Re: netscape

1997-11-26 Thread Jess Stryker
dpk wrote: > > Have you looked in your ~/.netscape direcotry for a file named > 'lock'?? If it exists, quit your netscape applications and > rm ~/.netscape/lock and then restart. Sometimes netscape > will be improperly shut down and not remove its lockfile. > > Thanks, > Dennis > -- > dpk <[EMA

Re: Possible bug or flaw detected.

1997-11-26 Thread Donald Becker
On Wed, 26 Nov 1997, Wintermute wrote: > From: Wintermute <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Possible bug or flaw detected. ... > Attached to this email are applicable files from my Debian Linux 2.0.29 > installation. > I have compiled 3c509.c with #define EL3_DEBUG 9 to ensure that I get > enough err

Re: K6 and Debian

1997-11-26 Thread richard
Pere Camps <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Has anyone used with/out success a AMD K6 chip under Debian? > > TIA! Yes, and it works fine. -- http://staff.elmail.co.uk/~richard/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e

Re: simple questions

1997-11-26 Thread Gertjan Klein
Britton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In my experience this works, but not nicely. You have to install Win95 > first, and when it gets itselft all screwed up you can't reinstall it > without scrapping your master boot record again, which I'm sure is a real > pain if not a castrophe. Althoug

mtools

1997-11-26 Thread Gertjan Klein
Jens B. Jorgensen wrote: > You can pipe the file through "tr -d '\r'". Ignore the other message > about mcopy. This is restrictive since it *assumes* that the file > is on a floppy disk (or other FAT volume). A much bigger problem of mtools is that when copying *to* an MS-DOS file system, it

Re: pop3 problem

1997-11-26 Thread Martin Bialasinski
On Tue, 25 Nov 1997, Michael Roark wrote: > ERR- maillock: '/var/spool/pop/.pop' > Is there such a file? If you telnet into a pop server, it will move the mailbox /var/spool/mail/username to /var/spoll/pop/username.pop (and leave a 0 Byte file in /var/spool/mail. After quiting pop, it should be m

Re: [SOLVED] Annoying boot-up messages

1997-11-26 Thread Martin Bialasinski
On Tue, 25 Nov 1997, Pann McCuaig wrote: > Bingo! I had added a custom keymap. Added the appropriate lines to > "boot.dpkg-new", mv'ed it to "boot", rebooted, and Voila! Thanks much. > FYI, normaly you only have to change /etc/kbd/default.map. No need to change /etc/init.d/boot. Ciao, M

Re: I'm an idiot and sed proves it...

1997-11-26 Thread Aaron Denney
Stephen Zander wrote: > Aaron Denney wrote: > > This isn't quite the appropriate venue for such questions, as it is > > a general unix/sed question and not very specific to Debian. In the > > future try the newsgroup comp.unix.programmer or comp.unix.questions. > > Lignten up :) Dale provides imm

Re: Switching keyboards under X

1997-11-26 Thread Louis-David Mitterrand
On Wed, Nov 26, 1997 at 04:46:34PM -0500, Shaleh wrote: > I hate to sound sarcastic, but you could make a script tofrench and to > english, which called the proper xmodmap. That would save typing. Or > is it that xmodmap itself is slow? > > In pseudo-code: > if filename == tofrench > xmodm

Re: I'm an idiot and sed proves it...

1997-11-26 Thread Britton
On Wed, 26 Nov 1997, Dale Scheetz wrote: > I've been trying to use sed to do some editing of simple characters from a > large block of ascii text. The text has tabs that I wish to replace with > spaces, and hyphonated words wrapped across linefeeds that I also wish to > remove. > > For the tabs,

Re: Switching keyboards under X

1997-11-26 Thread Shaleh
I hate to sound sarcastic, but you could make a script tofrench and to english, which called the proper xmodmap. That would save typing. Or is it that xmodmap itself is slow? In pseudo-code: if filename == tofrench xmodmap french else xmodmap englsh make a script and symlink toe

Switching keyboards under X

1997-11-26 Thread Louis-David Mitterrand
For programming I prefer the US keyboard layout, but to write in French I have to revert to a french-canadian layout. What is the fastest way to switch keyboard layouts on the fly under X-Window? Right now I use: xmodmap /usr/lib/kbd/keytables/us.xmap xmodmap /usr/lib/kbd/keytables/cf.xmap but

Re: K6 and Debian

1997-11-26 Thread Colin R. Telmer
On Wed, 26 Nov 1997, Charles Read wrote: > [BTW, I've concluded that unless > you find a PCL printer with PostScript capability, > you're stuck with either one that works really well > under Win95 (PCL) or one that works really well > under Linux (PostScript).]. PCL is HP not Win95. Or, in other

Re: K6 and Debian

1997-11-26 Thread Ben Gertzfield
> "Steve" == Steve Gaarder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Steve> Ben Gertzfield writes: Ben> I adore my K6/200 with Debian. But make sure you get a recent Ben> revision of the chip -- old versions had an odd condition Ben> that made compiles flake out if you had more than 32M of

Re: K6 and Debian

1997-11-26 Thread Rick Hawkins
> Can someone give me (or point me to) info on which chips are affected? steppings 9731 (or so) and earlier. These are no longer on the market, and AMD replaces them for linux users and others who could really be affected. (It's really hard to trigger the bug; compile the kernel 100 times or

Re: K6 and Debian

1997-11-26 Thread Steve Gaarder
Ben Gertzfield writes: > I adore my K6/200 with Debian. But make sure you get a recent revision > of the chip -- old versions had an odd condition that made compiles > flake out if you had more than 32M of RAM in the box. Can someone give me (or point me to) info on which chips are affected?

Re: PCL printer cannot be accessed

1997-11-26 Thread Adrian Bridgett
On Wed, Nov 26, 1997 at 07:41:48AM -0600, Charles Read wrote: > Two questions: > > 1. If I used dvihp to generate a PCL file, can I then >go to a DOS shell in Win95 and say: >c:> copy PCL.file LPT1 > >I tried this, but first page was very messed up. DOS is stuffed - you must use "cop

Re: FW: HotJava browser for Linux?

1997-11-26 Thread Adrian Bridgett
On Wed, Nov 26, 1997 at 07:58:25AM -0600, Jones, David A (CAP, ITS, US) wrote: > > > > -- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Saturday, November 22, 1997 9:44 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject:Re: HotJava browser for Linux? > > > > Dave-

Re: K6 and Debian

1997-11-26 Thread Ben Gertzfield
> "Pere" == Pere Camps <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Pere> Hi! Has anyone used with/out success a AMD K6 chip under Pere> Debian? I adore my K6/200 with Debian. But make sure you get a recent revision of the chip -- old versions had an odd condition that made compiles flake out if you

Re: K6 and Debian

1997-11-26 Thread Charles Read
Yes. I set up a K6 from Cybermax a while back. X11, emacs, et al seem to run fine. My biggest problem is figuring out how to get 'everything else' to work, like the PnP modem, PnP sound card, and PCL printer [BTW, I've concluded that unless you find a PCL printer with PostScript capability, you'r

Re: netscape

1997-11-26 Thread Will Lowe
On Wed, 26 Nov 1997, Jess Stryker wrote: There were some problems with the stable netscape-installer package. If you've upgraded your system (wholly or partially) to unstable, you might fix your problem by re-downloading the .tar.gz file from netscape.com and using the newer ustable netscape-ins

Re: Cleaning dselect

1997-11-26 Thread Igor Grobman
> Does anyone know a way to clean dselect to only show info on the > installed packages? no, you have to clean up your mess ;-) > > I botched some of it, and now its nuts trying to figure what is to be > installed.. what is considered on purge.. and what is removed. Try to run through "install"

Re: cu connects to PnP modem ok, but no response for AT

1997-11-26 Thread Igor Grobman
> Earlier, I reported that: > > # cu --speed 115200 ---line /dev/ttyS1 > cu: open (/dev/ttyS1): Permission denied > cu: /dev/ttyS1: Line in use > > To fix this, I did: > > # vigr > [added my user name to the 'dialout' group] > # newgrp dialout > > Then: > > # cu --speed 115200 --line /dev/t

Re: Filling in the dialog boxes with Taper 6.8.2

1997-11-26 Thread Igor Grobman
> Hello, > > I've just installed the Taper 6.8.2 backup to tape programme. > > I have encountered a curious phenomena namely that I cannot type any > characters in the message boxes, i.e. name of backup etc. > > The cursor left and right arrows are the only things that work. > > The programme

Re: K6 and Debian

1997-11-26 Thread Rick Hawkins
They work wonderfully. I have a k6-166 running at 210/83 quite happilly. However, it needs some cooling at this speed; until i get something more than this cheesy $2 fan, I need to keep the side off to compile (but not at 166/66). -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "u

Re: mount /floppy

1997-11-26 Thread Torsten Hilbrich
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Timothy Phan) writes: > Hi, > > What do I suppose to put in the /etc/fstab so that any > user can mount the floppy disk with just 'mount /floppy' > and all user can access it. I use this entry, where gid=25 points to the user group floppy and umask=002 allows every user

Re: uninstall GMT

1997-11-26 Thread Torsten Hilbrich
"Marco Secli' CELINT" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello, My name is Marco Secli' (CELINT S.R.L.) > I'm in trouble with GMT time and I'd like to remove it without > repeating all the installation of "DEBIAN linux". Try running tzconfig to change the time settings of your Debian box. If you want

Re: sound interference

1997-11-26 Thread Torsten Hilbrich
Brian K Servis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The sound card(SB16) on my Debian box picks up electronic > interference when I use the line-in as source(external radio). It > sounds like I a helicopter, whop, whop, whop, whop and it fades in > and out. It only happens under Debian, when I am booted

Re: tar, cpio, or cp?

1997-11-26 Thread Torsten Hilbrich
"Frere Roy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Your question prompted me to think about the way I make backups of > my Debian system to tape. > > I use: tar cvf /dev/st0 . > > Could someone on the list please tell me if I can restore my > complete working system from the archive made in this fashio

Re: netscape

1997-11-26 Thread dpk
Have you looked in your ~/.netscape direcotry for a file named 'lock'?? If it exists, quit your netscape applications and rm ~/.netscape/lock and then restart. Sometimes netscape will be improperly shut down and not remove its lockfile. Thanks, Dennis -- dpk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Systems/Network

Re: K6 and Debian

1997-11-26 Thread Pere Camps
Mike, > I have a K6/233 running under Debian. As far as I can tell, everything > seems to work just fine. Thanks for the info. We'll be probably buying it. Salutacions, Pere __o mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 2:343/108.91 - _`\<;_ http://casal.upc.es/~pe

Re: K6 and Debian

1997-11-26 Thread Mike Bucciarelli
I have a K6/233 running under Debian. As far as I can tell, everything seems to work just fine. -- Mike - Mike Bucciarelli [EMAIL PROTECTED] hambox.theriver.com n7ck.ampr.org -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Tro

netscape

1997-11-26 Thread Jess Stryker
Netscape will not start-up. I've been using this version of Netscape without trouble for months. When started, a pid is assigned and issuing a "pidof netscape" confirms that the process exists. After several tries Netscape will finally start after complaining that it is already running. This oc

K6 and Debian

1997-11-26 Thread Pere Camps
Hi! Has anyone used with/out success a AMD K6 chip under Debian? TIA! Salutacions, Pere __o mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 2:343/108.91 - _`\<;_ http://casal.upc.es/~pere/ PGP key available --- (_)/ (_)"Lo importante es el concepto" --

Re: hptools and magicfilter

1997-11-26 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
Mario Filipe wrote: > > On Wed, 26 Nov 1997, Brian K Servis wrote: > > OK > > I tried this but i don't think i have it right so i'll send the files in > question for you to have a look, if that's ok with you : > > /etc/printcap > #econo mode > lpecono|HP Deskjet 660C econo:\ > :lp=/dev/

Re: URGENT: writing Win95 Compatible ISO Images

1997-11-26 Thread Pere Camps
James, > You can use my version of mkisofs, called mkhybrid that can create an > ISO9660/Joliet/RockRidge/HFS CD image. Win95/NT4 use the Joliet > extensions. Details at: > http://www.ge.ucl.ac.uk/~jcpearso/mkhybrid.html Ok. Thanks. I've downloaded it and I'll try to burn some CD

make-kpkg ??

1997-11-26 Thread tony mollica
There have been some posts on rebuilding the kernel that mention the kernel-package.deb package, make-kpkg and non-debian kernel source or packages. I have been successfully rebuilding my kernels, but only from a debian CD with no 'outside' sources. Now I would like to upgrade from 2.0.30 to 2.0.

Re: Experience with initrd and loop devices (script included)

1997-11-26 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
Francesco Potorti` wrote: > > I started building an initrd image for use with loadlin and md (I > wanto to put everything under raid-0). As first step, I needed the > image of an ext2 (or whatever) file system to mount via loopback > device, in order to put into it all the necessary modules and s

Communicator 4

1997-11-26 Thread tony mollica
Thanks for the replies for Communicator 4 and *.deb package info. Since my installation works, I think I'll leave it alone for now. If there's a need to re-install it later, I'll do it the correct way at that time. tony mollica [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-ma

Re: Filling in the dialog boxes with Taper 6.8.2

1997-11-26 Thread Joey Hess
Frere Roy wrote: > I've just installed the Taper 6.8.2 backup to tape programme. > > I have encountered a curious phenomena namely that I cannot type any > characters in the message boxes, i.e. name of backup etc. > > The cursor left and right arrows are the only things that work. > > The prog

Re: I'm an idiot and sed proves it...

1997-11-26 Thread Stephen Zander
Dale Scheetz wrote: > The ctrl-v works fine for a tab, but I have no newline key on my keyboard, > only an enter (which produces ^M when pressed after ctrl-v and the search > fails). Is there a way to enter a character by giving its ascii value (in > dos the alt key lets you enter the decimal value

Re: Communicator 4.

1997-11-26 Thread Adrian Bridgett
On Mon, Nov 24, 1997 at 11:15:17AM -0800, TJM wrote: > I've installed communicator 4.03 successfully on my debian 1.3.1, 2.0.30 > kernel system and all works fine. I would like to know what the advantage > is to using the installer package rather than the install script that comes > with the commu

Re: zipdirve

1997-11-26 Thread Adrian Bridgett
On Mon, Nov 24, 1997 at 04:54:02PM -0700, Keith Holler wrote: > One more thing that might be a bit confusing... The Parallel Zip Drive > installs > as a SCSI device under Linux and does not as of yet support port thru for a > prin > ter plugged into the Zip Drive. If you want to connect your Par

Re: I'm an idiot and sed proves it...

1997-11-26 Thread Dale Scheetz
Thank you all for the many kind replies. Many of you pointed out my mistake as did Oliver, which stems from a poor reading of the sed man page. I blindly looked for tab and found a table of backslashed characters and their equivalents. On second reading I discover that these are the output characte

Re: hptools and magicfilter

1997-11-26 Thread Brian K Servis
Jens B. Jorgensen writes: > >Brian K Servis wrote: >> >> Mario Filipe writes: >> > >> > > [ initial problem text removed ] >> > >> >> /usr/local/lib/magicfilter/econogsc: >> #!/usr/bin/tcsh >> # called as: econogsc >> # send hpset hp escape codes to a tmp file >> /usr/local/bin/hpset -c econo >

RE: IBM 6091-23 Monitor

1997-11-26 Thread Bill Leach
Hi Peter; I think that it would be useful if you would supply the following information: Is your X installation working ok now with a different monitor? If so, what kind of monitor? What video card do you have? What error messages (if any) do you get from a "startx" command? What is implied

on/off topic(was Re: I'm an idiot and sed proves it...)

1997-11-26 Thread Brian K Servis
Dale Scheetz writes: > >On Wed, 26 Nov 1997, Aaron Denney wrote: > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >sed -e 's/-'\n'//g' outfile >> > >> > and although the file gets slightly smaller (I didn't try to find out just >> > what had been removed) none of the hyphonated text is corrected. >> >> This

Re: I'm an idiot and sed proves it...

1997-11-26 Thread Stephen Zander
Aaron Denney wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > For the tabs, I try the following: > > > > sed -e 's/'\t'/ /g' outfile > > > > Which very cleanly places every t in the document with a space!?? > > > > For the hyphonation I try: > > > > sed -e 's/-'\n'//g' outfile > > > > and althoug

Re: I'm an idiot and sed proves it...

1997-11-26 Thread Oliver Elphick
Dale Scheetz wrote: >On Wed, 26 Nov 1997, Aaron Denney wrote: >> Your problem is that the inner quotes don't add another level quoting, but >> take away another level of quoting. To be a little clearer: >> >> > sed -e 's/'\t'/ /g' outfile >> ^^ are the quoted

Re: I'm an idiot and sed proves it...

1997-11-26 Thread Brian K Servis
Nathan E Norman writes: > >On Wed, 26 Nov 1997, Dale Scheetz wrote: > >: On Wed, 26 Nov 1997, Aaron Denney wrote: >: >: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >: > > sed -e 's/-'\n'//g' outfile >: > > >: > > and although the file gets slightly smaller (I didn't try to find out >just >: > > what had been re

Re: I'm an idiot and sed proves it...

1997-11-26 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Wed, 26 Nov 1997, Dale Scheetz wrote: : On Wed, 26 Nov 1997, Aaron Denney wrote: : : > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : > > sed -e 's/-'\n'//g' outfile : > > : > > and although the file gets slightly smaller (I didn't try to find out just : > > what had been removed) none of the hyphonated text i

Re: I'm an idiot and sed proves it...

1997-11-26 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I've been trying to use sed to do some editing of simple characters from a >large block of ascii text. The text has tabs that I wish to replace with >spaces, and hyphonated words wrapped across linefeeds that I also wish to >r

Experience with initrd and loop devices (script included)

1997-11-26 Thread Francesco Potorti`
I started building an initrd image for use with loadlin and md (I wanto to put everything under raid-0). As first step, I needed the image of an ext2 (or whatever) file system to mount via loopback device, in order to put into it all the necessary modules and so on. First, I realised that, if any

Re: yet another ppp problem

1997-11-26 Thread Larry G. Gariepy Jr.
--- Alex Yukhimets wrote: Great! You *did* get ppp connection! Your problem is that you have to set up your routing table properly in /etc/ppp/ip-up (on connection) and /etc/ppp/ip-down (on disconnect) using "route". And remove defaultroute option from /etc/ppp.options_out - you already have defau

Re: URGENT: writing Win95 Compatible ISO Images

1997-11-26 Thread Pere Camps
Aaron, > availavble only on Win95 and NT 4.0). Currently there is know software > available (that I am aware of) can write joliet compatabile images on a > Linux box. Most Windows programs will however. It seems that a patched mkisofs can. Follow the list and thanks for the explanation. :

Re: PCMCIA and 2.0.32

1997-11-26 Thread Brian Mays
> "Adam" == Adam Shand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Adam> There was one other bug when it tried to build cardinfo (it Adam> couldn't find forms.h) but changing the #include to absolute Adam> path fixed that. Yes. I forgot about that. Of course, cardinfo is an optional part of the

Re: I'm an idiot and sed proves it...

1997-11-26 Thread Joost Kooij
On Wed, 26 Nov 1997, Dale Scheetz wrote: > Personally, I find the "off topic" threads on this list are often very > interesting. I almost always learn some new twist or trick that I had not > seen before, so it is my hope that, when I have problems, the solution may > be valuable to others as well

Re: I'm an idiot and sed proves it...

1997-11-26 Thread Charles Oliver
Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > I've been trying to use sed to do some editing of simple characters from a > large block of ascii text. The text has tabs that I wish to replace with > spaces, and hyphonated words wrapped across linefeeds that I also wish to > remove. > > For the tabs, I

Re: hptools and magicfilter

1997-11-26 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
Brian K Servis wrote: > > Mario Filipe writes: > > > > [ initial problem text removed ] > > > > That person was me. > > I think the problem is that the stdin to your myfilter, which can be > anything, and the stdout from hpset, which is hp escape codes, are not > of the same format and probabl

Re: URGENT: writing Win95 Compatible ISO Images

1997-11-26 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Wed, 26 Nov 1997, Sven Goldt wrote: > Why do you answer that question ? It's just the way I am ;-) I touch type at about 60 words per minute, so it is as easy to actually answer the question as it is to belittle the user. If that guy would read the manual > he would have seen these options.

Re: I'm an idiot and sed proves it...

1997-11-26 Thread Alex Goncharov
> Resent-Cc: recipient list not shown: ; > X-Envelope-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Wed, 26 Nov 1997 12:02:04 -0500 (EST) > From: Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org > X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/19637

Re: URGENT: writing Win95 Compatible ISO Images

1997-11-26 Thread Aaron Newsome
I assume what you are trying to do is make a disk with long file names in tact so Win95 can see the long file names properly. What you need is a mkisofs which knows how to write images in the 'joliet' file system. Mkisofs does not know how to write joliet (a proprietary fs availavble only on Win95

Re: I'm an idiot and sed proves it...

1997-11-26 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Wed, 26 Nov 1997, Aaron Denney wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > sed -e 's/-'\n'//g' outfile > > > > and although the file gets slightly smaller (I didn't try to find out just > > what had been removed) none of the hyphonated text is corrected. > > This isn't quite the appropriate ven

FW: HotJava browser for Linux?

1997-11-26 Thread Jones, David A \(CAP, ITS, US\)
> -- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, November 22, 1997 9:44 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: HotJava browser for Linux? > > Dave- > > JavaSoft does not create the Linux port of the HotJava > Browser. However, I have forwarde

Re: hptools and magicfilter

1997-11-26 Thread Mario Filipe
On Wed, 26 Nov 1997, Brian K Servis wrote: OK I tried this but i don't think i have it right so i'll send the files in question for you to have a look, if that's ok with you : /etc/printcap #econo mode lpecono|HP Deskjet 660C econo:\ :lp=/dev/printer:sd=/var/spool/lpd/hpdj660c:\

Re: PCL printer cannot be accessed

1997-11-26 Thread Erv Walter
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Charles Read) writes: > Two questions: > > 1. If I used dvihp to generate a PCL file, can I then >go to a DOS shell in Win95 and say: >c:> copy PCL.file LPT1 > >I tried this, but first page was very messed up. > > 2. I tried:

lpd daemon (LPRng variant) does not stay in background when exec'd

1997-11-26 Thread Charles Read
My LSL Debian 1.3 installation came with the LPRng variant of the lpd setup. Does lpd need to run in the background for lpr to work? I thought it did, but when I do this: # lpd # ps -ef | grep lpd it is clear that lpd exits immediately. What's up? Regards, Charlie _

Re: yet another ppp problem

1997-11-26 Thread Daniel Martin
On Wed, 26 Nov 1997, Alex Yukhimets wrote: > > OK. Now that I know that this is the Debian way, I am happy to do it this > > way. > > I tried this, and it was a beautiful thing to hear the modem > > connecting...but > > it didn't work. I'm going to include my /etc/ppp.options_out, > > /etc/pp

Filling in the dialog boxes with Taper 6.8.2

1997-11-26 Thread Frere Roy
Hello, I've just installed the Taper 6.8.2 backup to tape programme. I have encountered a curious phenomena namely that I cannot type any characters in the message boxes, i.e. name of backup etc. The cursor left and right arrows are the only things that work. The programme is a semi-graphic t

moxfm and ASCP

1997-11-26 Thread Franck LE GALL - STAGIAIRE A FT.BD/CNET/DTD/PIH
Hi, Is there anybody working on the debianisation of moxfm (a great file manager) and ASCP (a X oriented panel confuguration tool for afterstep). Thanks Franck -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: FileSystem Sizes

1997-11-26 Thread Scott Ellis
On Wed, 26 Nov 1997, Kevin Traas wrote: > If I remember (off the top) correctly, lseek() is/was the limiting factor on > filesystem sizes... At one time, this was 32bit, so max addressable > filesystem size was 2GB. > > Has this changed? i.e. what is the max ext2 filesystem size? Yes, it's cha

Re: URGENT: writing Win95 Compatible ISO Images

1997-11-26 Thread Sven Goldt
On Wed, 26 Nov 1997, Dale Scheetz wrote: > > How do I make a Win95 Compatible ISO Image with mkisofs? I've > > tried with the -l -L options, but it doesn't work 100% all right. > > > If you mean one that can be viewed on a Win95 system, you probably want > the -R and -T options (Redrock and T

I'm an idiot and sed proves it...

1997-11-26 Thread Aaron Denney
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > For the tabs, I try the following: > > sed -e 's/'\t'/ /g' outfile > > Which very cleanly places every t in the document with a space!?? > > For the hyphonation I try: > > sed -e 's/-'\n'//g' outfile > > and although the file gets slightly smaller (I didn

Re: Debian insides...

1997-11-26 Thread Will Lowe
On Wed, 26 Nov 1997, jd? wrote: > Anyhow, i was wondering if there was any documentation on the > architecture/internals of debian?? Such as memory management and the Debian doesn't really have internals, unless you want to know about dpkg. Assuming you mean the linux kernel and it's associated

Re: 3c509 Detection problem. Experienced user needs assistance.

1997-11-26 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Tue, 25 Nov 1997, Wintermute wrote: : Charles Read wrote: : : > I've had similar trouble with a PnP modem, even : > though: : > a. 'dmesg | more' indicates the kernel finds the serial : > device for the modem. : > b. IRQs are uniquely assigned. : >

I'm an idiot and sed proves it...

1997-11-26 Thread Dale Scheetz
I've been trying to use sed to do some editing of simple characters from a large block of ascii text. The text has tabs that I wish to replace with spaces, and hyphonated words wrapped across linefeeds that I also wish to remove. For the tabs, I try the following: sed -e 's/'\t'/ /g' outf

Re: Dial-up users on local subnet

1997-11-26 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
Steven Tonnesen wrote: > > I am using Debian linux boxes as firewalls at various schools and I have > come across one minor irritation: > > Dial-up users dial in to an NT server which is on the same subnet as the > linux boxes and which gives ip addresses to the dialup users that are in > the sam

Re: URGENT: writing Win95 Compatible ISO Images

1997-11-26 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Wed, 26 Nov 1997, Pere Camps wrote: > Hi! > > How do I make a Win95 Compatible ISO Image with mkisofs? I've > tried with the -l -L options, but it doesn't work 100% all right. > If you mean one that can be viewed on a Win95 system, you probably want the -R and -T options (Redrock and Tr

I need help setting up X

1997-11-26 Thread Shaleh
HELP!!! I am stuck in 8 bit mode. X insists that all of my modes are wrong so I am stuck in 640x480 8 bit mode. It sucks. Included are my monitor specs. I have an ET4000w_32p rev. b card. It has 2mb of memory. Please either e-mail me directly or respond to the list. Please. Type

Re: URGENT: writing Win95 Compatible ISO Images

1997-11-26 Thread James Pearson
>How do I make a Win95 Compatible ISO Image with mkisofs? I've >tried with the -l -L options, but it doesn't work 100% all right. You can use my version of mkisofs, called mkhybrid that can create an ISO9660/Joliet/RockRidge/HFS CD image. Win95/NT4 use the Joliet extensions. Details at: h

Re: Eth0

1997-11-26 Thread Greg Green
Problem solvedthanks to a tip from Kevin Traas. All I had to to was run modconf and it worked. I did have everything else that I could think of ( like LILO) configured, but this was the missing step. Thanks to everything for the help. Greg Green Wintermute wrote: > Bill Leach wrote: > > >

Re: Debian insides...

1997-11-26 Thread gibson james
On Wed, 26 Nov 1997, jd? wrote: > > Anyhow, i was wondering if there was any documentation on the > architecture/internals of debian?? Such as memory management and the > like. Not necessarily source code, because i KNOW thats made available, > but outlines on the what and whymethods that l

Re: bash syntax

1997-11-26 Thread Witold Grabysz
Remco van de Meent wrote: > On Mon, 24 Nov 1997, Witold Grabysz wrote: > > : the following phrase doesn't work in bash: > : ((ls);(ls)) > : Why? Is it not allowed by the shell syntax or there is a bug in it? > : > : It is a little important for me, because it is how the Netscape 4 spawns > :

thanks (was RE: multiple X sessions)

1997-11-26 Thread E Papantoniou
I tried the second option and works :-) thanks to everybody that replied Manos On Tue, 25 Nov 1997, Ted Harding wrote: > On 25-Nov-97 E Papantoniou wrote: > > Hi, > > > > when I am logged in as a user and I run X windows, I press Ctrl-Alt-F2 > > and as expected a new terminal comes up. Then I l

thanks (was Re: multiple X sessions)

1997-11-26 Thread E Papantoniou
thanks a lot!!! I tried it and it works On Tue, 25 Nov 1997, Ettore Aldrovandi wrote: > E Papantoniou wrote: > -> > -> Hi, > -> > -> when I am logged in as a user and I run X windows, I press Ctrl-Alt-F2 > -> and as expected a new terminal comes up. Then I log in as a different user > -> an

URGENT: writing Win95 Compatible ISO Images

1997-11-26 Thread Pere Camps
Hi! How do I make a Win95 Compatible ISO Image with mkisofs? I've tried with the -l -L options, but it doesn't work 100% all right. Thanks a lot in advance! Salutacions, Pere __o mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 2:343/108.91 - _`\<;_ http://

Re: yet another ppp problem

1997-11-26 Thread Alex Yukhimets
> OK. Now that I know that this is the Debian way, I am happy to do it this > way. > I tried this, and it was a beautiful thing to hear the modem connecting...but > it didn't work. I'm going to include my /etc/ppp.options_out, > /etc/ppp.chatscript, and the final "plog". > > /etc/ppp.options_o

Debian insides...

1997-11-26 Thread jd?
Hey just a quick question i'm not all that familiar with unix/linux internals but would like to learn more i've been working with debian for a little while now and do have it up and running with some applications and x..thanx to the great packaging that takes care of alot of stuff!!!

PCL printer cannot be accessed

1997-11-26 Thread Charles Read
Two questions: 1. If I used dvihp to generate a PCL file, can I then go to a DOS shell in Win95 and say: c:> copy PCL.file LPT1 I tried this, but first page was very messed up. 2. I tried: # dvihp -Plp1 text.dvi But got some "connection refused" message. Ditto for the 'lpq'

Re: Laptop computers

1997-11-26 Thread Kirk Hilliard
On Nov 26, 10:10, "Kevin Traas" wrote: > Well, I've got a Tecra 510, but I haven't found an XServer other than VGA > that works with the video in this thing So, X isn't much of an > option > > Unless anyone else can help - I'd be much appreciative! (Chipset is > CL65550.) Hi Kevin! Che

Re: hptools and magicfilter

1997-11-26 Thread Brian K Servis
Mario Filipe writes: > > >Hi > >A couple of days ago, I had a HP660C installed on my Linux box. Installed >magicfilter, enscripts, lprng,... . First question : I chose to use the >550C filter. Is there any filter more recent than that ? > >After printing some test pages and seeing that everything

Re: yet another ppp problem

1997-11-26 Thread Larry G. Gariepy Jr.
--- You wrote: > Hello, > I am a new debian user. I have had my system running for about a month > now. I am trying to set up ppp so that I can dial in to school from my home. > I don't really know what I am doing, so like any good newbie, I poured over the > /usr/doc and /usr/doc/HOWTO dir

PAM

1997-11-26 Thread Aaron Denney
I was wondering if there is any plan to move Debian over to using PAM for logins and other authentication. I see that it has been made a debian package and some packages do use it, just not stuff like login. -- Aaron Denney -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe

News2web

1997-11-26 Thread Mario Filipe
Hi Is there a news -> web package ? It doesn't matter if it isn't debianized... Thank you Mario Filipe [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://neptuno.uevora.pt/~mjnf -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to

Re: Ghostscript / Brother HL-660

1997-11-26 Thread Marco Pistore
On Sun, 23 Nov 1997, Pierre Sarrazin wrote: > 1. What is the precise incantation to ask Ghostscript to print a >postscript file to my Brother HL-660 laser printer? I used to be >able to do this in the past, but I can't remember the options. You could consider to install magicfilter: : Mag

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1997-11-26 Thread wujiangxing
Can you please let me know where can I get zmodem source? Thanks! -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: neXtaw library

1997-11-26 Thread jdassen
On Sun, Nov 23, 1997 at 08:39:22PM -0500, Shaleh wrote: > Whenever I run xconsole using the library it dies complaining about an > error in freepixmap. thought someone might want to know. This is known. NeXtaw causes troubles with xkeycaps too. > I am currently running xconsole by preloading st

Strange MS mouse behaviour: defective mouse or serial driver?

1997-11-26 Thread Francesco Potorti`
Hi, I am experiencing a strange problem with a mouse used with gpm. I connect a Microsoft mouse to /dev/ttyS0, then issue: killall gpm; gpm -m /dev/ttyS0 -t bare so far, so good: gpm displays its cursor, which moves regularly. Then I issue: killall gpm; gpm -m /dev/ttyS1 -t bare killall gpm; g

Re: Is there an ELM package?

1997-11-26 Thread jdassen
On Sun, Nov 23, 1997 at 03:41:24PM +0100, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > Elm is kind of orphaned. The real work is now done with mutt, the > "newcomer". It is elm-ish but very much nicer and does mime and pgp just > fine. Unfortunately, it is only in hamm (=unstable), IIRC. You can also > try bo-updates

Re: hptools and magicfilter

1997-11-26 Thread Mario Filipe
On 26 Nov 1997, Alair Pereira do Lago wrote: > Sugiro que tentes > > lpq -Plpecono > > Testa sua impressão com algo como > > ls -l | lpr -Plpecono > Tryed that got : lpq -Plpecono Printer: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Queue: no printable jobs in queue Status: server finished at 11:51:36 11:51:56$

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