My office runs NT in a peer to peer configuration. We use foxpro alot.
Is there anyway that I could run Debian on my machine at work, so I can
use what I am already comfortable with, but maintain a connectivity with
the rest of the network? That is can I stick a debian machine into an NT
Hi,
If root initiates pon (pppd is owned by root, group dip), how can I
setup /etc/ppp/ip-up so that it runs /home/user/.checkformail as user
(not root)?
I know several ways root can get the job without being user, `here'
`there' in fetchmailrc is one, and I know I can change permissions on
Try looking at samba and/or ksmbfs. samba lets you appear to be a SMB
server, and ksmbfs lets you mount SMB volumes (if the appropriate option
is in your kernel or available as a module).
TL
On Fri, 21 Nov 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
-Original Message-
From: Joel N. Weber II [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org debian-user@lists.debian.org
Date: Friday, November 21, 1997 2:37 PM
Subject: crash at partition check during boot
I am attempting to get a debian rescue disk to boot. The disk seems to boot
On Fri, Nov 21, 1997 at 02:32:19PM -0600, Alex Romosan wrote:
(the latest of which being 3.3.1-2), and even though Motif apps work
fine with the newer ones, pretty much every xcontrib client can't find
its app-defaults file and thus looks really bizarre and is mostly or
totally non-functional.
Any ideas on that?
xinit won't load that lib. And the package should be installed though
all those many libraries missing are strange.
Thanks in advance,
Alexander Koch
[note - if you Cc me that'd be nice. thank you.]
desire ~ $ startx
xinit: can't load library 'libXmu.so.6'
Preparing to
Anyone know if debian is vulnerable to this, given that the setuid
/usr/X11R6/bin/X is a wrapper for the XFree86 server?
I'd like to know before I chmod u-s /usr/X11R6/bin/X...
TIA,
Thomas.
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Date: Fri,
My ATI bus mouse doesn't work, with either GPM or X. But first, what does
Wild interrupt detection mean? While booting I get the message
Wild interrupts found: 5
The message is generated by setserial, in /etc/rc.boot/0setserial.
It's interesting that IRQ5 is the interrupt of the non-working
David Gaudine [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
- I compiled the kernel with ati bus mouse support
Did you compile it as a module? If so then you'll need `insmod
atixlmouse' or just add it to /etc/modules.
If that's not the problem, then check whether the kernel detects it;
does it say ATI Inport Bus
After reading /usr/doc/povray/copyright, it seems to me that it is non-free,
even though AFAIK it is part of the main distribution, and I suppose that is
a concern for any Debian distributors. Can someone more knowledgeable look
into this?
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hi there,
I just recently downloaded kernel 2.0.30 and have been having problems with
modules. I've run make config and answered yes to ne2000 support, ppp and
parallel printer. then I compiled it and installed on a floppy without a
hitch. then I ran make modules and then make
Robert Goodwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I just recently downloaded kernel 2.0.30 and have been having problems with
modules. I've run make config and answered yes to ne2000 support, ppp and
parallel printer. then I compiled it and installed on a floppy without a
hitch. then I ran make
On 21 Nov 1997, Ben Pfaff wrote:
David Gaudine [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
- I compiled the kernel with ati bus mouse support
Did you compile it as a module? If so then you'll need `insmod
atixlmouse' or just add it to /etc/modules.
I didn't compile it as a module. I compiled support for
I run Win95 and Linux 2.0.29 off separate hard drives
running off an AMD K6 platform. Win95 uses a
Plug-and-Play modem from Computer Peripherals, Inc.
(a ViVa 56LC-SM). Linux, however, cannot dial out
on this device; in fact, cu/kermit cannot even connect
to the device.
I have verified with
On Fri, Nov 21, 1997 at 09:02:11PM -0500, Tommy Lakofski wrote:
Anyone know if debian is vulnerable to this, given that the setuid
/usr/X11R6/bin/X is a wrapper for the XFree86 server?
I'd like to know before I chmod u-s /usr/X11R6/bin/X...
Just try it. I tried it here, and found it did not
Hi,
Does anyone have experience with RAID controllers such as Mylex DAC960 or
DPT2144UWR ??
I assume they're supported under linux, right?
Question, do any of these support automatic recovery? I heard the DPT
needs to be booted up into DOS in order to perform a rebuild... Is that
true? What
On Fri, Nov 21, 1997 at 09:28:33PM -0600, Charles Read wrote:
I run Win95 and Linux 2.0.29 off separate hard drives
running off an AMD K6 platform. Win95 uses a
Plug-and-Play modem from Computer Peripherals, Inc.
(a ViVa 56LC-SM). Linux, however, cannot dial out
on this device; in fact,
If your using XFree86, you can add something like 'DefaultColorDepth 16'
in the 'Screen' section of your XF86Config file. Of course this effects
xinit, startx, etc. also. Check the XF86Config manual pages for details.
-Paul
On Fri, 21 Nov 1997, Andrew Akins wrote:
Could someone please point
Sure it is possible. Assuming that your configuration is NT-Workstations in one
or more workgroups, the linux box can exists just fine. You are going to need
some software that I do not think has made it to Debian yet. Look around on
sunsite.unc.edu for ksmbfs and rumba. Rumba is the opposite of
May I suggest all subscribers of this Debian list use some convention in
sending messages to the list? I found it very difficult to
differentiate between the messages from this Debian list and those from
other lists. I used to sort it by the To field of the message, but
later I found out there
Hello-hello,
a scsi-controller and a harddisk are recognized as /dev/sda.
If I try to use the zip-drive insmod ppa fails (maybe
because it wants to be /dev/sda, too). Reading the sources
wasn't very helpful. How can both be used together?
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I have installed debian hamm (on an EIDE Pentium about a week ago).
Kernel 2.0.29 (since configured, compiled, and installed a 2.0.30
kernel).
There are two weird problems that I am experiencing...
The first problem is that the ethernet module is not loading.
But typing insmod
I just used make-kpkg to build a new kernel for the unstable
installation on this machine. I built the new kernel primarily because
I was (and am) having trouble getting the ethernet module to load at
boot.
I had some surprising trouble building this kernel. I (and indeed,
make) could not
I think I had this same problem. Let me have a look at your
/etc/init.d/network.
I thought it was something that I scewed up during the install but it looks
like it might be a bug. It sets the local interface as the default route rather
than setting it to what is supposed to be the gateway.
Marcus Lam [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
May I suggest all subscribers of this Debian list use some convention in
sending messages to the list? I found it very difficult to
differentiate between the messages from this Debian list and those from
other lists. I used to sort it by the To field of
Hi,
I have heard that there is a new package for partitioning a disk drive
called druid. it does much of the things that fips claims to do in an even
more dynamic and flexible manner.
regards,
allan
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Remove hdb. Remove hda and move hdb to hda. Swap hda and hdb. Try hda in
another machine.
Boot dos(ick!), run FDISK, then run FDISK /MBR.
I tried removinnng hdb, and it did not help. Given that, swapping the
drives did not seem likely to be helpful. I had also done fdisk /mbr,
and
On Sat, 22 Nov 1997, Mark Phillips wrote:
That's strange. It didn't exist on my friend's machine until it was
manually created. Does this suggest that it wasn't configured properly?
Does anyone know what creates the /etc/hosts file?
This file is created by the installation software
Is there a package available with libc 5.4.38? I only saw 33-7 in
dselect..
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On Sat, 22 Nov 1997, Marcus Lam wrote:
From: Marcus Lam [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: 'debian-user@lists.debian.org' debian-user@lists.debian.org
Date: Sat, 22 Nov 1997 11:51:43 +0800
Subject: [DEBIAN] Problem on filtering messages
May I suggest all subscribers of this Debian list use some convention in
sending messages to the list? I found it very difficult to
differentiate between the messages from this Debian list and those from
other lists. I used to sort it by the To field of the message, but
later I found
butch [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I have heard that there is a new package for partitioning a disk drive
called druid. it does much of the things that fips claims to do in an even
more dynamic and flexible manner.
Very cool. Do you have a URL?
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Hi,
I posted the message below to comp.os.linux.misc but I didn't get any
answer. Does anybody know more about the problem I describe below? Or can
anyone point me at the right newsgroup for this question?
Remco
begin of message
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 1997
On Sat, 22 Nov 1997 07:07:05 +0100 Remco Blaakmeer
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
I posted the message below to comp.os.linux.misc but I didn't get any
answer. Does anybody know more about the problem I describe below? Or can
anyone point me at the right newsgroup for this question?
Your
Hi people,
Is there a .deb log rotation package? You know what I mean, just
something to swap out the logs in /var/.. every week and rename them
*.1, *.2, .. up to the number of weeks you want to keep them. This has
been on my mind for quite some time, because I've been thinking that
it's just
There's a rotatelogs program in one of the web server packages, I think.
It should be broken out into its own package.
Bruce
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On Sat, Nov 22, 1997 at 12:10:00AM -0800, Bruce Perens wrote:
There's a rotatelogs program in one of the web server packages, I think.
It should be broken out into its own package.
The rotatelogs program is included in package web/apache
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Hi!
I use a Logitech Trackball (Marble), attached to PS/2 port, and i
cannot get it work fast enough in X, so my thumb gets really tired... Is
there any way to change the responsiveness in X ? I know how to do it w/
gpm, but it is useless in this case, even if i configure gpm to generate
I bought this 2CD Debian Distributuion but i haven't already been able
to instal it.
I tryied to boot it from the CD but after displaying the first line it
hangs.
I made the seven instalation disks and i installed the base system but i
couldn't configure my CR-ROM, so i copied the whole CD in my
Bill Leach [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
BL I had some surprising trouble building this kernel. I (and indeed,
BL make) could not as86 or ld86. I tried searching in the Packages files
BL and even Packages-Master. I grepped the contents of several (likely in
BL my opinion) packages but could not
On 17-Nov-97 Steve Kostecke wrote:
In article
[EMAIL PROTECTED],
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Nielsen) writes:
[snip]
Is there any way to get it to work as a plugin for Netscape, short of
upgrading to hamm? I understand the problem is really with bash-2.0
in bo. Would downgrading to the rex
I am trying to install Debian 1.3 on a machine that has an
AMD 32 bit pcnet vesa bus card. The card is made by Mitron. None of
the modules seam to load properly. Which module is the appropriate
one?
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On Sat, 22 Nov 1997, Oscar Alvarez Paredes wrote:
I bought this 2CD Debian Distributuion but i haven't already been able
to instal it.
I tryied to boot it from the CD but after displaying the first line it
hangs.
I made the seven instalation disks and i installed the base system but i
Steve Cheng [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
After reading /usr/doc/povray/copyright, it seems to me that it is
non-free,
I agree.
even though AFAIK it is part of the main distribution, and I suppose
that is a concern for any Debian distributors.
Yes it is, it's already been reported as a bug,
marcus == Marcus Lam [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does
not understand this format, some or all of this message may
not be legible.
Hmmm, my MUA /does/ understand MIME. Maybe your's just doesn't
know that.
May I suggest all
The modem hangs off 0x2F8, with IRQ 3 the active
interrupt request. 'setserial -a /dev/ttyS1' verifies this
data.
But if I say (from root):
# cu -s 115200 -l /dev/ttyS1
I get a Permission denied error, even though
'ls -l' shows /dev/ttyS1 to be read/writable by
usergroup.
If I go to kermit
Hi,
I am new to Debian Linux and I am having problems with xdm and fvwm.
When I used Red Hat Linux, all I had to do to get Xwindows to start at
login was to edit the /etc/inittab to go default to run level 4. Now, I
am running Debian 1.30 and do not even see a reference to xdm in the
On Sat, Nov 22, 1997 at 11:51:43AM +0800, Marcus Lam wrote:
: May I suggest all subscribers of this Debian list use some convention in
: sending messages to the list? I found it very difficult to
: differentiate between the messages from this Debian list and those from
: other lists. I used to
On Sat, 22 Nov 1997, Bruce Perens wrote:
There's a rotatelogs program in one of the web server packages, I think.
It should be broken out into its own package.
Is there an advantage of the rotatelogs program over the savelog script?
I like the script so much, I use it on a sun that I admin and
There's a rotatelogs program in one of the web server packages, I think.
It should be broken out into its own package.
I'd like to see a separate package for this as well. It's a pain
doing it by hand and I'm too busy/lazy to write a shell script to do
it automatically!
Gary
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Hi everyone,
I was wondering if I could get some advice on what database I should
use. I'm predicting I'll need to use a database for 3 things. First,
personal use on my linux box. I'd just like to get familiar with SQL,
setting up a db, etc. I'm thinking of using this to help out the
At work on our BSDI boxes we use mysql. Seems rock solid and I believe
has a GPL type license.
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On Sat, 22 Nov 1997, Greg Green wrote:
I am new to Debian Linux and I am having problems with xdm and fvwm.
When I used Red Hat Linux, all I had to do to get Xwindows to start at
login was to edit the /etc/inittab to go default to run level 4. Now, I
am running Debian 1.30 and do not even
On Sat, 22 Nov 1997, Greg Green wrote:
When I used Red Hat Linux, all I had to do to get Xwindows to start at
login was to edit the /etc/inittab to go default to run level 4. Now, I
am running Debian 1.30 and do not even see a reference to xdm in the
/etc/inittab. I am obviously missing
Andrea Mennucci [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This message is in MIME format.
Yuk - as this was normal text, this wasn't necessary.
this script takes as its argument the file README.mirrors
(that can be downloaded from the debian ftp sites), extracts the list
of hosts and pings them
Do diald and ipmasquerading serve the same purpose ?
Or do I have to use both ? I have a 3 node ethernet lan.
The all had windows on them. Now I installed Linux 2.0.29 (debian 1.3)
on the unit that has the modem on it. And would like the other units
to access the internet via the modem on LINUX
Oscar Alvarez Paredes wrote:
I bought this 2CD Debian Distributuion but i haven't already been able
to instal it.
I tryied to boot it from the CD but after displaying the first line it
hangs.
I made the seven instalation disks and i installed the base system but i
couldn't configure my
/usr/bin/savelog in package debianutils
Bob
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 23:59:35 -0800 (PST)
From: David Stern [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi people,
Is there a .deb log rotation package? You know what I mean, just
something to swap out the logs in /var/.. every week and rename them
*.1, *.2, .. up
Is the a file that a user can put logout commands similar to
/etc/X11/xdm/Xreset_0?
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Nice program.
Adding the -s 1024 flag to ping would make the packets closer to the
size of FTP packets, and make the results more accurate.
I would suggest that the program create its own temporary directory under
/tmp and delete it when it is done, rather than insist that ~/tmp exist.
Set your
Mike Patterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Is there anyone who has sucessfully gotten any version of java, javac, and
AWT libraries to work together? If so, could they give me a basic rundown
on how they did it?
Use Sun's JDK. I made a package of it - it is in unstable, non-free.
If you
Thanks Colin and Robert. These are not the only problems I am having, so I
decided to just re-install. This should clear up any problems!
I need the practice anyway.
Thanks,
Greg Green
Colin R. Telmer wrote:
On Sat, 22 Nov 1997, Greg Green wrote:
I am new to Debian Linux and I am having
Colin R Telmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
CRT Is the a file that a user can put logout commands similar to
CRT /etc/X11/xdm/Xreset_0?
You can put things after your window manager in .xsession. These will
be executed after your window manager exits (user logs out) but before
the X server
How come my 56k modem(sporster US Robotics) modem doesn't connect at
56bps?
It connects at 28bps.
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There could be several reasons.
1) There are several different 56K protocols that are incompatable with each
other, you must buy the modem with the protocol that your ISP supports. If you
switch ISP's you might find that you may need to switch brands of modem to
maintian a 56K connection.
2)
At 09:38 AM 11/22/97 +, Chuma Agbodike wrote:
Do diald and ipmasquerading serve the same purpose ?
Or do I have to use both ? I have a 3 node ethernet lan.
The all had windows on them. Now I installed Linux 2.0.29 (debian 1.3)
on the unit that has the modem on it. And would like the other
I suggest you sort on X-Mailing-List: rather than To:
Yes, using characters out of To: does seem kind of pointless. THere's plenty
of filtering software out there.
rick
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Hi everybody, I am trying to compile hardcrack from sunsite. I am running
into a little problem. Here is the error that I am getting:
gcc -DALT_ECB -O6 -mpentium -funroll-all-loops -c cbc_cksm.c -o
cbc_cksm.o
cc1: Invalid option `pentium'
make: *** [cbc_cksm.o] Error 1
I have not changeed
Is there a Debian package of a normal version of ELM? I'm using
elm-me+, and it seems to have _lots_ of trouble handling MIME and PGP.
I figure I'd be better off with a mailer that doesn't know about either
of these. Any suggestions?
Adam Klein
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Can anyone tell me why I get the message:
eth0: bogus packet size: 4160, status = 0x21, nxpg=0x30
on my console? Does this indicate a packet corruption
of some sort?
I have a WD80x3-based LAN adapter in my Debian
machine, which is running back-to-back (via a crossover
cable) to a Win95 machine
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