xset broke my monitor!?!

1999-05-06 Thread Per-Olof Widstrom
I tried the different powersaving modes of xset, but after I tried the suspend option my monitor just show a very thin bright vertical line. The line is width is no wider then 1-4 pixels. To accomplish this I first tested the off mode: `xset +dpms dpms 0 0 1`, worked fine, and the standby mode ` x

[SOLVED]Re: nis don´t work properly

1999-05-03 Thread Per-Olof Widstrom
On Mon, 3 May 1999, Jens B. Jorgensen wrote: > > The thing is to see if you can get back correct data from 'ypmatch pow > shadow.byname'. > If this works then your server is doing its job. Do you have an entry in > /etc/nsswitch.conf with: > > shadow: files, nis > > in addition to the passwd:

nis don´t work properly

1999-05-02 Thread Per-Olof Widstrom
( I posted this letter yesterday, and it didn´t make it to the list, so I´m trying again, if is not my intention to flood this list) I have been trying for a whole day to get nis to work, but it will not. I have a minimal LAN with two computers. They both are running slink; the server has been

nis don´t work properly

1999-05-01 Thread Per-Olof Widstrom
I have been trying for a whole day to get nis to work, but it will not. I have a minimal LAN with two computers. They both are running slink; the server has been upgraded from hamm (2.0). I have managed to make ypcat work, it is also possible to finger. But when I try to login on the nis-clien

Re: Writing CRON job to null.

1999-04-27 Thread Per-Olof Widstrom
> >When running fetchmail from CRON, how can I write the output to /dev/null to > >save the CRON job spamming me with mail. > > > >I have tried adding > /dev/null to the end of the cron line, all to no > >avail. > > Try > > command >/dev/null 2>&1 > What does the "2" and "1" stand for, an

While installing on an sparc stn2 Data Access Execption

1999-04-22 Thread Per-Olof Widstrom
Hi! I´m trying to install Debian slink on an Sparc Station 2, all I get in return is a Data Access Error, why? I try to boot from the cd, that work. I get the SILO prompt and I press enter and it loads linux ( I have also tried linux-2.2 ) After that it says "Loading initial ramdisk", it takes

RE: du -x

1999-04-12 Thread Per-Olof Widstrom
I belive that the command you are looking for is `df` try df -h (human..) df -m (megabytes) df -k (kilobytes) Lieberman's Law: Everybody lies, but it doesn't matter since nobody listens. Contact me? Try [EMAIL PROTECTED] : [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://www.big.du.

Re: Partitioning help

1999-04-01 Thread Per-Olof Widstrom
> I am installing Debian and having problems partitioning the drive properly. > During the bad block scan, it starts counting by '10' and is taking forever. > Do I have my drive partitioned wrong? Is the drive bad perhaps? How should > it be set in my bios? I'm not sure about this, but you mi

use the Windowkeys

1999-03-29 Thread Per-Olof Widstrom
Is there a way to have some use for the windowskey on the keyboard? I would like to put / in one of the windowkeys, and ~ on the other one. Is there a howto or something? Lieberman's Law: Everybody lies, but it doesn't matter since nobody listens. Contact me? Try [EMAIL PROTECTED] : [

RE: more ram and larger harddrive then the bios can take

1999-03-23 Thread Per-Olof Widstrom
Thanks for all the answers you all have sent. Now I know it will not work with more memory, thanX Lieberman's Law: Everybody lies, but it doesn't matter since nobody listens. Contact me? Try [EMAIL PROTECTED] : [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://www.big.du.se/~pow/contact_page.html

more ram and larger harddrive then the bios can take

1999-03-16 Thread Per-Olof Widstrom
I have seen that people get the advise to add a line in lilo.conf that tells how much RAM the system have, if they have more then 64 mb, and that it is possible to have a larger harddirve then the BIOS can handle. I just would like to ask two simple questons about this: Q1 I have a motherboard

Re: Please HELP ME AGAIN!!!

1999-03-05 Thread Per-Olof Widstrom
On Fri, 5 Mar 1999, Nuno Donato wrote: > How can I setup my sound card(Sound Blaster 16)? > I have heard something about "make menuconfig" "make config" > but this doesn't work in my computer. A error message > appears saying "no target to make rule config". > How can I solve this problem. > I