Re: joe and lynx on a short terminal

1996-08-30 Thread renald loignon
>Here's what I have in /ect/profile to do what I think you want; >--cut- >TTYTYPE=`tty|cut -f 3 -d /|grep -f - /etc/ttytype|cut -f 1 -d " "` > if [ "$TTYTYPE" = "" ]; then > : > else > TERM=$TTYTYPE > fi > >unset TTYTYPE >--

Re: Fix for your serial/PPP problems

1996-08-25 Thread renald loignon
>After I saw the original post about irqtune here, I decided to ask about >it on the kernel list. Linus is looking into it now. Funny thing is, the following message was posted in that very same kernel list on August 7th, and even though I and a couple of others chimed in with confirmation of the

Re: Fix for your serial/PPP problems

1996-08-22 Thread renald loignon
>renald loignon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >: Could someone knowledgeable in low-level kernel matters take a look at the >: following? I looked at the Web page, and though it sounds interesting >: overall (and it WOULD solve a serial problem I experienced with Debian 1.1.1 >: a

Re: simple but useful debian enhancement

1996-08-22 Thread renald loignon
>Following the thread about how to enhance dselect/dpkg to ease >re-installation, I would like to suggest my idea: > >A menu item in dselect to store the present configuration on the >base diskettes. Or on a separate diskette reserved for that purpose...

Re: Fix for your serial/PPP problems

1996-08-21 Thread renald loignon
Could someone knowledgeable in low-level kernel matters take a look at the following? I looked at the Web page, and though it sounds interesting overall (and it WOULD solve a serial problem I experienced with Debian 1.1.1 and kernel 2.0.6), there appear to be some technical inaccuracies which give

Re: output of shutdown -h now

1996-08-21 Thread renald loignon
>I am reluctant to bring this up again, since I saw it just a few >months ago on this list, and didn't pay attention at the time. So, >at the risk of rehashing this problem (if that is what it is), I am >submitting it again since I am now having the same difficulty myself. > >I am using the origin

Re: module cdu31a fails on insert

1996-08-20 Thread renald loignon
>Susan: >> I'm getting confused. Isn't the purpose of /usr/lib/module_help/arguments >> to document the arguments that can be given to a module when it is >> activated? >I don't think the cdu31a information is in there - we must have missed >it when we created modconf. Also, not everyone uses mod

Re: module cdu31a fails on insert

1996-08-18 Thread renald loignon
>Use the argument "cdu31a_port=0x340" when you install the module. It also >understands "cdu31a_irx=N". May I ask, in all seriousness, and without a trace of sarcasm, where in the world (BUT preferably in the Debian installation instructions) one is expected to find this information? I was used t

Re: [Fwd: Virus Alert]

1996-08-17 Thread renald loignon
>Not true. You can't get a virus from reading an email message. > >Notice that the original post came from AOL.. :) O... Cheap shot! ;-) >Robbie >(who wonders how many people deleted this message in fear when they >saw the Subject: line..) We... the subject didn't contain "Good Times"

Re: Installation-problem

1996-08-06 Thread renald loignon
>On the other hand, you could copy the relevant directories off of the CD >and put them into the path structure that this version of dselect wants to >find them. what exactly IS that path structure that dselect expects? I would like to know the answer to this for two different scenarios: 1) Lon

RE: Questions

1996-08-04 Thread renald loignon
>>And when I use "mount" command, it doesn't show CDROM is mounted. >??? 'df' will show you what filesystems are mounted, not mount. Just type mount{Enter} without any parameters, and see what output you get. "Live and learn", eh?