Xvidtune

1998-06-17 Thread Alexandre Maneu i Victòria
Hola. Antes de nada agradeceros vuestra ayuda: ya he conseguido arrancar con la resolución que quería. Ahora resulta que inicié el Xvidtune para ajustar todo lo ajustable, y resulta que cuando salgo de X y vuelvo a entrar, la pantalla se me ha vuelto a desconfigurar; dicho de otra manera,

Re: GUS

1998-06-17 Thread Enrique Zanardi
On Wed, Jun 17, 1998 at 02:54:40PM +0200, Alexandre Maneu i Victòria wrote: Hola. Me cambié no hace demasiado de ordenador. Ahora mi tarjeta de sonido es una Gravis UltraSound. He recompilado el kernel muy cuidadosamente y... nada. Cuando intento ejecutar, por ejemplo, un sonido del

Re: Xvidtune

1998-06-17 Thread Marcelo E. Magallon
On Wed, Jun 17, 1998 at 03:19:25PM +0200, Alexandre Maneu i Victòria wrote: Ahora resulta que inicié el Xvidtune para ajustar todo lo ajustable, y resulta que cuando salgo de X y vuelvo a entrar, la pantalla se me ha vuelto a desconfigurar; dicho de otra manera, Xvidtune no me guarda los

Re: GUS

1998-06-17 Thread Marcelo E. Magallon
On Wed, Jun 17, 1998 at 02:54:40PM +0200, Alexandre Maneu i Victòria wrote: He recompilado el kernel muy cuidadosamente y... nada. Cuando intento ejecutar, por ejemplo, un sonido del directorio /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/afterstep/sounds (me parece que no me he equivocado), por ejemplo, bong.au, con

Re: passwd

1998-06-17 Thread Chris
On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Nathan E Norman wrote: On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Jorge Kinoshita wrote: : Hello, : I would like to add many users and build a script to it. I have one : problem with passwords. I would like that the users could alter their : passwords by the web interface, so I have to

Re: passwd

1998-06-17 Thread servis
On 17 Jun, Chris wrote: Also, I plan to make this (and a few other projects) a bit nicer and then hopefully package them. Can anyone give me some info on developing my own packages for addition to debian? How do I go about it and what are the criteria I need to follow? Go to

emacs *very slow* to launch

1998-06-17 Thread Eric House
I'm running 1.3.1 in terminal mode. I launch emacs by typing 'emacs' at the cmd line, and it takes *at least* five minutes to come up. Once up, it works just fine. And other apps don't seem to have this problem: they launch as quickly as ever. Once emacs is running, if I go to another virtual

Re: emacs *very slow* to launch

1998-06-17 Thread Nick Moffitt
On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Eric House wrote: I'm running 1.3.1 in terminal mode. I launch emacs by typing 'emacs' at the cmd line, and it takes *at least* five minutes to come up. Once up, it works just fine. And other apps don't seem to have this problem: they launch as quickly as ever.

Debian 1.31 (bo) preferred method of login for ppp connection

1998-06-17 Thread Chip Grandits
I am unable to get chatscript to log me in for a ppp connection to my ISP. Chat doesn't seem to work and doesn't seem to be supported (I like the message in the man pages - If it breaks you get to keep the pieces). I've given up being able to automate the process - I'll settle for logging in

Re: Debian 1.31 (bo) preferred method of login for ppp connection

1998-06-17 Thread Shaleh
I ppp'ed for a year on bo's ppp. The ISP I worked for originally did the same login: password: routine, now we use PAP. It DOES and CAN work. Please let's start at the beginning and see if we can fix this. For starters, try dpkg --purge'ing ppp and then re-installing it. This way you get the

Work-Needing and Prospective Packages

1998-06-17 Thread wnpp
Work-Needing and Prospective Packages for Debian GNU/Linux [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue, 16 Jun 1998 20:00:11 -0400 This document is intended to identify areas that could use your contributions, and to avoid duplication of work. It

A must read for all Linux and computer lovers

1998-06-17 Thread Shaleh
There is an article from a month or so ago on Salon Magazine's site by Ellen Ullman. She discusses her trip into the world without Microsoft from a techie point of view. It is an absolute must read for anyone who wants to know why, rather than just use something. The URL is:

Re: emacs *very slow* to launch

1998-06-17 Thread Matt Kopishke
This is the behavior I've come to expect from emacs. Eighteen Megs And Constantly Swapping. It's a huge app! What sort of hardware do you have? What version of Emacs? I wouldn't run it on anything sub-pentium, myself. I run Emacs on 586/120 an it seems very snappy... Mabe try

Re: TV tuner fuction (novice question)

1998-06-17 Thread joost
On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Weimin LI wrote: At 05:49 PM 6/16/98 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Due to ATI's refusal to release any specs to potential driver developers, a driver for that card is nonexistant. Actually, the latest news is that someone got hold of some ATI specs after all and is

Re: emacs *very slow* to launch

1998-06-17 Thread Gary L. Hennigan
On Tue, 16 Jun 1998 16:46:54 -0700 (PDT) Nick Moffitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] | On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Eric House wrote: | | I'm running 1.3.1 in terminal mode. I launch emacs by typing 'emacs' | at the cmd line, and it takes *at least* five minutes to come up. | Once up, it works just fine. And

Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-17 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Tue, Jun 16, 1998 at 10:47:20AM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: No, I draw an alternate conclusion based on facts and experiences seperate from your own. We both could go blue in the face (or get advanced carpal tunnel) defending our stances. I do not think either is wrong. I just don't

Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-17 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Tue, Jun 16, 1998 at 10:25:08PM +0200, Jens Ritter wrote: Neil Cheshire [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Should I really wait for the stable release? Seeing as I am not desperate to upgrade? In case it is expensive for you to get internet access, it is wise to wait for official cdroms.

Re: wav to mp3

1998-06-17 Thread Eric Leblanc
Hi, Check for mp3-8hz in the Incoming dir of Debian for an available mp3 encoder. Eric L. -- The best answer when anybody asks you if you're any good with explosives is to hold up two open hands and simply say Ten -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe.

public mirrors of Incoming?

1998-06-17 Thread Pann McCuaig
Are there any other public mirrors of Incoming in the US? I haven't been able to get into llug.sep.bnl.gov this afternoon, and none of the other US mirrors listed in README.mirrors has Incoming. I need pcmcia-modules for 2.0.34 to complete a test. Cheers, Pann -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: emacs *very slow* to launch

1998-06-17 Thread M.C. Vernon
On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Nick Moffitt wrote: On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Eric House wrote: I'm running 1.3.1 in terminal mode. I launch emacs by typing 'emacs' at the cmd line, and it takes *at least* five minutes to come up. Once up, it works just fine. And other apps don't seem to have this

Re: emacs *very slow* to launch

1998-06-17 Thread servis
On 16 Jun, Eric House wrote: I'm running 1.3.1 in terminal mode. I launch emacs by typing 'emacs' at the cmd line, and it takes *at least* five minutes to come up. Once up, it works just fine. And other apps don't seem to have this problem: they launch as quickly as ever. Once emacs is

Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-17 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Tue, Jun 16, 1998 at 05:38:51PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: On Wed, 17 Jun 1998 10:36:24 +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: But that is a design goal of the distribution. If it is not being met, it is a bug -- please report bugs as appropriate. It is an unobtainable goal. I couldn't agree

Re: emacs *very slow* to launch

1998-06-17 Thread DAVID B. TEAGUE
On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Nick Moffitt wrote: On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Eric House wrote: [...] I launch emacs by typing 'emacs' at the cmd line, and it takes *at least* five minutes to come up. Once up, it works just fine. And other apps don't seem to have this problem: they launch as quickly

Re: Holy Water in my system? Daemons keep dying . . .

1998-06-17 Thread John Goerzen
OK, I don't mind that as long as the bug is left open (with severity downgraded, of course). John Brandon Mitchell [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On 15 Jun 1998, John Goerzen wrote: Or, just put a 2 second sleep between the kill and start in the /etc/init.d/lpd restart section. Why

Re: pci problem with dell

1998-06-17 Thread Don
The driver is at: 3c59x.c:v0.99E 5/12/98 Donald Becker http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/vortex.html\n;; This is the bd. on Dell computer, 3c905B Cyclone 10 / 100baseTx If you can't get it, I will send to you. Don -Original Message- From: Mark H. Mabry [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

Learning C

1998-06-17 Thread M.C. Vernon
Dear all, I guess I could probably RTFM, but there you are. I know basic C, and I'd like to get used to using libraries. Debian (Linux, generally) being what it is, I'm pretty sure there are some packages in the devel section that will come with docs that tell me how to take my C further

Re: emacs *very slow* to launch

1998-06-17 Thread Eric House
On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Nick Moffitt wrote: On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, I wrote: I'm running 1.3.1 in terminal mode. I launch emacs by typing 'emacs' at the cmd line, and it takes *at least* five minutes to come up. Once up, it works just fine. And other apps don't seem to have this problem:

Re: emacs *very slow* to launch

1998-06-17 Thread Eric House
On 16 Jun 1998, Gary L. Hennigan wrote: I suspect this isn't a problem of application size. He'd have to be using a 386 with 4MB of memory for emacs to take 5 minutes to load. More likely it's a problem with emacs trying to get your hostname using gethostbyname() or some such. [Eric],

Re: Xfree86 installation a.out/ELF

1998-06-17 Thread Ed Cogburn
Psychotron wrote: Hi All, Well, I decided to use Linux two months ago and as you may see, I'm quite still a layman on the subject. Anyway, I'm trying to find anyone who could help me installing and get running the Xfree86. I downloaded the other day the files that would

Re: Learning C

1998-06-17 Thread sjc
On Wed, Jun 17, 1998 at 02:14:48AM +0100, M.C. Vernon wrote: Dear all, I guess I could probably RTFM, but there you are. I know basic C, and I'd like to get used to using libraries. I have myself been refered to the libc documentation itself but... Other than that I know of nothing

kde setup...

1998-06-17 Thread Rich Hartman
Hello all, First, let me say that I am a total beginner... I am having a problem (I think) installing KDE (running hamm). I have installed all deb packages - now what? When I tried to run kde at the prompt in X, it spit forth messages about unable to access sound card, etc... the next time I

Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-17 Thread Ed Cogburn
Hamish Moffatt wrote: On Tue, Jun 16, 1998 at 10:25:08PM +0200, Jens Ritter wrote: Neil Cheshire [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Should I really wait for the stable release? Seeing as I am not desperate to upgrade? In case it is expensive for you to get internet access, it is wise to

Re: netscape 4 configuration

1998-06-17 Thread Ed Cogburn
Brian Morgan wrote: I've installed netscape 4 from dselect, but when I try to configure it (also in dselect), I get the following error messages: The netscape archive must be in /tmp, owned by root, and under a name matching one of the following: communicator-v4*.x86-*-linux*.tar*

Re: Learning C

1998-06-17 Thread DAVID B. TEAGUE
On Wed, 17 Jun 1998, M.C. Vernon wrote: I guess I could probably RTFM, but there you are. I know basic C, and I'd like to get used to using libraries. Debian (Linux, generally) being what it is, I'm pretty sure there are some packages in the devel section that will come with docs that

Debian 1.1 problems.

1998-06-17 Thread Marcus Johnson
On Fri, 29 May 1998 Marcus Brinkmann wrote: So, given the fact I'm not in a position to compel the admin to upgrade to Debian 1.3 or 2.0 (but can and will lobby for it), Probably your admin will feel more necouraged if you show him some of the root shell expoits that have been found since them

Re: public mirrors of Incoming?

1998-06-17 Thread Brandon Mitchell
On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Pann McCuaig wrote: Are there any other public mirrors of Incoming in the US? http://ftp1.us.debian.org/debian/Incoming/ I need pcmcia-modules for 2.0.34 to complete a test. Unfortunately I didn't see it in there. Brandon --+--

Re: Netscape script: where is it?

1998-06-17 Thread Ed Cogburn
Brian Morgan wrote: I've downloaded netscape into the /tmp directory with the proper naming convention. When I run dselect to configure it, everything seems to be ok, but it doesn't do anything in Xwindows when I try to run it. Here's my question. Where is the install script that is

Re: Debian 1.1 problems.

1998-06-17 Thread sjc
On Tue, Jun 16, 1998 at 07:42:04PM -0700, Marcus Johnson wrote: On Fri, 29 May 1998 Marcus Brinkmann wrote: So, given the fact I'm not in a position to compel the admin to upgrade to Debian 1.3 or 2.0 (but can and will lobby for it), Probably your admin will feel more necouraged if you

Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-17 Thread Robert Wilderspin
On 16 Jun 98 17:39:36 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is the package cruft in slink, which will compare dpkg's databases with the installed files and print the differences (taking a lot of further input into account). It sounds like cruft does much the same as the verify script found in RPM

Re: Mysterious frequent crashes at the same interval on three machines.

1998-06-17 Thread Robert Wilderspin
On 16 Jun 98 18:19:20 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Autumn) wrote: I've tried throwing up my hands in frustration, but so far it hasn't helped. Hmm. Have you tried tapping your fingers angrily on the desk? I have three Debian machines here, and they're rebooting quite frequently on almost exactly

Re: chat will not send password

1998-06-17 Thread Lindsay Allen
ogin: chipg\r Password: zzz\r The return in a chat script is automatic. If you _don't_ want a return you must use \c to stop it. So by having chipg\r you are actually sending chipg returnreturn which sends a null string to whatever comes after the login - in this case the password.

Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-17 Thread Robert Wilderspin
On 17 Jun 98 03:19:07 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Jun 16, 1998 at 10:25:08PM +0200, Jens Ritter wrote: Neil Cheshire [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Should I really wait for the stable release? Seeing as I am not desperate to upgrade? In case it is expensive for you to get

Re: kde setup...

1998-06-17 Thread Ole J. Tetlie
* Rich Hartman [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | When I tried to run kde at the prompt in X, it spit forth messages | about unable to access sound card, etc... the next time I tried to kde comes with it's own window manager - kwm. If another manager was already running, kwm won't start. Unable to access

Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-17 Thread paulwade
On Wed, 17 Jun 1998, Robert Wilderspin wrote: Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 03:27:50 GMT From: Robert Wilderspin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Please clarify... Resent-Date: 17 Jun 1998 04:20:23 - Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org Resent-cc:

Package installation via floppy problem

1998-06-17 Thread Andrew Leonard
Hi, I'm a brand new Debian user, and quite the Unix/Linux newbie as well. Excuse me for presenting a rather archaic problem. I am attempting to install Debian Linux on a 486sx33 Toshiba laptop. I have no external CD-ROM, so I've been doing everything through the somewhat torturous manner of

Re: A friendly #linux

1998-06-17 Thread Steve Lamb
Damn, got zapped by the no reply-to again. ==BEGIN FORWARDED MESSAGE== From: Steve Lamb [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: James Blackwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 00:41:45 -0700 Reply-To: Steve Lamb [EMAIL PROTECTED] Priority: Normal X-Mailer: PMMail 98

Re: Mysterious frequent crashes at the same interval on three ma

1998-06-17 Thread E.L. Meijer \(Eric\)
If the latter, then the Society for the Investigation of Paranormal Phenomena would like to hear from you. Sorry I didn't make that clear. It is the latter. The first machine goes, and six hours later the next machine goes, and ten minutes later, the last one goes. The interval

Re: A friendly #linux

1998-06-17 Thread Steve Lamb
On Wed, 17 Jun 1998 00:58:32 -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: Damn, got zapped by the no reply-to again. Geez, then I forwarded it to the wrong list. :/ My apologies for that fubar. -- Steve C. Lamb | Opinions expressed by me are not my

HELP! ImageMagick = 3.9.1 for bo needed Was: Problems with ImageMagick in bo (Debian 1.3.r6)

1998-06-17 Thread Wojciech Marek Zabolotny
Hi All! I've checked ImageMagick 3.9.1 in RedHat 5.1, and it works OK. Probably the reason of my problem is a bug in ImageMagick = 3.8.2 The another problem is however, that I can't find any newer version which compiles in bo. The 4.0.4 version, which I've found in hamm distribution uses

Re: A friendly #linux

1998-06-17 Thread Steve Lamb
On Tue, 16 Jun 1998 22:45:28 -0700 (PDT), James Blackwell wrote: Oh, I'm sure that they have the motive *currently*, but companies have a very nasty tendancy of not remaining that way for ver long. No, individuals do. Perhaps individuals do, I'm not able to make that judgement. But

Re: A friendly #linux

1998-06-17 Thread Steve Lamb
On Wed, 17 Jun 1998 01:02:55 -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: Geez, did it twice. Someone slap me silly./ -- Steve C. Lamb | Opinions expressed by me are not my http://www.calweb.com/~morpheus| employer's. They hired me for my ICQ: 5107343

urgen - xdm locks down video and system - won't shut off

1998-06-17 Thread Micha Feigin
I moved a hardisk from my computer at home to another one to try and see how the system runs on a stronger coputer. My home machine is a 486 with a trident 8900d video board The first computer i tried it on was a pentium using a cirus logicvideo board. The system went up fine untill saying :

Partitioning questions.

1998-06-17 Thread Max Lawson
Hi all, Today's is a great day. A friend of mine and I are going to have our boxes. I'm in trouble: I need to have the boxes ready quickly. i've ordered Hamm CDs, but haven't received them yet. All I've available is RH5.0 CDs. i'm _going_ to install it _first_. The way I would like

Re: urgen - xdm locks down video and system - won't shut off

1998-06-17 Thread Ole J. Tetlie
* Micha Feigin [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | I don't know if there is a way to stop xdm from starting before it | starts without going into the system (ie. boot prompt or hot keys). Try linux single at the bootprompt. This should get you into maintainance-mode (root with no X). Good Luck, -- Ole --

XWindows

1998-06-17 Thread Ivan
Hi - sorry to trouble you all again ! It seems the whole world except me runs X - and I would like to join them. I installed Bo via FTP using the dselect defaults which I thought would include X - does it ? If so, how do I activate it - it seems the usual method is xdm or xstart but neither

smail

1998-06-17 Thread Peter Shtinkov
Can you tell me how to set smtp_remote_allow properly with 2 networks in smail config (Hamm - distribution). Thank you. begin: vcard fn: Peter Shtinkov n: Shtinkov;Peter org:Spectrum NET email;internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] title: System

retrieving gifs through HTTP from script

1998-06-17 Thread Nico De Ranter
Hi, I need to write a script dat will download a gif from an HTTP server. Unfortunately it turns out that when I telnet to the webserver (port 80), issue GET test.gif and pour the output into a file (making sure to remove the three header lines) the gif turns out not to be useable. My best

Re: A friendly #linux

1998-06-17 Thread M.C. Vernon
Steve, As for me, it is simple. I buy the parts, build my own. I've built my own since my first PC was bought, a Hyundai 386sx-16 w/DOS 6.22 on it and nothing else. I realized long ago, 9 years now, that the big names also equate to proprietary configurations, lock you into a single

Re: retrieving gifs through HTTP from script

1998-06-17 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Wed, Jun 17, 1998 at 11:51:33AM +0200, Nico De Ranter wrote: I need to write a script dat will download a gif from an HTTP server. Unfortunately it turns out that when I telnet to the webserver (port 80), issue GET test.gif and pour the output into a file (making sure to remove the three

Re: compiling sendmail on libc6: redefinitions in socket.h

1998-06-17 Thread Lutz Kotoll
Hi, On 16 Jun 1998, Jens Ritter wrote: Have a look at the slink sendmail package. debian/dists/slink/main/source/mail/sendmail_8.9.0-3.diff.gz etc. ahh, nice to have it as a package. But: that doesn't help me compile it myself (from the original sources) -- how do i get around the error

print permissions

1998-06-17 Thread Paul Miller
How can I control who can print and who can't? Thanks -Paul -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: retrieving gifs through HTTP from script

1998-06-17 Thread Ted Harding
On 17-Jun-98 Nico De Ranter wrote: I need to write a script dat will download a gif from an HTTP server. Unfortunately it turns out that when I telnet to the webserver (port 80), issue GET test.gif and pour the output into a file (making sure to remove the three header lines) the gif turns

Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-17 Thread Fabien Ninoles
On Wed, Jun 17, 1998 at 02:33:04AM +, Robert Wilderspin wrote: On 16 Jun 98 17:39:36 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is the package cruft in slink, which will compare dpkg's databases with the installed files and print the differences (taking a lot of further input into account).

Re: Learning C

1998-06-17 Thread Fabien Ninoles
On Wed, Jun 17, 1998 at 02:14:48AM +0100, M.C. Vernon wrote: Dear all, I guess I could probably RTFM, but there you are. I know basic C, and I'd like to get used to using libraries. Debian (Linux, generally) being what it is, I'm pretty sure there are some packages in the devel

Re: XWindows

1998-06-17 Thread Ossama Othman
Hi, You need the xbase package. Dselect will tell you what else xbase depends on, so start off with that. Basically, you will need the xbase package, an X server package, X libraries, fonts and a window manager; all of which are in the X11 section. Have fun. :) -Ossama

Re: Apple II Emulator

1998-06-17 Thread sjc
On Tue, Jun 16, 1998 at 03:36:55AM +, Rev. Joseph Carter wrote: On Tue, Jun 16, 1998 at 08:22:33PM -0400, Carlos Figueroa wrote: Do you have a Apple IIgs emulator? E-Mailme at [EMAIL PROTECTED] . There is one, xgs. At this time, there is not a .deb of it and you need a ROM image for

SECS Drivers

1998-06-17 Thread Shai
Dear Madam/Sir, Tadin Ltd. is seriously considering purchasing Debian Linux OS, applications (e.g., Data bases, backup, dial-up etc.) and Development tools for our monitoring product. Tadin Ltd. develops and sells monitoring and diagnostic system for the semiconductor industry. We are currently

Re: print permissions

1998-06-17 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Wed, Jun 17, 1998 at 08:14:00AM -0400, Paul Miller wrote: How can I control who can print and who can't? I am guessing, but I guess you could put everyone who may print in the lp group, and remove the setgid bit on /usr/bin/lpr* -- but then those users will be able to play with the files in

Re: A friendly #linux

1998-06-17 Thread sjc
On Wed, Jun 17, 1998 at 11:19:20AM +0100, M.C. Vernon wrote: Steve, As for me, it is simple. I buy the parts, build my own. I've built my own since my first PC was bought, a Hyundai 386sx-16 w/DOS 6.22 on it and nothing else. I realized long ago, 9 years now, that the big names

Re: HELP! ImageMagick = 3.9.1 for bo needed Was: Problems with ImageMagick in bo (Debian 1.3.r6)

1998-06-17 Thread Scott Ellis
On Wed, 17 Jun 1998, Wojciech Marek Zabolotny wrote: I've checked ImageMagick 3.9.1 in RedHat 5.1, and it works OK. Probably the reason of my problem is a bug in ImageMagick = 3.8.2 The another problem is however, that I can't find any newer version which compiles in bo. The 4.0.4 version,

Re: retrieving gifs through HTTP from script

1998-06-17 Thread servis
On 17 Jun, Nico De Ranter wrote: Hi, I need to write a script dat will download a gif from an HTTP server. Unfortunately it turns out that when I telnet to the webserver (port 80), issue GET test.gif and pour the output into a file (making sure to remove the three header lines) the gif

Re: 8 GB limit on cfdisk?

1998-06-17 Thread Mark H. Mabry
Martin == Martin Str|mberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote the following on Tue, 16 Jun 1998 21:05:24 +0200 Mark I'm having a problem partitioning my 9.6 GB harddrive on my Mark Dell P-II 400. This is an EIDE drive. When I use cfdisk, it Mark sees only 8 GB. I believe that this is due to a

Re: Apple II Emulator

1998-06-17 Thread Jeff Noxon
On Wed, Jun 17, 1998 at 09:13:44AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bad newsI can't find xgs anywhere! I just spent some time digging around the web, I found its offcial homepage is gone...I was able to find the authors homepage but it contained no mention of xgs, all I could fine was

Re: HELP! ImageMagick = 3.9.1 for bo needed Was: Problems with ImageMagick in bo (Debian 1.3.r6)

1998-06-17 Thread paulwade
I use it on a bo platform. Look at the dependancies. debhelper on bo needs perl and fileutils upgraded first. It is a package of scripts, so it doesn't care about libc versions. +--+ + Paul Wade

Startup files disappeared [Urgent!]

1998-06-17 Thread Jay Barbee
Well the good news is, My Debian system has been up handling daily routines (and running RC5 challenge they whole time G) for the past 93 days. They only thing that shut it down was a scheduled poweroutage for a weekend repair. The bad new is, 93 days later, I am poking around and I noticed

Re: 8 GB limit on cfdisk?

1998-06-17 Thread Yamamoto Hirotaka
Mark H. Mabry [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Martin Are you using the setting LBA in the BIOS? I think I do and Martin I have a 8.5GB disk with heads 255 sectors 63 and cylinders Martin 784. Those are not near any 1024 limit. Yes, LBA is enabled in the BIOS. I know I'm asking a silly

Netscape tarball: how to use it

1998-06-17 Thread Brian Morgan
I've downloaded netscape's tarball, and unzipped it with gunzip. Now how do I access it to run the ns-install script? I guess I need a basic lesson in What's a tarball? Is it anything like a tarbaby? Is it like a zipped file in dos? Forgive me for these remedial questions. I've only been

Re: Netscape tarball: how to use it

1998-06-17 Thread David Z. Maze
Brian Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: BM I've downloaded netscape's tarball, and unzipped it with gunzip. BM Now how do I access it to run the ns-install script? I guess I BM need a basic lesson in What's a tarball? Is it anything like a BM tarbaby? Is it like a zipped file in dos? A tarball

Re: print permissions

1998-06-17 Thread tko
Hamish Moffatt writes: On Wed, Jun 17, 1998 at 08:14:00AM -0400, Paul Miller wrote: How can I control who can print and who can't? I am guessing, but I guess you could put everyone who may print in the lp group, and remove the setgid bit on /usr/bin/lpr* -- but then those users will be

Re: A must read for all Linux and computer lovers

1998-06-17 Thread tko
Shaleh writes: There is an article from a month or so ago on Salon Magazine's site by Ellen Ullman. She discusses her trip into the world without Microsoft from a techie point of view. It is an absolute must read for anyone who wants to know why, rather than just use something. The URL

Re: XWindows

1998-06-17 Thread Paul McDermott
hello, you need the following for a mimimum x install. xbase, xbook, xfntbase, xfntbig, xfnt100 xfnt75, xfntcyr, xfntpex, xfntscl, xfntil2, xlib6g, xserver-whatever-your-video-card-is (usually xserver-svga) there is also xmanpages and xext. you can download them via ftp and use dpkg -i

HELP: hosed /etc

1998-06-17 Thread Will Lowe
In the process of installing a tape drive so I could back up /etc and my dpkg selections, I've managed to hose /etc ... just the top-level directory; all the subdirectories are fine. Is there some way (once I get a passwd file back, probably by copying over the passwd file from a rescue disk

Re: print permissions

1998-06-17 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Wed, Jun 17, 1998 at 10:51:11AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hamish Moffatt writes: On Wed, Jun 17, 1998 at 08:14:00AM -0400, Paul Miller wrote: How can I control who can print and who can't? I am guessing, but I guess you could put everyone who may print in the lp group, and

Re: A must read for all Linux and computer lovers

1998-06-17 Thread E.L. Meijer \(Eric\)
Shaleh writes: There is an article from a month or so ago on Salon Magazine's site by Ellen Ullman. She discusses her trip into the world without Microsoft from a techie point of view. It is an absolute must read for anyone who wants to know why, rather than just use something.

Re: Startup files disappeared [Urgent!]

1998-06-17 Thread Scott Ellis
Did you install the file-rc package? Is /etc/init.d/* still there? On Wed, 17 Jun 1998, Jay Barbee wrote: Well the good news is, My Debian system has been up handling daily routines (and running RC5 challenge they whole time G) for the past 93 days. They only thing that shut it down

Re: print permissions

1998-06-17 Thread E.L. Meijer \(Eric\)
On Wed, Jun 17, 1998 at 10:51:11AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hamish Moffatt writes: On Wed, Jun 17, 1998 at 08:14:00AM -0400, Paul Miller wrote: How can I control who can print and who can't? I am guessing, but I guess you could put everyone who may print in the lp

Re: apache_1.1.3-6 preinstall script giving errors

1998-06-17 Thread Douglas Bates
LeRoy D. Cressy [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Douglas Bates wrote: I was having trouble installing apache_1.1.3-6 on a bo machine that had an earlier apache (1.0.x) installed. I kept getting an error in the pre-installation script. I thought it was because of the previous version so I

Re: Apple II Emulator

1998-06-17 Thread sjc
On Wed, Jun 17, 1998 at 09:07:35AM -0500, Jeff Noxon wrote: On Wed, Jun 17, 1998 at 09:13:44AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bad newsI can't find xgs anywhere! I just spent some time digging around the web, I found its offcial homepage is gone...I was able to find the authors homepage

Re: print permissions

1998-06-17 Thread Glynn Clements
Paul Miller wrote: How can I control who can print and who can't? If you specify a group using the `rg' option in /etc/printcap, only members of that group are allowed to print. -- Glynn Clements [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

major vendors and linux [was: A friendly #linux

1998-06-17 Thread Richard E. Hawkins Esq.
And I can buy PCs without Windows. I never *HAVE* bought a PC with windows. Consider that a pop quiz for ya. Well, there's a few people that would like your hookups then, because a *lot* of people complain that they can't get a built box without an OS. From the major vendors?

RE: Learning C

1998-06-17 Thread Mark Ciciretti
A good book to start with is Begining Linux Programing by Wrox Press. On 17-Jun-98 M.C. Vernon wrote: Dear all, I guess I could probably RTFM, but there you are. I know basic C, and I'd like to get used to using libraries. Debian (Linux, generally) being what it is, I'm pretty

Re: print permissions

1998-06-17 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Wed, Jun 17, 1998 at 05:12:20PM +0200, E.L. Meijer Eric wrote: What about this: -rwsr-sr-x 1 root lp 14236 Jul 30 1997 /usr/bin/lpr -rwxr-xr-x 1 root lp 14236 Jul 30 1997 /usr/bin/lpr.orig (fake listing, just for demo purposes) Now lpr is the wrapper

Re: Startup files disappeared [Urgent!]

1998-06-17 Thread Jay Barbee
/etc/init.d/* is all there as far as I can see. File-rc 0.4.1 is installed but does not have any description in dselect. I am going to remove it and reinstall it. Did you install the file-rc package? Is /etc/init.d/* still there? On Wed, 17 Jun 1998, Jay Barbee wrote: Well the good

Re: Startup files disappeared [Urgent!]

1998-06-17 Thread Jay Barbee
I went into dselect and removed the package file-rc. Now it is in a state: file-rc removed (configs remain); remove (was: remove). Extra ...and everything is back in the /etc directory... all the init.d files are still there and all the rc#/d directories are back, and symbolic links

ISDN Setup - fixed, thanks!

1998-06-17 Thread Robert de Forest
Thanks to all who replied to my question about a USR Courier I-Modem setup, especially Jens B. Jorgensen, whose answer was both complete and courtious. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-17 Thread CHUCK
Can you give me or point me to 1.1 to 1.2 to 1.3, or 1.1 to 1.3, upgrade instructions? Thanks. Chuck Kaufman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Appending Postscript Fonts when printing.

1998-06-17 Thread Alexander Kushnirenko
Hi, I'm trying to print Postscript files on remote network postscript printer (HP5SI). PS file include some special fonts (KOI8 actually). Fonts (*.pfa) are installed on my system and I can see PS file using gv for example. But when I send them to printer server apparently does not have

Netscape mail settings

1998-06-17 Thread Brian Morgan
Thanks to all who have helped me thusfar: A few questions about netscape's settings: 1.I can send mail, using debian.greenville.edu as my outgoing mail (SMTP) server (debian is the host name for my debian system), and others receive it fine. However, when I try to receive mail using the

Re: smail

1998-06-17 Thread Martin Bialasinski
PS == Peter Shtinkov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: PS Can you tell me how to set smtp_remote_allow properly with 2 networks PS in smail config (Hamm - distribution). [Please configure your mailer to break lines after 70 characters] This is described in man smail-config rather longish.

Re: Startup files disappeared [Urgent!]

1998-06-17 Thread Martin Bialasinski
JB == Jay Barbee [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: JB I don't ever remember touching this package before (file-rc), what is JB it's story? JB is it needed? Should I hit reinstall in dselect? file-rc is an approach to handle the scripts in init.d in another fashion then trough the symlinks in rc.*

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