Debian and Reh Hat Questions

1998-09-05 Thread Kenneth Scharf
Dinesh Nadarajah wrote: Couple of questions concerning Debian Linux: 1. How can I install .deb packages in RehHat? Not likely. There is a prog called alien that can install a rpm package on Debian, but it doesn't work all the time. I don't know if there is an equivalent for this

Re: Debian and Reh Hat Questions

1998-09-05 Thread Noel Yap
Jens B. Jorgensen wrote: Dip is for an old package called 'dip'. It was sort of line 'pon' I think. Since the package has long since gone away I find it annoying we're still stuck with the group. On the contrary, dip is still available in slink. I use it to dial up my ISP since it's the

Debian and Reh Hat Questions

1998-09-04 Thread Dinesh Nadarajah
Couple of questions concerning Debian Linux: 1. How can I install .deb packages in RehHat? 2. Can PPP be initiated by a user rather than by the root? 3. X server does not recognize SVGA server and boot into VGA 8 bit mode. Can I remove VGA mode completely off of the XF86Config file? Thanks in

Re: Debian and Reh Hat Questions

1998-09-04 Thread jdassen
On Fri, Sep 04, 1998 at 06:39:19AM -0700, Dinesh Nadarajah wrote: Couple of questions concerning Debian Linux: 1. How can I install .deb packages in RehHat? The same way you install RPMs in Debian: using Alien (http://www.kitenet.net/programs/alien/). 2. Can PPP be initiated by a user

Re: Debian and Reh Hat Questions

1998-09-04 Thread servis
*- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about Re: Debian and Reh Hat Questions | | 2. Can PPP be initiated by a user rather than by the root? | | Yes. If the user is part of the group which owns the dial out devices (with | Debian, that's group dialout). Actually it is the dip group. All the ppp

Re: Debian and Reh Hat Questions

1998-09-04 Thread jdassen
On Fri, Sep 04, 1998 at 09:14:19AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: *- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about Re: Debian and Reh Hat Questions | Yes. If the user is part of the group which owns the dial out devices | (with Debian, that's group dialout). Actually it is the dip group. All the ppp

Re: Debian and Reh Hat Questions

1998-09-04 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Sep 04, 1998 at 09:14:19AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: *- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about Re: Debian and Reh Hat Questions | Yes. If the user is part of the group which owns the dial out devices | (with Debian, that's group dialout). Actually

Re: Debian and Reh Hat Questions

1998-09-04 Thread Ed Cogburn
Dinesh Nadarajah wrote: Couple of questions concerning Debian Linux: 1. How can I install .deb packages in RehHat? Not likely. There is a prog called alien that can install a rpm package on Debian, but it doesn't work all the time. I don't know if there is an equivalent for this

Re: Debian and Reh Hat Questions

1998-09-04 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Fri, 4 Sep 1998, Ed Cogburn wrote: Dinesh Nadarajah wrote: Couple of questions concerning Debian Linux: 1. How can I install .deb packages in RehHat? Not likely. There is a prog called alien that can install a rpm package on Debian, but it doesn't work all the time. I