a simple question regarding directories

2000-01-06 Thread john smith
I just recently downloaded the netscape browser and I am confused which directory should I untar it to? right now it is in the directory /tmp but when I try to use the help contents in the browser, it tells me thatnetscape cannot find the file help.hpf that should be in the

Re: a simple question regarding directories

2000-01-06 Thread aphro
there are 2 common ways to install netscape in debian 1) download your favorite version of netscape4 into /tmp 2) run 'apt-get install netscape4' or download your favorite version of netscape4 wherever you want(suggest /tmp too) untar it, and cd to the directory it untars to, and run the

simple question

1999-10-03 Thread toltec
does anybody know where can i find enlightenment 0.16 deb´s ? or cvs deb´s as it used to be in e.themes.org ? thank you ;) [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: simple question

1999-01-27 Thread Björn Elwhagen
On Tue, Jan 26, 1999 at 12:50:55PM -0600, Darknight wrote this: Is there a way to change the port used on wu-ftpd-academ? If so, what is it? Thanks. I don't have it installed right now but i guess you simply could change the portnumber in /etc/services. I've never had a reason to try that but

simple question

1999-01-26 Thread Darknight
Is there a way to change the port used on wu-ftpd-academ? If so, what is it? Thanks.

simple question

1998-11-05 Thread Davide Duran
I'm very interested in the future of Linux as commercial OS, but I have a question: Linux is great thanks to over 1000 programmers who hard worked on it in their free time. It was a passion, an hobby. For sure, the best valuable passion or hobby I ever seen, but I ask:

Re: simple question

1998-11-05 Thread M.C. Vernon
I'm very interested in the future of Linux as commercial OS, but I have a question: Linux is great thanks to over 1000 programmers who hard worked on it in their free time. It was a passion, an hobby. For sure, the best valuable passion or hobby I ever seen, but I ask:

Re: simple question

1998-11-05 Thread AJT60
On Wed, 4 Nov 1998, Davide Duran wrote: Linux is great thanks to over 1000 programmers who hard worked on it in their free time. It was a passion, an hobby. For sure, the best valuable passion or hobby I ever seen, but I ask: who can say me that I can be sure that

NFS simple question

1998-09-30 Thread Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira
Hi Debian users, I'm trying to setup a NFS server(machine 10.0.0.132) and a client(10.0.1.222). I read the NFS-HOWTO: I wrote in /etc/exports at 10.0.0.132(Server) the line: /home 10.0.1.222(rw) Then I add the line in /etc/fstab at

Re: NFS simple question

1998-09-30 Thread Daniel Doro Ferrante
On Wed, 30 Sep 1998, Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira wrote: Hi Debian users, I'm trying to setup a NFS server(machine 10.0.0.132) and a client(10.0.1.222). I read the NFS-HOWTO: I wrote in /etc/exports at 10.0.0.132(Server) the line: /home

Re: NFS simple question

1998-09-30 Thread joseph evan porter
And used the comand mount -a in 10.0.1.222 and the error was: mount: RPC: Program not registered and the NFS-HOWTO says the this error was caused because neither nfsd or mountd was running on the server, but: We already had this kind of problem, but I believe the

Re: NFS simple question

1998-09-30 Thread Stef Hoesli Wiederwald
We already had this kind of problem, but I believe the answer is quite simple: try restarting the 'nfs daemon' on '/etc/init.d'. I \t should suffice. What do you mean with try restarting the 'nfs daemon' on '/etc/init.d'? Stef

A simple question

1998-04-06 Thread Norbert Pabis
HI, I have one little question. What does GNU stands for? GPL is General... and what is GNU Pabis Norbert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: A simple question

1998-04-06 Thread Santiago Vila Doncel
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Mon, 6 Apr 1998, Norbert Pabis wrote: I have one little question. What does GNU stands for? GPL is General... and what is GNU You will find the answer here: http://www.gnu.org -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset: latin1

Re: A simple question

1998-04-06 Thread Liran Zvibel
If I'm not mistaken GNU stands for GNU's not Unix. Liran Zvibel. http://www.math.tau.ac.il/~liranz/ On Mon, 6 Apr 1998, Norbert Pabis wrote: HI, I have one little question. What does GNU stands for? GPL is General... and what is GNU

Re: A simple question

1998-04-06 Thread John Boggon
-Original Message- From: Norbert Pabis [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Monday, 6 April 1998 09:01:pm Subject: A simple question HI, I have one little question. What does GNU stands for? GPL is General... and what is GNU Pabis

Re: A simple question

1998-04-06 Thread Marco Anglesio
I have one little question. What does GNU stands for? It's not April 1 again, is it? GPL = General Public License (iow, copyleft) GNU = GNU's Not Unix FSF = Free Software Foundation (um, RTFM is ...) The jargon file is available as a package for hamm, fyi. Regards, marco -- [EMAIL

Re: A simple question

1998-04-06 Thread Stephen Carpenter
from what I understand GNU litterally stands for GNU's Not Unix its a redundant acronym ie the G in GNU stands for GNU I personally think its rather humerous...but thats just me :) -Steve Norbert Pabis wrote: HI, I have one little question. What does GNU stands for? GPL is

Re: Probably a simple question

1998-01-18 Thread Alex Yukhimets
I have an InfoMagic developers kit and this has Metro-X server in it. What's the low down on installing it on my system? Can this be done or was it only included as part of the Red Hat release? The Metro-X server supports the QVision 1024. I'm not sure if mine is a 1024 or a 2000 off the

A ( simple ? ) question about configuration

1997-12-16 Thread Cedric Bapst
Hello, I'm trying to use Debian Linux for two weeks and I have a small problem. How can we reconfigure a package? For example I've installed xbase and I would like to reconfigure it through the dpkg command. I tried with: dpkg --configure xbase But it said to me that the status is

Re: A ( simple ? ) question about configuration

1997-12-16 Thread Oliver Elphick
Cedric Bapst wrote: Hello, I'm trying to use Debian Linux for two weeks and I have a small problem. How can we reconfigure a package? For example I've installed xbase and I would like to reconfigure it through the dpkg command. I tried with: dpkg --configure xbase But it

Re: A very simple question

1997-08-21 Thread Rob Browning
Civ Kevin F. Havener [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'll take a crack at this one since I've asked and received an answer to the very same question. I use a two-line prompt that tells me who I'm logged on as and at what machine on the first line and what is the full path to the current

A very simple question

1997-08-18 Thread Zim9781
Could someone tell me how to setup my linux prompt to display what directory I am in? -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: A very simple question

1997-08-18 Thread Dan Dooher
Forget the man page on bash--to much work for a simple request. Edit .bash_profile and add thge lines: export MACHINE=`uname -n` export PS1='$MACHINE:$PWD' This will give you a prompt like: zues:\home\dooher Regards, Dan George Bonser wrote: I hate to say this but man bash and read the

Re: A very simple question

1997-08-18 Thread Civ Kevin F. Havener
I'll take a crack at this one since I've asked and received an answer to the very same question. I use a two-line prompt that tells me who I'm logged on as and at what machine on the first line and what is the full path to the current directory. Put this in your ~/.bash_profile or in

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