Also works great for me too!
I had no problems setting it up, although I was a bit scared the first
time I ran the program as it talked about what to do if you lose or can't
see any text. I'm using SVGATextMode with the S3 Trio64 video chip set.
Matthew
On Tue, 18 Mar 1997, Marcus Brinkmann
Debian - Leander Berwers [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hi list
After I do a 'more (binary file)' often my command prompt and everything I
type is unreadable. This has probably something to do with ANSI. How can I
correct this 'problem'?
try to avoid messing up your screen (some recipes to
Matthew Tebbens [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I'm not sure if this is normal, but it seems that any file owned by
someone else and in one of my directories can be deleted by me even
if I don't have the proper permissions to do so. I also can rename the
file, but I can't alter the file. This
David B. Teague [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Matthew
You could use chattr to make the file immutable. It is documented as
chattr(1). Also see lsattr(1).
but keep in mind that it's an extension only valid for the ext2
filesystem.
Markus Diesmann wrote:
We would like to run Debian Linux on a PC with
all its disks connected to a
Adaptec AHA 2940U/W PCI Ultra/Wide SCSI-3
controller.
Does anyone have experience with this controller?
Do we have to expect any problems with the driver?
Markus
I have been using
Last I looked, cops was not debianized. There is little reason for
it since it need _lots_ (and simple) twinking to make it work right but with
minimal results. It is not worth it.
For filesystem security, it is worth to redirect your time to cfengine and
tripwire (both are debian
Lars Hallberg writes:
I think smail refuses to rewrite the from: field.
Putting
from_field=From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ($fullname)
in /etc/smail/config works for me.
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[EMAIL PROTECTED]Do with it what you will.
Dancing
i still can't mount remote file systems, but i think that is because the
fle system isn't being exported to me and it will be a while before he
(the sysadmin) can make that change
Depending on the type of use of the file system (e.g. for software),
maybe it is already exported (readonly)
On 17:14:44 Paul Wade wrote:
After I do a 'more (binary file)' often my command prompt and everything I
type is unreadable. This has probably something to do with ANSI. How can I
correct this 'problem'?
sometimes the clear command solves it
sometimes I logout and login again
Paul Wade,
Hello!
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Lars Hallberg writes:
I think smail refuses to rewrite the from: field.
Putting
from_field=From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ($fullname)
in /etc/smail/config works for me.
I have the same line in my /etc/smail/config, but I feel *VERY* sick about
it,
On Mon, 17 Mar 1997, d. nathan hood wrote:
i am having some problems mounting a remote file system on my computer.
i have PPP up and running and am having no problems with it, but when
i try and mount a remote file system i get an unknown file system error
the command i am using is
mount
Hi all,
I'm using xdm, which starts on boot, on my Debian system. If I login as rob
and then su, I can't
get any X apps to work. They all fail with the following error:
Xlib: connection to :0.0 refused by server
Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server
Initialization error: X
I'm using xdm, which starts on boot, on my Debian system. If I login as rob
and then su, I can't
get any X apps to work. They all fail with the following error:
Xlib: connection to :0.0 refused by server
Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server
What I do is:
(1) in my
On Tue, 18 Mar 1997 14:03:26 CST d. nathan hood ([EMAIL PROTECTED]
u) wrote:
now for the question...
i am using xdm to launch an x-server as soon as i boot the machine, this
x-server starts in 8 bit color, and i don't seem to be able to get it to
switch to 16 bit color no matter how hard i
On Tue, 18 Mar 1997 12:24:51 PST Garrett Jost ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
I am now using the unstable Debian release with a custom-built 1.0.27 kernel.
A week or two ago, I somehow lost the module utilities (modprobe, insmod,
etc.) while I was doing a dselect ftp update from unstable. It
On Tue, 18 Mar 1997 18:00:27 EST Rob MacWilliams ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
I'm using xdm, which starts on boot, on my Debian system. If I login as rob
and then su, I can't
get any X apps to work. They all fail with the following error:
Xlib: connection to :0.0 refused by server
On Tue, 18 Mar 1997, Dale Scheetz wrote:
Any suggestions?
[...]
You then need to obtain the non-debian source for dpkg. Once you have this
compiled and running, you need to carefuly install the base system,
using dpkg -i. Start with ld.so and libc5 and the rest should go smoothly.
The
FYI, your mailer is broken.
The headers mention calyx.net as a return address, but there's no
calyx.net domain around...
Well, actually, there's a Calyx.net domain in WHOIS, suspended
yesterday.
Say thank you to Internic, NSF and NSI !
I'm posting on debian user, in case this message doesn't
Hi all,
When I try to compile a program with -l*(anything from /usr/X11R6/lib), I get
no such a file or directory error. I have /usr/X11R6/lib in my /etc/ld.so.conf,
and I have ran ldconfig -v. I'm out of ideas as to what I need to do in order to
make this error message go away. So far, I have
On This Day, In The Year of Our Lord 18 Mar 97, 13:23
I wonder if it is possible to upgrade from slackware to debian, and
keep most of my system. Is there an easy way to do this, or should I
just fdisk the thing and start all over?
I wouldn't mind finding out myself. I am very new to Linux
On This Day, In Th
There is a program that probes a machine quite extensively for security
holes (from what I hear from trusted sources). It is called SATAN
(security analysis tool for auditing networks) Here is a few url's to get
you going...
http://www.interaus.net/1995/6/satan.html
I have a problem that I havent been able to fix.
Since I upgraded everything from 1.2 to 1.2.7 I havent been able to telnet
into my machine. I have tried everything from deleting host.allow and
hosts.deny and then touching them to installing the new netstd and nothing
seems to help. I cant
hi
does anyone know how to configure x-windows 2 display 16 bit color? i
have a diamond stealth 2400XL and i'm running the S3V Server, but it only
loads X w/ a depth of 8. thanks
dOn
hi
i have an IBM P70 Monitor and i was wondering if anyone knew where i can
get the proper sync timings for X-Windows. I'd like 2 set it up w/
1024x768. thanks
dOn
Hi,
You do not give the kernel version number, so I can't tell
whether or not you are running into the problem with sed and kernel
config scripts ...
I'm including an excerpt from /usr/doc/kernel-package/Problems.gz
manoj
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], writes:
We would like to run Debian Linux on a PC with
all its disks connected to a
Adaptec AHA 2940U/W PCI Ultra/Wide SCSI-3
controller.
Does anyone have experience with this controller?
Do we have to expect any problems with the driver?
Hi,
Richard == Richard Morin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Richard Hi folks, I've finally gotten around to focusing on my kernel
Richard sound problems, and I just need some info about just how I go
Richard about applying the patch that is mentioned in
Richard /usr/doc/kernel-package/Problems.gz Just
On Wed, 19 Mar 1997, ( Don ) wrote:
hi
does anyone know how to configure x-windows 2 display 16 bit color? i
have a diamond stealth 2400XL and i'm running the S3V Server, but it only
loads X w/ a depth of 8. thanks
dOn
have you tried?
startx -- -bpp 16
Richard Morin
[EMAIL
Hi
On a Toshiba Satellite 110CS I would like to be able to use the pointing deviec
situated on the keyboard instead of an external mouse attached to the serial
port, which I want that to use for a modem. The info I'm after is the device
and protocol to enter in XF86Setup. I guess I have to
If someone else owns the directory that the file is in, then they
basically own the file allocation table and can rename the file to
anything they want, or remove the filename alltogether. It's basically
like they own the filecabinet, and the other person's file is in the
cabinet. Even though
On Mar 19, Marcus Brinkmann wrote
: Hello!
:
: I have the same line in my /etc/smail/config, but I feel *VERY* sick about
: it, because *EVERY* mail gets this From: field. No! The From: field must be
: user dependent, or there is something wrong. But after spending too much
: time about too much
On Wed, 19 Mar 1997, ( Don ) wrote:
hi
does anyone know how to configure x-windows 2 display 16 bit color? i
have a diamond stealth 2400XL and i'm running the S3V Server, but it only
loads X w/ a depth of 8. thanks
dOn
have you tried?
startx -- -bpp 16
Richard
I have uploaded the corrected package xvmount_3.6-2
to master. It should appear in unstable as soon as
it is moved automatically out of Incoming.
Users of the previous package xvmount_3.6-1 should
upgrade as soon as possible since the old version
contains a security hole which allows normal users
I am new at installing Linux. I have problems on how to
proceed when trying to create the booting floppies from
the CD set, where my Debian distribution of Linux is. I
have look for installation instructions: not a single line
of usefull info. Please, don't ask me to access the
Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
Where I can found the package libpam0 for the samba 1.9.16p11-2?
Thanks
--
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[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.imola.queen.it/user/arcangeli/
Debian GNU
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I have two critical machines using this card. For me everything works
fine. However, I'd buy a Buslogic 958 if possible. People report that
the 2940* extreme sensitivity to cables is somewhat substandard. Also,
the buslogic driver seems more stable and faster. Adaptec doesn't give
any hint on
Hi,
I have tried to install a news reader but it seems to require that I install
a nntp package. Is that so? Is there any way to get a news reader that will
connect to a remote server instead of requiring that I run a server locally?
Thanks,
Luis.
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Philippe Troin very kindly remarked
Permissions for removal/addition of files in a directory are controlled by
the directory permissions, not the file permissions. Makes sense when
said like this. Except_ for directories with the sticky bit set where
only the owner of a file can remove it
Anyone know if someone maintains or is working on a new TokenRing module ?
IBM has a new TokenRing card out that I could send to someone if they want
to update or create a debian tokenring module for it.
Matthew
Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
Where I can found the package libpam0 for the samba 1.9.16p11-2?
They are in Incoming on master.
You need the following files:
samba_1.9.16p11-3_i386.deb
libpam0_0.56-2_i386.deb
libpam-util_0.56-2_i386.deb
libpwdb0_0.54preD-1_i386.deb
You might be able to get
Over the last couple of days, I have been noticing that I have been
getting Out of Memory errors that I never got before.
I just looked at my free output and it showed 18M of swap used, after
running swapoff /dev/hda3 and then swapon /dev/hda3, it showed 10M
used. I also have a second
dpk writes:
There is a program that probes a machine quite extensively for security
holes (from what I hear from trusted sources). It is called SATAN
(security analysis tool for auditing networks) Here is a few url's to get
you going...
http://www.interaus.net/1995/6/satan.html
On Wed, 19 Mar 1997, Karsten Bolding wrote:
On a Toshiba Satellite 110CS I would like to be able to use the
pointing deviec situated on the keyboard instead of an external
mouse attached to the serial port, which I want that to use for
a modem. The info I'm after is the device and protocol
Thanks to all of you who helped me on that problem.
Now everythings works fine except pari but I think that now I'll be able to
cope with it.
I have to apologize because as one of you pointed out to me there was a FAQ
answering to the most part of my problem.
Laurent.
Hi,
after reading about mutt I decided to try again (first time it would give some
sort of error). Anyway, I like it very much but sort of miss the menus in elm.
Is there any way of activating the menu display (as was possible under elm).
I have looked through the documentation but couldn't find a
On Mar 19, Nathan O. Siemers wrote
There's no big syntax error that I can see (with my uneducated eyes)
in that area of available,
The section before it most likely has an entry with a ':' in the version
numbering. This is a use of the new epoch feature in dpkg (to deal with
packages whose
Hi . . .
Hi. (this post belongs in debian-user, so I'll reply to it there)
I'm potential Debian GNU/Linux user and I have some questions no covered
by this FAQ.
I would like to get some information about where I could find the XWIndows
files for the newest
version of the
Where I can found the package libpam0 for the samba 1.9.16p11-2?
Thanks
--
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[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.imola.queen.it/user/arcangeli/
Debian GNU
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Oliver Elphick (olly@lfix.co.uk) wrote on 18 March 1997 23:13:
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], writes:
We would like to run Debian Linux on a PC with
all its disks connected to a
Adaptec AHA 2940U/W PCI Ultra/Wide SCSI-3
controller.
Does anyone have experience with
On Mar 19, Alexander Koch wrote
So you may see what Mutt is like. But you should be careful. I'd say:
stick with the Debian- MUTT- Package and you're fine. It's not as news as
the real MUTT but it _works_ (believe me, it's a bit tricky to make it
It is. Due to unclarity wrt ITAR for packages
I reported that in recent beta gnuplots, a core dump occured in
response to set locale
After installing the debian package locale-bin, the problem has
apparently been solved.
Yeah, someone reported that problem I think before I released
my pre-319 version, so I patched that problem.
On Wed, Mar 19, 1997 at 12:19:40PM +, Luis Francisco Gonzalez wrote:
Hi,
I have tried to install a news reader but it seems to require that I install
a nntp package. Is that so? Is there any way to get a news reader that will
connect to a remote server instead of requiring that I run a
Do you have any experience running SATAN ?? I as well as others in my
department are interested in running it, however I am wondering how
affective of a tool it is because others here have previously used a very
early version which was bug-gy.
Dennis
On Wed, 19 Mar 1997, Karl Sackett
Thanks to all who responded to my query on applixware. The gist of the responses
is that applixware can be installed and works. So I'll give it a try.
I need an office suite and would like to stay within Linux.
Regards, Richard
I will be there, and I'm giving two talks. I don't know if any
Debian CD sellers will be there.
Bruce
--
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Finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP public key.
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On Tue, 18 Mar 1997, I wrote:
Does anybody think that it is a problem of the unstable tree. But if this
would be the case anybody would have reported such serious errors before.
I tried to verify the problem today by installing stable. --- It was
the same ... :-(((.
Please help. I tried very
On 19 Mar, Alain Nadeau wrote:
On Wed, 19 Mar 1997, ( Don ) wrote:
does anyone know how to configure x-windows 2 display 16 bit color? i
have a diamond stealth 2400XL and i'm running the S3V Server, but it only
loads X w/ a depth of 8. thanks
have you tried?
startx -- -bpp 16
( Don ) wrote:
hi
i have an IBM P70 Monitor and i was wondering if anyone knew where i can
get the proper sync timings for X-Windows. I'd like 2 set it up w/
1024x768. thanks
dOn
^^^
Could we please dispense with the net.kool.dood
On Mar 19, Luis Francisco Gonzalez wrote
after reading about mutt I decided to try again (first time it would give
some sort of error). Anyway, I like it very much but sort of miss the
menus in elm. Is there any way of activating the menu display (as was
possible under elm). I have looked
When I boot up, the kernel tells me that it cannot find
/System.map. I have it as a symlink to /boot/System.map_2.0.27
and I checked that root has read permission to both.
What is wrong? I tried specifying /System.map in the line in
init.d/syslogd that starts /sbin/klogd, but cannot find the
Debians,
I am interested in writing a Linux interface for the PS6500 Personal
Data Organizer from Texas Instruments. Before contacting TI, I would
appreciate any experience or suggestions regarding approaching manufacturers
for protocols.
Is there an TI employee on this list who
Hi all,
When I try to compile a program with -l*(anything from /usr/X11R6/lib), I get
no such a file or directory error.
Usually, the options are:
gcc -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lX11 -lXaw -l.
I have /usr/X11R6/lib in my /etc/ld.so.conf,
Those are for run-time linking, not for compile
After a trouble-free complete 1.2 install on a new laptop, I began the
process of upgrading my 1.1 box. dpkg and dselect have broken after
the list of available packages is updated:
log
Uncompressing
/u/dna/usr1/people/nathan/src/debian/stable/binary-i386/Packages.gz
... done.
Replacing
Marisol Garcia Valls wrote:
I am new at installing Linux. I have problems on how to
proceed when trying to create the booting floppies from
the CD set, where my Debian distribution of Linux is. I
have look for installation instructions: not a single line
of usefull info. Please,
On Mon, 17 Mar 1997, David Puryear wrote:
Hi all,
When I try to compile a program with -l*(anything from /usr/X11R6/lib), I get
no such a file or directory error. I have /usr/X11R6/lib in my
/etc/ld.so.conf,
and I have ran ldconfig -v. I'm out of ideas as to what I need to do in order
Over the last couple of days, I have been noticing that I have been
getting Out of Memory errors that I never got before.
I just looked at my free output and it showed 18M of swap used, after
running swapoff /dev/hda3 and then swapon /dev/hda3, it showed 10M
used. I also have a second
On Mar 19, 8:38, Karsten Bolding wrote:
On a Toshiba Satellite 110CS I would like to be able to use the
pointing deviec situated on the keyboard instead of an external
mouse attached to the serial port, which I want that to use for a
modem. The info I'm after is the device and protocol to
Greetings.
If you get stuck, you could always try out a commercial program called
Partition Magic that is supposed to fix up stuff like this -
I have a copy of Partition Magic III for Win '95 that I've used to success in
getting my copy of Linux on the road.
When I found myself with 450
This is a really stupid question, so feel free to flame away. ;-)
I got hold of the PPP-How-To and examined it's contents with interest, it's
all quite digestable, apart from the fact that it tells you what to do but not
much about why you're doing it. I'll work that all out with other FAQ's,
when i try to compile the following program
program andx
integer a,b
data a/11/ b/10/
print *, and(a,b)
stop
end
using g77 version 0.5.20-1 i get:
No AND implementation.
f/com.c:4884: failed assertion `unimplemented intrinsic == NULL'
gcc: Internal
This is a really stupid question, so feel free to flame away. ;-)
There are no stupid questions - just stupid answers - like this one. :-)
I got hold of the PPP-How-To and examined it's contents with interest, it's
all quite digestable, apart from the fact that it tells you what to do but
Robin Beckett wrote:
I got hold of the PPP-How-To and examined it's contents with interest,
I read it several months ago, but when I switched to Debian ppp got a
lot easier. I quickly edited the supplied chatscript and typed pon. It
was a lot easier than 2 other distributions I tried.
It
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