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getting asp to work

1998-12-12 Thread Zack Brown
I have had no luck getting 'asp' to work. I connect to my provider using ppp, figure out my new dynamic ip number from grepping /var/log/debug, create a ~/.asp/debian (my hostname is 'debian') file with legal metaip numbers that include the ip number returned by my grep. But when I run 'asp

apache: httpd: cannot determine local host name.

1998-12-12 Thread Zack Brown
I installed apache, but at the end of the configuration stage it failed to start, giving an error. I ran apacheconfig, and got the following output (essentially the same error): Save these changes to the configuration files? [Y/n] Rotated `/etc/apache/httpd.conf' at

Re: getting asp to work

1998-12-12 Thread Zack Brown
On Sat, 12 Dec 1998, Zack Brown wrote: I have had no luck getting 'asp' to work. I connect to my provider using ppp, figure out my new dynamic ip number from grepping /var/log/debug, create a ~/.asp/debian (my hostname is 'debian') file with legal metaip numbers that include the ip

linux in the workplace

1998-12-10 Thread Zack Brown
I have the opportunity to introduce linux into my company, completely replacing the very flaky windows 95 system that we currently use. Their primary software is Paradox and FileMaker Pro 4.0. As far as I can make out, the other needs of the system are trivial (word perfect, networking, internet

junkbuster recipe for linux today

1998-12-10 Thread Zack Brown
Has anyone figured out a junkbuster recipe for the Linux Today web page? Zack

has anyone installed gimp-manual?

1998-12-08 Thread Zack Brown
I've tried about five times to download the gimp-manual package from ftp.cdrom.com, and each time it has been corrupt. At least two of those times, the corrupt files were identical. Before I try downloading it yet again, could someone please confirm that it is actually possible, or point me to a

upgrading slink cripples dselect/apt (and X) !!!

1998-11-29 Thread Zack Brown
Help! I upgraded some packages this morning, and now running dselect gives the following error: dselect: error in loading shared libraries /usr/lib/libstdc++-libc6.0-1.so.2: undefined symbol: __register_frame_info Also, X gives graphics screen and mouse cursor, then craps out, giving the same

unavailable dependencies: libgtop1 and libguile4

1998-11-29 Thread Zack Brown
These packages are needed by some gnome packages, but they don't seem to be available. Zack

RE: More dselect wishes

1998-11-29 Thread Zack Brown
Please, people! dselect is free software, under GPL. Instead of daydreaming about a thousand features, implement them and submit the patches to the current maintainer! Are you suggesting that anyone who does not have the skill to implement features should not participate at

Re: [Perl-AI] distributed intelligence

1998-11-24 Thread Zack Brown
Hands up who thinks we can build a global web mind with what we've got right now. It's a pretty vague question. Do you mean a mind on a level with human powers? I say no. Do you mean a mind that is very interesting? We can do that on our desktops. Can you be more specific about the capabilities

Re: Slow mail delivery

1998-11-22 Thread Zack Brown
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm reposting this message since I've never seen my original come through: I'm having problems with mail delivery on my local box. When I d/l my mail from my isp (using fetchmail), it is taking over 5 minutes (probably closer to 10) for the mail to get

Re: Slink broke after upgrade (Thank's it's working!)

1998-11-17 Thread Zack Brown
Thanks Ed, I have an almost working slink. At least I have Xwindows working properly for the moment :-). Let's have a bit of sleep now... Lucky you! I still have made no headway getting X to even start. I still get these errors: xauth: error in loading shared libraries libXmu.so.6: cannot

more X in slink stuff...

1998-11-15 Thread Zack Brown
I'm using slink. When I run startx, I get the following errors: xauth: error in loading shared libraries libXmu.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory xauth: error in loading shared libraries libXmu.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory xinit:

trn trouble on slink

1998-11-15 Thread Zack Brown
When I try to run trn, I get the following error: --- Warning: Couldn't open /etc/news/whoami to determine hostname! Caught an internal error--.newsrc restored --- Zack

slink gives errors installing gimp-manual_1.0.0-1.deb

1998-11-15 Thread Zack Brown
I've downloaded gimp-manual_1.0.0-1.deb three times, and each time it failed to install due to errors. At least the last two time, the download gave the same file, which leads me to believe it's not ftp corruption. Here's a couple samples: # dpkg -D1 -i gimp-manual_1.0.0-1.deb (Reading database

suggestion: transparent .deb files revealing logical structure

1998-11-15 Thread Zack Brown
Here's an idea. Many packages have a logical structure in which certain parts of the structure change nearly independently from other parts. I suggest breaking these into independent .deb files, while having package managers like apt and dselect optionally only be aware of them as single

dselect (or apt) wish list

1998-11-10 Thread Zack Brown
Hi, For what it's worth, here's a wishlist for debian install scripts (in no particular order). 1) There doesn't seem to be any order regarding which packages are downloaded first. I suggest that, by default, dependencies should be downloaded before the files that depend upon them. Likewise,

printing problem [was Re: Problems switching to debian

1998-11-05 Thread Zack Brown
printing is completely dead. It's as though I didn't have a printer. Nothing I do has any affect on it. This has nothing to do with any changes I made to my system. It's dead from the moment I install. I have a WinBook XL (which runs linux great in general by the way) and a

The next step: supercomputer via disparate nodes

1998-11-05 Thread Zack Brown
Although this is not strictly on topic, it seems strongly related to a kind of kernel development. I checked out distributed.net, and they seem to have a much different approach to the question. They are more concerned with parcelling out portions of a task, not with making an actual usable

Re: Problems switching to debian

1998-11-02 Thread Zack Brown
On Sun, 1 Nov 1998, M.C. Vernon wrote: 1) printing is completely dead. It's as though I didn't have a printer. Nothing I do has any affect on it. This has nothing to do with any changes I made to my system. It's dead from the moment I install. I have a WinBook XL (which runs linux

Re: Print Postscript in draft-mode on Canpn BJ200, today!

1998-11-02 Thread Zack Brown
Hello, I have spent some time in the ghostscript source trying to make my BJ200e print Postscript in draft-mode. Anyone who uses the BJ200 knows it can be a real ink-hog when priniting some documents, and most of the printing I do can be done in draft mode. You might try the effect of,

Problems switching to debian

1998-11-01 Thread Zack Brown
Hi, I recently switched from Slackware to Debian, and overall I am happy with it: in particular, configuration is much more regular than with Slackware, and I really appreciate that. There are still a few stubborn little problems that are actually pretty central to my work. I'm hoping I can find