Re: /etc/hosts problem

1999-08-31 Thread Fredrik Ax
On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, Sebastian Canagaratna wrote: 127.0.0.1 is the localhost ( your machine ). Unless your machine is acting as the name server names will not be secolved. You will have to get the name server from the network administrator. I'm fully aware that 127.0.0.1 is the localhost,

Re: /etc/hosts problem

1999-08-31 Thread Fredrik Ax
On Tue, 31 Aug 1999, Francois GELIS wrote: With glibc2.x, isn't that configured in something like /etc/nsswitch.conf instead of /etc/host.conf ? Yeap it is ... and that solved my problem. Thx a bunch ;-) /fax

/etc/hosts problem

1999-08-27 Thread Fredrik Ax
My problem is that the /etc/hosts files doesn't seem to be used when resolving hostnames. I'm runing Debian 2.1 r2 with Linux kernel 2.2.11 (downloaded recompiled source) glibc 2.0.7 (libc6_2.0.7.19981211-6.deb) libresolv 2.0.7 (libc6_2.0.7.19981211-6.deb) Here are some

Re: make a cd with the potato distribution

1999-02-18 Thread Fredrik Ax
On Thu, 18 Feb 1999, Patrice Grosperrin wrote: I'm trying to take all files and directories of the debian 1.2 (potato) which are in debian ftp. Potato is nowhere near a release yet, and when it will be released it will be with at least version number 2.2. But I've a problem, the size of

Re: SAMBA: Help!!

1998-09-29 Thread Fredrik Ax
On Tue, 8 Sep 1998, bmorgan wrote: This is a reposting of a previous message. I'm starting to get desperate. Any help would be greatly appreciated! I'm having trouble connecting to my debian machine from my windows machine using samba. I've successfully done this before, but now I've

Re: X server problems

1998-09-29 Thread Fredrik Ax
On Tue, 29 Sep 1998, Braden N. McDaniel wrote: I've just installed Debian 2.0. While I have some rather superficial familiarity with Linux in general (have played with a few distributions), this is my first crack at Debian. This is what I get when I run startx: X: exec of

Re: off-topic autofs permissions

1998-04-23 Thread Fredrik Ax
On Thu, 23 Apr 1998, Daniel Martin at cush wrote: [SNIP] /etc/fstab: /dev/sda4/misc/zip vfat noexec,umask=0000 0 (If you just had defaults before, you can just replace it with the umask=000 bit) Then everyone will be able to write to /misc/zip. Also, anyone will be able to

Re: stuck with only 1 xterm in X

1998-04-21 Thread Fredrik Ax
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], you wrote: a last question,does it possible in X to be logged on as several user at once (you see,have 2 xterm logged as root,one as alaint,etc...) See man-pages for: su, rsh, rlogin, ssh after this is answered,i'll keep my mouth shut except when answering

Netscape + Java + X 24 bpp

1998-04-20 Thread Fredrik Ax
System configuration: * Base: Debian 1.3.1 r6 (bo, libc5) * Kernel: version 2.0.30 * X: XFree86 3.3.1 (debian packages 3.3-4) with the S.u.S.E. XF86_SVGA server. * Gfx hw: Matrox Millenium II * Netscape: Communicator 4.04 pro (installed with the netscape4_4.0-5.deb package from

Re: millenium 2

1998-03-26 Thread Fredrik Ax
On Wed, 25 Mar 1998, Ossama Othman wrote: Hi, i can't get my Matrox Millenium 2 running under X11. I'm using an old X-Server date : Jun 1997 I think that's the problem, but where can i get a new one ? Several places: 1. ftp.XFree86.org and mirrors like

Re: Ooooh A new HDD!

1998-03-26 Thread Fredrik Ax
On Thu, 26 Mar 1998, Michael Beattie wrote: I have no idea how to split up my stuff... should I put /usr on it? or what? I have no idea... My suggestion is that you put /home and/or /usr/local on the new disk. It's always nice to have this non-debian stuff on a seperate disk when upgrading

Re: Linux SAMBA - Win NT.

1998-03-23 Thread Fredrik Ax
On Mon, 23 Mar 1998, Toth Laszlo wrote: Hi! I have problems with it too. I have Service Pack 3. When I try logging in with samba, I get this message: \\drama is not accessible The account is not authorized to login from this station. Either you upgrade samba to support encrypted

Re: Dual Booting Win NT and Debian

1998-03-18 Thread Fredrik Ax
On Wed, 18 Mar 1998, Tristan Day that's you! wrote: After going through the 'NT OS Loader + Linux mini-HOWTO,' I managed to dual boot Linux and NT, but only using a boot floppy for Linux. Although I am pleased that this time I installed Debian it didn't lock me out of NT, I still want to

Re: Running just an X-server

1998-03-05 Thread Fredrik Ax
On Thu, 5 Mar 1998, Erik van der Meulen wrote: I have a small Debian box running as a server in a small network (NT/95). Until now I have done all configuration using a terminal session from the client to the server (which does not have a monitor). I would like to be able access my server

Re: Netscape fails to automatically open ps, ram, ...

1998-03-03 Thread Fredrik Ax
On Mon, 2 Mar 1998, Bob Nielsen wrote: On Mon, 2 Mar 1998, Fernando Tadeu C Brandt wrote: Netscape is showing the following error box when I try to open postscripts, sound file, etc: sh: -c line 1: missing closing ')' for arithmetic expression sh: -c line 1: syntax error near

RE: Linux on top of win95

1998-02-20 Thread Fredrik Ax
On Wed, 18 Feb 1998, Sen Nagata wrote: [SNIP] does anyone know whether there is something that can be used under w95 or dos that will allow access to linux partitions? Peter van Sebille has written ext2 drivers for Win95. The driver is called FSDEXT2 and is at the present available in the

Debian 2.0

1998-02-11 Thread Fredrik Ax
Since I'm going to set up a couple of Linux hosts in the near future I wonder if there is a release date (fix or approximate) set for Debian 2.0? If not, how long will it maximum take before testing etc. is done? TIA /fax -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe

Re: Best Ethernet Card

1997-09-15 Thread Fredrik Ax
On 12 Sep 1997, Dale Martin wrote: Leszek Gerwatowski [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The other card I see mentioned a lot, but never see much as far as recommendations, is the Intel EtherExpress 100. Anyone have any thoughts on those? I'm using an EtherExpress 100 together with Linux. The

Re: Linux in Wired (fwd)

1997-08-29 Thread Fredrik Ax
-- Forwarded message -- Date: Thu, 28 Aug 1997 15:45:06 +0200 (CEST) From: Fredrik Ax [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Peter S Galbraith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Linux in Wired On Thu, 28 Aug 1997, Peter S Galbraith wrote: Fredik Ax wrote: I disagree! The office suits

Re: [META] Use of the list for non-Debian matters

1997-06-10 Thread Fredrik Ax
/mail/incoming/debian-user.lock * ^X-Mailing-List:[EMAIL PROTECTED] /home/fax/mail/incoming/debian-user /fax -- +- Fredrik Ax -+-- Snailmail --+- Where to reach me on the net -+ |\\|// | Kämnärsvägen 13 E:202 | E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | @ @ | S-226 46 LUND

Re: [META] Use of the list for non-Debian matters (fwd)

1997-06-10 Thread Fredrik Ax
, Fredrik Ax wrote: :0:/home/fax/mail/incoming/debian-user.lock * ^X-Mailing-List:[EMAIL PROTECTED] /home/fax/mail/incoming/debian-user But I still think it's better to filter on the X-Mailing-List header. There are after all, methods of sending mails to the list without having the address

Re: Problem getting German Umlaute

1997-06-10 Thread Fredrik Ax
-05-13 (i386-unknown-linux) options 8b,nls,bye,al,sm,nd any idea? /fax -- +- Fredrik Ax -+-- Snailmail --+- Where to reach me on the net -+ |\\|// | Kämnärsvägen 13 E:202 | E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | @ @ | S-226 46 LUND, SWEDEN | WWW: http://www.df.lth.se/~fax

Re: [META] Use of the list for non-Debian matters

1997-06-09 Thread Fredrik Ax
On Mon, 9 Jun 1997, DANIEL STRINGFIELD wrote: I'm not personally thrilled with the high volume, but I wouldn't wan't to make things not specific to debian (other than things like how to on Redhat or something) to stop being supported. I think the list serves well as a LINUX mailing list,

Re: new kernel

1997-06-04 Thread Fredrik Ax
to read /usr/src/linux/README other usefull information is available in /usr/src/linux/Documentation/modules.txt (if you want to use modules that is) Tip: make menuconfig is nice, and have a easy-to-use built in help function (also availabel in make config) Good luck /fax -- +- Fredrik Ax

Re: DSELECT question

1997-06-03 Thread Fredrik Ax
have a set of deb-packages on a zipdrive which I mount as vfat on /zipdrv and have a symlink to /zipdrv/debpack from /usr/local/ ... It works just great! /fax -- +- Fredrik Ax -+-- Snailmail --+- Where to reach me on the net -+ |\\|// | Kämnärsvägen 13 E:202 | E-mail: [EMAIL

Re: vfat drives and users

1997-05-28 Thread Fredrik Ax
permissions (done e.g. during moving with mv) Hopes this helps, it solved all my problems, and is a solution that supports that some users have write permissions and others not. (The ones that are members of fat have) /fax -- +- Fredrik Ax -+-- Snailmail --+- Where to reach me on the net

Re: Form Debian 1.2 to Debian 1.3, How?

1997-05-26 Thread Fredrik Ax
thanks in advance. Basicly you just have to run dselect whith 1.3's filetree as base. Most (all?) packages asks you if you want to replace the original config files, if you wish to overwrite them, a backup file is created, otherwise an side file with a new config file is created. /fax -- +- Fredrik

Re: post news periodically, how?

1997-05-14 Thread Fredrik Ax
On Tue, 13 May 1997, Lawrence Chim wrote: Hi, Is it possible to post the same news to newsgroups automatically and periodically, say bi-weekly? It sounds like a cron job to me, but why would you send the same news periodically ... I smell spam here :( /fax -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS

Re: Incomming mails..

1997-05-14 Thread Fredrik Ax
location as well the easiest way to accomplish that would be to make a soft link: cd /var/spool ln -s /usr/mail Hope this is helps /fax -- +- Fredrik Ax -+-- Snailmail --+-- Where to reach me on the net -+ |\\|// | Kämnärsvägen 13 E:202 | E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED

tst pls ignore

1997-05-14 Thread Fredrik Ax
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Re: PLEASE HELP! debian apache package wiped my /etc/httpd!

1997-05-12 Thread Fredrik Ax
to write a not so simple program that fetches the superblock and extracts the file. There might even exists such a program? /fax -- +- Fredrik Ax -+-- Snailmail --+-- Where to reach me on the net -+ |\\|// | Kämnärsvägen 13 E:202 | E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Really good looking screen savers....

1997-05-07 Thread Fredrik Ax
On Wed, 7 May 1997, Sam Ockman wrote: Anyone know of any really good looking screen-savers...something like xlock, but that looks more like something Microsoft will have in Windows 97? Hmmm, screen-savers should be activated when there is no activity, in other words when no one is near the

Re: Help: eth0 is not being found

1997-05-04 Thread Fredrik Ax
On 3 May 1997, Terrence M. Brannon wrote: [CUT] I will be more than happy to add lines to this one-at-a-time if there is a list of them somewhere. Heres your list: ls /lib/modules/kernelversion/net/*.o | cut -d. -f1 where kernelversion is something like 2.0.27 you can try running insmod

Re: new kernel to use with loadlin

1997-04-25 Thread Fredrik Ax
modules_install. And don't forget to run depmod -a once you have installed the modules. Hope this helps /fax -- +- Fredrik Ax -+-- Snailmail --+-- Where to reach me on the net -+ |\\|// | Kämnärsvägen 13 E:202 | E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | @ @ | S-226 46 LUND, SWEDEN

Re: Debian Package Finder (DOH!)

1997-04-18 Thread Fredrik Ax
=... change it to: http://hanoi.earthlight.co.nz/cgi-bin/joe/PFind.cgi?searchString=tetex... I hope this helps you find the bug! Regards /fax -- +- Fredrik Ax -+-- Snailmail --+-- Where to reach me on the net -+ |\\|// | Kämnärsvägen 13 E:202 | E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED