In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert D. Hilliard) writes:
>> 1) I use set -C in bash, so I can't say > foo if foo exists wthout
>> first saying set +C.
> ">| foo" overrides the noclobber option
Don't you mean ">!", not ">|"??
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I've installed Netscape 4.04 on a hamm system (current through today).
When I start netscape I get a ration of the attached messages... I
thought I've taken care of all the requisite symlinks, but am obviously
missing something... Does anyone know what ?
Rick Nelson
/usr/lib/netscape/netscape:
The problem with removing and recreating is that if a program has that
file open for appending (e.g. logfiles), the file isn't actually
removed from the disk until that program closes its file descriptor.
So you end up with 3 problems:
1. The file still exists on disk, but is not linked to in any
Hi Pere Camps; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote:
>
> Is there any tool anywhere where I can tell what printer do I have
> and where is it and then the program takes care of everything, or do I
> have to read everything there's to know about printcaps and magicfilters?
>
Did you try runnin
I think you are going to have to know what kind of printer you have and which
port you connected it to.
On 07-Dec-97 Pere Camps wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Is there any tool anywhere where I can tell what printer do I have
> and where is it and then the program takes care of everything, or do I
> hav
> 1) I use set -C in bash, so I can't say > foo if foo exists wthout
> first saying set +C.
">| foo" overrides the noclobber option
Bob
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Hi!
Is there any tool anywhere where I can tell what printer do I have
and where is it and then the program takes care of everything, or do I
have to read everything there's to know about printcaps and magicfilters?
TIA!
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Hi,
I recall a post some time ago mentioning that putting /dev on a ramdisk
would allow laptops to use APM. Does anyone know how this is done? I've
never made a ramdisk with linux, and I'm not sure how to replace the /dev
dir before anything starts using it...
Thanks,
Jason
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On Sun, Dec 07, 1997 at 01:29:29AM -0500, James A.Treacy wrote:
> I am trying to use a .shosts file to allow password-less logins when using
> ssh. Both machines have a known_hosts file with the other machine
> in it (automatically set up by ssh). The machine I'd like to go to has
> a .shosts file
Just wondering if anyone has sucessfully compiled NNTPCACHE on a Debian
system?
If so, how?!?!?
It is supposed to run under Linux without any problems, so I don't see that
it should be a major issue compiling it under Debian. Would anyone consider
creating a package for it if they can get it worki
hmmm... that means something is wrong with Apache, suEXEC, or Perl 5.004.
Do I need any special perl libs/files for cgi?
I've been able to run files which use sh (bash) and awk fine.. so I think
there is something wrong w/ perl.
Thanks
Paul
On Sun, 7 Dec 1997, Troy wrote:
> It works (as is) on
[English -- German part follows]
I may have a chance to go to Germany later this month. If so, I would
like to meet any Debianites and Linux activists who might have a moment to
say hi, and also attend a Linux users' group or two if there are any.
I'll be in Unna first, then travelling maybe to D
Hi,
What's the best way to set things up to permit users to (un)mount
floppies and CDs? "disk", "floppy" and "cdrom" groups? sudo? xvmount?
fstab options? other possibilities? If there's no best way, what are the
pros and cons of different ways?
Also, is there a document somewhere detailing th
On Sun, 7 Dec 1997, Gareth Stewart wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm new to this and have had a few problems getting X-windows up and
> running on my ATI Rage ii+DVD Chip set..:-( So I was hopping some
> one might be able to shed some light on my problem. Does the 240MB
> subset of Debian 1.3.1 on November i
I think so. tar isn't a shell command, so shell parameters shouldn't
effect it.
On Sun, 7 Dec 1997, George Bonser wrote:
> Even if someone has noclobber set in their shell?
>
> On 07-Dec-97 Scott K. Ellis wrote:
> > On Sun, 7 Dec 1997, Steve Koop wrote:
> >
> >> Just Was wondering how to, or w
Even if someone has noclobber set in their shell?
On 07-Dec-97 Scott K. Ellis wrote:
> On Sun, 7 Dec 1997, Steve Koop wrote:
>
>> Just Was wondering how to, or what is the switch to untar a file to
>> overwrite and replace the existing files?
>
> No switch required, tar automatically overwrit
cm>>
cm>> 1) > foo
cm>> 2) cp /dev/null foo
cm>>
cm>> Problems:
cm>
cm>> 2) cp /dev/null foo won't take multiple filenames as arguments
cm>
cm>> So the answer is that I do need a script or program to do the job.
cm>
cm>What about:
cm>
cm>rm -f {list of filenames}
cm>touch {list of filenames}
Thi
Hi,
I'm new to this and have had a few problems getting X-windows up and
running on my ATI Rage ii+DVD Chip set..:-( So I was hopping some one might
be able to shed some light on my problem. Does the 240MB subset of Debian 1.3.1
on November issue of Boot Magazine's CD have XFree86[tm] 3.
Hi;
I posted about this a couple of weeks ago and someone responded with
apossible solution. But this did not seem to work so here I go again. I
would really appreciate it if someone could help me out here.
I installed Debian 1.3.1 off the InfoMagic Developers CD. This release
incorporates th
On Sun, 7 Dec 1997, Liran Zvibel wrote:
> I was able to configure X, the only problem is that if I
> tell the Setup program that my Monitor is SVGA the resolution is too
> small, and if I tell it I have non-interlaced the fonts are so small that
> they are hardly readable. Is there a way to fine-
On Sun, 7 Dec 1997, Paul Miller wrote:
> I didn't write this script and don't know perl, so I don;t know what is
> wrong...
>
As someone pointed out: the Idiot's Guide To Solving CGI Problems at
www.perl.com is great.
If you want to use CGI's scripts written in perl, I strongly advice you to
rea
On Fri, 5 Dec 1997, bleach wrote:
> Humm, appreciate the suggestion as to the cause. It does look as though
> it could be related to visualBell. The only problems are that by default
> the visualbell is off, the xterm menu indicates that it is off, I set the
> resource off in .Xresources but the
Jim Pick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Now I notice that "cut" seems to buffer everything up.
>
> $ tail -f /opt/linuxhq/livesite/var/log/access.log | grep -v "gif" | cut
> -c1-175
>
> Is there another way around that?
cut doesn't buffers everything, grep is to blame. If grep output to a
non
On Sun, 7 Dec 1997, Carl Mummert wrote:
> Summary:
>
> 1) > foo
> 2) cp /dev/null foo
>
> Problems:
> 2) cp /dev/null foo won't take multiple filenames as arguments
> So the answer is that I do need a script or program to do the job.
What about:
rm -f {list of filenames}
touch {list of filen
On Sun, 7 Dec 1997, Steve Koop wrote:
> Just Was wondering how to, or what is the switch to untar a file to
> overwrite and replace the existing files?
No switch required, tar automatically overwrites files when extracting.
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Hi there.
Just Was wondering how to, or what is the switch to untar a file to overwrite and replace the existing files?
Thanks
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Summary:
1) > foo
2) cp /dev/null foo
Problems:
1) I use set -C in bash, so I can't say > foo if foo exists wthout
first saying set +C.
2) cp /dev/null foo won't take multiple filenames as arguments
So teh answer is that I do need a script or program to do the job.
Carl
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One
I successfully compiled XFITSview (a program for viewing and manipulating
images in the FITS format) on my machine (running the latest from
unstable, including LessTif 0.82). However, when I try to run it, the
program starts, I briefly see a couple windows flash on the screen, then
they disappear
This is a request for some feedback from current and potential users of GPC.
I have GPC 2.0 compiled for hamm, built using GCC 2.7.2.3. The next
version of GPC (currently 971001) is in beta, but is already more stable
than GPC 2.0. There seems to be a few possibilities available. I could
package
I periodically get the above message even after I have installed a
debianized kernel. Does anybody know what this means? I am running bo
with some hamm additions.
Donald Harter Jr.
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On Sun, 7 Dec 1997, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> You probably forgot to output the content type & the following blank line.
> Something like
>
> print "Content-type: text/html\n\n"
>
> would usually do it.
I didn't write this script and don't know perl, so I don;t know what is
wrong...
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On 5 Dec 1997, William R. Ward wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'd like to ask for some advice on a new system I want to build. I'd
> like to have a Windows 95 filesystem installed on an IDE disk and a
> Linux (Debian 1.3.1) on a SCSI disk. I have a generic EIDE controll
I have released a package of guavac 1.0 for bo (debian 1.3x)
(bo-unstable candidate). You can find it at
ftp.rising.com.au/pub/hamish/libc5. Guavac is a free Java compiler.
hamish
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On Fri, Dec 05, 1997 at 10:05:54PM -0500, Lou5212 wrote:
> I'm trying to optain or download the EPP Driver which is said to increase
> loading time to at least 18 to 24 megs a min.
> My Zip is so slow I loose my patience.
> I have a 166mhz can you please tell me how I can increase loading time.
No
On Fri, Dec 05, 1997 at 04:23:44PM +, E Papantoniou wrote:
> (this is a repost)
> Hi all,
>
> my problem is that I cannot run more than one X server at the same time.
> When I am logged in as a user one and run startx on display :0.0, I do
> Ctrl-Alt-F2, log in as a user two and type startx --
Hi.
After a mighty, epic struggle with some documentation, I have
deemed myself unworthy to solve this problem (forgive the dramatics...)
I have a Yamaha 3d Wavetable sound card. I would like to be able
to use it. I have compiled sound support into my kernel (though I wouldn't
b
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hello!
It's me again, thanks for all the help last week!
I have few more problems now:
(BTW: I re-installed the whole system - The problem I couldn't install the
kernel source was that my /usr part. was too small. so now it's 410 MB, I
hope it's enough. I was even able to re-compile the kernel!!!)
I wrote:
> Have a look at the Don't-be-offended-by-the-name Idiot's Guide to
> Solving Perl CGI Problems. Although it's aimed at
> comp.lang.perl.misc, it's still got a lot of good advice.
It must be too late at night... That's at
http://www.perl.com/CPAN/doc/FAQs/cgi/idiots-guide.html>
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Paul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> How can I fix this problem?
>
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>
> The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was
> unable to complete your request.
[snip]
Have a look at the Don't-be-offended-by-the-name Idiot's Guide to
Solving Per
On Sat, Dec 06, 1997 at 11:57:22PM -0500, Paul Miller wrote:
> On Sat, 6 Dec 1997, Alex Yukhimets wrote:
> > > How can I fix this problem?
> > Run "perl -c" on your script and see what happens.
> > Plus check if it is mode 755.
>
> syntax OK
>
> perl is mode 755.. should the script be? I tried t
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Carl Mummert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Is there already a (standard) utility on a linux box to truncate a
> file to 0 bytes? [Besides echo -n "" > foo, which is 1) too long for
> my lazy fingers and 2) won't take multiple filenames ]
>
> Since I couldn't fi
On Sun, 7 Dec 1997, Brandon Mitchell wrote:
> On Sat, 6 Dec 1997, Paul Rightley wrote:
>
> > I am trying to follow Scott Ellis' Libc5/6 upgrade
> > mini-HOWTO to the letter (fearing for my system if I do not).
> > It says that, in order to upgrade bash to 2.01, I must first
> > install ncurses3.0
I am trying to use a .shosts file to allow password-less logins when using
ssh. Both machines have a known_hosts file with the other machine
in it (automatically set up by ssh). The machine I'd like to go to has
a .shosts file which is mode 600. Yet when I use ssh to go to that machine
it still ask
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Carl Mummert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Is there already a (standard) utility on a linux box to truncate a
> file to 0 bytes? [Besides echo -n "" > foo, which is 1) too long for
> my lazy fingers and 2) won't take multiple filenames ]
>
> Since I couldn't fi
On Sat, 6 Dec 1997, Paul Miller wrote:
> How can I fix this problem?
>
> ***
> Internal Server Error
>
> The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was
> unable to complete your request.
My favorite trick, make a script in the same directory:
#!/bin/sh
/path-to-cgi/scrip
On Sat, 6 Dec 1997, Paul Rightley wrote:
> I am trying to follow Scott Ellis' Libc5/6 upgrade
> mini-HOWTO to the letter (fearing for my system if I do not).
> It says that, in order to upgrade bash to 2.01, I must first
> install ncurses3.0_1.9.9e-2. However, I cannot find this
> package anywher
On 6 Dec 1997, David Z. Maze wrote:
> Christopher R Barry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> CRB> I've installed gcc and all the packages that dselect recommends
> CRB> to go with it but whenever I try to compile anything, like the
> CRB> kernel, I just get a bunch of error messages about missing *.h
>
On Sat, 6 Dec 1997, Adam Klein wrote:
> In the past few days, smail has stopped non-local mail. It returns a
> message from MAILER-DAEMON saying something like
> `551: Have you read DNS + BIND'. What's going on?
>
> Adam Klein
>
Well, since this problem apparently just came up, it's probably
A very simple way is ">foo" (noquotes) works in bash. It also creates a
file.
Krzysztof
On Sat, 6 Dec 1997, Carl Mummert wrote:
> Is there already a (standard) utility on a linux box to truncate a
> file to 0 bytes? [Besides echo -n "" > foo, which is 1) too long for
> my lazy fingers and 2) w
Hi. I'm using xemacs19_19.16-1.deb from unstable (yeah, I know, I
should be using the stable one... but I like living dangerously) and
I've been having strange problems off and on, namely:
1) It can't find its info files when I do C-h C-c, C-h F, and so on. (I
get "Info file xemacs-faq does not e
Go to host judy and check if you can mount directories from kilu:
% mount -o mountport=773 kilu:/ /mnt
If everything worked fine, you will need to configure /etc/hosts.allow
on host kilu .
NOTE:
The number 773 above corresponds to the info you posted earlier, but
the port of mountd
On Sat, 6 Dec 1997, Alex Yukhimets wrote:
> > How can I fix this problem?
>
> Run "perl -c" on your script and see what happens.
> Plus check if it is mode 755.
syntax OK
perl is mode 755.. should the script be? I tried the script at 755 is it
still didn't work...
-Paul
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>
> I am not very familiar with the Debian distribution, and would like
> suggestions on what to include in the Debian mirror on ftp.tux.org that
> would fit within 2 GB maximum.
>
> The current exclude_patt for mirror is rather ugly and over-micromanaged, I
> suspect it is trying to do too much
> How can I fix this problem?
Run "perl -c" on your script and see what happens.
Plus check if it is mode 755.
Alex Y.
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On Dec 06, Kingsley G. Morse Jr. wrote
> Would someone be so kind as to tell me where the Incoming directory is?
> I'd like to check if updates of some programs that I use have arrived.
> (lyx and imagemagic, for example)
Look in llug.sep.bnl.gov/pub/debian
Tim
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On Sat, 6 Dec 1997, Christopher R. Barry wrote:
> I've installed gcc and all the packages that dselect recommends to go
> with it but whenever I try to compile anything, like the kernel, I just
> get a bunch of error messages about missing *.h header files like
> stdio.h. Shouldn't gcc come with
Christopher R Barry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
CRB> I've installed gcc and all the packages that dselect recommends
CRB> to go with it but whenever I try to compile anything, like the
CRB> kernel, I just get a bunch of error messages about missing *.h
CRB> header files like stdio.h. Shouldn't gcc
I am trying to follow Scott Ellis' Libc5/6 upgrade
mini-HOWTO to the letter (fearing for my system if I do not).
It says that, in order to upgrade bash to 2.01, I must first
install ncurses3.0_1.9.9e-2. However, I cannot find this
package anywhere (stable has ncurses3.0_1.9.9e-1 and it does
not ap
On Sat, 6 Dec 1997, Matthew Tebbens wrote:
> As much as possible.
> Hmmm accountingI'll have to look into that.
>
> Is there another way to log the commands AND options ?
>
Maybe you could wrap the users's loginsession into script from the
bsdutils package.
Ciao,
Martin
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On Fri, 5 Dec 1997, Robert D. Hilliard wrote:
> On 05 Dec 1997 16:24:10 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Richard G. Roberto writes:
> > > I also want to address this issue about "standard" options file
> > > locations. It is impossible to manage multiple ppp options sets in the
> > > same file u
I've installed gcc and all the packages that dselect recommends to go
with it but whenever I try to compile anything, like the kernel, I just
get a bunch of error messages about missing *.h header files like
stdio.h. Shouldn't gcc come with these basic fundamental headers? Do I
need to do a path t
In the past few days, smail has stopped non-local mail. It returns a
message from MAILER-DAEMON saying something like
`551: Have you read DNS + BIND'. What's going on?
Adam Klein
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I have a problem that I'm sure is documented in an FM somewhere, but I
can't find it.
Here's the deal ... we run a Cisco PIX proxy server here, a few BSDI
servers, and we're in the process of migrating to Linux. However, my
workstation (Win NT) is behind the proxy server ... when I ftp to the
BSD
As much as possible.
Hmmm accountingI'll have to look into that.
Is there another way to log the commands AND options ?
Thanks !
Matthew
On Fri, 5 Dec 1997, Stephen Zander wrote:
> Matthew Tebbens wrote:
> >
> > Is there a way to log all commands typed by someone ?
> >
> > ttysnoop doe
On Sat, 6 Dec 1997, Tim Sailer wrote:
> Just in time for the holidays, I still have some 'unofficial' Debian
> tshirts left. Take a look at http://www.buoy.com/~tps/tshirt
>
Have you still got three extra large left? I'll put a check in the mail on
Monday.
Thanks for doing this!
Waiting is,
Dw
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