Re: debian-user-digest Digest V97 #992

Daniel Martin wrote: I use it (the 1.1.3 jdk package) just fine on my bo system. For the record, when I asked the linux jdk maintainer if he intended a libc6 version, he felt that it would just complicate things. Stephen --- Normality is a statistical illusion. -- me -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM

Re: console blanking

On Wed, 12 Nov 1997, Syd Alsobrook wrote: How does one turn off the console blanking so that the x-windows screen saver is on all the time? I think I did this: xset s off#don't blank the screen in my .xsession. At least, I have that in my .xsession and my screen doesn't blank.

Re: [Q] source package building

Manoj Srivastava wrote: Hi, Aaron Close, but not quite. I would like 'make install' or similar Aaron to build the programs, configuration files, pre/postinst Aaron scripts, and then install them, _without_ actually building a Aaron .deb binary package file, but still modifying dpkg's view of

Re: debian-user-digest Digest V97 #992

Daniel Martin wrote: I use it (the 1.1.3 jdk package) just fine on my bo system. For the record, when I asked the linux jdk maintainer if he intended a libc6 version, he felt that it would just complicate things. Exactly! And for one simple reason: jdk uses Motif which is not available

Re: LILO only says LI 01 01 01 01...

My experiences with this indicate that LILO CANNOT configure itself on any except the first logical drive. I didn't experiment with it, but since removeable media (jaz drive) can be /dev/sda that made my hard drive /dev/sdb. When I tried to make lilo insert itself under these

Re: debian-user-digest Digest V97 #992

Alex Yukhimets wrote: Exactly! And for one simple reason: jdk uses Motif which is not available for libc6 yet. When I get brave (or foolhardy) I'm going to try building jdk against lesstif libc6... assuming I find where I put my tuits :/ Stephen --- Normality is a statistical illusion. --

Writing CD images (not under Linux)

I'm sorry this is slightly off-topic, but I thought someone here might be having the same problem I've got. I have a CD Writer which is not supported by cdwrite. So I thought I'd make a CD image (using mkisofs), copy it to the (shudder) Windows partition and use the supplied software (Adaptec CD

Re: apology to list

It's OK. Some messages are _so_ dumb that they almost _require_ a snappy answer. Of course no user questions fall into this category. Thanks Bruce -- Can you get your operating system fixed when you need it? Linux - the supportable operating system.

Re: Writing CD images (not under Linux)

This is from ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/distributions/debian/OfficialCD/1.3.1/CD_Writer_Instructions.txt . The list of drives is probably out-of-date, check their web site. Bruce Golden Hawk file2cd There is a freeware track-at-once CD-writer program for DOS systems called

Re: wish and tclsh packages missing

[snip] The Debian libc5 to libc6 Mini-HOWTO says to install libreadline2_2.1-4 but I only find libreadline2_2.1-2. I never did find this debian package. Go to http://www.debian.org/packages.html and do a search for libreadline2. Then you'll find libreadline2_2.1-7.deb (I

Re: [Q] source package building

Aaron Denney writes: I would like 'make install' or similar to build the programs, configuration files, pre/postinst scripts, and then install them, _without_ actually building a .deb binary package file, but still modifying dpkg's view of what is installed. This would seem to require either

Re: [Q] source package building

Manoj Srivastava writes: Then the solution is to write a simple script: == #! /bin/sh ./debian/rules binary dpkg -i ../*.deb == Even this

Re: MTA Suggestion

Actually it CAN do uucp transport, it does not do !path addressing. As long as the UUCP site that it is sending to can understand internet style addressing (which just about all do), there is no problem. On 10-Nov-97 Peter Mutsaers wrote: On Sat, 08 Nov 1997 00:30:22 -0800 (PST), George

LD_LIBRARY_PATH causes problems in hamm distribution

After upgrading ldso, libc6 and several other packages, several packages failed to work, responding segmentation violation, xv, xfig, xephem The cause of this was my setting of LD_LIBRARY_PATH in .bashrc. I had used this setting with no problems for a year under rex and bo. To correct

who can help me

hi I am a beginner in linux. I have a small question in debian linux. I have downloaded and installed debian linux on my PC. but I can't connect my PC to network. To resolve this problem ,could you tell me which packege should be install ? And, which packege should be install if I want to install

Re: who can help me

On Thu, 13 Nov 1997, zhangxu wrote: hi I am a beginner in linux. I have a small question in debian linux. I have downloaded and installed debian linux on my PC. but I can't connect my PC to network. To resolve this problem ,could you tell me What sort of network do you have? The baseinstall

Re: space, time, matter

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Re: Update: mounting MS-DOS fs onto Linux

Collin Rose [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I got that same error when I ran liloconfig and tried to install LILO on my Win95 drive. Big mistake :-( I tried to boot Windows 95 with a boot disk and got an invalid media type error on accessing drive c. Now I have had to reinstall every thing after

Re: HE: color in xterm and jed

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrea Mennucci) writes: [snip] Is there a way I can tell xterm to set TERM=xterm-color ? Put: XTerm*termName: xterm-color in /etc/X11/Xresources to do this for everyone, or in ~/.Xresources for yourself, or say: % xterm -xrm '*termName: xterm-color' to do it for just

Re: who can help me

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need a hint to mount novell netware.

Hello, At work we have a mixed environment: unix/windows/novel. The network runs on TCP/IP. From my debian box I can mount windows stuff with the aid of samba. Is there something simular for novel netware? I´m particulary confused because there is IPX support in the kernel, and there is a

K56Flex Modems

Can anyone make any recommendations for K56Flex modems (preferably external) that work well under Linux? I'm looking to possibly configure two using EQL to get roughly 100Kbps performance from my ISP. TIA, Kevin TraasBaan Business Systems Systems AnalystLangley,

Diagrams

Hi Is there any package that is good for DB diagrams (something close to a case program but just the for the diagrams) ? Thanks -- Mario Filipe [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://neptuno.uevora.pt/~mjnf -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to

Re: need a hint to mount novell netware.

Hi I am running on a TCP/IP network, have a kernel configured with IPX, use the package ncpfs and have no trouble accessing Novell networks. So you should be OK using the above. Good Luck George On Thu, 13 Nov 1997, Dirk

Re: K56Flex Modems

Can anyone make any recommendations for K56Flex modems (preferably external) that work well under Linux? This isn't a Linux issue. Any modem, whether K56Flex or x2 will work under Linux. D. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: K56Flex Modems

Can anyone make any recommendations for K56Flex modems (preferably external) that work well under Linux? This isn't a Linux issue. Any modem, whether K56Flex or x2 will work under Linux. Sorry, but I beg to differ Winmodem products are really a PITA in Linux - unless something's changed

debian non-us site

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Re: K56Flex Modems

My USR v.everything w/x2 flash upgrade works fine. The x2 part would work better if I paid the $60 or so and called that USR bbs and get it turned on. On Thu, 13 Nov 1997, Kevin Traas wrote: Can anyone make any recommendations for K56Flex modems (preferably external) that work well under

Re: debian non-us site

What happened to os.inf.tu-dresden.de ?? It's now called non-us.debian.org :). -- joost witteveen, [EMAIL PROTECTED] My spamfilter is so good, it correctly catches 90% of incoming spam, *including* all email from my PhD supervisor. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the

Re: LD_LIBRARY_PATH causes problems in hamm distribution

On Wed, 12 Nov 1997, Jameson Burt wrote: : After upgrading ldso, libc6 and several other packages, several packages : failed to work, responding segmentation violation, : xv, xfig, xephem : The cause of this was my setting of LD_LIBRARY_PATH in .bashrc. : I had used this setting with

Re: K56Flex Modems

Kevin Traas [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Winmodem products are really a PITA in Linux - unless something's changed that I don't know about Winmodem products are really a PITA in any SO other than win95. Also, I've had internal modems that have caused problems under Linux/Unix in the

/etc/init.d/network

Howdy all. I've got one machine that's really got me stumped. I've been with Debian since before 0.91 was released - I've installed Debian on several systems, many times. Yet this one's tough... The systems is running on an AMI Titan III M/B w/ 32MB RAM. Dual Pentium Processors (so I guess

Re: /etc/init.d/network

Did you try sticking an ifconfig in at the end of /etc/init.d/network to see if the interface is up at that particular moment? Maybe something else is shutting it down somewhere else ??? Later, Kevin -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

Q: Alpha Paging Software

I am looking for Alpha Paging software for Debian linux. Can someone point me in the right direction? Thanks. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: K56Flex Modems

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Thu, 13 Nov 1997, Kevin Traas wrote: Can anyone make any recommendations for K56Flex modems (preferably external) that work well under Linux? This isn't a Linux issue. Any modem, whether K56Flex or x2 will work under Linux. Sorry, but I beg to

xinit: can't resolve symbol '...'

How can I fix this error? ... it only happens when I type startx or xinit, I can start X w/ just X # startx xinit: can't resolve symbol '_Xglobal_lock' xinit: can't resolve symbol '_XUnlockMutex_fn' xinit: can't resolve symbol '_XLockMutex_fn' -Paul -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST:

Can't see second hard disk

Hi Problems installing debian on a Compaq Deskpro on hdb (drive d: in Win95), but hdb is not detected during boot: hdb: probing with STATUS instead of ALTSTATUS then when I want to partition the disk during the installation only hda shows up on the list. Under Win95 I checked the

Re: Stop rc5v2 client, Bovine team won 56 bit secret key challenge!

On Wed, 12 Nov 1997, Nicola Bernardelli wrote: Ok dear Britton, I'm not running the new client. Best wishes to them. BTW: your idea of a Linux team is great... I think there was one here in debian-user who was pretty expert of cryptography, but that doesn't mean there are time-resources to

IMAP4 w/ SSL?

Hi, is anyone running encrypted IMAP4 with SSLeay? -- -- Maenner der Wissenschaft! Man sagt ihr viele nach, aber die meisten mit Unrecht. - Karl Kraus

Re: Q: Alpha Paging Software

Dean C. Sullinger wrote: I am looking for Alpha Paging software for Debian linux. Can someone point me in the right direction? I've got something I found on the net called tpage, which features spooling. There's also the hylafax and something called qpage. I'll email you tpage (what I use)

Re: /etc/init.d/network

On Thu, 13 Nov 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've had two network cards in this machine: first, an HP 100VG PCI and then an Eagle NE2000 ISA. Both exhibit the same problem. Which is... Are you using them as modules or did you compile the drivers in? Just a random guess.. I tried

Re: /etc/init.d/network

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Howdy all. I've had two network cards in this machine: first, an HP 100VG PCI and then an Eagle NE2000 ISA. Both exhibit the same problem. Which is... When the system boots /etc/init.d/network is run (I know this is true because I added some echo statements

Re: /etc/init.d/network

Hi Chuck, This sort of thing can happen if you have a domain name in .../networks instead of an IP number. Another time it happened to me when I did a tidy-up of /etc/hosts and removed an important domain-IP pairing. When you say .../networks you mean /etc/networks - right? Why is

Re: /etc/init.d/network

Well... in the /etc/init.d/network file is the following lines inserted? /sbin/ifconfig eth0 up /sbin/ifconfig eth0 host_name netmask 255.255.255.0 Add the kernel routing table /sbin/route add -net 198.168.1.0 dev eth0 /sbin/route add -host host_name dev eth0 Here's my

Re: /etc/init.d/network

On Thu, 13 Nov 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When the system boots /etc/init.d/network is run (I know this is true because I added some echo statements watched the screen while it booted.) Anyway, after I boot the eth0 interface is not setup. If I run /etc/init.d/ network by hand

Re: CD recording question

Unfortunately not. This being an audio CD and not a data one, that doesn't work :-( Ben Pfaff [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: John Goerzen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I am looking for a good program to read audio from an audio CD and store it in a file suitable for later recording. I am aware of

Errors in compiling a source package

I'm trying to compile xemacs20_2.2-4 for my bo (read: libc5) system. I modified the portion of the debian/rules file that called the configure script so that it configured things the way I wanted them, and the make seems to go fine (well, actually there are quite a few warnings on compile, but

Re: Errors in compiling a source package

On Thu, 13 Nov 1997, Daniel Martin wrote: I'm trying to compile xemacs20_2.2-4 for my bo (read: libc5) system. I modified the portion of the debian/rules file that called the configure script so that it configured things the way I wanted them, and the make seems to go fine (well, actually

Re: K56Flex Modems

In a message dated 11/13/97 4:46:54 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Can anyone make any recommendations for K56Flex modems (preferably external) that work well under Linux? I use a ZOOM K56X D/F (External, Data/Fax) and think its a great modem. Apparently several magazines

starting xdm

I'd like my system to come up running xdm or kdm. What is the proper place to do this? Right now I'm just logging in and doing sudo kdm, but I've a feeling that there's probably a correct runlevel or something to do this in. Will

forcing a program into another color depth in X

Is it possible to force a program (eg, WABI) into another color depth (8 bpp) from that what X is running at (16 bpp)? I using Accelerated-X 4.1 and I want to force WABI into 8 bpp (because it won't run in 16 bpp for some odd reason) -Paul -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the

Re: starting xdm

I beleive when you install the xbase package it asks you if you'd like to start xdm upon boot. .. try adding 'start-xdm' to /etc/X11/config (take a look at /etc/init.d/xdm).. -Paul On Thu, 13 Nov 1997, Will Lowe wrote: I'd like my system to come up running xdm or kdm. What is the proper

Re: starting xdm

Will, Don't know about KDE, but. I believe an appropriate entry in /etc/rc5.d is where the debian package of xdm installs itself (I have an S99xdm entry there). IIRC the debian package postinstall asks you if you'd like to log directly into xdm. It's a symbolic link to /etc/init.d/xdm.

Re: Errors in compiling a source package

Now there's a rather strong warning against downgrading ldso to version 1.8.x, which is the option I'm looking at here, since I can't install libc6 without gutting my system, making it near impossible to do what I wanted to do in the first place, that is to compile a source package. Well, I

Re: Diagrams

Is there any package that is good for DB diagrams (something close to a case program but just the for the diagrams) ? MetaPost will draw fine diagrams. The program is mp and is included with teTeX. It's language based (i.e., not an interactive drawing program); unfortunately it's based on a

Re: /etc/init.d/network

-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Thursday, November 13, 1997 7:19 AM Subject: /etc/init.d/network Howdy all. I've got one machine that's really got me stumped. I've been with Debian since

Re: netscape

Dale Martin wrote: Hamish Moffatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I think I have all of 3.3.1; would you believe it still doesn't work? Bus error. WIth a whole lot of XKeysymDB errors before it, which are fixable by setting XKEYSYMDB to the appropriate directory IIRC. I'm having the same

Re: Errors in compiling a source package

On Thu, 13 Nov 1997, joost witteveen wrote: Now there's a rather strong warning against downgrading ldso to version 1.8.x, which is the option I'm looking at here, since I can't install libc6 without gutting my system, making it near impossible to do what I wanted to do in the first

mail domain

Before installing BIND, the default mail domain was '3dillusion.com'.. now it is '3dillusion.3dillusion.com' ... I want to change it back, how can I do this? /etc/mailname: 3dillusion.com BIND MX records: mail.3dillusion.com smail visible: 3dillusion.com pine domain: No value ...what else is

Re: Errors in compiling a source package

On Thu, 13 Nov 1997, joost witteveen wrote: Now there's a rather strong warning against downgrading ldso to version 1.8.x, which is the option I'm looking at here, since I can't install libc6 without gutting my system, making it near impossible to do what I wanted to do in the first

printed docs

if i want a printed version of the documentation for e.g. libc, gdb, or gcc, do i have to download the original source package and make it from the texinfo source files? what's the most straightforward way of doing this? is there a reason we don't want to distribute this documentation in .dvi

Where is the Local Guide to Latex?

I have finally decided to learn Latex, so I bought Leslie Lamport's book and started reading ... but the first suggestion has been difficult to deal with. He suggests that there is a Local Guide to Latex that I should read to find out how to use the local implimentation, like how to go from a .tex

access to mount filesystems

I want users only in certain groups to be able to mount specific filesystems.. eg floppy = /dev/fd0 (floppy drive) cdrom = /dev/hdd (ide cdrom) staff /dev/hda1 (dos) ... If I use the user option in fstab, all users can mount the fs.. and I'd rather not make scripts because some programs use the

RE: /etc/init.d/network

On 13-Nov-97 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip When the system boots /etc/init.d/network is run (I know this is true because I added some echo statements watched the screen while it booted.) Anyway, after I boot the eth0 interface is not setup. If I run /etc/init.d/ network by hand afterwards,

Re: mail domain

Before installing BIND, the default mail domain was '3dillusion.com'.. now it is '3dillusion.3dillusion.com' ... I want to change it back, how can I do this? /etc/mailname: 3dillusion.com BIND MX records: mail.3dillusion.com smail visible: 3dillusion.com pine domain: No value ...what

Re: mail domain

/etc/defaultdomain was correct and /etc/domainname didn't exist, so i created it with '3dillusion.com' on line1.. no effect.. -Paul On Thu, 13 Nov 1997, joost witteveen wrote: Before installing BIND, the default mail domain was '3dillusion.com'.. now it is '3dillusion.3dillusion.com' ... I

Re: Where is the Local Guide to Latex?

I have finally decided to learn Latex, so I bought Leslie Lamport's book and started reading ... but the first suggestion has been difficult to deal with. He suggests that there is a Local Guide to Latex that I should read to find out how to use the local implimentation To LaTeX a file, type

Re: mail domain

/etc/defaultdomain was correct and /etc/domainname didn't exist, so i created it with '3dillusion.com' on line1.. no effect.. Ah strange. What does 'cat /proc/sys/kernel/domainname' say? If it's wrong, you can correct it by echo correct.domain proc/.../domainname. That usually fixes it for

Re: mail domain

it was set to (none) ... changing it to 3dillusion.com also had no effect.. I don't think I have the NIS package installed, what is it? -Paul On Thu, 13 Nov 1997, joost witteveen wrote: /etc/defaultdomain was correct and /etc/domainname didn't exist, so i created it with '3dillusion.com'

Laptop Monitors

This may not be an appropriate place to ask this, but does anyone know the appropriate frequencies to use with Laptop TFT LCD monitors? I chose the SVGA monitor in the XF86Setup program - and it works, but it only gives me 320x200 resolution. I know this chipset (CL754x) and monitor can do 800x600

compiling wine/twin

I tried to compile wine 11-01 and twin today and I'm missing some compilers... I couldn't find them w/ dpkg -S .. either.. where can I find 'lex' or 'yacc'? -Paul -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

modem over network

I'm trying to access the modem on another linux box directally. I have read the mini-HOWTO on how to do this Windoze - linux, but want it linux - linux. It goes something like this: small daemon(modemd) to redirect modem on server: (from miniHOWTO) #!/usr/bin/perl select((select(STDOUT), $| =

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Re: compiling wine/twin

Paul Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I tried to compile wine 11-01 and twin today and I'm missing some compilers... I couldn't find them w/ dpkg -S .. either.. where can I find 'lex' or 'yacc'? lex (flex) is in package `flex'. yacc is in package `bison' or `byacc', your choice. -- Ben

Re: Where is the Local Guide to Latex?

On Thu, 13 Nov 1997, Dale Scheetz wrote: I have finally decided to learn Latex, so I bought Leslie Lamport's book and started reading ... but the first suggestion has been difficult to deal with. He suggests that there is a Local Guide to Latex that I should read to find out how to use the

Re: xdm/X not terminating processes on logout

For some reason processes are not being terminated after a user logs out of an X session (via xdm). Example: User logs in and starts up vi someprogram, then user xxx kills the X session (ie kills WM, thus killing session). User xxx logs in again and 's vi someprogram is

ISDN link on demand.

Hello Know somebody set up the ISDN link to an ISP on demand? I make this link by hand, but when the hangup time out to come, the ISDN driver shutdown the link and i have to start up by hand once more. Thanks is advanced. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the

autofs and 2.0.31

Hi, I have compiled a 2.0.31 kernel. One of the reasons for doing so was to use autofs. However when I did make menuconfig I didn't see an option for autofs support. I thought it was in the kernel anyway and instaled he package. However the package does not find autofs support and won't start.

2.0.31 kernel

Hi, I have just installed 2.0.31. I have heard from the list that it might be unstable. However, the statistical package I use for my work seems to be working noticeably faster with this kernel. Has anyone noticed any marked performance improvement or am I mistaken ?