Also, the system refuses to take a hostname. I've reinstalled it
several
times (I'm using it as a training tool) and it seems to alternate
between UNKNOWN_13 and (none). Typing hostname DLinux to set
the
name (or just hostname) gives hostname: command not found. PPP
seems
to be quite
Hi,
This is the first time installing Debian or any other linux and I'm having a
big problem setting up the ppp conection. If anybody can help I'd be more than
greatful
Wayne McLemore
Get free e-mail and a permanent address
On Mon, Nov 24, 1997 at 04:18:25PM +, G. Kapetanios wrote:
I have just installed a new tape driver ( seagate travan 3200 ). I have
tried it u der windows and it works ok. I am trying to make it work under
Linux. I have installed ftape-2.0.30 and am using a 2.0.30 kernel. When
ftape was
did i hear that there are problems here? i have two dev kernels, one
based on 2.1.59 and one on 2.1.65 and neither seems to want to print
anything. as soon as i reboot into my 2.0.29 kernel, the jobs spooled
start printing before the system even finishes booting.
do i need to change any
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED],
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Keith Holler) writes:
One more thing that might be a bit confusing... The Parallel Zip
Drive installs as a SCSI device under Linux and does not as of yet
support port thru for a prin ter plugged into the Zip Drive. If you
want to
KEWL!!! FINALLY! I am so glad you told me that. I have been working on my own pa
tch for it and have yet to get it to work.
Keith
On 25-Nov-97 Erv Walter wrote:
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED],
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Keith Holler) writes:
One more thing that might be a bit confusing... The
On Nov 24, 11:31, Timothy Phan wrote:
I'd like to know has anyone here used the Yamaha CD Recorder 400tx
with Adaptec 2940 scsi control under Debian/Linux to record files
succesfully?
I've just purchased the recorder and try out the command:
$ cdwrite --eject
and the
I am building a webserver to use it for my company. I have problems
because I want to register in internic a
name now in order to use it in about 3 months with my webserver. The
Problem is that since the webserver is not ready I do not know how to
register it without IP adresses.
I thought
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
This is the first time installing Debian or any other linux and I'm having
a big problem setting up the ppp conection. If anybody can help I'd be more
than greatful
No need to be greatful, just being appreciative will do. ;) If you
could send a little more
At http://www.slashdot.org/, there is a poll of favorite linux
distributions. I encourage you all to go vote for debian, which is currently
trailing redhat by about 50 votes.
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On Mon, Nov 24, 1997 at 03:54:59PM -0500, Brian White wrote:
then I get the warning:
ld: warning: libdl.so.2, needed by /usr/lib/libtk8.0.so, may conflict with
libdl.so.1
I have been unable to find where this libdl.so.1 is coming from since the
dl libraries are:
You probably have a left
Witold Grabysz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: the following phrase doesn't work in bash:
: ((ls);(ls))
: Why? Is it not allowed by the shell syntax or there is a bug in it?
Yup, you're right; it's probably a bug. This does work:
( (ls);(ls))
Try changing the definition of the helper in Netscape to
then I get the warning:
ld: warning: libdl.so.2, needed by /usr/lib/libtk8.0.so, may conflict with
libdl.so.1
I have been unable to find where this libdl.so.1 is coming from since the
dl libraries are:
You probably have a left over link in /lib. Perhaps you 'forced'
something
Hello everybody, I have two question about the sunsite site. first You
get a package file called INDEX.whole. or something similar. the second
is there a file like the contents file to tell you all of the file on the
sunsite site.
Thanks for anyother help.
Paul
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but how do you vote? and where are the current results?
I went to the URL you give and it's a REAL MESS
Joey Hess wrote:
At http://www.slashdot.org/, there is a poll of favorite linux
distributions. I encourage you all to go vote for debian, which is currently
trailing redhat by about
hi everybody, i'm trying to install sam but you need libpam0 and
libpam-util. The only thing is that they depend on the other. the big
question is how do I get around this little but very frustrating obsticle.
I am using the dpkg method of installing packages and have all the
packages on my
On Tue, 25 Nov 1997, Manos Papantoniou wrote:
Joey Hess wrote:
At http://www.slashdot.org/, there is a poll of favorite linux
distributions. I encourage you all to go vote for debian, which is currently
trailing redhat by about 50 votes.
but how do you vote? and where are the current
On Mon, 24 Nov 1997, Paul wrote:
hi everybody, i'm trying to install sam but you need libpam0 and
libpam-util. The only thing is that they depend on the other. the big
question is how do I get around this little but very frustrating obsticle.
I am using the dpkg method of installing
Hi,
Understanding this X permission stuff was confounded by the limited
amount of information available in /usr/doc , man pages, regular and
mini HOWTO's, and even my books offered virtually nil. Undeterred, I
was compelled to find out about all this xauh, xhost, ssh stuff, so I
set out on a
Hi,
I am intalling Debian for the first time. Is there a place during
intallation telling which disk to choose in intalll Debian? I want to
intall Debian in disk D but I am afraid of losing the old win95 data on
disk C. Before I am sure about this, I don't dare to proceed. Anyone cares
to give me
Hello,
I'm trying to set my modem under Linux. I've made a few tests as root
with minicom and it's working fine for AT commands and for dialing and
transferring files with zmodem protocol.
But it reffuses to work with common users and gives me this message
when a try to run
On Mon, 24 Nov 1997, wdh wrote:
Hi,
intallation telling which disk to choose in intalll Debian? I want to
intall Debian in disk D but I am afraid of losing the old win95 data on
disk C. Before I am sure about this, I don't dare to proceed. Anyone cares
D in linux parlance is likely to be
On Tue, Nov 25, 1997 at 02:18:11AM +, Manos Papantoniou wrote:
but how do you vote? and where are the current results?
I went to the URL you give and it's a REAL MESS
Joey Hess wrote:
At http://www.slashdot.org/, there is a poll of favorite linux
distributions. I encourage
Howdy. I'm new to linux/gnu and have a couple questions I haven't been
able to find answers to.
1) Can Debian co-exist with my windows95 environment?
2) Does Debian come with compilers for languages other than Xwindows.
(i.e. c, c++, java, and such?)
I realize these are probably simple
Dale,
thanks for your help.
I was unable to run rawrite2 on my computer (it kept hanging) so I was using
an
earlier version which must not have been working correctly. I created the
disks with
rawrite2 on a different computer and also used the special tecra files.
Installation was
a
Hi Clay.
1) Yes, Debian can co-exist with Win95. Using something called LILO(
Linux Loader ), it can become your boot manager, which will allow you
boot multiple OS's.
2) You can get plenty of packages for Debian for compiling other
languages. Java, C, C++, Perl and shell scripting are just a
I'm not new to Linux by any means, and I've read my eyes raw looking for
ways in which to get my 3c509b ISA PnP ethernet card to work under
Linux.
I have installed many of these same cards on our Linux boxes at work
with no problem, however this one is a doozy.
These are the ways in which I've
Manos Papantoniou wrote:
but how do you vote? and where are the current results?
I went to the URL you give and it's a REAL MESS
Hm, it looks ok in lynx or netscape. I just tried it in Mosaic, and you're
right, it's an absolute mess. The voting is right on the url I gave,
On Mon, 24 Nov 1997, Chuma Agbodike wrote:
Does pppd version 2.3.1 have demand dial built into it or does one still
Does ppp 2.3.1 have documentation, or do you still have the read the
source to see what features are built in?
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On Mon, 24 Nov 1997, Clayton Berry wrote:
1) Can Debian co-exist with my windows95 environment?
As already mentioned, yes it can; you can either set up linux to load via
lilo (a boot manager designed for loading linux, but perfectly capable of
loading Win95 as well, so that you choose at
Matt Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
MT did i hear that there are problems here? i have two dev kernels, one
MT based on 2.1.59 and one on 2.1.65 and neither seems to want to print
MT anything. as soon as i reboot into my 2.0.29 kernel, the jobs spooled
MT start printing before the system
Ben Gertzfield wrote:
Make sure you don't have another icky Plug and Pray device assigned to
the same IRQ / ioport -- they sneak in when you least expect it.
Got you there. Not counting the 3c509b (which PnP is currently disabled
on), there are NO other PnP cards in my system (as I
intallation telling which disk to choose in intalll Debian? I want to
intall Debian in disk D but I am afraid of losing the old win95 data on
disk C. Before I am sure about this, I don't dare to proceed. Anyone cares
D in linux parlance is likely to be /dev/hdb, but check it out. At
A. M. Varon wrote:
On Mon, 24 Nov 1997, Wintermute wrote:
I'm not new to Linux by any means, and I've read my eyes raw looking for
ways in which to get my 3c509b ISA PnP ethernet card to work under
Linux.
hi Wintermute,
Some tips:
Could you try to initialize the 3c509b ISA card
On Tue, 25 Nov 1997, Wintermute wrote:
And one more thing, type dmesg | more and see if the kernel did detect a
3c509b PnP card.
Nope, sure doesn't, and I've rebooted my kernel enough time in the past 3 days
to force at least 2 maximal mount count checks, too.
Hmm linux did not
Hello everybody
this may be more of a hardware question. i frequently see the error
message eth0: Infinite loop in interrupt, status 2011. on my terminal;
however, the network connection is fine. what should i do to make whatever
is causing that error stop reporting it?
thanks.
aaron.
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I have looked, and cant find it, but thats normal for me I think. Is there
a directory that contains only the files mentioned in the Debian libc5 to
libc6 Mini-HOWTO. For example:
ldso_1.9.6-2.deb
libc6_2.0.5c-0.1.deb, et cetera...
Thanks,
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On Sun, Nov 23, 1997 at 11:58:51PM +0100, Martin Schulze wrote:
On Sun, Nov 23, 1997 at 04:49:21PM -0600, Paul Serice wrote:
I've just finished installing the right honorable Debian version of
KDE. I'm impressed with how well it works and how well it is
packaged.
The
Thanks for the help, guys. Seems I hosed the file I created with
xf86config during the installation. Re-ran that, added the line below,
and that fixed the problem. Now if I could find a replacement for that
ghastly login screen...
Hey, while I'm thinking about it and since I can't try it
Remco Blaakmeer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I think his needs are far more basic than that. He seems to be wanting a
list of utility-names, as most first-time Linux users (including me) want.
There are not many things more frustrating than thinking I know it can be
done, but I don't know how
I'm feeling a little crippled without the Control Panel I was used to in
my old Red Hat distribution (afraid to try setting up the printer yet!).
Couldn't find it in the FAQ's or howto's: how do I add users to
diffferent groups, e.g. dialout? Do shadow passwords affect the process
at all?
Hi,
I am experiencing a strange problem with a mouse used with gpm.
I connect a Microsoft mouse to /dev/ttyS0, then issue:
killall gpm; gpm -m /dev/ttyS0 -t bare
so far, so good: gpm displays its cursor, which moves regularly. Then
I issue:
killall gpm; gpm -m /dev/ttyS1 -t bare
killall gpm;
Peter S Galbraith wrote:
tar cf /path | ( cd other/path ; tar xvf -)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stephen Zander) writes:
cd /path; find . | cpio -dump /other/path
Why not
cp -a /path /other/path
Are there real differences between the three? What about symlinks,
hard links, empty dirs,
On Tue, Nov 25, 1997 at 01:46:28AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Couldn't find it in the FAQ's or howto's: how do I add users to
diffferent groups, e.g. dialout? Do shadow passwords affect the process
at all?
Just edit /etc/group and put the username you want at the end of the line
Hi,
When I want to upgrade from Debian 1.2 to 1.3 following the
instructions in the Web page i get the following error:
dpkg -i ldso_1.8.10-2.deb
...
ldconfig:warning:can't open /usr/local/lib, skipping...
I get the same with package libc5*.deb
The system does not do the upgrade.
On Tue, Nov 25, 1997 at 10:40:10AM +0100, Francesco Potorti` wrote:
tar cf /path | ( cd other/path ; tar xvf -)
This one's good.
cd /path; find . | cpio -dump /other/path
This one (actually, find) won't handle filenames with newlines.
If dump would have something
On Tue, Nov 25, 1997 at 10:41:26AM +0100, Olivier THARAN wrote:
Couldn't find it in the FAQ's or howto's: how do I add users to
diffferent groups, e.g. dialout? Do shadow passwords affect the process
at all?
Just edit /etc/group and put the username you want at the end of the line
Hi!
Hey, while I'm thinking about it and since I can't try it right now,
would adding a line like
:1 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X
allow me to use VT08 for another login, or do I have to do something else?
Not quite what you propose, but a line like this would do the trick:
:1 local
On Tue, 25 Nov 1997, Tommi Virtanen wrote:
On Tue, Nov 25, 1997 at 10:40:10AM +0100, Francesco Potorti` wrote:
Why not
cp -a /path /other/path
Won't handle devices, pipes, etc.
It does here.
$ cp --version
cp (GNU fileutils) 3.16
$
Remco
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Gary L. Dolan wrote:
Joey Hess wrote:
At http://www.slashdot.org/, there is a poll of favorite linux
distributions. I encourage you all to go vote for debian, which is
currently
trailing redhat by about 50 votes.
I just went and voted, and it worked fine, shows debian at 118
Hi,
I am installing a system with a QIC tape. I would like to know how do
people on this list do their backups. I am switching from an ATT
environment where I used bru, and am very satisfied with it. I know
it is available for Linux, too, but I was wondering if you can suggest
free
Joerg Plate [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
a scsi-controller and a harddisk are recognized as /dev/sda.
If I try to use the zip-drive insmod ppa fails (maybe
because it wants to be /dev/sda, too).
I had similar problems when having the zip driver as a module. After compiling
it into the kernel,
Does anyone know how to disable that annoying screen blanking?
Keith
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Date: 25-Nov-97
Time: 06:31:28
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/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / . . .
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED],
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Falk Hueffner) writes:
Joerg Plate [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I had similar
problems when having the zip driver as a module. After compiling it
into the kernel, it worked fine. Probably the driver has to find the
zip drive while booting.
apologies, I had white letters in white background, please don't throw
any stones :-))) I just voted for Debian, we are ahead with 239, red hat
219
Manos
Gary L. Dolan wrote:
On Tue, Nov 25, 1997 at 02:18:11AM +, Manos Papantoniou wrote:
but how do you vote? and where are the current
On Tue, 25 Nov 1997, Keith Holler wrote:
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 06:33:00 -0700 (MST)
From: Keith Holler [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Default Screen Blanking
Does anyone know how to disable that annoying screen blanking?
setterm -blank 0
Bye
Carlos
The sound card(SB16) on my Debian box picks up electronic interference
when I use the line-in as source(external radio). It sounds like I a
helicopter, whop, whop, whop, whop and it fades in and out. It only
happens under Debian, when I am booted in Win95 it doesn't happen.
Setup:
Debian 1.3.1
On Tue, 25 Nov 1997, Olivier THARAN wrote:
On Tue, Nov 25, 1997 at 01:46:28AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Couldn't find it in the FAQ's or howto's: how do I add users to
diffferent groups, e.g. dialout? Do shadow passwords affect the process
at all?
Just edit /etc/group and put
I just voted for Debian, we are ahead with 239, red hat 219
What I find most interesting is the number of people using either RedHat or
Debian vs. all others (Of course, maybe Slackware users don't know
about the survey)
I clipped the following from the results page and added
On Tue, Nov 25, 1997 at 01:57:41PM +0100, Falk Hueffner wrote:
Joerg Plate [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
a scsi-controller and a harddisk are recognized as /dev/sda.
If I try to use the zip-drive insmod ppa fails (maybe
because it wants to be /dev/sda, too).
I had similar problems when
On Mon, 24 Nov 1997, Rob Lindenbusch wrote:
Hogland, Thomas E. wrote:
Here's a question I haven't been able to find anyplace: I have Debian
installed on a Compaq Prolinea MT, and the mouse is on a built-in port.
GPM detects and installs this as ttyS0, coincidentally locking out the
On Tue, 25 Nov 1997, Walter L. Preuninger II wrote:
I have looked, and cant find it, but thats normal for me I think. Is there
a directory that contains only the files mentioned in the Debian libc5 to
libc6 Mini-HOWTO. For example:
ldso_1.9.6-2.deb
libc6_2.0.5c-0.1.deb, et
On Tue, 25 Nov 1997, Marc Fleureck wrote:
Hi,
When I want to upgrade from Debian 1.2 to 1.3 following the
instructions in the Web page i get the following error:
dpkg -i ldso_1.8.10-2.deb
...
ldconfig:warning:can't open /usr/local/lib, skipping...
I get the same with package
On Tue, 25 Nov 1997, Walter L. Preuninger II wrote:
I have looked, and cant find it, but thats normal for me I think. Is there
a directory that contains only the files mentioned in the Debian libc5 to
libc6 Mini-HOWTO. For example:
ldso_1.9.6-2.deb
libc6_2.0.5c-0.1.deb, et
Hi all,
I am having the following problem with the hostname:
when I login as a normal user I get the message:
hostname: you must be root to change the host name
I suspect that I might have messed up with files or permissions without
realising it, but I don't know
where to start
On Mon, 24 Nov 1997, Gary L. Dolan wrote:
On Tue, Nov 25, 1997 at 02:18:11AM +, Manos Papantoniou wrote:
but how do you vote? and where are the current results?
I went to the URL you give and it's a REAL MESS
Joey Hess wrote:
At http://www.slashdot.org/, there is a
This started happening weeks ago when I upgraded from rex to bo. It seems
to have no real effect other than the annoying boot-up messages.
The other day I built a custom kernel and updated all my installed packages
from ftp.debian.org, and it didn't magically go away, so I guess it's time
to ask:
On Tue, 25 Nov 1997, E Papantoniou wrote:
when I login as a normal user I get the message:
hostname: you must be root to change the host name
I suspect that I might have messed up with files or permissions without
realising it, but I don't know
where to start looking...any ideas?
Hi,
Recently I reported a problem about upgrading to 1.3 using some
dpkg-commands, which caused an error style can't open
/usr/local/lib. This problem was solved by simply creating the dir.
But the system has not done any upgrade. Even after running lilo (and
rebooting of course).
The file
How do you apply patches to the kernel ? I tried it and got
rejections. I'm trying to bring my kernel up to 2.0.32. I have the
debian linux source for 2.0.30 installed (I believe it is level 9).
David Natkins
Computer Group of Princeton
Telephone: (609) 896-2239
Fax : (609) 896-2239
/usr/bin/poff
Bob
On Mon, 24 Nov 1997 14:16:46 -0900 me [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
After starting/quitting minicom, and then finishing internet connection,
what is the best way to kill pppd without doing a 'kill ' (or the pid
of pppd? I haven't found that answer anywhere, and I have
On Tue, Nov 25, 1997 at 09:40:30AM +0100, Gertjan Klein wrote:
I made a file (by hand!) with one-line descriptions for each program I
found that way. Imagine how I felt when I heard about apropos!
Tss ... apropos is actually just the -k option to the man(1) command,
so by looking at the man
setterm -blank 0
On Tue, 25 Nov 1997, Keith Holler wrote:
Does anyone know how to disable that annoying screen blanking?
Keith
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people on this list do their backups. I am switching from an ATT
environment where I used bru, and am very satisfied with it. I know
it is available for Linux, too, but I was wondering if you can suggest
free alternatives.
dump restore
I considered dump, but it does not
tar cf /path | ( cd other/path ; tar xvf -)
cp -a /path /other/path
Are there real differences between the three? What about symlinks,
hard links, empty dirs, devices? I know, I could read the manuals,
Your question prompted me to think about the way I make backups of my
Debian
I have copied some MSDOS text files (documents, java source files) to my
Linux box. So, of course, they all have ^M at the end of each line. At
our SCO box at work, we have a dos2unix command that would fix
these...does Linux have a similar tool, and what package is it in?
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the last week in setting up my Linux box. I'm new to the Unix world, and
so I had many questions that I'm sure were simple or easy. On
another mailing list, I might have gotten nasty emails about RTFM or
read the [EMAIL
I was wondering what people use for handling their PPP dialups. I've
been using simple pppd, which works well. But, it has no feedback - I
have to simply wait, and run ps to see if it makes the connection. What
tools or programs (if any) would provide more information/feedback? I'm
running X, so
Timothy Phan wrote:
I do not quite know how the ATAPI CDROM work. I've alread
gotten all the base install. Now, I need to do the dselect
and mount the cdrom. However, it seems that the CDROM is
not recognizable the the system. I did a manual mount:
$ mount -t iso9660 -r
25/11/97
Hello, My name is Marco Secli' (CELINT S.R.L.)
I'm in trouble with GMT time and I'd like to remove it without repeating all
the installation of DEBIAN linux.
Waiting your kind answer.
Thank you
Marco Secli' (CELINT S.R.L.)
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Now that everything is working right, I was toying with the idea of
screwing it all up :)
Basically, I'm considering rebuilding the kernel to add in some things
I'm missing (sound) and removing some things that I don't need (SCSI
support, for one).
I've read all the howtos and got all the files,
Hi!
I have trouble configuring the MPU-401 MIDI interface under Linux;
my sound card is a Gravis Ultrasound Extreme, which is just like GUS MAX,
mostly. I cannot also initialize it under Linux, so I have first to boot
with MS-D*S :-( and execute the init programs.
Has anybody
Hi,
when I am logged in as a user and I run X windows, I press Ctrl-Alt-F2
and as expected a new terminal comes up. Then I log in as a different user
and I type startx. I get some errors:
Fatal server error
Server is already active for display 0
If this server is no longer running, remove
to add to my previous msg:
when I try to get back to the first X session with Ctrl-Alt-F1 I get another
error msg:
AUDIT: X: client 11 rejected from local host Auth name MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 ID: -1
any ideas what does this mean?
thanks in advance
Manos
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On Tue, 25 Nov 1997, Andrew Akins wrote:
I was wondering what people use for handling their PPP dialups. I've
been using simple pppd, which works well. But, it has no feedback - I
have to simply wait, and run ps to see if it makes the connection. What
tools or programs (if any) would provide
Jon Lewis writes:
Does ppp 2.3.1 have documentation, or do you still have the read the
source to see what features are built in?
The man page appears to be up to date.
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Elmwood, WI
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- Hi,
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- when I am logged in as a user and I run X windows, I press Ctrl-Alt-F2
- and as expected a new terminal comes up. Then I log in as a different user
- and I type startx. I get some errors:
-
Hi, you have to open another display. Try this:
startx --
On Tue, 25 Nov 1997, Andrew Akins wrote:
I have copied some MSDOS text files (documents, java source files) to my
Linux box. So, of course, they all have ^M at the end of each line. At
our SCO box at work, we have a dos2unix command that would fix
these...does Linux have a similar tool, and
I just gave up on trying to configure diald; thought it would make things
easier but don't have enough time to mess with it. Started using pon and
poff instead. To see when the connection has been established, use
ifconfig. If you see a line starting with ppp0 (I'm guessing you are
just
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED],
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Francesco Potorti`) writes:
[snip]
I considered dump, but it does not compress, so I won't use it. I am
[snip]
If your backups are critical you might not want to compress them at all.
Or, at least, be careful how the compression is
Looks like a well-done site to me! I like the torn-page edges...
Excerpt follows :-)
Your Vote has Been Registered.
Caldera 11
Debian 303
RedHat 259
Slackware 108
Other
I was wondering what people use for handling their PPP dialups. I've
You might want to look into DialD (Dial-on-Demand). This package
automatically makes and breaks connections to the Internet as needed. You
just start up NetScape, etc. and the modem dials... After an inactivity
timeout,
On 25-Nov-97 E Papantoniou wrote:
Hi,
when I am logged in as a user and I run X windows, I press Ctrl-Alt-F2
and as expected a new terminal comes up. Then I log in as a different user
and I type startx. I get some errors:
Fatal server error
Server is already active for display 0
If this
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thanks for the help, guys. Seems I hosed the file I created with
xf86config during the installation. Re-ran that, added the line below,
and that fixed the problem. Now if I could find a replacement for that
ghastly login screen...
You can design your own login
Basically, I'm considering rebuilding the kernel to add in some things
I'm missing (sound) and removing some things that I don't need (SCSI
support, for one).
Good call !
I've read all the howtos and got all the files, so I'm pretty sure I
have a good idea of how to do it (but I'm open to
Gertjan Klein wrote:
Remco Blaakmeer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I think his needs are far more basic than that. He seems to be wanting a
list of utility-names, as most first-time Linux users (including me) want.
There are not many things more frustrating than thinking I know it can be
Andrew Akins writes:
I have copied some MSDOS text files (documents, java source files) to my
Linux box. So, of course, they all have ^M at the end of each line. At
our SCO box at work, we have a dos2unix command that would fix
these...does Linux have a similar tool, and what package is it in?
At http://www.slashdot.org/, there is a poll of favorite linux
distributions. I encourage you all to go vote for debian, which
is currently trailing redhat by about 50 votes.
Has anyone advertized this on whatever Redhat (and the other
distributions) have as user lists? While it might be nice
I have copied some MSDOS text files (documents, java source files) to my
Linux box. So, of course, they all have ^M at the end of each line. At
our SCO box at work, we have a dos2unix command that would fix
these...does Linux have a similar tool, and what package is it in?
Hi.
Debian
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-Brian
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