Re: irda-utils development.

1999-09-24 Thread NOKUBI Takatsugu
>> Supply a script OR ask the makedev maint for Debian to include it. I got a mail from Werner and he wrote that the device numbers changed recently he guess they are official. Perhaps I should wait until they will change. >> Ideally, there would be, irda-common, irda-tools, irda-xtools, irda-gno

Re: Upgrading slink kernel -> 2.2.12 -no pcmcia -Reply

1999-09-24 Thread Germano Leichsenring
> Martyn Pearce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Martyn> I'm running Potato on my Dell Inspiron 7000, from scratch (i.e., I Martyn> didn't slink & upgrade); it works a treat. Where did you get the floppies from?? -- Germano Leichsenring Kobe University

Re: laptop "metapackage"

1999-09-24 Thread Adam Shand
> > I just keep thinking about how difficult it was to set up a mail server to > > work properly over an intermittent connection. Maybe a special set of docs > > for fetchmail, qmail, smail... ? > > And UUCP! Which I use and love on my laptop. while i've used uucp for years i would recommend ag

Re: Upgrading slink kernel -> 2.2.12 -no pcmcia -Reply

1999-09-24 Thread Martyn Pearce
Germano Leichsenring writes: | > Martyn Pearce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | | Martyn> I'm running Potato on my Dell Inspiron 7000, from scratch (i.e., I | Martyn> didn't slink & upgrade); it works a treat. | | Where did you get the floppies from?? I didn't use floppies. I used the slink b

Re: irda-utils development.

1999-09-24 Thread NOKUBI Takatsugu
>> hmm, i think i will have the same problem as well when trying to >> package tpctl -- i was under the impression that using mknod was ok. >> is that incorrect? $ lintian irda-utils_0.9.4-2_i386.deb | lintian-info W: irda-utils: mknod-in-maintainer-script postinst:13 N: N: Maintainer scripts s

hd not reporting correctly on install

1999-09-24 Thread Martyn Pearce
CHRIS HOOVER writes: | I decided to go ahead and reinstall everything and use potato this time. | This was prompted since I was told potato was fairly stable, plus there was | a disk manager (western digitals dynamic disk overlay) running that my | original install did not remove and it was preve

RE: Upgrading slink kernel -> 2.2.12 -no pcmcia -Reply

1999-09-24 Thread Amos Shapira
From: "CHRIS HOOVER" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > and keep all of the dependencies clean and correct. Anyway, does anyone > know if there is a reason I should not go ahead and do this? You mean "upgrade to potato"? I'd go for it. I'm relativelly conservative about this since I can't afford having a br

RE: [Debian-2.1.11.1 on VAIO 505 FX] X problems

1999-09-24 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
The xserver-svga package in the place where you found the new boot disks supports neomagic. I have a 505f (basically the same laptop), all i do is specify a wide range of horiz and vert and let the server find the right one. 800x600 at 16bpp works fine and is as high as the card can go.

Re: [Debian-2.1.11.1 on VAIO 505 FX] X problems

1999-09-24 Thread Uwe Nestmann
> "SP" == Sean 'Shaleh' Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: SP> The xserver-svga package in the place where you found SP> the new boot disks supports neomagic. SP> I have a 505f (basically the same laptop), all i do is SP> specify a wide range of horiz and vert and let the SP> server find the

Re: laptop "metapackage"

1999-09-24 Thread Stephane Bortzmeyer
On Thursday 23 September 1999, at 22 h 23, the keyboard of Adam Shand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > while i've used uucp for years i would recommend against making a part of > the laptop package. it's quite complicated This is certainly wrong. My UUCP configuration files, all together, make les

Re: Laptop FAQ // Debian on Floppys??

1999-09-24 Thread Stephane Bortzmeyer
On Thursday 23 September 1999, at 13 h 26, the keyboard of [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Ok, I think I've got the equipment, one debian server, two laptops that > need debian, and a null modem serial cable. I think thats all I need, so > if I hook up the cable between laptop and server, now what? Y

Re: laptop "metapackage"

1999-09-24 Thread Adam Shand
> This is certainly wrong. My UUCP configuration files, all together, make > less lines than my sendmail or PPP configuration. i have watched many new comers to the net struggle with uucp, both first hand and being on the other end of a phone as tech support for them. it hasn't been easy for any

Re: irda-utils development.

1999-09-24 Thread NOKUBI Takatsugu
>> Supply a script OR ask the makedev maint for Debian to include it. I got a mail from Werner and he wrote that the device numbers changed recently he guess they are official. Perhaps I should wait until they will change. >> Ideally, there would be, irda-common, irda-tools, irda-xtools, irda-gno

Re: Upgrading slink kernel -> 2.2.12 -no pcmcia -Reply

1999-09-24 Thread Germano Leichsenring
> Martyn Pearce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Martyn> I'm running Potato on my Dell Inspiron 7000, from scratch (i.e., I Martyn> didn't slink & upgrade); it works a treat. Where did you get the floppies from?? -- Germano Leichsenring Kobe University

Re: laptop "metapackage"

1999-09-24 Thread Adam Shand
> > I just keep thinking about how difficult it was to set up a mail server to > > work properly over an intermittent connection. Maybe a special set of docs > > for fetchmail, qmail, smail... ? > > And UUCP! Which I use and love on my laptop. while i've used uucp for years i would recommend ag

Re: Upgrading slink kernel -> 2.2.12 -no pcmcia -Reply

1999-09-24 Thread Martyn Pearce
Germano Leichsenring writes: | > Martyn Pearce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | | Martyn> I'm running Potato on my Dell Inspiron 7000, from scratch (i.e., I | Martyn> didn't slink & upgrade); it works a treat. | | Where did you get the floppies from?? I didn't use floppies. I used the slink b

Re: irda-utils development.

1999-09-24 Thread NOKUBI Takatsugu
>> hmm, i think i will have the same problem as well when trying to >> package tpctl -- i was under the impression that using mknod was ok. >> is that incorrect? $ lintian irda-utils_0.9.4-2_i386.deb | lintian-info W: irda-utils: mknod-in-maintainer-script postinst:13 N: N: Maintainer scripts s

hd not reporting correctly on install

1999-09-24 Thread Martyn Pearce
CHRIS HOOVER writes: | I decided to go ahead and reinstall everything and use potato this time. | This was prompted since I was told potato was fairly stable, plus there was | a disk manager (western digitals dynamic disk overlay) running that my | original install did not remove and it was preve

RE: Upgrading slink kernel -> 2.2.12 -no pcmcia -Reply

1999-09-24 Thread Amos Shapira
From: "CHRIS HOOVER" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > and keep all of the dependencies clean and correct. Anyway, does anyone > know if there is a reason I should not go ahead and do this? You mean "upgrade to potato"? I'd go for it. I'm relativelly conservative about this since I can't afford having a br

RE: [Debian-2.1.11.1 on VAIO 505 FX] X problems

1999-09-24 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
The xserver-svga package in the place where you found the new boot disks supports neomagic. I have a 505f (basically the same laptop), all i do is specify a wide range of horiz and vert and let the server find the right one. 800x600 at 16bpp works fine and is as high as the card can go.

Re: [Debian-2.1.11.1 on VAIO 505 FX] X problems

1999-09-24 Thread Uwe Nestmann
> "SP" == Sean 'Shaleh' Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: SP> The xserver-svga package in the place where you found SP> the new boot disks supports neomagic. SP> I have a 505f (basically the same laptop), all i do is SP> specify a wide range of horiz and vert and let the SP> server find the

Re: laptop "metapackage"

1999-09-24 Thread Stephane Bortzmeyer
On Thursday 23 September 1999, at 22 h 23, the keyboard of Adam Shand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > while i've used uucp for years i would recommend against making a part of > the laptop package. it's quite complicated This is certainly wrong. My UUCP configuration files, all together, make les

Re: Laptop FAQ // Debian on Floppys??

1999-09-24 Thread Stephane Bortzmeyer
On Thursday 23 September 1999, at 13 h 26, the keyboard of [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Ok, I think I've got the equipment, one debian server, two laptops that > need debian, and a null modem serial cable. I think thats all I need, so > if I hook up the cable between laptop and server, now what? Y

Re: laptop "metapackage"

1999-09-24 Thread Adam Shand
> This is certainly wrong. My UUCP configuration files, all together, make > less lines than my sendmail or PPP configuration. i have watched many new comers to the net struggle with uucp, both first hand and being on the other end of a phone as tech support for them. it hasn't been easy for any