Newer cvs (1.10.7-5, unstable) will cause apt to hang?

2000-03-03 Thread Shaul Karl
compression library - runtime ^^^ (Provides virtual package libz1) - --- Begin /etc/cvs-cron.conf (modified conffile) ROT_HIST=yes REPOS=/var/cvs ROTKEEP=no - --- End /etc/cvs-cron.conf -- Shaul Karl [EMAIL PROTECTED] An elephant

Re: transfering to new HDD

2000-03-02 Thread Shaul Karl
there somewhere. -- Karsten M. Self (kmself@ix.netcom.com) What part of Gestalt don't you understand? Scope out Scoop: http://scoop.kuro5hin.org/ Nothin' rusty about Kuro5hin: http://www.kuro5hin.org/ -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Shaul Karl

Re: mounting /tmp from fstab

2000-02-25 Thread Shaul Karl
suidperl(1) installed.) [03:11:55 /tmp]$ 2) Is set-group-identifier the same s that I got for my home dir? [03:14:03 /tmp]$ ls -ld ~ drwxr-sr-x 27 shaulshaul2048 Feb 25 03:09 /home/shaul [03:14:05 /tmp]$ -- Shaul Karl [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: device full messages and lost file contents.

2000-02-25 Thread Shaul Karl
ICQ 3945810 eFax/Voicemail: 1-208-248-9634 Powered by Debian GNU/Linux Clones are people two -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Shaul Karl [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: modem in bash

2000-02-21 Thread Shaul Karl
com program in order to find out whether the computer and the modem understand each other. The Modem-HOWTO can help you in case there are problems. -- Shaul Karl [EMAIL PROTECTED] An elephant is a mouse with an operating system.

Re: UPS monitoring packages?

2000-02-21 Thread Shaul Karl
Thus spake Shaul Karl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Can you point out what UPS monitoring package you are using? Can you compare it to other alternatives? Network UPS Tools (was smart-ups tools). http://www.exploits.org/nut/ Is that debianized? The link there only leads to a .deb

I have repackaged TkMan unofficially.

2000-02-20 Thread Shaul Karl
previous maintainer. deb + dsc can be found under ftp.linux.org.il/pub/local-dev/shaulk. Any suggestions, requests and problem reports are welcomed. Source: tkman Section: non-free/doc Priority: optional Maintainer: (unofficial) Shaul Karl [EMAIL PROTECTED] Standards-Version: 3.0.1 Package: tkman

UPS monitoring packages?

2000-02-20 Thread Shaul Karl
Can you point out what UPS monitoring package you are using? Can you compare it to other alternatives? Thank you. -- Shaul Karl [EMAIL PROTECTED] An elephant is a mouse with an operating system.

Re: /etc/adjtime does what?

2000-02-18 Thread Shaul Karl
-linux: /etc/init.d/hwclock.sh [13:25:33 /tmp]$ -- Shaul Karl [EMAIL PROTECTED] An elephant is a mouse with an operating system.

Re: What's the difference between kernel-image-2.2.14-ide and kernel-image-2.2.14?

2000-02-18 Thread Shaul Karl
has the patch applied. Why then it is not mentioned in the description? Not everyone has time to follow the kernel devel closely enough in order to be aware to these patches. -- Shaul Karl [EMAIL PROTECTED] An elephant is a mouse with an operating system.

Network UPS Tools (nut).

2000-02-18 Thread Shaul Karl
1) I believe there was not a while ago an intent to package message about the nut. I am not being able to find it in the mailing list archive. Any pointer/hint? 2) Can someone compare it to other UPS tools? -- Shaul Karl [EMAIL PROTECTED] An elephant

Help with apt ftp method configuration.

2000-02-17 Thread Shaul Karl
/etc/apt/apt.conf. An example file might help as well. Thank you. -- Shaul Karl [EMAIL PROTECTED] An elephant is a mouse with an operating system.

Re: MODEM ERROR

2000-02-16 Thread Shaul Karl
: Input/output error How can I get this solved? TIA-Pee ---End Message--- Shaul Karl [EMAIL PROTECTED] An elephant is a mouse with an operating system.

Re: Modem doesn't respond

2000-02-16 Thread Shaul Karl
always get a message saying that the modem does not respond. Do you know how to solve this problem? I tried on RedHat 6.1, Corel Linux, and Debian 2.1 and I always get the same message. TIA - Pee ---End Message--- Shaul Karl [EMAIL PROTECTED] An elephant

Re: Apt-get through proxy

2000-02-16 Thread Shaul Karl
remount,rw /usr;}; Post-Invoke { apt-cache dumpavail /var/lib/dpkg/available; mount -o remount,ro /usr; }; } // Pre-configure all packages before they are installed. // (Automatically added by debconf.) DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {dpkg-preconfigure --apt;}; -- Shaul Karl

Re: using power save and power down features

2000-02-16 Thread Shaul Karl
2 SuspendTime 3 OffTime 4 You might need other/more configuration if you are using a laptop. As for the shut down, I do not know. My mother board can not do that. -- Shaul Karl [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: First Kernel Recompile

2000-02-15 Thread Shaul Karl
headers, such as stdio.h. I would try to install everything that is recommended by the kernel-package package. In fact, have you installed kernel-package? -- Shaul Karl [EMAIL PROTECTED] An elephant is a mouse with an operating system.

Re: where can I get kernel 2.2.13?

2000-02-15 Thread Shaul Karl
hello, I would like to know where can I download a binary format of potato kernel version 2.2.13 so that I may use it to recompile my kernel. thank you. I do not follow. Are you asking from where you can have a kernel image so that you will be able to produce a kernel image? -- Shaul

Re: External CD-ROM drive

2000-02-09 Thread Shaul Karl
Hey, I got a computer for Linux now, but I am using a Creative Proprietary External CD-ROM drive. It's not IDE or SCSI, so what should I do to install? Thanks, You might try to look at www.linuxdoc.org for the CDROM-HOWTO. Hopefully someone else will give you a better guide. -- Shaul

Re: Newbie Lookin' for Libraries

2000-02-08 Thread Shaul Karl
-- Shaul Karl [EMAIL PROTECTED] An elephant is a mouse with an operating system. -- Shaul Karl [EMAIL PROTECTED] An elephant is a mouse with an operating system.

Re: modem trouble and Configuring serial ports failed

2000-02-06 Thread Shaul Karl
] /dev/null -- Shaul Karl [EMAIL PROTECTED] An elephant is a mouse with an operating system.

Re: Put Debian on Slave?

2000-02-06 Thread Shaul Karl
=Linux root=/dev/hdb1 read-only image=/vmlinuz label=single append=single root=/dev/hdb1 read-only [04:16:57 /tmp]$ -- Shaul Karl [EMAIL PROTECTED] An elephant is a mouse with an operating system.

Doesn't kernel-source packages provides kernel-headers?

2000-02-03 Thread Shaul Karl
It is my understanding that each kernel-source package provides kernel-headers. Yet kernel-source-2.2.14 does not mention it. What am I missing? -- Shaul Karl [EMAIL PROTECTED] An elephant is a mouse with an operating system.

Re: TkMan

2000-02-03 Thread Shaul Karl
in non-free. You can get it from debian.org dyer -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Shaul Karl [EMAIL PROTECTED] An elephant is a mouse with an operating system.

Re: apt-get probleme

2000-02-02 Thread Shaul Karl
I have no experience with proxy auth. However, if I got it correctly then the attached /etc/apt/apt.conf has the skeleton for this to be done. I hope they will put back real soon what used to be the apt.conf example. [02:22:27 /tmp]$ cat /etc/apt/apt.conf /* In some instances involving

Re: printers

2000-02-01 Thread Shaul Karl
I am considering the Lexmark Optra E310. I did not finally decided about it. Please post if you know that it is not a reasonable choice. I'm looking for good reliable laser printer.. most of what it will be printing will be post script docs so it would be nice if it had ps emulation on the

kernel-image-2.2.14-ide vs kernel-image-2.2.14?

2000-01-31 Thread Shaul Karl
Unstable seems to have both kernel-image-2.2.14-ide and kernel-image-2.2.14. What is the difference? Must I download both in order to find out myself? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Why no package seems to take care of the new /dev/console device?

2000-01-31 Thread Shaul Karl
On Sat, Jan 29, 2000 at 11:10:31AM -0500, Daniel Burrows wrote: I have no idea what should be done, but if it's decided that replacing the console device is correct.. On Sat, Jan 29, 2000 at 05:53:30PM +0200, Shaul Karl was heard to say: 2) Decide what current users (slink users

Are non-US lines still necessary in /etc/apt/sources.list?

2000-01-31 Thread Shaul Karl
After the US government changed its encryption related regulations I wonder whether I should keep the non-US lines in my /etc/apt/sources.list? [06:09:48 /tmp]$ grep non-US /etc/apt/sources.list deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib non-free deb-src

Re: ntp and 0.0.0.0 address

2000-01-31 Thread Shaul Karl
I am far from being an expert. However, if it worse something then I think your config file is bad. What is the NTP server you are trying to connect to? Maybe you should email /etc/ntp.conf to the list? Hello All, I cannot get ntp to work on my computer. In the past, with previous

Re: what exactly is SMP?

2000-01-31 Thread Shaul Karl
Symmetric multiple processing? That is, dealing with multiple processing where each processing unit has equal power? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[OT] Knuth saying about a mice with an OS is like an elephant?

2000-01-30 Thread Shaul Karl
Can some one give me the exact saying of Knuth about a mice with an OS is like an elephant? Where and when does it published for the first time? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Why no package seems to take care of the new /dev/console device?

2000-01-29 Thread Shaul Karl
This question bothers me lately, and it was brought up on debian-user few times. Yet, although I am trying to constantly update the packages I am using it seems that no package takes care for it. Further more, I believe that it will be raised more frequently once potato will become the current

Re: How to use ntp/ntpdate to fix my clock

2000-01-29 Thread Shaul Karl
Henrique M Holschuh wrote: On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, Patrick Dahiroc wrote: already on Feb 15, 2000. digging through the package database i came across ntp and ntpdate and installed both (i have an always on connection to the ntpdate is used to do a one time only update to your clock.

Re: How to use ntp/ntpdate to fix my clock

2000-01-29 Thread Shaul Karl
On Sat, 29 Jan 2000, Eric Gillespie, Jr. wrote: On Sat, Jan 29, 2000 at 08:46:07AM -0200, Henrique M Holschuh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Edit /etc/init.d/ntpdate and add the server(s) you selected. Remove hwcloch --adjust calls in /etc/init.d/hwclock.sh because it will bite you sooner

kernel-image-2.2.14-compact: uname still reports 2.2.13

2000-01-28 Thread Shaul Karl
Package: kernel-image-2.2.14-compact Version: 2.2.14-2 Severity: normal [04:09:47 shaul]$ uname -a Linux rakefet 2.2.13 #1 Sat Nov 20 12:44:19 EST 1999 i586 unknown [04:10:11 shaul]$ ls -l /vmlinuz lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 20 Jan 28 03:53 /vmlinuz - /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.14 [04:10:20

Re: newbie needs help veiwing files

2000-01-28 Thread Shaul Karl
--- DOUGLAS HUNTER [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I'm in bash and trying to ls large files I can only see the last part of the file due to it scrolling past too fast. Is there a command to insert that means I can veiw the output page by page and change pages when I want to ? ls |

Re: less and color

2000-01-28 Thread Shaul Karl
On 26/1/2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have setup the ls command to use the display color option using an alias. It works fine. Colors are also displayed nicely when piping ls stdout to the more command. I want to use less instead of more. However, when piping ls stdout to the less

apt-get wants to remove netscape?

2000-01-28 Thread Shaul Karl
[15:56:55 /tmp]# apt-get dist-upgrade -s |less Reading Package Lists... Building Dependency Tree... The following packages will be REMOVED: communicator-base-47 communicator-nethelp-47 communicator-smotif-47 communicator-spellchk-47 gconv-modules libc6-bin navigator-base-47

Re: help with dselect

2000-01-28 Thread Shaul Karl
I've managed to install the base system and have gotten to dselect which first asks me to help locate the cd drive, with the prompt to enter: /dev/cdrom ...which I do. Then it asks me to help find the the dist on the CD. No matter what I enter, it says it can't find it. This is the

kmod questions?

2000-01-28 Thread Shaul Karl
1) Does /etc/modules needed with kmod or can it be deleted? 2) Why there is no line like 0-59/5 * * * * /sbin/rmmod -a for cron to process?

The kernel-iamge-2.2.14-compcat package and hardware detection?

2000-01-28 Thread Shaul Karl
After installing kernel-iamge-2.2.14-compcat I am getting: [15:15:34 Documentation]$ grep 3c59x -A6 /var/log/syslog Jan 28 04:32:19 rakefet kernel: 3c59x.c:v0.99H 11/17/98 Donald Becker http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/vortex.html Jan 28 04:32:19 rakefet kernel: pcnet32.c: PCI bios is

syslog facilities.

2000-01-28 Thread Shaul Karl
I have a /etc/init.d/fetchmail that starts a fetchmail daemon as soon as the system is up. The daemon used to log its actions in /var/log/mail.info, in accordance with fetchmail man page. However, during the last few weeks the logs are stoped though the mail is continued to be fetch in what

Re: kmod questions?

2000-01-28 Thread Shaul Karl
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... 1) Does /etc/modules needed with kmod or can it be deleted? Yes that's still needed - /etc/modules is a Debian feature independent of the kernel. Isn't /etc/modules a kerneld related stuff? Without kerneld, (have kmod instead)

Re: xconsole has vanished!

2000-01-28 Thread Shaul Karl
On Mon, Jan 24, 2000 at 07:32:29PM -0600, David J. Kanter wrote: Yesterday I updated my XFree86 packages, and now the iconized xconsole window that used to appear when starting fvwm is gone. If I log on as root, it's there but as a regular user it's not. What happened? I'm guessing,

Re: is there a way to see a log of whatever is happening inside the x-window?

2000-01-28 Thread Shaul Karl
Greetings! I was wondering if there was some sort of a way to see what x-windows is doing because whenever I try to do some things like click on settings or utilities etc, nothing is happening. I'm not sure if there are errors or whatever so I wanted to check and see what was

Re: How to use ntp/ntpdate to fix my clock

2000-01-28 Thread Shaul Karl
hi all the time on my machine is seriously messed up - currently my machine is already on Feb 15, 2000. digging through the package database i came across ntp and ntpdate and installed both (i have an always on connection to the net). all i want to do i to keep the time on my machine

A non existent process is locking the modem?

2000-01-23 Thread Shaul Karl
I believe mgetty-fax or start-stop-daemon and the /etc/init.d/mgetty-fax script does not handle the port correctly. Does anyone else have it? [03:42:11 /tmp]$ cat /var/lock/LCK..ttyS2 623 [03:43:12 /tmp]$ ps 623 PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND [03:43:15 /tmp]$ tail

Re: What to edit

2000-01-23 Thread Shaul Karl
Replace http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US frozen non-US with http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US frozen/non-US main contrib non-free ? ---BeginMessage--- What do I need to edit to upgrade from Slink to Potato? I've attached a co[y of my sources.list# Use for a

Re: A non existent process is locking the modem?

2000-01-23 Thread Shaul Karl
since it should not lock the modem unless it tests it (previously it used to test it once an hour), dials out or answers an incoming phone or fax call. On Sun, 23 Jan 2000, Shaul Karl wrote: shaulk I believe mgetty-fax or start-stop-daemon and the /etc/init.d/mgetty-fax shaulk script does

Re: hwclock --adjust in slink

2000-01-19 Thread Shaul Karl
You might want to take a look at the Clock Mini-HOWTO, hwclock and adjtimex about how can you try to keep your sys time right even if the machine is not 24/7. [...] In any case, there are hw K scripts: [18:17:27 /tmp]$ ls /etc/rc?.d/*hw* /etc/rc0.d/K25hwclock.sh

Re: modem permissions

2000-01-17 Thread Shaul Karl
Isn't the device should be writable to the dialout group? [01:59:27 /tmp]$ ls -l /dev/ttyS2 crw-rw1 root dialout4, 66 Jan 17 01:30 /dev/ttyS2 [02:00:56 /tmp]$ --AqsLC8rIMeq19msA Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-2022-jp Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Re: hwclock --adjust in slink

2000-01-17 Thread Shaul Karl
I did not fully understand you. Does or doesn't the BIOS get the right time after the system is shutdown? In any case, there are hw K scripts: [18:17:27 /tmp]$ ls /etc/rc?.d/*hw* /etc/rc0.d/K25hwclock.sh /etc/rc6.d/K25hwclock.sh /etc/rcS.d/S50hwclock.sh [18:22:27 /tmp]$ Note that your system

Warnings when running top.

2000-01-15 Thread Shaul Karl
When I run top I get {filp_open} {get_unused_fd} Warning: /boot/System.map-2.2.13 does not match kernel data. printed to my xterm before having the usual data. Yet top seems to be working as usual. I am using 2.2.13. In addition to the above Warning, my ~/.xsession-errors also has BgLostPid

Re: Need file converter for

2000-01-15 Thread Shaul Karl
You might try the file or the strings commands in order to learn what kind of data these files contain. I need an application or plugin for netscape to decode or convert these type of files. I THINK they are some type of Microsoft proprietary file format. Netscape, WordPerfect, Gnotepad,Lyx,

Re: Getting started

2000-01-15 Thread Shaul Karl
I would start by following the mkswap man page. However, I believe you have a problem that I can not figure out from your mail because the installation procedure should do it for you. Actually, I do not completely understand how you were partitioning the disk. What exactly is a Linux partition?

Does the following proves that there is a problem with my ntp server?

2000-01-14 Thread Shaul Karl
[18:40:18 /tmp]$ ntptrace 192.115.3.254 core.israsrv.net.il: stratum 3, offset -3599.179944, synch distance 0.03766 iix.net.il: *Timeout* [18:40:36 /tmp]$ date -u Fri Jan 14 16:40:44 UTC 2000 [18:40:44 /tmp]$ date Fri Jan 14 18:40:45 IST 2000 [18:40:45 /tmp]$ Assuming that the current UTC

What wrote the new values in /etc/init.d/adjtimex?

2000-01-14 Thread Shaul Karl
[19:42:26 /tmp]$ grep TICK -A2 /etc/init.d/adjtimex TICK=1 # old: TICK=1 FREQ=-3827584 # old: FREQ=0 -- /sbin/adjtimex -tick $TICK -frequency $FREQ echo done. ;; [19:42:46 /tmp]$ By which process are the new values of TICK and FREQ have been written?

Sync sys clock and hc every 11 min: logging and controling?

2000-01-14 Thread Shaul Karl
How can I verify whether the hc (hardware clock) is being synchronize to the system clock every 11 min or so? Is the sync operation being logged somewhere? Is there any kernel flag that is being set in order to have this operation done automatically? What util can read such a flag and optionally

dselect + apt method do not mount /usr ro when removing a package?

2000-01-14 Thread Shaul Karl
Am I correct that dselect apt method does not handle /usr which is mounted ro correctly when it tries to remove a package? Although I have [21:28:22 /tmp]$ grep Pre-Invoke /etc/apt/apt.conf Pre-Invoke {mount -o remount,rw /usr;}; [21:28:32 /tmp]$ when trying to remove a package, dselect

Re: Install help, ne module does not reload on reboot (potato)

2000-01-10 Thread Shaul Karl
Isn't the 8390 module needed as well? Try to insmod it before the ne module. I am trying to install the latest potato I have an ISA NE2000 clone. it worked fine when i booted from the rescue disc. Ieben installed the base system over NFS. It's IO is at 0x280, and

xterm: The icon insists it has a fixed point on the screen.

2000-01-10 Thread Shaul Karl
Package: xterm Version: 3.3.5-2 Package: fvwm Version: 2.2.4-1 Does anybody else have instances in which the xterm icon insists to place itself in a point that is already taken by some other icon? Perhaps it is Netscape or exmh icons fault? I am using Fvwm for WM. - -- System Information

Re: Ethernet question

2000-01-10 Thread Shaul Karl
You might want to check /usr/doc/sysvinit/examples/network (from the sysvinit package). Just transferred over from Red Hat 6.1 to Debian 2.1. My NIC card worked fine in Red Hat and appears to work okay in Debian _if_ I issue an ifconfig eth0 command. Naturally, though, I'd like this to

Re: Can't boot from a second harddrive (repost)

2000-01-10 Thread Shaul Karl
Attached is my /etc/lilo.conf. I hope it will help. [14:46:02 /tmp]$ cat /etc/lilo.conf # /etc/lilo.conf boot=/dev/hda compact install=/boot/boot.b map=/boot/map vga=normal prompt timeout=50 other=/dev/hda1 label=MS table=/dev/hda image=/vmlinuz label=Linux

Perl5 is looking for termcap?

2000-01-08 Thread Shaul Karl
As far as I know, by default Debian does not use termcap. There for, I consider the following a bug somewhere. Cannot find termcap: Can't find a valid termcap file at /usr/lib/perl5/5.005/Term/ReadLine.pm line 305 Am I right? Whose package is responsible? The more complete picture is the

Re: error installing debconf

2000-01-08 Thread Shaul Karl
I am getting almost exactly the same error, except mine is as follows: tsuess:~# apt-get -f dist-upgrade Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Calculating Upgrade... Done 1 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 28 packages not fully

Recommendations for a 220v (my local lines voltage) suitable UPS?

2000-01-04 Thread Shaul Karl
Can any one recommends a UPS that will be suitable for working with an electricity supply of 220v/50Hz? I have also the need for its power sockets leads to be shaped like an Y since this is the local standard. Is this a European standard?

Re: .emacs file please

2000-01-04 Thread Shaul Karl
Hi all, I'm just coming to grips with emacs and discovered that most people have a .emacs file with default settings that they can use. 1) At least with XEamcs, probably with Emacs too, you can try Help-Samples. 2) You can look at Emacs Beginner's HOWTO, I belkieve the author append one

Re: pointer trails in X?

2000-01-04 Thread Shaul Karl
Is it possible via some configuration to get the mouse to have a trail in X? It makes it nice to spot the cursor after your eyes have lost focus of it. (1) I am not sure but I believe that it is the WM business and that Fvwm has an option to do it. (2) Isn't xeyes do just that?

Re: setterm -store doesn't stick

1999-12-31 Thread Shaul Karl
I can not tell why -store does not store but a work around might be to put something like the following lines in your .bashrc: power_save() { if [ -z $DISPLAY ]; then setterm -powersave on fi } power_save ---BeginMessage--- I'm trying to do a setterm -store (-powersave off -powerdown

(1) /etc/init.d/inn: start-stop-daemon: command not found? (2) actsync difficulties.

1999-12-30 Thread Shaul Karl
1) I just installed inn and I am getting start-stop-daemon: command not found whenever I am starting or stopping it. Did I missed something or is it a bug? 2) Although getlist(1) manages to get about 45000 groups, actsync(8) is hanging up and I have to kill it. It seems to put in the

Re: 404 not found using apt-get

1999-12-30 Thread Shaul Karl
Hola~ With a sources.list of: deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib non-free deb http://security.debian.org unstable updates deb http://www.debian.org/~vincent xfree-update main deb

Re: 404 not found using apt-get

1999-12-30 Thread Shaul Karl
I am not sure I understand you but let me try: 1) Indeed there is a space between unstable and main. However your source.list seems wrong to me because /debian should be right after .org and before main. 2) As far as I know, apt-get install dpkg is supposed to use your source.list to

Re: ppp

1999-12-28 Thread Shaul Karl
I believe that pon should do it. IIRC, plog will tell you what is happening. how do i invoke a ppp conection from the command line. i have already setup the connection via pppconfig. now i need to know how to get it to dial.

Re: installing Potato via ppp

1999-12-27 Thread Shaul Karl
Is there a way to install Potato via ppp when I have only a slink CD and the base floppies for slink? Can I download some Potato base floppy images? If you have slink installed and you insists on downloading then apt is probably the way to go. The current set of base floppies are in

ntp: Some log files do not get gziped or rotated

1999-12-27 Thread Shaul Karl
Package: ntp Version: 4.0.98h-1 Severity: normal Am I right that some log files of the ntp package do not get gziped or rotated? Is it done on purpose? [09:36:44 /tmp]$ ls -l /var/log/ntpstats/ total 277 -rw-r--r--2 root adm 1680 Dec 27 09:22 loopstats -rw-r--r--1 root

Re: Logging user's logging in

1999-12-26 Thread Shaul Karl
**Please CC all replies to me - I'm not currently subscribed** I would like to log via syslogd whenever a user logs in. How would I go about doing this? Furthermore, I might also want to JUST log when root logs in, or when someone's sus into root - how would I do this? I did not try

Re: X-windows and fvwm2?

1999-12-26 Thread Shaul Karl
I have just installed Debian and X-windows which has a few window managers like fvwm2 and WindowMaker and But, the viewport is not properly set. The viewport is smaller than the size of my desktop; How can I adjust the viewport in X/WM ? There is a ViewPort parameter in the

Re: Moving from RedHat to Debian

1999-12-26 Thread Shaul Karl
I've been using RedHat for about eight months, but I'd like to switch to Debian. Is there any easy way to do this, or is it going to be a painful transition? Also, what's the best way to go about installing Debian? I have a fast connection, so I'm wondering if an ftp install is the way

~/.Xresources - oclock*Stick: true

1999-12-26 Thread Shaul Karl
Can I set a flag in the ~/.Xresources file so that the oclock will always have the sticky feature set to true? What is the correct syntax? Where can I learn more about the X resources?

Re: DEB files

1999-12-26 Thread Shaul Karl
*- On 26 Dec, Tux wrote about DEB files Hello, How to create .deb files? http://www.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/ 1) Is there a postscript version of this doc somewhere? 2) On my system, a bug with html2ps does not seems to get solved. What are the alternatives?

apt-cache dumpavail /tmp/apt-chace; dpkg --update-avail /tmp/apt-chace;

1999-12-25 Thread Shaul Karl
I want to avoid the need to run update from within dselect after apt-get dist-upgrade by writing the lines Post-Invoke { apt-cache dumpavail /tmp/apt-chace; dpkg --update-avail /tmp/apt-cache; rm -v /tmp/apt-chace;

Re: lyx: Can not use AMS math.

1999-12-25 Thread Shaul Karl
I was able to open the yours attached unbenannt.lyx file with no problem. Yet when I tried to View DVI it I was getting a window saying that saying that \mathfrak, \mathbb and \mathds are allowed only in math mode. The alpha was not bold as well as it is in math mode. I then deleted every thing

Re: Menus aren't updating in fvwm2

1999-12-24 Thread Shaul Karl
When I apt-get a package (rxvt for instance) and it installs, no menu entry is created. What I've got to do is delete ~/.fvwm/menudefs.hook, run update-menus, then restart fvwm2. I thought menu generation was supposed to be automatic? If I got it correctly then 1) it is generated

Running fetchmail from /etc/init.d/

1999-12-24 Thread Shaul Karl
I intend to run fetchmail from /etc/init.d/. Just want to verify that I did not miss something important or do something wrong: 1. The script /etc/init.d/fetchmail is taken from /usr/share/doc/fetchamil/contrib /debian_rc:

lyx: Can not use AMS math.

1999-12-24 Thread Shaul Karl
Package: lyx Version: 1.1.2-2 Severity: normal Although I have activated the radio button of AMS math at the Layout-Document menu I can not been able to follow what the UserGuide.lyx suggets. In particular, both \mathfrak{g} and \mathbb{R} give an error message. \boldsymbol{\alpha}, which does

Re: Best way to be a tester

1999-12-23 Thread Shaul Karl
I believe you will get a better answer if you'll try to post it on debian-boot@lists.debian.org I'm about ready to do an install of debian, and thought the most useful thing might be for me to test the new (potato?) install procedure from scratch. I figure most people have been upgrading

Re: apt-get can not remount /usr ro. How to use lsof to find the offending files?

1999-12-23 Thread Shaul Karl
On 22/12/99 Shaul Karl wrote: Let me see if I got it correctly: mount can tell whether I have open file descriptors that are related to removed files and there for it does not let me remount the fs ro? What does it care? Will remounting the fs erase the data from these blocks? Why was I

Re: Do Linux full-time... Hiring Linux specialists

1999-12-23 Thread Shaul Karl
Can you write the exact URL? Thank you. ---BeginMessage--- Previously Karl M. Hegbloom wrote: I have no objections to job postings here. I think the web page idea is a good one. That webpage is supposed to be there already, I talked with the webteam

apt-get can not remount /usr ro. How to use lsof to find the offending files?

1999-12-22 Thread Shaul Karl
Although I have [03:22:30 /tmp]# grep Post-Invoke /etc/apt/apt.conf Post-Invoke {mount -o remount,ro /usr;}; [03:22:48 /tmp]# There are times that this remounting is not done because /usr is left busy after apt-get dist-upgrade. There for, I wonder if and how lsof can be used in order to

Re: apt-get can not remount /usr ro. How to use lsof to find the offending files?

1999-12-22 Thread Shaul Karl
On 22/12/99 Shaul Karl wrote: There are times that this remounting is not done because /usr is left busy after apt-get dist-upgrade. There for, I wonder if and how lsof can be used in order to find the offending files? it won't help really, the problem is files being overwritten

Re: connecting to internet

1999-12-20 Thread Shaul Karl
I am a newbie and have just installed Debian. I need to connect to a website to download an upgrade to xfree86. I put the url in my sources list, but when I try apt-update, the response I get is that the website doesn't exist. I have checked it and it exists. My ppp connection to my isp is

Re: The clock has gone crazy...

1999-12-18 Thread Shaul Karl
The file /etc/adjtime has the following two lines: cambados:~# cat /etc/adjtime -115.758041 945099084 0.00 945097761 Is it important the fact that it has two lines? Another question: What command do I have to use in order to set the clock up? hwclock ? Thanks in advance and

Re: Modem does not work

1999-12-17 Thread Shaul Karl
Date: Sun, 12 Dec 1999 15:30:16 GMT From: Pedro Quaresma de Almeida [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Sat, 11 Dec 1999 11:33:23 -0800 (PST) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sat, 11 Dec 1999, dyer wrote: I have bought (two day ago) a

dictd is not restarted after upgrading from unstable?

1999-12-16 Thread Shaul Karl
It seems to me that dictd is not restarted after upgrading, although it might be that installing dict-web1913 for the first time is the cause. In any case, I am quite sure there is a problem after using some dict relating package from unstable. Did anybody has encountered this or has more info?

Re: apt-get with proxy ftp access

1999-12-16 Thread Shaul Karl
I believe the problem is with your sources.list. As the report says, there is no www.de.debian.org/dists. You can try with your browser and see for yourself. Maybe you can verify if this is indeed the problem by using /usr/share/doc/apt/examples/sources.list as a test case? Hello, I

Re: apt does not get...

1999-12-14 Thread Shaul Karl
Japan homepage: http://www-sk.icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~kai --- On Fri, 10 Dec 1999, Shaul Karl wrote: What is the contents of your apt configuration files (/etc/apt/apt.conf and /etc/apt/sources.list)?

Re: Files in /var/lib/dpkg/

1999-12-14 Thread Shaul Karl
/var/lib/dpkg/available is the file that keeps track of all packages currently available to be installed, based on the package info retrieved by apt-get update and your sources.list file. /var/lib/dpkg/status is the database file that contains information about the state of all packages

Re: What happend to timezones?

1999-12-14 Thread Shaul Karl
d Hi! Last time I upgraded my potato (few days ago), the timezone package has gone away, so I can't tell to my machine that I'm in GMT+1. It would be important because there is an othet OS on my hdd, which requires GMT+1 to be present in CMOS. Any idea? It is all here. for example,

Safely removing /etc/init.d/boot.OLD and /etc/rc.boot/0setserial.pre-2.15 ?

1999-12-12 Thread Shaul Karl
I have /etc/init.d/boot.OLD and /etc/rc.boot/0setserial.pre-2.15. Can I safely remove them? Are files that dpkg -S reports that they are not found can be safely removed? [11:12:47 /tmp]$ dpkg -S /etc/init.d/boot.OLD dpkg: /etc/init.d/boot.OLD not found. [11:14:42 /tmp]$ dpkg -S

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