Re: Podria hacerse un .deb con libc6 para bo?

1998-07-18 Thread Juan Carlos
Marcelo E. Magallon wrote: On Tue, May 26, 1998 at 11:16:23AM +0200, Juan Carlos wrote: En tanto no tengas NADA que sea -dev, se puede instalar libc5 y libc6 de hamm, y listo. Luego quizás querrías cambiar todos los paquetes en base, pero eso es otro cuento.

Re: Mover Linux de partición

1998-07-18 Thread Roberto Ruiz
Hola: J. Parera writes: tengo dos HDs en el cual el segundo está distribuido de la siguiente forma: partición tipotamañouso =========== hdb1 vfat1,5gb programas W95 hdb2 vfat 1,0gb documentación y juegos hdb3 (hdb5)

OFFTOPIC: Prueba de correo

1998-07-18 Thread Roberto Ruiz
Hola: De antemano una disculpa, pero estamos probando un intento de howto y quisiera saber si salen bien mis mensajes y si les llegan bien, pueden contestar a esta direccion por favor? NOTA: contesten solo a la direccion, no a la lista, ya que esta direccion no esta en la lista. Saludos, como

Re: carateres iso... y gracias

1998-07-18 Thread R . Lloret
On Fri, Jul 17, 1998 at 12:12:28AM +0100, Alberto F. Hamilton Castro wrote: El Thu,16/Jul/1998 a las 20:02:40+0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: Yo en Debian 1.3 no he conseguido que el paginador del mutt muestre los acentos (ni otros caracteres), ni que tenga colorines en un xterm, pero

xemacs e impresión

1998-07-18 Thread R . Lloret
Hola lista: La pregunta es sencilla. he instalado el xemacs que viene con la distribucion. Le he marcado DIN A4, en las opciones de impresión. Pero al imprimir (opción pretty)las dos ultimas líneas me las salta de hoja. Hay alguna manera de arreglarlo. En el fichero ./.emacs

La hora del sistema...

1998-07-18 Thread Tomas Bautista
Hola! He puesto la zona horaria de mi sistema a Atlantic/Canary, que en principio (según da a entender el `date') se corresponde con el WEST. Ahora bien: cuando uso el servicio ntp se me conecta a una máquina (un cortafuegos) que a su vez se engancha de RedIRIS. El cortafuegos está montado en un

Re: hdparm

1998-07-18 Thread tko
Gary L. Hennigan writes: [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: | Martin Oldfield writes: | | | I'd like to improve the IDE performance of my system. The IDE | controllers are on a newish Intel motherboard; /proc/pci says: | | IDE interface: Intel 82371AB 430TX PIIX4 (rev 1). | | The

Re: KDE in deb format?

1998-07-18 Thread Ian Eure
After some investigation, it seems that the KDE 1.0 debs are missing quite a lot of files from /usr/share/toolbar. I unpacked the kdebase b4 package, and just copied them over. FYI, you extract from the .deb with ``ar x filename.deb'' and then un tar-gzip the binary.tar.gz to get the files. I

netscape 4.5

1998-07-18 Thread Luiz Otavio L. Zorzella
is there a debian package for this version netscape, already? (Don't be confused: it's not the old 4.05. It is the new 4.5!) Thanks -- Luiz Otavio L. Zorzella Product Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.conexware.com -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL

Fonts in X cause segv

1998-07-18 Thread Chris
Hi, I am having trouble using fonts in X. I am using xfontsel to determine the font description I want to use, but when I go to use this font to run, say xterm, the xterm seg faults. host:~$ xterm -fn '-misc-fixed-bold-r-semicondensed--16-*-*-*-c-*-iso8859-1' Segmentation fault host:~$ exit

Re: Cross-compile to Windows NT

1998-07-18 Thread Benoit Goudreault-Emond
I'll assume the thing was written in C. Well. Don't expect it to work out of the box. But if it uses only the standard library, you may have luck with the mingw32 stuff at: http://www.d.shuttle.de/isil/cpd/mingw32-cpd.html I haven't tried it myself, as I usually compile from Win95. BUT I've

Re: The last latex2e question.........

1998-07-18 Thread Benoit Goudreault-Emond
King == King Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: King On Wed, 15 Jul 1998, Benoit Goudreault-Emond wrote: There might be a more straightforward way, but what I usually do is convert the .jpg to Encapsulated Postscript using xv (pbmplus should work as well, but I like xv), use

simple perl question

1998-07-18 Thread dave oswald
In a perl script i need to load a variable ($CurrentTime) with the systems current time. Normally I would consult with my reference books but am not able to get to them. I find myself using them when I need to work in perl which is not very often... I'm looking for time_stamp something like

Re: Linux run from Cyrix-GX200MMX CPU PC

1998-07-18 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Fri, Jul 17, 1998 at 01:42:36PM -0400, Shaleh wrote: Like Nate said (-: w/ set6x86 my CPU is at room temperature. and uses less power than an Intel would. The kernel patches are not needed for the 2.0.34 or 35 series or the 2.1 or greater. With set6x86 enabling suspend on HLT, my system

Re: simple perl question

1998-07-18 Thread aqy6633
I thought maybe something like: $CurrentTime=exec`date +%D %T`; print $CurrentTime; $CurrentTime=localtime(time); Alex Y. -- _ _( )_ ( (o___ +---+ | _ 7 |Alexander Yukhimets| \()

midi-to-wav

1998-07-18 Thread Wakko Warner
I know that timidity will take a .mid and write a .wav (or to /dev/dsp or /dev/dac). Is there any program that will do the same (or convert to a .mid) for creative's CMF files? -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null

Re: Linux run from Cyrix-GX200MMX CPU PC

1998-07-18 Thread Alex Kwan
Hi! Nate, Thank You very much, (1) now my system's kernel is 2.0.33, which and where the patch file for Cyrix-GX200MMX? I want to download it (2) Which X-server I needed for running X? Best regards Yes, I have one. It works peachily. I do reccomend installing and using set6x86 and

Can't install a MS bus mouse.

1998-07-18 Thread ynmgkw
Hey, I just installed Debian (base), and all seems to work just fine. Yet, I did encounter a problem in the installation process: When trying to select and install the mouse driver, I just couldn't. I got a reply like device is busy. I tried putting in some arguments, still - did not work.

Booting Debian from hd w/ boot manager?

1998-07-18 Thread Kenneth Valentine
Hi...recently installed a commercial package called Partition Magic which contains IBM's Boot Manager, and currently installing Debian. I can't seem to get the boot manager to recoginze the linux partition as bootable. Some particulars: Micronics motherboard w/60mz pentium, Conner Peripherals

RE: simple perl question

1998-07-18 Thread Jeff Schreiber
dave oswald [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Normally I would consult with my reference books but am not able to get to them. Or you could just try it! :) I thought maybe something like: $CurrentTime=exec`date +%D %T`; print $CurrentTime; % perl -e '$CurrentTime = `date +%D %T`; print

Re: debian-user-digest Digest V98 #701

1998-07-18 Thread Fred Dulles
Fred Dulles will be on vacation until Monday July 27th, 1998. He will read your message as soon as possible after he returns. In the meantime, if you have pressing business, you can contact the IMA staff at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 612-624-6066. -- Fred Dulles, Ph. D.

Netscape (plugin or library probs?)

1998-07-18 Thread adavis
Currently I am running a mostly hamm system, with netscape4.X installed by the debian installer. With this, as well as previous versions of netscape I have had a problem with frequent crashes. I have no clue, but have been living with it. It's all gotten a bit worse with the newer netscape.

drivers disk error

1998-07-18 Thread Jake Munson
I am attempting to install debian with floppies. I successfully get through all the installation until I attempt to install the kernel and modules. It installs stuff from the rescue floppy fine, but when installing from the drivers disk, I get the following error:

Sound

1998-07-18 Thread Robert Henry Rati
I am using kernel 2.0.34 and have compiled in /dev/dsp and /dev/audio support under sound and filled in the correct info for my sounds card, yet when I try to use something in sound, it says it can't open sound device. Can someone help?

Getting Squid to work

1998-07-18 Thread Keith Alen Vance
I am trying to setup up Squid cache server. I have narrowed my erros down to one. If I type 'squid start' at the console I get the following message. IOT trap/Abort Here is part of my cache.log 98/07/18 01:31:48| FD 9: Connection from Redirector #1 is closed, disabling 98/07/18 01:31:48| FD

Re: Linux run from Cyrix-GX200MMX CPU PC

1998-07-18 Thread Shaleh
Alex Kwan wrote: (1) now my system's kernel is 2.0.33, which and where the patch file for Cyrix-GX200MMX? I want to download it Get 2.0.34 or .35 .33 has some flaws. Otherwise do not worry -- I used .33 for a while. (2) Which X-server I needed for running X? SuSE just released a X server

XScreenSaver: XRazzle

1998-07-18 Thread B. Bell
If anyone out there likes XScreenSaver, I've got a pretty cool hack you can try out. I ported it from the svgalib program razzle, and it really shines as a screen saver, I think. It draws animated stereoscopic abstract designs (the kind where you hafta cross your eyes...), with color-cycling.

Install roblem (SCSI ?)

1998-07-18 Thread Sergey V Kovalyov
Here is a tough one I'm afraid (have not found any answer on dejanews). I was trying to install hamm onto an old Dell 486SX/33 server, and upon boot the kernel gives the following error (I tried bo installation disks - the same result): scsi0: Encountered spurious interrupt scsi0: BRKADRINT error

Re: Sound

1998-07-18 Thread John Kloss
Just a question, did you try it as root or as a regular user? and if as a regular user where you a member of the group audio? I couldn't use sound until I edited /etc/group and added my user name to the audio group. HTH - John Kloss -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL

Upgrade bo=hamm: problems with networking...

1998-07-18 Thread Benedikt Eric Heinen
Hi there, I've upgraded my Internet-gateway machine to Debian 2.0beta recently (after not having had any trouble with upgrading to other machines). But now, I am at a loss, and I can't find out, what broke the network gatewaying... Obviously, there must have been a slight change in at least

Re: Alien and Appliware

1998-07-18 Thread Joey Hess
George Bonser wrote: I once installed applix and have since deleted it and given it away. I am ready to attempt the latest version, 4.3.7, but noted that the patchfiles in /var/lib/alien for applix are a bit dated. Has anyone used alien to generate a deb of Applix recently and were there any

Re: Cd vendors in Europe ?

1998-07-18 Thread Martin Schulze
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... and at least one of the vendors in Europe is strictly a reseller of CDs. Perhaps you have his email or www address ? Check out www.jfl.de Regards, Joey -- Let's call it an accidental feature. --Larry Wall -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL

Xfree86Config for Libretto 70

1998-07-18 Thread The Armadillo with the Mask
Thanks to all you out there who helped me with my recent dpkg problems. As a result I was able to rebuild and configure Card and Socket services for my Libretto and now have hot-swappable PCMCIA capabilities in Linux as well as that other O/S. But I am completely up a gumtree about getting the

Drive mounting

1998-07-18 Thread Cristov Russell
Hello all. I'm very green at Linux and unfortunately no one that I know is currently using it. I'm having a little trouble understanding how to mount a drive. I have to physical hard drives and a parallel zip drive and I am dual booting with Win95. The primary HD has a single FAT16 partition

Re: Drive mounting

1998-07-18 Thread Oliver Elphick
Cristov Russell wrote: I'm having a little trouble understanding how to mount a drive. ... I've tried using the following command immediately after logging in as 'root': mkdir dos mount -t msdos /dev/hdb3 /dos I get an error that says the mount point doesn't exist. Also, i'm

Re: Cross-compile to Windows NT

1998-07-18 Thread Michael Laing
Benoit Goudreault-Emond wrote: I'll assume the thing was written in C. It is. Well. Don't expect it to work out of the box. But if it uses only the standard library, you may have luck with the mingw32 stuff at: http://www.d.shuttle.de/isil/cpd/mingw32-cpd.html This looks like what

Re: Drive mounting

1998-07-18 Thread Oliver Elphick
Cristov Russell wrote: mount -t msdos /dev/hdb3 /dos I get an error that says the mount point doesn't exist. Also, i'm attempting to access the second logical drive (E in DOS). I forgot to cover this point: /dev/hda is the Master IDE disk on the first IDE interface /dev/hdb is

Re: Drive mounting

1998-07-18 Thread Tom Pfeifer
Cristov, mkdir dos == if you just logged in as root, this creates /root/dos mount -t msdos /dev/hdb3 /dos == this tries to mount it at /dos which in fact doesn't exist to make the directory /dos you need to do this == mkdir /dos Tom -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Booting Debian from hd w/ boot manager?

1998-07-18 Thread Tom Pfeifer
Ken, You may not have set up /etc/lilo.conf correctly so that it writes the Lilo boot loader to the Linux partition's boot sector. Without Lilo installed in the partition's boot sector, no boot manager will be able to boot your Linux partition. In particular, you need /etc/lilo.conf to look

cannot compile qt-1.33 in hamm

1998-07-18 Thread Cheng Dien Yiu
Hello all, I have just installl hamm in a new computer . However, when I try to compile qt-1.33, I ran intot errors: Mozart:/usr/local/qt# make cd src/moc; make make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/local/qt/src/moc' gcc -c -O2 -fno-strength-reduce -Wall -W -I/usr/X11R6/include

Re: cannot compile qt-1.33 in hamm

1998-07-18 Thread jdassen
On Sat, Jul 18, 1998 at 08:49:53PM +0800, Cheng Dien Yiu wrote: I have just installl hamm in a new computer . However, when I try to compile qt-1.33, I ran intot errors: 1) Why are you compiling it yourself? There's packages of qt in non-free. 2) Read the fine documentation about this in

Re: problems with X in hamm

1998-07-18 Thread paul
I am not using hamm, but is the wrapper /usr/X11R6/bin/X suid root? On Thu, 16 Jul 1998, Carlo U. Segre wrote: I have been trying to install a new machine with the frozen hamm distribution and I am running into 2 problems with X11. 1. No user outside root is allowed to start X11. This

Re: [avandor@intergate.bc.ca: crc error]

1998-07-18 Thread Torsten Hilbrich
On: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 07:01:27 +0200 Hanno Wagner writes: boot: Loading root.bin. Loading linux.. Uncompressing Linux... crc error --System halted I have read heard about problems with bad floppies. The same happend with the 3rd

Re: Getting Squid to work

1998-07-18 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Keith Alen Vance [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am trying to setup up Squid cache server. I have narrowed my erros down to one. If I type 'squid start' at the console I get the following message. IOT trap/Abort Here is part of my cache.log Squid Cache (Version 1.1.1):

Re: Booting Debian from hd w/ boot manager?

1998-07-18 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Fri, 17 Jul 1998, Kenneth Valentine wrote: Hi...recently installed a commercial package called Partition Magic which contains IBM's Boot Manager, and currently installing Debian. I can't seem to get the boot manager to recoginze the linux partition as bootable. Some particulars:

Re: Drive mounting

1998-07-18 Thread Keith Alen Vance
mkdir /dos should work. Keith [EMAIL PROTECTED] You only get one chance at life, but if you do it right, you only need one. http://www.naples.net/~nfn11988 On Sat, 18 Jul 1998, Cristov Russell wrote: Hello all. I'm very green at Linux and unfortunately no one that I

squid

1998-07-18 Thread Keith Alen Vance
I have squid 1.1.7 installed on my Debian 1.3 machine and it loads fine, but I don't think it is caching anything. Do I have to change something in my browser, like I would for a proxy server? I am using Netscape 4.05. Keith [EMAIL PROTECTED] You only get one chance at life, but if you do it

Ultra2

1998-07-18 Thread Lawrence
Does the current adaptec driver support Adaptec 2940U2W (Ultra2 Wide) scsi card? Lawrence -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null

RAM SIZE large than 64MB

1998-07-18 Thread Alex Kwan
I have seen the FAQ on FreeBSD documents, It was said that if the system have more than 64MB RAM, the user needed to use kernel option specified the actual RAM size, because I want to extend the RAM to 128M in my Hamm, so I have two questions: (1) Does the Linux is seem? (2) If needed, how to?

cannot compile kdesupport in hamm

1998-07-18 Thread Cheng Dien Yiu
Hello all, Maybe I ask the wrong place. However, I have no troubles in compiling kdesupport in bo. But now in hamm, I cannot compile it. The error is : g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/local/qt/include -O2 -Wall -c -fPIC -DPIC QwSpriteField-double.cpp In file included from

disregard my 'squid' message

1998-07-18 Thread Keith Alen Vance
I am an idiot. I realized my question was stupid after I asked it so please ignore it. Thanks, Keith [EMAIL PROTECTED] You only get one chance at life, but if you do it right, you only need one. http://www.naples.net/~nfn11988 -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe

Re: RAM SIZE large than 64MB

1998-07-18 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Sat, Jul 18, 1998 at 10:44:22PM +0800, Alex Kwan wrote: It was said that if the system have more than 64MB RAM, the user needed to use kernel option specified the actual RAM size, (1) Does the Linux is seem? (2) If needed, how to? You may want to try it without further options first.

Re: RAM SIZE large than 64MB

1998-07-18 Thread Oliver Elphick
Alex Kwan wrote: I have seen the FAQ on FreeBSD documents, It was said that if the system have more than 64MB RAM, the user needed to use kernel option specified the actual RAM size, because I want to extend the RAM to 128M in my Hamm, so I have two questions: (1) Does the Linux is

Re: Alien and Appliware

1998-07-18 Thread Paul Miller
On Sat, 18 Jul 1998, Joey Hess wrote: George Bonser wrote: I once installed applix and have since deleted it and given it away. I am ready to attempt the latest version, 4.3.7, but noted that the patchfiles in /var/lib/alien for applix are a bit dated. Has anyone used alien to

Re: Hard drive spindown settings

1998-07-18 Thread Troy
If you are spinning the drive down to extend the useful life of the drive, you are doing just the opposite. As long as the drive has adequate cooling (i.e., doesn't burn you when you touch it), it will stay alive much longer if you leave it powered up and spinning 24/7. The reason is that the

Re: [avandor@intergate.bc.ca: crc error]

1998-07-18 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Fri, Jul 17, 1998 at 09:42:30PM +0200, Torsten Hilbrich wrote: On: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 07:01:27 +0200 Hanno Wagner writes: boot: Loading root.bin. Loading linux.. Uncompressing Linux... crc error --System halted [...] Machine is

boot.zones -- secondary syntax?

1998-07-18 Thread Paul Miller
How do I specify a secondary zone in the boot.zones file? i.e., what is the equivalant of zone domain.com { type slave; file db.domain.com; masters { 1.2.3.4; }; }; in named.conf for boot.zones? Thanks -Paul -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Sound

1998-07-18 Thread Robert Henry Rati
On Sat, 18 Jul 1998, John Kloss wrote: Just a question, did you try it as root or as a regular user? and if as a regular user where you a member of the group audio? I couldn't use sound until I edited /etc/group and added my user name to the audio group. HTH - John Kloss I tried it

Re: Long text file to edit..

1998-07-18 Thread Dave Jones
Try vim maybe? from http://www.vim.org/why.html Vim allows you to edit *all* files, and yet recognizes when you do not have the permission to edit a file, showing [RO] for read-only files. [980101]. Have never tried a file that big myself. Go to http://www.vim.org/dist.html and look for

mutt and mbox file?

1998-07-18 Thread Seth M. Landsman
Greets, So I used mutt for a long time on my system and then redid my system to use debian when my old disk died. So I installed mutt via dselect as a .deb package instead of compiling from source. However, now when I exit mutt, it prompts me to save my read mail from my main mailbox

Re: RAM SIZE large than 64MB

1998-07-18 Thread Randy Edwards
It was said that if the system have more than 64MB RAM, the user needed to use kernel option specified the actual RAM size, Yes, you do need to tell the kernel about more than 64 megs of RAM. Assuming you are using LILO to boot your system, just add the following line to your

Perl and locale question

1998-07-18 Thread Adrian Monk
Can someone please help this Perl-ignoramus with the following. I keep on getting, if logged in as user or suid root (and running 2.0 and 2.0.34): perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings LC_ALL (unset) LANG = (us) are supported and installed on your

Thanks ( CRC Error )

1998-07-18 Thread Nik
Downloading a new image did it. I can't believe that the ftp got corrupted. Thankyou everyone for your suggestions. -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null

Specifying Ultra-SCSI? Re: RAM SIZE large than 64MB

1998-07-18 Thread Christopher Barry
Oliver Elphick wrote: Alex Kwan wrote: I have seen the FAQ on FreeBSD documents, It was said that if the system have more than 64MB RAM, the user needed to use kernel option specified the actual RAM size, because I want to extend the RAM to 128M in my Hamm, so I have two

Re: mutt and mbox file?

1998-07-18 Thread Greg Norris
In your ~/.muttrc file, set spoolfile and mbox to point to the same file. Here's the relevant section from mine: set spoolfile=+incoming/INBOX set mbox=+incoming/INBOX On Sat, Jul 18, 1998 at 12:53:16PM -0400, Seth M. Landsman wrote: Greets, So I used mutt for a long time on

Moving a life to a dos box

1998-07-18 Thread John McPeek
I just installed GNU/LINUX and I need to get a file (ppp.log) from my linux box to my dos box. As you may be able to tell I am trying to learn about unix from books. My original problem is with making a ppp con but I was told to get the file so someone can help me. Just a little more help and I

Re: Specifying Ultra-SCSI? Re: RAM SIZE large than 64MB

1998-07-18 Thread Oliver Elphick
Christopher Barry wrote: In /etc/lilo.conf, ... # Linux - 2.0.33 image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.0.33 label=linux2033 append=mem=96m aic7xxx=ultra Which specific Adaptec chipset are you using? The 7880? I have a 2940UW PCI card and I I have the same card. never

Re: Moving a life to a dos box

1998-07-18 Thread Oliver Elphick
John McPeek wrote: I just installed GNU/LINUX and I need to get a file (ppp.log) from my linux box to my dos box. As you may be able to tell I am trying to learn about unix from books. My original problem is with making a ppp con but I was told to get the file so someone can help me.

Re: Specifying Ultra-SCSI? Re: RAM SIZE large than 64MB

1998-07-18 Thread Christopher Barry
I don't know enough about it to comment on it either. Did you add the aic7xxx=ultra to 'append=' yourself though or was this done automatically? Oliver Elphick wrote: Christopher Barry wrote: In /etc/lilo.conf, ... # Linux - 2.0.33 image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.0.33

signal 32

1998-07-18 Thread Greg Norris
Can anyone tell me what signal 32 means? I was trying out lprng on my home system, wasn't able to get printing to work. Starting up lpd with a debuglevel of 5 shows me the following: plp_waitpid: pid -1, options 1 plp_waitpid: report -1, status died and dumped core, signal 32

Re: Specifying Ultra-SCSI? Re: RAM SIZE large than 64MB

1998-07-18 Thread Markus Lechner
Hi Christopher and Oliver, Oliver Elphick wrote: Christopher Barry wrote: In /etc/lilo.conf, ... # Linux - 2.0.33 image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.0.33 label=linux2033 append=mem=96m aic7xxx=ultra I don't have aic7xxx=ultra set at boot-time. Looks like there's no need

Re: Ultra2

1998-07-18 Thread Markus Lechner
Hi Lawrence, I read on the kernel-list that the new boards run all except U2W - but they are working on it and it may soon be done. You can use the other SCSI-Parts up to UW-SCSI without any problems. You simply can't use the U2W-Part of your controller until they (the kernel and driver

Re: Ultra2

1998-07-18 Thread Christopher Barry
A lot of U2W disk drives can be jumpered to run in UW single ended mode, so that they can be run on a 2940UW or a 2940U2W without the U2W connecter working yet. I should note though that the cable that comes with U2W controllers (part # ACK-68I-U2W) uses a differential terminator and cannot be

Headers for compiling experimental (2.1.xxx) kernel

1998-07-18 Thread Michael Laing
I have downloaded and extracted the 2.1.104 kernel into /usr/src/linux. I want to create a kernel and test it (primarily for raidtools). Should I link the headers as described in the README that came with the kernel or is there preferred way to handle them under debian? I plan to use make-kpkg.

passwords at Debian's FTP site

1998-07-18 Thread Dave Jones
I was going to download the latest libc5 and netstd packages from debian's ftp site and it asks for a username and password when I try to save the files. What do I do? Thanks Dave Jones -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null

pppd

1998-07-18 Thread Robert Henry Rati
I wanted to setup pon so that any user can use it who is in a secific group. I set the group up and set permissions, but when I try to run /usr/sbrin/pppd, I get this message: /usr/sbin/pppd: must be root to run /usr/sbin/pppd, since it is not setuid-root I looked at the man page for setuid and

cat more in anon wu-ftpd

1998-07-18 Thread Bob Bernstein
I have begun to set up anonymous ftp on one of my boxes. Actually it is set up and working, but when I try to add commands other than 'ls' to /home/ftp/bin all I get (issuing these commands) when logged in as anonymous is '?Invalid command.' The permissions are the same as for 'ls' and I've

Re: problems with X in hamm

1998-07-18 Thread stephen . p . ryan
On 17 Jul, Peter S Galbraith wrote: Carlo U. Segre wrote: I have been trying to install a new machine with the frozen hamm distribution and I am running into 2 problems with X11. 1. No user outside root is allowed to start X11. This may be a configuration issue but I know that this did

Re: you or redhat

1998-07-18 Thread Joseph Vaughan
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Subject: Re: you or redhat? Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 23:09:47 +0100 From: Oliver Elphick olly@lfix.co.uk To: Ken Gray [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: debian-user@lists.debian.org SNIP Debian's: largest number of own packages very well tested very easy to upgrade

Re: you or redhat

1998-07-18 Thread Joseph Vaughan
George Bonser wrote: On Sat, 18 Jul 1998, Joseph Vaughan wrote: A serious difference between redhat 5.0's rpms and debian is that dselect tells you about conflicts and dependencies *before* it connects to the FTP site (if that is the method you're using) to download. rpm packages

elm: can't find library 'libc.so.4'

1998-07-18 Thread Keith Alen Vance
I get this message when I try to start elm. What am I missing? elm: can't find library 'libc.so.4' Thanks, Keith [EMAIL PROTECTED] You only get one chance at life, but if you do it right, you only need one. http://www.naples.net/~nfn11988 -- Unsubscribe? mail -s

Re: Ultra2

1998-07-18 Thread Markus Lechner
Christopher Barry wrote: A lot of U2W disk drives can be jumpered to run in UW single ended mode, so that they can be run on a 2940UW or a 2940U2W without the U2W connecter working yet. I should note though that the cable that comes with U2W controllers (part # ACK-68I-U2W) uses a

[filsin@bigfoot.com: New Window Manager......................]

1998-07-18 Thread Martin Schulze
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Re: [filsin@bigfoot.com: New Window Manager......................]

1998-07-18 Thread Shaleh
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