some questions

hi, I have a couple of *easy* questions. hoping somebody could help me out. 1.where does kerneld look for modules to load? i.e. I am having problems with one module called mpu401, kerneld looks for it during booting then complains even if I don't have it. I was wondering how I could control wha

Quick netsat qstn

hi all i was wondering what it means when netstat shows a connection at: [my.computer.dom]:smtp [foreign address] ... does it simply mean that someone is sending mail to my.computer.dom? thanks Andrew - Andrew McRobert LLB B.Sc(Comp. Sci) IT Off

RE: Quick netsat qstn

hi thanks for that. We have a campus policy prohibiting e-mail relaying (after some spamming incidents) ... that's why i was interested in the connection actually ... i was curious because the machine isn't really used for MTA purposes, though it hosts a few mailing lists. What exactly did you mea

Re: Corel package manager

On Tue, Jun 20, 2000 at 08:17:56PM +0100, Phillip Deackes wrote: > Unless you particularly want the Corel package manager, you would be I do. > better off with the Storm version - Storm did not do anything > proprietory to KDE like Corel. The Storm Package Manager is an excellent I know. And I a

Re: some questions

Joseph de los Santos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > hi, > > I have a couple of *easy* questions. hoping somebody could help me out. > > 1.where does kerneld look for modules to load? i.e. I am having problems with > one module called mpu401, kerneld looks for it during booting then complains > even

Re: Re-send contents of a mail file

Hi! > You may want to look at formail; something like > $ formail -s sendmail [EMAIL PROTECTED] < oldmailbox > > I haven't used this myself, but the man page makes it look like > it would work. This worked perfectly! Thanks! /Marcus

Unidentified subject!

Dear friend, I am using Debian linux.Please can I get some info on how to mount a cdrom on my linux machine .please also some info on using PERL. Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.c

quick question on annoying netscape

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emacs & xemacs

Hello Everybody, For historical reasons I still like to use emacs_20.6 and I am just experimenting with xemacs. The problem is that for some global settings both programs make use of the file .emacs. I find this not so convenient and I would like emacs_20.6 to use the file .emacs and I would lik

kernel problem

I compiled kernel succesfully, but when I try to boot with it, it says: Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel. Have I left something important out of my kernel or what is going on? Petteri Heinonen email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel.: +358 (0)50 3363 286 addr.: Pehkusuonkatu

Re: kernel problem

On Wed, Jun 21, 2000 at 11:04:52AM +0300, Petteri Heinonen wrote > I compiled kernel succesfully, but when I try to boot with it, > it says: > Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel. > > Have I left something important out of my kernel or what is > going on? > Probably,

Re: AWE64 making loud noise on bootup

Paulo J. da Silva e Silva hat gesagt: // Paulo J. da Silva e Silva wrote: > Hey, could anyone explain (or point me to an explanation) what is the main > diference between ALSA and OSS sound drivers? ALSA is the linux audio professional's choice. OK, seriously: ALSA is much more than just a driv

APM: Poweroff actually does a reboot

Hi, I have a PC with APM support at home. I've installed Debian (Potato) onto it and built my own kernel with APM support compiled in (I needed to build my own to add the APM real mode calls option, as the default kernel crashes on a poweroff call). Now, I can successfully shut down, but the "powe

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Up until recently apt-get has been sucessfully downloading packages from the net through a MS Proxy Server at my site. I then dist-upgraded to Potato, but now it can't get past the proxy. It says 'connecting to internet' (which happens to be the proxy name), but doesn't get any further. wget

Re: Unidentified subject!

mounting cdrom : mount -t iso9660 Info on perl: man perl (there's a lot of info there) Ron Rademaker On Wed, 21 Jun 2000, laxmisunil prakash wrote: > Dear friend, > I am using Debian linux.Please can I get some info on how to mount a > cdrom on my linux machine .please also some in

Xemacs's delete key (was: email program for newbie)

On Wed, Jun 21, 2000 at 12:39:10AM +0200, Stephan Engelke wrote: > As a matter of fact, I use XEmacs for editing and mailing on > console screen, too. How do you get XEmacs's delete and backspace keys to behave similarly under X and the console screen? I have stopped using XEmacs because when I

kernel compile woes

Hi! I'm trying to compile a fresh kernel 2.0.38 (for ide-scsi-support). The problem with gcc29 and kernels 2.0.x I know, so I installed gcc272 and changed the top-level-Makefile accordingly. So far, so good. but a 'make bzImage' bombs out with gcc272 -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.0.38-clean

Re: APM: Poweroff actually does a reboot

Once upon a time, I heard Moore, Paul say > Hi, > I have a PC with APM support at home. I've installed Debian (Potato) onto it > and built my own kernel with APM support compiled in (I needed to build my > own to add the APM real mode calls option, as the default kernel crashes on > a poweroff cal

Re: Loading X w/only netscape

On Mon, Jun 19, 2000 at 07:16:27PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I would like to setup an account on my system.. > > but when a user logs in (via KDM) if possible i don't want it to load a > windowmanager and all i want it to load is netscape, also i want it to log > back out when netscape exi

Star Office 5.2

The Star Office 5.2 installation has options for Java runtime components - I have JDK1.1 installed (Woody - 2.2.15 kernel), but no go. Anyone else had experience with this and know a solution? Cheers, Corey Popelier http://members.dingoblue.net.au/~pancreas Work Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

set (floppy,cdrom,...) permissions for console user

Hi, is there a safe way to supply the user who is sitting in front of the console (logged in with xdm) with special permissions (i.e., to access the floppy, /dev/audio and cdrom? Thanks for any hint! Regards, Thomas Gebhardt

how to export /home to an unfriendly environment

Hi, when exporting /home writable to public pc rooms by nfs (nfs means "not for security") one has to rely on the strength of BIOS passwords to preserve data security. I'd not like to do that. And even if the BIOS password is save, one may unplugg the linux box and fake the ip address (and even th

can't mount cd-rom

Hi all, I'm trying to install Debian but it can't seem to mount my cd-rom. It runs off of the sound board which is a: Creative Labs Sound Blaster AWE32. When I boot off of the rescue floppy is does see that there is a cd-rom device on hdc. I think I need to load the drivers for the sound c

request for info

hi im omar shuja a linux fan. i have a very old IBM 86 processor on which i want to install linux. i prefer to install Debian linux. Could you please tell me if i could do so. i dont want to install the latest version with GUI but i want a simple Linux which non graphical , text based and can run

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Hi, I just upgraded our office fileserver to potato, running samba 2.0.7-2, lprng 3.6.12-6 and an HP LaserJet 4050 TN connected to the LAN. Everything worked fine until the upgrade from slink to potato. The following (very) weird thing happens now: - when I lpr a file from the Linux box directly

Don't know if it can help...

Hello, I found something that may help to understand the problem between Debian and KDE in the archives of KDE's mailing lists. Strangely they don't see the problem in the same way. I don't have a personal opinion, I'd just like to bring new material. If this mailing list is not the proper place

problem mailing on my localnet

Hi, I'm trying to setup a small (for the moment) two machine private network, but I'm having trouble mailing from a user on one machine to a user on the other machine. I am using a hub, and the machines are able to ping to each other. My Debian linux box is a 486 which I plan on using as a firewal

Pine (Was: [Fwd: dependencies rpoblem])

On Tue, Jun 20, 2000 at 10:09:19PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > 2.1. One thing I missed right off the bat is the Pine mailer. It is not > available from Debian AFAIK. Yes, it is available _from_ Debian, but only as source. That's because pine does not install (by default) according to

Re: IDE/DMA problems?

Sorry to follow up my own post, but I never saw a solution to this problem. Anyone have one? On 16/06/00 at 15:12 Mark Herrick spake the following magic words: >I too get this message at boot, but i have 2 IDE drives on the 1st >controller, and a CD-ROM drive on the 2nd. >I don't think it's a pro

Re: emacs & xemacs

Goeman Stefan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: GS> For historical reasons I still like to use emacs_20.6 and I am GS> just experimenting with xemacs. The problem is that for some GS> global settings both programs make use of the file .emacs. I find GS> this not so convenient and I would like emacs_20.

Re: Don't know if it can help...

Thibaut Cousin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I found something that may help to understand the problem between >Debian and KDE in the archives of KDE's mailing lists. Strangely they >don't see the problem in the same way. Amazing ;) >If this mailing list is not the proper place for posting that,

Debian2.2: routing by ppp/netscape insert,spell

PPP/ With kernel 2.2.14 I am unable to set up the office PC as router by ppp, version 2.3.11-1.4. I have proxyarp as an option for the office PC, which has a "1" in /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward, the home PC has defaultroute as ppp option, I give both PC-s the right netmask 255.255.255.128 for o

Re: kernel compile woes

Kernel compiling is like a memory-tester. The memory might work in normal circumstances, but compiling a kernel fails. Set your bios to default. This help a friend of mine to compile his FreeBSD. On Wed, Jun 21, 2000 at 12:03:59PM +0200, Robert Waldner wrote: > > Hi! > > I'm trying to compile

Re: set (floppy,cdrom,...) permissions for console user

On Wed, Jun 21, 2000 at 12:58:45PM +0200, Thomas Gebhardt wrote: > Hi, > > is there a safe way to supply the user who is sitting in front > of the console (logged in with xdm) with special permissions > (i.e., to access the floppy, /dev/audio and cdrom? > > Thanks for any hint! you can allow ever

Re: how to export /home to an unfriendly environment

I heard that "coda" solves this. Haven't tried it yet. You can select coda-support while compiling a kernel. Sorry, got no URL. On Wed, Jun 21, 2000 at 01:08:55PM +0200, Thomas Gebhardt wrote: > Hi, > > when exporting /home writable to public pc rooms by nfs > (nfs means "not for security") one h

Re: can't mount cd-rom

On Wed, Jun 21, 2000 at 07:36:28AM -0400, Andrew Dixon wrote: > Hi all, > I'm trying to install Debian but it can't seem to mount my cd-rom. It runs > off of the sound board which is a: Where exactly does the installation fail? What error messages do you get? I don't think your rescue-image need

applets and apache

System Info: Debian Potato Apache 1.3.9 Hello I am having trouble with applets and html. I want to put all my java applet class files in a directory. Here is some html which is supposed to display an applet: However, I can not get the applet to display if I put the class file in the /va

Re: problem mailing on my localnet

I scanned www.linuxdoc.org yesterday and saw that there is a mail-admin-howto. Maybe this helps On Wed, Jun 21, 2000 at 09:15:17AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > I'm trying to setup a small (for the moment) two machine private > network, but I'm having trouble mailing from a user on one m

Re: applets and apache

try "su www-data" and check if this user can access the java-classes On Wed, Jun 21, 2000 at 09:37:16AM -0500, John F. Davis wrote: > System Info: > > Debian Potato > Apache 1.3.9 > > Hello > > I am having trouble with applets and html. I want to put all my > java applet class files in a dire

Re: applets and apache

Hello Thomas, I can su www-data and then change direcotry to /var/www/ClassDir. Then I can do a cat Foo.class and see the contents. Is this what you mean? John On Wed, Jun 21, 2000 at 04:40:59PM +0200, Thomas Guettler wrote: > try "su www-data" and check if this user can access the java-clas

Re: Don't know if it can help...

Thibaut Cousin quotes: > If QT is distributed as part of a (Linux) distribution then the GPL > grants an exception to allow redistribution of GPLed code linked with > QT. (See the special exception part of clause 3 of the GPL). It isn't sufficient for the library to be part of the distribution. I

Re: kernel compile woes

On Wed, 21 Jun 2000 16:05:40 +0200, Thomas Guettler writes: >Kernel compiling is like a memory-tester. >The memory might work in normal circumstances, >but compiling a kernel fails. I don't really know if the RAM is on fault, since I can't afford to take the box offline for testing at the moment,

network performace

Hello Everybody, Does anybody have any idea if there exists some tools to do performance tests on firewalls and gateways or maybe even better on the complete network. Thanks in advance, Stefan Goeman.

Re: Pine (Was: [Fwd: dependencies rpoblem])

If you're running potato (or probably woody) you can get an unauthorized Pine binary from http://members.mint.net/frodo/pine/ noah On Wed, 21 Jun 2000, Andrew Sullivan wrote: > On Tue, Jun 20, 2000 at 10:09:19PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > 2.1. One thing I missed right off the bat

Unidentified subject!

subscribe Dr. Gregory Guthrie [EMAIL PROTECTED] (515)472-1125Fax: -1103 Computer Science Department College of Science and Technology Maharishi University of Management (Maharishi International Universi

Re: can't mount cd-rom

-- Original Message -- From: Thomas Guettler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Thomas Guettler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 16:25:29 +0200 >On Wed, Jun 21, 2000 at 07:36:28AM -0400, Andrew Dixon wrote: >> Hi all, >> I'm trying to install Debian but

WindowMaker Themes

Hi, How do I install the themes for WindowMaker and how to set the default to a certain theme? Thanks! --- tcp

test

test -- You will pay for your sins. If you have already paid, please disregard this message. ;-)

Re: can't mount cd-rom

On Wed, Jun 21, 2000 at 11:27:51AM -0400, Andrew Dixon wrote: > -- Original Message -- > From: Thomas Guettler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Thomas Guettler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 16:25:29 +0200 > > >On Wed, Jun 21, 2000 at 07:36:28AM

how add NIC module?

Somehow in setting up a new system from CDROM, the module for the NIC was not added, so there is no eth0 configured. I have a DLINK DFE530TX which is listed on the supported linux hardware list,. How do I locate and install the required driver /module. I looked at the Debian site, in modules,

Re: can't mount cd-rom

-- Original Message -- From: Thomas Guettler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 17:40:07 +0200 I mannaged to get the base system installed from floppies but now when I try to install the packages from the CDROM I get this message: hdc : tray open or

Re: set (floppy,cdrom,...) permissions for console user

Quoting Thomas Gebhardt ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > is there a safe way to supply the user who is sitting in front > of the console (logged in with xdm) with special permissions > (i.e., to access the floppy, /dev/audio and cdrom? Whether this is as easy with xdm as it is on a VC, I don't know. But

RE: MS Access and Linux

Hi, Just a further point of interest. If you want connectivity between an MS Access database and a linux application, you don't need samba. There are some quite nice WINNT/WIN98 ODBC socket servers available. The client code is very simple and runs on most operating systems. Your linux client iss

Quick Q: XFS Path error

Hi, I'm getting a boot error message as follows: xfs: Path "X11 path/100dpi" incorrect xfs: Deleting path entry Where can I delete the font path entry and/or change the entry? Thanks, Jonathan

Re: IDE/DMA problems?

Please, do Cc: me on the answer. El mié, 21 de jun de 2000, a las 02:04:47 +0100, Mark Herrick dijo: > Sorry to follow up my own post, but I never saw a solution to this > problem. Anyone have one? Have you tried what Jason suggests? Anyway, I will soon be having a scsi CD device so I won't hav

rsync questions

1. I have a script that more less says the following: rsync -rav ftp..* :: ***/debian/dists/potato/main/binary-i386 /mnt/drE/mirror/debian/dists/potato/main This way it works fine, but if I say rsync -rav ftp..* :: ***/debian/dists/potato/main/binary-i386 (same line) /mnt/drE/mirror/debian/dists/p

Re: folders and mutt

On Sun, Jun 18, 2000 at 11:16:28PM +0200, Sven Burgener wrote: > Hello list > > I wanted to know how to most easily use folders in mutt. It'd be even > better if that would include the use of procmail. I am still a mutt > beginner. I have used procmail a bit though. It's also helpful to know tha

Re: Loading X w/only netscape

On Tue, Jun 20, 2000 at 12:43:59PM +0930, John Pearson wrote: > On Mon, Jun 19, 2000 at 07:16:27PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote > > I would like to setup an account on my system.. > > > > but when a user logs in (via KDM) if possible i don't want it to load a > > windowmanager and all i want it

Re: Backup

On Tue, Jun 20, 2000 at 09:57:48AM -0600, Dean Allen Provins wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > I'm thinking to get a scsi backup tape for the Potato > > box. I'd like to know what is the recommended drive > > and what software should be used. > > > > I also have this dump question.

Re: Backup

Hi, Thank for the recommendation. One addition question, if I backup using tar with -r (--append) and -N (--newer) options to the end of the tape, how would I go about extract or restore the files if the files have been modified on the daily basis and I do this append with newer backu

PowerPC(MacLombard)XF86Config

New install on a Macintosh Lombard and I can't seem to get an XF86Config file that will work (Xserver=XF68_FBDev). Cna someone point me to a URL that has install instruction specific debian on Mac laptops? And is there a specific debian-user-ppc mail list? thanks -- tom

Re: folders and mutt

On Wed, Jun 21, 2000 at 10:13:18AM -0700, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > It's also helpful to know that mutt used tab completion for both folders > and addresses (something I stumbled on without realizing a couple of Yes, that is neat. As a bash user who makes excessive use of this feature on the

Re: apt-get via proxy in Potato

On Wed, 21 Jun 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I then dist-upgraded to Potato, but now it can't get past the proxy. It > says 'connecting to internet' (which happens to be the proxy name), but > doesn't get any further. wget on the same machine works fine through > the proxy. If it says [Conn

terminal programming

Are there some good texts (tutorials, faqs, anything?) on web about how to write terminal independent programs? I need to a make a very simple little text editor, so I need information on how to make fast routines that would write to a terminal, and how to interpret the data received form the keybo

SSH

Hello Group, I just installed ssh using apt-get install ssh and after it was installed ssh says your identification has been saved in /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key. Your public key has been saved in /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key.pub. Now the question, in the past I have used ssh_genkey command to generate my RSA k

Re: set (floppy,cdrom,...) permissions for console user

On Wed, 21 Jun 2000, Thomas Gebhardt wrote: > is there a safe way to supply the user who is sitting in front > of the console (logged in with xdm) with special permissions > (i.e., to access the floppy, /dev/audio and cdrom? > > Thanks for any hint! If you don't use PAM then check out the CONSOLE

Re: Backup

kmself@ix.netcom.com, answering someone else's question, writes: [snip] > I'll second the Surestore recommendation. I've got a 2GB DAT which has > been used a little less frequently , but does a great job. Note that > if you plan on aquiring more than about 15 tapes, the cost point > between DAT

Re: SSH

On Wed, Jun 21, 2000 at 11:39:10AM -0700, Jay Kelly wrote: > Hello Group, > I just installed ssh using apt-get install ssh and after it was installed > ssh says your identification has been saved in /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key. Your > public key has been saved in /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key.pub. Now the questi

Re: folders and mutt

On Mon, Jun 19, 2000 at 06:47:09PM -0500, Ashley Clark wrote: [snip-snip] > :0: > * ^X-Loop: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > * ^X-Loop: debian-\/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > $DEBIAN/$MATCH In the above regex, does the [EMAIL PROTECTED] part match anything not starting with an '@', correct? What follows doesn't matt

Booting to offboard controler using LILO

This is my first post to any Debian list, so I hope I have selected the correct list... My stuff: System: Abit BP6 w/ dual Celeron 300s. HD: WD 8.4 ata66 CDROM: generic Kernel: 2.2.x w/ IDE patch or 2.4.0-test1 Dist: Potato

Re: quick question on annoying netscape

john smith wrote: > > hello. I'd like to know how to get rid of that annonying netscape group > icons near the bottom right-hand side of communicator. (the > navigator,inbox,newsgroups,addressbook and composer). well, maybe I can > leave the navigator icon there... > > TIA YWIA. If you click on

parted bug.. dumpe2fks?

Hi, Recently I wanted to resize my partition and I was trying to use parted. I booted in single user, then unmounted my root partition (since that is what I want to resize) then executed parted. When I wanted to check the filesystem to resize it, parted told me I had found a bug and should use

Re: request for info

Omar Shuja Siddiqui wrote: > > hi > im omar shuja a linux fan. > i have a very old IBM 86 processor on which i want to > install linux. Please be more specific about processors: do you mean an 8088 or 80286? If so, no. There is a project going to port a version of Linux to '286s, but it's not

Re: can't mount cd-rom

On Wed, Jun 21, 2000 at 12:08:50PM -0400, Andrew Dixon wrote: > -- Original Message -- > From: Thomas Guettler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 17:40:07 +0200 > I mannaged to get the base system installed from floppies but now when I try > to ins

Co-dependency conflict

I'm using Debian 2.1 (slink) and I have two packages I'm trying to install, g++2.95.2-12 and libstdc++2.1-dev that seem to depend on each other. I have them unpacked but can't configure them since they claim, correctly, that the other is not configured. How can I get them to work? Andrew W. [EM

Re: Co-dependency conflict

"Andrew Whitlock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm using Debian 2.1 (slink) and I have two packages I'm trying to install, > g++2.95.2-12 and libstdc++2.1-dev that seem to depend on each other. I have > them unpacked but can't configure them since they claim, correctly, that the > other is not co

Problem with IDE hd after instlalling potato with kernel 2.2.15

Hi All, Last time I have installed potato on one of my boxes. The installation was performed "from the scratch". The previous installation of slink was previously erased (except of /home partition) and disk was reformated with all checks switched on. However now, after the upgrade sometimes I rece

Re: postfix help

On Mon, Jun 19, 2000 at 01:31:25PM +0200, Joachim Trinkwitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What about poor guys who don't have a valid hostname (dynamic > IP) and, There's no such animal. I mentioned DynDNS in my post, and i'm mentioning it again. It's a free service that will give you a valid domai

Re: PowerPC(MacLombard)XF86Config

Tom wrote: New install on a Macintosh Lombard and I can't seem to get an XF86Config file that will work (Xserver=XF68_FBDev). Cna someone point me to a URL that has install instruction specific debian on Mac laptops? And is there a specific debian-user-ppc mail list? thanks -- tom

Re: parted bug.. dumpe2fks?

Joseph de los Santos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Recently I wanted to resize my partition and I was trying to use parted. I > booted in single user, then unmounted my root partition (since that is what I > want to resize) then executed parted. When I wanted to check the filesystem > to > resi

(no subject)

Re: Pine (Was: [Fwd: dependencies rpoblem])

Thanks for this. Phil >If you're running potato (or probably woody) you can get an >unauthorized Pine binary from >http://members.mint.net/frodo/pine/ > >noah > >On Wed, 21 Jun 2000, Andrew Sullivan wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 20, 2000 at 10:09:19PM +, >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > 2.1. One th

mounting NT share SOLVED

Hi all i have managed to finally mount my NT share!!! I realised that i was not including a user name, hence the mount always failed. syntax was : #smbmount //server/share /mountpoint -Uusername -Ppassword -c 'mount /mountpoint' Sorry for wasting your time... funny that nobody suggested the use

RE: Co-dependency conflict

Hi, Please excuse my extreme ignorance. I am running SLINK and wanted to upgrade to these very packages. At the debian web site I find that they are not listed in stable. I have always assumed that stable is SLINK, frozen is potatoe and so on. Will packages listed in frozen and unstable run on S

Re: compose key in console?

Paul Seelig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >How can one configure the compose key under the console? Use showkey to find the keycode of the key you want to remap; I use the Windows "Application" key (the one that emulates a right-click under Windows), which is keycode 127. After that, the best way I

reiserfs for 2.2.16

Hi, Anyone tried out the reiserfs patch for kernel 2.2.16 yet? I used this patch linux-2.2.16-reiserfs-3.5.22-patch, and the utils for reiserfs does not compile, any ideas? sorry for the long unwrapped lines... thanks in advance. Shao. [EMAIL PROTECTED] /

no lpr

debs, i finally upgraded my 2.0.36 kernel by compiling 2.2.16 on my potato box. in the process, i lost lpr. ...error message: lpr: connect: connection refused jobs queued, but cannot startd daemon did my compiling miss the mark? (how may print again?--i re-ran /etc/sbin/magicfilterconfi

SGML beginners question

Hi, Recently, I have read a lot about SGML. It gives me the impression that it is very hard to learn and very very powerfull. However, I still don't have a clue that in what circumstances I should use SGML instead of others. Should I write a thesis r

Re: Co-dependency conflict

Richard Lyon writes: > Will packages listed in frozen and unstable run on SLINK? Yes. If the package depends on any other packages from frozen or unstable apt will pull them in (it will warn you first). > I have always assumed that this was not recommended and have been waiting > patiently for p

Re: reiserfs for 2.2.16

Shao Zhang wrote: > > Hi, > Anyone tried out the reiserfs patch for kernel 2.2.16 yet? > I used this patch linux-2.2.16-reiserfs-3.5.22-patch, and the > utils for reiserfs does not compile, any ideas? > > sorry for the long unwrapped lines... > > thanks in

tar --exclude works with Mandrake but not potato

Hello, all, Some may remember my post about this a short while back. My apologies for the redundancy, and for the posts to 2 different lists if that's inappropriate. I still don't have a resolution to my situation and am curious where to go from here. My potato server (ftp/www/mail.mattyt.net)

Re: SGML beginners question

On Thu, Jun 22, 2000 at 12:03:44PM +1000, Shao Zhang wrote > Hi, > Recently, I have read a lot about SGML. It gives me the > impression that it is very hard to learn and very very > powerfull. > > However, I still don't have a clue that in what circumstances I > shoul

Re: SGML beginners question

On Thu, Jun 22, 2000 at 12:03:44PM +1000, Shao Zhang wrote: > Hi, > Recently, I have read a lot about SGML. It gives me the > impression that it is very hard to learn and very very > powerfull. I haven't found it so hard to learn (like DocBook) as getting desirable printable vers

Re: no lpr

On Wed, Jun 21, 2000 at 08:04:50PM -0700, cls--colo spgs wrote > debs, > > i finally upgraded my 2.0.36 kernel by compiling 2.2.16 > on my potato box. > > in the process, i lost lpr. > > ...error message: > > lpr: connect: connection refused > jobs queued, but cannot startd daemon > > di

Re: SGML beginners question

"Eric G . Miller" wrote: > really slick and well formatted documents. And for writing something > like a thesis, using BibTeX makes it easy to handle citations. Yes. Latex + bibtex + Emacs + AUCTeX + bib-cite + RefTeX + font-latex Good stuff. -- Peter Galbraith, research scientist <

Mutt and Fetchmail dumb questions

Hello Group, I just installed slink and then upgraded to frozen. It went ok I think but now I want to install fetchmail and mutt. I installed mutt and fetchmail and configured fetchmail and saved the file into my /home/user directory. When I try to start mutt I get an error /var/spool/mail/neutec:

terminfo

Hey there, is there any way to decompile compiled terminfo files back to their source state so i can modify/add to them ? Thanks, Dingo. ).|.(

NIC problem w/ de4x5 for DLINK PCI, missing "lspci"

I want to use a DLINK DFE530CT pci ethernet card, and some references say it uses the de4x5, or tulip drivers, but when I try to use them, I get "init_module: device or resource busy" I also get prior to that, when starting to load modules, and evaluation module dependencies, "lspci not f

Re: terminfo

"Petr [Dingo] Dvorak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hey there, > > is there any way to decompile compiled terminfo files back to their source > state so i can modify/add to them ? A 'man -k terminfo' will show you some useful commands. I think that you use infocmp to decompile to source, and th

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