Re: Best Debian CD?

1997-01-19 Thread Pete Templin
On 15 Jan 1997, Steve Dunham wrote: The guy at LSL says that he will make a Debian-only CD (with the whole thing on it) if we can come up with a single floppy installation system (he will include the single floppy too). (He also said something about helping to support the project too.)

Re: jdk-common and jdk-static, which one goes first???

1997-01-19 Thread Paul Serice
I had this problem and some nice folks on the list told me to install them simultaneously: Try installing them both at the same time: # dpkg -i jdk-common.deb jdk-static.deb Paul Serice On Thu, 16 Jan 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just installed debian-1.2. The X windows and

Re: Cogent 960C NIC problems.

1997-01-19 Thread Robert Nicholson
I'll conclude that there's a problem when running it as a module so I compiled it in and it does work correctly then. On Sat, 18 Jan 1997, Robert Nicholson wrote: Debian 1.2 won't detect my NIC. I've got a customized kernel with networking support but it doesn't detect the card. The

dkpg not allowing installation of xlib6

1997-01-19 Thread Johann Spies
How do I solve the following problem? -- dpkg -i debian_1.2/xlib6_3.2-1a.deb dpkg: considering removing xlib in favour of xlib6 ... Package xlib is on hold, not touching it. Use --force-hold to override. dpkg: regarding debian_1.2/xlib6_3.2-1a.deb

Log of 1.2.2 install available

1997-01-19 Thread Tony Robinson
I recently did a clean install of Debian 1.2.2 and there were a couple of gotcha's which I thought were below the normal standard of a Debian release (meaning I had to ask for help :). I've made the complete log (starting at the first dselect) available as

Just how much faster is a p133 versus a p90

1997-01-19 Thread Walter Tautz
I just upgraded to a p133 from a p90. Clearly it is faster, but does anyone know the official stats on the performance benefits. -Walter -- This message was delayed because the list mail delivery agent was down.

Re:home directory

1997-01-19 Thread Gary Gifford
As a brand new linux/debian user (with help from this list) I have installed debian from downloaded disks and used the 12-96 InfoMagic disk set to dselect packages. I have configured and compiled the kernel (I think/hope). Now when I boot I get a message no directory /home/(my account name).

list archives! Re: where/what is libdl1 ?

1997-01-19 Thread Brad Bell
On Sat, 18 Jan 1997, Riku Voipio wrote: On 18 Jan 1997, Tom Fawcett wrote: Any clues? It occurred to me to search the linux-user archives but both search systems are down. Do you mean the debian-user archive? If they still aren't working, I'm left wondering... not many people seem to

Re: Latex (Debian and Tetex). Was: Fax programs! help please. (fwd)

1997-01-19 Thread Michael Stutz
On Sat, 18 Jan 1997, Johann Spies wrote: On Wed, 15 Jan 1997, Paul Rightley wrote: Also, how do you go about getting/installing TeTeX in Debian? Anyone know of any plans to make a debian package out of this? I use TeTeX on a Slackware system and am very impressed with it. -- This

Re: Backspace, Delete in xterm

1997-01-19 Thread Paul Serice
On Wed, 15 Jan 1997, Brian C. White wrote: Please, PLEASE, correct this! Either set all the ttys to use BS (^H) as the rubout character or fix xterm to send DEL (^?) when the backspace key is pressed. For what it's worth, I used to have problems with backspace and delete until I realized

When will the 1.2 mb rescue disk be available?

1997-01-19 Thread butch
hello, i was wondering when it would be possible to download the disk so that i can put my old northgate on linux? allan - Name: Allan W. Bart, Jr. E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 1/18/97 Time: 7:52:20 PM This message was sent by Chameleon

Re: Backspace, Delete in xterm

1997-01-19 Thread Brian C. White
On Wed, 15 Jan 1997, Brian C. White wrote: Please, PLEASE, correct this! Either set all the ttys to use BS (^H) as the rubout character or fix xterm to send DEL (^?) when the backspace key is pressed. For what it's worth, I used to have problems with backspace and delete until I

Re: dkpg not allowing installation of xlib6

1997-01-19 Thread Philippe Troin
On Sat, 18 Jan 1997 19:18:42 +0200 Johann Spies ([EMAIL PROTECTED] et.co.za) wrote: -- dpkg -i debian_1.2/xlib6_3.2-1a.deb dpkg: considering removing xlib in favour of xlib6 ... Package xlib is on hold, not touching it. Use --force-hold to

does anyone know where to get 1.1?

1997-01-19 Thread butch
Hello, it seems that the emergency disk for 1.2 is not available, therefore i cannot use this old northgate, does anyone know where to get 1.1? allan - Name: Allan W. Bart, Jr. E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 1/18/97 Time: 9:12:37 PM This message was sent

Re: Best Debian CD?

1997-01-19 Thread Steve Dunham
Ami Ganguli [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Pete Templin wrote: Hmmmseems to me that Windows NT is a three floppy system. Although three is certainly less than six, three is significantly more than one. I think a single floppy install should be possible, but it would require a different

Re: Best Debian CD?

1997-01-19 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On 15 Jan 1997, Steve Dunham wrote: The guy at LSL says that he will make a Debian-only CD (with the whole thing on it) if we can come up with a single floppy installation system (he will include the single floppy too). (He also said something about helping to support the project too.)

Re: Just how much faster is a p133 versus a p90

1997-01-19 Thread Larry 'Daffy' Daffner
Walter Tautz writes: - I just upgraded to a p133 from a p90. Clearly it is faster, but - does anyone know the official stats on the performance benefits. This is going to depend almost entirely on the rest of your system and how you use it. For example, if you have 8MB of memory, then you won't

libX11.so.6 files missing!?!?!?!?!

1997-01-19 Thread John
I installed Debian a couple of weeks ago because Slawkware didn't support my ATI vid card, and I finally got X Windows 3.2 up and running, but whenever I try and run a window manager, like tkdesk or fvwm95-2 i get the message File libX11.so.6 not installed. I checked dselect and all the required

Need help about diald dselect:

1997-01-19 Thread Lu Jimmy Chenji
Hello all, I have two questions need your help. 1)I configured diald in my system but when I boot my system, I'll get a message during boot. Trying to start diald. /etc/diald/diald.options does not exist. I have the following files in /etc/diald: diald.conf

How can I get my 3 button serial mouse to use all 3 buttons

1997-01-19 Thread Stan Brown
I just goat a new (cheap) 3 button mouse, proudly pluged it in, ent to /etc/X11/XF86config and commenred out the Emulate3Buttons. Ubfortunately the middle button still doesn'y wrk. What else should I try? -- Stan Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED]

ICMP redirect kernel message

1997-01-19 Thread mike horansky
Looking through /var/log/messages, I see Jan 18 18:23:34 bigbox kernel: ICMP redirect from IP addr withheld Jan 18 18:23:34 bigbox last message repeated 3 times every few days. Is that an indication of Ping Of Death? Some other problem? -- -Mike Horansky, Leland Consultant

Re: libX11.so.6 files missing!?!?!?!?!

1997-01-19 Thread Philippe Troin
On Sat, 18 Jan 1997 22:56:44 EST John ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I installed Debian a couple of weeks ago because Slawkware didn't support my ATI vid card, and I finally got X Windows 3.2 up and running, but whenever I try and run a window manager, like tkdesk or fvwm95-2 i get the message

Re: Need help about diald dselect:

1997-01-19 Thread Hamish Moffatt
1)I configured diald in my system but when I boot my system, I'll get a message during boot. Trying to start diald. /etc/diald/diald.options does not exist. I have the following files in /etc/diald: diald.conf diald.defs diald.init

Re: How can I get my 3 button serial mouse to use all 3 buttons

1997-01-19 Thread Hamish Moffatt
I just goat a new (cheap) 3 button mouse, proudly pluged it in, ent to /etc/X11/XF86config and commenred out the Emulate3Buttons. Ubfortunately the middle button still doesn'y wrk. What else should I try? You're probably still using microsoft protocol to talk to the

diald problem half fixed

1997-01-19 Thread Hamish Moffatt
well, it occurs to me that my connect option should just run chat, not pppd connect chat ..., so I've fixed this (although not tested yet). Still unsure about the gateway problem; I guess it might be fixed (since nobody was setting a default route last time, since diald didn't think we'd

diald problems. argh.

1997-01-19 Thread Hamish Moffatt
I've been avoiding configuring diald for a while because it's always looked (from a distance) like hell. Seems to be confirmed by actually trying it. I'm running named on diald system, and wish to keep doing so. My named is configured to forward to other systems, and appears to do this from

Re: Just how much faster is a p133 versus a p90

1997-01-19 Thread Hamish Moffatt
I just upgraded to a p133 from a p90. Clearly it is faster, but does anyone know the official stats on the performance benefits. -Walter -- This message was delayed because the list mail delivery agent was down. I have received this message and about three others from the list about 5

Re: Log of 1.2.2 install available

1997-01-19 Thread Tony Robinson
I wrote: I recently did a clean install of Debian 1.2.2 and there were a couple of gotcha's which I thought were below the normal standard of a Debian release (meaning I had to ask for help :). I've made the complete log (starting at the first dselect) available as

Can anyone send me the 1.2mb rescue disk

1997-01-19 Thread butch
Hello, i know that this is a lot to ask ,but i would like to set up my linux system over the weekend. could anyone email me the 1.2mb rescue/boot disk. allan i can ftp also - Name: Allan W. Bart, Jr. E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 1/19/97 Time: 7:16:32 AM

Re: diald problems. argh.

1997-01-19 Thread Philippe Troin
On Sun, 19 Jan 1997 18:44:32 +1100 Hamish Moffatt ([EMAIL PROTECTED] rmit.edu.au) wrote: My /etc/diald/diald.options file says connect /etc/ppp/startppp-diald, and that file says pppd connect chat -f /etc/ppp/chatscript which contains my chatscript, and works fine. (I've been dialing

Duplicate Messages

1997-01-19 Thread Victor Torrico
Help! I'm drowning in duplicate messages. Is there a problem with the list server? I've been getting up to four or five duplicates of the same message. Victor -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

What's the ALT-F4 stuff?

1997-01-19 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
Robert == Robert Nicholson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Robert Exactly what is this multi screen session concept that Robert allows you to type ALT-F4 and login again... I'd like to Robert read the documentation on this feature. It's virtual consoles! Since Linux is multiuser, you

Re: does anyone know where to get 1.1?

1997-01-19 Thread Remco van de Meent
At 09:12 PM 1/18/97 PST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, it seems that the emergency disk for 1.2 is not available, therefore i cannot use this old northgate, does anyone know where to get 1.1? You need the 'rescue' disk as bootfloppy. It's available everywhere. 1.1 is outdated :) -- //

Re: diald problems. argh.

1997-01-19 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Sun, 19 Jan 1997 18:44:32 +1100 Hamish Moffatt ([EMAIL PROTECTED] rmit.edu.au) wrote: My /etc/diald/diald.options file says connect /etc/ppp/startppp-diald, and that file says pppd connect chat -f /etc/ppp/chatscript which contains my chatscript, and works fine. (I've been

Re: Debian Leader appearing on Long Island and Rochester N.Y.

1997-01-19 Thread Alain Nadeau
Bruce Perens wrote: I'll be at the Linux Expo in North Carolina in April, and plan to visit France and England in May (although that date could change). Thanks Bruce Perens Do keep the masses informed on the French plans. I have to go to Paris all the time, and I've

slang and xterm

1997-01-19 Thread Alain Nadeau
I have encountered the following problem since moving to Debian (1.2), and I must admit I cannot find the solution. It appears that some binaries compiled with slang (jed and most in any event) will not load in an xterm (nor for that matter in an rxvt, itself an slang binary!): the reply is

lp1 out of paper

1997-01-19 Thread Alain Nadeau
I know my printer is out of paper. Its also out of electricity, being that it's in a cupboard in the basement. Still, the above message is sent to /var/log/messages every 10 seconds, day in day out. I've recompiled my kernel (2.0.27) specifically disabling printer support, but that message is

Re: How can I get my 3 button serial mouse to use all three buttons

1997-01-19 Thread Tony Finch
Stan Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just goat a new (cheap) 3 button mouse, proudly pluged it in, ent to /etc/X11/XF86config and commenred out the Emulate3Buttons. Ubfortunately the middle button still doesn'y wrk. What else should I try? I recommend using the mouse-test program to

Re: Latex (Debian and Tetex).

1997-01-19 Thread Paul Seelig
On Sat, 18 Jan 1997, Michael Stutz wrote: On Sat, 18 Jan 1997, Johann Spies wrote: On Wed, 15 Jan 1997, Paul Rightley wrote: Also, how do you go about getting/installing TeTeX in Debian? Anyone know of any plans to make a debian package out of this? I use TeTeX on a Slackware

Disk copies and kernel paging request failures

1997-01-19 Thread Al Youngwerth
I modified a little public domain dos program that will do a sector for sector copy of one hard drive to up to three other hard drives. Its very handy for quickly duplicating a linux configuration onto other disks of the same type. I've noticed one problem however, When I first start up some of

Re: lp1 out of paper

1997-01-19 Thread Nathan L. Cutler
Alain == Alain Nadeau [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Alain I know my printer is out of paper. Its also out of Alain electricity, being that it's in a cupboard in the Alain basement. Still, the above message is sent to Alain /var/log/messages every 10 seconds, day in day out. I've

X-problem,libs lost

1997-01-19 Thread mviirela
When I try to launch x-apps like xtetris or afterstep, I get the following error-message: cannot load libbg.s0.3, for example. I know that I have these files in /usr/X11R6/lib. How do I fix this? This problem occurs with every X-pgm, TWM works fine though :^( Is it possible to upgrade afterstep

Re: Need help about diald dselect:

1997-01-19 Thread Shaya Potter
On Sun, 19 Jan 1997, Lu Jimmy Chenji wrote: 2)I am trying to use dselect's FTP method without any success. I strted pppd first. The program and my modem seem working properly. I checked /var/log/ppp.log file and the message was like this: pppd 2.2.0 started by root, uid 0

Re: Disk copies and kernel paging request failures

1997-01-19 Thread Shaya Potter
why don't yout just use dd from the linux side. If you do it in single user mode, when you reboot with the new hard drive you should only get a few errors which should be easily corrected. Shaya On Sun, 19 Jan 1997, Al Youngwerth wrote: I modified a little public domain dos program that

Re: hylafax?

1997-01-19 Thread Dermot Bradley
On Sat, 18 Jan 1997, Robert Nicholson wrote: What happened to the gentleman who was going to provide Hylafax packages? That's me. I've been running it internally for 6 weeks or so now (as a very messy package). I'm in the midst of converting it to use debmake as the minute and will be

Re: diald problems. argh.

1997-01-19 Thread edwalter
On Sun, 19 Jan 1997, Hamish Moffatt wrote: My /etc/diald/diald.options file says connect /etc/ppp/startppp-diald, and that file says pppd connect chat -f /etc/ppp/chatscript This is becoming an FAQ. As stated in the doumentation, your chat script should not start pppd. diald starts

home directory

1997-01-19 Thread Gary Gifford
I apologize for the multiple posting of my newbie question. I only went through the send process once but I did notice that the message didn't show up for several hours -- and then kept showing up. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to

tar xvMf /dev/fd0 causes Segmentation faults.

1997-01-19 Thread H C Lai
Hi there, I have Debian1.2 running kernel 2.0.27. The tar package version is 1.11.8-5. I can create multipy floppy archive using 'tar cvMf /dev/fd0' but NOT retrieving it using 'tar xvMf /dev/fd0'. I always get 'Segmentation faults and then core dumped' when I tried the latter ??!!. I think

ANNOUNCE: New Logo and Feedback Page for the Debian Logo (v5)

1997-01-19 Thread Christian Schwarz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hi folks! I just installed the new Debian Logo Page (v5) today. You can have a look at it via http://fatman.mathematik.tu-muenchen.de/~schwarz/debian-logo/ The new page contains 17 new and 8 old logos and uses HTML forms to make it easy for you to

Re: Can anyone send me the 1.2mb rescue disk

1997-01-19 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Sun, 19 Jan 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, i know that this is a lot to ask ,but i would like to set up my linux system over the weekend. could anyone email me the 1.2mb rescue/boot disk. The new 1997-01-18 disk set is still making it's way to the primary mirror

Re: slang and xterm

1997-01-19 Thread joost witteveen
I have encountered the following problem since moving to Debian (1.2), and I must admit I cannot find the solution. It appears that some binaries compiled with slang (jed and most in any event) will not load in an xterm (nor for that matter in an rxvt, itself an slang binary!): the reply is

Networking questions....

1997-01-19 Thread Robert Nicholson
I have a desktop machine running Debian 1.2 and a Tecra with a 3c589 etherlink card. I'd like to know why I cannot just plug in and boot my laptop and expect the cards ethernet light to be on. The only way the ethernet gets setup right is when I've rebooted my desktop machine. Only then will the

Re: lp1 out of paper

1997-01-19 Thread Alain Nadeau
Nathan L. Cutler wrote: Alain == Alain Nadeau [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: (...) the above message is sent to Alain /var/log/messages every 10 seconds, day in day out. I've Alain recompiled my kernel (2.0.27) specifically disabling Alain printer support, but that message is still spewed out

Re: slang and xterm

1997-01-19 Thread Joey Hess
always: terminal not powerful enough for slang. Never saw that before. Is it a matter of updating the Slang lib? They work fine on a tty, xjed works fine as well. Any clue? From slrn's README.debian: If you want to run slrn in an xterm, slrn may say that your display isn't powerfull enough.

Re: slang and xterm

1997-01-19 Thread Joey Hess
But for some reason, slrn now doesn't come up with that message any more (maybe new version of slrn). It doesn't? Wow, you're right. I think that the new version of the slang library fixed this. Joost, are you running slang0.99.34? -- #!/usr/bin/perl -i=-/*/~%*~%/~~%/~~~-/*/_/=~~~-/~~!

Re: slang and xterm

1997-01-19 Thread joost witteveen
But for some reason, slrn now doesn't come up with that message any more (maybe new version of slrn). It doesn't? Wow, you're right. I think that the new version of the slang library fixed this. Sorry, I said new version of slrn, but I meant new versoin of slang. Anyway, I didn't

Free space on Linux Drive

1997-01-19 Thread John
I think this a simple enough question, but even my Unix teacher can't answer it. I just installed Debian on my 586 Windoze machine, with a 200mb partition. The first time I installed it on 100 megs but I ran out of room. My question is how can I check how much space is left on my Linux

Re: Free space on Linux Drive

1997-01-19 Thread Brian C. White
I think this a simple enough question, but even my Unix teacher can't answer it. I just installed Debian on my 586 Windoze machine, with a 200mb partition. The first time I installed it on 100 megs but I ran out of room. My question is how can I check how much space is left on my Linux

Re: slang and xterm

1997-01-19 Thread Alain Nadeau
Wow, you're right. I think that the new version of the slang library fixed this. Sorry, I said new version of slrn, but I meant new versoin of slang. Anyway, I didn't want to bother checking. Joost, are you running slang0.99.34? Yes.  Thanks to both Joost and Joey! I've unset my

Experiencing lockups

1997-01-19 Thread Robert Nicholson
When running X , every time I go out to the kitchen and getting something to eat and come back the machines is locked up. The mouse pointer's no where to be seen. and it takes _several_ reports _even_ after a powerdown to get keyboard to work again at the login prompt. Very confusing. I was

Re: Best Debian CD?

1997-01-19 Thread Carl Greco
According to Ami Ganguli: Actually, if you've already got DOS running on your pc, it should be possible to put in the CD and run a setup.exe without ever making a boot floppy. MS-DOS may not be installed on every system running Linux. I just recently installed an e-mail

Re: Free space on Linux Drive

1997-01-19 Thread Shaya Potter
df will tell you how much space their is on each partition du will tell you how much space each directory is taking up. Shaya On Sun, 19 Jan 1997, John wrote: I think this a simple enough question, but even my Unix teacher can't answer it. I just installed Debian on my 586 Windoze

Re: Free space on Linux Drive

1997-01-19 Thread Ted Harding
( Re Message From: John ) I think this a simple enough question, but even my Unix teacher can't answer it. I just installed Debian on my 586 Windoze machine, with a 200mb partition. The first time I installed it on 100 megs but I ran out of room. My question is how can I check how much

X windows

1997-01-19 Thread Rob MacWilliams
I am running X using xdm. Is there a more elegent way to go to the full screen consoles than kill xdm. When I try to exit fvwm, on the middle button menu, it kills all my windows and restarts X with a new login prompt. Thanks Rob N9NPU Less is more; more or less. -- This message was

Re: Best Debian CD?

1997-01-19 Thread Benedikt Eric Heinen
Actually, if you've already got DOS running on your pc, it should be possible to put in the CD and run a setup.exe without ever making a boot floppy. MS-DOS may not be installed on every system running Linux. I just recently installed an e-mail server with Debian Linux that

Re: X-problem,libs lost

1997-01-19 Thread Philippe Troin
On Sun, 19 Jan 1997 16:26:48 GMT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I try to launch x-apps like xtetris or afterstep, I get the following error-message: cannot load libbg.s0.3, for example. I know that I have these files in /usr/X11R6/lib. How do I fix this? This problem occurs with every

Re: X windows

1997-01-19 Thread Jonas Bofjall
On Sun, 19 Jan 1997, Rob MacWilliams wrote: I am running X using xdm. Is there a more elegent way to go to the full screen consoles than kill xdm. When I try to exit fvwm, on the middle I don't know if I misunderstood your question... how about just switching virtual console (ctrl-alt-f1) ?

runlevels and modules

1997-01-19 Thread Jonas Bofjall
I have two small questions today ;) : a) where can I find information about what the different debian run-levels are used for? 0 is halt, 6 is reboot, 1 is singleuser, but what about the rest? Are there an multiuser with X and one without X? b) when I do an 'lsmod' it says that

Some thoughts for Debian.

1997-01-19 Thread Gith
I've been watching the debates about Cds, dividing up non-free, and etc.. And I had a few thoughts I wanted to throw out at everyone. I think if debian is going to succeed, it's going to have to be reduced to a standard set of core applications that will make up the offical distribution of

Dos is useful for...

1997-01-19 Thread Walter Tautz
booting up first when taking a system to the repair shop. At least this is what I do. They needn't be aware of the linux, but actually the shop I bring it too do sell and install pc unix like sco. -walter -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: runlevels and modules

1997-01-19 Thread Jaldhar H. Vyas
On Sun, 19 Jan 1997, Jonas Bofjall wrote: I have two small questions today ;) : a) where can I find information about what the different debian run-levels are used for? 0 is halt, 6 is reboot, 1 is singleuser, but what about the rest? Are there an multiuser with X and one

Where can I find xterm_color?

1997-01-19 Thread John
I finally got X Windows up and running, and I'm using fvwm95, but when I try and start a new sheel, the message xterm_color appears in my login window. Also, how do I set the LS_OPTIONS so that my directory listings will be in color? Right now I am using an alias, but that's a sloppy way to do

Re: Free space on Linux Drive

1997-01-19 Thread Chad Zimmerman
In linux/unix trype df to see how much space you have, how much is used, and how much is left. Chad Chad D. Zimmerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dabcc-www.nmsu.edu/~chad/ On Sun, 19 Jan 1997, John wrote: I think this a simple enough question, but even my Unix teacher can't answer it. I just