On Mon, 11 May 1998, Marcelo E. Magallon wrote:
On Mon, May 11, 1998 at 06:56:30PM +0100, Tomas Bautista wrote:
Pues eso. El mensaje de error que sale es:
yo tengo:
$ ls -ld /etc/X11/X /usr/X11R6/bin/X
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 May 5 07:59 /etc/X11/X -
On Mon, May 11, 1998 at 05:15:21PM +0200, Alfonso Pastor wrote:
isapnp /el-path/yamaha.pnp
yamaha.pnp es el archivo que produce pnpdump? Si es asi, entonces eso va en
/etc/isapnp.conf (mejor lee la pagina del manual de pnpdump, porque la
verdad no me acuerdo). Hay un archivo en
Hola:
Tengo un problema con los depuradores ddd y xxgdb
(no me funcionan :-( )
He creado un programa minimo, compilo con gcc -g hola.C
y obtengo a.out, ( funciona, ejecuto gdb y me permite
ejecutarlo, fijar breakpoints etc.)
ejecuto ddd sin parametros y arranca correctamente.
- open Program -
instalé el suse y los primeros dias si escribia
dos
me montaba la particion dos en un directorio
desde ayer me da el mensaje:
error in /etc/dosemu.confi(line 146)
disk-device/file/var/lib/doseme/hdimage.first doesn't exist
que se cambio?
gracias por la paciencia
Manuel
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE,
I have some IBM preformatted (msdos format) zip disks. I'm able to store
files onto them using a mac at work. But I'm then unable to read them
under Linux -- something like a bad supernode or something. If under
Linux I make an msdos file system on the zip disk, I'm able to read and
write to
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't the format on zip / jazz disks OS
specific? Meaning you can't interchange them between 95 / mac ? (Linex / 95
will work because they both accept the same FAT).
...
..Athas
Macs can read zip disks in either mac format or msdos format (as preformatted,
though not as formatted under Linux). So the interchangeability options
that I seem to have right now are either
mac w95
or else
linux w95
Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't the format on zip / jazz disks OS
On Mon, May 11, 1998 at 08:00:04PM -0400, David B Wilson wrote:
Macs can read zip disks in either mac format or msdos format (as preformatted,
though not as formatted under Linux). So the interchangeability options
that I seem to have right now are either
mac w95
or else
linux w95
I was running fetch this afternoon, and noticed it was downloading messages
for a couple of groups I don't read (my system is single-user)... checking the
interesting groups directory found that they were in fact listed. Does
anybody know what could cause this? I've heard tell of people latching
I was running fetch this afternoon, and noticed it was downloading messages
for a couple of groups I don't read (my system is single-user)... checking the
interesting groups directory found that they were in fact listed. Does
anybody know what could cause this? I've heard tell of people latching
When I run startx I get the following:
xauth: can't load library 'libXmu.so.6'
xinit: can't load library 'libXmu.so.6'
I don't think I have installed everything or set everything up.
What exactly do I need to install using dselect. After I get the packages
and install them what do I have to
I'm confused by your message. You use /dev/sda4 with a parallel port
zip drive? Is insmod ppa only for parallel port zip drives, or for
scsi too? Mine is scsi. I have exactly one scsi device (the zip drive)
and have in the past used /dev/sda. Do the disks normally come preformatted
with four
On Mon, May 11, 1998 at 09:56:15PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Looks like I have one of two alternatives:
1) 'Borrow' the net info from one of the Windows machines and sneak onto
the net at night.
This sounds like what I did at work :)
2) Go with the null-modem cable idea.
Choice
On Mon, May 11, 1998 at 08:37:08PM -0400, David B Wilson wrote:
I'm confused by your message. You use /dev/sda4 with a parallel port
zip drive?
Yes
It seems to me that they come formatted with 1 partition...which is partition
4 (for no apprent reason)
Is insmod ppa only for parallel port zip
On Mon, May 11, 1998 at 06:20:03PM -0300, Trevor Barrie wrote:
I was running fetch this afternoon, and noticed it was downloading messages
for a couple of groups I don't read (my system is single-user)... checking the
interesting groups directory found that they were in fact listed. Does
I love LRP so far, but we are having trouble getting it working.
I tried it on three different systems, get the same repeatable error on each.
(One has an eexpress card, the others 3c509)
1) I get an error at boot time:
SIOCADDRT : network unreachable.
SIOCADDRT : network unreachable.
Hi,
Thank for the Tulip drive information! I'd like to know
how do I find out that my NIC is running at 100 instead
of 10.
Joel Klecker wrote:
At 10:38 -0400 1998-05-10, Alex Yukhimets wrote:
Does the hamm/kernel_2.0.33 include the Tulip network drive?
Yes, but you may need to
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
On Mon, 11 May 1998, Keith Alen Vance wrote:
When I run startx I get the following:
xauth: can't load library 'libXmu.so.6'
xinit: can't load library 'libXmu.so.6'
This particular problem should disappear if you issue the following
command before running
Hi,
I post some question on Linux and ISDN last time and got very
good responses. One user suggested that I should try ADSL.
I'd like to know what support does Linux provide with ADSL,
equipment cost, monthly ISP cost, configuration, reliability,
etc. if any has experience with ADSL
On Mon, 11 May 1998, Timothy C. Phan wrote:
Hi,
I post some question on Linux and ISDN last time and got very
good responses. One user suggested that I should try ADSL.
ADSL is almost always done with an external 'ADSL Modem' (sic) which is
connected to your PC with an ethernet cable.
On 11-May-1998, Trevor Barrie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I was running fetch this afternoon, and noticed it was downloading messages
for a couple of groups I don't read (my system is single-user)... checking the
interesting groups directory found that they were in fact listed. Does
anybody know
On Mon, May 11, 1998 at 11:03:24PM -0300, Jack Kern wrote:
I was running fetch this afternoon, and noticed it was downloading messages
for a couple of groups I don't read (my system is single-user)... checking
the
interesting groups directory found that they were in fact listed. Does
Hi,
Z-Y make config
start to compile kernel. It may take quite a while on a 486.
Z-Y make-kpkg --revision 2 --zImage
make-kpkg is supposed to make a .deb file. But, it didn't on
mine. otherwise you may install the new kernel like just another
debian package.
Umm, Could we have a
On Mon, 11 May 1998, Timothy C. Phan wrote:
Hi,
I post some question on Linux and ISDN last time and got very
good responses. One user suggested that I should try ADSL.
I'd like to know what support does Linux provide with ADSL,
equipment cost, monthly ISP cost, configuration,
On Mon, May 11, 1998 at 09:26:41PM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
The unit itself is usually ~500$ cdn, but the providers around here lease
it for a few dollars a month more.
That sounds nice. Here in the land of .AU, where any decent sized link
is expensive (ISDN is a rip-off here), the cable
Noah L. Meyerhans wrote:
On Mon, 11 May 1998, Keith Alen Vance wrote:
When I run startx I get the following:
xauth: can't load library 'libXmu.so.6'
xinit: can't load library 'libXmu.so.6'
This particular problem should disappear if you issue the following
command before running
Hi,
in my never ending story with exim and header rewriting I've been told (by its
author) to try the new exim. Does anybody know if there's a libc5 release of
this beast, which should be exim_1.92? I know it's in hamm, but I'm not ready
for this libc6 jump.
Also, note I'm not complaining or
i was installing dosemu on my machine and dselect also upgraded other
component on my system but the upgrade of gzip broke,it asked for the
debianutils =1.6 package and i searched in bo-unstable and
bo-updates,i've found nothing,does i need to search in the hamm directory
to find it or it's better
What is policy on software updates to the 'stable' tree? Software there
is somewhat 'stale' and has unacceptable security risks such as Smail
lacking the anti-relay features, bind still being v4.9.6, etc. Should I
just not run 'stable' ? (This might mean I shouldn't run Debian at all,
I
On Mon, May 11, 1998 at 09:55:44PM +0100, Nuno Carvalho wrote:
P.S. BTW what should I do to know the package which a file belongs !
Normally, by dpkg -S thefile. In this case that would not have worked; for
a file that is managed through the alternatives mechanism, you have to
follow the links,
Hi,
I am trying to connect my linux to a Conner SCSI tape. The LUN number on
the tape is correspondent with the Adaptec BIOS, ie number 6. The SCSI host
is detected but not the tape device. I got the following error at boot time:
(scsi0:0:-1:-1) Scanning channel for devices.
scsi: aborting
I've written a REXX script for browsing the Debian Packages
files. It requires Regina REXX. If you're on a Debian system,
it also shows the files that are outdated and misconfigured.
My plan was to also add the Red Hat and SuSe file lists, so a
person could more easily find a piece of Linux
Hello!
I had the following strange problem:
I use Linux/Debian 2.0 on my computer.
There is null-modem cable from ttyS1 to Win95 computer.
Some times ago Win 95/Telemate works fine as a terminal, but now it takes
about 30 minutes just to display /etc/issue. (Output is blocked in 16-bytes
On Sun, May 10, 1998 at 12:22:14PM -0500, Asher Haig wrote:
Has anyone managed to make DOSEmu 97.7 work? There doesn't seem to be a
I have working dosemu 97.7 under Linux/Debian 2.0/Kernel 2.0.33
CONF: memcheck - Fatal error. Memory conflict!
Memory at 0x16400:0x is mapped to both:
On Mon, May 11, 1998 at 07:24:47PM +0100, Adrian Bridgett wrote:
AFAIK you need a 2.1 kernel to use later DOSemu versions.
I have working out-of-the-box dosemu 0.97.7 under 2.0.33.
--
Alexey Vyskubov
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble?
On Tue, May 12, 1998 at 01:58:16AM -0500, Zachary DeAquila wrote:
What is policy on software updates to the 'stable' tree? Software there
is somewhat 'stale' and has unacceptable security risks such as Smail
lacking the anti-relay features, bind still being v4.9.6, etc. Should I
just not
Thanks Oliver,
I had already checked the connections and stuff like that and
I don't believe in luck. That notwithstanding, I take your point that my
port is knackered ... The thing is where on earth am I going to find
someone to fix a 486 motherboard and at what cost .. I asked scan for
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
Hash: SHA1
Hi everybody!
I have a new 3Com 10/100 TX autosense PCI network card (3C905). I
would like to install it on my Debian box but I can't find the right
network module. Does anyone know where I can find the module or driver
source code I need?
Thanks.
Hi everybody,
I know maybe this isn't the right group to ask, sorry for that, but
since comp.os.linux.setup doesn't answer . but there is a
small link with this group anyway and maybe somebody has a hint ?
NT4 is already installed on my PC (one big 3Gb Quantum SCSI-disk.)
I am trying to
/bin/cat :)
great kidder, now that cheered me up
thanks
Jonathan
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Please check to see that lilo has the right parameters for your harddisk
Particularly the bits about Large, LBA ...
--Jonathan
Lil- comes up on the screen and the system hangs
(Just glad I have a recent kernel boot disk =) )
/boot/boot.hda doesn't exist.
I have no WinNT installation
went through, (1+0 in, 1+0 out etc) but made no difference to booting --
still Lil- and system hangs.
My system _did_ work before -- honest!!
Did you alter the bios settings for your hdisk at boot up? ... If you have
auto hdd detection turn that on (as opposed to LBA or LARGE) .. It should
Nathan E Norman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
I've got a Sun Netra I5, with serial console only. The current Debian
boot disks don't like the serial console, so I used RedHat's instead.
Now I've got this Netra Linux box :)
I don't know sun at all, but how about modifying the bootdisks to spawn a
getty
Pierre Blanchet ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
Here, i have 85 PC to install. And the method i will try will be
slighty different (note: it will only work in a network, with a
local mirror):
3) Write a shell script, dpkg-record, something like :
Just out of curiosity: What speaks against using
On 11 May 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
Hi,
Z-Y make config
start to compile kernel. It may take quite a while on a 486.
Z-Y make-kpkg --revision 2 --zImage
make-kpkg is supposed to make a .deb file. But, it didn't on
mine. otherwise you may install the new kernel like just another
I am currently trying to set up X Windows and trying to set up my mouse. The
mouse is Microsoft (it says so on the outside) however when I set it up in
W95 the program in the lower right hand corner says Microsoft IntelliPoint.
Right now I've tried to set it up with both IntelliPoint and Microsoft
Hello all,
I have had the following problem no 2 different hamm systems:
They are configured to start xdm on booting. One machine uses
the S3 xserver, one uses the SVGA xserver. When starting the system,
the screen will flash (xdm keeps trying to start X) and the only way I
have been able to
Dear all,
I aquired a cheap and not very exciting computer 2nd hand, on the
understanding that the monitor was a 14inch VGA. I installed Debian 2,
which is the only OS on my hdd ;), including Xwindows. I can't get my
monitor to work properly.
I tried running XF86Setup, plugged in the
Hello all:
-Original Message-
From: Patrick Ouellette [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org debian-user@lists.debian.org
Date: May 12, 1998 9:00 AM
Subject: XDM doesn't work
Hello all,
I have had the following problem no 2 different hamm systems:
They are configured to
Dear Debian People,
Thought it best to mail this separately to the last one, since the
problems are entirely different. I could do with being able to run a
couple of dos sysadmin programs on Selwyn-Server2, which I can mount using
ncpmount. Unfortunatly, to do so, I need dosemu, which
auplay will play unix *.au files. xmcd will play cd's with au.
Look at man nas ( Network audio system ).
On Mon, 11 May 1998, G. Crimp wrote:
Sorry to keep pestering the list with my sound questions. I thought it
would be better to send each one as separate message rather than dump
On Tue, May 12, 1998 at 09:12:40AM -0400, Peter Iannarelli wrote:
Hello all:
-Original Message-
From: Patrick Ouellette [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org debian-user@lists.debian.org
Date: May 12, 1998 9:00 AM
Subject: XDM doesn't work
Hello all,
I have had
Did you enable SCSI tape drive support in the kernel? I'm not sure if the
Debian kernel image has support for this compiled in or not.
I'm using a Conner tape drive (DDS-2 and a couple of years old) with an
Adapted 2940UW with no problem.
-Ossama
Hi,
The 3c59x module supports both the Vortex and Boomerang series cards. The
3C905 is a Boomerang card so it is supported. :)
The driver is does take advantage of 3C905 features meaning it isn't some
cheapo driver that runs the 3C905 in some compatibility mode. I have the
very same card
Hi,
and how about the GNOME environment. There is not public nor developer
snapshots in actual hamm. Altough it is mostly in alpha stage, it is
quite usable and competitive for kde. Moreover it is to be a
Debian's flagship among all GUI/Desktop projects. What happened to the
previous
RC == Rainer Clasen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
RC Pierre Blanchet ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
Here, i have 85 PC to install. And the method i will try will be
slighty different (note: it will only work in a network, with a
local mirror):
3) Write a shell script, dpkg-record, something
I have several PS/2`s:
3-55sx
6-56sx
1-57sx
1-80
Unfortunately, all have 4Mb of RAM except the Model 57sx which has 12.
Any suggestion? Is 8Mb of RAM enough for running X.
Thanks,
Nick Gilliam
On Mon, 11 May 1998, Nathan E Norman wrote:
On Mon, 11 May 1998, Nick Gilliam wrote:
:
:
On Tue, 12 May 1998, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
: On Mon, May 11, 1998 at 09:26:41PM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
: The unit itself is usually ~500$ cdn, but the providers around here lease
: it for a few dollars a month more.
:
: That sounds nice. Here in the land of .AU, where any decent sized
Hi there...
I just installed the ssl packages from ftp.de.debian.org on both my
Pentium and my 486. These machines are separated spacially and
network-topologically, so it seems to make some sense to want to protect
passwords.
Now, on the Pentium, everything runs nicely. On the 486, it can
On Tue, 12 May 1998, Nick Gilliam wrote:
: I have several PS/2`s:
:
: 3-55sx
: 6-56sx
: 1-57sx
: 1-80
:
: Unfortunately, all have 4Mb of RAM except the Model 57sx which has 12.
: Any suggestion? Is 8Mb of RAM enough for running X.
Hmm, I can't answer that. I don't run X on any of our PS/2s -
On Tue, 12 May 1998, Jules Bean wrote:
: Hi there...
[ snip ]
: Now, on the Pentium, everything runs nicely. On the 486, it can take
: 10-15 *minutes* to complete an ssl-telnet connection. It gets as far as
:
: njm25# telnet blueberry.jellybean.co.uk
: Trying 194.88.75.31...
: Connected to
Peter,
I *do* have the file, I just don't have it with me (it is
on my machine at home and I am at work). The message
xdm leaves in the xdm-errors file was something like
no valid resolutions found. As I said, startx works
so I assume I have a valid XF86Config (I have been
know to be wrong
On Tue, 12 May 1998, Nathan E Norman wrote:
On Tue, 12 May 1998, Jules Bean wrote:
: Hi there...
[ snip ]
: Now, on the Pentium, everything runs nicely. On the 486, it can take
: 10-15 *minutes* to complete an ssl-telnet connection. It gets as far as
:
: njm25# telnet
On Mon, 11 May 1998, Keith Alen Vance wrote:
I want to install xWindows using dselect. I do not know if I am using
dselect properly. I have it set to go to ftp.debian.org and look in
/pub/debian and search only for stable packages. I get a list of a
whole ton of packages. I just don't know
Hi all..
IMNSHO, there is a problem with the integration between our perl package,
and the CPAN module.
The CPAN module (for those who don't know about it) gives the perl
administrator functionality comparable to dselect/dpkg, for installing
perl modules. This is very useful indeed. However,
Nicolás Lichtmaier [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I've updated the manpage reading the info documentation. I think
that the manpages is still very usable for most users, and in Debian
every executable must have one manpage.
I see that you completely ignored my previous suggestions. Very well.
I
Hello,
Recently I acquired an HP LaserJet III for use with our UNIX servers
(most of which run Linux). I also snagged a 486 to act as a print
server. I'm guessing if I RTFM magicfilter docs and HOWTOs I'll get
this going (though any tips are appreciated)
However, this printer came with a
Can anyone give me a hand with this mouse thing, I just can't figure it out.
-Original Message-
From: Crispixbull [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 1998 7:00 AM
To: Linux
Subject: Mouse Fun
I am currently trying to set up X Windows and trying to set up my mouse. The
mouse
Hello-
I did a clean install of 2.0-980504 and after tweaking a couple
things, XDM came up with the login greeting This is an unsecure session.
I can get rid of this message by seting
DisplayManager*authComplain:false
in /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config, but this doesn't seem like
Gregory Guthrie hat gesagt: // Gregory Guthrie wrote:
I have a partition on my W95 hard disk with Debian loaded; and I boot via a
floppy. I want to switch to booting from W95/DOS; so I tried loadlin.
Put it into a directory with Linux, root.bin), and tried it.
loadlin linux root=/dev/ram
Yo-
Can anyone give me a hand with this mouse thing, I just can't figure it out.
If you are sure it is a serial mouse (i.e. a serial connector) and not a
PS/2 mouse then you should be using gpm for the console and and /dev/ttyS0
for the device name in xf86config. If it happens to be a PS/2
Could anyone give me a good reference in order to configure a
voice-faxmodem using mgetty? Is that an easy task?
I am not finding any simple HowTo recipes.
My voice-faxmodem card is a usrobotics sportster 28.8.
Thanks,
Fernando
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL
Where would we be without the number 4? :-) It seems to work now.
the disks are partitiond (try /dev/sda4
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Yeah, this happened to me too. I guess it's a bug. Just do the following as root
and let xdm restart
mkdir /var/lib/xdm
mkdir /var/lib/xdm/authdir
chmod 700 /var/lib/xdm/authdir
mkdir /var/lib/xdm/authdir/authfiles
chmod 700 /var/lib/xdm/authdir/authfiles
You get the 'unsecure session' because
On Tue, 12 May 1998, Jens B. Jorgensen wrote:
Yeah, this happened to me too. I guess it's a bug. Just do the following as
root
and let xdm restart
mkdir /var/lib/xdm
mkdir /var/lib/xdm/authdir
chmod 700 /var/lib/xdm/authdir
mkdir /var/lib/xdm/authdir/authfiles
chmod 700
Frank Barknecht wrote:
Gregory Guthrie hat gesagt: // Gregory Guthrie wrote:
I have a partition on my W95 hard disk with Debian loaded; and I boot via a
floppy. I want to switch to booting from W95/DOS; so I tried loadlin.
Put it into a directory with Linux, root.bin), and tried it.
I have one of those. I have to use ps2 protocol and
/dev/psaux for the device. The intellipoint thing does
not work for me. If anyone has a way to make the wheel
do something (even act as the middle button) I would
like to hear about it...
jim
--
From: Crispixbull[SMTP:[EMAIL
I tried that, I set the mouse protocol to PS/2, the device to psaux, and
tried it with both 3 button emulation on and off. Do I need to do anything
to the gpm (are those the right letters?) to set it up. Do I need to
somewhere assign something to psaux. Any more ideas?
Thanks,
Chris
Hi All.
I know that this isn't the right list to place this question ;) ,
but I got a font from CTAN and I can't make it work. The font is
calligra.mf and I copied it, then I compile with LaTeX and no errors are
reported (as the log file says), but XDVI gives the
On Tue, 12 May 1998, Jules Bean wrote:
IMNSHO, there is a problem with the integration between our perl package,
and the CPAN module.
Yes :)
Check out bug 15797 for discussion of this issue.
If I have correctly analysed the problem, then the 'right' answer involves
dpkg and CPAN somehow
Pierre Blanchet ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
RC == Rainer Clasen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
RC Just out of curiosity: What speaks against using rdist? IIRC somebody
RC suggested this in a previose discussion on this topic.
The idea behind dpkg-record/dpkg-replay is flexibility and
I have recently installed Debain Linux on my system. I have been unable to
install any packages using dselect. I have an ISP account. My modem is a Hayes
Accura 56k internal modem, under windows 95 COM4 is assigned to my modem.
I have checked the Debain FAQOMATIC for help and attempted it
Date: 5/12/98
To: The Debian Org.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: Bert Conliffe
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: The Debian Starter System
Background: For the past few months I've been reading on all fronts
about the superiority of Linux over the incoming Windows '98 and the
Windows NT
Nathan E Norman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[An acquired HP Laserjet III] came with a PacificPage P.E Postscript
cartridge. Anyone have experience with something like this?
Yes, I used it until a year ago. It worked neat, but very
slow. Ghostscript in your Linux box is much faster. On the other
One of my serial ports died when lightning struck the telephone line the
modem was connected to. (I didn't think of disconnecting telephones as
well as the mains.) Also, hardware handbooks often say that you
should turn off equipment at both ends before disconnecting things.
I read
Try this:
http://garfield.msl.net/cgi-bin/pppsetup
Auto-generates a ppp package. Works well, except that I had to manually
create /dev/modem for it to work...
--
--
From: k948368[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Configuring ISP access
Hello Bert!
On Tue, May 12, 1998 at 12:39:24PM -0400, Bert Conliffe wrote:
Now that I have the basic Debian installed what do I do?
This heavily depends on what you want to do with Debian. Please note that
Debian can serve as a development system for various programming languages,
it can
Just for more fun and confusion I have a little more info. First of all I
should tell you that I am a cadet at the United States Air Force Academy and
consequently I was issued (I bought it, but it was deducted from my pay and
given to me like every other one of my classmates) my computer. I tried
Just for more fun and confusion I have a little more info. First of all I
should tell you that I am a cadet at the United States Air Force Academy and
consequently I was issued (I bought it, but it was deducted from my pay and
given to me like every other one of my classmates) my computer. I tried
Dear Bert,
I'm another relative newbie, and I've cut my teeth the hard way, with not
dos or anything to fall back on, and a Vet degree to worry about.
I'll see what I can do for you, since people have been really helpful to
me ;)
Background: For the past few months I've been reading on all
Hi. I was wondering if anyone else had had this problem. It seems
really major. If I'm in console mode, then switch back to X with
alt-f7, and then move the mouse in anticipation of X showing up, it
very often crashes X. The whole thing just comes down and xdm
restarts.
I've just
Yo-
Just for more fun and confusion I have a little more info. First of all I
should tell you that I am a cadet at the United States Air Force Academy and
consequently I was issued (I bought it, but it was deducted from my pay and
given to me like every other one of my classmates) my
: I have several PS/2`s:
:
: 3-55sx
: 6-56sx
: 1-57sx
: 1-80
:
: Unfortunately, all have 4Mb of RAM except the Model 57sx which has 12.
: Any suggestion? Is 8Mb of RAM enough for running X.
Hmm, I can't answer that. I don't run X on any of our PS/2s - they're
all acting in some
On Mon, May 11, 1998 at 08:49:47PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, May 11, 1998 at 08:37:08PM -0400, David B Wilson wrote:
I'm confused by your message. You use /dev/sda4 with a parallel port
zip drive?
Yes
It seems to me that they come formatted with 1 partition...which is
On Tue, May 12, 1998 at 02:06:51PM +0100, M.C. Vernon wrote:
Dear Debian People,
Thought it best to mail this separately to the last one, since the
problems are entirely different. I could do with being able to run a
couple of dos sysadmin programs on Selwyn-Server2, which I can mount
On Tue, May 12, 1998 at 09:21:58AM -0400, Patrick Ouellette wrote:
[snip]
The xdm-errors file gives an error that there are no valid resolutions
for the xserver / monitor. The machine is at home, and I neglected
to beinf the error report with me to work. If there were no valid
resolutions,
Bert Conliffe wrote:
...
Now that I have the basic Debian installed what do I do?
I have a chapter for the yet unreleased user manual on the subject of
basic commands.
You can read this at http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver/user.html.
--
Oliver Elphick[EMAIL
Rather than running xdm all the time (nobody but me ever logs in, and I
can't remote Xdm into the machine because it's behind a firewall), I'd
like to simply write a script in my .bash_profile that determines if I'm
logged on from the console and runs startx if I am.
Anybody got any way for a
I saw your reply to Bert Conliffe an was hoping you could give me similar
assistance.
Personal background:
I've learned computers by sitting in front of them and struggling my way
through them. Currently I use WindowsNT at work with Lotus notes 4.5 for
E-Mail and Netscape for surfing. I can find
Hmm. I don't know much about null modem cables. Too bad you don't have
CD drive handy, but anyway:
man doesn't seem to work on my machine. ( I get bash: man: command not
found)
man's not on the base disks, because the manpages themselves take up
quite a bit of space.
Linux/UNIX book I
1 - 100 of 115 matches
Mail list logo
