ssh stopped working today

1999-10-21 Thread Ben Messinger
Any help on this will be greatly appreciated! This morning when I tried to use ssh to log into my debian firewall from the private network I get no response. But I can telnet to my isp's server and then ssh back into the debian firewall from there with no problem. I have been ssh'ing into the

update: ssh stopped working

1999-10-21 Thread Ben Messinger
what's up with this? It was 100% reliable for months - today is the first time there has been a problem. -Ben Messinger This mail was sent from a 100% Microsoft-free (aka GPF-free) environment. Have a stable day. Use Linux.

Re: Netscape 4.71 Is Rock Solid Fast!

1999-10-14 Thread Ben Messinger
On Wed, 13 Oct 1999, Adam Shand wrote: i don't care if an app crashes, as long as it doesn't take anything else down with it. NT does it to me all thje time..doing normal things then BAM! thats the kinda crash that REALLY pisses me off. upgrade to glibc 2.1 and you will care. it gets

Re: Berolist

1999-09-29 Thread Ben Messinger
and it still was seg-faulting. Smartlist was harder to configure than Berolist, but easier than Majordomo and is working well. -Ben -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ben Messinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email contains no tyops. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Re: loop devices?

1999-09-25 Thread Ben Messinger
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berolist mail-list server

1999-09-18 Thread Ben Messinger
right for what I need. Majordomo or another full-feature list-serve would be overkill for what I am doing, so I hope I don't have to resort setting up one of them instead. -Ben -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ben Messinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email contains

Re: debs for WindowMaker sound stuff?

1999-06-16 Thread Ben Messinger
with no problems. -Ben -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ben Messinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux is coming. What side of the paradigm shift will you be on? -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Re: [off topic] installing linux from scratch

1999-06-08 Thread Ben Messinger
This mail was sent from a 100% Microsoft-free (aka GPF-free) environment. Have a stable day. Use Linux. On Tue, 8 Jun 1999, Armin Wegner wrote: Hi, can anybody tell where to find information on how to install linux from c source code. Currently I'm using Debian. Debian is fine. But

RE: I am not impressed with Debian so far.

1999-06-08 Thread Ben Messinger
This mail was sent from a 100% Microsoft-free (aka GPF-free) environment. Have a stable day. Use Linux. On Tue, 8 Jun 1999, Patrick Colbeck wrote: Hey, my hard drive did the sudden thrashing thing last night too. Its never done it before (well it has in NT but not in Linux). All I was doing

A thank-you regarding exim deb (fwd)

1999-06-01 Thread Ben Messinger
-- Forwarded message -- Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 11:16:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Ben Messinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]--- oops, typo! Subject: A thank-you regarding exim deb Mark, I just installed/configured exim

Re: making linux look bad

1999-05-16 Thread Ben Messinger
, etc. And even better, you will know how to use it! Then the fun begins. Hang in there. We will be here to help. -- --- Ben Messinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Only dead fish go with the flow. Use Debian/GNU Linux. ---

Re: 2 network cards revisited

1999-05-13 Thread Ben Messinger
-- --- Ben Messinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Only dead fish go with the flow. Use Debian/GNU Linux. ---

Re: Cobalt Qube

1999-05-05 Thread Ben Messinger
be well beyond it's design scope. -- --- Ben Messinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Only dead fish go with the flow. Use Debian/GNU Linux. ---

Re: Switching windows managers

1999-05-04 Thread Ben Messinger
. -- --- Ben Messinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Only dead fish go with the flow. Use Debian/GNU Linux. ---

Re: Xauth, how to get rid of it?

1999-04-08 Thread Ben Messinger
encountered this problem when I was using other (lesser) distributions. Please help if you know the answer. There are some tools like gnome-apt that I would like to use without having to end my x-session and start a new one as root. -- Ben Messinger [EMAIL

NIC trouble

1999-04-08 Thread Ben Messinger
by ifconfig, but I can not pass packets to my other computers although I see the light blinking on the card when I try to ping another box. Any help will be appreciated. Thank you. -Ben -- Ben Messinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux user.

Re: Convert FAT32 to FAT16 with windows 98

1999-03-30 Thread Ben Messinger
this: /dev/hda1 linux swap /dev/hda2 ext2 (Linux /) /dev/hda3 fat32 (windows c:) /dev/hda4 fat16 (mounted as d: in windows, and /dosd in Linux) -- Ben Messinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux user.

Re: Convert FAT32 to FAT16 with windows 98.

1999-03-29 Thread Ben Messinger
than the same drive with fat16. But that doesn't really matter to me anymore - now _all_ my partitions are ext2 g. -- Ben Messinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux user.

Enlightenment .15.x for Slink

1999-03-20 Thread Ben Messinger
in the wrong place or just not being patient enough? (my humble respect goes out to all Debian developers - you do tremendous work.) -Ben Ben Messinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux user.

Re: Enlightenment .15.x for Slink

1999-03-20 Thread Ben Messinger
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: *- On 19 Mar, Ben Messinger wrote about Enlightenment .15.x for Slink Are there any E .15.x debs for Slink yet? snip From http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/debian-user-9903/msg01784.html they are at deb http://www.debian.org/~bma enlightenment/ Unless I

Re: Using crontab to update Debian

1999-03-12 Thread Ben Messinger
a document and couldn't access /dev/lp0. Apt-get had updated the lpr package durring the night and replaced the permissions file with a new one that locked me out. Easy to fix, but an inconvenience. Good luck. - Ben Messinger -- If Micro$oft were a pharmacutical company I would hate to think

please recommend 3d video card

1999-03-12 Thread Ben Messinger
A large electronics/computer store is closing their store where I live and they are having a liquidation sale tommorow. I thought this might be the time to upgrade a few things and would like recomendations on a 3D video card. I only use Linux, so 'WinTendo' performance is a non-issue. Please let

Re: SOLVED: samba 2.0 troubles (mostly)

1999-03-02 Thread Ben Messinger
WINS on the Samba server eliminated all polling traffic and really sped things up. YMMV. -- Ben Messinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] There are no accidents, only plans other people make and don't tell you about.

Re: realaudio with 2.2.2

1999-03-01 Thread Ben Messinger
sometime. /rumor -- Ben Messinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] There are no accidents, only plans other people make and don't tell you about.

raplayer deb package?

1999-02-13 Thread Ben Messinger
Is there a deb installer for the realaudio player? If so what is the package name/path? -- Ben Messinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] There are no accidents, only plans other people make and don't tell you about.

Re: Slink, xbase-common and xdm...

1999-02-10 Thread Ben Messinger
that. From there I was able to edit Xsession and remove that hideous retched loathsome xdm. -- Ben Messinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] There are no accidents, only plans other people make and don't tell you about.

Re: slashdot poll

1999-02-10 Thread Ben Messinger
with a mini-van instead of an F1 car -- or in our case RH instead of Debian. -- Ben Messinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] There are no accidents, only plans other people make and don't tell you about.

Re: slashdot poll

1999-02-10 Thread Ben Messinger
Linux? -- Ben Messinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] There are no accidents, only plans other people make and don't tell you about.

having just one problem with 2.2.1

1999-01-30 Thread Ben Messinger
I compiled 2.2.1 and have only found one problem on my system. I changed my working printcap to identify lp0 as the printer (was lp1 under 2.1), and dmesg reports that the parralel port is detected at boot. However, I get permission errors when I try to print. For example, $ cat testfile lpr

just one problem with 2.2.1 - solved!

1999-01-30 Thread Ben Messinger
Ben Messinger wrote: I compiled 2.2.1 and have only found one problem on my system. I changed my working printcap to identify lp0 as the printer (was lp1 under 2.1), and dmesg reports that the parralel port is detected at boot. However, I get permission errors when I try to print. snip Well

lurker's printer problem solved!

1999-01-28 Thread Ben Messinger
I want to thank Bob Nielson for the answers, and Craig Hodges for asking the questions! Because of your thread today you helped me solve my own printer problem that I was to embarassed to ask the list about. Thanks guys! This list has made the transition to Debian smoother than I could have

slink vs. staroffice 5.0

1999-01-22 Thread Ben Messinger
I had staroffice 5.0 working under hamm, but it broke when I updated to slink. I am assuming due to differences in libc.so.6 between hamm and slink. Is this right? Is there a way to keep slink and still get staroffice working again? Everything else I use is working fine. -Ben

Re: slink vs. staroffice 5.0

1999-01-22 Thread Ben Messinger
Ben Messinger wrote: I had staroffice 5.0 working under hamm, but it broke when I updated to slink. I am assuming due to differences in libc.so.6 between hamm and slink. Is this right? Is there a way to keep slink and still get staroffice working again? Everything else I use is working fine

Re: apt-get to upgrade from hamm to slink.

1999-01-20 Thread Ben Messinger
Rafael Kitover wrote: On Tue, Jan 19, 1999 at 05:47:49PM +1030, Mark Phillips wrote: Hi, I've just installed the slink version of apt-get. Am I right in thinking that to upgrade to slink, I should run: apt-get update apt-get dist-upgrade snip What happens if my ppp link

removing/updating a stuck package

1999-01-14 Thread Ben Messinger
advise. Thanks in advance. -Ben Messinger

Re: Remote boot question

1999-01-08 Thread Ben Messinger
Eric Monson wrote: We are setting up a network with Linux and need some help. We are attempting to remote (network) boot the Win95 systems that we already have as clients for our Linux server. The problem is this: We have been looking into using ROM chips plugged into the network cards on

Re: AMD K6-2 3D Now 300 MHz

1999-01-02 Thread Ben Messinger
Darko Martic wrote: Hi ! Are there any problems about using the processor from the subject with Debian linux ? I'm buying a new processor and I think I'll buy that one. Thanx ! I am using that processor on two boxen with no problems. One is a server that has been up continuously since I

looking for xconfig

1998-12-26 Thread Ben Messinger
Can someone please tell me which package contains the xconfig program (for configuring kernel compile options)? I haved looked everywhere I can think of. I even did a grep of the Packages files and found nothing. Thanks in advance. -Ben

Re: True Type Fonts

1998-12-24 Thread Ben Messinger
AJ wrote: hey i installed xfstt copied my true type fonts from windows to /var/ttfonts ran xfstt --sync but when i run gimp i only have access to the fonts i used to have what did i do wrong? AJ You are almost there. Now you have to add the font-path to your .xinitrc or from command line

strange windowmaker behavior

1998-12-24 Thread Ben Messinger
These problems existed using the wmaker package from hamm as well as the wmaker package from /frozen. (wmaker_0.20.3-1.deb) I am having trouble with my x sessions using windowmaker. I have windowmaker set as the default window-manager. When I run startx windowmaker starts up with no dock, only an