Re: Unknown error when I plug cable into NE2000 NIC

1997-05-22 Thread Kevin Traas
When I plug an RJ45 cable into my NE2000 card I get the following error over and over again until I remove the cable - eth1: Command unit stopped, status 4040, restarting. Has anyone else seen this, and were you able to fix it? Scott. Do you have multiple ethernet cards in your machine?

What can I dump

1997-05-22 Thread gvl
OK, I'm a bit low on space and can't dump DOS/WIN due to other users. What can I get rid of from my Debian installation and still retain my connectivity and the ability to compile a kernel if necessary. Filesystem 1024-blocks Used Available Capacity Mounted on /dev/hdb1

Re: Front Page Extension

1997-05-22 Thread Adam Shand
Can I find front page extension for Debian 2.0.29 with Apache 1.1.3? As far as I know there is no debian package for the Frontpage UNIX Extensions. You can search for available packages at http://larry.earthlight.co.nz/debian/ and I have put a page up explaining what I have done to get Frontpage

How to configure dhcpcd?

1997-05-22 Thread Harmon Sequoya Nine
Hi. I've got a new cable modem that I am trying to configure for Linux. I've read the docs on dhcpcd, the daemon that fetches the IP address, etc., from the cable company, but I can't determine how to use it from these docs (I'm a total newbie to cable modem configuration). What files do I

Re: Help with IP masquerading

1997-05-22 Thread Craig Sanders
On Wed, 21 May 1997, Francois Gouget wrote: Yep, I have the same situation, and name resolution works fine. The only things I've found that don't work are ftp (dir listings only, file gets by wget and netscape work fine (which I don't understand)) and ping. This must be related to

Re: Help with IP masquerading

1997-05-22 Thread Craig Sanders
On Wed, 21 May 1997, Francois Gouget wrote: Most Linux documentation advises against running bind, saying that it's [...] get it workingit only takes a few minutes at most. I would rather say that it took me a several hours but perhaps I'm worse than average. for a site that

Re: Help with IP masquerading

1997-05-22 Thread Craig Sanders
On Wed, 21 May 1997, Lars Hallberg wrote: Craig, sorry, got to ask You one thing... Humm, I use diald. It do for some reason lose the first package on a new fresh conection. My ugly workaround is to have no local nameresolving and the nameserver listed multiple times in /etc/resolv.conf.

iso9660 image?

1997-05-22 Thread edwalter
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Just curious. Is the well designed cdrom image going to be made available still? I'm going to burn a copy of 1.3 in the next week or so and I'd much prefer to use a pre-built image simply because it will be more reliably arranged than anything I could make

Terminal not powerful enough for SLang

1997-05-22 Thread Richard L Shepherd
Does anyone know how to fix the problem of trying to use a program (such as lynx or slrn) that uses SLang from reporting the error: Terminal not powerful enough for SLang and failing there? I just did an update through dselect (using stable) and got a new version of lynx which told me to

Re: Terminal not powerful enough for SLang

1997-05-22 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
Richard == Richard L Shepherd [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Richard Does anyone know how to fix the problem of trying to use Richard a program (such as lynx or slrn) that uses SLang from Richard reporting the error: Terminal not powerful enough for Richard SLang and failing there? $

IP-Accounting HOWTO?

1997-05-22 Thread Benedikt Eric Heinen
Is there an IP-Accounting HOWTO available anywhere? (Or is there anyone who could supply a couple of good tips). So far, I've managed to set rules for the IP accounting via ipfwadm (and the kernel has IP-Accounting support), but *where* do I retrieve the accounting information -- I haven't

debian libc5-dev installation version problem - my crude? fix.

1997-05-22 Thread Joe Whitaker
1st of all I am not subscribed to this list cause the subscription overwhelms me with it's huge number of postings. So if you reply be sure to reply to me directly[EMAIL PROTECTED] and also to the list debian-user@lists.debian.org. I like using the monthly archive better than subscription.

amd problem

1997-05-22 Thread Diz
i have a amd 5x86-133 cpu not a k5 when chip gets warmed up my floppy drives go belly up. i checked it out by putting a amd 486dx4 120 cpu in and the problem dis appered.i also have two fans, one on heat sink other blowing over heat sink. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word

Fwd: amd problem

1997-05-22 Thread Diz
In a message dated 97-05-22 01:48:45 EDT, Diz writes: - Forwarded message: Subj:amd problem Date:97-05-22 01:48:45 EDT From:Diz To: debian-user@lists.debian.org CC: Diz i have a amd 5x86-133 cpu not a k5 when chip gets warmed up my floppy drives go

Re: iso9660 image?

1997-05-22 Thread Bruce Perens
I will upload 1.3 images created using the debian-cd package on June 2. I'll probably use Novare as their distribution site - 1.2 GB is a bit large to propogate to all of the mirrors. The response to early prototypes at Pixar has been I love my Debian system. Bruce -- Bruce Perens K6BP

Re: Fwd: amd problem

1997-05-22 Thread Craig Sampson
On Thu, 22 May 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i have a amd 5x86-133 cpu not a k5 when chip gets warmed up my floppy drives go belly up. i checked it out by putting a amd 486dx4 120 cpu in and the problem dis appered.i also have two fans, one on heat sink other blowing over heat sink. Make

Recommended litterature

1997-05-22 Thread OLH
Ole B Hansen 22-05-97 04:10 Hi Being new to Linux I'm looking for a good book on the Debian distribution. I'm currently looking at Linux SA Survival Guide by Timothy Parker, and Special Edition Using Linux 3rd. ed. from QUE, but none of those are dealing with debian-specific ways to do

shadow.

1997-05-22 Thread A. M. Varon
hi, about the coming 1.3 debian release. Since it's with shadow password, does it have MD5 support? What other new things are in the 1.3 release? thanks. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Andre M. Varon Lasaltech, Incorported

Re: IP-Accounting HOWTO?

1997-05-22 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Thu, May 22, 1997 at 06:59:50AM +0200, Benedikt Eric Heinen wrote: Is there an IP-Accounting HOWTO available anywhere? (Or is there anyone who could supply a couple of good tips). So far, I've managed to set rules for the IP accounting via ipfwadm (and the kernel has IP-Accounting

News Server Configuration

1997-05-22 Thread Alex Monaghan
Hi, I have a simple setup on my home network. A 386DX/40 running Debian 1.2 (with 2.0.30 kernel). I have a 486DX/66 dual booting between Slackware (will upgrade to Debian in time) and Win 95 and a 386SX/25 running Win 95. I have got a ppp dialup on the Debian box and have got mail forwarding

Debian 1.3, kernel 2.1.39 and masquerading

1997-05-22 Thread Peter Iannarelli
Hi all: I have a box which is currently functioning as an internet access point. I have upgraded it to Debian 1.3 in hopes I could upgrade the kernel as well. Currently this box is using kernel 2.1.2. Every time I try to upgrade the kernel the masquerading does not function. The network

IMAP serer Debian package?

1997-05-22 Thread Eloy A. Paris
Hi, is there a Debian package for an IMAP server? Thanks, E.- -- Eloy A. Paris Information Technology Department Rockwell Automation de Venezuela Telephone: +58-2-9432311 Fax: +58-2-9430323 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Segfault 11 with SVGALib Utils

1997-05-22 Thread Dan Everton
Every time I attempt to run a program that uses the SVGA lib it dies with a segfault 11. I'm running Debain 1.3, kernel 2.0.30, with the latest SVGA lib off the Debian ftp site, on a Cirrus Logic GLD5420 (or something close to that, it's old anyway) with 512k ram. Any clues welcome, Thanks in

Re: debian libc5-dev installation version problem - my crude? fix.

1997-05-22 Thread joost witteveen
I get an error when dselect tries to install libc5-dev. It depends on the previous installation of libc5 version 5.4.20-1 but version 5.4.23-3 is what was installed. Apparently the version test for the installation of libc5-dev has the = sign instead of = sign for checking the version of

Re: IMAP serer Debian package?

1997-05-22 Thread Dale Scheetz
On 22 May 1997, Eloy A. Paris wrote: Hi, is there a Debian package for an IMAP server? Yes. It's called imap-4 and you will find it in the mail section. Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- _-_-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1

Conflict between Packages file and actual files

1997-05-22 Thread Bob Nielsen
In /frozen, the packages file shows: procmail_3.10.4-1.deb modconf-0.2.9.deb The actual files are: procmail-3.10.4-2.deb modconf-0.2.10.deb Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Fwd: amd problem

1997-05-22 Thread Mike Schmitz
On May 22, Craig Sampson wrote On Thu, 22 May 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i have a amd 5x86-133 cpu not a k5 when chip gets warmed up my floppy drives go belly up. i checked it out by putting a amd 486dx4 120 cpu in and the problem dis appered.i also have two fans, one on heat sink

Re: IMAP serer Debian package?

1997-05-22 Thread Dirk Herr-Hoyman
At 09:47 AM 5/22/97 -0400, Dale Scheetz wrote: On 22 May 1997, Eloy A. Paris wrote: Hi, is there a Debian package for an IMAP server? Yes. It's called imap-4 and you will find it in the mail section. I hope it works better than the one I tried to install a few weeks ago. I didn't work

Re: News Server Configuration

1997-05-22 Thread George Bonser
INN is way too much of a resource hog to be using on anything but a dedicated machine. I would suggest that you use newsx or leafnode or c-news. INN is fine if you have a dedicated machine with a lot of RAM but for a small network where a system must wear many hats, you are probably much

Re: Conflict between Packages file and actual files

1997-05-22 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Thu, 22 May 1997, Bob Nielsen wrote: In /frozen, the packages file shows: procmail_3.10.4-1.deb modconf-0.2.9.deb The actual files are: procmail-3.10.4-2.deb modconf-0.2.10.deb This is a mirror sync problem. The packages file on master is correct. Give the mirror you are using

Re: amd problem

1997-05-22 Thread George Bonser
Go to Radio Shack and get a tube of silicone heatsink compound. It is in the section where they sell IC's and mounting hardware. Remove the fan from the heatsink and smear a tiny bit on the heatskink where it contacts the CPU. (This stuff is difficult to clean up so BE CAREFUL with it), then put

Re: IP-Accounting HOWTO?

1997-05-22 Thread Benedikt Eric Heinen
Hmm, I was looking towards something more specific, I just didn't know yet, whether the kernel IP-Accounting was sufficient for my purposes; which it unfortunately isn't... I'd need to get a finer split in traffic list, I'd need to get an accounted list indicating each service and each new

Re: IMAP serer Debian package?

1997-05-22 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Thu, 22 May 1997, Dirk Herr-Hoyman wrote: At 09:47 AM 5/22/97 -0400, Dale Scheetz wrote: On 22 May 1997, Eloy A. Paris wrote: Hi, is there a Debian package for an IMAP server? Yes. It's called imap-4 and you will find it in the mail section. I hope it works better than the

Re: IMAP serer Debian package?

1997-05-22 Thread Eloy A. Paris
Dale Scheetz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: : It should be available in every distribution (stable, frozen, unstable). : I would appreciate your input on this package, as I am the maintainer, and : don't have a good way to test this package, so please tell me about : problems. Well, I don't see IMAP

elm/smail config problem

1997-05-22 Thread Lee Bradshaw
Hi Everyone, Thanks for putting together a great system. But I'm writing because I have a problem setting up my first mail system. My mailbox at the isp is lee.bradshaw, but the username on my network is bradshaw. I can get mail with popclient just fine, but I can't seem to get the correct

Re: Conflict between Packages file and actual files

1997-05-22 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Thu, 22 May 1997, Dale Scheetz wrote: On Thu, 22 May 1997, Bob Nielsen wrote: In /frozen, the packages file shows: procmail_3.10.4-1.deb modconf-0.2.9.deb The actual files are: procmail-3.10.4-2.deb modconf-0.2.10.deb This is a mirror sync problem. The packages file

Regarding bounced messages from debian-user-cr

1997-05-22 Thread Marcelo E. Magallon
Hi, I have to apologize to all of you regarding a couple of bounced messages from debian-user-cr. Those messages, as you could tell, are announcements from Debian's Team, and appeared in Debian Announce. I bounced them to debian-user-cr, and majordomo found an Approved field from Bruce,

Re: Unknown error when I plug cable into NE2000 NIC

1997-05-22 Thread Kevin Traas
Yes I do have multiple ethernet cards on my machine... is there a place where I can look up error messages? /var/log/messages, etc. Have you looked at the Multiple Ethernet HOWTO? This will be a great place to start if you haven't. Other than the usual IRQ I/O conflict suggestions and

Re: where is xload?

1997-05-22 Thread Martin Schulze
Dirk Bernhardt writes: Hi, after upgrading to 1.3 I lost xload somewhere. Where is it? finlandia!joey(tty7):/tmp zgrep xload /pub/Linux/debian/bo/Contents.gz etc/X11/Xloadimage xloadimage usr/X11R6/bin/uufilter

Re: elm/smail config problem

1997-05-22 Thread Richard Morin
On Thu, 22 May 1997, Lee Bradshaw wrote: Date: Thu, 22 May 1997 11:12:40 -0400 From: Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] ^^ To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: elm/smail config problem Resent-Date: 22 May 1997 16:12:42 - Resent-From:

HTML in email

1997-05-22 Thread Civ Kevin F. Havener
A sort of novice question: I read my mail with pine. Occasionally I get mail from this list and from others that has HTML markup embedded within it. What causes this? Is it the sender's mail-enabled browser's problem or is it a pine problem on the receiving end? I sometimes use a

Problem with telnetd ???

1997-05-22 Thread Kevin Traas
When trying to telnet into a Debian GNU/Linux system I set up, I get the following: sally# telnet ross Trying x.y.z.193... Connected to ross. Escape character is '^]'. there is a 10-15 second pause here then Connection closed by foreign host. sally# This system is pretty much a default

Re: Problem with telnetd ???

1997-05-22 Thread Eloy A. Paris
Try putting an entry like this in ross's /etc/hosts: IP addr. of the machine you are telneting from name of that machine Make sure ross's /etc/host.conf says order hosts,bind. If this solves your problem it is because the TCP wrapper can not find the name of the machine you are trying to

Re: Conflict between Packages file and actual files

1997-05-22 Thread Robert D. Hilliard
I can't locate documentation for dpkg-scanpackages. How is it used? Does it use the dpkg-ftp variables that are set by dselect? Where does it do with the Packages file it creates? Bob On Thu, 22 May 1997 10:33:28, Dale Scheetz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is a mirror sync problem. The

Clarification of elm/smail config problem

1997-05-22 Thread Lee Bradshaw
Someone pointed out that the headers for my earlier post looked fine. I forgot to mention that I have been using Netscape for sending mail because it generates the correct headers. This message (from elm) should have the incorrect headers. If it doesn't, my problem is solved :^) Thanks again,

Re: IMAP serer Debian package?

1997-05-22 Thread Dale Scheetz
On 22 May 1997, Eloy A. Paris wrote: Dale Scheetz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: : It should be available in every distribution (stable, frozen, unstable). : I would appreciate your input on this package, as I am the maintainer, and : don't have a good way to test this package, so please tell

Network device module doesn't load at bootup

1997-05-22 Thread Alexandre Lebrun
Hi ! I don't what I've broken, or if it comes from an upgrade, but my ne.o doesn't get loaded at boot time. Rather annoying. I have to modprobe it and to run /etc/init.d/network by hand each time. I believe the is some error message at boot time, but even with verbose=no in boot it goes away

Re: Conflict between Packages file and actual files

1997-05-22 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Thu, 22 May 1997, Bob Nielsen wrote: On Thu, 22 May 1997, Dale Scheetz wrote: On Thu, 22 May 1997, Bob Nielsen wrote: In /frozen, the packages file shows: procmail_3.10.4-1.deb modconf-0.2.9.deb The actual files are: procmail-3.10.4-2.deb

Debian Security packages?

1997-05-22 Thread Kendrick Myatt
Hello :) I have looked but not found many Debian packages of popular security programs such as crack, lsof, cops, iss, satan, swatch, etc. I did find tripwire on the debian site, though. Are these kept somewhere else, or do they not exist? Just wondering if I should go ahead an install the

Re: Clarification of elm/smail config problem

1997-05-22 Thread Eloy A. Paris
I haven't followed all the thread but if the problem is that you are getting the wrong header when you use elm why don't you force a Reply-to header? You can do that by creating a file called elmheaders in you ~/.elm directory with a line like Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]. I don't recall all the

Re: Conflict between Packages file and actual files

1997-05-22 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Thu, 22 May 1997, Robert D. Hilliard wrote: I can't locate documentation for dpkg-scanpackages. How is it used? Does it use the dpkg-ftp variables that are set by dselect? Where does it do with the Packages file it creates? Bob You will need the archive to be local before you can

Re: Network device module doesn't load at bootup [SOLVED]

1997-05-22 Thread Alexandre Lebrun
Fixed it myself. Perhaps I asked too early. I stupidly added a '8390' line in /etc/modules, that cause ne to fail. strange but my fault. Thank you markus. I didn't know dmesg. Better than to decompress mp2 files during bootup to slow things down (what I did). Alexandre On Thu, 22 May 1997,

Re: How to configure dhcpcd?

1997-05-22 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
Harmon Sequoya Nine wrote: Hi. I've got a new cable modem that I am trying to configure for Linux. I've read the docs on dhcpcd, the daemon that fetches the IP address, etc., from the cable company, but I can't determine how to use it from these docs (I'm a total newbie to cable modem

Re: seyon

1997-05-22 Thread Mike Miller
ralph == Ralph Winslow [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [...] I also tried man seyon but no man entry was found. Anyone have a clue for me?? Take a look in /usr/doc - there is likely to be a seyon sub-directory there. Mike -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word

Re: How to configure dhcpcd?

1997-05-22 Thread Joey Hess
Jens B. Jorgensen: As I understand it, dhcpd is a DHCP server. Do you want your box to use DHCP to configure its IP address etc. from the cable modem? That would not be served by dhcpd. What you need is a DHCP (or BOOTP would be fine, and would be compatible with their server) *client*. I

Re: Debian Security packages?

1997-05-22 Thread Christian Hudon
On May 22, Kendrick Myatt wrote Hello :) I have looked but not found many Debian packages of popular security programs such as crack, lsof, cops, iss, satan, swatch, etc. I did find tripwire on the debian site, though. Are these kept somewhere else, or do they not exist? Just wondering

Re: How to configure dhcpcd?

1997-05-22 Thread Nathan E Norman
dhcpd is indeed the server. However, Harmon is asking about dhcpcd, which according to the docs is indeed a dhcp client. I haven't used it yet but since I work for a cable company that is rolling out cable modems I probably ought to learn it. I think Jens is correct in saying that a bootp

xload

1997-05-22 Thread Jamie Taylor
Just a quick query regarding xload - when attempting to run xload, I get the error 'xload: can't load library 'libXaw.so.6''. This library exists in /usr/X11R6/lib and is a link to libXaw.so.6.1 (in the same directory), which also exists. Any idea?? Cheers Jamie Taylor Pembroke College,

Re: HTML in email

1997-05-22 Thread Dima
Civ Kevin F. Havener wrote: A sort of novice question: I read my mail with pine. Occasionally I get mail from this list and from others that has HTML markup embedded within it. What causes this? Netscape, for one. It sends mail/news as html by default (and of course it won't tell

Re: xload

1997-05-22 Thread Rick Macdonald
Mine works. Maybe the following will help. Does /usr/X11R6/lib/Xaw3d/ exist on your system? timshel:/home/rickm$ ldd `which xload` libXaw.so.6 = /usr/X11R6/lib/Xaw3d/libXaw.so.6 libXmu.so.6 = /usr/X11R6/lib/libXmu.so.6 libXt.so.6 = /usr/X11R6/lib/libXt.so.6

Re: HTML in email

1997-05-22 Thread Greg Vence
Dima wrote: Civ Kevin F. Havener wrote: A sort of novice question: I read my mail with pine. Occasionally I get mail from this list and from others that has HTML markup embedded within it. What causes this? Netscape, for one. It sends mail/news as html by default (and of

Re: How to configure dhcpcd?

1997-05-22 Thread Joey Hess
Harmon Sequoya Nine: Hi. I've got a new cable modem that I am trying to configure for Linux. I've read the docs on dhcpcd, the daemon that fetches the IP address, etc., from the cable company, but I can't determine how to use it from these docs (I'm a total newbie to cable modem

fdisk having trouble with active linux drive

1997-05-22 Thread Brian K Servis
I was considering changing my Linux partition size to give my Win95 some more room to put it's fat programs on. When I ran fdisk on /dev/hdb which is my linux only drive I got the following errors. %root%fdisk /dev/hdb Warning: ignoring extra data in partition table 5 Warning: ignoring extra

hda: dma_intr: error=0x01

1997-05-22 Thread Rick Jones
This is a posting concerning a post about a week ago. We were discussing this as a hard drive going TU or a problem with the e2fs operation. I believe it was joost that mentioned he had this problem when he had a dma conflict with a sound card. I disabled dma on my hard drive a week ago and

Re: xload

1997-05-22 Thread Eloy A. Paris
Is /usr/X11R6/lib in your /etc/ld.so.conf file? Jamie Taylor ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: : Just a quick query regarding xload - when attempting to run xload, I get : the error 'xload: can't load library 'libXaw.so.6''. This library exists : in /usr/X11R6/lib and is a link to libXaw.so.6.1 (in the

Re: What can I dump

1997-05-22 Thread Max HYRE
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Dear Mr. Livingston: OK, I'm a bit low on space and can't dump DOS/WIN due to other users. ... /dev/hda6 103572 1028093292 10% /e /dev/hda7 93512 6827825234 73% /f /dev/hda8 128724

libc5_5.4.23-4 installation warnings

1997-05-22 Thread Nathan L. Cutler
I just upgraded to libc5_5.4.23-4 and when I installed it, dpkg gave me the following warnings: # dpkg -i libc5_5.4.23-4.deb (Reading database ... 11654 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace libc5 5.4.20-1 (using libc5_5.4.23-4.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libc5 ...

Weierd afterstep-1.0-3 problem

1997-05-22 Thread Kevin Hilman
I'm trying to use afterstep-1.0-3 on my Debian box (recentely upgraded to bo) It installs with no complaints, but i can't run it. I can run it if I download and compile the source myself, but I'd like to get the .deb working to use on multiple machines. Here's a little look at the bizarre

Re: Weierd afterstep-1.0-3 problem

1997-05-22 Thread Toens Bueker
On May 22, Kevin Hilman wrote It installs with no complaints, but i can't run it. I can run it if I download and compile the source myself, but I'd like to get the .deb working to use on multiple machines. What is going on here? what file is missing here? The package seems to

Re: Debian Security packages?

1997-05-22 Thread Kendrick Myatt
Be happy to make them... what all is involved? Do I have to have permission of the author or anything weird like that? Please point me in the direction oif whatever I need to get started. Thanks, Kendrick At 02:58 PM 5/22/97 +, Christian Hudon wrote: On May 22, Kendrick Myatt wrote