Re: Multiple ISP setup

Dear all, Thanks for those who responded. It seems that one may use the tools xisp (available as a debian package), ezppp (http://www.serv.net/~cameron/ezppp/index.html) or Linuxconf for easy switching of ISP. But does Linuxconf work in harmony with Debian? Regards, -- Billy C.-M. Chow [EMAIL

Multiple ISP setup

Dear all, Just wonder what is a good ppp dial-up setup for multiple ISPs. I want to be able to choose which ISP to dial up easily (read: without having to edit /etc files manually each time I have to switch). Is there a tool for this? -- Billy C.-M. Chow [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: cron doesn't start at boot up?

Bernt == Bernt T Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Bernt Billy- Try # update-rc.d cron defaults Bernt I had to add the links for cron after installing it to have it Bernt start at boot time for run levels 2-5. Bernt You should probably read about the boot process information in Bernt # info

cron doesn't start at boot up?

Hi, System: Debian 1.2 Package: cron_3.0pl1-36.1 It seems that cron is not started by postinst. Is this delibrate? How do the /etc/cron.{daily,weekly,monthly} work? Thanks. -- Billy C.-M. Chow [EMAIL PROTECTED] Department of Systems Engineering The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Re: Some thoughts for Debian.

Matt == Matt Kracht [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Matt Debian gives me several packages to choose from, Matt which, it turns out, are all required. Then I find out that the Matt guy who compiled it did something weird. Lynx 2.6 doesn't Matt compile with it. So, I go to the S-LANG home page and

Re: tar dumps core

Daniel There is a buffer-overrun bug in (non-Debianized) tar-1.11.8 Daniel that involves the -M flag. Daniel Does anyone know if Debian patches this bug? Debian definitely has this bug. -- Billy C.-M. Chow [EMAIL PROTECTED] Department of Systems Engineering The Chinese University of

tar dumps core

Hi, Has anyone else seen this before? [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp # dd if=/dev/zero of=file count=100 100+0 records in 100+0 records out [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp # tar cvf test.tar file file [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp # tar tvfM test.tar -rw-r--r-- cmchow/cmchow 51200 Jan 16

Re: A proposal to improve dselect

Pete == Pete Templin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Pete On Sat, 11 Jan 1997, Jonas Bofjall wrote: No, this is wrong. A new user should not have to read long documents prior to installation. The configure scripts which runs directly after the installation should make reading docs unnecessary.

Re: A proposal to improve dselect

Hamish == Hamish Moffatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hamish We should certainly not force a particular editor down Hamish anyone's throat, especially emacs :-) I think it is pretty safe to assume that many Linux people use BASH. From the bash manpage [...] READLINE This is the library

Re: A few questions.

Nathan == Nathan L Cutler [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Nathan I don't use the debian kernel-source package at all. I Nathan download Linus's kernels and install them in /usr/src/linux Nathan and compile them as per /usr/src/linux/README. I have never Nathan had any problems with this, and

Re: Help please: installation of TeTeX on a Debian machine.

Paul == Paul Seelig [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Paul --cut-here--- Paul You just have to append the following lines to Paul /var/lib/dpkg/status: I thought the ``provides'' field should contain ONLY the ``agreed'' (discussed in debian-devel)

Re: where is base deb?

Dale == Dale Scheetz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Dale On Thu, 2 Jan 1997, Lawrence Chim wrote: Curiously, the base.deb is missing in the binary-i386/base dir. Where is it? It's used to be in binary-i386/base dir. Does it moved to a new place. Dale The base package has been replaced by

Re: Some notes on Debian experiences

Alan == Alan Eugene Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Alan During the process of upgrading, I inadvertently deleted the Alan entire /usr/info directory. My own fault, as I freely and Alan readily accept. However, I was not ready for what happened Alan next: when I upgraded gcc and cpp (as I

Re: Rex install report

Dear all, Thanks for all who responded. Bruce From: Chow Chi-Ming [EMAIL PROTECTED] When I am offered to install additional drivers (modules), how may I find out what options does a module take and its syntaxes? This information would make the loading of modules A LOT easier. In particular

Re: mpeg_play, can't load libXt.so.6

Spineux == Spineux Alain (D M-L) [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The libraries libXt.* are in '/usr/X11R6/lib/'. I tried to make symbolic links to then 'ln -s /usr/X11R6/lib/libXt.so.6' ... , but the same message appears after trying to run mpeg_play. Can you help me? Spineux As root add

Re: Debian vs. floppy install

-Ing == -Ing Andreas Wehler [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: -Ing : home PC. Now, with Debian there seems to be no information -Ing whatsoever on : how to choose the packages after you install the -Ing 4 or 5 base set : floppy disks. I know that if you use other -Ing methods like dpkg-ftp (I don't

Weid problem

Dear all, On my newly installed Debian pre1.2 box, I was able to do a lot of netowrking and all of a sudden all network connections are lost. The machine is not locked up but is isolated from the world (even machines on the same network cannot be reached). The /var/log/messages file recorded

Rex install report

Dear Deianers, Just intalled rex (files downloaded via dpkg-ftp on the 4th and 5th Dec from ftp.debian.org). The installation was very smooth and things are mostly working. I have the following questions however. - When I am offered to install additional drivers (modules), how may I find

Wrong permissions for /tmp and /var/tmp?

Dear all, Just installed rex and found that the /tmp and /var/tmp directories do not have write permission for others. Are they supposed to be used by all? -- Billy C.-M. Chow Department of Systems Engineering The Chinese University of Hong Kong email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]