Re: netscape communicator 4.03

Remco Blaakmeer wrote: > > On Sat, 4 Oct 1997, Paul Miller wrote: > > > Has anyone gotten an error like this one when loading Netscape 4.03? How > > can I fix this? > > > > netscape: locale `C' not supported. > > > Yes, this is caused by version 3.3-6 of the xlib6 package. Downgrade it to > 3.

slang and lynx

after upgrading to the newest version of slang0.99.34 and slang0.99.38 I get the following error with lynx: can't open libslang.so.0.99.34 I tried making a symlink to libslang.so.0.99.38 and this results in lynx doing a core dump when I attempt to start it. I thought the slang0.99.34 package was

Re: Cyrix kernel patch

On Mon, 6 Oct 1997, Shaleh wrote: > Is there a patch against 2.0.29 for cyrix chips?? Is anyone using it?? I tried the patch for 2.0.30 kernels (on a 2.0.30 kernel, of course) and it locked up a few times ... so if anyone has had better luck with this patch, please let me know. At this point

[off topic] Re: ghostscript problem

At 10:41 PM 06-10-97 +0200, joost witteveen wrote: > >.. but that's hamm only. > Please enlighten me as to the meaning of "hamm" ? Ignorant -- Lucas Liacopoulos"some assembly required" ... NOT!! [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: is the Creative Labs AWE64 GOLD Soundcard supported?

> How well/is the AWE64 GOLD Sound card supported under Linux? ..or will it > act/function like the SB16? The alternative to doing backflips getting this card to work under Linux is to pay $20 to 4front-tech for their commercial driver for Linux. It's hassle-free, works, and is good for five yea

Re: "How does mgetty differ from uugetty" ?

> My problem is that I could not find the section that describes the features > that are supported by uugetty but not by mgetty. Can you tell me what are uugetty is horribly broken; this feature is not supported by mgetty. -- Pete Harlan [EMAIL PROTECTED] (This is not just a flip answer: It's

Re: Work-Needing and Prospective Packages

Philippe Troin writes: > > Work-Needing and Prospective Packages for Debian GNU/Linux > Philippe Troin, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > $Id: packages.sgml,v 1.57 1997/10/06 09:59:38 phil Exp $ ... > 6. Programs that aren't available yet in Debian > > Programs listed in this section aren't yet availab

www.debian.org question and Re: SSH/X11 vulnerability

First, I was just wondering about the 'www.debian.org' site and what's happening with it. Specifically, the 'Debian Packages' menus seem to be really out of date. I found that to be a very useful resource. Is there relief in sight? Next, here is the reply I saw from the SSH author re the recent

Lilo and Ext2 woes :)

Recently I had a major problem which began after I tried to make a few modifications to my Lilo installation, and I'm convinced that my configuration was the cause of it. :) My drive is partitioned as follows: /dev/hda1 is an MS-DOS partition, which will soon have Win95 installed. Hda2 is a Linux p

Debian libc5 to libc6 Mini-HOWTO (regular posting)

Debian libc5 to libc6 Mini-HOWTO Scott K. Ellis, [EMAIL PROTECTED] $Id: libc5-libc6-Mini-HOWTO.sgml,v 2.6 1997/09/27 16:41:16 storm Exp storm $ 1. Introduction The Debian project is currently in the process of putting together the next release of the Debian system. This version wi

"How does mgetty differ from uugetty" ?

The following is from part I of the Mgetty+Sendfax with Vgetty Extensions (FAQ): " * mgetty completely replaces getty and/or uugetty. Like uugetty, supports lock files in a fashion compatible with almost all known versions of UUCP (HDB/BNU, SVR4, V7, Taylor in various flavours). uugetty ha

Re: one pentium, two vga adaptors, and linux?

On Sun, Oct 05, 1997 at 10:49:04PM -0500, Nathan E Norman wrote: > On Sun, 5 Oct 1997, Britton wrote: > > : > : > : Is this possible with the intel platform? With linux? Any idea where I > : might go to read more about it if it is? > > Warning, completely useless reply :) > > : __ > : I like

Re: ghostscript problem

> I have used dselect to install ghostview 1.5-13, gs 4.01-2, and You definately need to upgrade you gs to gs-aladdin-4.03. Or, use the new gs-aladdin-5.0, but that's hamm only. -- joost witteveen, [EMAIL PROTECTED] #!/usr/bin/perl -sp0777ihttp://www.dcs.ex.ac.uk/~aba/rsa/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE F

Re: Problems w/xboard

"James A. Abercromby II" wrote: >I have just installed the foll: 3 .deb pkgs >gnuchess >gnubook >xboard > >When I type /usr/games/xboard >I receive the following error >X Fatal Error >Failed to start chess program gnuchessx on localhost: gnuchessx: No such fil >e or director

Re: dselect...

Selecting ALL packages caused most of my problems on installation. My suggestion is to do the base install. Followed by the packages that you need in increments so that you can manage any problems that arise. This helps you manage the package conflicts in Dselect much easier. Joe Stewart On Mo

Re: How to use the Compose key?

On Mon, 6 Oct 1997, Peter S Galbraith wrote: > > > To be concrete: Which key or combination of keys do I have to press to > > be able to compose something like ê or á? (I did this with emacs in > > the iso-accents-mode). Is it the same for the console and in X? > > > > Where can I read on how t

Re: dselect...

On Mon, 6 Oct 1997, Anthony Kulish wrote: > I was just wondering if there was a way to install ALL packages from the > binary-i386 in the dselect tool? I really dont know if its me but I seem > to get lost in the dselect tool and I am unable to figure how to select > all packages. Thanks for your

Re: Mounting of removable media - security problem ?

On Mon, 6 Oct 1997, Wojciech Zabolotny wrote: >Hello all! > > Last time I discovered, that when I added "user" option in /etc/fstab for > floppies and zips, it is possible for everybody having account on my box > to read, write and delete files on my removable disk (floppy or zip). > Wh

Cyrix kernel patch

Is there a patch against 2.0.29 for cyrix chips?? Is anyone using it?? -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: suddenly not working

On Tue, 7 Oct 1997, Lawrence wrote: > I dont' know why it displays the following errors message when I reboot > my computer. It worked before and I didn't change/install anything. > Some of the programs, e.g. ICQ, also not running now. After I restarted > the X server, things changed. > > Cann

dselect...

I was just wondering if there was a way to install ALL packages from the binary-i386 in the dselect tool? I really dont know if its me but I seem to get lost in the dselect tool and I am unable to figure how to select all packages. Thanks for your help and keep up the good work.   Anthony Ku

Re: cron question.

On Mon, 6 Oct 1997, R Chris Ross wrote: > > I wondered if anyone knows weather cron responds correctly to a > SIGHUP or not? I did the following and managed to kill it all > together. > > kill -HUP `ps -aux|grep [c]ron|awk '{print $2}'` > > Is there a different signal to send it or is

ghostscript problem

I have used dselect to install ghostview 1.5-13, gs 4.01-2, and gsfonts 4.01-3 on a 1.2 installation which has been partially upgraded (via dselect) to 1.3. When I run ghostscript I get this: Unexpected interpreter error 1. Error object: execute0 Error: /invalidfont in findfont Operand stack:

suddenly not working

I dont' know why it displays the following errors message when I reboot my computer. It worked before and I didn't change/install anything. Some of the programs, e.g. ICQ, also not running now. After I restarted the X server, things changed. Cannot register service: RPC: Unable to receive; errn

Re: debian-user-digest Digest V97 #834

> Somehow I think this is a bad idea but I can understand the intent. Yes, the libc mess would cause a headache. Personally, though, I would like to see something similar. But basically, the intermediate release would not have major changes, but instead have packages that fix important bugs, an

How to use the Compose key?

> To be concrete: Which key or combination of keys do I have to press to > be able to compose something like ê or á? (I did this with emacs in > the iso-accents-mode). Is it the same for the console and in X? > > Where can I read on how to define the compose key? For testing purposes, I've adde

Re: remove menubar from netscape 4.03

Paul wrote: > hi everybody, I am trying to setup up an account where all they are > allowed to do is go to a page through netscape. I got rid of all the > other ways they can get out. ie toolbar and all other bars except the menu > bar. I don't want them to have access to file edit etc. can some

cron question.

I wondered if anyone knows weather cron responds correctly to a SIGHUP or not? I did the following and managed to kill it all together. kill -HUP `ps -aux|grep [c]ron|awk '{print $2}'` Is there a different signal to send it or is it a daemon that has to be killed then restarted? --

re- floppy=thinkpad

Problem : The suggestion to put "floppy=thinkpad" into the lilo.conf did not work. I notice there is a /proc/cmdline which seems to get built each boot time. Do you know what creates this ? Thinking of placing the "floppy=thinkpad" line where that would be anticipating it will be used at boot t

Re: An intermediate release to `bo' and `hamm' (Re: No Debian up

George Bonser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 06-Oct-97 Raja R Harinath wrote: > >I'm thinking of a hamm-friendly bo (hbo? :-) -- which basically has all > >the `libc5' libraries from hamm. People using `bo' would upgrade to > >`hbo', which basically moves all the libc5 libraries from /usr/lib to

ide device driver

Hi, I'm working on some diagrams in an attempt to help me understand how the ide device driver works. Below is a general outline that shows how I plan to organize this diagram. I would be grateful for any advice or comments. Level 1 1) driver initialization 2) error handling 3) read operatio

unable to load debian

Hi! I'm trying to load install debian in a 486DX33 w/ 8 megs and I can't get it to work. The exact specs of the machine are: * Intel 486 DX 33 * Mainboard: UMC, all slots ISA. * 8 Meg RAM * one 410 Meg Seagate HD (1 80 Meg DOS partition, 1 32 Meg

chos.62-1 kernal to big!!!

I was trying to install choose os .62 and it said that my "linux kernal is too big!!!" I am running a pentium 75 with Win95 on hda, and debian 1.3.1 linux on hdb. What should my chos.conf file look like? Thanks, Eric Thompson -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LI

Re: .fvwm2rc question

> On Mon, 6 Oct 1997, G. Kapetanios wrote: > > > Exec"Stop It" exec kill -9 $(ps aux | grep xlock | grep > > -v grep | awk '{print $2}') > > > > This works in the shell but not from the menu. Any ideas why ? > > Because fvwm2 doesn't start a shell the command you give abov

Re: wn 1.18.3-1 problems

On 6 Oct 1997, Tibor Simko wrote: > when upgrading package wn from stable (1.17.0-5) to unstable > (1.18.3-1), i experienced this problem: > >Debian WN configuration (std, old, new, show, save, exit) [show] save >/usr/sbin/wnconfig: tempfile: command not found >/usr/sbin/wnconfig: ${w

Forwarded msg: [lorenzo@ccda.utovrm.it: Re: Compose key? (Can a windoze keyboard be configured to...)]

[[Lorenzo Catucci asked me to forward this private message to the list.]] [[ --- Alan Davis]] On 5 Oct 1997, Alan Eugene Davis wrote: > Can a windoze keyboard be configured, so those three extra keys can do > something interesting? > > Like act as a compose key? a meta key? > Defini

remove menubar from netscape 4.03

hi everybody, I am trying to setup up an account where all they are allowed to do is go to a page through netscape. I got rid of all the other ways they can get out. ie toolbar and all other bars except the menu bar. I don't want them to have access to file edit etc. can someone help me thanks.

Re: .fvwm2rc question

On Mon, 6 Oct 1997, G. Kapetanios wrote: > Exec"Stop It" exec kill -9 $(ps aux | grep xlock | grep > -v grep | awk '{print $2}') > > This works in the shell but not from the menu. Any ideas why ? Because fvwm2 doesn't start a shell the command you give above uses the shell

Re: script question

Lawrence wrote: :can any script expert help me. : :i want to remove directories iff they are empty, what is the easy way to :do it? find . -type d -exec rmdir {} \; The rmdir will fail on directories containing files, so that only empty directories below the current directory will be removed. By

Problems with Speak-Freely under Debian Linux

Hello all ! Maybe the problem I'm writing about is not Debian-specific, in this case please forgive me. :-( Last time I have installed Speak-Freely package on my Debian Linux box. However, when I tried to run it, I have met some problems. I ran sfspeaker: $ sfspeaker & Then I ran sfmike, tr

Mounting of removable media - security problem ?

Hello all! Last time I discovered, that when I added "user" option in /etc/fstab for floppies and zips, it is possible for everybody having account on my box to read, write and delete files on my removable disk (floppy or zip). When one user (lets call him "A") mounts the floppy, he becom

wn 1.18.3-1 problems

hi when upgrading package wn from stable (1.17.0-5) to unstable (1.18.3-1), i experienced this problem: Debian WN configuration (std, old, new, show, save, exit) [show] save /usr/sbin/wnconfig: tempfile: command not found /usr/sbin/wnconfig: ${wn_conf_tmp}: ambiguous redirect in the /us

Re: umount: /cdrom: devide is busy.

Philippe Troin wrote: > > On Sat, 04 Oct 1997 18:08:19 +1000 Alan Eugene Davis > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > This happens to me quite often: a floppy or a cd isn't being accessed, > > but I cannot unmount it: umount gives the error I have indicated. > > > > Is there any way to find out what

Re: Configuring audio applications

What is wrong with adding users to the group audio? Or does it not work? Marcus On Mon, 6 Oct 1997, Jon Kaare Hellan wrote: > What is the canonical way to configure the system so that ordinary users > can run > audio applications? > > The audio devices are owner=root, group=audio, so I assume

Re: Q: Programming for console and X11?

Jason Gunthorpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, 29 Sep 1997, Dirk Luetjens wrote: > > > I wanted to write an aplication which is capable of running in a graphics > > mode but also on a text console. I though of having the same look & feel > > in both modes. Since is only uses buttons, check

.fvwm2rc question

Hi, I have a pretty minor question which however is bothering me. I am asking fvwm2 through a menu definition in .fvwmrc to kill a process with the command Exec"Stop It" exec kill -9 $(ps aux | grep xlock | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}') This works in the shell but not from

Work-Needing and Prospective Packages

Work-Needing and Prospective Packages for Debian GNU/Linux Philippe Troin, [EMAIL PROTECTED] $Id: packages.sgml,v 1.57 1997/10/06 09:59:38 phil Exp $ 1. General Questions 1.1. Before reading this document You should have read the Debian GNU/Linux FAQ . 1.2. P

Configuring audio applications

What is the canonical way to configure the system so that ordinary users can run audio applications? The audio devices are owner=root, group=audio, so I assume that the answer is to change applications which want to play sound to group=audio and run them set group id. If this is the right way, wh

Re: Apache-ssl

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Camm Maguire) writes: > > > > Greetings! I notice there is source, but no binary package, of > apache-ssl under debian-non-US/stable at os.inf.tu-dresden.de. Is > this right? > It is a remainder. It will be removed soon. Look in unstable for an binary package. Christoph

script question

can any script expert help me. i want to remove directories iff they are empty, what is the easy way to do it? lawrence -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: PS/2 IntelliMouse && X 3.3-3 problems...

Jason Costomiris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [snip] > However, Linux is another matter altogether. I'm running kernel 2.0.30, > customized to suit my hardware (yes, I used kernel-package), including the > PS2 mouse support. I altered my XF86Config file so that I now have: > > Section "Pointer"

Re: Mystique 220

"A.D.Y. Cheng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am helping my friend installing debian 1.3.1 from a cdrom. My friend has > a Mystique 220. Obviously, the xwindow packages in the cdrom does not > work for this card. I want to ask which new packages should I get from one > of the ftp sites and what i

RE: An intermediate release to `bo' and `hamm' (Re: No Debian up

On 06-Oct-97 Raja R Harinath wrote: > >I'm thinking of a hamm-friendly bo (hbo? :-) -- which basically has all >the `libc5' libraries from hamm. People using `bo' would upgrade to >`hbo', which basically moves all the libc5 libraries from /usr/lib to >/usr/lib/libc5-compat, and all devel tools in

An intermediate release to `bo' and `hamm' (Re: No Debian updates?)

Jim Pick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Still, I imagine a debian release between stable and unstable. Stable is > > nice for the space shuttle or other critical purposes. But, let's say, the > > netscape installer package: There's no bug in the old version. But I think > > there should be a place

What is the "compose" key?

I could not find any documentation on this except the compose key combinations as output of dumpkeys. To be concrete: Which key or combination of keys do I have to press to be able to compose something like ê or á? (I did this with emacs in the iso-accents-mode). Is it the same for the console an

Re: one pentium, two vga adaptors, and linux?

On Sun, 5 Oct 1997, Britton wrote: : : : Is this possible with the intel platform? With linux? Any idea where I : might go to read more about it if it is? Warning, completely useless reply :) : __ : I like six eggs when starting on a journey. Fried - not poached. And : mind you don't break

Problems w/xboard

I have just installed the foll: 3 .deb pkgs gnuchess gnubook xboard When I type /usr/games/xboard I receive the following error X Fatal Error Failed to start chess program gnuchessx on localhost: gnuchessx: No such file or directory I have thorought read both man pages for gnuchess and xboard T

Re: mailing list

In a message dated 97-09-30 12:40:16 EDT, you write: > > Is there any way to browse this mailing list without subscribing to > > it ? Does anyone know ? > > See if your usenet server mirrors linux.debian.user , mine does. > > > Regards, > > marc > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] My ISP (www.southea

libc5 Sendmail 8.8.7?

Hi, does anyone have a libc5 Sendmail 8.8.7 Debian package? Our production server is running 1.3.1 and don't want to upgrade it to libc6 just to be able to run the latest Sendmail from hamm. However, I do need some of the anti-spam features present in Sendmail 8.8.7 (8.8.5, the latest libc5 versio

Madge Token Ring Cards

Hi all: Are "Madge Smart 16/4 Ringnode" or "Madge Smart 16/4 ISA Client Plus Ringnode" Token Ring cards usable? I saw nothing about them in the HOWTO Hardware compatibility list, so I assume the worst... The first card has jumpers for interrupt, DMA channel, ROM location, ROM enabling, DMA en

Wierd crankiness

I am having wierd things happen to my machine. Any help with these problems I would be greatful. I suspect they're related problems, as they all happened at once... 1) login and passwd do not work!! If a user has a passwd, login always fails (Login incorrect) but never asks for a password.