On Thu, 9 Jan 1997, Matt Kracht wrote:
You might want something like the following:
50MB /
100MB /var
250MB /var/spool
250MB /tmp
500MB /usr
750MB /usr/local
100MB swap
My $0.02: you're not going to win any _performance_ wars by making more
partitions, particularly if you
Hi,
I'm getting a error concerning fonts not found:
Aladdin Ghostscript 4.01 (1996-7-10)
Copyright (C) 1996 Aladdin Enterprises, Menlo Park, CA. All rights
reserved.
This software comes with NO WARRANTY: see the file PUBLIC for details.
Can't find (or can't open) font file
On Thu, 9 Jan 1997, Richard Jones wrote:
Dwarf said:
If you are using dselect to do the install you will find many things
broken by the method you used. The principle thing that you broke, by
integrating new packages in by hand in the Packages files. This file is
what dselect uses
When I run dselect and attempt to connect this is what I get...
Using FTP to check directories...(stop with ^C)
Connecting to ftp.debian.org...
Net::FTP: Bad hostname 'ftp.debian.org' at /usr/lib/perl5/Net/FTP.pm
line 405
FTP ERROR
This is a dns problem that means the name
Hi all,
I'm getting lambasted by our network administration for killing a
subnet with NFS traffic. Before he and I discuss the future of my
machines, I'm trying to clean up whatever mess I can, so my machines can
hide away on his network management station. Which brings me to the
In your email to me, Ulf Jaenicke-Roessler, you wrote:
Hello,
what are these PEX and XIE extensions that startx doesn't load?
Which packages are they in?
It's actually not those extensions that keep X11 from starting.
In /etc/ld.so.conf, add the line:
/usr/X11R6/lib
and then run
Matthew Tebbens wrote:
Is there any Linux / Debian support for the APC UPS PRO series ??
If so, what package/program should I be looking for ?
Thanks.
Yes, most likely. Read the UPS-HOWTO from the following URL:
http://amelia.experiment.db.erau.edu/ldp/HOWTO/UPS-HOWTO-11.html
--
Jens
Hi to all,
I want to buy a SCSI external zipdrive. I have an aha2940 SCSI controller.
Is there any support for a zipdrive under debian?? How do I have to compile
the kernel for zipdrive support. What do I need (in the kernel), if I want
to use a parallel port zipdrive?? A stupid question: How
Hi,
There are some mis-impressions floating around about compiling
custom kernels.
Nathan == Nathan L Cutler [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Nathan I don't use the debian kernel-source package at all. I
Nathan download Linus's kernels and install them in /usr/src/linux
Nathan and compile
On Wed, 8 Jan 1997, Stephen Zander wrote:
Kendrick Myatt wrote:
When I run dselect and attempt to connect this is what I get...
Using FTP to check directories...(stop with ^C)
Connecting to ftp.debian.org...
Net::FTP: Bad hostname 'ftp.debian.org' at
...
The price I came up with was 400 bucks cheaper than the
'sale' price at school, and had a better baseboard and
hardware. I'm very happy putting my own systems together
and have seen the nightmares that others call computer
systems. I recommend taking the time, even if it takes
you six
Michael == Michael Harnois [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Michael So is Debian X finding the app-defaults files at all?
I don't think it is. Does anybody know how to get it to? None of the
X programs are finding their app-defaults file.
--
__ _Karl M. Hegbloom [EMAIL
I have tried to install the fvwm95_2.0.42a-6.deb, but it failed
with the error in the configuration phase.
The message was:
grep: /etc/X11/window-managers: No such file or directory
cp: /etc/X11/window-managers: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing fvwm95 (--configure)
As
1DB1685947973
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Hi to all,
how can it be managed, that ONLY the programms available and installed
would appear in the X-windowmanager's menues?? Someone told me that an
other distribution, not
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
(2 cents worth) 8-) I perceive 2 separate issues going on this list
pertaining
to improving Debian. Issue 1 - Easier installation; Issue 2 - friendlier
dselect. On installation issue, I'd like to see a return
to the installation
of release 0.93 - A custom mode for
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On Thu, 9 Jan 1997, Ulf Jaenicke-Roessler wrote:
Hi,
is there a shadow-suite package available for Debian?
I couldn't find it in my distribution.
Look in project/experimental/, they are there except for the xdm-shadow
who was already in xbase.
-
On Thu, 9 Jan 1997, Leander Berwers wrote:
Is there anybody out there who would like to maintain a Debian package for
DNEWS?
Funnily enough I've just set up DNEWS on one of our Debian boxes. As it
was a rush job I didn't create a package but I'd did wonder whether it
was worth doing one. I
At 08:29 PM 1/8/97 -0500, Dale Scheetz wrote:
This is a demonstration that dpkg-ftp is working properly. It is reporting
that the name specified (which is correct, by the way) either wasn't know
to the name server, or you have not designated one correctly (you may have
followed instructions and
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On Thu, 9 Jan 1997, Ulf Jaenicke-Roessler wrote:
Hi,
I've got some (newbie) questions about dselect.
1) Is it merely a frontend for dpkg or is it used for other tasks as well?
dselect is a front end to dpkg and some helpful scripts who for program
Hi, does anyone have any experience getting a US Robotics Sportster
28.8-33.6 PnP modem to work with linux? Or any PnP modem for that matter.
I've done all the common setup stuff for the modem. I found that if I want
to use the modem under NT, I have to disable PnP in my bios. But if I do
this
On Thu, 9 Jan 1997, Darren Klein wrote:
Please Help!
I installed Debian. Now, I am up to dselect. Should I use FTP or NFS?
What is the address of either?
You should try to use ftp. Lately, I've been using the mirror at Caldera:
address: ftp.caldera.com
login: ftp
Hi,
Ulf Jaenicke-Roessler wrote:
:
: 4) Now onto the last one ;)
:Does dselect check if there's enough space left on the hd prior to
:installation?
:
I'd also like item #4. dselect shall display the total space required
for the selected package and the available space on the HD
Cannot determine ethernet address for proxy ARP
Are you using proxy-arp? If you don't have an ethernet connection
on your machine you don't need this.
I was trying to; however, whenever it is enabled, I get the above error
message in /var/log/messages. And, yes, I do have an ethernet
Kevin Traas wrote:
I'm in the process of configuring a box here in my home in preparation
for
a drop-in replacement of another box (running RedHat...grin) at a
remote location.
The RedHat box is simply acting as a router between an ethernet LAN and
a
dedicated (no
Pete Templin wrote:
:
:My suggestion?
:
:20M/
:500M /usr
:100M /var
:(the rest) /local (or whatever)
:
:Make the following symlinks:
:
:/tmp - /local/tmp (unless you might share this drive via NFS)
:/home - /local/home
:/usr/local - /local/usr
Dirk Luetjens writes:
Dirk Hi, does somebody know, how to convince xemacs to use another
Dirk From line when genrating mail.
I use neither XEmacs nor VM, so I'm not sure. But I think on
reasonably current versions you should be able to set
user-mail-address, like so:
(setq
Timothy Phan wrote:
Hi,
Many thanks to all the nice people who have replied to my question.
Regarding high speed connection, I've called my telco (GTE) about
getting an ISDN line into my home and the response was not available.
The GTE sale rep/operator said that ISDN is only
On Wed, 8 Jan 1997, Jonas Bofjall wrote:
About what could be made easier in Debian:
I gave Debian 1.2 to two people who has little or no experience with
Linux. They both made the same mistake, not installing the 16 color X
server. This should be clarified, that you will need it
Daniel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Don Morton [EMAIL PROTECTED]
...[snip]
That is true, but if an OS has to be installed three or four times,
something is seriously wrong.
Daniel
Installing an operating system, that is based on several parts, all coming
from different sources
Hi,
I'm getting a error concerning fonts not found:
Aladdin Ghostscript 4.01 (1996-7-10)
Please upgrade to gs-aladdin-4.03-recent. That will fix it.
Or, use gs-3.33-recent.
--
joost witteveen
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
--
Use Debian/GNU Linux!
In your email to me, Ulf Jaenicke-Roessler, you wrote:
Hello,
what are these PEX and XIE extensions that startx doesn't load?
Which packages are they in?
It's actually not those extensions that keep X11 from starting.
In /etc/ld.so.conf, add the line:
/usr/X11R6/lib
No, he
Hi all,
I'm getting lambasted by our network administration for killing a
subnet with NFS traffic. Before he and I discuss the future of my
machines, I'm trying to clean up whatever mess I can, so my machines can
hide away on his network management station. Which brings me to
Mario Olimpio de Menezes wrote:
I'm getting a error concerning fonts not found:
Aladdin Ghostscript 4.01 (1996-7-10)
Can't find (or can't open) font file n021003l.pfb.
Unable to substitute for font.
Error: /invalidfont in findfont
Operand stack:
--nostringval-- Times-Roman
In your email to me, joost witteveen, you wrote:
In your email to me, Ulf Jaenicke-Roessler, you wrote:
Hello,
what are these PEX and XIE extensions that startx doesn't load?
Which packages are they in?
It's actually not those extensions that keep X11 from starting.
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