Re: Exim and SMTP on an internet gateway

2002-11-01 Thread simon martin
ortunately, DK> the docs at www.exim.org didn't mention this scenario. I'm sure that I DK> could do this if I fully understood the exim docs, but alas - I have not DK> fully digested them yet. DK> Thanks a lot, DK> David Knudsen DK> -- DK> David Knudsen, aka Dans

Re: To the Debian Project, IMHO

1999-09-20 Thread Simon Martin
ral users who complain that it doesn't live up to expectation, and it doesn't, you still have to know, despite what Microsoft or others may say. __ _ Debian GNU User / /(_)_ __ _ ___ __ Simon Martin / / | | '_ \| | | \ \/ / Project Manager / /__| | | | | |_

Re: To the Debian Project, IMHO

1999-09-18 Thread Simon Martin
x27;t get something for nothing and you definitely don't want to tell your customers to expect the world for nothing. __ _ Debian GNU User / /(_)_ __ _ ___ __ Simon Martin / / | | '_ \| | | \ \/ / Project Manager / /__| | | | | |_| |> <Isys \/_|_| |_|\__

Re: X Configuration

1999-09-17 Thread Simon Martin
Thanks Martyn et al. Creating the mem device worked. I now have X up and running. The next thing is to get this geometry thing right... __ _ Debian GNU User / /(_)_ __ _ ___ __ Simon Martin / / | | '_ \| | | \ \/ / Project Manager / /__| | | | | |_| |> &

Fw: X Configuration

1999-09-16 Thread Simon Martin
emory configuration, etc.) RSVP __ _ Debian GNU User / /(_)_ __ _ ___ __ Simon Martin / / | | '_ \| | | \ \/ / Project Manager / /__| | | | | |_| |> <Isys \/_|_| |_|\__,_/_/\_\ mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message ----- From: Simon Martin <[E

Re: hi i got a question

1999-09-16 Thread Simon Martin
and/or the diald daemon). __ _ Debian GNU User / /(_)_ __ _ ___ __ Simon Martin / / | | '_ \| | | \ \/ / Project Manager / /__| | | | | |_| |> <Isys \/_|_| |_|\__,_/_/\_\ mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Jerry <[EMAIL

Re: a sendmail puzzle

1999-09-15 Thread Simon Martin
How about setting the attribute to always append the domain name. (can't remember the option but it's around somewhere) __ _ Debian GNU User / /(_)_ __ _ ___ __ Simon Martin / / | | '_ \| | | \ \/ / Project Manager / /__| | | | | |_

Re: To the Debian Project, IMHO

1999-09-15 Thread Simon Martin
e rest. Have all the tools in any and every form. Drag'n Drop is good, but so is rcp. And now it's back to work. __ _ Debian GNU User / /(_)_ __ _ ___ __ Simon Martin / / | | '_ \| | | \ \/ / Project Manager / /__| | | | | |_| |> <Isys \/_|_|

Re: X Configuration

1999-09-14 Thread Simon Martin
r: xf86MapVidMem: failed to open /dev/mem (No such file or directory) When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send the full server output, not just the last messages X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown). === The last lines are the same on both telnet and console so I assume that the full output is correct. The interesting part is the /dev/mem not being available, what are the major / minor numbers for this device to create it by hand? TIA __ _ Debian GNU User / /(_)_ __ _ ___ __ Simon Martin / / | | '_ \| | | \ \/ / Project Manager / /__| | | | | |_| |> <Isys \/_|_| |_|\__,_/_/\_\ mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: simple bind question

1999-09-14 Thread Simon Martin
used bindconfig and it automagically modified the named.conf file, but such is life. If you just configure by hand you can remove the legacy files AFAIK. __ _ Debian GNU User / /(_)_ __ _ ___ __ Simon Martin / / | | '_ \| | | \ \/ / Project Manager / /__| | | | | |_| |&g

Re: X Configuration

1999-09-14 Thread Simon Martin
: David Kanter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: 13 September 1999 18:03 Subject: Re: X Configuration > Sounds like you could be trying to run X out of your monitor's scan range. > Try running XF86Setup, as root, and reconfigure. > > >>> "S

Re: How do you LOW FORMAT a hard drive

1999-09-13 Thread Simon Martin
As far as I can remember the old fixed disk controller used to be installed at paragraph C800:. To do a low level format we used to use the debug facility in DOS and do g C800:0005. I may be wrong, but this was 1986 on IBM PS/2s using 20MB hard disks, but a lot of legacy stuff seems to have pul

X Configuration

1999-09-13 Thread Simon Martin
back and a message to the effect that the Xserver did not start. Any help would be much appreciated. __ _ Debian GNU User / /(_)_ __ _ ___ __ Simon Martin / / | | '_ \| | | \ \/ / Project Manager / /__| | | | | |_| |> <Isys \/_|_| |_|\__,_/_/\_\ mai

RE: Version 2.0 to 2.1 upgrade

1999-03-14 Thread Simon Martin
Thanks Thomas, Works like a dream and it even makes sense! > -Original Message- > From: thomas lakofski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 14 March 1999 11:19 > To: Simon Martin > Cc: Debian-user list > Subject: Re: Version 2.0 to 2.1 upgrade > > > On Sun

Version 2.0 to 2.1 upgrade

1999-03-14 Thread Simon Martin
lems? TIA --- | Simon Martin | "By definition, all software is faulty. | | Project Manager | It is just a mere coincidence if it| | Isys | eve

New X11 installation

1996-12-20 Thread Simon Martin
o the xvidtune options. 3) Once I configure and X starts I don't get a login prompt. It just reflects the messages that diald generates for some unknown reason. What am I doing wrong? Simon Martin -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL

ppp and mgetty

1996-12-19 Thread Simon Martin
mgetty and configured it, but when it is spawned, diald will raise the ip link but ppp fails. Any bright ideas? TIA Simon Martin -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

named woes

1996-12-19 Thread Simon Martin
1.2 it times out before it gets resolves the address. I have worked around it for the moment by having my ISP's address appear 3 times in resolv.conf, it treats it as three different name servers. This is but a frig, how can I change the timeout? Simon Martin -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM

Debian 1.1 -> 1.2 update

1996-12-19 Thread Simon Martin
packaging system. Once again thanks. Simon Martin -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Formatting umsdos partitions

1996-12-17 Thread Simon Martin
Try mount -t vfat /dev/hd?? /??. This mounts the filesystem with long name support | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | <http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Park/1152> | Simon Martin | "Old software engineers never die, | they

Re: moving directories to new partition

1996-12-17 Thread Simon Martin
| <http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Park/1152> | Simon Martin | "Old software engineers never die, | they just fail to boot" | | Any Trademarks used in this document are recognized | as Registered Trademarks of their

Mounting a file as a filesystem

1996-12-06 Thread Simon Martin
Hi all, Thanks for the suggestions. I dowloaded FIPS and used it to repartition my hard disk. I haven't found any problems yet. Thanks Simon -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Mounting a file as a filesystem

1996-12-06 Thread Simon Martin
noise on this list about setting being able to mount a file as a filesystem. I would like to know how I can create say a 200MB file on hdb (Win 95) and mount it as a filesystem on say /usr. Is this possible? What do I need to do it? | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Simon

Re: Strange behavior of lpr+lpd resolved

1996-11-24 Thread Simon Martin
Mario Giammarco wrote: > I cannot understand why a cable let some program print and other no. This is because there different handshaking schemes that can be implemented on the Centronics interface. I don't have a copy of the IEEE specification at the moment so I can't be more specific. One of th

Re: X is painful

1996-11-21 Thread Simon Martin
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Re: Is `.deb' still better than `.rpm'?

1996-11-15 Thread Simon Martin
is a great product, and a great concept, but let's make it pretty. A lot of good products have died through lack of beauty. Simon Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Old software engineers never die, they just fail to boot" Any Trademarks used in this document are recognized as Regi

Re: Docs for cron.daily?

1996-11-08 Thread Simon Martin
I remember seeing an entry for this in a normal crontab file. It must be in /etc or /var/spool/cron/root, or something like that. "Simon Martin"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Old software engineers never die, they just fail to boot" Any Trademarks used in this document ar

Re: tail -f /var/adm/messages

1996-11-04 Thread Simon Martin
You probably set the debug flag on diald. At least this is the output I got when I did that. "Simon Martin"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Old software engineers never die, they just fail to boot" Any Trademarks used in this document are recognized as Registered Trademarks

Re: DialD: Finally

1996-10-27 Thread Simon Martin
Hi Daniel, Try using the ip-up/ip-down scripts. See the man page for more info Simon -- From: Daniel Stringfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: DialD: Finally Date: 25 October 1996 23:08 Ok!! Don't need help on this anymore!! It works.. finally... BUT..

Re: What does Debian mean?

1996-10-26 Thread Simon Martin
Bruce answered this a while back. It stands for Deborah and Ian, the people who started off Debian. Over to you Bruce "Simon Martin"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Old software engineers never die, they just fail to boot" Any Trademarks used in this document are recognize

popclient and diald (fwd)

1996-10-15 Thread Simon Martin
forwarded message: > From smartin Tue Oct 15 14:38:30 1996 > Message-Id: > From: smartin (Simon Martin) > Subject: popclient and diald > To: smartin (Simon Martin) > Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 14:38:30 -0300 (CDT) > X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25 PGP2] > MIME-Version: 1.0 &g

Re: popclient and diald (fwd)

1996-10-12 Thread Simon Martin
; Subject: Re: popclient and diald > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Simon Martin) > Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 09:16:31 -0400 (EDT) > In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> from "Simon Martin" at Oct 10, 96 10:40:33 pm > Organization: Eric Conspiracy Secret Labs > X-Eric

Mail system

1996-10-06 Thread Simon Martin
m the server Any bright ideas? TIA "Simon Martin"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Old software engineers never die, they just fail to boot" Any Trademarks used in this document are recognized as Registered Trademarks of their respective owners. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THI

IPFWADM and DIALD

1996-10-04 Thread Simon Martin
Hi all, I sent a fairly long enquiry a couple of days ago but nothing happened. In this case I would like to know who are the DIALD and IPFWADM maintainers so that I can really get to grips with what is happening internally in these packages and see if I can solve my problems. Thanks. "

Re: ipfwadm

1996-10-01 Thread Simon Martin
> From: Gerry Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On Fri, 27 Sep 1996, Simon Martin wrote: > >> 2) recompiled the kernel experimental, with the masquerade, firewall, etc >> enabled, ip forwarding, etc disabled, as per the instructions in the >> IP_MASQUERADE mini how

ipfwadm

1996-09-28 Thread Simon Martin
Internet (mail, news, www, telnet, irc, to name but a few). I hope someone can help me as I am a bit lost at the moment. "Simon Martin"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Old software engineers never die, they just fail to boot" Any Trademarks used in this document are recognized as Regi

Firewall

1996-09-22 Thread Simon Martin
tware (SOCKS, TIS, ...) as I intend to setup an Internet firewall now 2) can anyone let me know where to find the above software. Thanks in advance "Simon Martin"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Old software engineers never die, they just fail to boot" Any Trademarks used in

Re: Swap partition and fdisk

1996-09-21 Thread Simon Martin
systems administrator, plus an hour for everyone who cannot access the server...) and I think people will agree that it may be a good idea to install a swap partition, even though I don't think I need it, because tomorrow... Sorry I got so long winded but I think that this is a very importa

Mouse

1996-09-17 Thread Simon Martin
come up to a brick wall. The information available in the HOWTOs is very good, but from an initial startup point of view, if things go wrong I need to browse through a couple of MB of data, not very productive. As I said, maybe I'm looking in the wrong places, please any advice that may be advantage

First time installation

1996-09-12 Thread Simon Martin
. If anyone could help me by sending any kind of instructions, links to Web sites, or other information that might be helpful I would be much obliged. Thanks, in advance, for any help. "Simon Martin"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Old software engineers never die, they just fail to boo

elf-x11r6lib

1996-09-10 Thread Simon Martin
Hi all, Whilst trying to install tk40 I get a dependency error on elf-x11r6lib. I've checked the Debian Web and ftp sites and haven't been able to find it. Can anyone tell me where to access this file? "Simon Martin"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Old software engineers ne