Re: RPM packages

1999-05-17 Thread Alec Smith
Take a look at the 'alien' package to do this. Its listed in dselect. I just used the RedHat 6.0 SRPMs for Pine 4.10 on my Debian 2.1 systems without difficulty. Note these are source RPMs and not the binaries. On Sun, 16 May 1999, Eber de Castro Diniz wrote: > Hi guys... > > Hope you could he

RE: Nescape problem

1999-05-17 Thread Shaleh
On 17-May-99 Christian Dysthe wrote: > > On 17 May, Shaleh wrote: > >>> Is there anything I can do? >>> >> >> Nope, Netscape is dying with a severe signal error (look on a console >> showing >> the X messages and you will see them. NS needs to be recompiled and maybe >> even >> bug fixed with

RE: Nescape problem

1999-05-17 Thread Christian Dysthe
On 17 May, Shaleh wrote: >> Is there anything I can do? >> > > Nope, Netscape is dying with a severe signal error (look on a console showing > the X messages and you will see them. NS needs to be recompiled and maybe > even > bug fixed with glibc 2.1. > > So this means Netscape has to do a

RPM packages

1999-05-17 Thread Eber de Castro Diniz
Hi guys... Hope you could help me... I've downloaded some RPM files and I'd like to install it... I've heard that's pretty possible to convert .rpm files to .deb... but how? Is it really possible? If so, it will cause any damage to my system? Regards

Re: StarOffice 5 and Glibc 2.1 (potato) mini-HOWTO

1999-05-17 Thread Oz Dror
I am unable to access this site -Oz

RE: Nescape problem

1999-05-17 Thread Shaleh
On 17-May-99 Christian Dysthe wrote: > > Hi, > > recently I have experienced problems with multiple instances of Netscape > running (both 4.51 and now 4.6). What happens is that if I close down > one, the others closes also. Very annoying. > > Is there anything I can do? > Nope, Netscape is d

Re: Trouble with Debian kernel build

1999-05-17 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Sun, May 16, 1999 at 10:55:31PM -0400, Bryan Scaringe wrote: > I am trying to build a kernel the "Debian way" and am stuck. According > to the FAQ, the first thing a need to do (from memory) is: > make-kpkg --install kernel-package_2.0.36_all.deb > > However, there is no kernel-package_2.

Nescape problem

1999-05-17 Thread Christian Dysthe
Hi, recently I have experienced problems with multiple instances of Netscape running (both 4.51 and now 4.6). What happens is that if I close down one, the others closes also. Very annoying. Is there anything I can do? TIA -- --- Regards, Christian Dysthe Email:

RE: fujitsu lifebook 280dx

1999-05-17 Thread Shaleh
FYI, there is a debian laptop specific list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe just like you did for debian-user. Also, have you checked the "Linux on Laptop" web site for your laptop?

Re: Fw: tweetybird

1999-05-17 Thread Andrei Ivanov
Oh my but he really wanted that wish to come true. *G*. Look at the number of people he forwarded it to.. Andrew --- Andrei S. Ivanov [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] UIN 12402354

RE: HAVE_WAITPID

1999-05-17 Thread Shaleh
On 16-May-99 Jor-el wrote: > Hi, > > The source code for fvwm95 has the following code in fvwm/misc.h : > >#ifdef HAVE_WAITPID >#define ReapChildren() while ((waitpid(-1, NULL, WNOHANG)) > 0); >#else >#define ReapChildren() while ((wait3(NULL, WNOHANG, NULL)) > 0); >#endif > Not bein

Re: Kernel 2.2.x: PPP routing problem?

1999-05-17 Thread Pollywog
On 17-May-99 Sean wrote: > A quick kludge that might fix your problem (it fixed it on my machine under > hamm, and after I get done upgrading to slink, I'm going to try it there) is > to kill inetd. I think the problem revolves around the netbase script in > the /etc/init.d folder trying to use i

RE: Trouble with Debian kernel build

1999-05-17 Thread Pollywog
On 17-May-99 George Bonser wrote: > On Mon, 17 May 1999, Pollywog wrote: > >> >> On 17-May-99 Bryan Scaringe wrote: >> > I am trying to build a kernel the "Debian way" and am stuck. According >> > to the FAQ, the first thing a need to do (from memory) is: >> > make-kpkg --install kernel-pa

RE: Where is gnulibc2.1?

1999-05-17 Thread Eric Bass
Well, now I see glibc1 versions. I'm using i386-pc-linux-gnulibc1 now. The i686 version is still only in gnulibc2.1, though. What's so special About 2.1 that they're so suck on itesp if it's not very stable. Thanks, I'll check TkSETI out, I'm running setiview currently. http://www.guildsoftw

Re: having trouble with kernel 2.2.5 and ppp

1999-05-17 Thread Pollywog
>>History: >> >>In the past I have had ppp and kernel 2.2.5 working properly, howver since > this >>new installation, it doesn't work. >> >>I have looked at the pages on www.debian.org in requards to kernel version > 2.2.X >>Nothing about ppp is mentioned there, that I was able to find. >> >>In com

Re: making linux look bad

1999-05-17 Thread David B.Teague
On Mon, 17 May 1999, Michael Beattie wrote: > On Sat, 15 May 1999, David B.Teague wrote: > > > perhaps from whence you are down loading) >^^ > Sorry about the excess bandwidth killer, but is it whence or whom? Hi Michael Never say bandwidth killer about an English language

Re: font

1999-05-17 Thread Alexey G. Khramkov
Hello Johan, Sunday, May 16, 1999, 9:26:33 PM, you wrote: JP> Hi! JP> When I run in non X-mode I think my font is too big! JP> How do I change it ? JP> -- JP> //thx Johan JP> -- JP> Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null Are you talk about text mode console font? Tr

Re: having trouble with kernel 2.2.5 and ppp

1999-05-17 Thread Sean
This sounds like the problem described in the "Kernel 2.2.x: PPP routing problem?" thread. I don't know why this happens or why this kludge works, but am actively trying to find out. Until then, if you want you can try to kill inetd, and see if that helps. Sean -Original Message- From:

RE: Where is gnulibc2.1?

1999-05-17 Thread Eric Bass
I have libc6, ver 2.0.7.19981 Eric -Original Message- From: Bob Nielsen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, May 15, 1999 2:31 PM To: Eric Bass Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject:Re: Where is gnulibc2.1? On Sat, May 15, 1999 at 02:00:29PM -0400, Eric Bass w

Re: Kernel 2.2.x: PPP routing problem?

1999-05-17 Thread Sean
A quick kludge that might fix your problem (it fixed it on my machine under hamm, and after I get done upgrading to slink, I'm going to try it there) is to kill inetd. I think the problem revolves around the netbase script in the /etc/init.d folder trying to use ifwadm(or something like that) inst

Re: Fw: tweetybird

1999-05-17 Thread Allan M. Wind
Were do I bounce this to? {root,abuse} @krondor.kih.net or @wwd.net ? /Allan -- Allan M. Wind Phone: 781.938.5272 (home) 687 Main Street, 2nd Floor Fax:781.938.6641 (fax/modem) Woburn, MA 01801Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home)

Fw: tweetybird

1999-05-17 Thread Bill Rappe
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RE: Trouble with Debian kernel build

1999-05-17 Thread Pollywog
On 17-May-99 Bryan Scaringe wrote: > I am trying to build a kernel the "Debian way" and am stuck. According > to the FAQ, the first thing a need to do (from memory) is: > make-kpkg --install kernel-package_2.0.36_all.deb I am going back to the old way of doing it because I am still uncertai

fujitsu lifebook 280dx

1999-05-17 Thread Matt Kokidko
Does anyone have this notebook? I'm trying to run slink and have come pretty far(I'm a new user). I recently posted about the icons in wordperfect looking scrambled. the general suggestion was to change video settings from 24 bit color to 16 or 32. When I changed to any setting other than 24

Mail issues

1999-05-17 Thread Matthew Thompson
Hello, My debian 2.1 box has two NIC's: one connected to my DSL router and one connected to the hub for my local network. I recently registered the domain mattyt.net and had my ISP point it to my DSL IP and also point mail.mattyt.net at the same IP. I have sendmail and qpopper installed. The

Re: Emacs and suidunregister

1999-05-17 Thread Steve Gore
Steve Gore wrote: >> I read the man page for suidregister, and it seems to me that when I >> purged Emacs19 and Emacs20 (and all related binaries), not >> everything was cleaned-up. It also seems to me that this might be a >> bug. >> >> Can anyone confirm, or suggest what I did wrong? (I don't

diald problem

1999-05-17 Thread Pollywog
I had to reinstall Linux, and I did not have everything I needed on my backup floppies. I thought I had backed up all my config files, so I believe I accidentally deleted stuff. Anyhow, when my ISP drops me during long downloads, I am allowed to come right back, and diald took care of this for me

Trouble with Debian kernel build

1999-05-17 Thread Bryan Scaringe
I am trying to build a kernel the "Debian way" and am stuck. According to the FAQ, the first thing a need to do (from memory) is: make-kpkg --install kernel-package_2.0.36_all.deb However, there is no kernel-package_2.0.36.deb package. I am in the /usr/src directory, and there are files h

FSCK!!! only 8 disks!!!!

1999-05-17 Thread Tod Detre
WTF?!?!?!?!? Please someone tell me that linux isn't limited to 8 scsi disks! If it isn't tell me how the FSCK to fix this. I'm trying to set up a raid array with 10 disks after a couple crashes I read man MAKEDEV and found out that there is indeed a limit of 8 scsi disks. 8-( --

qmail..

1999-05-17 Thread debian
Qmail fixed.. I found my problem... my syntax in my tcpserver tcp.smtp file was slightly incorrect.. how stupid am I. Shows how asleep I was when I fixed it all lastnight. :)

Re: Kernel 2.2.x: PPP routing problem?

1999-05-17 Thread Kris
At 19:35 16/05/1999 +, you wrote: >After I got everything installed, I >immediately downloaded, installed and ran apt-get, and promptly upgraded to >Slink, just as I had done when Slink first went stable. And now I can't use >any of the >2.0.x kernels AND have ppp work. I've tried everything

Re: downloads...burst, then nothing

1999-05-17 Thread Rene Hojbjerg Larsen
Lev Lvovsky wrote: > I'm having a problem with downloads from my machine (slink). On the > network I have at home, I can upload at the regular high speeds, but > downloading form the machine (to a Win98 machine), whether it be by ftp, or > by http gives me a little bit of the file, and then slo

Re: Mouse not recognized (but RedHat works fine)

1999-05-17 Thread Wayne Topa
Subject: Re: Mouse not recognized (but RedHat works fine) Date: Sun, May 16, 1999 at 04:23:48PM -0400 In reply to:Stuart Ballard Quoting Stuart Ballard([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Wayne Topa wrote: > > > > Subject: Mouse not recognized (but RedHat works fine) > > Date:

Re: making linux look bad

1999-05-17 Thread Michael Beattie
On Sat, 15 May 1999, David B.Teague wrote: > perhaps from whence you are down loading) ^^ Sorry about the excess bandwidth killer, but is it whence or whom? Michael Beattie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) PGP Key available, reply with "pgpkey" as sub

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