Re: A newbie chicken and egg question
On Fri, Apr 17, 1998 at 08:33:52AM +0100, John wrote: Hello I have debian stable (base only) installed on a 400mb partition on my laptop. I am trying to install manpages so that I may look up answers to the questions I may have (like configuring to facilitate an ftp install via ppp of additional components). What I am trying to do is to download the required programs and dependencies for manpages on the win95 partition, transfer to floppy with rawrite, and install from there. I have no cdrom drive, which is why I have to install in such a roundabout fashion initially. I therefore need to know 1. what the name of the manpages archive is 2. the required dependencies relative to a base installation 3. how to install a particular file in the appropiate location without going through the GUI. Apologies if I appear to be trying to re-invent the wheel. If there is an easier way to accomplish what I am trying to, please tell me or pont me to the appropiate URL. I'm not sure where in the install process you can start using ftp, but these steps may help you use the windows hard drive instead of a floppy. if you have a vfat filesystem for windows: create a directory for mounting your windows drive mkdir /dos edit /etc/fstab to insert something like: /dev/hda1 /dos vfat defaults 0 1 h for ide a for first disk 1 for first partition mount the windows disk mount /dos or maybe mount /dev/hda1 /dos Now you can copy files directly from the windows hard drive. Thanks. John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Can emacs and xemacs coexist?
You can use xemacs in a VT. I've got xemacs installed on my stable Debian 1.3.1, and it works just fine, but I want to use emacs for file viewing and manipulation in a normal console because I don't like vi. I tried to install emacs in dselect but it tells me I have to take components of xemacs out, because they conflict. Is this a small conflict that would be OK to force using dpkg, or do I have to choose between them? By the way, how can I tell the aliases in my .bashrc to work only when I am using X (I don't need xemacs -geometry 87x28 when I am not using X) ? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Install Mailsystem HELP!
Hello, debian fans (I hope so) out there trying to set up a mail system I have run into problems. 1st: I have dialup connection to an ISP using ISDN (ipppd) and have all of that running and tested (ftp, www, etc.). In my attempt to give the last remnants of B.G. on my computer a farewell I just need just one thing more - a running mail system. And thats what i did: Sunday:load and install (using DSELECT) smail, fetchmail andprocmail. Monday:study the Network-Administration-Guide. Tuesday: finish with NAG and switch to the Net3-Howto, Mail-Howto, Offline-Howto and the PPP-Howto. Wednesday: Next the manpages and online docs at /usr/doc. Feeling prepared for a first test. OK. Cause I have subscribed to two mailing lists, this one and the german list, there is nearly allways mail to be fetched. Set up the .fetchmailrc, dial in to your provider, startfetchmail (verbose and keep of course) and see what happens. connect to mailserver OK. password OK. xxx messages to get. retreave messege 1. (till here its just my words.) SMTP connect to (null) failed bla, bla SMTP transaction error while fetching normal termination Code 9. (didnt note that either) So far it was what I had expected cause the manpage said there has to be an MTA (Mail Transport Agent) ready to take over. Thursday: Reading more closely the smail manpage, ah, there it is. The options -bd will cause it to listen for incomming mail and process it. Shuffling my feet, cut the green around the house, clean up my kitchen (I have just a private account at a commercial ISP, and he will charge bussines fees if I dare using the account during bussines hours). Time!!! Dial in to my ISP. Start smail -bd Start fetchmail Same error. Checking the log files finding in /var/log/smail/... bind() failed address already in use Browse the net (www) loading down the ISDN4Linux FAQ loading down Bernd Hailers ISDN documentation (URL´s in /usr/doc/??? Browsing through this mailing list: someone wrote he could read his mail using fetchmail (how that?). Anyway its too late, lets call it a day. Friday:Checking the manpages on procmail more closely, they say procmail can be used as MTA, OK lets try that next. Shuffling my feet (again). Paing a visit to downtown, write thanks to a guy that helped you on this list - more then overdue. Set up ~/.forward Set Up ~/.procmailrc Time!!! Dial in to my ISP. Run fetchmail Same error Retry it in different combinations (files in /root/ or in $HOME/). Starting fetchmail as root or as user. All the same. What to do next? (besides studying the doc I have loaded down yesterday -the Bernd Hailer docs helped me a lot settingup my internet connection-.) Write this message and hope. Thanks in advance, Helmut. p.s. The (of cause futil) attempt of cron to run smail every 20 minutes (runq) just gives me nerves. Is it save to edit the appropriate crontab (/etc/smail/crontab?) ore even emove it? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Linux Installation
Dear Sir/Madam, I am a Linux novice who would like to get started with Debian Linux. I currently have a Zenith Data Systems 486 33MHz SX with 16Mb of RAM, a 125Mb Hard Drive, a 1.44Mb floppy, and a VGA display. I have successfully installed the base system, unfortunately I would like to run X-window for Linux. I doubt that it would work on only a 125Mb hard drive, and I don't even have a CD-ROM. It would be nice if someone could steer me towards an inexpensive option for the minimum hardware required to run X. I have no real experience with UNIX or Linux and would like to use this system for a learning platform. I have attempted to install a IDE compatable CD-ROM on a Plug-and-Play compatable sound card but have not been able to get this set-up to detected or used by Linux. Could you offer any suggestions? Might it be a better idea to aquire a new/er computer on which to install Linux. Could you please tell me the hardware which would keep me within a ~$500 budget ( I am a high school student with limited funds). Even a 386 type computer would be okay, if it works with Linux, but where could I find parts? I have a 14 VGA monitor which I'm planning to use with this system. My main problem is picking devices which are comptable with Linux, what would you recommend? Please offer any help you can. Mark Panzer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: newbie boot ?
On Fri, Apr 17, 1998 at 05:25:06AM -0700, Gil Nielsen wrote: Hi, Am real new to this. Just installed debian base system from floppys. it went fine. I am booting with the custom floppy and it hangs at md driver 0.35 MAX-MD-Dev=4 MAX-REAL=8 for about 10 min. before it continues booting. Is there a way to delete this line? or should'nt I? Thanks (I may be mistaken, but) this line isn't actually caused by the MD driver, which is not a hardware driver but a software device. The device after MD is the one that hangs. The best solution is to recompile the kernel with just the devices you need. Also, if the device immediately after MD tells you what it is an what I/O it is looking at, you could reserve it at the LILO prompt (then in lilo.conf) so that the device isn't allowed to probe. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Debian packages at ftp://ftp.rising.com.au/pub/hamish. PGP#EFA6B9D5 CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome. http://hamish.home.ml.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Install Mailsystem HELP!
did you try the -q and the -m options ??? here's how i'm using smail: sendmail -bd -q30m p.s.i think sendmail is a symlink to smail -q[interval] Cause smail to process its input spool directory. If an interval is given, smail will repeatedly check its input spool directory, sleeping for the given interval between checks. The interval is in seconds, though it can be defined as a sequence of numbers with suffixes of `s' for seconds, `m' for minutes, `h' for hours, `d' for days, `w' for weeks and `y' for years. For example, -q2h30m specifies an interval of two hours and 30 minutes. This flag is useful in conjunction with the -bd mode of oper- ation and will cause the daemon process to wake up on these intervals and perform queue processing. Performing a single queue run is the default mode of operation if smail is invoked as runq. Any parameters are used to match message ids in the queue, and those messages are processed. If a mes- sage id is given, but the message is not in the queue (due to a mistake or the message having been already delivered), then the parameter is silently ignored. -m or -om Allow retention of the sender as a recipient for alias and mailing list expansions that include the sender. If this is Not set, the sender will not receive a copy of the message only as a result of being in an alias or mailing list. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Why no g++?
On Fri, Apr 17, 1998 at 03:49:44PM -0400, Shaleh wrote: I discovered this before a CS project was due (-; G++ is now a separate entity. Hamm/Slink is now using the egcs c++. I was concerned at first. However this is a better compiler. The STL is also MUCH more fully fleshed out. mapbalh,foo exists. Install the g++ package and the libs and get back to coding (-: Although it might be wise to confirm that your source will still be compilable on the system at university. For example, I've been developing some C++ for a software systems engineering project, and our engineering Unix systems (Suns) have only Sun's compilers (which don't appear to have the STL) and g++ 2.7.2.x, which won't compile anything written using the STL etc for 2.8.x in my experience. Fortunately our CS machines have egcs 2.8.x g++ installed and they are also Suns, and binary-compatible. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Debian packages at ftp://ftp.rising.com.au/pub/hamish. PGP#EFA6B9D5 CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome. http://hamish.home.ml.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: problem with xterm -- doesn't logout
Paul Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm using Debian's lastest hamm packages, kernel 2.0.33 (pre34-5), etc.. xterm doesn't logout upon exiting.. the user/host still shows up in the who and users commands. This problem occurs on both of my Debian systems, each with similar setups. Anyone else have the same problem? Is this a bug with my system or the xbase(includes xterm) package? Any suggestions on how to fix it? See Bug#20685 and Bug#20913 for more discussion of this. If you don't mind recompiling your xterm, you can apply a temporary fix. Austin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Linux Installation
Dear Sir/Madam, I am a Linux novice who would like to get started with Debian Linux. I currently have a Zenith Data Systems 486 33MHz SX with 16Mb of RAM, a 125Mb Hard Drive, a 1.44Mb floppy, and a VGA display. I have successfully installed the base system, unfortunately I would like to run X-window for Linux. I doubt that it would work on only a 125Mb hard drive, and I don't even have a CD-ROM. It would be nice if someone could steer me towards an inexpensive option for the minimum hardware required to run X. I have no real experience with UNIX or Linux and would like to use this system for a learning platform. I have attempted to install a IDE compatable CD-ROM on a Plug-and-Play compatable sound card but have not been able to get this set-up to detected or used by Linux. Could you offer any suggestions? you need a bigger hard disk,i use nearly the same computer ( 486/DX2 50 mhz,16 MB ram,1.7 GIG hard disk,bare-bone vga) and yes i use X (on 16 color except when running xquake,but even with this low end system,Star Office run fine),about your CD,does your hard disk is IDE,if yes,plug the CD on the same interface as the hard disk and put the jumper (if there's one) on the slave setting (a manual help there but on my CD unit,it's clearly marked). Might it be a better idea to aquire a new/er computer on which to install Linux. Could you please tell me the hardware which would keep me within a ~$500 budget ( I am a high school student with limited funds). Even a 386 type computer would be okay, if it works with Linux, but where could I find parts? I have a 14 VGA monitor which I'm planning to use with this system. My main problem is picking devices which are comptable with Linux, what would you recommend? Please offer any help you can. for a 500$ budget,you can buy a texas size hard disk (say in the 4 to 6 GIG range). Alain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
PCI NE2000 clone w/1.3.1, 2.0.30 kernel
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Can someone give a hint as to what I need to do to use this card? /proc/pci reports PCI devices found: Bus 0, device 18, function 0: Ethernet controller: Realtek 8029 (rev 0). Medium devsel. IRQ 12. I/O at 0x6500. but modprobe ne.o 0x6500 locks the system up... - - Jim -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: 2.6.2 Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.4, an Emacs/PGP interface iQCVAwUBNTgVJT6/Vk7L6QQVAQGmkwQAwo5ktl5ZB8VhZCuWyHCheCHKYi0QS/e/ Tvow+0I3zjyJBeW6gLhppGFq9UP4KYGhJuuRDvr3k2sj7+j8/vSshBb14MQHkSUc +f6H0+O4sC0hbaruu6h1Mj9S6H2lVX6RPWOiP9oxYmwG69RhNAMvndCX8rpFVw2h 7Pwm2HB6UKQ= =IkQI -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Slip Dialer
Does anyone know if there is slip dialer for debian? I need one that I can either run to connected me the internet service I have and be able to put the program in the background, or I need one that I could run it off of an account on Alt-F1 and run my internet programs on Alt-F2. If anyone knows of what I need, could they tell me what its called and where I can find it. Thanks, Pete Poff E-Mail Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Slip Dialer
Does anyone know if there is slip dialer for debian? Pete, The package you are looking for is called dip, it is located under the net directory in the Debian distribution. Hope this helps, - Tim [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian2.0 and tetex
Graham Pople ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: There is a version of tetex-base 0.9 to go with the available version of tetex-bin 0.9. It's somewhere on Debian's FTP server, here: ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/slink/main/binary-i386/tex/ Just right-click on the tetex-base0.9 directory, and select 'save as'. It's not particularly stable, however. What is unstable about tetex? I am just about to upgrade to Hamm but given that fully functional latex2e is vital to my work, does this mean upgrading would not be wise now? If so, when is tetex likely to be stable? (I would like to upgrade to hamm as soon as possible so I can install some other packages like siag.) Thanks, Mark. __ _\/___\__/___Mark_Phillips___/ \__/_\__/--\__/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ \__/HE___\__/--APTAIN/ \__/_\__/--\__/__/ /__To be is to do.__I. Kant___/ \__/__\__/___/ /__To do is to be.__A. Sartre_/ /__I am.God___/ /__Jesus did.___/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Spreadsheets and siag
Has anyone had any experience with siag (Scheme in a Grid)? I have looked at the web page (http://www.edu.stockholm.se/siag/) and it looks pretty good. But it would be nice to get some feedback from people who have actually used it! How good is it and how does it compare to other spreadsheets? Thanks, Mark. __ _\/___\__/___Mark_Phillips___/ \__/_\__/--\__/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ \__/HE___\__/--APTAIN/ \__/_\__/--\__/__/ /__To be is to do.__I. Kant___/ \__/__\__/___/ /__To do is to be.__A. Sartre_/ /__I am.God___/ /__Jesus did.___/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Modem Help Please!!!
I have a zoom 56k modem..I noticed that Debian and most other linux have support for ethernet cards but not much for regular modems...How do i use my modem under linux. My modem is on port 2 irq 3.. Please help if you can!? Thanks Brandon at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: PCI NE2000 clone w/1.3.1, 2.0.30 kernel
On Fri, Apr 17, 1998 at 10:51:19PM -0400, jim wrote: Can someone give a hint as to what I need to do to use this card? /proc/pci reports PCI devices found: Bus 0, device 18, function 0: Ethernet controller: Realtek 8029 (rev 0). Medium devsel. IRQ 12. I/O at 0x6500. but modprobe ne.o 0x6500 locks the system up... I have one of these in a system here; conf.modules says options ne io=0x6100 irq=11 and it works fine. /proc/pci says PCI devices found: Bus 0, device 19, function 0: Ethernet controller: Realtek 8029 (rev 0). Medium devsel. IRQ 11. I/O at 0x6100. Interesting that yours has a different device number to mine. I have another of these cards again which is device 14; but that's in a 486. I think it's slot-dependent. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Debian packages at ftp://ftp.rising.com.au/pub/hamish. PGP#EFA6B9D5 CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome. http://hamish.home.ml.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: NiC Cards
On 17 Apr 98 15:04:17 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Cool, hardware debian packages! The Free Hardware Foundation, hmmm Actually, I recently saw an announcement (c.o.l.a.?) about exactly this. Someone wants to start up a project to develop open-circuit hardware (if that's what you'd call it). Sorry, but I can't find the reference right now. Rob Wilderspin. -- But I need it to crash once every few days - reboots are the only chance I get to sleep... --= (send replies to rob@) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Modem Help Please!!!
I have a zoom 56k modem..I noticed that Debian and most other linux have support for ethernet cards but not much for regular modems...How do i use my modem under linux. My modem is on port 2 irq 3.. Please help if you can!? Thanks Brandon at [EMAIL PROTECTED] first,put a enter at the end of each line in your message,it did not make your message unreadable on my mailreader but there are other mailreader who will put your message as one line and your message may be deleted ASAP by a potentially bored user (think as a user who's used to be receiving 200 messages each day's !!!). now,for the lack of driver for modem is that the serial driver,the ppp driver and the slhc driver is all that's needed for a ppp net connection,i think your problem is that the modem is plug play and this is what cause your problem,do a check on the board (if it's an internal modem,i dont know where to check for an external one) or check in the manual,there may be a mode witch (hope i got the spelling right) disable the plug play,you should provide us with more detail because i can't help further than this. Alain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: where is tetex-base 0.9-1 ?
Steve Hsieh [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: For awhile now, tetex-bin in frozen has been requiring tetex-base =0.9-1 to install. But that version of tetex-base doesn't exist in frozen. Anyone know where it currently can be found? That version should appear soon in frozen. Meanwhile you may consider installing the one dist/slink which works perfectly. Chris dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of tetex-bin: tetex-bin depends on tetex-base (= 0.9-1); however: Version of tetex-base on system is 0.4pl8-7. dpkg: error processing tetex-bin (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: PCI NE2000 clone w/1.3.1, 2.0.30 kernel
Hamish Moffatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Fri, Apr 17, 1998 at 10:51:19PM -0400, jim wrote: Can someone give a hint as to what I need to do to use this card? /proc/pci reports PCI devices found: Bus 0, device 18, function 0: Ethernet controller: Realtek 8029 (rev 0). Medium devsel. IRQ 12. I/O at 0x6500. but modprobe ne.o 0x6500 locks the system up... I have one of these in a system here; conf.modules says options ne io=0x6100 irq=11 and it works fine. /proc/pci says PCI devices found: Bus 0, device 19, function 0: Ethernet controller: Realtek 8029 (rev 0). Medium devsel. IRQ 11. I/O at 0x6100. Interesting that yours has a different device number to mine. I have another of these cards again which is device 14; but that's in a 486. I think it's slot-dependent. yet another NE2000 clone. PCI devices found: Bus 0, device 10, function 0: Ethernet controller: Realtek 8029 (rev 0). Medium devsel. IRQ 10. I/O at 0x6100. BTW, I've read somewhere that the support might be better in Linux 2.0.33 kernel. Chris Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Debian packages at ftp://ftp.rising.com.au/pub/hamish. PGP#EFA6B9D5 CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome. http://hamish.home.ml.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
exim mutt, weird
I have exim (1.90-3) and mutt (non-i, 0.91.1-1) installed here; when I send a message, mutt sets the from address to just hamish@@. [7:01pm] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ hostname hamishpc [7:02pm] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ hostname -f hamishpc.rising.com.au [7:02pm] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ dnsdomainname rising.com.au /etc/hostname says just hamishpc My own .muttrc just sets my pop username and hostname. Nothing in /etc/Muttrc to do this. /etc/exim.conf says (a grep for domain): qualify_domain = rising.com.au local_domains = hamishpc.rising.com.au local_domains_include_host = true local_domains_include_host_literals = true relay_domains = rising.com.au Any ideas? I installed exim on this machine as a test before changing a production machine from smail to exim, but want to get this running before I play further. thanks, Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Debian packages at ftp://ftp.rising.com.au/pub/hamish. PGP#EFA6B9D5 CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome. http://hamish.home.ml.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: A newbie chicken and egg question
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes if you have a vfat filesystem for windows: I should have mentioned that the windows partition is compressed, sorry, therefore linux can't read it directly. This is why I need a base system capable of dialup ppp and manpages so that I can ftp what I need off the net. pppd functions correctly as far as I can see, but the instructiond for pon and poff and plog say look in the manpages for further info, and manpages aren't in the base install. What I need are the list of dependencies for manpages, the manpages binary, how to install manpages and the same for HAMM (ie ppp dialup). If I dload them to win95 partition, I can split them into 1.44mb chunks, transfer them to the linux partition, stitch them back together again and install from there. Thanks John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian2.0 and tetex
On Sat, 18 Apr 1998, Mark Phillips wrote: ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/slink/main/binary-i386/tex/ Just right-click on the tetex-base0.9 directory, and select 'save as'. It's not particularly stable, however. What is unstable about tetex? I am just about to upgrade to Hamm but given that fully functional latex2e is vital to my work, does this mean AFAIK the teTeX included with hamm is 0.4, the last known stable one. (notice he is talking about dists/slink). teTeX 0.9 is still beta, and has been for a long time. I have used teTeX 0.9 for a while, but not under Debian, and I find it as stable as 0.4 but YMMV. The unstable things in 0.9 are probably things not present at all in 0.4 (like omega and pdflatex). // Jonas [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2:201/262.37] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
gzip question
Hello I have a non accessible (from linux) win95 partition [0]. I have downloaded a lot of files onto here that I want to install to linux. Some of these files are too large to put onto floppy, so they need to be split. I have gzip for dos on win95, also pkzip. The command for pkzip would be pkzip -e0 - a:\bla.zip *.* What is the equivalent for gzip? How would I stich the files back together again? [0] - it is doublespaced. bleargh. I cannot remove it for work reasons. bleargh again. John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: gzip question
John [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hello I have a non accessible (from linux) win95 partition [0]. I have downloaded a lot of files onto here that I want to install to linux. Some of these files are too large to put onto floppy, so they need to be split. I have gzip for dos on win95, also pkzip. The command for pkzip would be pkzip -e0 - a:\bla.zip *.* What is the equivalent for gzip? How would I stich the files back together again? You may consider trying unzip. Chris DESCRIPTION unzip will list, test, or extract files from a ZIP archive, commonly found on MS-DOS systems. The default behavior (with no options) is to extract into the current directory (and subdirectories below it) all files from the specified ZIP archive. A companion program, zip(1L), cre- ates ZIP archives; both programs are compatible with archives created by PKWARE's PKZIP and PKUNZIP for MS-DOS, but in many cases the program options or default behaviors differ. [0] - it is doublespaced. bleargh. I cannot remove it for work reasons. bleargh again. John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Bad/Counterfeit memory? [Was: Upgrading to hamm]
FWIW, I took the suggestion to try 2.0.32, and my system still acts up with 128M in it. 64M is fine. I think it's the new SIMMs. They don't fail memtest86, but gcc and dselect won't work... I haven't tried to test *just* the new SIMMs yet, but I'm suspicious of them simply because they have a Micron Technology logo on the chips, which has been carefully laser(?)-etched to the point where it's nearly impossible to see. There is a diamond pattern over the MT logo. The outfit that sold them to me told me that they were Micron chips, and it took me a *long* time to discern the MT logo at all. I suspect that they're rejects, or don't test out at 60ns like they're marked, or something... Can anyone verify this? I tried them at 70ns and they still don't work. Be careful when buying Major brand memory, and get a commitment to the manufacturer name in advance if possible. It does not help if they are brand memory or not, if they are broken. Simple ESD burst will damage chips more or less. It most propably damages them to the point that they are working, but later fail randomly. It ain't bs that 'they' talk about ESD protection, charges are *evil* to chips. ( I used to work on a components distributor handling a warehouse of chips going to electronics industry) Get your SIMMs changed and next time ground your self. And remember to demand properly hadled stuff - somebody on the line might have been wearing a sweather made of wool, and zapped the SIMMs with a lot of kvolts. BTW. there is difference in quality between brand stuff and so called 3rd party memory - 12k SIMMs (Hyndai, Samsung) in 6 months and 2 pcs faulty compared to som 20k 3rd party stuff and 8-16% faulty in the same time. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Intel EtherExpress Pro/10+ ISA card
Hi, I can get some Intel EtherExpress Pro/10+ ISA and/or PCI cards for free, and I'm asking myself, if these cards are making any problems with Linux. I found the drivers on the Net, and I will get the cards next week, so speaks anything against an installation in my two machines ??? Thanx for any comments. Bye Daniel -- Daniel Gross eMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hollarstrasse 2 [EMAIL PROTECTED] D-85053 Ingolstadt, Germany -- If God didn't mean for us to juggle, tennis balls wouldn't come three to a can. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: exim mutt, weird
Hamish Moffatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have exim (1.90-3) and mutt (non-i, 0.91.1-1) installed here; when I send a message, mutt sets the from address to just hamish@@. [snip] I think a better way to handle this is to let exim rewrite your headers. The following is at the end of my /etc/exim.conf: ## # REWRITE CONFIGURATION # ## ^(b3po|wwjt)@* [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ffr # End of Exim configuration file The username portion is part of a regular expression (sorry if you knew that already) that matches our local names with the pop mail name. Therefore, you would replace ^(b3po|wwjt)@* [EMAIL PROTECTED] with [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Let me know if you have any other questions. BTW, I have seen so many postings on smail. I would encourage smail users to try out exim. Not only is it more powerful, its configuration is far easier and more logical than that of smail. Thanks, Bake -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: PCI NE2000 clone w/1.3.1, 2.0.30 kernel
On Fri, Apr 17, 1998 at 10:51:19PM -0400, jim wrote: Can someone give a hint as to what I need to do to use this card? /proc/pci reports PCI devices found: Bus 0, device 18, function 0: Ethernet controller: Realtek 8029 (rev 0). Medium devsel. IRQ 12. I/O at 0x6500. but modprobe ne.o 0x6500 locks the system up... That should be modprobe ne io=0x6500, but just use modprobe ne The sentence of ne not probing should be clarified as this is only valid for ISA cards. PCI NE2000 clones work well without specifying the io address. Nils -- *-* | Quotes from the net: L Linus Torvalds, W Winfried Truemper | | Lthis is the special easter release of linux, more mundanely called 1.3.84 | | WUmh, oh. What do you mean by special easter release?. Will it quit | * Wworking today and rise on easter? * pgpM8MFOzmdMQ.pgp Description: PGP signature
sSMTP's 'Root' option: any justification?
Hi everybody. Is anyone using sSMTP's 'Root' option? Its aim is to send mail to 'Root' (i.e. postmaster by default) instead of sending it to a user with a UID 10 on your system. For Debian systems, that means that mail sent to root, daemon, bin, sys, sync, games, man, lp, mail and news will be sent to the same person, which is not a good idea to my mind. It means that you can't send an email to your root for instance. Therefore, does anyone see a good reason to do so? If it's not the case, I'm planning to remove this option. Regards, Hugo (sSMTP upstream package maintainer) PS: please Cc me when you reply because I'm not subscribed to debian-user. -- Hugo Haas [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.via.ecp.fr/~hugo/ PGP2 key id 0x8a5af90d, fingerprint 45AB 8D24 B3E4 C9DD E85C 25C8 DB0B BFA3 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: exim mutt, weird
On Sat, Apr 18, 1998 at 07:05:47PM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: I have exim (1.90-3) and mutt (non-i, 0.91.1-1) installed here; when I send a message, mutt sets the from address to just hamish@@. In .muttrc I have: set hostname=earthlink.net# my DNS domain set use_from# always generate the `From:' header field Hope it's helpful! pgp0GgsORU8YJ.pgp Description: PGP signature
Printer now printing properly HOWTO suggests magic filter?
I was reading the HOWTO for printing (which was quite helpful) and it was telling me I needed filters to get my printer to behave (it prints in the staircase method) file: this is not printing the way it should be Print out: this is not printing the way it should As I said the HOWTO said something about using filters to fix this, and that the magic filter (by B.A. McCawley) was available on the net. (This filter seemed to cover many formats, which I would like to support.) Is there a way I can get a Debian package and use dselect to install it that will be magicfilter / do the same thing as magicfilter does? Or do I already have one? I have the Official Debian 1.3.1 Binay and Source disks from lsl.com, perhaps they contain magic filter in a Debian package? Also, I would like to recompile my kernel, I have done this with Slakware, durring its install I told it to install the kernel source, once in the system I changed to the soucre directroy and ran make menuconfig, how do I do this in Debian? Thanks Ken -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Can emacs and xemacs coexist?
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], shaul [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
By the way, how can I tell the aliases in my .bashrc to work only when I am
using X (I don't need xemacs -geometry 87x28 when I am not using X) ?
Use a function such as
xemacs() {
if [ -n $DISPLAY ]; then
command xemacs -geometry 87x28 $@
else
command xemacs $@
fi
}
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Re: exim mutt, weird
On Sat, Apr 18, 1998 at 02:18:53PM +, Rev. Joseph Carter wrote: On Sat, Apr 18, 1998 at 07:05:47PM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: I have exim (1.90-3) and mutt (non-i, 0.91.1-1) installed here; when I send a message, mutt sets the from address to just hamish@@. In .muttrc I have: set hostname=earthlink.net # my DNS domain set use_from # always generate the `From:' header field Thanks for your help. Although this will certainly work, I'd ideally like a proper solution rather than just a workaround. I assume that you've had the same problem then, since you have implemented this? It worked fine here with smail. Odd, Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Debian packages at ftp://ftp.rising.com.au/pub/hamish. PGP#EFA6B9D5 CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome. http://hamish.home.ml.org pgpBtt9U8gVsl.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Printer now printing properly HOWTO suggests magic filter?
Kenneth F. Ryder III wrote: Yes, magicfilter is available in a .deb and can be installed with dselect. It's spcifically available on Debian 1.3.1 from CheapBytes and I'd assume it's on the lsl CDs, too. Just put the CD in the drive, run dselect, choose the CD medium, and when you get to the Select screen, enter /magicfilterRETURN. You should see the selection line. If not, try the ftp medium. HTH I was reading the HOWTO for printing (which was quite helpful) and it was telling me I needed filters to get my printer to behave (it prints in the staircase method) file: this is not printing the way it should be Print out: this is not printing the way it should As I said the HOWTO said something about using filters to fix this, and that the magic filter (by B.A. McCawley) was available on the net. (This filter seemed to cover many formats, which I would like to support.) Is there a way I can get a Debian package and use dselect to install it that will be magicfilter / do the same thing as magicfilter does? Or do I already have one? I have the Official Debian 1.3.1 Binay and Source disks from lsl.com, perhaps they contain magic filter in a Debian package? Also, I would like to recompile my kernel, I have done this with Slakware, durring its install I told it to install the kernel source, once in the system I changed to the soucre directroy and ran make menuconfig, how do I do this in Debian? Thanks Ken -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- - Ralph Winslow [EMAIL PROTECTED] The IQ of the group is that of the member whose IQ is lowest divided by the number of members. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Printer now printing properly HOWTO suggests magic filter?
On Fri, Feb 19, 1999 at 10:26:53AM +, Kenneth F. Ryder III wrote: As I said the HOWTO said something about using filters to fix this, and that the magic filter (by B.A. McCawley) was available on the net. (This filter seemed to cover many formats, which I would like to support.) Is there a way I can get a Debian package and use dselect to install it that will be magicfilter / do the same thing as magicfilter does? Or do I already have one? I have the Official Debian 1.3.1 Binay and Source disks from lsl.com, perhaps they contain magic filter in a Debian package? They do indeed -- in the text section. Run dselect, locate this package (/ to search, \ to repeat the last search), and + to pick it. Then Install from the main menu. You might want to use ghostscript from non-free; you'll have to download that with FTP from one of the mirrors. The non-free version is newer than the free one (that's the way the ghostscript license works). Also, I would like to recompile my kernel, I have done this with Slakware, durring its install I told it to install the kernel source, once in the system I changed to the soucre directroy and ran make menuconfig, how do I do this in Debian? Same way. The source should be in /usr/src/kernel-source-2.0.32 or whichever version. You can run make menuconfig etc in there just as before. After doing that though, you might want to build the kernel using make-kpkg instead of make zImage etc; do make-kpkg kernel_image That will build a .deb file containing the kernel and all the modules. Then use dpkg -i kernel-image-2.0.32_1.00_i386.deb (or whatever the filename produced is, in /usr/src) to install it. make-kpkg is in the package kernel-package. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Debian packages at ftp://ftp.rising.com.au/pub/hamish. PGP#EFA6B9D5 CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome. http://hamish.home.ml.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mirroring hamm from different sites - timestamp.txt?
I want to mirror hamm on my machine at home, but because the site I was mirroring from died, I am now mirroring from a different site. The problem is that mirroring doesn't seem to neccessarily keep the same time stamp for some reason (to do with timezones), hence if I switch to another site with slightly different time stamps, mirror thinks all the files need updating when really they don't. Now I understand there is a way of overcoming this by telling mirror to ignore time stamps, but this causes other problems because sometimes you don't want mirror to ignore the times. I notice that there is a file timestamp.txt in the base debian directory. Perhaps there is a way of using this to overcome my problem? Perhaps there is a new version of mirror which adjusts for timezone differences? Any ideas or info would be greatly appreciated. Cheers, Mark. __ _\/___\__/___Mark_Phillips___/ \__/_\__/--\__/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ \__/HE___\__/--APTAIN/ \__/_\__/--\__/__/ /__To be is to do.__I. Kant___/ \__/__\__/___/ /__To do is to be.__A. Sartre_/ /__I am.God___/ /__Jesus did.___/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: exim mutt, weird
I have exim (1.90-3) and mutt (non-i, 0.91.1-1) installed here; when I send a message, mutt sets the from address to just hamish@@. [7:01pm] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ hostname hamishpc [7:02pm] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ hostname -f hamishpc.rising.com.au [7:02pm] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ dnsdomainname rising.com.au /etc/hostname says just hamishpc My own .muttrc just sets my pop username and hostname. Nothing in /etc/Muttrc to do this. /etc/exim.conf says (a grep for domain): qualify_domain = rising.com.au local_domains = hamishpc.rising.com.au I have here: local_domains = lonesom.pp.fi:lonesom.pp.fi Otherwise similar setup. local_domains_include_host = true local_domains_include_host_literals = true relay_domains = rising.com.au Any ideas? I installed exim on this machine as a test before changing a production machine from smail to exim, but want to get this running before I play further. thanks, Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Debian packages at ftp://ftp.rising.com.au/pub/hamish. PGP#EFA6B9D5 CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome. http://hamish.home.ml.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
how to set time to EST5EDT
I have a bo box that did not change times for day light savings time. How do I reconfigure the time so it does? -- --- How can you see, when your mind is not open? How can you think, when your eyes are closed? - Jason Bonham Band, Ordinary Black and White --- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
HP LaserJet 6Lse and Linux???
HI Does nay one know if anHP LaserJet 6Lse will talk with Linux? Or better, do you know a a way to make it print postscript (in software) from Linux? It understands Enhanced PCL 5 printer control language. My printer died, and I have a short deadline. M$Word 6 format is required by my publisher. So I bought the HP LaserJet 6Lse, which is known to work with Win3.1/95 amd M$Word6. It appeared to be the only printer in the store that did not say something horrible such as WinPrinter or Windows ONLY. Hope someone has an answer --David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: HP LaserJet 6Lse and Linux???
Does nay one know if anHP LaserJet 6Lse will talk with Linux? Or better, do you know a a way to make it print postscript (in software) from Linux? It understands Enhanced PCL 5 printer control language. Yes, use Ghostscript, it translates PostScript = PCL quite well. My printer died, and I have a short deadline. M$Word 6 format is required by my publisher. So I bought the HP LaserJet 6Lse, which is known to work with Win3.1/95 amd M$Word6. It appeared to be the only printer in the store that did not say something horrible such as WinPrinter or Windows ONLY. It's a good printer. You shouldn't have any major problems. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: HP LaserJet 6Lse and Linux???
On Sat, 18 Apr 1998, DAVID B. TEAGUE wrote: Does nay one know if anHP LaserJet 6Lse will talk with Linux? Or better, do you know a a way to make it print postscript (in software) from Linux? It understands Enhanced PCL 5 printer control language. If you want to use magicfilter, set it up as an hp 4 or 4L. Apparently the 4 is better with resolution, but I haven't gotten around to changing mine. HTH, Brandon - Brandon Mitchell [EMAIL PROTECTED] We all know linux is great... it PGP: finger -l [EMAIL PROTECTED] does infinite loops in 5 seconds Phone: (757) 221-4847 --Linus Torvalds -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
the FAQ-O-MATIC is down ?????
i tried to see the FAQ-O-MATIC but the (debian) server keep saying error 404 file not found,where i can see it Alain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: HP LaserJet 6Lse and Linux???
On Sat, 18 Apr 1998, DAVID B. TEAGUE wrote: HI Does nay one know if anHP LaserJet 6Lse will talk with Linux? Or better, do you know a a way to make it print postscript (in software) from Linux? It understands Enhanced PCL 5 printer control language. My printer died, and I have a short deadline. M$Word 6 format is required by my publisher. So I bought the HP LaserJet 6Lse, which is known to work with Win3.1/95 amd M$Word6. It appeared to be the only printer in the store that did not say something horrible such as WinPrinter or Windows ONLY. Hope someone has an answer It should work with ghostscript, using one or more of the following drivers which exist in gs-aladdin 5.0: ljet4 lj4dith lj5mono lj5gray Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Summary: YES. Re: HP LaserJet 6Lse and Linux???
Thanks to: Ben Pfaff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brandon Mitchell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bob Nielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] And maybe others, I sent the message, ate lunch and here are the answers! I asked: Does nay one know if an HP LaserJet 6Lse will talk with Linux? Or better, do you know a a way to make it print postscript (in software) from Linux? It understands Enhanced PCL 5 printer control language. Summary: Yes, use Ghostscript, it translates PostScript = PCL quite well. It should work with ghostscript, using one or more of the following drivers which exist in gs-aladdin 5.0: ljjet4 lj4dith lj5mono lj5gray I you want to use magicfilter, set it up as an hp 4 or 4L. Apparently the 4 is better with resolution, but I haven't gotten around to changing mine. --David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Unidentified subject!
What exactly is the hamm release? Scott D. Killen Scott Killen Software http://www.skillsoft.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Residual X11R5 and a.out errors?
While trying to install or remove X programs with dselect, I often get whole slews of errors like these: ldconfig: warning: can't open /usr/lib/i486-linuxaout/libdb.so.1 (No such file or directory), skipping ldconfig: warning: can't open /usr/X11R5/lib/libXt.so.3 (No such file or directory), skipping ldconfig: warning: can't open /usr/X11R5/lib/libXaw.so.3 (No such file or directory), skipping ldconfig: warning: can't open /usr/X11R5/lib/libX11.so.3 (No such file or directory), skipping ldconfig: warning: can't open /usr/X11R6/lib/i486-linuxaout/libXt.so.6 (No such file or directory), skipping ldconfig: warning: can't open /usr/X11R6/lib/i486-linuxaout/libXaw.so.6 (No such file or directory), skipping ldconfig: warning: can't open /usr/X11R6/lib/i486-linuxaout/libXIE.so.6 (No such file or directory), skipping ldconfig: warning: can't open /usr/X11R6/lib/i486-linuxaout/libX11.so.6 (No such file or directory), skipping They all seem to relate to things that May have existed in 1.2 (even 1.3) for back compatibility but are presumably phased out now. My system has been upgraded in place from 1.2, could these errors be holding over from then? Is there something I should do to fix them? Britton Kerin __ GNU GPL: The Source will be with you... always. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Unidentified subject!
On Sat, 18 Apr 1998, Scott D. Killen wrote: What exactly is the hamm release? hamm is the nickname for the next version of Debian, 2.0. It has been frozen for testing since April 1st and most of the problems seem to have dissapeared now. It is slated for release in late April. Scott D. Killen Scott Killen Software http://www.skillsoft.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
what .deb has pixmap?
What package contains the utility pixmap (like bitmap, but for xpm files)? I know I had it, but it seems to have disappeared. This comes up with nada: dpkg -S pixmap | grep pixmap$ So does this: dpkg -l pixmap Thanks, Phil Garcia [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: gzip question
i think there's a Unix version of pkzip 2.60 available on the pkzip web site,doesn't know if it run on Linux (had no time to check this when i viewed the site),i'm pretty sure that it also work with gzipped file,the address is: http://www.pkware.com/ Hello I have a non accessible (from linux) win95 partition [0]. I have downloaded a lot of files onto here that I want to install to linux. Some of these files are too large to put onto floppy, so they need to be split. I have gzip for dos on win95, also pkzip. The command for pkzip would be pkzip -e0 - a:\bla.zip *.* What is the equivalent for gzip? How would I stich the files back together again? [0] - it is doublespaced. bleargh. I cannot remove it for work reasons. bleargh again. John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Linux Installation
Dear Sir/Madam, I am a Linux novice who would like to get started with Debian Linux. I currently have a Zenith Data Systems 486 33MHz SX with 16Mb of RAM, a 125Mb Hard Drive, a 1.44Mb floppy, and a VGA display. I have successfully installed the base system, unfortunately I would like to run X-window for Linux. I doubt that it would work on only a 125Mb hard drive, and I don't even have a CD-ROM. It would be nice if someone could steer me towards an inexpensive option for the minimum hardware required to run X. I have no real experience with UNIX or Linux and would like to use this system for a learning platform. I have attempted to install a IDE compatable CD-ROM on a Plug-and-Play compatable sound card but have not been able to get this set-up to detected or used by Linux. Could you offer any suggestions? you need a bigger hard disk,i use nearly the same computer ( 486/DX2 50 mhz,16 MB ram,1.7 GIG hard disk,bare-bone vga) and yes i use X (on 16 color except when running xquake,but even with this low end system,Star Office run fine),about your CD,does your hard disk is IDE,if yes,plug the CD on the same interface as the hard disk and put the jumper (if there's one) on the slave setting (a manual help there but on my CD unit,it's clearly marked). Might it be a better idea to aquire a new/er computer on which to install Linux. Could you please tell me the hardware which would keep me within a ~$500 budget ( I am a high school student with limited funds). Even a 386 type computer would be okay, if it works with Linux, but where could I find parts? I have a 14 VGA monitor which I'm planning to use with this system. My main problem is picking devices which are comptable with Linux, what would you recommend? Please offer any help you can. for a 500$ budget,you can buy a texas size hard disk (say in the 4 to 6 GIG range). Alain He's right, definitely a new hard drive. I installed Debian on a 100meg partition to test it out, and have since installed XWindows and KDE. Now I want to start adding some proper applications, and run out of room. However, I think a 4-6 gig is a bit overkill - just 1 gig would probably sort you out with all the Linux apps your'll need. Graham Pople ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) SNES emulators at Emulation One (http://www.jalna.demon.co.uk/index.htm) All emulators at E1 Newsletter (http://www.jalna.demon.co.uk/e1news.htm) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Linux Installation
He's right, definitely a new hard drive. I installed Debian on a 100meg partition to test it out, and have since installed XWindows and KDE. Now I want to start adding some proper applications, and run out of room. However, I think a 4-6 gig is a bit overkill - just 1 gig would probably sort you out with all the Linux apps your'll need. yep,excellent reply,instaid of buying a 4-6 gig drive,get one smaller and get a good graphic card too if you think you'll use X a lot,i got mine free but it's far from the best (especially when it's not upgradable). Alain Graham Pople ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) SNES emulators at Emulation One (http://www.jalna.demon.co.uk/index.htm) All emulators at E1 Newsletter (http://www.jalna.demon.co.uk/e1news.htm) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: A newbie chicken and egg question
Hi, What I need are the list of dependencies for manpages, the manpages binary, how to install manpages and the same for HAMM (ie ppp dialup). If I dload them to win95 partition, I can split them into 1.44mb chunks, transfer them to the linux partition, stitch them back together again and install from there. I'm sure you have more resources available than you realize. The manpages package contains man pages for system related stuff, not for applications. All application packages contain their own manpages, and this is true of the base system as well. Do a ls /usr/man/man1|more and ls /usr/man/man8|more to see which ones are already on your system. You can read them (sort of) with zmore /usr/man.man1/pon.1.gz. This shows the file with all the nroff formatting codes, which is tough to read, but can be figured out. The man-db packages contains the man browser which displays them properly formatted. I don't remember which linux version you were installing. For hamm the man-db dependencies are groff, libc6 and libdb2 (= 2.3.10). For bo (1.3), the man-db dependencies were groff, libc5 (= 5.4.0-0) and libdb1. However, I think it would be counterproductive to try to download these piecemeal through the other system and floppies. I believe you said you had ppp working, or almost working, and you should be able to finish setting it up without the manpages. The comments in some of the skeleton config files - /etc/chatscript/*, /etc/ppp/options, /etc/ppp/options_out, /etc/ppp/peers/provider (some of these are bo and some are hamm - the ppp setup changed quite a bit between the two releases) should help. Also look at the files in /usr/doc/ppp, especially /usr/doc/ppp/README.debian.gz. Once ppp is running you can use the ftp option of dselect to download and install what you need. -- _ |_) _ |_ Robert D. Hilliard[EMAIL PROTECTED] |_) (_) |_) Palm City, FL USAPGP Key ID: A8E40EB9 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The lost file 's city soundtrack :)
Helo list :) Well, i'm expecting some problems during some package installation (libc6 and co) During the configuration phase, dpkg tell me that : -libc.so -libreadline.so -libhistory.so are missing, i would like to know if someone else than me have expecting the same problems, and if someone know something about that :) Bye :) -- Pierre Dupuis Rédacteur du Music Review http://home.nordnet.fr/~pdupuis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: exim mutt, weird
On Sun, Apr 19, 1998 at 12:42:43AM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: On Sat, Apr 18, 1998 at 02:18:53PM +, Rev. Joseph Carter wrote: On Sat, Apr 18, 1998 at 07:05:47PM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: I have exim (1.90-3) and mutt (non-i, 0.91.1-1) installed here; when I send a message, mutt sets the from address to just hamish@@. In .muttrc I have: set hostname=earthlink.net# my DNS domain set use_from# always generate the `From:' header field Thanks for your help. Although this will certainly work, I'd ideally like a proper solution rather than just a workaround. I assume that you've had the same problem then, since you have implemented this? It worked fine here with smail. To me the correct way is unset use_from and let the MTA generate the correct address. With the default set use_from, I've seen hostname info appear in the from address when that machine shouldn't be receiving email. -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Garbage after typing pppd-d
I have tried searching for my answer, but have missed it (I guess). After connecting to my ISP through Minicom, I do 'Ctrl-A Q' and get back to my root prompt. I then type 'pppd-d' (or 'pppd'). All I get is the garbage that I see when ppp is started under Minicom. Any ideals why this is? FWIW- I am using a Practical Peripherals ext 28.8 modem and trying to install/run the Debian package that came on the BOOT cd. Also, I have Linux installed on another machine and all works great. I can provide other info if it is needed. Thanks, Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Garbage after typing pppd-d
On Sat, 18 Apr 1998, Michael A. Endsley wrote: I have tried searching for my answer, but have missed it (I guess). After connecting to my ISP through Minicom, I do 'Ctrl-A Q' and get back to my root prompt. I then type 'pppd-d' (or 'pppd'). All I get is the garbage that I see when ppp is started under Minicom. Any ideals why this is? This is because pppd defaults to trying to start a PPP connection on stdout. pppd needs several command line parameters in order to work correctly. You need to specify things like what port your modem lives on and how fast that port can go. If you prefer not to use command line params you can put all the options you need in /etc/ppp/options For more info see: The pppd(8) man page (man pppd) the PPP-HOWTO (available all over the web) on your local system /usr/doc/ppp/* (especially /usr/doc/ppp/examples/*) l8r, Nate --- Nathan C. Burnett Everyone is born right-handed, but [EMAIL PROTECTED] only the greatest overcome it. http://www.cse.msu.edu/~burnet26-Slogan, Left-Handers' Club of Ireland ( ( (((In Stereo Where Available))) ) ) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Cannot login?
Hey guys. Big problem... I had freebsd 3.0 sitting around, decided to mount my linux ext2fs partitions with it. I umounted it... rebooted back into linux. Now I can ONLY login as root. If I login as myself it says. cannot cd /home/damascus And.. if I su damascus as root it says su: cannot run /usr/bin/zsh permission denied: I was guessing my SUID bits are ripped off, but they are still there, I think? The lower case 's' is still there for a lot of binaries. Is there any EASY way to restore system functionality aside from backing up and reinstalling? Like.. rerunning a particular package or something? Thanks in advance guys. BTW, I checked most permissions, like /home and /bin/login and /home/damascus and /usr/bin/zsh. I even tried su as a different user, but I get the same permission denied error. I really do not think this is an operator error in the sense that I do not know anything about permissions. (error operator in the sense that I should never have mounted ext2fs with freebsd. :( ) In the end it seems like a permission error, does anyone know what kind of files are required to do such a thing? -Carroll Kong -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Sound problems
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Thu, 16 Apr 1998, Rev. Joseph Carter wrote: On Thu, Apr 16, 1998 at 09:09:05AM -0400, Stephen Carpenter wrote: If youw ant the Easy way out check out www.4front-tech.com they have the OSS/Linux sound card drivers They work great and suport many cards. They have one advantage in being comercial software (there is also OSS/Free...but it doesn't have everything that OSS/Linux has) RANTThere is nothing Easy about OSS/Linux. OSS/* is an example of how NOT to write good drivers for Linux. =p/RANT Ok I will admit...it has its um quirks reminds me..have to set mu /usr/include/ sym links back If at all possible, I strongly advise you use OSS/Free in the kernel for now. OSS/Linux has been known to be responsible for MANY problems on my system including all-out crashes (without so much as an OOPS!) I wish I could :( I have an Ensoniq AudioPCI soundcard... in fatc that Soundcard is a good amount of why I finnaly decided to stop running linux onm my server and WIn95 on my Workstation and just go completely linux... cuz AudioPC DOs Mode drivers are incompatible with the AMD K6 processor (fixed in a letter processor stepping) which means I oculdn't play Quake :( (eventually I will get a new soundcard but...I have other priorities) ...patiently waiting for ALSA. Whats ALSA? - -Steve -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: 2.6.3a Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBNTkt73xvn0zebBV9AQGi6QP/XRnnmuLI9QK670rwRDeN1KigqtXkkofA 541z5AFldfacLxKbtAkUZZ4ZcStrjXXEp/vlcBZP9369/q7aOJufNvbGpa6PVkDV Q61cNWtjcffJ8Yh984GwQbVDHkHdCmztGftKidouPBqoN6NZYyB8PUSrfQZoBmuX Q6a9xDAQY80= =86m7 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
