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I use a second, larger monitor (my eyes are vary bad).
My very old, failing Dell Inspiron would connect to the second monitor
by pressing Ctrl-Alt-F8, and would remember that setting across
reboots. It appeared to be a function of the hardware, mot the
/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda3 ro
I have verified that ide support and both the ext2 and ext3 file
systems are compiled into the kernel, not as modules.
Where should I look for the problem?
Regards,
Bob
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Is there a command available in Debian to determine what
resolution is being used in an X session?
Please Cc: me on any replies.
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With e2fsprogs 1.18-3, the e2fsck manpage says:
-r This option does nothing at all; it is provided
only for backwards compatibility.
What option did you intend to use? (I'm not flaming - I'm
asking for information.)
Bob
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include an epoch in your revision number. Manoj's
recommendation in the README is to use something like
kernel-image-2.2.14_custom.2.0, which is not an epoch.
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Daniel Lesage [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I'm thinking of yanking out pump, and replacing it with dhcpcd.
For a client only, use dhcp-client
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The kernel must be compiled with PS/2 support (or the appropriate
module loaded). The /etc/gpm.conf file should look something like:
device=/dev/psaux
responsiveness=
type=ps2
append=-R # this line is needed to use a PS/2 mouse in X
Your XF86Config file should contain a section like
I have Logitech (serial) Trackball Model T-CC2-9F, which has
worked in both rex and bo (also under Slackware) using the standared
microsoft serial mouse driver (type=ms in the /etc/gpm.conf file).
It also works with type=bare. I don't remember why I switched from
bare to ms, but it did _not_
Chapter 9 of the Packaging Manual describes Automatic handling of
configuration files by dpkg. Essentially, this boils down to:
If neither the user nor the package maintainer has changed the file,
it is left alone. If one or the other has changed their version, then
the changed
I've had very good success with cp -ax. The x makes it Skip
subdirectories that are on different filesystems from the one that the
copy started on, so you have to create the /proc mount point on the
new system. (proc is a virtual file system, provided by the kernel,
so you don't have to
Try /usr/sbin/pppstats, from the ppp package.
Bob
On Wed, 18 Feb 1998, Ian Perry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I would like to know if there is a way where I can monitor the number of
ppp0 packets transmitted and received as a continuous update on the screen.
Similar to the way the tail command
When I updated my hamm system tonight from my local mirror,
timezones was updated to 2.0.7pre1-1. It removed the setting GMT=
from wherever it belongs in hamm. (It was in /etc/init.d/boot
pre-hamm, but I haven't looked for it before now that /etc/init.d/boot
is no longer used. I inserted
Before I upgrade from bo to hamm, ldconfig showed three
warnings. This situation has been inherited by my hamm system. The
ldconfig message is:
bob:vc-2:bobldconfig
ldconfig: warning: can't open /usr/lib/i486-linuxaout/libvga.so.1 (No
such file
or directory), skipping
ldconfig: warning:
On Thu, 12 Feb 1998, you wrote:
Many packages didn't install, and some could not be removed
(timezone, wg15-locale, etc). I manually
removed the packages the script didn't, then ran autoup.sh again,
What version of autoup.sh did you use? The most recent is
v0.19. The problems you
On 13 Feb 1998 14:04:59 +0100 you wrote:
I inserted GMT= near the top of
/etc/init.d/hwclock.sh, and it works, but that probably isn't the
correct place. Where should it be?
/etc/default/rcS. It even has a manpage rcS(5) !
Thanks, Mike. I was familiar with the /etc/rcS.d scripts,
The device equivalent to /dev/cua1 is /dev/ttyS2. (In linux,
as in other unices, the serial device numbering starts at 0, so
/dev/ttyS1 is the same serial port as COM2 in DOS.)
The use of the /dev/cua? devices is deprecated, I believe because of
locking inconsistencies.
Bob
On Tue,
Maybe someone more knowledgable can answer this, I can't. I have
never had any problems with /dev/ttyS? devices in a script. I have
been hearing that /dev/cua? devices are deprecated for years, and they
haven't been included in the debian distribution since rex.
Bob
On Tue, 10 Feb 1998,
This is the error message that is generated if you try to mount
the drive without a floppy in it. The floppy must be in the drive
before it is mounted, and should not be removed before it is
unmounted.
Bob
On Tue, 10 Feb 1998, Stefan Palm wrote:
I've just installed debian (kernel
I have a script in /etc/init.d that runs /usr/bin/setleds -D +num
to set the numlock on. How can I get the same result in an xterm?
Bob
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On Fri, 30 Jan 1998, I sent a message to the testing list and to
Craig noting that I had found two bugs that cause v0.17 of autoup to
fail. I included diffs from v0.17 to my v0.18. As of yesterday, both
Craig's ftp site and yours still had v0.17.
If you wish, I can send these diffs to
It is difficult to sort out the various files pertaining to a new
installation from the long list of files on Incoming. It would be
helpful if all of these files could be combined into three .tgzfiles -
one tarball containing all files for 1.2mb disks, one for 1.44 mb
disks, and the
I assume you have disk space available, either on another
partition or available to partition. Assuming that the new partition
is to be /dev/hdxn. As root, you should do the following:
1. fdisk /dev/hdx Use p to see the existing partition
arrangement, then, if it doesn't already
I'm sorry, but I don't know how to solve your problem if you
don't have any free disk space. Perhaps someone else on the list will
have some ideas.
Bob
On Thu, 29 Jan 1998, Ulisses Alonso Camaro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Wed, 28 Jan 1998, Robert D. Hilliard wrote:
I assume you
Thanks very much for your responses. All responders recommended
using ppp instead of slip. I will try a ppp setup tonight.
I started trying to use slip because the NET-3-HOWTO recommends
it in this situation. Is that advice now obsolete?
John says: If this works I suggest
Lindsay Allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
One small point. You can get compression from a modem but it is very
difficult to get compression over a piece of wire. :-)
I believe compression from a modem is actually software compression
implemented by the modem's ROM, while BSD compression
(My original post, requesting assistance configuring slip over a
null modem, and the responses recommending ppp instead are omitted to
save bandwidth.)
Thanks again to all. My link is now working perfectly.
The pppd man page mentions the tty_name option as requiring
pppd to make
I am trying, so far unsuccessfully, to connect two linux boxes
with a null modem cable and slip, following the directions in the
NET-3-HOWTO.
One machine, bobspc, is a Micron Pentium-166 that is my primary
computer, while the other, zeos, is an old 486DX-33 with a new no-name
Script (/usr/bin/script from the bsdutils package) will make a
transcript of a dselect session, regardless of the install method
being used. See man script for details.
Bob
On Mon, 26 Jan 1998, Craig Sanders [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is the output of dselect logged somewhere? This woud
David Z. Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
You can change this number using tune2fs(8) (in the e2fsprogs package).
If you want to see what the current settings are for this, and
other disk parameters, use dumpe2fs /dev/hd__|less as root,
inserting your disk designator. Piping through less is
My local freenet (SEFLIN) uses lynx as the login shell for users,
with a menu displayed on login. The 'G' command in lynx is disabled,
thus restricting users to accessing only directories on the
parent machine and web sites that are included in the menu or sub-menus.
Bob
On Fri, 23 Jan
It sounds like you are talking about Bug#15854. On 11 Dec 1997
the maintainer's response to the bug report included a patch to fix
it, which he said would be included in perl 5.004.04-4.
My rex system contains non-empty directories that trigger this
problem, but my bo system does
On Tue, 20 Jan 1998 08:49:32, [EMAIL PROTECTED] asked:
does rex = rexx (script language found in OS/2 amongst others)
No.
What are hamm and bo?
They are code names for versions. Debian normally has two (three
for a brief period after the release of a new version) distributions
I believe it is desirable for debian to provide a painless
upgrade route from rex to hamm, without first upgrading to bo. Last
month I experimented with a manual upgrade of a rex filesysem to hamm,
following Scott Ellis's Mini-HOWTO. There were problems (see my
testing report of 12/18/97),
:
# - fixed potential globbing problem reported by Kirk Hilliard
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# - fixed 'or just hit enter to use $DEFAULT' problem reported by
# Robert D. Hilliard [EMAIL PROTECTED]. there must be a
# Hilliard Conspiracy :-)
^^
You
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several months ago, but I don't
The obvious question (please don't take offense) is: Did you
start ppp before entering dselect? dselect, or rather dpkg-ftp, will
attempt to make an ftp connection, but assumes that a ppp connection
is up. It does not check, AFAIK, to see if there is such a connection.
Bob
On Wed, 14 Jan
On Mon, 05 Jan 1998, Daniel Martin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
I think I've heard odd things about networking on hamm not knowing
about localhost - tell me, is localhost mentioned in /etc/hosts? Can
you telnet to localhost? What does /etc/host.conf look like?
/etc/hosts:
127.0.0.1
Thanks, Scott, it works as advertised now. I have now checked
and find that it is Bug#16147. I would never have suspected smail of
being the culprit.
Bob
On Mon, 5 Jan 1998 Scott K. Ellis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yep, the latest smail package messes up if you want it installed in
Greg Cox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ok, now it says System Lacks PPP Kernel Support.
Hi Greg!
Make sure that /dev/modem is a link to ttyS1, and not ttys1.
^ ^
Whatever ttys1 is, if it is pointed to by /dev/modem, or if it is
mentioned
On my hamm system, fetchmail fails with the following message:
bob:vc-2:bobfetchmail
fetchmail: 29 messages at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
reading message 1 (4310 bytes) ..fetchmail: SMTP connect to (null)
failed
fetchmail: SMTP transaction error while fetching from
post.metrolink.net
I have
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I believe there is only one underscore in the file name. Try
xisp_2.1-1.deb
^
Bob
On Tue, 30 Dec 1997, Albert Hurd writes:
I tried dpkg -i (and cp) on xisp_2_1-1(1).deb and got the following
message:
I have been given an HP Office Jet Series 500, Model 500 All in
One combination printer, fax, copier, scanner. Is anyone
successfully using this model printer under Linux? If so, what driver
do you use?
Thanks.
Bob
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While testing the upgrading of rex to hamm I have discovered
several problems or possible bugs. I will post each of these as
separate messages, and ask if anyone else has encountered them, and if
they should be reported as bugs.
The perl system contained login 1.45a-3, which was
While testing the upgrading of rex to hamm I have discovered
several problems or possible bugs. I will post each of these as
separate messages, and ask if anyone else has encountered them, and if
they should be reported as bugs.
The rex system had e2fsprogs v1.06-3 installed, and
OOPS - staring at this console too long!
I ([EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert D. Hilliard)) wrote:
The perl system contained login 1.45a-3 . . .
__ should read rex system
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While testing the upgrading of rex to hamm I have discovered
several problems or possible bugs. I will post each of these as
separate messages, and ask if anyone else has encountered them, and if
they should be reported as bugs.
During the installation, dselect stopped with the
While testing the upgrading of rex to hamm I have discovered
several problems or possible bugs. I will post each of these as
separate messages, and ask if anyone else has encountered them, and if
they should be reported as bugs.
Timezone:
Version 7.48-3 of timezone was installed and
While testing the upgrading of rex to hamm I have discovered
several problems or possible bugs. I will post each of these as
separate messages, and ask if anyone else has encountered them, and if
they should be reported as bugs.
While updating perl 5.003.07-10 using
Gertjan Klein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[ . . .]
* All non-DOS partitions are completely ignored. This includes OS/2's
hidden DOS partitions.
[ . . . ]
An interesting anomaly is that the DOS command fdisk /status
will (sometimes?) show Linux partitions with DOS drive
On 14 Jun 1997, Alan Woo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
1) I am incredibly knowledgable in Win95/NT. will i be able to run both
Operating Systems if i partition my hdd?
You have received several useful suggestions about installing
LILO so as to be able to boot either OS. Another alternative
Hamm includes both libbfd2.8.1_2.8.1-2.deb and
libbfd2.8.1.0.15_2.8.1.0.15-1.deb. Neither indicates and replaces or
conflicts. Are these two versions of the same package, or are they
independent?
Bob
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Section 3. of the Mini-HOWTO says:
If you wish to do libc6 development, you should first purge all the
'-dev' packages on your system
Please confirm that this does not include dpkg-dev_1.4.0.19.deb,
which was installed under Section 2.3.
Bob
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From the bash manpage:
noclobber
If set, bash does not overwrite an existing file
with the , , and redirection operators. This
variable may be overridden when creating output
files by using the redirection operator |
1) I use set -C in bash, so I can't say foo if foo exists wthout
first saying set +C.
| foo overrides the noclobber option
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On 05 Dec 1997 16:24:10 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Richard G. Roberto writes:
I also want to address this issue about standard options file
locations. It is impossible to manage multiple ppp options sets in the
same file unless the option requirements are identicle. ... I
personally
Allen Burns [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I wrote a e-mail to gateway2000's tech support team asking them if Linux
was compatible with my Promise Ultra 33 here is an EXACT copy of what was
returned:
Hello Allen,
Thanks for your message. Unfortunatly, Linus has not been tested on any
On Thu, 4 Dec 1997, this Mini-HOWTO was posted to the various
lists. It appears to be identical to the version posted on Wed Nov 12.
Is this an error, or is it an intentional repeat, not an update?
Bob
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I have a small partition that was used in the bo testing period
that, IIRC, is in the status in which the base installation left it.
It contains 18 mb, representing the packages installed from the base
disks. Perl exists in this partition as /usr/bin/perl, but perl does
not show up in
On 03 Dec 1997 15:43:13 you asked:
Can anyone give me some feedback on dunc?
Several weeks ago I experimented with dunc 1.5. The major bug I
found was in the dialup_connect script. There is what I think is
called a race condition that causes the /bin/rm -f /tmp/wchatfile
to remove
/usr/bin/poff
Bob
On Mon, 24 Nov 1997 14:16:46 -0900 me [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
After starting/quitting minicom, and then finishing internet connection,
what is the best way to kill pppd without doing a 'kill ' (or the pid
of pppd? I haven't found that answer anywhere, and I have
This is an excellent document. Placing it on the CD would be
helpful, but, IMHO, it would be even better if it were posted on the
debian web site, and referred to in the CD's README file. Following
are some suggested additions/modifications.
Bob
On Sun, 23 Nov 1997 22:08:14 + Oliver
What tool that debian uses do you mean? The install package
uses cfdisk, which some people prefer to fdisk. Personally, I prefer
fdisk, but it is a matter of personal choice. If it is cfdisk that
does not look as friendly, perhaps you should try fdisk. Both are
in the util-linux package,
It sounds like you need an introductory Unix book.
The Debian Linux User's Guide by Dale Scheetz may be downloaded
from http://www.linuxpress.com/, or may be ordered in hard copy from
the same address. Although heavily oriented towards Debian
installation, there is a summary of the
/usr/bin/savelog in package debianutils
Bob
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 23:59:35 -0800 (PST)
From: David Stern [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi people,
Is there a .deb log rotation package? You know what I mean, just
something to swap out the logs in /var/.. every week and rename them
*.1, *.2, .. up
If you run bash, fg will bring it into the foreground; ^z will put it
back in the background. (If you have more than one background job, fg
%hardcrack or fg %job number.
Bob
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 11:05:05 -0500 (EST)
From: Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi everybody, I had a little trouble
I haven't tried this, but I think fg pid will work if you are
logged in by telnet, as long as you have the same userid as the owner
of the process.
Bob
On Fri, 21 Nov 1997 11:34:12 -0500, you wrote:
Hi can I do the fg on vertual consloes. Lets say when I go home and
login with telnet?
Paul
When I mount a cd on my system, the mount command returns the
file system detected on the cd:
hilliard:vc-2:bobmount /cd
ISO9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A
Bob
On Wed, 19 Nov 1997, JD Thomlinson wrote:
I've got a CD that won't mount on FreeBSD 2.2.2
(Yes, I'm working on getting them to
Look at the results of dpkg-deb --help. The -c or -I options may
be what you want.
Bob
Tim Ferrell wrote:
I am new to Debian, so this may be a somewhat stupid question... Is
there a way to use dpkg to list the contents, etc. of a package that is
not installed? I like to see what it is I
I have downloaded both pgp-i_2.6.3a-1.deb and pgp-us_2.6.3a-1.deb
from nonus.debian.org. The documentation indicates that the
international version is somewhat better than the US version, but
isn't properly licensed for use in the US. Is the encryption obtained
by the two versions
I installed bo from scratch, using the base disks. This
installed kernel-image-2.0.30 and /etc/modules. I have subsequently
compiled (*) a custom kernel 2.0.30 that doesn't require any modules, and
would like to remove the distribution kernel image, /etc/modules, and
any other related
Thanks a lot. This worked perfectly. I assume from your wording
(in this case this is safe) that this would not be a safe procedure
in general. Is this correct?
Bob
On Wed, 5 Nov 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (joost witteveen) wrote:
The way to fix this (in this case this is safe), is to do:
I have a misconfigured or partially configured nfsroot on my disk
that is marked 'purge' in dselect. Both dselect and 'dpkg
--force-remove-reinstreq -r nfsroot' give the following response:
Removing nfsroot ...
I will not do so, (as you may have some config stuff in there left),
but you
My preferred login on my machine is not the same as my userid
with my ISP. Smail uses my login on this machine to form the
return_path_field. As a result, I can not receive messages from
mailer-daemons about undeliverable mail, etc.
Is there any way to make smail create the
On Sat, 02 Aug 1997 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 15:18:49 Robert D. Hilliard wrote:
I think this should be the main object of a smaller version of
debian (Please not Debian Lite!). A normal debian installation loads
up a single user machine with a lot of unneeded and unwanted
On Fri, 01 Aug 1997 17:12:30 -0700, Jason Ish [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In one of the first posts of this thread I suggested that it be aimed at
single user systems will low resource software. ie) Get rid of all the
server stuff, the user can install later if they want.
Does this fit in
I apologize for this in advance for this is going to be a major
soapbox speech.
No apology needed. Many of the recent converts from Microsoft
need to hear this message. Thanks for putting it out.
Bob
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Another criteria for code names - they should be short enough to
be quick and easy to type, thus minimizing typos. IMNSHO hamm is at
least one letter too long.
Bob
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I have 96M of RAM, I use swap space of about 3 times my RAM.
The rule of thumb of three times RAM has always seemed highly
illogical to me. A machine with 8 mb probably needs much more than 24
mb, while one with 97 mb probably doesn't need any.
Bob
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ON Wed, 23 Jul 1997 19:26:54 -0400, Victor Torrico wrote:
Hello All,
Once in a while I need a file or two from the /debian/Incoming directory at
master.debian.org. Since they only have a five user anonymous ftp limit it's
very hard to access the site. Most of the time you can't get in.
During the installation testing phase of bo (pre 1.3) I tried to
install all possible packages on a 781+ mb partition (756 mb available
after making the file system). I installed 683 packages totaling 724
mb before I decided I was running out of space. Including contrib and
non-free, there
I think we might support more default packages in a system installed
from CD eventually
I think it would be better to try to reduce the size of the base
system as much as possible. Perhaps the base install script could ask
the user if he wants to install ppp and networking programs,
I use loadlin to boot linux, but I have never moved /boot to a
dos partition (I don't have umsdos support compiled in). I have a
\loadlin directory in one of my Dos partitions. This directory
contains several batch files to invoke loadlin for the appropriate
root partition (I have four
What is the standard (if there is a standard) routing that MTAs
use to route bounced mail? Do they use the FROM: field or the
Return-Path: field?
Bob
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I have a script to start ppp that was written when I was running
slackware. This script allows me to choose among several isp numbers
and several option files. It displays the number being called,
reports when the connection is up, and records the time connection is
made. When ppp is
The pppd man pages say that the ip-up and ip-down scripts are
executed with standard input, output and error streams redirected
to /dev/null.
I would like to use these scripts, but I want them to echo
messages to the console. How can I overcome this redirection to
/dev/null?
Bob
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I have finally installed anacron. Since my machine doesn't run
24 hours a day, no cron scripts have ever run, so my log files are
getting out of hand.
The package description for anacron says It's also a good
replacement for cron on systems, that don't run continuously 24 hours a
day
In smailconfig, you must choose option (1), then after several
more questions, you give your ISP's mail server's name in response to:
Do you have a smarthost available (and accessible via SMTP) ?
A smarthost is a system to which you forward mail you don't want to
deliver yourself; it
Many thanks to all the people who responded to my query last
Sunday and told me that network configuration data is stored in
/etc/init.d/network.
Is the network configuration script from the installation disks
available in the installed system? If so, what is the file name?
Is the final version of rex-fixed (1.2.?) available somewhere? I
looked in ftp.debian.org and couldn't find it.
Bob
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On Sun, 06 Jul 1997 15:34:46 -0700, Dan Hugo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What to I do with extended and logical partitions when I have three
physical paritions on my drive already?
In other words, I have hda1,hda2,hda3, and I would like to add more than
hda4. Assuming I am using fdisk, how to
During the base installation, as part of configuring the network,
the configure script asks for the netmask and the IP address for the
network and/or the default gateway. Where is this information stored?
Bob
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Can smail be configured to omit the Return-Path Field from the
headers of outgoing mail, or to use a specified string for the
Return-Path Field?
Bob
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Subject: SMAIL/smarthost/BIND error
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Al Youngwerth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
post.metrolink.net does not have a dns MX record. I don't think smail
should give you an error if your smarthost doesn't have an MX record but it
might. Try
I posted this on June 10, but have not had any response, so I'm
trying again. My ISP says we do not offer support for linux mail.
I hope someone can give me a clue. I'm getting tired of going into
Windoze to send mail.
I am running debian 1.2.4, and use smail ver 3.2-3. I have
My local cable company is offering internet access using a
General Instruments GI-Surfboard cable modem. They say it requires
WIN95, and there are no drivers for other OSs. However, I doubt if he
knows anything about Linux. Does anyone know if there are any Linux
drivers to work with this
I am running debian 1.2.4, and use smail ver 3.2-3. I have
configured it to use my ISP as a smart host. /etc/smail/routers
includes the following:
smart_host:
driver=smarthost, transport=smtp;
path=post.metrolink.net
This has worked fine for many months until May 31.
On Mon, 26 May 1997, Clint Adams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
reading message 4 (1753 bytes) .fetchmail: SMTP connect to (null)
failed
I experience this and other problems when using dynamic IPs.
Using '-S localhost' on the commandline solves it for me.
Thanks. It works like a charm! IMHO
My current system is debian 1.2.4. I use smail version 3.2-3 as
my MTA and popclient version 3.05-3 to retrieve mail.
I have installed bo on a separate partition. Bo includes the
same version of smail, but popclient has been replaced with fetchmail
version 3.8-0.
When I try to
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