On May 29, Bruce Perens wrote
From: Che Fox [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Pretty much everything went well -- the biggest surprise was that
the base disks, although there were 5 of them, offered *much* more
functionality this time around than ever before. Having elvis was
lovely
That's not
Thanks for your response!
I tracked the problem down to ECC failures. Here is what happens: first time
after format, the ftape gives ECC failures, but taper (the app I was using)
told me that it saw unknown data, and asked me if it should overwrite it...
before I made the connection between the
From: Igor Grobman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bruce, you must have missed the latest editor war while on vacation! :).
As a result, we have elvis-tiny (the reduced elvis) on the base disks (no
impersonators! ).
Oh. I hope nobody gets too used to it - eventually I'd like to shrink
that disk some more so
On May 29, Bruce Perens wrote
From: Igor Grobman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bruce, you must have missed the latest editor war while on vacation! :).
As a result, we have elvis-tiny (the reduced elvis) on the base disks (no
impersonators! ).
Oh. I hope nobody gets too used to it - eventually I'd
From: Igor Grobman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Note that I said on the base disks. Rescue disk still has the good old
ugly ae on it :).
OK. Try ae -f /etc/ae2vi.rc on a 1.3 system sometime. It's impressive
what you can do with a 23k editor!
Bruce
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On May 22, Kendrick Myatt wrote
Be happy to make them... what all is involved? Do I have to have permission
of the author or anything weird like that? Please point me in the direction
oif whatever I need to get started.
Sorry for the delay...
To get started building Debian packages, you
On Thu, 29 May 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Just wondering if anyone out there has gotten any of the
PCMCIA Ethernet/Modem cards working under Debian/Linux on
a laptop? I'm looking at buying one.. but, of course I would
like to buy a brand that I should be able to get to work
under Debian.
I am trying to install the basic ftp file set, and I get the
following errors:
-
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libreadline2-dev:
libreadline2-dev depends on libreadline2 (= 2.0.1-2); however:
Version of libreadline2 on system is 2.1-2.
Is anyone using Efax? According to Page 15 of the manpage one can add
an entry to /etc/printcap and then print to efax as though it was a
regular printer. It didn't work for me as expected, I was given an error
message fax: No Such printer. Has anyone had success using this method
and if so could
On May 29, Curt Howland wrote
I am trying to install the basic ftp file set, and I get the
following errors:
The problem is that the versions of libc5 and libc5-dev don't match (and
likewise for libreadline2 and libreadline2-dev). If you're not planning on
doing development, you don't need
Bruce Perens ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: From: Igor Grobman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
: Bruce, you must have missed the latest editor war while on vacation! :).
: As a result, we have elvis-tiny (the reduced elvis) on the base disks (no
: impersonators! ).
:
: Oh. I hope nobody gets too used to it -
On Thu, 29 May 1997, Bruce Perens wrote:
From: Che Fox [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Pretty much everything went well -- the biggest surprise was that
the base disks, although there were 5 of them, offered *much* more
functionality this time around than ever before. Having elvis was
lovely
That's
Igor Grobman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Note that I said on the base disks. Rescue disk still has the good old
: ugly ae on it :).
Ooppsss. Sorry for my last message. I read this one too late :-)
E.-
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Attempting to run xvmount, I get an error msg: can't load library
'libxview.so.3'. Doing an ls in /usr/X11R6/lib shows that in fact
libxview.so.3 is there (and is a link to libxview.so.3.2.3). Something
missing here?
Jim
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I solved the compiling problem I was having b4. Now I'm having all kinds
of fun new problems trying to compile one with ppp and other options. Just
thought I'd gripe... :P
Thanks 4 listening :)
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I have a compaq presario 336 modem that isn't plug-n-play but doesn't seem
to be recognised. Is their a trick to it or is it another of Compaq's
little tricks to isolate their hardware?
L8R,
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I have just tested out a laptop, and I recommend that you AVOID the
Dell Latitude.
They newer ones comes with an unsupported graphic card (MagigGraph or
NeoMagic). The result was both that I could not combine X in high
resolution (800x600) and text mode (if one was working the other was
unusable)
I'm trying to use amd 5.2.2.2 unoficial patch lev 102 under debian 1.2
could some other users please post their amd configuration files, with
copious comments? As far as I can tell from the error messages, the
NFS systems are never mounted anywhere in any way. Trafshow tells me
that no udp
Hi!
I use the debian-linux distribution for some month. Now I have a small
problem: If I start the game squake as user, I get the message:
svgalib: Cannot open /dev/console.
Exit -1
If I start this game as root then everythink is ok. But I don't like to
start any game as root. Also few weeks
I recently installed Staroffice on my Debian computer. I found a problem,
which is caused by Debian, not by StarOffice. When I start a screen
presentation with star draw, it uses large X fonts, which look ugly, because
they are zoomed pixel fonts. As far as I know, there are Type1 fonts
http://goblet.anu.edu.au/~m9305357/type1inst.html contains information about
type1 fonts, if it is neccessary to build such a package.
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Actually Bruce, although the ae imposter is still included, it has been
superceded by a tiny version of elvis. The worst part of it is that this
version refuses to let other versions of vi execute after they have been
installed. I haven't had the time to
# dpkg -i povray-manual_3.0.10-3.deb
gzip: stdout: Broken pipe
Could you check the file povray-manual_3.0.10-3.deb ?
Is it equal to:
bo/binary-all/graphics$ ls -al povray-manual_3.0.10-3.deb
-r--r--r-- 1 joostusers 1518294 Apr 10 21:57
povray-manual_3.0.10-3.deb
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On May 29, Curt Howland wrote
I am trying to install the basic ftp file set, and I get the
following errors:
The problem is that the versions of libc5 and libc5-dev don't match (and
likewise
for libreadline2 and libreadline2-dev). If you're not
On 30 May 1997, Mark Boyns wrote:
29 May 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Actually Bruce, although the ae imposter is still included, it has been
superceded by a tiny version of elvis. The worst part of it is that this
version refuses to let other versions of vi execute after they have
I have reported this as a bug in the libc6 package but I think it is
important enough to warn people on this list also. It appears that
the ecvt function in libc6 version 2.0.3-4 is producing incorrect
results. A test program shown below produces different results when
compiled against libc6 and
On Fri, 30 May 1997, Klaus Ethgen wrote:
problem: If I start the game squake as user, I get the message:
svgalib: Cannot open /dev/console.
Exit -1
If I start this game as root then everythink is ok. But I don't like to
start any game as root. Also few weeks ago there was no problem.
HELP,
Here is the problem. I upgraded to frozen from uiarchive.uiuc.edu
over the weekend. I am having all kinds of network type problems now.
Everything upgraded ok with no real problems that couldn't be fixed
with a second run of install in dselect. I am running on a stand
alone machine at
Robert D. Hilliard wrote:
When ifconfig reports packet errors, does this mean errors that
were caught and corrected, or does it mean errors that got through?
Note that the ifconfig output showed the packets as dropped. Thus,
the packets didn't get through. ppp has a CRC checksum in every
On Tue, 27 May 1997, Nathan E Norman wrote:
The crypt (1) algorithm is based on the German WWII era Enigma cipher
- except that it's not as good. It emulates an Enigma machine with one
rotor. I'll point out that the chaps at Bletchley Park cracked four
rotor ciphers in the 1940s using
On Wed, 28 May 1997, Kevin Traas wrote:
This sounds like a device lock contention problem. Try using
/dev/ttyS1 for incoming (i.e. mgetty) and use /dev/cua1 for outgoing
(i.e. PPP).
NO!
Don't use cua devices for anything. They're obsolete and doing this will
CAUSE locking problems
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On Wed, 28 May 1997, Kevin Traas wrote:
This sounds like a device lock contention problem. Try using
/dev/ttyS1 for incoming (i.e. mgetty) and use /dev/cua1 for outgoing
(i.e. PPP).
NO!
Don't use cua devices for anything. They're obsolete and doing this will
CAUSE locking problems
Brandon Mitchell wrote:
Kernel 2.0.30 changed the way it handles memory. It's supposed to be a
stable kernel (by this I'm saying it's a 2.0.x and not a 2.1.x), but
problems like this make me think it shouldn't be used in 1.3. Could you
try downgrading to 2.0.29 and let me (or the whole
Can anyone confirm the disappearance of window outlines (those that
appear during window placement) under fvwm2_2.0.45-BETA-4? Restoring
2.0.43-BETA-0 fixes the problem for me.
If I get a confirmation I'll send a note to the maintainer or submit a
bug report as appropriate. Apologies to all if
Can someone suggest a good PS or PDF viewer.
Debian has the GhostView and GV packages, but which does everyone like ?
From reading the descriptions, GV looks better.
Matthew
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On Fri, 30 May 1997, Douglas Bates wrote:
Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 11:05:16 -0500
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To: debian-user@lists.DEBIAN.org
Subject: libc6 version 2.0.3-4 and ecvt
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On May 30, Curt Howland wrote
Believe me, that was the first thing I thought of. Trouble
is, ftp.debian.org is exactly where I'm getting it from.
Well, I just checked the version of libc5 and libc5-dev for every
distribution on ftp.debian.org and they match, so your problem is
elsewhere.
I just tried leafnode, and by me fetch does'nt suck anything :(
I put my NNTP server in /etc/leafnode.conf,
ran fetch
ran tin : error
rtin with NNTPSERVER=myself ok : lists my newsgroups as empty
fetch : does nothing. ?
here is a transcript :
bash# fetch -v -v -v
verbosity level is 3
LIST
Hi! Does anyone know, if there's a .deb-packet of iBCS that is compiled
for kernel 2.0.30? I've installed Debian 1.3 (frozen) from mirror at
ftp.funet.fi, and when i try to install iBCS i get this:
atuki_linux# modprobe iBCS
/lib/modules/misc/iBCS: kernel-module version mismatch
On May 30, Curt Howland wrote
Believe me, that was the first thing I thought of. Trouble
is, ftp.debian.org is exactly where I'm getting it from.
In reply to 30 May message from Christian Hudon [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Well, I just checked the version of libc5 and libc5-dev for every distribution
I know there are a few of you Debian users running exim for a MTA.
I need some help in getting virtual domains running the way I want.
What do I need to do to make the following alias file work?
info: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I set up the virtual stuff right out of the manual, but the mail
Does anyone know how to setup linux so that when a Win95 machine dials in you can see the linux and any other Irix, Unix, or other machines in the Workgroup.Right now we've been able to dial in to the debian sys and in turn go out to the ISP and access the web. I am able to ping all machines on my
On Fri, 30 May 1997, John M. Rulnick wrote:
Can anyone confirm the disappearance of window outlines (those that
appear during window placement) under fvwm2_2.0.45-BETA-4? Restoring
2.0.43-BETA-0 fixes the problem for me.
If I get a confirmation I'll send a note to the maintainer or submit
Hello All:
I just finished upgrading our Debian cluster to the frozen distribution
and now the mechanism we used for synchronizing important system files is
no longer working. With the previous setup we used the rcp command as
root to copy passwd files and system.fvwmrc files to all of the
Upon a more careful observation of the new man page for rshd (I can't
imagine how I failed to see it except that the option was buried in the
paragraph and not on the left margin where it is visible) I noticed that
using the -h option for rshd will re-enable the feature allowing rcp as
root.
Tim Sailer wrote:
I know there are a few of you Debian users running exim for a MTA.
I need some help in getting virtual domains running the way I want.
What do I need to do to make the following alias file work?
info: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I set up the virtual stuff right out of
Ok, first I'd like to say, that although I know Rabin and Shamir (the
R and S from RSA, not the Israeli prime ministers) personally, I have
no clue in cryptography, and I do respect what Rick says, but... But.
On Fri, 30 May 1997, Rick Jones wrote:
These are not strong encryption methods. The
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