Re: A problem compiling Qpopper

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Tue, 9 Sep 1997, Bruno O. M. Simoes wrote: I can't compile qpopper because it asks a library called *lshadow*. With this, qpopper could recognize shadow passwords (and that's what I want). The debian compiled qpopper can do this, so they have this lib.

Re: Please recommend a quality 4GB hard drive

Right now, my personal system has a Micropolis Stinger (5400rpm 4.3GB, Ultra SCSI), and hasn't had any problems. The drive is a bit noisy, but seems to be very solid. I've never had any real problems with Quantum drives, but I can say to stay away from any form of Conner/Seagate/Western Digital

Re.: RE: uuencode/uudecode?

Thanks for the pointer. Looks like I overlooked at least one package. Also, thanks for the lesson in shell syntax. Alan [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: Please recommend a quality 4GB hard drive

Unfortunately, my experience is somewhat different -- I've had a Quantum Grand Prix 4.3GB die on me (dead spindle) after 10 months (and my office had 4 other identical models die with dead spindles and data errors); a micropolis 1GB ages ago die after 18 months (another dead spindle), and I've

Problem with libc5 and Motif

hi, maybe i better should sleep, but i did this: i have debian 1.3.1 on my working system, and a older , non-debian system with Motif 2.0 . So i cp'd all Motif files to the working one. But there is one problem: ven# gimp gimp: can't resolve symbol '__ctype_get_mb_cur_max' ven# /usr/bin/nm

Re: Please recommend a quality 4GB hard drive

Terrence Brannon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: We would like a SCSI 4GB hard disk to connect to our PC running Debian Linux 1.3. We may occassionally want to connect it to our Alpha's running Redhat Alpha 4.0. We want reliability first. Then cost second. I've had really good luck with the

Xemacs and cperl-mode

I have recently been trying to edit some perl scripts using xemacs, so I tried using the cperl-mode instead of perl-mode. I set the autoload and auto-mode-alist as recommended in the cperl-mode.el file and then re-started xemacs. It appears that I still get perl-mode, but I am not sure how to

cdrom

Hi: I first time try Linux. After install base system and boot up, I use dselect to set package. Although the cdrom is installed succefully during driver disk, the dselect ask me following: Insert the CD-ROM and enter the block device name [/dev/cdrom]: What is the block device name I should

Re: cdrom

On Tue, 9 Sep 1997, Tao Lu wrote: I first time try Linux. After install base system and boot up, I use dselect to set package. Although the cdrom is installed succefully during driver disk, the dselect ask me following: Insert the CD-ROM and enter the block device name [/dev/cdrom]: What

Re: netbook and diskless workstations

Is it possible to use netboot to boot these machines from floppy to run off of one of the debian machines? I don't know about netboot - but the nfsroot package does this. Pretty slick. :-) Cheers, - Jim pgpIx7sU3NN5U.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: cdrom

Hi: I first time try Linux. After install base system and boot up, I use dselect to set package. Although the cdrom is installed succefully during driver disk, the dselect ask me following: Insert the CD-ROM and enter the block device name [/dev/cdrom]: What is the block device name I

looking for opinions on scsi adapter cards

hello, i am looking to build my own computer system and i think scsi is the best way to go for pure performance. so iwas wondering about what the members here like? allan -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL

Re: cdrom

On Tue, Sep 09, 1997 at 07:41:00PM +0100, Tao Lu wrote: Hi: I first time try Linux. After install base system and boot up, I use dselect to set package. Although the cdrom is installed succefully during driver disk, the dselect ask me following: Insert the CD-ROM and enter the block

How to set up packages?

Hi, After I set up base system, how can I set up packages like X window and others ? By the way, the cd -rom problem has been fixed by enter /dev/hdd. But, I still do not know how to access cd - rom. What is the command ? (I try some unix command, would not work) Thanks folks -- TO

File permissions for /var

While configuring my system recently, I managed to make my entire /var and subdirectories owned by root. Does anybody know the easiest way to fix this? Is there a list available of what the ownerships and file permissions for a standard distribution should look like? (I know the Contents files on

Re: How to set up packages?

Tao Lu wrote: Hi, After I set up base system, how can I set up packages like X window and others ? By the way, the cd -rom problem has been fixed by enter /dev/hdd. But, I still do not know how to access cd - rom. What is the command ? (I try some unix command, would not work) Thanks

Re: Starting X in 16 bpp ?

I created the file /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc and it is a text file saying X -bpp 16 and it works, and I think this came from the XFree86 documentation, so perhaps it isn't the debian way of doing things, which is what you asked for, Binary Bar - Australia's first free access internet

Re: XFree86 and Threads...

On Sep 9, 1997, at 11:30, Rob Browning wrote: Dale Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I was just curious - since libc6 is thread safe, and GUIs seem to be something that can be naturally multithreaded, is XFree86 multithreaded under Linux? (or any other system, for that matter?) Now

Afterstep sounds

I notice that afterstep_1.0-1.deb only contains some of the sound files referenced in system.steprc. Is there a site which contains the rest? Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AX.25:

Re: How to set up packages?

On Tue, 9 Sep 1997, Tao Lu wrote: Tao Lu wrote: Hi, After I set up base system, how can I set up packages like X window and others ? By the way, the cd -rom problem has been fixed by enter /dev/hdd. But, I still do not know how to access cd - rom. What is the command ? (I try

Re: How to set up packages?

Bob Nielsen wrote: On Tue, 9 Sep 1997, Tao Lu wrote: Tao Lu wrote: Hi, After I set up base system, how can I set up packages like X window and others ? By the way, the cd -rom problem has been fixed by enter /dev/hdd. But, I still do not know how to access cd -

Re: XFree86 and Threads...

Dale == Dale Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Dale I was just curious - since libc6 is thread safe, and GUIs Dale seem to be something that can be naturally multithreaded, Dale is XFree86 multithreaded under Linux? (or any other system, Dale for that matter?) Dale I'm about

Re: Xemacs wont run under SU: `super' will solve your problem.

`super' is a great way to solve this problem. I have this in my /etc/super.tab file: xemacs /root/start-xemacs :staff @localhost @bittersweet.inetarena.com \ setenv=DISPLAY=unix:0 \

Re: New Login

Jason == Jason Gunthorpe [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Jason Hi, Does anyone know how to make the login program in bo Jason disable echo sooner? Look at /etc/login.defs. You want to lower the FAIL_DELAY, I think. -- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Karl M. Hegbloom)

Re: Auto Responder

Tony == Tony Koehn [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Tony Does anyone know where I can find or how I go about getting Tony an Auto Responder on a Debian Linux Box? Get `procmail', `smartlist' and the `procmail-lib' packages. If you've got a little shell programming experience, you'll be able

Re: SCSI Host Adapter (+ Re: 2 CPU servers)

F == F Potorti Francesco writes: F I am resending this, this time to the mailing list. I suspect F that the list-group gateway is not bidirectional, is that true? F [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeff Noxon) writes: F If you think going buslogic, the following are very recommended

Re: Building Debian Packages

Using some of the information that has been recently submitted I was able to create my first Debian package. While the info was enough to the job done, I had several questions and made many errors along the way before I was able to determine the proper procedures. I thought that I could make a

Re: magicfilter and Stylus 600

On Mon, 8 Sep 1997, Britton wrote: If anyone has the Epson Stylus Color 600 working with magicfilter, I would love to hear what you did. I did plain vanilla installation of gs, magicfilter, and magicfilterconfig, but I can't ever print plain text. It just scoots the paper back and forth

Re: Please recommend a quality 4GB hard drive

On Tue, 9 Sep 1997 19:41:28 -0400 (EDT), Tommy Lakofski wrote: Unfortunately, my experience is somewhat different -- I've had a Quantum Grand Prix 4.3GB die on me (dead spindle) after 10 months (and my office The Grand Prix was a well know peice of shit, and is no longer made. They replaced it

Re: ftp upgrade problem

Thanks W Paul and other people responded my e-mail. After loading ip_masq_ftp.o module to my gateway machine, ftp from the server woked fine. That was exactly my problem of not loading the module during boot time. Thanks again. Jimmy On Tue, 9 Sep 1997, W Paul Mills wrote: On Mon, 8 Sep

problem with gpc

dear all, i trying to use gpc to test my programs as i write them for a programming class i am taking. anyways, i tried to compile my first dinky little program and i get this error: ld: cannot open -lgpc: No such file or directory i am sure that it is not a problem in the program because it

Re: Please recommend a quality 4GB hard drive

On 09 Sep 1997 15:07:41 -0700, Terrence Brannon wrote: The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted as well. We would like a SCSI 4GB hard disk to connect to our PC running Debian Linux 1.3. We may occassionally want to connect it to our Alpha's running Redhat

Re: www.linuxhq.com

On Mon, 8 Sep 1997 20:31:49 +, Adrian Bridgett wrote: On Sep 08, Nils Rennebarth wrote On Thu, 4 Sep 1997, Craig Sanders wrote: does anyone know what's happened to www.linuxhq.com? It appears to have moved to www.ecsnet.com, at least this is what altavista says. It's ping'able but http

Installing qmail in /usr/local

Hi, I want to try out qmail. I found a qmail.deb package in the experimental section, but it depends on libc6 and as people still seem to be having problems with that, I'm not ready to upgrade. So I'll install it myself, but I don't want to mess up my beautifully upgradable debian 1.3.1 system,

Re: problem with gpc

Ok. Last call for a maintainer for gpc. Almost a year ago someone else took it over and nothing was done. I am going to remove the package since it will be included in future egcs releases anyways if no one is willing to maintain the package. The fix for the bug is described in the bug archives

Re: www.linuxhq.com

Unfortunately, the site is gone. The following is the story I got from a Deja News search: --- begin -- LinuxHQ has been my little pet project for over a year, and it has been a very enjoyable venture. Recently, the company I work for bought another company in California

Re: why insmod so active?

Eugene, I have not seen any answers to your question, which may mean that no one knows. Your command is unusual:- /sbin/insmod -k -s /lib/modules/2.0.30/misc/lp.o lp insmod -k -s lp would be the usual way of loading lp. The actual device could be /dev/lp0 or /dev/lp1 so be prepared to try

Re: Printer Advice: HP 870C or Epson Stylus 800

On Tue, 2 Sep 1997, Civ Kevin F. Havener wrote: I'm contemplating buying one of the two subject printers. Has anyone out there used either of these two printers under Linux? Easy to use under Linux is the key criteria. Color printing is nice to have but most of my important

Re: magicfilter and Stylus 600

Hello Britton! ^_^ On Mon, 8 Sep 1997, Britton wrote: If anyone has the Epson Stylus Color 600 working with magicfilter, I would love to hear what you did. I did plain vanilla installation of gs, magicfilter, and magicfilterconfig, but I can't ever print plain text. It just scoots the

Re: Installing qmail in /usr/local

On Wed, 10 Sep 1997, David wrote: : I want to try out qmail. Nice choice ;) : I found a qmail.deb package in the experimental section, but it depends on : libc6 and as people still seem to be having problems with that, I'm not : ready to upgrade. : : So I'll install it myself, but I don't

bug: dpkg/dselect on latex

I'm afraid I don't know exactly to whom to report this problem. I hope I am in the right place. If not please advise as to the appropriate exterminator. I've recently installed Debian/Linux 1.1 on my Pentium 100, from the InfoMagic Linux Developer's Resource 6 CD set, Sept 1996 release.

IP aliasing

Hi, I tried to steup an IP alias on a machine here. According to the Virtual-Web mini-HOWTO, I can do: ifconfig eth0 alias new-address However, ifconfig says 'alias' is not a hostname. 'man ifconfig' doesn't say anything about aliasing. This is with netbase 2.13-1. Anybody who can get me goin'

Re: Error message from modprobe during boot with Debian 1.3.1

cleto [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Since I upgraded my Debian 1.2 system to Debian 1.3.1 I get the following message during the boot: modprobe: /proc/modules: No such file or directory Maybe /proc isn't getting loaded early enough; or the error message might be misleading. Some things changed

Re: XFree86 and Threads...

Gonzalo A. Diethelm [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [snip] From what I understand, just recompiling X won't give you anything. You would have to rewrite parts of it (probably very big chunks...) to be able to actually run the server in multiple threads. I think it should be possible to do this

Re: Installing qmail in /usr/local

David [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I found a qmail.deb package in the experimental section, but it depends on libc6 and as people still seem to be having problems with that, I'm not ready to upgrade. Try just downloading the source package and compiling it. You should get a nice libc5 qmail

Re: bug: dpkg/dselect on latex

G. Crimp [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I've recently installed Debian/Linux 1.1 on my Pentium 100, from the InfoMagic Linux Developer's Resource 6 CD set, Sept 1996 release. [snip] Setting out to discover what was taking up the 530 Mb of my Linux partition I discovered the file

Re: IP aliasing

On Wed, 10 Sep 1997, Maarten Boekhold wrote: : Hi, : : I tried to steup an IP alias on a machine here. According to the : Virtual-Web mini-HOWTO, I can do: : : ifconfig eth0 alias new-address : : However, ifconfig says 'alias' is not a hostname. 'man ifconfig' doesn't : say anything

Re: IP aliasing

Remco van de Meent [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : Use 'ifconfig eth0:1 new-address' Right; then use eth0:2, then eth0:3 and so on for new virtual hosts. E.- -- Eloy A. Paris Information Technology Department Rockwell Automation de Venezuela Telephone: +58-2-9432311 Fax: +58-2-9431645 -- TO

Installing on a low memory notebook

Hi I'm trying to install debian gnu/linux 1.3.1 on a Packard Bell Statesman with 4MB of RAM. When I insert the debian rescue disk, it never loads the kernel, but only writes: boot: Loading Boot failed: change disks and press any key with a delay of only 4-5 seconds between Loading and Boot

Re: How to set up packages?

On Tue, 9 Sep 1997, Tao Lu wrote: By the way, the cd -rom problem has been fixed by enter /dev/hdd. But, I still do not know how to access cd - rom. What is the command ? (I try some unix command, would not work) cd / mkdir cdrom ; create a mountpoint if it does not yet exist

Re: cdrom

On Tue, 9 Sep 1997, Tao Lu wrote: Hi: I first time try Linux. After install base system and boot up, I use dselect to set package. Although the cdrom is installed succefully during driver disk, the dselect ask me following: Insert the CD-ROM and enter the block device name [/dev/cdrom]:

question on network security

This is probably not the right forum for this question, but I am running on a Debian/GNU machine. If there is a better mailing list or news group for the question, please let me know. I am trying to setup my machine as a 'less open' in my corporate environment. I have started by having the

root and .rhosts file

Hi I'm a student programmer at the Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science, Odense University in Denmark. I've installed Debian 1.2 on one of our PC's in the Unix network. This works great (not surprisingly). Now I've installed Debian 1.3.1 on another PC, and I can't get this new machine to

Re: How to set up packages?

On Tue, 9 Sep 1997, Tao Lu wrote: After I set up base system, how can I set up packages like X window and others ? This is the general scheme: Set the [a]ccess to where your archive is (ok, so you know this one already) [U]pdate the list of available packages in the archive [S]elect which

Re: question on network security

The Unix workstations in your work environment are running what is called NIS. This allows for machines to collectively share information between one another, like password files, disks, etc. I would ask around to see if your machine is in 'netgroups'. Netgroups is basically a list of trusted

Problem: smail doesn't transport mail

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hi to everyone! I've got a strange problem iwth smail: It doesn't deliver remote messages. Here is the output of runq -v for the mail to the linux count project that smailconfig wants to send: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: uninett.no matched by inet_hosts: routed

su - user $CMD_OPTS_ARG

GNU bash, version 1.14.7(1) su - GNU sh-utils 1.12 (Debian 1.2.4, going to get room for 1.3.1 soon.) VAR=command options arg ; export VAR Calling su like this echo $VAR | su - user gives a stdin: is not a tty message but does a fine job. Calling su in this other way su - user -c $VAR

Seg faults when not root

Hello, Maybe some of you have run across this problem. Last night I was doing my nightly check of the new packages in the unstable tree and downloaded and installed the bash2.01-3, bash-builtins2.01-3, and libreadlineg2-??? (sorry, don't have the info, but it is the latest out there).

Debian + PC with multi RS... port - n x (text dumb terminal + printer)

1) What serial devices allow longer cables than RS232 without use of modems (say 10-100-200 meters)? 2) Are there multi port cards of that kind which run well with Debian? Any brandname + model? 3) What if the text dumb terminals connected to a Linux Box also need

Can 2 CPU motherboard run not-SMP kernel?

Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1997 11:50:02 -0700 From: Philippe Troin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 2 CPU servers -cut-- 2.0.31-pre7 seems to be working ok (no deadlocks). 2.0.30 or 2.0.29 with the deadlock-patch 6 works fine too. --cut-- Suppose that after buying a

Re: looking for opinions on scsi adapter cards

On Tue, Sep 09, 1997 at 09:57:23PM -0400, butch wrote: i am looking to build my own computer system and i think scsi is the best way to go for pure performance. so iwas wondering about what the members here like? This is becoming a FAQ. :) There was a long thread about this not long ago.

Re: How to set up packages?

On Tue, 9 Sep 1997, Tao Lu wrote: Hi: Yes, I did. I type /dev/hdd when it ask the name of cd rom block name. After certain questions, it jump to the update. I am sure that I have already install successfully under the rescue disk ( I mean base system) .. But things look like strange. I

Re: SCSI Host Adapter (+ Re: 2 CPU servers)

On Tue, Sep 09, 1997 at 09:37:27PM -0700, Karl M. Hegbloom wrote: F == F Potorti Francesco writes: F I am resending this, this time to the mailing list. I suspect F that the list-group gateway is not bidirectional, is that true? F [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeff Noxon) writes:

Force smail immediately retry mail delivery.

Which is the correct way to force smail immediately retry sending e-mail for which there was an error? Nicola Bernardelli [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Please use [EMAIL PROTECTED] for messages from any kind of robot,

Re: Can 2 CPU motherboard run not-SMP kernel?

On Wed, Sep 10, 1997 at 05:18:10PM -0200, Nicola Bernardelli wrote: Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1997 11:50:02 -0700 From: Philippe Troin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 2 CPU servers -cut-- 2.0.31-pre7 seems to be working ok (no deadlocks). 2.0.30 or 2.0.29 with the

Re: looking for opinions on scsi adapter cards

Jeff Noxon wrote: There was a long thread about this not long ago. Without going into details, the unanimous answer is: Do not buy Adaptec. They're fine for Windoze but not prime-time on Linux. Buy a BusLogic adapter if you need reliability and high performance at a good price. The

Exim, sa (8) problems

Two unrelated problems. First, exim is acting a bit weird on me. I installed Debian from the stable tree last week via ftp. During the initial setup I chose exim instead of smail as my MTA ... perhaps this wasn't the way to do it. I was trying to avoid dpkg from the command line. At any rate,

Re: root and .rhosts file

Hi! Now I've installed Debian 1.3.1 on another PC, and I can't get this new machine to accept root rsh requests from our primary server (running SunOS), or any other machine, for that matter. Both Debian machines have the same .rhosts file in the root homedir, but the 1.3.1 host gives

Re: Seg faults when not root

Steve Mayer wrote: Hello, Maybe some of you have run across this problem. Last night I was doing my nightly check of the new packages in the unstable tree and downloaded and installed the bash2.01-3, bash-builtins2.01-3, and libreadlineg2-??? (sorry, don't have the info, but it

Re: su - user $CMD_OPTS_ARG

Nicola Bernardelli wrote: GNU bash, version 1.14.7(1) su - GNU sh-utils 1.12 (Debian 1.2.4, going to get room for 1.3.1 soon.) VAR=command options arg ; export VAR Calling su like this echo $VAR | su - user gives a stdin: is not a tty message but does a fine job. Calling su in

switching from ide to scsi

Hi all, I decided to go the right way with one of my server and use scsi disk instead of ide. That machine has already got a scsi controller (aha2940) that drives a dat tape, so I only need to buy a scsi disk. That machine is using debian 1.1 on ide and will probably use 1.2 on scsi. What would be

Background NFS Mounts

I'm having a problem with my computer hanging for large amounts of time when it is not connected to the network because of some NFS mounts it does. I've tried adding options so it would try this in the background instead of holding up the boot, but no luck. Here is what I have now...

Re: root and .rhosts file

It's a security hole (probably a simple dns spoof would gain root on either machine. And while I'm on the topic of security here, I'd suggest ssh instead (harder, if not impossible to spoof). But if you feel risky, I think it is caused by the following: [EMAIL PROTECTED](p1):bhmit1$ more

Re: Building Debian Packages

On Tue, 9 Sep 1997, Mark W. Blunier wrote: I thought that I could make a helpful document for other new developers, so before I forgot what it was I wanted to know as a first time installer, I made the document up. I would appreciate any constructive criticism, or note if it is useful and

Re: XFree86 and Threads...

[snip] From what I understand, just recompiling X won't give you anything. You would have to rewrite parts of it (probably very big chunks...) to be able to actually run the server in multiple threads. I've had difficulties myself getting threads working properly with X-windows. I'm not

Re: xrsh?

I had problems with broken ssh connections (modem to home) when sending X applications through the connection. It went away when I turned on the compression flag to ssh. I have not tried xv, though. Otherwise, I have no troubles with ssh (and it makes life so much easier). I would emphatically

Re: Seg faults when not root

Jens, Thanks for the suggestion. I thought I checked the permissions last night, but I'll recheck them when I get home from work. I'll let you know if I figure this one out. Thanks, Steve Mayer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jens B. Jorgensen wrote: Steve Mayer wrote: Hello, Maybe some of

Re: Can 2 CPU motherboard run not-SMP kernel?

Nicola Bernardelli [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: -cut-- 2.0.31-pre7 seems to be working ok (no deadlocks). 2.0.30 or 2.0.29 with the deadlock-patch 6 works fine too. --cut-- Suppose that after buying a 2 CPU motherboard you find that with some I/O intensive application

Re: How to set up packages?

On Wed, 10 Sep 1997, Joost_Kooij wrote: cd / mkdir cdrom ; create a mountpoint if it does not yet exist mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdd /cdrom ; mount the cdrom cd cdrom ; you'll find the contents here ls -l Aack! Braino! You have to: cd / before you can unmount

K Desktop Environment

Hello everyone... I was just looking at KDE's website (http://www.kde.org), and was very impressed with some of the things I saw. I know it is still in alpha, but does anyone have experiance with how stable it is on Debian? I also saw that it is availible in deb package form... For anyone

Which files should I download to install linux?

Hi:, I want to install linux, but I am not sure which files I should download from the ftp site. I read the readme file, it does not tell which files I should download. I would appreciate any suggestions. Thanks. Hasibul Haque [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Background NFS Mounts

I'm having a problem with my computer hanging for large amounts of time when it is not connected to the network because of some NFS mounts it does. You can use the noauto option, and spawn a background job to mount them in a minute. E.g., fstab: -- flakey:/ /nfs/flakey nfs

Re: K Desktop Environment

In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], writes: Hello everyone... I was just looking at KDE's website (http://www.kde.org), and was very impressed with some of the things I saw. I know it is still in alpha, but does anyone have experiance with how stable it is on Debian? I also saw that it

Re: su - user $CMD_OPTS_ARG

On Wed, 10 Sep 1997, Jens B. Jorgensen wrote: su - user -c $VAR GREAT! THANK YOU, fool I am, I had tried to put quotes _INSIDE_ $VAR, like in VAR='ls -l'!!! Thank you! Nicola Bernardelli [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---

Re: Debian + PC with multi RS... port - n x (text dumb terminal + printer)

On Wed, 10 Sep 1997, Joey Hess wrote: Nicola Bernardelli wrote: 3) What if the text dumb terminals connected to a Linux Box also need a printer each (or almost any of them)? Is it possible that data is sent to the printer and terminal via the same line?

Re: Can 2 CPU motherboard run not-SMP kernel?

Thanks to you all for answering! Good news then, it seems as SMP is not that critical... LINUX is really GREAT! Please, let me know if any of you remembers of motherboards that it is better stay far from. Nicola Bernardelli [EMAIL PROTECTED]

imlib/enlightenment packages

Is anyone currently working on an enlightenment package, or one for the corresponding graphics library, imlib? Thanks. Paul -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

mouse

Hi, Anyone have any experience with the Logitech TrackMan mouse? I can't seem to get the thing to work right either with X or with gpm. Does it use the Logitech MouseMan protocal? Microsoft Protocal? Thanks, J. Goldman -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to

Using the X with ATI Pro Turbo

Has anybody had any success in running X with an ATI 3D Graphics Pro Turbo video card? I'm having great difficulty getting it to display on my monitor. - 1600x1200 mode isn't available (too low dot-clock), - 1280x1024 doesn't display (screen stays black) - 1024x768 runs (doesn't sync) -

Re: IP aliasing

Maarten Boekhold wrote: Hi, I tried to steup an IP alias on a machine here. According to the Virtual-Web mini-HOWTO, I can do: ifconfig eth0 alias new-address However, ifconfig says 'alias' is not a hostname. 'man ifconfig' doesn't say anything about aliasing. This is with netbase

Re: Using the X with ATI Pro Turbo

There are many reasons why I will never buy another ATI product. This is one of them: They keep introducing new Mach64 chips that are not driver-compatible with the previous generations. This has bitten XFree users many times. There may be a work-around, but you'll probably have to wait for a

Re: root and .rhosts file; kerberos

On a similar vein, has anyone managed to make debian kerberos machines talk this way? mit has .rpm packages of kerberos afs. However, alien gives plenty of nonstandard executable location errors when converting. Also, kerberos versions of some programs should (apparently) replace regular

Logitech TrackMan

Hi, If anyone knows the answer to my previous question re: Logitech TrackMan mouse (ie, what support to compile in, what protocal is it? etc), could you reply in personal email as well as to the list? I'm going out of town for a few days so I'll have to temporarily unsubscribe. Thanks much... J.

Re: K Desktop Environment

On Wed, 10 Sep 1997 14:06:35 + [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hello everyone... I was just looking at KDE's website (http://www.kde.org), and was very impressed with some of the things I saw. I know it is still in alpha, but does anyone have experiance with how stable it is on Debian? I also

Video Cards

Ok, getting tired of 640x480 and 8bpp color gona do some looking this weekend for a new video card. Anyone have recomendations that i can check into? X Supported of course and able to go 800x600 and 16bpp ... Only limiting factor is: Can't be over $200 :( (College ya know) Chad

Re: Using the X with ATI Pro Turbo

Has anybody had any success in running X with an ATI 3D Graphics Pro Turbo video card? I'm having great difficulty getting it to display on my monitor. - 1600x1200 mode isn't available (too low dot-clock), - 1280x1024 doesn't display (screen stays black) - 1024x768 runs (doesn't sync)