Re: mutt
On Wed, Nov 08, 2000 at 12:21:08AM -, John-Mark wrote: I have just installed mutt on my system but cant see how to configure it any help much appreciated jm If you can stomach it, you can press F1 and get help. Mutt uses ~/.muttrc for configuraion. -- j f o l t z 1 @ n e o . r r . c o m
Re: fetchmail
On Wed, Oct 18, 2000 at 01:40:20PM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: I still get problems intermittently with fetchmail pausing for a long time while getting the first messsage. I thought I'd fixed it by editing /etc/hosts but it still happens sometimes. At other times it works perfectly. Anthing else worth checking? I don't know, but I get the same behaviour EVERY time I use fetchmail and FTP. It's annoying. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
New Install causes reboot
Hello, I am trying to install Debian potato on my PC. Before the past weekend, it was already running Debian potato, but I decided I didn't like the way my HD was partitioned, so I re-partitioned and now I can't get the Linux kernel to boot. I have tried the boot set from potato, slink, an old slackware cd, and even tried a kernel from tomsrtbt, but no joy. I even tried DiLinux from an old Debian 1.2 cd. What happens is this: almost as soon as the kernel boots, it detects my memory, then it gives a general proection fault and displays some debugging information (stack trace, register dump) and locks up completely. Pushing the reset button does work. This happens with all the kernels I tried, although the error messages were different. I checked my BIOS settings for something unusual, butIdidn't see anything out of the ordinary. Besides, this machine was already running potato. I couldn't find an answer searching google.com or deja.com. So, What next?
Re: cu or tip for /dev/ttySx access?
cu is in the uucp package. On Sat, Oct 02, 1999 at 04:36:07PM -0700, Clint Dimick wrote: Is there a package which contains either of these utilities? I wish to connect to a device which is attached via a null-modem cable to my ttyS0 port. Thanks, - Clint -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ACORN techie http://www.acorn.net AOL/IM Jim Foltz
Re: mail and security
On Sun, Sep 19, 1999 at 06:48:05AM +0300, tf wrote: Hey all, I'm reading with intrest several threads, and have a bunch of questions about mailing (like, what exactly is exim or sendmail actually doing...) but I have a better question first. I was online a few minutes ago, when I noticed alot of disk activity. I checked top and saw that user nobody issued a find command. I just disconnected. Guess I should change my password. No, find was (most likely) run ron the /etc/cron.daily dir as part of Debian's daily maintenance. Actually, the locate program uses find to build a database of files and directories. The locate command uses this database to quickly locate files, i.e. if you issue the command 'locate texmf' it will list all matching entries. -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ACORN techie http://www.acorn.net AOL/IM Jim Foltz
Re: where is what?
You're not thinking of whatis, are you? On Sun, Sep 05, 1999 at 06:23:57AM +, Keith Harbaugh wrote: `what' was an old unix program which would access certain identifying lines within text files, allowing easy reading of key parts of files without having to use a pager or editor. I used the search features of the debian web site's Package page, searching on `what', but to no avail (the first search yielded the empty set, the second search more than would fit on a page, but all that was not the right what) (eh, what?). So, two questions: 1) where (i.e., in what package) is the program `what' to be found? 2) how could I effectively use the web pages search, or some other search capability, to have answered that question without bothering the debian mailing lists? -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ACORN techie http://www.acorn.net AOL/IM Jim Foltz
Disk drive: going, going, ...
Hi, I an going to do a re-installation of Windows and Debian and planned on backing up the /etc directory. My /home and /usr/local are on a second drive so will remain intact. What else on the / partition might need to be saved? I don't have any databases or anything out of the ordinary (that I know of, or remember) I scanned through dpkg -l | less to see if any installed package may need special treatment, or that I made extensive changes to, but found none. Where else to look? Thanks, here's my current fs layout. pc1:/# df Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/hda2 792195547457203814 73% / /dev/hdb1 595163232770331651 41% /usr/local /dev/hdb2 495746 75221394922 16% /home /dev/hdc470728470728 0 100% /cdrom pc1:/# fdisk -l Disk /dev/hda: 128 heads, 63 sectors, 850 cylinders Units = cylinders of 8064 * 512 bytes Device BootStart EndBlocks Id System /dev/hda1 125100768+ 6 FAT16 dev/hda2 *26 228818496 83 Linux /dev/hda3 229 4318184966 FAT16 /dev/hda4 432 634818496 83 Linux Disk /dev/hdb: 64 heads, 63 sectors, 619 cylinders Units = cylinders of 4032 * 512 bytes Device BootStart EndBlocks Id System /dev/hdb1 1 305614848+ 83 Linux /dev/hdb2 306 559512064 83 Linux /dev/hdb3 560 619120960 82 Linux swap -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ACORN techie http://www.acorn.net AOL/IM Jim Foltz
Re: postgresql errors after upgrade
Check line 64 of /usr/lib/postgresql/bin/postgresql-startup. echo link it to /bin/true and run '/etc/init.d/postgresql start' ^ Here There is a mis-matched quote mark. Change the first ` to a ' and the postmaster should start. On Thu, Jul 01, 1999 at 04:26:07AM -, Pollywog wrote: Every time Postgresql gets upgraded, I get these errors: On 01-Jul-99 Cron Daemon wrote: Connection to database 'template1' failed. connectDB() -- connect() failed: Connection refused Is the postmaster running at 'localhost' and accepting connections on Unix socket '5432'? Ouch!! What can I do to fix this, other than uninstalling postgresql? thanks -- Andrew -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ACORN techie http://www.acorn.net AOL/IM Jim Foltz
Re: Mozilla is..errm..slow?
Hi, I just tried Mozilla Milestone 6 and found it nearly as fast as Netscape 4.5. I have an AMD K-5 133 with 32 megs mem and 120 megs swap. M6 is noticeably faster than M5, BTW, though it still crashed a lot. It will run faster when they compile with the debugging directives removed. I am looking forward to M7, due in a few days. On Thu, Jun 03, 1999 at 08:53:16PM -0500, Christian Dysthe wrote: Hi, I installed Mozilla today on my potato system. It was very slow. I don't know how to say this, but if this is how it is supposed to perform it is no better than it's dad Netscape. In fact, it is worse. I really hope it is my system, but then again, why would only Moxilla be slow like that? I am puzzled --- Regards, Christian Dysthe Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bigfoot.com/~cdysthe ICQ 3945810 Date: 03-Jun-99 Time: 20:53:16 Powered by Debian GNU/Linux --- Clones are people two -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ACORN techie http://www.acorn.net AOL/IM Jim Foltz
Re: How to reset a printer from debian?
On Fri, May 28, 1999 at 03:57:32PM +0200, Stephan Engelke wrote: Hi Wojciech, On Fri, May 28, 1999 at 04:43:57PM +0200, Wojciech Zabolotny wrote: Hi all! I have a small problem with my server. It serves as a netware printer (with mars nwe and HP-DJ670C). Sometimes it happens, that one of users sends a print job in the wrong format (e.g. binary data for HP-LJ). wouldn't it be more practical to write a filter which sends files in unwanted formats directly to the big bit bucket rather than to the printer? By checking the first few characters of the printjob you should be able to determine the filetype and decide if you want to send it to the printer or not. This way you could set up a queue which only accepts certain file formats and ignores the rest. Optionally you could probably add some code to create a message, if a file was rejected, although this is usually not the filter's job. this is just what magic-filter does. If I try to 'lpr binary-file' I get email back saying an attempt was made to print a binary. -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ACORN techie http://www.acorn.net AOL/IM Jim Foltz
OFFTOPIC: How about a /dev/clipboard ?
Hello, There are times when I need to cut and paste the output from a command line program into a graphical program. The problem occurs when the output is more than one screen long. I just thought it would be quite nice to be able to redirect the output into /dev/clipboard, then switch to the graphical program and use the mouse to paste it from /dev/clipboard to where I need it. Is there a mechanism already in place to handle this? -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ACORN techie http://www.acorn.net AOL/IM Jim Foltz
Re: Web site shuts down Netscape
Kent, Try disabling java and javascript and see what happens. For me, some java pages either lock Netscape up, or kill it dead. On Sun, May 23, 1999 at 11:15:28PM -0500, Kent West wrote: My cousin sent the following link to me: http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Castle/7393/Police.html Whenever I try to access it using Netscape 4.5 on a system using a 2.2.1 kernel, I start to connect to the site and then Netscape just quits; no warning; no error messages, just bang! and it's gone. I can restart Netscape, but if I try to access the site again, bang! gone again. I was able to access it via lynx, and was able to tell that it's just a humour/joke page, so it's not at all important, but I'm concerned that simply accessing a web page can shut down Netscape. Do I have something configured wrong, or is Netscape that flakey, or what? Thanks for any info. -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ACORN techie http://www.acorn.net AOL/IM Jim Foltz
Microtek scanner help
Hello, I borrowed a Microtek E3 scanner from a friend. I set it up in Windows 95 first, and it works well there. Now I am trying to use it in Linux and am having some difficulty. It came with a Adaptec AVA1502AE ISA to SCSI Host Adapter with external SCSI connector. I compiled in support for generic scsi in the kernel. I downloaded the sane package from stable. When I try to use scanimage or xscanimage, I get the following error: scanimage: sane_start: Invalid argument I've been reading the docs, but I'm still not sure what the problem is. I noticed some drivers for adaptec's AHA cards, but none for the AVA card. Am I screwed because there is no driver th my particular card? The docs keep talking about /dev/sga, which I don't have and which MAKEDEV didn't make. I have only sg0 - sg9. I made a link between /dev/sg0 and /dev/scanner, but no joy. I would appreciate a kick in the right direction. Thanks. -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ACORN techie http://www.acorn.net AOL/IM Jim Foltz
Re: PS2 and gpmconfig
I've experienced lock-ups when installing Debian on a system with a ps2 mouse. I have to remeber to not move the mouse until I get the psaux support loaded (kernel module) and before running gpmconfig. You may have to rebuild your kernel for this support. The kernel module is called psaux. On Thu, Apr 29, 1999 at 09:20:03AM +0200, Nils-Erik Svangård wrote: I recently bought a PS2 mouse and a PS2 adapter. I fitted the PS2 adapter on the motherboard,and connected the mouse. Went to the bios and enabled PS2 mouse. When I rungpmconfig the keyboard locks, when i go to the bios and try to use the mouse, the keyboard locks. And yes I'm sure I put the adpter in the right way (I checked the manual) and I hvae tried it the other way around to. The mouse work on other computers.. Any ideas? /nisse -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ACORN techie http://www.acorn.net AOL/IM Jim Foltz
ppp: frame with bad fcs, excess = 5ebe
Hello, Does anyone have a clue what this error message means? ppp: frame with bad fcs, excess = 5ebe I recently switched back to an old 14,400 modem becasue my USR 33.6 broke, if that matters, although the same modem in the past has never produced this error. The error doesn't effect the connection in any way, as far as I can tell; i.e. it doesn't disconnect and the tranfer is only breifly idle. Thanks for reading. -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ACORN techie http://www.acorn.net AOL/IM Jim Foltz
Re: the ~ files
On Sat, Apr 24, 1999 at 03:30:00PM +0200, Khalid EZZARAOUI wrote: hello, I would like to know if it is possible to delete all file ending by the symbol ~ with the command without risk : rm -R *~ I have more and more of them every day. thanks. Yes, you can do this command, but if you think a command might be harmful, why would you use it when you don't really understand it? Using wildcards can dangerous when used with the rm command. From experience, I know it is all too easy to type rm -rf * ~ instead of rm -rf *~ -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ACORN techie http://www.acorn.net AOL/IM Jim Foltz
Re: Sound
Hello, Did you compile support for your sound card (you need to confiugre and compile a custom kernel to get sound support for your particular card). -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ACORN techie http://www.acorn.net AOL/IM Jim Foltz
Re: mailing offline
On Mon, Apr 19, 1999 at 12:21:23PM +0200, Armin Wegner wrote: Hi, I use exim and mutt. I get my mail on demand with fetchmail. I'd like to send mails even when I'm offline. Is it possible to store those mails locally until I hookup to an ISP and having them send then? Armin You shouldn't have to do anything special. Write your email and when your ready to send it all, just connect to your provider. You can type mailq to see if there is any mail not sent (as root), then as root you can type runq to force it to be sent. -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ACORN techie http://www.acorn.net AOL/IM Jim Foltz
Re: Latex Envelope
There is an envelope package at the CTAN site somewhere, it may be a place to start. I have attached a quick and dirty perl script that I use sometimes (try not to laugh). On Tue, Apr 13, 1999 at 11:06:53AM +, Richard Harran wrote: Since there seems to be a bit of a document processing theme on the list at the moment, I thought I'd jump on the bandwagon and ask: how do I produce an envelope using Tex/LaTeX (pref. LaTeX) so that it will print correctly. (I had to do this with MS Word by printing at the top in the middle of a page, which was a highly disturbing experience) Thanks Rich -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ACORN techie http://www.acorn.net AOL/IM Jim Foltz
Re: Latex Envelope
On Tue, Apr 13, 1999 at 07:52:03AM -0400, Jim Foltz wrote: There is an envelope package at the CTAN site somewhere, it may be a place to start. I have attached a quick and dirty perl script that I use sometimes (try not to laugh). Opps, no I didn't. -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ACORN techie http://www.acorn.net AOL/IM Jim Foltz
LyX 1.0 for slink
Hello, Thanks to everyone who offered help. The LyX 1.0.1 from potato will install with no problems on slink. I also downloaded and compiled the source directly from the LyX web site with no surprises. I am more concerned about my growing dependence on apt and dpkg. In the past I would have first tried to compile the source myself and install it. Now I seem to go out of my way to find a .deb package of the software. What's happening to me? -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ACORN techie http://www.acorn.net AOL/IM Jim Foltz
urlview always uses Lynx
Hello, This problem occurs when, while reading mail with mutt, I use Ctrl-b to browse the links in the message. urlview always opens an xterm running lynx, even when I have netscape running in X. Is this the correct behavior? Can I make it use netscape if I am in X and Lynx when I am not? -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ACORN techie http://www.acorn.net AOL/IM Jim Foltz
Re: LyX 1.0 for slink?
On Sun, Apr 11, 1999 at 02:29:58PM -0400, dyer wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, Is there a LyX 1.0 for slink? If so, can I download it from somewhere? It didn't make it in slink, but it's in potato. happy lyx-ing. I don't want to run the unstable tree at this time, thanks. I'll just compile it myself. -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ACORN techie http://www.acorn.net AOL/IM Jim Foltz
Re: dselect handling stable AND unstable [was Re: forcing dselect to downgrade]
On Thu, Mar 04, 1999 at 08:01:43PM -0800, George Bonser wrote: On Thu, 4 Mar 1999, Rick Macdonald wrote: This is something that I've always wondered about. Can you actually tell dselect about both stable and unstable at the same time? I've always been afraid to do that. Yes, you can do that. Just make sure you go in the order of most stable to least stable. In other words, define stable first then unstable. What do you mean by define them? In /etc/apt/sources.list? (assuming I use apt) -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED] ACORN techie http://www.acorn.net AOL/IM Jim Foltz
Dselect apt method removes files when you select install?
Hi, I use apt to keep up with slink. I used dselect/apt-method and selcted 2 files to purge. I then selected INSTALL from dselect and it proceeded to remove the packages. I did not select any new packages to install, so I assumed that INSTALL would simply report that there were 0 packages to install. Then I could select REMOVE is I so desired. Isn't it backwards to select INSTALL and have the result be to REMOVE packages? -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED] ACORN techie http://www.acorn.net AOL/IM Jim Foltz
Re: fetchmail sending mail back to ISP
Paul, fetchmail doesn't put email anywhere. It connects to port 25, which is the port that your Mail Transfer Agent uses. Fetchmail connects to your mail server and downloads messages, and delivers them to port 25 where either smail or exim is listening. Then exim or smail is responsible for delivering the messages to local users. Here is my .fetchmailrc poll mail.acorn.net proto pop3 user aa204 password xx poll pop.raex.com proto pop3 user jfoltz password poll pop.kent.edu proto pop3 user jfoltz password xx -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED] ACORN techie http://www.acorn.net AOL/IM jim_foltz
Re: Exim wierdness
On Mon, Feb 22, 1999 at 04:47:37PM -0600, Gregory T. Norris wrote: well, I get an error of: exim: permission denied when I run runq as a non-root user. smail was not like this. This makes sense, I am just used to doing things a certain way. Oops... it looks like you need to add yourself to group mail in order to do that. It's been long enough that I forgot all about doing that. I thought of that, but the exim program is owned by root.root, not root.mail, so why does adding a user to the mail group work? -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED] ACORN techie http://www.acorn.net AOL/IM jim_foltz
Re: chown to change group ownership
On Tue, Feb 23, 1999 at 06:40:30AM +, Paul Nathan Puri wrote: I want to change pon and poff to be owned by users. How do I change them with chown? Paul, If all you want is for non-root users to be able to start and stop a ppp connection, the recommended way is to add each privileged user to the dip group. .e.g.: # adduser user dip -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED] ACORN techie http://www.acorn.net AOL/IM jim_foltz
Exim wierdness
Hello, I am experiencing some wierdness with exim. I run fetchmail and download say 30 messages, but only some of them show up in my mail box. Running mailq doesn't show anything. The messages show up eventually, magically from somewhere but I have no way of knowing if all of them made it that were sent originally. Where does the mail go in between the time fetchmail delivers it until it shows up in my mailbox, sometimes many minutes later? How can I know if all of the mail came through ok if it doesn't show up in the output from mailq? Is there a way to force exim to deliver any undelivered mail, like the runq from smail used to do? I searched the debian user list more than a year into the past for any email abouot exim and read them all. I mangaged to get exim to rewrite outgoing mail headers correctly, and setup a .forward for exim (which I have attached.) Thanks for taking the time to read this. -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED] ACORN techie http://www.acorn.net AOL/IM jim_foltz # Exim filter if error_message then finish endif if $header_x-loop: contains debian-user then save $home/Mail/debian-user endif if $h_x-loop: contains debian-devel then save $home/Mail/debian-devel endif if $header_subject: is Test then save $home/Mail/test endif
Re: Exim wierdness
Thanks for the reply. On Sun, Feb 21, 1999 at 09:31:00PM -0600, Gregory T. Norris wrote: For non-admin users, exim only displays messages which are owned by that user. Adding queue_list_requires_admin = false to /etc/exim.conf will allow you (any user, actually) to see the entire list. Thanks, this is good at least until I'm convinced it's working. You should still be able to use runq to force an immediate delivery... at least, it still works on my system (slink). [EMAIL PROTECTED] which runq /usr/sbin/runq [EMAIL PROTECTED] ls -l /usr/sbin/runq lrwxrwxrwx 1 rootroot 4 Nov 11 06:31 /usr/sbin/runq - exim Perhaps /usr/sbin isn't in your $PATH? well, I get an error of: exim: permission denied when I run runq as a non-root user. smail was not like this. This makes sense, I am just used to doing things a certain way. If you want to force exim to deliver all incoming mail immediately, you can add smtp_accept_queue_per_connection = 0 to /etc/exim.conf. Ok, this helped alot. Maybe I'm warming up to exim a little. -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED] ACORN techie http://www.acorn.net AOL/IM jim_foltz
Re: Exim wierdness
On Mon, Feb 22, 1999 at 05:26:03AM +0100, Frederick Page wrote: You did not specify, what to do with the messages, that *don't* fit into your filter-patterns. So I suggest the following (of course you'll need to adjust those): I don't think I need to, nor do I think I should have to. Mail not specifically caught by the filter goes to my default mailbox.
Compiling a program error
Hello, I have attached the output from the make command I get while trying to compile a program for my programming class. The book is called c++ Program Design and the comes with a simple window library, which the program in question is linked against. I think the program compiles, as a .o file is created. The problem occurs while linking. I emailed the authors with a similar message a week ago, but I have not recieved a reply from them. Any ideas would be appreciated. -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED] ACORN techie http://www.acorn.net AOL/IM jim_foltz make lawn make[1]: Entering directory `/home/jf/src/ezwin2a/chap03/lawn' g++ -o lawn prog3-5.o -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lX11 -L../../EzWindows/lib -lezwin -lXpm ../../EzWindows/lib/libezwin.a(WindowManager.o): In function `SimpleWindow::SimpleWindow(basic_stringchar, string_char_traitschar, __default_alloc_template1, 0 const , float, float, Position const )': WindowManager.o(.text+0x31c): undefined reference to `__eh_pc' ../../EzWindows/lib/libezwin.a(WindowManager.o): In function `SimpleWindow::SimpleWindow(char const *, float, float, Position const )': WindowManager.o(.text+0x3e8): undefined reference to `__eh_pc' ../../EzWindows/lib/libezwin.a(WindowManager.o): In function `SimpleWindow::SimpleWindow(SimpleWindow const )': WindowManager.o(.text+0x4d4): undefined reference to `__eh_pc' WindowManager.o(.text+0x4f4): undefined reference to `__eh_pc' WindowManager.o(.text+0x514): undefined reference to `__eh_pc' ../../EzWindows/lib/libezwin.a(WindowManager.o)(.text+0x534): more undefined references to `__eh_pc' follow ../../EzWindows/lib/libezwin.a(WindowManager.o): In function `release__Q2t12basic_string3ZcZt18string_char_traits1ZcZt24__default_alloc_template2b1i03Rep': WindowManager.o(.gnu.linkonce.t.release__Q2t12basic_string3ZcZt18string_char_traits1ZcZt24__default_alloc_template2b1i03Rep+0x13): undefined reference to `__dl__Q2t12basic_string3ZcZt18string_char_traits1ZcZt24__default_alloc_template2b1i03RepPv' ../../EzWindows/lib/libezwin.a(WindowManager.o): In function `grab__Q2t12basic_string3ZcZt18string_char_traits1ZcZt24__default_alloc_template2b1i03Rep': WindowManager.o(.gnu.linkonce.t.grab__Q2t12basic_string3ZcZt18string_char_traits1ZcZt24__default_alloc_template2b1i03Rep+0xf): undefined reference to `clone__Q2t12basic_string3ZcZt18string_char_traits1ZcZt24__default_alloc_template2b1i03Rep' ../../EzWindows/lib/libezwin.a(rect.o): In function `RectangleShape::RectangleShape(SimpleWindow , Position const , color const , float, float)': rect.o(.text+0x4d): undefined reference to `__eh_pc' ../../EzWindows/lib/libezwin.a(rect.o): In function `RectangleShape::RectangleShape(SimpleWindow , float, float, color const , float, float)': rect.o(.text+0xf0): undefined reference to `__eh_pc' rect.o(.text+0x10d): undefined reference to `__eh_pc' ../../EzWindows/lib/libezwin.a(rect.o): In function `RectangleShape::Draw(void)': rect.o(.text+0x330): undefined reference to `__eh_pc' rect.o(.text+0x350): undefined reference to `__eh_pc' ../../EzWindows/lib/libezwin.a(rect.o)(.text+0x370): more undefined references to `__eh_pc' follow collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[1]: *** [lawn] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/jf/src/ezwin2a/chap03/lawn' make: *** [default] Error 2
Smail - Exim: If smail works, why change?
Is there any compelling reason to switch from smail to exim? -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED] ACORN techie http://www.acorn.net AOL/IM jim_foltz
Re: Cron examples?
James, In the morning, I start an at job that runs pon and downloads my email from a pop server. I set it to run about 15 minutes before I get home from school, so all my Debian mail is ready to read as soon as I get home. -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED] ACORN techie http://www.acorn.net AOL/IM jim_foltz
Re: To Patch, or Not To Patch (A Kernel)
On Wed, Feb 17, 1999 at 05:04:00AM +, Mark Wagnon wrote: I'm currently running kernel 2.0.36 on a hamm system. I've heard a lot of good things about 2.2.1, so I thought I'd give it a go. I'm currently downloading linux-2.2.1, but the directory also contains linux-2.2.0 and a patch-2.2.1 file. I was reading through the kernel-howto, and the first paragraph mentions that patches are incremental upgrades to the kernel. My question is then, if I ftp linux-2.2.1, then there is no need to get the patch, right? It's for those who have the linux-2.2.0 revision and wish to upgrade to 2.2.1 without the need for another thirteen-meg file transfer. Am I reading this right? Yes, patch files are created with the diff utility. diff outputs the difference between 2 source files, or can even handle 2 source directory trees. But Debian kernel-source packages are tweaked for Debian. This means that since it is not THE Linux kernel source, it probably won't be successful in using the patch-*.gz files. The package called kernel-package will help you create .debs out of the kernel sources. You don't need it, though. TIA -- __ _ Mark Wagnon -o) / / (_)__ __ __ Chula Vista, CA /\\/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _\_v/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED] ACORN techie http://www.acorn.net AOL/IM jim_foltz
Re: Removeing N lines from a file
Try: sed '1,10d' filename newfile -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED] ACORN techie http://www.acorn.net AOL/IM jim_foltz
Re: Quicktime player for Linux?
On Sun, Jan 31, 1999 at 06:36:01PM +0100, Daniel Elenius wrote: Does anyone know of a Quicktime .MOV player for Linux? xanim -- -~* Daniel Elenius *~- -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED] ACORN techie http://www.acorn.net AOL/IM jim_foltz
Re: page breaks in text printing (for guitar tab)
On Sat, Jan 30, 1999 at 01:38:27PM -0600, Matt Garman wrote: How do I force a page break in text files for printing with linux? I want to print some guitar tab, and it gets ruined if half is on one page, and the other half comes out on the next page. It's entirely too much trouble (not to mention overkill) to format tab in say LaTeX. You can insert the control character Ctrl-l wherever you want a page break. In the jed editor, you can hit ` then Ctrl-l to insert it. You shuld see a ^L on the screen. I'm sure emacs and vi can do the same, somehow Anyone have any ideas on this? Also, how do I move the margins over to the right a bit? I use a three hole punch on my tab to keep it in a binder and if the text is too far left, the holes kinda ruin it. Thanks, Matt -- Matt Garman, [EMAIL PROTECTED] They're always havin' a good time down on the bayou, Lord, them delta women think the world of me. -- Dickey Betts, Ramblin' Man -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED] ACORN techie http://www.acorn.net AOL/IM jim_foltz
Re: Printing with 2.2.1
Did you try killing and restarting the lpd? On Fri, Jan 29, 1999 at 12:19:30PM -0700, Bob Nielsen wrote: I'm having trouble printing with kernel 2.2.1 (also 2.2.0). I changed /etc/printcap to use /dev/lp0 instead of /dev/lp1. When I try to print, I get the message: jobs queued, but cannot start daemon. However, 'ps ax' shows: 117 ? S0:00 /usr/sbin/lpd 120 ? S0:00 /usr/sbin/lpd The kernel was compiled with: CONFIG_PARPORT=y CONFIG_PARPORT_PC=y CONFIG_PRINTER=y Is there something else which I missed? When I boot, I see four instances of SIOCADDRT: Invalid argument and one SIOCADDRT: File exists This system is running slink/potato. Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED] ACORN techie http://www.acorn.net AOL/IM jim_foltz
xwp: can't load library 'libXt.so.6
Hi, I recently started getting this error, while maintianing an up-tp-date slink. Does wp8 need the old xlib6 from oldlibs? -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED] ACORN techie AOL/IM: jim foltz
Top level info menu
Hi, Why are all the C lib functions listed in the top level of the info menu? I am running slink, mostly. -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED] ACORN techie AOL/IM: jim foltz
Re: Program to chart ppp through-put?
Thank you Paolo, this is what I needed. In fact, gnuplot was on my list to experiment with to see if I could make it plot the data from pppstats. -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED] ACORN techie AOL/IM: jim foltz
Program to chart ppp through-put?
Hello, Is there some program that can log ppp data through-put? I'd really like to see what's happening while I am downloading for extended periods, like when I upgrade Debian. -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED] ACORN techie AOL/IM: jim foltz
Re: Program to chart ppp through-put?
On Sat, Jan 16, 1999 at 01:57:59AM -0500, Ed Cogburn wrote: Jim Foltz wrote: Hello, Is there some program that can log ppp data through-put? I'd really like to see what's happening while I am downloading for extended periods, like when I upgrade Debian. Well, the apt 'method' in dselect (install apt and it'll show up in dselect's list of access methods) does give you thruput speeds as it dl's packages. Yes, this is good. I can redirect the output of apt-get. Then I can pul out the speed on each line. What control char would I need to sed-out to make the redirected output from apt-get readable? -- Ed C. -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED] ACORN techie AOL/IM: jim foltz
Re: plog
On Thu, Jan 14, 1999 at 10:08:15PM +, ktb wrote: Ben Collins wrote: I looked at the file /var/log/ppp.log itself as a regular user using cat and found my password there. So if I don't have to use plog as root do I have a security problem? I'm confused. Thanks, Kent I found this to be true. The ppp.log is readable by any user on a newly installed hamm system. I think one of the scripts in cron.weekly set its permissions to the adm group. If you don't happen to run your machine 24/7, you are unlikey to ever notice, unless you have your machine booted up on when cron.weekly is run. -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED] --purge \*, let dpkg sort them out AOL/IM: jim foltz
Re: shell scripts.
On Fri, Jan 15, 1999 at 11:37:23PM +1100, Shao Zhang wrote: Hi, Where can I learn how to write the shell scripts?? Is there any good documentation to read?? Thx. Shao. I would recommend O'Reilly Learning the bash Shell. (http://www.ora.com) and Beginning Linux Programming by WROX Press has one chapter on shell programming. -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED] --purge \*, let dpkg sort them out AOL/IM: jim foltz
Re: plog
On Thu, Jan 14, 1999 at 10:39:25PM -0500, Ben Collins wrote: On Thu, Jan 14, 1999 at 08:32:47PM -0700, Robert Kerr wrote: When I type plog I get this: tail: /var/log/ppp.log: Permission denied the attributes for ppp.log are -rw-r- 1 root adm 8305 Jan 14 20:38 /var/log/ppp.log What can I do to change this? You have to run plog as root. The reason that ppp.log isn't world readable is that your ppp password is more than likely in the log file. Under what conditins does the password show up? I just grep'd my /var/log/ppp.log for my password, andi t wasn't there. Is it because I use CHAP that it doesn't show up? -- --- - - --- - - - --- Ben Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux UnixGroup Admin - Jordan Systems Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- - - - --- --- -- The Choice of the GNU Generation -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED] --purge \*, let dpkg sort them out AOL/IM: jim foltz
Re: Setting Prompt
On Tue, Jan 12, 1999 at 09:01:53PM +, ktb wrote: OK, I did a search in Debian user's and came up with the the following to change my prompt: In /etc/profile I added the line, export PS1='\h:\w\$ ' This is the readout I got, crossyourfingers:~$ This wasn't what I wanted I only want the current working directory to show. I took a look at the man page for bash. It said that \w would list my working directory. So I tried the following: If I use, export PS1='\w:\\$ ' I get, ~:$ ~ is your home directory. try cd'ing to /usr/share with that prompt. I tried several other combinations, a few I tried, \w\ \w:\w\ None of these worked. Here is what my /etc/profile looks like: ~:$ cat /etc/profile # /etc/profile: system-wide .profile file for bash(1). PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games:/usr/local/netscape:/usr/X11R6/bin:/home/kent export PATH PS1 export PS1='\w:\\$ ' setleds -D +num$ umask 002 /usr/bin/check-sendfile What am I doing wrong here? I just want my prompt, as a regular user, to look something like this: /home/kent $ As root my prompt has the working directory listed. Where is the file for the root prompt? Maybe I could just look there and figure out how to set my regular user prompt? Thanks, Kent -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED] AOL/IM: jim foltz
HTML-ized package listing on the web?
Hello, I thought I remeber someone posting a link to a page which showed the Packages file in a framed HTML page. This was not the Debian package listing page, it was an independent page. Does anyone remeber that and what is the url? -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED] AOL/IM: jim foltz
Mailing list archive search
Hello, Did you ever notice when doing a mailing list archive search from the Debian web site, that when you select to search from Oct to Dec 1998, all the matches come up from Oct , skipping, apparently Nov and Dec completely? Or is it just me? -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED] AOL/IM: jim foltz
Re: new hard drive mounting to /home
On Thu, Dec 31, 1998 at 12:52:48AM -0500, Noah L. Meyerhans wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Wed, 30 Dec 1998, AJ wrote: can anyone tell me the best way to do this? i was thinking among the lines of: tar -vcf home.tar /home/ rm -rf /home/ mkdir /home mount /dev/hdb3 /home tar -xvf home.tar That will work, but here's a slightly nicer way to do it: mount /dev/hdb3 /mnt cp -ax /home/* /mnt rm -rf /home/* NOTE: You can mount the new home over the old one to test it before you go and rm the old home dir. umount /mnt mount /dev/hdb3 /home Read the man page for cp to understand how the -ax is helpful. will that work? then what files would i have to edit besides /etc/fstab? well plz let me know remember i wanna keep all permissions and that in tact, Just /etc/fstab. hth, noah PGP public key available at http://lynx.dac.neu.edu/home/httpd/n/nmeyerha/mail.html or by 'finger -l [EMAIL PROTECTED]' -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBNosRNIdCcpBjGWoFAQHmzwP5Ac02WgSh8V7TnHCGAC7XkT1DLJPqdEzf cl50kYHK1iQ6kkNDoRlQgZB6XsAsgYfXhQe/IVPF44fAI97wgRV8/dyRUz+RnLCY 2XQ9gYvrp0lqLz/Sobq0noxGXUVNXLjohuDc6zhxL8S4vKCutS+VODqFabZv+9uj nRWWH7qdueU= =0kft -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED] AOL/IM: jim foltz
Re: Strange PPP problem
id=0x7 magic=0x88c9] Dec 31 04:33:13 debian pppd[338]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x7 magic=0x0] Dec 31 04:33:43 debian pppd[338]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x8 magic=0x88c9] Dec 31 04:33:43 debian pppd[338]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x8 magic=0x0] Dec 31 04:34:13 debian pppd[338]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x9 magic=0x88c9] Dec 31 04:34:13 debian pppd[338]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x9 magic=0x0] Dec 31 04:34:24 debian icmplogd: destination unreachable from [209.44.32.73] Dec 31 04:34:43 debian pppd[338]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0xa magic=0x88c9] Dec 31 04:34:43 debian pppd[338]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0xa magic=0x0] Dec 31 04:35:13 debian pppd[338]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0xb magic=0x88c9] Dec 31 04:35:13 debian pppd[338]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0xb magic=0x0] Dec 31 04:35:43 debian pppd[338]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0xc magic=0x88c9] Dec 31 04:35:43 debian pppd[338]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0xc magic=0x0] Dec 31 04:35:45 debian icmplogd: destination unreachable from [209.44.32.73] Dec 31 04:36:13 debian pppd[338]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0xd magic=0x88c9] Dec 31 04:36:13 debian pppd[338]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0xd magic=0x0] Dec 31 04:36:43 debian pppd[338]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0xe magic=0x88c9] Dec 31 04:36:43 debian pppd[338]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0xe magic=0x0] Dec 31 04:37:07 debian icmplogd: destination unreachable from [209.44.32.73] Dec 31 04:37:13 debian pppd[338]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0xf magic=0x88c9] Dec 31 04:37:13 debian pppd[338]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0xf magic=0x0] Dec 31 04:37:43 debian pppd[338]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x10 magic=0x88c9] Dec 31 04:37:43 debian pppd[338]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x10 magic=0x0] Dec 31 04:38:13 debian pppd[338]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x11 magic=0x88c9] Dec 31 04:38:13 debian pppd[338]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x11 magic=0x0] Dec 31 04:38:28 debian icmplogd: destination unreachable from [209.44.32.73] Dec 31 04:38:43 debian pppd[338]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x12 magic=0x88c9] Dec 31 04:38:43 debian pppd[338]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x12 magic=0x0] Dec 31 04:39:13 debian pppd[338]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x13 magic=0x88c9] Dec 31 04:39:13 debian pppd[338]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x13 magic=0x0] Dec 31 04:39:43 debian pppd[338]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x14 magic=0x88c9] Dec 31 04:39:43 debian pppd[338]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x14 magic=0x0] Dec 31 04:39:49 debian icmplogd: destination unreachable from [209.44.32.73] Dec 31 04:40:13 debian pppd[338]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x15 magic=0x88c9] Dec 31 04:40:13 debian pppd[338]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x15 magic=0x0] -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED] AOL/IM: jim foltz
What are the Dpkg perl modules used for?
Hello I was poking around in the perl5 lib directory and noticed 3 Dpkg modules: List.pm, Packages.pm, and Index.pm. What can they be used for? -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: login problems
On Wed, Dec 30, 1998 at 07:23:56PM +0100, Paulussen Edmond wrote: Last week I installed Debian GNU/Linux 2.0 Everything went (quite) well. I installed Linux, windowmanager, Netscape, connection with my ISP,... and got it working. Since yesterday I am unable to login. After login (with correct username password) I get following error message: login [128] unable to change tty '/dev/tty1' for user root Unable to change tty /dev/tty1: illegal seek I get the error message at every login (root, normal user) What is the problem? I don't know. What have I done wrong? Maybe nothing. What is the solution? I can only say what I would try: Use a rescue floppy to boot from. Mount your root partition and cd to the /dev directory. Look at the owner and permissions of the tty1 psuedo terminal. Change the owner, group and permissions of /dev/tty1 to reasonable settings. An example after booting from rescue floppy. Mount the root under /mnt # mount -t ext2 /dev/your-root-patition # cd /mnt/dev # ls -l tty1 crw--- 1 jf tty4, 1 Dec 30 14:00 /dev/tty1 # chown root.tty tty1 # chmod 666 tty1 # reboot Paulussen Edmond -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Jim
Re: ip-up ip-down
On Wed, Dec 30, 1998 at 12:11:49PM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Martin Bialasinski writes: When ip-down is run, the ip-layer is already down, so there is no way to make contact to hosts over the link. So some programm like contact the dynip service to tell them I am going offline doesn't work. You could have poff call some program and waits for it to exit before it takes the link down. I think this technique is called a wrapper. So you move poff to poff.real and create a new poff that tells your service you are going offline, then calls poff.real A while back someone suggested hacking pppd to run ip-about-to-go-up and ip-about-to-go-down scripts, but so far as I know nothing was ever done about it. The best solution I can think of off the top of my head is to run pppd under the control of a script that would do stuff like this before shutting it down. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Installation on a separate hard drive
If you did want to use the same drive with Windows, you would need to create a partition with FIPS or a similar partition making program. You would then create a Linux partition and install there. Many people do this and this is no problem, except when they need more space, which will always happen. A separate drive for Linux is, although not necessary, always nice. On Sun, Dec 27, 1998 at 01:55:04PM -0600, Gordon von Miller wrote: Jim, Before my harddrive crash, I had installed SUSE, and it was a major hassle to get the disk partitioned correctly. I now have Windows on the hard drive, and I would think that it would be very difficult to put Linux on it to share with W95. So, I thought it might be simpler to get a inexpensive hard drive and start from scratch, so to speak. -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Installation on a separate hard drive
Gordon, Installation won't be any easier on a separate hard drive. Selecting where to install Linux is only one small part of the installation. Perhaps you can clarify your question? On Sun, Dec 27, 1998 at 06:39:58AM -0600, Gordon von Miller wrote: Hello, Would installation be any easier on a separate hard drive? TIA Gordon -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Help. System dies after 4-5 hours with message: Aiee ...
Daniel, I think this is a kernel issue, and more specifically related to multiprocessing (using more than a single cpu.) You might ask in the kernel discussion group or mailing list. On Thu, Dec 24, 1998 at 06:05:40PM +0200, Daniel Mashao wrote: My one system dies after some time with message: Aiee: scheduling in interrupt 00125379. Anyone has idea where to look for help. -Daniel /--/ Daniel J. Mashao Electrical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Cape Town http://www.ee.uct.ac.za/~daniel Rondebosch, 7700, S. Africa (w) 27+21+650 2816 (h) 27+21+705 8469 /--/ -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Addressbook problems
Lance,
addressbook is the windows interface only. I think it uses symlinks to
programs called addr, or tele, or phone or similar to use the perl command
line version.
On Sat, Dec 19, 1998 at 11:18:57AM +, Lance Hoffmeyer wrote:
I am learning to use 'addressbook'. It is supposed to work in either
X11 or text mode. It works in X11 but when I try to use it from a
command prompt I get the follownig error message:
application-specific initialization failed: no display name and no
$DISPLAY environment variable
can't read tk_version: no such variable
while executing
if {$tk_version == 3.6} {
set oldtkversion 1
} else {
set oldtkversion 0
}
(file /usr/bin/addressbook line 48)
what do I need to do to get addressbook working in text mode?
Thanks
Lance
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Home for the Holidays (to install Debian on my Dad's PC)
Hello, I am going to install Debian on my Dad's PC over Christmas. I've been telling him how great it is and now I will finally get a chance to show him. I wanted to get a jump on his Internet connection. He as a @worldnet.att.net address and lives in the Detroit Michigan area. I think he has a 33.6 USR modem, which should be no problem. Can anyone send me some examples of ppp scripts for ATT? I'll bet pppconfig will work will little trouble. (I hope my WP8 cd comes soon, it sure would make him feel more comfortable) -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: perl problems
Greetings, I don't know why slahes.pl isn't working for you. I downloaded this program from freshmeat and it ran on my hamm bone (box). It mostly worked, opening a window and retrieving the Slashdot headers. It would would crash when I clicked the button that was supposed to open netscape and show the selected article. What version of of Debian, perl , and libgtk-perl are you using? -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: HELP: best place to place binfmt_misc directives?
On Mon, Nov 23, 1998 at 01:11:30PM +0100, Bruno Boettcher wrote: hello, wanted to set up again some of the misc binary modules capabilities on slackware init i had a rc.local where to put such stuff where do i put it in debian? It is not clear to me exactly what you mean, but you can edit /etc/modules to include the name of each module that you wish to load during boot, or the word auto to start kerneld -- which will auto-load the modules. BTW wouldn't it be neat if the packages beeing susceptible to propose such services had a switch to set this functionality on when installing the package? ciao bboett == acount at earthling net http://erm6.u-strasbg.fr/~bboett === Unsolicited commercial email is NOT welcome at this email address To contact me replace acount by bboett in above addresses -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: I don't want the display to blank....
Anthony, setterm -blank 0 The man page is not very helpful. On Mon, Nov 23, 1998 at 09:08:49AM -0600, Anthony Landreneau wrote: Greetings, This is probably easy and I just can't find the answer. I have a couple dozen Debian boxes attached to a rotating display. Of course after time it rotates blank screens, don't want that. I want to see the login prompt. Where, how who, do I modify in order to keep the screens up? Thanks, Anthony Landreneau Network Administrator Infinity Data Systems New Orleans Louisiana (504)455-8973 -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Default Win98 with LILO.
On Mon, Nov 23, 1998 at 09:30:14AM -0800, Bret Craw wrote: How do I set up Win98 as the default in LILO. I have tried putting it above the Linux in the lilo.config file. I have also taken off the other and put that in front of the lilo section. I am able to dual boot at this point, but can get the Win98 to be the default. I need this because I have a free internet access that depends on a advertising bar that is a Windows program. Unless someone knows how to adjust this for Linux. Did you run lilo after making the changes to /etc/liloconf? Bret Craw Maintenance Renewal -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: problems with locate
Bruno, The obvious answer is that the file you are searching for was created after the latest updatedb run. You are right in that the updatedb is run once per day from a cron job. However, your computer needs to be on at the time it is scheduled for that to happen. Unless you use anachron, which is great for computers not running 24/7. What exact locate syntax is not working for you? -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: permissions on /dev/dsp /dev/audio
Use the adduser program to add users to the audio group: # adduser user audio On Tue, Nov 17, 1998 at 03:56:00PM -0500, Ben Collins wrote: On Tue, Nov 17, 1998 at 09:46:48PM +0100, Mark Elissen wrote: I've just installed Debian 2.0 after using Slackware for some year of 3. I'm very pleased with the debian way, but I have 1 minor problem: Whenever I am using a program that outputs to /dev/audio or /dev/dsp as a non-root user than the soundprogramm stops with the errormessage permission denied. How can I grant rights to this devices for non-root users? In /etc/login.defs (i think?) there is an option to give console logins the extra groups of audio and disk making it possible for them to use those devices. -- --- - - --- - - - --- Ben Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux UnixGroup Admin - Jordan Systems Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- - - - --- --- -- The Choice of the GNU Generation -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: A new Debian user's initial questions
Welcome Chris, On Sat, Nov 14, 1998 at 09:57:42PM -0500, Chris Mayes wrote: Hello, everyone. While I am not particualrly new to Linux in general (June '98 RH 5.0/1, SuSE 5.2/3), i am totally new to Debian. As such, I have a few questons. My frst question actually pertains more to System Commander than Debian itself, though it's involved ;-) Here it is: when I modify lilo.conf and run lilo, all goes smoothly: added: Linux * suse or its equivalent. However, when I reboot and select the root partition, it still boots directly into Deban, as if I hadn't changed the configuration. Here's my lilo.conf: What do you want it to do? The first image section will be the default image to load, unless you use the 'default' parameter. Prss the shift key when you see the boot: prompt, then press the tab key to see what images are available. boot=/dev/hda2 install=/boot/boot.b map=/boot/map vga=normal delay=20 image=/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 label=Linux read-only image = /vmlinuz root = /dev/hdd1 label = suse read-only It looks okay to me... Anyway, on with the questions. What's the easiest way to configure everything to use my HP DeskJet 520 printer properly? I saw some printcap and DeskJet tool packages whiz by, so I thought it might be okay. Well, when I tried to print somethng, all that happened was the carriage nailed itslef to the other end of the rail witha loud thwack. In fact, it continued to do that after every power-off, even in the pereviously-working SuSE until I unplugged the printer cable. Related? Possibly... Try the magicfilter package. Finaaly, a question of inclusion. I understand that Debian strictly adheres to the GPL, so I was wondering about the exclusion of the U. of Washington stuff (pine, pico, etc). I rilly love pine, and I use pico 'cuz I'm used to it for quick file reads. It's no bg deal, really. Ther are a ton of great mail readers and text editors (probably better than the previous), I was just curious. You can be certain that I will have more questons, but I will leave y'all alone for now. Thanks in advance! Pine is available as source code only. You can get the pine package and compile it yourself, it's quite simple. Then you just install the .deb's yourself with dpkg. -Chris -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GCS/CC/MC d- s+:+ a-- C++ US P L++ E W++ N- o? K? w O M- V- PS++ PE+ Y+ PGP- t+ 5 X+ R tv+ b++ DI+ D- G e+(++) h--- r++ z+ --END GEEK CODE BLOCK-- -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Can I start X while other stuff going on?
On Tue, Nov 10, 1998 at 08:39:07PM -0600, Kent West wrote: I tried putting a running program (lynx) in the background by pressing ^Z, and then started X Windows and thought maybe I could foreground the app in an Xterm, but I guess either I don't know what I'm doing or it just doesn't work. I ran ps to find the PID of the job (say 14096), then typed fg 14096, but I get a reply that there is no such job. Did I do something wrong along the way, or is this just not going to work? Thanks! Lynx doesn't won't let me 'background' it either, but that's just Lynx. Most other things (jobs) can be suspended by ^z and either bg'd or fg'd later. This whole thing is called job control and can be read about in the bash man pages under -- you guessed it -- JOB CONTROL. -- Kent West [EMAIL PROTECTED] KC5ENO - Amateur Radio: When all else fails. Linux - Finally! A real OS for the Intel PC! -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Kernel compilation
Hi, You have a couple of options. One, make zImage will build the kernel and put it in arch/i386/boot where you can copy it where ever you like. There is also a make zdisk which will automatically copy the new kernel to the floppy. Have a look at the kernel docs. And good luck. On Wed, Nov 11, 1998 at 12:52:30PM +0100, Rodrigo Moya wrote: Hi all!! I want to build a custome kernel for a floppy disk to be booted in another computer. I know how to rebuild the kernel in my linux machine, but whay I do want is to build this kernel without installing it in this computer, that is to make a boot floppy to be used in another computer. Is this possible? Thanks in advance -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian Crash
On Wed, Nov 11, 1998 at 04:46:29PM +, Rich Harran. wrote: My Debian system just crashed. This has never happened before, which is one of the things I like about Linux. snip My questions: Is there a problem with my hardware (it's quite old)? Was there a problem with Linux? If not, is there now? If so, how do I fix it? What should I do to test the components in my system individually? I put it together myself (about 2 years ago), so I don't mind poking around inside. The only Linux crash I have ever had was when I was using Netscape. I [believe] Netscape is responsible for my crash, anyway. One problem with using the reset button is that the data on your disk drive can be corrupted. I'm not saying that this happened, but it could have. If you notice something that used to work but does not work now, that is a clue that something was trashed. Missing files and directories are also possible, as are other odd behaviours. I don't see how hardware damage is likely. It's possible no damage was done at all. I don't know of any 'test' you can perform. Maybe you can use your locate database to see if anything has changed since it last updated (assuming it hasn't run since the crash). -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Can I make modules w/o remaking the entire kernel?
Dear Debian User, Do I need to re-compile the entire kernel if I really just need to, for example, update the sound module? -- Linux: Powerful Source-ery (I just now made that up) Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: how does one learn to create debian packages ?
Look in /usr/doc/dpkg. -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problems compiling
Mario, The compiler/linker process doesn't know where the pow10 function is defined. Include the .o file which contains the pow10 definition on the command line when you compile. On Thu, Nov 05, 1998 at 03:51:38PM -, Mario Filipe wrote: Hi Everyone Can someone explainwhy the following happens : 14:53:09# gcc -O2 -o iwconfig iwconfig.c -lm /tmp/ccc10981: In function `float2freq': /tmp/ccc10981(.text+0x53): undefined reference to `pow10' /tmp/ccc10981: In function `freq2float': /tmp/ccc10981(.text+0xdd): undefined reference to `pow10' /tmp/ccc10981: In function `get_info': /tmp/ccc10981(.text+0x691): undefined reference to `pow10' /tmp/ccc10981: In function `set_info': /tmp/ccc10981(.text+0x86f): undefined reference to `pow10' /tmp/ccc10981(.text+0xc35): undefined reference to `pow10' THanks! Mario Filipe [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://neptuno.sc.uevora.pt/~mjnf - -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: changing default window manager - How!
Hi, I would make a .xinitrc file in your homedir and put: exec your-prefered-window-manager in it. he chsh command will change your shell -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Print Postscript in draft-mode on Canpn BJ200, today!
Hello, I have spent some time in the ghostscript source trying to make my BJ200e print Postscript in draft-mode. Anyone who uses the BJ200 knows it can be a real ink-hog when priniting some documents, and most of the printing I do can be done in draft mode. If you are interested in how, please email me. Right now, there is no way to select the mode at print time. You must recompile gs and replace your gs.real executable with the new one. If anyone has a BJ200 Programmers Manual, I would like to make sure that the printer codes I used are the correct ones. Here's what I used in the gsdevbj10.c file: #ifdef USE_FACTORY_DEFAULTS /* Check for U.S. letter vs. A4 paper. */ fwrite(( pdev-width / pdev-x_pixels_per_inch = 8.4 ? \033[K\002\000\000\044/*A4--DIPswitch defaults*/ : \033[K\002\000\004\044/*letter--factory defaults*/), 1, 7, prn_stream); #else /* I added the last 2 lines */ fwrite(\033[K\002\000\000\044, 1, 7, prn_stream); fwrite (\033=\001\000\045, 5, 1, prn_stream); fwrite(\033I\000, 1, 3, prn_stream); #endif I would really like to make this an option to gs at print time. That way, I can set up an entry in /etc/printcap for a ps-draft printer. -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: custom made drv1440.bin resc1440.bin
Hello, Section 8.3 of the installation manual may help. It says to copy your custom kernel to over the file named linux on the rescue floppy and run the rdev.sh script that is found on the floppy. -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: clearing screen after logout login screen
On Thu, Oct 29, 1998 at 12:04:20AM +, Steven Udell wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: jim r said How do I clear the screen after logout? so...instead of walking up on the remnants of the X server terminating and a login prompt, all that shows on the screen is the login prompt... what script is it? Personally, I don't like the shell-specific solutions. As system administer I like having this sort of configuration as simple as possible. Wouldn't a better solution be for exit to clear the screen? As if you mess with the /etc/issue after booting, it will clear what is shown Anyone know how to add a clear screen to the exit command? As has been stated before; in .bash_profile or /etc/profile use trap clear EXIT Steve Udell [EMAIL PROTECTED] lowrent.org/ooog -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: dselect Woes
Hi Patrick, I suggest that you not change the package selections during the initial installation. You can always go back and add/remove packages later. Don't try to add/remove too many things at one time, the dependancies become difficult to sort out. On Sun, Oct 25, 1998 at 03:09:24PM -0500, Patrick Durusau wrote: Hello, I am trying to install the Debian Release 2.0 (CheapBytes) and am having trouble with the dselect utility. If I am reading the help file correctly one can highlight all packages, press return, and then proceed to installation. When I do that there are an enormous number of packages that are not installed. (I would think all packages would mean exactly that but it apparently does not.) I have also tried selecting the packages of interest only to result in an installation that ls X* would show X86Config under /etc but ls -l would not. More could also not find the X86Config file. Rather than puzzle out why this was happening on a new install I am simply reinstalling the entire system. Comments or suggestions for dealing with dselect? Patrick Patrick Durusau [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
We have tmview for dvi, is there a svga postscript viewer?
Hi, The subject summarizes the question. -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: squake behaving strangely
You want to set the permisions to 4755. On Wed, Oct 21, 1998 at 04:45:46PM +0100, M.C. Vernon wrote: Dear all, I have two problems with squake: 1: you have to be root for it to run: /etc/suid.conf has the following line: squake /usr/games/squake.real root root 755 which was made by chmoding /usr/games/squake.real as advised suidregister has been run, but when I run quake except as root: $ squake -nosound /nocdaudio Added packfile ./id1/pak0.pak (339 files) Added packfile ./id1/pak1.pak (85 files) PackFile: ./id1/pak1.pak : gfx/pop.lmp Playing registered version. PackFile: ./id1/pak0.pak : gfx.wad Console initialized. UDP Initialized Exe: 15:28:15 Aug 7 1997 8.0 megabyte heap PackFile: ./id1/pak0.pak : gfx/palette.lmp PackFile: ./id1/pak0.pak : gfx/colormap.lmp svgalib: Cannot get I/O permissions. Secondly, when running as root, I can play fine, but if I join a TCP/IP game, then my controls don't work (using defaults) Can anyone shed any light on this? Thanks, Matthew -- Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo Steward of the Cambridge Tolkien Society Selwyn College Computer Support http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Chamber/8841/ http://www.cam.ac.uk/CambUniv/Societies/tolkien/ http://pick.sel.cam.ac.uk/ -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wget, intermittant connection, and Netscape
Hello, Lets say I am running wget and downloading Communicator 4. My Internet connection times out every hour (what do you want for free). If I reconnect, say with an at job, will wget know the connection is back up? should I kill wget and restart it when the connection comes back up? Will wget time out and quit if there's no connection for so long? -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: unlist on your list my email is stephen.lam@shaw.wave.ca
Someday a smart mailing list server will be able to decipher that one. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the Subject. On Sat, Oct 17, 1998 at 04:02:34AM +, Stephen Lam wrote: -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Need help ppp
On Wed, Oct 14, 1998 at 11:14:20AM +0200, Mans Joling wrote: My dad threw away my pppconf when he was in the program dselect and he installed some programs but he dselected ppp so my ppp conetcion doenst work anymore and i hav eto work under windows cause i can't connect to the internet under linux can sombody help me what to do? Hi Mans, If you can use the Internet with Windows, you can download the ppp and pppconf packages from the Debian ftp or web site. Windows has a cammand line FTP program, or you could use the web browser to download the packages to your Windows partition. Then, you can boot into Linux, mount the Windows partition, cd to where the pavkages are, and use the command dpkg -i ppp-2.3.5-3.deb to re-install the ppp package. -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Internet pon help
Hi, /dev/modem does not exist unless you create it. You have a couple of options. First, in the /etc/ppp/peers/provider file, you can change /dev/modem to your real modem device: try /dev/ttyS0 or /dev/ttyS1 ... Second option, make a symbolic link from /dev/modem to your real modem device. # ln -s /dev/modem /dev/ttyS# where # is the number of your real modem device. Then, use adduser to add your normal non-root login to the dip group: # adduser non-root-user dip So you don't need to be root to start a ppp session. On Wed, Oct 14, 1998 at 03:40:56PM -0500, Chesshome wrote: I ran /usr/doc/pppconfig but came into a nother problem when I tried to run pon it gave me a errer /usr/sbin/pppd: infile /etc/ppp/peers/provider: unrecognized option '/dev/modem' Agian can someone help me? thank's chesshome -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Install with Sony CDU-33A
Hi, You need to make the device drivers floppy, at least. Use rawrite to make the disks-i386/current/drv1440.bin file. This file has the device drivers for the cdrom. After you install and configure the device driver modules frm floppy, you should be able to finish the installation frm cdrom. On Mon, Oct 12, 1998 at 11:27:46PM -0500, Chris Stalker-Herron wrote: Hi, I am trying to install 2.0.2 from CD using a Sony CDU-33A drive w/ proprietary controller. I start by running boot.bat from the \install directory of the CD. When I get to the step to 'Install Operating System Kernel and Modules' and select cdrom and proprietary controller it forces me to floppies. Is there a way I can install straight from the CD, or do I need to create floppies? TIA, Chris -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Urgent Help needed please
It's hard to answer when you don't include any other information. The obvious question is: Are you really out of disk space? and the answer is df. What does the output from df say? If you are out of disk space, do you have a spare partition available? If so you may be ok. If not, you may be screwed. What does the output from fdisk -l say? On Mon, Oct 12, 1998 at 06:10:24PM +, Andy Spiegl wrote: Hi! trying to install new packages I just noticed that I can't write to /var/lib/dpkg anymore. The error I get is: No space left on device. I took a look at /var/log/kern.log and found this: ... kernel: EXT2-fs error (device 08:07): ext2_new_block: Free blocks count \ corrupted for block group 4 ... last message repeated 207 times ... last message repeated 133 times and so on. Help! What can I do to resolve this without rebooting the machine? Well, I guess I could reboot it, but it is very far away from me and if it gets stuck during the reboot I'd have an even bigger problem. Besides, there are some users logged in and I'd hate to kick them out. :-( Please send help soon! Thanks so much in advance, Andy. -- Andy Spiegl, University of Technology, Muenchen, Germany E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: http://www.spiegl.de Finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for my PGP key o _ _ _ - __o __o /\_ _ \\o (_)\__/o (_) --- _`\,__`\,__(_) (_)/_\_| \ _|/' \/ -- (_)/ (_) (_)/ (_) (_)(_) (_)(_)' _\o_ ~~~ -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Linux and AOL
On Sun, Oct 11, 1998 at 11:28:43AM -0500, Stephen Gore wrote: Is it possible to connect to the Internet through AOL? No, not using Linux. I'm installing Debaian v2.0 via floppy and ftp, and need internet access to complete the installation. Any alternative suggestions welcome. Thanx! I would shop around for an Internet Service Provider in your area. Call them and ask them what they know of Linux. AOL uses their own proprietary protocol to link your pc to their pc's. That is why you need to use AOL's software, which is not avalable for Linux. Linux has support for PPP connections using PAP, CHAP, and chat authentication. More than just email--Get your FREE Netscape WebMail account today at http://home.netscape.com/netcenter/mail -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: wierd problem with ppp; need help!
Hello, I think there was an issue with the noauth option in the /etc/ppp/peers/provider file. It was not needed in bo, but is needed in hamm. I think also the name option is now a priveledged option, and user is the correct option. Check these 2 items. You need to give more information about your connection to get a more precise reply. Try including log files, /var/log/ppp.log and use the debug option in the /etc/ppp/peers/provider file. On Mon, Oct 12, 1998 at 12:36:25AM +0400, Eugene Sevinian wrote: Hi all, recently I have upgrated to hamm on my home computer which is running also w95. After that I have got broken ppp from linux side while everything is ok from w95 :(((. Therer where no such problems with bo. Speaking more definitly .. it looks like connection hang very soon at the beginnig of session. Sometimes I even unable to input password. As the phone line is noisy it seems that linux-ppp (from hamm) is more sensitive to it. However, I hate this possibility. Are ther any other ideas? At this point I am quite lost :((( TIA, Eugene Sevinian CRD, YerPhI, 375036, Armenia URL: http://crdlx5.yerphi.am/ Phone: 374-2-344873 -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Can apt access a local cdrom?
On Fri, Oct 09, 1998 at 03:46:58PM +, Anthony Campbell wrote: I have succeeded in getting apt to connect to a distant ftp site but I've been unable to get it to access my cdrom drive, which currently has the Cheapbytes version of debian. I've tried every combination of deb file:/cdrom I can think of but I keep getting malformed line in sources.list. Is it possible to do this? If so, how? First, mount the cd Then add the line: deb file:/cdrom/debian stable main (assuming you have the cd mounted under /cdrom and it is the stable/main cd) Anyway, add the line to /etc/apt/sources.list, and comment out all others. Third, you can use dselect's apt method as usual, or use apt-get from the command line. -- Anthony Campbell - running Linux Debian 2.0 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.achc.demon.co.uk -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
r2log or rcs2log?
Hello, I remeber a script called rcs2log which was in the cvs package. I think this script does not require cvs, but only rcs. Anyway, it makes very nice change-log type files and, since I don't really want to install cvs to get it, would someone send me the script? If the script requires only rcs, can it be included in rcs insead of cvs? Or included in both? -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: beginner, system questions
On Thu, Oct 08, 1998 at 04:36:11PM -0700, Aldinga Library wrote: I have an NEC powermate 486 sx-25i , 4mb ram, 120mb hd and floppy drive only. I use the internet at the local public library. I have done a bare minimum install of 8 floppies by internet ftp. What commands do you use to view the manual and information pages that come with the system install. At the moment I am doing a, gunzip -c pathname/filename.gz for each page. I tried the, man command but the system doesn't recognize it. zmore filename.doc.gz You apparently have installed the base system correctly, but the base system does not include the man pages or info pages. You will need to download and install a number of packages to get your system up to a more standard condition. Ideally, the next step for you is get your current system connected to the internet. Once this is done, package selection and installation can be done with the dselect program. It appears that you only have Internet at your local public library. This complicates things for you, but you can still complete the installation. You just need to download each package to floppy and then install the ackage from floppy, but you know all this already. I would start by downloading the info, man-db, manpages, libdb2, and groff packages. This will get you the man pages and info program. How do you get a listing of all the commands available on the system. I use the tab-comletion feature a lot. If you know the first letter of a command, you can type the first letter then press the tab key twice. This will print all executable files in your $PATH. Just pressing tab twice will print all commands. You can capture the output with the script command, but that is probably not installed. It might be though. Does the system colorize the difference in status of things. How do you activate this permanently. Is there some sort of downloadable referance or a book that explains all the system color options, more clearly and helps you understand how to enable or set these up. The file /usr/doc/fileutils/color-ls.gz explains how to get color ls. Other than that, there's not much else to know. You can use ansi escape sequences (just like in dos) to get color text on the screen, as in echo -e \e[32mThis is a color Maybe I didn't understand your question? I don't know what mouse driver to install. What type of mouse do you have? Is is a serial port mouse or a ps/2 type mouse? What is a good word processor and what are some games that will run on the present system. Can you use a mouse with these if the correct mouse driver is installed, or what else is required. How do you get the computer to run a program, after it is installed. -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Xwindows working... sorta
On Sun, Oct 04, 1998 at 10:54:16PM -0500, Christopher Jay Stevenson wrote: Well, thanks to you guys, my mouse is working... It's just that X isn't... Hmm... What I get is an xdm that has the login on the lower right of the screen, and cut-off as well, almost as if the resolution isn't correct. (It seemed as if I had a virtual desktop of 2x2 size.) My monitor is 1280x1024 (15). On another note... how do I mount drives on startup. I asked this question before, but I didn't understand the answer. Here's what I do as root. mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/win95_part Now... how do I 'automate this. perhaps something like mount /dev/hdc /mnt/cd_rom might be usefull as well. (how do I go about that?) I think that I have to modify a file (/etc/fstab?), but with a program, or just do a cat - /etc/fstab? Well, yes you can use cat /etc/fstab and that is sometimes the most convenient way to append to a file, but you would be better off to choose and learn how to use one of the text editors available. You probably have 2 editors installed by default: ae and vi (elvis-tiny). If you are not familiar with either, ae would be easier to use. When you edit the /etc/fstab, you will notice some fields that look very similar to the arguments you use with the mount command to mount partition. For example, the cdrom entry might look like this: /dev/hdc /cdrom iso9660 defaults,user 0 0 Look at the fstab man page for the details of each field. Notice that the mount point /cdrom needs to exist before you can mount a device on it. Just as you would need to create /mnt/win95 before you can mount a partition on it. Thanks for putting up w/ newbies like yours truly. ---starfox Chris Stevenson -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: chimera does seg faults on me
On Mon, Oct 05, 1998 at 01:38:45AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am using a 486SX2-50 8MB ram. when I run chimera2 (from X of course) it works alright for a bit, then ends up with a Seg fault or something. Is this because I am running it on a low powered machine, or is there some fundamental flaw to Chimera? I haven't bothered giving any information about my computer, because I expect its cos its a low power machine and really I am curious as to whether anyone else has had these symptoms. chimera2 is alpha-test software. The package description even says some of its routines are buggy. frankie [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://this.is/DrumBass -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Netscape with out mail and news?
Hello, Is there a version of Netscape around the archives that does not have the mail and news client, or the html editor? Just a plain web browser, no extras? -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to remove a user??
On Mon, Oct 05, 1998 at 10:56:16AM +0800, Chan Min Wai wrote: Hello, I'm haveing prolem with thr user I created so I asking for HOW to Remove a user from system adduser is for adduser form remover user?? How about userdel. Thank. -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Mouse Device
On Sun, Oct 04, 1998 at 10:56:55AM -0500, Christopher Jay Stevenson wrote: I'm buzy installing X Windows (I have xsave and the Xserver for general SVGA) and I don't know where my douse is in /dev. (I told the kernel to include support a PS/2 mouse, and I have a Microsoft Intellimouse on a PS/2 port.) The /dev/psaux is the device you want. You can create a symbolic link /dev/mouse to point to /dev/psaux. This was done for me on my system, probably by the gpm package, or use the ln command. There is also a psaux driver available as a module or kernel builtin. Oh... /dev/mouse doesn't exist. Thanks to whoever can help ---starfox Chris Stevenson -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Best way to install debian 2 without bootable cd?
On Sun, Oct 04, 1998 at 10:19:18AM -0700, Allan Bart wrote: Hi, I have installed debian before via floppies and ftp. now i have the cheapbytes disks and i cannot read my cdrom from dos, it works on windows 95.so i would appreciate any hints from the list. On my current Debian cd there is a directory called install. in this directory are files that can be copied to a dos partition and can boot linux with no cd. I copied boot.bat, loadlin.exe, root.bin, and linux to the dos drive. I also had to copy the drv1440.bin file to the dos drive since I need drivers for my proprietary cdrom drive to complete the installation from cd. I put everything into a directory named debian, then type boot. Boot windows 95. mkdir c:\debian copy (from cdrom/install) boot.bat loadlin.exe root.bin linux (to) c:\debian reboot to dos cd c:\debian boot thanks, allan bart == Allan W. Bart, Jr. Strategic Analyst _ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: can any user have the right of root and can lunch Netscape
On Fri, Oct 02, 1998 at 11:03:35PM -0400, Daniel Martin wrote: Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Sat, Oct 03, 1998 at 09:31:53AM +0800, Chan Min Wai wrote: Hai, I'm asking about that can a user have the rithr of root and can lunch netscape as well in Xwin.. Any user can start X windows if it is intalled properly. Any user can start netscape if it is intalled properly. Root user is not needed to run X windows or netscape. Do you have X windows and netscape installed properly? I think the question is whether one can run netscape as root. Currently, the debian netscape script prevents this (for good reasons, I think). It's possible to run netscape directly (bypassing debian scripts) by doing something like: MOZILLA_HOME=/usr/lib/netscape /usr/lib/netscape/netscape However, I'd _strongly_ recommend against it. Much better (if you need to run netscape, but you're logged in as root) is to do: su -c xauth add `xauth list $DISPLAY` dcmwai su -c netscape dcmwai Instead of dcmwai you should use your non-root username. This runs netscape as dcmwai, not as root, but displays it on your screen. Another possibility (which is what I do) is to never log in as root, but use su or sudo whenever one needs to do something as root. -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null Turns out all he wanted to do was be able to start ppp connection and run X and netscape as the same user. Previously, he had to be root to start ppp and then switch to a non-root user and run X and netscape. I suggested he add his normal user to the dip group with adduser. -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
dialog vs whiptail
Hello, I want to use either dialog or whiptail for some installation front ends. What's the difference between these two programs? The man page for whiptail is only a minor rewrite of the dialog man pageq, but I didn't find where it told the differences between them. -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: can any user have the right of root and can lunch Netscape
On Sat, Oct 03, 1998 at 09:31:53AM +0800, Chan Min Wai wrote: Hai, I'm asking about that can a user have the rithr of root and can lunch netscape as well in Xwin.. Any user can start X windows if it is intalled properly. Any user can start netscape if it is intalled properly. Root user is not needed to run X windows or netscape. Do you have X windows and netscape installed properly? -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
