On Fri, 24 Oct 1997, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
On Thu, Oct 23, 1997 at 07:09:37PM +0100, Jens Kerle wrote:
hm...
i had to execute the script at the end of
/usr/src/linux/Documentation/README.sound (right name and place?)
to make the devices.
Jens
Are you sure? The
Hello!
I've installed v1.3.1 from the Official Debian Binary cd, I've used
a noname 24x cdrom drive for installation. Now I had to give back
that drive, now I have a Creative/Matshita CR-581 quad-speed drive.
Every time I mount a cd with the command line:
itom# mount -t iso9660 -r /dev/hdd
On 25-Oct-97 Johann Spies wrote:
Is there anybody who could get Wordperfect 5.1 working on Dosemu? I
would
like to know how they did it.
Johann
I don't recall any special diffculty once I'd got dosemu itself running OK.
What appears to be the nature of your problem?
Maybe the following
Enough is enough.
It is time for Bruce Perens to step down form the leadership position, and an
interim leader take his place until a new leader can be chosen at the formal
election.
I state the following facts as reasons:
blah, blah, blah...i don't know, i've been using Debian for
dc wrote:
Enough is enough.
Why you cc to so many lists??? You thought that people only subscribed
one and only one of the lists.
How many lists do we have? You have not done enough yet. You have not
sent to all lists. Do it and bother anyone and email flooding their
accounts. And yes I
Has anybody successfully install Microsoft Frontpage 98 Server Extensions
on a Deabian 1.3 system with the Apache server?
I've installed the 97 extensions. The 98 extensions are supposed to be
easier to install but I haven't done it myself.
For more information check out:
On Sun, Oct 26, 1997 at 12:13:21AM +0100, Jens Kerle wrote:
On Fri, 24 Oct 1997, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
On Thu, Oct 23, 1997 at 07:09:37PM +0100, Jens Kerle wrote:
hm...
i had to execute the script at the end of
/usr/src/linux/Documentation/README.sound (right name and place?)
to
--- dc wrote:
Enough is enough.
I agree. I'm sick and tired of debian-user being hijacked by whining
dissidents.
It is time for Bruce Perens to step down form the leadership position, and an
interim leader take his place until a new leader can be chosen at the formal
election.
whining
I know that the question I am asking most probably have It is impossible
as an answer. But still
I won't be impossible... just might not be coded yet :-)
What I can not do (and what the question is about) is run an X-Windows
application off remote host on my second computer. I mean the
On Sun, 26 Oct 1997, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
On Sun, Oct 26, 1997 at 12:13:21AM +0100, Jens Kerle wrote:
On Fri, 24 Oct 1997, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
On Thu, Oct 23, 1997 at 07:09:37PM +0100, Jens Kerle wrote:
hm...
i had to execute the script at the end of
Well, it seems to me the returns are in. *Everyone* who responded to dc's
comments supports Bruce, and wishes dc would make good on his promise and
just leave.
I propose that from here on out we ignore dc, don't resond to anything he
posts, and perhaps he *will* live up to his promise, and apply
I've pulled my password from /etc/shadow and put in the O: field
in /etc/ircd/ircd.conf.
I still get invallid password when I do /oper cowboy x
I tried SUID/root, but ps -aux still shows ircd running as irc?!?
What am I missing?
Richard Nelson
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I ftp'd the debian gimp package from the maintainer's site. I had to
install a detailed list of upgrades to be sure it would work. I THINK I
installed them all right(!?!).
But, while The GIMP runs, it won't load any file.
I didn't install any new gimp-data package. I liked the non-free
Hi!
I just installed Debian 1.3 on my Toshiba Tecra 730CDT (this is a
fresh installation, separate from my 1.2 installation) and I can't
seem to get it to boot using loadlin. I used the 1997-06-20/tecra
rescue and modules disks, and both the rescue disk and the resulting
boot disk work fine, but
When a new version of a program is released, is a copy compiled to bo and
another for hamm? .. or is bo left without any updates? The reason I ask
is I thinking of re-installing the bo distribution because I can barely
compile anything using hamm. -- probably libc6 releated, but it still
doesn't
I have seen a number of posts and questions on the AMD K6 bug.
To correct what I believe are some misconceptions, as well as to inform,
I looked for an answer:
A quick search on altavista revealed this page:
http://www.chorus.com/~poulot/k6bug_tests.html
and from my own bookmarks:
Just compilied 31, and had the following 2 warnings. I'm sure its nothing
but I thought I would post them here anyway for reference...
Matthew
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/kernel-source-2.0.31/include -Wall
-Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strength-reduce
If you are talking about the 32MB/Linux bug in AMD K6, it have been
fixed for more than 2 months. Just make sure that your is made of any
after week 30 this year.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have seen a number of posts and questions on the AMD K6 bug.
To correct what I believe are some
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I ftp'd the debian gimp package from the maintainer's site. I had to
install a detailed list of upgrades to be sure it would work. I THINK I
installed them all right(!?!).
But, while The GIMP runs, it won't load any file.
Have you tried `rm -r ~/.gimp' to clear
dpk [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I recompiled a 2.0.29 kernel to replace the Debian 'stock' kernel because
it is so large and it hangs for a long time loading the 'md driver'
Actually, it's probably what gets loaded *after* the md driver which
is taking the time. It might not even print anything
Paul Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
is anyone using qmail? is it any good?
Yes and yes.
and how easy would it be to upgrade smail to qmail?
That depends on a few factors. If you treat it as installing from
scratch, it shouldn't be any trouble, but qmail does treat a few
things
ITom - WebIroda [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
[snip]
I get a message which says: '/dev/hdd: media changed' which I didn't
receive once with the other drive. Is this an error, or what?
I thought this was normal. It means the kernel's noticed you've got a
different CD-ROM in than last time it
Lazar Fleysher [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
What I can not do (and what the question is about) is run an X-Windows
application off remote host on my second computer. I mean the following.
If I telnet from my second computer to, say, my university account and run
xclock off my university it opens
On Sat, 25 Oct 1997, Paul Miller wrote:
When a new version of a program is released, is a copy compiled to bo and
another for hamm? .. or is bo left without any updates? The reason I ask
is I thinking of re-installing the bo distribution because I can barely
compile anything using hamm. --
Dave,
I can appreciate the fact that you don't like Bruce's handling of the
project. I do like the job that Bruce is doing, however. I'll stick
with Bruce until the normal time for succession comes, and probably even
after that.
But please, by all means continue with your plan to release an
On Sat, 25 Oct 1997, dc wrote:
Enough is enough.
yes. enough is enough. go away and quit your whining. i, for one, am
getting really sick and tired of seeing your personal attacks against
bruce being splashed all over the debian lists.
what are you trying to do? destroy debian with your
On Fri, 24 Oct 1997, Jens B. Jorgensen wrote:
Andrew J Tarr wrote:
Struggling with my modem:
[SNIP]
Is your modem set for fixed serial speed (ATB1 on a sportster 28.8)?
No, it wasn't. Yes, it fixed it, thanks a lot. I don't suppose anyone
wants to explain why it needs fixed serial
On Sat, 25 Oct 1997, George Bonser wrote:
On 25-Oct-97 dc wrote:
Enough is enough.
I disagree.
I too disagree. I think there are probably more people who disagree than
agree.
On the otherhand perhaps a distribution like Debian needs to have a
registered list of users who wants to vote
On Sat, 25 Oct 1997, Dale Scheetz wrote:
On Sat, 25 Oct 1997, dc wrote:
If Bruce really cares about the free and open future of the Debian Project,
he will
cede his position immediately. Much (private) discussion has gone on about
forming a new distribution based on how the old Debian
On 26-Oct-97 Daniel J. Mashao wrote:
On Sat, 25 Oct 1997, George Bonser wrote:
On 25-Oct-97 dc wrote:
Enough is enough.
I disagree.
I too disagree. I think there are probably more people who disagree than
agree.
Yeah, by ~20 to 1 so far. I'd felt disinclined to contribute to this
Hi
When I start Netscape (v. 4.03) as root - no problems, when I do the same as an
ordinary user I get a segmentation fault. I compared the output from 'strace
/usr/local/netscape/netscape' the root started version links to
/usr/lib/libc5-compat/* where as the user started version links to
On Sun, 26 Oct 1997, Scott Ellis wrote:
On Sat, 25 Oct 1997, Paul Miller wrote:
When a new version of a program is released, is a copy compiled to bo and
another for hamm? .. or is bo left without any updates? The reason I ask
is I thinking of re-installing the bo distribution because I
On Sat, Oct 25, 1997 at 06:33:51PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 24 Oct, Rob MacWilliams wrote:
On Fri, Oct 24, 1997 at 04:54:55PM -0500, Pete Harlan wrote:
Now my link seems to be slow - is there a possibility to watch the
throughput (like x.xx kb/s or sim.)?
pppstats isn't
On a character-based login, there is an option to add users to specific
groups if they are local (audio, cdrom, floppy, etc).. I want to add this
function to xdm.. is there a command which will put users into a group
while he/she is logged on (not writing to /etc/group)?
-Paul
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TO
Has anyone used 'autolog' (logs out idle users)? It seems to only warn
someone that the're going to logged out, but never actually does it! When
I ran it manually (autolog -d) I get segmentation fault (core dump) upon
the sleep 30 command... what can I do?
-Paul
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My bo box exports files in the expected way, but my hamm box does not.
Last week it would not export anything unless the client was listed using
its IP number. Now it accepts a hostname but has a problem with
wildcards. It will not export to a host by using a wildcard unless there
is a valid
Civ Kevin F. Havener wrote:
Dave,
I can appreciate the fact that you don't like Bruce's handling of the
project. I do like the job that Bruce is doing, however. I'll stick
with Bruce until the normal time for succession comes, and probably
even after that.
But please, by all means
joost witteveen wrote:
Being a Linux enthousiast, I also like to think that AIX has that
additional field, because AIX actually does wait for IO, i.e., while
waiting for IO it doesn't do run any other jobs in the background.
It's the exact opposite: when a process is waiting for IO (for
Hi,
does anybody know when the website will be up again ?
Thanks
Markus Diesmann
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Institut fuer Biologie III
Albert-Ludwigs-University
Schaenzlestrasse 1,Tel: +49-761-203-2786
D-79104 Freiburg i.Br.
A server in my department has suddenly created (or altered) some files and
I cannot figure out how to remove them. Below is the a part of the
original note sent to me and I have tried various attempts to remove the
files as weel with no avail. I even went to the point of creating a user
with uid
Am I doing something wrong, or has the glimpse engine that one can use to
search the mailing-list archives never worked? I always get the following
error message:
Error:
can't open glimpse index-file lists/.glimpse_index (use -H to give an
index-directory or run 'glimpseindex' to make
an index)
Markus Diesmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
does anybody know when the website will be up again ?
Right now, I have no trouble with either the American or German
mirrors. Is it possibly a local problem?
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Senders of unsolicited
Matt Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
[...]
with fvwm2 (i assume this is where the issue lies) when i try to drag a
window across desktops, there is some very strange activity. the window
i'm dragging flickers around a lot, and the pager doesn't show that it's
moving until i let go. this
Has anyone been able to setup idled so it'll kill a telnet user, but won't
kill the same user running xterm under X? (telnet and xterm both use
/dev/ttyp*)
I had an idea to exempt everyone in the 'console' group from idled.. --
the login program will add users to specific groups if they login
I thought this was normal. It means the kernel's noticed you've got
a different CD-ROM in than last time it looked.
OK Thanks.
interleaved files not (yet) supported'. I didn't have any problems
with the other drive with this Debian cd.
The exact error message would help. Also, what do
On 26-Oct-97 Colin R. Telmer wrote:
A server in my department has suddenly created (or altered) some files
and
I cannot figure out how to remove them. Below is the a part of the
original note sent to me and I have tried various attempts to remove the
files as weel with no avail. I even went
On Sun, 26 Oct 1997 09:42:59 EST Colin R. Telmer
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
Unmounted /home without any problems and ran e2fsck with the check for
bad blocks and force options. However, the disk seems to be fine.
Strange.
Here are the key parts of the original note:
There are
On Sun, 26 Oct 1997, Philippe Troin wrote:
Looking more closely at /reevesj/.netscape/cache, one finds:
br--r-srwx 1 2878729728 73, 60 May 21 2025 07
Notice the date and the permissions! Whatever this is, I cannot remove
it, even using rm -f, as root! I also cannot
On Sun, 26 Oct 1997, Ted Harding wrote:
Try (non-destructively) e2fsck -fnV on the device with these files
and stand back ... (at any rate pipe it through less). I predict
several thousand lines of possibly alarming information. Depending on what
you see, you may judge that it's worth taking
Karsten Bolding wrote:
Hi
When I start Netscape (v. 4.03) as root - no problems, when I do the same as
an ordinary user I get a segmentation fault. I compared the output from 's
trace /usr/local/netscape/netscape' the root started version links to /usr/
lib/libc5-compat/* where
On Sun, 26 Oct 1997, Paul Miller wrote:
For the most part, everything is compiled only for hamm. Many (most?)
developers don't have access to machines for compiling libc5-based stuff
easily anymore, and bo is supposed to be frozen except for security and
severe bugfix releases.
Well,
Philippe Troin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Unmounted /home without any problems and ran e2fsck with the check for
bad blocks and force options. However, the disk seems to be fine.
Strange.
You might want to try the debugfs program. Perhaps it can unlink the
files.
--
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On Sat, Oct 25, 1997 at 11:35:21AM +0200, Wojtek Zabolotny spewed forth:
Are you running alien from the RAW TEXT CONSOLE? (I mean: not an xterm nor
Midnight Commander prompt)
I got the same error running dpkg-gencontrol from debian build, when I
was recompiling debian sorce packages. The
Matt Thompson wrote:
Well, it seems to me the returns are in. *Everyone* who responded to dc's
comments supports Bruce, and wishes dc would make good on his promise and
just leave.
I propose that from here on out we ignore dc, don't resond to anything he
posts, and perhaps he *will* live
I strongly disagreed with Bruce's decision regarding the
version/revision numbers. This is my PERSONAL OPINION; clearly many
others, including Bruce, agree with his decision. This difference of
opinion in no way justifies removing Bruce as president. (I don't
believe project leader is an
On 26-Oct-97 Colin R. Telmer wrote:
I have done a e2fsck -fnv but it also did not reveal any problems (output
below). However, it did reveal the existence of 27 block device files
that
I assume have no reason to be under /home. I'm at a loss - any other
suggestions? Thanks, Colin.
As dc posted to debian-dissent, he intends to make his own distribution.
He changed the topic of debian-dissent to reflect this decision.
He also removed dissenters from the list.
So I think we can consider the topic dc as done with, and return to
all-day-work.
Thank you,
Marcus Brinkmann
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Enough is enough...
All:
IMHO Bruce is doing a fine job. It will be difficult to replace him,
particularly so after the acrimony.
David
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Christopher Jason Morrone [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I'm trying to install net-fu, and it seems that I am missing Xvfb. Anyone
know what package it comes in?
Strange, I found the manual page xbase but no binary.
Torsten
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And pray that there's intelligent life somewhere up in
On Sun, 26 Oct 1997, Scott Ellis wrote:
On Sat, 25 Oct 1997, Paul Miller wrote:
When a new version of a program is released, is a copy compiled to bo and
another for hamm? .. or is bo left without any updates? The reason I ask
is I thinking of re-installing the bo distribution because I
On 26 Oct 1997, Ben Pfaff wrote:
Philippe Troin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Unmounted /home without any problems and ran e2fsck with the check for
bad blocks and force options. However, the disk seems to be fine.
Strange.
You might want to try the debugfs program. Perhaps it can
On Sun, 26 Oct 1997, Scott Ellis wrote:
On Sun, 26 Oct 1997, Paul Miller wrote:
For the most part, everything is compiled only for hamm. Many (most?)
developers don't have access to machines for compiling libc5-based stuff
easily anymore, and bo is supposed to be frozen except for
Are you running alien from the RAW TEXT CONSOLE? (I mean: not an xterm nor
Midnight Commander prompt)
I got the same error running dpkg-gencontrol from debian build, when I
was recompiling debian sorce packages. The reason was that I was running
build from xterm or Midnight Commander.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thalia L. Hooker) wrote
Anyways, my next step was to 'make zImage'. I kept getting Sig 11 errors
though not at the same point of compilation:
gcc: Internal compiler error: program cc1 got fatal signal 11
...
After reading the FAQ, it seemed that my problems were typical of
Is there any specific version of compile I need to use? Currently I'm
using these programs: (all part of Debian hamm distribution)
Qt 1.31 (not part of Debian hamm distribution)
gcc 2.7.2.3
c++ 2.7.2.3
make 3.76.1
libc6-dev
What on earth is wrong with my piece of shit system? Here are a few
I've been using Applixware under Debian for several months.
I, too, am interested in the compatability especially when it comes to power
point and word.
There have only been a few times I've tried reading MS Word files, it worked
once, failed
once. I've output RTF files that were
On Sun, Oct 26, 1997 at 02:36:12PM -0600, Frank Sergeant wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thalia L. Hooker) wrote
I seem to have (nearly) the same problem on my AMD K90 system,
except the error I usually get is segmentation fault. Again, it
happens at random places during a kernel compile.
are there any special methods I should use to install applixware 4.2 on my
Debian system?
-Paul
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Paul Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
errors with the 'kdenetwork' package
c++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/local/kde/include
-I/usr/local/qt/include -I/usr/X11R6/include -g -c kmreaderwin.cpp
kmreaderwin.cpp: In method `bool KMReaderView::saveMail()':
kmreaderwin.cpp:504: `errno'
are there any special methods I should use to install applixware 4.2 on my
Debian system?
The way I've found best is to go into the /cdrom/RPMS/i386 directory and
convert the appropriate .rpm files into .deb files with alien. Make sure
you have the latest alien and the latest dpkg-dev though
Take heed people. This is what happens if you dare challenge the leadership of
the
Debian project.
Personal attacks, compliants to your service provider, banishment from the
project. They will gang-up on you and drive you away. You all should be
ashamed of yourselves.
If you are new to
Hello!
Recently I changed from S.U.S.E 4.4 to Debian 1.3.1. I think it was a
good decision but I have one problem.
If there are java-applets or java-scripts which are sent to my PC
netscape hangs or dies while running them. With my old
Linux-distribution all works fine. I have the same kernel
Hi all,
With deselect, I have the Access with ftp with right directory and all then I
pick update which download new packages files from dists/unstable/main,
non-free, and contrib like the way it should. But when I do Install I get this
messages:
Processing status file...
Processing Package
First off, I am not a developer of Debian packages and thus do not know
how Bruce Perens manages the distribution. But basically I have two
comments.
1. To DC, your first mistake was to post your request to all of the
debian lists. The problem with this is that this is a developers' issue,
On 26 Oct 1997, Ben Pfaff wrote:
Paul Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Add `#include errno.h' to the top of the offending files. This is a
common libc5-libc6 conversion thing.
Don't know about the others, offhand.
Thanks! That helped with that package..
Is there a reference of libc5 =
Hello Dave!
Actually, you sent this message to me personally, so I think you want to
address me. This is why I answer.
On Sun, Oct 26, 1997 at 05:48:10PM -0500, Dave Cinege wrote:
Take heed people. This is what happens if you dare challenge the leadership
of the
Debian project.
because you are using K6, make sure that it is made after week 30. K6
before week 30 will trigger a bug where people cannot compile Linux
kernel if there are more than 32MB in their computer. It only happens
to Linux world and in fact the bug is uncovered by Linux guys.
Frank Sergeant wrote:
On Sun, Oct 26, 1997 at 12:25:56PM -1000, Jimen Ching wrote:
2. To the users, it's so pitiful that users of a distribution is so
quick to kick out a DEVELOPER just because he disagrees with the leader.
Please notice that Dave Cinege is NOT a debian developer. He does not
maintain a package
two people throwing with mug to each other, but one of them complains
about the other throwing mug. please be quiet david.
i'm not a member of the bruce fan club, and i'm not as blind as some
other developers, but this time bruce is right. stop flameing him, stop
your mini revolution.
we will
if you are friendly, we threat you friendly.
if you are unfriendly, we might threat you unfriendly
(but we try at least to be friendly).
if you are unfriendly, are threated unfriendly, and complain about being
threated unfrienly in an unfriendly tone, you are annoying.
we have
On Sun, 26 Oct 1997 12:25:56 -1000 (HST), Jimen Ching wrote:
First off, I am not a developer of Debian packages and thus do not know
how Bruce Perens manages the distribution. But basically I have two
comments.
1. To DC, your first mistake was to post your request to all of the
debian lists.
On Sun, 26 Oct 1997 23:54:15 +0100, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
On Sun, Oct 26, 1997 at 12:25:56PM -1000, Jimen Ching wrote:
2. To the users, it's so pitiful that users of a distribution is so
quick to kick out a DEVELOPER just because he disagrees with the leader.
Please notice that Dave Cinege
Matthew Tebbens wrote:
Can someone recommend a good motherboard for use with SMP Linux ?
I was looking at the DK440LX by Intel for use with dual pII 300's,
it comes with an onboard Adaptec 7895 Dual Channel SCSI controller with
RAIDport... not sure if Linux supports that controller.
We're
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike Miller) writes:
After making a new kernel (using make-kpkg and so on, as
specified in /usr/doc/kernel-source-version/debian.README), you
will have to make a new set of pcmcia modules. Instructions are
in /usr/doc/pcmcia-source/README. If you make both the kernel
and
On Sun, 26 Oct 1997, Dave Cinege wrote:
If you are new to Debian, please don't make the mistake I made. This is a
closed
software project, where you are allowed to contribute only if you surcome to
the
personal agenda of the current leadership. This is the structure and model of
the
David Puryear [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
With deselect, I have the Access with ftp with right directory and all then I
pick update which download new packages files from dists/unstable/main,
non-free, and contrib like the way it should. But when I do Install I get this
messages:
Processing
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