double striking in xterm
When xterm can't find a bold version of the standard font, it does over-striking. Is there a way to turn this off? BG
Re: Latency problems with Telnet
Hi, Thanks for the letter. However, my modem speed is set to 115000. Actually, the reason for all this, is that I read somewhere, that linux is able to set latencies for various programs, since it is so network centric. And that article mentioned that telnet is set to low-latency, so that it gets a good response. So, I've been wondering is there is something I did, or didn't do, which changed that. I've played with the MTU and MRU settings. Currently, its 296 for both. No difference whatsoever. BG On Wed, 26 Aug 1998, Michele Bini wrote: I connect to my ISP with Win95 as well (cos there is no NetMeeting on Linux :-(, and it is much more responsive. Maybe you have made the same error I made: to connect to my ISP I wrongly specified 38400 as modem speed since it was the only speed I found in the documentation (manual pages and HOWTOSs). After replacing 38400 with 56400 (I found this value only in the setserial man page) I noticed an incredible (probably ~2x) speedup. I had a problem with latency once and it was due to name resolution, and the particular order I had DNS' in my system. With the host that you are having the lag with, setup a /etc/hosts entry for that machine and try it again. If it take the same about of time, then not resolution. If it is quick then you know you have a problem with resolution. -Michele
tclX
Is there a tclX 8.0 package for debian? I need it for a program tk3play. I've found a tclX 7.6 in oldlibs. BG
fetchmail
I have a dialup connection to my ISP. On the Windows side of things, I use Eudora to download my mail. I gather that on Linux, the standard is Fetchmail. I've read through the man page; is there an option to set so that fetchmaiil will delete messages after a certain number of days, like in Eudora? And what exactly is UIDL? Does it allow me to control what messages is download to my computer according to what is already download, instead of what is marked as new on the server? This would be very handy, because I read mail from several machines. BG
Movie player
Is there a wprogram to play QuickTime movies in linux? BG
netMeeting
is there a program that can talk to netmeeting? BG
Help with Windowmaker
I have two problems with Windowmaker 1. Its using my 'Windows Start' key as the 'Meta' key. Seems to be only a problem with WindowMaker, not the other window managers like icewm or kde. I'm using the deb packages found at the windowmaker ftp site. 2. I can't compile wmmount and wmcdplay. Both packages are by Sam Hawker. I've emailed him two at GeoCities, but both mails have been sent back. This is the output I get when I try to compile them: ~/wmmixer $ xmkmf imake -DUseInstalled -I/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/config ~/wmmixer $ make c++ -O2 -fno-strength-reduce-I/usr/X11R6/include -I/include -Dlinux -D__i386__ -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=199309L -D_POSIX_SOURCE -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500L -D_BSD_SOURCE -D_SVID_SOURCE -D_REENTRANT -c wmmixer.cc -o wmmixer.o rm -f wmmixer gcc -o wmmixer -O2 -fno-strength-reduce -L/usr/X11R6/lib wmmixer.o -lXpm -lXext -lX11 wmmixer.o: In function `main': wmmixer.o(.text+0x86e): undefined reference to `__eh_pc' wmmixer.o(.text+0x877): undefined reference to `__throw' wmmixer.o(.text+0x881): undefined reference to `terminate(void)' make: *** [wmmixer] Error 1 Any help from anyone is greatly appreciated. I'm using Debian 2.0 with g++ 2.8, which I believe is the egcs version, and the 'recommended' one to use with debian. Thanks, BG
Latency problems with Telnet
I connect to my ISP with a 33.6kbps modem. My problem is that I get very poor response when I use Telnet. I believe that this is due to latency problems. I've read somewhere that in Linux, telnet is set to low-latency to improve responsiveness. How to find out what the settings are on my system. This poor responsiveness is bad when nothing else is using the ppp link, and very bad if I were to be downloading something at the same time. Come to think of it, is there a way to split the bandwidth of a line between several processes is determined ways? BG
Re: Latency problems with Telnet
I connect to my ISP with Win95 as well (cos there is no NetMeeting on Linux :-(, and it is much more responsive. BG On Sat, 22 Aug 1998, George Bonser wrote: On Sun, 23 Aug 1998, BG Lim wrote: This poor responsiveness is bad when nothing else is using the ppp link, and very bad if I were to be downloading something at the same time. Maybe the machine at the other end is to blame. I have experianced no trouble with Debian telnet over dialup connections. George Bonser The Linux We're never going out of business sale at an FTP site near you!
How do I use xconsole?
Everybody on the lists seems to be able to use xconsole. I don't. I've been reading the man pages and all the x stuff I can find on the net and so on. Whenever I start xconsole, nothing happens for a long time. What parameters should I give? And should I start it as root? Thanks, BG
main and contrib with dselect
I have a problem with dselect. I have main and contrib on two CD's, as I'm sure most people have. The problem is that dselect (unless there is an option, i'm missing) expects main, contrib, non-free to be in the same place. So, when I choose CD under [A]ccess methods, I have to say none for either contib or main, depending on which CD i'm using. And then [U]pdate to read the Packages file. The problem then is that under [S]elect, the packages that I've installed from main or contrib will then be marked as obsolete/local. This doesn't affect the packages, I think , but it would be nice to have both. I don't explain myself very well, but is there a work around? BG
xsession vs xinitrc
Which is the better one to use with starting X, either with startx or xdm? BG
kde missing icons
I just installed kde-1.0 from ftp.kde.org. I believe that it is the same release 1.0-1 version found in slink. My problem is that the toolbar icons in kfm and other progs that use those icons don't show up. Instead, you get fuzzy pics where the icons are supposed to be. However the buttons themselves work find, only thing is you have to sort of mentally remember what they do! Another problem si that I get the message to change the password in ~/.kde/.../kfm/magic. I don't know how to do that. Could the two things be related? Last question is: where is the best place to read about how debian menus are integrated into window managers? BG
XKB revisited with Hamm
Just recently I wrote to the lists about my problems with the XKB extension. I got some help but I didn't know how to solve the problem. So, I decided to upgrade to Hamm release version. Now XKB bindings seem to work alright, but I get an error message right after the xserver output. Its goes like this ... System: '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/xkbcomp -w 1 -R/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb -xkm -m us -em1 The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports: -emp -eml Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server keymap/xfree86 /var/tmp/xfree86.xkm' ... Needless to say, I'm absolutely lost as to what the message means? My system is a brand new install of Hamm, not an upgrade. As an aside, I get this message after I shutdown X: ... FreeFontPath: FPE /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/ refont is 2, should be 1; fixing ... Hmm. Any help at all is appreciated. BG
Re: xdm doesn't start properly
Thanks for writing. I'm not sure what table you are referring too. But xdm is not running as shown by ps -a. And using the xdm script in init.d does nothing too. The xdm-errors file is empty. As you can tell, I did investigate the problem to the limits of my knowledge before I asked the list. I suspect it to be an internal problem of xdm or a function of some not comman setting I'm missing. By the way, kdm does the same thing. On Thu, 6 Aug 1998, Paul McDermott wrote: Hello, first is xdm started, is there an xdm process in the table? If not do as root /etc/init.d/xdm start That should give the logon screen for X. Let me know how things work. also if you suspect xdm errors look at the file /var/log/xdm-errors. Hope this helps On Thu, 6 Aug 1998, BG Lim wrote: Hi, I've been using Debian 1.3 now for some time. Recently, I thought of using xdm to log on instead. However when I type xdm, nothing happens and I get the prompt back. So, as root, I typed 'xdm -debug 1' and this is the result: ... creating socket 177 xdm error (pid 244): error 98 binding socket address 177 Nothing left to do, exiting # ... Can anyone help me? I haven't tampered with any of the default settings, except to insert 'start-xdm' in the config file in the X preferences directory. BG -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: xdm doesn't start properly
On Fri, 7 Aug 1998, Troy wrote: Do you have a working X server and your DIPSLAY variable set? If I unset my DISPLAY, xdm dies, and lets me know in /var/log/xdm-errors Yup, my xserver (the SVGA one) is working fine. Bit slow though ;-). I'm not sure of the DISPLAY variable, but doesn't xdm set it after running the xserver or something? I dont' think the xdm gets far enough to print anything into xdm-errors, which is empty. feldspar:/usr/doc/smail# echo $DISPLAY feldspar:/usr/doc/smail# xdm feldspar:/usr/doc/smail# ps auxw | grep xdm root 7017 0.0 1.3 2228 868 ? S 00:29 0:00 xdm root 7038 0.0 0.5 864 356 p4 S 00:30 0:00 grep xdm feldspar:/usr/doc/smail# tail -n 2 /var/log/xdm-errors xdm error (pid 7017): server unexpectedly died xdm error (pid 7017): Server for display :0 can't be started, session disabled Nothing like that. After typing xdm, I get the prompt back, but ps -a shows nothing and xdm-errors is empty. Does startx work? If you make up a 'bogus' display, will xdm load (i.e. `export DISPLAY=192.168.1.1:0.0`)? Hope this helps, troy Hmm. I've no clue yet. I suspect the problem will be solve once someone can tell me what socket 177 is. Incidentally, kdm give the same message. Thanks BG BG Lim wrote: Thanks for writing. I'm not sure what table you are referring too. But xdm is not running as shown by ps -a. And using the xdm script in init.d does nothing too. The xdm-errors file is empty. As you can tell, I did investigate the problem to the limits of my knowledge before I asked the list. I suspect it to be an internal problem of xdm or a function of some not comman setting I'm missing. By the way, kdm does the same thing. On Thu, 6 Aug 1998, Paul McDermott wrote: Hello, first is xdm started, is there an xdm process in the table? If not do as root /etc/init.d/xdm start That should give the logon screen for X. Let me know how things work. also if you suspect xdm errors look at the file /var/log/xdm-errors. Hope this helps On Thu, 6 Aug 1998, BG Lim wrote: Hi, I've been using Debian 1.3 now for some time. Recently, I thought of using xdm to log on instead. However when I type xdm, nothing happens and I get the prompt back. So, as root, I typed 'xdm -debug 1' and this is the result: ... creating socket 177 xdm error (pid 244): error 98 binding socket address 177 Nothing left to do, exiting # ... Can anyone help me? I haven't tampered with any of the default settings, except to insert 'start-xdm' in the config file in the X preferences directory. BG -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
xdm doesn't start properly
Hi, I've been using Debian 1.3 now for some time. Recently, I thought of using xdm to log on instead. However when I type xdm, nothing happens and I get the prompt back. So, as root, I typed 'xdm -debug 1' and this is the result: ... creating socket 177 xdm error (pid 244): error 98 binding socket address 177 Nothing left to do, exiting # ... Can anyone help me? I haven't tampered with any of the default settings, except to insert 'start-xdm' in the config file in the X preferences directory. BG -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
XKB doesn't work as non-root
When I start X using startx, X starts properly (I'm using KDE). However, I can't use the backspace key. So, I alt-shift-F1 to VT1. And I find a message saying: ... The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports: Error: Cannot open compiled/xfree86.xdm to write keyboard description Exiting Couldn't load XKB keymap, falling back to pre-XKB keymap ... If I startx as root, I don't get this error. Can anyone help me? I'm using stock Debian 1.3. BG -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
fonts in Navigator
Hello, I've been using Netscape Navigator 4.03 for some time. I use it to browse sites like ZDnet. My problem is that the fonts are not legible and quite small. I don't knwo how to change them. How do I reassign fonts in Navigator? OR is it a system wide X setting? -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
re: General Install Question
I have not received my CD I ordered yet so I do not have the docs yet. I would like some suggestions. I plan to install debian 1.3.1 on my second IDE drive. Win '95 is on my first formatted FAT32. I have to keep the Win '95 because my family shares my machine. What is the easiest way to give me the option of going to Linux during boot without easily giving my less than competent family easy access or confusing them with choices. I'm in the same predicament. I use Boot menu, which I acutally got off the FreeBSD distribution. It allows you to boot from the second disk, which is something lilo doesn't allow you to. To boot using Loadlin, you need to use the menu function of dos 7 or use a batch file. Boot menu is easier. I think you can get it off sunsite in the systems directory somewhere. There are others, but this is the easier. Almost painless actually, and you don't have to reconfigure it when you change partitions. BG -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
bash 2.01
I've noticed that both bo and hamm have bash as bash 2.0 I download bash 2.01 sources from the homepage. Then I tried to compile it, but I didn't know what modifications to make. Anyway, the result is that compiled file is much bigger, although it takes up less space in memory. But when I run an xterm or rxvt, the keyboard map won't load properly! So what am I doing wrong? The reason I am compiling a new bash is because with I have a problem with the stock bash. When I reach the end of the line, the new line overtypes the current line instead of moving to the next line. Is this a problem with bash or readline or curses? With the compiled bash, I don't get this problem. BG -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Xauthority
Installing Xfree3.3 form bo-updates gives me Xauthority as well. My question is, how do i use it to authorise other users to display on the same server? I know the xauth program is used but I have followed the instructions in the man page but still I can't get it to work. Please help BG -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
bug in bash?
I'm using bash 2.0 from the base installation. I notices that if the line that I type exceeds the wide of the screen, instead of going down to the next line, it goes to the start of the same line, thus obliterating the prompt and whatever I had typed. This occurs in Xterm as well. Bash 1.4 and other shells on my sytem didn't have this problem. Is this corrected in Bash 2.01 or am I doing somethign wrong? BG -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Compiling a new kernel
In the instructions that came with the kernel source package, Linus recommends making symlinks in the include directory to directories in the usr/src/linux/arch directory. I also remember reading that libc5-dev contains a set of headers. Someone on the list recommended that the directories in the include directory shoudln't be deleted and made into symlinks. Is this correct? Also is glibc the same as libc6? if so why? Bg -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
pppd leaves lock file after quitting
Hi, I used pppd to connect to my university, which has a 2 hour limit on connections. Problem is, when pppd stops, it leaves the lock file in /var/lock. Do I have to remove the file itself? Also is there a better way to stop pppd than just killing it? BG -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Netscape bug: Newbies using root
I agree that nobody shoudl be using root. But for newbies its hard having to learn Unix adn system admin at the same time. By using root, you avoid all the 'Permission denied' messages. BG -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: man-db install script problem (chmanconfig)
The problem is that the script needs Long.pm, which (I think), is a Perl script. Install Perl from interpreters and it should be fine. I think this is a bug, because perl is big and not many people esp newbies want it or need it, just to install man, which shoudl be the first thing any newbie installs. I emailed the maintainer but has not got a response. BG -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Timer for internet connections
This is not actually a debian query. I dial in to get a PPP connection. Problem is, I'm limited to 2 hours. After that, I get cut off automatically. I log on with Seyon, then execute pppd as root. I run the browser etc as a normal user. Is there a security risk? What I want to know, is is there a way to time the internet connection? So that I have some idea of when the connection is terminating. Something that is automatically started by pppd when it starts and when it exits. Is there a way for my modem to stop pppd when it ends, at present it just goes on running when the modem is cut off. BG -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
starting X with another display
I recently downloaded the Xfre 3.3 precompiles binaries and installed them myself. This pobably isn't compatible with Debian policy, but I used a ET6000 and the new driver is much faster. What is the command to open a separate display instead of VT7? BG -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
file system tools for dos
I'm running a dos/linux system. I remember reading that there was a tool for accessing the ext2fs from dos. Can anyone tell me where to get it? BG -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
neXtaw
I've installed neXtaw and the /etc/ld.so.conf is correctly configured. I'm not a programmer myself, but I used ldd to check dynamic libraries. However not all the programs used the new neXtaw. For example, xftp does but xbmbrowser and xterm do not. They do if I do LD_PRELOAD before hand. Also a lot of programs crash with neXtaw but not Xaw3d and Xaw. Is there a way to individually configure each program to use a certain library without using LD_PRELOAD. This is for configureing menus in Afterstep. BG -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
neXtaw
I've installed neXtaw and the /etc/ld.so.conf is correctly configured. I'm not a programmer myself, but I used ldd to check dynamic libraries. However not all the programs used the new neXtaw. For example, xftp does but xbmbrowser and xterm do not. They do if I do LD_PRELOAD before hand. Also a lot of programs crash with neXtaw but not Xaw3d and Xaw. Is there a way to individually configure each program to use a certain library without using LD_PRELOAD. This is for configureing menus in Afterstep. BG -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Seyon and ae
This is actually two questions. The seyon package in non-free doesn't document how to add items to the dialing directory. How is it done? How do I use the cursor-keys when i run ae in xterm? It comes up with funny sequences. BG -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
dpkg verification
I asked this question sometime ago but I don't think there was an answer. I was wondering is it possible to mimic the RedHat rpm verify command? You know, after installing many packages, and over some period of time, it is nice to check is the files from some earlier package are still there. BG -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
dpkg verification
Hi! This question is to the dpkg team. Is there plans to add a verification feature to dpkg like the one that is found in RPM? This is very handy, especially for new users, who might accidentally or incidentally delete files. If a problem crops up later that seems to involve certain packages, we could then easily check that all the files are present and the permissions are correct. If this feature is already present (NOT dpkg -s) then don't hesitate to hit me on the head! (although its rather hard to find) BG -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
xdvi/xdvik
Hi, Does anyone know how the path to the fonts works? I read the man page from front to back and set the XDVIFONTS variable correctly, i think, but it still refuses to find the fonts. Is kpathsea built in? (ie do i have to install kpathsea.deb asa well) cos it seems to call kpathsea to make the fonts/find the fonts but it doesn't find them. I put the fonts where they were supposed to be ie in usr/lib/texmf/fonts/pk/... still it doesn't work. i haven't installed any tex or mf or libs though. But i've got all the pk fonts. Can anyone help? BG -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
