Re: Help: Load win2k with lilo 21.7-5

On Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 12:21:26PM +0800, Liu Tao wrote: > I want to load win2k, using lilo 21.7-5, how to edit /etc/lilo.conf? # vi /etc/lilo.conf I am joking :-) Answer was given by someone else already. FYI: read "man lilo.conf" too. Also, think about installing lilo into one of /dev/hd

Raid adaptec 2100S

Hi im not on this list but im currently wondering are Adaptec’s 2100S raid controller supported ? if you know please let me know   Sincerely Anders Johansson – [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Microphone!

--- Reza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi.. I want to know what's the device name for > Microphone in Linux? Becasue I just had it, and > couldn't get it work.. Thank you It is grouped in sound card device and you can access using any mixer program, like gmix or aumix If you have sound system run

Newbie comments & queries

Hi, all, My last post seemed to have evaporated into thin air. Tere have been no answers so imagine that you didn't see it either. Dman, to answer you, I can print via lpr but nothing out of cat [file] > /dev/lp0 _unless_ I print from root when it works. The lpr switch -i appears to do nothin

ALSA: woody & alsa drivers?

I'm trying to configure a Cirrus Logic 4614-series driver, understand that it wants ALSA, but the alsa-drivers packages are AWHOL. $ lspci 00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: Cirrus Logic CS 4614/22/24 [CrystalClear SoundFusion Audio Accelerator] (rev 01) Best I can figure, the alsa-

ÊÖ»úȺ·¢´ÙÏú£¨5ÕÛÓŻݣ© µç»°£º010-82001010

1. ?? ??:11??1??--12??1?? ??105 www.kuaiyu.com 2?? /??--?? 800 ??

Re: ALSA: woody & alsa drivers?

On Tue, Nov 06, 2001 at 11:15:51PM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > I'm trying to configure a Cirrus Logic 4614-series driver, understand > that it wants ALSA, but the alsa-drivers packages are AWHOL. > > $ lspci > 00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: Cirrus Logic CS 4614/22/24 > [Cryst

Woody, reiserfs: used space on partitions < ~100MB?

I've converted a number of partitions on a laptop to reiserfs under 2.4.10. One think I noted was that reiserfs seems to put quite an overhead on partition storage. In my 64 MB /tmp partition, normally just a few percent used, with reiser the free space wsa about 50%. I'm having similar issues w

Please help! New Potato install

I just finished installing Potato v. 2.2r3. My motherboard is the Intel 815EEA, and X recognizes neither the onboard video nor my ATI Radeon 64MB DDR AGP. Am I correct in saying that I have to upgrade to Woody in order to take advantage of my video card, or can I simply install xFree86 4.1/4.2? A

how to install NC3121 network adpater of Comaq Deskpro EN 6333/3 in Debian?

Compaq Deskpro EN 6333/3 Pentium II 333 128 MB RAM O/S: Debian Potato 2.2r3 (i386) Thanks! _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

Re: How do I configure eth1 on bootup?

On Tue, 6 Nov 2001 13:44:44 -0800 (PST) Andrew Agno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry, I guess I should have read the man page as well :) > address address > Address (dotted quad) required > > netmask netmask > Netmask (dotte

XFree 3 config - Modelines - Optimum monitor performances

Hello, I am trying to find a way to configure X so that my monitor performs at it's optimal capacity (1280x1024 @ 85Hz -- Hansol 900P). I went through several X config - Modelines reference documents. ( ex: http://www.de.daemonnews.org/199901/xpert.html ) They're asking for specs that my manuf

Compaq Proliant 370: how to make smart2 to be recognized

Help: I am trying to install a Compaq Proliant 370 (2 Pentiums 667 MHz, 512 Mbytes RAM, 2*9.1 Gig SCSIs). (1) I have deleted the whole configuration, and tried to set RAID0 (and then RAID1) by using the Compaq CDROM. (2) I have used the compact rescue and root disks from potato 2.2r3; b

Re: XFree 3 config - Modelines - Optimum monitor performances

#include Patrick Mahoney wrote on Wed Nov 07, 2001 um 03:18:42AM: > I went through several X config - Modelines reference documents. ( ex: > http://www.de.daemonnews.org/199901/xpert.html ) They're asking for specs > that my manufacturor doesn't even give me! (ex: horizontal sync pulse, front

Re: Woody, reiserfs: used space on partitions < ~100MB?

#include Karsten M. Self wrote on Tue Nov 06, 2001 um 11:32:48PM: > just a few percent used, with reiser the free space wsa about 50%. I'm > having similar issues with my / partition. You hit the point. ReiserFS creates allways a Journal with 32MB size. > I've currently left /tmp as ext2, but a

Re: Please help! New Potato install

check your logs, everything you find in the directory /var/log, for system info on what might be wrong. also, check your bios settings regarding onboard or AGP video. apropos the modem, if it's truly a winmodem, dump it. it's not your fault. it has to do with proprietary issues being held back from

E-mail address list

Hi all, I want to set up an e-mail alias. It's a list of my clients, and I want restrict this. How can I set up that just I can send an e-mail to this address, everybody else no? Thanks, all of your help! Balázs

HOWTO->zap-> LSR Safety Check Engaged

Greetings ! I have only 2 serial ports, so the ttyS2 being referred to by this nuisance doesn't exist. How do I rid myself of this pestilence ? Gratefully, Courtney -- Naturity: in contradistinction to the oxymoronic humanity, and as evidenced by the natural mercy o

Slow ETerms

Hi, Is anyone else seeing this? On my Debian unstable system when I start an Eterm there is a pause of 2 or so seconds before the window is usable. At work under RH62 and a machine of similar speed an Eterm pops up in 1/2 second. I ran strace on Eterm and found that Eterm spent most of its time

Re: new to the list - XFree86 on Woody problems

removing that line or changing it to false doesn't seem to make any difference to it starting up. Right now I'd just like to see it starting up even if I still need to fine tune it a bit afterwards. Rachel Rachel, Do I remember this right that you have a Cirrus card as well? With the Opt

Re: Please help! New Potato install

I just finished installing Potato v. 2.2r3. My motherboard is the Intel 815EEA, and X recognizes neither the onboard video nor my ATI Radeon 64MB DDR AGP. Am I correct in saying that I have to upgrade to Woody in order to take advantage of my video card, or can I simply install xFree86 4.1/4.2?

Re: Woody, reiserfs: used space on partitions < ~100MB?

on Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 10:10:11AM +0100, Eduard Bloch ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > #include > Karsten M. Self wrote on Tue Nov 06, 2001 um 11:32:48PM: > > just a few percent used, with reiser the free space wsa about 50%. I'm > > having similar issues with my / partition. > > You hit the point

Re: E-mail address list

on Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 10:48:02AM +0100, Ágics Balázs ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi all, > > I want to set up an e-mail alias. It's a list of my clients, and I want > restrict this. How can I set up that just I can send an e-mail to this > address, everybody else no? See /etc/aliases. You

HP Server

Will Debian work on a HPux server???

Re: Cant login

On Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 01:14, John Lord wrote: > I have installed KDM and cant login. > > I now have the problem that I think I saw mentioned somewhere recently. > That is when I select a user in the login GUI and select the session, it > takes a server restart before the keyboard is recognised.

Re: HP Server

Look into the site linuxcare.org and check if your server is in the list! Check if it is a 32bit or a 64bit: L-class and N-class are by default 64bit servers, while D-class could be both cases. (I suppose) From: Jan Ove Rønning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Subject: HP Server Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001

Mutt and expunge

Hello, I was wondering if mutt provides a way to expunge mails that are to be deleted without having to exit the program. I know that pine provides this feature, but does mutt too? Thanks. -- Sergio Da Silva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --

Re: Mutt and expunge

Hi Sergio, The $ key does that. Try ? to get the help and see the keystrokes/bindings. Regards Erik -- Erik Simon [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://alfr.net

Mailing List policy regarding From: and Reply-To: ?

Hi happy Debian users, I'm new to the list, and I wondered what the policy is regarding From: and Reply-To: headers. Is it better to define Reply-To: to force replies to the list, or to myself? Cheers Erik -- Erik Simon [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://alfr.net

Re: Mutt and expunge

On Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 12:39:31PM +0100, Sergio Da Silva wrote: > Hello, > > I was wondering if mutt provides a way to expunge mails that are to be > deleted without having to exit the program. I know that pine provides > this feature, but does mutt too? $ Sync mailbox. -- Danie Roux *shuffle

Re: Mailing List policy regarding From: and Reply-To: ?

On Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 01:35:55PM +0100, Erik Simon wrote: > Hi happy Debian users, > > I'm new to the list, and I wondered what the policy is regarding From: > and Reply-To: headers. Is it better to define Reply-To: to force replies > to the list, or to myself? If you want to be cc'ed on replie

Re: Mailing List policy regarding From: and Reply-To: ?

Erik Simon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm new to the list, and I wondered what the policy > is regarding From: and Reply-To: headers. Is it > better to define Reply-To: to force replies to the > list, or to myself? Have the 'Reply-To' point to your e-mail address and let the responder deci

How can I tel cdparanoi what device to use?

I've got a mcahine with 2 CD'ish devices. hda is a CD rewader only, hdb is a CD writer. hda is hanlded as a pure IDE device, while hdb is handled as an ide-scsi device, which probably has nothing to do with the question I am sking anyway :-) I can't seem to find in the cdparanio manpage an option

Re: Segmentation fault

On Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 11:54:17PM +0100, Raffaele Sandrini wrote: > adding /usr/man to manpath > /usr/share/man is already in the manpath > /usr/X11R6/man is already in the manpath > /usr/local/man is already in the manpath > - [segfault] Hmm. The next thing man normally does

Re: cpio causes shoe-shinning on my tape drive

On Tue, 6 Nov 2001, Andrew Dixon wrote: > #find /home -xdev |cpio --create >/dev/nst0 > > the tape spins and then stops and rewinds and then spins and stops > etc... > > Any ideas how to make this work nicer? Try find ./home -xdev -depth | cpio -o -C 1024k -H crc -F /dev/nst0 -o for

xv package

Do anyone know where to find a debian package for xv (the classical X graphical utility). It seems to have disappear from the debian archives... :-( -- -- Bruno

Re: How can I tel cdparanoi what device to use?

On Wed, 7 Nov 2001, Stan Brown wrote: > I've got a mcahine with 2 CD'ish devices. hda is a CD rewader only, hdb is > a CD writer. hda is hanlded as a pure IDE device, while hdb is handled as > an ide-scsi device, which probably has nothing to do with the question I am > sking anyway :-) > > I can

Rotating log files

Does anyone have any recommendations for a utility that will rotate mail log files in much the same way as squid -k rotate does? I've done a google search but the best I've turned up is newsyslog which only runs (I think) on BSD. A pointer to a HOW-TO or tutorial article that teaches me how to

File Creation, Ownership & Permissions

Title: File Creation, Ownership & Permissions Can anyone tell me where I can find out more about how files are created? I'm specifically interested in how permissions and membership are set and how this behavior can be modified. ex: "bob" and "cindi" are in group "x", when bob creates a file

Wierd Mouse Problem

Help me please. I am using the testing distribution with gpm and the XFree86 v4. I have a PS/2 mouse, with a middle button/wheel. It seems to be working OK, however, sometimes the point at which the mouse is pointing, and the icon do not agree. The icon is a little to the right of the proper pl

Re: Newbie comments & queries

Brenda et al, hi. > As another poster said, don't experiment in root. > Log in as a regular user and experiment there. OK, point taken, I will not fiddle in root. :( I am studying your essay on drives and directories. I will play around this evening and find my floppy. I am expecting that it w

Which installer? Aptitude, dselect deity...

Hi Which installer should I recommend to a beginner of Debian (and Linux?). I remember I saw somewhere on the web an article that covered a lot of debian installers, but I cannot seem to find it. Thanks in advance. Preben -- «Don't use C; In my opinion, C is a library programming language n

Re: Mailing List policy regarding From: and Reply-To: ?

OK, so if I understand well, the trick is Reply-To: Mail-Followup-To: and use the group-reply for the list and the reply for the private address, is that right? Thanks for your help. Cheers. Erik -- Erik Simon [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://alfr.net

Re: xv package

On Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 02:43:01PM +0100, Bruno BEAUFILS wrote: > Do anyone know where to find a debian package for xv (the classical X > graphical utility). It seems to have disappear from the debian > archives... :-( It was removed due to licensing problems. Try xloadimage or display (the latter

Re: Mailing List policy regarding From: and Reply-To: ?

On Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 03:38:11PM +0100, Erik Simon wrote: > OK, so if I understand well, the trick is > > Reply-To: > Mail-Followup-To: > > and use the group-reply for the list and the reply for the private > address, is that right? Yep. Group-reply will probably mail both the list and the

Re: debian install

allen wayne best just ramblin in his amx, 2001-Nov-06 11:14 -0800: > hello: > > i got the following error while trying to install debian in the dselect stage: > > E: Internal Error, couldn't configure a pre-depend. Some errors occurred > while unpacking. I'm going to configure the packages th

samba problem

Hi, on my Woody box I'm running Samba 2.2.2 when I set security = share in smb.conf, all Windows desktops around can easily find this server a connect. If I set security = user (this is my prefered setting) then Windows desktops cant even neither find this server nor connect. Only when I use nbtst

Re: xv package

On Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 02:43:01PM +0100, Bruno BEAUFILS wrote: Do anyone know where to find a debian package for xv (the classical X graphical utility). It seems to have disappear from the debian archives... :-( It was removed due to licensing problems. Try xloadimage or display (the latter

Epson scanner 1650 - does it work on Linux?

Has anyone used the Epson 1650 flatbed scanner via USB successfully on Linux? Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - running Linux GNU/Debian (Windows-free zone) For an electronic book (The Assassins of Alamut), skeptical essays, and over 140 book reviews, go to: http://www.acampbell.org.uk/ Our planet

sound configuration

i have a little problem to configure my soundcard i try to find a solution in the archive, but i found nothing i'm on debian testing i think the important file are : $> more /proc/ioports e000-efff : PCI Bus #02 ec40-ec7f : Ensoniq ES1371 [AudioPCI-97] ec80-ecff : 3Com Corporation 3c905B 100Ba

Re: Rotating log files

On 2001.11.07 14:57 Nigel Pauli wrote: > Does anyone have any recommendations for a utility that will rotate > mail log files in much the same way as squid -k rotate does? > Perhaps '/usr/bin/savelog' is what you need.

Re: Slow ETerms

Ross Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > Is anyone else seeing this? On my Debian unstable system when I start > an Eterm there is a pause of 2 or so seconds before the window is > usable. At work under RH62 and a machine of similar speed an Eterm pops > up in 1/2 second. I ran strace

Re: Raid adaptec 2100S

Anders Johansson, 2001-Nov-07 07:26 +0100: > >Hi im not on this list but im currently wondering are Adaptec's 2100S >raid controller supported ? > >if you know please let me know I don't see that specific controller in potato or woody, but there are references to several different ch

Re: new to the list - XFree86 on Woody problems

Rachel Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi > > I'm new to the list and am having problems with the XFree86 set up in > Woody. I recently upgraded from Potato to Woody and have also grabbed the > KDE2.2 packages from Sid but I'm having trouble getting the x-server up and > running. >

Promise Ultra100 TX2

Has anyone tried using a Promise UltraTX2 ATA/100 controller under Debian? I can get them for dirt cheap, and they have performed wonderfully otherwise, but haven't tried it with Debian. Any comments/suggestions would be appreciated.

Re: Epson scanner 1650 - does it work on Linux?

Hi Anthony According to http://www.buzzard.org.uk/jonathan/scanners-usb.html, it's supported by the sane driver. My epson 640u, which is supported by the same driver, works perfectly. See http://www.freecolormanagement.com/sane/index.html for instructions. Good luck! Victor On Wednesday 07 N

Re: Rotating log files

On Wednesday 07 November 2001 15:19, Romuald DELAVERGNE wrote: > On 2001.11.07 14:57 Nigel Pauli wrote: > > Does anyone have any recommendations for a utility that will rotate > > mail log files in much the same way as squid -k rotate does? > > Perhaps '/usr/bin/savelog' is what you need. Thanks v

Re: ALSA: woody & alsa drivers?

* Karsten M. Self (kmself@ix.netcom.com) spake thusly: > I'm trying to configure a Cirrus Logic 4614-series driver, understand > that it wants ALSA, but the alsa-drivers packages are AWHOL. > > $ lspci > 00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: Cirrus Logic CS 4614/22/24 > [CrystalClear So

max RAM size

Hello list I have upgraded the physical amount of RAM on a Potato server (r3). Unfortunately, it looks like only 960M are managed by the kernel... Is there a *safe* way to make my system manage all the available RAM (=> 2 Gigs) ? This is a production server, and I cannot afford the risk of destro

max RAM size

Von: François THOMAS [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Dienstag, 6. November 2001 17:07 An: debian-user@lists.debian.org Betreff: max RAM size Hello list I have upgraded the physical amount of RAM on a Potato server (r3). Unfortunately, it looks like only 960M are managed by the kernel... Is

Adding sound card

I have a Creative Soundblaster PCI 512 which apparantly uses the soundcore and emu10k1 drivers. It *should* be working but it's not. I still get a "soundcard not properly configured" when I try to use xmms (for example). I did load these drivers and during startup I can see that it's using these

Re: max RAM size

On Tue, 6 Nov 2001, François THOMAS wrote: > > Hello list > > I have upgraded the physical amount of RAM on a Potato server (r3). > Unfortunately, it looks like only 960M are managed by the kernel... Is there > a *safe* way to make my system manage all the available RAM (=> 2 Gigs) ? > This is a

RE: max RAM size

> -Message d'origine- > De : Schnorbus, Patrick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Envoyé : mercredi 7 novembre 2001 17:11 > À : 'François THOMAS' > Cc : debian-user@lists.debian.org > Objet : max RAM size > > > I have upgraded the physical amount of RAM on a Potato server (r3). > > Unfortunatel

Re: new to the list - XFree86 on Woody problems

1. If you have a mouse config problem, the server rarely crashes on startup. You will get a screen but the mouse will not work properly...i.e. no movement or erratic movement. If I move the mouse while x is running (it crashes during the kde screen 'loading peripherals') the movement is er

Re: Adding sound card

SBLive uses the emu10k, 512 uses the es1370 or 1371. ~mark From: "Rory O'Connor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I have a Creative Soundblaster PCI 512 which apparantly uses the soundcore > and emu10k1 drivers. It *should* be working but it's not.

Re: File Creation, Ownership & Permissions

search for "user private groups" In this case use: chgrp x xshare chmod g+s xshare ~mark - Original Message - From: "Brownridge, Tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2001 6:00 AM Subject: File Creation, Ownership & Permissions > Can anyone tell me where I can fin

Re: Installing grub directly to a file

On Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 01:38:30AM +0800, csj wrote: > I want to burn grub, along with a kernel, onto a cdrom. My present > system has been to install grub to a floppy, make changes to that > floppy, and finally "dd" the floppy to a file, which I then set as the > boot image in cdrecord. Is ther

We need to buy

Title: BlueCom Danmark - OEM Price List Dear Sir / Madam. We are interested in buying high volume of products from you so please se below what kind of products we are looking for and if you have any GOOD prices please send them

Re: Which installer? Aptitude, dselect deity...

apt-get all the gui stuff is just confusing. Also sprach Preben Randhol: > Hi > > Which installer should I recommend to a beginner of Debian (and Linux?). > > I remember I saw somewhere on the web an article that covered a lot of > debian installers, but I cannot seem to find it. > > Thanks in ad

Re: Which kernel is recommended to run in debian testing?

Yesterday I installed 2.4.13-ac8 for the ext3 stuff. It didn't work too well so I reverted to 2.4.13-ac6 which hasn't crashed for 5 hours and 19 minutes. Also sprach Steve Kieu:> Hi all, > > Yes I put this question as I saw a lot kernel image > > :-) > > Thanks, > > > > = > S.KIEU > > http:

Re: Adding sound card

At 08:42 07/11/2001 -0800, you wrote: > I have a Creative Soundblaster PCI 512 which apparantly uses the soundcore > and emu10k1 drivers. It *should* be working but it's not. > SBLive uses the emu10k, 512 uses the es1370 or 1371. ~mark No - SB 512 uses the emu10k (least ways, that what I co

mailing list

Title: Dear members , Dear members ,     Re :: Oracle8   How do you delete a datafile in Oracle (as DBA- superuser ) and not as OS- Administrator ? I read that this is possible .   Please guide me on this .   Warm Regards, ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Shyam

Do you use atari800 package?

I'm about ready to release the 1.0.7 version of the atari800 package, and I'd like some feedback from folks who are actually using the package. If you use this package, please take a look at the following issues and let me know how they impact your use: 1. The svgalib version is the only one that

Re: AHA152x errors re: CDROM, but not tape drive, huh ?]

On Mon, 2001-11-05 at 00:52, Courtney Thomas wrote: > > > Good Evening.. > > Running 2.4.9, I am getting the following result after . > > mount /cdrom > > which is successful. But when I do a search, such as.. > > find / -name > > when the cdrom is accessed , the fol

Re: Raid adaptec 2100S

Not out of the box. You'll need to create a custom boot floppy for the install. If I can ever find mine, I'll post an image, but I lost the darn thing in the blizzard of paper on my desk. Once you get it running, things work great from what I've seen. --Rich Hi im not on this list but im cur

Re: copying/cloning root partition

Thanks for the responses everybody, I've got some work to do now to work these out. Thanks again...

alien 7.30 and the FHS

Anyone who has alienized packages installed and is tracking unstable or testing probably has little or no directories left in /usr/doc and /usr/man except from any that might be part of the alien packages you've installed. This is just a quick note that alien 7.30 fixes this oversight. Any new pa

Eterm weirdness

I've had various problems with the newer versions of Eterm, in testing and unstable. Most are now either resolved or are already in the Bug Archive (the weird tty group ownership for instance). One problem remains, though, and it strikes me as really strange. When Eterm is called, I get a termi

Re: mailing list

On Wednesday 07 November 2001 08:53, you did posit: > Dear members , > Re :: Oracle8 > > How do you delete a datafile in Oracle (as DBA- superuser ) and not as OS- Administrator ? > I read that this is possible . > > Please guide me on this . > > Warm Regards, > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) >

man formatting

Is there a way I can get man to not print out the page break stuff? Or maybe to think that pages are 1 lines long instead of 66. Also can I get it to format to terminal width instead of fully justified 50 characters wide? TIA, mark

Re: HP Server

On Wednesday 07 November 2001 03:27, Jan Ove Rønning pronounced: > Will Debian work on a HPux server??? > jan: see http://www.parisc-linux.org/ for more information. on that page, you will see a link about debian ports to pa-risc. -- regards, allen wayne best, esq "your friendly neighborhood

Re: xv package

Or gqview. -- Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD Maintainer of comp.mail.mh FAQ and mh-e. Vote Libertarian! If you're passed on the right, you're in the wrong lane.

Re: Which kernel is recommended to run in debian testing?

On Wed, 7 Nov 2001, op wrote: > Yesterday I installed 2.4.13-ac8 for the ext3 stuff. It didn't work too well > so I reverted to 2.4.13-ac6 which hasn't crashed for 5 hours and 19 > minutes. This is probably because Alan introduced some new IDE code in -ac7. We should see that stuff sta

Re: Eterm weirdness

On Wed, 7 Nov 2001, Jim McCloskey wrote: > > I've had various problems with the newer versions of Eterm, in testing > and unstable. Most are now either resolved or are already in the Bug > Archive (the weird tty group ownership for instance). > > One problem remains, though, and it strikes me a

Re: Which installer? Aptitude, dselect deity...

ol1 writes: ol1> Also sprach Preben Randhol: PR> Which installer should I recommend to a beginner of Debian (and Linux?). PR> PR> I remember I saw somewhere on the web an article that covered a lot of PR> debian installers, but I cannot seem to find it. ol1> ol1> apt-get ol1> all the gui stu

Re: NS4.78, symlinks and plugins

Hi, On Tue, 6 Nov 2001, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Tue, Nov 06, 2001 at 04:19:25PM +0100, Sebastiaan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have just installed Netscape 4.78 in /usr/lib/netscape/478 (downloaded > > from netscape.com and installed it like the previous (debian) version),

Quotas support and quota packages

If I start using quotas in the kernel, which package should i install? Quota, quotatools or both? Calyth pgpkz9bDnSsNo.pgp Description: PGP signature

IBM ServeRAID driver

Howdy. We have a handful of IBM servers that use the IBM ServeRAID SCSI card, with the "ips" driver. Problem is, on the NetFinity 6000R 4-way boxen, the standard kernel in 2.2R3, 2.2R4 and Woody does an OOPS when it initializes the card. The Progeny kernel works fine. I suspect the driver hasn'

Anyone using "Q" in dumps ?......

Greetings ! I've read the docs on dump but the labyrinthine disquisition on the Q option is beyond my understanding. If anyone's using it, I'd be grateful for a lesson. Appreciatively, Courtney -- Naturity: in contradistinction to the oxymoronic humanity, and as evide

Re: XFree 3 config - Modelines - Optimum monitor performances

> If you have Potato: > - ask me for an backport I have Potato! :) Pat Mahoney, no 22

Re: man formatting

On Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 10:17:54AM -0800, Mark Lanett wrote: > Is there a way I can get man to not print out the page break stuff? Or > maybe to think that pages are 1 lines long instead of 66. Upgrade to the version of groff in testing/unstable. > Also can I get it to format to terminal widt

How does Ethernet device know address of transfer buffer

Hi, I can successfully install the 3c905 Ethernet driver, but I don’t know why it works. This proves I don’t know what is going on. I hope that someone can offer some light. I use install parameters “irq=11" and I don’t set an io address. If I try fill in the address e.g. “io=0x220" I receiv

Newbie question

Is there any way to make the ls command permanently use the --color option? Thanks, Jason Machacek

Re: Newbie question

On Wednesday 07 November 2001 15:31, Jason Machacek wrote: > Is there any way to make the ls command permanently use > the --color option? > > Thanks, > Jason Machacek learn about the alias command my friend :) try this: alias ls="ls -F --color=auto"

Re: Newbie question

On Wednesday 07 November 2001 15:31, Jason Machacek wrote: > Is there any way to make the ls command permanently use > the --color option? > > Thanks, > Jason Machacek to make the color appear permanently, you should use the alias command in a bash startup script...like the one that should be 's

Re: Newbie question

hi, > Is there any way to make the ls command permanently use the --color option? yes use alias ls='ls --color' i have a few aliases in my .profile file: eval `dircolors` alias ls='ls --color=auto ' alias ll='ls -l' alias la='ls -lA' . > Thanks, > Jason Machacek bye -- I am Martin Kacerovsk

Re: Newbie question

* Jason Machacek ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > Is there any way to make the ls command permanently use the --color option? You do realise that it will break any scripts that parse output of "ls", yes? Dima --

Re: Newbie comments & queries

on Tue, Nov 06, 2001 at 05:42:51AM +0200, Ian Balchin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi, all, > > My last post seemed to have evaporated into thin air. Tere have been no > answers so imagine that you didn't see it either. > > Dman, to answer you, I can print via lpr but nothing out of cat [file]

Re: Which installer? Aptitude, dselect deity...

> PR> Which installer should I recommend to a beginner of Debian > (and Linux?). PR> > PR> I remember I saw somewhere on the web an article that covered > a lot of PR> debian installers, but I cannot seem to find it. > ol1> > ol1> apt-get > ol1> all the gui stuff is just confusing. > > But how do

Re: How does Ethernet device know address of transfer buffer

High, On Wed, 7 Nov 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > I can successfully install the 3c905 Ethernet driver, > but I don’t know why it works. This proves I don’t know > what is going on. I hope that someone can offer some > light. > > I use install parameters “irq=11" and I don’t set an

  1   2   >