It appears that xmcd is not completely setting itself up. When I try
to run progs that want to use the cddb part of it, they complain that
XMCD_LIBDIR is not setup. What should this variable be set to?
TIA,
Chris
I'm having problems getting my remote printing to work when I use true
type fonts. When i was on the #debian irc channel, someone suggested
that I process the print job to raw printer data, and then send it to
the printer. However, I have no idea how to do this. Could someone
please help me
Does anyone know of a good MP3 encoder for linux? I have an old copy
of 8hz-mp3, but it takes like 10hrs to rip and encode a cd. I'd prefer
an open source encoder, but am not opposed to a commercial one. I just
want to get one that is fast.
TIA,
chris
I am having problems with anonymous ftping into my linux boxes. When I
connect, there is nothing visible. However, I have put stuff in the
/home/ftp directory structure.
Does anyone have any idea what might be going on?
TIA,
chris
I'm having printing problems relating to my use of xfstt (true type
server). My printer is attached to a little 486 machine which is being
used as a dialup/print server. I don't have X installed, and don't
have the room or power for it on that machine.
Anyway, is there a way to make it see
What packages are needed for postscript printing? Someone said that I
may need to install them to fix my printing problem.
TIA,
chris
I'm having problems with my remote printing and am looking for some
more help. I have got it setup where I can print xemacs, tkrat,
command line, etc. However, if I try to print from Netscape or Star
Office, nothing ever prints. I've checked logs on my little print
server, and don't see
Can someone tell me which packages I need to get mysql installed? I
looked up the packages, and it listed about 7 mysql packages. However,
when I tried to install all of them with apt, I was told that some of
the packages conflict, so I'm not sure which ones I need.
TIA,
chris
Does anyone know if there are any good sites on the web for learning
perl? I really want to learn it soon, but don't have any extra money
to buy any books right now.
Thanks,
chris
First off, let me say thanks to those of you who helped me get remote
printing to work.
Now, I am still having a small problem with the remote printing.
Nothing will print from netscape. I can print using the lp command,
and with most programs (xemacs, tkrat, etc). Any idea what might be
going
I've just added an NT 4.0 server machine onto my linux network so I can
work on learning it. Anyway, since I've added it, my dial up
connection has been going on continually. It appears to be dns look
ups since it is connecting on port 53. Does anyone know how to stop
this in NT?
Sorry for
What file do I need to modify to allow remote printing on a linux box?
Right now when I try to print, I get a no connect permission error.
TIA
On 14 Mar, Alec Smith wrote:
Take a look at /etc/hosts.lpd
On Sun, 14 Mar 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What file do I need to modify to allow remote printing on a linux box?
Right now when I try to print, I get a no connect permission error.
TIA
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On 14 Mar, Alec Smith wrote:
You can use individual IP addresses -- Mine is
130.108.229.31
130.108.229.32
You can also use something like 130.108.229 to indicate that an entire
subnet has access. The general format is something similar, but not
identical to hosts.allow/hosts.deny.
I'm having a problem with bind going crazy and continually trying to do
lookups. This is causing my dial up to my isp to stay active. Does
anyone know how to trace down the culprit? This problem just started
recently, and I don't think I've really changed what is going on.
Thanks,
Chris
I'm having problems getting my /etc/hosts.allow file set up correctly.
Im trying to allow any system on my network (192.168.1.X) to connect
to leafnode and get the news groups.
The original file had:
leafnode:127.0.0.1
I've tried adding:
leafenode:127.0.0.1 192.168.1.*
but it does not seem to
I'm in need of a program that can parse a bunch of linked web documents
and look for any broken links. Does anyone know if such a thing exists?
TIA,
Chris
I'm in the need of a program that can play wav files at 1/2 speed w/o
distorting (causing the pitch and notes to change) them. I need this to
do this so I can learn some songs on my guitar. Does anyone know of
such a program?
Thanks,
Chris
I am having problems upgrading my new box from hamm to slink. I have installed
apt for hamm. I did changed my /etc/apt/sources.list file to point to
ftp://ftp.us.debia.org/frozen main contrib non-free. I then did an
apt-get update followed by an apt-get dist-upgrade. While trying to
d/l, apt
I have just added a second linux machine on my network, and was
wondering about how to back it up.
I have a working backup script that back up my main linux box every
Sunday morning. However, I have no idea how to implement a remote
backup. Could someone point me towards some documenation
On 28 Feb, Mark Phillips wrote:
I'm using apt-get, which seems to be downloading stuff quite nicely,
but there is one thing which I am curious about.
On the right side of the downloading status line, it says:
7h2m21s
which presumably is the amount of time till it finishes
I'm having problems with apt and it's removal of packages. I tried to
install xrn (the x news reader) and it installed cnews and inews
removing my leafnode. I then had it reinstall leafnode, since it was
properly configured and working. Of course this removed what I had
just installed.
Anyway,
I'm looking for a good X based news reader that will work with leafnode
(since I already have it installed and running). Any ideas on one. I
tried xrn, but it installed cnews and removed leafnode.
Thanks,
Chris
On 25 Feb, George Bonser wrote:
On Thu, 25 Feb 1999, Havoc Pennington wrote:
This is because Apt knows all, and you are a mere user. ;-) It knows that
xrn requires cnews/inews, and cnews/inews conflict with leafnode. Thus you
want an impossible situation, and it will not give it to you
I there anyway to set the expiration time on read articles? I have
texpire running every midnight, but it is not expiring many articles.
I would like read articles to expire after a week or so.
TIA,
Chris
I'm wanting to create a poll at some web pages that I have. However, I
can't run any cgi scripts from my site. So, how can I do something
like this using email?
I know that I set the form to submit using mailto, but am unsure of
what to do once I recieve the email. If possible, I would like
On 23 Feb, Abercromby James SSgt 31CS/SCBBD wrote:
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From: Abercromby James SSgt 31CS/SCBBD
Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 1999 6:44 AM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: Off topic-New Video Card
Importance: High
I know this is off topic
But I don't'
On 23 Feb, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
*- On 23 Feb, Ian Keith Setford wrote about IP-Chains help!?
Since I just picked up a new computer last week I no longer have to
dual-boot. I now have a need to share a 56k dial-up. I'll admit that I
haven't used/needed ip-masquerading since mid 1996 so
Is there anyway to transfer mail out of netscape? (Specifically to
tkrat).
Thanks,
Chris
I'm having a rather strange problem with my system and was wondering if
anyone has an idea on what might be going on. Every so often, the load
on the system will go balistic, and basically lock the system up. If I
have top running during this time, it will show loads 3; however,
there is never a
On 31 Dec, To: debian-user@lists.debian.org wrote:
I'm having a rather strange problem with my system and was wondering if
anyone has an idea on what might be going on. Every so often, the load
on the system will go balistic, and basically lock the system up. If I
have top running during
On 1 Jan, Darko Martic wrote:
Hi !
Are there any problems about using the processor from the subject with
Debian linux ? I'm buying a new processor and I think I'll buy that one.
Thanx !
This processor works like a charm for me, and really flys.
I'm trying to get a backup of my system using dump. However, I can not
seem to get it to work. I have a 2.5gig scsi tape drive (Exabyte 8200)
and 2.1gigs on my root partition. When I do dump -0 -f /dev/nst0 / the
system starts to dump but seems to want almost 40 tapes. What is going
on here?
Does anyone know what the following ports are for? My system is
dialing out, and I'm not sure why. The following is from my diald
control program.
did not catch protocol 257-257
udp 4000-1047
tcp 17027-61075
I seem to be having a memory leak on my system, and I'm not sure how to
find out which program it is. Does anyone have any ideas/suggestions
on how to find it?
Thanks
On 20 Dec, Nuno Carvalho wrote:
On Sun, 20 Dec 1998, AJ wrote:
i have 2 32meg SDRAM and i am buying a 128meg PC-100 8ns SDRAM for xmas
i know its compatible in all but after i install it is there gonna be
any options or that ill have to change in debian so debian recognizes
it?
If
I've been able to configure diald to restrict dialing out at certain
times (like after I go to bed). However, if I have the connection up
when the restriction time comes, it will kill the connection. I'm
wondering if it would be possible for diald to prevent dialing out,
but not to kill a live
I'm wanting to get my father a good linux book for Christmas. I will
be installing linux on his system while I'm down there for Christmas.
What would be the best book for him? He does have some unix
experiance, but hardly any administration.
Thanks,
Chris
I'm trying to get gnome running. However, I'm running into problems
with libraries. I've ran dselect, and it states that I have everything
installed and configured, so I'm kind of at a loss.
Does anyone have any ideas on what I need to do?
Thanks,
Chris
The attached file is my
On 13 Dec, Ole J. Tetlie wrote:
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| I'm trying to get gnome running. However, I'm running into problems
| with libraries. I've ran dselect, and it states that I have everything
| installed and configured, so I'm kind of at a loss.
|
| Does anyone have any ideas on what
I'm looking for information about vgetty. Does anyone know if there is
a homepage for it? Also what modems does it support? Anyone have real
world experiance with it?
thanks,
chris
Does anyone know what server to use with a Creative labs 3D Blaster
Banshee (Voodoo Banshee)? Also, does anyone have any experiance with
it in linux.
Thanks,
Chris
I can't seem to get my ip_masq working. I'm running 2.1.131, so I'm
using ipchains. I've set it up the best I can tell from the
instructions, but can't hit anything outside my lan from my win95 box.
Any ideas on what I have not done properly?
Here is what I'm sending ipchains from my
I am having some problems getting my lan working. I'm trying to
connect my win95 machine to my linux machine. Both have 3c509's
connected to a hub. I've given my linux box 192.168.1.1 and windows
192.168.1.2. However, I can not ping either machine from the other.
Any ideas?
BTW, here is a
I have the CTX VL700 (17) montitor, and have been very happy with it.
Nice on screen controls, and very nice look and feel. Have not had any
problems with it and the ~2 years I've had it.
chris
On 6 Dec, Chris Frost wrote:
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Ok, I've gotten my network up, but I can't seem to get ipmasq to work.
I've followed the mini-howto and added the appropriate lines to my
/etc/init.d/network file. However, everytime it tries to run ipfwadm
it croaks. Here are the commands, and the errors:
ipfwadm -F -p deny
ipfwadm:
Where can I find some documentation that is specific to the Debian way
or running diald? I've been reading the docs in the /usr/doc/diald
directory, but they don't seem to touch on how the .deb file setup the
stuff in the /etc/ dirs.
Thanks,
Chris
On 2 Dec, George Bonser wrote:
I have noticed that Debian rolls unstable to frozen and then to stable in
its release cycle. In order to more accurately reflect reality, I suggest
that a fourth stage be created between unstable and frozen. I would call
this broken. A release candidate would
I'm trying to run a perl/gtk ticker program and keep running into
problems. Since I know little about perl, could someone help me fix
the problem?
The error that I am getting is in the attached file.
thanks.
Can't load '/usr/lib/perl5/i386-linux/5.004/auto/Gtk/Gtk.so' for module Gtk:
On 24 Nov, Mitch Blevins wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm trying to run a perl/gtk ticker program and keep running into
problems. Since I know little about perl, could someone help me fix
the problem?
The error that I am getting is in the attached file.
thanks.
On 25 Nov, Jim Foltz wrote:
Greetings,
I don't know why slahes.pl isn't working for you.
I downloaded this program from freshmeat and it ran on my hamm bone (box).
It mostly worked, opening a window and retrieving the Slashdot headers. It
would would crash when I clicked the button that
Has anyone gotten the RivaTNT video chipset to work with quake2 and
linux? I can get the game to run, but when I try to switch it to the
open gl settings for the video, it just freezes. It appears to load the
open gl stuff, but no further.
Any advice?
thanks,
Chris
Does anyone know if there is a working xserver for the RivaTNT chipset?
I just purchased the 16meg Creative Labs graphic blaster with this
chipset, and want to get the latest server for it. I think one
exists, but I can't seem to locate it.
I'm reposting this message since I've never seen my original come
through:
I'm having problems with mail delivery on my local box. When I d/l my
mail from my isp (using fetchmail), it is taking over 5 minutes
(probably closer to 10) for the mail to get delivered, i.e. for the
machine to say I
Can someone tell me why my mail delivery on my local machine is so
slow? When I d/l my mail using fetchmail from my isp, the mailer
daemon takes over 5 minutes to deliver it.
Why, and how do I fix it?
Chris
style hardware, and parallel printer
support compiled into the kernel.
Any ideas on what is/might be wrong?
TIA,
wax_man
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