Re: netdate - ntp - chrony ?

1999-05-12 Thread John Hasler
Christian Dysthe writes: > I would really like to know the difference between netdate and > ntp/chrony. And if you choose a time server to use with netdate, > shouldn't it be just as accurate as if you used ntp? No, though it may be quite accurate enough for your purposes. The protocol used by b

Re: pppd

1999-05-12 Thread John Hasler
wtb writes: > How can I convince pppd (and pon) that defaultroute is enabled. They > both return the error 'defaultroute is disabled' even though I think I > have it edited into all support files. By turning off your other defaultroute, which probably points to your ethernet. You almost certainl

Re: 2 network cards revisited

1999-05-12 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
You'll need to pass params to your kernel. If you're booting with lilo you'll need to edit add: append = "ether=11,0x300,eth0 ether=10,0x240,eth1" If I got the eth0, eth1 right... MR wrote: > OK, I appreciate all the help I received about my original problem. I have > determined that one of th

2 network cards revisited

1999-05-12 Thread MR
OK, I appreciate all the help I received about my original problem. I have determined that one of the ethernet cards (Asante ISA) does not like working in linux. So I yanked it out and replaced it. Now I have 2 Intel EtherExpress 16 cards in the machine. Now, one is at io 0x300, irq 11 and the othe

Re: Shell for gunzip so I don't have to remember?

1999-05-12 Thread Rob
> Just to add to this excellent explanation by Ray, in the Unix world it > is still pretty common to see files compressed with the Unix compress > utility, in which case you might see file names like: And while we're mentioning the unix world, you should note that the 'z' switch to tar (ie tar xv

Re: Communicator 4.5 and LDAP

1999-05-12 Thread Rob
> I switched from communicator 4.05 to 4.5 and now I can't access the LDAP > server in our company. All searchez return an "unknown LDAP error 0xFF" > when trying to access the LDAP server. Going back to 4.05 fixes the problem. > > Is there anyone aware of any changes to the LDAP support in Co

Re: libc6-2.1.1 ... safe to install?

1999-05-12 Thread Rob
> Rob, I'm curious-- did you upgrade the linker as well? when i upgraded that > in slink, i think that is what broke my system somehow. it happened to me > twice. that is why i ended up giving up and going all the way with potato... > was sick of having to manually re-link 30 or 40 .so files. no pr

Re: Hawking PN102TX--Help!!

1999-05-12 Thread tjm
If this helps, according to the Hawking web site, http://www.hawkingtech.com, their PCI nics use the tulip.c driver. -- tony mollica [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: keypad doesn't work in rxvt

1999-05-12 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
scratch wrote: > Wow. That is what I call an explanation. Thanks. > > I've tried to do some more digging up myself, although I don't fully > understand everything you say. I've found that the rxvt terminfo entries > are supplied by the libncurses-base packages, so maybe a bug report > against that

my SB live! is not working

1999-05-12 Thread Jean-Yves BARBIER
Hi, Under kernel 2.2.7, I installed the SB16 driver, using the values that where in the dos driver (Adr=220, IRQ=2, DMAL=3, DMAH=7, MPU=300), I also tested with IRQ à 9, but nothing! Linux has discovered the SB live!, I found (in one of the /proc/ dirs) AUDIO DEVICE I/O=0xdc00 IRQ=11, wich are t

Re: Smooth, Fast Mouse Motion

1999-05-12 Thread Havoc Pennington
On Tue, 11 May 1999, Jerry Gardner wrote: > > I've been trying for several months now to get smooth, fast mouse > pointer motion in X without luck. > > I've tried various 'xset m' settings, and I can either get smooth, > slow mouse motion, or fast, jerky motion, but not fast, smooth motion. >

Re: kernel and modules compiling

1999-05-12 Thread Alexander Schwartz
On Wed, 12 May 1999, J Horacio MG wrote: > ~> I also install the kernel using a small shellprogram provided (you will > ~> need to switch that to executable using chmod +x) > ~> > ~> The last thing I do is that I run lilo. > ~> > ~> make bzImage > ~> make modules > ~> # rm -rf /lib/modules/2.2.

Re: internet connection with ibm global net

1999-05-12 Thread Ray
On Wed, May 12, 1999 at 04:27:03PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am helping a friend get Debin configured on his computer. The problem I > am having concerns getting his internet access with IBM global net > working. I would be interested in comparing notes with anyone who uses > this service

Re: Shell for gunzip so I don't have to remember?

1999-05-12 Thread Gary L. Hennigan
Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | On Tue, May 11, 1999 at 04:56:30PM -0500, Andri Bell wrote: | > | > I ask because I must be doing something wrong. When I ungzip .gz the | > system converts my .gz file to one file with no extension instead of | > unzipping the file and all of its contents. | >

Shell for gunzip so I don't have to remember?

1999-05-12 Thread André Bell
Is there a good shell for gunzip so I don't have to remember all the operators? I ask because I must be doing something wrong. When I ungzip .gz the system converts my .gz file to one file with no extension instead of unzipping the file and all of its contents. I know there are multiple files in

Re: [Debian]: Linux-Zeitschriften [was: lilo.conf, KDE-Dateimanger unddas I-Net]

1999-05-12 Thread Bernd Mayer
Josua Groeger schrieb: > > Ach ja: Was genau heißt eigentlich dieses IMHO? > > Josua Groeger Hallo Josua, AFAIK (as far as i know = so viel ich weiß) ist IMHO (in my humble opinion = wörtlich etwa: meiner bescheidenen Meinung nach) eine tastaturschonende Kurz-Formel um persönliche Me

Hawking PN102TX--Help!!

1999-05-12 Thread Brant Wells
Howdy Y'all :) I just got a Hawking 10/100 mbps network card. Can anyone help me set it up?? I've got the Linux module sources that are on a disk, and when I compile under Kernel 2.2.3, I get an error about the being obsoete. Is there some way I can patch the source code to fix this? Or does a

Re: Shell for gunzip so I don't have to remember?

1999-05-12 Thread Ray
On Tue, May 11, 1999 at 04:56:30PM -0500, André Bell wrote: > > I ask because I must be doing something wrong. When I ungzip .gz the > system converts my .gz file to one file with no extension instead of > unzipping the file and all of its contents. > > I know there are multiple files in the gzi

Re: Off-topic: what is bogoMIPS?

1999-05-12 Thread Bernd Mayer
Hans van den Boogert schrieb: > > I understand what MIPS is (Million Instructions per Second), but what does > the bogo stand for? My 486-33 measures 4 bogoMIPS during Linux boot-up, so > how is this calculated? -Hans > hello Hans, the Bogomips-howto may give you further information. It it is

Re: What group does Apache run as?

1999-05-12 Thread Andrew Chung
> I'm trying to install Jitterbug, which is a bug tracking system, and I ned > to be able to figure out which group apache runs as. I've been fiddling > around with 'ps' and whatnot, but its just not obvious to me how to get > this info. HELP! I believe it defaults to www-data. Check the ownershi

Re: programming X

1999-05-12 Thread Andrew Chung
> I even downloaded the O'Reilly version and that didn't work. The > O'Reilly version complains > that it can't load Xlib.h although my compile line reads > gcc -g -lX11 -o basicwin basicwin.c > I tried it with a -DSYSV also but to no effect. My version has fits > complaining about undeclar

Re: Partition Type A0 ??

1999-05-12 Thread chris burgess
my Extensa had the same, and seems to operate fine with or without. it's for the suspend software to dump its inner thoughts to when susp'd, and at least on my box the 40Mb == the max RAM. I think it was type unknown, but might have been type amoeba (??). don't think it should be of any use w/out

Problems with Majordomo (fwd)

1999-05-12 Thread Craig R. Hodges
Everything's working . . . except for this! Whenever a user sends to announce-request "subscribe", I get the following error. I've tried removing the dir to see if it was trying to write a file called announce but the dir is required in order for Majordomo to have an announce list. Help! Please s

Re: keypad doesn't work in rxvt

1999-05-12 Thread scratch
Wow. That is what I call an explanation. Thanks. I've tried to do some more digging up myself, although I don't fully understand everything you say. I've found that the rxvt terminfo entries are supplied by the libncurses-base packages, so maybe a bug report against that should be done. intra:/

Re: sorting this mail

1999-05-12 Thread Steve Lamb
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 12 May 1999 16:25:35 -0500 (EST), Robert V. MacQuarrie wrote: >Hmm you should NEVER use the Subject line to filter email. This is not a >good way to filter email! Instead look at the FULL headers. Debian uses I dunno, Robert, if I see a S

Re: keypad doesn't work in rxvt

1999-05-12 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
That is odd that the terminal isn't "reset" when rxvt starts up. You can get the same behavior (keypad works) with: tput reset -or- echo -ne '\033>' "Ah ha!" you say, so this '\033>' sequence is what does it, but what the hell is '\033>'? Well, if you look at the Xterm Control Sequences do

RE: Beware apt

1999-05-12 Thread Daniel Mashao
On Wed, 12 May 1999, Pollywog wrote: > > On 12-May-99 Daniel Mashao wrote: > > rebuild it one app at the time. > > Which commands did you use with apt-get? > apt-get -f install libc6 There is some discussion in todays emails on the list about upgrading to libc6_2.2.1 or something and how it br

Communicator 4.5 and LDAP

1999-05-12 Thread pedro . i . sanchez
Hello, I switched from communicator 4.05 to 4.5 and now I can't access the LDAP server in our company. All searchez return an "unknown LDAP error 0xFF" when trying to access the LDAP server. Going back to 4.05 fixes the problem. Is there anyone aware of any changes to the LDAP support in Co

Re: installing Debian 2.0 r3

1999-05-12 Thread John
Thanks for your response - however, I'd included "linux" (the name used on both floppies and CD). It must be my parameters which are incorrect. Booting from CD-ROM, the 3rd Hard Drive and with "boot.bat" and "linux" in the "install" directory what parameters should work? Today, I changed the CD-RO

null TTY warning- what is causing this?

1999-05-12 Thread Pollywog
I am getting this in my logs. What does it mean? > > Unusual System Events > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > May 12 18:35:00 lilypad kernel: Warning: null TTY for (05:00) in tty_select > May 12 18:35:00 lilypad kernel: Warning: null TTY for (05:00) in tty_select thanks -- Andrew [PGP5.0 Key ID

Re: programming X

1999-05-12 Thread David Z. Maze
spoiler freeserve co uk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: spoiler> I recently purchased the O'Reilly Xlib Programming Manual spoiler> with the aim of learning how to write X applications. My spoiler> problem though is I can't get basicwin.c to compile up at spoiler> all! (You probably don't want to writ

pppd

1999-05-12 Thread wtb
How can I convince pppd (and pon) that defaultroute is enabled. They both return the error 'defaultroute is disabled' even though I think I have it edited into all support files. I am unable to vi pppd.Thanks Bill [EMAIL PROTECTED]

keypad doesn't work in rxvt

1999-05-12 Thread scratch
Hi, I have troubles using the keypad in rxvt. I used the .deb file to install rxvt, so the setting ought to be the default ones (although i have to admit I installed this Debian slink system while keeping my old /home partition). Delete & Backspace keys work 'normally' though. The odd thing is, w

Re: Shell for gunzip so I don't have to remember?

1999-05-12 Thread Robert Vollmert
Hi, On Tue, May 11, 1999 at 04:56:30PM -0500, André Bell wrote: > Is there a good shell for gunzip so I don't have to remember all the > operators? > > I ask because I must be doing something wrong. When I ungzip .gz the > system converts my .gz file to one file with no extension instead of > un

sound card trouble.

1999-05-12 Thread Edson Santos
On my Opti930 sound card the device manager shows a yellow exclamation mark by the Opti930 Sound/OPL3 Device.  In the device status it says that it has a (code 10).  I have changed the IRQ and DMA I have had trouble for a long time please could you advise me.  And could I install a new soun

What group does Apache run as?

1999-05-12 Thread Stephen A. Witt
I'm trying to install Jitterbug, which is a bug tracking system, and I ned to be able to figure out which group apache runs as. I've been fiddling around with 'ps' and whatnot, but its just not obvious to me how to get this info. HELP! Thanks...

Re: hosed debian system

1999-05-12 Thread Ardo van Rangelrooij
Hi, I had this also some time ago. I just did (within dselect) an Update of the package lists, chose Install again and everything was fine. I guess dselect somehow "lost" some info. Thanks, Ardo Ben Cranston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > was trying to install package minicom and am now in >

Re: libNoVersion.so.1

1999-05-12 Thread Mitch Blevins
In foo.debian-user, you wrote: > Hi, > > I keep getting the message below now installing packages using delect. > Where does this come from, and how do I get rid of it? > > ldconfig: warning: can't open /lib/libNoVersion.so.1 (No such file or > directory), skipping This is a symlink created som

Re: programming X

1999-05-12 Thread Prashanth Mundkur
On Wed, 12 May 1999, spoiler.freeserve.co.uk wrote: > I even downloaded the O'Reilly version and that didn't work. The > O'Reilly version complains > that it can't load Xlib.h although my compile line reads > gcc -g -lX11 -o basicwin basicwin.c > I tried it with a -DSYSV also but to no eff

Re: wordperfect

1999-05-12 Thread Frank Barknecht
Matt Kokidko hat gesagt: // Matt Kokidko wrote: > I apologize if this has already been beaten to death, but this is my . > first post and first few minutes in this newsgroup. I was trying to . > run wordperfeft 8 on slink. I originally had a library problem which . > hours of research has fixed.

programming X

1999-05-12 Thread spoiler.freeserve.co.uk
Hallo there, I recently purchased the O'Reilly Xlib Programming Manual with the aim of learning how to write X applications. My problem though is I can't get basicwin.c to compile up at all! I even downloaded the O'Reilly version and that didn't work. The O'Reilly version complains that it

Re: Netscape icons not in color-WHY?

1999-05-12 Thread Rune Linding Raun
its a Xserver prob it scrambles 24bpp in some calls to the server On 12-May-99 Pollywog wrote: > On 12-May-99 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Are you running in 24bpp mode? Netscape and WP don't seem to support 24bpp >> - >> try 32 or 16. > > This happens to me also if I try running X at greater tha

I'm trying to install debian distributions in a POWERDELL 6300

1999-05-12 Thread Ernesto Robayna Fernández
SORRY i've got a powerdell 6300, it's a multiprocessors (4 Intel Xeon) and it's got 2 SCSI drivers. I installed DEBIAN in other system but now i've problems and i can't install. The debian install kernel don't see my SCSI drivers and i can't go on with the installation. Can you help me. Thanks f

netdate - ntp - chrony ?

1999-05-12 Thread Christian Dysthe
Hi, I want a simple task performed. ntp does it, but is not really made for a dial-up system like mine. chrony does it also, but what I wondered is: couldn't It use netdate for this? I have put the following script in my /etc/ip-up.d #!/bin/sh if [ -x /usr/sbin/netdate ] then /usr/sbin/netdate

Re: Sparc Ultra5 (170)

1999-05-12 Thread Collins M. Ben
On Wed, May 12, 1999 at 10:03:18AM -0700, George Bonser wrote: > On Wed, 12 May 1999, Ian Keith Setford wrote: > > > Can anybody clear this up? I have been using Debian on Intel for almost > > three years and I'd like to put Debian on this box if at all possible. > > Last I heard, Debian does not

Re: printout being chopped off...

1999-05-12 Thread Sudhakar Chandrasekharan
Wayne Topa proclaimed: > I had a similar problem with my Brother Laser Printer. I finally > fixed it by using a2ps and changing the papersize in a2ps.cfg > ie Medium: Letter 607 780. I just keep changing it until I got > everything printing on the paper, correctly. Could you give me more i

Re: printout being chopped off...

1999-05-12 Thread Sudhakar Chandrasekharan
Mario Olimpio de Menezes proclaimed: > I had similar problems with this printer and the bellow link led > me to a very useful page with tons of info about Epson printers: > > http://www.eunuchs.org/linux Thanks. I took a look at the page. But the things suggested in that page did not fi

Re: sorting this mail

1999-05-12 Thread Steve Lamb
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 12 May 1999 08:30:48 -0400, Mitch Blevins wrote: >You can only sort on the Subject field? What type of program are you >using to sort? Others on the list seem to have no trouble sorting >the list traffic, and I find the [label] prepended to

Re: sorting this mail

1999-05-12 Thread Mitch Blevins
In foo.debian-user, you wrote: > hey all > > I don't suppose the list manager would consider putting somthing like [deb] > in the subject line, would he (you)? Sure would > help me sort this stuff... You can only sort on the Subject field? What type of program are you using to sort? Others o

Re: libc6-2.1.1 ... safe to install?

1999-05-12 Thread Pollywog
On 12-May-99 Dan Nguyen wrote: > > Yes, running 2.2.x kernel is very helpful. I know that things like > Eterm, and ssh use the new pts/# terminals rather then ttyp#. The > best way to upgrade from slink to potato, is to edit your > /etc/apt/sources.list file, which contains where you get packag

Re: Netscape icons not in color-WHY?

1999-05-12 Thread Pollywog
On 12-May-99 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Are you running in 24bpp mode? Netscape and WP don't seem to support 24bpp > - > try 32 or 16. This happens to me also if I try running X at greater than 16 colors. -- Andrew [PGP5.0 Key ID 0x5EE61C37]

Re: KDE -- please help!

1999-05-12 Thread Pollywog
On 12-May-99 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated 5/12/99 11:19:05 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >> i'm still getting that mysterious error message in my xsession-errors >> files: >> >> Could not read '/tmp//kfm-cache-0/index.txt I get those too, but KDE st

Re: We need centralized accounts -- Any docs for ldap passwords?

1999-05-12 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
But if you're not ready for potato then NIS will provide a ready-made solution. It's pretty straightforward. I'd be glad to offer assistance. As for a comparison, well, they're different. NIS has been around a long time, LDAP is newer. Ben Collins wrote: > On Tue, May 11, 1999 at 07:59:56PM -05

libNoVersion.so.1

1999-05-12 Thread Christian Dysthe
Hi, I keep getting the message below now installing packages using delect. Where does this come from, and how do I get rid of it? ldconfig: warning: can't open /lib/libNoVersion.so.1 (No such file or directory), skipping TIA --- Regards, Christian Dysthe Email:

Re: libc6-2.1.1 ... safe to install?

1999-05-12 Thread Dan Nguyen
On Wed, May 12, 1999 at 02:07:32PM +0200, J Horacio MG wrote: > ~> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > ~> > ~> : On 10-May-99 J Horacio MG wrote: > ~> :> I have some packages which require version 2.1.1 from libc6 (which I > ~> :> expect it can be found in potato). My question is, do I ha

Re: Netscape icons not in color-WHY?

1999-05-12 Thread MallarJ
Are you running in 24bpp mode? Netscape and WP don't seem to support 24bpp - try 32 or 16. -Jay

Re: KDE -- please help!

1999-05-12 Thread MallarJ
In a message dated 5/12/99 11:19:05 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > i'm still getting that mysterious error message in my xsession-errors files: > > Could not read '/tmp//kfm-cache-0/index.txt > I know this isn't a solution - but I' ve been getting that message for wha

LPRng spooling and small HDDs

1999-05-12 Thread Jose L Gomez Dans
--- Begin Message --- Any clues? TIA Jose -- Jose L Gomez Dans PhD student Radar & Communications Group Department of Electronic Engineering

Re: I'm in tears: SB 64 still not there.

1999-05-12 Thread Robert Rati
I suggest a few things. First would be to make a 2.2.x kernel. Sound is much easier under that system. I run 2.1 with 2.2.5 kernel with no problems. Biggest pain will be transferring your settings from your old kernel to the new one, but that's not too difficult. Just kick up two xconfigs (one

RE: wordperfect

1999-05-12 Thread Dan Willard
Hmm, I'm using 24 bbp with the s3 xserver and haven't had any problems with netscape or wp. --Dano > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 1999 9:12 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: wo

Netscape icons not in color-WHY?

1999-05-12 Thread John Foster
OK so I'm a perfectionist! I have Netscape communicator 4.51 installed on my debian linux box. It runs fine no problems at all. I have noticed the all the icons across the top are no longer in color as with previous versions.Anyone know why or if there is something missing or set up incorrectly. I

RE: Beware apt

1999-05-12 Thread Pollywog
On 12-May-99 Daniel Mashao wrote: > Yesterday I had to re-install a lot of packages as my system became > 'unusable'. The problem began when I tried to fix Star Office after > upgrading. I think my system was slink/potato but I couldn't tell the > percentage of each system. Anyway I thought one wa

Re: Apt for bo

1999-05-12 Thread Mario Jorge Nunes Filipe
Brian Servis wrote: > I think this will work. > > ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/slink/main/upgrade-older-i386/apt_0.1.10_i386-libc5.deb thanks! -- Mario Filipe [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://neptuno.sc.uevora.pt/~mjnf

Re: Apt for bo

1999-05-12 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 12 May, Mario Jorge Nunes Filipe wrote about "Apt for bo" > hi > > Is there still a bo package for apt ? Where ? > I think this will work. ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/slink/main/upgrade-older-i386/apt_0.1.10_i386-libc5.deb -- Brian

internet connection with ibm global net

1999-05-12 Thread mccorkle
I am helping a friend get Debin configured on his computer. The problem I am having concerns getting his internet access with IBM global net working. I would be interested in comparing notes with anyone who uses this service. Thanks. --- R. Wayne McCorkle - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.pcisys.n

Re: Partition Type A0 ??

1999-05-12 Thread Rune Linding Raun
you can touch it if you disable SUSPEND TO DISK or 0V SUPEND in BIOS! its a supend to disk or 0V(V as Voltage) partition (type a0) its normally allocated in the end of the diskarea and should be a little greater than your physically RAM size eg 64M ram = 70-80M 0V parttion the extra space is for ca

KDE -- please help!

1999-05-12 Thread add|ct|on
i sent this msg yesterday and got no replies, but i managed to fix the sound problem. it still crashes so i was wrong i guess   i'm still getting that mysterious error message in my xsession-errors files:   Could not read '/tmp//kfm-cache-0/index.txt   does anyone know what that is??? pl

Apt for bo

1999-05-12 Thread Mario Jorge Nunes Filipe
hi Is there still a bo package for apt ? Where ? Thanks -- Mario Filipe [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://neptuno.sc.uevora.pt/~mjnf

Re: 8 Newbie Questions

1999-05-12 Thread Peter S Galbraith
Look at the Linux Documentation Project, in particular `The Linux Users' Guide' and `Installation and Getting Started Guide' (http://research.iphil.net/LDP/mirrors.html for a list of mirrors) > 1) How do I move from one partitioned drive to another? How do I know the > drive letters to use too?

Re: Java crashes in recent Potato?

1999-05-12 Thread Martin Bialasinski
>> "SB" == Stuart Ballard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: SB> /usr/lib/jdk1.1/bin/../bin/i686/green_threads/java: error in loading SB> shared libraries: SB> /usr/lib/jdk1.1/bin/../lib/i686/green_threads/libjava.so: undefined SB> symbol: _dl_symbol_value SB> Anyone else experienced this, or have a fi

Re: libc6-2.1.1 ... safe to install?

1999-05-12 Thread Martin Bialasinski
>> "S" == Sean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: S> I'm now wondering if anyone has any comments on how "stable" the S> unstable distribution is in general. Pretty OK, but there are some known problems with glibc2.1 Netscape gets unstable. Sometimes gives a bus error when closing a window -> closing

Re: libc6-2.1.1 ... safe to install?

1999-05-12 Thread add|ct|on
add|t|on, [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://e0i-cyberpimps.virtualave.net help, I got sucked into /dev/null - Original Message - From: J Horacio MG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Dan Nguyen

Re: libc6-2.1.1 ... safe to install?

1999-05-12 Thread add|ct|on
- Original Message - From: Robert Norris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 1999 12:19 AM Subject: Re: libc6-2.1.1 ... safe to install? > > Do not upgrade only libc6. It will break your system if you do. If > > you want to upgrade to libc6, upgrade all the way to potato.

Re: Re[2]: libc6-2.1.1 ... safe to install?

1999-05-12 Thread Seth M. Landsman
On Wed, May 12, 1999 at 12:10:15AM -0400, Dan Nguyen wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > : [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Phillip Deackes) writes: > > :I had three problems. The first, JAVA, has now been resolved. > > : How was it solved? Is there a new jdk package which works? > It has

mailers

1999-05-12 Thread Brian Schramm
OK, I know that this is almost as bad as 'editor wars' but I have to ask. I want an email program that works in X and has the following capabilities: alias support for addresses grouping of addresses threading of email (for lists) some kind of sorting on reciept of a massage ( for news reports) e

I'm in tears: SB 64 still not there.

1999-05-12 Thread Hans van den Boogert
I'm at wits end. For already two weeks I'm trying to get my Soundblaster AWE 64 working under Slink with a 2.0.36 kernel. I've done all the reading, poked at all places possible, but can't nail the problem down. Of course this is due to my inexperience with Linux, but give me a break and help me if

Re: ICQ-Java not working after upgrade

1999-05-12 Thread Martin Bialasinski
>> "BGR" == Bruno Goncalves Russo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: BGR> I've updated my system to potato, but now Icq-java doesn't work BGR> anymore. There is a fixed version of jdk1.1 in Incoming. Check the mirros file on www.debian.org where to find Incoming. Ciao, Martin

Re: Sparc Ultra5 (170)

1999-05-12 Thread Collins M. Ben
On Wed, May 12, 1999 at 07:42:09AM -0500, Ian Keith Setford wrote: > > I posted this question to the Sparc list but didn't get a reply so I'm > trying it here. > > I have an Ultra5 that I would like to install on. The installation pages > make no mention of this, or any other machine being "supp

Re: Partition Type A0 ??

1999-05-12 Thread Marcelo E. Magallon
On Tue, May 11, 1999 at 10:46:22PM -0400, Will Lowe wrote: > I booted it from the 2.1 CD, and ran cfdisk. It's a 4.something > gig drive, which has 3 partitions: a 2gig one, another 2gig one, a > 162.5 gig one, and 7 megs of free space. The 162.5 gig partition (which > we'd like to d

Re: wordperfect

1999-05-12 Thread MallarJ
In a message dated 5/12/99 12:00:53 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Wordperfect runs, but the pictures and banners and icons are all scrambled. > When it is starting up the banner that is supposed to have a pen on it and > say Wordperfect is just a scrambled mess of vert

sorting this mail

1999-05-12 Thread tf
hey all I don't suppose the list manager would consider putting somthing like [deb] in the subject line, would he (you)? Sure would help me sort this stuff... -t

Re: kernel and modules compiling

1999-05-12 Thread J Horacio MG
~> I also install the kernel using a small shellprogram provided (you will ~> need to switch that to executable using chmod +x) ~> ~> The last thing I do is that I run lilo. ~> ~> make bzImage ~> make modules ~> # rm -rf /lib/modules/2.2.5 # Only if you are very sure about this! I wondered whet

Sparc Ultra5 (170)

1999-05-12 Thread Ian Keith Setford
I posted this question to the Sparc list but didn't get a reply so I'm trying it here. I have an Ultra5 that I would like to install on. The installation pages make no mention of this, or any other machine being "supported". I am curious because the RedHat installation manual specifically states

Re: libc6-2.1.1 ... safe to install?

1999-05-12 Thread J Horacio MG
~> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: ~> ~> : On 10-May-99 J Horacio MG wrote: ~> :> I have some packages which require version 2.1.1 from libc6 (which I ~> :> expect it can be found in potato). My question is, do I have to expect ~> :> any problems if I install it in slink, or is it just

Re: Life at 4 bogomips

1999-05-12 Thread Jonathan Guthrie
On Sun, 9 May 1999, Pann McCuaig wrote: > On Sun, May 09, 1999 at 04:50:30PM -0700, George Bonser wrote: > > I guess I won't be compiling any kernels on that box ... well, maybe ONE > > just to see how long it takes. > > :) > If memory serves, my first linux box, a 386SX-16 with 4MB took abo

pgp help -- 2.6.2 & 5.0

1999-05-12 Thread Michael Stenner
Problem: debain folks all use 2.6.2 and RSA I have other friends (in the windows world) who use 5.* and DH/DSS. I would like to be able to deal with both without too much trouble. This suggests that I use 5.0 and "import" an RSA keypair generated by 2.6.2. Great! Question: How the )%(# do I do

Remove occurences of from file

1999-05-12 Thread Stefan Baums
Hi all. I use Emacs/MULE and write the following document: Hall� KuryLowicz where (this is the important bit!) the L of this iso-latin-1 email is actually the Polish l (l with a bar through it). Then I save it in the encoding "emacs-mule". According to less in an iso-latin-1 terminal the fil

Re: printout being chopped off...

1999-05-12 Thread Mario Olimpio de Menezes
On Tue, 11 May 1999, Sudhakar Chandrasekharan wrote: > > Hi, > > I have an Epson Color Stylus 640. When I print 2-uped pages, a bit of the > page (on the left hand side) gets chopped off. I am printing to 'letter' > paper. > Hi, I had similar problems with this printer and the bell

Re: setting up a home lan

1999-05-12 Thread Wojciech Zabolotny
On Wed, May 12, 1999 at 04:14:40PM +, Shao Zhang wrote: > Hi, > Can anyone tell me what are the procedures to set up two computers > to talk to each other via ethernet. > > In particular, what kind of ip I can choose. Is there a HOWTO on this?? You are free to use the 10.

HELP! mail does not work (exim+fetchmail)

1999-05-12 Thread Shao Zhang
Hi, After a long time, I finally decide to replace smail with exim. I have sucessfully set it up on one machine. But the other one stops working... After installing exim, my fetchmail does not work at more.. The error message is: fetchmail: 4 messa

Re: sigset, sighold

1999-05-12 Thread Ole J. Tetlie
>-Johan Pettersson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Hi! > > I am trying to compile a simple program. I know > it works under UNIX and now I will run it under linux. > But it say :undefined reference to 'sigset', 'sighold' > when I try to compile it! In which headerfile can I find > them ? Or do I need some

Re: chmod

1999-05-12 Thread Nicolas PROCHAZKA
change defaults with : rw,user,nosuid 0 0 for example (see man fstab) a+ On Wed, 12 May 1999, Daniel Mashao wrote: > On Wed, 12 May 1999, Johan Pettersson wrote: > > > Hi! > > > > I have mounted a vfat partion (/dev/hda1 /win vfat defaults 0 2) > > But I can not change permissions under

Re: chmod

1999-05-12 Thread Daniel Mashao
On Wed, 12 May 1999, Johan Pettersson wrote: > Hi! > > I have mounted a vfat partion (/dev/hda1 /win vfat defaults 0 2) > But I can not change permissions under /win! Have I missed something > in fstab or is it something else ? Is it set read/writable by everyone or just root? Are you trying

Re: setting up a HP 880C/850C

1999-05-12 Thread Christian T. Steigies
Hi, On Tue, 11 May 1999, David Wright wrote: > I have an 895c and use the hpdj driver in gs-aladdin, which uses a lot > less ink than hp550c which I believe is the "traditional" deskjet driver. Gonna try that (have to update the notebook from hamm to slink...) > Use the extra switch -M A4dj to t

Re: Help with Alien

1999-05-12 Thread Kirk Noonan
> Can anyone give me a quick tutorial on how to use dpkg to install rpm's > with alien? Thanks... The simplest way is: 'alien -i packagename.rpm' otherwise 'man alien' Kirk

sigset, sighold

1999-05-12 Thread Johan Pettersson
Hi! I am trying to compile a simple program. I know it works under UNIX and now I will run it under linux. But it say :undefined reference to 'sigset', 'sighold' when I try to compile it! In which headerfile can I find them ? Or do I need something else ? -- //Johan

chmod

1999-05-12 Thread Johan Pettersson
Hi! I have mounted a vfat partion (/dev/hda1 /win vfat defaults 0 2) But I can not change permissions under /win! Have I missed something in fstab or is it something else ? -- //thx Johan

Re: setting up a home lan

1999-05-12 Thread John Pearson
On %M 0, Shao Zhang wrote > Hi, > Can anyone tell me what are the procedures to set up two computers > to talk to each other via ethernet. > In particular, what kind of ip I can choose. Is there a HOWTO on this?? > If you install the doc-linux-text or doc-linux-html packages,

wmakerconf 1.99.4 seg faults

1999-05-12 Thread John Leget
It gets to 93% - "WorkSpaceBack" and seg faults Im running Potato anyone have this working ???. Using wmaker prefs for now :) Cheers

Re: setting up a home lan

1999-05-12 Thread Stephan Engelke
Hi Shao, On Wed, May 12, 1999 at 04:14:40PM +, Shao Zhang wrote: > Can anyone tell me what are the procedures to set up two computers > to talk to each other via ethernet. > > In particular, what kind of ip I can choose. Is there a HOWTO on this?? Check /usr/doc/HOWTO. Th

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