Re: Initial thoughts about Debian 2.1 (and I need some help!)

1999-08-01 Thread P. van Tilburg
On Sat, Jul 31, 1999 at 07:41:19PM -0400, Salman Ahmed wrote: However, I still have quite a few questions that I am hoping to get answered : (1) For console logins, how can I get the console screen to be cleared after a user logs out ? RedHat 5.2 seems to do it by default (ie without

Re: .xsession problem: The Next Generation

1999-07-31 Thread P. van Tilburg
On Sat, Jul 31, 1999 at 10:11:56AM -0400, Carl Fink wrote: And I fixed it. I also modified my .xsession file as suggested at www.gnome.org, so it looked like this: /usr/bin/gnome-terminal /usr/bin/X11/icewm-gnome /usr/bin/panel Adding either of the other lines (or trying to

Icecast

1999-07-23 Thread P. van Tilburg
Hi all, I wanted to experiment a little with icecast, so I apt-ed icecast-server and icecast-client (1.0.0). I went to www.icecast.org, read the FAQ and gettin started and started... I set up the server with default values, (port: 8000 client, poort: 8001 encoder and poort 8002: remote admin)

Ssh* pkg and LinuxLogo

1999-07-21 Thread P. van Tilburg
Hi, I have two questions I hope you can answer, I am using Debian 4 months now, after 6 months of RedHat, and I LIKE it. 1) I installed Linux Logo, but I have a bit problems with it. * It won't update /etc/issue.net? * Can I get the default issue line back in the logo: Debian GNU/\s potato \n

Re: ACK! Too many ftpds.

1999-07-20 Thread P. van Tilburg
On Tue, Jul 20, 1999 at 12:28:42AM -0400, Carl Mummert wrote: You can turn off the netstd ftpd by commenting out the apprpriate line in /etc/inetd.conf and then '/etc/init.d/netbase restart'. As for proftpd, I am not sure if it wants to ru under inetd or as its own daemon. Look for an

Mozilla

1999-07-20 Thread P. van Tilburg
Hi, because I want to keep up with mozilla and it's progress I installed the mozilla pkg and libnspr3 pkg. Everything went fine, no errors. I compiled it before and then (M2, IIRC) in the README I was told to run apprunner of viewer, but I get this: target(/1):~$ /usr/lib/mozilla/apprunner

Re: Setting Wmaker prefs?

1999-07-11 Thread P. van Tilburg
On Sun, Jul 11, 1999 at 03:35:17PM +1000, Revenant wrote: When I first ran Wmaker it contained an icon that ran a preference editor. I moved this icon, it disappeared and I can't find it again. Can someone please tell me how to set the preferences for Wmaker without it? You can edit

Re: Cosmetic question

1999-07-11 Thread P. van Tilburg
On Sun, Jul 11, 1999 at 10:16:04PM +0100, Patrick Kirk wrote: Hi all, standard MOTD You have new mail. I want to replace this with fortune. Can anyone suggest how I go about this? Yes 1) echo /etc/motd 2) add this to /etc/profile at the end: # Give a fortune echo

Re: xircom pcmcia card

1999-07-10 Thread P. van Tilburg
On Thu, Jul 08, 1999 at 09:38:39PM -0400, Bob C. Ruddy wrote: Hello, Hi I've got a problem getting my xircom Ethernet+Modem multifunction card working right. The first problem is that I can't get the card manager to automatically load the modules for the card. The second problem is that

Re: Toshiba Mouse Problem

1999-07-10 Thread P. van Tilburg
On Fri, Jul 09, 1999 at 03:22:17PM -0500, Stanley J. Benes wrote: Hi all. I'm using 2.1 (slink?) on a Toshiba satellite pro 410CDT laptop. It has a built in mouse-like device called an accu-point. I also have such a device on my Toshiba Satellite 320CDT I've been trying to use gpm with

Re: Star Office 5.1 with Slink?

1999-07-08 Thread P. van Tilburg
On Thu, Jul 08, 1999 at 12:06:15PM +1000, Matthew Dalton wrote: Has anyone used Star Office 5.1 with Slink, or any other glibc2.0 based distribution? Star Office 5.1 was released to fix problems with SO5.01 and glibc2.1, but is it still compatible with glibc2.0? Yes, I use it now with

Mutt PGP Debian User Mailinglist

1999-07-07 Thread P. van Tilburg
Hi all! I am sometime on this list now, and I have some questions. 1) I use mutt to read the debian-user-digest. It lists all attachments nicely in one mail. But how do I reply to a message. I can go in the attachment-list and save the mail I want to reply to, but that isn't very

Re RealPlayer G2 for Linux -- where to get?

1999-06-22 Thread P. van Tilburg
Hi all: I've read a couple of posts in the list about the RPlayer G2 for Linux. However, the Real's website doesn't list it among available downloads (neither free, nor Plus). Is it really available from somewhere, or is this a mass confusion? De G2Realplayer 6.0 is only provided as an RPM

Re: unknown message

1999-06-22 Thread P. van Tilburg
Hi scratch wrote: IIRC, this message probably means that you have recently updated to a 2.2 kernel. In this kernel, ifconfig sets it own routes, so there is no more need for a manual 'route add'. Check your init.d scripts, especially '/etc/init.d/network'. OTOH, I could be completely