Can't get color in xterm!

At some distant point in the past I used to get color in my xterms... I had even customized the colors using X resources. But after installing a bunch of things, I don't get color anymore. The xterm still understands the color escape sequences, but it maps them all to either black or white It

Re: PGP signing in Exmh locks X

Try typing your passphrase and hitting Enter. You may be experiencing a problem with the visibility of the dialog window (it may be off the edge of the screen). That was one of the first things I tried. As far as I can tell, PGP is never actually run. It seems that X or FVWM2 balks when Exmh

tset?

When telnetting into a remote Debian box I want to have the screen size set automatically to 100x40 to suit my home Debian box. At the moment I am using: export LINES=40 COLUMNS=100 after I log in. As I sometimes use the first box in local mode I want the screen size to depend on how I access

Re: PGP signing in Exmh locks X

That was one of the first things I tried. Got me, then. Sorry.

Modem not detected

Hello all I just installed Debian 1.1 today and it refuses to see my modem during the boot-up process /dev/cuaX = no such device I'm new to linux, but not that new... I have been running RH for a few months. I ran setserial /dev/cua1 and it returned the correct values BTW, usr 33.6 pnp

Re: tset?

As I sometimes use the first box in local mode I want the screen size to depend on how I access it and I want it to stick when I su to root. I generally put something like this in login files (as well as aliasing it to 'rs'): eval `resize` stty cols $COLUMNS rows $LINES You may find it

Lilo and CDROM

I just installed Debian Linux v1.2.0 for the first time and im having some problems. I have a 486dx2/66 16 MB RAM, 540 HD. Linux partition about 200 MB and Linux Swap partition 16 MB. I have to boot off of my rescue disk because my lilo wont work. When i try to go to the Boot of the Hard Disk

Re: Modem not detected

In your email to me, Peter Yarych, you wrote: Hello all I just installed Debian 1.1 today and it refuses to see my modem during the boot-up process /dev/cuaX = no such device I'm new to linux, but not that new... I have been running RH for a few months. I ran setserial /dev/cua1 and it

Re: Modem not detected

Use modconf and add the serial module. It's under misc on the modconf menu. Paul Wade - Greenbush Technologies Corporation http://www.greenbush.com/cds.html Linux CD's sent worldwide On Sat, 29 Mar 1997, Peter Yarych wrote: Hello all I just installed Debian 1.1 today and it

Re: tset?

I have .bashrc setup for remote login differences. I also have executable scripts in my home directory to account for other differences. I usually give them single-letter names because I am not a great typist. Paul Wade - Greenbush Technologies Corporation http://www.greenbush.com/cds.html Linux

Re: can't umount /usr(/dev/hdb3)

On Sat, 29 Mar 1997, David Puryear wrote: I upgrade a lot of packages, don't know exactly which ones though, and now shutdown -h now and umount will not unmount /usr(aka /dev/hdb3). It gives me same error: umount: /dev/hdb3: device is busy Does anyone have any idea as to what is

Re: TeX fonts

On Sat, 29 Mar 1997, Ralf Comtesse wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hi, When I use some of the not so common fonts in a TeX document, MakeTeX* of debian 1.2.7 cannot generate them automatically anymore. The *.tfm files are present and I think all paths in texmf.conf are correct.

Re: Lilo and CDROM

On Sat, 29 Mar 1997, Chris Trantau wrote: I have to boot off of my rescue disk because my lilo wont work. When i try to go to the Boot of the Hard Disk option it gives me this error: sbin/dinstall: cannot creat /target/etc/lilo.cong: directory nonexistent The partition has to be

Re: can't umount /usr(/dev/hdb3)

David Puryear [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi all, I upgrade a lot of packages, don't know exactly which ones though, and now shutdown -h now and umount will not unmount /usr(aka /dev/hdb3). It gives me same error: umount: /dev/hdb3: device is busy Try doing `fuser -m /usr',

Debian Package Finder

Does anyone know what happenedn to the http://rae.ton.tut.fi/preview/? I loved this page. It made life *s* much nicer evertime I wanted to find a new package. Thanks, Adam.

Qpopper: what happened to /etc/popper.deny

Hi. I noticed that the debian version of qpopper doesn't seem to use the /etc/popper.deny file which our old version of qpopper did. Does anyone know what I need to do in order to be able to use this file again to restrict POP access to mail? Thanks, Adam.

Re: bug package

On Sun, 30 Mar 1997, Francesco Tapparo wrote: I'm a happy debian user: I have a bo installation. I have noticed that rxvt and emacs don't run automatically update-menus after the installation. I think that these are bugs, and I have reported thes using bug. Bug has mailed the message to

RE modem not detected

Thanks to everyone for the tips. modem now works :)) __ / / (_)__ __ __ / /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / . . . t h e c h o i c e o f a //_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ G N U g e n e r a t i o n . . .

RPM

From Redhat's blurb about their new Maximum RPM book. RPM currently runs on Linux, IRIX, Solaris, SunOS, AIX, HP/UX, AmigaOS, and FreeBSD, and is quickly becoming the de-facto packaging standard for free software on the Internet. I have to say up

Debian Book list

For those that remembered a few weeks ago when I had posted my idea for a Debian Manual/Book. I got such a good response on it. I have started the outline but I don't feel that the current debian lists that are out are the proper place for this. So I have started up a list for the book. You

XFree86 3.2, XDM and Chooser

I'm trying to get the Chooser to work with XDM, so I can select what machine I want to use. (In other words, I want to use my own machine as an X-Terminal.) I've managed to get the chooser to select a couple of machines (including my own), but whenever I try to select one of them I end up with

Re: Postgres95 - missing library

[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi there, I've recently downloaded the latest stable POSTGRES95 package and installed it (Debian 1.2; kernel - 2.0.27). Apparently I'm missing a package, as postmaster keeps on complaining: can't load library 'libbsd.so.1.0.0. I will appreciate advise as

Re: Debian Book list

The developers have realized more and better documentation is needed. Did you know there is now a mailing list for discussing this type of thing? ([EMAIL PROTECTED] the subscription address is [EMAIL PROTECTED]) This might be a better place to discuss a Debian book. (which is something we

Firewall logging... where?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hi! I've got a little question: I'm setting up a firewall and wanted to examine what happened with the packets I put through it. I've configured the kernel for firewall logging but somehow, nowhere in the logs in /var/log the information shows up. Is there

Re: RPM

On Sun, 30 Mar 1997, Gith wrote: From Redhat's blurb about their new Maximum RPM book. RPM currently runs on Linux, IRIX, Solaris, SunOS, AIX, HP/UX, AmigaOS, and FreeBSD, and is quickly becoming the de-facto packaging standard for free software on the

ANNOUNCE: New Logo and Feedback Page for the Debian Logo (v10)

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hi folks! I just installed the new Debian Logo Page (v10) today. You can have a look at it via http://fatman.mathematik.tu-muenchen.de/~schwarz/debian-logo/ The new page contains 14 new and 9 old logos and uses HTML forms to make it easy for you to

Debian on Sparc...

I can't find any reference to the debian-sparc mailing list (or did one never exist?). Is anyone using Debian on a sparc (or barring that, is anyone using Linux on a sparc ;-). The heart of my question is this, is it possible to get Linux up and running on a sparc w/o a CD-ROM drive? Can Debian

Re: Debian on Sparc...

On 30 Mar 1997, Norman Walsh wrote: I can't find any reference to the debian-sparc mailing list (or did one never exist?). Is anyone using Debian on a sparc (or barring that, is anyone using Linux on a sparc ;-). The heart of my question is this, is it possible to get Linux up and running

Lilo booting

I finally got my CD ROM working and my packages installed but i still have a question. Is there a way to make like a menu that appears when i start my computer that asks me which OS (win95/linux) i would like to go to ? I have tried making my Linux partition bootable, but it goes there

Re: Lilo booting

On Sun, 30 Mar 1997, Chris Trantau wrote: I finally got my CD ROM working and my packages installed but i still have a question. Is there a way to make like a menu that appears when i start my computer that asks me which OS (win95/linux) i would like to go to ? I have tried making my

How do Ienable NIS (client) on my Debian system.

A quick look at /etc/init.d doesn't make it obvious how to do this? Could someone point me in the correct direction? Thansk. -- Stan Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED]404-996-6955 Factory Automation Systems Atlanta Ga. -- Look, look, see

Re: How do Ienable NIS (client) on my Debian system.

At 10:27 AM 30/03/97 -0500, Stan Brown wrote: A quick look at /etc/init.d doesn't make it obvious how to do this? Could someone point me in the correct direction? Look at the file nis.debian.howto.gz in /usr/doc/nis - if you follow it to the letter it'll work fine - well, it did for

Re: RPM

From Redhat's blurb about their new Maximum RPM book. RPM currently runs on Linux, IRIX, Solaris, SunOS, AIX, HP/UX, AmigaOS, and FreeBSD, and is quickly becoming the de-facto packaging standard for free software on the Internet. Oh

Re: RPM

On Sun, 30 Mar 1997, Jim Pick wrote: From Redhat's blurb about their new Maximum RPM book. RPM currently runs on Linux, IRIX, Solaris, SunOS, AIX, HP/UX, AmigaOS, and FreeBSD, and is quickly becoming the de-facto packaging standard for free

Re: can't umount /usr(/dev/hdb3)

On Sat, 29 Mar 1997, Syrus Nemat-Nasser wrote: On Sat, 29 Mar 1997, David Puryear wrote: I upgrade a lot of packages, don't know exactly which ones though, and now shutdown -h now and umount will not unmount /usr(aka /dev/hdb3). It gives me same error: umount: /dev/hdb3:

Re: RPM

Jim Pick: Randolph Chung has released a alpha-test version of a utility that will convert .deb files to .rpm files. http://132.236.56.9/pages/rc42/program/martian.html And Debian's alien package can already install .rpm files. Randolph is a close friend of mine (I'm the maintainer of the

Re: Support for internal IDE Zip drive?

On Fri, 28 Mar 1997, Mike L. Dickey wrote: I've read the Iomega ZIP HOWTOs and noticed that they only mention 3 versions of the hardware (parallel external, SCSI internal, SCSI external). I've also browsed through the Debian website (noticed the facelift) ... there is no good site-wide

RPM

Wouldn't it be great to port dpkg to DOS/Win95? It then could be used by shareware/freeware authors... And people would be biased towards Debian when adopting Linux -- Nicolás Lichtmaier.- | Try visiting #debian in Undernet. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | The channel of the debian developers =)

Re: Debian on Sparc...

Norman Walsh [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I can't find any reference to the debian-sparc mailing list (or did one never exist?). Is anyone using Debian on a sparc (or barring that, is anyone using Linux on a sparc ;-). The heart of my question is this, is it possible to get Linux up and

Re: Package MODULES

On Sun, 30 Mar 1997, Paul Nelson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- When I upgraded to the Bo (Unstable) it tells me that package modules relies on package modutils (which is not available). With that I do not get a few files needed for kernel compilation (such as /sbin/genksyms

Re: TeX fonts

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hallo Syrus, On Sat, 29 Mar 1997, Syrus Nemat-Nasser wrote: I don't know, but I'm very happily using the new tetex packages from unstable which seem to fix most of the previous problems with the tex packages. I'm doing this on two machines that I

Re: Lilo booting

I've found that you have to mark the WIN95 partition as the bootable partition in the partition table or win95 has a hissy-fit. However, this DOES NOT affect the boot-ability of your linux partition. You can make both linux and win95 bootable on power-up by editing your lilo.conf file in your

Re: Pentium GCC

Maarten Boekhold [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi, I was just thinking: wouldn't it be a nice idea to have a pgcc package around for ppl who want to get the most out of their pentium? Even if it means the package must be in experimental? I don't know to what extent it has been integrated,

Boot Files

Is it necessary, or even useful, to have the System.map-x.x.xx file in the /boot directory if loadlin is used for booting? Is there any need to have a kernel in / or /boot unless lilo is being used? Bob

Re: Pentium GCC

On 30 Mar 1997, Siggy Brentrup wrote: I don't know to what extent it has been integrated, eventually using the -m586 flag in conjunction with -O? on gcc should optimize for pentiums. IMO there's no need for a special compiler version. Correct me if.I'm wrong. Apparently the gcc people are

Re: Pentium GCC

On 30 Mar 1997, Siggy Brentrup wrote: Maarten Boekhold [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi, I was just thinking: wouldn't it be a nice idea to have a pgcc package around for ppl who want to get the most out of their pentium? Even if it means the package must be in experimental? I don't

Re: Problems working with bash.

Kai Grossjohann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you type, say, g then M-p repeatedly you get all command lines that begin with g. I use this *all* the time, as an alternative to !g because it lets me see if I got the right command line before I hit Enter. Still, none of this even begins

Re: Boot Files

Robert D. Hilliard [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Is it necessary, or even useful, to have the System.map-x.x.xx file in the /boot directory if loadlin is used for booting? Yes, there are a lot of utilities referencing it - most notably ps. Is there any need to have a kernel in /

Re: can't umount /usr(/dev/hdb3)

Hi all, I upgrade a lot of packages, don't know exactly which ones though, and now shutdown -h now and umount will not unmount /usr(aka /dev/hdb3). It gives me same error: umount: /dev/hdb3: device is busy Does anyone have any idea as to what is causing this? The other asnwers

Re: Problems working with bash.

Gertjan == Gertjan Klein [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Gertjan I wish I could convince bash to work like this! Open up your info reader; either inside Emacs or XEmacs, by typing 'info' at a bash prompt, or via http and dwww, and read the 'readline' manual, which you've obviously not heard of

FAQ: Work-Needing and Prospective Packages

Work-Needing and Prospective Packages for Debian GNU/Linux Sven Rudolph, [EMAIL PROTECTED] $Id: packages.sgml,v 1.38 1997/03/30 23:11:03 sr1 Exp sr1 $ 1. General Questions 1.1. Before reading this document You should have read the Debian GNU/Linux FAQ ( http://www.debian.org/FAQ/ ). 1.2.