On Sun, 19 Jan 1997, John wrote:
I think this a simple enough question, but even my Unix teacher can't
answer it. I just installed Debian on my 586 Windoze machine, with a 200mb
partition. The first time I installed it on 100 megs but I ran out of
room. My question is how can I check how
John wrote:
I think this a simple enough question, but even my Unix teacher can't
answer it. I just installed Debian on my 586 Windoze machine, with a 200mb
partition. The first time I installed it on 100 megs but I ran out of
room. My question is how can I check how much space is left on
From: Pete Templin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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On Fri, 17 Jan 1997, Daniel S. Barclay wrote:
...
Workarounds are fine, but would someone _please_ report this as a bug so
it can get fixed permanently?
Are you allergic to bug reports?
Excuse me? I'm
I disagree. From what I've read, the Debian charter doesn't stop
commercial vendors or indeed anyone from making their own distribution
based on Debian containing as few or as many packages as they want. So
the Debian team doesn't really need to get involved in that. Yes the
distribution is
On Sun, 19 Jan 1997, Gith wrote:
I've been watching the debates about Cds, dividing up non-free, and etc..
And I had a few thoughts I wanted to throw out at everyone.
I think if debian is going to succeed, it's going to have to be reduced
to a standard set of core applications that will
Just tried to install idled. It requires libc5 5.4.17-1 or better.
All I can find is 5.4.13-1, which is already installed on my system.
What am I missing, or where should I look ??
Thanks..Matthew
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John == John [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
John I finally got X Windows up and running, and I'm using
John fvwm95, but when I try and start a new sheel, the message
John xterm_color appears in my login window.
John Also, how do I set the LS_OPTIONS so that my directory
John
That simple program compiled under Debian-1.2 (libc5.4.13) produces wrong
results.
#include stdio.h
main()
{
double a;
printf(input: );
scanf(%lf, a);
printf(value = %f\n, a);
}
$ ./test01
input: 2e-3
value = 0.002000
$ ./test01
input: 2E-3
value = 2.00
The bug is fixed in
On Mon, 20 Jan 1997, Nathan L. Cutler wrote:
John == John [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
John I finally got X Windows up and running, and I'm using
John fvwm95, but when I try and start a new sheel, the message
John xterm_color appears in my login window.
John Also, how do I
On Sun, 19 Jan 1997, Matthew Tebbens wrote:
Just tried to install idled. It requires libc5 5.4.17-1 or better.
All I can find is 5.4.13-1, which is already installed on my system.
What am I missing, or where should I look ??
Thanks..Matthew
Perl and zlib have the same problem. You can
Regarding the debian system Willie Daniel thought out loud:
I've been watching the debates about Cds, dividing up non-free, and etc..
And I had a few thoughts I wanted to throw out at everyone.
I think if debian is going to succeed, it's going to have to be reduced
to a standard set of core
On Sun, 19 Jan 1997, Jaldhar H. Vyas wrote:
I disagree. From what I've read, the Debian charter doesn't stop
commercial vendors or indeed anyone from making their own distribution
based on Debian containing as few or as many packages as they want. So
the Debian team doesn't really need to
I'm having a problem with my modem. Using chat+pppd to dial out, I can
connect, but not negotiate ppp. Sometimes I can negotiate ppp, but the
connection is very slow. However, if I first run Minicom and quit
without reset, chat+pppd works quite well and the connection is fast.
I'm guessing that
I'm running XFree86 3.2 with the fvwm95 manager, and I have it set to
800x600, but I can only get 256 colors :( Can anyone tell me how I can get
24-bit color? I have an ATI Mach64 vid card with 2 meg's of ram, and it
runs 24-bit fine at 800x600, or 32-bit at 640x480 no problem.
John
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TO
I just installed Netscape 3.01 for Linux, and it looks not bad. The
problem is screen sizes. I'm running XFree86 3.2 in 800x600 mode with the
fvwm95 manager, but whenever I open the mail window, it won't fit on the
screen. Not to mention that I can't figure out how to get past 256 colors.
P.S.
Can anyone tell me how I can get 24-bit color? I have an ATI Mach64
vid card with 2 meg's of ram, and it runs 24-bit fine at 800x600, or
32-bit at 640x480 no problem.
Read /usr/doc/X11/README.Mach64, and others in that directory.
It will most likely require passing the -bpp 24 option to the
many thanks to all the suggestions that I got for setting up
authentification for news.
I solvered the problem in the short term by writing a quick and nasty
version of suck in python that would handle authentificaton and this
seems to work well for the moment.
Amny thanks
Joe
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Could someone take a few moments to walk me through the steps quickly what
needs to be done to get UGIDD up and running. I used to have it running,
between my machine, and my former roommate, but not since I've added the
P133 I'm trying to mount off of. I've tried reading all documentation
I've
According to Benedikt Eric Heinen:
Actually, if you've already got DOS running on your pc, it should be
possible to put in the CD and run a setup.exe without ever making a
boot floppy.
MS-DOS may not be installed on every system running Linux. I just
recently installed an
Hello,
I think it is crucial to have a system such as debian
win major acceptance by going after a niche market;
getting publicity via some strategically placed
relationships with applications developers and seeking
a reputation for innovation and excellence.
i think it is possible to
On Sun, 19 Jan 1997 19:41:13 PST Steve ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
The modem is a Cardinal 33.6 external on COM 2. I'm using the /dev/cua1
device; is this the correct device?
No, you should be using /dev/ttyS1. Use of the cua devices is deprecated, and
pppd's case, it can cause problems.
It may be possible to reduce the number of floppy disks required to
install Debian if it could be assumed that every system has a
CD-ROM. (Mine did not.) However, IMO it is not necessary nor
productive to require that MS-DOS be available for Debian installation.
I would like to build a Linux
Shaya == Shaya Potter [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Shaya On Mon, 20 Jan 1997, Nathan L. Cutler wrote:
John == John [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
John I finally got X Windows up and running, and I'm using fvwm95,
John but when I try and start a new sheel, the message xterm_color
John appears
[ cc'd over to the developer's list ]
I think if debian is going to succeed, it's going to have to be reduced
to a standard set of core applications that will make up the offical
distribution of debian. Right now, the distribution is huge and it's
I *very strongly* disagree. One of the
I finally got X Windows up and running, and I'm using fvwm95, but when I
try and start a new sheel, the message xterm_color appears in my login
window.
Hmmm, sounds like a misconfiguration somewhere. Does a normal xterm work?
How about rxvt?
Also, how do I set the LS_OPTIONS so that my
Alexander Gieg wrote:
Ooops, I've make a little mistake here. It's xlib6,
not xlib.
Never mind, xlib is almost a synonyme to xlib6 because very
few applications nowadays still use X11R5 libraries. Or am I wrong?
I use lilo, so I don't know the procedure. But all these cp,
rm
Paul Seelig wrote:
On Fri, 17 Jan 1997, Jean Pierre LeJacq wrote:
How about a (cron) job, that executed every time the
machine gets booted and that checks when the cron jobs
were executed for the last time. If these for were not
executed for say two days (weeks, months) then they
On Mon, 20 Jan 1997 09:31:09 +0100 Seak, Teng-Fong
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
Paul Seelig wrote:
On Fri, 17 Jan 1997, Jean Pierre LeJacq wrote:
How about a (cron) job, that executed every time the
machine gets booted and that checks when the cron jobs
were executed for the
I heard of a program called anacron to solve just this problem, but I
don't think it's available as a Debian package, yet. Maybe someone here
knows where to get it? Otherwise, you could try comp.unix.admin or
gopher.
That package is in
project/experimental/anacron_1.0.1-3_all.deb
I
I've succesfully installed Debian 1.2, but if running fvwm95 it seems
that several applications don't run properly: how to save or
configure the desktop??
I would appreciate any help!
Javier Gismero
Dpto. SSR, ETSIT, Universidad Politecnica Madrid
28040 Madrid
Tf:34-1-3367361
fax:34-1-3367362
On Mon, 20 Jan 1997, Javier Gismero wrote:
I've succesfully installed Debian 1.2, but if running fvwm95 it seems
that several applications don't run properly: how to save or
configure the desktop??
I would appreciate any help!
Javier Gismero
Dpto. SSR, ETSIT, Universidad Politecnica
On Jan 20, 9:23, Seak, Teng-Fong wrote:
One question: is there the loadlin package provided in Debian?
Yes, Debian 1.2 contains a loadlin package with loadlin version 1.6.
Beware that the tools directory on a Debian 1.2 CDROM (or the ftp
site) contains loadlin 1.5 which cannot load bzImages.
thanks, Esger, for your help on fvwm95.
Actually I've been configuring some applications editing the file you mention
but the problem is that the applications for save and configure the desktop
don't invoke any program but it seems that load some binary modules:FvwmConfig,
FvwmSave etc. That
On Mon, 20 Jan 1997, Seak, Teng-Fong wrote:
Paul Seelig wrote:
On Fri, 17 Jan 1997, Jean Pierre LeJacq wrote:
How about a (cron) job, that executed every time the
machine gets booted and that checks when the cron jobs
were executed for the last time. If these for were not
Hi Esger,
Ok, the changes I do to the config file propagate to the system, that's fine.
My question is about the specific aplications regarding the desktop
configuration that appear under modules: save config and configure. In the
configuration file there are not execs related to these but
On Sat, 18 Jan 1997, Robert Nicholson wrote:
Exactly what is this multi screen session concept that allows you
to type ALT-F4 and login again... I'd like to read the documentation on
this feature.
8^)
This is one of many undocumented goodies which lie scattered throughout
the Linux universe,
-Hello,
thinking about moving debian to its correct position
might be enhanced by well placed articles in tech
publications and even corporate oriented ones such as
computerworld, ifoweek, datamation. the only problem is
who will write them and what is our mission.
the mission statement is
On Mon, 20 Jan 1997, Todd Graham Lewis wrote:
Todd Also, did you know that you can have a session going, quit from it, and
Todd resume that session later? You can, and the company that brings it to
you
Todd is not ATT. 8^) Do a man on screen and read for yourself.
Todd
Todd Next thing
On Mon, 20 Jan 1997, Boris D. Beletsky wrote:
Linux is great but thouse are NOT linux only things.
OK, you're right, these are features generic to gnu-ish shells like bash
and zsh which receive their greatest exposure through Linux. Virtual
consoles aren't even Linux-specific, although they
Tadeusz Bak writes:
[SNIP]
The bug is fixed in libc5.4.17 (from bo directory). So I think that
libc in rex should be upgraded.
Yes, why not upgrade rex's libc? Nothing would break, the packages are
ready... If we want rex to be stable, that would be part of the normal bug
fixing routine.
Often you can find commands like this by using the -k (keyword) option
of man. If you want to search for multiple keywords, pipe the output
into grep.
callandor:~ man -k free | grep disk
df (1) - summarize free disk space
Those anyone collecting Tips for debian? This
mike horansky writes:
Looking through /var/log/messages, I see
Jan 18 18:23:34 bigbox kernel: ICMP redirect from IP addr withheld
Jan 18 18:23:34 bigbox last message repeated 3 times
every few days.
Is that an indication of Ping Of Death? Some other problem?
ICMP redirects are
Gith writes:
I've been watching the debates about Cds, dividing up non-free, and etc..
And I had a few thoughts I wanted to throw out at everyone.
I think if debian is going to succeed, it's going to have to be reduced
to a standard set of core applications that will make up the offical
Rob MacWilliams wrote:
I am running X using xdm. Is there a more elegent way to go to the full
screen consoles than kill xdm. When I try to exit fvwm, on the middle
button menu, it kills all my windows and restarts X with a new login
prompt.
Thanks
Rob
N9NPU
Less is more; more or
Todd On Mon, 20 Jan 1997, Todd Graham Lewis wrote:
Todd
Todd On Mon, 20 Jan 1997, Boris D. Beletsky wrote:
Todd
Todd Linux is great but thouse are NOT linux only things.
Todd
Todd OK, you're right, these are features generic to gnu-ish shells like bash
Todd and zsh which receive their
Stan Brown wrote:
I just goat a new (cheap) 3 button mouse, proudly pluged it in, ent to
/etc/X11/XF86config and commenred out the Emulate3Buttons.
Ubfortunately the middle button still doesn'y wrk.
What else should I try?
Shouldn't you
I just installed Netscape 3.01 for Linux, and it looks not bad. The
problem is screen sizes. I'm running XFree86 3.2 in 800x600 mode with the
fvwm95 manager, but whenever I open the mail window, it won't fit on the
screen. Not to mention that I can't figure out how to get past 256 colors.
How is it possible to type accents in a mail msg. composed with pine?
I saw no mention of 8bit composing in the man page, docs and config
files.
Carlos
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Does anyone know if the man2html package with apache's new document root
of /home/www-date/webspace? man2html used to work, but now, when I try to
pull up a man page, I get an error that tells me my client does not have
access to that file (or words to that effect).
I have noticed that
Boris D. Beletsky wrote:
Todd On Mon, 20 Jan 1997, Todd Graham Lewis wrote:
Todd
Todd On Mon, 20 Jan 1997, Boris D. Beletsky wrote:
Todd
Todd Linux is great but thouse are NOT linux only things.
Todd
Todd OK, you're right, these are features generic to gnu-ish shells like
bash
Brian C. White wrote:
I don't know if netscape can handle more than 8-bits of color. Of
course,
if X is running with 16 or 24 bitplanes, netscape will get all colors
that it asks for.
Yes, netscape can run under highcolor and truecolor. By the way, does
anyone of you know how to
On Mon, 20 Jan 1997, Seak, Teng-Fong wrote:
Seak,
Seak, Boris D. Beletsky wrote:
Seak,
Seak, Todd On Mon, 20 Jan 1997, Todd Graham Lewis wrote:
Seak, Todd
Seak, Todd On Mon, 20 Jan 1997, Boris D. Beletsky wrote:
Seak, Todd
Seak, Todd Linux is great but thouse are NOT linux
I have a large number of duplicate files in various man directories. The
duplicates all have one date when I do an ls -l within a directory. What
must I do to remove the files with this date without removing the other
files in the directory? Can I use grep in conjunction with some other
command?
Shaya == Shaya Potter [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I don't know anything about fvwm95, but if you put the
following line in your .bash_profile or equivalent, 'ls' should
display in color:
eval `dircolors`
Shaya I don't think this works anymore, I think the color-ls
Hi
I have problems networking, below I've listed output from relevant programs but
when I ftp or telnet or rlogin the system fails. ftp just hangs and the 2 other
comes with a no route error
Any help would be appreciated since I can't get any further installing the
system (I've installed
According to Todd Graham Lewis:
On Sat, 18 Jan 1997, Robert Nicholson wrote:
Exactly what is this multi screen session concept that allows you
to type ALT-F4 and login again... I'd like to read the documentation on
this feature.
8^)
This is one of many undocumented goodies which
On Thu, 16 Jan 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Here are some shell scripts for mounting and unmounting DOS CDROM stuff.
My DOS partition is /dev/hda1 and the cdrom drive is /dev/hdb. If yours is
different, change the scripts to match your equipment. I keep these in the
/root directory and use
Hi all!
I'm trying to configure a Debian Linux machine with mgetty as a
dial-in service for a few users. I want it to route TCP/IP and IPX
protocols. I probably have done something wrong because when the modem
detects a call I get an error message that says
I'm having a problem with creating a fresh install of debian-1.2
I mirrored the site last night, all went well.
Installed the base from the floppy disks.
ran dselect
Perl complains:
Perl predepends on libc(=5.4.17-1)
libc5 complains:
perl predepends on libc(=5.4.17-1)
Then when i goto the main
Hi,
I'm planning to set a linux box as a IP-Masquerade and I was
wondering if the PC's under Linux will be able to connect to Netware
servers, that is, will the Netware packets be forwarded by Linux?
The design of the network is something like this:
---branch 1
On Sun, 19 Jan 1997, Jaldhar H. Vyas wrote:
Maybe that would be a good idea. What if experienced (or just opinionated
:-) debian users put up web pages, perhaps at some central location like
www.debian.org detailing their own mini-distributions.
This is a good idea. Like you said, Debian
I discovered today, while attempting to compile the modutils for the
Linux 2.1.21 development kernel, that Debian installs a set of kernel
includes into /usr/include/{asm,linux}, rather than the standard
symlinks to the kernel source tree!
This causes an undefined symbol error; and only the
On Fri, 17 Jan 1997, Paul Rightley wrote:
Well, I alomost have a perfect Debian 1.2 system on my Thinkpad 365XD...
Now I am down to only two problems - both of them I have seen mentioned here,
but I do not remember if I have seen the solutions.
The first problem is that syslogd is keeping
My /etc/diald/diald.options file says
connect /etc/ppp/startppp-diald, and that file says
pppd connect chat -f /etc/ppp/chatscript
which contains my chatscript, and works fine. (I've been dialing
for the past few months by running pppd manually.)
You're starting pppd yourself in
On Mon, 20 Jan 1997, John Goerzen wrote:
While I understand and applaud the basic concepts behind Debian, it's
success will depend on what the commercial community does with it.
I disagree. Debian is free software. If enough people at home use it, that
will be fine. Or if it
Can somebody put a line in such that we can reply to the list rather
than to the user? I have seen several people request this already.
James LewisMoss [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Shaya == Shaya Potter [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Shaya On Mon, 20 Jan 1997, Nathan L. Cutler wrote:
John ==
Hello all.
Saturday night, while I was testing my tape backup procedure, I did a full
restore into an unused partition. I tried an rm -r on that partition, and
got a kernel panic, locking my system. Happened again later that night.
Earlier today, while demonstrating the slowness and cpu usage
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