help!!!!!!

To Whom It May Concern, I recently purchased your version of linux, but am having trouble installing it. I was hoping you had tech support that could walk me through it. I would appreciate it if you could send me this phone number. Thanks! Sincerely, John A. _

Re: wvdial dials; kppp doesn't. Why???

I made a little headway here, I got kppp to go through (as root) but it died quickly. I'll look for some info on CHAP, I guess, eh? (I'm embarrassed to say that I had misidentified the serial port, I had it as /dev/ttys0 . . . oops! But there must be at least another problem!) May 29 00:41:06 pro

RE: help!!!!!!

hehe, spot the Microsoft user ... sorry, must be constructive ... what is the exact problem you're having? Andrew -Original Message- From: John Archuleta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 29, 2000 1:13 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: help!! To Whom It May Conc

Re: help!!!!!!

John Archuleta wrote: > To Whom It May Concern, > > I recently purchased your version of linux, but am having trouble > installing it. I was hoping you had tech support that could walk me through > it. I would appreciate it if you could send me this phone number. Thanks! > > Sincerely, > Jo

has anyone tried Mirapoint's Internet Message Server ?

hi gang ! ive veeb reading a lot fo good stuff about the Internet Message Server from Mirapoint (www.mirapoint.com) and i would just like to ask whether there's anyone here who has tried it. how is it w/ really large email services ? thanks in advance. Chad

Using APM

Hello, I'd like to be able to put my computer to sleep as it does under windows. So far, I've gotten my screen to suspend, but that's all... and the APM doc is useless. My SCSI host adapter is a 2940 Ultra, and the drive is a Quantum Fireball. The CPU is a PII. I have a SCSI drive, my / par

Using special keys on a keyboard

Hello, I recently got a new keyboard with several special keys to power off the computer, launch the mailer, etc. I'd like to make them work under Linux (I'm using Potato). When I press them at boot time, I get on screen a message "unknown scancode" with a code "e0 xx". But I fear these codes

Re: How to start Gnome

Hi Eric! \begin{pedantic} Just a question about ".xsession": Isn't it a "rc"-file like ".xinitrc", and therefore there is no need for a shell-script, neither for an executable-bit? \end{pedantic} bye, MH " Procedure: " " 1. Open a text editor (ae, joe, jed, pico, vi, vim, emacs, others..) "

Re: Everybuddy

Thanks for that. I was trying to compile it from source. Mike Werner wrote: > > Daniel Burrows wrote: > > > > I'm trying to install everybuddy. http://www.everybuddy.com - I can't > > seem to get anywhere with it. Anyone use this app and got it to work? I > > need a step-by-step guide please!!

Date of new release

Hi! I've been lurking on this list for a few days, as a preliminary to making the leap from Mandrake to Debian - getting the feel of the "community". It feels good! The imminent arrival of a new stable release seems like a good time to jump. Does anyone know roughly when the new release might

Re: Using APM

Le Mon, 29 May 2000, vous avez écrit : > Thibaut Cousin wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > I'd like to be able to put my computer to sleep as it does under windows. > > So > > far, I've gotten my screen to suspend, but that's all... and the APM doc is > > useless. > > My SCSI host adapter is a 29

Re: How to start Gnome

On Mon, May 29, 2000 at 10:48:49AM +0200, MH wrote: > Hi Eric! > > \begin{pedantic} > Just a question about ".xsession": Isn't it a "rc"-file like ".xinitrc", > and therefore there is no need for a shell-script, neither for an > executable-bit? > \end{pedantic} Not my understanding... It's an e

Re: window-managers

It's not registered, so any ideas how to do this? I can't get anywhere with it. "Eric G . Miller" wrote: > > On Sun, May 28, 2000 at 08:35:24PM +0100, Daniel Burrows wrote: > > > > I have just upgraded to potato. Previously, in slink, I had setup my > > window-managers file to start kde by defaul

Re: X on a 486

Windowmaker runs fine on my 486DX2-66 with 12Mb RAM. :) Cheers, Corey Popelier http://members.dingoblue.net.au/~pancreas Work Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 19 Jun 2001, Atila Nemet wrote: > Hi! > > Unfortunately I have only an old 486 PC on 120MHz. Is there > window manager which is low o

Guidance

Hi, I have just finished installing the debian base system on my 386sx, which has a 170 meg hd and 8 meg of memory. I am brand new to linux/unix. I need some help. I have been on your site for about an hour and have not found any help yet. My 386 is not on the net. How do i download package

Re: Intro and it seems that W3.1 can see beyond the partition barriers!

I am guessing but I hope it will worth something: 1) I do believe that having Win think it got the whole disk for itself might be a problem if it will try to use the part that is not belong to it. Although in this case it might fail and return an error without damaging anything. 2) Does the 2 fd

Re: Date of new release

Glyn Millington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I've been lurking on this list for a few days, as a preliminary to >making the leap from Mandrake to Debian - getting the feel of the >"community". It feels good! Welcome! >The imminent arrival of a new stable release seems like a good time >to jump.

Re: Using APM

Thibaut Cousin wrote: > > Le Mon, 29 May 2000, vous avez écrit : > > Thibaut Cousin wrote: > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > I'd like to be able to put my computer to sleep as it does under > > > windows. So > > > far, I've gotten my screen to suspend, but that's all... and the APM doc > > > is >

Re: X on a 486

On Wed, 20 Jun 2001 05:24:50 Atila Nemet wrote: > Hi! > > Unfortunately I have only an old 486 PC on 120MHz. Is there > window manager which is low on system resources so I > could set up X on this 486? I used to run KDE on a 486 Dx4/100 with 12 meg of ram ! But that was a bit extreme, there ar

How to see hidden files/dirs

How do i get gnome/gtk apps to show me hidden files and dirs ?? ( i dont mean gmc ) In most other apps its no problem but gtk/gnome no success thusfar :(. Is there some system config for this. ( havent found it yet ). cheers

[Fwd: Guidance]

Vitux wrote: > > T wrote: > > > > Hi, > > I have just finished installing the debian base system on my 386sx, which > > has a 170 meg hd and 8 meg of memory. I am brand new to linux/unix. I > > need some help. I have been on your site for about an hour and have not > > found any help yet. M

Antivirus AVP para linux

Hola: Me he bajado de una versión beta del antivirus AVP para Linux (escanea virus de Win'9x). He pensado ponerlo para escanear por la noche en el servidor todos los directorios compartidos tipo Samba con máquinas de Windows. ¿Alguien lo ha probado?, ¿merece la pena?. Sa

[no subject]

Hello everbody, I have a problem concerning the time indication. Every time I log in to Debian Linux the clock indicates the wrong time. For example, the clock indicates 14.00 while it is actually 12.00. I remember that during the installation I have chosen GMT and this is probably causing the p

Re: your mail

tzconfig is the application you are looking for. Cheers, Corey Popelier http://members.dingoblue.net.au/~pancreas Work Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Mon, 29 May 2000, Goeman Stefan wrote: > Hello everbody, > > > I have a problem concerning the time indication. Every time I log in to > Debian

Re: Guidance

Hello Scott, before playing nethack : log as root, mcopy a:nethack_3.2.3-3.deb . dpkg -i nethack_3.2.3-3.deb mcopy is an util from the mtools package which allow you to use dos floppies. for help on mtools : man mtools dpkg is the debian package manager. "installer" there is an HOWTO use

Re: Guidance

T wrote: > > Hi, > I have just finished installing the debian base system on my 386sx, which has > a 170 > meg hd and 8 meg of memory. I am brand new to linux/unix. I need some help. > --- You'll find some documentation from http://www.linux.org/help/ You're propably using bash-she

Re: wvdial dials; kppp doesn't. Why???

try in kppp the CHAP or an script-based authentication method. ---Reply to mail from Chris Joyner about wvdial dials; kppp doesn't. Why??? > Dear friends, > > I have tinkered and tinkered but still can't make kppp work from KDE to > dial my modem. I can use wvdial from a console (but only a

Re:

Hello Stefan, > I remember that during the installation I have chosen GMT and this is > probably causing the problem. I live in the time zone Europe/Brussels so, > > Is there a way to fix this permanently? changing the time with date doesn't > solve the problem when a reboot. I would try tz

Re: Intro and it seems that W3.1 can see beyond the partition barriers!

At 13.28 29/5/00 +0300, Shaul Karl ha escrit: >I am guessing but I hope it will worth something: > >1) I do believe that having Win think it got the whole disk for itself might >be a problem if it will try to use the part that is not belong to it. Although >in this case it might fail and return a

Re: X on a 486

At 18.07 29/5/00 +0800, Corey Popelier ha escrit: >Windowmaker runs fine on my 486DX2-66 with 12Mb RAM. :) WindowMaker runs quite decently with the same machine as you, Corey, but w/ 20 MB of short (in cm) RAM slots and w/ an ISA video card. Atila, try to find somewhere in the /usr/X11, usr/doc

Re: Guidance

There is not a:\ in GNU/Linux. It's /dev/fd0 and you'll have to mount the unit. Put the diskette. type: mount /dev/fd0 /floppy (make sure you have a directory called /floppy in the base directory). Then go to /floppy If you can see the

[no subject]

Hello everbody, I have another question. I also have an iomega ZIP drive (250 Mb) connected on the parallel port of my PC but I am not able to access this device. When I use insmod or probemod to to load the imm driver, nothing happens. Well, this is not completely correct. The parallel port is

Re: Antivirus AVP para linux

Ho sento, però aquí és més recomanable escriure en anglès. No he provat l'antivirus aquest. Que vagi bé, I. ___ Do You Yahoo!? Achetez, vendez! À votre prix! Sur http://encheres.yahoo.fr

Re: Antivirus AVP para linux

At 12.19 29/5/00 +0200, Ximo Nadal ha escrit: >Hola: > >Me he bajado de una versión beta del >antivirus AVP para Linux (escanea virus de Win'9x). > >He pensado ponerlo para escanear por la noche en el servidor todos >los directorios compartidos tipo Samba con máquinas de

Re: zip drive (was mail without subject...)

You could check the messages in syslog, or use dmesg to see what happens... Ron Rademaker On Mon, 29 May 2000, Goeman Stefan wrote: > Hello everbody, > > > I have another question. > > I also have an iomega ZIP drive (250 Mb) connected on the parallel port of > my PC but I am not able to acce

Re: your mail

On Mon, May 29, 2000 at 01:51:04PM +0200, Goeman Stefan wrote: > Hello everbody, > > I have another question. > > I also have an iomega ZIP drive (250 Mb) connected on the parallel > port of my PC but I am not able to access this device. > > When I use insmod or probemod to to load the imm drive

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exim - listar problem

Hi, after installing listar (mailinglist software) and setting the correct aliases in /etc/aliases, i get the following error when mailing to [EMAIL PROTECTED]: 2000-05-29 14:08:02 12vj9N-0001GS-00 Neither the system_aliases director nor the address_pipe transport set a uid for local delivery of

Re: wvdial dials; kppp doesn't. Why???

Thanks, Jens, I have tried that, but I'm pretty sure my ISP uses PAP. Here is the ouptput to xconsole from KDE. (I finally figured out how to get it.) Any clues here? May 29 08:28:39 probe pppd[270]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 ] May 29 08:28:39 probe pppd[270]: rcvd [LCP ConfAck id=0x1 ] May

Re: wvdial dials; kppp doesn't. Why???

> May 29 08:28:39 probe pppd[270]: No CHAP secret found for authenticating > HiPer > May 29 08:28:39 probe pppd[270]: sent [CHAP Failure id=0x1 "I don't like > you. Go 'way."] > May 29 08:28:39 probe pppd[270]: sent [LCP TermReq id=0x2 "Authentication > failed"] CHAP doesn't work. Hmm Do you

Beware the potatoe mouse

This is an early warning concerning mouse function, whose relevance to you will depend upon your particular hardware and XF86Config file. Currently all is fine on my desktop which is mostly a Slink/Stable installation. The gpm console mouse daemon is running with affecting my good functionality u

Re:

Goeman Stefan wrote: > > Hello everbody, > > I have another question. > > I also have an iomega ZIP drive (250 Mb) connected on the parallel port of > my PC but I am not able to access this device. > > When I use insmod or probemod to to load the imm driver, nothing happens. > Well, this is not

BIND configuration files

Hi guys! Is there an easy way for converting old-style BIND (V 4.x.x) configuration files to the new version style (V 8.x.x)? I couldn't find anything matching my needs. TIA Sven

Re: How to start Gnome

I believe .xsession must be executable, though .xinitrc does not need to be executable. -- Andrew On Mon, 29 May 2000, MH wrote: > > Hi Eric! > > \begin{pedantic} > Just a question about ".xsession": Isn't it a "rc"-file like ".xinitrc", > and therefore there is no need for a shell-script, nei

Re: Using special keys on a keyboard

Thibaut Cousin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I recently got a new keyboard with several special keys to power off the >computer, launch the mailer, etc. I'd like to make them work under Linux (I'm >using Potato). > When I press them at boot time, I get on screen a message "unknown scancode" >with

DVD-ROM

Hello everybody, I have a DVD-ROM in PC. The problem with this DVR-ROM is that it is possible to mount software cdrom's using the usual mount command. But I don't know how to play a music CDROM. Clicking the CDROM icon in GNOME gives an error message. Greetings Stefan Goeman

Xconsole craps out after Potato-upgrade

Hi Debs Previously (in slink, 4 days ago), Xconsole was run when launching fvwm. Now, it doesn't start automagically, and gives an error: Couldn't open console when I start it manually. I find it quite annoying; I've gotten used to keeping an eye on the modem when dialing and my ailing /dev/hdc (ol

wheel mouse

Hello, Another problem. I also have a logictech wheel mouse. I would like to use that wheel for scrolling. I have installed the package imwheel but I don't know what I should do next to get the mouse working correctly. Any ideas? Greetings, Stefan Goeman.

Re: How to start Gnome

Hi Eric! " Not my understanding... It's an executable script like " /etc/X11/Xsession. Try chmod -x .xsession for yourself. " Then see if what you put in .xsession gets used. It's getting used anyway... But that's not the interesting point (it seems /etc/X11/Xsession deals with both possibil

Rage IIc AGP & X => no vt's!

Well, the subject kind of nutcases the situation. Since I changed to a nice 17" siemens monitor and a Rage IIc AGP card, there's only vt7(X) available. When I try any other vt, the screen blanks as if there's no input. I tried running the mach64-xserver, but that only gave me a bunch of screens on

Re: Guidance

On Mon, May 29, 2000 at 03:11:11AM -0700, T wrote: > I have just finished installing the debian base system on my 386sx, > which has a 170 meg hd and 8 meg of memory. I am brand new to > linux/unix. I need some help. I have been on your site for about > an hour and have not found any help yet.

Re: Beware the potatoe mouse

Something that'll probably work: Stop gpm when using X, that'll probably allow you to use your mouse in X Ron Rademaker On Mon, 5 Jun 2000, Marvin Stodolsky wrote: > This is an early warning concerning mouse function, whose relevance to > you will depend upon your particular hardware and XF86Co

Re: DVD-ROM

Goeman Stefan wrote: > I have a DVD-ROM in PC. > The problem with this DVR-ROM is that it is possible to mount software > cdrom's using the usual mount command. > But I don't know how to play a music CDROM. Clicking the CDROM icon in GNOME > gives an error message. > > What is the error message?

Floppy

Dear, Sir How are you I install GNU/Debian (Linux 2.1r2). But I didn't able to deal with floppy..I use (mount -t auto /dev/fd0 /floppy)...when I do that with an empty floppy it run without error message. but when I try to copy a file from /root or any to floppy , I use (cp filename /dev/fd0

Re: help!!!!!!

Hello John, Debian is not a company, it's a non-profit organisation. But HP is a company and gives even less suport than Debian, so please continue detailing your problems. Ignasi > I recently purchased your version of linux, but am having trouble >installing it.

Re: Intro and it seems that W3.1 can see beyond the partitionbarriers!

Hi Vitux, Perhaps I didn't sent that letter. Debian enormous amount of messages dizzies me! Sorry and thank you, man. Ignasi Transciption follows: >Sounds very strange to me, I would suppose

Re: Floppy

> Dear, Sir ... and madam. :) > How are you do we really need smalltalk? ;-) > any to floppy , I use (cp filename /dev/fd0).. after that , if I (umount ahh ... i have the impression, that you missed the idea of mouting ... use "cp filename /floppy" -- Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy m

Re: Floppy

> > any to floppy , I use (cp filename /dev/fd0).. after that , if I (umount > ahh ... i have the impression, that you missed the idea of mouting ... > > use "cp filename /floppy" > btw: from the fact, that you are able to write to /dev/fd0 i conclude, that you are probably working as root .

Re: help!!!!!!

The responses you have received are correct, though a little unforgivving. I started with other distributions that had nominaly easier installations but switched to Debian because of its continued flexibility. Take very seriously the use of this and other lists (including the bug-list). They are ty

Re: wheel mouse

Goeman Stefan wrote: > Hello, > > Another problem. > > I also have a logictech wheel mouse. I would like to use that wheel for > scrolling. > I have installed the package imwheel but I don't know what I should do next > to get the mouse working correctly. > > Any ideas? You will have to modify /e

Re: Xconsole craps out after Potato-upgrade

if you didn't specify the file option, try: xconsole -file /dev/xconsole On Mon, May 29, 2000 at 03:47:53PM +0200, Vitux wrote: > Hi Debs > Previously (in slink, 4 days ago), Xconsole was run when > launching fvwm. Now, it doesn't start automagically, and gives > an error: Couldn't open console

Re: Intro and it seems that W3.1 can see beyond thepartitionbarriers!

"I. Tura" wrote: > > Hi Vitux, > > Perhaps I didn't sent that letter. Debian enormous amount of messages > dizzies me! > > Sorry and thank you, man. > > Ignasi > > > Transciption follows: > >

Re: Intro and it seems that W3.1 can see beyond thepartitionbarriers!

On Mon, May 29, 2000 at 04:49:26PM +0200, Vitux wrote: > One last thing: Try getting a bios-update for your old > computer; I've had much succes on my own old 486/100 (now > being reconf'ed for server use). When I updated my old Award > bios, it enabled LBA and other nice stuff (apm was much > imp

Re: BIND configuration files

Sven Burgener wrote: > Is there an easy way for converting old-style BIND (V 4.x.x) > configuration files to the new version style (V 8.x.x)? Slink has a tool for this purpose ... named-bootconf, it comes as part of the bind package. Fraser

Re: is there a gui frontend in X for dialing ppp?

Hello John, On Sun, 28 May 2000, john smith wrote: > I have a few questions abt using ppp > > 1.what is a good gui program for dialing ppp instead of using pon blah in > the console or term. There is a nice wmaker-applet called wmppp.app. You push a little button to start the connection, you p

Re: scsi support for ide to enable cdrecord-ing

1) Having 2 cdroms on the same IDE may generate problems (http://www.fokus.gmd.de/research/cc/glone/employees/joerg.schilling/private/cdrecord.html). 2) Remember to put append="hdx=ide-scsi" in your lilo.conf 3) Change #define WAIT_CMD (10*HZ) to #define WAIT_CMD (1000*HZ) in the fi

Re: potato on 386

Hello Thomas, On Sun, 28 May 2000, Thomas Niesel wrote: > Now I want to know how to get deb-files to the disk. > Still got an corel-image which I know its debian-based, mounted as an > loop-device. > I can browse the CD but I don't know how to install the files. > I know it's maybe old stuff bu

Re: X on a 486

Atila Nemet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi! > > Unfortunately I have only an old 486 PC on 120MHz. Is there > window manager which is low on system resources so I > could set up X on this 486? other than those already mentioned, there is icewm. its advantage is IMHO that it is fast but still i

Re: wvdial dials; kppp doesn't. Why???

Hello Chris, On Sun, 28 May 2000, Chris Joyner wrote: > I can use wvdial from a console (but only as root! BTW, how > do I get to use wvdial as another user?) You have to add the users which shall be allowed to connect via ppp to the dip group (e.g. with: adduser username dip). Regards, Daniel

Re: Problems with TeTex

This should be a FAQ by now. Make sure your slink TeTeX packages are up to date (check your local mirror). If you use older packages (off a CD for example) you'll run into this problem. Something 'expired' after a year. You can search this list for gory details, but the fix is: install the latest a

Re: X on a 486

AN> Unfortunately I have only an old 486 PC on 120MHz. Is there AN> window manager which is low on system resources so I AN> could set up X on this 486? From, the help I've got, it seems that the problem is not with the window manager itself (since there are people who are using X with various win

lost /vmlinuz

I'm running potato on a pent 533EB and have been using 2.2.15-idepci , apt-get upgrade tried to upgrade my kernel image. I moved 2.2.15-idepci to .old and apt installed a new image but now when lilo tries to boot off the hard drive it complains that /vmlinuz is missing. In /lib/modules i've got 2.

Re: How do I allow empty passwords?

> "Riku" == Riku Saikkonen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Riku> "passwd -d guest" seems to remove the password for the user "guest" on Riku> my potato system One can also do usermod -p "" guest Beware, however, that PAM may not be configured to allow empty passwords. ---

Secure Shell Login

I need help with using and setting up ssh. I downloaded a secure shell client(ttssh. and now I am working on setting up the server side. I ran ssh-keygen and created a RSA key. Where will I place the key. I have made a directory called .ssh in my home, it has permissions 711 (chmod 711 .ssh) inside

Re: ssh stopped working

Sorry for my quite unprofessional posting. The problem has been solved now; my ISP's dialin-server had a wrong configuration. Andre Berger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Ron Rademaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Can you take a look at the syslog of the other host??? Maybe that gives > > yo

Re: Secure Shell Login

> directory called .ssh in my home, it has permissions 711 700 should be enough, i think. > (chmod 600 authorized_keys). But I dont know how to place the key in that > file(authorize_keys). simply paste the contents of the public key file. it should be a single line, which is in the same format, as

Re: lost /vmlinuz

> do I need to create /vmlinuz and link to the kernel image (ln -s > 2.2.15-idepci /vmlinuz)? > you may do this, but this is not the way it should be done. you should reconfigure your /etc/lilo.conf (and run lilo afterwards). -- Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature, please!

Problem with latest Realplayer

After upgrading to the latest Realplayer (via realplayer_7.0.2.1_i386.deb), I am now told "Cannot open the audio device. Another application may be using it." on startup. The audio device is _not_ busy, and other programs can make use of the soundcard. Realplayer fine before the upgrade. I haven

Re: lost /vmlinuz

> apt-get upgrade tried to upgrade my kernel image. I moved 2.2.15-idepci > to .old and apt installed a new image but now when lilo tries to boot > off the hard drive it complains that /vmlinuz is missing. Yes, you've got exactly the idea -- recreate the vmlinuz symbolic link. As you've pro

SOLVED: Rage IIc AGP & X => no vt's!

Bruce Sass wrote: > > On Mon, 29 May 2000, Vitux wrote: > > > Well, the subject kind of nutcases the situation. > > You mean "nutshell", a "nutcase" is the guy who goes mountain climbing > in a string bikini or runs around wearing an aluminum foil hat (even > when not using a cell phone :). > >

Re: X on a 486

Atila Nemet wrote: > > AN> Unfortunately I have only an old 486 PC on 120MHz. Is there > AN> window manager which is low on system resources so I > AN> could set up X on this 486? > > From, the help I've got, it seems that the problem is not with the > window manager itself (since there are peopl

Re: Problem with latest Realplayer

"Stig Are M. Botterli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > After upgrading to the latest Realplayer (via > realplayer_7.0.2.1_i386.deb), > I am now told "Cannot open the audio device. Another application may > be > using it." on startup. The audio device is _not_ busy, and other > programs > can make use

Microtek Scanmaker IV Scanner compatible?

Hello, The linux HOW-TO compatibility list does not include this model, though it does include the Scanmaker III. Is anyone successfully using the Scanmaker IV and do you have any tips to get me started? Thanks. Erik Ryberg -- Running Debian GNU/Linux www.gnu.org www.debian.org www.cheapbytes.

Dselect suddenly vanished from potato?

Hi Debs. 4 days since upgrade. Still trying to get used to all the new stuff. Looks really cool, though, this far. The strangest thing: Dselect has vanished! (or maybe just crapped out?) Normally, I would log in as root, type dselect, and off we go installing stuff. Now, I get "bash: dselect: comm

C Profiling tools like gprof

Hi All, I tried gprof for getting the amount time spent in each function call in the C code. But it seems that it is not working. gprof o/p shows the statistics as zero. Is there any other program/tool like gprof ? Thanks in advance Regards Mani

Problems downloading files from debian.org

I just did an apt-get update, which shows a lot of new packages. But apt-get -q upgrade just gives me a ton of messages like Failed to fetch http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/frozen/main/binary-i386/devel/task-c-dev_0.4.1.deb 404 Not Found Failed to fetch http://http.us.debian.org/debian/

Re: Problems downloading files from debian.org

Ross Boylan wrote: > > I just did an apt-get update, which shows a lot of new packages. > But apt-get -q upgrade just gives me a ton of messages like > > Failed to fetch > http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/frozen/main/binary-i386/devel/task-c-dev_0.4.1.deb > 404 Not Found > Failed to fetc

Re: Problems downloading files from debian.org

The modem and the connection seem to be working otherwise. For example, I sent the e-mail after the attempt, but in the same dial up session. I can ping http.us.debian.org OK. Wow! Thanks for the fast response. On Mon, May 29, 2000 at 09:06:24PM +0200, Vitux wrote: > Ross Boylan wrote: > > > >

Netscape6 vs Potato

Forgive me if this is obvious, but I can't crack this one: I was hoping to try out Netscape6.0 in potato, but it complains about a missing "libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2". While dselect was still working, I did a search for it, but nothing turned up. Anybody know what FM to R or which pkg this is in? Re

New to Debian, X problems

Im new to Debian, though I have been using redhat for about a year. the way I installed was to use a cd i purchased(slink) and then use apt to get the frozen version available online. having given background I will present my problem. I used xf86config to set up X but ran into some

Re: Problems downloading files from debian.org

Ross Boylan wrote: > > The modem and the connection seem to be working otherwise. For > example, I sent the e-mail after the attempt, but in the same dial up > session. I can ping http.us.debian.org OK. > > Wow! Thanks for the fast response. > Strange, I've used the exact same mirror earlier t

zombies

Hi all Today I noticed the following: 15444 ? Z0:00 (cron ) Under which circumstances does a process turn into a zombie? I assume this applies to UNIX in general. Any pointers / references appreciated. TIA Sven

Re: BIND configuration files

>Slink has a tool for this purpose ... named-bootconf, it comes as part of >the bind package. Thanks for your support! Sven

Re: Problems downloading files from debian.org

Well, now it's working for me. Go figure.

Re: Problem with latest Realplayer

On Mon, May 29, 2000 at 07:21:48PM +0100, Phillip Deackes wrote: >"Stig Are M. Botterli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> After upgrading to the latest Realplayer (via >> realplayer_7.0.2.1_i386.deb), >> I am now told "Cannot open the audio device. Another application may >> be >> using it." on startu

Re: zombies

Sven Burgener wrote: ... > Today I noticed the following: > > 15444 ? Z0:00 (cron ) > > Under which circumstances does a process turn into a zombie? I assume > this applies to UNIX in general. zombies are what is left from child processes when the parents thereof do not wait() for them, b

Re: exim - listar problem

On Mon, May 29, 2000 at 02:41:09PM +0200, Bruno Van de Casteele wrote: > > after installing listar (mailinglist software) and setting the correct > aliases in /etc/aliases, i get the following error when mailing to > [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > 2000-05-29 14:08:02 12vj9N-0001GS-00 Neither the system_a

Re: zombies

> > Today I noticed the following: > > > > 15444 ? Z0:00 (cron ) > > > > Under which circumstances does a process turn into a zombie? I assume > > this applies to UNIX in general. > > zombies are what is left from child processes when the parents thereof > do not wait() for them, but exit(

Re: zombies

> > > Today I noticed the following: > > > > > > 15444 ? Z0:00 (cron ) > > > > > > Under which circumstances does a process turn into a zombie? I assume > > > this applies to UNIX in general. > > > > zombies are what is left from child processes when the parents thereof > > do not wait() f

Re: zombies

Bolan Meek wrote: > > Sven Burgener wrote: > ... > > Today I noticed the following: > > > > 15444 ? Z0:00 (cron ) > > > > Under which circumstances does a process turn into a zombie? I assume > > this applies to UNIX in general. > > zombies are what is left from child processes when the pa

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