Small observation [FYI]

Hello all: I recently attempted to upgrade from 2.1 to potato and observed the following: When using deselect for upgrade purposes the symbolic link between /bin/bash and /bin/sh was removed following the upgrade of bash. Following the loss of this sym-link all upgrade attempts failed with the

Problem upgrading to Potato

Hello all: For the past couple of days I have been trying to install potato on a system. I have encountered problems. The problem is with libc6. I have tried to remove, -force-remove etc with dpkg without success. I am running 2.2.12 on this PC. Following is the command I have issued and the

Re: Two ethernet cards

Hello Neil: via the card configuration tool from the manufacturer, you should be able to change the IRQ and I/O mapping for the card(s) in question. Peter Neil Booth wrote: I have 2 PCI Planex ethernet cards in my machine, the first uses tulip.c as its driver, and the second uses de4x5.c.

Re: errors when printing with samba

Hello: What I find amazing about M$95/98 is that if you turn off the screen saver, many problems disappear. Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have already sent this message to the list but I don't know if it has arrived because of problems with my subscription address, so I resend it: I

Re: A doubt...

Hello: edit /etc/hosts.deny and comment out the PARANOID line. Bounce your portmap deamon or reboot your system and it should work. Peter Mahendra D. Khandkar SBO wrote: Respected Sir, I have installed Debian Linux 2.0 on a Pentium 90 Mhz machine. I am trying to

SMC Ether EZ 10/100

Hello all: Does anyone know if the SMC Ether EZ 10/100 NIC is support in Linux. Peter begin:vcard n:Iannarelli;Peter tel;fax:1+ 416 929 1056 tel;work:1+ 416 929 1885 x-mozilla-html:FALSE url:http://www.GenXl.com org:GenX Internet Labs.;Operations adr:;;238a Gerrard St. East

Re: 3Com 509B Ethernet card working in Windows but not in Linux

Hello: I use the exact same card and it works fine. Make sure you don't have any interupt conflicts. Peter Fredrik Jonsson wrote: Hi, According to the Hardware-HOWTO Linux should support the 3Com 509B Ethernet card. When I try to install the driver I get an error and during booting a

D-Link

Hello all: NIC card question . Does anyone know if the D-link DFE-530TX NIC is supported ? Peter begin:vcard n:Iannarelli;Peter tel;fax:1+ 416 929 1056 tel;work:1+ 416 929 1885 x-mozilla-html:FALSE url:http://www.GenXl.com org:GenX Internet Labs.;Operations adr:;;238a Gerrard St. East

Re: Unable to start X11

This message is associated with the physical card and the settings the card will try to run in graphics mode. Check you card to make certain you are selecting the proper manufacturer and model and check the frequency (Horz and Vert) capabilities of your monitor. Run xf86config once you have all

klogd uses excessive cycles

Hello: I running potato with a 2.2.10 SMP kernel. I boot my system klogd used 99% of the CPU as reported by top. What could I be doing wrong ? ( thats loaded ) Peter begin:vcard n:Iannarelli;Peter tel;fax:1+ 416 929 1056 tel;work:1+ 416 929 1885 x-mozilla-html:FALSE url:http://www.GenXl.com

Re: Dual CPU

Then explain why xosview version 1.7.1 on potato reports the activity of both CPUs. Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: On 24-Jun-99 Marcus Johansson wrote: Hi! We have a HP-UX box with dual cpu's, and the 'top' program shows the status of both cpu's, and even which cpu the processes are

Re: [Linux] where is tip or cu?

Nico: uucp package for cu. Peter Nico De Ranter wrote: Howdy, I need to talk to my serial port. On other Unices I would use tip or cu. Any idea which package contains these tools? (I know they both exist for Linux since I used them before, unfortunately I reinstalled Debian and I

Re: /etc/environment

Hello: Assuming all your users are using bash, put your global environmental setting in /etc/profile Peter Marco Maggesi wrote: I am looking for the appropriate place where to put some basic environmental definition like: PAGER=less so that they take effect to every user (unless

SMC 1211TX NIC

Hello all: Does anyone know if Debian GNU/Linux support an SMC 1211TX NIC. ( any kernel version ) Peter begin:vcard n:Iannarelli;Peter tel;fax:1+ 416 929 1056 tel;work:1+ 416 929 1885 x-mozilla-html:FALSE url:http://www.GenXl.com org:GenX Internet Labs adr:;;238a Gerrard St.

Question Concerning Firewalls

Hello all: Quick question about preventing http downloads. Using the ipchain linux firewall facility I can see how to stop allowing nodes on a LAN to download files via ftp. My question is using that same firewall how does one stop these nodes from downloading files via http? Thanks in

Re: network configuration

Hello Matthew: To change the IP address, network, etc of you NIC to into /etc/init.d/network. You will see everything you need there. Peter Matthew Wade Roberts wrote: When I first installed Debian, I entered incorrect information for the IP addresses of the network. I need to correct

Re: Asking for information

Check out http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/ . There is lots of information there. Peter José L. Redrejo - ITAIS wrote: HI, I'm a linux beginner who comes from de world of Windows NT and I'm getting a little crazy.I have installed liinux without many problems, KDE and apache and I am working with

Re: pppd doing name lookup during PAP???

Hi Chris: You might try shutting off auth in /etc/ppp/peers/? Change it to noauth. Peter Chris Kaltwasser wrote: Hi all - Hopefully someone here in Debian-user land is familiar enough with pppd to give me some help with this. I'm trying to get a dialup PPP connection set up between

Samba question

Hello all: Does anyone know if there is a way to pull the password used to connect/logon to a samba share ? I know that the user ID can be acquired via %U. Peter begin:vcard n:Iannarelli;Peter tel;fax:1+ 416 929 1056 tel;work:1+ 416 929 1885 x-mozilla-html:FALSE url:http://www.GenXl.com

Re: [PPP] Mulitple userids at one ISP

Jor-el: Why not try creating separate PPP setups under separate shell accounts. Peter Jor-el wrote: Hi, It seems to me that the current PPP initiation scripts do not allow one to maintain multiple accounts at one ISP for different users on the same dial-out machine. The only way

Re: IPX Support in slink's PPP?

Hello Ken: Go into /etc/ppp/options. At the bottom of the file IPX is shut off, simply turn it on. Peter Ken McCord wrote: Does anyone know if IPX support was compiled into slink's PPP? If not, where do I need to modify the source to add support? Thanks, Ken -- Unsubscribe? mail -s

Re: Modem Commands

Hi Chris: ATM0 Chris Hoover wrote: Does anyone know the command to tell a modem to turn the sound off? Also, is there a page somewhere that lists the hayes/at modem commands? I've been looking for one, but no luck so far. Thanks, Chris -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL

Re: Stupid user...

Hell William: I think the offending package is xbanner. I'm assuming you have installed xdm. SO /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0 holds the offending line. ie. # XBanner - begin /usr/X11R6/bin/freetemp /usr/X11R6/bin/xbanner -file /etc/X11/XBanner.ad # XBanner - end Just comment it out. Peter

Re: Newbie problem: can't reach an ftp site

Hello Tom: Sounds like your DNS is not setup correctly. install the bind package and run bindconfig. Peter Tom Perkins wrote: I recently loaded Linux onto my PC (Pentium II) and configured PPP correctly. I am able to connect to my ISP successfully, but I cannot reach any ftp site (e.g.

FTP security question

Hello all: Does anyone know how to prevent one from CDing out of there home directory from within FTP. Or can someone tell me where I can read up about this. Peter

Re: ppp and static IPs

it this way userid * 205.208.9.10 Assuming yodeller is the node name, the way you have indicated above should work. I've tried in on my server as well but it doesn't seem to work. Peter Iannarelli BEGIN:VCARD N:Iannarelli;Peter FN:Peter Iannarelli EMAIL;PREF;INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Help with 2 LAN Cards

Hello Nigel: Look in /etc/init.d/network. In there you will see a series of variable definitions and network commands. Create the same setup (in that file with different numbers) for your second NIC. Then reboot, and away you go Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for reading this

Re: dconfig for GNUbies

Hello Daniel: Joseph Hartmann wrote: 1) I chose 'access method CD-ROM' and it properly found the 'main' and 'contrib' packages and binaries. Where do I find the 'local' packages? It says, this directory is named 'local/binary' on the distribution site.

Re: PPP Problems cont.

Hi Guys: This is what I do. I don't log in. Loging in implies V.120. V.120 sucks. When I get the CONNECT is just start ppp negotiation. This approach seem to work with several ISPs. I'm using a Zyxel ISDN modem at 128 so don't be confused with the init or dialing strings. Below is my provider

Re: Crontab

Hello Dennis: I believe you are mistaken about crontab -e. I use it all the time. Firstly make sure the cron or anacron package is installed. The documentation is in /usr/doc. There is also a HOWTO directory you may want to check out. Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am slowly moving from

Re: IP assigning to LAN

Hello: This is certainly possible. Your ISP may give you more than 8 IPs depending upon his/her current block assignment schema. You will need the following information. Network interaface address Broadcast address Netmask If possible as your ISP to provide a group of addresses outside of the

Re: Linux diskettes

Hello Bostjan: Goto ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/disks-i386/current/install.html and it is all explained there. Peter Bostjan JERKO wrote: Hello ! Can anybody tell me how to create basic diskettes for Linux (e.g. Debian) to install on PC without CD-ROM and than install

Re: absolute beginner !

Hay there absolute beginner: That pretty good for a first go around. To uncompress the .gz files. Use gunzip file-name. Happy uncompressing. Peter Alain Cadenat wrote: Hy all, I am an absolute beginner in linux and Debian I have just download and (successfully) installed the base

Re: md driver problem

hello Rodrigo: I've never seen problems with a floppy before. Thats a good one. Try booting a DOS floppy if you can to see what happens. Try resetting the CMOS to the manufacturers defaults. You may also try removing the two hard drives on your second IDE chain for the install. You can

Re: FW: md driver problem

Hay all: I think md is for the ramdisk. how much memory is available ? Peter Andreas Loosen wrote: Hi, Peter, It doesn't seen to be a floppy problem but the md-driver seems to hang. Ciao Andreas Loosen -Original Message- From: Peter Iannarelli [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: FW: md driver problem

Rodrigo You certainly have lots of RAM. Disconnect the two HDs on the 2nd IDE chain and try again. Check the manufacturers WEB site for firmware updates. Peter Rodrigo Moya wrote: I think md is for the ramdisk. how much memory is available ? I've got 64MB of memory Thanks begin:vcard

Re: Waiting for scripts in /etc/ppp/ip-up.d

Hello: Wouldn't it just be cleaner to use dial on demand (diald) which would automatically bring up and/or turn down the link based on idle time. Peter -Original Message- From: Moore, Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Debian Users' debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Wednesday, October 21,

Re: Can I turn off portmap?

Hello: You can turn off the portmapper vi /etc/init.d/xinetd stop or /etc/init.d/inetd stop. This however is not recommend because any requests comming in on ports will not be serviced. Note. portmaps are used to save system resources. It starts up listening daemons on an as required basis as

Re: Can I turn off portmap?

of listening daemons ( ie, in.telnetd ), as opposed to running in.telnetd as a deamon. Peter Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote: In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Peter Iannarelli [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You can turn off the portmapper vi /etc/init.d/xinetd stop or /etc/init.d/inetd stop. This however

Re: [HELP]: FILESYSTEM ERROR ! :((((((((((((

Hello Nuno: It looks like the system wasn't shutdown properly. However your disk may have got itself a bad block. Try running /sbin/badblock and see what happens. Peter -Original Message- From: Nuno Carvalho [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org

Re: Newbie installation problems

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Re: login time limits in slink???

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Where is this stuff comming from ?

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Re: ? WinModem

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Re: More robust filesystem?

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Re: HELP for ATI 3DChar 4MB RageIIC AGP

Hello j?rg: I believe #27 or 28 in xf86config should meet your requirements. Peter -Original Message- From: j?rg bode [EMAIL PROTECTED] Newsgroups: muc.lists.debian.user To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Friday, October 09, 1998 7:24 AM Subject: X11: HELP for ATI 3DChar 4MB

Re: Timeserver?

Hello Jens: Yes -- see xntp3 Peter -Original Message- From: Jens Lisner [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Debian-User-List debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Thursday, October 08, 1998 7:48 AM Subject: Timeserver? Hi all! My provider gave me a timeserver adress. What can I do with it under

Re: What is the correct way to modify startup scripts?

Hello Anthony: There is a file in /usr/sbin call update-rc.d. It permitts the addition and removal of startup files from the respective run-level directories. Peter -Original Message- From: Anthony Campbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org debian-user@lists.debian.org

Re: network

Hello Zheng What does the dmesg command say? Did it see the card and load the driver at boot time? If so, what does ifconfig say? Peter -Original Message- From: Zheng Wang [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Wednesday, October 07, 1998

Re: named-bootconf failure

Try running bindconfig instead. Peter -Original Message- From: Anthony Landreneau [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Wednesday, October 07, 1998 12:25 PM Subject: named-bootconf failure Greetings, named-bootconf is no longer working

Re: URGENT!!! ROOT PARTITION DELETED

Hi: To my knowledge there is no way to recover the root. You could however try to re-activate that partition and see what happens. I doubt it will work because mkfs resets the inode tables. When you re-activate/create that partition again everything on it is reset. So, you have to re-install the

Re: pap-secrets

Hello: In my pap-secrets I have the following # INBOUND connections # Every regular user can use PPP and has to use passwords from /etc/passwd #* moose * * * * Peter -Original Message- From: Eugene Sevinian [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

EDI software

Hi all: Does anyone know of any EDI software which runs under Debian or Linux. Thanks Peter

Re: PPP problem.

Hi Shao: Sounds like a DNS issue. When you pinged did you use an IP address or a fully qualified host.domain.name ? Check or run bindconfig. Peter -Original Message- From: Shao Ying Zhang [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: question debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Thursday, September 24, 1998

Re: Modem recommendation

Hello: My personal preference is Zyxel -- www.zyxel.com Peter -Original Message- From: G. Kapetanios [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Tuesday, September 22, 1998 9:46 AM Subject: Modem recommendation Hi all, I am switching from

Re: Please Help me figure out this PPP - NT RAS thing?

Hello Mohan: I don't know if this is going to work but you can try it. In your /etc/ppp/options file put a line as follows: # Set the assumed name of the remote system for authentication purposes # to n. #remotename n name login-name That is the name to send to login. In your

Re: How to start PPP?

-Original Message- From: Kent West [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Kenneth Scharf [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Thursday, September 17, 1998 2:28 PM Subject: Re: How to start PPP? At 10:03 AM 9/17/1998 -0700, you wrote: I've been reading the

Re: Linux driver !

Hello Hubert: If you need this driver to run X, starting at card number 227 in the xf86config program are the Matrox cards. Peter -Original Message- From: Hubert [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Tuesday, September 15, 1998 6:09 AM

Re: X Windows

Hello Micki: Are you sure its your card? Did you run xf86config ? Look in /var/log/xdm-errors to see what the error message(s) is. Peter -Original Message- From: Micki Heyns [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Monday, September 14, 1998

Re: linux

Hello: You have enough space. My recommendation would be to setup a 32 megabyte swap partition and use the rest for linux and the packages. Peter -Original Message- From: W.N. Beukers [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Friday,

Re: linux

[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Peter Iannarelli [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: W.N. Beukers [EMAIL PROTECTED]; debian-user@lists.debian.org debian-user@lists.debian.org; recipient list not shown: recipient list not shown: Date: Friday, September 11, 1998 7:17 AM Subject: Re: linux My recommendation would

Re: sendmail rejecting bad domains

Hello Gene: I had the same problem. If you are using smail, in the /etc/smail/config you can adjust the authentication for a specific IP addresses or subnets. Thus your server receive e-mail from the location in question. The line in question is smtp_hello_broken_allow Peter -Original

Re: PPPD

Hello Rick Provide a trace of a dialin attempt and I'm certain someone can tell you what is wrong. Peter -Original Message- From: Rick Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Saturday, September 05, 1998 7:27 AM Subject: PPPD Hi I

Re: fdisk

hello Kenneth: You have to mount your partition after you create a file system mkfs [device] - to make a file system before you can mount it. Then run df. Peter -Original Message- From: Kenneth Scharf [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc:

Re: X11 installation problems

Hello Cristov: You should be running dselect from the root account. If you are ignore the above sentence. I personally have to run dselect several times when performing a raw install. This is because some of the dependencies must be satistied before other packages can be installed ( I think ).

Re: Network connection

Hello Remo: Within the /etc/init.d/network file your network route command should be specified ( for your network ). Check this file to make certain that the route arguments are correct. Every time you boot your system, the ifconfig and route directives will be issued based on the contents of

Re: Newbie's question: how to sendreceive mail

Hello: Install smail and qpopper. Answer the questions during install. NOTE - your name server must be setup properly before you can use SMTP and you should have a fully qualified domain name. Peter -Original Message- From: htyj [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org

FYI

Picked up some reading material for a flight to New Brunswick. Found a great article on Linux. This really demonstrates the power of knowledge sharing. Should have been a case study at the big knowledge management summit in San Diego earlier this year.

Re: Runaway X

Hello: You say your running X, what is your window manager? Select 1, fvwm, fvwm95, KDE, also install kdm or xdm. Peter -Original Message- From: Hersh, Harry [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Rafael Cordones Marcos' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Debian Users debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Friday,

Fw: PPP and wtmp not working together

-Original Message-From: Peter Iannarelli [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: Debian ISP debian-isp@lists.debian.orgDate: Friday, August 21, 1998 6:39 PMSubject: PPP and wtmp not working together Hello: I read today that in 2.0, a ppp account is not getting logged into the wtmp file. I decided

Memory problem with a Compaq

Hello: I have a 90 MHz Compaq with 32 megs of memory. Its running 1.3.1. For some reason Linux only sees 16 megs of memory. Does anyone know why and how I can fix this ? Peter BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:2.1 N:Iannarelli;Peter FN:Peter Iannarelli ORG:GenX Internet Laboratories TITLE:Engineer

Re: pppd

Hi Franz: Send a trace of the PPP negotiation (via the debug option) and we can tell you why. Peter -Original Message- From: Franz [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Sunday, August 16, 1998 6:23 AM Subject: pppd Hi ! Does anyone

Re: command line prg to set quotas?

Hello Paul: I use the edquota command. Its pretty easy to use just read the man page. You should note that quota must be turned on in the kernel and the target file system must be mounted with quotas on -- i.e. in /etc/fstab # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # file system

Re: Vesa

Hello Luiken: Vesa and X have nothing to do with each other. If you have a vesa graphics card, I'm sure the appropriate drive will take full advantage of it. If you have a Vesa bus on your PC just make certain that the card you have is defined in the xf86config setup program. i.e. - ATI MACH 32

Re: Set up mouse

Hello Arijan: If you are currently using ttyS0 for you mouse that is probably because you to do not have a PS/2 mouse interface. Therefore creating a mouse device would not be practical. However if you want a /dev/mouse device simply create a symbolic link to ttyS0 via the command ln -s

Re: user limits

Hello Paul: Yes there is -- I think. -Original Message- From: Paul Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Debian User debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Wednesday, August 05, 1998 6:20 AM Subject: user limits Is there any way to limit background processes? Check out the ulimit command. More

Re: Mounting Win95 Shares with samba

Hello Cesar: Your are not wrong. Peter -Original Message- From: Cesar Talon [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Monday, July 27, 1998 5:34 AM Subject: Mounting Win95 Shares with samba Hello, I would like to mount (if possible) a win95

Re: Newbie C Question

Hello Art: stdio is in /usr/include however; the compiler, by default should be looking there via #definestdio.h. Therefore if this is not happening, you may want to re-install your gcc. Peter -Original Message- From: Art Lemasters [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org

Resetting a user's account

Hello all: Does anyone know if there is a way to reset a users usage (login time) in the wtmp file to zero ? Thanks in advance Peter BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:2.1 N:Iannarelli;Peter FN:Peter Iannarelli ORG:GenX Internet Laboratories Inc.;Engineering TITLE:Senior Engineer

RE: hamm upgrade/c++ libraries

Hi Phil: Someone correct me if I'w wrong. I believe you have to run dselect to install the rest of the packages that autoup.sh removed Peter -Original Message- From: Phil Dyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: June 29, 1998 7:48 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: hamm

RE: How to enable pop3?

Hi Stef: In debian it not in.pop3 but in.qpopper. Peter -Original Message- From: Stef Hoesli Wiederwald [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: June 28, 1998 9:59 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: How to enable pop3? How can I enable pop3 support in Debian 1.3.1? I added a line

RE: How to clear screen before login prompt

Hello: If you are using the bash shell you can use the ~/.bash_logout file to execute some commands. In that file you could put a tput clear to clear your screen. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: June 29, 1998 10:42 AM To:

Internet access in Dublin Ireland [ off topic ]

Hello all: Have to go to Dublin Ireland for a couple of weeks. Need internet access while I'm there. Does anyone (developer or user) who uses Debian know of any ISPs in Dublin? Preferable one who uses Debian. Thanks in advance. Peter BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:2.1 N:Iannarelli;Peter

Using 2.1.108 kernel

Hello all: Yesterday I tried to get the 2.1.108 kernel up and running. I did get it running however I hand one problem, may ethernet card (3Com 3C905 vortex) stopped. I am currently running Debian's latest released kernel 2.0.34 and all is find. With the 2.1.108 kernel, ifconfig reports the NIC

RE: Eithernet Cards on bo

Hello: To the best of my knowledge there is no reason why the 3C509 card would not work. You will probably have to do a kernel rebuild. I suggest you down load the 2.0.34 sources however. Peter -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: July 5, 1998

Re: serving a win95 box

Hello Gerald: There is a package called samba. It is from what I understand equivalent to NT. You can share printers, CDROMs, directories etc. Peter -Original Message- From: Gerald V. Livingston lI [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org debian-user@lists.debian.org Date:

Re: XDM doesn't work

Hello all: -Original Message- From: Patrick Ouellette [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: May 12, 1998 9:00 AM Subject: XDM doesn't work Hello all, I have had the following problem no 2 different hamm systems: They are configured to

Re: cleaning up bad configuration

The creative juices that flow while under the influence always look really bad the next day. :-) You are interested in the following: /etc/ppp --- directory /etc/ppp.chatscript /etc/ppp.options_out Also; if in your state you thought it would be a good time to recompile your kernel, make sure

Re: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hay James: When performing a raw install of Debian, it will install all necessary packages automatically. Form that point forward it is up to you what other packages to install. The packages you select would obviously depend upon the functionality you desire. Peter -Original

A poppassd client

Hello all: Can some point me in the direction or tell me where I can learn about a poppassd client for linux/unix, Mac and wincrash95. Thanks in advance Peter -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: gvm@eden.com

Hello Gordon Try using the letter q. q for quit. Peter -Original Message- From: Gordon von Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Sunday, April 19, 1998 9:34 AM Subject: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian disk and keyboard echo Hello, I

Re: Debian and ISDN: Even more problems

Hello: Sounds like your dns or default route is not setup properly. Make sure your default route is the NIC to your ISP and run bindconfig. Peter -Original Message- From: Atte Koivula [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Sunday, April

HELP, I screwed up my system

Hello all: This past weekend I did a raw install of hamm. I have a few problems but I got it running and fairly stabilized. Because I am The master of disaster I thought I would fiddle around with the lilo.conf. I changed it such that it now contains append=mem=64m, then ran lilo. Now when it

Re: Install troubles

Hay Wolf: What I would do in this case is remove the hardware that you don't need to perform an install. It could be an interrupt problem, or something like that. Once the system is up and running, you can put the hardware back in. Just get ride of the sound card and modem. Also; Make sure your

Re: HELP, I screwed up my system

screwed up my system On Tue, Mar 24, 1998 at 04:13:40AM -0500, Peter Iannarelli wrote: [lilo messed up] Can someone tell me how I can restore the old lilo/boot or do I have to do a complete re-install of hamm again ? NOTE: I only have the debian rescue floppy to boot from. Use the rescue

Re: automatically set DISPLAY after telnet/rlogin ?

Hi Michael: To achieve the look that you want, in your .bash_profile enter the following: NODENAME=`tput smso``tput blink`[`hostname`]`tput sgr0` PS1='${NODENAME}${PWD}' PS2='${PWD}' Peter -Original Message- From: Michael Agbaglo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org

Symbolic links and FTP

Hello all: Can anyone tell me how to properly create a link from the anonymous ftp/pub directory to another directory located on the same or on a different file system. thanks in advance. Peter -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: lp command for Linux

Hi Bob: You have to install the print spool software. Use deselect. Since you are a beginner, install the simple lpr package. Peter -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Thursday, January 29,

Re: Xfree86

-//-GtiMan-//- wrote: hello, I have a ATI Rage 3D and i haven't the drivers for this graphic card to configure Xfrr86... Within the xf86config program line number 24 is the 3D RAGE Peter -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: mt setblk fails

Hello Oliver: Try looking at the mt command. It provides facilities for manipulating a tape drive. I have in the past had to use the mt setblk 0 command to read tapes from Alphas and HPs. Hope this will help. Peter -Original Message- From: Oliver Elphick olly@lfix.co.uk To:

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