On Sun, 7 Sep 1997, David wrote:
i all.
I've just installed debian 1.3.1 on 2 seperate machines. On both machine
the icon on the top of the warf bar (afterstep and X windows) is missing.
The AFstep.xpm file exists and is viewable using xv, but it won't appear.
Also, xload won't run because
Craig Sanders [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On Sat, 6 Sep 1997, Bill Wohler wrote:
Any tips as to how I can format (or whatever) the DOS partition so
that the OSs recognize the entire partition? And hopefully do this
is it a 12-bit FAT partition or 16-bit FAT partition?
16 bit. (ooo,
Hi everybody.
After having used Red Hat for a year and a half, I installed
Debian 1.3.1 and have been using it for almost a month now. I'm
truly impressed by it and I want to thank everyone who made this
possible. The installation went really smooth, except maybe for a
few minor details, but I
I have had the same problem...but I have installed both Xload, and
Xproc. I still am mising the top icon also. Maybe we both have
something messed up?...or maybe it is a bug? I don't know. If anyone
knows how to solve this problem, please help me out.
Thank you,
David
On Sun, 7 Sep 1997,
On Sun, 7 Sep 1997, Richard Heestand wrote:
I remember reading guidlines for installing non debian software, but I can't
seem to find them again. Any pointers where to find them? The software is
WINE which doesn't seem to exist in package form.
I beleive that there actually is a wine
Use the /usr/local hierarchy for local files and /usr/share ( I think) for
sharable files over the same the network.
The holy book which designates the proper locations for all files is
/usr/doc/debian/package-developer/fsstnd-1.2.txt.gz
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On Sun, 7 Sep 1997, David wrote:
I have had the same problem...but I have installed both Xload, and
Xproc. I still am mising the top icon also. Maybe we both have
something messed up?...or maybe it is a bug? I don't know. If anyone
knows how to solve this problem, please help me out.
At 06:47 PM 9/7/97 +, Jens wrote:
Hi!
Was trying to compile a program with gcc and it gave me the error:
gcc: installation problem, cannot exec 'cc1': No such file or directory
I installed it correctly..
I don't know if it's the same problem, but when I installed GNAT (GNU Ada
Where would you put trees of data that do not belong to any user, but
to a project, for example? /home, /usr/local or what else?
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Brandon Mitchell wrote:
the result of dpkg --get-selections and /var/spool/mail (especially if
these are frequent backups and you don't place mail in the user's home
directory).
Dselect keeps some configuration data deep down in then /var/lib/dpkg
tree.
And if you run bind/dns then
On Sat, 7 Sep 1996, Viorel ANGHEL wrote:
That's because you have a 8bpp (256 colors on screen) and Afterstep
use a lot of them. When AS doesn't have colors, it simply don't
put the icon! So, use a resolution with 16bpp or search for
icons with less colors (I know that exist something like
Francesco Potorti` [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: Where would you put trees of data that do not belong to any user, but
: to a project, for example? /home, /usr/local or what else?
I would put it under /home. For example, we have a Microsoft Access
database that is accessed by several people via
On Sat, 6 Sep 1997, Bill Wohler wrote:
I just performed some fall cleaning by running a fresh install (like
the one-disk install, thanks!). All went relatively smoothly except
on the DOS side.
I totally repartitioned the disks although I left /dev/sda1 as the
DOS partition, only
I am resending this, this time to the mailing list. I suspect that
the list-group gateway is not bidirectional, is that true?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeff Noxon) writes:
Note that the non-CPU FlashPoint models are the only ones available
with twin-bus configurations. BusLogic is marketing
Thanks all for the pointers!
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On Sun, 7 Sep 1997 17:00:40 -0600 (MDT), lc29b50 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
Lei On Sun, 7 Sep 1997, David wrote:
i all.
I've just installed debian 1.3.1 on 2 seperate machines. On both machine
the icon on the top of the warf bar (afterstep and X windows) is missing.
The AFstep.xpm file exists
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Debian libc5 to libc6 Mini-HOWTO
Scott K. Ellis, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
$Id: libc5-libc6-Mini-HOWTO.sgml,v 2.4 1997/08/28 22:02:32
storm Exp $
1. Introduction
The Debian project is currently in the process of putting together the
next release of the
I have a similar problem on one of mey machine. I have two Linux
machines networked. The strange thing is that my gateway machine
works fine but not for the other one. When I try to ftp from that
machine, I can log to the ftp site but when I do ls, it just waits
forever.
Michael Legart [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Now I'm working on IP Masquerading (finally!) and in the HOWTO, there is a
command called ipfwadm. I can't figure out what package it is under (and
it curently doesn't exist on my system)
A little question ... do you have to use ipfwadn to use
... completly ignoring the 50MB discussion about the gated licence
I've debianized the current (?) 3.5.7 gated.
If somebody wants to share the ./debian files (plug an play ;-),
please mail me.
(Though, I've not tested the gated yet. ... perhaps tomorrow)
Heiko
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I have a problem using the ftp upgrade method for 1.2 to 1.3. I have
manually retrieved the new software refered to in the ftp information. I
use the default options. I can connect manually to ftp.debian.org, but
when dselect tried to do it I get:
Using FTP to check directories...(stop with
I wanted to apply the Swap-Space mini HOW-TO so I could use the same
swap partition on Windows (3.11 and 95) and Debian. In order to
accomplish this, I had to modify the way the swap is activated
(/etc/init.d/boot) and deactivated (/etc/init.d/{halt,reboot}). I
ended up creating a file
Hi,
Gonzalo == Gonzalo A Diethelm [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Gonzalo I wanted to apply the Swap-Space mini HOW-TO so I could use
Gonzalo the same swap partition on Windows (3.11 and 95) and
Gonzalo Debian. In order to accomplish this, I had to modify the way
Gonzalo the swap is activated
On Sep 7, 1997, at 12:23, Jaakko Niemi wrote:
With fetchmail the mail goes to /var/spool/mail/*username*, unless
you have specified otherwise in .fetchmailrc. Also check that your
settings for procmail are OK, if you are using it.
Just to clarify: by default, fetchmail will try to
On Sep 7, 1997, at 19:25, Michael Legart wrote:
Just wondering if it is possible so make Linux read/write long
filenames and a FAT partition ? (FAT16 - with 95win)
I have the VFAT module installed, but it doesn't seem to work...
michael legart
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I've just installed debian on my system. I used to use redhat, but the
upgrades were anoying and I saw debian as more stable and better supported
by a community of knowledgable people.
Anyway, on redhat I installed wine myself.
Not everything you install seems to go so smoothly, but for wine I
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Hello! :]
Has anyone tried to compile pppd-2.3.1 on debian, using 2.0.29 and
glibc2? Any success with it?
... about my last problem, with routing and modem: it wasn't
network related. It was a matter of IRQs between the modem and NIC and a
stupid
On Sun, 7 Sep 1997, Jess Stryker wrote:
: About every 1 out of 3 times my computer boots I get
: a message that says something to the effect of:
: Unable to open an initial console
: and the boot process stops. I'm not familiar enough
: with the boot process to know what might be causing
: this
Work-Needing and Prospective Packages for Debian GNU/Linux
Philippe Troin, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
$Id: packages.sgml,v 1.56 1997/09/08 04:14:41 phil Exp $
1. General Questions
1.1. Before reading this document
You should have read the Debian GNU/Linux FAQ
http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/.
1.2.
the icon on the top of the warf bar (afterstep and X windows) is missing.
The AFstep.xpm file exists and is viewable using xv, but it won't appear.
That's because you have a 8bpp (256 colors on screen) and Afterstep
use a lot of them. When AS doesn't have colors, it simply don't
put the icon!
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On Thu, 4 Sep 1997, Craig Sanders wrote:
does anyone know what's happened to www.linuxhq.com?
It appears to have moved to www.ecsnet.com, at least this is what altavista
says. It's ping'able but http connections are refused for now.
Don't know what's up there.
Hi !
You probably also have msdos fs support which is operating by default.
Have you tried specifying the vfat type in your mount command?
Yea, I did have msdos fs support, but I disabled that - compiled and
installed the kernel again. But it still doesn't work ! I have
selected vfat fs
On Mon, 8 Sep 1997, Michael Legart wrote:
: Hi !
:
: You probably also have msdos fs support which is operating by default.
: Have you tried specifying the vfat type in your mount command?
:
: Yea, I did have msdos fs support, but I disabled that - compiled and
: installed the kernel again.
Hi all,
I have the following problem: I want to NFS mount home directories from
different machines on a server. The server runs Debian 1.3.1 and the
kernel 2.1.40 - I chose the 2.1.x kernel on advice from the company where
I bought the system (reasons: SMP and support for Intel EtherExpress
On 02-Sep-97 Magossa'nyi A'rpa'd wrote:
On Tue, 2 Sep 1997, Paul Rightley wrote:
[Snipped]
[It is an item in the Hungarian linux lists' FAQ, so please learn
Hungarian :)]
It seems that the problem is really with the IDE driver disabling interrupts
while handling the hard drive. You have two
On Mon, 8 Sep 1997, Michael Legart wrote:
You probably also have msdos fs support which is operating by default.
Have you tried specifying the vfat type in your mount command?
Yea, I did have msdos fs support, but I disabled that - compiled and
installed the kernel again. But it still
On Mon, 8 Sep 1997, Nathan E Norman wrote:
On Mon, 8 Sep 1997, Michael Legart wrote:
: Hi !
:
: You probably also have msdos fs support which is operating by default.
: Have you tried specifying the vfat type in your mount command?
:
: Yea, I did have msdos fs support, but I disabled
Hi!
Great ... I have solved my problem!
I thougt I had installed my new kernel by typing dpkg --install bla
bla., but that just made a file named vmlinuz-2.0.30 in /boot. I just
copied that file to /vmlinuz, and everything works fine!
Regards,
de bedste hilsner !
michael legart
That's hmm. interesting :) Have you tried running ssh with the
verbose flag (-v) on? That way you can see which version of ssh
and ssh protocol the local and remote end are using.
Here's an excerpt from the ssh faq:
5.21 Ssh suddenly drops connections!
This is a problem which has been
On Sep 7, 1997, at 12:23, Jaakko Niemi wrote:
With fetchmail the mail goes to /var/spool/mail/*username*, unless
you have specified otherwise in .fetchmailrc. Also check that your
settings for procmail are OK, if you are using it.
Just to clarify: by default, fetchmail will try
I have a few www virtual hosts on my system, and I'm using Smail.
I would like Smail to handle the mail for the domains I setup that
point to the system.
The way I understand it, is that you should not input the domain info
in /etc/smail/config under 'hostname' as that is used only for the
main
On Mon, 8 Sep 1997, Michael Legart wrote:
Hi !
You probably also have msdos fs support which is operating by default.
Have you tried specifying the vfat type in your mount command?
Yea, I did have msdos fs support, but I disabled that - compiled and
installed the kernel again. But it
I am working on getting everything configured after having to rebuild
my debian partition over the weekend. I am sure there are a few more
things to work on, but the one that keeps hounding me is a persistent
error message I receive from sendmail.
In booting the init script gets to starting
Michael Legart [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hi!
Great ... I have solved my problem!
I thougt I had installed my new kernel by typing dpkg --install bla
bla., but that just made a file named vmlinuz-2.0.30 in /boot. I just
copied that file to /vmlinuz, and everything works fine!
/vmlinuz
On Mon, 8 Sep 1997, David Morris wrote:
: I am working on getting everything configured after having to rebuild
: my debian partition over the weekend. I am sure there are a few more
: things to work on, but the one that keeps hounding me is a persistent
: error message I receive from sendmail.
I would take a look at the follwing lines in sendmail.cf:
# my official domain name
# ... define this only if sendmail cannot automatically determine your
domain
#Dj$w.Foo.COM
Ah, so that is the $j variable it told me about. No wonder a 'grep $j *'
showed nothing. OK, so I tried to change it
I need to know how to install Sound Blaster support into Debian. Does anyone
know the correct procedure for doing this process?
Thanx in advance,
David Hageman
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I've been trying to download a large file (~32Mb) without sucess using
ftp and ncftp, so I pulled lftp (because it advertises that it will
checkpoint). When I try to download, however, it seems not to do
anything. For example:
lftp ftp.corel.com
ls
and it just hangs. Same if I do cd pub
On Mon, 8 Sep 1997, David Morris wrote:
: I would take a look at the follwing lines in sendmail.cf:
:
: # my official domain name
: # ... define this only if sendmail cannot automatically determine your
: domain
: #Dj$w.Foo.COM
:
: Ah, so that is the $j variable it told me about. No wonder a
Paul Ryan Kuykendall wrote:
I just installed Debian 1.3.1 on my machine, but for some strange reason I
can't get my net card out of promiscuous mode. Would anyone know where
I might configure promisc mode off? Thank you.
ifconfig eth0 -promisc
regards
Terry
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On Mon, 8 Sep 1997, Ralph Winslow wrote:
I've been trying to download a large file (~32Mb) without sucess using
ftp and ncftp,
^
ncftp will automatically resume the download of a file that failed in a
previous session. I've seen this happen to me MANY times. But it seems
that
On Mon, 8 Sep 1997, David R. Hageman wrote:
I need to know how to install Sound Blaster support into Debian. Does anyone
know the correct procedure for doing this process?
Simple. Figure out your card's config (IRQ, DMA, etc.) - this is
usually done by checking the config in Win95 or DOS,
Hi,
I installed magicfilter... went to printer setup and saw that I have
three options available.
A HP pcl printer driver
NULL
A HP Postscript printer driver
When I try either the first or last ones staroffice quits saying that It
can't open Xprinter please make sure you have XPPATH is set.
Hi Folks,
Does anyone have experience switching from Redhat Linux to
Debian? Is it best to do a full re-install, or can I do it less
drastically? I am currently running Redhat 4.1 (Vanderbilt) on
an Ascentia A laptop with no network. I like the ideas and
energy of Debian and am contemplating a
Thank you...
But... Where would I change that in the XF86config?
Where could I change it from 8bpp to 16bpp or even higher?
I want 800x600 resolution though.
Thanx-
David U.
On Sat, 7 Sep 1996, Viorel ANGHEL wrote:
the icon on the top of the warf bar (afterstep and X windows) is missing.
I have debian 1.3.1 on an old 486 dx4100, 16 M, and was pondering
installing a new motherboard, but I have very little in the
way of funds. Any suggestions on tried-and-true but in-
expensive motherboards? I am also planning 16 M of
additional ram at the same time.
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