Re: lean indexed navigation tool for system help

1998-02-25 Thread David Stern
On 25 Feb 1998 11:52:11 +0100, Martin Bialasinski wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Stern) writes: My only idea was that something like that might be possible using a search engine (ht-dig), a web-server (apache), and a browser (Lynx or Netscape) setup with mime-types for the various doc

Re: root access and dselect | ftp

1998-02-25 Thread David Stern
On 22 Feb 1998 20:04:41 +1300, Carey Evans wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Stern) writes: What I'm trying to do is make my ppp connection as secure as possible, and one of the first things I realized is that whenever I'm running dselect, I'm root, and that I might be connected

Re: module configuration

1998-02-25 Thread David Stern
and FAQ-O-Matic and have not found anything this specific or addressing my problem. And now you have more to read. :-) -- David Stern -- http://weber.u.washington.edu/~kotsya

Re: /var/log/messages

1998-02-24 Thread David Stern
for more details.) -- David Stern -- http://weber.u.washington.edu/~kotsya [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e

Re: aha2920, no disk found

1998-02-24 Thread David Stern
driver (it only says that it's supported). If you use the wrong driver, it's not going to work. Someone already wrote and said they did a dejagnus search and found that this was a Future Domain chipset. Get a cup of coffee and wake up! :-) -- David Stern

Re: New Linux user

1998-02-23 Thread David Stern
, www.debian.org You will also want to become very familiar with the howto's man pages and other documentation which comes with linux. There's a wealth of information, but it takes some reading and use to get down. Take your time. -- David Stern

Re: dpkg secrets

1998-02-23 Thread David Stern
On Mon, 23 Feb 1998 04:28:22 +0100, Remco Blaakmeer wrote: On Sun, 22 Feb 1998, David Stern wrote: Is there a nice way to determine when I installed a package? Right now I'm manually comparing my /var/lib/dpkg/status* files. One way to see when you last installed or upgraded

Re: Modem Problems....

1998-02-23 Thread David Stern
to dial. Any suggestions as to where I should go from here to try and get the modem to work? When I went through this, I found the Net3 and Serial HOWTO's quite useful. -- David Stern

Re: root access and dselect | ftp

1998-02-22 Thread David Stern
On Sun, 22 Feb 1998 02:28:06 +0100, Remco Blaakmeer wrote: On Fri, 20 Feb 1998, David Stern wrote: It occurred to me that running dselect | ftp as root could potentially compromise root access. I don't want users to be able to run dselect, and I don't want to loose the power

Re: aha2920, no disk found

1998-02-22 Thread David Stern
On Sat, 21 Feb 1998 16:36:25 MST, Richard B. Talley wrote: On 21 Feb 98 at 13:48, debian-user@lists.debian.org wrote: On Sat, 21 Feb 1998 13:00:32 CST, TW Kayos wrote: doesn't anyone have experience installing Debian on this hardware? What makes you think aic7xxx supports your

new hamm nmh breaks header rewriting, isp becomes irate

1998-02-22 Thread David Stern
this to the nmh package maintainer right now, but you can trust that I will when this is fixed. Where can I get the nmh deb that works, 0.17-1 ? -- David Stern -- http

Re: new hamm nmh breaks header rewriting, isp becomes irate

1998-02-22 Thread David Stern
On Sun, 22 Feb 1998 08:58:15 EST, wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Stern) writes: Recently I upgraded nmh on hamm from 0.17-1 to 0.22-1 and I just discovered my smail header rewriting is broke, and I think the new nmh is the culprit. smail remains on hold status in dselect. I've read

dpkg secrets

1998-02-22 Thread David Stern
Hi, Is there a nice way to determine when I installed a package? Right now I'm manually comparing my /var/lib/dpkg/status* files. -- David Stern -- http

Re: Problems w/ppp dialup and sending mail

1998-02-22 Thread David Stern
for, to maintain. Other ways to rewrite email headers also exist, but these seem to be the most common. -- David Stern -- http://weber.u.washington.edu/~kotsya

root access and dselect | ftp

1998-02-21 Thread David Stern
Hi, It occurred to me that running dselect | ftp as root could potentially compromise root access. I don't want users to be able to run dselect, and I don't want to loose the power of dselect by downloading all packages and package lists individually, but I want to decrease the potential of

cron fails following hamm upgrade

1998-02-21 Thread David Stern
Hi, According to /var/log/syslog, my cron was working all day on Feb 8 (the day I upgraded to hamm), and stopped working the following morning when I rebooted. /var/log/syslog now shows that crontab edits, removals, and lists work fine, and I've reviewd my crontab entries with diligence,

Re: cron fails following hamm upgrade

1998-02-21 Thread David Stern
On Fri, 20 Feb 1998 18:34:32 PST, I wrote: Hi, According to /var/log/syslog, my cron was working all day on Feb 8 (the day I upgraded to hamm), and stopped working the following morning when I rebooted. /var/log/syslog now shows that crontab edits, removals, and lists work fine, and

Re: aha2920, no disk found

1998-02-21 Thread David Stern
On Sat, 21 Feb 1998 13:00:32 CST, TW Kayos wrote: doesn't anyone have experience installing Debian on this hardware? Perhaps the card should be removed from the working hardware list, as it doesn't work with linux. What makes you think aic7xxx supports your controller?

how can I change priority of focused/non-focused windows?

1998-02-17 Thread David Stern
Hi, I've noticed that most http and ftp clients will have decreased download rates when their window loses focus. There doesn't need to be any other modem usage, or even a resource intensive app in focus for this to occur. I've tried `renice', but this doesn't noticeably change the behavior

any debianized CAD programs?

1998-02-16 Thread David Stern
Hi, Are there any debianized CAD programs? I'm running hamm, and I don't see any. I've looked at Linux Woven Goods, but found one commercial, one pre-alpha, and one who's website I couldn't connect to. -- D a v i d S t e r n

Re: any debianized CAD programs?

1998-02-16 Thread David Stern
On 16 Feb 1998 12:43:18 GMT, Pedro Quaresma de Almeida wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Stern) writes: Are there any debianized CAD programs? I'm running hamm, and I don't see any. You may want to look at SAL, Scientific Applications on Linux, http://www.idite-minho.pt/SAL

Re: any debianized CAD programs?

1998-02-16 Thread David Stern
On Mon, 16 Feb 1998 13:06:33 EST, Michael Stutz wrote: Are there any *linux* CAD programs? (That are open source and not proprietary. Haven't found much in this area...) If you mean today, and fully featured, then I don't think so, no. However, there may be some alternatives, depending on

nmh configuration

1998-02-11 Thread David Stern
Hi, I've got a hamm system running with smail(3.2.0.100-4), exmh(2.0-1), and would like to configure nmh(0.17-1) so that it uses smail as the local SMTP server (called by inetd), as was implemented in my bo system. I specifically do NOT want nmh to act as the SMTP server, because I have a

Re: nmh configuration

1998-02-11 Thread David Stern
On 11 Feb 1998 10:21:33 +0100, Martin Bialasinski wrote: David Stern [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I've got a hamm system running with smail(3.2.0.100-4), exmh(2.0-1), = 450 defer '[EMAIL PROTECTED]', sender address target 'localhost.localdomain' cannot be verified at this time

Re: Automating PPP with cron?

1998-02-10 Thread David Stern
On Mon, 09 Feb 1998 18:03:00 +0400, Timothy M. Hospedales wrote: Sounds like a dooable crack. I see a cron.daily, weekly monthly directory in /etc, with scripts in it, which I presume get executed daily weekly and month respectively. I'de like it to run every 6 hours. I tried read the cron

following hamm upgrade dselect can't find Packages file

1998-02-05 Thread David Stern
Hi, I used the auto-upgrade script to upgrade to hamm, then used dselect | ftp to upgrade a couple hundred packages in /hamm/hamm, then after I was through I rebooted and life was good. Good work, Debian Team. :-) Then I restarted dselect and decided to upgrade /hamm/non-free and /hamm/contrib,

Re: following hamm upgrade dselect can't find Packages file

1998-02-05 Thread David Stern
On Thu, 05 Feb 1998 14:18:18 EST, Scott Ellis wrote: http://www.gate.net/~storm/FAQ/libc5-libc6-Mini-HOWTO-4.html#ss4.5 Well, you helped me to figure it out. The problem was my preceeding forward slash before the directory name. It doesn't seem to matter if I use hamm or dists/unstable, just

hamm (fresh) install considerations

1998-02-02 Thread David Stern
Hi, I'm considering a fresh hamm install, however I haven't found much information about installing hamm fresh. I presume that bash and libc would be non-issues (at least for installation), but beyond that, what can I expect, in terms of errors -- both quantity and complexity? Also, I've

Re: hamm (fresh) install considerations

1998-02-02 Thread David Stern
On 01 Feb 1998 22:42:53 EST, Ben Pfaff wrote: I'm considering a fresh hamm install, however I haven't found much information about installing hamm fresh. I presume that bash and libc would be non-issues (at least for installation), but beyond that, what can I expect, in terms of errors --

Re: Package Installation....

1998-01-11 Thread David Stern
be of any real help, don't hesitate to ask. -- David Stern [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://weber.u.washington.edu/~kotsya/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: bash shell script questions

1998-01-10 Thread David Stern
On Fri, 09 Jan 1998 23:01:54 +0100, Rob S. Wolfram wrote: David Stern wrote: [..] news://comp.unix.shell I know now. 1.) How do I insert a newline character in a double-quoted string? If you mean when using bash's built-in echo command, use echo -e Test\nMoreText I'll use

Re: Package Installation....

1998-01-10 Thread David Stern
://weber.u.washington.edu/~kotsya/staroffice.html Regarding space, the staroffice install lets you select individual components if you choose the custom install method. I think the minimum required space is around 30MB. As mentioned, a symlink from /opt to /usr/opt also works. Have fun! :-) -- David Stern

Re: bash shell script questions

1998-01-08 Thread David Stern
to the most important question (reassigning variables interactively) here first. You're also right that there are some other good unix docs there. Thanks again! :-) -- David Stern [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://weber.u.washington.edu/~kotsya/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word

bash shell script questions

1998-01-07 Thread David Stern
helpful remarks. - #!/bin/sh # David's Backup Utility (dbu) v. 0.1 # David Stern [EMAIL PROTECTED] # Tue Jan 6 15:31:01 PST 1998 dbu_list=/root/dbu_list destination=/backup2 device=/dev/sdb2 copymethod=safecopy2 option=0 echo ; echo

Re: email configuration

1998-01-02 Thread David Stern
. So don't masquerade as your isp's hostname unless your isp subnets you and you have a static ip address, or have another good reason. -- David Stern [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://weber.u.washington.edu/~kotsya/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL

Re: UPS

1998-01-02 Thread David Stern
or interactive 4.) brand/model -- David Stern [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://weber.u.washington.edu/~kotsya/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: laser printers and linux

1998-01-02 Thread David Stern
new, so I wouldn't expect to see one anytime soon. If you want to know the details on PrintGear, try this: http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/printgear/PDFS/observer.pdf -- David Stern [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://weber.u.washington.edu/~kotsya/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail

Re: Internet Access With Debian

1998-01-02 Thread David Stern
from ftp.debian.org automatically. -- David Stern [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://weber.u.washington.edu/~kotsya/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: debian 1.3 on thinkpad 760xl

1998-01-01 Thread David Stern
://queequeg.ifa.hawaii.edu/linux/portables.html Linux on Laptops NO Intel http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/non-intel.html X and Linux on Notebooks http://www.castle.net/X-notebook/index_linux.html -- David Stern [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://weber.u.washington.edu/~kotsya/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM

Re: debian 1.3 on thinkpad 760xl

1998-01-01 Thread David Stern
my level, so I'm going to have to hand this off to the pros. My guess would be a secret incantation for lilo to use regarding the thinkpad hard drive device address, but I don't know. -- David Stern [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://weber.u.washington.edu/~kotsya/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM

Re: laser printers and linux

1997-12-31 Thread David Stern
On Tue, 30 Dec 1997 09:53:50 PST, G. Crimp wrote: On Tue, Dec 30, 1997 at 01:40:57PM +, David Stern wrote: Unfortunately, you have a windoze GDI printer, which means some hardware functions are emulated in software to more closely integrate with (be controlled by) windoze. The one

Re: laser printers and linux

1997-12-31 Thread David Stern
they rely on the host computer to rasterize pages. GDI printers are as good as win-modems. :-) -- David Stern [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://weber.u.washington.edu/~kotsya/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL

Re: Printing problem solved

1997-12-30 Thread David Stern
On Mon, 29 Dec 1997 22:21:03 EST, Daniel Martin wrote: On Sun, 28 Dec 1997, David Stern wrote: essentially: What will it take to get a (any) search function for debian-user? Or conversely, what is blocking a search function from being implemented? Or does a search function plan

Re: laser printers and linux

1997-12-30 Thread David Stern
. -- David Stern [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://weber.u.washington.edu/~kotsya/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: Printing problem solved

1997-12-29 Thread David Stern
On Sun, 28 Dec 1997, David Stern wrote: with your resources. DejaNews (http://www.dejanews.com) searches the Debian List, so if you have a question which you think is likely to be common (I'd imagine configuring a deskjet is somewhat common), you might try searching the list

Re: Printing problem solved

1997-12-29 Thread David Stern
a search function plan already exist? .. -- David Stern [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://weber.u.washington.edu/~kotsya/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: Printing problem solved

1997-12-28 Thread David Stern
in /usr/doc/* to be real helpful. I often use Filerunner (fr) to seamlessly view zipped documents and HOWTO's in X-windows, and I have a script from the Tips-HOWTO to view them in console. -- David Stern [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://weber.u.washington.edu/~kotsya/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM

Re: getting started in Xwin (Help)

1997-12-27 Thread David Stern
a listing of all your installed packages through grep fvwm which will only display lines which have fvwm in them, so that hundreds of packages don't go scrolling off your screen. -- David Stern [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://weber.u.washington.edu/~kotsya/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e

Re: Mail!

1997-12-27 Thread David Stern
-- David Stern [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://weber.u.washington.edu/~kotsya/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

UPS

1997-12-26 Thread David Stern
, and my system is a standalone workstation. Are there any Linux UPS resources out there other than the HOWTO ? I'd like to find out which models have intelligent UPS features working with Linux, and which models ship with prefabricated RS-232 cables for Linux. -- David Stern [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: UPS

1997-12-26 Thread David Stern
and features, some Linux user's web pages with a little more up to date info than the Aug 1994 date shown in one part of the HOWTO, as well as a survey of first hand experiences with different UPS brands and models by Linux users. -- David Stern [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://weber.u.washington.edu/~kotsya

Re: smail config for an ISP with PPP+SMTP+POP3 - How to do?

1997-12-23 Thread David Stern
in this instance I'd recommend the piecemeal approach mentioned above. You may still wish to get a good un*x book and redeem yourself. :-) -- David Stern [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://weber.u.washington.edu/~kotsya/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED

the ghost of permissions past

1997-12-21 Thread David Stern
Hi, This afternoon I noticed that while web browsing netscape kept losing focus, but could be restored with a right-click on the titlebar. Then I noticed I couldn't edit files (text, cgi, rename..). There were also about five xv zombies which I couldn't kill -9 in an ssh root window. I

Re: the ghost of permissions past

1997-12-21 Thread David Stern
On Sun, 21 Dec 1997 00:15:00 PST, David Stern wrote: Although I figured since I'd already rebooted and had experienced it twice consecutively that it was permanent, but I just rebooted again and all is well. I think I have an idea of what's going on. When I began using ssh I started having

Re: Netscape 4.04

1997-12-21 Thread David Stern
). -- David Stern [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://weber.u.washington.edu/~kotsya/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: Colours with Lynx

1997-12-21 Thread David Stern
- -- David Stern [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://weber.u.washington.edu/~kotsya/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: sendmail installation

1997-12-19 Thread David Stern
of the config files is far nicer. -- David Stern [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://weber.u.washington.edu/~kotsya/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: sendmail installation

1997-12-19 Thread David Stern
of the config files is far nicer. -- David Stern [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://weber.u.washington.edu/~kotsya/ -- David Stern [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://weber.u.washington.edu/~kotsya/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail

Re: Is it possible to start X Windows in multiple V/C .

1997-12-19 Thread David Stern
.. startx -- :1 (this starts a new x-server on VC8) Ctrl-Alt-F7 (to get back to the original X-server on VC7) **This was mostly a summary of what Ted Harding wrote on Nov. 25 . -- David Stern [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://weber.u.washington.edu/~kotsya/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e

Re: dpkg and deb files

1997-12-19 Thread David Stern
. You are root, I take it? -- David Stern [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://weber.u.washington.edu/~kotsya/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

local mail is broken

1997-12-16 Thread David Stern
--- There's a lot going on here, and I can't figure it out. If anyone understands this, please let me know. (/usr/bin/procmail exists, btw) -- David Stern [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://weber.u.washington.edu/~kotsya/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word

Re: Wow, and some questions

1997-12-15 Thread David Stern
that to work with linux--it requires extra work. 4) What productivity software is available? (word processing etc) See the linux woven goods website (if busy, try back later) http://www.fokus.gmd.de/linux -- David Stern [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://weber.u.washington.edu/~kotsya

Re: MTA hostname masquerading, and local mail delivery

1997-12-15 Thread David Stern
difficult. -- David Stern [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://weber.u.washington.edu/~kotsya/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

MTA hostname masquerading, and local mail delivery

1997-12-14 Thread David Stern
. -- David Stern [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://weber.u.washington.edu/~kotsya/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

sendmail, root, and the man

1997-12-13 Thread David Stern
Hi, My isp is complaining about my sender: header lines in my emails: Please don't send email until you have your system set up properly. Your return address is still wrong and undeliverable: David Stern [EMAIL PROTECTED] You are not on mailhost1.cac.washington.edu. In exmh my

mail delivery error message

1997-12-12 Thread David Stern
? (clueless, but I'd like this to stop) David Stern confused look bin24sO2Bq1g0.bin Description: message David Stern StarOffice 4.0 for Linux Beta Install Guide http://weber.u.washington.edu/~kotsya/

Re: Anyone have any good help files for the learning Linux fan?

1997-12-11 Thread David Stern
for various activities and events. I know this is longer than hell, so I'll stop now. :-) -- David Stern StarOffice 4.0 for Linux Beta Install Guide http://weber.u.washington.edu/~kotsya/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e

Re: Can anyone please post the Debian specific published manual.

1997-12-11 Thread David Stern
an isp. -- David Stern StarOffice 4.0 for Linux Beta Install Guide http://weber.u.washington.edu/~kotsya/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

xntp, ntpdate, setting the local clock

1997-12-08 Thread David Stern
Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi, I'm using xntpd (for no good reason), have setup my ntp servers in /etc/ntp.conf, have ran ntpq to find that xntpd is working great. However, the local clock isn't being set, according to reftime in ntpq | rv. I'm

Re: xntp, ntpdate, setting the local clock

1997-12-08 Thread David Stern
On Mon, 08 Dec 1997 17:30:15 +1100, Hamish Moffatt wrote: On Sun, Dec 07, 1997 at 08:37:33PM +, David Stern wrote: I'm using xntpd (for no good reason), have setup my ntp servers in /etc/ntp.conf, have ran ntpq to find that xntpd is working great. However, the local clock isn't

Re: fetch/mail and xconsole

1997-12-08 Thread David Stern
On Mon, 08 Dec 1997 09:47:03 GMT, wrote: Xconsole is started by xdm before login. It appears in the bottom left corner. 1. How do I change the resources for this? I`ve altered personal resources, xdm`s and even app-defaults. Can`t get the bugger to shift :) I'm not sure I understand what

Re: BS in rxvt+ncurses

1997-12-06 Thread David Stern
Nathan == Nathan E Norman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Nathan Hmm, I'll regret saying this forever I bet :) Many lists like Nathan this one have an FAQ that gets posted semi-frequently. Nathan Anyone ever attempted this? Are there good reasons for this Nathan NOT to happen? Otherwise, we

Re: CONT.: Debian Installation Problem, PLEASE HELP!!!

1997-12-04 Thread David Stern
On Thu, 04 Dec 1997 11:52:38 +0200, Liran Zvibel wrote: You were right! I didn't have xbase installed. I installed it and tried to run startx (without configuring, just to see whether it runs). It didn't, said it couldn't connect to the server (Or something like that, I'll try to install

Re: Hardware ?

1997-12-03 Thread David Stern
Hi, I have been very happy with Buslogic BT-958 Ulstra (Fast-20) Wide controller. The so called SCSI-3 defines a 68-pin 2-Byte wide connector (and cable); SCSI-2 has a 50 pin (1Byte/8bit wide) connector and cables. You can attach a scsi2 8bit device on an ultra controller (that's

Re: Debian Installation Problem, PLEASE HELP!!!

1997-12-03 Thread David Stern
On Wed, 03 Dec 1997 12:01:50 +0200, Liran Zvibel wrote: On Wed, 3 Dec 1997, David Stern wrote: On Wed, 03 Dec 1997 08:47:02 +0200, Liran Zvibel wrote: 2) Although everything on the (optional) X11 section is installed (checked twice.), the file /usr/X11R6/bin/SuperProbe doesn't

download stalls

1997-12-02 Thread David Stern
Hi, I'm doing some downloading with filerunner right now, have ran renice -20 on asmodem and tkwish(filerunner), but still find that my download will stall, as indicated by my asmodem display and filerunner transfer status display, under certain conditions, particularly following a http or ftp

Re: download stalls

1997-12-02 Thread David Stern
by accident, but that's OK. :-) David On Mon, 01 Dec 1997 22:54:48 GMT, David Stern wrote: Hi, I'm doing some downloading with filerunner right now, have ran renice -20 on asmodem and tkwish(filerunner), but still notice that my download will stall, as indicated by my asmodem display

xface

1997-12-01 Thread David Stern
Hi, What is that on your head?! :-) (I'm looking at your xface) David -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: Pine

1997-12-01 Thread David Stern
.. :-) David Stern -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: diald cached webpages

1997-11-30 Thread David Stern
as root, in /usr/src/.. , and I'm just about out of ideas. Got any? :-) David Stern -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: problem with bash -- probably

1997-11-30 Thread David Stern
You want something like this in your $HOME/.bashrc : PS1=[EMAIL PROTECTED] \W]\\$ export PS1 There are man pages that deal with this in detail. David -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL

diald cached webpages

1997-11-29 Thread David Stern
? David Stern -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: diald cached webpages

1997-11-29 Thread David Stern
On Sat, 29 Nov 1997 03:29:15 EST, Wintermute wrote: David Stern wrote: I'm trying to cut down my online time and would like to use diald, however everytime I wish to follow a link in my browser (netscape) to a webpage that is cached, diald fires up a ppp link. I prefer to only reload

Re: diald cached webpages

1997-11-29 Thread David Stern
On Sat, 29 Nov 1997 03:56:07 EST, Wintermute wrote: Isn't there some kind of cache software, though? I don't know what it's called, but it caches webpages locally, and won't querry the remote server unless the page isn't in the cache? What is it called? Would it work? Well you

Re: Various configuration issues

1997-11-29 Thread David Stern
On Sat, 29 Nov 1997 11:31:55 PST, Michael wrote: [..] My first configuration issue is installing Netscape Communicator. On my previous install I used netscape's install script but I'd like to do it via dpkg so the software will be registered with the system. I already have the communicator

Re: permissions and ownership

1997-11-25 Thread David Stern
root logins froze, but I'm at least glad to think I know what I'm doing for a moment or two.:-) I appreciated the responses I got. David Stern -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: fetchmail and friends

1997-11-24 Thread David Stern
On Sat, Nov 21, 1997, Dimitri Maziuk wrote: On Thu, Nov 20, 1997 at 01:10:08PM -0800, David Stern wrote: There is one small issue which I've worked around, but haven't completely resolved, because I don't understand it. When running fetchmail -v, I get the following error output

linux behaving badly (was Re: ownership and permissions)

1997-11-24 Thread David Stern
On Sun, 23 Nov 1997, Frank Barknecht wrote: David Stern hat gesagt: // David Stern wrote: Speaking of su, I have a root window (rxvt -e su --) in a user X-window session, and I seem to not be able to run X apps from the root window due to the DISPLAY env variable

Re: 2.0.32 - what's new?

1997-11-23 Thread David Stern
http://www.linuxhq.com/kpatch20.html Linux 2.0.32 Patch - patch-2.0.32.gz (17-Nov-97) Math coprocessor emulation updates. i586 f00f bug workaround and detection added. Teardrop ICMP fragment attack vulnerability fixed. NTP code updates. FPU debugging

ownership and permissions

1997-11-22 Thread David Stern
from exmh, so I hope it looks ok. David Stern -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

log rotation package?

1997-11-22 Thread David Stern
it, but it wouldn't be a pretty sight. David Stern -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

fetchmail and friends

1997-11-20 Thread David Stern
a clue for me? I'd sure appreciate it. David Stern -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: fetchmail and friends

1997-11-20 Thread David Stern
On Thu, 20 Nov 1997, Dima wrote: David Stern wrote: My fetchmail, sendmail, and procmail configuration has passed initial testing for use with ppp and imap (my isp recomends imap over pop3), though it's not been automated or tweaked as of yet. I have one important issue to resolve: when

local e-mail message delivery from isp

1997-11-18 Thread David Stern
, but have not made much progress. If there is a good document I should read, please tell. David Stern -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: local e-mail message delivery from isp

1997-11-18 Thread David Stern
On Tue, 18 Nov 1997, Steve Kostecke wrote: In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Stern) writes: [snip] My question is: What is a good method to go about checking for and delivering messages? Is there some slick app (gui or otherwise) that automates this procedure

Re: Lilo and Ext2 woes :)

1997-10-07 Thread David Stern
that or not, though. Most of this and a lot more is in: /usr/doc/lilo/Manual.txt.gz David Stern -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

/etc/rc ?? ( where filesystems are mounted )

1997-10-07 Thread David Stern
/rc heirarchy between that other distro and debian and I can't find the right place, would someone please help me out? Thanks, David Stern -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: /etc/rc ?? ( where filesystems are mounted )

1997-10-07 Thread David Stern
/init.d/boot . Bruce /etc/inet.d/boot is the file I was looking for. And .. it looks like isapnp is already setup in there. I'll take your advice and put my sound script in /etc/rc.boot and see how that works -- after I man run-parts. Thanks, David Stern -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM

Re: ls no display directory

1997-10-04 Thread David Stern
is the system rc file location. Note that system rc files are not dotfiles. You'll need to be root to modify files in /etc, but you should be able to use su. David Stern -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: umount: /cdrom: devide is busy.

1997-10-04 Thread David Stern
? This happens to me when I haven't left the directory for that device, either in a console, or in a program (such as FileRunner). So, just change directories (out of that device) and umount should work fine. David Stern -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe

<    1   2   3   >