Problems in upgrade to unstable...

1998-02-07 Thread ockman
Just upgraded to hammfollowed the faq but am still having some problems. The most recent is this... When I run dselect, and pick the option to install I get this... Can't locate Net/Config.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5/i386-linux/5.004 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/local/lib/site_perl/i3

Taking diff of two directories recursively?

1997-11-04 Thread Sam Ockman
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Re: Accel-X and Debian

1997-11-04 Thread Sam Ockman
e, no problems! Yea, I'm real happy with Xig - > and let me add ESTINC. for Bru 2000. Great stuff. I personally > use Linux because its better, not because it's free! -- VA Research Linux Workstations | The World's Best Linux Computers http://www.varesearch.com | Samue

Re: Best version of tetris?

1997-10-30 Thread Sam Ockman
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Best version of tetris?

1997-10-30 Thread Sam Ockman
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Re: Applixware - off topic

1997-08-05 Thread Sam Ockman
h, I would look at Staroffice before Applixware. Staroffice is much more similar to Office 95 then Applixware is. Good luck... Sam -- VA Research Linux Workstations | VA Research Is Hiring... http://www.varesearch.com | Tech support for Linux/Windows 95/NT Samuel Ockman

Re: /etc/rc[0-6].d directories missing in Debian 1.3.1

1997-07-25 Thread Sam Ockman
700 1997, Sam Ockman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I found the rc directories in /var/backup along with the file rc.symlink > > there. I put them back where they belong. It still seems important that we > > figure out what caused this (maybe this belongs in Debian

Re: /etc/rc[0-6].d directories missing in Debian 1.3.1

1997-07-24 Thread Sam Ockman
rc.symlinkIt's nowhere else on the disk. Where does it belong?? Thanks Sam Message from Sam Ockman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) on 7-23-97: > I just installed Debian 1.3.1, and spent several harrowing hours getting > exactly the packages I want (working out dependancies, etc.) I was just

/etc/rc[0-6].d directories missing in Debian 1.3.1

1997-07-23 Thread Sam Ockman
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Re: Ricoh CDRW (CD-ReWritable) drive

1997-06-06 Thread Sam Ockman
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Re: Installing TKnet - where to unpack it?

1997-05-19 Thread Sam Ockman
ead use dpkg/dselect. On the other hand it would be fine to do so from /usr/local/bin, because you know your the person who put it there in the first place. Good luck -Sam -- VA Research Linux Workstations| The World's Best Linux Workstations

Re: Problem with wu-ftpd....

1997-05-15 Thread Sam Ockman
Message from Jens B. Jorgensen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Sam Ockman wrote: > > > > At work I sit behind a firewall. The firewall lets me out for whatever I > > want, but for some reason, there is a conflict with the wu-ftpd > > distributed with Debian and my firewa

Problem with wu-ftpd....

1997-05-15 Thread Sam Ockman
..but the two Debian machines at home take several minutes to let me in, and master.debian.org won't let me in at all, or maybe I just haven't waited long enough for it to timeout. Thanks, Sam -- VA Research Linux Workstations Engineered like no other http://www.varesearch.com Sam Oc

Which computers get polled for rwho/rusers/etc.

1997-05-12 Thread Sam Ockman
How do I control which computers get polled for rwho, rusers, etc. Is it controlled by my routing table, by a file, by something else? Thanks Sam -- VA Research Linux Workstations Engineered like no other http://www.varesearch.com Sam Ockman - (415)934-3666, ext. 133 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM

Re: Is this a bad, bad sign? (harddisk problem?)

1997-05-08 Thread Sam Ockman
p > > this fast. > > Indeed, there is something really wrong. Something really is > wrong with the harddisk. Few months ago there was a thread in a linux > mailing list about the how unreliable some western digital harddisk are. > many disgruntled linux users. you could chec

Messages off by default?

1997-05-08 Thread Sam Ockman
Debian 1.3 seems to turn messages off by default for users. I know I can put "mesg on" in the default login files either in skel or etc, but is there anyway to do it that is not shell specific Thanks, Sam -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROT

Really good looking screen savers....

1997-05-07 Thread Sam Ockman
Anyone know of any really good looking screen-savers...something like xlock, but that looks more like something Microsoft will have in Windows 97? Thanks, Sam -- VA Research Linux Workstations Engineered like no other http://www.varesearch.com Sam Ockman - (415)934-3666, ext. 133 -- TO

Re: Is this a bad, bad sign? (harddisk problem?)

1997-05-05 Thread Sam Ockman
couldn't clean it with 'fsck'.. > > i probably went the cheezy way and reinstalled Linux -- but then again > > some ppl can't do that because they are running networked computers > > that ppl actually use :) > > > > > > On Su

Is this a bad, bad sign? (harddisk problem?)

1997-05-05 Thread Sam Ockman
Found this on terminal 7, probably came from X Is it a bad, bad thing, or just somewhat bad? hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } hda: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=2356919, sector=1280358 end_request: I/O error, dev 03:03, sector 1280358 hda: dma

Re: year-2000 testing

1997-04-27 Thread Sam Ockman
r from the year 1999 to 2000, so probably the best thing would be to set your computer's date to Dec. 31, 1999, and see what happens to your processes when it hits midnight. -Sam -- VA Research Linux Workstations Engineered like no other http://www.varesearch.com Sam Ockman - (415)934-3666

FTPing from my debian box...

1997-04-25 Thread Sam Ockman
ht be the problem that the other person on this news group is having.) Any ideas as to why this might be so? Thanks, Sam -- VA Research Linux Workstations Engineered like no other http://www.varesearch.com Sam Ockman - (415)934-3666, ext. 133 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the

Differences between run levels 2-5?

1997-04-19 Thread Sam Ockman
Has "Debian" defined any specific meaning to runlevels 2, 3, 4, and 5? For example RedHat puts everything in 3, everything but NFS stuff in 2, and starts xdm at run level 5 (as well as starting everything else). Run level 4 on the other hand is left totally open for the user. As far as I can tell

Re: RPM

1997-03-31 Thread Sam Ockman
ections. Excellent. This is something that I've longed for for months. Thank you both! -- * These are a few of my favorite things---Brown paper packages tied up * with string, Linux, zshell, mutt, afterstep, procmail, XEmacs, Viper, * Perl, less, x48, LaTeX, ncftp, slrn, and sending lots of pings. * -"This sig is McQ!" - Sam Ockman, [EMAIL PROTECTED]