I have Debian 1.3 (from the Boot magazine cd) installed on my amd 586,
and most things are working well...got XFree86 running, starting to
learn my way around but still doing a lot of thrashing, and have rtfm'd
til the wee hours.
I'm trying to get a ppp connection to my ISP going and have run
Jameson Burt writes:
...there is the Debian way which gets at this file's contents through
other files, in particular /etc/chatscripts/provider.
Actually, this is the pppd-2.3 way.
...
My comments may refect my installed ppp package, version 2.3.1-6.
They do. They also apply only to
Hi!
Now I try to install the debian 1.3.1 package.
It seems that the debian liloconfig does not support multiple
OS boot. It does not ask me the other partition
information.
I look forward to attach the appropriate tag to distinguish other
OS partition as done in the slackware dist.
It there a
Hi!
I would like to install all package with debian 1.3.1.
How can I set in the dselect menu to select all package?
Thanks In advance
whkye
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Hi Bill.
About the SCSI timeout problem I have been having, simply trying
a new kernel will not solve this problem; I get the same behavior
running Win 95 and NT, both of which I need to use on this system.
At this point I need to figure out some other motherboard - this
no-name one is highly
:On Fri, 9 Jan 1998, Michael [badpixel/bad sector] wrote:
:
:: Hi!
::
:: Just wondering how to uprade to libc6? Do I just install
the libc6 package,
:: or do I have to reinstall my hole system? ...
::
::
whkye wrote:
I would like to install all package with debian 1.3.1.
How can I set in the dselect menu to select all package?
Go to the Select screen, and search for the line that reads Available
packages (not currently installed) (it comes immediatly after the list of
packages you already have
Yup, this took care of this little problem. I still have problems with
my fetchmail, though. In this (new) version of the smail a new (?)
variable is added to the /etc/smail/config file named 'more_hostnames'
wher it includes 'localhost'. My guess would be that should take care of
the earlier
On Fri, 9 Jan 1998, Maarten Boekhold wrote:
: is there somebody in (or close to) the netherlands who has the means to
: burn a CD with the current hamm-distribution (main/contrib/non-free)? And
: then ofcourse send it to me. I can't do this, and downloading the whole
: thing on 28k8 is no fun
Still trying to debug this situation with my AHA-2940 timing out.
Background on this is I took my Intel Zappa Motherboard with the
Pentium-90 out of the box, and put in this new mystery motherboard
made by eurone with 200MHz Cyrix MMX cpu, and now during long
file transfer operations, I get
Date: Fri, 09 Jan 1998 15:02:08 -0500
From: Bruce Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To:debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: LILO stopped working
I normally leave my computer on all the time. Just the other day I
rebooted and LILO would not work. It prints LI
On Fri, 9 Jan 1998, Rick wrote:
I am looking for some good books, that introduce linux and provide a good
reference for the begginer, but will still be a usefull reference later on.
I found Linux in a Nutshell from O'Reilly to be helpful. It is a sort of
plain english command reference, like
David Stern wrote:
I know this isn't a bash shell script news group, but the fact is I
can't find one. Since bash is the default linux shell, I was hoping
news://comp.unix.shell
someone could answer a few pretty simple questions.
1.) How do I insert a newline character in a
Robert Moody wrote:
Hi there,
This might be a little off topic but it is on the subject of Unix based
system and I thought you helpfull Debian users might be able to help
me. What I want to know is if there are any Unix based qulifications,
similar to Novells CNA, CNE and Microsofts MCSE.
John Marter [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
JM I read that and I was wondering what exactly the conflicts are.
JM It mentions 'locales' and the 'format of utmp/wtmp'. What kinds
JM of problems are caused by these conflicts?
libc6 has its own locales package, so there aren't any problems caused
by
On Fri, 9 Jan 1998, smorrill wrote:
Jan 9 14:37:18 ariel chat [289]: port50 login -- got it
Jan 9 14:37:18 ariel chat [289]: send (smorrill^M)
Jan 9 14:37:18 ariel chat [289]: expect (word)
Jan 9 14:37:18 ariel chat [289]: : smorrill^M
Jan 9 14:37:18 ariel chat [289]: Password -- got it
Jan
Quick lesson in LILO from /usr/doc/lilo/Manual.txt.gz:
LILO start message
- - - - - - - - -
When LILO loads itself, it displays the word LILO. Each letter is
printed
before or after performing some specific action. If LILO fails at some
point, the letters printed so far can be used to identify
On Fri, 09 Jan 1998 23:01:54 +0100, Rob S. Wolfram wrote:
David Stern wrote:
[..]
news://comp.unix.shell
I know now.
1.) How do I insert a newline character in a double-quoted string?
If you mean when using bash's built-in echo command, use
echo -e Test\nMoreText
I'll use that in the
Hi everyone,
Thanks for the suggestion to look at GNUS and the other responses.
My setup is similar to what Daniel Martin? described on his web page.
I had to enter several lines in the frommap to correct what the different
mail programs considered to be the from address:
bradshaw
Hi,
Does anyone know of a browser with 128-bit encryption. I need access to a
site that requires 128-bit encryption (it detects 40 or 56-bit encryption
and disables features on the site) and I'd hate to have to use win95.
Does netscape plan to make Navigator or Communicator available with
hello everubody ,
Since my News provider has disable the NEWNEWS command i've decided
to use Suck with Inn.
How to use this package for full compatibility with Inn ?
i've modified the get-news script to have -M flag and the
target directory, because in the original version the articles
are
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
Does anyone know of a browser with 128-bit encryption. I need access to a
site that requires 128-bit encryption (it detects 40 or 56-bit encryption
and disables features on the site) and I'd hate to have to use win95.
Does netscape plan to make Navigator or
Faiz ul Haque Zeya [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
All the Xprograms (my own or source) compiled on my system (gcc) exits
immediately showing Segmentaion fault when run . They however get compiled
and linked without showinig any error . Any help .
Sounds like a mismatch between your libc and
Faiz ul Haque Zeya [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
All the Xprograms (my own or source) compiled on my system (gcc) exits
immediately showing Segmentaion fault when run . They however get compiled
and linked without showinig any error . Any help .
Sounds like a mismatch between your libc and
Does anyone know why there isn't a socks5 debian module in hamm? I
compiled it myself and have it in /usr/local but would rather have it
installed properly...
--Bill.
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Hi,
i've installed debian 1.3 by
cd availeble on various zines.
someone knows how to patch the command man?
if hi enter :
#set PAGER less; export PAGER
i get this error:
sh: exec: pager: not found
man: command exited with status 32512: /bin/gzip -dc
'/var/catman/cat1/ftp.1.gz' | { export
Oz Dror [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
My system time lags after the CMOS time. They start as the same
time, but then through the day the system time lags. By 12 hours it
is about one hour behind.
This started since I have added a new SCSI-UW disk, I have transfered the
linux root to the new
Oz Dror [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
My system time lags after the CMOS time. They start as the same
time, but then through the day the system time lags. By 12 hours it
is about one hour behind.
This started since I have added a new SCSI-UW disk, I have transfered the
linux root to the new
On Fri, Jan 09, 1998 at 12:31:22AM -0500, Joey Hess wrote:
G. Crimp wrote:
I am in an interrogative mood this evening. There are two things
that have often caught my eye when cruising the dselect selection
browser. The screen package is one. From the description it seems to
me to
On Wed, Jan 08, 1997 at 11:17:42PM -0600, Asher Haig wrote:
G. Crimp, [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 1/8/98 10:51 PM
I am in an interrogative mood this evening. There are two things
that have often caught my eye when cruising the dselect selection
browser. The screen package is one. From the
Hi!
Now I'we got libc6 installed! :) ... but it still gives me some
problems.
Here's one of them:
In file included from lxdialog.c:22:
dialog.h:29: curses.h: No such file or directory
make[1]: *** [lxdialog.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory
/usr/src/kernel-source-2.0.32/scripts/lxdialog'
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Jan 9 14:38:04 ariel pppd [291]: Receive serial link is not 8-bit clean:
Jan 9 14:38:04 ariel pppd [291]: Problem: all had bit 7 set to 0
Jan 9 14:38:04 ariel pppd [291]: Exit
Hmmm... ppp1 and ppp0? Oh, 2 different pppd sessions. /dev/ttyp0 is
wrong, did
Damir J. Naden [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
remote server (it is giving me a feedback with the number of mails), but
my machine seems to be refusing the SMTP connection attempt by fetchmail
( error says something about 'SMTP connection refused by
my_machine_name').
So, my guess is it has
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I saw a suggestion to use someething like @home.net for local users.
The MUA's I've seen try to qualify the username and that dummy address
might be the thing to use. Please send your suggestions, or I'll post
if I get things improved a little more.
This was my
Hi!
I have a litle problem with subject...
I am very sorry for asking all these stupid questions.
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Hi!
Which package do i install know? :)
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On Sat, 10 Jan 1998, Michael [badpixel/bad sector] wrote:
Which package do i install know? :)
You need to install one of the tcl packages.
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Britton [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The S3 Virge has been supported for a while under Xfree86 and is probably
pretty stable by now. Most any board should work in generic svga mode,
^^^
Not true. The new Diamond Stealth II S220
On Sat, Jan 10, 1998 at 01:00:07PM +, Michael [badpixel/bad sector] wrote:
Hi!
Now I'we got libc6 installed! :) ... but it still gives me some
problems.
Here's one of them:
In file included from lxdialog.c:22:
dialog.h:29: curses.h: No such file or directory
make[1]: ***
This version should be close to good enough. The major change since the last
one that was posted is the ability to upgrade from files in the current dir
instead of a local mirror requirement.
This script still needs testing.
--cut here--
#! /bin/sh
# upgrade a libc5 (bo) machine to libc6
Igor Grobman wrote:
This version should be close to good enough. The major change since the last
one that was posted is the ability to upgrade from files in the current dir
instead of a local mirror requirement.
llug.sep.bnl.gov is a public nfs mount for debian. You can point the
Hi,
Today for the first time I tried to compile a devwelopment kernel.
Using the kernel package everything went ok during compilation. I
installed the kernel at /boot as usual run lilo and did everything I
uisually do for a kernel upgrade. However when I rebooted
and chose my new kenel it said
Hi!
Is there a site, where I can get the Debian logo in different
sizes/formats?
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Hi!
I just downloaded StarOffice 3.1 from Caldera, and debianized the RPMs
with Alien. (Thanks for the help with my Alien problem, it works now!).
When I try to install it, it wants to install onto /opt/StarOffice-3.1.
But my root partition doesn't have enough space for 100mb's of
staroffice!! Any
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED],
Timothy M. Hospedales [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi!
I just downloaded StarOffice 3.1 from Caldera, and debianized the RPMs
with Alien. (Thanks for the help with my Alien problem, it works now!).
When I try to install it, it wants to install onto /opt/StarOffice-3.1.
Hi Timothy,
Why not use the .deb with the staroffice tarballs in /tmp?
---
Package: staroffice3
Version: 3.1-4
Maintainer: Martin Schulze
Depends: libc5 (= 5.4.4-0)
Filename: dists/unstable/contrib/binary-i386/editors/staroffice3_3.1-4
w == Work-Needing and Prospective Packages.
[...]
WNPP 3. Orphaned packages
[...]
WNPP Helmut Geyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] :
[...]
WNPP o lacheck (libc5)
[...]
I will take care of lacheck as the maintainer.
Thanks,
Davide G. M. Salvetti - IW5DZC [JN53fr]
Take a look at Debian GNU/Linux:
** Reply to note from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri, 9 Jan 1998 21:57:44 -0500 (EST)
hand, and see what happens when you get past the login. Also, make sure
/etc/resolv.conf is set up correctly. You should see something like:
Jan 9 20:19:53 cnhobbes pppd[320]: local IP address
Hi,
I have a strange problem which may have to do with ftp services.
A RedHat Linux box (2.0.30) acts as a gateway to the internet.
I has a built-in ISDN card (avm fritzcard) and is connected to
a virtual ethernet with Linux, BSD, SCO and Minix machines.
Via ip forwarding the rest of the
I have upgraded my system to libc6 with not much troubles.
Now, it seems that some programs have to be compiled under
libc5 anyway. Therefore altgcc and altdev-libc5 have been
loaded into the system.
Now i need some documentation about how to instruct 'make'
to use the alternative environment.
Is
Hello,
during debian installation I was prompted
to run XF86Setup, when configured my card and display
I hit the 'Done' button to start the server
but I was getting
Xsomething something cannot connect to socket error (-111)
What can it be? I had debian on my computer installed before
and X run
This mail was returned somehow,
so I am resending it.
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Sent: Saturday, January 10, 1998 4:00 PM
To:debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: [Q]Getting Error 111 when starting X srv
Hello,
during debian installation I was prompted
to run
Linux-Debian == Linux-Debian Team [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Linux-Debian I have upgraded my system to libc6 with not much
Linux-Debian troubles. Now, it seems that some programs have to
Linux-Debian be compiled under libc5 anyway. Therefore altgcc and
Linux-Debian altdev-libc5
Vladislav == Vladislav Papayan x285 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Vladislav Hello, during debian installation I was prompted to run
Vladislav XF86Setup, when configured my card and display I hit
Vladislav the 'Done' button to start the server but I was getting
Vladislav Xsomething
Whenever I try to run Netscape, v3 or v4, under my HAMM system I get
'Segmentation Fault'... I suspect it's because it was compiled for
libc5 and I'm using libc6. Any way I can get it to work
--Bill.
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Has anyone got ICQ for Java to work?
Mine goes fine until it has to contact the ICQ server for creating a new
account, whereupon it gives a warning message and then gets stuck in
some kind of a loop between the warning message and the last page of
info to fill out. It also screws up when I try to
On Wed, 7 Jan 1998, Nico De Ranter wrote:
Howdy,
quick question:
my supplier offers me the following boards:
S3 TRIO PCI
S3 VIRGE PCI
Mystique
Millenium 2MB
Millenium 4MB
no further information is given. If I don't care about
graphic
On Fri, 9 Jan 1998, John Marter wrote:
:
: :On Fri, 9 Jan 1998, Michael [badpixel/bad sector] wrote:
: :
: :: Hi!
: ::
: :: Just wondering how to uprade to libc6? Do I just install
: the libc6 package,
: :: or do I have to reinstall my hole system? ...
:
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