boy. I've downloaded and installed StarOffice. I can't believe they're giving this away. Anyway, it runs fine. The only thing is I'm having a difficult time creating a menu item for fvwm95 minding, though, that it executes properly when I just type in "swriter3" in an xterm. The entry in .f

Re: faxrunqd?

1997-05-31 Thread Paul Serice
Martin Schulze wrote: > > Just a question, is anyone running faxrunqd from the mgetty-fax > package? > Yes. Why? Paul Serice -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

GNUChess

1997-05-10 Thread Paul Serice
I've just upgraded GNUChess. It tells me "Noting the disappearance of gnuchess-book. It has been completely replaced." (or words to that effect) What exactly does this mean and should I re-install gnuchess-book? Paul Serice -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST:

ssltelnet -- how secure?

1997-05-06 Thread Paul Serice
I've installed ssltelnet, but can't find much documentation. Is this thing secure? Do all I do is telnet in and out using the new programs? How do I know if a secure connection has been established? If a secure connection is established, does it just protect the password or does it protect the

Re: Setting Up btmp

1997-04-27 Thread Paul Serice
as their login. I guess that's not very useful information. Paul Serice -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Setting Up btmp

1997-04-26 Thread Paul Serice
down to /var/log and "touch btmp". lastb worked fine afterward. I've since deleted /var/log/btmp to get back to the Debian default. Knowing nothing about anything, I was wondering if someone could fill me in on why Debian defaults to no btmp. Thanks Paul Serice -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE

Shell with cd command

1997-04-18 Thread Paul Serice
I seem to remember someone speaking of a shell that prevented the user from leaving his or her home directory. Can someone point to the right Debian Package? Thanks Paul Serice -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble?

Re: How do you guys read news offline?

1997-04-15 Thread Paul Serice
script is provided as atttachment #2. Personally, I don't like leafnode's ability to download newsgroups based upon which ones have been read lately. I just want it to download the few I read -- even if I only read them once every two months. Paul Serice

Uninstalling StarOffice-3.1

1997-04-15 Thread Paul Serice
Anyone have any tips for uninstalling StarOffice-3.1? I've undone everything I did, but I don't know what the "setup" program did other than add the ~/StarOffice-3.1 directory. I guess my main worry is what "setup" did to the fonts. Thanks Paul Serice

Re: Auto updating the hardware clock on shutdown.

1997-04-13 Thread Paul Serice
n > hour off). If the clock is not by default written at shutdown, what's > the best way to make sure that it is, an appropriate rc.d script > perhaps? Same deal here. The clock had been adjusted properly. Then, upon re-boot, the time went back to standard time. Paul Serice

New Debian i386 Packages

1997-04-12 Thread Paul Serice
Was a "New Debian i386 Packages" posted this week on the debian-changes mailing list? Paul

modules to modutils

1997-04-02 Thread Paul Serice
I'm trying to upgrade from base/modules to base/modutiles. I've made it to the point where "dpkg -l" gives me the following: ic modules 2.1.23-1 Dummy package for upgrade to modutils ii modutils2.1.23-2 Linux module utilities. Am I done? Thanks Paul Serice

Re: Minimal Install

1997-03-10 Thread Paul Serice
that your probably not going to have enough space to compile a new kernel on the 100 meg hard drive. I didn't. So, what I did was just use a different computer to compile a kernel then put the kernel on the small computer via sneaker-net. Paul Serice

rcp & rsh help

1997-03-10 Thread Paul Serice
ommand the command looks and sounds like it is working then it just stops and waits. My guess is that this "stdin: is not a tty" error is being issued which is messing up the rcp protocol. Am I on the right track? If so, now what? Thanks Paul Serice

Re: Documentation - I see squares

1997-03-03 Thread Paul Serice
adding export LESSCHARSET='latin1'to your profile. Paul Serice

/etc/alternatives -- Why?

1997-02-28 Thread Paul Serice
What is the /etc/alternatives directory for. I mean, what's the philosophy behind it? Thanks Paul Serice

apache and man2html

1997-01-20 Thread Paul Serice
Does anyone know if the man2html package with apache's new document root of /home/www-date/webspace? man2html used to work, but now, when I try to pull up a man page, I get an error that tells me my "client does not have access to that file" (or words to that effect). I have noticed that everyt

Re: Backspace, Delete in xterm

1997-01-19 Thread Paul Serice
delete until I realized that is delete and is backspace. After a little bit, I'll think you'll even find this setup to be more convenient because your hands never have to grope. Paul Serice -- This message was delayed because the list mail delivery agent was down.

Re: jdk-common and jdk-static, which one goes first???

1997-01-19 Thread Paul Serice
I had this problem and some nice folks on the list told me to install them simultaneously: > > Try installing them both at the same time: > > # dpkg -i jdk-common.deb jdk-static.deb Paul Serice On Thu, 16 Jan 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I just installed debian-1.2. Th

Merging Package Formats with Red Hat

1997-01-18 Thread Paul Serice
There was some talk a while back about merging package formats with Red Hat to avoid doing duplicate work. How did that turn out? Paul Serice -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: WordPerfect for Java

1997-01-17 Thread Paul Serice
> I think I found 1 bug in the linux jdt which probably has nothing to do > with Corel's package. The jdk does not like talking to the X server on > my Digital Unix system. I have seen other applications behave this way > when the default visual was 24 bit TrueColor. I run the X server so the >

WordPerfect for Java

1997-01-16 Thread Paul Serice
Has anyone been able to get the pre-beta of WordPerfect for Java running. The URL is http://officeforjava.corel.com/ Paul Serice -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: gcc can't find headers

1997-01-13 Thread Paul Serice
On Sun, 12 Jan 1997, Alexander Gieg wrote: > You need to install the packages "libg++27_2.7.2.1-3.deb" and > "libg++27-dev_2.7.2.1-2.deb". The headers that you have are > for the cross-compiler win32 version of gcc. That did it. Thanks! Paul -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail t

Re: ATI Mach64 Cards notice

1997-01-13 Thread Paul Serice
This was a really nice letter. I'm glad ATI is assisting the LINUX community by helping out the developers of X drivers. It only reconfirms my decision to buy an ATI video card. Paul Serice -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [

gcc can't find headers

1997-01-12 Thread Paul Serice
sing the -I switch to no avail. I know next to nothing about the gcc compiler. Any help would be appreciated. By the way, it does compile C programs without a hitch. Thanks Paul Serice -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Netscape 3.01

1997-01-10 Thread Paul Serice
Anyone have any comments on the stability of Netscape 3.01? In particular, I'm curious if it runs o.k. with the lastest libc, or do I need to continue loading Netscape with the older malloc etc. Paul Serice -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe&

Apache -- Regarding File Privileges

1997-01-09 Thread Paul Serice
Apache came configured to try to run cgi scripts out of /usr/lib/httpd/cgi-bin. Apache was unable to run any cgi scripts because it couldn't find them despite the fact that apache's configuration file pointed right to them. To make a long story short, it turns out /usr/lib/httpd was owned by ro

Re: Somethings Serious Amiss with JDK?

1997-01-08 Thread Paul Serice
> > 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! Now, I'm still have problems. I've