threads and latest libg++?

1997-12-03 Thread Orn E. Hansen
Dale Martin writes: > > Are the latest libg++ and threads happy together? I have libg++272 version > 2.7.2.8-0.1 installed, and I'm running mostly libc6 stuff. > > Here's my program, reduced to illustrate the problem precisely. > If you have to remove all the classes in c++ to get thread

Suggestion for good EIDE HD & CD-ROM

1997-12-03 Thread Pancho Horrillo
Hi! I need more HD data storage and a faster CD-ROM, and since I cannot aford a big SCSI drive :.( I must do it with IDE. I have worked with Western Digital drives before, but I would like to know your opinion. Any experience with WD Caviar AC36400 (6.4 GB)? Any problems or recomendations?

Re: backup

1997-12-03 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Thu, Dec 04, 1997 at 12:46:48AM +1100, Lawrence wrote: > Matthew Tebbens wrote: > > I have 2 harddrives in my system. The main hd is going bad > > and I would like to copy everything to the second and use > > that as the main drive. > > > > Is it possible to copy EVERYTHING to the second hd and

Re: majordomo problem

1997-12-03 Thread G John Lapeyre
On Wed, 3 Dec 1997, Steve Mayer wrote: > > Have you checked out the sample configurations in the /usr/doc/majordomo > G John Lapeyre wrote: > > > I can't seem to get majordomo to work. I don't understand much > > about setting uid 's . The following transcript is an example of what > >

dunc pppd configuration script

1997-12-03 Thread john
Can anyone give me some feedback on dunc? I'm revising it and would like to hear opinions on what should be changed. Already planned are pap/chap support and use of the standard option and chat files. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI -- TO UNSUBSCRI

Re: magifilter problems

1997-12-03 Thread Marco Pistore
On Tue, 2 Dec 1997, G. Kapetanios wrote: > > I have a pretty strage problem with my new printer. > I have a HP 6L with the latest version of magicfilter from hamm When I try > to print anything but text and pcl files nothing happens. I have gs-alldin > installed. If however, I process ps files wi

Re: majordomo problem

1997-12-03 Thread Steve Mayer
G John, Have you checked out the sample configurations in the /usr/doc/majordomo directory? These are pretty helpful in setting up your system alias file to provide the proper syntax. Steve Mayer [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] G John Lapeyre wrote: > I can't seem to get majordom

majordomo problem

1997-12-03 Thread G John Lapeyre
I can't seem to get majordomo to work. I don't understand much about setting uid 's . The following transcript is an example of what happens when I try to use it. I tried looking at man pages on sendmail, exim, and several docs on majordomo. I searched debian bug reports and web and us

Re: Mail problem - smail

1997-12-03 Thread Daniel Martin
On Wed, 3 Dec 1997, Unga Synskadade Smaland Blekinge / Peter Nilsson wrote: > Does anyone know how to force smail not to check that the host on the > From: address is valid. Another solution would be to get the From: line to > be rewritten to "From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]". I can't find a way to get >

Mail problem - smail

1997-12-03 Thread Unga Synskadade Smaland Blekinge / Peter Nilsson
(Please answer to the adress [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am not on the list, because of my problems.) Hi, For a year now, I have had my computer connected to the INternet via ethernet. I've used smail and Pine for e-mail, which has worked very fine. Now that I have went over to using PPP over a modem lin

Re: [SOLVED] Annoying boot-up messages

1997-12-03 Thread Pete Harlan
> > > 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. > > > Ahhh, but I'm a relative newbie

SCSI Errors and Resetting

1997-12-03 Thread William D. Rendahl
Hi, First off: _very_ cool list! Lurking here has been exceedingly helpful. We're running Debian 1.3.1 (bo, kernel 2.0.30) on an Intel "Premier PCI II" motherboard, with a 90MHz Penti, 32MB, BusLogic BT-948, and Quantum Fireball Drive. Several times a day we get messages on the console describ

Re: $TERM = "xterm" acting funny on non-linux terms

1997-12-03 Thread Ben Gertzfield
> "Galen" == Galen Hazelwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Galen> Such a bug has already been submitted. See the log for Galen> #14366. Hm, that's good. Galen> This is not as clear-cut a case as you might think. The Galen> problem with the xterm is not that it is linux-specif

relaying through Smail

1997-12-03 Thread Remco van de Meent
Hey, I want to know how I can prevent illegal mail relaying through an Smail MTA. I know someone posted something about it on this list last week, but the mail-archives linked on the Debian-website isn't there :( Anyone who can provide me with information how to do it? Or an URL ? Thanks! by

Re: $TERM = "xterm" acting funny on non-linux terms

1997-12-03 Thread Will Lowe
On Wed, 3 Dec 1997, Galen Hazelwood wrote: > This is not as clear-cut a case as you might think. The problem with > the xterm is not that it is linux-specific, it's that it's too new for > many old X windows systems out there. I feel that asking people with Yes. And many people who administrate

Re: $TERM = "xterm" acting funny on non-linux terms

1997-12-03 Thread Galen Hazelwood
Ben Gertzfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > I noticed this too. Setting my term to xterm-r6 solved the problem. > > I think you or I should submit a bug report on the ncurses-term > package -- its xterm terminfo entry is Linux-specific. The xterm-r6 > entry is correct, and works for both Linux and

Re: outgoing faces???

1997-12-03 Thread Torsten Hilbrich
Rick Hawkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > In a fit of cleverness, I used a digital camera to take my daughters > picture to send in an email as an xface to her granparents. > However, as I go through the manpage for xfaces, and the help & > preferences for exmh, I can only find instructions for r

Re: undeletable file

1997-12-03 Thread Adam Klein
On Wed, Dec 03, 1997 at 10:41:09AM -0600, Ken Lauffenburger wrote: > Hello, > > I remember seeing something about this on the list awhile back, > but I haven't been able to find it in the archives. > > I have a file that has somehow been commandeered by an undefined > group, and I can't seem to r

Re: video problems

1997-12-03 Thread Rick Hawkins
> I sent a note about this problem a week or so ago and got back some mailer > daemon error messages so I'm not sure it made it. I apologize if this is a > duplication. I'm having trouble with xdm. Every couple times the user > exits the window manager, the machine hangs with a black screen and r

Re: postgres-doc package

1997-12-03 Thread Daniel Martin
On Wed, 3 Dec 1997, Paul wrote: > Hi everybody, I have a very stupid question about the postgres95-doc > package. I can't find it. I mean it is installed and the only thing I > can find is the copyright notice. Where is it? What happen to it? This > package has a tutorial in it i think. Oh w

Re: Packaging Gimp .99.15

1997-12-03 Thread Dominic Davidson
On Mon, Dec 01, 1997 at 08:28:59PM -0500, Wintermute wrote: > Maybe I wasn't as clear as I could have been in my first message. Gimp > ..99.15 compiles without a quirk on libc5. I see no reason to abandon a > perfectly stable system just to upgrade to the libc6 compliant Debian > dist, just to ru

Re: DNS Problem

1997-12-03 Thread Dominic Davidson
On Tue, Dec 02, 1997 at 03:35:16PM -0500, Tommy Lakofski wrote: > That's a bit of a broad sweeping statement. I guess you'll be using 7-bit > ASCII in the year 2050 then. Most already use ISO-8895-1 for news/mail. This is liable to be replaced by UTF-? (I'm not up to scratch on Unicode things). Bo

Re: MAJOR PROBLEM!

1997-12-03 Thread Dominic Davidson
On Tue, Dec 02, 1997 at 01:03:47PM -0500, David B. Teague wrote: > I just visited the url mentioned. I see no place to 'vote' for Debian on > that site at this point. The voting seems to be on the issue of whether > slashdot should include movie reviews. It is likely too late to vote on > the Debi

Re: undeletable file

1997-12-03 Thread Allen K. Smith
You can also try lsattr and see if the file has been made immutable. chattr -i will take off this flag. Allen Allen Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED] IP Multicast. Turn it on and tune-in to the future. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Tro

making a master hard disk for installation

1997-12-03 Thread Rick Hawkins
hmm, the on again, off-again linux/486/xterminal project seems on again :) What we're doing is turning 486's into xterminals for our alphas. They'll only have about 8mb, and from 80-200 of hd, but what the heck :) I have seized control of some spare drives, and want to dedicate a 200mb hard d

Installation Problem

1997-12-03 Thread Steve Witt
I'm installing the current Debian onto a 486 machine at work and am having some problems. I'm pretty much following the installation steps exactly as the installation script tells me. The problem occurs when I get to the 'Net Configuration' portion of the setup. I enter the machine name, IP addre

threads and latest libg++?

1997-12-03 Thread Dale Martin
Are the latest libg++ and threads happy together? I have libg++272 version 2.7.2.8-0.1 installed, and I'm running mostly libc6 stuff. Here's my program, reduced to illustrate the problem precisely. [ begin program ] #include #include #include #include #define THREADS 10 main() { pthrea

multiple X server question

1997-12-03 Thread Shaleh
In my quest for a better X, I have acquired a couple of Xservers I would like to try out. How can I use and maintain multiple xservers?? The extras are not debian packages. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL

video problems

1997-12-03 Thread Jesse Goldman
Hi, I sent a note about this problem a week or so ago and got back some mailer daemon error messages so I'm not sure it made it. I apologize if this is a duplication. I'm having trouble with xdm. Every couple times the user exits the window manager, the machine hangs with a black screen and red an

Re: HELP: Deselect lock on Access

1997-12-03 Thread Scott Ellis
On Wed, 3 Dec 1997, Albert Hurd wrote: > I just booted my floppy to do another fresh install of 1.3.1. When I choose > Access from the menu, I get-- >unable to open/create access method lockfile: permission denied > > Could anyone tell me what gives, and how to proceed. > Any help would b

Re: allow mount to normal user

1997-12-03 Thread W Paul Mills
On Wed, 3 Dec 1997, David Wright wrote: > On Tue, 2 Dec 1997, Paul Serice wrote: > > > Adam Klein wrote: > > > > "man mount" and search for the following language: > > > > Note that the auto type may be useful for user- > > mounted floppies. > > > > > > Make su

Re: Debian Installation Problem, PLEASE HELP!!!

1997-12-03 Thread David Stern
On Wed, 03 Dec 1997 12:01:50 +0200, Liran Zvibel wrote: > > On Wed, 3 Dec 1997, David Stern wrote: > > > On Wed, 03 Dec 1997 08:47:02 +0200, Liran Zvibel wrote: > > > 2) Although everything on the (optional) X11 section is installed > > > (checked twice.), the > > > file /usr/X11R6/bin/SuperProbe

HELP: Deselect lock on Access

1997-12-03 Thread Albert Hurd
I just booted my floppy to do another fresh install of 1.3.1. When I choose Access from the menu, I get-- unable to open/create access method lockfile: permission denied Could anyone tell me what gives, and how to proceed. Any help would be much appreciated. Albert Hurd ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: Backup systems: opinons wanted

1997-12-03 Thread Gary L. Hennigan
Udjat the BitMeister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I use bru 2000 and I am _very_ happy with it. > I also us cpio to copy my whole filesystem(/) to a different partition > (/snapshot) to have a online read-only backup of files. > You could get by with cpio but I like the tape verify and features of

RE: Get Your Mailbox Stuffed with CASH for the Holidays!

1997-12-03 Thread Hogland, Thomas E.
Actually, it DOES fall under the USC 1341 section because it asks you to send cash through the mail. The "how" of causing it is irrelevant (and that's how they get these guys who do this)... Also, the law on junk-faxes actually defines a junk fax as unwanted information sent via electronic means -

postgres-doc package

1997-12-03 Thread Paul
Hi everybody, I have a very stupid question about the postgres95-doc package. I can't find it. I mean it is installed and the only thing I can find is the copyright notice. Where is it? What happen to it? This package has a tutorial in it i think. Oh well if someone could point me in the righ

Re: [semi-off-topic:-] Reasons for Debian/Linux over FreeBSD

1997-12-03 Thread ioannis
On Wed, Dec 03, 1997 at 10:42:44AM +1100, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > > One other thing that a university lecturer of mine loves to point out; > FreeBSD is BSD, so it has the stability and standardness of BSD, > including standard C API etc. Standard BSD networking. Some BSD > folks are very fond of s

Ang>debian-user-digest Digest V97 #1081

1997-12-03 Thread Bip Thelin
Automatiskt svar Angånde: Ang>debian-user-digest Digest V97 #108197-12-03 Hi Debian folks I have a problem.. don´t we all.. I have a machine with two netcards, eth0 and eth1 eth0 is connected to the internet with ip: 194

Re: undeletable file

1997-12-03 Thread David Wright
On Wed, 3 Dec 1997, Ken Lauffenburger wrote: > Hello, > > I remember seeing something about this on the list awhile back, > but I haven't been able to find it in the archives. > > I have a file that has somehow been commandeered by an undefined > group, and I can't seem to remove, move, or chang

Re: undeletable file

1997-12-03 Thread Devin Wong
Someone wrote (sorry, I get digest format and forgot to paste the name): >leisure# ls -l fstobdf >-rwxr-xr-x 1 root 65535 29640 Oct 17 23:58 fstobdf >rm: remove `fstobdf', overriding mode 0755? y >rm: fstobdf: Operation not permitted >leisure# chown root.root fstobdf >chown: fstobdf: O

Re: undeletable file

1997-12-03 Thread Ken Lauffenburger
On Wed, Dec 03, 1997 at 04:45:39PM +, G. Kapetanios wrote: > I had an examople of such behaviour a while back. It occured for some > files in a mounted dos filesystem. If it is not a ext2 filesystem could > you be mounting it read only ? (come to think of it maybe it is ext2 and > mounted read

Re: undeletable file

1997-12-03 Thread G. Kapetanios
I had an examople of such behaviour a while back. It occured for some files in a mounted dos filesystem. If it is not a ext2 filesystem could you be mounting it read only ? (come to think of it maybe it is ext2 and mounted read only as well ) Just a thought On Wed, 3 Dec 1997, Ken Lauffenburger

Re: libc5 to libc6

1997-12-03 Thread Frank Barknecht
G. Kapetanios hat gesagt: // G. Kapetanios wrote: > > Hi, > > A friend wants to upadate from libc5 to 6 . I have done that some time ago > and can't rember the exact order . Can somebody let me know of the http > address for libc5 tp libc6 HOWTO ? > - From the Howto: - 1.2. Finding update

undeletable file

1997-12-03 Thread Ken Lauffenburger
Hello, I remember seeing something about this on the list awhile back, but I haven't been able to find it in the archives. I have a file that has somehow been commandeered by an undefined group, and I can't seem to remove, move, or change its ownership: leisure# ls -l fstobdf -rwxr-xr-x 1 root

Re: Backup systems: opinions wanted

1997-12-03 Thread tibor simko
> "manoj" == Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: manoj> I guess I would like to hear abot dump vs afio. i am using afio to back up the important parts of the system, with the aid of a small script similar to those at /usr/doc/afio/examples, and am quite happy with it. my backup

Re: tip: X and matrox millenium II

1997-12-03 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"Donald" == Donald R Harter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Donald> I finally got my Matrox MIllenium II card to work with X and Donald> debian. The reason I had so much trouble, is that none of the Donald> debian xserver releases have the latest SVGAxserver with the Donald> matrox millenium dr

Re: strange hardware problem?

1997-12-03 Thread tko
David Oswald writes: > > Hello all... sorry for the long letter. hope you find it entertaining. > This story eventually becomes debian related please be patient... > > I have two of these machines and they are both in the same condition - > Fu$%ed... > > The machines are Gateway P4D-

Re: kernel 2.1.68/69

1997-12-03 Thread Leszek Gerwatowski
> > can anyone get 2.1.68 or 2.1.69 to compile? > > > > hamish > > > > Hamish, > 2.1.67 had some changes to the installation scripts that broke make-kpkg. > I've been watching the lists and I don't think > anyone has noticed yet (except you and me). 2.1.68 has all kinds of new > signal stuff tha

libc5 to libc6

1997-12-03 Thread G. Kapetanios
Hi, A friend wants to upadate from libc5 to 6 . I have done that some time ago and can't rember the exact order . Can somebody let me know of the http address for libc5 tp libc6 HOWTO ? Thanks George --

Install disks (was pcmcia install -- off topic)

1997-12-03 Thread Bill Leach
I am almost reluctant to reply further to this (probably unfortunately not reluctant enough). I don't personally know anyone that trys to install an operating system without reading about how to do the task. I don't personally care one way or the other what name was assigned to the disk. Howeve

Radius packages ...

1997-12-03 Thread Nathan E Norman
Ok, dumb question time. What's the difference between radius-livingston and radius-merit? And no, I haven't yet used radius, but I've heard rumors we're going to buy some sort of dial box that wants to do radius, so I figure it's time to learn ... TIA, -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet - 410 South Phil

Ease of Use was: Packaging Gimp .99.15

1997-12-03 Thread Anand Kumria
On Wed, 3 Dec 1997, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > like so far. The developers need to know what problems people > are having with the software and the packaging before it can be > fixed. My main problem with Debian (and most other Linux distributions) is that it assumes that your hardware is 'difficult

Re: SCSI Drives

1997-12-03 Thread Krzysztof Adamski
I would second this, I have about 10 IBM drives between all the servers that I admin. They run nice and cool. Yes, running cool is a feature that I look for. It indicates to me that the drive was well designed. Krzysztof On Wed, 3 Dec 1997, Thomas Baetzler wrote: > Luis Francisco Gonzalez wrote

Re: PnP modem woes continue, IRQ never fires for modem

1997-12-03 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Wed, 3 Dec 1997, Hamish Moffatt wrote: : On Tue, Dec 02, 1997 at 08:43:17PM -0600, Charles Read wrote: : > : > BTW, how do you talk to a modem from DOS? : > I want to try what Nathan suggested and see : > if the modem is a 'WinModem'. How else : > could you tell if not from DOS? : : Another

Re: PnP modem woes continue, IRQ never fires for modem

1997-12-03 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Tue, 2 Dec 1997, Charles Read wrote: : > You mentioned that it doesn't appear in : > /proc/interrupts; what about /proc/ioports? : : Yes, the serial device appears in /proc/ioports : as: : : ... : 0x3f8: serial (set) : ... : : BTW, how do you talk to a modem from DOS? : I want to try what N

Re: Backup systems: opinions wanted

1997-12-03 Thread Udjat the BitMeister...
I use bru 2000 and I am _very_ happy with it. I also us cpio to copy my whole filesystem(/) to a different partition (/snapshot) to have a online read-only backup of files. You could get by with cpio but I like the tape verify and features of bru 2000. Take a look at www.estinc.com On 3 Dec 1997

Cron and find

1997-12-03 Thread kestrel
I often have some nfs filesystems mounted on my machine and whenever cron runs updatedb I end up with a huge mail listing each file on the nfs filesystems saying permission denied. Is there a way to stop this message without unmounting the filesystems? G'razel the shifty kitty Tap

Matrox Millenium II

1997-12-03 Thread Pedro Quaresma de Almeida
>I finally got my Matrox MIllenium II card to work with X and debian. The >reason I had so much trouble, is that none of the debian xserver releases >have the latest SVGAxserver with the matrox millenium driver. Not even >hamm has these drivers. Confusion is caused by the numbering of the >deb

Re: Mailinglists documented

1997-12-03 Thread Yann Dirson
Martin Schulze writes: > Good evening folks, [...] > All the mailing lists that are served on lists.debian.org are now > documented in one file and this should reflect their actual state. One nice thing would be to document a way for anyone to know which debian lists he's currently subscrib

Re: pcmcia install -- off topic rant

1997-12-03 Thread Jan Nieuwenhuizen
On Wednesday, 3 December 1997, David Wright writes: > > On Monday, 1 December 1997, Bill Leach writes: > > > > > > As an aside, why call the debian setup floppy "resc1440.bin" when it > > > > could be named something like "boot.bin", or "debian.bin" (alongside > > > > debi1200.bin/boot1200.bin)?

Re: SCSI Drives

1997-12-03 Thread Thomas Baetzler
Luis Francisco Gonzalez wrote: > my hard disk is getting too small (or rather debian is growing...) and it's > time to get a new SCSI disk. Could people share with me their experiences as > to what disks were reliable and fast? Cheap, reliable, fast. You know you can have only two of those three a

Re: moving apache from slackware to debian & tools

1997-12-03 Thread Scott Ellis
On Wed, 3 Dec 1997, Rick Hawkins wrote: > I've figured out enough of where everything is to get the web server running, > and it indeed comes up with the pages correctly. However, I don't have the > tool type of file working for some reason. Instead of executing, their text > merely loads. A

RE: YPBINDPROC_DOMAIN: No bound server for domain Watkins

1997-12-03 Thread Carl Mummert
cm>I could do this, but I'm using this all as a "learning experience" cm>so I'd like to know how to configure it right. I've done a config, cm>run the make process, but I'm still getting this error :( cm> cm>What else do I need to do? cm> first, read /usr/doc/HOWTO/NIS-Howto. Next, realize that i

Re: backup

1997-12-03 Thread Lawrence
Matthew Tebbens wrote: > > I have 2 harddrives in my system. The main hd is going bad > and I would like to copy everything to the second and use > that as the main drive. > > Is it possible to copy EVERYTHING to the second hd and just > run lilo on it ? > If so, anyone know all the options to us

Re: allow mount to normal user

1997-12-03 Thread David Wright
On Tue, 2 Dec 1997, Paul Serice wrote: > Adam Klein wrote: > > "man mount" and search for the following language: > > Note that the auto type may be useful for user- > mounted floppies. > > > Make sure you're putting "auto" in the right place. For example, > >

Re: backup

1997-12-03 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Wed, 3 Dec 1997, Matthew Tebbens wrote: > > I have 2 harddrives in my system. The main hd is going bad > and I would like to copy everything to the second and use > that as the main drive. > > Is it possible to copy EVERYTHING to the second hd and just > run lilo on it ? > If so, anyone know

backup

1997-12-03 Thread Matthew Tebbens
I have 2 harddrives in my system. The main hd is going bad and I would like to copy everything to the second and use that as the main drive. Is it possible to copy EVERYTHING to the second hd and just run lilo on it ? If so, anyone know all the options to use with cp for this to work ? (or a comp

Re: Backup systems: opinions wanted

1997-12-03 Thread Eloy A. Paris
Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: : How do people backup their machines? What packages do you use? : How do the backends (dd, dump/restore tar afio/cpio) compare wrt : reliability/ease of use? [dd is just for completeness.] I would like : a full backup, so I guess tar is out as

Re: PnP modem woes continue, IRQ never fires for modem

1997-12-03 Thread Bob Clark
Charles Read wrote: > > > Another test-- can you use the modem with one of Windows' > > "Standard 28800 modem" type drivers, or do you have > > to use on specifically for your modem? > > A tech-support person at Cybermax Computer, which > built my system, just told me that all of their 56K modems

Problems with afbackup.

1997-12-03 Thread Lars Nixdorf
hello, I'm using Linux Slakware with a kernel 2.0.25, and afbackup 2.9. I probed afbackup 2.6 to but there are the same problems. During the installation of both, server and client were no problems. The telnet to afbackup port was ok. But when I started the following: client -X /my/path/full_bac

KDE mismatched packages...

1997-12-03 Thread Adam Shand
Hey.. Is there anyreason that some of the packages in non-free are beta2-1 and some are beta2-2? Very frustrating when there isn't enough of either of them for a full install. Adam. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mai

processes after exit from X

1997-12-03 Thread G. Kapetanios
Hi, A while back I send an email to the effect that X processes survive X and eat up huge amount sof CPU time. IN my case it is the FVWMbuttons. Other people said that happened on their compuiters too. I am using 3.3.1-1 and haven't moved to 3.3.1-2 yet but I was wondering if there is a script w

Re: Hardware ?

1997-12-03 Thread Alex Yukhimets
> Hey all, > I was going to buy a SCSI card for a SyQuest SyJet drive, and was wordering > if > anyone had luck with the Adaptec AHA-2910B card? It's not listed in the > Hardware Howto. Hi. Don't buy SIIG :) BusLogic is probably the best choice. > Also... Is there a different pinout for SCSI-2

Re: Mailinglists documented

1997-12-03 Thread Santiago Vila Doncel
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Martin Schulze wrote: > All the mailing lists that are served on lists.debian.org are now > documented in one file and this should reflect their actual state. > > You'll find this file on your favourite Debian mirror in > /debian/doc/mailing-lists.txt.

Re: Backup systems: opinions wanted

1997-12-03 Thread Eloy A. Paris
Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: : How do people backup their machines? What packages do you use? : How do the backends (dd, dump/restore tar afio/cpio) compare wrt : reliability/ease of use? [dd is just for completeness.] I would like : a full backup, so I guess tar is out as

RE: YPBINDPROC_DOMAIN: No bound server for domain Watkins

1997-12-03 Thread Ian & Gill Watkins
cm>I have had a look out on the net and it appears to be something to cm>do with TCP/IP / DHCP but I could do with some fairly detailed info cm>as to what to do as I am a linux newbie. Most likely, you installed YP (also called NIS), but didn't set it up right. If you don't need NIS (or don't kn

tip: X and matrox millenium II

1997-12-03 Thread Donald R. Harter Jr.
I finally got my Matrox MIllenium II card to work with X and debian. The reason I had so much trouble, is that none of the debian xserver releases have the latest SVGAxserver with the matrox millenium driver. Not even hamm has these drivers. Confusion is caused by the numbering of the debian rel

Re: Hardware ?

1997-12-03 Thread Remco Blaakmeer
On Tue, 2 Dec 1997, Brian M. Rectanus wrote: > Also... Is there a different pinout for SCSI-2 vs. Ultra SCSI ? No, there is no difference. There are two types of SCSI connectors [1], wide (68 pins) and narrow (50 pins). You can easily fit an Ultra SCSI drive on a SCSI-2 controller and vice versa.

Re: Debian Installation Problem, PLEASE HELP!!!

1997-12-03 Thread Oliver Elphick
Liran Zvibel wrote:... >Now for the problems: >1) When I set the CD drive up it told me to that I should read >linux/documentation/cdrom/sbpcd and then configure sbpcd.h >the linux directory does not exists on my system, not does this file on >any other directory. That message is in the

Re: Debian Installation Problem, PLEASE HELP!!!

1997-12-03 Thread Liran Zvibel
On Wed, 3 Dec 1997, David Stern wrote: > On Wed, 03 Dec 1997 08:47:02 +0200, Liran Zvibel wrote: > > 2) Although everything on the (optional) X11 section is installed > > (checked twice.), the > > file /usr/X11R6/bin/SuperProbe doesn't exists ("Installation and Getting > > started" said it shoul

Backup systems: opinions wanted

1997-12-03 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, How do people backup their machines? What packages do you use? How do the backends (dd, dump/restore tar afio/cpio) compare wrt reliability/ease of use? [dd is just for completeness.] I would like a full backup, so I guess tar is out as a backend (can't handle special files). I gue

Re: colormap in X server

1997-12-03 Thread Carey Evans
Cheng Tang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is there a way to increase colormap in X server? Everytime > I start netscape, all other program (asclock, gimp, etc) can > no longer use color. You can change to 16bpp or 24bpp colour in X, *or* if your video card isn't fast enough, you can run "netscape

Re: Hardware ?

1997-12-03 Thread David Stern
> Hi, > > I have been very happy with Buslogic BT-958 Ulstra (Fast-20) > Wide controller. The so called SCSI-3 defines a 68-pin 2-Byte wide > connector (and cable); SCSI-2 has a 50 pin (1Byte/8bit wide) > connector and cables. You can attach a scsi2 8bit device on an ultra > controller (

Re: Hardware ?

1997-12-03 Thread Paul Serice
Brian M. Rectanus wrote: > > Hey all, > I was going to buy a SCSI card for a SyQuest SyJet drive, and was > wordering if anyone had luck with the Adaptec AHA-2910B card? It's > not listed in the Hardware Howto. Despite the Herculean effort of the good folks who program the Adaptec drivers, they

Re: Debian GNU/Linux Logo chosen

1997-12-03 Thread Paul Serice
> > > As I read more and more about Hurd.. I still can't stop thinking > > > "WHY?".. in a couple hundred more revisions.. the Linux kernel may well > > > come close to being a microkernel. What are the clear cut benefits? > > > (Just a few simple lines please.. no dissertations.. I'd as a profess

HELP!!! ld.so disaster!!

1997-12-03 Thread Debian List
Hi! I was checking my machine for exploits, and one of the vulnerabilities encountered was due to having an older ld_so, and the script recommended that I upgrade to ld_so_1.9.3 or greater... To my disaster, I saw that the only ld_so greater than 1.8 was in the hamm section... upon attempting to

Debian Installation Problem, PLEASE HELP!!!

1997-12-03 Thread Liran Zvibel
Hello! Please help me, I'm new to Linux. My System is: 486 DX 33, 20 MB RAM , 1.275 Conner HDD (part.: 500 - M$-DO$, 150 - / , 60 -swap, 300 - /usr, 100 - /home , ~150 - /var) Sound Blaster Pro and a Panasonic 2x connected to it. 14.4 Modem. Floppies: 1.2MB 5.25", 1.44MB 3.5". I installed Debian f

Re: Hardware ?

1997-12-03 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, I have been very happy with Buslogic BT-958 Ulstra (Fast-20) Wide controller. The so called SCSI-3 defines a 68-pin 2-Byte wide connector (and cable); SCSI-2 has a 50 pin (1Byte/8bit wide) connector and cables. You can attach a scsi2 8bit device on an ultra controller (that's how m

moving apache from slackware to debian & tools

1997-12-03 Thread Rick Hawkins
I've figured out enough of where everything is to get the web server running, and it indeed comes up with the pages correctly. However, I don't have the tool type of file working for some reason. Instead of executing, their text merely loads. And these are generally suid scripts; these are t

Re: kernel 2.1.68/69

1997-12-03 Thread Michael Harnois
2.1.70 is out now ... -- Michael D. Harnois, Redeemer Lutheran Church, Washburn, IA [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Life is a comedy for those who think, a tragedy for those who feel." -- Anatole France -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "un

Hardware ?

1997-12-03 Thread Brian M. Rectanus
Hey all, I was going to buy a SCSI card for a SyQuest SyJet drive, and was wordering if anyone had luck with the Adaptec AHA-2910B card? It's not listed in the Hardware Howto. Also... Is there a different pinout for SCSI-2 vs. Ultra SCSI ? And lastly... Does anyone have any good/bad stories for

installing on a new disk from a running system

1997-12-03 Thread robert havoc pennington
Hi, I just got a new disk and mainboard (yay!) but I have to do some work tonight. So I just put my old disk in the new system and booted, and things are working great (and a whole lot faster - 386-16 to K6). However, I'd love to have a fresh new install to my new disk going on as I work. Can I

Re: Debian Logo

1997-12-03 Thread Sten Anderson
George Bonser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Got to thinking that it might look a little better with blue lettering > rather than red. Red bird, blue eye, blue lettering. Does not take any > additional colors and adds a little contrast or something. You are right - blue text is better than red. B

Re: Packaging Gimp .99.15

1997-12-03 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Tue, Dec 02, 1997 at 11:20:05PM -0500, Wintermute wrote: > Hamish Moffatt wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 02, 1997 at 07:07:45PM -0500, Wintermute wrote: > > > Hamish Moffatt wrote: > > > > On Tue, Dec 02, 1997 at 01:54:18AM -0500, Wintermute wrote: > > > > > How about the fact that there are numerous pa

Re: Pioneer DR-A24X

1997-12-03 Thread Krzysztof Adamski
Hi How did you know that I was trying since yesterday to get this CD-ROM drive to work in my machine :-) It didn't halt it just would not mount. Thank you very much. Krzysztof On Tue, 2 Dec 1997, Pere Camps wrote: > Hi! > > Just to let you know (I don't know who to address really) but

Re: HELP: CD install of 1.3.1 with Panasonic 24x

1997-12-03 Thread Albert Hurd
-- > From: Daniel Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Albert Hurd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: HELP: CD install of 1.3.1 with Panasonic 24x > Date: Monday, December 01, 1997 7:26 AM > Many, many thanks to Daniel Martin and also to Hamish Moffat for

Re: Packaging Gimp .99.15

1997-12-03 Thread Wintermute
Hamish Moffatt wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 02, 1997 at 07:07:45PM -0500, Wintermute wrote: > > Hamish Moffatt wrote: > > > On Tue, Dec 02, 1997 at 01:54:18AM -0500, Wintermute wrote: > > > > How about the fact that there are numerous packages that depend on > > > > others that AREN'T there...for starte

Re: Packaging Gimp .99.15

1997-12-03 Thread Wintermute
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi, > >>"Wintermute" == Wintermute <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Wintermute> KDE is the prime example I give offhand. Only 2 days ago > Wintermute> I attempted to install it, yet their were libraries and > Wintermute> such that it required that were needed but not

Re: problem using gv

1997-12-03 Thread W Paul Mills
On Tue, 2 Dec 1997, Cheng Tang wrote: > The newer version of gv seems not work in my systerm. > -- > gv: error in loading shared libraries > libXaw3d.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory > - > Is there any way to fix it? Thanx. > ls /usr/X11R6/l

Re: PnP modem woes continue, IRQ never fires for modem

1997-12-03 Thread Charles Read
> Another test-- can you use the modem with one of Windows' > "Standard 28800 modem" type drivers, or do you have > to use on specifically for your modem? A tech-support person at Cybermax Computer, which built my system, just told me that all of their 56K modems are "Windows-based". We walked th

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