Re: Galeon/Mozilla Java Plugin Problems (woody)
I found this on the list archive through a google search, but this trick does not work for me. Perhaps something has changed in the last 6 months Here's what I get when I try Lee's advice: $ apt-get install j2sdk1.3 j2sdk1.3-doc-installer Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done E: Couldn't find package j2sdk1.3-doc-installer So I tried it without that line: $ apt-get install j2sdk1.3 [...] Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies: j2sdk1.3: Depends: j2re1.3 (= 1.3.1.02b-2) but it is not going to be installed E: Sorry, broken packages So, I tried adding j2re1.3 to the list, and then I got: j2re1.3: Depends: j2se-common (> 1) but it is not installable and that's where I stop, since j2se-common isn't available. Help? --Bill. Lee Bradshaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I've installed the blackdown java packages. Add this line to >/etc/apt/sources.list: > > deb ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/linux/devel/lang/java/blackdown.org/debian/ woody >non-free > >And then: > > apt-get update > apt-get install j2sdk1.3 j2sdk1.3-doc-installer > >I'm actually using unstable now, but java is working in both mozilla and >galeon. > >On Sat, Mar 30, 2002 at 10:08:19PM +0800, Crispin Wellington wrote: >> On one system I have potato and the ximian packages installed. I have >> java installed in my mozilla/galeon by a symlink... >> >> ls -alF /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so >> lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 57 Feb 15 18:57 >> /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so -> >> /usr/java/jre1.3.1/plugin/i386/ns600/libjavaplugin_oji.so* >> >> However on my woody systems, installing this link, and then going >> about:plugins in both mozilla and galeon do not show the plugin as >> operational. >> >> Has anyone managed to install a working java plugin into the woody >> packages? If so, how? >> >> Secondly, the galeon packages use the blue chrome look scronn bar in >> galeon rather than a normal grey scroll bar (But thats just ascthetics). >> >> Kind Regards >> Crispin Wellington -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mutt problems after recent sid upgrade
After upgrading two machines (first one Saturday, and second one yesterday), mutt no longer works. When started on the console it segmentation faults, and when started in a gnome-terminal it seems to try to grab more memory until it is killed. mutt itself wasn't upgraded - it remained at version 1.4.0-5 during the upgrade. I've tried several easy things - remove and reinstall, build the deb package myself and install that - but the upgraded systems won't run mutt. Evolution and elm seem to work ok, but I'd rather use mutt. Any ideas what the problem is? strace from a segmentation fault on the console is available at http://www.mindspring.com/~lee.bradshaw/mutt2.log Version info: old working system (restored from backup): freedom ~ $ ldd /usr/bin/mutt libncurses.so.5 => /lib/libncurses.so.5 (0x4001f000) libsasl.so.7 => /usr/lib/libsasl.so.7 (0x4005f000) libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x4006a000) libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x4006d000) libdb2.so.2 => /lib/libdb2.so.2 (0x4018) libcrypt.so.1 => /lib/libcrypt.so.1 (0x401c1000) libpam.so.0 => /lib/libpam.so.0 (0x401ee000) /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x4000) a different system after the upgrade: freefall ~ $ ldd /usr/bin/mutt libncurses.so.5 => /lib/libncurses.so.5 (0x4002) libsasl.so.7 => /usr/lib/libsasl.so.7 (0x4006) libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x4006b000) libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x4006e000) libdb2.so.2 => /lib/libdb2.so.2 (0x4017e000) libcrypt.so.1 => /lib/libcrypt.so.1 (0x401bf000) libpam.so.0 => /lib/libpam.so.0 (0x401ec000) /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x4000) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
NFS performance problems
Hi, Does anyone have any recommendations on improving nfs client performance on slink? All of our linux machines are running slink and they all have poor performance to an HP nfs server. I've heard of some kernel patches for 2.2.x, but I haven't been able to find out exactly what I needed with my web searches. Does anyone have a summary of the patches? I've seen messages referring to NFSv3 and write gathering, but so far I haven't been able to determine exactly what I needed. (2.0.x patches preferred if they are available.) Please cc your reply to me, I browse the list on the web and it sometimes takes a while for the new messages to show up. Thanks, -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: NFS performance problems
Thanks for the suggestion. 2.2.10 also has better nfs client performance -- I just tried it after a few hassles building a .deb to get dhcp-client-beta to work on a slink system with the 2.2.10 kernel. user time real time both kernels 2.0.36 2.2.10 compile/link 6 sec 30 sec 7 sec many files read from nfs server all writes local NFS write performance from linux to the hp server is still bad. I may try the 2.2.10ac1 patch and see if that helps things. I think Alan was working on a write-gathering patch for NFS. I hope you don't mind me replying to the list. I wanted to post a resolution of my problem there for anyone searching the archives for a similar problem. I'm still not on the list, so if you have questions write me directly. On Mon, Jun 14, 1999 at 07:29:37AM -0300, Mario Olimpio de Menezes wrote: > > Hi Lee, > > I haven't tryied yet, but new kernels (2.2.x) have nfs server > built-in, which leads to a performance improvement. This is only from > doc's. Maybe you should try this. > My $0,02. > > []s, > Mario O.de Menezes"Many are the plans in a man's heart, but > IPEN-CNEN/SP is the Lord's purpose that prevails" > http://curiango.ipen.br/~mario Prov. 19.21 > -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED]
/usr/lib/X11/xkb/keymap/xfree86
Thanks for the help Jens. I had indeed modified the X server to use xkb in order to get backspace working properly. I edited the /usr/lib/X11/xkb/keymap/xfree86 to change xkb_symbols from pc105 to pc101. As you pointed out pc105 was mapping my alt keys to alt and the non-existent windows keys to meta. Does anyone know of a better way to solve this problem? Should I have rerun one of the X setup or config programs? On Mon, Jul 27, 1998 at 10:25:59AM -0400, Lee Bradshaw wrote: > Hi, > > Sometime between Saturday and Monday morning my Alt keys stopped working > in Xemacs. I thought the only change I made was adding > > (setq delete-key-deletes-forward t) > > however after backing out this change Alt still doesn't work. The > Ctrl-Alt-Fx combination still works to change to a virtual terminal from > X, so the alt key seems to be working. > > > Ex. prints "A-x not defined" in the minibuffer. "Esc-x" prints the > correct "M-x". > > I tried to insert the character into a buffer with . I received > the following message in the minibuffer: > > key read cannot be inserted in a buffer: # > > Does anyone have any suggestions on debugging this problem? -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
TeTeX and timing package
Hi,
I'm trying to use a package for drawing timing diagrams I downloaded from
CTAN. I'm pretty new to TeX and haven't figured out all the programs yet.
Specifically I don't where to place all the files in the package. I put them
in a local directory and which was in my $TEXINPUTS environment variable. Here
is part of the output from "latex main":
(../tex_inputs/timing.sty
Timing Style, Ludwig May Jens Leilich .
kpathsea: Running mktextfm timing1
mktextfm: Running mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input timing1
This is METAFONT, Version 2.718 (Web2C 7.2)
kpathsea: Running mktexmf timing1
! I can't find file `timing1'.
<*> ...=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input timing1
Please type another input file name
! Emergency stop.
<*> ...=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input timing1
Transcript written on mfput.log.
mktextfm: `mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input timing1' failed.
kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log.
! Font \timon=timing1 not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found.
\relax
l.82 \newfont{\timon}{timing1 scaled 1000}
?
timing.sty is found, but timing1.tfm in the same directory does not seem
to be found. The missfont.log file contains:
mktextfm timing1
Here are the files that come in the package:
-rw-r--r-- 1 lee lee 2008 Jul 28 14:49 prozt1.tex
-rw-r--r-- 1 lee lee 676 Jul 28 14:49 read.me
-rw-r--r-- 1 lee lee 199 Jul 28 14:49 tim0594.upl
-rw-r--r-- 1 lee lee 16568 Jul 28 14:49 timing.dvi
-rw-r--r-- 1 lee lee 14966 Jul 28 14:49 timing.mf
-rw-r--r-- 1 lee lee 7262 Jul 28 14:49 timing.sty
-rw-r--r-- 1 lee lee 9458 Jul 28 14:49 timing.tex
-rw-r--r-- 1 lee lee 627 Jul 28 14:49 timing1.mf
-rw-r--r-- 1 lee lee 1284 Jul 28 14:49 timing1.pk
-rw-r--r-- 1 lee lee 716 Jul 28 14:49 timing1.tfm
-rw-r--r-- 1 lee lee 656 Jul 28 14:49 timing1s.mf
-rw-r--r-- 1 lee lee 1528 Jul 28 14:49 timing1s.pk
-rw-r--r-- 1 lee lee 716 Jul 28 14:49 timing1s.tfm
-rw-r--r-- 1 lee lee 654 Jul 28 14:49 timing2.mf
-rw-r--r-- 1 lee lee 1852 Jul 28 14:49 timing2.pk
-rw-r--r-- 1 lee lee 716 Jul 28 14:49 timing2.tfm
-rw-r--r-- 1 lee lee 654 Jul 28 14:49 timing2s.mf
-rw-r--r-- 1 lee lee 2384 Jul 28 14:49 timing2s.pk
-rw-r--r-- 1 lee lee 716 Jul 28 14:49 timing2s.tfm
Any pointers to relevant documentation or another list would be
appreciated. If there is a TeX mailing list on CTAN, I didn't find it.
--
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Re: TeTeX and timing package
Thanks Gary! TFMFONTS had "." in the path, so after copying the .tfm, .mf, and .pk files to my working directory everything started working. I'll try to figure out a better place to put the files after I learn a little more. On Tue, Jul 28, 1998 at 05:22:46PM -0600, Gary L. Hennigan wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lee Bradshaw) writes: > | Hi, > | > | I'm trying to use a package for drawing timing diagrams I downloaded from > | CTAN. I'm pretty new to TeX and haven't figured out all the programs yet. > | Specifically I don't where to place all the files in the package. I put them > | in a local directory and which was in my $TEXINPUTS environment > | variable. Here > | is part of the output from "latex main": > > [snip] > > TeTeX is much better than building TeX/LaTeX by hand, or other > distributions I've tried but TeX, in general, is sure a nightmare to > configure. > > Anyway, if I remember correctly, TFM files aren't found via the > TEXINPUTS environment variable, but via the TFMFONTS variable. Take a > look at the file /etc/texmf/texmf.cnf and look for that variable. If > that doesn't work look at the other gazillion variables in there to > see if you can find where the kpse software is trying to find it. > > One tool I've found that helps a lot with this sort of thing is > kpsewhich. It's what all the TeTeX software uses to find files, and > with the --debug switch it'll help you, slightly, try and find out why > a file isn't being found. > > Good Luck! > Gary -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: dselect missing ftp option
Do you have the dpkg-ftp package installed? I think that's all you need. On Tue, Jul 28, 1998 at 05:31:10PM -0500, JonesMB wrote: > I am trying to update one of our Debian 1.3 systems here. It is being used > by > another group so will not get the upgrade to 2.0 just yet. When I run > dselect > I don't see ftp as one of the access methods to use. This is the first time > I > am seeing this. Do I need to enable something to see this option? > > TIA > jmb -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: Is this expected ssh behavior?
On Thu, Jul 30, 1998 at 01:32:24PM -0400, Brandon Mitchell wrote: > And you do set your path in the .bash_profile and can verify that it is > being run? I do set the path, but it doesn't look like it is being run. (Other statements should print to the screen as an earlier example you ran showed.) "ssh hostname" does execute .bash_profile. On Thu, Jul 30, 1998 at 01:06:50PM -0500, Rob Browning wrote: > Anyway, if I can just get "ssh host bash -c 'exec foo'" to execute foo > in my normal shell environment, I'll be happy. By the way, I'm > running ssh 1.2.26-1 if it's relevant. What version is Branden > running? I'm running 1.2.26-1 as well. -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: PC Card Modem and Printer Recommendations
On Tue, Jul 28, 1998 at 10:55:54AM -0700, Justin Liu wrote: > Are > multifunction devices worth it, or should I get separate scanner/fax/copiers? > > Thanks, > > - justin I think separate devices will be much easier for you to get working with linux. I had an HP OJ 350. It worked pretty well as a fax, but I never tried connecting a computer to it. I tried the new laserjet combo that is based on the 6L printer. The HP sales rep (who just happened to be in the store that day) said it would work with unix 6L drivers. Wrong. It's a winprinter. The fax and copy were much nicer than the inkjet machines, but I already had a 4L printer, so I really couldn't justify keeping it unless I could replace my old printer. I've got a xerox 450c now. Xerox software tech support said that they don't support unix, but the 450c would work with hp550c drivers. I tried one afternoon but couldn't get it working. I liked the control panel (on the unit, nothing to do with windows) better on the hp systems. Check out the linux driver for hp officejet webpage <http://hpoj.bst.tj/> to see what they've come up with lately. I'd like an automatic document feeder as well as flatbed scanner/copier capability. I think the hp1175 has these features, but I don't know about drivers yet. I'm starting to think it might be better to have a separate fax/modem, laser printer, scanner(any affordable flatbed scanners with feeders?), and possibly a color inkjet printer. Add a combination keypad/LCD display attached to a serial port (and some software) and you have your own multifunction device. -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: MCA debian Thinkpad
If you're still looking, check the mailing list archive or web pages for mirrors that still have 1.3. 1.3 was wiped off the main site when 2.0 was released. On Fri, Jul 31, 1998 at 05:07:34PM -0500, Alan Maciel Salcedo. wrote: > hi I am a debian-user-wannabe because I have a > thinkpad 720 4mb ram hd 120mb esdi and I am tired > of looking for a linux distribution that works with MCA/ESDI > I found a web page that have a bootdisk and a modules drivers disk > and a patch disk and have a story about this person and the installation > of debian 1.3 (http://mojo.calyx.net/~bri/projects/debian/MCA/) > with this disks all works until I reach the point of install the base > system but I do not find the 1.2 or 1.3 debian base disks set anywhere in > the web or ftp server, with the 2.0 base disks set that I found in > www.debian.org don't find my esdi hd either so if anyone can help > me please do it, I am having a bad time here! -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: Palm Pilot software
On Mon, Aug 03, 1998 at 11:31:21PM +0200, Joerg Plate wrote: > > http://www.moshpit.org/pilotmgr/> > There is a debian-pilot mailing list. I think the .debs for pilot-link and pilotmanager are available in project/experimental or slink. -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
ATX and "shutdown -h"
Hi, What do I need to do to get "shutdown -h" to turn off my computer? It has an ATX power supply and win95 shutdown turned everything off so I know it's possible. Here is a snippet from my latest 2.0.34 kernel .config file: CONFIG_APM=y # CONFIG_APM_IGNORE_USER_SUSPEND is not set # CONFIG_APM_DO_ENABLE is not set # CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE is not set # CONFIG_APM_DISPLAY_BLANK is not set CONFIG_APM_POWER_OFF=y # CONFIG_APM_IGNORE_MULTIPLE_SUSPEND is not set -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED]
dump and restore problems
Hi, I'm trying to test dump and restore, and I've been having problems with restore. I'm using a buslogin 930 controller and an HP DDS3 tape drive. Here are some examples of my restore problems: freefall ~ $ sudo restore -x -v -f /dev/st0 lee/wav.old/clint.wav Verify tape and initialize maps Tape block size is 1 Dump date: Tue Aug 11 09:14:25 1998 Dumped from: the epoch Level 0 dump of /home on freefall:/dev/sda5 Label: none Extract directories from tape Initialize symbol table. bad name to addentry ./lee/wav.old abort? [yn] y dump core? [yn] n but if I do an interactive restore I can see the file: freefall ~ $ sudo restore -i -v -f /dev/st0 Verify tape and initialize maps Tape block size is 1 Dump date: Tue Aug 11 09:14:25 1998 Dumped from: the epoch Level 0 dump of /home on freefall:/dev/sda5 Label: none Extract directories from tape Initialize symbol table. restore > cd lee/wav.old restore > ls clint.wav 309253 clint.wav restore > add clint.wav bad name to addentry ./lee/wav.old abort? [yn] y dump core? [yn] n If I select the directory instead it works ok in the case: freefall ~ $ sudo restore -i -v -f /dev/st0 Verify tape and initialize maps Tape block size is 1 Dump date: Tue Aug 11 09:14:25 1998 Dumped from: the epoch Level 0 dump of /home on freefall:/dev/sda5 Label: none Extract directories from tape Initialize symbol table. restore > cd lee restore > add wav.old tore > ls ./lee: 4097 ./ 2 ../ . . . 309249 *wav.old/ 174081 work/ When I successfully extract the directory, the files have the correct permissions but the directories are owned by root. In other tests, selecting directories has failed with the bad name/abort message. The software is beta, is anyone using it successfully? Would anyone recommend BRU2000 or any of the other linux compatible commercial backup programs. -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Recommended SCSI cards
I have used NCR SCSI controllers since in 1989 (not in linux then.) I have a Buslogic flashpoint on my current system. I've had good luck with all my NCR cards/motherboards and the cards can be very cheap. I would probably go for a higher end card that had hardware RAID support or stick with the cheap NCR/Symbios/LSI? (has the LSI purchase gone through?) On Mon, Aug 10, 1998 at 05:02:33AM +0930, Mark Mickan wrote: > I'm going to buy a SCSI card soon, and I'm interested in peoples > opinions and experiences. > > In particular, I've seen IWill 2935UW cards for a reasonable price, > Adaptec 2940UW cards for nearly twice the price of the IWill, and > the cheapest DPT card for a little more than the Adaptec 2940UW. > I'm open to other suggestions though. > > I'd like to get away with it as cheaply as possible, but I want > something that will do the job well. At the moment, that means > burning CDs, but in the future will include reading hard disks > and SCSI CD-ROMs and for use with a scanner. > > While I'm on the topic, the Panasonic 8x4x CD burner has been > recommended as the best by a Windows enthusiast. If anyone has > had good or bad experiences with this drive or good experiences > with others, please let me know. > > TIA, > Mark > > --- > Mark Mickan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > PGP fingerprint = A2 B7 E3 18 B7 F5 56 53 A4 5B 53 97 DD F5 C0 31 > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED]
warnings running man?
I'm having problems with some man pages. The warnings about "bad symlink or ROFF `.so' request" sometimes show up when typing "man somecommand". Is there a way to get rid of these warnings? Here are some of the relevant files and warnings: freefall /usr/man/man1 # ls -l gnu* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 32 Jul 23 01:23 gnuattach.1.gz -> /etc/alternatives/gnuattach.1.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 60 Apr 21 01:50 gnuattach.xemacs20.1.gz lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 32 Jul 23 01:23 gnuclient.1.gz -> /etc/alternatives/gnuclient.1.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 60 Apr 21 01:50 gnuclient.xemacs20.1.gz lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 30 Jul 23 01:23 gnudoit.1.gz -> /etc/alternatives/gnudoit.1.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 58 Apr 21 01:50 gnudoit.xemacs20.1.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3060 Mar 27 05:04 gnuplot.1.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4620 Apr 21 01:50 gnuserv.xemacs20.1.gz freefall /usr/man/man1 # mandb -c Processing manual pages under /usr/man... mandb: warning: /usr/man/man8/mailq.8.gz: whatis parse for mailq(8) failed mandb: warning: /usr/man/man8/sendmail.8.gz: whatis parse for sendmail(8) failed mandb: warning: /usr/man/man8/runq.8.gz: whatis parse for runq(8) failed mandb: warning: /usr/man/man8/rmail.8.gz: whatis parse for rmail(8) failed mandb: warning: /usr/man/man8/rsmtp.8.gz: whatis parse for rsmtp(8) failed mandb: warning: /usr/man/man8/in.smtpd.8.gz: whatis parse for in.smtpd(8) failed mandb: warning: /usr/man/man1/uupath.1.gz: whatis parse for uupath(1) failed mandb: can't open /usr/man/man1/gnuserv.1: No such file or directory mandb: warning: /usr/man/man1/gnuclient.xemacs20.1.gz: bad symlink or ROFF `.so' request mandb: can't open /usr/man/man1/gnuserv.1: No such file or directory mandb: warning: /usr/man/man1/gnuattach.xemacs20.1.gz: bad symlink or ROFF `.so' request mandb: can't open /usr/man/man1/gnuserv.1: No such file or directory mandb: warning: /usr/man/man1/gnuclient.1.gz: bad symlink or ROFF `.so' request mandb: can't open /usr/man/man1/gnuserv.1: No such file or directory mandb: warning: /usr/man/man1/gnuattach.1.gz: bad symlink or ROFF `.so' request mandb: can't open /usr/man/man1/gnuserv.1: No such file or directory mandb: warning: /usr/man/man1/gnudoit.1.gz: bad symlink or ROFF `.so' request mandb: warning: /usr/man/man1/pstogif.xemacs20.1.gz is a dangling symlink mandb: can't open /usr/man/man1/pstogif.1: No such file or directory mandb: warning: /usr/man/man1/pstogif.1.gz: bad symlink or ROFF `.so' request mandb: can't open /usr/man/man1/gnuserv.1: No such file or directory mandb: warning: /usr/man/man1/gnudoit.xemacs20.1.gz: bad symlink or ROFF `.so' request mandb: warning: /usr/man/man7/pgp-intro.7.gz: whatis parse for pgp-intro(7) failed mandb: warning: /usr/man/man7/pgp-integration.7.gz: whatis parse for pgp-integration(7) failed Checking for stray cats under /usr/man... Checking for stray cats under /var/catman... Processing manual pages under /usr/local/man... mandb: warning: /usr/local/man/man7/pgp-integration.7: whatis parse for pgp-integration(7) failed mandb: warning: /usr/local/man/man7/pgp-intro.7: whatis parse for pgp-intro(7) failed Checking for stray cats under /usr/local/man... Checking for stray cats under /var/catman/local... Processing manual pages under /usr/X11R6/man... Checking for stray cats under /usr/X11R6/man... Checking for stray cats under /var/catman/X11R6... 23 man subdirectories contained newer manual pages. 2920 manual pages and 0 stray cats were added. freefall /usr/man/man1 # -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Xwrapper & Netscape problems
On Tue, Aug 11, 1998 at 07:25:43PM -0700, Jeremiah Cornelius wrote: > Still no Xwrapper... There is no file named Xwrapper. I think you're trying to do something the RedHat way and not the Debian way. In this case it doesn't matter which is better or worse, but you can't use distribution specific methods of doing things on other distributions. See Brian's description below. On Tue, Aug 11, 1998 at 04:00:09PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The binary /usr/bin/X11/X is a wrapper built by the debian team. It > executes the X server, in my case XF86_S3, suid root and then returns > to user space. This executable looks at the file /etc/X11/Xserver to > determine who can run X. Look at that file and change accordingly. > > % less /etc/X11/Xserver > /usr/bin/X11/XF86_S3 > Console > > The first line in this file is the full pathname of the default X server. > The second line shows who is allowed to run the X server: > RootOnly > Console (anyone whose controlling tty is on the console) > Anybody > > -- > Brian -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: warnings running man?
On Wed, Aug 12, 1998 at 11:02:17AM -0500, Ed Cogburn wrote: > Lee Bradshaw wrote: > > mandb: can't open /usr/man/man1/gnuserv.1: No such file or directory > > mandb: warning: /usr/man/man1/gnuclient.xemacs20.1.gz: bad symlink or ROFF > > `.so' request other errors/text deleted > > I have been getting these same errors for quite some time. It involves > symlinks to and from the /etc/alternatives dir. I've never been quite > sure what the problem is, so I don't know which package is at fault for > this, but something needs a bug report filed against it for this. > > -- > Ed C. It looks like the BTS alread has about 8 bugs reported against xemacs for this problem. Does anyone know of a way to fix it in the filesystem or are we waiting for a new version of man or ...? I got rid of the gnudoit.xemacs.1.gz file (which contained the .so command) and made it a link to gnuserv.xemacs.1.gz. Now the man page for gnudoit works. Will this screw up my system when a fixed debian package is released? -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: VHDL design software for Linux?
On Wed, Aug 05, 1998 at 02:04:40PM -0600, Young, Ed wrote: > > > I'll be taking a digital hardware design class soon and am wondering if > there's any VHDL design software available for Linux. > > Open Source, free, or otherwise. I use verilog instead of VHDL, but these links might help. There was a free VHDL simulator project going as well, but I can't remember where. www.linuxeda.com www.jumbo.com/pages/utilities/linux/circuits/ free: verilog mode for vim verilog mode for emacs www.silocon-sorcery.com otherwise: finsim verilog simulator www.fintronic.com speedsim verilog simulator www.quicksim.com www.veritoolsi-web.com undertow waveform viewer signalscan waveform viewer (maybe) www.designacc.com virsim waveform viewer (maybe) www.summit-design.com veriwell ?? wellspring -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Driver for Intel Ether Express 10+
On Sat, Aug 15, 1998 at 10:23:35PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I just installed Debian 2.0 but there is no driver for the > Intel EtherExpress 10+ ISA card. Does anyone know > where to get one? > > --Greg The last time I used an Intel EtherExpress card I had to turn on CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL (code maturity level options/prompt for development drivers). With this on, I could pick the etherexpress driver in the network section. Hope this will help you. -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: PDF file generation
On Tue, Aug 18, 1998 at 02:43:47PM -0400, Ossama Othman wrote: > > > How does one create a PDF (Acrobat) file? In searching through the > > packages I found a number of ways to view a PDF file, but didn't seem to > > find any way to create one. > > The only ways I am aware of besides using Adobe Acrobat is to use > "ps2pdf," found in the ghostscript package or by using using "pdftex" in > the teTeX package. Note that if you use ps2pdf, make sure you are using > the one that comes with ghostscript 5.10+ since the ones before it are > somewhat broken. > If your using TeX or LaTeX, you could also try pdftex or pdflatex. -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED]
afio man page problem?
Hi, It looks like the -R option to afio should have an argument, but man doesn't show it. /usr/man/man1/afio.1.gz: .BR -R \" Disk format command string" This is the command that is run when you enter 2 to reformat the disk after a failed verify... man afio: -R This is the command that is run when you enter 2 to reformat the disk after a failed verify. The Can someone verify that this is a problem? -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: linuxpress rumors
On Thu, Sep 03, 1998 at 12:25:57AM -0700, George Bonser wrote: > > I hear that a new version of the Debian Linux user's guide is in the works > that covers 2.0. Any truth? Yes, according to [EMAIL PROTECTED] the target date for the new book is late this month. -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Font Servers
On Fri, Aug 28, 1998 at 05:15:27PM -0500, Richard E. Hawkins Esq. wrote: > > > Is anyone aware of were to get a fontserver to run on > > a Debian 2.0 system? > > just add > > > xfs-start-server > start-xfs > > to /etc/X11/config > > prior to starting up xdm > > rick I see the test for start-xfs in /etc/init.d/xfs, but what is xfs-start-server needed for? -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: remote X apps
I've used two approaches in the past. 1. Log into the alpha system with ssh. ssh should modify your DISPLAY variable to something like alpha:10 (as long as you don't modify it in your .profile,...) Run your X app. ssh has permission to draw on your DISPLAY, so you don't need to open the system with xhost or transfer the xauth cookies. 2. I've done this on some router hardware, but I haven't tried IP-Masq. Direct a particular port from outside the router to a particular IP address. I think X is something like port 6000 or 6001. If you direct incoming connections to your masq server port 6000 to the .10 machine you may be able to get X working. You set the display on the alpha to the masq_server:0. If you need more machines running X through the firewall, direct the next port to another machine. i.e. port 6001 to .11 machine and set the display to masq_server:1. I recommend the ssh approach. On Fri, Sep 04, 1998 at 02:11:16PM -0300, Mario Olimpio de Menezes wrote: > > Hi, > > > I'm having troubles trying to run remote X applications under a > IP-Masquerading system. The situation is the following: > > Linux-Box--Linux-Server w/ IP-Masq.--DEC alpha > 192.168.9.10 valid IP valid IP > > > I would like to run an appl. in DEC alpha cpu and export the > display to Linux Box, passing thru the masq. > How can I tell the DEC alpha that it should export the display to > the Linux Box? > Is this possible? > Any help, please? -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED]
problems with stable - gzip, debianutils, kernel
Hi, I just downloaded the latest package info for stable. The new gzip in base depends on debianutils (>=1.6) and the version in stable is debianutils 1.5. I don't see the correct version of debianutils in bo-unstable or bo-updates. I heard debian had standardized on the 2.0.32 kernel headers, but I see .29, .30, and .33 kernels in stable. Is .33 really stable (usable, not just in the stable directory)? Thanks, -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: mutt not in color
On Thu, May 28, 1998 at 02:02:51AM -, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > System: Linux 2.0.29 [using slang 9938] > Compile options: > -DOMAIN > -HIDDEN_HOST +HOMESPOOL -USE_SETGID +USE_DOTLOCK +USE_FCNTL -USE_FLOCK It looks like you compiled this yourself on debian 1.3. I think you should have -USE_FCNTL to match the way the rest of the debian mail programs work. I think there is a command line option to configure, or you can edit the file it produces. I'm using mutt with ncurses1.9.9e. Yes, I need to upgrade, but color works on the console with TERM=linux and on xterms with TERM=xterm-color. There are some bugs with the color on the xterm, I haven't used it enough on the console to know if there are bugs there as well. I hope a new version of ncurses or switching to slang will get rid of these bugs. > +USE_POP +HAVE_REGCOMP -USE_GNU_RX +HAVE_COLOR -BUFFY_SIZE -EXACT_ADDRESS > SENDMAIL="/usr/sbin/sendmail" > MAILPATH="Mailbox" > SHAREDIR="/usr/local/lib" > ISPELL="/usr/bin/ispell" > > Mail bug reports along with this output to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. > > Notice I compiled with slang. Also, I have a recent terminfo database > (Debian 1.3.1 installed). My $TERM is set to linux. I've also tried > rxvt, colr_xterm, and xterm for the TERM variable. mutt is not in > color on the console nor in an xterm or rxvt term (under X). I am NOT > using screen. I also tried explicitly setting the TERMINFO variable > to my terminfo database path. Nothing works. It's nasty. > > Thanks > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: fvwm window "shadows" don't move...
On Thu, May 28, 1998 at 11:19:02AM -0500, the lone gunman wrote: > On problem, though, is as follows: > I'm using fvwm2 as a window manager under XFree86. When I > click and hold the left mouse button on a window "handle" or title > bar, and move the mouse the window stays in place, and only the > crosshair moves, which makes it hard to determine where the window > will actually land. I copied my old fvwm2rc and XF86Config files from In your .fvwm2/post.hook add: OpaqueMoveSize 100 XORvalue 255 Any window up to 100% of the total screen area will be moved opaquely. I don't know what happens when you move a window larger than the screen. XORvalue is used when resizing the windows with the rubber bands. I'm actually using the debian .fvwm2 hooks, if you aren't, I think you can add it to your .fvwm2rc. -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: pine user converts to mutt
On Thu, May 28, 1998 at 05:37:04PM -, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I want to skim through my messages, reading them as I go. After > reading a message, I may want to save it, and in pine I would hit a > key to save it to a folder. I've seen the "C" command in mutt: I can > read an email, "C"opy it to a folder, but mutt doesn't automatically > delete the message after it's been copied. Also, it puts the folder > right off of the root of my home directory. I'd rather have it make a > sub directory, say ~/mutt-mail/ where folders could go (like pine :). Use "s" instead. For example "s" followed by "=junk" will save the message into ~/Mail/junk and delete it from the current folder. -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: about K6 bug
On Tue, Jun 02, 1998 at 12:22:15PM +0400, Eugene Sevinian wrote: > Sincerly speaking I have now idea how cricual is this, but as far as > I consider K6 as a choice for upgrating my PC, I would like to know how > reliable is this assuming that I have no intention to run this testing > program very often. > > Have someone experienced any serious proplem with this cpu? I have used a K6-233 for about 8 months now (until yesterday). It hasn't crashed in linux, and I've had uptimes > 2 months before rebooting to windows. I used an AMD 5x86-133 before the K6. I just upgraded to a PII-400 because I need the speed for some applications for work. The new motherboard/cpu is slightly more than 2x faster than the K6 on my applications so far. I would recommend AMD processors and I've got friends who really like their cyrix chips on linux. -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
kernel-source-2.0.32_2.0.32-5.deb
Can I download kernel-source-2.0.32_2.0.32-5.deb from the frozen directory and use it on a bo system? I think I've seen messages that 2.0.32 is more stable than 2.0.33 (available in bo). Thanks, -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: kernel-source-2.0.32_2.0.32-5.deb
On Wed, Jun 03, 1998 at 10:16:54AM -0400, Lee Bradshaw wrote: > Can I download kernel-source-2.0.32_2.0.32-5.deb from the frozen > directory and use it on a bo system? I think I've seen messages that > 2.0.32 is more stable than 2.0.33 (available in bo). Well, I'll answer my own question. The kernel-source-2.0.32_2.0.32-5.deb from hamm seems to work fine on bo. -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: PS/2 mouse device
On Thu, Jun 04, 1998 at 10:07:41PM -0500, Nick Gillam wrote: > > I have successfully installed Debian 1.3.1 onto several PS/2s thanks to > help from users on this list. > > However, I have not been able to determine the device name for the PS/2 > mouse. Try /dev/psaux -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Using Both IDE and SCSI Controllers
On Fri, Jun 05, 1998 at 02:35:32PM -0700, Allan Bart wrote: > > Hello, > > I was wondering if any of the users on this group have concurrently > run both types of disk drives. i am planning to use an advansys 5140 > and an internal ide controller on my old ast 486dx system. I used an ASUS SP3G with built-in ide and scsi (NCR). I booted off the 450MB ide and had a 100MB SCSI swap disk (yeah, disk not partition) and a 330MB SCSI root disk. -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: multifunction device support? HP LaserJet 3100
I looked at one of those too and as far as I could figure out it's a winprinter. It supposedly has the HP6L print hardware, but it doesn't support PCL or postscript. I think all the intelligence was moved to the windows driver. There is a web page about a group trying to get linux to support the OfficeJet series. I don't know if they're considering this product or not. I think the OfficeJet products come from a different division and are ink jet printers, while the 3100 is a laser printer. Since the products were developed by different groups, the driver might not be similar. On Tue, Jun 09, 1998 at 05:39:00PM -0400, Kiyan Azarbar wrote: > My dad just bought one of those new-fangled multi-function devices, for > faxing, copying, scanning (in a limited sense I guess, not a flatbed color > scanner), and printing. > > It's an HP LaserJet 3100. I checked the manufacture date: Apr 8, 1998, so it's > pretty damn new. Of course everything will be fine and dandy in Windows, but I > never boot into Windows anymore, nor do I want to. We have a little 3-node LAN > set up here on coax with ancient SMC 8013 cards that works for us so far. My > dad used to have a Canon BJC-4000, and I used to print to it using the bjc-600 > magicfilter filter (slightly tweaked to 600 dpi, I think). > > I was wondering... does anyone know what filter this new device is best suited > for? Should I use the ghostscript laserjet driver, ljetplus, ljet3, 4, or > what? > > As far as I can tell it ain't a postscript printer... so I'm hesitant to > select any of the ones I listed. > > Thanks for your help. > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] A scientific truth does not triumph by convincing > A. Kiyan Azarbar its opponents and making them see the light, but > Ottawa, Canadarather because its opponents eventually die and a > Linux 2.0.33 new generation grows up that is familiar with it. > 1024/0x9A9EC5EA 4F3ADBDA1EE5850209DD8BB205250ED2F696A7BE ^- Max Planck > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
hamm problem: X and backspace/home/end
Hi, I installed hamm on a new system about a month ago. Backspace seemed to work fine on this system. I installed it on a system that had been upgraded from rex->bo->hamm last week and the backspace key doesn't work properly in X. I need to type 'xmodmap -e "keycode 22 = BackSpace"' before backspace works properly. Before using xmodmap, bash gives the following translations: ^[[3~ ^[[3~ ^H I guess this is redundant, but (also before using xmodmap) xev indicates that keycode 22 and 107 have the same keysym: KeyPress event, serial 18, synthetic NO, window 0x341, root 0x26, subw 0x0, time 2391247581, (120,181), root:(194,272), state 0x0, keycode 22 (keysym 0x, Delete), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 1 characters: "" KeyPress event, serial 18, synthetic NO, window 0x341, root 0x26, subw 0x0, time 2391250101, (120,181), root:(194,272), state 0x0, keycode 107 (keysym 0x, Delete), same_screen YES, XLookupString gives 1 characters: "" One of my friends at work upgraded two systems from bo to hamm. He has to run xmodmap on one system but not the other to get backspace to work. Also the home and end keys seem to be reversed in X, but work fine on the console. I tried reversing the strings from the /etc/X11/Xresources in my .Xresources file and then "xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources", but the keys still behave incorrectly. Any suggestions for solving these problems would be welcome. I can't see anything wrong with the /etc/X11/Xresources or ~/.Xresources, but I'll be glad to post these files and more if someone would like to comment. -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
hamm problem: mutt-i
Hi, I installed mutt-i as listed below: freefall ~ $ dpkg -s mutt-i Package: mutt-i Status: install ok installed Priority: optional Section: non-us/mail Installed-Size: 690 Maintainer: J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Source: mutt Version: 0.93i-1 Replaces: mutt Provides: mail-reader, mutt Depends: libc6, slang0.99.38, mail-transport-agent Recommends: mime-support, ispell, pgp | pgp5i Suggests: urlview Conflicts: mutt Conffiles: /etc/Muttrc c91f80cc0f351e9ef0775487e5bb4331 When I type "m" to mail, the "d" key does not work properly when entering the subject: or to: fields. I have to enter "dd" to get a single "d" to show up. I can edit the header fields in vim and never haven't noticed problems with the alphanumeric keys in any other case. Also the string "de" will cause nothing to appear and the next character will appear fine. I was trying to type "undertow" and received "unrtow" when I first noticed the problem. -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: hamm problem: mutt-i
On Thu, Jul 16, 1998 at 08:31:06AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Wed, Jul 15, 1998 at 05:25:23PM -0400, Lee Bradshaw wrote: > [mutt-i_0.93i-1 key problem] > > On Thu, Jul 16, 1998 at 07:57:37AM +0200, Martin Schulze answered: > > This has been reported as a bug yesterday. Seems somehow a keybinding > > got lost. > > Actually it turned out to be a change in the Muttrc syntax for some > keybindings. I'm currently away from my Debian machine; Ruud de Rooij has > been kind enough to fix this problem in a non-maintainer upload (0.93i-1.1) > yesterday. I modified my /etc/Muttrc according to the info on the bug tracking system. For future reference, how would I access the non-maintainer upload? I see 0.93i-1 on the non-us ftp sites, and I can't find an Incoming directory/mirror that has 0.93i-1.1. Thanks. -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: hamm problem: X and backspace/home/end
I found the info on the bug tracking system that the home/end key problem was fixed in the latest release. The xrdb problem was a user error -- have to start a new xterm to test the new resources. I had gotten used to xmodmap working immediately in xterms that were already open. I modified /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0 to add 'xmodmap -e "keycode 22 = BackSpace"'. The backspace key now works properly. Since I can fix the backspace problem in the file xdm is using to start managing the display, I suspect the problem is in some of the system files and not in any of the user setups. If it was a user problem, I would expect the change in Xsetup_0 to be overriden when the user logs in. On Wed, Jul 15, 1998 at 05:17:43PM -0400, Lee Bradshaw wrote: > Hi, > > I installed hamm on a new system about a month ago. Backspace seemed to work > fine on this system. I installed it on a system that had been upgraded from > rex->bo->hamm last week and the backspace key doesn't work properly in X. I > need to type 'xmodmap -e "keycode 22 = BackSpace"' before backspace works > properly. Before using xmodmap, bash gives the following translations: > >^[[3~ > ^[[3~ >^H > > I guess this is redundant, but (also before using xmodmap) xev indicates > that keycode 22 and 107 have the same keysym: > > KeyPress event, serial 18, synthetic NO, window 0x341, > root 0x26, subw 0x0, time 2391247581, (120,181), root:(194,272), > state 0x0, keycode 22 (keysym 0x, Delete), same_screen YES, > XLookupString gives 1 characters: "" > > KeyPress event, serial 18, synthetic NO, window 0x341, > root 0x26, subw 0x0, time 2391250101, (120,181), root:(194,272), > state 0x0, keycode 107 (keysym 0x, Delete), same_screen YES, > XLookupString gives 1 characters: "" > > One of my friends at work upgraded two systems from bo to hamm. He has to run > xmodmap on one system but not the other to get backspace to work. > > Also the home and end keys seem to be reversed in X, but work fine on the > console. I tried reversing the strings from the /etc/X11/Xresources in my > .Xresources file and then "xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources", but the keys still > behave incorrectly. > > Any suggestions for solving these problems would be welcome. I can't see > anything wrong with the /etc/X11/Xresources or ~/.Xresources, but I'll be glad > to post these files and more if someone would like to comment. -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
"/etc/init.d/xdm stop" problem in hamm
Hi, I didn't find any info about this problem on the bug tracking system. Can someone confirm the problem before I file a bug? /etc/init.d/xdm "stop" and "restart" don't work properly in hamm. freefall /etc/init.d # ps x # some output deleted PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND 3305 ? S0:00 /usr/bin/X11/xfs 4098 1 S0:00 -bash 5020 ? S0:00 /usr/bin/X11/xdm 5022 ? S0:01 /usr/X11R6/bin/X -bpp 16 -auth/var/lib/xdm/authdir/authfile 5138 ? S0:00 -:0 5147 1 R0:00 ps x 5148 1 R0:00 -bash freefall /etc/init.d # ./xdm stop Stopping X display manager: xdmstart-stop-daemon: warning: failed to kill 5138: No such process . freefall /etc/init.d # 5138 is there before executing "./xdm stop". The "stop" option does seem to work although it generates the above error message. The "restart" option does not work. I have to restart xdm with the "stop" option followed by the "start" option. -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: hamm problem: mutt-i
On Thu, Jul 16, 1998 at 05:15:53PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Thu, Jul 16, 1998 at 09:13:50AM -0400, Lee Bradshaw wrote: > > For future reference, how would I access the non-maintainer upload? I see > > 0.93i-1 on the non-us ftp sites, and I can't find an Incoming > > directory/mirror that has 0.93i-1.1. > > ftp://non-US.debian.org/debian-non-US/Incoming . > > HTH, > Ray Thanks to you and Adam for this info. -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: hamm problem: X and backspace/home/end
I saw a message in another thread that stated the X keyboard extension had to be enabled for backspace to work properly. That was my problem; now I've gotten rid of the xmodmap statement to fix backspace. On Thu, Jul 16, 1998 at 09:48:39AM -0400, Lee Bradshaw wrote: > I found the info on the bug tracking system that the home/end key problem was > fixed in the latest release. > > The xrdb problem was a user error -- have to start a new xterm to test the new > resources. I had gotten used to xmodmap working immediately in xterms that > were already open. > > I modified /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0 to add 'xmodmap -e "keycode 22 = BackSpace"'. > The backspace key now works properly. Since I can fix the backspace problem in > the file xdm is using to start managing the display, I suspect the problem is > in some of the system files and not in any of the user setups. If it was a > user problem, I would expect the change in Xsetup_0 to be overriden when the > user logs in. > > On Wed, Jul 15, 1998 at 05:17:43PM -0400, Lee Bradshaw wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I installed hamm on a new system about a month ago. Backspace seemed to work > > fine on this system. I installed it on a system that had been upgraded from > > rex->bo->hamm last week and the backspace key doesn't work properly in X. I > > need to type 'xmodmap -e "keycode 22 = BackSpace"' before backspace works > > properly. Before using xmodmap, bash gives the following translations: > > > >^[[3~ > > ^[[3~ > >^H > > > > I guess this is redundant, but (also before using xmodmap) xev indicates > > that keycode 22 and 107 have the same keysym: > > > > KeyPress event, serial 18, synthetic NO, window 0x341, > > root 0x26, subw 0x0, time 2391247581, (120,181), root:(194,272), > > state 0x0, keycode 22 (keysym 0x, Delete), same_screen YES, > > XLookupString gives 1 characters: "" > > > > KeyPress event, serial 18, synthetic NO, window 0x341, > > root 0x26, subw 0x0, time 2391250101, (120,181), root:(194,272), > > state 0x0, keycode 107 (keysym 0x, Delete), same_screen YES, > > XLookupString gives 1 characters: "" > > > > One of my friends at work upgraded two systems from bo to hamm. He has to > > run > > xmodmap on one system but not the other to get backspace to work. > > > > Also the home and end keys seem to be reversed in X, but work fine on the > > console. I tried reversing the strings from the /etc/X11/Xresources in my > > .Xresources file and then "xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources", but the keys still > > behave incorrectly. > > > > Any suggestions for solving these problems would be welcome. I can't see > > anything wrong with the /etc/X11/Xresources or ~/.Xresources, but I'll be > > glad > > to post these files and more if someone would like to comment. > > -- > Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) > Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: Configuring smail
Try "TulipTree". I don't think _'s are legal in host names although they work with many programs. On Sat, Jul 25, 1998 at 01:18:34AM -, John L. Way wrote: > When installing and configuring smail (3.2.0.92-3) with dselect, I get > an error msg: > > setting up smail > Please upgrade your smail config file > Error: system's FQDN hostname (Tulip_Tree) doesn't match > RFC1035 syntax; cannot configure the mail system. > > What do I do now? > John Way. -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: problem with RealPlayer 5
Are you running NAS? I had the same problems until I killed NAS. cd /etc/init.d; sudo ./nas stop On Sun, Jul 26, 1998 at 12:10:39AM -0500, Xiaonan Ma wrote: > > I just updated the system to hamm and tried to install rvplayer5.0, > however I can't make it work. After dpkg -i rvplayer_5.0-2.deb > and set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH virable, first I tried to run rvplayer > directly with the included welcome.rm, but no sound was played out > (I can cat *.au > /dev/audio and it's fine). Actually it only showed > a few images after I clicked some menu button (such as preferences). > When I chosed File->Open Location->pnm://video.real.com/welcome.rm, > it said "playing 19.1 Kbps network stream ..." but did nothing. > I also tried to use it in netscape(4.04) following the instruction, > however, it was even worse, I got error messages like > "sh: rvplayer/tmp/MO35BAB6600D010B.ram: No such file or directory", which > I don't understand at all. > > Could anyone give some suggestion? Thanks a lot in advance. > > Xiaonan > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: looking for info from dpkg
Look at pkg-nodep in the pkg-order package. On Mon, Jul 27, 1998 at 12:02:54AM -0400, Damir J. Naden wrote: > Could anyone tell me if there is an option in dpkg command line which will > tell me what packages are _not_ used and/or needed but already installed? -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Alt keys stopped working in Xemacs
Hi, Sometime between Saturday and Monday morning my Alt keys stopped working in Xemacs. I thought the only change I made was adding (setq delete-key-deletes-forward t) however after backing out this change Alt still doesn't work. The Ctrl-Alt-Fx combination still works to change to a virtual terminal from X, so the alt key seems to be working. Ex. prints "A-x not defined" in the minibuffer. "Esc-x" prints the correct "M-x". I tried to insert the character into a buffer with . I received the following message in the minibuffer: key read cannot be inserted in a buffer: # Does anyone have any suggestions on debugging this problem? -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: Where is emacs and vi command line editing set?
On Thu, Feb 18, 1999 at 02:22:05PM +0100, Matus fantomas Uhlar wrote: > -> A long long time ago my root account mysteriously switched to using vi > -> command-line editing instead of the default emacs, and I've been too > -> lazy to get around to fixing it until now I guess. Where is this > -> behavior configured? > > hmmm use bash or tcsh as your shell I think there are several ways to change command line editing behavior in bash. One is to edit ~/.inputrc: set editing-mode emacs If someone changed this to vi, change it back to emacs or delete it. I think ksh uses $EDITOR or $VISUAL to control command line editing behavior. If these pointers didn't help, try "man bash" (or whatever your shell is) to find other ways of changing the behavior. -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED]
virtual private network?
Hi, I need some software to allow laptop users to connect to machines on our private network (192.168.x.x) from anywhere on the internet. Has anyone used FreeS/WAN, Mobile IP or similar programs to set up a virtual private network on debian? Does anyone know the development status? Some of the Mobile IP projects seem to have last been released two years ago. I see a package called Tunnel Vision, but it looks like it requires a newer kernel than is currently supported on debian. Any suggestions/experiences would be appreciated. Thanks. -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) ASIC Designer/de facto Sys Admin Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Memory above 64M and slink
I think 2.0.36 was the first stable kernel to recognize more than 64M automatically. Try it without the append= line. My systems recognizes 256M without the append= line in lilo.conf. Here are the first few lines from dmesg: >>Memory: sized by int13 0e801h Console: 16 point font, 400 scans Console: colour VGA+ 80x25, 1 virtual console (max 63) pcibios_init : BIOS32 Service Directory structure at 0x000fdb60 pcibios_init : BIOS32 Service Directory entry at 0xfdb70 pcibios_init : PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfdb91 Probing PCI hardware. Calibrating delay loop.. ok - 400.59 BogoMIPS >>Memory: 256984k/262144k available (816k kernel code, 384k reserved, 3960k >>data) If it doesn't work I can't offer any other suggestions. On Mon, Mar 22, 1999 at 06:56:37AM -0500, Sebastian Canagaratna wrote: > Hi: , I was under the impression that going from Hamm to > slink would enable me to use all my 80M of memory. > > I am using kernel 2.0.36, with, in the /etc/lilo.conf > the first line append="mem=80M" but only about 63 odd M > are recognized? Is it possible to overcome this? -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: DNS-DHCP solution for linux?
On Wed, Dec 02, 1998 at 12:31:02PM +, John Lines wrote:
> > Is there any such? It would be nice not having to update the DNS server by
> > hand all the time. And using DHCP to assign IP:s automatically could solve
> > this if there was a tool for updating the DNS server.
> >
>
> There have been some published patches to the ISC DHCP server (the one which
> is in the debian dhcp-beta package) which do this.
>
> If you are not expert in both DHCP and DNS I would suggest you do not use this
> on a production network at present as this is leading edge development work.
I've been using dhcp-beta without problems, but I haven't been upgrading it.
Would handing out fixed ip-addresses with DHCP solve your problem? Then
you wouldn't need to keep editing the DNS files. I rebuild the DNS
files automatically from /etc/hosts on the DNS/DHCP server. I haven't
automated the dhcpd.conf creation yet, but MAC addresses are available
as comments in the hosts file as soon as I get around to it. Check out
the h2n program on the oreilly web site for automated hosts to dns
translation. Here's an edited dhcpd.conf file which provides fixed
addresses based on the MAC address of the ethernet cards:
# global values
default-lease-time 86400;
max-lease-time 604800;
option interface-mtu 1500;
option domain-name "sr.alantro.com";
option domain-name-servers 192.168.254.1;
option nis-domain "sr.alantro.com";
option nis-servers 192.168.254.1;
#option lpr-servers 192.168.254.1;
#option ntp-servers 192.168.254.1;
# routes to remote locations
option static-routes 192.168.1.0 192.168.254.2, 192.168.100.0 192.168.254.3,
192.168.13.0 192.168.254.3;
# set default route on clients
option routers 192.168.254.1;
# specify subnet dhcpd is controlling
# range is for dynamic hosts
subnet 192.168.254.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
range 192.168.254.200 192.168.254.254;
}
# host info
# look at client identifier strings instead of hardware addresses?
group {
use-host-decl-names true;
# SAMPLE FIXED ADDRESSES HERE
host bigdog {
hardware ethernet 00:60:B0:7A:9A:89;
fixed-address 192.168.254.20;
}
host curly {
hardware ethernet 00:10:5A:14:5C:CC;
fixed-address 192.168.254.50;
}
}
--
Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred)
Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED]
xmcd local database
Hi, I just installed xmcd. It is able to query remote databases to find info on the CD's I insert, but it can't save the information. The about box shows: CD Database paths: /var/xmcd/rock /var/xmcd/jazz ... cddbp://cddb.sonic.net:888 Here are the permissions on /var/xmcd/rock: drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Apr 5 1998 rock/ I think xmcd is setuid root, but according to the docs, it gives up root privileges before writing the database: -rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 230428 Apr 5 1998 /usr/bin/X11/xmcd* Should I make the /var/xmcd directories writeable by everyone, or is there a better solution? -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: xmcd local database
Thanks Colorado and everyone else, I had already converted /var/xmcd to group audio after seeing some of the other suggestions. But I went ahead and installed the new version since it fixes the directory permissions itself. The xmcd.deb from slink didn't run xmcdconfig like the one from hamm did. Is this because it was already installed? Or because all the dependencies weren't satisfied the first time I tried to install (see Process: below)? It's fine after running xmcdconfig, but first time users wouldn't know to look for that program. Process: download slink xmcd.deb attempt to install install failed because of unsatisfied lesstifg and cddb dependencies download and install lesstifg and cddb install xmcd freefall / $ sudo dpkg -i ~lee/xmcd_2.3-5.deb (Reading database ... 38293 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace xmcd 2.3-5 (using /home/lee/xmcd_2.3-5.deb) ... Unpacking replacement xmcd ... Update-menus: waiting for dpkg to finish (forking to background) Update-menus: (checking /var/lib/dpkg/lock) Setting up xmcd (2.3-5) ... Configuration file `/etc/xmcd/common.cfg' ==> File on system created by you or by a script. ==> File also in package provided by package maintainer. What would you like to do about it ? Your options are: Y or I : install the package maintainer's version N or O : keep your currently-installed version Z : background this process to examine the situation The default action is to keep your current version. *** common.cfg (Y/I/N/O/Z) [default=N] ? y Installing new version of config file /etc/xmcd/common.cfg ... Installing new version of config file /etc/xmcd/device.cfg ... freefall / $ xmcd Fatal: Xmcd configuration error Cannot open configuration file: "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xmcd/config/rcd0" On Tue, Dec 15, 1998 at 08:04:36PM +0100, Conrado Badenas wrote: > Lee Bradshaw wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I just installed xmcd. It is able to query remote databases to find info > > on the CD's I insert, but it can't save the information. > > > > The about box shows: > > > > CD Database paths: > > /var/xmcd/rock > > /var/xmcd/jazz > > ... > > cddbp://cddb.sonic.net:888 > > Install xmcd 2.3 and cddb from slink. Then, your database would be in > /var/lib/cddb. With "ls -ld /var/lib/cddb" I get: > > drwxrwsr-t 13 root audio1024 oct 28 11:32 /var/lib/cddb > > Thus: only users with access to cdrom should pertain to group audio (I > think). > > -- > Conrado Badenas (Assistant Lecturer) -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: xmcd local database
On Tue, Dec 15, 1998 at 05:00:10PM -0500, lee wrote: > Thanks Colorado and everyone else, oops ^^ Conrado -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Running seperate eth0 & ppp0 networks
On Mon, Dec 14, 1998 at 03:29:49PM +, Ian Stuart wrote: > I'm trying to set up my machine to use two networks: > > I occasionally access an ISP (who requires that all non-web access is > done only through their modem-banks) on my workstation which is connected > to my academic LAN. > > what I wish to do is set up my PPP connection so that (when it is up) all > requests for the ISPs network is routed via ppp0, whilst all other traffic > is routed via eth0 > > how? > > (Assume that my academic lan is the class B 129.1 and my ISP is the class > B 130.2) Try something like: route add -net 130.2.0.0 dev ppp0 Your default route should stay on your ethernet. I think there are ip.up and ip.down scripts that are executed automatically by ppp. Add the above line to ip.up and a similar line with delete instead of add to ip.down. Untested. I'm not using ppp. -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: xbiff
On Tue, Dec 15, 1998 at 03:09:08PM +0100, Frank Barknecht wrote: > Shao Zhang hat gesagt: // Shao Zhang wrote: > > > Is it possible to use xbiff to watch out for two files?? I want it to > > watch /var/spool/mail/my account & ~/mail/debian at the same time!!! > > Never tried this until now but this seems to work: > $ xbiff -file /var/spool/mail/account -file ~/mail/debian You can also try xbuffy. -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Running seperate eth0 & ppp0 networks
On Wed, Dec 16, 1998 at 03:29:04AM -0600, John C. Ellingboe wrote: > Lee Bradshaw wrote: > > > > On Mon, Dec 14, 1998 at 03:29:49PM +, Ian Stuart wrote: > > > > > > what I wish to do is set up my PPP connection so that (when it is up) all > > > requests for the ISPs network is routed via ppp0, whilst all other traffic > > > is routed via eth0 > > > > > > (Assume that my academic lan is the class B 129.1 and my ISP is the class > > > B 130.2) > > > > Try something like: > > > > route add -net 130.2.0.0 dev ppp0 > > > > This will limit your access to just the 130.2.0.0 network over ppp. That's what he wanted -- isp network over ppp0, everything else over eth0. I suspect your ppp0/eth0 setup is more common, but it's now what he needed. > Do > > route add -net [your local net address] dev eth0 > > and use the "default route" option for ppp to get to everything on the > internet. I ran this way for some time and it worked fine for access > to either route. > > John C. Ellingboe -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Running seperate eth0 & ppp0 networks
On Wed, Dec 16, 1998 at 01:32:43PM -0500, Mark Tucker wrote: > I've been working on a similar setup only with with two ethernet cards, > one for the lan and the other for internet access. The problem I've been > having is that when I attempt to specify the device I get an error: > "SIOCADDRT: Invalid argument" when I load the commandline > > route add -net [local net address] dev eth0 > > or > > route add -net [wan address] dev eth1 > > Both interfaces recieve correctly but all outbound is going through the > latter (eth1) interface. I'd love to know how to get this to work > correctly. > > Mark I don't know what the error message means. Two ethernet cards work for me. As far as I can tell you just ifconfig the cards and then add the routes. What does ifconfig say after both cards have been configured? It should provide info on lo, eth0, and eth1. $ ifconfig loLink encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Bcast:127.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP BROADCAST LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3584 Metric:1 RX packets:63058924 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:63058924 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 Collisions:0 eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 08:00:09:DC:89:1A ..info similar to lo deleted.. eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:10:5A:1D:83:EF ..info similar to lo deleted.. -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Running seperate eth0 & ppp0 networks
On Wed, Dec 16, 1998 at 10:19:35AM -0800, Ian Eure wrote: > Lee Bradshaw wrote: > > > > On Wed, Dec 16, 1998 at 03:29:04AM -0600, John C. Ellingboe wrote: > > > Lee Bradshaw wrote: > > > > > > > > On Mon, Dec 14, 1998 at 03:29:49PM +, Ian Stuart wrote: > > > > > > > > > > what I wish to do is set up my PPP connection so that (when it is up) > > > > > all > > > > > requests for the ISPs network is routed via ppp0, whilst all other > > > > > traffic > > > > > is routed via eth0 > > > > > > > > > > (Assume that my academic lan is the class B 129.1 and my ISP is the > > > > > class > > > > > B 130.2) > > > > > > > > Try something like: > > > > > > > > route add -net 130.2.0.0 dev ppp0 > > > > > > > > > > This will limit your access to just the 130.2.0.0 network over ppp. > > > > That's what he wanted -- isp network over ppp0, everything else over eth0. > > I suspect your ppp0/eth0 setup is more common, but it's now what he needed. > > > > > Do > > > > > > route add -net [your local net address] dev eth0 > > > > > > and use the "default route" option for ppp to get to everything on the > > > internet. I ran this way for some time and it worked fine for access > > > to either route. > Ah but, let's say that you also have file sharing or some other > service on your system, and that it is visible to the outside world > through your ethernet. Will the services still work, or will the system > send out the syn/ack packet (in reply to the syn for requesting a > connection) on the ethernet, or over the ppp? I'm not sure I understand the question. Addresses in the 130.2.0.0 net are routed through the ppp0 interface. Everything else is routed through eth0. In general requests from the eth0 interface will be serviced through eth0 and those from ppp0 will be serviced through ppp0. There are two wierd cases. 132.2.x.x addresses requesting services through eth0 - the reply will go through ppp0. Non 132.2.x.x addresses requesting services through ppp0 - the reply will go through eth0. If you have a specific problem in mind, please provide an example using the original ip addresses - 132.2.0.0 (isp) ppp0, 129.1.0.0 (local) eth0, default eth0. -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problem with Compuserve and Fetchmail
On Wed, Dec 16, 1998 at 04:15:51PM +0100, Dieter Jäger wrote: > I am trying to use fetchmail to receive mail from Compuserve. > Everything works fine except that sometimes, when I get a mail from > the > Compuserve Postmaster with an Sender of "@" or even "", because there > is no > domain, fetchmail refuses to get any further mail. > This blocks the whole mail transfer and I have to get the mail > manually via some > mail client. > > Is there a way to get fetchmail reading beyond those unqualified mails > ? I had similar problems with fetchmail before upgrading to 4.6.4-1 (from slink, I don't know what the current version is). What version of fetchmail are you using? -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Running seperate eth0 & ppp0 networks
On Wed, Dec 16, 1998 at 01:19:41PM -0800, Ian Eure wrote: > Ok. Let's say I have a linux box on an ethernet. It's ip is > 192.168.111.55. The router on the ethernet is 192.168.111.1. Let's say I > have a web server on 192.168.111.55, accessible from outside my local > network. Let's further say that I set up ppp the way you described, with > a network route to my localnet (route add -net 192.168.111.0 netmask > 255.255.255.0 dev eth0) and the default set to the ppp0 interface (route > add default gw ip.addyof.ppp.peer dev ppp0). What happens when a request > for a web page comes in? Does the page get sent back from the ethernet > interface, with the ip 192.168.111.55, or through the ppp0 interface > with the dynamic address of the dialup? Someone else suggested making ppp the default. I suggested adding a static route so that only traffic to the isp would go over ppp0: > > > > > > route add -net 130.2.0.0 dev ppp0 In my suggestion the default route remains eth0. The only time a web page would be returned over ppp0 is if the web browser was on 130.2.x.x. -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED]
bison/ld problem?
Hi, I'm trying to port some code from HP-UX to linux. The debian flex package includes /usr/lib/libl.a, but the bison package doesn't contain /usr/lib/liby.a. I checked the latest contents file I could find and there is no liby.a. What is gcc -ly supposed to link with? Thanks -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: bison/ld problem?
Thanks Henning, everything is working now. On Wed, Dec 23, 1998 at 10:22:05PM +0100, Henning Makholm wrote: > Lee Bradshaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I'm trying to port some code from HP-UX to linux. The debian flex > > package includes /usr/lib/libl.a, but the bison package doesn't contain > > /usr/lib/liby.a. I checked the latest contents file I could find and > > there is no liby.a. What is gcc -ly supposed to link with? > > liby, found on various commercial Unices, contains a default > definition of yyerror() and a default main(). There is no > default yyerror() anywhere in bison (at least as of bison 1.25). > > I couldn't find any documentation mentioning -ly at the HP-UX > box I'm sitting at; it does not seem to be in the canon of > "things one can expect do to portably on unices". > > bison.info contains source for a reasonable default yyerror() > you could use instead of -ly. > > -- > Henning Makholm > http://www.diku.dk/students/makholm -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED]
IP Masq and debian
Hi, How am I supposed to use the ipmasq package with ppp? Is it possible? I tried using 0.0.0.0 as the external ip address, but I received a few error messages when booting and I couldn't telnet to the machine anymore. I couldn't find any documentation in /usr/doc/ipmasq and the man pages just said that there were no useful man pages. After removing ipmasq and rebooting telnet to the machine worked fine again. I executed the following commands to get masquerading to work manually: ipfwadm -F -p deny ipfwadm -F -a m -S 192.168.1.0/24 -D 0.0.0.0/0 After changing the default route on another system I was able to bring up web pages through the masquerading system. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to use the ipmasq package with ppp and dynamic addresses (I assume it works ok with static addresses)? How about suggestions on where to put ipfwadm filtering commands in the initialization directories? -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: backup programs
On Thu, Oct 08, 1998 at 12:33:53PM -0700, Max wrote: > I just set up my system to use Amanda only to discover that it cannot > append to tapes, thus wasting a ton of space on every run (imagine > putting a 90MB incremental backup on a tape that can store 24GB and > then using a brand new tape the next night). Is there another package > with a similar level of sophistication and features as Amanda that can > append to tapes? How does afbackup stack up? Any others? > > Thanks, > Max Yeah, I ran into the appending problem trying amanda at work. We have a 6 tape jukebox, so we make system backups periodically :^) and just back up our data to one tape each night. BURT <http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~jmelski/burt/> seems to be another tool designed for network backups, but I haven't tried it. After trying a few programs, I decided I liked tob the best for home use. It's a front-end to afio. I compiled afio for libc5 and added it to Tom's Root/Boot disk <http://www.toms.net/~toehser/rb/> so I could recover my system with just a floppy. I have cron use mt to go to the end of the tape and then append incremental backups with tob -inc. Make sure you test the recovery procedures of whatever program you decide to use and that you have everything you need for a recovery on a floppy (or something you can access when your old hard disk is a paperweight.) -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ditroff? man pages
I'd like to use man on some debian machines to view the man pages for some HP-UX software. Unfortunately the debian man doesn't seem to support this man page format by default. Even if man won't support these files directly, I'd be happy to just have the commands to read them. I tried "cat fmt2/compile.2 | grodvi" without success. Any suggestions would be appreciated. The software has a man directory structure as follows: man\ fmt1\ fmt2\ fmt3\ freefall$ file fmt2/compile.2 compile.2: ditroff text freefall$ head -30 fmt2/compile.2 x T post x res 720 1 1 x init V0 p27 x font 1 R x font 2 I x font 3 B x font 4 BI x font 5 CW x font 6 H x font 7 HB x font 8 HX x font 9 S1 x font 10 S s10 f1 H720 f3 V480 cC 72o50m83m83a50n56d56 33R72e44f33e44r44e44n56c44eh930c2 50.25 33 33S56y50n56o50p56s39y50s39 33C72o50m83m83a50n56d56s39 s14 h1361cc 62o70mh116cp 78i39l39en120 0 H720 s9 V960 cN Thanks, -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: IP Masq and debian
Thanks for the help everyone. After looking at things some more, I dropped ipfwadm and patched the kernel to support ipchains. I haven't totally configured my second pc, but I can bring it up manually as a backup to my isdn router. (My isp seems to have performance problems on isdn, and I can sometimes get better response with a 56K modem.) FYI I have a machine at work where I'm setting up masquerading and three ethernet cards. Ipchains looked like it would support that system better than ipfwadm and it seems to be the required in the future anyway. -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED]
dhcp and/or nis questions?
general questions: Is there a recommended way to modify a debian system to use it as a dhcp client? The system was working on another subnet. Should I modify /etc/init.d/network so the system doesn't come up using the wrong network address? dhcp-client-beta doesn't seem to add anything to my /etc/init.d directory. Do I need to update this directory and the run level scripts to start dhclient before doing (for example) nis initialization? nis specific problems: When I run dhclient, /etc/resolv.conf is written with the new dns info, but /etc/defaultdomain doesn't change. I guess the file doesn't need to change, but the value returned by (nis)domainname isn't modified either. I'm using the dhcp-beta_2.0b1pl6-0.1 and dhcp-client-beta_2.0b1pl6-0.1. Here are part of my global options in /etc/dhcpd.conf: option domain-name "alantro.com"; option domain-name-servers 192.168.50.1; option nis-domain "alantro.com"; option nis-servers 192.168.50.1; system boots no /etc/resolv.conf domainname returns bongo run dhclient by hand new /etc/resolv.conf with alantro info domainname still returns bongo, I expected it to change to "alantro.com" Any suggestions? Thanks. -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: dhcp and/or nis questions?
On Wed, Oct 14, 1998 at 11:18:13AM +0200, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Lee Bradshaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >nis specific problems: > > > >When I run dhclient, /etc/resolv.conf is written with the new dns info, > >but /etc/defaultdomain doesn't change. I guess the file doesn't need to > >change, but the value returned by (nis)domainname isn't modified either. > >I'm using the dhcp-beta_2.0b1pl6-0.1 and dhcp-client-beta_2.0b1pl6-0.1. > > Your NIS domainname has no relevance to your DNS domainname. Yes, I was just trying to point out that dhcp was passing some information correctly (DNS), but it did not seem to be passing the NIS information. > If you want to set your NIS domainname to "MICROSOFT" (all caps etc) > you can do that, it's valid. I set the domainname to a garbage value, ran dhclient, and then expected to see the updated nis domainname from dhcp. But on my system the nis information doesn't appear to be updated by dhcp. Am I missing something? Here is the dhcp server nis information again: option nis-domain "alantro.com"; option nis-servers 192.168.50.1; Do I need to do anything on the client to enable dhclient to override a previous value for the nis domain? > > Most people however find it convenient to keep the NIS and DNS > domainnames the same. > > Mike. -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED]
dhcp and nis problems solved
On Thu, Oct 15, 1998 at 11:41:38AM +0200, Rainer Clasen wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Lee Bradshaw ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> > On Wed, Oct 14, 1998 at 11:18:13AM +0200, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote:
> > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > > Lee Bradshaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > >nis specific problems:
> > > >
> > > >When I run dhclient, /etc/resolv.conf is written with the new dns info,
> > > >but /etc/defaultdomain doesn't change. I guess the file doesn't need to
> > > >change, but the value returned by (nis)domainname isn't modified either.
> > > >I'm using the dhcp-beta_2.0b1pl6-0.1 and dhcp-client-beta_2.0b1pl6-0.1.
>
> > I set the domainname to a garbage value, ran dhclient, and then expected
> > to see the updated nis domainname from dhcp. But on my system the
> > nis information doesn't appear to be updated by dhcp. Am I missing
> > something? Here is the dhcp server nis information again:
> >
> > option nis-domain "alantro.com";
> > option nis-servers 192.168.50.1;
> >
> > Do I need to do anything on the client to enable dhclient to override a
> > previous value for the nis domain?
>
> theoretically this should work:
>
> a) put apropriate request / require lines in your dhclient.conf. dhclient
>only asks for dhcp-options it needs / you told it to ask. cat
>/var/db/dhclient.leases to see what options it got.
>
> b) You need to extend your /etc/dhclient-script. By default only the bare
>minimum of all those nice dhcp-options is used: IP adress(es),
>ip-alias(es), default route(s), netmask?, broadcast, DNS domain name,
>nameserver(s).
Thanks Ranier,
The dhclient-script was the piece I was missing.
I made a few modifications if anyone is interested:
function update_static_routes () {
local action static_routes destination gateway
action=$1
static_routes="$2 " # add space for easy looping
while [ "$static_routes" ]; do
destination=${static_routes%% *}
static_routes=${static_routes#* }
gateway=${static_routes%% *}
static_routes=${static_routes#* }
route $action $destination gw $gateway
done
}
I added the following code twice:
# don't need to test old values for domain/host
# no problems if resetting them to identical value??
if [ x$new_nis_domain != x ]; then
echo $new_nis_domain >/etc/defaultdomain
nisdomainname `cat /etc/defaultdomain`
fi
if [ x$new_host_name != x ]; then
echo $new_host_name >/etc/hostname
hostname --file /etc/hostname
fi
# old and new static routes different?
if [ "x$old_static_routes" != "x$new_static_routes" ]; then
# delete old static routes if they existed
if [ "x$old_static_routes" != "x" ]; then
update_static_routes "del -net" "$old_static_routes"
fi
# add new static routes if they exist
if [ "x$new_static_routes" != "x" ]; then
update_static_routes "add -net" "$new_static_routes"
fi
fi
I'm sending a wishlist bug to extend the debian dhclient-script.
--
Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred)
Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Help me setup dynamic DNS server address.
On Sun, Oct 18, 1998 at 06:11:25PM +0200, Noam Gordon wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I am a Linux newbie. I have installed Debian 2.0 successfully. I would like > to set up ISDN dial-up to my ISP. > My ISP asigns me an IP address AS WELL AS DNS server address , dynamically > (In my win95 setup, I didn't need to input any info at all). I read in the > Linux tutorial that while setting up IP address dynamically at connect time > is indeed possible, Linux doesn't support dynamically asigned DNS server > addresses. Really? > > If so, how can I work around this? > > If it IS possible, then simply, How? > > thx for any info/advice, > > NoamGordon > [EMAIL PROTECTED] freefall ~ $ nslookup Default Server: localhost Address: 127.0.0.1 > set type=ns > isdn.net.il Server: localhost Address: 127.0.0.1 Non-authoritative answer: isdn.net.il nameserver = p2.isdn.net.il isdn.net.il nameserver = p1.isdn.net.il Authoritative answers can be found from: p2.isdn.net.il internet address = 192.115.104.72 p1.isdn.net.il internet address = 192.115.104.11 > They probably don't really _change_ the nameserver addresses dynamically. So add these servers to your /etc/resolv.conf file and things should work. -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: screen and window
On Sun, Oct 18, 1998 at 12:43:15PM -0700, Zheng Wang wrote: > Thanks. I got it. > > I have another problem. Except the bash shell , I can not let the > backspace work properly. I don't know how to config it. Could you help me > out? Run XF86Setup and use the Xkb extensions. -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Help me setup dynamic DNS server address.
On Mon, Oct 19, 1998 at 12:14:07PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Noam Gordon writes: Umm, that should be "> Lee Bradshaw writes:" > > They probably don't really _change_ the nameserver addresses > > dynamically. So add these servers to your /etc/resolv.conf file and > > things should work. > > Yes, but I would still like to support this 'dynamic' assignment of > nameservers transparently. I could call nslookup from pppconfig, but that > seems like a kludge and will lead to mysterious failures if the ISP ever > does change nameservers. I have neither Win95 nor an isp who uses 'dynamic > DNS'. Does anyone out there know how it works? > -- > John HaslerThis posting is in the public domain. > [EMAIL PROTECTED]Do with it what you will. > Dancing Horse Hill Make money from it if you can; I don't mind. > Elmwood, Wisconsin Do not send email advertisements to this address. I think the ppp documentation says something about win95 support for getting the nameserver at ppp initialization. It also says this will probably never be supported with linux. Can you run bind/named and bypass the isp altogether? -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ISDN Adapter or Eth Router or Serial
I believe the Netgear rt328 is an OEM product from Zyxel <http://www.zyxel.com>. I've used Combinet (now Cisco) and Ascend. The Zyxel box is by far the easiest to configure. It's especially good for connecting to multiple sites and masquerading as different IP addresses on different connections. Check out the P100 for low end stuff or P128 if you need management (SNMP) or IPX. My only warning on the zyxel routers is test the pots ports when you get the unit. Make sure the volume is ok and there is no buzzing. I had several zyxel products with pots problems, but the data services have been solid. On Mon, Oct 26, 1998 at 06:20:54AM -0700, Gregory Green wrote: > I have had great luck with the Netgear RT328. It is cheap ($280) and it is a > fully > functional router. This one has one ethernet interface and the next model up > has a > four port hub built in. No messing around with kernel tweaking, or > installing an > internal card, you just configure it over your LAN via telnet or serial port. > It has > all the dial on demand and multilink ppp options, and two analog ports like > the other > more expensive ones. > I shopped around a bit before I decided to go with this one and I am very > happy with > it. > > Steven Udell wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I need advice on what ISDN adapter to get. > > > > I have looked at the: > > 3comImpact IQ (serial) "modem" external device.. > > But am concerned about the limit of 115K speed on the serial port. > > And people say its just a toy..not a solid ISDN choice..(250.00 cost too) > > > > I have also looked at the: > > Cisco 766 or 776 ISDN router external. (quite expensive) > > One has just one eth port and the other has an intergrated 4 port 10baseT > > hub. > > On this one how well it would work with Linux. Connected to my Eth card > > in my Linux box, would it use diald ? .. Would I compile the linux kernel > > with ISDN support for this? > > > > Or should I go with a lower cost(most likely) ISDN adapter card.. > > I don't know which way I should go.. I will need it networked & > > I need a analog phone port for a fax & voice phone. I wouldn't mind > > useing the Linux kernels ISDN function either.. ;) But what should > > I look at..in terms of Adapter cards..suggestions? > > > > Steve Udell > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 10 more days till the ISDN wireing is in > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > -- > Gregory Green > AdvantageCom, Inc. > http://www.advantagecom.com > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Still having Printer Problems
Make a copy of your /etc/printcap and then run magicfilterconfig. I think the "if" line should be something like :if=/usr/sbin/ljet4l-filter ljet4l-filter is a magicfilter script (it starts with #! /usr/sbin/magicfilter). All lines should end with a \ until the end of the printer description. In the example below there is a blank line after lp and the sh line doesn't end with a \ either. On Mon, Oct 26, 1998 at 10:27:10AM -0600, Kent West wrote: > At 06:18 AM 10/26/1998 -0600, you wrote: > >OK, this is how my printcap looks. I still get the insidious message > >'transfer to [EMAIL PROTECTED] failed' > >What could be causing this? OR, what can I change in my printcap that > >mught get my printer working. > >It is an HP660C but I would think I could still get garbage out of it by > >typing 'lp test'? > > > > > >Is there anything special I need to do to set up magicfilter other than > >put it in my printcap? > > > > > > > > > > lp:\ > > > >:lp=/dev/lp1:\ > >:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\ > >:mx#0:\ > >:sh: > >:if=/usr/sbin/magicfilter:\ > > Okay, after specifying the options in printcap, you then need to tell lpr > to read that file. You can reboot (but why reboot? this ain't winders) or > you can issue the command: > lpc reread all > This tells lpr/lpc to read all the entries in printcap. Or you could just say: > lpc reread lp > to read just the lp entries (if you had 20 printers defined, you might want > to do this). > > Then to double-check what lpr/lpc read, issue the command: > lpc printcap all > > I'd run this last command first, to see if the printer utility knows about > the changes you've made in printcap, then do the "lpc reread all" command, > then run the "lpc printcap all" command again to make sure the changes were > read. Now try printing and see what happens. > > Kent -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED]
exim filters and/or procmail
Aarg. I upgraded my system yesterday and smail stopped delivering my messages. I noticed that fetchmail was downloading, but then I didn't have any new messages in my folders. I couldn't find anything useful in the log files and I couldn't find the messages anywhere, so it looks like they went to /dev/null. I'm now switching to exim. Does anyone have an example of exim filters which split list mail into different files? Does anyone know how to get procmail working with exim? Here is one of my attempted .forward files: "|IFS=' ' && exec /usr/bin/procmail -f- || exit 75 #lee" And here are the results from /var/log/exim/mainlog: 1998-10-26 23:12:40 0zY0Uq-CK-00 <= [EMAIL PROTECTED] H=freefall [192.168.1.7] P=esmtp S=3410 id="-l7NY.A.JiG.icUN2"@murphy 1998-10-26 23:12:40 0zY0Uq-CK-00 ** |IFS=' ' && exec /usr/bin/procmail -f- || exit 75 #lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> D=userforward T=address_pipe: "IFS='" command not found for address_pipe transport 1998-10-26 23:12:40 0zY0Uq-CN-00 <= <> R=0zY0Uq-CK-00 U=mail P=local S=4246 1998-10-26 23:12:41 0zY0Uq-CK-00 Error message sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1998-10-26 23:12:41 0zY0Uq-CK-00 Completed 1998-10-26 23:12:42 0zY0Uq-CN-00 => [EMAIL PROTECTED] R=smarthost T=remote_smtp H=mail.mindspring.com [207.69.200.195] 1998-10-26 23:12:42 0zY0Uq-CN-00 Completed Please cc: replies. Before I removed my .forward exim generated quite a few errors to debian-user-request. I'm afraid I may be kicked off the list. -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: exim filters and/or procmail
On Mon, Oct 26, 1998 at 08:33:19PM -0800, George Bonser wrote: > BTW your mail is probably in smail's input queue. Try running smail -v -q Thanks, that worked. I switched to smail temporarily and then back to exim. I use fetchmail to get some of my mail. exim got the first few messages, but now it refuses the next message in the queue. Is there a way to get exim to accept this message? I didn't see this mentioned in the fetchmail section of the FAQ. I'll switch back to smail again so I can get clean out my POP queue. Message with strange address that exim is rejecting: fetchmail: POP3> RETR 1 fetchmail: POP3< +OK 2249 octets reading message 1 of 72 (2249 bytes) fetchmail: SMTP< 220 freefall ESMTP Exim 1.92 #1 Wed, 28 Oct 1998 08:19:38 -0500 fetchmail: SMTP> EHLO freefall fetchmail: SMTP< 250-freefall Hello freefall [192.168.1.7] fetchmail: SMTP< 250-SIZE fetchmail: SMTP< 250-PIPELINING fetchmail: SMTP< 250 HELP fetchmail: forwarding to freefall fetchmail: SMTP> MAIL FROM:<@pop.mindspring.com> SIZE=2249 fetchmail: SMTP< 501 <@pop.mindspring.com> : colon expected after route fetchmail: SMTP error: 501 <@pop.mindspring.com> : colon expected after route fetchmail: SMTP> MAIL FROM: SIZE=2249 fetchmail: SMTP< 501 : sender address must contain a domain fetchmail: SMTP error: 501 : sender address must contain a domain fetchmail: POP3> QUIT fetchmail: POP3< This message was created automatically by mail delivery software. fetchmail: SMTP transaction error while fetching from pop.mindspring.com fetchmail: SMTP> QUIT fetchmail: SMTP< 221 freefall closing connection fetchmail: normal termination, status 10 After switching to smail and retreiving the message, I noticed that was generated by exim at work. (I fixed the .forward file that was causing this message.) Here is the message in the smail input queue after retreiving it with smail: !mail !8 8 !-oem !-f [EMAIL PROTECTED] !-oMs !freefall !-oMa !192.168.1.7 !-oMr !esmtp !-oMP !smail !<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Status: R Received: from pop.mindspring.com by freefall (fetchmail-4.3.9 POP3) for (single-drop); Wed, 28 Oct 1998 08:51:46 EST Received: from tetsuo.mspring.net (tetsuo.mspring.net [207.69.231.11]) by camel9.mindspring.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id VAA11636 for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Tue, 27 Oct 1998 21:16:23 -0500 (EST) Received: from marine.sonic.net (marine.sonic.net [208.201.224.37]) by tetsuo.mspring.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) with SMTP id VAA01545 for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Tue, 27 Oct 1998 21:16:20 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 11289 invoked from network); 28 Oct 1998 02:16:21 - Received: from unknown (HELO sub.sonic.net) (208.201.224.8) by marine.sonic.net with SMTP; 28 Oct 1998 02:16:21 - Received: from gemini ([EMAIL PROTECTED] [208.201.237.194]) by sub.sonic.net (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA30871 for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Tue, 27 Oct 1998 18:16:21 -0800 X-envelope-info: <> Received: from mail by gemini with local (Exim 1.92 #1 (Debian)) id 0zYL9o-0005ou-00; Tue, 27 Oct 1998 18:16:20 -0800 X-Failed-Recipients: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Mail Delivery System <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Mail delivery failed: returning message to sender Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 18:16:20 -0800 This message was created automatically by mail delivery software. A message that you sent could not be delivered to all of its recipients. The following address(es) failed: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - bad mode (100666) for /users/heegard/.forward (userforward director): retry timeout exceeded -- This is a copy of the message, including all the headers. -- Return-path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from camel7.mindspring.com [207.69.200.57] by gemini with esmtp (Exim 1.92 #1 (Debian)) id 0zYL9n-0005os-00; Tue, 27 Oct 1998 18:16:19 -0800 Received: from freefall (user-38lcpvd.dialup.mindspring.com [209.86.103.237]) by camel7.mindspring.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id VAA05137 for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Tue, 27 Oct 1998 21:16:12 -0500 (EST) Received: from lee by freefall with local (Exim 1.92 #1 (Debian)) id 0zYLAc-kq-00; Tue, 27 Oct 1998 21:17:10 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, Oct 27, 1998 at 07:53:08AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > # Exim filter > if error_message then finish endif > > if $h_X-Mailing-List: contains debian-user or >$h_X-Mailing-List: contains debian-changes > then >save /home/servis/Mail/debian > endif > > if $h_X-Mailing-List: contains debian-devel > then >save /home/servis/Mail/debian-devel > endif Thanks, that's a good starting point. I'll try it when I get exim working again. -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problems with Networks
On Wed, Oct 28, 1998 at 12:24:23PM -0600, Paul Baloo Johnson wrote: > Ok, Ive tried and tried looking through all the support stuff on the > Debian site, but I just can't figure out how to get my Intel EtherExpress > PRO/10+ Adapter to work. Intels site wasn't informative, either... > Please help! > > Baloo > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Did you compile the driver as a module or into the kernel? You might need to turn on experimental support for this card. -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED]
general packaging problem
Hi, dpkg seems to be indicating I have packages installed properly, but I don't have all the files from the packages. How should I force this package to be reinstalled? Does anyone have a script to veryify the installed software against the Contents file? I've got the latest xbase installed properly according to dpkg: freefall ~ $ dpkg -s xbase Package: xbase Status: install ok installed Priority: optional Section: x11 Installed-Size: 5715 Maintainer: Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Source: xfree86 Version: 3.3.2.3-2 freefall ~ $ zgrep Xsession Contents-i386.gz etc/X11/Xsession x11/xbase etc/X11/Xsession.options x11/xbase etc/X11/wdm/Xsession x11/wdm usr/man/man5/Xsession.5.gz x11/xbase usr/man/man5/Xsession.options.5.gz x11/xbase freefall ~ $ locate Xsession# locate can't find the files that should exist /etc/X11/Xsession freefall ~ $ ll /usr/man/man5/Xs* ls: /usr/man/man5/Xs*: No such file or directory -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: colors in text-mode
On Thu, Oct 29, 1998 at 12:53:03AM +0100, Carsten Wimmer wrote: > Hi! > > >> I was wonderinghow might I get the login prompt to use some colors? > > in your home-dir modify .bashrc, try e.g.: > > I tried this and the colors themselves work fine. > > But if I type something on the keyboard and hit column ~70, all the > next characters are placed on the same row and column 1. No real line > bread is done, also the columns 70-80 are completely unused. > I am using rxvt v2.4.5 and GNU bash 2.01.1(1). > > Without the \e['s it works as expected (real line bread at > col 80). Any ideas? You need to tell the shell to only count certain characters so it knows the correct width. See the example below. If you're changing colors several times, you will need \[ \] pairs around each set of color control chars. # Set up shell variables: case "$TERM" in xterm* ) PS1='\h \w \$ \[\033]0;\h \w\007\]' ;; # set xterm title/icon # \[ \] surround non-printing chars * ) PS1='\h \w \$ ' ;; esac -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: exim filters and/or procmail (Solution)
On Wed, Oct 28, 1998 at 09:59:26AM -0500, Lee Bradshaw wrote: > fetchmail: SMTP> MAIL FROM:<@pop.mindspring.com> SIZE=2249 > fetchmail: SMTP< 501 <@pop.mindspring.com> : colon expected after route Sorry to follow up my own post, but I got the answer from the exim list. Install a new version of fetchmail. I installed the slink version and the problem was solved. -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: exim and bad Sender: header
On Sun, Nov 01, 1998 at 10:18:15AM -0800, Carl Johnson wrote: > I ended up with the following fetchmail messages: > reading message 1 of 31 (1088 header bytes) .fetchmail: SMTP error: 501 > <@kira.peak.org> : colon expected after route > fetchmail: SMTP error: 501 : sender address must contain a domain > fetchmail: SMTP transaction error while fetching from kira.peak.org I had a similar problem with messages bounced from non-existent accounts. The automatic reply from the server is from <>, I guess to prevent loops. Upgrading to fetchmail in slink (Version: 4.6.4-1) solved my problem. -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: DHCPCD?
On Tue, Nov 03, 1998 at 11:43:39PM -0500, SEGV wrote: > If I run it manually I get this: > > # /usr/sbin/dhcpcd -d > ioctl SIOCSIFBRDADDR (ifConfig): Cannot assign requested address > > and it does *not* configure my eth0 device. I have to manually configure it to > get access to my network. I'm using dhcp-client-beta, not dhcpcd. To start the client software before configuring the ethernet device I use: dhclient eth0 I'm pretty sure it doesn't work without the "eth0", although once the card is configured I can type just "dhclient" to make it run again (for testing). -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Changing domain
Don't forget /etc/init.d/network if you're not using dhcp. On Thu, Nov 05, 1998 at 09:36:00AM -0700, Bob Nielsen wrote: > I am moving one of my systems and need to change its FQDN. > > Other than /etc/hostname and /etc/mailname, what other files would need to > be changed? Both the host name and domain name will be changing. > > Bob -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: changing default window manager - How!
On Thu, Nov 05, 1998 at 10:49:23PM +0100, Stephan Engelke wrote: > > Also, how I can I change my shell permanently from bash to csh.. > > > Become root and edit /etc/passwd. Use the "vipw" command!! > Find the line with your user-id at the beginning (should be at the very > bottom of the file) and change the last but one field, the one that says > /bin/csh to something you like (e.g. /bin/bash). (The path could be > /usr/bin/.. > in both cases, chech with "which bash" first). > Now log out as user and log in again. Viola - here' your new shell. > > So long, > Stephan Any user should be able to change their shell using "chsh". The new shell just has to be in /etc/shells. -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Alt Key no longer functions
Run XF86Setup. You think, "But I already had a working X config file." Run XF86Setup anyway. Don't run xmodmap until you check how the new keys function and verify which ones to modify. On my system backspace deletes to the left and delete deletes to the right in every app I use. (Unfortunately things don't work quite so well when I login to HP systems at work.) Alt works in xemacs. I just tried Alt-Backspace and it works just like backspace. On Mon, Nov 09, 1998 at 07:26:49AM -0500, Brian White wrote: > Just as a follow-up... If I put back my original /etc/X11/Xmodmap file > (which has settings to make keyboards with the "Windows" keys work), then > emacs recognizes the Alt keys (emacs wants the Meta keysym). Tcsh still > doesn't recognize it properly, though... Alt-Backspace prints a garbage > character instead of deleting the word. > > Here is my Xmodmap... > > keycode 0x73 = Super_L > keycode 0x40 = Alt_L Meta_L > keycode 0x71 = Alt_R Meta_R > keycode 0x74 = Super_R > keycode 0x75 = Menu > > Brian > ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED]
exim filters, mutt, and pgp
Hi, Does anyone have any suggestions on modifying the Content-Type: field with exim filters so mutt will see pgp messages? I was using formail in my .procmailrc file before switching to exim filters. mutt requires something like: Content-Type: application/pgp; format=text; x-action=sign Messages with "-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-" in the body may need their headers modified if the Content-Type: field is not present or has a value of text. Thanks, Lee -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED]
imap server and ssl
How do you set up an imap server so that the connections are encrypted with ssl? Netscape has an option to support this on the client side, and I'd like to try setting up a server. The RELNOTES file mentions SASL authentication, but I don't know how to have SASL use SSL (I think that's how it works.) Is there a tcpd wrapper that uses ssl to insert in /etc/inetd.conf? imap2 stream tcp nowaitroot/usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/imapd ^ replace with ssl version?? Any help would be appreciated. -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Error: "user adm does not exist"
On Mon, Nov 16, 1998 at 03:28:05PM +1030, Mark Phillips wrote: > > I'm trying to start the licence manager for matlab and it comes up with > > su: user adm does not exist > su: user adm does not exist > su: user adm does not exist > > Is "adm" some kind of standard user on unix systems that for some reason > doesn't exist in debian? I think matlab uses flexlm. I wrote the following script to start flexlm, it should probably support start/stop/restart...: #!/bin/sh # run flexlm lmgrd for software which requires it FLEXHOME=/tools/flexlm/lmgrd/current/i486 LICENSES=/tools/flexlm/licenses LOGDIR=/var/log # virsim su -c "$FLEXHOME/lmgrd -c $LICENSES/virsim.dat >> $LICENSES/log/virsim.log" install It is in /etc/init.d. I then ran update-rc.d to set the links in the rc.d directories. User install is a locally created user that owns the tools directories. I would prefer the log files to go to /var/log, but didn't want to deal with permission problems when I was setting this up. Just fix the paths to your flexlm binaries, put the license in the location referenced by "-c" and change "virsim" to "matlab". If you every want to kill the daemon, make sure you kill lmgrd and the vendor daemon (mentioned in the license file). -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: procmail ........ (again)
On Sun, Nov 22, 1998 at 02:42:58PM -0800, George Bonser wrote: > On Sun, 22 Nov 1998, Robert V. MacQuarrie wrote: > > > > :0 ic > > > | cd backup && rm -f dummy `ls -t msg.* |sed -e 1,32d` > > > > Great idea here for new users to procmail and to others aswell who test > > new procmail recipes (-: > > > > Hopefully, more people will be using Exim and find no need for procmail. > Exim's filter files are in plain language and much easier to look at a > year later and realize what you did. Just say no to procmail. Exim's filters are easy to read, but they don't seem to be as powerful as procmail. I'd love to be wrong about that statement so I could switch everything to exim. How do you remove messages with duplicate message id's in exim? from .procmail: # remove duplicate messages, ie. to me and mailing list :0 Wh: msgid.lock | formail -D 32768 $MAILDIR/cache.msgid You may not think dropping these messages is a good idea, but when a mailing list gets hosed and spews several copies of every message I like it. -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Newbie needs help
On Mon, Nov 30, 1998 at 05:15:31PM -0500, Mitch Blevins wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi all. I've just recently installed the Debian sytem on an old 386. > > It is the only OS on the computer. The install worked fine (minus I > > can't boot from the HD). > > I'm having problems with the FTP. The modem connects fine to my ISP > > (i'm using ppp) but when I try to open a site I get "unable to look up > > host" error. Also I have no clue how to install the software packages. > > I tried to download to floppy and then transfer over (which is a problem > > since my zip program doesn't do a split) > > and then run DSELECT. When I choose the floppy access method, it says > > to enter the floppy with the packages file. I put in the disk that has > > the downloaded file on it but it does not except it. Any help with > > getting this going would be great. > > The computer is a PC clone 386, 16M Ram, 1.44 and 1.2 disc drives, 500M > > hd, 33.6 modem. No CDROM. Thanks alot. > > hmmm... sounds like you're not resolving names correctly. > You should have been given two numbers from your ISP called > DNS Nameserver (primary and secondary). > Add these numbers to your /etc/resolv.conf file. > > The file should look like this > > ### /etc/resolv.conf # > search localdomain > nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx > nameserver yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy > Your isp may tell you that you don't need the nameserver ip addresses (they are commonly provided by ppp to windows machines.) Here are the nameservers for capital.net: freefall ~ $ nslookup Default Server: localhost Address: 127.0.0.1 > set type=NS > capital.net Server: localhost Address: 127.0.0.1 Non-authoritative answer: capital.net nameserver = NS1.LOGICAL.NET capital.net nameserver = NS2.LOGICAL.NET capital.net nameserver = NS3.LOGICAL.NET capital.net nameserver = capital.net Authoritative answers can be found from: NS1.LOGICAL.NET internet address = 204.97.128.2 NS2.LOGICAL.NET internet address = 204.97.128.4 NS3.LOGICAL.NET internet address = 204.97.128.6 capital.net internet address = 204.97.168.17 > -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Matrox Millenium II again
Hi, I had problems with the Millenium II driver from XSuSE. The backspace key worked at the bash prompt, but not in vim. I use a version I downloaded from xfree86. I untarred it to a temp directory and copied the new XF86_SVGA file to /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_SVGA after moving the old version. The CTRL-mouse button menus don't work properly, and I sometimes get garbage in the far right column on an xterm. -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Next Level Communications[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Matrox Millenium II again
"Ben Pfaff wrote:" >I had problems with the Millenium II driver from XSuSE. The backspace >key worked at the bash prompt, but not in vim. I use a version I >downloaded from xfree86. I untarred it to a temp directory and copied >the new XF86_SVGA file to /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_SVGA after moving the >old version. The CTRL-mouse button menus don't work properly, and I >sometimes get garbage in the far right column on an xterm. > > You need to set up XKB properly for XSuSE. There should be some sort > of error message about this when you run startx. The fix is basically > making a link to a directory. After you do this, everything will work > properly. It worked for me! Thanks Ben, I had XkbDisable in my XF86Config file. It seems like this would avoid XKB problems, but maybe I'm wrong. Do you have this option commented in your config? I'll try it again when I get a chance. -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Next Level Communications[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Lee: Re: smail Solution for Dynamic IP's
"[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:" > > Hi Art, > > > > I'd like to see your solution and also your headers. Could you post a > > copy of your headers for those of us reading the digest version of the > > mailing list? Or just reply to this mail? I guess your message will > > eventually show up in the archive, but it wasn't there yet. > > Hi, Lee. I CC'd a copy to you just now while posting the > answer to the list. I'm a newbie, but maybe my little bit tweaking > to your's and Daniel's solutions will help. Oh, and this comes from > my LINUX box, so check out the full header, and let me know if anything > else needs changing. Thanks. > > _Art > > > > Thanks > > -- > > Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) > > Next Level Communications[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -- > > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > > > > > > > -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Next Level Communications[EMAIL PROTECTED] 331 Wiley Court (770) 319-5605 (Voice and Fax) Marietta, GA 30060 caveat lector -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Lee: Re: smail Solution for Dynamic IP's
Sorry for the previous empty message. Art, is your local user name alemas? My problem is that if I use my isp for the visible name, I get a "from [EMAIL PROTECTED]". Notice there is no colon after the from. This is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unfortunately my email address is lee.bradshaw and my login on the local system is bradshaw. I think with this "from " line incorrect mindspring sets the "Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" which sends my bounced email to another user. visible_name needs to be something that can be looked up, because my email seems to be rejected when I use "from [EMAIL PROTECTED]". The "From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]" is correct, but I haven't found a way to modify the username part of the "from " line to replace bradshaw with lee.bradshaw. "[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:" > > Hi Art, > > > > I'd like to see your solution and also your headers. Could you post > > a copy of your headers for those of us reading the digest version of > > the mailing list? Or just reply to this mail? I guess your message > > will eventually show up in the archive, but it wasn't there yet. > > Hi, Lee. I CC'd a copy to you just now while posting the answer > to the list. I'm a newbie, but maybe my little bit tweaking to your's > and Daniel's solutions will help. Oh, and this comes from my LINUX > box, so check out the full header, and let me know if anything else > needs changing. Thanks. > > _Art > > > > Thanks > > -- > > Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) > > Next Level Communications[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Next Level Communications[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Lee: Re: smail Solution for Dynamic IP's
"[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:" > Lee Bradshaw said: > > Art, is your local user name alemas? My problem is that if I use my > > isp > > Yes. And your local user name should be same as what you > want as a user name in your e-mail return address (in your case, > "lee.bradshaw") until we find a solution for sending from any local > (local to your machine) account. I'm going to try one more tiny > change with Daniel's (hope he doesn't mind) script and get back to > you. When we have a complete solution for these kind of accounts > (typical dynamic IP PPP's), what say we collaborate to put a good > tutorial on a Web page? ;-) Then those who have the know-how can > properly format the info for Debian LINUX documentation (or we > can learn). By the way, this one replied to you with no header > adjustments. > >_Art I started with a Reply-To: field which I removed once I got the From: line correct. These were the first things I worked on so that other people could reply to my email. I took most of my setup from Daniel Martin's web page. You might ask him to provides links to your page if you want to provide more details on any of the issues. I don't remember seeing a restriction that the local username had to match the remote username. Check out my web page if you want to see all the effort I've put into HTML so far :^) <http://www.mindspring.com/~lee.bradshaw/> If I didn't mention this before, I'm not cc'ing you because ipa.net rejects my "from " lines as spam. -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Next Level Communications[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Lee: Re: smail Solution for Dynamic IP's
David Stern wrote: > I don't understand why a correct header would be rejected. I'd like to > see some details for the basis to this claim, because I use the same > address style as you and Daniel. Please tell. This is from /var/spool/smail/msglog/... I broke it into multiple lines Xdefer: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> reason: (ERR151) transport smtp: 451 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... Domain must resolve. It is a criminal offense to send unsolicited e-mail to,from,or through this server. The mail seems to be rejected based on the first line: from <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> not: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lee Bradshaw) If I set the visible name to mindspring.com, then the from looks like: from <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mindspring inserts a return path: Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> so my returned mail will go to another user. I don't know how to get anything besides my user name onto the "from " line. -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Next Level Communications[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Lee: Re: smail Solution for Dynamic IP's
Carey Evans wrote: > What about the envelope sender? sendmail writes this as: > > >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Mar 1 16:12:31 > > or something similar at the top of the message. qmail puts: > > Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > as RFC821 and RFC822 (4.3.1, 4.4.3) suggest. Hi Carey and David, David in another message you were suggesting I not use the "from " line. Do you know how to turn it off? I haven't found any way to control this line -- smail seems to generate this line as Carey describes for sendmail. Carey, is there a central configuration file for qmail. I would like one file to translate internal names to external names instead of relying on the user to get things right with the MAILUSER? environment variable. Right now it's only one or two users, but I would still prefer the configuration file in case I ever want to handle more people. Is qmail only available for hamm? Any suggestions for building it on bo? Or even better, suggestions to get smail working properly? Thanks, -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Next Level Communications[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Lee: Re: smail Solution for Dynamic IP's
Hi, Well thanks to help from Art, Carey, Daniel, and Martin I think we have the problem narrowed down to the envelope sender (MAIL FROM: in the SMTP dialog). If I connect to the mail server with telnet as Carey suggested, everything is fine. Netscape also has no problem generating mail with the correct headers. Is there a way to get smail to use the From: line as the MAIL FROM: line? I'm having problems with sites rejecting my mail because of these headers. My own isp rejects my mail to their smart host because of this envelope problem. Is smail really a good choice for the default MTA? As more sites implement anti-spam features I imagine new linux users could become very frustrated when their mail doesn't work as well as it does on win95. qmail looks like it handles this problem (according to Carey and the first couple questions in the qmail FAQ.) But new users may ignore software they have to compile. -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Next Level Communications[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
locks and compiling mutt
Hi, I'm compiling mutt for a bo system. IIRC there was a discussion on locks a couple days ago. It appears that I should use: ./configure --enable-flock --disable-fcntl Can someone verify this? Thanks. -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- E-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST. Trouble? E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: locks and compiling mutt
On Mon, Mar 09, 1998 at 09:57:49AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sat, Mar 07, 1998 at 10:51:55AM -0500, Lee Bradshaw wrote: > > I'm compiling mutt for a bo system. > > Why aren't you using the Debian .diff.gz as a basis? > > > IIRC there was a discussion on > > locks a couple days ago. It appears that I should use: > > ./configure --enable-flock --disable-fcntl > > Can someone verify this? Thanks. > > Per Debian policy, all mail programs should use dotlocking only. The Debian > mutt package has --disable-fcntl, and no --enable-flock, which makes mutt > use dotlocking. > > HTH, > Ray Thanks for the help. I recompiled with these options and also looked at mutt's .diff.gz in the hamm directory for future reference. I really should learn more about dpkg so I can cleanly add packages that aren't in the official distribution. -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Next Level Communications[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- E-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST. Trouble? E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
