RE: Midnight Commander

1998-10-15 Thread Hank Fay
MC is installable under dselect. Run dselect and select it. Hank -Original Message- From: Christian Lavoie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 1998 5:11 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Midnight Commander Where can one find the Midnight Commander (GNOME

RE: cable-modem woes (TCI/@HOME)

1998-09-18 Thread Hank Fay
Stuart, in Win98, you need to set the gateway and DSN addresses of the client. The gateway is the local network address of the inside NIC on your cable modem box. The DNS addresses are those of the ISP (24.129.x.xx)or whatever. That much I know; I'm still stuck on one-way

RE: linuxpress rumors

1998-09-10 Thread Hank Fay
I just checked: it is for 2.0, and it is available in HTML on the web. Hank -Original Message- From: Damon Muller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 10, 1998 9:32 AM To: Joey Hess Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: linuxpress rumors On Thu, 3 Sep

RE: hostname lookup failure

1998-09-07 Thread Hank Fay
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September 06, 1998 9:17 PM To: Hank Fay Subject: Re: hostname lookup failure I'm no expert, but I would check that /etc/hostname has the right name and that /etc/hosts shows something like www.xxx.yyy.zzz myhost.something.orgmyhost Then try hostname

proxy server blues

1998-09-07 Thread Hank Fay
John, thanks very much. I assume you mean in /etc/init.d/network ? I rem'd the last line, and I can now ping from that machine, but not from any of the others who have this set as gateway. Nor FTP, nor HTTP (the other machines are set with this machine as gateway, and the ISP's DNS

RE: How to install via nfs, ftp?

1998-09-06 Thread Hank Fay
Jan, when you reboot after doing the 5 disks, etc., you should be in dselect. If not, type dselect. Then pick the method, which will be FTP, and just pick all the defaults, unless you want to pick an mirror site closer to where you are. Then pick your packages, and you're off and

hostname lookup failure

1998-09-06 Thread Hank Fay
I have a Hamm box set up with a cable modem driver for the SB-1000 (courtesy of Franco Venture, [EMAIL PROTECTED]), and so far am connecting to the ISP just fine. However, being networking challenged, I am getting Host name lookup failure -- but of course it's a user setup failure also. g I

RE: ping: sendto: Operation not permitted

1998-09-06 Thread Hank Fay
This was the message I got when I had tried to put my local IP address in the LOCAL_IP in my ppp config file. When I fixed that by setting to 0.0.0.0 (it's dynamically assigned) all went well, to a point. I can now Ping, but get nothing back. The PPP.log shows date time sent [LCP EchoReq

RE: accessing Win95-hours50-to-load filesystems

1998-09-06 Thread Hank Fay
For recompiling the kernel, you need to have the kernel package and kernel source installed, I think -- you can do this with dselect. Then, take a look at the FAQMatic on the Debian web site under Installation, to see how to build a new kernel. The instructions there are clearer than the others

can't mount floppy

1998-09-05 Thread Hank Fay
I rebuilt my kernel (Hamm) for firewalling, and included the floppy support option. However, since then I can't mount the floppy drive. I see it recognized (fd0) at boot up, but when I mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /floppy I'm told that fs type msdos is not supported by the kernel. When I try vfat

RE: PLIP and win95

1998-09-03 Thread Hank Fay
The problem here may be Win95's quirky winsock; Win98 has a completely redesigned one, that is supposed to be along better with the rest of the world. Hank -Original Message- From: David Karlin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 31, 1998 1:58 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED];

Local News Server

1998-09-03 Thread Hank Fay
Miquel, Is INN what I would use to set up a news server for my personal use (with clients coming over the net to use it, of course), with no usenets groups, sucking, feeding, etc? Or is there something else I should look at? Oh -- and how much of a bear is it to set up? TIA,

RE: Best Debian-supported NICs? Also, firewalling help?

1998-09-03 Thread Hank Fay
Kendall, I'm sure you'll get all sorts of help here. There's a URL for IPMasq, which seems to be the firewalling technique of choice: http://ipmasq.home.ml.org/ One of the things you'll need to do is recompile the kernel; a key to doing that is make-kpkg, which I found

ISDN How-To?

1998-09-03 Thread Hank Fay
Hi, my loop is being checked, I have an dedicated-ISDN provider. Next step is getting my external Motorola Impact IQ setup on my firewall. Are there any how-to's (checked the linux.org site, nothing there it appears) or gotcha's? TIA, Hank Using VFP: MS's OOP Production

RE: IPmasquerading HELP for LINUX server EMERGENCY

1998-09-03 Thread Hank Fay
Take a look at http://ipmasq.home.ml.org/ for help. I'm in the process myself... Hank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bruce Jackson Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 1998 7:53 AM To: debian-user Subject: IPmasquerading HELP for LINUX server

RE: FTP down?

1998-08-23 Thread Hank Fay
Just worked for me, so I guess they're back. Slow to get the initial connection, though, as always. -Original Message- From: George Bonser [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 22, 1998 11:44 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: FTP down? Can't get through to

RE: Debian Knowledge Base ?

1998-08-20 Thread Hank Fay
-Original Message- From: Greg Tower Starkes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 1998 8:06 AM To: Hank Fay Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Leandro Guimaraens Faria Corcete Dutra; phillip Neumann; Debian User Subject: Re: Debian Knowledge Base ? On Tue, 18 Aug 1998, Hank Fay wrote: What

RE: fixing my host name!

1998-08-20 Thread Hank Fay
dynip does have a linux port, which I will be exploring shortly as I attempt to put up my ipmasq + portforwarding machine. I'm using the service on Win95 right now, and it works as advertised. For the dynip.com domain (you prepend your subdomain) the price is $24.95/year, with a 60-day free

RE: fixing my host name!

1998-08-20 Thread Hank Fay
You're quite right; and the services they offer are far more extensive. Thanks. -Original Message- From: Noah L. Meyerhans [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 1998 7:52 PM To: Hank Fay Cc: Lane; Matt Garman; Debian User's List; recipient list not shown: Subject

Encrypt files?

1998-08-19 Thread Hank Fay
Using SMB (or not, although accessing through Samba is the primary interest), is it possible to have the files encrypted with on-the-fly decryption? TIA, Hank

RE: New Debian user needs help: Problems about partitioning, booting from harddisk, etc.

1998-08-18 Thread Hank Fay
PMJI -- but my install prints out LI on reboot. I'm reinstalling just for the heck of it -- but any thoughts would be appreciated Hank -Original Message- From: Jens Ch. Lisner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 17, 1998 11:15 AM To: Huang Yan Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org

Debian Knowledge Base ?

1998-08-18 Thread Hank Fay
re: a place to search for software What I think would be helpful would be a Keyword search which then provided the title and link for results; on the order of the gasp! MSKB. That way, when you searched on kernel you'd come up with 'make-kpkg' in a couple of locations. I responded to RMS on his

RE: Goodbye

1998-08-17 Thread Hank Fay
Keith, we had the first meeting of the LUG Nuts (Linux User Group of Naples Und Towns Surrounding) and are tentatively planning on having another in September, to share how far we haven't gotten. s Are you general free early (7 pm) on a Friday night, or should we look for another night

Error compiling Kernel

1998-08-17 Thread Hank Fay
appreciated. Thanks, Hank Fay

RE: Nuking damned scrambled consoles.

1998-08-16 Thread Hank Fay
. Teague [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 16, 1998 6:27 AM To: Hank Fay Cc: debian-user Subject: RE: Nuking damned scrambled consoles. On Fri, 14 Aug 1998, Hank Fay and others wrote: Well you could also try typing setfont default8x16 This is the only thing that would sort out

RE: Nuking damned scrambled consoles.

1998-08-16 Thread Hank Fay
Cool. Thanks. How would I hook this in to run whenever I come out of X? Thanks, Hank Using VFP: MS's OOP Production Tool http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/fayhj -Original Message- From: D'jinnie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 16, 1998 2:01 PM To: debian-user

LI on boot: half a Lilo ?

1998-08-14 Thread Hank Fay
It seems I only have half of Lilo. g When I go to boot, I end up with LI on the screen, and then it stops. Background: Hamm, installed via floppy ftp. Primary partition is 150 meg partition of 1.2 gig IDE drive. Boots fine from floppy. TIA, Hank

RE: Nuking damned scrambled consoles.

1998-08-14 Thread Hank Fay
-Original Message- From: David Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 14, 1998 10:39 AM To: Hank Fay Cc: Mike Schmitz; debian-user Subject: RE: Nuking damned scrambled consoles. On Thu, 13 Aug 1998, Hank Fay wrote: Well nothing seems to get rid of the little critters except

RE: Nuking damned scrambled consoles.

1998-08-13 Thread Hank Fay
Chris, well, it helped jumble up the funny critters. s The only thing that works so far is shutdown Hank Using VFP: MS's OOP Production Tool http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/fayhj -Original Message- From: Ronn Pimentel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday,

RE: moving partition boundries???

1998-08-13 Thread Hank Fay
I checked with PM tech, and they confirmed this. They can recognize and I think create; but that's it. Hank -Original Message- From: Ed Cogburn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 1998 11:37 AM To: Debian Users Subject: Re: moving partition boundries??? Richard E.

RE: Nuking damned scrambled consoles.

1998-08-13 Thread Hank Fay
PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 1998 11:01 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Nuking damned scrambled consoles. On Wed, Aug 12, 1998 at 10:47:58PM -0400, Hank Fay wrote: Chris, well, it helped jumble up the funny critters. s The only thing that works so far

RE: Nuking damned scrambled consoles.

1998-08-12 Thread Hank Fay
When I come out of X, reset changes the dots to funny symbols, and ctrl-j bring me back to MC. That's progress from bold and not-bold periods. s Now to get the rest of the way back... s Hank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 11,

RE: FIXED -- SMC Ethernet Problem

1998-08-12 Thread Hank Fay
George, it used to be (e.g., early Shuttle boards) that PCI Nics did NOT like to be in the shared slot. Glad you found an answer. Hank -Original Message- From: George Bonser [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 1998 11:05 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc:

RE: More repartioning

1998-07-09 Thread Hank Fay
Ivan, PM does both types of partitions. Hank -Original Message- From: Ivan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 09, 1998 10:54 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: More repartioning Sorry for the brevity of my last message ! The answer I received is to use

RE: Package to list all other packages in distribution?

1998-07-07 Thread Hank Fay
A wonderful idea. If Linux is to achieve world domination s Hank Fay -Original Message- From: Peter S Galbraith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 06, 1998 10:38 AM To: Debian Users Mailing List Cc: Peter S Galbraith Subject: Package to list all other packages

RE: Package to list all other packages in distribution?

1998-07-07 Thread Hank Fay
I thought the point of using a Browser front-end would be to free the package makers from having to struggle with creating a front-end, being able to connect with the packaging machinery through Tcl or Perl. As for the argument that one should protect the user from shooting the user in the user's

Kernel version

1998-06-27 Thread Hank Fay
to get the public to buy a new version s...) 2) if so, how? Is Section 10.1 in the Debian FAQ all (well, we'll see if all applies s) that is required? Will the modules (presumably now in a wrong-named directory) work as-is? TIA, Hank Fay -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

changing module parameters

1998-06-25 Thread Hank Fay
section of the installation doc at Sunsite). TIA, Hank Fay -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: changing module parameters

1998-06-25 Thread Hank Fay
Oops -- the info on modules to be loaded was in /etc/modules -- but no info on the parameters being passed. -Original Message- From: Hank Fay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 25, 1998 1:36 AM To: Debian-User (E-mail) Subject: changing module parameters The Debian install

RE: changing module parameters

1998-06-25 Thread Hank Fay
the system using the install. ??? Hank -Original Message- From: Mike Schmitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mike Schmitz Sent: Thursday, June 25, 1998 2:20 AM To: 'Debian-User E-mail' Subject: Re: changing module parameters On Thu, Jun 25, 1998 at 01:52:11AM -0400, Hank Fay wrote: Oops