I've had to install the bo smail, and leave it htere the last few months.
About the time the spam provisions went in, the new smails don't seem to talk
to the outside world; everything bounces both ways. I last tried a hamm
version last week. However,every time i reinstall bo's, it all works
Is it possible to specify the user that lpr designates when sending to a
network printer? For example, to always specify "rhawkins" rather than the
actual user? I can't find any options for this, and it seems for the moment
to be the only way to generally enable printing (the accounts on my m
torsten wrote
> "Richard E. Hawkins Esq." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > > check your /etc/printcap file.
> > ahah, you're right. I took it from one of the workstations. But
> > this begs the question as to why it worked for weeks before thi
> should work, if I understand your question. (What's a deltree??)
It's important for mathematical work. Each year in italy, the deltas are
harvested from the deltrees. While there is an extra supply in the winter,
coming from the australian nablabushes, these are generally considered to be
> check your /etc/printcap file.
>
ahah, you're right. I took it from one of the workstations. But this begs
the question as to why it worked for weeks before this . . .
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I used to be able to print from the appropriate account to this print spooler.
but now I get the message,
lpq: he183-lj5m: cannot chdir to spooling directory
and a cannot create /usr/spool/.seq error when trying to print. I've created
/usr/spool, as 777, and it prints. But as near as I can
somewhere, i filed away the previous responses.
my problem is that in upgrading to hamm, my ppp scripts didn't follow.
My isp uses pap, and I need to avoid responding to "login:", but instead must
initiate on my own.
So I now have an /etc/chatscripts/provider script that, after dialing, simply
When netscape 3 crashed a couple of times, i figured I'd try 4. Which turned
out to lack the two things that I've disliked in other browsers: turning
autoloading of images on/off is a preference rather than a menu item, and the
alt-number to go back a page or two is gone. Not to mentions som
ok, htis one is wierd. As of late last week, searching in netscape (3.01)
yields nothing when going forwards, even if wrapped. Searching backwards
works fine.
has anyone seen this? and is there a solution?
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>I wish to buy a cheap sound card, just to be able to put some sound in
>my system, but all that I tried failed...
>
>Can someone point me a cheap one that (certainly) works under Linux?
I spent $9.95 on one when I ordered something else. Not a package deal, I
just wasn't willing to
I am trying to use the university newserver. It retrieves file, newsgroups,
newgroups, and anythign else just fine. However, it cannot post.
Any attempt to post returns a message that
inews: No valid newsgroups in [filelist]
going through the inews and relaynews manpages, i find that
/var/
ok, i'm bravely going to try ppp again. I got it working with help under bo.
I have to initiate the session without a prompt from the machine, so i believe
that my script simply waited for CONNECT, and terminated.
But I've tried upgrading to the newer version, hoping to use pppd. However,
t
>you wouldn'tr want to share /etc tho...because then that shares
>everything...which isn't always good
>(wouldn't want them all to have the same IP adress)
>tho you could mount a shared version of etc and have the shared configs
>be sym links to the shared mounted version
>but..
something along t
> > What browsers have had good success under Linux?
> Netscape Navigator and Comunicator are the most used ones
> also for text-only mode lynx is very good, wich also doesn't requiere the
> amount of memory wich netscape wants...
If it would take the mouse to select links, I would strongly pr
torsten wrote,
> http://www.on-line.de/~michael.hoennig/AutoMultiUserSetupForSO40Linux.tar
> might be of interest too (see the message of Paul Seelig some days
> ago, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for more details).
it doesn't seem to be necessary anymore. I used custom install as root to put
it in /usr/
I managed to get my hands on a used AT keyboard at the schools surblus sale
(for the grand price of $1!)
My fingers are now happy :) nice & tactile, the control key's where God meant
it to be, and I can reach the Fkeys without leaving the keyboard (though I
suppose an alt on the right hand si
> > If wget gets a refused connection, it seems to quit, even with the
> > "-c" option. Does anyone know a way around this?
> Please read the manual page:
>
>-t num --tries=num
> Set number of retries to num. Specify 0 for infi
> nite retrying.
> I hop
> During the boot process the system stops and queries the user for
> a password. This happens when checking root (/dev/hda3 check forced...
> and root is mounted read-only.
> Aparently, the root file system has been corrupted as it contains an
> unattached inode. My question: what is the passw
>
> hello everyone, I have installed debian on 486, 586. was wondering if
> you can install debian or any linux for that matter on a mac ii si?
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Isn't the IIsi one of the ones with no coprocessor?
I used macbsd (www.macbsd.com) on a IIci for a few mon
>Type the LaTeX sequence in TeX mode (toggle the TeX button on the toolbar).
>You can also select a sequence and click on TeX to put it into TeX mode.
>TeX sequences show in red on the screen.
oops, i should have mentioned this. You can insert *any* latex into lyx. I
don't think that there are
> It was with interest that I read Richard E. Hawkins Esq.'s comments about
> Lynx and StarOffice.
> I have tried Lyx a few times since I began using Linux about 2 years ago
> and every time gave up on it because I could not find documentation gave
> answers to a lot of questi
If wget gets a refused connection, it seems to quit, even with the "-c"
option. Does anyone know a way around this?
rick
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I'll go even further off topic :)
I had twins a week ago. Yep, I laid there on the table under the knife while
my wife watched :)
Anyway, though 5 weeks early, Kaitlyn Genevieve and Kathryn Lily are both
healthy (Kathryn had to go to a hospital 40 miles away for a few days though
:( )
And
>> > Actually all of that list is possible, with the possible exception
>> > of M$Word...
> Okay, I havent used it.. but what about Lyx?? Ive heard good things about
> it.. Comments?
I use lyx regularly. It's not "like" Word. But for technical writing, it's
better. IT generates latex, and is
> I have been looking for Debian Linux on their ftp site for a few days.
> What is the exact path I need to follow to download the complete Debian
try /debian/dists/stable
also, poke around with a browser rather than ftp (just type
ftp://ftp.debian.org into the browser). This way, you get the
Is there any way we can view vxtreme video? Is the solaris plug in somehow
compatible?
cnn has a bunch of things i want to peek at, but most seem to be in this
format :(
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I don't remember the original question, but . . . [for that matter, I don't
remember which one was buzz. That was 1.1, wasn't it?]
Anyway, with the paticular hardware we were using, the default kernel for 1.1
would hang on alternate boots. The solution was to hit reset (not power)
after the
> I am trying to install X windows X11R6.3 on a PC running debian 1.3.
> Could you
> tell me the correct configuration for installing it. Each operating
> system has its own configuration file, but the Linux one is based on
> Slackware?
The easiest way is to also install the vga16 package, and r
Jens wrote,
> Mark, making this sort of remark is probably unethical (if you have only
> hearsay rather than person experience on which to base your accusations) and
> just plain uncool. Did you order a cdrom and never receive it? I did. And as
> soon as I sent him an email about it he sent me ou
Found it. Try this for a pseudo-multi-user installation:
http://www.waldherr.org/soffice4.shtml
rick
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I'm trying to build lprng, but during the documentation, I get:
make[2]: Entering directory `/root/lprng-3.4.1/HOWTO'
sgml2html LPRng-HOWTO.sgml
DynaLoader object version 1.03 does not match $DynaLoader::VERSION 1.00 at
/usr/lib/perl5/DynaLoader.pm line 58.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /
I'm trying to get my output to a network print server. I have lprng
installed, but I get the "infamous" malformed from address message:
eyryttyp0:hawk>lpr .cshrc
rint-1.iastate.edu: -LPdaemon: Malformed from address
job 'cfA785eyry' transfer to [EMAIL PROTECTED] failed after 1
attempts
eyrytty
I'm having problems with a printserver that we thought we'd solved.
Yesterday, I could get as far as being rejected by the server. Today, I'm
getting
connection to 'localhost' failed - Connection refused
job 'cfA080eyry.econ.iastate.edu' transfer to [EMAIL PROTECTED] failed
I have PRINTER s
remco remarked,
> On Fri, 16 Jan 1998, Richard E. Hawkins Esq. wrote:
> > err, I wasn't clear. The only netscape 3 that can be installed is 3.01.
> Installed by which package? There is a netscape package in stablecontrib
> and there are netscape3 and netscape4 packages in uns
tim wrote,
> On 15 Jan, Richard E Hawkins Esq wrote:
> > unless something has changed, the only version of netscape which can be
> > installed by the debian packages is 3.01.
> Nope. Communicator 4.03 installs fine using the netscape deb in hamm. I
> got a similiar messa
> > Besides installing the netscape binaries in the right places and
> > registering it to the package management system, the debian package also
> > provides a wrapper for netscape to ensure that it doesn't crash because of
> > version conflicts with your system libraries.
> and where is netscape
unless something has changed, the only version of netscape which can be
installed by the debian packages is 3.01.
To make matters worse, if you use the netscape installer, it places its files
earlier in the search path than the .deb does.
I believe that "du / | grep netscape" will find the inc
> Oh, boy! A friend just called me and said he did a
> "rm -r /usr" by mistake. He did stop it after a while,
> though, so that he can at least still do a little bit
> on his system.
>
> Now, he asked me, what he should do in order to get back
> to a stable system again. I suggested letting dse
The more I look at this, the odder it gets.
In some applications, notably lyx and (sometimes) netscape, at 1024x768 I get
lightly displaced horizontal lines. a coulpe of lines will indent a couple of
pixels to the right, for a little bump on the edge and waver across the screen.
At first i th
suddently, xforms and xforms-dev are no longer available. Does anyone know
where they went?
rick
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ok, ssh sounds like the way to go.
However, where do i find it? it doesn't seem to be in either the stable or
unstabel treees. The only reference I can find in available is that rsync
depends upon it.
Also, the machines at the other ends are running kerberos, which I haven't
found yet. WIll
> I have another Linux system with libc5 (5.4.38-0.1) were I can not
> run the Staroffice setup program, whem I try...
This probably isn't the answer you're looking for, but I solved this by using
star office 4 rather than 3 . . .
rick
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After the last round of questions & posts on the topic, I've found that I can
stably export xauthority by
xauth list $DISPLAY
and pasting from MIT on to
xauth add $DISPLAY
is there a way to pass this information automatically? particularly, it
doesn't pass to su, and I'd also like to pass
another idea, if you can borrow a disk of some type, would be a dos-bootable
partiton on that disk, with loadlin, images, etc. on there.
Or, if it helps, I've made a minimal (for X) install on a zip trive. I could
tgz that for you to download, save that it still needs a boot floppy.
But one o
grr. After two years, i finally had a real crash. By this point, I was
suspicious enough to wipe the disk--there had been plenty of heat freezes
before I got the coooling in. Even got a kernel panic.
Anyway, about 60% of the way through formatting the / partition, the drive
ground for a whi
>Does it exist a debianized Netscape? If not, how am I supposed to install
>it? under /usr/local/bin ?
you're supposed to put the netscape .tgz in /tmp, and use the debian netscape
package to install it.
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I upgraded to the new smail, and got the message "unexpected end of attribute
in /etc/smail/config" when sending messages. This completely eliminated the
ability to send or receive messages. I downgraded to the stable version,
force-reconfigured, and have things running again.
Has anyone else
Every couple of days, i seem to get tcsh's that become runaway processes when
killed. I recall discussion a couple of weeks ago; was this resolved?
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In this strange new world after the reinstall, another problem is that root is
not asked for a password when attempting to log in at the consoles. However,
su and login at the xconsole do require the password, and root is still unable
to login from telnet.
How do I fix this? i can't even gue
> I believe that by default, smail is run out of inetd (/etc/inetd.conf).
> Telnet to port 25 of your box and see if it responds.
It responds, but I've manually started smail. The problem is that the init.d
file doesn't seem to be run automatically.
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After a few attempts, smail finally runs, but fails to start on boot as it is
supposedly configured to do.
/etc/init.d/smail does exist. Is there something else I need to look at?
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> > So if you get a new chip then it shouldn't have any problems?
> Yes, but talking quite frankly with the techs there, they said the
> fastest they are turning them back around is 7-9 weeks. 2 months
> without a CPU??
a couple of things:
a) the buggy chips are no longer avaialable.
b) it r
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