[Off-topic] What happened to ORBS?

1998-12-01 Thread Nathan E Norman
Anybody know what happened to orbs.dorkslayers.com? I'd email them, but there are no address records for the domain - just ns and glue records. bohr:~ $ dig @ns1.orbs.org -t any dorkslayers.com ; <<>> DiG 8.1 <<>> @ns1.orbs.org -t dorkslayers.com ; (1 server found) ;; res options: init recurs d

Re: Netgear NIC card support

1998-12-02 Thread Nathan E Norman
On 1 Dec 1998, rathon wrote: : Hi, : : I bought a Netgear Fast Ethernet PCI Adapter card - FX310tx by Bay Networks. : : Then I looked thru the EthernetHOW-TO and this card is not listed anywhere. tulip.o -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet 410 South Phillips Avenue Sioux Falls, SD mailto:[EMAIL P

Re: upgrading to slink

1998-12-02 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Wed, 2 Dec 1998, Jameson Burt wrote: : I see no upgrade notes for slink. : For hamm, these upgrade notes reside in :.../hamm/hamm/upgrade-i386/README-upgrade : Usually, I just use dpkg to install whatever packages I want from the : upgrade distribution. For example, I might install a

Re: Boot problems

1998-12-02 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Wed, 2 Dec 1998, Patrick Colbeck wrote: : Reply-To: : Hi : : A few days ago I reported a problem booting from the stock 2.0.34 kernel : distributed with Debian. My laptop just rebooted after displaying "loading : Linux .". I fixed it by compiling my own kernel fronm the 3.0.36 sourc

Re: new libc6 problem?

1998-12-06 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Sat, 5 Dec 1998, George Bonser wrote: : On Sat, 5 Dec 1998, Evan Van Dyke wrote: : : > dpkg... anyone know what's up? : : Yeah ... frozen isn't really frozen, we seem to have two unstable releases : at the same time (slink and potato). Wonder when we will get the : announcement that s

Re: ftp chroot for normal users?

1998-12-07 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Mon, 7 Dec 1998, Stef Hoesli Wiederwald wrote: : For user ftp, the ftpd does a chroot to ~ftp : Can I make ftpd to do that for another user: When joe makes an ftp : connection, his homedirectory ~joe should be the root directory, so : joe cannot go bellow ~joe ? It's possible, but it's a

nethack

1998-12-07 Thread Nathan E Norman
What's the secret to get nethack to work? I have it sgid games, but it says it can't open /var/lib/games/nethack/perm ... brahe:/var/lib/games/nethack $ ll `which nethack` -rwxr-sr-x 1 root games1137 Oct 29 1997 /usr/games/nethack* brahe:/var/lib/games/nethack $ ll total 3 -rw-rw-

Re: installing linux debian on Toshiba Satellite

1998-12-07 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Mon, 7 Dec 1998, Vazquez Jr, E A wrote: : Don't expect much help here, I've been trying for DAYS to get a response : to my questions but apparently no-one likes laptop installs. : : - Ed : : I'm trying to install debian on a Toshiba Satellite. I get as far as : "booting linux.." but

Server Questions [mildly offtopic]

1998-02-25 Thread Nathan E Norman
We are looking at purchasing a new server to add to our stable, and I'm looking for some feedback/opinions/experience with news and/or SMP systems with Debian Linux. Private email is welcomed, since this isn't really list material (sorry) What I'm looking for is this: If you're running SMP, does

Re: Modem Problems....

1998-02-25 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Tue, 24 Feb 1998, Timothy M. Hospedales wrote: : Is there a neat utility to display what things are using what IRQs? : : Thanks, : Timothy cat /proc/interrupts : : > Sounds like you have an IRQ conflict. Read the 'dmesg' output and see : > exactly what interrupt the serial port is on, a

Server Questions (fwd)

1998-02-26 Thread Nathan E Norman
vailable at keyservers PGP Key fingerprint: CE03 10AF 3281 1858 9D32 C2AB 936D C472 -- Forwarded message -- Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 02:14:22 -0600 (CST) From: Nathan E Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Debian User List Subject: Server Questions [mildly offtopic] We are looking at p

Re: glibc? [quick question]

1998-02-26 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Thu, 26 Feb 1998, Bruce Locke wrote: : : Quick Question: : : Is glibc just another name for libc6? If not, why isn't debian using it : instead when RedHat and some other distributions claim to be converting to : it? : : Sorry... just a little confused... Yes, glibc is libc6. Debian _is_ u

Re: Server Questions (fwd)

1998-02-26 Thread Nathan E Norman
On 26 Feb 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : Nathan E Norman writes: : > Oh, and before I forget ... I heard there is a company providing phone : > support for Debian Linux. If this is true, who is it? What are the : > rates? I work for a corporation that is becoming comfortable with the

Re: Question

1998-02-26 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Thu, 26 Feb 1998, Erik Rodríguez wrote: : Hello: : : Can anybody help me? : : When I installed debian on my PC i got some kind of problem while the : files were copying. What exactly was that? : I reboot my computer and surprisely it boot fine, i can log in normally : as root and as user

Re: Server Questions (fwd)

1998-02-26 Thread Nathan E Norman
On 26 Feb 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : Nathan Norman writes: : > The thing is, I doubt we'd ever place a support call. : : They all say that :) Yes, they do :) However, we have BSDI support right now, and I view it as a "last resort" type thing ... in the past, the questions I've sent to the

Re: HELP: Got in security trouble.

1998-02-27 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Fri, 27 Feb 1998, Ossama Othman wrote: : : > > Below is yet another story of hacker attack,... : > : > Please do not refer to these people as hackers. This is not Newsweek. : : Okay...then what are they? Gremlins? Heh..sorry. :-) : : In all seriousness, what would you call them? I under

Re: NO error in fdisk :D

1998-02-27 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Fri, 27 Feb 1998, HELMUT LEINFELLNER wrote: : Hi ! : : Just wanted to let you know that I can finally run both Win95 and Linux : on different partitions. The key to this was to put the DOS partitions : FIRST. : The only thing still to solve right now is this: : DOS fdisk gives: : : 1 PRI DOS

Re: NO error in fdisk :D

1998-02-27 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Fri, 27 Feb 1998, HELMUT LEINFELLNER wrote: : Nathan E Norman wrote: : > : > On Fri, 27 Feb 1998, HELMUT LEINFELLNER wrote: : > : > : Hi ! : > : : > : Just wanted to let you know that I can finally run both Win95 and Linux : > : on different partitions. The key to th

dselect nfs question

1998-02-27 Thread Nathan E Norman
This question is overly vague; sorry ... I started playing with nfs today (nothing like a little excitement on a friday). I've got a 9 gig partition on a BSDI box, which holds my ftp mirror of debian, among other things. I want to be able to do local installs via nfs. So I fought my way through

Re: dselect nfs question

1998-02-27 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Fri, 27 Feb 1998, Tim Sailer wrote: : Nathan E Norman wrote: : > : > This question is overly vague; sorry ... : > : > I started playing with nfs today (nothing like a little excitement on a : > friday). I've got a 9 gig partition on a BSDI box, which holds my ftp : >

Re: HELP: Got in security trouble.

1998-02-27 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Fri, 27 Feb 1998, Ossama Othman wrote: : > However, if those of us who like to think of ourselves as : > hackers in the traditional sense of the word (and I;m talking : > computer tradition) take exception to your lumping us with egregious : > criminal miscreants, and flame you to a cris

Re: `-- MARK --' in syslog every 20 minutes

1998-02-27 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Fri, 27 Feb 1998, Ossama Othman wrote: : Hi, : : > Hmmm, I just upgraded some hamm packages (don't remember which, but they : > changed in the last few days) and now my syslog gets : > : > Feb 27 12:55:14 mu -- MARK -- : > : > in it every 20 minutes. Anybody else getting this? : : Yes, I a

Re: -- MARK --

1998-02-28 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Sat, 28 Feb 1998, Matt Thompson wrote: : Out of the blue, that started showing up in my xconsole on twenty minute : intervals, as in: : : Feb 28 04:35:53 mattyt -- MARK -- : Feb 28 04:55:53 mattyt -- MARK -- : : ??? : : TIA for any insight. :) : matty Well, this showed up on the list yester

Support for Debian GNU/Linux

1998-02-28 Thread Nathan E Norman
This is the last time I'll ask this question, I promise. A while ago, Bruse Perens stated that there would be an effort to provide some sort of centralized support for Debian. I'm interested in this since the company I work for likes to have a signed support contract with our vendors. Anyone kno

Re: Support for Debian GNU/Linux

1998-02-28 Thread Nathan E Norman
On 28 Feb 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : A commercial company will have a proposal on my desk this weekend : to coordinate the worldwide network of Debian consultants in a single : support organization. : : Thanks : : Bruce Woohoo! This is excellent news! Thanks, Bruce. (Needles

NAT solution for Linux?

1998-02-28 Thread Nathan E Norman
Is there a kernel module and/or software that provides Network Address Translation (something similar to what Cisco's PIX product does)? I know about Masquerading; I have friends who use it, and I'm building such a machine for my home network. However, we have some large locations, and customers

Re: Ultra ATA HD Controller Comaptibility

1998-03-02 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Mon, 2 Mar 1998, Joe Hill wrote: : I am looking for a version of Linux that is compatible with my IDE HD : controller, which is an "Ultra ATA" controller on a recent Gateway : 2000 PC (300 MHz P II). According to the Redhat site, this controller : is not compatible with Redhat ... my questions

Re: [LILO]

1998-03-04 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Wed, 4 Mar 1998, Sudhakar Chandrasekharan wrote: The one thing you don't mention is if you actually reran 'lilo'. Editing lilo.conf is not good enough; you must rerun lilo. Assuming that you did that, the location of the append line in your config file may be problematic. I don't claim to be

Re: loading support for 2 ethernet cards

1998-03-04 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Wed, 4 Mar 1998, Rob Goodwin wrote: : I am having trouble autoprobing more than one Ethernet card at boot : time. I have compiled support for the cards I am using (they are both : of the same type) but only one is detected at boot time. I found a : howto that describes a method that involves

Re: loading support for 2 ethernet cards

1998-03-05 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Wed, 4 Mar 1998, Henry Hollenberg wrote: : >Yeah, it's a bit unclear at first. What you want to do is put the : >information on the append line, like this: : > : >append="mem=96M ether=10,0x300,eth0 ether=11,0x2e0,eth1" : > : >I'd recommend you put in the real values rather than 0,0 - that ena

replacing MTA

1998-03-05 Thread Nathan E Norman
What is the proper way to invoke dpkg when replacing on MTA with another? Someone once said that you "just put both packages on the same command line" but I've never figured that out. How do you install and remove with the same command? This may belong on devel, but I'll try here first. TIA, -

nix MTA question

1998-03-05 Thread Nathan E Norman
Never mind, I figured it out :) I just needed to use the 'B' option on the dpkg command line, and install the new MTA. Don't know why I couldn't figure that out before (too much pizza, probably) -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet - 410 South Phillips Avenue - Sioux Falls, SD 57104 phone: (605) 334-4454

Re: HAMM Mirror

1998-03-05 Thread Nathan E Norman
On 5 Mar 1998, Ben Pfaff wrote: : I'd like to know how much disk space I need to mirror hamm/ (i386 :only)? : : In bytes: : : 302082630 /mirror/debian/hamm/hamm/binary-i386 : 54236703 /mirror/debian/hamm/non-free/binary-i386 : 9040451 /mirror/debian/hamm/contrib/binary-i3

Re: replacing MTA

1998-03-05 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Thu, 5 Mar 1998, Jeff Noxon wrote: : On Thu, Mar 05, 1998 at 09:42:22AM -0600, Nathan E Norman wrote: : > What is the proper way to invoke dpkg when replacing on MTA with : > another? Someone once said that you "just put both packages on the same : > command line" but I&#x

Re: HELP: Newbie needs help with crash

1998-03-05 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Thu, 5 Mar 1998, Oliver Elphick wrote: [ description of problem, and Oliver's helpful advice snipped ] : > : >Checking root file system : >Parallelizing fsck : >/dev/hda2 contains a file system with errors, check forced : >/dev/hda2: unattached inode 28780 : >/dev/hda2: UNEXPECTED I

Re: autoup.sh

1998-03-06 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Fri, 6 Mar 1998, Carroll Kong wrote: : Whoa... tried upgrading and I think I got confused. Shouldn't I erase : my old packages via dselect? Then change my access to ftp and get all the hamm : packages, then run autoup.sh? : : : Carroll Kong Pretty much the opposite. Run autoup.sh, th

Re: Linux on an 8086

1998-03-06 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Fri, 6 Mar 1998, Tonetti.doc, R Tonetti wrote: : Hi everibody! : : I have got an Olivetti 8086, 1MB RAM, 100MB harddisk, 3.5" floppy. Do you : know of a BASIC version of Linux, RedHat or another U*ix dialect that I can : install on it? : Of course, I do not pretend super graphics, 64 virtual c

man pages

1998-03-06 Thread Nathan E Norman
I have a strange request ... here goes. We're starting to use Debian quite a bit here. Of course, each PC has a different configuration. It would be helpful if I could install all (well, mostly all, anyway) of the manpages on one server, and serve them out via man2html for the rest of the users.

Re: man pages

1998-03-06 Thread Nathan E Norman
ut dwww. : : Jeff : : On Fri, Mar 06, 1998 at 02:38:17PM -0600, Nathan E Norman wrote: : > I have a strange request ... here goes. : > : > We're starting to use Debian quite a bit here. Of course, each PC has a : > different configuration. It would be helpful if I could ins

Re: How to i check for deb 2.0

1998-03-07 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Sat, 7 Mar 1998, Carroll Kong wrote: : Ok. I seem to have the libc6 libs. But when i did a ldd /sbin/init , it : showed libc5.0. This is odd, eh? kepler:~ $ ldd /sbin/init libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x4000e000) /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x4000) Ha

Re: df

1998-03-08 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Sun, 8 Mar 1998, iquest wrote: : Hi, : : I just realize that the output from df command does not add up. The : used : and available columnes do not add up to be the 1024-block columne! Is : it : something wrong? : : : /dev/sdc11414447 693828 647525 52% /debian/ham

/etc/issue, ssltelnet

1998-03-09 Thread Nathan E Norman
[This isn't strictly Debian related] Recently I've been reading security horror stories, and things that can be done to avoid the problem. Among the more vanilla problems is the /etc/issue file - specifically, the advertisement of what OS is running on the target machine. I'd like to get things

Re: /etc/issue, ssltelnet

1998-03-09 Thread Nathan E Norman
On 9 Mar 1998, Martin Bialasinski wrote: : Nathan E Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: : : > Among the more vanilla problems is the /etc/issue file - specifically, : > the advertisement of what OS is running on the target machine. I'd like : > to get things set up so that

Re: autoup.sh

1998-03-09 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Mon, 9 Mar 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : : I've lost my link to this script. Could somebody please post the : URL? http://www.debian.org/devel/autoup.sh the script works great, btw - I've had no troubles so far (3 vastly different machines) -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet - 410 South Phi

Re: Formating a ftape tape?

1998-03-10 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Tue, 10 Mar 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : Raymond A. Ingles wrote: : > : > On Tue, 10 Mar 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : > : > > On 10 Mar, Graham Lillico +44 1785 248131 wrote: : > > >>> Is there any way to format a Qic-80 tape on a ftape device? : > > : > > Sorry, I should have checked t

olvwm locks up ...

1998-04-02 Thread Nathan E Norman
Hello, On a brand new install, Debian 2.0, using install disks from 29 Mar98. Machine has an S3 Trio 64/V+ ... I'm using the SVGA xserver, olvwm WM, and xdm. If any user tries to login via xdm, you get as far as the desktop, with two windows open (an xterm, and the virtual desktop window). There

Re: olvwm locks up ...

1998-04-02 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Thu, 2 Apr 1998, Nathan E Norman wrote: : Hello, : : On a brand new install, Debian 2.0, using install disks from 29 Mar98. : Machine has an S3 Trio 64/V+ ... I'm using the SVGA xserver, olvwm WM, : and xdm. : : If any user tries to login via xdm, you get as far as the desktop, with

sendmail in hamm

1998-04-02 Thread Nathan E Norman
I thought I saw a message recently about sendmail being slow. I've noticed this myself over the past few days. Anyone else? -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet - 410 South Phillips Avenue - Sioux Falls, SD 57104 mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP Key: (0xA3

Re: Poor interaction between chown and quota

1998-04-02 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Thu, 2 Apr 1998, Pete Templin wrote: : : Hi: : : In the process of debugging a variety of quota problems visible in : procmail-based mail delivery and qpopper-based mail pickup, I believe I've : identified an interaction problem between chown and quota. Essentially, : if a program runn

Re: SCSI tape problems

1998-04-05 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Sun, 5 Apr 1998, Glenn Tenney KOTJ wrote: : (A copy of this message has also been posted to the following newsgroups: : linux.debian.user) : : Can't anyone please offer some assistance... I'd really like to get SCSI : working... : : Thanks again : : : In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, : [EMAI

Re: How to make multiple IP address within one physical network card..

1998-04-06 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Mon, 6 Apr 1998, Won-Ho Kye wrote: : Hi Friends! : : I heard that a ethenet card can bind multiple IP address. Yes. : I have confirmed that it would be possible in solaris by using : 'ifconfig'. Yes. : It seems that linux does not support this feature, right? Wrong. See http://sunsite.un

Re: hamm state

1998-04-06 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Mon, 6 Apr 1998, Jonas Bofjall wrote: : How can hamm go into frozen when dselect-over-FTP hasn't been fixed yet? : When will it be fixed (I recently tried the 98-03-29 disk set)? It's frozen so those problems can be fixed. Frozen means "no more changes other than bugfixes", not "ready for pri

Re: Threading list subjects?

1998-04-06 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Mon, 6 Apr 1998, Ray Schultz wrote: : Hello All, : : I am new to the list. I have been on for only few days and already have : 75 messages from the list. Great content!! : : I find it difficult to follow the subject threads without them being : grouped together like a newsreader. : I am rea

Re: Modem Help Wanted....

1998-04-06 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Mon, 6 Apr 1998, Brandon wrote: : Can someone tell me howto use my and configure my 56k modem under linux?? : its a Zoom 56k flexthanx in advance!!! Hmm ... this sounds suspiciously like a WinModem. Can it be configured in DOS or NT? If it only works under Windows 95, you're probably SOL

Re: Installing debian

1998-04-08 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Tue, 7 Apr 1998, Edward Christopher Kern wrote: [ snip problem ] : The details: IBM 486/50 8 MB RAM, 212 MB SCSI HDD. Currently DOS, : attempting debian. Not to be a smartass, but I suspect you've left out a few details. For example, is this an MCA or ISA machine? If it's MCA, you'll nee

Re: Need help with da requirements

1998-04-08 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Wed, 8 Apr 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : Hey, : No, in the installation readme file it says that Linux works on Pentium, : Pentuim Pro, now, what about Pentium II? Works more or less the same as a PPro. The major difference between a PPro and a PII, iirc, the L1 and L2 cache location an

Re: Installing debian (fwd)

1998-04-09 Thread Nathan E Norman
t! -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet - 410 South Phillips Avenue - Sioux Falls, SD 57104 mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP Key: (0xA33B86E9) -- Forwarded message -- Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1998 23:59:09 -0400 From: John Heuser <[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: olvwm locks up ...

1998-04-10 Thread Nathan E Norman
On 10 Apr 1998, Carey Evans wrote: : [I'm just catching up on debian-user after not reading it for a week, : so apologies if I'm coming in a bit late.] : : Nathan E Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: : : > : On a brand new install, Debian 2.0, using install disks from 29 M

Re: installation

1998-04-13 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Mon, 13 Apr 1998, Peter Luongo wrote: : i am trying to install Debian 1.3 and am not getting very far. instead : of loading and decompressing linux first, the rescue disk is trying to : load root.bin, and failing each time. it then just tells me that the : boot failed and to insert a new disk

Re: Default FTP installation

1998-04-13 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Mon, 13 Apr 1998, Ossama Othman wrote: : : > upload/download to directories that they have access to and 2) anonymous : > ftp download from /home/ftp is enabled but no world writeable upload : > directory is created. : : #2 assumes that anonymous ftp directories are setup, doesn't it? I : be

Re: [OFF TOPIC] Linus Torvalds, the man of the century

1998-04-13 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Mon, 13 Apr 1998, Orn E. Hansen wrote: : : Þann 12-Apr-98 skrifar Manoj Srivastava: : > : > anal jokes? "hots"? What kind of deranged reality is this : > coming from? : > : Look whose talking... the King of Geek world, as the magazines so : well describe it :-) : : You want to co

Re: How much HD is necessary to mirror Debian x86?

1998-04-14 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Tue, 14 Apr 1998, Ulisses Alonso Camaro wrote: : -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- : : Hi all! : : I want to download the entire Debian hamm distribution _for Intel only_ : (just binary-i386, isn't it?) No, you need binary-all also. : How much HD is necessary? (I'm assuming you want contr

Re: NiC Cards

1998-04-17 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Fri, 17 Apr 1998, Mike Holliday wrote: : Does anyone know if there is a .DEB package for a 3Com Fast Etherlink : 10/100mb bus-master pci adapter? : : Mike : Cool, hardware debian packages! The Free Hardware Foundation, hmmm -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet - 410 South Phillips Avenue - Sio

Re: NiC Cards

1998-04-17 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Fri, 17 Apr 1998, Mike Holliday wrote: : Hi, : that is what I did use, but it refuses to accept it as my NiC, and it is the : right card It would be worth trying the 3Com diskettes and running 3C90XCFG.EXE ... take the card out of PnP mode, try changing IRQs/IO ports ... the number 1 problem I

rpc.mountd times out (hamm)

1998-04-23 Thread Nathan E Norman
Having moved our RAID array from a BSD box to a Debian box, I'm trying to set up NFS. I have an area I'd like all our clients to be able to mount publically (it's a public ftp dir) Debian Linux runs mountd through RPC. BSD didn't - mountd ran standalone. Having RTFM, I think Debian does this fo

Re: rpc.mountd times out (hamm)

1998-04-23 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Thu, 23 Apr 1998, Jens B. Jorgensen wrote: : Nathan E Norman wrote: : : > Having moved our RAID array from a BSD box to a Debian box, I'm trying : > to set up NFS. I have an area I'd like all our clients to be able to : > mount publically (it's a public ftp dir) :

Re: PINE Debian Package

1998-04-23 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Thu, 23 Apr 1998, George Bonser wrote: [ snip ] : : > *We* can't change the license, and we will not change our policy : > for pine or other non-free software. : : You already DID change your policy, I am asking to have it changed BACK. : If the Debian diff is nothing more that items needed t

Re: PINE Debian Package

1998-04-23 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Thu, 23 Apr 1998, George Bonser wrote: : On Thu, 23 Apr 1998, Nathan E Norman wrote: : : > I don't understand why following a license decreases user utility. It : > may add work for the sysadmin ... : : No, it is the CHANGING of the interpretation of the license to fit the : cur

Re: Thinkpad installation question

1998-04-24 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Fri, 24 Apr 1998, Janos A Csirik wrote: : Hello, : : I am trying to install Debian 1.3 on my new TP 560 and I ran into some : trouble! I successfully shrank the M$ Win partition, but when I try to : boot from the rescue floppy (date 1997-10-13), things don't work. If I : try to boot without

Re: I have problem with base file installation

1998-04-27 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Mon, 27 Apr 1998, Philippe BARBELET wrote: : Hi Debian Linux Users, : : I have loaded from ftp.debian.org site all files to install the Linux : base on a : PC. All was good but... : : The installation program read the 5 floppy disks from "base-1" to : "base-5" : but at the end it wrote "Error

Re: Memory problem....

1998-04-27 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Sun, 26 Apr 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : I just converted yet another MS-dissatisified friend to Debian : yesterday. However, when we were installing debian on his box, a P-100 : w/ 32MB. freemem returns only 15MB or so free. Implying that debian : only found the first 16MB. :

wu-ftpd-academ package disables itself

1998-04-28 Thread Nathan E Norman
hamm system current as of this afternoon :) I installed wu-ftpd-academ, oh, two versions ago. At that time it disabled the "stock" ftpd, wu-ftpd, and itself! I edited my /etc/inetd.conf and removed the two unused lines (perhaps this is the problem) At any rate, the past two upgrades of wu-ftpd-

Convert RedHat install to Debian ..

1998-04-29 Thread Nathan E Norman
Part of this question has been hashed over a zillion times; for that I apologise. I've got a Sun Netra I5, with serial console only. The current Debian boot disks don't like the serial console, so I used RedHat's instead. Now I've got this Netra Linux box :) Now for the hashed over part. Is the

Re: ACK! SCSI Not WOrking

1998-04-30 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Thu, 30 Apr 1998, Stephen Carpenter wrote: [ snip ] : I don't have the manual for the card but... http://www.adaptec.com/support/overview/scsiha.html - you should be able to figure out how to find the manual from there. : if I look at the board itself i see jumpers (yes jumpers...I LOVE jumper

Re: recompiling kernel

1998-05-05 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Tue, 5 May 1998, Oliver Elphick wrote: : "G. Crimp" wrote: [ snip ] : >if hash encaps 2> /dev/null; then \ : > objdump -k -q -o 0x10 /usr/src/kernel-source-2.0.30/vmlinux > ^^ : >$tmppiggy; \ : >else \ : > objcopy -O binary -R .note -R .comment -R .stab -R .

Re: Tom's Unix on a Floppy

1998-05-07 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Thu, 7 May 1998, Michael Beattie wrote: : On Wed, 6 May 1998, Stephen Carpenter wrote: : : > Um lets see : > th efilename is tomsrtbt-1.1.4.38.tar.gz : > I have found that the most usefull tool in the web is AltaVista search engine ... : > put in the filename you are looking for and... T

Re: Can't get a kernel to recognize my Asus PCI-SC875 scsi card

1998-05-07 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Thu, 7 May 1998, Pierre Blanchet wrote: : "GDM" == G Dale Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: : : : GDM> I am trying to build a kernel with only the options I want now that I : GDM> have hamm : GDM> installed again. The boot floppy made from this install recognizes and : GDM> uses the

Re: Install problem - kernel problems with Adaptec 2740 EISA cards

1998-05-07 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Thu, 7 May 1998, Bob McGowan wrote: : I downloaded the Official CD images 2 or 3 months ago and did all the : checks and balances before burning a CD. I also checked the CD image : file against the burned image (dd and cmp under a UNIX system) and found : no errors. : : I tried to install fro

Re: problem...

1998-05-09 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Fri, 8 May 1998, Kevin Brackett wrote: : Problem : : : I always get inodes counted wrong in blocks, and timeout/reset : errors from my hdd, can this be fixed by a low level format? Or any ideas : what is causing this, and what steps I should take to fix it? What are the errors, specif

Re: Convert RedHat install to Debian ..

1998-05-11 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Mon, 11 May 1998, The Thought Assassin wrote: : On Wed, 29 Apr 1998, Nathan E Norman wrote: : > I've got a Sun Netra I5, with serial console only. The current Debian : > boot disks don't like the serial console, so I used RedHat's instead. : > Now I've got this

Re: Debian/GNU Linux on IBM PS/2

1998-05-11 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Mon, 11 May 1998, Nick Gilliam wrote: : : Will Debian/Linux run on a PS/2 386 Micro Channel Architecture machine? : : Thanks, : Nick Gilliam It sure will. What sort of PS/2 have you got? ESDI drives can be a bit tricky, and the install kernel doesn't have support for the IBM MCA SCSI adapt

Re: Get this, Gateway2000's 'wonderful' tech support

1997-12-05 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Fri, 5 Dec 1997, Robert D. Hilliard wrote: : > Allen Burns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: : > : > > I wrote a e-mail to gateway2000's tech support team asking them if Linux : > > was compatible with my Promise Ultra 33 here is an EXACT copy of what was : > > returned: : > > : > > Hello Allen, :

Re: BS in rxvt+ncurses

1997-12-05 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Fri, 5 Dec 1997, Jens B. Jorgensen wrote: [ problem snipped ] : : Man, this problem has come up on this list how many times now? : Hoow! (I'm not frustrated at you Marcelo.) Isn't it time we : had a decent search engine on the debian-user archives or some help : database that people c

Re: How unstable is hamm?

1997-12-05 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Fri, 5 Dec 1997, Scott Ellis wrote: : On Fri, 5 Dec 1997, John Bradley Fitzgibbons wrote: : : > I've been watching all of the messages concerning libc6 upgrades and now : > I've just got to ask. How unstable is hamm? My major interest is due to : > development. I'd really like to start play

Re: BS in rxvt+ncurses

1997-12-05 Thread Nathan E Norman
On 5 Dec 1997, Manoj Srivastava wrote: : Hi, : >>"Nathan" == Nathan E Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: : : Nathan> Hmm, I'll regret saying this forever I bet :) Many lists like : Nathan> this one have an "FAQ" that gets posted semi-frequently. : Nat

Re: Q's about upgrading to hamm

1997-12-06 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Fri, 5 Dec 1997, Christopher Jason Morrone wrote: : : Ok, I'd like to upgrade to hamm, because there are some things there that : I need. I'm following the libc5 to libc6 howto, but I've got a couple : questions/comments. : : The first conflict arose when I tried to install the second packag

auth and wu-ftpd

1997-12-07 Thread Nathan E Norman
I have a problem that I'm sure is documented in an FM somewhere, but I can't find it. Here's the deal ... we run a Cisco PIX proxy server here, a few BSDI servers, and we're in the process of migrating to Linux. However, my workstation (Win NT) is behind the proxy server ... when I ftp to the BSD

Radius

1997-12-08 Thread Nathan E Norman
A while ago I posted a question as to whether there were differences between the two Radius packages (Merit vs. Livingston). So far, no responses ... nobody using Radius?? Wrong forum for the question? We currently have Debian unstable - up to date as of last night. -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet -

Re: CGI Error

1997-12-08 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Sun, 7 Dec 1997, Paul Miller wrote: : Unfortunately that is the first thing... it runs on other systems, so I'm : clueless.. It wasn't able to run from the server cgi-bin, so I don't : think it is suEXEC's problem, but Apache's. : : Thanks Are you sure that you have a directive set up for y

Re: PHP/FI Apache Module

1997-12-08 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Mon, 8 Dec 1997, Steve Kostecke wrote: : In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, : [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hamish Moffatt) writes: : > There is a dynamic module (.so) for Apache if you use the precompiled : > PHP/FI package. I'm not sure which versions of Apache it works with though; : > I have used i

Re: questions: Non-internet connected IP Address default ???

1997-12-09 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Tue, 9 Dec 1997, Kevin Traas wrote: : >QUESTION: Is their a "generic" ip addressing scheme that should be used : >within this company , since it is not connected in any way to the net. : >Does it even matter? I guess I could use any address I want ... : : : There's an RFC on this, but I can't

Re: Re[2]: questions: Non-internet connected IP Address default ???

1997-12-09 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Wed, 10 Dec 1997, Sen Nagata wrote: : about private ip address spaces: : : Address Allocation for Private Internets is rfc 1597 : http://www.internic.net/rfc/rfc1597.txt : : people may want to have a look at: : : http://www.clock.org/~fair/opinion/rfc1597.html : : which also talks about

Re: Re[2]: questions: Non-internet connected IP Address default ???

1997-12-09 Thread Nathan E Norman
Following up my verbose message ... One place you can find all the RFCs in a browsable format is http://rfc.fh-koeln.de/doc/rfc/html/rfc.html I find using the browser a bit easier than ftping the RFCs from internic or wherever ... : On Wed, 10 Dec 1997, Sen Nagata wrote: : : : about private ip

Re: raid0

1997-12-11 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Thu, 11 Dec 1997, dpk wrote: Try package mdutils, in section admin. Works for me on hamm, I've also used the bo version without trouble. HTH : I just compiled a 2.0.32 kernel with raid/linear support because I would : like to strip 2 - 2 GB partitions. I downloaded md035.tar.gz from : ftp:/

Re: permission denied

1997-12-12 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Fri, 12 Dec 1997, Elaina Beth Tillinghast wrote: : I've mounted the cd and can read off of it. Permissions for a : particular file look like : -rwxr-xr-x 901 root size Install : Yet when I type ./Install from that directory as root, I get : permission denied. What gives? I have no idea wh

Re: Cron

1997-12-15 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Sun, 14 Dec 1997, Matt Thompson wrote: : I've been getting these messages for a few days: : : Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 06:42:01 -0800 (PST) : From: Cron Daemon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Subject: Cron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> run-parts /etc/cron.daily : : chgrp: invalid group name

Re: Making a debian CD

1997-12-15 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Tue, 16 Dec 1997, Craig Sanders wrote: : : On Mon, 15 Dec 1997, Carlos Barros wrote: : : > And Other thing is that by default 'less' use as editor other than : > 'vi' (I think that 'vi' is the standart editor in unix), may be 'ae'( : > don't remember). : : yes, this is very annoying, isn't i

ftp site

1997-12-16 Thread Nathan E Norman
Isn't there supposed to be an "unstable" directory (symlinked to hamm) on the ftp site? -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet - 410 South Phillips Avenue - Sioux Falls, SD 57104 phone: (605) 334-4454 fax: (605) 335-1173 mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net PGP Key ID: 0xA33B86E9 - Public key avail

Re: ftp site

1997-12-16 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Tue, 16 Dec 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : On Tue, Dec 16, 1997 at 10:08:28AM -0600, Nathan E Norman wrote: : > Isn't there supposed to be an "unstable" directory (symlinked to hamm) : > on the ftp site? : : In the dists dir, e.g. : ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/di

Re: which fm to rt on apache and access?

1997-12-17 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Wed, 17 Dec 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : : I'm sure there's a simple answer somewhere to this, but after scouring the : spots I could think of, I can't find it. : : Access to eyry.econ.iastate.edu is no problem; it happily brings up the : default page. : : I then created /home/hawk/www,

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