Re: Línea de reserva para acceso a Internet

1999-02-20 Thread Vicente Barba
El jueves 18 febrero de 1999 a las 12:56:04, Javier López dijo: Hola a la lista. En mi empresa estamos utilizando una máquina con debian 2.0 para dar acceso a Internet a través de una línea ADSL, en una instalación piloto de Telefónica. Como a veces la línea la cortan, hemos pensado en

RE: linea de reserva para acceso a Internet

1999-02-20 Thread Vicente Barba
El jueves 18 febrero de 1999 a las 12:56:04, Javier López dijo: Hola a la lista. En mi empresa estamos utilizando una máquina con debian 2.0 para dar acceso a Internet a través de una línea ADSL, en una instalación piloto de Telefónica. Como a veces la línea la cortan, hemos pensado en

editor zed

1999-02-20 Thread Alfredo Casademunt
Hola. He estado probando el editor zed y parece un joya pero la tecla backspace funciona como si fuese la delete. He modificado la linea que dice: key [valor] e_bkspc del fichero /etc/zedrc pero no doy con el valor adecuado ¿ alguien lo sabe ?, ¿ funciona bien en slink (uso Debian 2.0) ?

Re: Dudas LaTeX. Necesito ayuda.

1999-02-20 Thread Cosme Perea Cuevas
El Tue, Feb 16, 1999, Juan Carlos Muro... ¿Cómo puedo controlar el espacio extra entre el principio de la página y el título? yo uso esto: \addtolength{\hoffset}{-4cm} \addtolength{\textwidth}{8cm} \addtolength{\voffset}{-4cm} \addtolength{\textheight}{6cm} en el preámbulo. Obviamente los

Re: dpkg, tar.gz

1999-02-20 Thread Antonio Castro
On Fri, 19 Feb 1999, Hue-Bond wrote: On Fri, 19 Feb 1999, Santiago Vila wrote: De .tgz a .deb, el alien no es una muy buena solución. ¿Tienes alguna mejor, de .tgz a .deb? :-) Mucho mucho mcho README y a currarte el paquete a mano ;-) Je, Je, Je sabía que tu o

Re: Noticias el CNN sobre IBM y Linux

1999-02-20 Thread Jesus M. Gonzalez
La URL exacta: http://cnnenespanol.com/tec/1999/02/18/computadores/index.html Jesus. [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hola A todos los amantes de Linux En http://www.cnnenespanol.com en la seccion Ciencia y Tecnologia esta el siguiente tema IBM incluira el sistema

Como apagar el PC?

1999-02-20 Thread Lucky Kentucky
Siempre apago con 'shutdown -r now' o 'shutdown -h now' pero a veces al iniciar xequea la unidad como si ubiera cadenas perdidas. Que puede ser?

Como instalar Internet

1999-02-20 Thread Lucky Kentucky
Tengo el Debian 2.0 pero no se que debo hacer para que pueda acceder a Internet a traves de IDDEO Me podeis ayudar?

Configurar impresora

1999-02-20 Thread Lucky Kentucky
Como instalo y configuro una HP690C con el Debian 2.0?

Re: Como apagar el PC?

1999-02-20 Thread Javier Fdz-Sanguino Pen~a
El sistema de ficheros tiene una cuenta atrás para el máximo número de veces que pueden montarse los sistemas de ficheros sin chequearse. Por ello, después de un tiempo de apagar y encender te chequeará los discos aunque hayas salido de forma limpia. Si te fijas en el mensaje

kernel 2.2.0-pre6

1999-02-20 Thread Ignacio J. Alonso
Hola, Ayer o antes de ayer mandé un mensaje a la lista que en resumen era: Como no encuentro el deb del kernel 2.2.0-pre6 y tengo el tar.gz de este kernel (CD PC-Actual de Febrero), intalo las fuentes en /usr/src/kernel-source-2.2.0-pre6. Quiero crear la imagen del kernel con make-kpkg

Re: Dependencias con dpkg

1999-02-20 Thread Paco Brufal
On Thu, 18 Feb 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: dpkg -i libpam0g_0.57b-0.2.deb dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libpam0g: libpam0g depends on libpam0g-util (= 0.57b-0.2); however: Package libpam0g-util is not installed. dpkg -i --force-depends

Re: Como apagar el PC?

1999-02-20 Thread Felipe Sanchez
On Fri, Feb 20, 1998 at 12:10:26PM +0100, Lucky Kentucky wrote: Siempre apago con 'shutdown -r now' o 'shutdown -h now' pero a veces al iniciar xequea la unidad como si ubiera cadenas perdidas. Que puede ser? Una cosa es que el sistema chequea periódicamente los sistemas de archivos,

Re: Como apagar el PC?

1999-02-20 Thread Emilio de Miguel
Hola Lucky Kentucky escribió: Siempre apago con 'shutdown -r now' o 'shutdown -h now' pero a veces al iniciar xequea la unidad como si ubiera cadenas perdidas. Que puede ser? Si te refieres a que pone un mensaje de maximo numero de mounts alcanzado, check forced, es normal. -- Deica

Re: Cargar / descargar modulos

1999-02-20 Thread Emilio de Miguel
Hola Xose Manoel Ramos escribió: ¿Hay alguna manera de comprobar o listar los módulos que estan cargados? cat /proc/modules -- Deica logo

Re: xquake

1999-02-20 Thread Emilio de Miguel
Hola Hue-Bond escribió: On Fri, 19 Feb 1999, Emilio de Miguel wrote: Tengo un amigo windousero que quiere echar unas partidas al quake en mi red linux. Qué envidia ;-) Hombre, si quieres te lo mando ;) Hoy instale el xquake que viene en el Cd Contrib de LA5 y me ha soltado

Re: StarOffice+S3Virge(FINAL)

1999-02-20 Thread carlos saldaña
El Fri, Feb 19, 1999 at 07:15:04PM +0100, Jose Mari Mor Fabregat decías: On Fri, 19 Feb 1999, Vázquez, Gustavo wrote: La clave te lo á antes de bajarlo. Si, estoy de acuerdo, pero una vez arrancado te dice que es una version 30 days only, y que necesitas una nueva clave.

Re: Dependencias con dpkg

1999-02-20 Thread Marcelo E. Magallon
Paco Brufal [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Thu, 18 Feb 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: dpkg -i libpam0g_0.57b-0.2.deb dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libpam0g: libpam0g depends on libpam0g-util (= 0.57b-0.2); however: Package libpam0g-util is not installed.

WindowMaker Themes

1999-02-20 Thread homega
Me bajé unos cuantos temas para el WindowMaker, ¿qué debo hacer para poder usarlos? Gracias. -- Un saludo, Horacio [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Quis custodiet ipsos custodet? --

Re: WindowMaker Themes

1999-02-20 Thread Marcelo E. Magallon
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Me bajé unos cuantos temas para el WindowMaker, ¿qué debo hacer para poder usarlos? $ cd ~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker $ tar xvzf tema.tgz botón derecho en la ventana raíz - Workspace - Appearance - Themes (no recuerdo si esto funciona con 0.14.1, _creo_ que

RE: StarOffice+S3Virge(FINAL)

1999-02-20 Thread Hue-Bond
On Fri, 19 Feb 1999, Jose Mari Mor Fabregat wrote: Si, estoy de acuerdo, pero una vez arrancado te dice que es una version 30 days only, y que necesitas una nueva clave. ¿Cual será esa clave Yo más bien pregunto, ¿por qué los de StarDivision lo han complicado

Re: dpkg y tgz

1999-02-20 Thread Han Solo
Emilio Castrillejo wrote: Como resultado, puedo consultar y desinstalar estos paquetes instalados 'a pelo' con el dpkg, tal y como si los hubiera instalado con dpkg -i. Chico valiente ;-) Yo para todas estas cosas prefiero el alien, nunca me ha dado problemas con los tgz, y acutliza

Re: WindowMaker themes - Debian packages

1999-02-20 Thread Christian Lavoie
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Daniel Burrows [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi. Over the weekend, I wrote a script that converts WindowMaker themes to Debian packages automatically. (the themes have to follow wm.t.o's packaging policy). I think it would be useful for other Debian users but I

Compiling a program error

1999-02-20 Thread Jim Foltz
Hello, I have attached the output from the make command I get while trying to compile a program for my programming class. The book is called c++ Program Design and the comes with a simple window library, which the program in question is linked against. I think the program compiles, as a .o file

ls in anon. ftp

1999-02-20 Thread Sebastian Canagaratna
I have just set up an anonymous ftp on my machine. The directory is /home/ftp with subdirectories bin etc and pub. THe directory ftp is owned by root and group staff. I copied /bin/ls into /home/ftp/bin. In etc, I copied the /etc/passwd and /etc/group files and deleted everything except the

Re: How to import pub keys with gnupg

1999-02-20 Thread vandeveb
Well, using the '-a' on the export did work to get rid of the 'public key not found' error when doing: # gpg -r B -se file1 I had actually tried this before. But when 'B' goes to decrypt the file1.gpg this is what happens: #cat /home/A/file1.gpg | gpg gpg: public key decryption failed:

2.2.1 kernel installation problem

1999-02-20 Thread Dimitri.p
I biuld a 2.2.1 kernel. Attempting a: make zdisk failed until I changed the floppy device from /dev/fd0 to /dev/rfd0. Still the machine does not see it as a bootable floppy. Attempted a: make vmlinux and ended up with an unbootable machine. It tells me that the boot device 8, 1 cannot be mounted,

Re: Debian Logo *Idea* Contest! (Delay for painting contest required)

1999-02-20 Thread Laurent PICOULEAU
Hi, On Thu, 18 Feb, 1999 à 12:23:43PM +0100, Andreas Tille wrote: Hello Debian deveolopers and friends, this day is the first I started thinking about the importance of a Debian logo. Someone will say it is to late for a maintainer who [...] Debian Logo Idea Contest Wy do we need

Re: Archiving Old Messages and Misc Mail Features

1999-02-20 Thread Laurent PICOULEAU
Hi, On Thu, 18 Feb, 1999 à 04:59:19PM -0800, George Bonser wrote: On Thu, 18 Feb 1999, Stephen Pitts wrote: Reply-To: Hi! I'm using fetchmail, procmail, and mutt to get/sort/read mail. I've been subscribed to the debian list (among others) for about 2 months, and I just realized I

Multi IP's on interface

1999-02-20 Thread Bill Bell
Hello, Is it possible, and if so how, to support two IP's on a single interface card? I thought I have seen this somewhere. I am trying to put a 192.168.2.x on my eth1 which is the same interface that connects to my bridge and my Internet connection. I want to get to the management utility on

re: Exceed 6 setup help

1999-02-20 Thread SEGV
I just purchased a new computer so I wouldn't have to dual boot anymore. I must use Windows for MS Office (Excel) and games. Problem is that I have only one monitor. I have Exceed 6 but I can't seem to get it working. Does someone who has done this have time to walk me through this?

RE: Multi IP's on interface

1999-02-20 Thread Pollywog
On 19-Feb-99 Bill Bell wrote: Hello, Is it possible, and if so how, to support two IP's on a single interface card? I thought I have seen this somewhere. It is called IP aliasing. Read the IP Aliasing Howto and it will explain how this is done. -- Andrew

Soundpro Under 2.2.1

1999-02-20 Thread Peter Ludwig
Well, I've gotten Kernel 2.2.1 running on the machine, it has everything I need (at present), but I seem to have a little problem. Under 2.0.34 I setup my soundcard as a sound blaster, but with the new version, it refuses to detect the sound Card (it's a Soundpro or for the Techies, a CMI8330 PCI

Make postscipt files use less pages?

1999-02-20 Thread M.C. Vernon
Dear all, Is it possible to make postscipt files print out with two postscript pages fitting onto one physical page (or is there an option in ghostview for this?), please? 350 pages of hurd manual could do with being shrunk before I use _all_ my paper up Thanks, Matthew -- Elen

Re: Crashing Install with Debian 2.0

1999-02-20 Thread Max
I'm very novice with Linux (only one month of !!) and I'm very poor in my english also, so excuse me. I had the same problem when I installed Debian 2.0 and I spent one week to fix it. The problem was the SDRAM (10 ns); I've changed it with my old EDO (70 ns) and now it works fine, but I like

Re: ATAPI zip drive

1999-02-20 Thread Eric Leblanc
On Fri, Feb 19, 1999 at 01:28:34PM -0800, Matt Campbell wrote: Do I need a special kernel device driver for an Iomega ATAPI Zip 100 drive? Or will the regular ATAPI driver detect and handle the drive? It just need the ide-floppy drivers compiled or loaded as a modules. If you did compile your

Re: Make postscipt files use less pages?

1999-02-20 Thread Robert Ramiega
On Sat, Feb 20, 1999 at 07:12:07AM +, M.C. Vernon wrote: Dear all, Is it possible to make postscipt files print out with two postscript pages fitting onto one physical page (or is there an option in ghostview for this?), please? 350 pages of hurd manual could do with being shrunk

problem with sendmail

1999-02-20 Thread Michael Meskes
I've set up my sendmail daemon to just forward my mail to my provider's smart relay host mail.online-club.de. It worked pretty well until earlier this week. All of a sudden though I get messages like Deferred: 451 [EMAIL PROTECTED]... Deferred by rule. Obviously no mail goes out. I checked the

apt-get and no-passive ftp?

1999-02-20 Thread Joop Stakenborg
How do I tell apt-get to NOT use a passive ftp connection? Joop -- Joop Stakenborg [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Hamradio Applications and Utilities Homepage http://www.casema.net/~aba

Re: Sending with mutt/smail. was: Netscape 'movemail'

1999-02-20 Thread Richard Harran
Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira wrote: Hi Richard, first thank you for aswering me with great patiente. :) Richard Harran wrote: snip I don't use mutt, or smail to send mail, so I'm cc this reply to the list, as we're reaching the limit of my knowledge! First. I installed

Re: can't boot recover disk on grid 1755

1999-02-20 Thread Martin Schulze
[EMAIL PROTECTED] asks: I'm trying to install debian linux on a grid 1755 laptop (486sx 25 4meg ram, 80meg HD). It makes it to loading the kernal then alot of stuff goes past real quick, the last thing I see is probing something(goes by to fast to read). Then the computer reboots. Does

Re: ATAPI zip drive

1999-02-20 Thread homega
Eric Leblanc dixit: On Fri, Feb 19, 1999 at 01:28:34PM -0800, Matt Campbell wrote: Do I need a special kernel device driver for an Iomega ATAPI Zip 100 drive? Or will the regular ATAPI driver detect and handle the drive? It just need the ide-floppy drivers compiled or loaded as a

gqmpeg

1999-02-20 Thread John Leget
hi, Anyone have any problems with gqmpeg, i have now had several occasions where it seems to have crashed my xserver - drops to console and than xdm fires up again so its not just windowmaker ( well i assume :) ). Ive switched to x11amp, now. cheers

1.3 - 2.0. Am I okay to reboot?

1999-02-20 Thread Chris Wong
WARNING If APT lists lib* in the list of essential packages to remove then it is very likely you will hose your system by continuing. -- This was quoted from the Debian 2.0 update README. I've logged my 1.3 - 2.0 update, and just noticed something. Is it a big deal? Is it safe to

Re: ls in anon. ftp

1999-02-20 Thread Hernan Joel Cervantes Rodriguez
Hi : You must be copy also the libraries : -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 148756 Feb 14 18:11 ld-2.0.7.so* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Feb 3 16:53 ld-linux.so.2 - ld-2.0.7.so* -r--r--r-- 1 root root 651436 Feb 14 18:11 libc.so.6 -r--r--r-- 1 root root

Re: 1.3 - 2.0. Am I okay to reboot?

1999-02-20 Thread Remco van de Meent
Chris Wong wrote: WARNING If APT lists lib* in the list of essential packages to remove then it is very likely you will hose your system by continuing. -- This was quoted from the Debian 2.0 update README. I've logged my 1.3 - 2.0 update, and just noticed something. Is it a big

Re: How to import pub keys with gnupg

1999-02-20 Thread Christian Kurz
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, using the '-a' on the export did work to get rid of the 'public key not found' error when doing: # gpg -r B -se file1 That's the correct syntax for doing this. I had actually tried this before. But when 'B' goes to decrypt the file1.gpg this is what

Re: A couple more strange sound probs...

1999-02-20 Thread Paulo Silva
Sorry, I have promissed to write yesterday, but I completly forgot. Here goes my awe64 setup information. I tried to play some .wav files (with xwave) and they played well. So I am suposing everything is working OK. If this is not the case I would appreciate if some one calls my attention.

where is `xstart'

1999-02-20 Thread homega
Hi, I just installed WordPerfect8 and tried it as user #1: just an error message about the path... so, I added it to the user's path in .bash_profile as well as to the root's path in .bash_profile; Then I did a su, and tried WP as root; finally, I tried it as user #2 (though I didn't add it to

Problems with M1543 Super-I/O (Asus P5A)

1999-02-20 Thread Lars Steinke
Hi there, I wonder if anybody else has problems setting the Aladdin 5 Super I/O part of the M1543 southbridge to speeds above 38400 using setserial ? Whenever I set spd_vhi the modem will not respond to AT commands at all, it works fine with spd_normal though, yielding the usual 2.8 KByte/sec

Doesn't casio-illum work with SF-5580E ?

1999-02-20 Thread Lars Steinke
Hi there, the 2.2 version of the casio package seemingly has support for the Casio Illuminator series of organizers like my SF-5580E. While communication using Casif/Win in Windoze seems to work properly, I can't get casio-illum to communicate with the organizer. It would be quite helpful to

VGA fonts on X

1999-02-20 Thread keyoz
is it possible to use vga fonts on an Xterm? if it is, how? TIA k e c h i e

[SOLVED] where is `xstart'

1999-02-20 Thread homega
Please, ignore my earlier message, I put /usr/X11R6/bin in my path instead of /usr/bin/X11 as I should. My apologies [EMAIL PROTECTED] dixit: Hi, I just installed WordPerfect8 and tried it as user #1: just an error message about the path... so, I added it to the user's path in

Re: Web email packages question

1999-02-20 Thread Randy Edwards
What packages are available that would allow me to get to my email from the web server on my system? Run -- don't walk! -- to http://www.tdyc.com/~rkrusty/Debian/ and grab Ivan Moore's IMP setup. When I did an overview of all the web-based systems IMP stood out as at least one of the best,

Re: pine mutt

1999-02-20 Thread Johann Spies
On Fri, 19 Feb 1999, Shao Zhang wrote: So, do you think it is worth switching to mutt? Is it better in terms of supporting mutiple folders?? I have used pine for quite a few years and tried out mutt for a few weeks last year - just to return to pine. I do not like mutt. Maybe I could

Re: Make postscipt files use less pages?

1999-02-20 Thread Johann Spies
On Sat, 20 Feb 1999, M.C. Vernon wrote: Dear all, Is it possible to make postscipt files print out with two postscript pages fitting onto one physical page (or is there an option in ghostview for this?), please? 350 pages of hurd manual could do with being shrunk before I use _all_

Mpg/Dat viewer

1999-02-20 Thread Aamir M. Gabaji
Sir, I am in badly in need of a DOS based MPG or DAT file player. What I actually mean is to play the file from command line without any playback controls in full screen.

Re: where is the ipfwadm stuff by default?

1999-02-20 Thread wtopa
Subject: where is the ipfwadm stuff by default? Date: Fri, Feb 19, 1999 at 11:26:07PM - In reply to:Pollywog Quoting Pollywog([EMAIL PROTECTED]): I have a couple of ipfwadm rules in effect that I did not add. That means that the default installation has rules someplace.

Re: Make postscipt files use less pages?

1999-02-20 Thread wtopa
Subject: Make postscipt files use less pages? Date: Sat, Feb 20, 1999 at 07:12:07AM + In reply to:M.C. Vernon Quoting M.C. Vernon([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Dear all, Is it possible to make postscipt files print out with two postscript pages fitting onto one physical

Re: Multi IP's on interface

1999-02-20 Thread John Hasler
Bill Bell writes: I want to get to the management utility on the bridge without broadcasting the bridges management IP on the Internet. Why do you think your bridge will do this? -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI

Smail - Exim: If smail works, why change?

1999-02-20 Thread Jim Foltz
Is there any compelling reason to switch from smail to exim? -- Jim Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED] ACORN techie http://www.acorn.net AOL/IM jim_foltz

Re: where is the ipfwadm stuff by default?

1999-02-20 Thread wtopa
Subject: Re: where is the ipfwadm stuff by default? Date: Sat, Feb 20, 1999 at 10:53:30AM + In reply to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Subject: where is the ipfwadm stuff by default? Date: Fri, Feb 19, 1999 at 11:26:07PM

Re: where is the ipfwadm stuff by default?

1999-02-20 Thread Pollywog
On 20-Feb-99 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Woops, I was on slackware when I did that, sorry rgrep ipfwadm /etc/* oic Thanks. -- Andrew

Re: where is the ipfwadm stuff by default?

1999-02-20 Thread Pollywog
On 20-Feb-99 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Subject: where is the ipfwadm stuff by default? Date: Fri, Feb 19, 1999 at 11:26:07PM - In reply to:Pollywog Quoting Pollywog([EMAIL PROTECTED]): I have a couple of ipfwadm rules in effect that I did not add. That means that the

need help w/ SSLeay

1999-02-20 Thread Shaleh
Hi, I am using SSLeay and apache (or will be once it works). I use Verisign as my key provider. They just sent me a new cert. How do I use it?

ip-up question

1999-02-20 Thread Pollywog
My /etc/ppp/ip-up does not appear to be working. Am I correct in assuming that in Debian, ip-up won't work unless it is placed in /etc/ppp/ip-up.d ? I want to start fetchmail when I go online and I believe that is where my script needs to be placed. thanks -- Andrew

wxPython on debian?

1999-02-20 Thread Johann Spies
I want to start experimenting with wxwindows and wxpython in order to write cross-platform applications. I did install wxgtk2_1.96-1.deb, but could not do anything usefull with it. I could not get wxpython to compile due to missing header files. So I removed it. According to some people using

RE: ip-up question

1999-02-20 Thread Shaleh
On 20-Feb-99 Pollywog wrote: My /etc/ppp/ip-up does not appear to be working. Am I correct in assuming that in Debian, ip-up won't work unless it is placed in /etc/ppp/ip-up.d ? I want to start fetchmail when I go online and I believe that is where my script needs to be placed. Any script

RE: ip-up question

1999-02-20 Thread Pollywog
On 20-Feb-99 Pollywog wrote: My /etc/ppp/ip-up does not appear to be working. Am I correct in assuming that in Debian, ip-up won't work unless it is placed in /etc/ppp/ip-up.d ? I want to start fetchmail when I go online and I believe that is where my script needs to be placed. I think I

Re: WindowMaker themes - Debian packages

1999-02-20 Thread servis
*- On 20 Feb, Christian Lavoie wrote about Re: WindowMaker themes - Debian packages In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Daniel Burrows [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi. Over the weekend, I wrote a script that converts WindowMaker themes to Debian packages automatically. (the themes have to follow

RE: wxPython on debian?

1999-02-20 Thread Shaleh
It seems that debian is far behind on the availability for these kind of packages. Can somebody give advice on my way forward. The maintainer has informed me he is working on new packages. Perhaps you should contact him directly. Be aware that wxPython is very new and not stable or

RE: ip-up question

1999-02-20 Thread Pollywog
On 20-Feb-99 Shaleh wrote: On 20-Feb-99 Pollywog wrote: My /etc/ppp/ip-up does not appear to be working. Am I correct in assuming that in Debian, ip-up won't work unless it is placed in /etc/ppp/ip-up.d ? I want to start fetchmail when I go online and I believe that is where my script

Re: ip-up question

1999-02-20 Thread Marc Haber
On Sat, 20 Feb 1999 13:11:40 -0500 (EST), you wrote: Any script in /etc/ppp/ip-{up,down}.d is run when the link goes {up,down}. The file ip-{up,down} is also run (I think before the scripts in the ip-{up,down}.d). Actually, /etc/ppp/ip-{up|down} are furnished by Debian and explicitly include

XFree86 3.3.3.1 packaged.

1999-02-20 Thread Vincent Renardias
'lo, If you feel bored this WE or happen to have one of those gfx cards supported only in the most recents XFree86 releases, you may want to try my 3.3.3.1 packages. They're accessible on: http://master.debian.org/~vincent/xfree-3.3.3.1/ Notes: - Based on the Debian changes from 3.3.2.3a-10 and

Re: ip-up question

1999-02-20 Thread keyoz
On Sat, 20 Feb 1999, Pollywog wrote: there's an example in /usr/doc/fetchmail My /etc/ppp/ip-up does not appear to be working. Am I correct in assuming that in Debian, ip-up won't work unless it is placed in /etc/ppp/ip-up.d ? I want to start fetchmail when I go online and I believe that is

Re: WindowMaker themes - Debian packages

1999-02-20 Thread Ed Cogburn
Christian Lavoie wrote: In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Daniel Burrows [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi. Over the weekend, I wrote a script that converts WindowMaker themes to Debian packages automatically. (the themes have to follow wm.t.o's packaging policy). I think it would be

Re: where is the ipfwadm stuff by default?

1999-02-20 Thread wtopa
Subject: Re: where is the ipfwadm stuff by default? Date: Sat, Feb 20, 1999 at 05:44:56PM - In reply to:Pollywog Quoting Pollywog([EMAIL PROTECTED]): On 20-Feb-99 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Subject: where is the ipfwadm stuff by default? Date: Fri, Feb

Need help with new cable modem

1999-02-20 Thread Matt Campbell
Help! As of about 8 pm tonight I will have a brand spanking new cable modem connection to the internet. However, at this point it looks like it might only work for Windows 95, and this sucks. Is there anyone out there on the @Home network who might be able to help me configure my linux box

rsync usage with ftp.debian.org ?

1999-02-20 Thread Pierfrancesco Caci
Does someone have a sample command line to use with ftp.debian.org? I've never used rsync before and starting with something that is known to work would be better than starting from scratch Pf -- --- Pierfrancesco

RE: Need help with new cable modem

1999-02-20 Thread Shaleh
1) Find a driver for the plug-n-pray PCI ethernet controller they installed. (Realtek RTL8029 - a really really generic card, the box doesn't even have the manufacturers name on it) Supported in the 2.2 series if I recall 2) Configure a DHCP client. Also, in relation to this, I may

Re: not a plain file - apt install with dselect

1999-02-20 Thread John Stevenson
I guess we are better off using Imperial college in london that manchester. I now use src.doc.ic.ac.uk/packages/Linux/debian and have had no problems. David Wright wrote: Quoting John Stevenson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): [...] I am installing the frozen distribution from ftp.mcc.ac.uk using

Re: USER and LOGNAME environment settings

1999-02-20 Thread Patrik Hagglund
I don't know if Debian has some special policy for this; but as far as I know: on a general UNIX box is USER is set by csh (and tcsh), and LOGNAME is set by login. -- Patrik Hägglund

Re: XFree86 3.3.3.1 packaged.

1999-02-20 Thread Brian Almeida
On Sat, Feb 20, 1999 at 07:37:21PM +0100, Vincent Renardias wrote: If you feel bored this WE or happen to have one of those gfx cards supported only in the most recents XFree86 releases, you may want to try my 3.3.3.1 packages. They're accessible on:

Re: Need help with new cable modem

1999-02-20 Thread servis
*- On 20 Feb, Matt Campbell wrote about Need help with new cable modem Help! As of about 8 pm tonight I will have a brand spanking new cable modem connection to the internet. However, at this point it looks like it might only work for Windows 95, and this sucks. Is there anyone out

Re: Need help with new cable modem

1999-02-20 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Sat, 20 Feb 1999, Matt Campbell wrote: Help! As of about 8 pm tonight I will have a brand spanking new cable modem connection to the internet. However, at this point it looks like it might only work for Windows 95, and this sucks. Is there anyone out there on the @Home network who

Re: Mitsumi FX001D CD-ROM drv. Need help...

1999-02-20 Thread Torsten Hilbrich
Larry Shields WD9ESU [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I am hopeing that someone that also has a CD-ROM drive the FX001D can help me out here, in configuring the cd-rom drive, so that when at bootup it will be mounted... If I boot right from the linux floppy disk, when it gets to the point of

Re: not a plain file - apt install with dselect

1999-02-20 Thread Ted Harding
I'm not sure that [EMAIL PROTECTED] is best for you to bother about this. I've forwarded this correspondence to the person who probably is best. Ted. On 20-Feb-99 John Stevenson wrote: I guess we are better off using Imperial college in london that manchester. I now use

Re: [OFFTOPIC] Compiling a program error

1999-02-20 Thread Patrik Hagglund
The compiler is unable to find __eh_pc used by the file WindowManager.cpp (?) in the library. You have to debug this yourself. -- Patrik Hägglund

Re: Need help with new cable modem

1999-02-20 Thread servis
*- On 20 Feb, Matt Campbell wrote about Need help with new cable modem 1) Find a driver for the plug-n-pray PCI ethernet controller they installed. (Realtek RTL8029 - a really really generic card, the box doesn't even have the manufacturers name on it) A quick search on Realtek's

Re: pine mutt

1999-02-20 Thread Frederick Page
On Sat, Feb 20, 1999 at 11:05:56AM +0200, Johann Spies wrote: problems using mutt to send mail to a lot of people at once. Pine's way of handling the addressbook and aliases works better for me. It's the other way around here: I used Pine for email and news, was content about the way it handled

Re: Smail - Exim: If smail works, why change?

1999-02-20 Thread Frederick Page
On Sat, Feb 20, 1999 at 11:54:31AM -0500, Jim Foltz wrote: Hi Jim, Is there any compelling reason to switch from smail to exim? How about this: Ease of configuration with Exim, and Procmail (with it's cryptic recipes) becomes obsolute, because Exim has already very powerful filtering

Re: XFree86 3.3.3.1 packaged.

1999-02-20 Thread John Goerzen
Is this built with the Sparc and Alpha patches, so those of us not on x86 can try it out too? Thanks, John Vincent Renardias [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 'lo, If you feel bored this WE or happen to have one of those gfx cards supported only in the most recents XFree86 releases, you may want to

Re: Compiling a program error

1999-02-20 Thread Patrik Hagglund
Oh, sorry, your problem seams to be an compiler installation problem. A search for __eh_pc gives the following URL: http://www.cygnus.com/ml/egcs/1998-Oct/0119.html with the following quote: My guess is that you're mixing new compilers and old libraries. You probably have an old libgcc.a

Anyone in Boston? [Off-topic]

1999-02-20 Thread homega
My apologies for this off-topic, but I need some info from Boston. My sister is staying in Boston for a couple of terms and she would like to get a second-hand laptop for herself. I'd too like to take advantage on her staying and get some components for myself. If there's anyone from Boston who

Re: pine mutt

1999-02-20 Thread Steve Willer
On Sat, 20 Feb 1999, Frederick Page wrote: It's the other way around here: I used Pine for email and news, was content about the way it handled email, but it sucked for news. And it did not have color, which is very helpful (for me). There is a patch available for Pine that gives it some

Re: Master Boot Record

1999-02-20 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Fri, 19 Feb 1999, Odin wrote: [ snip ] : is this the dd (if there is one) on the rescue floppy? It may be a : stripped down version. Perhaps someone with more C skills than I could : compile you a quick binary to do this without linking many (or any) : dynamic libraries. dd on the

NeoMagic Card with Slink

1999-02-20 Thread John Stevenson
Hello, Has anyone had any problems using Slink with a Neomagic video card. I am currently using Hamm with Precision Insights XFCom_NeoMaic Xserver. Now from what I have seen from slink is that a lot of changes happen when you upgrade to slink, especially with the fonts. My question is will the

Re: ATAPI zip drive

1999-02-20 Thread Eric Leblanc
On Sat, Feb 20, 1999 at 09:35:03AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Eric Leblanc dixit: On Fri, Feb 19, 1999 at 01:28:34PM -0800, Matt Campbell wrote: Do I need a special kernel device driver for an Iomega ATAPI Zip 100 drive? Or will the regular ATAPI driver detect and handle the drive?

Re: NeoMagic Card with Slink

1999-02-20 Thread shaleh
I use a pure Slink laptop. Has a NeoMagic 128XD chip. No complaints here.

Re: pine mutt

1999-02-20 Thread Adam Lazur
Steve Willer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said: Now I use mutt and tin and am quite happy with both. Sounds like mutt wasn't too good for news either. AFAIK mutt isn't currently meant to be a news reader. There are patches to make it do news however, but they aren't incorporated into the stable

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