Re: Xwindow from win95?

1998-06-05 Thread Alain Toussaint
i forgot to say that the graphic display program run on X,on win95/NT and on java. Alain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Xwindow from win95?

1998-06-05 Thread Alain Toussaint
aybe slink),you can have a look at it at: http://www.orl.co.uk/ ,it's quite impressive. Alain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: X-windows on a Valuepoint

1998-06-04 Thread Alain Toussaint
vt9 -bpp 16 # :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X :1 vt10 -bpp 8 # :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X the last line is particularly important,also,check the location of X,it may be different on your system (i'm using the latest unstable version,but i don't think it will be much different on your syste

smail bug ?????

1998-06-04 Thread Alain Toussaint
operly,now my /etc/aliases file look right. Alain p.s.BTW there could be a very real possibility that some mail messages was bounced so excuse me if such messages ended up on this list. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: PPP problem

1998-06-04 Thread Alain Toussaint
ry,here an excerpt from the manpage: update Run MAKEDEV in update mode. This reads the list of devices currently available from /proc/devices, and updates all entries in /dev to match the device numbers found there. if you want to know more,run: m

Re: Linux and ADSL

1998-05-12 Thread Alain Toussaint
wish i could live in Montreal !! oups.forget what i said about the eth card included,it's 15$ (i think) for buying it. Alain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Linux and ADSL

1998-05-12 Thread Alain Toussaint
1 day's ago and i forgot it 3 years ago). Alain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Debian/GNU Linux on IBM PS/2

1998-05-12 Thread Alain Toussaint
t run X on any of our PS/2s - they're > all acting in some sort of server role. my machine has 16 MB ram and run X perfectly well (if not speedy),i'm using KDE too,you could always setup the 12 MB machine to act as an X server and the other machines as X client,i think it would use l

broken upgrade of gzip

1998-05-12 Thread Alain Toussaint
or it's better if i compile it myself ??? Alain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Internet from Windows/NT thru Linux

1998-05-05 Thread Alain Toussaint
dress: 192.168.188.2 > My NT4.0 has IP address: 192.168.188.4 > > I can ping/ftp between machines without any problem. do you have a nameserver on your linux box (or is one configured in NT either your provider DNS server or one you have) ??? Alain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: does KDE need Xserver-vga16 (or any X server for that mather)

1998-05-05 Thread Alain Toussaint
le with bo. except some gripe (atribuable to both my keyboard who's never configured but fine enough as is and the state of the KDE bug,but they're not critical and i reboot far less than when i was running win95). Alain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

does KDE need Xserver-vga16 (or any X server for that mather)

1998-05-04 Thread Alain Toussaint
x27;s because if i dont need them,i'll save about 40 minutes of download time (and also because i can't connect for more than 5 minutes in daytime,i have to wait 'till midnight to connect for extended period). p.s.i'm running debian 1.3.1 thanks a lot. Alain -- To UNS

Re: kde dont work

1998-04-30 Thread Alain Toussaint
Hello all,i got it working finaly,it's awesome,i like it very much and i look stable on my setup (16 MB ram,48 MB swap). thanks !! Alain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

kde dont work

1998-04-30 Thread Alain Toussaint
rt it,which file i need to modify so it start when X get started ??? also,the kde version is the Beta4 from bo-unstable. thanks a lot. Alain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Alternative to MS Frontpage web design?

1998-04-29 Thread Alain Toussaint
i'll try to find something tonight,there is some utility for doing the stuff you describe here (though i'm not sure about the DHTML thingie). Alain (who did his last night searching program and d/l documents). > >I'm not pleased. Not at all. I've used MS Frontpage 97 o

Re: found a great graphic card

1998-04-28 Thread Alain Toussaint
can see their web site at: http://www.jameco.com/ and yes it's their true name,i did a visit and i dont know if it still a S3 card,i'll mail them after i get some sleep time. Alain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

found a great graphic card

1998-04-28 Thread Alain Toussaint
;d like to know if it well supported by Xfree (3.3.1 i think,my system is bo). thanks !! Alain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: starting X at boot

1998-04-27 Thread Alain Toussaint
/etc/init.d/xdm: start or stop XDM.),so far,except curiosity,there where no way i could know that the source of my problem was these files. hope it help. Alain > > Cheers, > > > Joost > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

i'm not able to run mosaic

1998-04-26 Thread Alain Toussaint
i tried to run mosaic (i've just installed it) and it gave me this error,does anyone know what it mean ?? ~$ Mosaic Couldn't open display: (NULL) Error: Can't open display: thanks a lot. Alain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscrib

i made my second mess with dselect

1998-04-26 Thread Alain Toussaint
lt or there is another way ?? also,my keyboard mapping is perfect under linux ( not X) but then in X,it's not perfect,does there is a straightforward way to get the same result in X (say,copy the keyboard mapping file that linux use under the X one ???) Alain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: securing debian

1998-04-26 Thread Alain Toussaint
> You can increase the difficulty by setting the bios to only boot from HDD > and then locking the bios already done. >- but if he's smart enough that you have to > worry about the root password, he's going to know how to reset the bios. i dont think he'll be able to do that because he dont kno

Re: securing debian

1998-04-26 Thread Alain Toussaint
but root, blp can take advantage of sudo, and anyone else > who tries will get a message logged in syslog saying that they tried. nice,so in my system,i could have only # User privilege specification alain ALL=(ALL) ALL to allow root access only to myself ??? and also,to block access to

Re: securing debian

1998-04-26 Thread Alain Toussaint
su root and a regular change of password will be a better security scheme. thanks. Alain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: securing debian

1998-04-26 Thread Alain Toussaint
t topic),and yes i'm using shadow password. thanks. Alain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

securing debian

1998-04-26 Thread Alain Toussaint
files for mail (i'm using smail and fetchmail but i only need to take care of the .fetchmailrc file) thanks a lot. Alain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: starting X at boot

1998-04-25 Thread Alain Toussaint
it work !! i copied the xdm.dpkg-dist file over xdm and now,i boot with X enabled !! Alain p.s.something to check next time that a user run into this problem. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: starting X at boot

1998-04-25 Thread Alain Toussaint
i think i found the problem,if i do a cat /etc/init.d/xdm,there's nothing who's writen on screen but if i do a cat /etc/init.d/xdm.dpkg-dist,then i have this output (it will be shown after my message),does it's possible that dpkg failed to update the /etc/init.d/xdm ??? Alain ---

Re: XFree 3.3.2 as a Debian package

1998-04-25 Thread Alain Toussaint
the .src file from bo and compile that ??? Alain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

can ya believe M$ netshow run on linux

1998-04-25 Thread Alain Toussaint
Sun Sparc SunOS 5.5+ "netshow_solaris" Sun Sparc Solaris 2.5+ "netshow_solaris" have fun !!! Alain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: unresolved symbols during fresh Debian install

1998-04-25 Thread Alain Toussaint
ane it's the right place,i dont know why it got unanswered but a trick you could try is to change disk,sometime,a computer will bark when it try to boot on a defective disk and this MAY be the result (i'm not shooting but instead put a strong emphasis on the word). Alain -- To UNSUBSC

Re: starting X at boot

1998-04-25 Thread Alain Toussaint
> What version of grep do you have there? Version 2.1-7 is broken, that > might also be the cause. In any case, you can always look at > /var/log/xdm-errors i dont even have this file ( /var/log/xdm-error) and grep is version 2.0 thanks for your help. Alain > > Cheers

posting of a big document

1998-04-25 Thread Alain Toussaint
his domain). thanks. Alain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: StarOffice

1998-04-24 Thread Alain Toussaint
) and i did a mistake i think (i wanted to get out of there and the only button i've seen who permit that was the button reset) press the reset button and then,scalc3 made a segfault error,it core dumped too. thanks for your help. Alain > Bob > > > Bob Niels

Re: StarOffice

1998-04-24 Thread Alain Toussaint
on the subject of Star Office,does it can open XLS files (M$ excel),i needed to open one and it hasn't worked,does anyone here has been able to do so ??? Alain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: starting X at boot

1998-04-24 Thread Alain Toussaint
> Have you guys already tried Debian's "xbase-configure" yet? It is > normally run during the xbase package install, but I believe that it will > setup xdm to start at boot if you haven't already done so. > > -Ossama i'll check into this. Alain -- T

Re: starting X at boot

1998-04-24 Thread Alain Toussaint
see # /usr/doc/X11/debian.README run-xconsole obey-nologin allow-user-resources allow-user-modmap allow-user-xsession allow-failsafe start-xdm xdm-start-server i think there other thing to play as well but dont know what. Alain > > > Joost > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, e

starting X at boot

1998-04-24 Thread Alain Toussaint
ent i could read for enabling X at boot ( and i did read a lot of the manpage sooner this week on this) ??? p.s.i put the backup inittab back into the /etc directory so it start back in runlevel 2. p.p.s.i'm using debian 1.3.1 Alain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

Re: Looking for a PDF reader

1998-04-24 Thread Alain Toussaint
> Hi ! > > Does anyone know where I could find a PDF reader for Linux ? > > Thanks. oooppssforgot to say there's a package for acroread ( the acrobat reader) on the debian ftp server,but i think you should be better to use a mirror from France,check in the contrib section,it's there: *** Opt

Re: Looking for a PDF reader

1998-04-24 Thread Alain Toussaint
> Hi ! > > Does anyone know where I could find a PDF reader for Linux ? > > Thanks. adobe has one for X,you can get it at: http://www.adobe.com/ Alain > > -- > > Andreas Saudemont > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: Star Office Anyone Using it?

1998-04-24 Thread Alain Toussaint
ry few task i given it but it's somewhat of a behemoth on my computer (486/DX2 50 mhz,16 MB ram,1.7 gig hard drive),i'll do real work when i get back to school in september. Alain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

how stable is KDE on Debian 1.3.1 r6

1998-04-24 Thread Alain Toussaint
i'm writing this list because i want to know if there's someone using KDE on a bo system and i'd like to know if it's good to try the binary available or i'm better to compile the sources ?? thanks a lot. Alain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Re: PINE Debian Package

1998-04-23 Thread Alain Toussaint
> Should we get a petition and a nice request letter going? :-) > > Anthony you bet,count me in. Alain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: chmod not working

1998-04-23 Thread Alain Toussaint
y that my message has caused a bandwith hog for a stupid user error. Alain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: chmod not working

1998-04-23 Thread Alain Toussaint
mess with thing like this only when i got a good night),it's been about 18-2X hours that i'm doing without sleeping (and i seriously think this affect my judgement). very sorry. Alain p.s.i was expecting that the permission look like this: drwx-rx--x i know it can't now.

chmod not working

1998-04-23 Thread Alain Toussaint
ied to run "chmod u=rwx,g=rx,o=x" on it to no avail,does all this qualify as a bug ??? p.s.the problem is just an annoyance as i can still access my home dir and run program from there. thanks. Alain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe&

Re: upgrade to libc6 script?

1998-04-23 Thread Alain Toussaint
need the script,i can download it for you (and this apply for anyone on this list who's in the same situation,just mail me if you need it) and send it by e-mail ??? Alain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: stuck with only 1 xterm in X

1998-04-22 Thread Alain Toussaint
ep me busy from now on to september or so !!!) thanks for your help. Alain > manoj > -- > cheese", and another thing entirely.) Capa de Fromage (French) Head hmm,in french,this would be Face De Fromage !!! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subjec

Re: stuck with only 1 xterm in X

1998-04-21 Thread Alain Toussaint
a last question,does it possible in X to be logged on as several user at once (you see,have 2 xterm logged as root,one as alaint,etc...) after this is answered,i'll keep my mouth shut except when answering question (i found that i asked more than enough questions) ?? Alain -- To UNSUBS

Re: stuck with only 1 xterm in X

1998-04-21 Thread Alain Toussaint
> Hi, > > Firstly, you could try starting the second xterm inside the > first one like so: > % xterm & > See the `&' symbol? That send the xterm launched into the background, > and returns your command prompt on the first xterm. Voila! tow > command prompts ;-) i'll do it a try right n

Re: X11 setup

1998-04-21 Thread Alain Toussaint
> Xlib5 setup in deselect > > "ldconfig: warning: can't open /usr/X11R6/lib/libICE.so.6 (no such file or > directory), skipping > ldconfig: warning: can't open /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so.6 (no such file or > directory), skipping" it did that when i installed a second time debian 1.3.1 (and basic

stuck with only 1 xterm in X

1998-04-21 Thread Alain Toussaint
x27;s well enough configured to my liking that i'd like to have it running every time i open my computer. thanks a lot. Alain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: HELP: Telneting Inbound via a PPP Connection

1998-04-20 Thread Alain Toussaint
do you have a nameserver (bind) ?? Alain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Install disks for PowerPC

1998-04-20 Thread Alain Toussaint
the release of hamm i.e. Debian 2.0) if you need something that'll run on a IBM PPC,you can take a look at the linuxppc web site ( http://www.linuxppc.org if my memory is exact,i'll check when reconnecting to the internet i.e. in a few minutes). HTH (Hope That Help) Alain -- To UNSUBSC

Re: first kernel compile & first failed kernel !!!!!

1998-04-20 Thread Alain Toussaint
1 machine and need access to the internet). thanks a lot for all the help you have given to me,it was very usefull. Alain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Install disks for PowerPC

1998-04-20 Thread Alain Toussaint
sion have some files covered under another licence than the GPL due to the proprietary nature of the machine (and these files i'm talking'bout are sometime critical to linux) hope this help. Alain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: first kernel compile & first failed kernel !!!!!

1998-04-20 Thread Alain Toussaint
x27;t locate module cdrom vfat lp lp1 at 0x0378, (polling) serial can't locate module serial do you (or anyone here) know what it mean ?? Alain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

first kernel compile & first failed kernel !!!!!

1998-04-20 Thread Alain Toussaint
file systems... Parallelizing fsck version 1.10 (24-Apr-97) Mounting local file systems ... Mounting remote file systems ... scuse me if it make the message long a bit but there's some driver who loaded but other who didn't,does there is something to do now. thanks a lot. Alain -- To UNSUBS

Re: Big hard disks

1998-04-19 Thread Alain Toussaint
s for now,you'll have ample time to read documents and change your mind later on,if you need more information,mail me or the list. Alain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Video Modes in X

1998-04-19 Thread Alain Toussaint
> An XF86 question: > > I purged, then reloaded, X-related debian packages once and now XF86Setup > appears to be missing. What package should I download to have it back? > > > Geza Gyorgyi the VGA16 server,it's included there. Alain

Re: Emacs initialization

1998-04-19 Thread Alain Toussaint
te-start.el in the content of the file is /etc/emacs/site-start.el itself,hope that help. Alain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: making a kernel .deb file with make-kpkg

1998-04-19 Thread Alain Toussaint
'll try those trick tomorow morning (it's around 3h00 am here and i'm sleeping on the keyboard),if it work and there's someone who need a new kernel ( 2.0.29 presently but i can compile other kernel too),give me a call (er..e-mail) and i'll hapily do it,thanks. Alain --

making a kernel .deb file with make-kpkg

1998-04-19 Thread Alain Toussaint
the command line ( make-kpkg --targets=kernel_image ) but this hasn't worked,also,another question,what's the difference between a zImage kernel and a bzImage one ??? thanks a lot Alain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tro

Re: Linux Installation

1998-04-18 Thread Alain Toussaint
ig would probably > sort you out with all the Linux apps your'll need. yep,excellent reply,instaid of buying a 4-6 gig drive,get one smaller and get a good graphic card too if you think you'll use X a lot,i got mine free but it's far from the best (especially when it's not

Re: gzip question

1998-04-18 Thread Alain Toussaint
i think there's a Unix version of pkzip 2.60 available on the pkzip web site,doesn't know if it run on Linux (had no time to check this when i viewed the site),i'm pretty sure that it also work with gzipped file,the address is: http://www.pkware.com/ > Hello > > I have a non accessible (from lin

the FAQ-O-MATIC is down ?????

1998-04-18 Thread Alain Toussaint
i tried to see the FAQ-O-MATIC but the (debian) server keep saying error 404 file not found,where i can see it Alain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Modem Help Please!!!

1998-04-18 Thread Alain Toussaint
eck on the board (if it's an internal modem,i dont know where to check for an external one) or check in the manual,there may be a mode witch (hope i got the spelling right) disable the plug & play,you should provide us with more detail because i can't help further than this. Alai

Re: Linux Installation

1998-04-18 Thread Alain Toussaint
icking devices which are comptable with Linux, > what would you recommend? Please offer any help you can. for a 500$ budget,you can buy a texas size hard disk (say in the 4 to 6 GIG range). Alain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Install Mailsystem HELP!

1998-04-18 Thread Alain Toussaint
did you try the -q and the -m options ??? here's how i'm using smail: sendmail -bd -q30m p.s.i think sendmail is a symlink to smail -q[interval] Cause smail to process its input spool directory. If an interval is given, smail will repeatedly chec

Re: Newbie question (long)

1998-04-17 Thread Alain Toussaint
.. did you run: make modules Alain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Debian GNU/Hurd ????

1998-04-14 Thread Alain Toussaint
> I know what you mean. I wait for Debian GNU/Hurd ;) Debian GNU/Hurd ? does there's plan for this in the Debian organisation ??? Alain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

possible intrusion in my box ??????

1998-04-14 Thread Alain Toussaint
]: ttloop: peer died: Success anyone know what's this and where to look for security advices and the likes (i dont know anymore where to start) ??? thanks a lot !! Alain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Routing with Debian?

1998-04-12 Thread Alain Toussaint
does the laptop would then be able to access the internet ?? also,you ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) could check if there's a resolv.conf file in your /etc directory and make it's correctly configured,other than that,i could not help further because of lack of knowledge in networking (i'm in

Re: X configuration problem

1998-04-12 Thread Alain Toussaint
nd just went on vacation. But this system comes > complete with ethernet card and appears to be ready for primme time. > > Have a happy Easter i got my Easter blast yesterday !!! thanks a lot for your help. Alain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Where/how can I get Staroffice?

1998-04-10 Thread Alain Toussaint
/tmp directory and then,you install the netscape package and it will install itself. Alain p.s.for debian 2.0,you download communicator (dont know witch version on this one) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: X configuration problem

1998-04-10 Thread Alain Toussaint
maybe this one will serve only for text usage,another thing,does anyone here know if netscape 3.01 would work at 16 color,i tried but it complained ??? Alain also,i'm having problem mailing with pine,my PPP is up but then,pine give me this error message when i try to send mail: [Error sending: 4

Re: X configuration problem

1998-04-09 Thread Alain Toussaint
the 320x200 video mode to the XF86Config without the doublescan thing (this is what mess my configuration because of this note: # Low-res Doublescan modes # If your chipset does not support doublescan, you get a 'squashed' # resolution like 320x400. and of course my card doesn't s

Re: X configuration problem

1998-04-06 Thread Alain Toussaint
27;t adjust your color-depths per resolution I believe that the > script defaults to a "Virtual Desktop." > > Hope this helps. i did that (just reconfigured thing) but the problem is still there,i seriously think that my graphic card dont support doublescan,i searched the ma

X configuration problem

1998-04-06 Thread Alain Toussaint
(--) SVGA: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 78.86 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 80.21 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 81.13 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 87.50

database server/debian stability

1998-04-04 Thread Alain Toussaint
the good address for postgreSQL is http://www.postgresql.org/ it's not a comercial organisation. Alain > Take a look at postgresql.. You can find it on the web at > www.postgresql.com. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tr

Re: what serve the file in the /dev directory

1998-03-30 Thread Alain Toussaint
allready taken care off the potential performance hit because the root disk is copied to a ramdrive and root is mounted there). Alain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: what serve the file in the /dev directory

1998-03-29 Thread Alain Toussaint
bm, mcd, st* ( are these an interface for st506 hard drive), ttyq*, md*, rft*, qscd, xda*, sndstat. that's nearly all i've found in my /etc directory on the disquette who i dont know about these. Alain Toussaint p.s. the * denote a wildcard,i didn't wanted to write the full name of

what serve the file in the /dev directory

1998-03-29 Thread Alain Toussaint
ion i need to safely prune the /dev directory without erasing something important ?? thanks a lot for your help !! Alain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: debian not working on a PC without math copro

1998-03-29 Thread Alain Toussaint
thanks a lot for all who responded to this thread,your help was greatly apreciated. Alain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

debian not working on a PC without math copro

1998-03-26 Thread Alain Toussaint
a friend of mine was trying to install debina but unfortunately he couldn't because her machine didn't have a math coprocessors,do you know if there's installation disk for this,here's the spec of his machine: Its a 486SL, with an award Bios - no coprocessor socket of course It has 32MB of RAM, a

Re: AccelX on Debian

1998-03-24 Thread AUBORD Alain
I use AccelX with last version of Debian without too much problems. But I use only the server, when I have tried to install all the package I get different strange problems (xdm, xinit does not work well), if I deinstall the Xfree package I get problem to run X programs (like library not found or c

Re: Unmount: COMMAND NOT FOUND!!!

1998-03-22 Thread Alain Toussaint
unmount is not the prefered method,use umount in it place. Alain Toussaint -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Dell XPS/60

1998-03-16 Thread Alain Toussaint
is a 50 mhz,this problem can hapen sooner on a faster chip,another thing is that my bedroom is trully warm when my computer have been left open for a lot of time !!! Alain Toussaint -- E-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST. Trouble?

lynx get stuck (sort of...it's an annoyance)

1998-03-16 Thread Alain Toussaint
t remember the URL of the page in question),does there is a way for configuring lynx so that after a time it say an error message that the server doesn't answer and recover from being stuck ??? Alain Toussaint -- E-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSU

subscription problem

1998-03-11 Thread Alain Toussaint
i have originally subscribed to the digest list and now,i'm receiving the non-digest version,could someone point me how to correct that ?? -- E-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST. Trouble? E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: Cron run-parts /etc/cron.weekly

1998-03-09 Thread Alain Nissen
e hamm system. > > dpkg -l lpr: > ii lpr 5.9-23 BSD lpr/lpd line printer spooling system I have exactly the same problem, with the same relase of lpr package. I investigated but I never found the cause of the exit code '1'. Alain -- E-mail the word &quo

hamm installation problem

1998-03-09 Thread Alain Toussaint
offered me hda1 as choice. hope this help Alain -- E-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST. Trouble? E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

installing hamm on a production box

1998-03-09 Thread Alain Toussaint
Hello all i'm currently considering having hamm as second OS on my production Debian box,and if i install it,i would also need to read some document on how to setup it (PPP networking in my case) so i could install it via ftp,here's what i think i will need to know: 1-:does there is document on se

deltree for linux

1998-03-07 Thread Alain Toussaint
does exist a deltree lookalike for linux (or a good way to get rid of some directory and their files) ??? [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- E-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST. Trouble? E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

newbie ppp.....i need help

1998-03-03 Thread Alain Toussaint
else you have problem,feel free to mail me,hope to have helped !! Alain -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

re: New Linux User (late reply)

1998-02-28 Thread Alain Toussaint
one thing i would suggest in your case is that if you had a big enough hard drive,you can allway copy the content of you CD to the hard disk (in DOS) and start from that,i did it,but in my case,it was more in the interest of speed rater than incompatibility,my HD is a 1.7 gig unit. Alain -- TO

Re: i made a mess with dselect

1998-02-28 Thread Alain Toussaint
> Someone else has advised you that a 1.3.1r6 CDs are available at > farily cheap prices. Another approach is to reinstall from the 1.3 > CD, then use dselect/dpkg-ftp to upgrade. That would greatly reduce > the amount of data to be downloaded by ftp, which would be beneficial > if on-line time

i made a mess with dselect

1998-02-27 Thread Alain Toussaint
onnect to the net for the latest release or i'm better of keeping the CD version ?? thanks a lot Alain [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Mount Point Problem

1998-02-19 Thread AUBORD Alain
I have a huge quantity of mount point to manage (~200) and I get the message "mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on pegase:/export/opt/SUNWdxlib,or too many mounted file systems" I would know where it is possible to increase the number of mount point ? A.Aubord My address: e-m

Problem with autofs

1998-02-12 Thread AUBORD Alain
I have just installed the last version of autofs 0.3.14-4 over last kernel (2.1.86) and nothing work again. Basically I get "nfs server not reponding..." message, but the server is perfectly working (I can mount and unmount partition from other non linux machines in the network). I get the followi

KDM and > 256 colours

1998-02-12 Thread AUBORD Alain
How to start KDM with more than 256 colours. I have spent some time browsing through the doc. without success. With "startx" command, the solution was easy (startx -- -bpp 16) but I can not find the file where to put a similar definition for KDM (or XDM) which are started automaticaly by initiali

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