On Wed, 2 Jul 1997 15:19:10 -0400 (EDT), Dale Scheetz wrote:
Ah. But someone somewhere is offering them for $5 right? I know I didn't
imagine that. Still even at $50 Debian is a bargain. I've cut a few
official CD sets to give to various people I work with and the response
has been quite
On Sun, 29 Jun 1997, Chuma Agbodike wrote:
Actually, Debian requires zero disks for installation. It can be
installed directly from a bootable cd-rom (if you have a machine
capable of booting from CD).
What makes a machine bootable from CD-ROM drive ? Or is there
something I can do to
On Tue, 1 Jul 1997, Linux dist. research wrote:
I saw a reference to a possible future replacement for dselect. Does
anyone know about this?
The project is calle diety. It is intended to fix the percieved problems
and inconviences the plauge dselect. Personnaly I like dselect, and I
hope
Is there anyone out there that I could call concerning my problem
installing debian 1.3.
I have only had one responce on my posted questions... and am no
farther ahead than I was a week ago.
Whats my problem??? Well ok, let's see, the installation of the base
system
works correctly. I can
On Wed, 2 Jul 1997, Franck LE GALL - STAGIAIRE A FT.BD/CNET/DTD/PIH wrote:
Hello,
I m a new user of linux and I have a question
I bought an Epson Stylus 600 and I have now idea how to print with it
I would like to print both ascii and postscript files.
What you need is Ghostscript, a
hello,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is there anyone out there that I could call concerning my problem
installing debian 1.3.
i'm in europe, and you probably don't want to make an international
call. neither would i be of much assistance here.
slakware is looking real nice right about
Besides Netscape, does anyone know of a program for X, possibly similar
to Windoze Eudora, that can be used as a POP3 client? The reason I ask
is this: Though I can get mail using popclient and read it, my ISP
requires that my domain resolve to send mail. Since they've got us all
on dynamic PPP,
On Wed, 2 Jul 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I try to install the file libc5_5.4.33-3.deb using dpkg and I get a
message that says version 4.23-6 is already installed.
I am sorry as I really don't know how to solve your problem but the one
strange thing I have noticed is that the package you
Stephen Zander hat gesagt: // Stephen Zander wrote: ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
Has anyone got any suggestions for an X-capable threaded
mail reader that I can use with mailagent or deliver.
Currently I'm using xmh and it's just not cutting the
200+ emails I see a day. I like the MH features, I
I just wish I could get X working at all. I upgraded
to 3.3-3, and the log-in screen comes up on vty7,
but when I log in olvwm crashes and core dumps.
Oh well I'll keep reading commentaries and trying
things. No, I didn't use XF86Seetup, I used dselect.
I intend to try XF86Setup next time
Niklas Hoglund wrote:
Hi!
Anyone know if there is anyway to get linux to support the Joliet cdfs
(insted of iso9660)???
You can get patches for specific kernels from
http://bmrc.berkeley.edu/people/chaffee/joliet.html
It worked fine for me on 2.0.29. I've since upgraded the kernel but
Now that I've decided pine was quite sufficient for me, does anyone know
how to convert my inbox back? I couldn't see how from the man pages or the
FAQ - and just concatenating the files in ~/Mail didn't work.
Investigate the MH (or nmh) command packf.
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Currently I'm using xmh and it's just not cutting the
200+ emails I see a day. I like the MH features, I
just need multiple inboxes, which it doesn't do :(
EXMH is much better. The latest unstable version is 2.0delta. I don't know
if it's in /debian/project/experimental yet. I would
I want to install debian on a laptop. The Debian installation guide has a
section called Configure Device Drivers. In it it says:
There is a menu selection for PCMCIA device drivers, but you need not use
it. Once your system is installed, you can install the pcmcia-cs package.
But I want to
Colin R. Telmer wrote:
Sorry to continue a long thread, but you have now peaked my curiousity -
why is the point of rxvt to avoid xrdb? Is that part of the reason it uses
less memory? Curiousity killed the cat... Cheers.
My understanding, which was supported by the man-page quote
elsewhere in
On Wed, 2 Jul 1997, Mario Olimpio de Menezes wrote:
I've a Debian box configured (at least I think) as a server for 2
subnets (it has 3 ether cards). The subnets are assigned reserved
number (I've IP-masquerading working). Also, my DOS/Win3.x machines
can access the Novell server
Has anyone got any suggestions for an X-capable threaded
mail reader that I can use with mailagent or deliver.
Currently I'm using xmh and it's just not cutting the
200+ emails I see a day. I like the MH features, I
just need multiple inboxes, which it doesn't do :(
Stephen
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I have recompiled 2.0.29 Kernel to enable IP forwarding and firewalling.
When I try to configure ipfwadd it tells me:
ipfwadm: setsockopt failed: Protocol not available.
Does somebody have a solution for this problem.
I'm not sure. You can check to see if they are compiled into the
kernel
On Wed, 02 Jul 1997 16:44:00 EDT Lalovic, Drazen
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
I have recompiled 2.0.29 Kernel to enable IP forwarding and firewalling.
When I try to configure ipfwadd it tells me:
ipfwadm: setsockopt failed: Protocol not available.
Does somebody have a solution for this
[stuff about complete install failure with dselect/dpkg]
What version of the bootdisks do you have ?
You shouldn't need to upgrade libc5 after a fresh instal... You probably have
something very wrong.
I'd suggest getting a new set of bootdisks and restarting from scratch.
Phil.
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Hi,
A client had a terrible disk problem on their /usr partition resulting
in a number of hosed files (e.g., /usr/include/ctype.h was now a
HOWTO.)
Is there a way to tell the system to check all files belonging to all
packages and tell me which are damaged? If it could then reinstall
Phil is on the right track. libc5... is a base package and gets
installed during the base system. the other thing you could try is to
dpkg --help and take a look at the force and remove options. try not to
install base packages as much as possible.
When installing debian you should look at
Tim wrote:
I can't
send mail using their server, or any other site that requires the
computer connecting to the SMTP server to resolve.
Why not send mail yourself?
Simply configure sendmail to masquerade as your ISP. Then, your
Clint Adams wrote:
Now that I've decided pine was quite sufficient for me, does anyone know
how to convert my inbox back? I couldn't see how from the man pages or the
FAQ - and just concatenating the files in ~/Mail didn't work.
Investigate the MH (or nmh) command packf.
In psckf's
Clint Adams wrote:
Currently I'm using xmh and it's just not cutting the
200+ emails I see a day. I like the MH features, I
just need multiple inboxes, which it doesn't do :(
EXMH is much better. The latest unstable version is 2.0delta. I don't know
if it's in
Mark Phillips wrote:
I want to install debian on a laptop. The Debian installation guide
has a
section called Configure Device Drivers. In it it says:
There is a menu selection for PCMCIA device drivers, but you need not
use
it. Once your system is installed, you can install the
Packf doesn't handle the old UUCP-style mbox format
(used by SendMail). To pack messages into this format,
use the script /usr/lib/mh/packmbox.
IIRC, the nmh version does mbox by default instead of mmdf.
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I'm having problems getting Solaris 2.5.1 to use the Debian NFS
server. Read only file systems work fine. On read-write file
we'll go the other way round in the near future ;-)
but Solaris uses a new nfs Version (3) instead of 2. Perhaps you can
Rick Hawkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
* A Debian server, with a large hard disk, with a fairly full install of
Debian.
* Multiple Debian client machines, with small hard disks (often 100 meg or
less). I'd like to mount, at minimum, /usr from the Debian server.
/usr should
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
Mark Phillips [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
A friend of mine wants to install Debian on his laptop. He recently
ordered the CDs and tried to install it using a CD drive attached to
his parallel port. He tells me that unfortunately linux didn't
On 2 Jul 1997, Christian Leutloff wrote:
that wont help because *linux* don't support the parallel port scsi
CD-ROM 8-(
That's my problem too. It's possible to start linux form dos from the
CD, but afterwards you can't access the CD-ROM. The SCSI-HOWWO
mentioned that there will never be
Joey -
Seems like you may've got your answer already, but I'd like to toss this
in: at some point, I don't now remember when, my rxvt stopped paying
attention to X resources written as RXvt*, but would recognize them
written as rxvt*, all lowercase. I'm pretty sure it was a Debian rxvt
before
Hi everybody,
I am using Debian since two months. Last week I decided to make use of my
Soundblaster and I downloaded and compiled Kernel 2.1.43. Everything went
fine until I tried it out.
Some thing are working and some are not. I can use Xcdplayer or Xmixer. But
I can't use /dev/audio and
Luka Pravica wrote:
Hi everybody,
I am using Debian since two months. Last week I decided to make use of
my
Soundblaster and I downloaded and compiled Kernel 2.1.43. Everything
went
fine until I tried it out.
Some thing are working and some are not. I can use Xcdplayer or
Xmixer. But
Hi everybody,
I am using Debian since two months. Last week I decided to make use of my
Soundblaster and I downloaded and compiled Kernel 2.1.43. Everything went
fine until I tried it out.
Some thing are working and some are not. I can use Xcdplayer or Xmixer. But
I can't use /dev/audio
CS == Craig Sanders [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
CS if your motherboard's bios supports booting from CD then you can
CS boot from a cd drive. if not, then you can't.
And, AFAIK, the CDROM has to be on the primary IDE controller.
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olly@lfix.co.uk (Oliver Elphick) writes:
I see that a new isdnutils package has been released; I would like to use
ISDN, but I don't want to spend the money on buying equipment and getting
a line installed until I know whether the Linux utilities will work with the
UK system. I know that
How can users specify their own window managers? I.E., User A wants to
run fvwm User B wants to run afterstep. I'm using xdm.
thanks,
joe
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Hi Tom,
first of all I didn't see your reply on the list. To get as many people
involved in helping with your problem it is really a good thing to
discuss on the list - otherwise people simply don't hear you.
By now, I'm getting the feeling that something with your set is horribly
broken - your
In their .xinitrc
On Thu, 3 Jul 1997, Joe Lillibridge wrote:
How can users specify their own window managers? I.E., User A wants to
run fvwm User B wants to run afterstep. I'm using xdm.
thanks,
joe
George Bonser
http://corsica.shorelink.com -- x hosting for $XX.XX /
Hi again,
thinking a bit more of it, it might be a good idea to make an ldconfig
(as root) to see what's the matter with your libraries. Maybe it even
solves your problems.
By the way, how much experience do you have with Linux in general? I
hope this question doesn't sound rude, it's just goot
I just set up and configured xdm (thanks to those who responded
with advice on shadow passwords, etc.), and by default, xdm
sources the $HOME/.xsession files, not $HOME/.xinitrc files.
Actually, by default, my initial setup didn't source any user
files. See the /etc/X11/Xsession file (read
Victor Torrico [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Joey Hess wrote:
Victor Torrico:
The newest kde window manager 0.10.01-1 locks up whenever any of the
functions in the right-mouse-button pop-up are selected. Must do a
Ctrl-Alt-Backspace to login again to cure situation. Any help
Hi,
I noticed that neither my fdisk nor cfdisk display my 8th
partition on a 6.5G Quantum BF Cyclone disk while the kernel
has no trouble with it. I created the partition with cfdisk
btw.
Are there any know patches/ updates/ other partitioners
which work with these big disks?
Thanks for any
Hello! :)
On Wed, 2 Jul 1997, Britton wrote:
On Wed, 2 Jul 1997, Franck LE GALL - STAGIAIRE A FT.BD/CNET/DTD/PIH wrote:
Hello,
I m a new user of linux and I have a question
I bought an Epson Stylus 600 and I have now idea how to print with it
I would like to print both ascii and
I am trying to install Debian on a friend's laptop. I have the base
system installed and I tried to install pcmcia-modules_2.0.29 but
it failed, complaining:
pcmcia-modules_2.0.29 depends on pcmcia-cs (=2.9.5-2)
however: version of pcmcia-cs on system is 2.9.5-3
The version of the Kernel
This is really a follow up of the email I just sent. I am trying to
install debian for a friend on his laptop. I have installed the base
system as well as pcmcia-cs. I have configured IP addresses etc, rebooted
but I still have no access to the network.
The problem could be that I can't
Hello!
Probably you all know about this already, but anyway:
Netscape 4.01b6 is out! It is in:
ftp://ftp.netscape.com/pub/communicator/4.01/4.01b6/english/unix/other
I am downloading it right now! Wow, over 9MB? It looks big. I sure hope
it works great! Crossing my finger! (Still an hour
Hi,
I would like to know if someone tried to install the Bernard Gaulle
'french' package with TeteX. Is it possible ? How to do it ?
Thanks
F. LE Gall
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On Wed, 2 Jul 1997, Bruce Perens wrote:
cd /dev
ln -s lp0 printer
I think that MAKEDEV complaint is an internal-array-full in MAKEDEV problem,
not a full disk. I don't know why that happens in this case. Do look in
/dev for large files with the names of devices - sometimes
Hello,
I am looking for XFree 3.3 (I have got a matrox mystique video card)
as a debian package ? Does it exist ? Where ?
Thanks
Franck
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On Thu, 3 Jul 1997, Mark Phillips wrote:
On 2 Jul 1997, Christian Leutloff wrote:
that wont help because *linux* don't support the parallel port scsi
CD-ROM 8-(
But it didn't put them in the category of SCSI hosts that will NEVER
work. Doesn't this suggest
It's in unstable, and should be in stable for version 1.3.1
Shaya
On Thu, 3 Jul 1997, Franck LE GALL - STAGIAIRE A FT.BD/CNET/DTD/PIH wrote:
Hello,
I am looking for XFree 3.3 (I have got a matrox mystique video card)
as a debian package ? Does it exist ? Where ?
On Wed, 2 Jul 1997, Peter S Galbraith wrote:
Clint Adams wrote:
[]
Investigate the MH (or nmh) command packf.
In psckf's man page:
BUGS
Packf doesn't handle the old UUCP-style mbox format
(used by SendMail). To pack messages into this format,
use the
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED]
you write:
The problem could be that I can't install pcmcia-modules properly (as
outlined in my previous email) but I'm not sure if this is the problem or
the only problem.
Just wanted to say that you are not alone. :-)
I installed 2.0.30 kernel-image and
Mark == Mark Phillips [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Paralell port CDROM player questions
Check out the Linux parallel port page :
http://www.torque.net/linux-pp.html
(It depends on your CDROM)
Adrian
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I'm sorry to have missed the front of this thread.
First, the version in stable is correct. The fact that an older version is
in unstable is a minor problem with the archive management.
Second, this version was tested on a fresh install by myself and at
least one other tester, with no problems,
Sorry to take so long to reply. The recent point release has been taking
all my time.
I suspect that your problems are with the ftp method (this was not tested
as extensivly as it should have been)
You indicated that you have tried this 7 times. Was it from scratch each
time? That is, did you
On Wed, 2 Jul 1997, Philippe Troin wrote:
[stuff about complete install failure with dselect/dpkg]
What version of the bootdisks do you have ?
You shouldn't need to upgrade libc5 after a fresh instal... You probably have
something very wrong.
I'd suggest getting a new set of bootdisks
Greetings! My 1.3 upgrade also wiped out my
/etc/X11/fvwm95/system.fvwm2rc95 file. A simple link:
system.fvwm2rc95 - system.fvwm2rc95.orig-dist
though, fixed the problem. Is this a bug?
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Hello,
I have a Iomega 250 floppy tape drive. I compiled ftape into
the Kernel (2.0.30). But what to do to get a device
/dev/ftape ???
According to the CDROM-HOWTO I have to create this entry via mknod.
But what are the correct parameters. I didn't find any information
neither in the
Greetings! My 1.3 upgrade also wiped out my
/etc/X11/fvwm95/system.fvwm2rc95 file. A simple link:
system.fvwm2rc95 - system.fvwm2rc95.orig-dist
though, fixed the problem. Is this a bug?
If two people saw the same thing, then it must be a bug.
It is, however a bug that hasn't been
Bruce,
When I run ldconfig here is what it says
ldconfig: warning: can't open /usr/lib/libc.so (No such file or
directory), skipping
ldconfig: warning: can't open /usr/lib/libm.so (No such file or
directory), skipping
When I look for these files they point to:
libc.so -
On Thu, 3 Jul 1997, Joergen Haegg wrote:
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED]
you write:
The problem could be that I can't install pcmcia-modules properly (as
outlined in my previous email) but I'm not sure if this is the problem or
the only problem.
Just wanted to say that you are not
Ufff, problem solved !!!
Thanks to Allan Black I now understand the whole thing a bit better
(hopefully).
Restarting lpd didn't help; but rebooting the machine re-created my lost
socket :)
The only problem I still have to deal with is to cool down those users
who got logged out without
There used to be a package, netscape-beta, that could be used to install
communicator, it's gone now. Is there a reason it disappeared.
Thanks,
Shaya
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LEHi again,
LEthinking a bit more of it, it might be a good idea to make an ldconfig
LE(as root) to see what's the matter with your libraries. Maybe it even
LEsolves your problems.
LEBy the way, how much experience do you have with Linux in general? I
LEhope this question doesn't sound rude,
On Thu, 3 Jul 1997, David Kohel wrote:
I just set up and configured xdm (thanks to those who responded
with advice on shadow passwords, etc.), and by default, xdm
sources the $HOME/.xsession files, not $HOME/.xinitrc files.
If you use xdm, .xsession is the individual user configuration.
LEBy now, I'm getting the feeling that something with your set is horribly
LEbroken - your hardware or the software/installation.
LEI think, however, we can focus on the gcc + cpp + libraries region for
LEnow, because I get the impression that dselect's install only fails
LEbecause of reasons
Okay, I got my error again.
Note: This occurs with rxvt v2.21 (latest vsn) and rxvt 2.20
(from XFree-3.3). This is therefore not a Debian-specific problem.
/usr/X11R6/bin/rxvt
rxvt: can't open pseudo-tty
rxvt: aborting
strace rxvt
[much stuff deleted]
geteuid()
On Wed, 2 Jul 1997, Will Lowe wrote:
Should it not require xbase, or something like that?
That DOES seem silly.
No, why? They _DO_ require xbase to work, don't they?
Also, should we not have a RECOMMENDATION that the user installs the
16-color X server whenever installing X (otherwise
On Thu, 3 Jul 1997, Allan Black wrote:
Correct. /dev/printer is created by lpd, when it starts up.
The only way to create it is to restart lpd. Try:
kill lpd
remove /dev/printer
start lpd
lpd should then create /dev/printer.
Hi Allan,
first of all many thanks for your excellent
Is Debian a Linux distribution, just like Slackware and Radhat?
Alex Fan
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DWI suspect that your problems are with the ftp method (this was not tested
DWas extensivly as it should have been)
DWYou indicated that you have tried this 7 times. Was it from scratch each
DWtime? That is, did you start over and do a fresh install each time?
Yes each time was a start over...
On Thu, 3 Jul 1997, Alex Fan wrote:
Is Debian a Linux distribution, just like Slackware and Radhat?
Well, yes, it's a distribution. We'd like to think that it's somewhat
nicer than Slackware and Redhat, tho :) ...
Will
At 10:29 PM 7/3/97 +0900, you wrote:
Is Debian a Linux distribution, just like Slackware and Radhat?
It's a distribution, yes. It's different than Slackware and Redhat of
course, but it is a distribution.
The basic difference IMO, is that Debian has a better package
installation/maintainance
On Thu, 3 Jul 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
ldconfig: warning: can't open /usr/lib/libc.so (No such file or
ldconfig: warning: can't open /usr/lib/libm.so (No such file or
When I look for these files they point to:
libc.so - /lib/libc.so.5.4.33 This file don't exist but there is a
OOPS. See below:
On Thu, 3 Jul 1997, Will Lowe wrote:
libc.so - /lib/libc.so.5.4.33 This file don't exist but there is a
5.4.23
libm.so - /lib/libm.so.5.0.9 This file also does not exist but is a
5.0.8
b) ln -s /lib/libc.so.5.4.33 libc.so
ln -s /lib/libm.so.5.0.9 libm.so
DWSuggestion: Set up the base system. Download the new libc5 package and
DWinstall it with dpkg -i libc5*.deb 21 |tee install.log. This will put
DWall the error messages into the file intall.log. If the installation
DWfails, send me the file.
Does this mean When dselect is ran skip the
On Wed, 2 Jul 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Take a look at /etc/lshell.conf
Oh, that's it, thanks!
Now one question... I have fortunes installed and fortunes-mod. With this
setup if one types fortune it will try to open 74 files! (The fortunes
and the .dat files plus stdio et al) I know this
On Wed, 2 Jul 1997, Bob Nielsen wrote:
Of course you will have to edit /etc/fstab and probably /etc/lilo.conf
plus run lilo before rebooting.
Thanks to those who've replied. One last question: at the moment I've
got three partitions on my drive :
hda1 Win95 (hanging head in shame)
hda5
OK. Remove /dev/printer and start lpd. It'll probably create the socket on
its own. See why it doesn't start from one of the /etc/rc.d files.
Bruce
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Hi Tony,
there we got it! Some of your library links are trashed. (ldconfig
manages all shared libraries on your system and says that it can't find
neither the main C library nor the math library.)
Probably the fix is pretty simple: Login as root, delete the dangling
links /usr/lib/libc.so and
On Thu, 3 Jul 1997, Andree Leidenfrost wrote:
/usr/lib/libc.so -- /lib/libc.so.5.4.33
/usr/lib/libm.so -- /lib/libm.so.5.0.9
You've made the same mistake I did ... .5.4.33 and .5.0.9 are the versions
the links _currently_ point to, which he doesn't have. Just make sure
that you make the
I'm sure FIPS does a good job for a one off re-size of a partition, but
I've never used it, so I wouldn't like to comment.
I've used FIPS some a couple of years ago - I really liked what it can
do. However, the is one caveat - when shrinking a partition with a FAT
file system, remember that
Next question and then I'll hopefully shut up for a day or two about this
topic :-)
Does anyone know where I can get in contact with the people and/or the
product of the Diety project? I checked www.debian.org's web site and
didn't find anything, and am not going to even bother with an altavista
Greetings,
Last night I got the exciting message on my screen:
scsi0: medium error on channel 0, id3, lun 0, CDB: read (6)
Current Error sd08:02 sensekey medium error
additional sense indicates record not found
repeating many times as I tried to boot. A day ago, I got a crc check
sum error
Bjoern-Bernhard Schad:
I get a lockup if I try to move the kfm icon which appears
on the panel or if I move an icon within kfm. I use kdeapps 0.9.02-1.
Should I upgrade?
Yes, do upgrade. This bug is fixed ib kdeapps 0.10.01
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Thanks to the many who helped yesterday. Octave complained that it needed
libg++, even though it wasn't listed dependent on it. I tried to install
libg++27_2.7.2.1-6.deb.
When I did, dpkg found several packages in available that had the
version field empty. I looked at the file and each of those
I am trying to install Debian 1.3 on a SCSI based Compaq Proliant system, and
the built in drivers cant find a hard disk to become the system disk.
Has anyone managed to get Linux to run on the Compaq Proliant ?? Is the
Compaq FAST SCSI adaptor a rebadged something else?
John Lines
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related.
I am curious how folks who use Debian in a production environment deal
with allocating passwords.
Do you use the pwgen package and let users worry about it from there, or
do you let them choose within the confines
I'm just in the process of trying to put a Linux box onto the Fast Ethernet
network here at work. My only choice for a NIC is a 3COM 3C905-TX.
Has anyone successfully configured this card under Debian Linux?
(Note, this is a 905, not a 509.)
Thanks,
Kevin Traas
Systems Analyst
Baan Business
Oops!!! Never mind! I did a little RTFM'ing and found what I needed!
Thanks anyway,
Kevin Traas
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Subject: 3COM 3C905-TX PCI NIC
Date: July 3, 1997 10:42 AM
I'm just in the process of trying to put a Linux
On Thu, 3 Jul 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thanks to the many who helped yesterday. Octave complained that it needed
libg++, even though it wasn't listed dependent on it. I tried to install
libg++27_2.7.2.1-6.deb.
When I did, dpkg found several packages in available that had the
version
The new Netscape Communicator 4.01b6 installs nicely using the Debian
netscape-beta package. It seems to be very stable but then again I
never had problems with Communicator 4.0b5. Of course you must first
delete the /usr/X11R6/bin/netscape link and then make a new soft link to
ln -s
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I'm sure FIPS does a good job for a one off re-size of a partition, but
I've never used it, so I wouldn't like to comment.
I've used FIPS some a couple of years ago - I really liked what it can
do. However, the is one caveat - when shrinking a partition with a
On Fri, 4 Jul 1997, Dima wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm sure FIPS does a good job for a one off re-size of a partition, but
I've never used it, so I wouldn't like to comment.
I've used FIPS some a couple of years ago - I really liked what it can
do. However, the is one
I was wondering what the best way of using mh with a POP server might be?
I've been a mh user (mh-e) for years at work (SunOS and Solaris) and would
like to try it with my Linux machine at home (I have been using Netscape mail).
Does mh POP work OK? Should I use one of the other POP packages
Hi, Victor
On Thu, 3 Jul 1997, Victor Torrico wrote:
The new Netscape Communicator 4.01b6 installs nicely using the Debian
netscape-beta package.
where did you find netscape-beta package installer ?
It's gone !!! Unfortunately i purged
netscape-beta from my computer before checking
is it
So I installed libc5-dev_5.4.20-1.deb.
Nope, install libc5_, not libc5-dev_ The -dev version means developer, and
is for use in compiling programs, not executing them.
Thanks
Bruce
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