Re: hypercard like program

On Wed, Nov 18, 1998 at 06:21:15PM -0600, Richard E. Hawkins Esq. wrote: > > It occurs to me that one thing I haven't seen is a hypercard-like > program. I don't need anything fancy; the features of the original > release would be more than enough (aside from taking over my whole > screen :) >

xfstt font database should be in /var

: > > > On Tue, 3 Nov 1998, Stephen J. Carpenter wrote: > > > On Tue, Nov 03, 1998 at 12:11:20PM -0500, Sergey V Kovalyov wrote: > > > Even more wierd: > > > I have a server and a client, the client mounts /usr via nfs from server; > > > /var is local, the

Re: xfstt + xset

font database should be? -Steve > > On Tue, 3 Nov 1998, Stephen J. Carpenter wrote: > > > On Tue, Nov 03, 1998 at 12:07:05AM -0500, Sergey V Kovalyov wrote: > > > Use "ps aux" to check that xfstt is actually running. I've encountered a > > > wierd pro

Re: xfstt + xset

On Tue, Nov 03, 1998 at 11:39:43AM -0500, Sergey V Kovalyov wrote: > > > On Tue, 3 Nov 1998, Stephen J. Carpenter wrote: > > > On Tue, Nov 03, 1998 at 12:07:05AM -0500, Sergey V Kovalyov wrote: > > > Use "ps aux" to check that xfstt is actually running. I

Re: xfstt + xset

On Tue, Nov 03, 1998 at 10:32:47PM +0800, Richard L. Alhama wrote: > On Tue, 3 Nov 1998, Stephen J. Carpenter wrote: > > > Ok well...as xfstt maintainer I have to say I have never seen this before :) > > > > Usually if there is a problem...xfstt wont even run. >

Re: xfstt + xset

On Tue, Nov 03, 1998 at 12:07:05AM -0500, Sergey V Kovalyov wrote: > Use "ps aux" to check that xfstt is actually running. I've encountered a > wierd problem today that xfstt by itself works, but xfstt --daemon > does not. > Very strange - it worked yesterday. I don't think I've changed anything >

Re: xfstt + xset

On Tue, Nov 03, 1998 at 02:06:33AM +, Gossamer wrote: > I've just installed xfstt and a bunch of truetype fonts. When > I run 'xfstt --sync' it works fine, and startind the daemon from > the /etc/init.d/xfstt script works. But I can't get the server > to talk to it: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~/c

Re: stupid mistake: /usr/info/dir wiped out!

On Mon, Oct 26, 1998 at 04:38:29PM -0500, Ossama Othman wrote: > Hi, > > I did something stupid. I accidentally erased all but the *.gz files in > /usr/info. Could someone please tell me how I can bring my /usr/info > directory to a consistent state? I was intending to just erase the > uncompre

Re: conflicts in Debian Distributions

On Mon, Oct 26, 1998 at 09:38:46PM +0200, Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho wrote: > On Mon, Oct 26, 1998 at 11:05:42AM -0800, Kenneth Scharf wrote: > > The point Kenneth is making is true. However: > > > You can't have two (or more) mail clients installed at the same > > time, > ... > > There are at least

Re: tar and the braindead man

On Mon, Oct 26, 1998 at 08:31:20AM -0600, Anthony Landreneau wrote: > Ok Kenneth, >I must be missing something here, other than my mind of course. This is > the requirment: > I have a tape with a tar file on it, lets call it thefile.tar . I need to > make two copies of that file, back on two

Re: tar and the braindead man

On Mon, Oct 26, 1998 at 05:34:44AM -0800, Kenneth Scharf wrote: > Close, but no cigar. > > syntax is: > > tar -cvf /dev/tapedevice /usr/thedirectory. > > To make a full backup I did: > > tar -cvf /dev/st0 / --exclude /dev --exclude /proc > > (my tape drive is a scsi rdat on /dev/st0) This co

Re: /etc/shutmsg - a suggestion?

On Fri, Oct 23, 1998 at 03:23:10PM +0100, David Wright wrote: > On Fri, 23 Oct 1998, Stephen J. Carpenter wrote: > > > On Fri, Oct 23, 1998 at 11:11:31AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > [...] > > > > > > If this directory is mounted readonly it will fail, I th

Re: Appletalk/IP

On Fri, Oct 23, 1998 at 11:19:41AM +0200, Robert Claeson wrote: > Is anybody aware of whether it's possible to set up a Linux system to > serve Appleshare over IP, as in Apple's Appleshare IP? > I am inclined to belkieve netatalk can do it. I am running and have been runnign a netatalk server he

Re: /etc/shutmsg - a suggestion?

On Fri, Oct 23, 1998 at 11:11:31AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hi all, > > the ftpshut command shutdowns the wu-ftpd service (not the process) by > writting in /etc/shutmsg, the question is > > If this directory is mounted readonly it will fail, I thi

Re: Unidentified subject!

Hope you don't mind... Out of my reply I have clipped a great many adresses. I would imagine Alan Cox and Linus Torvalds are very busy men and don't need my chatter :) - and the Debian-user list is the only one I am on that even seems mildly aprorpriate (btw sending it to multiple redhat adresses

Re: Base2_0.tgz missing man command.

On Thu, Oct 22, 1998 at 12:04:16PM +, Jim wrote: > Hi. I'm new to the group and to Linux. > > I have installed Debian on my 486 laptop from Dos with files from > ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/disks-i386/current/ > and have found base2_0.tgz is missing the man executable file.

Re: Thanks! Re: Removing ^M in files--in bulk?

On Tue, Oct 20, 1998 at 09:52:38PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Wow! Thanks for the quick replies, people. Now I get to play with several > approaches. > > Are there any good books (starting at a basic level working up) for things > like this? Perl seems to be a hot thing for Linux (as wel

Re: Format of .deb files

On Fri, Oct 16, 1998 at 12:06:25PM +0100, Moore, Paul wrote: > I am trying to get to grips with Debian, and I'd like to browse through > the documentation. The problem I have is that my Debian PC is at one > home, whereas the PC where I have the most chance to read documentation, > print things out

Re: Help! FAT magic number corrupted!

On Fri, Oct 16, 1998 at 09:07:14AM -0400, me wrote: > Hi all--- > > I'm new to Linux, and in the process of hacking cluelessly with my > hard-drive setup I've managed to trash some vital part of my hard drive. > Here's the general setup: > > /dev/hda1 (~100MB) Win95, formerly bootable, formerl

Re: Hiding a Linux computer

On Thu, Oct 15, 1998 at 01:35:49PM -0800, Hogland, Thomas E. wrote: > > > > On Thu, Oct 15, 1998 at 12:01:59PM +0200, Rainer Clasen wrote: > [snip] > => try putting a "send host-name" statement in your dhclient.conf (see man 5 > => dhclient.conf for details) > => > => > I'd like to not even use

Re: Root password security

On Thu, Oct 15, 1998 at 03:36:13PM +, Thomas Lakofski wrote: > Physical security of the box in question is the only real measure you can > take (lock it in a box). Failing this, get a machine (some newer Compaq > workstations have this) that lets you restrict floppy booting with BIOS > and has

Re: Hiding a linux computer

On Thu, Oct 15, 1998 at 12:01:59PM +0200, Rainer Clasen wrote: > Hi! > > Jeremy Blonde ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > However a few problems arise. They are using dhcp, which I can work > > with (I get the ip address and can hit all the servers, etc.), but this > > also leaves a record in the dhcp ip

Re: debian network workstation

On Wed, Oct 14, 1998 at 02:56:46PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Stephen J. Carpenter said > > On Wed, Oct 14, 1998 at 08:12:21AM -0700, Kenneth Scharf wrote: > > > I have an old 386-25 computer with 8m of memory, a 100mb hd, et4000 > > > based video card with 1m of

Re: debian network workstation

On Wed, Oct 14, 1998 at 08:12:21AM -0700, Kenneth Scharf wrote: > I have an old 386-25 computer with 8m of memory, a 100mb hd, et4000 > based video card with 1m of display memory. The mb has no cache, and > only ISA slots. I would like to use this machine as a networked > station tied to my k6-23

Re: More robust filesystem?

On Wed, Oct 14, 1998 at 03:50:20PM +0200, Alex Shnitman wrote: > Peter Iannarelli writes: > > > You could put a directive in your crontab to issue a sync > > every 5 minutes of every hour of every day. > > That's not quite the issue - Linux syncronizes its buffers whenever it > has a chance any

Re: Issues in switching to Debian

On Fri, Oct 09, 1998 at 11:40:34AM -0400, Rob Collins wrote: > It disabled writing to my floppy disk, for one thing. how so? are you sure thats not disabled in BIOS? can you describe the behaviour? maybe an example of what happens when you try? > The ppid points to > xdm. In fact, in top it rep

Re: Issues in switching to Debian

On Fri, Oct 09, 1998 at 11:44:06AM -0400, Wayne Cuddy wrote: > What makes you think this is a virus? I don't think you would be able > to disinfect a Linux virus with 95. What is the process that is loading? > > On Fri, 9 Oct 1998, Rob Collins wrote: > > > ...and a fairly larger problem: I've d

Re: ApplixWare

On Thu, Oct 08, 1998 at 06:51:33PM +, Ruud de Bruin wrote: > I have bought the latest version of ApplixWare and I would like to add > ApplixWare to WindowMaker so I can start it from there. > > I've created an entry in /etc/menu like: > > ?package(applix):needs="x11" section="Apps/Editors" ic

Re: Off Topic: Translating upcase filenames to lowercase filenames

On Thu, Oct 08, 1998 at 03:49:00PM -0200, Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira wrote: > Hi debian users, > I need to translate 800 filenames from upcase to lowercase. I remember > that I can do this with tr, but I don't know very well. > Any hints? > Have a nice day,

Re: xdm replacement?

On Thu, Oct 08, 1998 at 02:13:24PM -0400, joseph evan porter wrote: > > > Anyway, is there a replacement for xdm. I know about kdm but I want to > > > use windowmaker so I don't want to take up all the space with kdebase > > > and libs and support... > > > > > > Can I use kdm without all that or

Re: X Windows: Installation questions

On Thu, Oct 08, 1998 at 09:47:35AM -0400, Christian Lavoie wrote: > I've just started initiating myself to Linux, and I have a few questions > installing the XWindows system. > > My relevant system specs are: > > Logitech FirstMouse 3buttons Logitech mice rule ;) > S3 ViRGE 325 PCI video card >

Re: xdm replacement?

On Thu, Oct 08, 1998 at 09:08:49AM -0400, Person, Rod wrote: > As a newbie, I guess I have reached the level of comfort with Debian > that now I want better, fast etc... > > Anyway, is there a replacement for xdm. I know about kdm but I want to > use windowmaker so I don't want to take up all the

Re: HELP! Frozen e-mail barrage!

omain!) On Tue, Oct 06, 1998 at 09:52:31PM -0400, Stephen J. Carpenter wrote: > I have a "headless" machine here on my network (actually the one which > provides the masquerading firewall etc) [my own problem snipped]

HELP! Frozen e-mail barrage!

I have a "headless" machine here on my network (actually the one which provides the masquerading firewall etc) if I log into it and run "sudo mailq" it lists hoardes of e-mails frozen! The weird thing is that it is not a machine which is used for e-mail transfer! I have tried going into /var/spoo

Re: Problem using vi in telnet session

On Tue, Oct 06, 1998 at 01:46:50AM -0700, David Karlin wrote: > Hello, > I'm running a hamm system and mostly login through a telnet window on > my win95 machine (I have only one monitor as of yet). > > When I run vi in the telnet window, I get some strange behavior. Just > about no matter which

Re: Safe rm available?

On Mon, Oct 05, 1998 at 02:49:50PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > *- Stephen J. Carpenter wrote about "Re: Safe rm available?" > | > | heh "Oh you wanna stick your finger in the light socket, ok well go ahead... > | see hurt like a bitch didn't it? bet ya wont d

Re: Safe rm available?

On Mon, Oct 05, 1998 at 06:31:55PM +, Andy Spiegl wrote: > Since 'rm' can be pretty dangerous sometimes, especially to new unix users, > I was wondering whether there is something like a "save rm" out there. > > With feature similar to this list: > - moving files to /tmp/trash instead of unli

Re: Change route from suid script?

On Mon, Oct 05, 1998 at 10:52:08AM +0200, Jon Kaare Hellan wrote: > I've got ppp interfaces defined for the workplaces of me and my wife, > and use a small script to switch the default route to the interface > that needs to be active. ok...sounds interesting... > This works, but I have to be root

Re: Excel DLLs (.xll) in Wine or Willows or Bochs or ...

On Fri, Oct 02, 1998 at 08:16:59AM -0300, Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira wrote: > Hi Debian users, > my boss at work have to run a simulation into Excel that uses a DLL of > Excel (.xll). The problem is that the simulation will take too long (about 7 > years) and he couldn't put

Re: Dewbie Question: How can I install rpm package

On Wed, Sep 30, 1998 at 10:08:36AM -0500, Jianbo Zhang wrote: > Hi all, > > I just download sybase ase, it is in rpm format. I do not know how to > install it in Debian. I am using Debian 2.0. Any help would be highly > appreciated. There is a debian rpm package but...it doesn't work on its own (

Re: Y2K+38 disaster in debian?

On Wed, Sep 30, 1998 at 11:01:22AM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > Quoting Philip Thiem ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > Why would 32-bit apps be limited to 32 bit integers?? Didn't we have 32 > > bit avallible to us on the 286?? If not, I'm certain we were able to > > get around it then. Also if any one

Re: rc3.d

On Wed, Sep 30, 1998 at 08:43:25AM +0200, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Christopher Barry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >In /etc/init.d/ I made a file called wmnetstartup.sh that contains: > > > >#!/bin/sh > >ipfwadm -A in -i -S 0.0.0.0/0 > >ipfwadm -A out -i -D

Re: X server problems

On Wed, Sep 30, 1998 at 07:47:15AM -0400, Chris Fury wrote: > Braden N. McDaniel wrote: > > Now when I boot the machine, my monitor goes to sleep as soon as the boot > > sequence has completed. I *think* this is because I elected to being xdm up > > at bootup when I initially installed everything,

Re: permissions of hosts.*

On Mon, Sep 28, 1998 at 12:41:05PM +, Pere Camps wrote: > Hi! > > What should be the permission bits of the hosts.* files > (hosts.allow, etc, etc). hmm... well on MY system...all of them are: -rw-r--r-- Works for me. Any reasons NOT to have this the case? -Steve -- /* -- Stephen C

Re: Y2K+38 disaster in debian?

On Sun, Sep 27, 1998 at 02:55:08PM +0200, Wojciech Zabolotny wrote: > Hi > There was a lot of noise about the y2k problem in old COBOL and M$ > applications, but what about the "Y2K+38 disaster" in the POSIX world? > I was pretty sure that the new libc6 library implements 64 bit time_t, > but just

Re: ip acct and devel. kernel

On Wed, Sep 23, 1998 at 11:15:26AM -0700, Max wrote: > You (Stephen J. Carpenter) wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 22, 1998 at 08:55:15PM -0700, Max wrote: > > > Is there something special I need to do to be able to use IP > > > accounting with the development kernel (2

Re: ip acct and devel. kernel

On Tue, Sep 22, 1998 at 08:55:15PM -0700, Max wrote: > Is there something special I need to do to be able to use IP > accounting with the development kernel (2.1.121)? /proc/net/ip_acct > doesn't exist and programs such as ipacset and ipfwadm complain about > it. What's going on? Do I need to en

Re: Network debian with win 98

On Mon, Sep 21, 1998 at 11:41:25PM -0400, Collin Rose wrote: > I cannot network my win98 and linux machine. I put linux on the 98 machine > to check the net connection. It works fine. Any ideas on this? > I cannot even ping the other computer. I do have TCP/IP installed on the 98 > system. Ok... i

Re: Q:xfsft binary on debian system

On Mon, Sep 21, 1998 at 10:18:23PM -0400, Damir J. Naden wrote: > Hi, everybody -- > > has anbody tried to install the precompiled binary for xfsft (not xfstt) that > is available from this site: > http://www.darmstadt.gmd.de/~pommnitz/xfsft.html I have NOT tried it (as the xfstt maintainer for d

Re: Backups

On Mon, Sep 21, 1998 at 03:26:10PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Stephen J. Carpenter said > > On Tue, Aug 04, 1998 at 11:22:29AM +0100, C.J.LAWSON wrote: > > > Hi, > > >This is a bit off topic (and sorry I cannae answer any of your > > > questions) ...

Re: Backups

On Tue, Aug 04, 1998 at 11:22:29AM +0100, C.J.LAWSON wrote: > Hi, >This is a bit off topic (and sorry I cannae answer any of your > questions) ... Is tar ever used for backing up and if not why not .. if it > is why is it not the defacto standard > > --Jonathan Well...I use tar... In fact I

Q: MIPS machine + Linux?

I went to the MIT flea market yesterdy. (last one this year is next month!) I only bought 1 thing, a DECstation 5000/133. I was told this is a MIPS machine,it has some RAM (NFI how much) and no hard drive (yet). No video card but I got a vt320 terminal for it. I seem to remember that there is a

Re: Need help with resolution

On Mon, Sep 21, 1998 at 07:43:35AM -0500, Ken Archer wrote: > You are right. That SHOULD work, but I had already tried that and it didn't > solve the problem. From what I can see, it seems to be a problem with the > system only seeing 256k of videoram when it has 2 meg. I should normally be > ab

Re: Need help with resolution

On Sun, Sep 20, 1998 at 07:46:54PM -0500, Ken Archer wrote: > I currently have SuSE 5.2, Red Hat 5.1, Slackware 3.4 and Debian 2.0 on > seperate partitions on a 10 gig hd. As you can tell, I am constantly looking > for something better. From what I heard, I thought it might be Debian, but I > can

Re: Install problems

On Sat, Sep 19, 1998 at 12:55:58PM -0500, EGRET Lures wrote: Just a note... I use Mutt...and when it recives no messgae and an HTML attachment it runs lynx to read the message... this makes replies VERY hard and is a PITA. Please refrain from posting HTML to the group...text replies are apreciat

Re: Unified Unix Driver Standard

On Thu, Sep 10, 1998 at 02:52:15PM -0300, Adam Greene wrote: > What will Linux (therefore Debian) do with the new Unix Driver Model > being pushed by Intel, Compaq, SCO, Hewlett-Packard, etc?? hmm well... I have no idea :) What is this standard? Is there a pointer to it? If the standard is wo

Re: COBOL for linux

On Thu, Sep 17, 1998 at 12:06:14PM +0100, K.Y.Lo wrote: > Hi > > Does anyone know where is COBOL for the Linux? I searched through Debian package lists nothing even mentions COBOL. I personally doubt that sucha beast exists. Ive never actually heard of anyone who actually LIKES COBOL. If t

Re: ACK! Help me restore my console!

On Wed, Sep 16, 1998 at 09:33:52AM -0600, John Larkin wrote: > > No... This is not the problem. As I said, X crashed. This makes the X > > server quit without restoring the display, so you just get your X > > desktop sitting there. You can restart X remotely, but when you exit, > > it restores the

Re: CDE for Debian

On Tue, Sep 15, 1998 at 01:03:44PM -0500, Matthew A. Reklau wrote: > Is there a version of CDE available for Debian releases and if so where > and cost please. Well The Debian Project is devoted to Free software and CDE is not free so it is not part of debian. ALso...There is no version which is e

Re: Legal issues with having Linux use Windows device drivers

On Mon, Sep 14, 1998 at 10:31:49PM -0700, Geoffrey L. Brimhall wrote: > Aside from the technical issues of having Linux use windows device drivers > (such as the video card drivers), are there any legal reasons why a person > could not use the device drivers written for the MS Windows operating sys

Re: {stupid pet tricks}blown Root passwd

On Mon, Sep 14, 1998 at 04:27:41PM +0200, Peter Makholm wrote: > "Stephen J. Carpenter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > #include > > > LILO: linux /bin/sh > > [...] > > > hopefully once you zap the root password...it SHOULD be sufficent >

Re: {stupid pet tricks}blown Root passwd

On Mon, Sep 14, 1998 at 02:18:40AM -0600, Kent Andersen wrote: > I seem to have a problem changed my root password on one of my systems and > whamo when I later tried to su root my password doesent work... > went through the normal booting from a floppy but cant seem to mount the > harddrive so I c

Re: PON on REQUEST

On Fri, Sep 11, 1998 at 01:24:01PM -0700, Lazar Fleysher wrote: > Greeting everyone, > > Very often, I have to work on my home computer from other places and I do > not want to have my home computer on-line all the time. Hmm well personally I DO want my computer online all the time whether I

Re: Net Auction Krizms?!!!!!!!!!

On Thu, Sep 10, 1998 at 03:43:20PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > What do you think of these online auction thingys? IT seems to me that > if you have abit of time to spend bidding you can get stuff ridiculously > cheap! > I saw a whole bunch of Digital Alphas Servers (Older ones, but s

Re: Boot problems with lilo

On Wed, Sep 09, 1998 at 01:06:18PM -0500, Nathan E Norman wrote: > On Wed, 9 Sep 1998, Stephen J. Carpenter wrote: > > [ snip ] > > : Any ideas why lilo is unwilling to work on this drive? > : The drive has about 8000 (aprox) cylinders, 16 heads, 63 sectors > (obviously)

Re: y2k (don't kill me!)

On Wed, Sep 09, 1998 at 01:52:38PM -0500, Stephanie A. Tomlinson wrote: > Actually, i did check the debian web page. Unfortunately, i don't have the > resources necessary to go on a long hunt for the information and it didn't > seem to be readily noticeable on the site. Perhaps i'm smoking crack.

Re: y2k (don't kill me!)

On Wed, Sep 09, 1998 at 12:03:28PM -0500, Stephanie A. Tomlinson wrote: > Ok, don't kill me.. i know you all are probably tired of/avoiding/irked with/ > frothing at the mouth because of the whole y2k compliance bruhaha. > > I just gotta find out... where might i find an official bullettin or who

Boot problems with lilo

I decided since i was moving into a new apartment and planning on working towards that lofty goal of having my network connected to the net 24-7 (if I could only convince my girlfriend that $70/month is not too much $), It is time to move the modem out of MY workstation and into another box. I dug

Re: Apache / SSL

On Wed, Sep 09, 1998 at 07:43:38AM -0300, Carlos Marcos Kakihara wrote: > > Hi, I've compiled Apache with SSL support, but I'm > getting the follow message (when I start it): > > Skip first time initialisation > > What is it? > There is a apache.deb with SSL support? Check out

Re: 2.1 kernel

On Tue, Sep 08, 1998 at 07:29:43PM -0700, George Bonser wrote: > On Tue, 8 Sep 1998, Stephen J. Carpenter wrote: > > > > > > > Wait. 2.1 is supposed to be released RSN as 3.0. I think the latest devel > > > kernel > > > > um AFAIK it will be 2.2.0 N

Re: 2.1 kernel

On Tue, Sep 08, 1998 at 03:12:46PM -0700, George Bonser wrote: > On Tue, 8 Sep 1998, Kay Nettle wrote: > > > Is anyone using a 2.1 kernel? Which version is the most stable? We > > have people complaining about slow NFS service and we want to try NFS > > version 3. > > > > Thanks, > > Kay > >

Re: Debian manual -- printed.

On Tue, Sep 08, 1998 at 04:00:19PM -0400, Person, Rod wrote: > Since, I decided to use debian instead of Slackware or Red Hat. I have > noticed something. I can't find a book devoted to it. Well www.cheapbytes.com ...they sell the: "Debian User's Guide *ED1* Close-out price W/2 CDs" >From th

Re: procmail

On Tue, Sep 08, 1998 at 06:42:30PM +0100, Vincent Murphy wrote: > What's the best recipe to use with this list for procmail? Depends :) I like mail through the list to go into one mailbox and mail directly to me (whether to thte list or not) to goto thje "list" box...so... :0 * ^X-Mailing-List:

Re: GPL'd/free driver for Ensoniq AudioPCI sound card

On Tue, Sep 08, 1998 at 09:53:30AM +0800, LUK ShunTim wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to know where can I get a GPL'd or free driver for the > Ensoniq AudioPCI sound card for x86 architecture. I've checked out the > OSS/Free > page and it seems that their free version does not support this (and > o

Re: X11 remains black (fwd)

On Tue, Sep 01, 1998 at 10:01:48AM -0400, Ossama Othman wrote: > Hi, > > > using the PCMCIA drivers), but if I start X (version included in Debian > > 2.0), the screen remains black. SuperProbe does not work neither. Screen > > black, machine locked ? > > When I reboot with 2.0.30, no problems,

Re: Beowulf cluster

On Fri, Aug 28, 1998 at 09:22:00AM -0400, Greg Vence wrote: > M.C. Vernon wrote: > > > > Hmm - is beowulf a .deb? and if so, is it in /slink/non-free > > > It seems to be available as RPM's. You can use alien to get it > installed. I am tossing around the idea of a cheap beowulf cluster...junke

Re: file-rc vs. sysV init (was: enabling bootpc at startup)

On Wed, Aug 26, 1998 at 02:20:28PM -0500, the lone gunman wrote: > On Wed, Aug 26, 1998 at 08:19:34AM +0200, Torsten Hilbrich wrote: > > On: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 14:11:30 -0500 the lone gunman writes: > > > > > > On my Debian 1.3 system, I installed the package which removes the > > > sysV style init

Re: What is a magic number?

On Wed, Aug 26, 1998 at 09:32:05AM -0700, Michael Rudmin wrote: > More specifically, a magic number is an identifier described in the > Point-to-point protocol. It is a specific packet that is > used to determine when a system is looped back to itself. hmm oh... that too :) same principal :) I d

Re: telnet break-in

On Wed, Aug 26, 1998 at 10:35:12AM -0400, Ossama Othman wrote: > > > > Hence the One-Time Password suggestion. Either way, better to have/use > > > > SSH than use telnet/ftp/r{login,sh,exec}. > > > > > > I have both SSL-Telnet and SSH installed. I don't type root passwords over > > > clear connec

Re: What is a magic number?

On Wed, Aug 26, 1998 at 07:54:24PM +0800, htyj wrote: > I've seen the term "magic number" in many documents, I wonder what it is, and > how to get it(calculate it?)? TIA. A magic number is basically an identifier... for exampleif I am sniffing ethernet (ie taking in raw ethernet packets wheth

Re: debian vs others

On Wed, Aug 26, 1998 at 09:00:17AM -0500, Rick Knebel wrote: > Hi, > I know it is kind of silly to ask what is better debian vs redhat on a > debian list but here goes anyway. Welldon't expect un-biased opinion :) I myself am very biased :) (but shouldn't you expect thatI am a package m

Re: Second drive for DOSEmu?

On Tue, Aug 25, 1998 at 01:34:24PM -0700, Paul Marxhausen wrote: > After reading through all the DOSEmu info, I'm sorta-kinda-nearly > grasping this issue, but I still want to ask: > > I'll be converting a utility PC from MS-DOS over to Hamm soon, > and will be running at least one DOS program und

Re: QUESTION

On Mon, Aug 24, 1998 at 09:55:10PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > *- Stephen J. Carpenter wrote about "Re: QUESTION" > | On Mon, Aug 24, 1998 at 04:47:30PM -0700, Dimas Franco wrote: > | > HI :-) CAN I RUN PROGRAMS FOR WN95 ON LYNUX LIKE AUTOCAD 14 > | > | Hmm o

Re: QUESTION

On Mon, Aug 24, 1998 at 04:47:30PM -0700, Dimas Franco wrote: > HI :-) CAN I RUN PROGRAMS FOR WN95 ON LYNUX LIKE AUTOCAD 14 Hmm okthe short answer is "NO"...but fear not :) There is a DOS emulator for DOS programs and there is WINE (Wine Is Not and Emulator ;) ) which impliments the Windows

Re: diskless systems

riting my docs initally very very good doc.. I planed on giving him credit (Richard Kaszta was the first person to offer me help when I anounced my doc!) I just need to "get around to it" much like everything else -Steve > Proinnsias > > > -Original Message----- > >

Re: Help with Kernel configuration

On Mon, Aug 24, 1998 at 02:40:06PM +0200, Hofman, J.A.M.H. wrote: > Hi All, > > Last week I installed Debian 2.0 on my system. All worked well and it > was possible to acces my VFAT partition on the harddisk. Yesterday I > installed the kernel-source-2.0.34 package to build a custom kernel and > t

Re: diskless systems

On Mon, Aug 24, 1998 at 05:25:08AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I was wondering if Debian supported diskless systems? My tests have worked well :) > I plan to get a very > high performance system for myself and wanted to set-up a diskless terminal > for my daughter that would have full acce

Re: sendmail bug?

On Fri, Aug 21, 1998 at 09:03:42AM -0700, David Stern wrote: > $ man aliases > > [..] > Loops can not occur, since no message will be sent to any person > more than once. > [..] > > "Loops cannot occur, ..". So, if I make an alias for tsawyer to hfinn, > and an alias for hfinn to dstern

Re: OFF-TOPIC (How do you guys sort your mail?)

On Thu, Aug 20, 1998 at 01:40:25PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Hi, > >>"Stephen" == Stephen J Carpenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Stephen> I missed most of this discussion but... whats wrong with > Stephen> the old standby procmail? >

Re: identd

On Thu, Aug 20, 1998 at 04:09:57PM +0200, Matus fantomas Uhlar wrote: > -> > if anyone will find he's usiong fake identd ppl will k-line him... > -> > IRC is not made for putting bots and bots abuse IRC. if someone wants to > -> > abuse IRC he will be banned. > -> > -> Well I have to agree... > -

Re: OFF-TOPIC (How do you guys sort your mail?)

On Thu, Aug 20, 1998 at 09:22:52PM +0800, Richard L. Alhama wrote: > On 19 Aug 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Yes, no, and not unless you want to. Even without enabling the > > generic command server and the @SH processing, the rules file for > > mailagent is a full fledged s

Re: Connection Refused

On Thu, Aug 20, 1998 at 08:20:52AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Kennedy Mutio writes: > > I have just installed debian linux onto a machine and added it to my > > network but I cannot telnet frm any other machine on the network to this > > new machine. I have checked the hosts.allow and hosts.

Re: CD-RW experiences?

On Thu, Aug 20, 1998 at 02:04:41AM -0700, Dan Hugo wrote: > I am thinking about getting a CD-RW drive to archive things, and maybe > even to maintain an up-to-date Debian CD set. > > Does anyone have any experience with these drives? > > Since I happen to work at Philips, I would most likely be ge

Re: identd

On Thu, Aug 20, 1998 at 09:10:20AM +0200, Matus fantomas Uhlar wrote: > -> > > This mail will be forwarded to all IRC operator lists and all sites > using > -> > > such identd will be K:-lined. > -> > > -> > hey that's not very nice. Besides, it appears that changing the ident is > -> > not poss

Re: Which MTA?

On Thu, Aug 20, 1998 at 12:24:00AM -0700, George Bonser wrote: > On Thu, 20 Aug 1998, Ken Chew wrote: > > > Also would it be possible to create email account without actuall adding > > user account on the system. Currently what we do is 'adduser' for every > > user account. Is this necessary? > >

Re: Apt how, why, where

On Wed, Aug 19, 1998 at 11:14:37AM -0500, Mark Panzer wrote: > Ed Cogburn wrote: > > > > Mark Panzer wrote: > > > > > > Question, > > > > > > Apt is supposed to be a better replacement for dselect/dpkg right? Can > > > you install it on a HAMM system, and if so how? I guess I kinda got > > > lef

Re: CDE

On Wed, Aug 19, 1998 at 10:57:47PM +0800, Richard L. Alhama wrote: > On Wed, 19 Aug 1998, Joe Stewart wrote: > > > Chris, Try xfce . It > > does include the window manager xfwm, but does not require it. It is a > > toolbar which resembles cde.

Re: Designing a Linux lab.

On Wed, Aug 19, 1998 at 09:46:00AM -0300, Leandro Guimaraens Faria Corcete Dutra wrote: > Liran Zvibel wrote: > > > > I have one question, though, NT has an option to be installed and > > configured from the network (I don't mean installing via NFS, but > > actually get all the installation profi

Re: Linux security

On Tue, Aug 18, 1998 at 11:22:37PM +, George R wrote: > On 08/18/98 at 11:13 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > On Tue, 18 Aug 1998, George R wrote: > > >> I know you are talking about NT vs Linux; but does anyone know how well > >> Win95 password protection works? It doesn't the morons made th

Re: Little/Big endian discussion (was: Re: can I burn the output of mpg123 -s?)

On Wed, Aug 19, 1998 at 10:54:52AM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > On Tue, Aug 18, 1998 at 08:46:20AM -0400, Stephen J. Carpenter wrote: > > currently xfstt bombs out if it gets a connection of a differnt > > "endianess" than the system it is on...I have been meaning to f

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