I have been fighting with trying to install the tex related
utilities in the unstable subdir for several days now. Finally
I have triumphed.
My findings suggest that 'cfg, russian, and swedish' should
not be selected when running texconfhyphen of the package
texlib. This doesn't affect texlib,
Terrence M. Brannon wrote:
How do you tell dselect/dpkg get me back to where I was before I
started adding and removing packages ?
cd /; rm -rf *
then start over :-)
Seriously, whether it be mcc-interim (remember that one?!),
(what came before slackware, I've already
i have two pc one running linux 1.1.47 and the other running linux
1.2.13 both pc have a SMC WD8013 lan card. when i boot any pc, while
boot it tell me that it has a WD8013 card on the correct address and
irq, even both machines accept the ifconfig command and everything
seem to be ok bu
I think that this is a great idea. One of the things that keeps Slackware
alive is that fact that it is *so* easy to install (even if it is buggy and
a nightmare to maintain).
My background is this: Had my computer for a year. Never heard of
Linux until Apr'96. Started with a CD that
On Wed, 8 Jan 1997, Dirk Luetjens wrote:
I tried to mirror the debian archive with the mirror command. I like
to keep the local tree although in the debian hirarchie, so I included
the line delete_excl=(/mnt/debian/local) to the config file. But the
files in the local tree are still delete
I am trying to install Debian (1.2) on my Thinkpad 365XD. I cannot get the
rescue disk to boot (I have tries both the 12/8/96 and the 1/4/97 disk sets).
The symptoms are as follows. I put the floppy in the (external) drive and
power-up the machine (same thing happens on warm reboots). I get
Is the digest debian-user still availible? How do I subscribe to that?
Also, is the web archive for debian-user broken? It seems to be mostly
empty.
Thanks, Chris.
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I think the ide of a simpel istall-tool as a compliment to dselect
wery-much-as-it-is is a god ide. Making dselect more a mangement tool
then an install tool. Dselect is a good managment tool, but less god
first install tool for inexperient users. Most of the problems that
comes with
On Wed, 8 Jan 1997, Richard Jones wrote:
ok, I installed Debian for the first time about 3 weeks ago (1.2), I've
been running Linux for a few years and have previously installed slackware and
two versions of red-hat. All in all I'm very pleased with Debian (and I am
especially attracted
On Wed, 8 Jan 1997, Fundamental wrote:
Okay ive compiled my new kernel, made it bootable from a kickstart disk
and tried booting - problem, i get a kernel panic. So i just stuck in my
old 2.0.0 kickstart and she booted up fine.
Im pretty sure the problem is that the new kernel doesnt
Chad Zimmerman wrote:
Was just wondering if there is a package out that does multiple file
search and replaces? I have to go through my main html directory and make
a lot of repetive changes. Was wondering if there was a package or a perl
script laying arround to do this. Would same me
Those are words well spoken...
On Tue, 7 Jan 1997, Martin Konold wrote:
Yes, a very good point. I am offering a host for a mailing list.
We should first figure out how it should work and implement it
afterwards. There is definetelly a need for a improved dselect.
Actually why
So, in hindsight, it was necessary to get my hands dirty, and see how
bad upgrading, and maintenance could be before I found Debian.
I agree. I started off much the same way (only I started with SunOS, found
how yucky upgrading was, found slackware nicer and then found debian a few
months
Kendrick Myatt wrote:
At 07:15 PM 1/5/97 -0600, Guy Maor wrote:
No, dselect's ftp method, dpkg-ftp, uses perl's Net::FTP to do ftp
(the protocol). It does not require ftp (the client). Use dselect to
get netstd and you'll have ftp (the client).
#
It may have gotten
Are there people who serve as Debian consultant on a paid basis? I
don't have many questions, but I would prefer fast and accurate
response, even if I have to pay.
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On Wed, 8 Jan 1997, Nico De Ranter wrote:
Hi,
I just tried to install Debian on a Toshiba Satellite Pro 410 CDT with a 3Com
Etherlink III PCMCIA network adapter. I wanted to install Debian using NFS
but
the installation disks do not seem to recognize my PCMCIA-adapter (it doesn't
even
Jon == [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Jon I've switched from slackware to debian. I have a few
Jon questions that I'd appreciate any help with.
[snip -- dunno the answer]
Jon 2) I am use to directly building slackware kernals. Will
Jon something like make config; make; make
Herbert == Herbert Xu [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Instructions for turning on recognition of the color change
escape sequences is in the xterm man page.
Herbert Yes indeed. And that means you need this resource line:
HerbertXTerm*customization: -color
Herbert in your
Pete == Pete Templin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Pete Keep in mind that we are all getting a generally fantastic
Pete product for the best price anyone could ask for.
Hear, hear.
Pete Dselect might lead you
Pete astray. But accept what the Debian project has given each
Pete
Chad Zimmerman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Was just wondering if there is a package out that does multiple file
: search and replaces? I have to go through my main html directory and make
: a lot of repetive changes. Was wondering if there was a package or a perl
: script laying arround to do
On Wed, 8 Jan 1997, Philippe Troin wrote:
On Wed, 08 Jan 1997 15:42:27 +0100 Gertjan Klein ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
One of my most serious criticisms is the fact that in spite of the
dependencies being known, packages aren't installed in the right order.
If package 1 depends on
On Wed, 8 Jan 1997, Richard Jones wrote:
ok, I installed Debian for the first time about 3 weeks ago (1.2), I've
been running Linux for a few years and have previously installed slackware
and
two versions of red-hat. All in all I'm very pleased with Debian (and I am
especially
I was wondering where i could get these libraries from? I searched the
ftp.debian.org via the web debian package finder and came up with nothing.
thanks
c'ya hate to be ya
michael
Ho-Ho
A MUSICAL EVENING
The geisha's pose is shadowed on the screen
Beside a willow sapling, fledged with
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED],
Timothy Phan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I was once want to mirror the debian as well but I was told that
I need to have a very high speed connection to the ISP. Currently
I can have upto 28.8 via modem from my house. I'd like to know
how do I go about
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED],
Arrigo Triulzi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have now reached a count of 56 for the number of Debian
boxes under my control and keeping them in sync (with rdist and lots
of hacking) is beginning to get out of hand.
I've been doing multiple-box management for a
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED],
Dirk Luetjens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I tried to mirror the debian archive with the mirror command. I like
to keep the local tree although in the debian hirarchie, so I included
the line delete_excl=(/mnt/debian/local) to the config file. But the
files in the
How much disk space is required for a Debian ftp mirror?
I am mirroring the rex, rex-updates, buzz-updates, and the non-US
as well as a few other misc. programs on 80% or a 500 meg partition.
Mark
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On Wed, 8 Jan 1997, Chad Zimmerman wrote:
Was just wondering if there is a package out that does multiple file
search and replaces? I have to go through my main html directory and make
a lot of repetive changes. Was wondering if there was a package or a
On Wed, 8 Jan 1997, Kevin Scott wrote:
I am currently considering the purchase of a colour inkjet printer,
for text and graphics printing (including images from Photo-CD). I
would be interested in experiences people have had in using them with
Debian - the models I am currently
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On Wed, 8 Jan 1997, Guillermo Solis wrote:
i have two pc one running linux 1.1.47 and the other running linux
1.2.13 both pc have a SMC WD8013 lan card. when i boot any pc, while
boot it tell me that it has a WD8013 card on the correct address and
On 8 Jan 1997, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
srivasta Hmm,
srivasta
srivasta /dev/sda1. Well, I wonder if the scsi modules have been
srivasta compiled in the new kernel? You may have a problem otherwise.
srivasta
well, this is odd. The machine im compiling on has two scsi drives, when
i do a
Is there any Linux / Debian support for the APC UPS PRO series ??
If so, what package/program should I be looking for ?
Thanks.
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: To the other newbies out there, this mailing list somehow ends up
: archived as a newsgroup. I've found lots of help by searching
: problems at
: http://www.dejanews.com/
There's a mail-to-news gateway, I
If you are waiting to get on the developers mailing list or to get a
login on the master system, please send me a reminder and prepare to
wait a few more days. I've been awfuly busy with the flood in my home
and other matters. I've offloaded my boot disk tasks on other
programmers, so those should
On Wed, 8 Jan 1997, Kendrick Myatt wrote:
At 10:25 AM 1/6/97 -0500, Dale Scheetz wrote:
Well, you are partially correct. There is no ftp client on the base disks.
However, dpkg-ftp IS provided on the base system and dselect's ftp method
should work.
It does not.
From: Don Morton [EMAIL PROTECTED]
...I think it's sometimes valuable to do a couple of trial runs
with a new installation until you start to understand how the whole
thing works, if you can afford the time. I guarantee you, things
become a lot clearer on the third or fourth install!
Repeated attempts to boot from the debian 1.1.1 boot floppy last
night produced the same results each time -- I could get to the boot:
prompt ok, but after pressing enter, the screen would fill with
numbers in square brackets, scrolling endlessly with 10 second pauses
after every few screenfuls.
Repeated attempts to boot from the debian 1.1.1 boot floppy last
night produced the same results each time -- I could get to the boot:
prompt ok, but after pressing enter, the screen would fill with
numbers in square brackets, scrolling endlessly with 10 second pauses
after every few screenfuls.
Okay, now the kernel isnt dying as early on as before, it mounts the
correct filesystems and continues to load until it gets to the following;
SIOCSIFADDR:No such device
SIOCSIFNETMASK: No such device
SIOCSIFADDR:No such device
SIOCADDRT: network unreachable
SIOCADDRT: network
From: Richard Morin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
...
Now really, how much can a complete novice really do with a new Linux
machine. It takes an investment of time, energy, and interest to
learn even the simplest of tasks, but once you know them ;-)
On Wed, 8 Jan 1997, Rick Macdonald wrote:
Chad Zimmerman wrote:
Was just wondering if there is a package out that does multiple file
search and replaces? I have to go through my main html directory and make
a lot of repetive changes. Was wondering if there was a package or a perl
From: Chad Zimmerman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Was just wondering if there is a package out that does multiple file
search and replaces? I have to go through my main html directory and make
a lot of repetive changes. Was wondering if there was a package or a perl
script laying arround to do this.
On Wed, 8 Jan 1997 18:59:28 GMT, Nathan L. Cutler [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
However, when I added the contents of the following file
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/XTerm-color
to my .Xresources file and restarted X, the colors started to work.
So is Debian X finding the app-defaults
You dont't need a high speed link if you are very patiant. :-) The entire
mirror is around 1 Gig, so if you get a good 28.8 connection you should
be able to download about 1 meg every 6 minutes. so 1 gig would be 6000
minutes or 100 hours or about 4-5 days for the initail mirror. After
Actually we were discussing this on debian-devel a few weeks ago. The
problem with it right now is that we need a utility written to make
linuxconf really debian complient (so that when ever you install a
package linuxconf will now about it). However, it's not just a utility
that is needed,
I've finally had it. Not to knock Kendrick. His post just
pushed me over the edge. Nothing personal. I'm in the same
boat as him, generally. So many questions on this list --- and
practically no one knows how to TROUBLE SHOOT! (Including me!)
Am I wrong about that?? How can we get to the
On Wed, 8 Jan 1997, Nathan L. Cutler wrote:
I noticed after upgrading to 3.2 that xterm was not displaying color.
I tried running it with various command-line options, to no avail.
However, when I added the contents of the following file
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/XTerm-color
If I install the base system (just the four floppies), will I be able to
dial in to my ISP and, using TIA or SLiRP, use the dselect ftp method to
get the packages I need? If not, what further must I download?
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On Wed, 8 Jan 1997, Ami Ganguli wrote:
Michael Stutz wrote:
I am starting a project now that I've
been thinking about for some time: making a custom Debian distribution
geared toward writers, artists and other creative types who don't have much
knowledge of Linux to start with.
I think
On Wed, 08 Jan 1997 09:38:13 CST Timothy Phan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
I was once want to mirror the debian as well but I was told that
I need to have a very high speed connection to the ISP. Currently
I can have upto 28.8 via modem from my house. I'd like to know
how do
Hi All,
I am trying to Install Debian 1.2 and it seems to be getting killed by my
CD-ROM.
Any ideas on how to fix this? My CD is a 'clone'
Thanks for the help.
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On Wed, 8 Jan 1997, Terrence M. Brannon wrote:
Are there people who serve as Debian consultant on a paid basis? I
don't have many questions, but I would prefer fast and accurate
response, even if I have to pay.
Several of us have been discussing just how to do this. What method would
you
Try calling K6BP Thursday or Friday on 146.940- PL 131.8 .
Bruce
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Repeated attempts to boot from the debian 1.1.1 boot floppy last night
produced the same results each time -- I could get to the boot: prompt
ok, but after pressing enter, the screen would fill with numbers in
square brackets, scrolling endlessly with 10 second pauses after every
few screenfuls.
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
Was just wondering if there is a package out that does multiple file
search and replaces? I have to go through my main html directory and make
a lot of repetive changes. Was wondering if there was a package or a perl
script laying arround to do this. Would same me the time of writing one
On Wed, 08 Jan 1997 09:38:13 CST Timothy Phan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
I was once want to mirror the debian as well but I was told that
I need to have a very high speed connection to the ISP. Currently
I can have upto 28.8 via modem from my house. I'd like to know
how do
Thanks for your response!
From: Jens B. Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Kevin Traas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: ttyS0 timeout errors
Date: Wednesday, January 08, 1997 7:30 AM
Kevin Traas wrote:
I'm in the process of configuring a box here in my
Please Help!
I installed Debian. Now, I am up to dselect. Should I use FTP or NFS?
What is the address of either?
Thanks.
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Thanks for your response!
From: Jens B. Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Kevin Traas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Is there a Diald Guru in the House?
Date: Wednesday, January 08, 1997 7:18 AM
Kevin Traas wrote:
I'm trying to get Diald cofigured on my
Hi,
I just installed Debian 1.2
Should I now install 1.2-fixed, 1.2-updates or 1.2.1
Thanks.
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Fundamental writes:
I was wondering where i could get these libraries from? I searched the
ftp.debian.org via the web debian package finder and came up with nothing.
Get the libgdbm* packages from the base and devel sections; they provide
them.
HTH,
Ray
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Fundamental wrote:
:Okay, now the kernel isnt dying as early on as before, it mounts the
:correct filesystems and continues to load until it gets to the following;
:
:SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
[...]
:what have missed this time?:)
There's no network driver present - either you have compiled in
Dear Debian Users,
I will be getting a new 4.0 Gb drive this Friday, which finally allows me to
migrate my home system from a.out to ELF. This disk will be entirely devoted
to Linux partitions. I want to reserve about 2.0 Gb for 'user' data.
This leaves about 2.0 Gb for the /, /usr, /var/spool
Thank you for the suggestion. this is what I got so far. I repartitioned
the disk with a 500mb primary partition for DOS (06) (some of my pc
friends insisted I put DOS as the first one :-), forllowed with
two 300mb primary linux partitions, and a 64mb logical linux swap, and
3 or 4 logical
On Wed, 8 Jan 1997, Steffen Neumann wrote:
What goes wrong:
xdm can't read its Xresources (which is too bad, since I want
to do more than just colors with them, but whereas at home
everything works, here I have started with a plain installation
and not even begun
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
On Thu, 9 Jan 1997, Ronald van Loon wrote:
This leaves about 2.0 Gb for the /, /usr, /var/spool and swap partitions. I
have another 2.0 Gb disk and I am contemplating to put the swap partition on
there (for load balancing).
I estimate a need for about 250 Mb spool.
Partitioning is kind
|You might want something like the following:
|
| 50MB /
Is 50 Mb enough ?
| 100MB /var
| 250MB /var/spool
| 250MB /tmp
| 500MB /usr
| 750MB /usr/local
| 100MB swap
|
|You can then mount / and /usr as read-only. I assume you meant /home by
|user data.
Yes, that's correct. I occasionally
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ronald van Loon) writes:
|You might want something like the following:
|
| 50MB /
Is 50 Mb enough ?
My / is 16 megs and currently half empty even with four different
kernels in /boot. If /usr, /var, /tmp, and /home are elsewhere, / is
kept small and low-access. Makes
Matt Kracht wrote:
:Partitioning is kind of fun. Maybe it's just me, but I can almost
:imagine a cut scene in Batman III where Jim Carrey says, Riddle me this,
:Batman! If I've got a two gig hard drive, how large should /usr be?
:-) If there's one thing I can recommend it's making sure the
Hello!
Situation:
Next week, I have to install a few pc's with Debian. Since I do not have
the CD with 1.2.1 (and my pc's do not contain a cd-rom player), I would
like to do it via ftp. However, to off-load the site, I would like to copy
it once to a local Windows machine with will act as a
Alan Eugene Davis writes:
I hope this is not too far off topic for this list. I have seen a
number of discussions for hardware issues, so maybe it's ok.
Off topic? Not really, having good hardware is important to having a stable
Debian system. 8-)
I am considering upgrading from my
Michael Shields wrote:
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED],
Timothy Phan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I was once want to mirror the debian as well but I was told that
I need to have a very high speed connection to the ISP. Currently
I can have upto 28.8 via modem from my house. I'd like to
Leander Berwers wrote:
Situation:
Next week, I have to install a few pc's with Debian. Since I do not have
the CD with 1.2.1 (and my pc's do not contain a cd-rom player), I would
like to do it via ftp. However, to off-load the site, I would like to copy
it once to a local Windows machine with
Situation:
DNEWS is a news server, like cnews and inn. However, DNEWS uses an
interesting and optimized memory and cpu-time model. Since the news feed
grows every day, more and more computers cannot handle the feed anymore.
DNEWS should be able to do so. Also, instead of a feed, the sucking method
On Thu, 9 Jan 1997, Casper BodenCummins wrote:
You could try WFTPD (Winsock FTP Daemon) by Texas Imperial Software. I
don't know whether it resolves links properly, but it's small and easy
to set up. A fully-functional shareware version (about 256kb) is
available from:
xemacs uses 6MB (on some other machine), emacs 2MB (on
linux). So my question: why may xemacs and emacs not be
used alternately under linux, as they play on e.g. IRIX?
Thank you,
Andreas.
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On Wed, 8 Jan 1997, Ioannis Tambouras wrote:
Is it possible to load two ne.o modules with different io=address
options ?
This computer is multihomed to two ethernets. I like to be able to
configure the interfaces like this:
eth0 with ne.o io=0x240 , interupt 15
and eth1
On Wed, 8 Jan 1997, Shaya Potter wrote:
Some people are against using linuxconf, personally I'm for it, but I
don't have enough time to try to build the tools neccesart for it b/c
the biggest problem with linuxconf is that it replaces sysvinit.
Linuxconf has some really nice features and
Darren Klein wrote:
Doy uo know of a WORKING nfs site for a Debian installation. I have
been trying to find one.. but getting connection refused.
Thanks.
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On Wed, 8 Jan 1997, Chad Zimmerman wrote:
Was just wondering if there is a package out that does multiple file
search and replaces? I have to go through my main html directory and
make a lot of repetive changes. Was wondering if there was a package
or a perl script laying arround to do this.
On Thu, 9 Jan 1997, Casper BodenCummins wrote:
Darren Klein wrote:
Doy uo know of a WORKING nfs site for a Debian installation. I have
been trying to find one.. but getting connection refused.
Sorry, Darren, it isn't something I've ever needed to look into.
Does anyone on the list have
|Sorry, Darren, it isn't something I've ever needed to look into.
|Does anyone on the list have a list of reliable NFS-mountable sites?
I only know of one, in the Netherlands:
ftp.leidenuniv.nl, /var/spool/ftp/pub/linux, /debian
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I am waiting as fast as I
Joseph L. Hartmann writes:
So many questions on this list --- and practically no one knows how to
TROUBLE SHOOT! (Including me!) Am I wrong about that??
...
What is this linux stuff all coming to if we can't get to the bottom of a
problem by ourselves?
...
I really do appreciate the help
Dear Capser (and others)
I mean how can I copy from a mirror site to my Windows machine. I do have a
ftp server on Windows.
Thanx
Leander
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To: 'debian-user@lists.debian.org'
Subject: RE: How to copy Debian?
Date: Thursday, January 09,
Walter == Walter L Preuninger [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Walter -- Forwarded message -- I just finished a
Walter fresh install of 1.2, and things seem to be fine for me
Walter except that xdm says it starts up, xdm does appear in a ps
Walter display, but it never
On Thu, 9 Jan 1997, Dr. Andreas Wehler wrote:
xemacs uses 6MB (on some other machine), emacs 2MB (on
linux). So my question: why may xemacs and emacs not be
used alternately under linux, as they play on e.g. IRIX?
Thank you,
The conflict merely come with 5 files: ctags, etags,
Apache came configured to try to run cgi scripts out of
/usr/lib/httpd/cgi-bin. Apache was unable to run any cgi scripts because
it couldn't find them despite the fact that apache's configuration file
pointed right to them.
To make a long story short, it turns out /usr/lib/httpd was owned by
(2 cents worth) 8-) I perceive 2 separate issues going on this list pertaining
to improving Debian. Issue 1 - Easier installation; Issue 2 - friendlier
dselect. On installation issue, I'd like to see a return to the installation
of release 0.93 - A custom mode for the experienced Debian user and a
Hi to all,
how can it be managed, that ONLY the programms available and installed
would appear in the X-windowmanager's menues?? Someone told me that an
other distribution, not Debian!!, would perform all entries in the .xwmrc
during the installation. I'd like to know, whether this is
Leander Berwers wrote:
I mean how can I copy from a mirror site to my Windows machine. I do have
a ftp server on Windows.
Have a look at the mirror package (optional, in the net category). From
the Packages file:
Description: Perl program for keeping ftp archives up-to-date.
Mirror uses the
I've been aching to ask this for about a week but thought no, its off
subject. I still havent mailed in my Partition Magic receipts.
1- I resized my dos partition and now have
[dos] [free space][linux swap][linux ext]
as my partitions.
How can I add the free space to linux ext?
Please excuse
Hello,
what are these PEX and XIE extensions that startx doesn't load?
Which packages are they in?
Thanks,
Ulf
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Leander,
I said:
Have a look at the mirror package (optional, in the net category). From
the Packages file:
Sorry: forgot to add that I have no idea how you can do this purely from
Windows. I can only suggest getting a minial Debian machine with
networking running, and controlling your
At 07:15 PM 1/5/97 -0600, Guy Maor wrote:
No, dselect's ftp method, dpkg-ftp, uses perl's Net::FTP to do ftp
(the protocol). It does not require ftp (the client). Use dselect to
get netstd and you'll have ftp (the client).
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It may have gotten lost when the list
Hi,
I've got some (newbie) questions about dselect.
1) Is it merely a frontend for dpkg or is it used for other tasks as well?
2) Do I've to use '=' (Hold) for all packages at the beginning of the
installation (and may be everytime I use dselect) in order to use
dselect without
Hi,
is there a shadow-suite package available for Debian?
I couldn't find it in my distribution.
Thanks,
Ulf
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Is there any Linux / Debian support for the APC UPS PRO series ??
If so, what package/program should I be looking for ?
I just uploaded genpower into unstable in December. I've been using
it on my APC Backups-Pro 420 for several months. It works great!
Included in the docs is a specification
Hi,
Many thanks to all the nice people who have replied to my question.
Regarding high speed connection, I've called my telco (GTE) about
getting an ISDN line into my home and the response was not available.
The GTE sale rep/operator said that ISDN is only available to business
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