Re: basic info (so this newbie can quit bugging you pros)

On Mon, 26 Jul 1999, Brad wrote: > Yuck, long lines making the post hard to read... Yeah, I haven't figured it out yet. I keep dropping the parameter in Netscape's Messenger program to "wrap outgoing messages at x", but I can't seem to get things right. I'm currently set at 65 characters. (I'm se

debian.midco.net mirror in trouble ...

Hey everyone, I just returned from a week vacation and after being assured that everything worked fine in my absence, I find that's not the case regarding debian.midco.net. I don't know how out of shape the mirror is, but it's probably not up-to-date. I'll try to get it there ASAP. The machine

Re: Flaming Debian Newbies

Rather sounds like a dessert... -- *--* Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *--* Voice: 425.739.4247 *--* Fax: 425.827.9577 *--* HTTP://www.otak-k.com/~lawrence/ -- - - - - - - O t a k i n c . - - - - -

Re: Netscape - Fontsizes

Bernhard: Try going to About.com--->"Computer/Technology"--->OS--->Linux Once at Hsiao's main page, go to "Search" (this site) and enter "fonts". Useful info on fonts, Netscape, et al. Eric K. "Light, no heat." JonesMB wrote: > Bernhard, > > If you figure out a way around this please let m

Re: Flaming Debian Newbies

Lee Elliott wrote: > > Hello, > > My personal opinion:- Flaming only wastes B/W and does nothing to help > the next 'Newbie' who hasn't joined the list yet. Why be nasty? A > single line "man('xzy')" reply direct to the poster (not via the list) > will get the message across if you want to help

Re: Flaming Debian Newbies

On Mon, Jul 26, 1999 at 08:08:21PM +, Lee Elliott wrote: > a single line "man('xzy')" reply direct to the poster (not via the list) > will get the message across if you want to help - delete it if you > don't.. IMHO, it's okay to post a reply like that to the list as there could be other peopl

ipxripd package: does it work?

Is anyone but me trying to run the ipxripd 0.7-5 package? I'm trying to run it on kernel version 2.0.36, compiled for IPX. When I try to run it, it just goes away. I never see it as a process doing 'ps aux'. If I try to run it in non-daemon mode (-d option), I see: Mon Jul 26 17:56:51 1999

Re: LILO problems with new HD

* Jon Keating <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > with that. Can a system boot up without a map file? It seems like it can. Yes, you experienced it :-) > But like your problem, I always thought you needed the map file. I know my Only if you want more informative error messages in case of a kernel

Re: Change the signatures for -user and -devel!

David Karlin wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 26, 1999 at 11:47:14AM -0500, Stephen Pitts wrote: > > Heh..this has been brought up several times. The consensus was > > (IIRC), that the signatures for -user and -devel need to > > be switched, so debian-devel contains the newbie-unfriendly > > sig that we hav

printing fails after upgrading to new potato libraries.

After upgrading to potato's new libc62.1.2 -pre libraries, printing isn't working properly. Although lpq sees nothing in the queue, the printer continues to psew out pages like broken postscript. There have been a few other minor glitches with printing, using lpr. Is this library problem? ALa

How to fine-tune playmidi on SB16

I have SoundBlast 16 and I find "playmidi"(Version: 2.3-3) does not perform as well as MediaPlayer of Win95. Because SoundBlast 16 does not have midi, I use FM synthesis. I use the following command to play: playmidi -f foo.mid Do you know how to use other parameters of "playmidi" to improve its

Question on hooking up ISP

i use Debian 1.2 and ppp (Version 2.2.0f-19) to make a ISP connection. Below is a portion displayed by plog: Password -- got it send (vip^M) Serial connection established. Using interface ppp0 Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/modem Serial line is looped back. Connection terminated. Note that vip is

Re: basic info (so this newbie can quit bugging you pros)

Yuck, long lines making the post hard to read... On Mon, 26 Jul 1999, Kent West wrote: > I believe that if you'll go to the directory where the .deb file is, > you can do the command (as root) "dpkg --install man.db_2.3.10-68.deb" > to install it. However, I'm not well-versed in the intricacies o

Re: Change the signatures for -user and -devel!

On Mon, Jul 26, 1999 at 04:28:41PM -0500, Kent West wrote: > David Karlin wrote: > > P.S. What is the current sig for debian-user? (Doesn't show > > up in my mail.) > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > I like your idea. The current sig is ^

Re: Using apt with downloaded deb

On Sun, 25 Jul 1999, Tiago Alves Macambira wrote: > I've been trying to install debian 2.1 but not I?m not being very lucky. Just out of curiousity, what's up with the apostrophies in this message? > Last time I tried, apt/dselect downloaded all the packages needed to > continue with the install

Re: OFFTOPIC: need whois on a gov domain

On 26-Jul-99 Gary L. Hennigan wrote: > "Jakob 'sparky' Kaivo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> whois [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> On Sun, 25 Jul 1999, Pollywog wrote: >> >> > I got spam from a host using a .gov TLD and I forgot how to do a whois >> > on >> > those. Anyone know? > > There's also a Web

Re: basic info (so this newbie can quit bugging you pros)

pplaw wrote: > > this is where i am: > > i've downloaded > "/dists/stable/main/binary-i386/doc/man.db_2.3.10-68.deb". > > question: > > how does one actually read this file? (is it a "text" doc? is it a doc > that can only be read through linux? if so, which program/command do i > need?) It'

Re: OFFTOPIC: need whois on a gov domain

"Jakob 'sparky' Kaivo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > whois [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Sun, 25 Jul 1999, Pollywog wrote: > > > I got spam from a host using a .gov TLD and I forgot how to do a whois on > > those. Anyone know? There's also a Web interface to whois, http://www.networksolutions.com/

Installing slink on a Toshiba 4020CDT reboots ...

When trying to boot the slink safe tecra disk on my Toshiba 4020CDT, the kernel reboots automatically when trying to execute the kernel ... happens whether I boot from the El-Torito'd slink CD or from the floppy disk ... Have no problems with Suse 6.1 ... has anybody done a kernel 2.2-based instal

Re: Network addressing

Kaa writes: > So, my question is: can I simply set the netmask to 255.0.0.0 on both of > them and put appropriate entries into the /etc/hosts file? Is this likely > to break anything? There may be hosts you need to reach that are on network 24 but on a subnet reachable only via the gateways. How

Re: OFFTOPIC: need whois on a gov domain

whois [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sun, 25 Jul 1999, Pollywog wrote: > I got spam from a host using a .gov TLD and I forgot how to do a whois on > those. Anyone know? > > thanks > > -- > Andrew > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > -- Jakob 'sparky' Kaivo -

Re: How do I get exim to sustitute a different username?

>> "Phillip" == Phillip Deackes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Phillip> Is there anyway he can get exim to substitute akjohnson for Phillip> ant? I have few problems getting domains to show correctly, Phillip> but haven't had to change a username before. The last settings in exim.conf deal with addr

Re: sgmltools and non-english stylesheets

>> "Felipe" == Felipe Alvarez Harnecker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Felipe> I want to produce a Spanish html document from a sgml Felipe> (docbook) one. Felipe> I've seen many international stylesheets under Felipe> /usr/lib/sgml/stylesheet/dsssl/docbook/nwalsh/html/ but nor Felipe> sgmtools nor

will you be at linuxworld?

This is the first and last call for anytone who plans to be at linuxworld expo and is a developer or wants to help man the debian booth there. I can get such people exhibitor's badges, which gets you into the show floor free. Just mail me within 24 hours. -- see shy jo

basic info (so this newbie can quit bugging you pros)

hello d-community, i can at least boot d-linux (so, i get some "credit," right?). however, i get probs w/ dselect ("installation script returned error exit status 1"). it feels like i'm skipping steps/concepts, which are probably explained in the man(ual). anyway, the "pro" talk seems to be in

Re: gnome-apt for slink?

On Sun, Jul 25, 1999 at 02:05:49PM -0700, Cliff W. Draper wrote: > Does anyone have a .deb for gnome-apt that runs in slink (ie, glibc2.0)? > > thanks, > -Cliff > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Get the source for a later version of APT and build it yourself. (dpkg-source -x ; cd apt-0.3.11; debian/rules b

unable to open initial console

I am trying to install Debian 2.1 and I can't get the initial console to load. I have an old Packard Bell 486sx 16 with 8 MB of ram and a 120MB hard drive. Obviously it has no SCSI, PCI, or anything else that's up to date. The machine isn't really good for anything but familiarizing myself with

Re: Using apt with downloaded deb

Copy all of the .debs to /var/cache/apt/archives/. Don't make any subdirectories there, just shove everything in that directory. Then, configure dselect to use the APT method (install the apt package from your archives directory manually with "dpkg -i " if needed). Configure APT to download direct

dvi with type 1 fonts

With dvipk(k) 5.82 (the version with comes with slink), how do you tell dvips to use type1 outline formats instead of the type 3 bitmaps generated from mk? thanks, -- Chris Frost | -+-- Public PGP Key:

Re: Change the signatures for -user and -devel!

On Mon, Jul 26, 1999 at 11:47:14AM -0500, Stephen Pitts wrote: > Heh..this has been brought up several times. The consensus was > (IIRC), that the signatures for -user and -devel need to > be switched, so debian-devel contains the newbie-unfriendly > sig that we have right now, and debian-user gets

Re: Network addressing

> "Kaa" == \[ Kaa \] writes: Kaa>route add -net 24.5.xx.yy -netmask 255.255.255.0 eth0 Kaa> did NOT work ('route' complained about inconsistency) You used the host address (24.5.xx.yy) instead of the network address (24.5.xx.0). The route to use for a packet is determined by

Flaming Debian Newbies

Hello, My personal opinion:- Flaming only wastes B/W and does nothing to help the next 'Newbie' who hasn't joined the list yet. Why be nasty? A single line "man('xzy')" reply direct to the poster (not via the list) will get the message across if you want to help - delete it if you don't.. Havin

Re: Netscape - Fontsizes

Bernhard, If you figure out a way around this please let me know. This past weekend I spent some time (again) trying to do the same thing. The font sizes don't even change no matter what you specify in Netscape. Maybe we can edit the preferences file and save it there ourselves. That way wh

Re: Mutt dependency on an MTA

>> It still needs an MTA to send mail :-) >Not necessarily on the same machine. How does the mail get to the other machine? Via an MTA. Carl

FW: bash scripting

> -Original Message- > From: Michael Talbot-Wilson [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, July 26, 1999 4:54 AM > To: Ben Lutgens > Cc: debian user list > Subject: Re: bash scripting > > It is bad netiquette to paste part of the man page, because it creates > traffic delivering

Re: FW: bash scripting

> I understand Michael's frustration at having to answer the same questions > 500 times. > Maybe a big bold link on the Debian home page that says "Have a question? > Look here > first" which takes the user directly to the search input box on the mail > archive > search engine? How about a .signat

Re: Mutt dependency on an MTA

On Mon, Jul 26, 1999 at 12:27:57PM -0500, Stephen Pitts wrote: > It still needs an MTA to send mail :-) Not necessarily on the same machine. Imho no mua should bepend on amta, just recommend. Dselect will make you install recommends anyway, but apt-get doesn't.(I think) > > -- > Stephen Pitts >

"Bus error" crashes, different programs

Hi, This is one that's got me stumped (I am still fairly new at this, however). While using Netscape 4.51 (its the X11R5 version, if that makes any difference) under Debian "Slink" I tried to point the browser at one of the *.snm files in a new mail directory (I get the impression you're not suppo

RE: wallpaper Question

Not to mention another package, but there is a nice app call wallp in potato. It will update your wallpaper for you every so often. The easy way to use this or your program is to add a line in .xinitrc in your home directory. If the file does not exist, make it so it looks like: exec & anyth

sensible-mda and procmail invokation question

Sunday I converted from an ancient RH5.0 system to Debian 2.1. Among the many remaining glitches, I've got a mail problem: To minimize breakage, I stuck with sendmail. Sendmail basically works, and thanks to sensible-mda, it delivers using procmail. My problem is that it does not invoke procmai

How do I get exim to sustitute a different username?

I recently installed Debian 2.1 for a friend. He wanted to be user 'ant' on his system. His email address, however, is [EMAIL PROTECTED] All mail sent from his box has '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' as his address. Is there anyway he can get exim to substitute akjohnson for ant? I have few problems getting

Re: file extensions -- batch mv'ing, mp3s

*- On 26 Jul, Buddha Buck wrote about "Re: file extensions -- batch mv'ing, mp3s " >> >> >> >> $ for x in *;do mv -iv "$x" `echo "$x"|sed -e 's/MP3$/mp3/'`;done >> > >> > bash$ for i in *.MP3; do mv $i ${i%.MP3}.mp3; done >> >> mmv '*.MP3' '#1.mp3' > > Nice, but mmv isn't a standard Unix comma

Re: Network addressing

>> route add -host 24.5.xx.yy eth0 >> route add -net 24.5.xx.yy -netmask 255.255.255.255 eth0 > route add -net 24.5.xx.yy -netmask 255.255.255.0 eth0 >did NOT work ('route' complained about inconsistency) You used FF00 as the netmask; this implies a 255-host subnet. You do not want

RE: Network addressing

From: "Mike Lieberman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 10:03:30 -0600 Neither plan is good. Please remember that cable modems are broadcast networks. Your ISP, @Home, uses that Class A as subnetted Class C's for good reason. If @Home is unwilling to assign you two addresses i

Re: your mail

On Sat, 24 Jul 1999, Taufik wrote: > subscribe > help Taufik Welcome to Debian User and Debian Devel mailing lists. Your message will probably get you subscribed. You will receive a confirmation message which you probably can just reply to to finish subscribing. In case it does not, and for fu

Re: Network addressing

From: Carl Mummert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 11:51:58 -0400 I would try using 'route' to add a route to just add a route to the local computers on the local interface; try route add -host 24.5.xx.yy eth0 on one machine (with the other machine's IP address) or route add -

Re: Mutt dependency on an MTA

On Mon, Jul 26, 1999 at 02:55:48PM +, Kaa " wrote: > install mutt' and guess what? apt refused to download mutt because it > depends on a "mail-transfer-agent" and such a beast was not to be found in > dpkg's database. I've tried persuading apt in a variety of ways, but it It's a virtual

Re: file extensions -- batch mv'ing, mp3s

> >> > >> $ for x in *;do mv -iv "$x" `echo "$x"|sed -e 's/MP3$/mp3/'`;done > > > > bash$ for i in *.MP3; do mv $i ${i%.MP3}.mp3; done > > mmv '*.MP3' '#1.mp3' Nice, but mmv isn't a standard Unix command. mv, echo, sed, and sh/bash are. -- Buddha Buck [EMAIL PROTE

Thanks For Assistance

Just wanted to thank everyone who replied to me about my PGP question! -- Aaron Faby [EMAIL PROTECTED] System Administrator/Technical Support Yourlink, Inc.

Re: LILO problems with new HD

> Ok I guess I have to spend more time to ask specific questions.. > sigh > > You said > "I simply copied /boot/* and /home/* to the new drive, and ran lilo on > it." > > You didn't say if you updated the /etc/fstab file. yes, /boot, /home, and the swap partition are updated to reside on the n

Re: irc.openprojects.net

On Mon, Jul 26, 1999 at 08:50:20AM -0700, Thomas wrote: > Just do dpkg -s ps It's dpkg -S ps, but that doesn't help if the package with ps isn't installed :-). -- Stephen Pitts [EMAIL PROTECTED] webmaster - http://www.mschess.org

Re: Mutt dependency on an MTA

On Mon, Jul 26, 1999 at 08:37:21AM -0400, esoR ocsirF wrote: > I am new to mutt butt I am under the imression that mutt will handle pop > queries directly. If I am wrong tell me, and I will go back to my hole. > Any way the following got my attention; Yes, it can, but piping it through fetchmail an

Re: Network addressing

> "Mike" == Mike Lieberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Mike> Neither plan is good. Please remember that cable modems are Mike> broadcast networks. Your ISP, @Home, uses that Class A as Mike> subnetted Class C's for good reason. If @Home is unwilling Mike> to assign you two add

Re: Mutt dependency on an MTA

Subject: Mutt dependency on an MTA Date: Mon, Jul 26, 1999 at 02:55:48PM + In reply to: Kaa " Quoting Kaa "([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I have qmail running as an MTA on my potato system. I think I didn't get it > as a .deb (probably because there isn't one? I am not sure), and j

Re: System woes..unkillable processes and more!

Subject: System woes..unkillable processes and more! Date: Mon, Jul 26, 1999 at 10:10:23AM -0500 In reply to:Stephen Pitts Quoting Stephen Pitts([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I've had intermittant problems with one of my > Debian systems. It's running potato and > the 2.2.10 kernel-image

Re: Network addressing

> "Kaa" == \[ Kaa \] writes: Kaa> I have two machines [...] One is 24.6.xxx.xxx, and the Kaa> other is 24.5.xxx.xxx. [...] However the ISP says that the Kaa> netmask for these addresses should be 255.255.255.0 [...] Kaa> So [...] can I simply set the netmask to 255.0.0.0 K

Sendmail thanks, now serial PPP

First of all, I'd like to thank everyone that helped me with my sendmail problem. The end result is that, although all solutions were fantastic, I didn't know that I needed to run the sendmail config program after making changes. Once I was told I needed to do this, everything started working.

Change the signatures for -user and -devel!

On Mon, Jul 26, 1999 at 09:27:04AM -0600, David Karlin wrote: > This is would be somewhat akin to the "Unsubscribe..." line which > appeared on mail from the list for some time. (Posting instructions > on how to unsubscribe on such a page might decrease the number of > "unsubscribe" msgs which appe

Re: Network addressing

From: Mark Buda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 26 Jul 1999 11:35:29 -0400 > "Kaa" == [ Kaa ] writes: Kaa> I have two machines plugged into a cable modem. Both have IP Kaa> addresses provided by the ISP. One is 24.6.xxx.xxx, and the Kaa> other is 24.5.xxx.xxx. [...] However the ISP sa

The Hat: was Re: new logo on debian.org

> I'm not sure it's really necessary, though. If there's any meaning > behind that hat, I don't know what it is. > > -Michael The 'Hat' is a clever marketing icon. The Debian Swirl is a little too abstract. I theorize that it will be changed relative soon

Re: Mutt dependency on an MTA

On Mon, Jul 26, 1999 at 02:55:48PM +, Kaa " wrote: Hello, This is a slightly off thread post, but relavent. I am new to mutt butt I am under the imression that mutt will handle pop queries directly. If I am wrong tell me, and I will go back to my hole. Any way the following got my attention;

Re: LILO problems with new HD

Subject: Re: LILO problems with new HD Date: Mon, Jul 26, 1999 at 01:21:46AM -0700 In reply to:Lev Lvovsky Quoting Lev Lvovsky([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > hehe, sorry, I post under the assumption that ppl's balls are in working > order ;-D. > > /boot is hda1...there are three partitio

Re: System woes..unkillable processes and more!

OK, great. Partition Magic hosed my partition table. I'm going to send the drive back to Seagate, 1 MB of bad sectors or not. This incident with this Linux installation is totally opposite all of my other linux experiences. -- Stephen Pitts [EMAIL PROTECTED] webmaster - http://www.mschess.org

Re: file extensions -- batch mv'ing, mp3s

*- On 26 Jul, Buddha Buck wrote about "Re: file extensions -- batch mv'ing, mp3s " >> >> To change .MP3 to .mp3 in a given directory, I do this (anyone know an >> easier/more efficient way?): >> >> $ for x in *;do mv -iv "$x" `echo "$x"|sed -e 's/MP3$/mp3/'`;done >> > > bash$ for i in *.MP3; do

Re: LILO problems with new HD

I don't know if we have similiar problems or not. With my system it can't find the map file, but it still boots up, so I'm not sure what the deal is with that. Can a system boot up without a map file? It seems like it can. But like your problem, I always thought you needed the map file. I know

Re: 3Com 509B Ethernet card problem part 2

Quoting Fredrik Jonsson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > What I was trying to do was to compile the 3c509 driver hard into the > kernel with "modconf" and was geting only errors. Many suggested to load > the driver as a module insteed so I have put the line "alias eth0 3c509" > in to the file "conf.mod

Re: Network addressing

> So, my question is: can I simply set the netmask to 255.0.0.0 on both of > them and put appropriate entries into the /etc/hosts file? Is this likely to > break anything? Alternatively, can I use arp to specify the Ethernet address > - IP address correspondence, or something will get confused?

Re: 3Com 509B Ethernet card problem part 2

On Mon, Jul 26, 1999 at 04:39:21PM +0200, Fredrik Jonsson wrote: > Hi, > > Thanks to all who responded to my first (very incomplete) question! > > I have now disabled PnP on the card and set IRQ to 10 and io to 300. IRQ > 10 is set to ISA (not Pnp) in Bios. Donald Beckers el3-diag report the >

Re: Mutt dependency on an MTA

For a quick and easy solution, grab the qmail-src and ucspi-tcp-src packages from non-free and build debian packages for you. -- Stephen Pitts [EMAIL PROTECTED] webmaster - http://www.mschess.org

RE: Network addressing

Kaa wrote: > > > I have two machines plugged into a cable modem. Both have IP > addresses > provided by the ISP. One is 24.6.xxx.xxx, and the other is > 24.5.xxx.xxx. > Theoretically that's all fine 'cause 24. is an A class > network. However the > ISP says that the netmask for these addresses shou

Re: Network addressing

I am reasonably sure that it will NOT work to change the netmask; if the netmask is wrong, then some things that need directed to the gateway/router will not be, and stuff will break. I would try using 'route' to add a route to just add a route to the local computers on the local interface; try

Re: Mutt dependency on an MTA

*- On 26 Jul, [ Kaa ] wrote about "Mutt dependency on an MTA" > I have qmail running as an MTA on my potato system. I think I didn't get it > as a .deb (probably because there isn't one? I am not sure), and just > downloaded it and installed in /usr/local. Well, yesterday I tried 'apt-get > inst

Re: Problems installing with Promise Uttra33 (hde & hdg)

I've only been on the list for a few days, and m a newbie ... sorry 'bout borrowing the thread, but it is my understanding that you'll be posting a new boot-floppies with a patched kernal for adaptec? I'm currently stuck (unable to install or do anything but read this thread - which I do find enli

Re: irc.openprojects.net

Just do dpkg -s ps and it should say procps (it might be dpkg -S) - Original Message - From: Matthew Cordes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, July 25, 1999 10:12 PM Subject: Fw: irc.openprojects.net > >ps and top are in procps, and xmkmf is in xlib6g-dev. You can find > > this

Re: file extensions -- batch mv'ing, mp3s

> > To change .MP3 to .mp3 in a given directory, I do this (anyone know an > easier/more efficient way?): > > $ for x in *;do mv -iv "$x" `echo "$x"|sed -e 's/MP3$/mp3/'`;done > I usually do something like this: bash$ for i in *.MP3; do mv $i ${i%.MP3}.mp3; done I don't know if ${var%pattern}

Re: Mutt dependency on an MTA

> "Kaa" == \[ Kaa \] writes: Kaa> [...] apt refused to download mutt because it depends on a Kaa> "mail-transfer-agent" and such a beast was not to be found in Kaa> dpkg's database. I've tried persuading apt [...] So, can Kaa> somebody tell me how to persuade apt to let me use

Re: Network addressing

> "Kaa" == \[ Kaa \] writes: Kaa> I have two machines plugged into a cable modem. Both have IP Kaa> addresses provided by the ISP. One is 24.6.xxx.xxx, and the Kaa> other is 24.5.xxx.xxx. [...] However the ISP says that the Kaa> netmask for these addresses should be 255.255.25

newbie guidelines suggestion

Hello, Since there has been so much discussion about how to impart info to newbies, I thought I'd throw this idea out to the list How about a .signature line or the equivalent at the bottom of mail from the list which is a link to an FAQ or a page which contains guidelines for posting to the l

Re: LILO problems with new HD

> > I've recently discovered problems with the drive that had the /boot and > > /home partitions of my Debian box, so I decided to go out and get a new > > HD > > in transferring the files, I simply copied /boot/* and /home/* to the new > > drive, and ran lilo on it. It gave me the message

System woes..unkillable processes and more!

I've had intermittant problems with one of my Debian systems. It's running potato and the 2.2.10 kernel-image in potato. In the middle of June, I went on vacation and left the box up so I could dial-in and check faxes/emails. About a day after I came back, it crashed (yes..Linux crashed!) with kmo

Mutt dependency on an MTA

I have qmail running as an MTA on my potato system. I think I didn't get it as a .deb (probably because there isn't one? I am not sure), and just downloaded it and installed in /usr/local. Well, yesterday I tried 'apt-get install mutt' and guess what? apt refused to download mutt because it dep

Re: re-worded(newbie) Need help on Static IP

Bill wrote: > > Thanks for all your info. > > I don't think I worded my request correctly, > I need to setup the server to allocate an IP for a user whom is dialing in, > so each time they dial in they get the same IP number. > Depending on your setup, you probably want to read: pppd man pa

3Com 509B Ethernet card problem part 2

Hi, Thanks to all who responded to my first (very incomplete) question! I have now disabled PnP on the card and set IRQ to 10 and io to 300. IRQ 10 is set to ISA (not Pnp) in Bios. Donald Beckers el3-diag report the card to be OK, se below. What I was trying to do was to compile the 3c509 driver

Re: Backup software/Aiwa8000?

tjm wrote: > > Hi. Looking for a recommendation for tape > backup software using an Aiwa TD-A8000 atapi > tape drive. Nothing too fancy needed but > I would like to backup selected directories > from win95/nt machines also on the network. > Using slink and 2.0.36. > If you use something simple

Network addressing

I have two machines plugged into a cable modem. Both have IP addresses provided by the ISP. One is 24.6.xxx.xxx, and the other is 24.5.xxx.xxx. Theoretically that's all fine 'cause 24. is an A class network. However the ISP says that the netmask for these addresses should be 255.255.255.0, that

Re: bash scripting

"Carley, Jason (Australia)" wrote: > >The kindest thing you can do for anyone in difficulty is to persuade him > >that he really does need to study the manual. > > >He shouldn't even be posting questions until he has looked into the matter > >himself and drawn a blank on all fronts. So any questi

Re: my SB16 can't play midi files

On Sat, 24 Jul 1999, a wrote: > I have Debian 1.2 and compile the kernel for SB16. [...] Your config looks right. In fact, it looks identical to the config I used to use with my SB16. Is yours a PNP card? > Now I can play wav files and CD but can't play midi files using > playmidi. Only a copyr

Re: file extensions

> This worked in my "test" directory, but once I became root and tried it, it seemed to Why did you have to become root? It sounds like you need to use the uid and gid options in the fstab entry for your windows partition. > only mess with my "locate" command I say this because before running

Re: new logo on debian.org

On Mon, Jul 26, 1999 at 02:58:44PM +0200, andreas pålsson wrote: > It's a nice idea, but it's too hard to get a grip on when only the swirl > is visible. > I am sure that people who who never seen the logo before will at some > point ask what it supposed to look like. > > I've seen the swirl and t

Re: file extensions -- batch mv'ing, mp3s

> related to that, is this: is there an easy way ( a quick command or > script) to covert all the .MP3's to .mp3. Strangly enough "mv" doesn't > differentiate between .mp3 and .MP3, so I need to change the name to a > temporary file first, which makes the task all the more annoying. That's becau

Re: bash scripting

On Mon, Jul 26, 1999 at 05:24:11PM +0930, Michael Talbot-Wilson wrote: > > I love how people insist on firing off this remark. It is sooo > > much more explanatory than pasting in a piece of the manpage then > > breaking it down to a newbies' terms. Then _calmly_ telling them > > (OFF THE LIST) th

Re: new logo on debian.org

I miss the debian bird image. -matt On Mon, Jul 26, 1999 at 02:58:44PM +0200, andreas pålsson wrote: > Khalid EZZARAOUI wrote: > > > > > I'm with you also. The chick connected us with Linux but the new logo > > > doesnt do anything for me at all. > > > > > > John C. Ellingboe > > > > don't you

Re: LILO problems with new HD

Subject: LILO problems with new HD Date: Sun, Jul 25, 1999 at 09:48:08PM -0700 In reply to:Lev Lvovsky Quoting Lev Lvovsky([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Hello, > > I've recently discovered problems with the drive that had the /boot and > /home partitions of my Debian box, so I decided

Re: sound config with 2.2.10 in slink environment

Subject: sound config with 2.2.10 in slink environment Date: Mon, Jul 26, 1999 at 12:57:26AM -0400 In reply to:Damir J. Naden Quoting Damir J. Naden([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I have enosniq soundscape elite ISA card, which worked under 2.0.36, after I > have made a script at boot-up

Re: bash scripting

Subject: RE: bash scripting Date: Mon, Jul 26, 1999 at 06:03:35PM +1000 In reply to:Carley, Jason Australia" Quoting Carley, Jason Australia"([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > >The kindest thing you can do for anyone in difficulty is to persuade him > >that he really does need to study t

Re: new logo on debian.org

Khalid EZZARAOUI wrote: > > > I'm with you also. The chick connected us with Linux but the new logo > > doesnt do anything for me at all. > > > > John C. Ellingboe > > don't you never see a Genius going out from it's lantern ? > like Aladin's story > It's a nice idea, but it's too hard to get

Re: (newbie) Need help on Static IP

You're talking about giving an IP address to somebody dialing in, right? If you want to make sure that a person always gets the same IP address, do this: 1. Set up a normal system account for the person (adduser ). 2. If you're authenticating with PAP, add this to /etc/ppp/pap-secrets:

Re: Problems installing with Promise Uttra33 (hde & hdg)

On Tue, Jul 20, 1999 at 11:49:03PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > John Beimler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I switched over to the 2nd virtual console and noticed there are no > > devices for hde or hdg, so I am guessing this is the problem. I am > > hoping someone has a quick fix for me. I

Re: bash scripting

> > >The kindest thing you can do for anyone in difficulty is to persuade him > >that he really does need to study the manual. > > >He shouldn't even be posting questions until he has looked into the matter > >himself and drawn a blank on all fronts. So any question answered in the > >manual de

Re: Uncomplete installs

On Mon, Jul 26, 1999 at 09:32:07AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > When I install a package that gets run at boot and then remove it, the files > in /etc/init.d and /etc/rc?.d stays behind. Is this a 'feature' for not > accidently removing config stuff, or just some strange behavior? It's a fea

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