Re: pppd

>> On Fri, Oct 24, 1997 at 04:54:55PM -0500, Pete Harlan wrote: >> > > Now my link seems to be slow - is there a possibility to watch the >> > > throughput (like x.xx kb/s or sim.)? >> > >> > "pppstats" isn't perfect, but it does what you ask. >> >> thank you, but where can I get it? It's in the

Re: mounting /var/spool/mail

>> >> Hello all. >> >> I've got a server and a client and I'm trying to mount the servers >> /var/spool/mail but nomatter what I try the mount point is empty on the >> client. >> Does anybody know why?? >> >> -- >> Jason Killen Question Stupidity >> >> I'm

What happened to rpc.portmap?

plete, before rebooting (shutdown -r now), so I don't think I broke anything there. Did I upgrade when I shouldn't have or is something wrong with netstd or netbase? If anybody has any clues, I would appreciate hearing them. Thanks Later Rob MacWilliams -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM TH

Re: What happened to rpc.portmap?

This looks like a case for a bug report, netbase should either supply rpc.portmap or fix the init.d script not to call it. Am I out to lunch? I hope so, because this could be serious. Later Rob MacWilliams -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe&

Re: xlib6_3.3-4.deb

>> I just did a dselect of stable on my local mirror and it grabbed >> xlib6_3.3-4.deb. Is this a >> libc6 package, or is the version number confusing? I'm still running an >> entirely bo system >> right now. >> >> Thanks >> >> R

xlib6_3.3-4.deb

I just did a dselect of stable on my local mirror and it grabbed xlib6_3.3-4.deb. Is this a libc6 package, or is the version number confusing? I'm still running an entirely bo system right now. Thanks Rob MacWilliams -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the

Re: smail queue processing question

inutes? >> >> Thanks in advance, >> >> >> Al Youngwerth >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have been looking at the same problem. So far, the best solution I have seen uses diald. Put runq and fetchmail in your ip-up script and call diald from a cron job. It will d

ppp.chatscript for compuserve

, but Compuserve hooks up as 7e1 rather than 8n1 that PPP requires. Does anyone know the proper ppp.chatscript for Compuserve? I've searched the web and can't seem to find anything. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks all Later Rob MacWilliams -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING L

Mouse Troubles....

[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Greetings all, > > ok first thank you to everyone who helped me earlier with the basic hd > mounting stuff.after adding a few lines to the fstab and other file in > /etc i quickly had the win95 partition mounted.. > > OK...my next scenario. >

Re: Intermittant PPP connection

Victor Torrico writes: > > Piggy backing on your idea, I am just leaving ping turned on all the time so > that there is one ping every twenty seconds. This keeps the ISP timeout > window happy and should not interfere in any significant way with using any > applications or downloads. This

Re: xfishtank

Rick Hawkins writes: > > rob writes, > > Rick Hawkins writes: > > > > Has anyone else had a problem with this? It utterly hangs X, beyond > > > restarting X. I can still telnet in, but halting the xdm daemon & > > restarting > > > isn't enough to recover the keyboard. For that ma

xfishtank

Rick Hawkins writes: > > Has anyone else had a problem with this? It utterly hangs X, beyond > restarting X. I can still telnet in, but halting the xdm daemon & > restarting > isn't enough to recover the keyboard. For that matter, it requires an > actual > power down (but there are

Re:Xemacs Mail (VM)

Thanks Jim and Carey, your suggestion to add (setq user-mail-address "[EMAIL PROTECTED]") to the .emacs or .vm file did the trick. Is there any place these variables are documented, I looked through the Info pages but couldn't find anything. Emacs really is a lifestyle and I'd like to find out

xdm, xinit and startx problem

[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I have my fvwm95..43a running with very few problems. One of these Try something like this: Exec "Top" exec xterm -e top It tells X to fire up an xterm and run top in it. Later Rob -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe"

Xemac Mail (VM)

up to date from stable and working fine. I haven't defined any special variables in either ~/.emacs or ~/.vm. The problem relates to the headers of outgoing mail, the "From:" line doesn't seem to be rewritten as it should be by smail. I have the line from_field="From:

Re: Off-topic - tcpload

>> >> I have need for something to show me the load on an interface and so far I >> have not been able to find anything. tcpview looks promising but there is >> no binary. Any ideas? I'm interested in both eth0 and ppp0 interfaces. Check out http://www.chariot.com/linapps.html there might be h

Re: Administration question

>> Why not just tell her to use Control-Alt-Delete to shut down the system? >> Debian will perform an orderly shutdown and reboot the machine, at which >> time it can be safely powered off. >> >> No magic necessary. >> >> Regards, >> >> Jeff >> >> -- >> Make it idiot-proof, and someone will br

Re: faxing from Win 95

t both machines, yech. > > > Joost > Later Rob "Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine." Rob MacWilliams [EMAIL PROTECTED] N9NPU -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: bind

page on startup. That seemed to help me. "Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine." Rob MacWilliams [EMAIL PROTECTED] N9NPU -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: Setting up mail.

If you want the complete post, I can send it to you. Later Rob "Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine." Rob MacWilliams [EMAIL PROTECTED] N9NPU -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail

Re: anonymous ftp/wu-ftp/addftpuser

ar problem and this fixed it. Later Rob "Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine." Rob MacWilliams [EMAIL PROTECTED] N9NPU -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscr

Re: ntp ... sets my time an hour off

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Re: Sound problems

me.) > > > > Bye, > > Luka Pravica > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Later Rob ----

Re: .gz ??? what, how?

access. Thanks ------------ "Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine." Rob MacWilliams [EMAIL PROTECTED] N9NPU -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Loopback/Hosts trouble

lues would be appreciated. Thanks "Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine." Rob MacWilliams [EMAIL PROTECTED] N9NPU -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Loopback/Hosts trouble

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Re: /etc/resolv.conf has wrong permissions

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/etc/resolv.conf has wrong permissions

s a great system, this is my second. Thanks Rob "Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine." Rob MacWilliams [EMAIL PROTECTED] N9NPU -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the wor

Re: upgrading from popclient to fetchmail in 1.3

IBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > ---- "Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine." Rob MacWilliams [E

PCMCIA Cards

a problem. Should I get separate cards, or a combo? Price isn't a huge issue here, reliability is much more important. Thanks for the help. "Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine." Rob MacWilliams

Re: 1.2 to 1.3 upgrade

the top. It's a pretty small file so space really isn't a consideration. Just a thought. Thanks to all of the maintainers and users, Debian is a great distribution! "Change is inevitable, except from a vending machin

Re: Best e-mail approach for discon. sites

Venezuela > Telephone: +58-2-9432311 Fax: +58-2-9430323 > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > ---

1.2 to 1.3 upgrade

replacement dpkg ... Preparing to replace dpkg-ftp 1.4.8 (using dpkg-ftp_1.4.8.deb) ... Unpacking replacement dpkg-ftp ... Setting up dpkg (1.4.0.8) ... Setting up dpkg-ftp (1.4.8) ... $> --End of many error messages "Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine." Rob MacWilliams [EMAIL PROTECTED] N9NPU -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: wu-ftpd package weirdnesses

nd stupid. . . . > > Kendall If you run the /usr/sbin/addftpuser script, most of your problems should go away. It will set up the directories, passwords and commands necessary to run the server. Later Rob > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscri

Re: NEED info concerning "US Robotics" modem

Any modem that doesn't say "Made for Windoze " should be OK. I use a USR 28.8 external under linux, OS/2 and Windoze 3.1, it works great for all of them. "Change is inevitable, except from a vending machin

Re: wireless connection; cheapest solution?

age of the book, I need to upgrade :-) This article has complete schematics and tune up information. Good Luck ------------ "Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine." Rob MacWilliams [EMAIL PROTECTED] N9NPU -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: Downloading Debain

- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Have fun "Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.&qu

Re: pcmcia support, debian 1.2, NEC versa 6030H

ECTED] . > Hope this helps "Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine." Rob MacWilliams [EMAIL PROTECTED] N9NPU -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: Dial up PPP

scribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > -------- "Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine." Rob MacWilliams [EMAIL PROTECTED] N9NPU -- TO UNSUBSCRI

Re: DEITY TEAM -- REQUEST FOR FUNCTIONALITY and COMMENTS

e this has been helpful and not a waste of bandwidth. Thanks "Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine." Rob MacWilliams [EMAIL PROTECTED] N9NPU

Re: How to modify subject of incoming emails using procmail

.. . -.- -.. - -.-. .. -.- > "Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine." Rob MacWilliams [EMAIL PROTECTED] N9NPU

Re: How do I find package?

cybernex.net.au > vk3vw/vk3rcr > ... . . . > Later ---- "Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine." Rob MacWilliams [EMAIL PROTECTED] N9NPU

HTTP Servers

toy. I avoided Appache because it's fairly large and I really don't need the features. Any comments or experience would be appreciated. Thanks "Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine." Rob MacWilliams [EMAIL PROTECTED] N9NPU

X11 Permission denied

point me in the right direction. Thanks "Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine." Rob MacWilliams [EMAIL PROTECTED] N9NPU

Re: LARRY ELLISON

; Hamish > > -- > Hamish Moffatt, [EMAIL PROTECTED], Melbourne, Australia. > Student, computer science & computer systems engineering. 3rd year, RMIT. > http://yallara.cs.rmit.edu.au/~moffatt CPOM: [ ] 40% > PGP key available from web page above. > &

Re: Laodable Modules

Keynes MK7 6AA > U.K. email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel: +44 1908 653 739 fax: +44 1908 655 151 > > "Time is the best teacher, unfortunately it kills all of it's students" Rob MacWilliams [EMAIL PROTECTED] N9NPU

Re: Laodable Modules

> Rob MacWilliams wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > I am trying to compile a custom kernel for the usual reasons. I am not > > seeing any errors during the > > $insmod psaux > > misc_register undefined > > misc_deregister undefined > &

Laodable Modules

the ins and outs. Thanks "Time is the best teacher, unfortunately it kills all of it's students" Rob MacWilliams [EMAIL PROTECTED] N9NPU

Re: Mail and News with UUCP over TCP/IP

it's students" Rob MacWilliams [EMAIL PROTECTED] N9NPU

wu-ftpd

n upload and download as expected. I just seems that ls doesn't work. Any clues? Thanks "Time is the best teacher, unfortunately it kills all of it's students" Rob MacWilliams [EMAIL PROTECTED] N9NPU

Re: Return-path header

Try adding something like this to your /etc/smail/config file. Obviously, you'll need to put your name and address in place of mine. from_field="From: Rob MacWilliams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" &quo

Re: fetchmail

>> >> Rob MacWilliams writes: >> -> >> -> After installing fetchmail 3.4 I think my problems were caused by a >> -> bad config file in smail. Version 3.1 of fetchmail seemed to be >> -> less forgiving of errors when connecting to smail. >&

Re: Upgrading by shaky ftp..

les and finish them off. You might have to exit and rerun dselect, however. Take this with a grain of salt, as my link has been pretty stable lately. >> -- >> TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail

Re: minor DNS problem

rvers are working and reachable... But something somewhere is >> clearly not connecting... Can anyone suggest what? >> >> eternally grateful, ;) >> >> -- >> Andrew [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >> -- >> TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM TH

X windows

I am running X using xdm. Is there a more elegent way to go to the full screen consoles than kill xdm. When I try to exit fvwm, on the middle button menu, it kills all my windows and restarts X with a new login prompt. Thanks Rob N9NPU Less is more; more or less. -- This message was delaye

dselect for newbies

I'm probably fanning the flames in regard to dselect and new user installation problems, but being a recent convert to Debian and *nix, I think I might have something productive to add. When I set up my system for the first time, I didn't use dselect at all because it seemed too com

smail config is trashed

I am running smail as my local mail agent and fetchmail to pull from my ISP. It was working fine, but I think I have a typo in the config file, because fetchmail -v fails with the following error: +OK message 1 (3062 octets): reading message 1 .SMTP< in.smtpd: /etc/smail/config: parse error: expe

Problem with Kernal Source 2.0.27_1.00

I am in the process of setting up my machine to run debian, everything has been running reasonably well until now. I downloaded the kernal-source-2.0.27_1.00.deb and attempted to compile a custom kernal. I get most of the way through the make zImage phase and the process stops with the follo