Using a second monitor

with the machine. Any assistance in getting Debian to display on the second monitor will be greatly appreciated. Regards, Bob Hilliard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archi

Problem booting 2.6.8 kernel

root (hd0,2) kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda3 ro I have verified that ide support and both the ext2 and ext3 file systems are compiled into the kernel, not as modules. Where should I look for the problem? Regards, Bob -- _ |_) _ |_ Robert D. Hilliard<[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: fvwm and post.hook problem

;" \ title() "\" Title Top\n" endmenu= "\n" -- >8 -- and then ran update-menus. Remember that the menus are automatically generated. Kirk Hilliard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: upgrade turned off lpd?

egards, Bob -- _ |_) _ |_ Robert D. Hilliard<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |_) 1294 S.W. Seagull Way <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Palm City, FL 34990 USA GPG Key ID: 390D6559 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

Re: Changing locale

Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello > > Bob Hilliard wrote: > >> Selecting a default locale with "dpkg-reconfigure" does not make >> that locale effective. Is there any way to change the locale of the >> system without rebooting?

Changing locale

Selecting a default locale with "dpkg-reconfigure" does not make that locale effective. Is there any way to change the locale of the system without rebooting? Regards, Bob -- _ |_) _ |_Robert D. Hilliard<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |_) 1294

Re: 2.5 series kernel experiences

;make oldconfig" in the README in the top level of the kernel source, under "CONFIGURING the kernel". It's a great time saver. I can't offer any words of wisdom regarding 2.5. HTH, Bob -- _ |_) _ |_Robert D. Hilliard<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_

Re: HOWTO change a subscriber email address ?

|_Robert D. Hilliard<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |_) 1294 S.W. Seagull Way <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Palm City, FL 34990 USA GPG Key ID: 390D6559 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subjec

Re: apt-get / sources.list

e the exact error message, so I can't be sure, but I think you need something like the following line in /etc/apt/apt.conf: APT::Cache-Limit 25165824; HTH, Bob -- _ |_) _ |_Robert D. Hilliard<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |_) 1294 S.W. Seagu

Re: logging apt-get/dpkg activity

Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Bob Hilliard wrote: >> The redirection " 2>&1" isn't portable - it doesn't work with >> /bin/dash. > > Yes it is, and yes it does. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~>dash > $ perl -e 'p

Re: logging apt-get/dpkg activity

sion the back-quotes for command redirection aren't standard either - at least a number of people object to them. I am not familiar with any shell other than bash, so I'm never sure what is or is not a bashism. Regards, Bob -- _ |_) _ |_Robert D. Hilliard<[EMAIL PROT

Re: logging apt-get/dpkg activity

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Proulx) writes: > You could eliminate all of the non-portable stuff in the above by > changing the single 'echo -e' to 'printf'. This is functionally > equivalent. That isn't the only bashism in that script. Regards, Bob -- _

Re: logging apt-get/dpkg activity

dist-upgrade 2>&1 |tee -a upgrade_log exit 0 This contains several bashisms, so it shouldn't be run with #!/bin/sh. You still have to stand by to answer apt's and debconf's questions. HTH Bob -- _ |_) _ |_Robert D. Hilliard<[EMAIL PROTECTE

Keymap on a laptop

completely non-functional keyboard. Compiling with gcc-2.95 gives the results described above. Any suggestions for what to try next? Regards. Bob -- _ |_) _ |_Robert D. Hilliard<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |_) 1294 S.W. Seagull Way <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Removable Media: What is the practical answer??

find that letter to Aunt Edith > written on the 286 in 1991, and she is sure it is on a floppy in one of > these boxes... Check out the mtools package. Regards, Bob -- _ |_) _ |_Robert D. Hilliard<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |_) 1294 S.W. Seagull Way &l

Re: How do I "apt-get upgrade" the kernel for debian-390?

er apt-cache searches on a regex (does it use grep?), so `kernel' gets the smae match as `kernel*'. bob:vc-p2:bob>apt-cache search kernel|wc 5274402 32495 bob:vc-p2:bob>apt-cache search "kernel*"|wc 5274402 32495 Regards, Bob -- _ |_) _ |_Rob

Re: [~OT] tax program for linux

situation, but for the last few years I have used Turbo-Tax to print it out. I use my own calculations to check Turbo-Tax (and vice versa), but the time savings over copying the data by hand to the IRS forms and proof reading the result is worth it to me. Regards, Bob -- _ |_) _ |_Ro

Re: setup ?

b -- _ |_) _ |_Robert D. Hilliard<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |_) 1294 S.W. Seagull Way <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Palm City, FL 34990 USA GPG Key ID: 390D6559 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PRO

Re: scsi emulation howto (was Re: buying a cd writer)

with CD-writing, and in the process explains what is necessary for scsi emulation. Regards, Bob -- _ |_) _ |_Robert D. Hilliard<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |_) 1294 S.W. Seagull Way <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Palm C

Re: Multiple network interfaces

monolithic kernel, but I now have the drivers as a module. Regards, Bob -- _ |_) _ |_Robert D. Hilliard<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |_) 1294 S.W. Seagull Way <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Palm City, FL 34990 USA GPG Key ID: 390D6559

Re: repartitioning: joining two partitions

rtitions. This is at most 15 partitions total on an SCSI disk and 63 total on an IDE disk. Regards, Bob -- _ |_) _ |_Robert D. Hilliard<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |_) 1294 S.W. Seagull Way <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> P

Re: Debian SID ISOs

iles for the "unstable" distribution on CD (i386, regenerated weekly) Regards, Bob -- _ |_) _ |_Robert D. Hilliard<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |_) 1294 S.W. Seagull Way <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Pa

Re: startx as a normal user

get that message, but whenever I check with top, I find it is running -10. >Other than that, I don't know if it is considered > "wrong" to simply startx as a user. That is the only correct way to run startx. Running X as root is deprecated. Regards, Bob -- _ |_)

Re: dpkg and config files

o do something about it. Regards, Bob -- _ |_) _ |_Robert D. Hilliard<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |_) 1294 S.W. Seagull Way <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Palm City, FL 34990 USA GPG Key ID: 390D6559 --

Re: Where is the bootup log? [Eth0 missing]

scripts, which are displayed after the kernel is booted. However, I believe the kernel messages are what you want. If you need to see the others, you should disable gdm (and startx manually later). [SHIFT] [PG UP] will scroll the display back to allow you see more than one screen of information. Reg

Re: Question about scripts in /etc/rc6.d

two runlevels 0 (halt) and 6 (reboot) are slightly different. In these runlevels, the links with an `S' prefix are still called after those with a `K' prefix, but they too are called with the single argument `stop'. Regards, Bob -- _ |_) _ |_Robert D. Hilliar

Re: Emacs Key Bindings

"Charlie Reiman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> -Original Message- >> From: Bob Hilliard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 12:15 PM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: Emacs Key Bindings >> >> >

Emacs Key Bindings

since the first release of emacs20. Regards. Bob -- _ |_) _ |_Robert D. Hilliard<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |_) 1294 S.W. Seagull Way <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Palm City, FL 34990 USA GPG Key ID: 390D6559

apt-get failure

e sharedbuffers cached Mem: 1030220 876292 153928 0 128236 488572 -/+ buffers/cache: 259484 770736 Swap: 2096624 02096624 What is the probable cause of this failure? Regards Bob -- _ |_) _ |_Robert D. Hilliard

Re: cloning my debian install onto my new hard disk?

past, but have been too lazy to file a report. Because of this issue, I had to use "find / -xdev | cpio -vdump /mnt" for my last system copy. Regards, Bob -- _ |_) _ |_Robert D. Hilliard<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |_) 1294 S.W. Seagull Way &l

Re: Strange Number Lock Behavior

asiest is to hit number lock. 8:o) > > Take a look at /etc/console-tools/config. I use `setleds -D +num' from the console-tools package. I put a script in /etc/init.d to invoke this for all consoles. This is only for the console. For X you need numlockx, from the packa

Re: /etc/resolv.conf keeps getting overwritten

_client writes the /etc/resolv.conf when it gets a lease from the dhcp_server. /etc/dhclient.conf may be configured to prepend or append additional domains to /etc/resolv.conf. See dhclient.conf (5). Regards, Bob -- _ |_) _ |_Robert D. Hilliard<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |

Re: ntpdate from cron -- DON'T DO THAT! - more

How does rdate compare to chrony and nptd? Regards, Bob -- _ |_) _ |_Robert D. Hilliard<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |_) 1294 S.W. Seagull Way <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Palm City, FL 34990 USA GPG Key

Removing devfsd

To recover, I have booted another partition, mounted hda6 on /mnt, chrooted into hda6 and re-installed devfsd. This is reproducible - I have done it three times. Regards, Bob -- _ |_) _ |_Robert D. Hilliard<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |_) 1294 S.W. Seagull Way

Re: Thread Stealing (was: Installing debian via network)

David Gaudine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Bob Hilliard writes: > > But most Windows mailers make you read mail on-line, which is an > > abomination. > > Outlook Express requires me to go online to download messages or to upload > replies. It does not

Re: Thread Stealing (was: Installing debian via network)

the default setting for most packages assume constant internet access, and need to be adjusted for a dialup user. Regards, Bob -- _ |_) _ |_Robert D. Hilliard<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |_) 1294 S.W. Seagull Way <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Pal

Re: How to change screen-blanking time

man pages or the Oreilly Linux book. Include the command "setterm -blank 5" (or whatever time you want) in your .bash_profile. (This assumes you're running bash. Substitute the appropriate start-up file for another shell.) Regards, Bob -- _ |_) _ |_

Re: Rebuilding the Kernel Mini HOW TO

by Kent) > > For this, use unstable version. This is the most intelligent comment I have seen in this entire thread. A multiplicity of documents, trying to cover the same thing, is always a mistake. Regards, Bob -- _ |_) _ |_Robert D. Hilliard<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Should I convert to ext3?

If max-mount-counts is 0 then the number of times the filesystem is mounted will be disregarded by e2fsck(8) and the kernel. Regards, Bob -- _ |_) _ |_Robert D. Hilliard<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |_) 1294 S.W. Seagull Way <[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: dual boot win2k and debian

on /dev/hdb1 hide (hd0,0) unhide (hd1,0) map (hd1) (hd0) map (hd2) (hd1) rootnoverify (hd1,0) makeactive chainloader +1 # For booting Windows ME title Windows ME on /dev/hda1 unhide (hd0,0) hide (hd1,0) rootnoverify (hd0,0) makeactive chainloader +1 HTH, Bob -- _ |_) _ |_Rob

Re: ifup/ifdown are not idempotent

thus case you can issue "ifdown --force , the rerun ifup. From man ifup: --force Force de/configuration of interface. HTH, Bob -- _ |_) _ |_Robert D. Hilliard<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |_) 1294 S.W. Seagull Way <[EMAIL

Re: can i trust you with this project

o anyone who asks by email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Google "419" for more than you ever wanted to know about the Nigerian Scam. Regards, Bob -- _ |_) _ |_Robert D. Hilliard<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |_) 1294 S.W. Seagull Way <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Setting num lock portion of keyboard to start as default

x (The package installs a script in /etc/X11/Xsession.d to run it automatically.) HTH Bob -- _ |_) _ |_ Robert D. Hilliard<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |_) 1294 S.W. Seagull Way <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Palm City, FL 3

Re: turn script to daemon?

am is running. > but to kill it, I need to run the kill command. > > Is there a way to launch this as a daemon so I can turn it off and on? > Similar to how apache and samba are launched from /etc/init.d ? man start-stop-daemon Regards, Bob -- _ |_) _ |_

Re: Grub and /dev/hdg: Need help please

hat on the `map' clauses, but it works for me. I have another DOS partition (for data) on /dev/hdc1, and the above makes DOS think /dev/hdc1 is both drive D: and E:, which is a little odd, but no problem. HTH Bob -- _ |_) _ |_ Robert D. Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

XF86Config

determine the allowable refresh rates and/or other parameters? Is there a generic configuration that can be used safely with most monitors? Bob -- _ |_) _ |_ Robert D. Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |_) 1294 S.W. Seagull Way <[EMAIL

Re: OT Any web site that teaches how to make LAN cable connection

f /usr/share/doc/HOWTO/en-txt/Ethernet-HOWTO.gz Bob -- _ |_) _ |_ Robert D. Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |_) 1294 S.W. Seagull Way <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Palm City, FL USA GPG Key ID: 390D6559

Re: inappropriate racist and other offensive material

ly, when he could have been stopped without a war. Bob -- _ |_) _ |_ Robert D. Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |_) 1294 S.W. Seagull Way <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Palm City, FL USA GPG Key ID: 390D6559 PGP Key ID: A8E40EB9

Re: Help!!! undelete for ext3fs!!!

my laptop. > > However, how would I delete from the Trashcan, save removing the > alias temporarily? ``/bin/rm'' or ``\rm'' will execute th rm binary, not the alias. Bob -- _ |_) _ |_ Robert D. Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |

Re: dictd quite memory hungry...

l dictd and run free again, my free memory has not changed significantly. Bob dictd maintainer -- _ |_) _ |_ Robert D. Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |_) 1294 S.W. Seagull Way <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: need email removed

hat were deleted so I can't > remove them from the lists. Can you tell me all the accounts that are set > up under votcom.com, or just delete them outright. You will have a better chance of getting something done if you write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]'. Bob -- _ |_) _

Re: "C" Manual

on jargon 4.0. Jargon 4.3.0 is in dict-jargon 4.3.0-1 in woody. (None of the dict-* packages use any shared libraries, so the woody versions may be installed on a potato system.) Bob -- _ |_) _ |_ Robert D. Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |_)

Re: Debian Weekly News - December 12th, 2001

des computer related dictionaries that include many Debian-specific terms as well as general computer-related terms. apt-cache show dictd - The package description lists the other dictionaries packaged for Debian. Bob -- _ |_) _ |_ Robert D. H

Re: Make a deb package from the running system?

-get install dpkg-repack Bob -- _ |_) _ |_ Robert D. Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |_) 1294 S.W. Seagull Way <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Palm City, FL USA GPG Key ID: 390D6559 PGP Key ID: A8E40EB9

Accessing URLs from a MUA

iate being pointed in this direction. I am using GNUS 5.3, with emacs 19.34.1 and Netscape 4.77. Bob -- _ |_) _ |_ Robert D. Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |_) 1294 S.W. Seagull Way <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Palm City, FL USA

Re: rdate can't connect socket

Samuel Tardieu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 16/09, Bob Hilliard wrote: > > | This has worked consistently for a long time, but for the past > | week or two it returns: > | rdate: Could not connect socket: Connection refused > | > | This message ret

Re: Linux Administration ?'s

ize: 130452 MD5sum: 51d23b92d1f780481568456946710b0f Description: The Linux System Administrators' Guide The Linux System Administrators' Guide from the Linux Documentation Project. Aimed at novice system administrators. Bob -- _ |_) _ |_ Robert D. Hilliard <[EMAIL PROT

rdate can't connect socket

believe, to be a connection refused at the remote server. Can this be a socket on my machine that refuses a connection? I have rdate 1.3-3. Bob -- _ |_) _ |_ Robert D. Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |_) 1294 S.W. Seagull Way <[EMAIL

Using Visioneer Scanner under Debian

Is anyone using a Visioneer 4400 Scanner successfully under Debian? -- _ |_) _ |_ Robert D. Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |_) 1294 S.W. Seagull Way <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Palm City, FL USA GPG Key

Relational Data Base Managers

Can some one give an objective comparison of the several relational database managers in debian (postgresql, mysql - are there any others?). Bob -- _ |_) _ |_ Robert D. Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |_) 1294 S.W. Seagull Way <[EMAIL

Re: [OT] What is he talking about ? - debian and kernel headers

t, but now even Linus agrees with us. Read /usr/share/doc/kernel-package/README.headers for a detailed explanation. Bob -- _ |_) _ |_ Robert D. Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |_) 1294 S.W. Seagull Way <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Palm Ci

Re: Onshore TimeSheet

package, but Adam Di Carlo is very active in Debian, and is definitely still around. Bob -- _ |_) _ |_ Robert D. Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |_) 1294 S.W. Seagull Way <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: oldlibs

nd > then under Debian. Anyone know where I can find them? Look in in the Packages file for Section: oldlibs. There are a great many old libs there. Bob -- _ |_) _ |_ Robert D. Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |_) 1294 S.W. Seagull Way <[EMAIL PR

Re: Value too large for defined data type?

rwrite existing file which means the -C (noclobber) option is set, you can use: `cat /dev/null >| /tmp/save.tar` to override noclobber. Bob -- _ |_) _ |_ Robert D. Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |_) 1294 S.W. Seagull Way <[EMAIL PROT

Re: Emacs works differently within X and outside

ideas? I have the following in my .emacs file: ; To try to get BS/DEL right in emacs in x and in gnus (global-set-key [delete] 'delete-char ) (global-set-key [backspace] 'delete-backward-char ) Bob -- _ |_) _ |_ Robert D. Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Fw: difference b/w comipling kernel and source.deb

ur mail software. Bob -- _ |_) _ |_ Robert D. Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |_) 1294 S.W. Seagull Way <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Palm City, FL USA GPG Key ID: 390D6559 PGP Key ID: A8E40EB9

Re: dictonary

Hans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is there any front-end GUI available for dict, or ways to access it via a > browser? --hans word-inspect Bob -- _ |_) _ |_ Robert D. Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |_) 1294 S.W. Seagull Way

Re: dictonary

|_) _ |_ Robert D. Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |_) 1294 S.W. Seagull Way <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Palm City, FL USA GPG Key ID: 390D6559 PGP Key ID: A8E40EB9

Re: Autmatically switch "Num Lock" to on at Login

utomatically to on? /usr/bin/setleds (from the console-tools package) works for the console. For X download numlockx from http://dforce.sh.cvut.cz/~seli/en/khotkeys/numlock.php3. It should be in Debian, but it didn't make it. :-( Bob -- _ |_) _ |_ Robert D

Re: Linux filesystem structure

olete) fsstnd and the current FHS. Bob -- _ |_) _ |_ Robert D. Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |_) 1294 S.W. Seagull Way <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Palm City, FL USA GPG Key ID: 390D6559 PGP Key ID: A8E40EB9

Re: /dev/ttyS0 permissions changing...

its. If it exits abnormally (crash, kill -9, etc) the permissions are not restored. I have suspected that it does not always restore them on a normal exit, but haven't been able to prove that to my satisfaction. Bob -- _ |_) _ |_ Robert D. Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Advice on HD partitioning

home directory, and a large /usr/local partition, primarily for building my packages. I also have a DOS 6.22 partition and an WIN95 partition. I can boot into any of these partitions using GRUB, and my home and /usr/local are mounted in any of the Linux partitions. Bob -- _ |_) _ |_

Re: Build Packages-file

|_ Robert D. Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |_) 1294 S.W. Seagull Way <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Palm City, FL USA GPG Key ID: 390D6559 PGP Key ID: A8E40EB9

Re: Holding packages w/o dselect

[ -z "$*" ] ; then echo "Usage:" echo " dpkg-hold " exit 1 fi for i in $@ ; do echo "$ihold" done | dpkg --set-selections ---cut here--- Despite the caveat about error checking, I have had good results with it. It is trivial

Re: hd failure (maybe), please adivse

drive is in warranty, and you request an "Advanced RMA" they will ship a replacement drive within 2 days, and you can return the bad one after you install the new one. It makes the process almost painless. Bob -- _ |_) _ |_ Robert D. Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: tripple booting dos/win/linux

ms are show-stoppers as far as I am concerned. Bob -- _ |_) _ |_ Robert D. Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |_) 1294 S.W. Seagull Way <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Palm City, FL USA GPG Key ID: 390D6559 PGP Key ID: A8E40EB9

Re: Package Garbage Collection

n be done to detect this potential > garbage? apt-get install cruft Bob -- _ |_) _ |_ Robert D. Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |_) 1294 S.W. Seagull Way <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Palm City, FL USA GPG Key ID: 390D6559

Wrap-up: Driver for DSL Modem

ibed in the reference Jaye Inabnit sent are indeed daunting, and I have heard such tales regarding other Telco companies. I have canceled my BellSouth order, and will keep on struggling with the cable company. Thanks again to all of you. Bob -- _ |_) _ |_ Robert D. Hilliard

Re: possible move to unstable..

of what should be there, even if you cancel out of the > configuration. That's very bad form. You should file a bug report against lilo in that case. Bob -- _ |_) _ |_ Robert D. Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |_) 1294 S.W. Seagull Way <[EMAIL

Driver for DSL Modem

using BellSouth DSL service under Debian? Does anyone know of a Linux driver for this modem? Bob -- _ |_) _ |_ Robert D. Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |_) 1294 S.W. Seagull Way <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Palm City, F

Re: upgrade -1?

quot;$ihold" done | dpkg --set-selections ---cut here--- You can also give the same command manually. Bob -- _ |_) _ |_ Robert D. Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |_) 1294 S.W. Seagull Way <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Pal

Re: "true?" rescue floppy

l tar tcic tee telnet | test touch tune2fs umount undeb update vi vi.help wc My cable modem has just gone south, and I can't get a service call very soon, so this may be delayed. Bob -- _ |_) _ |_ Robert D. Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |_) 1294 S

Re: Full System Restore with tar: Reminder!

commands and then diff the two files. =20 Why do this? If I purge (I _never_ remove) a package it is because I don't want it on my system anymore. I run a new dpkg--get-selections>foo whenever I remove a package. Bob -- _ |_) _ |_ Robert D. Hilliard <[EMAI

Re: rescue floppy

but it works well on my Debian system. Bob -- _ |_) _ |_ Robert D. Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |_) 1294 S.W. Seagull Way <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Palm City, FL USA GPG Key ID: 390D6559 PGP Key ID: A8E40EB9

Re: Full System Restore with tar: Reminder!

make a full backup. Bob -- _ |_) _ |_ Robert D. Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |_) 1294 S.W. Seagull Way <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Palm City, FL USA GPG Key ID: 390D6559 PGP Key ID: A8E40EB9

Re: Full System Restore with tar: Reminder!

uot;somewhere safe" and > point the re-installation process to it and just let it have its > wicked way with your Debian CD-ROM (or whatever). dpkg --get-selections > filename dpkg --set-selections < filename HTH Bob -- _ |_) _ |_ Robert D. Hilliard <[EMAIL P

Re: Is there any way to prevent a package from upgrading?

ld " exit 1 fi for i in $@ ; do echo "$ihold" done | dpkg --set-selections ---cut here--- Despite the disclaimer about error checking, I have had good results with it. I have also reversed it to make dpkg-unhold. Bob -- _ |_) _ |_ Robert D. Hillia

Re: Grub vs LILO

Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>>>> "Bob" == Bob Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Bob> # For booting Windows95 title WIN95 on /dev/hdb1 unhide > Bob> (hd1,0) hide (hd0,0) map (hd1) (hd0) map

Re: Problem building dot-forward for qmail

h_testdir is a debhelper command, so debhelper should be a build-depend for this package. apt-get install debhelper Bob -- _ |_) _ |_ Robert D. Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |_) 1294 S.W. Seagull Way <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Palm Cit

Re: minicom (was Re: Serial terminal software.)

s on where your modem is located). /etc/init.d//setserial saves the serial port settings when you shutdown, and restores them on bootup. Another place to check is minicom configuration. In minicom, CTRL A O, choose "Serial port setup". HTH Bob -- _ |_) _ |_ Robert

Re: Grub vs LILO

/hdc is also E:. Neither of these are more than minor irritations, but it would be nice to cure them. (In the Windows stanza I have used both rootnoverify (hd0,0) and root (hd0,0) without making any difference.) Bob -- _ |_) _ |_ Robert D. Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: Grub vs LILO

't think lilo permits that. Bob -- _ |_) _ |_ Robert D. Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |_) 1294 S.W. Seagull Way <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Palm City, FL USA GPG Key ID: 390D6559 PGP Key ID: A8E40EB9

Re: eml attached file problem

uuenview/uudeview (from the uudeview package) will code/decode base 64 and a number of other formats. Bob "David B. Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > To quote Erdmut Pfeifer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > # Copy these lines into a file, e.g. "base64dec.pl", make it executable > # and call it lik

Re: wacky kernel question

way, even though it was probably never used on a true teletype terminal. Incidentally, TTY originally meant a teletype. The first definition of TTY in the foldoc is: 1. {teletypewriter}. Bob -- _ |_) _ |_ Robert D. Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_)

Command to determine resolution

Is there a command available in Debian to determine what resolution is being used in an X session? Please Cc: me on any replies. Bob -- _ |_) _ |_ Robert D. Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |_) 1294 S.W. Seagull Way <[EMAIL

Can't start X after upgrade

before. Please Cc: me on any replies. Bob -- _ |_) _ |_ Robert D. Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |_) 1294 S.W. Seagull Way <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Palm City, FL USA GPG Key ID: 390D6559

GNUS can't find netscape

that can be set to give gnus the path to netscape, but I can't find it. Any hints will be appreciated. Please Cc: me on any replies. Bob -- _ |_) _ |_ Robert D. Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |_) 1294 S.W. Seagull Way <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Looking for old Debian Logo Candidate (Ant)

I am trying to find one of the candidates from the Debian Logo competition of last year. It was an ant, was known as jeannette-0, and used to be available at: http://contest.gimp.org/view.cgi?month=1999-02&mode=show&graphic=jeannette-0 I am particularly looking for the ant head design, not the

Authenticating SMTP Server

ere? Kirk Hilliard

Re: Finding a package name?

-8859-2-75dpi Package: xfonts-biznet-iso-8859-2-base Bob -- _ |_) _ |_ Robert D. Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |_) 1294 S.W. Seagull Way <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Palm City, FL USA PGP Key ID: A8E40EB9

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