Re: [QF] fetchmail

1997-08-29 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, G'razel == G'razel [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: G'razel I ran hostname and hostname -f and got what I had set them to G'razel which is just an internal network name, my ISP smtp G'razel is orion.aye.net and as far as G'razel I can tell my setup G'razel is the same as it was before except that

Re: Xemacs: strange errors

1997-08-29 Thread Remco Blaakmeer
On Thu, 28 Aug 1997, Jean Pierre LeJacq wrote: I just ran into this problem myself. The problem for me was upgrading the package compface from 89.11.11-9 to 89.11.11-10. Downgrading back to the original solved the problem. The problem might be that the new compface is compiled for libc6.

Re: Xemacs: strange errors

1997-08-29 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
On Fri, 29 Aug 1997, Remco Blaakmeer wrote: On Thu, 28 Aug 1997, Jean Pierre LeJacq wrote: I just ran into this problem myself. The problem for me was upgrading the package compface from 89.11.11-9 to 89.11.11-10. Downgrading back to the original solved the problem. The problem might be

Re: network monitoring program

1997-08-29 Thread David Fries
On %M %N, Paul Miller wrote I'm looking for a program that will log when the network goes down and possiblely create a summary file. You should look at SNMP, Simple Network Management Protocol. [from Linux Journal June 1997] Network Management Monitoring with Linux, One of the most

[OFF-TOPIC] RC5 challenge and linux

1997-08-29 Thread Tommy Lakofski
Hi, I'd like to encourage all readers on the list with a reasonably regular connection to the internet to download and run the rc5v2 client from http://rc5.distributed.net/ (download the client at ftp://ftp.distributed.net/pub/rc5/v2.004/rc5v2b4-linux-x86.tar.gz) The client runs with a nicelevel

Re: ftp: how to continue downloading?

1997-08-29 Thread Tommy Lakofski
Try 'reget' in regular ftp. ncftp does it automatically, as far as I remember... On Fri, 29 Aug 1997, dada wrote: From: dada [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1997 01:55:11 +0200 Subject: ftp: how to continue downloading? hi... how can continue

Re: [OFF TOPIC] What happened to spam,abuse.org?

1997-08-29 Thread Bruce Perens
From: Nathan E Norman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anyone know what happened to abuse.org? Were they attacked? They seem to be removed from DNS ... at least, my servers think so. They were removed from your head :-) It's abuse.NET . Bruce -- Can you get your operating system fixed when you

Re: Debian 1.3 / Adaptec 284x VLB - problem

1997-08-29 Thread Damir J. Naden
Hi Benjamin de Coninck Owe; unless Mutt is confused,on Aug 28, you wrote : I am trying to install debian 1.3 om my pc: ALI motherboard Phoenix BIOS 4.03 I486 DX4 - 100MhZ Adaptec 2840A / 42A I am having trouble. Booting the rescuedisk at boot prompt I write: boot: linux

domain name resolution

1997-08-29 Thread Mark Stone
I've just done my first Debian installation, after having used Slackware for a couple of years, and I've got my ppp connection working. My next challenge is to get domain name resolution working properly so I can navigate by something other than IP number. My IP number is assigned dynamically by

DNS

1997-08-29 Thread d-erebos
Mark, Can you please tel me if you got this? I only subscribed today.. DNS in Debian is the same as slackware as far as i know.. IE. MY isp does dynamic DNS.. PRI DNS=203.17.154.33 NO SECONDRY DNS /etc/resolv.conf search dynamite.com.au nameserver 203.17.154.33 that's all you need.

Netscape font question

1997-08-29 Thread Andy Kahn USG
Hi all, i recently installed Debian and even more recently put Netscape on my system as well. when launching Netscape, it complains: Warning: Cannot convert string -*-helvetica-bold-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-* to type FontStruct Warning: Cannot convert string

Current qpopper compatible with qmail? (~/Mailbox)

1997-08-29 Thread Dave Cinege
I'm moving to qmail from smail. I can't get qpopper working. What I can find in the qmail docs says qpopper 2.2 needs a recompile to work with ~/Mailbox. Is the current version compatible in anyway, or do I need to grab the source? What about cucipop?

Re: Netscape font question

1997-08-29 Thread d-erebos
Make sure you install 75, pex and a few others, then add the dirs( /usr/X11R6/lib/fonts (i think ) to /etc/XF86Config for slackwaare, and redhat + debian it's /etc/X11/XF86Config Get free e-mail and a permanent address at

MATSHITA CW-7501 CD-R

1997-08-29 Thread rir
Does anyone know if the MATSHITA CW-7501 scsi cd-r will work with current tools under debian (bo). Thanks. rob [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: 3C509B ISA Detection

1997-08-29 Thread A. M. Varon
On Thu, 28 Aug 1997, Darin D. wrote: Hi. I will try and make this as brief as possible while trying to explain everything I have tried. Hi, This is what I can think of: 1. Try to disable the boot prom. 2. Your transciever type must be BNC if your using coax cabling, RJ-45 if you are

Re: Cursor vanishes when LILO loads and doesn't return

1997-08-29 Thread Michael Rokicki
It's pretty clear the kernel knows what CPU it is. my environment has HOSTTYPE=i586. It's an AMD chip. Tell me what the output of the arch command is, please. The output is i386. Oh. It's slightly harder under Linux because the system is in protected mode. Can you tell me exactly what

update-menus failed?

1997-08-29 Thread Gonzalo Diethelm
I installed the netscape package, with the netscape binary file in /tmp, just as the instructions said. The thing installed OK, and was configured OK, but at the end of the process I got the following message: .. - Netscape will not be able to read user mail spool files unless you set the

Re: Applixware

1997-08-29 Thread Shaya Potter
Chad, figure out how to make a patch file for applix and people will then be able to use alien with the patch file on the applix rpm to get a good deb from it. Shaya On Thu, 28 Aug 1997, Chad D. Zimmerman wrote: On Wed, 27 Aug 1997, Mr Stuart Lamble wrote: In article [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Help with install: WD7000 Controller and NE2000 card

1997-08-29 Thread Matthew Knapp
Package: kernel-image Version: 1.3.1 distribution The kernal in version 1.3.1 has problems with the WD7000 driver. Upon probing for the WD7000, which I do NOT have in the system, in the initial boot sequence (for installation) it drops the link light on the hub for the ne2000 card. Later, when

Devices?

1997-08-29 Thread PATRICK DAHIROC
Thanks for the help I'm able connect now just by using 'pon' after reading the README.debian in usr/doc/ppp. But I'm still puzzled by devices for starter when I boot up Linux I get the message: ... /dev/ttyS0 at 0x03f8 (irq=4) is a 16550A /dev/ttyS1 at ?x (irq=3) is a

Re: Current qpopper compatible with qmail? (~/Mailbox)

1997-08-29 Thread Amos Shapira
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] you write: | |I'm moving to qmail from smail. I can't get qpopper working. |What I can find in the qmail docs says qpopper 2.2 needs a recompile to work |with ~/Mailbox. Is the current version compatible in anyway, or do I need to g |rab |the source? It sounds like

Re: Linux in Wired (fwd)

1997-08-29 Thread Fredrik Ax
-- Forwarded message -- Date: Thu, 28 Aug 1997 15:45:06 +0200 (CEST) From: Fredrik Ax [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Peter S Galbraith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Linux in Wired On Thu, 28 Aug 1997, Peter S Galbraith wrote: Fredik Ax wrote: I disagree! The office suits for

Re: 3C509B ISA Detection

1997-08-29 Thread Nils Rennebarth
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Thu, 28 Aug 1997, Darin D. wrote: Simply put, I cannot get my 3Com Etherlink III (3C509B) to work with Debian Linux 1.3.1 kernel 2.0.29. (i486DX4 VLB w/16MB) Is any card using 0x300 as IO address? Try removing as many other cards as possible and see if the

Re: Devices?

1997-08-29 Thread Oliver Elphick
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], writes: Thanks for the help I'm able connect now just by using 'pon' after reading the README.debian in usr/doc/ppp. But I'm still puzzled by devices for starter when I boot up Linux I get the message: ... /dev/ttyS0 at 0x03f8 (irq=4) is a

Pentium II Boards

1997-08-29 Thread Markus Diesmann
Hi, we are planning to buy a two processor board to be prepared for future demands. However, currently we want to use it with a single processor. We are considering a TYAN S1682D, Dual Pentium II board with a Pentium II 266MHz processor. I looked at the hardware compatibility HOWTO but

Re: 3C509B ISA Detection

1997-08-29 Thread Joost Kooij
Darin D. wrote: Simply put, I cannot get my 3Com Etherlink III (3C509B) to work with Debian Linux 1.3.1 kernel 2.0.29. (i486DX4 VLB w/16MB) Here, no problems with a 3C509B. I disabled pnp and set the irq to 5 (for arbitrary reasons.) IIRC it worked fine already with the default kernel, but I

Re: imake

1997-08-29 Thread Debian mail-lists receiver
I did a dpkg --search imake on my system, and it reports that it is part of the xlib6-dev package: (cc37450-a)hnine:/home/hnine[508]$ dpkg --search /usr/X11R6/bin/imake xlib6-dev: /usr/X11R6/bin/imake (cc37450-a)hnine:/home/hnine[509]$ Cheers. -- Harmon -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING

Re: Devices?

1997-08-29 Thread Debian mail-lists receiver
But a couple of lines after this messages comes: ... Starting mouse interface server: gpm -m /dev/ttySO -t bare ... I have a PS/2 mouse how come it needs a serial driver? Are PS/2 devices and

Re: Devices?

1997-08-29 Thread Joost Kooij
PATRICK DAHIROC wrote: But I'm still puzzled by devices for starter when I boot up Linux I get the message: ... /dev/ttyS0 at 0x03f8 (irq=4) is a 16550A /dev/ttyS1 at ?x (irq=3) is a 16550A ... I believe 16550A is a type of modem right? But a couple of

Re: [OFF-TOPIC] RC5 challenge and linux

1997-08-29 Thread Debian mail-lists receiver
I'd like to encourage all readers on the list with a reasonably regular connection to the internet to download and run the rc5v2 client from http://rc5.distributed.net/ (download the client at ftp://ftp.distributed.net/pub/rc5/v2.004/rc5v2b4-linux-x86.tar.gz)

Re: Devices?

1997-08-29 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
On Fri, 29 Aug 1997, PATRICK DAHIROC wrote: /dev/ttyS0 at 0x03f8 (irq=4) is a 16550A /dev/ttyS1 at ?x (irq=3) is a 16550A ... I believe 16550A is a type of modem right? But a couple of lines after this messages comes: No. Its a UART which is a controller chip for

Re: Where's my mouse?

1997-08-29 Thread Alfonso E. Urdaneta
Keith Beattie wrote: It's a two-button Logitech. (It has MicroSoft printed on it but I think that's just for marketing.) It's got a small round adaptor that plugs into the back of the tower. I assume this all means it's a serial device on the bus, right? I had to get one of those round

Re: Linux in Wired (fwd)

1997-08-29 Thread Chad D. Zimmerman
On Fri, 29 Aug 1997, Fredrik Ax wrote: -- Forwarded message -- Date: Thu, 28 Aug 1997 15:45:06 +0200 (CEST) From: Fredrik Ax [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Peter S Galbraith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Linux in Wired On Thu, 28 Aug 1997, Peter S Galbraith wrote: Fredik

Re: [OFF-TOPIC] RC5 challenge and linux

1997-08-29 Thread Tommy Lakofski
On Fri, 29 Aug 1997, Debian mail-lists receiver wrote: From: Debian mail-lists receiver [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1997 08:36:47 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: [OFF-TOPIC] RC5 challenge and linux I'd like to encourage all readers

Re: Linux in Wired (fwd)

1997-08-29 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Fri, Aug 29, 1997 at 06:52:20AM -0600, Chad D. Zimmerman wrote: Installed Applix the other night. I like it just as much as Office95/97 little slow on my system ... but I will be upgrading it in a couple of months. As for file importing and exporting ... Applix Words can bring in almost

Re: Linux in Wired (fwd)

1997-08-29 Thread Chad D. Zimmerman
On Sat, 30 Aug 1997, Hamish Moffatt wrote: On Fri, Aug 29, 1997 at 06:52:20AM -0600, Chad D. Zimmerman wrote: Installed Applix the other night. I like it just as much as Office95/97 little slow on my system ... but I will be upgrading it in a couple of months. As for file importing

Re: update-menus failed?

1997-08-29 Thread joost witteveen
I installed the netscape package, with the netscape binary file in /tmp, just as the instructions said. The thing installed OK, and was configured OK, but at the end of the process I got the following message: .. - Netscape will not be able to read user mail spool files unless you set

Re: [OFF-TOPIC] RC5 challenge and linux

1997-08-29 Thread Greg Vence
Tommy Lakofski wrote: On Fri, 29 Aug 1997, Debian mail-lists receiver wrote: From: Debian mail-lists receiver [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1997 08:36:47 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: [OFF-TOPIC] RC5 challenge and linux

Re: [OFF-TOPIC] RC5 challenge and linux

1997-08-29 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Thu, Aug 28, 1997 at 08:57:50PM -0400, Tommy Lakofski wrote: Hi, I'd like to encourage all readers on the list with a reasonably regular connection to the internet to download and run the rc5v2 client from http://rc5.distributed.net/ (download the client at

Re: [OFF-TOPIC] RC5 challenge and linux

1997-08-29 Thread Tommy Lakofski
On Fri, 29 Aug 1997, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: What is reasonably? Marcus The client can buffer any number of blocks of keys between network connections -- thus your machine only has to be on the net when it wants to get the next set of blocks. If there's no connection when it tries, it'll

installing into /usr/local ??

1997-08-29 Thread Peter Biechele
Maybe a stupid question, but how do I install packages into /usr/local if I want to install the package for more than one computer into a NFS mounted directory (like /usr/local). for example the Ghostscript/Ghostview packages should go into /usr/local, so I can NFS mount /usr/local on all

Re: [OFF-TOPIC] RC5 challenge and linux

1997-08-29 Thread Tommy Lakofski
On Fri, 29 Aug 1997, Greg Vence wrote: Wasn't there a method to register as a Linux group box or Debian? How do I do this if its still available? Thanx -- Greg. yup -- set your id in the client to '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' (without the quotes). If the linux effort finishes first $1000 goes to

joerc and backup paths

1997-08-29 Thread kestrel
I tried to set the backup path for joe in the rc file but everytime I save it says it 'can't create teh backup file should I save anyway?' I set the -backpath to /root/.backups is this the right format G'razel the shifty kitty ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.aye.net/~kestrel found on Tapestries

Re: [OFF-TOPIC] RC5 challenge and linux

1997-08-29 Thread Greg Vence
Tommy Lakofski wrote: On Fri, 29 Aug 1997, Greg Vence wrote: Wasn't there a method to register as a Linux group box or Debian? How do I do this if its still available? Thanx -- Greg. yup -- set your id in the client to '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' (without the quotes). If the linux effort

Re: Applixware

1997-08-29 Thread Scott Hanson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Shaya Potter) writes: Chad, figure out how to make a patch file for applix and people will then be able to use alien with the patch file on the applix rpm to get a good deb from it. Shaya Since I have the .deb of rpm installed (2.3.8-1), I was able to install using the

Re: [OFF-TOPIC] RC5 challenge and linux

1997-08-29 Thread Tommy Lakofski
On Fri, 29 Aug 1997, Greg Vence wrote: yup -- set your id in the client to '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' (without the quotes). If the linux effort finishes first $1000 goes to Linux International (www.li.org). Sorry, I RTFM and it seems that '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' seems to be the place to go as

Re: Debugging pine sessions

1997-08-29 Thread David Wright
On Thu, 14 Aug 1997, Anthony Fok wrote: On Thu, 7 Aug 1997, Santiago Vila Doncel wrote: I could see your point about -DDEBUG not being appropriate for a production program if the resultant output was only useful for debugging Pine. However, the principal use of this information is for

Re: newbie question,

1997-08-29 Thread Olaf Weber
Jim Pick writes: Does debian use .Xresources or .Xdefaults at all? If not, what is the debian equivalent? ( I tried to put some options for xemacs in .Xdefaults, but nothing happens when I do so..) You have to use the xrdb command to load those files in. To be precise, if you use

Sendmail or Smail ?

1997-08-29 Thread Matthew Tebbens
Can Smail handle mail for all the domains I control or do I have to switch to Sendmail ? Has anyone setup non-ip based virtualhosts ? Please mail me, I'm trying to get it working now. Thanks, Matthew -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Time Tracking Tool ...

1997-08-29 Thread Toens Bueker
Hi *, somebody - I guess it was Christoph Lameter - recently announced a tool, which he used to keep track of the time spend on different projects. The description looked very interesting, but I lost the message and although I'm searching through the debian-changes archive at the moment, I wonder

how does mail know what MTA to use?

1997-08-29 Thread Pat Masterson
Does the mail command have the MTA name hardwired into it? Or are there ways of telling it to use sendmail or smail, etc? Also, whats the simple explanatio of how to istall a package (something.deb) into a running system? I want to put on sendmail. Thanks.

Re: Problem with Xemacs 20.2

1997-08-29 Thread Eythan Weg
AUBORD Alain [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I just installed new version of XEmacs under debian and I get almost immediately a crash which let my screen with only garbage. A short analysis with gdb give me the following diagnostic: GDB is free software and you are welcome to distribute copies

Re: Linux in Wired

1997-08-29 Thread stick
IMO, microsoft should get out of the operating system game and leave it to those who actually have a clue about OSeslike linux or bsd kernel hackers and unix programmers for example. IMNSHO, MS should write a libwin95.so and a win95wm for Linux. That way we'd have the application

smc 9332 and debian.

1997-08-29 Thread dpk
I haven't been able to find any documentation on the SMC 9332 network card being supported for linux. I tried using the SMC 9000 series module from the boot disks with no luck, so I am assuming it is not supported by that driver, seeing that I have had a fair amount of experience and success with

Re: Linux in Wired

1997-08-29 Thread David B. Teague
Hi Craig, and all list readers: On Thu, 28 Aug 1997, Craig Sanders wrote, in part: [...] MS is inescapable. Programs like WINE and WABI and Willow's TWIN are useful and necessary because linux needs more apps (preferably freeware, but commercial is fine too). The Win emulators allow (or

Re: Devices?

1997-08-29 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, Debian == Debian mail-lists receiver [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Debian (you'll need to install the kernel-header and kernel-source Debian deb packages first). Umm, one would never need install both these packages, since kernel-source is a superset of the kernel-headers package. I

Install disk

1997-08-29 Thread Anders Hanson
Can anyone make a install disk image with a kernel that is configured _WITHOUT_ DMA support and _WITHOUT_ PCI bios support? My box hangs when i try ty boot with the standard install disk :( I have the official debian 1.3.1 CD. Please help me please attach the image in an email and send it to me

2 CPU servers

1997-08-29 Thread Jesse Goldman
Hi, Our group is considering ordering some Debian servers running kernel 2.0.30 either with 2 Pentium Pro CPUs or 2 Pentium II CPUs. I've read somewhere, however, that, in the dual CPU configuration, lock-ups are occasionally experienced which may cut down on productivity. Does anyone have a

pci device table

1997-08-29 Thread Alfonso E. Urdaneta
How do I clear the PCI device table on a Asus TX97 motherboard. Or, have it time out or be bypassed upon installation of Linux ? I accidentally put a IDE controller card onto my motherboard and now the thing locks up because it is looking for that device. Alfonso. -- Alfonso E. Urdaneta

Re: [OFF-TOPIC] RC5 challenge and linux

1997-08-29 Thread Carl Johnson
Tommy Lakofski [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Fri, 29 Aug 1997, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: What is reasonably? Marcus The client can buffer any number of blocks of keys between network connections -- thus your machine only has to be on the net when it wants to get the next set of

Re: Linux in Wired

1997-08-29 Thread robert havoc pennington
On Fri, 29 Aug 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Absolutely. Linux also needs marketing, marketing, and more marketing. I can only think of one business need that Linux based systems don't support - OCR. Everything else is available. Desktop publishing. A Quark XPress clone is not going to be

smc9332, correction:9432

1997-08-29 Thread dpk
Sorry for this error, it was a 9432. Dennis I haven't been able to find any documentation on the SMC 9332 network card being supported for linux. I tried using the SMC 9000 series module from the boot disks with no luck, so I am assuming it is not supported by that driver, seeing that I

Re: 2 CPU servers

1997-08-29 Thread Philippe Troin
On Fri, 29 Aug 1997 13:06:51 CDT Jesse Goldman ([EMAIL PROTECTED] ov) wrote: Our group is considering ordering some Debian servers running kernel 2.0.30 either with 2 Pentium Pro CPUs or 2 Pentium II CPUs. I've read somewhere, however, that, in the dual CPU configuration, lock-ups are

Re: how does mail know what MTA to use?

1997-08-29 Thread Robert Stone
On Fri, 29 Aug 1997, Pat Masterson wrote: : Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1997 12:49:12 -0400 (EDT) : Subject: how does mail know what MTA to use? : : Does the mail command have the MTA name hardwired into it? Or are there : ways of telling it to use sendmail or smail, etc? : Also, whats the simple

Xemacs wont run under SU, is it normal?

1997-08-29 Thread lc29b50
After I execute the su command to switch to root, when I run Xemacs, it gives me an error message(something related to xlib6) and won't run. Is this normal? -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: [OFF-TOPIC] RC5 challenge and linux

1997-08-29 Thread Ferenc Kiraly
Hi! This is just to encourage more Linux users to join the effort: I have just set up 4 machines to help crack the RC5 challenge, three of which are permanently on the Internet and one is occasionally connected via a PPP link. Lets beat those rotten apples. feri. -- TO

Re: Linux in Wired

1997-08-29 Thread john
Chuck writes: I can only think of one business need that Linux based systems don't support - OCR. Everything else is available. General ledger accounting? -- John HaslerThis posting is in the public domain. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Do with it what you will. Dancing

Debian on Sparc

1997-08-29 Thread Mike Chovan
Hi, Does anyone have any info on the Debian port to the Sparc processor?? I've just inherited an old Sparc 1+, and I'd really like to install Debian on it. -- Mike Chovan Network Specialist CSGnet Sacramento, Calif. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to

Wierd Printing problem

1997-08-29 Thread Kevin J Poorman
Hi, I asked a question while back about printing from staroffice with my archaic 9pin epson lx80. I was told to install apsfilter. so I did ... then I tryed printing a ps file from the command line like this lpr hum.ps at that point I recived page after page of this error message printed on

Re: Linux in Wired

1997-08-29 Thread stick
Chuck writes: I can only think of one business need that Linux based systems don't support - OCR. Everything else is available. General ledger accounting? We got that! Recently, Appgen ported their database to Linux (Caldera). They have written a complete finance application using

Re: Debian on Sparc

1997-08-29 Thread Martin Schulze
Mike Chovan writes: Does anyone have any info on the Debian port to the Sparc processor?? I've just inherited an old Sparc 1+, and I'd really like to install Debian on it. Join #Debian on irc.debian.org _now_ There are at least two sparc ppl around. Regards Joey -- / Martin

Re: Debian on Sparc

1997-08-29 Thread Bruce Perens
Send subscribe to debian-sparc@lists.debian.org . They have it running. Bruce -- Can you get your operating system fixed when you need it? Linux - the supportable operating system. http://www.debian.org/support.html Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECTED] 510-215-3502 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: joerc and backup paths

1997-08-29 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Fri, 29 Aug 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I tried to set the backup path for joe in the rc file but everytime I save it says it 'can't create teh backup file should I save anyway?' I set the -backpath to /root/.backups is this the right format If you are using joe from root this should

Re: Sendmail or Smail ?

1997-08-29 Thread Ralph Winslow
Matthew Tebbens wrote: Can Smail handle mail for all the domains I control or do I have to switch to Sendmail ? smail = sendmail = rmail They're all simply links to a common executable that change the default behavior thereof. Has anyone setup non-ip based virtualhosts ? Please mail me,

Printing html Debian documentation?

1997-08-29 Thread Douglas Bates
I would welcome suggestions for printing fairly large collections of html files. My immediate application is to try to make some reasonably attractive printed copies of the contents of /usr/doc/dpkg/packaging.html/ so I can read the collection conveniently some evening. (No, I don't regard

Re: Printing html Debian documentation?

1997-08-29 Thread Will Lowe
On Fri, 29 Aug 1997, Douglas Bates wrote: I would welcome suggestions for printing fairly large collections of html files. My immediate application is to try to make some Try html2latex. I've never used it, but if it works half as well as latex2html, it's great. There is a debian package

[Text Processing] Making Banners, etc.

1997-08-29 Thread Will Lowe
I work in a job that requires me to frequently make lots of informative, mostly-text posters. They are fine on 81/2-11 paper, and usually are just text something like -- | *READ ME* |