Can it be that mail that is saved in my home dir is world readable ?

1998-12-18 Thread shaul
I am using exmh as my MUA. Can it be that my saved mail is world readable, or did I managed to change the permissions without being aware of that ? Can an exmh user send me the correct permissions ? [14:20:13 shaul]$ ls -l ~shaul/Mail/hardware/1 -rw-r--r-- 1 shaulshaul3321 Dec 9

Re: Can it be that mail that is saved in my home dir is world readable ?

1998-12-18 Thread shaul
shaul wrote: I am using exmh as my MUA. Can it be that my saved mail is world readable, or did I managed to change t he permissions without being aware of that ? Can an exmh user send me the correct permissions ? [14:20:13 shaul]$ ls -l ~shaul/Mail/hardware/1 -rw-r

New IBM sendmail replacement will be free and open source

1998-12-17 Thread shaul
The following appeared on my local LUG group. --- Forwarded Message On Mon, 14 Dec 1998, Peter L. Peres wrote: http://www.cnn.com/cnnfn/hotstories/deals/wires/9812/14/ibm_wg/ that is none other than Vmailer from Wietse Venema, which other than having a truely scary name fit for a

Re: ftping StarOffice in small doses

1998-12-14 Thread shaul
Hi all, I want to download StarOffice but with it being 70Mb I don't fancy having an open line for seven hours plus. Does anyone know of an ftp program that can download in chunks at a time and doesn't mind frequent interruptions. I think in the past someone mentioned 'cftp' but

Presort my email messages when exmh is the MUA.

1998-12-14 Thread shaul
I am using exmh to handle my email (MUA ?). The MTA is smail (is it also the MDA ? What are the differences between MDA and MTA ?). I want to presort my email messages. Can you recommend a way to do it (procmail ? exmh capabilities for this task, if it got any ? other ?). Is the proposed way a

Re: vgetty info.

1998-12-14 Thread shaul
1) Check out /usr/doc/mgetty-*, assuming you installed some mgetty-* packages. 2) Try asking on mgetty mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). Great mailing list. but remember that they want you to read the documentation first. 3) Please report back to this list. Thank you. I'm looking for

Re: Why sudo does it ?

1998-12-14 Thread shaul
On Fri, 11 Dec 1998, shaul wrote: [01:53:38 shaul]$ sudo -l You may run the following commands on this host: (root) /sbin/halt (root) /sbin/shutdown -r now (root) /sbin/shutdown -h now [01:55:14 shaul]$ sudo reboot Sorry, user shaul is not allowed to execute /sbin

Why sudo does it ?

1998-12-11 Thread shaul
[01:50:34 shaul]# cat /etc/sudoers # sudoers file (/etc/sudoers). # # This file MUST be edited with the 'visudo' command as root. # # See the man page for the details on how to write a sudoers file. # # Host alias specification # User alias specification ## # Cmnd alias specification

Re: terminal window

1998-12-09 Thread shaul
1) I never used pppconfig but I think it strange that username/password is all it can handle. 2) Perhaps configure the chatscript by hand ? 3) xisp has the ability to open a terminal. But then again, I never needed this terminal. hello I need to open a terminal window for my dial-up ppp

Re: Compress

1998-11-30 Thread shaul
Anyone know where I can get 'compress' program? Can't answer your question, but: 1) Take a look at the ncompress package (from non-free). 2) Try an Internet search engine. Hope this help.

Re: How to customize fvwm entries ?

1998-11-30 Thread shaul
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (shaul) writes: It seems to me that you are wrong, since when new packages are installed, update-menus considers the users who run update-menus as well. I am saying that on the basis of the following lines (from /usr/doc/menu/html/ch5.html): [snip] Am I right

Re: Contents file?

1998-11-26 Thread shaul
I think that you are right. The Contents file should be included. Is the Contents file going to make a re-appearance in the next Debian release? If not, I would like to request that that be reconsidered. I am seeing more and more posts asking where some utility is located, but this could be

Re: How to customize fvwm entries ?

1998-11-26 Thread shaul
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (shaul) writes: Thank you. How a user can set it for himself ? (It seems to me that menu offers a way to do it, only I couldn't understand how) He can put it in ~/.menu/lyx and run update-menus himself, which will create all the files for just that account. However

Re: PPP problems

1998-11-25 Thread shaul
I don't know what is wrong, but I suspect that the chat script is the source of your troubles. To check it, try connecting your ISP with minicon. Also, send the list the chat file and ppp's log for more help. Hi all After running pppconfig and running pppd provider (where provider is the

Re: How to customize fvwm entries ?

1998-11-24 Thread shaul
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (shaul) writes: My /etc/X11/fvwm2/menudefs.hook has the following entry for lyx: [23:36:37 shaul]$ grep lyx /etc/X11/fvwm2/menudefs.hook + lyx Exec/usr/X11R6/bin/lyx [23:38:51 shaul] I want to change it to + lyx Exec /usr/X11R6/bin/lyx -width 631

Re: how can i install internet via a modem under linux?

1998-11-22 Thread shaul
how can i install internet via a modem under linux? please help me thanks for the answer Take a look at the pppconfig package.

How to customize fvwm entries ?

1998-11-21 Thread shaul
My /etc/X11/fvwm2/menudefs.hook has the following entry for lyx: [23:36:37 shaul]$ grep lyx /etc/X11/fvwm2/menudefs.hook + lyx Exec/usr/X11R6/bin/lyx [23:38:51 shaul] I want to change it to + lyx Exec /usr/X11R6/bin/lyx -width 631 -height 461 I tried to create a ~fvwm2/post.hook

Re: which fax?

1998-11-11 Thread shaul
Can't answer your question, but want to point out that the mgetty-docs package is a good source for find out about mgetty abilities (although it is not completely up to date as far as I can tell). Hello, Which fax sending/receiving package should I get, please? efax, mgetty or ? Are

Re: Smail configurationg (wrong from)

1998-11-08 Thread shaul
because when I send an e-mail with elm there is no problem. Do you use mutt? Can you help me? Have a nice day,Paulo Henrique On Mon, Nov 02, 1998 at 10:46:14PM +0200, shaul wrote: There are instructions for configuring smail to rewrite your From field

Re: Smail configurationg (wrong from)

1998-11-02 Thread shaul
There are instructions for configuring smail to rewrite your From field, in the Debian FAQOMATIC (Courtesy of Daniel Gross [EMAIL PROTECTED] ): http://www.debian.org/fom/137.html Hi Debian users, I'm using smail as my MTA and I have a problem: when sending a mail the

Re: mgetty prevents calls

1998-11-02 Thread shaul
I believe that your problem is that your ppp configuration uses /dev/modem, and mgetty uses /dev/ttyS0. My suggestion for you is to get rid of the /dev/modem stuff, as it is causing problems with locking the devie (the modem). See mgetty's documentation for more details. Simply using /dev/ttyS0

Re: debian list archives under netscape

1998-10-26 Thread shaul
Happend to me too with communicator-pro-v406-export.x86-unknown-linux2.0-glibc2 .tar.gz. I think it was when I had 2 netscape windows opened and netscape had the wrong impression that I am trying to copy something from one of them. BTW: A search mechanism on the subject field would help us not

Re: mgetty-fax and printing faxes

1998-10-26 Thread shaul
Maybe mgetty mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) can help you ? (They want you to make sure that the docs doesn't answer your problem before you post). Hope this help.

Re: GDB and ADA.

1998-10-22 Thread shaul
in there. [23:02:45 shaul]$ zcat /usr/doc/gdb/changelog.Debian.gz | head -n 16 | tail * re-integrated gnat support. (Was repported as a bug against 4.16, patch had been integrated then, but dropped while switching to version 4.17). (NB: Not being an ADA expert, I'd appreciate if s/o

Re: ppp vs windows dialup networking

1998-10-21 Thread shaul
when I connect to my isp in windows I get a dialog box showing the progress of the connection. It finally reports the connection speed that the modem achieved. Is there any way to get this information when connecting via ppp? Try xisp (you'll need X for it).

Re: GDB and ADA.

1998-10-18 Thread shaul
I tried to look for slink's gdb. All I could find is some m68k staff. (I did find some relevant lines in Contents-i386.gz) What did I miss ? What is the best way to have hamm system support debugging of ADA programs in gdb ? Install the slink version of gdb, try if it works; if it

Re: Debian's recommendation for the size of the swap.

1998-10-16 Thread shaul
If anyone is taking a survery... My machine also has 64M or ram, and I am using 128M of swap space (I figured with a 5.4GB drive I'd max out the swap partition.) I am curious if that size of swap is realy needed: could you email the results of a free command ?

Re: Debian's recommendation for the size of the swap.

1998-10-16 Thread shaul
On Wed, Oct 14, 1998 at 11:34:16PM +0300, shaul wrote: (1) Linux accept up to 128MB for a single swap partition (2) There is (was) a rule of thumb to have a swap size as twice as the RAM the machine has (3) Having more RAM reduces the needs for swap. ya konw, i'm a little confused

Re: LaTeX book

1998-10-15 Thread shaul
Not a book but might be helpful: http://bluesky.ecas.ou.edu/~bfiedler/tips/latex.html ftp://granroth.ml.org/pub/Latex/short_intro.ps Also, take a look at lyx. Dear all, Can anyone recommend a good one of these, please? Mainly for scientific writing...

Why having the . at the end of someone's PATH is a security ?

1998-10-14 Thread shaul
There shouldn't be a . in your PATH; even at the end, it's a security risk. Why ? How it can be exploited ?

GDB and ADA.

1998-10-14 Thread shaul
It seems to me that hamm's version of gdb doesn't support debugging of ADA programs. Will that be changed in slink? cs.nyu.edu/pub/gnat/gdb has gdb-4.16.gnat.1.12.diff.gz and gdb-4.16.gnat.1.13.diff.gz. Are they usable for hamm's gdb (4.17) ? Since the latest gnat version is 3.10, what does the

Debian's recommendation for the size of the swap.

1998-10-14 Thread shaul
are not recommended. 4) Restaring an application seems to require more and more time. While saying all that, I am taking my machine a an example: [07:04:06 shaul]$ free total used free sharedbuffers cached Mem: 38344 37732612 17868

exmh : audio/basic for all kinds of files ?

1998-10-08 Thread shaul
Whenever I am trying to attach a file to a message using exmh, it says that its default type is audio/basic. When I used to do the same thing under bo, it used to show the correct type of the file. does anybody else exprienced it ? Is it a matter of some settings that has to be changed ? I tried

Re: moving / sda4 -- sdb1

1998-10-06 Thread shaul
Perhaps the /usr/doc/HOWTO/mini/Hard-Disk-Upgrade.gz could help ? greetings, I need to move debian from drive 1 to drive 2 ( just deep sixed NT ;0) ), what are the steps necessary. Thus far i have done a copy using mc ( skipping proc of course ), modified lilo, fstab. boots ok gets to

exmh and the From field.

1998-10-03 Thread shaul
From time to time I am still trying to convince exmh to use the login and address of my ISP's account ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). Couple of days ago I run into something relevant from exmh help. It is written in /usr/lib/exmh/html/ppp.howto.html Start quoting: ABOUT SETTING UP MAIL ON

Re: Tin hangs on Debian 2.0

1998-10-02 Thread shaul
I am using tin_980226-3.deb on Debian 2.0. I can read news, but I can't post because of some 7/8 bit matter which I didn't look into. Few days ago there was someone asking on this list about this 7/8 bit matter. I think he is using it under Hamm too. I installed a fresh Debian 2.0 system via

I Don't recieve the Prospective needed and work ... ?

1998-10-02 Thread shaul
It's been a long time since I recieved the Prospective needed and work ... email. Is it steel being automatically mailed from time to time ?

Re: unable to connect to ttyS1

1998-10-01 Thread shaul
Perhaps your modem is a PLUG and PLAY modem or a winmodem of some thought ? Hi. I'm currently running a Debian 1.3 system, and I'm working on putting together a Hamm system to replace it. I'm trying to get a ppp connection running on an external modem plugged into COM2 of the Hamm system and

_POSTSCRIPT_ versions of the GNAT documantaion

1998-10-01 Thread shaul
From where can I download _POSTSCRIPT_ versions of the GNAT documantaion (such as the GNAT User's Guide, GNAT Reference Manual) ? Thank you. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: tin charset problem

1998-10-01 Thread shaul
Has anyone ever seem this error from tin? Error: Bad charset for non-7bit encoding (must not be us-ascii) I consistently get this error and it won't let me post because of it. I am getting it, and I still hadn't look into it. I am not sure but I think that in the last few weeks this

Re: PPP problem.

1998-09-25 Thread shaul
No /etc/resolv.conf is necessary if you have BIND installed (and no network is permanently connected to the machine ?) SYZ == Shao Ying Zhang [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: SYZ The system dialed out fine. And ping was working fine. SYZ But telnet, ftp lynx does not work. My /etc/resolve.conf

Re: chown for the floppy group

1998-09-23 Thread shaul
You can also add a line to /etc/fstab for /dev/fd0 with options to set to user access without mounting the disk. That way anyone may mount a floppy. - Can you be more specific ? That is, what line can be added to /etc/fstab to achieve it

/usr/lib/X11 vs. /usr/X11R6/lib/X11

1998-09-22 Thread shaul
These 2 directories (/usr/lib/X11 and /usr/X11R6/lib/X11) seems to me an exact copy of each other. I could not find any link between them. Can I rm --force --recursive --verbose /usr/lib/X11 ? And if not, why ? What are the possible explanations that I have 2 copies of the same directory ? Are

Re: How to get rid of the motd

1998-09-22 Thread shaul
You have to touch .hushlogin. [04:43:35 shaul]$ man login LOGIN(1) LOGIN(1) NAME login - Begin session on the system SYNOPSIS login [username [environmental-variables]] DESCRIPTION login is used to establish a new session

Re: Rescue Disk

1998-09-20 Thread shaul
I think that in most cases simply dd the approptaite file will do. dd if=resc1440.bin of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 conv=sync ; sync Can anyone tell me the correct procedure for creating a rescue disk after installation. I had a problem with my floppy during the install and it could not create

Re: How to start PPP?

1998-09-19 Thread shaul
Okay; I give up on the documentation. Maybe someone on the list can help. I think you are too hasty about it. In general, documantation is not easy to read and understand, but it is a great source for help. As for your problem: 1) Check Debian's FAQ-O-MATIC. I don't know what it has but I

Re: unmounting bad floppy

1998-09-18 Thread shaul
is there a way to force an unmount of a bad floppy? It failed to mount, and has gotten the idea that something is open. Is there anythign short of rebooting, or can i even try to reboot? Can it be that a bad cdrom has the same problem ? I have encountered situations when, after I had

Re: printing takes hours in HAMM

1998-09-18 Thread shaul
According to [EMAIL PROTECTED]: According to [EMAIL PROTECTED]: After upgrading to Hamm, (actually, after upgrading to 2.0.34) I noticed that the advanced extensions to the parallel port (SPP and such) can be recognized. Perhaps these extensions are the source of your problem ?

Re: Getting Lyx up and running with Hamm

1998-09-17 Thread shaul
Lyx for Hamm needs libforms0.88 Package: lyx Status: install ok installed Priority: optional Section: contrib/text Installed-Size: 4576 Maintainer: Stuart Lamble [EMAIL PROTECTED] Version: 0.12.0.final-0.1 Depends: libc6, libforms0.88, libg++272 (= 2.7.2.8), xlib6g (= 3.3-5), xpm4g ( Recommends:

Re: into the breach^h^h^h^h^h ppp once more

1998-09-17 Thread shaul
Adding \q before the password like (\qpassword) in /etc/chatscripts/provider will stopped the password being displayed in the log even if the debug is set. Or did I missed something ? Richard E. Hawkins Esq. wrote: The loginid and password are correct; they're the same ones it uses to

Re: Getting on the internet LCP timeout sending confige request.

1998-09-17 Thread shaul
1) I think that I had once a problem like the one you describe because the configuration of the mtu/mru numbers didn't fit to the ones that were recieved/transmitted. But I might confusing different issues. 2) I think that sending the relevant lines of the log may help solving any kind of PPP

Re: Installation Help

1998-09-15 Thread shaul
Where can I find help on installing Debian? I thought this was the list but no one has replied. When installing Debian I get this error part way though the instation: No ... msdos ... partitions that had not already been mounted were detected. What could cause this error? I am wanting

Re: printing takes hours in HAMM

1998-09-15 Thread shaul
According to [EMAIL PROTECTED]: After upgrading to Hamm, (actually, after upgrading to 2.0.34) I noticed that the advanced extensions to the parallel port (SPP and such) can be recognized. Perhaps these extensions are the source of your problem ? Ah, that sounds like a very good idea!

Re: I can,t seem to get out to the internet.

1998-09-15 Thread shaul
Can you ping to an IP address (as opposed to a URL address) ? Yes, I an new to Linux 2.0 something. I have had it installed for a few months now. I have read the help files and ppp-howto stuff and even bought a book. I have my connect script working. I connect to my isp using pppd call

Re: printing takes hours in HAMM

1998-09-10 Thread shaul
After upgrading to Hamm, (actually, after upgrading to 2.0.34) I noticed that the advanced extensions to the parallel port (SPP and such) can be recognized. Perhaps these extensions are the source of your problem ? Hi! After my upgrade to HAMM every kind of printing takes forever. No matter

Re: Debian manual -- printed.

1998-09-10 Thread shaul
There is a link from debian home page to a free book like the one you are looking for (and other documentation). Since, I decided to use debian instead of Slackware or Red Hat. I have noticed something. I can't find a book devoted to it. I can find the other and I even am considering

Re: BASIC HELP

1998-09-10 Thread shaul
Once you get the $ prompt you can do whatever you need to do. So, what you want to do ? You mentioned trying to send email. I think that the basic text command to send email is mail. Therefor, if you want to email yourself, you can try: $ mail -s $(date) - trying to email myself $USER /dev/null

Re: running root X programs

1998-09-06 Thread shaul
I know this has been addressed before, I've tried searching the archives for it, but without success. How do you run an X program as root whilst still in a user X session? # Date: Tue, 07 Jul 1998 16:19:01 -0500 # From: Jens B. Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] # Organization: Business Data

Slang vs. ncurses.

1998-09-06 Thread shaul
At first glance both Slang and ncurses seems to me comparable: They both intend to help the programmer accomodate the terminal. 1) Is it correct ? 2) can someone give a short comparison of these 2 libraries ? Thank you.

Re: ppp connection with Demon

1998-09-05 Thread shaul
Perhaps I can help you a bit: 1) PPP HOWTO and /usr/doc/ppp/* help a lot. 2) You might did it already, but one thing to do when trying to test the connection is to log in as root. This way you can eliminate problems that can rise because of unsatisfactory permitions untill after you know you

Re: X and PPP Problems w/ Debian 1.3

1998-09-02 Thread shaul
1) I can't help you with the X problem. 2) About the ppp problem: To begin with, read the help available in /usr/doc/ppp and try the pon command as root. Report the result to the list (unless you can solve the problem yourself from there). Hope this help. -- Forwarded message

Where is ./configure that is referred by man mdir ?

1998-09-02 Thread shaul
$ man mdir mdir(1) mdir(1) Name mdir - display an MSDOS directory Note This manpage has been automatically generated from mtools's texinfo documentation. However, this process is . . . * To

Re: Cheapbytes mess-up debian [FW: Debian 2.0 CD's]

1998-08-31 Thread shaul
I noticed that same problem. The CD has a readme on it (somewhere, don't have it with me right now) that says something to the effect of it appears that any CD with all the pacakges on it can be called 'official', as there is not standard directory layout or something to that effect. I

xisp_2.5p2-2.deb doesn't run pppd. pon does.

1998-08-30 Thread shaul
/option.xisp, but it didn't help. Here are some typical log: A typical log for pon is: = Aug 30 09:33:39 rakefet pppd[11043]: pppd 2.3.5 started by shaul, uid 1000 Aug 30 09:33:41 rakefet chat[11044]: abort on (BUSY) Aug 30 09:33:41 rakefet chat[11044]: abort

Re: /etc/ppp/options

1998-08-30 Thread shaul
I would say that pppd looks at /etc/ppp/options and at /etc/ppp/peers/ISP_name. Since you can connect to the ISP as root, I guess that your problem is pppd permitions. does ls show the existance of /etc/ppp/options when you are looking as root ? Does pppd is suid ? Related to my previous post

Re: HELP: Problems with G++ : Try ./hello and not hello

1998-08-29 Thread shaul
Try ./hello instead of hello (at the bash promt) I am having difficulties getting g++ to compile properly.   I am just testing it with a simple hello program. When I type ...   g++ -g -Wall -ohello hello.cc   The file - hello - is created.  When I type, hello to execute the program.  The

Re: Minicom question

1998-08-22 Thread shaul
I'm new to debian and maybe I' overlooking something simple, but have not been able to send a text file with Minicom. Can it be configured to do so? Thanks for any assistance. Kim Breedlove [EMAIL PROTECTED] I haven't did it myself, but I am 100% sure that minicom can do it. I consider this

Re: Installion: Uncorrectable Error

1998-08-20 Thread shaul
Doesn't it simplly says that the HD has bad sectors ? I am trying to install debian onto a partition on my second hard drive, I get finished installing, and making my boot floppy, by i get a lot of error messages,when I reboot to continue installion. There are so many messages after a while

Re: New Debian user needs help: Problems about partitioning, booting from harddisk, etc.

1998-08-18 Thread shaul
I've just downloaded and installed Debian, the following problems were encountered: 1. My PC have 2 harddisks and 1 CD-ROM: Primary IDE Master:4.3G (hda), LBA MODE Primary IDE Slave: NONE Secondary IDE Master: SONY CD-ROM(CDU611) Secondary

Is it possible to have a prompt with a dynamic clock ?

1998-08-17 Thread shaul
I understand that setting PS1=[\t]$ (in bash) will show me the time that the prompt appeared. Is it possible to have it advance the time as a regular clock would ?

setlogmask

1998-08-10 Thread shaul
I am trying to run the example programs that accompany the book Beginning Linux Programming. I don't undestand what is wrong with this one (it produces Aug 10 02:42:38 rakefet logmask[13691]: debug message, should not appear , although it is not execpected to): bash-2.00$ cat logmask.c

A question about an include file.

1998-08-06 Thread shaul
Could someone explain what the following line, which is taken from /usr/include/errno.h, means : extern void perror __P ((__const char* __s)); As I understand it, it means that perror is defined in an external file and returns a void type. But what are the __P, and __const ? And

Re: Trouble With Simple Thing.

1998-07-31 Thread shaul
Hello, I'm sorta new to Debian.. and I was wondering if anyone could help me with limiting users to their own directory. I've read docs about it, but still can't get it working. Anyone help? Thanks. I am not sure but I think giving them rbash will keep them in their own directory.

dosemu and win95 startup (logo) screen.

1998-07-29 Thread shaul
I am trying to set up dosemu. I don't understand much about what I am doing. I am simply reading the docs and do what I see fit. What I wanted to report is that when I am starting dos (that is dosemu) from the console, I am getting win95 startup screen (its logo) and after that I see the

Can less read its input from the stderr ? How ?

1998-07-27 Thread shaul
Supose I have a program that output long text to stderr. Can I use the less command to page in it ? How ? Can I switch the stdout with the stderr ? -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null

sys c: doesn't work for me. Why ? What to do ?

1998-07-22 Thread shaul
As is stated in the quickstart instructions, I tried to run 'dos -A', dir c: and sys c:. Everything seems to be O.K until the sys c:, when I got: ERROR: write protect! ERROR: write protect! What is wrong and how to fix it ? -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null

exmh configuration.

1998-07-17 Thread shaul
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (shaul) Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 02:27:02 +0300 (IDT) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: test Fri Jul 17 02:27:02 IDT 1998 However, when I am using exmh I get From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: test

Cd vendors in Europe ?

1998-07-16 Thread shaul
... and at least one of the vendors in Europe is strictly a reseller of CDs. Perhaps you have his email or www address ? Does anyone knows other CD vendors in Europe ? -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null

Re: Smail help please

1998-07-15 Thread shaul
Hi. I really need some help here. I have fetchmail working fine. It pops my mail off my ISP's server just fine. I can't figure out how to make smail send mail through my account on my ISP to the internet when I am logged in. If I use netscapes mail it works fine. I have looked through

Re: setting the sender field (was Re: Smail Configuration)

1998-07-15 Thread shaul
I did a similar thing to get my smail working. I use exmh/mh for email. My problem is that the sender field is set to [EMAIL PROTECTED](FQDN). The user is jmb (or whoever I'm logged in as) and the hostname is achimota. The network I'm on (from my dial-up ISP) is ziplink.net. My

Re: power-save mode in screen mode ?

1998-07-15 Thread shaul
On Tue, Jul 14, 1998 at 08:51:13AM +0200, Matus fantomas Uhlar wrote: is ther any way to force monitor come to power saving mode when i'm in full-screen mode ? setterm -powersave on? How can I tell and change the parameters that controls the saving power mode ? I tried to find the answer

Re: MUA configuration for correct From address.

1998-07-13 Thread Shaul
smail configuration ? I tried the man and the documantation on my system but I didn't get much from it. Does anybody remember the address of Daniel Martin's page ? Is that page still there ? 4) What is the defualt MTA in Hamm ? Thank you. On Sun, 12 Jul 1998, Shaul wrote: I am using

Re: unsubscribe helper line

1998-07-11 Thread Shaul
On Thu, 9 Jul 1998, Jeff Schreiber wrote: I'm with you. I think a larger subset of folks will screw this up. I'm sure it's an attempt to save a bit of bandwidth, but . . . Personally I think it's cool. i agree. just cut and paste the line into an xterm window or console. what

Re: MUA configuration for correct From address.

1998-07-11 Thread Shaul
I am using smail and fetchmail. It is working, altough I have to add a Reply-To field becuase the recpiants can't find my machine from the Internet. Note that my machine is called rakefet. I am the user shaul. My ISP login name is beitamos and my ISP's mail server

The link to debian-i18n from the Debian home page ?

1998-07-11 Thread Shaul
There used to be a link to an introductory page of debian-i18n on Debian home page. Where is it ? -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null

Re: File managers ??............

1998-07-10 Thread Shaul
Hi Im wonder the power of my linux system. But Im still browsing my computer only with the ls command. Can you people recomend me a good file manager ??? No one mentioned offix-files. Why ? (I don't use it myself. I am just cuorious.) offix-files - Drag Drop based filemanager

Re: Smail Configuration

1998-07-10 Thread Shaul
of it) I am using smail and fetchmail. It is working, altough I have to add a Reply-To field becuase the recpiants can't find my machine from the Internet. Note that my machine is called rakefet. I am the user shaul. My ISP login name is beitamos and my ISP's mail server is mail.inter.net.il

Re: A question for a programmer

1998-07-10 Thread Shaul
I am going through a book on Linux programming. One of the examples does not work. I was wondering if someone could take a look at the script and see why it doesn't work. The program is exactly like the example from the book, in fact I downloaded it from www.wrox.com the publisher of the

Diary + telephone list ?

1998-07-09 Thread Shaul
Is there a package that contains a diary and a telephone list ? -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null

Re: Driver bug? 56k USR doesn't transmit properly?

1998-07-06 Thread Shaul
Isn't a Baud_base of 115200 too small for a 56k speed ? Shouldn't it be 23something (231400 ?) for that speed ? don't they say that the modem-computer rate should be at least 4 times then line speed ? The changes made no difference. Thanks for the suggestions, though. Last thing I can

Re: modem works now - but modem-computer comunication really slow

1998-07-06 Thread Shaul
If i understand correctly, one of your problems is that it is very slow. 1) Is it a plug-and-play modem ? 2) what does setserial (setserial /dev/ttyS3 -a) reports ? 3) Perhaps you should consider giving a more specific modem initialization string, rather then ATZ ? 4) I think you should read the

Re: adding, changing, using true type fonts under X11

1998-07-05 Thread Shaul
1) Adding fonts to X11 (in existing directories): If I wanted to add the file courR14h.pcf.gz to the (existing) directory /usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi, I would: chmod 444 *.pcf.gz mv courR14h.pcf.gz /usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi mkfontdir /usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi xset

Stopping and restarting mgetty.

1998-07-04 Thread Shaul
I have the following line in /etc/inittab: S1:23:respawn:/sbin/mgetty ttyS1 How can I stop it whenever I need to, do something (like changing some parameter) and restart it again ? -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null

Re: using mail on a debian system (betwin users)

1998-07-04 Thread Shaul
$ mail -s test rami /dev/null Null message body; hope that's ok would sent the user rami a mail with the subject test and with null message body. -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null

Re: Powerpoint equiv. for Linux?

1998-07-04 Thread Shaul
I downloaded and installed Star Office 4.0. I haven't had much opportunity to study it, but I did find out that it will not load PowerPoint (*.ppt) files. I also checked on word processor files. WinWord 6.0 and 95 are supported, though the files should not have been saved with the Fast

Re: The Driver Install Disk...

1998-07-02 Thread Shaul
sector 19 ? Doesn't a normal MS-DOS floppy contains only 18 sectors ? Are you using some special floppy and / or a special drive ? Perhaps you should try other floppies and and / or format one before you use it ? ok here's the message that I get every time I stick a drivers floppy into my

Re: changing/adding/using fonts and ttfonts

1998-07-02 Thread Shaul
Not directly answer your questions, but might be helpful. 1) There is a (quite old) Hebrew HOWTO 2) I am sending you, (on a private mail) a compressed tared 24k file. In there you'll find, among other things, a makefile and a readme. I hope that they will assists you in some way. BTW: If you'll

Re: Intent to take over the xisp package

1998-07-02 Thread Shaul
I am using xisp. I think that Debian should have an updated AND bugfree version of it. -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null

Re: Where is Netscape?

1998-06-30 Thread Shaul
On Mon, 29 Jun 1998, Shaul wrote: If you want a v4 version, get the v4 version of the .deb installer. Is there a .deb v4 installer for Bo ? It seems to me that the ftp sites are only keeping the one for Hamm ? Supposedly this also works for bo. At least the package that I found

Re: Where is Netscape?

1998-06-29 Thread Shaul
If you want a v4 version, get the v4 version of the .deb installer. Is there a .deb v4 installer for Bo ? It seems to me that the ftp sites are only keeping the one for Hamm ? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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