Re: C++ dev environment advice

Some have advised using the STL -- the Standard Template (not 'type') Library. That is sound advice. Thanks to everyone who has continued this thread. The STL does the trick for me, at least in regard to providing the Abstract Data Types (ADTs) that I need. There is a debian package

C++ dev environment advice

, although I am unfamiliar with it. Michael Laing

Re: java doesn't work for 2.2.13: workaround

works! ml aphro wrote: its a bug in the java package, upgrade the package or downgrade the kernel (see the debian-user archives i have a few urls from past mails there) nate On Sat, 8 Jan 2000, Michael Laing wrote: mpl I am running a straight slink system using a custom 2.2.12 kernel

java doesn't work for 2.2.13

kernel but I would like to upgrade. Thanks, Michael Laing

ipmasqadm portfw not working to Sun

be greatly appreciated!! Michael Laing

X, ld.so, xkb

Having upgraded my potato system, my backspace key no longer did a delete backward under X. Upon investigation, I found the following error when running startx: BUG IN DYNAMIC LINKER ld.so: dynamic-link.h: 57: elf_get_dynamic_info: Assertion `! bad dynamic tag' failed! Couldn't load XKB keymap,

Re: latex: how to output the ¢ (cent) symbol - solved

Michael Laing wrote: I have a potato system with all the usual latex stuff on it. I am working with a lot of latin1 (ISO-8859-1) text and need to output the ¢ (cent) symbol, which is latin1 character number 162 (0xa2). How can I do that? Almost all other characters work fine

latex: how to output the ¢ (cent) symbol

I have a potato system with all the usual latex stuff on it. I am working with a lot of latin1 (ISO-8859-1) text and need to output the ¢ (cent) symbol, which is latin1 character number 162 (0xa2). How can I do that? Almost all other characters work fine with the latin1 input encoding. Here's a

CODA network filesystem

I am considering setting up a CODA network filesystem for our widely spread out school district. Currently we have linux servers in each of 7 school buildings that use samba and netatalk to provide filesharing services. Each server has 10-40 GB of storage. This works well, but we would like to

What process is sending these UPD packets?

I have a slink server which runs samba (smbd, nmdb), named, and xntpd as well as an IP masquerade for a bunch of internal windoz machines. A few weeks ago I started getting bursts of UDP packets every 30 seconds or so which are rejected by the standard firewall and clog up my /var/log/messages

XML HowTo

. to drive the database loading process. Although there are some XML fragments in Debian potato, I couldn't find any thread that pulls them together like a HowTo. Can anybody give me some pointers? Michael Laing

Re: Temporaly disable program

/gpm', disabling gpm at bootup. When you want to play with it just 'chmod a+x /etc/init.d/gpm; /etc/init.d/gpm start'. I got this tip from this list some time back and often use it for fooling with new daemons. Michael Laing Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 10:20:45 +0200 (MET DST) From: Urban Gabor

Wordperfect Display

The characters are awfully ugly Is there any way to improve the on-screen display? Michael Laing

Unicode/Netscape

How does one display a UTF-8 encoded web page in Netscape 4.51? I can display a mixed language web page OK in yudit using UTF-8 encoding and the gnu unicode font, but I can't successfully associate this font with UTF-8 or unicode-2-0 in Netscape's Edit/Preferences/Font setup. So Netscape just

Multilanguage display in Netscape

I want to display mixed languages in an html page on my browser. I have got xfstt running OK and have loaded the cyberbit.ttf font so it can find it. yudit runs fine and uses the same font to display mixed languages, although it uses freefont2 instead of xfstt. How do I code my html page to use

smail/exim/qmail/zmailer/... which MTA?

Can someone make a recommendation to me of which to use? I am going to be handling email for 30-100 busy users. There are 3 domains, but only one user list, i.e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] is the same as [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am using smail right now and a text '/etc/aliases' file, generally there is one

Routing over IP Alias'd Interfaces

what I want? Thanks for your help. Michael Laing

Re: converting numbers

Where's the FM that tells how to convert numbers, like 0x11A to a decimal? I use 'dc' for this sort of task, for example: plum:~$ dc Invoke the program 16 push 16 on the stack i pop 16 from the stack and set it as the input radix 11A push 0x11A on

WingZpro cannot find libXpm.so.4

Having downloaded WingzPro from sunsite, I get: /usr/local/Wingz3/bin/LINUX/WingzPro: can't load library 'libXpm.so.4' but I have libXpm.so.4 and ldconfig shows it as well... How do I get WingzPro to find it? Thanks, Michael

Re: WingZpro cannot find libXpm.so.4: SOLVED

Michael Laing wrote: Having downloaded WingzPro from sunsite, I get: /usr/local/Wingz3/bin/LINUX/WingzPro: can't load library 'libXpm.so.4' but I have libXpm.so.4 and ldconfig shows it as well... How do I get WingzPro to find it? Thanks, Michael Actually, I just needed to install

ipfwadm/ipchains

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- I am helping our local school district set up linux servers as POPS so people can dial in using PPP and access some specific servers in our WAN. I've got PPP working fine and now need to add firewall rules to limit access to only a short list of servers. It's

Creating Fonts - how?

something else), and then ? Michael Laing -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBNkTTVdgnqhW4Cj7FAQHbmAQAqGBXRuAxhREvePyi5Ywm7dwLipI6+rIO Jzn7N1YQJyet42OVYl8JTVoYz99WyFd9MYhIxo0V/bnuqD746zsY1nPvRMcy7tgW o1jx//VAB9SuUySX2odkClhUIcDQjwzND

PGP 5 and Netscape Mail: How To?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- I have a PGP 2.63/premail/Netscape 3.04 combination working OK. Is there a way to use PGP 5 with Netscape mail? Is there another email client that is well integrated with PGP 5? Thanks, Michael Laing -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset

differential SCSI adapter supported?

at? Thanks, Michael Laing

crypt function

, Michael Laing

Re: crypt function

*-Michael Laing [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Can someone tell me what package I need in order to get the 'crypt' | function? | | The man page is straightforward, but the link fails because it cannot | find the entry point. | | I have searched around on the debian web site and in dselect

Delay Sending Mail

restore the previous behavior of just unloading to the server and having the server notify me later of delivery problems? Michael Laing

Generating Background Images

I want to find or generate some subtle but complex light gray-scale background images that are letter paper sized. I will use latex to draw text over them. I am trying to create the effect of watermarking on plain white paper. Fractal design would be nice. Thanks, Michael Laing

2.1.104 diald/route/masquerade problems

I have installed 2.1.104, mostly to experiment with raidtools, and have been able to get most things working OK. I have altered my startup scripts to accommmodate ipchains and the new routing code. However, routing fails for masqueraded hosts behind this machine, e.g. a ping causes diald to bring

Re: Cross-compile to Windows NT

Benoit Goudreault-Emond wrote: I'll assume the thing was written in C. It is. Well. Don't expect it to work out of the box. But if it uses only the standard library, you may have luck with the mingw32 stuff at: http://www.d.shuttle.de/isil/cpd/mingw32-cpd.html This looks like what

Headers for compiling experimental (2.1.xxx) kernel

I have downloaded and extracted the 2.1.104 kernel into /usr/src/linux. I want to create a kernel and test it (primarily for raidtools). Should I link the headers as described in the README that came with the kernel or is there preferred way to handle them under debian? I plan to use make-kpkg.

Cross-compile to Windows NT

I have a large utility program that I need to run under NT - is there a cross-compiler for this purpose? Thanks, Michael -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null

Re: SCSI Disk Farm

I want to experiment with 'raidtools' to set up my disk farm (100-200GB) and it requires a kernel version 2.1.62. I haven't worked with experimental kernels before - where is a good place to get them and how would I pick one that is not TOO experimental, i.e. doesn't break too easily... Michael

SCSI Disk Farm

currently use. Michael Laing -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null

Re: Laptop for Linux Debian

/overstocked 1024x768 notebook such as my Sharp or an NEC 6030X. Should be able to find one for about $2000 at places such as onsale.com. I use mine as my primary machine now; useful since I have several offices and travel between them. ml -- Michael Laing, President

Samba allows only one connection

setup using inetd and tcpd? I am running Debian 1.3.1. ml -- Michael Laing, President _|_|_|_| _|_| _| _|_|_| Foster Laing Noonan, Inc. _|_|_|_|_|_| [EMAIL PROTECTED] 207.832.6372_|_|_|_|_| _| _|_| Internet Software Developers

re: laptop advice

which laptop to get and where I would greatly appreciate advice. Thanks, Dave -- Michael Laing, President _|_|_|_| _|_| _| _|_|_| Foster Laing Noonan, Inc. _|_|_|_|_|_| [EMAIL PROTECTED] 207.832.6372_|_|_|_|_| _| _|_| Internet

re: problem with kernel sound configuration

enter and both of them get me that response. Anyone have an idea before I dig into the shell script/program? I've got bash 2.0 installed. Is this the cause? -- Michael Laing, President _|_|_|_| _|_| _| _|_|_| Foster Laing Noonan, Inc

re: Sun Java WorkShop on Debian' experience anyone?

system. On my system the jws freezes completely when I try to use the jws source editor. Does anyone know of a fix? Or - if you got the jws running, can you tell me, which jdk you're using? -- Michael Laing, President _|_|_|_| _|_| _| _|_|_| Foster Laing Noonan, Inc

re: Using debian as a proxy/masq. server.

to the internet from school. Although this may seem extreme, it allows us to not censor access in advance, but rather have the means to resolve reported problems by knowing who did what when and from which machine. They can use home or public library machines if they want private access. ml -- Michael

Re: Inexpensive color printer experience

Giacomo Mulas wrote: On or about 16-Gen-97 14:43:24, Michael Laing wrote: The 'stcolor' driver in Alladdin Ghostscript 4.01 works well for me on my Epson Stylus. No 'scratching' required... Where can I find Alladdin Ghostscript? Is it a commercial package or can I download it from some

Re: Inexpensive color printer experience

The 'stcolor' driver in Alladdin Ghostscript 4.01 works well for me on my Epson Stylus. No 'scratching' required... Michael Linh Dang wrote: I've just bought a Epson Stylus 200 for $240 CAN (~ $180 US). It didn't try the color mode with Linux YET but color-printing is fine (in W95 :-()

Re: Colour inkjet printers

have an Epson Stylus (I think its a Pro) on my home machine. Works very well with ghostscript, magicfilter, etc. Color is excellent. Am on the road until the wknd so cannot respond with specific config details until then. Michael Laing -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word

validating IP address hardware address

I am setting up a server in a school network that runs a squid cache (1.1) with proxy authentication. The server is dual-homed with one interface on the internet (56K) and functions as a simple firewall. The server also runs dhcpd, primarily serving out pre-defined IP addresses based upon

maintaining apache-style auth files

Does someone know of a good set of utilities for doing this? The format is simple, just like the 1st 2 fields in /etc/passwd. I am actually using it for a squid proxy authentication file. Michael -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Cheap Alpha anywhere?

I am interested in running Debian on an Alpha - anyone know a good source for one? lowest cost preferred! Thanks! Michael Laing -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

ATAPI CDROM errors

The ATAPI 6X CDROM on my Sharp 9080 notebook seems to work OK but generates the following errors: hdc: packet command error: status=0x51 hdc: packet command error: error=0x50 hdc: code: 0x70 key: 0x05 asc: 0x20 ascq: 0x00 I always get them when I mount the CDROM, and occasionally thereafter.

WWW Proxy Authentication

on Linux... Anyone have a good idea? Thanks, Michael Laing P.S. This server is a big hit at the H.S. - students create web pages on their macs drop them in their personal appleshare folders (netatalk on the server) then Apache serves them out. I have also copied CDROM's into hard disk partitions

Re: cdu31a

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Package: disks-i386 Version: 1996-07-14 A friend is trying to convert to Debian from Slakware. He's using buzz-fixed off an Info Magic cdrom, and can't get the installation boot disk to recognize his cdu31a. At the lilo prompt, he's type linux

Re: lpd not working after kernel upgrade to 2.0.24

#1440:mx#0:\ :if=/usr/sbin/stylus_color-filter:\ :af=/var/log/lp-acct:lf=/var/log/lp-errs: Good luck! Michael Laing -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]