ntp ... sets my time an hour off

I installed xntp the other day and it sets my time an hour behind the actual time.. when I type 'date -R' is says my time zone is -0500 which is correct (EST)... does xntp have a different timezone setting or does it not adjust for daylight savings time...help.. -Paul -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THI

is there a atomic clock program for the internet?

is there a atomic clock program for use with the internet? -Paul -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

time

this is a real newbie question: how do I change the time? (not the timezone)... -Paul -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

wu-ftp

I just installed the wu-ftp*.dep package and I can't figure out how to set root directories, home directories, etc... when the guest user logs on, he/she can't see anything.. when other users log on, they can see everything.. how can I restrict this to just their home directory or /home/ftp ?? Tha

Re: Quota problem with hamm

Tommy Lakofski wrote: > > Is anyone aware of a problem with the version of Quota in hamm > currently? > It installs with no problems from quota_1.55-8.deb, but when starting > quota, the quotacheck command segfaults before it gets anywhere. > usrquota > is enabled for the partition in /etc/fstab,

Re: quota-1.55 problem w/ hamm

joost witteveen wrote: > > > What on earth is wrong? I have my symlinks (asm, linux, scsi) set > to > > the kernel's include directories correctly > > Just as a side note, that isn't correct. Those to asm, linux > directories > (don't know about scsi, but probably that one too) are provided by >

quota-1.55 problem w/ hamm

I tried using the quota-1.55-8 package and I get a segmentfault when the quotacheck is ran.. so I decided to compile it from the source package (I also tried to use the regular distribution file) and this is what happened: # make cc -O6 -fexpensive-opti

Re: Quota problem with hamm

Tommy Lakofski wrote: > > Is anyone aware of a problem with the version of Quota in hamm > currently? > It installs with no problems from quota_1.55-8.deb, but when starting > quota, the quotacheck command segfaults before it gets anywhere. > usrquota > is enabled for the partition in /etc/fstab,

changing dpkg depends/tcl7.6-dev

There are many packages which depend on libc5-dev. In the hamm version libc5-dev was changed to libc5-altdev to work around conflicts w/ libc6... How can I change some of the packages (such as tcl7.6-dev) which depend on libc5-dev to libc5-dev | libc5-altdev? or are there tcl7.6-dev/tk4.2-dev pa

libc5_5.4.33-5_i386.deb

I'm having trouble upgrading to -5 from -3 ... here is my output: # ldconfig # dpkg -i libc5_5.4.33-5_i386.deb (Reading database ... 13971 files and directories currently installed) Preparing to replace libc5 5.4.33-3 (using lib5_5.4.33-5_i386.deb) Unpacking replacement libc5 ... Setting up libc5

installing hamm from scratch

after installing the base system and dselect loads what do I do? I've already downloaded libc6*i386.deb, ncurses3.4*i386.deb, and libreadlineg2*i386.deb... what order to I install these dpkg -i libc6_2.0.4...i386.deb ?? -Paul -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscri

Segmentfaults in post-inst scripts when upgrading to hamm

most of the important programs/libs are having segmentfaults when I try to install them in the post-inst script. libc6, libreadlineg2, bash2.01, etc.. what can I do? -Paul -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL

Re: Where's zImage

David Densmore wrote: > > After executing the command make zImage, I cannot find zImage. > > Here are the last 6 lines of screen output from make zImage. Is this > of any significance? > > make[1]: Entering directory > `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.0.30/arch/i386/boot' > as86 -0 -a -o bootsect.o bo

telneting

I had this problem with RedHat too.. When I telnet to my ISP, it crashes -- but *ONlY* when I do it from the console, not xterm! .. my ISP is running FreeBSD.. and heres the output: # telnet Trying ... Connected to . Escape character is '^]'. FreeBSD (ttyp0) login: Password: Last login: ...

Re: adduser and quota

John F wrote: > > adduser will execute adduser.local if it finds it on the path. Put > local stuff in there. See the adduser man page. > > On Fri, 18 Jul 1997, Paul Miller wrote: > > > I was right! In order for quota to work, the new user *MUST* have > > exist

/etc/issue file

I know this doesn't totally relate to Debian... I want to add a clear screen character to the begining of the /etc/issue file instead of having a clear command in the .bash_logout... I think it is ^L... how can I add this character with emacs? -Paul -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-m

adduser and quota

I was right! In order for quota to work, the new user *MUST* have existing file(s) on the file system. I'm using Debian 1.3.1 and I'm soon going to upgrade to the unstable version of Debian, containing adduser 3.4. I know adduser 3.2 does not touch the mail file, does adduser 3.4? If not.. can

IP Masq

When I specify the '-W eth0' or '-V ip' option (for ipfwadm) it doens't work... I tried using both the incoming and outgoing adaptor addresses and neither work... -Paul -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROT

quota help

I got quota to work with one user (set up before I installed quota) and not I can't get quotas set on the 2nd HD for new users... When I type 'edquota username' it shows both HDs, but when I type 'repquota -a' it doesn't show the user's name under the 2nd HD... only the first.. I tried running qu

libc5 and libc6

How can I install *BOTH* libc5 and libc6?? Can't we all just get along? -Paul -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

installing/upgrading to hamm

this is crazy! everything depends on everything else which depends on libc5! How can I install hamm from scratch (I just installed 1.3.1 a yesterday)? I downloaded ncurses3.4-*.deb, is there anything else I need which isn't where is should be (unstable dirs)? -Paul -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS

X security

how can I start X on the same vc as the terminal? -Paul -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

running X remotely

I have too connections to the internet in different locations.. When I download from either one it is about 250 to 450 kb/s. Is this fast enough to run X remotely at a reasonable rate? Also, how would I start it (if possible)? -Paul -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "un

upgrading

I installed Debian 1.3.1 about a week ago and I'm wondering if I need to uninstall packages that I want to upgrade to hamm.. or will if uninstall the automatically? -Paul -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PR

sunsite symlink problem

Sunsite is missing the unstable -> hamm/hamm symlink ... for now I'll just use Debian's ftp until sunsite it fixed (sunsite it faster from my location) -Paul -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

ncurses3.4 not found

the ncurses3.4 package is not available in the hamm version of Debian. Where can I get this package? -Paul -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

man page viewer

How can I change the program used to view the manual pages from more to less? -Paul -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

logon message

how do I change the logon message? -Paul -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

locking up...

I'm used to emacs and somethings when I save it pico I type ^x ^s which locks up that window... how can I stop this from happening? -Paul -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

compiling the kernel...

what packages do I need to compile the kernel? With the default installation and the linux-2.0.30.tar.gz kernel it won't compile - it fails when making zImage or bzImage. I didn't have this problem with RedHat, Slackware, or Debian on my other system?? -Paul -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING

adduser problem

when I type "adduser username" in Debian 1.3.1, it only copies to first line of each of the /etc/skel files what is wrong? -Paul -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

compiling the kernel

I know how to compile the kernel the regular way, but doesn't Debian have a special script for this? I install it and I don't know the name of it... what is it? -Paul -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTE

missing /dev entries in 1.3.1 !!!

where are the /dev/cua? entries?? how can I install them? -Paul -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

upgrading with Debian

how well does Debian upgrade? For example from 1.2 to 1.3, etc? I'm wondering because RedHat totally destroyed my system when doing any upgrades (3.0.3 to 4.0, 4.0 to 4.1, 4.1 to 4.2 all screwed everything up)... -Paul -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to

emacs and xemacs

I just installed Debian 1.3.1 and it wouldn't let me install emacs AND xemacs... one or the other. How can I get both on my system? -Paul -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

standard file system/directories/files/etc

I haven't installed Debian yet, but I would like to know a little about it first.. Does Debian use standard files, directories, etc? I know RedHat doesn't and it is a real pain when getting help from anyone other than a RedHat user. Also, does Debian have configuration programs? If so, are ther

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