Jeff Blaine writes: -> I'm running a fresh copy of Debian 1.1.9 -> -> So, a few questions and some comments: -> -> 1. Where is the secret stash of user-packaged packages? I'm looking -> for SSH, NcFTP, and a few other things. I've looked in -> ftp.debian.org:/debian/contrib/binary, but there are only a -> handful of things there.
There's a fair amount of stuff in non-free. Non-free doesn't mean you have to pay for it, it just means that there are extra restrictions on it's distribution and/or use, usally of the form "Free for non-commercial use". I know ncftp falls in this category. I don't know if a debian version of ssh exists yet... -> 2. My X server is not recognizing Backspace in Motif programs such as -> Netscape Navigator 3.0. I grabbed the XKeysymDB from the Netscape -> tar.gz file on ftp.netscape.com and diff'd it with the one in -> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 and there appear to be no relevant differences. This is because the default setup makes both the backspace and delete keys do Delete. Use either xmodmap or xkeycaps to change this. I use xmodmap .xmodmap, where .xmodmap contains the line keycode 0x6B = BackSpace This makes the Delete key send a backspace (It's more compatible with my key usage :). Don't know what the keycode is for backspace, offhand. -> 3. As user 'jblaine', I was unable to run X due to the X server needing -> to put a file in /var/run. I had to chmod u+s my X server for the -> time being, which I'm not all too thrilled about. Any advice? How are you starting X? My setup works OK. /usr/bin/X11/X is a suid program which runs the approptriate Xserver. -Larry -- Larry Daffner | Linux: Unleash the workstation in your PC! [EMAIL PROTECTED] / http://web2.airmail.net/vizzie/ Hare's Law: Inside every large program is a small program struggling to get out. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
