Networking loading on boot before PCMCIA services for network card

I have a problem when my system boots where networking loads before the PCMCIA services that are needed to drive the network card. As a result, I have to run /etc/init.d/network whenever I boot before networking will work. Anyone have any idea why this might happen? The proper rc.* files are a

Re: serial or PS/2 mouse

rodrigue-joe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: r> I am putting together a Linux system. Is there a reason why I r> should prefer a serial mouse over a PS/2 mouse or vice versa? I r> will get a Logitech trackball. Thanks. A PS/2 mouse doesn't use up a serial port. That's the only appreciable differ

Re: Two Net Cards problem

At 12:45 PM 1/11/98 -0500, you wrote: >On Sun, 11 Jan 1998, Rob wrote: > >> blue# route >> Kernel IP routing table >> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric RefUse Iface >> 195.44.34.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 01 eth0 >> 192.168.0.0 *

Re: Changing video modes on fly?

> Is there a way to change the text video mode (say, from 80x25 to 80x50), > on the fly? Yes, svgatextmode does this. I'm currently running 100x37 text mode; it's quite nice... > Also, sometimes when a program that uses the svgalibs crashes, it > scrambles the screen. reset doesn't fix the mode,

Re: Changing video modes on fly?

> Is there a way to change the text video mode (say, from 80x25 to 80x50), > on the fly? Try "svgatextmode" package. Alex Y. -- _ _( )_ ( (o___ +---+ | _ 7 |Alexander Yukhimets| \(")

Re: where is killall? (hamm)

On Sun, 11 Jan 1998, Scott K. Ellis wrote: > On 11 Jan 1998, Joerg Plate wrote: > > > 1> dpkg -S killall > > sysvinit: /usr/man/man8/killall5.8.gz > > sysvinit: /sbin/killall5 > > > > ii sysvinit2.73-2 System-V like init. > > > > Maybe another package? > > Moved from procps to

Changing video modes on fly?

Hi, Is there a way to change the text video mode (say, from 80x25 to 80x50), on the fly? I prefer 80x25 for most things but it would be handy to change the resolution for somethings - without rebooting! Also, sometimes when a program that uses the svgalibs crashes, it scrambles the screen. reset d

serial or PS/2 mouse

I am putting together a Linux system. Is there a reason why I should prefer a serial mouse over a PS/2 mouse or vice versa? I will get a Logitech trackball. Thanks. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: Package Installation....

I had been installing the StarOffice3.1 deb package as root, so I tried to redoo it as a regular user, but dpkg said I needed superuser priviliges.So, I tried untarring the tarballs manually according to the mini-howto, but I ran into the same Server Crash no 11 problem when I tried to do the s

Re: Interrupts and serial ports

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Sun, 11 Jan 1998, Dan Hugo wrote: > I was looking through /etc/rc.boot/0setserial to see how everything is > configured, and I noticed that in the manual configuration section, it > attempts to setup the "COM1/3" and "COM2/4" ports to irq's 4 and 3, > respect

emacs, X, and Alt key

I just installed Debian 1.3.1 on my Pentium-133 machine. I used dselect's FTP mode to install emacs-19.34, X, and AfterStep. My problem is that *neither* `Alt' key is being interpreted as `Meta' by emacs. AfterStep's `Alt-Tab' combination works well enough to switch between windows. I much pref

Re: netscape & acroread plugin?

On Sun, 11 Jan 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sun, 11 Jan 1998, Steve Hsieh wrote: > > > Does anyone have netscape & the acroread plugin working together? On my > > setup, when you try to open a pdf file on the web, acroread will die as > > soon as the splash screen comes up, leaving netsca

Re: where is killall? (hamm)

On 11 Jan 1998, Joerg Plate wrote: > > 1> dpkg -S killall > sysvinit: /usr/man/man8/killall5.8.gz > sysvinit: /sbin/killall5 > > ii sysvinit2.73-2 System-V like init. > > Maybe another package? Moved from procps to psutils by the upstream source. psutils is stuck in incoming.

Re: Debian and Windoze 95

On Sun, Jan 11, 1998 at 10:08:09PM +0200, Catalin Popescu wrote: > A friend of mine has a hard-disk of 1.2Gb with 2 partions: /dev/hda1, > /dev/hda2. > > On /dev/hda1 he has Win'95. Is there any problems with booting if I help > him to insatll Debian 1.3.1 on /dev/hda2 and try to boot it with lo

Re: pgp and elm

> find /usr/bin/pgp. Now I have pointed dselect both at ftp.debian.org > and at ftp.de.debian.org (which I thought was outside the U.S.), but I > found no package that would give me a pgp executable usable by elm. > > What is the solution? It seems a bit strange to provide a package that > is br

Re: Dosemu lredir problem

Marcus writes: > Yes, this is true. Lredir does only work with "real" dos, either from IBM > or Microsoft. Does it not work with OpenDOS? -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMA

Wmaker (hamm) and menu pkg.

I'm having a bit of a problem with the 'automagically' generated menus for the WindowMaker in hamm dist. I'd like to have slrn and mutt running under rxvt rather than default xterm window. My /etc/X11/wmaker/menu.hook starts with the warning :"Do not edit this file..", so my question is: will I bre

Re: Scanner

On 9 Jan 1998, Ben Gertzfield wrote: > > "William" == William R Ward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > William> I have a Tamarack (sp?) SCSI-based "TWAIN compliant" > William> scanner and would like to use it under Linux. Of course > William> it only came with Windoze drivers... Is

Re: patch for man command

On 10 Jan, Maurizio Marini wrote: > Hi, > i've installed debian 1.3 by > cd availeble on various zines. It's a problem entered because of the "last minute" upgrade before burning the PLUTO CD (which has been copied by some magazines). That version of man-db has been modifyed to work with the new p

elm and sendmail background delivery mode

I have just installed Debian 1.3.1 on my Pentium-133 machine. I have used dselect's FTP method to install the elm and sendmail packages. I have noticed that when I send a message with elm, elm is blocked until the message is actually delivered. This is annoying. I checked the sendmail.cf file,

pgp and elm

I have recently installed Debian 1.3.1 on my Pentium-133 machine. I have used dselect to install via FTP the elm package. I am very familiar with elm, but the standard Debian elm package appears to be modified to support PGP. What bothers me is that occasionally a message on the debian-user mai

mpeg_play and libc_4

I have recently installed Debian 1.3.1 on my Pentium-133 machine. I was able to install the ucbmpeg_play package with dselect, but when I tried to run it, I got an error like "can't find libm.so.4". I installed the libc_4 package, and mpeg_play worked. Should dselect have allowed me to install

where is killall? (hamm)

1> dpkg -S killall sysvinit: /usr/man/man8/killall5.8.gz sysvinit: /sbin/killall5 ii sysvinit2.73-2 System-V like init. Maybe another package? -- "i'm working on it" CIA SECRET: Proof of P=NP found in UFO!<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST

Re: Netscape debianized

On Sun, Jan 11, 1998 at 10:09:07PM +0200, Catalin Popescu wrote: > Does it exist a debianized Netscape? If not, how am I supposed to install > it? under /usr/local/bin ? There is an installer package for bo (Debian 1.3.1) called netscape_3.01-4.deb this will be on your CD if you have one

Re: Netscape debianized

Catalin Popescu wrote: > > Does it exist a debianized Netscape? If not, how am I supposed to install > it? under /usr/local/bin ? > > Thanks, There is a netscape4_4.0-6.deb *install* script -you still have to fetch the communicator tarball from the ftp.netscape.com. This script is very usefull i

Re: Ghostscript & Epson Stylus COLOR 500

On Fri, 9 Jan 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm just working a bit with ghostscript and just can't figure out how to > make it print in my Epson Stylus COLOR 500. Alan Williams has put up a web-page on just this subject; it's at www.pe.net/~williams/Stylus/Stlyus.html The information there was

Re: Netscape debianized

>Does it exist a debianized Netscape? If not, how am I supposed to install >it? under /usr/local/bin ? you're supposed to put the netscape .tgz in /tmp, and use the debian netscape package to install it. rick -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PR

Netscape debianized

Does it exist a debianized Netscape? If not, how am I supposed to install it? under /usr/local/bin ? Thanks, Catalin Popescu -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: Ghostscript & Epson Stylus COLOR 500

[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > > Hi all! > > I'm just working a bit with ghostscript and just can't figure out how to > make it print in my Epson Stylus COLOR 500. > > I'm using Ghostscript 3.33 (package gs_3.33-5 of bo) and the following > command line: >

Re: Suck and Inn

Tony Schonfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > hello everubody , > > Since my News provider has disable the NEWNEWS command i've decided > to use Suck with Inn. > How to use this package for full compatibility with Inn ? i've > modified the get-news script to have -M flag and the target > directo

Debian and Windoze 95

A friend of mine has a hard-disk of 1.2Gb with 2 partions: /dev/hda1, /dev/hda2. On /dev/hda1 he has Win'95. Is there any problems with booting if I help him to insatll Debian 1.3.1 on /dev/hda2 and try to boot it with loadlin. Thank you very much, Catalin Popescu -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THI

Re: netscape & acroread plugin?

On Sun, 11 Jan 1998, Steve Hsieh wrote: > Does anyone have netscape & the acroread plugin working together? On my > setup, when you try to open a pdf file on the web, acroread will die as > soon as the splash screen comes up, leaving netscape with the message "an > error occured" or something not

Re: strftime() produces segmentation fault

Torsten Hilbrich wrote: > > Noel Yap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Not strictly Debian, but I *am* a Debian user so > > > > I am trying to ACeDB > > . However, both > > the text and graphical programs (tace and xace, respectively) prod

Install without floppies

I know tht I posted this question before but a person by the first name of Stan replied but I did not get his E:Mail address. I have an older 486 machine that the floppy side is dead in. I have a sound blaster cd and sound card in it. That will not boot a cd and the only OS I have on it is Sla

[no subject]

Hi Marco, CD is primary because as slave the 2nd HDD disappears. This way although the BIOS can't autodetect the CD, it finds it on boot up. When I installed the 2nd HDD, I thought that the HDD was the problem & replaced it, but the new one behaved just the same. So I left it as it is now and thoug

Re: PS/2 mouse setup; /dev/mouse?

I have GPM set up like so: /etc/gpm.conf: device=/dev/psaux responsiveness= type=ps2 append="-R" And X like so: /etc/X11/XF86Config: Section "Pointer" Protocol"MouseSystems" Device "/dev/gpmdata" So that X will read the mouse data that GPM leaves in a fifo /dev/gpmdata. I a

Re: What is SLang?

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > S-Lang is a library that (among other things) provides support for > cursor-addressable terminals. It is used by a number of programs, including > slrn, slsc and mutt. > > As in general cron jobs don't have a terminal, the message is > understandable. > > You'd have to

Re: PS/2 mouse setup; /dev/mouse?

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Re: Package Installation....

On Sun, 11 Jan 1998 12:49:54 +0400, "Timothy M. Hospedales" wrote: > Hi, just a quick question b4 I go to lunch. > I just installed the StarOffice thing, and had two problems. The first, was > mentioned in the FAQ; it wouldn't register the deamons. Unfourtunately, I hav > no idea how to enable the

Re: How to do an automated posting with leafnode

Brian Skreeg wrote: > I`m trying to do a weekly automated posting. I run a single user site > connecting via dial-up and have leafnode installed. Is there a simple > way to do this? I`ve tried ripping the inews bits out of Cnews but it`s > far too messy. Hm, I've never done this, but can't you ins

[off-topic] CVS advice?

Is there a way of setting checkout or checkin triggers with CVS? I want to do something like having a postinst script in a Debian package. Specifically, after checking out files in a given directory I want to check for the existence of another directory, remove any symbolic links from the current

Interrupts and serial ports

I have a SIIG serial port ISA card so I can add on two more serial ports. I was looking through /etc/rc.boot/0setserial to see how everything is configured, and I noticed that in the manual configuration section, it attempts to setup the "COM1/3" and "COM2/4" ports to irq's 4 and 3, respectively.

Re: browser with strong encryption?

I'm running version 4.04 of the communicator with 128-bit. So it's available, you just have to download the communicator. On Sat, 10 Jan 1998, Greg Norris wrote: > > Does anyone know of a browser with 128-bit encryption. I need access to a > > site that requires 128-bit encryption (it detects 4

Re: patch for man command

The syntax you are using for setting your PAGER looks a little odd. Does it work if you try it like this? # PAGER=less # export PAGER // Heikki -- Heikki Vatiainen * [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tampere University of Technology * Tampere, Finland -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LI

Re: Dosemu lredir problem

On Fri, 9 Jan 1998, Neilen Marais wrote: > >> I can't seem to get lredir to work in dosemu. > >> > >> I am using the dosemu package from hamm. I have an msdos partition > >> mounted on /dos. In dosemu I type > >> > >> lredir d: LINUX\FS/dos > >> > >> And then get error 3c. And I can't seem

Re: PS/2 mouse setup; /dev/mouse?

On Sun, 11 Jan 1998, Gregory Guthrie wrote: > The XF86 config file points to /dev/mouse, which is a link to a serial > port, but, my mouse is not on S0/S1. the correct PS/2 mouse port is /dev/psaux. > How should /dev/mouse be setup for this, in windows it is a separate port > at IRQ 12. use /dev/

Re: Dosemu lredir problem

>> >> I can't seem to get lredir to work in dosemu. >> >> I am using the dosemu package from hamm. I have an msdos partition >> mounted on /dos. In dosemu I type >> >> lredir d: LINUX\FS/dos >> >> And then get error 3c. And I can't seem to find the meaning of the >> errors anywhere in the d

Re: PS/2 mouse setup; /dev/mouse?

Since it is a PS/2 mouse, the Pointer section in XF86Config should probably look something like this: Section "Pointer" Protocol"PS/2" Device "/dev/psaux" EndSection // Heikki -- Heikki Vatiainen * [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tampere University of Technology * Tam

Re: Access Linux partition from W95?

On Sun, Jan 11, 1998 at 11:05:48AM -0600, Gregory Guthrie wrote: > I konw that I can mount W95 partitions from Linux; what aobut the inverse? > > Occasionally I am in windows, and want to examine, print, etc.. > [So far, I only have MSOffice on Windows, not Linux! :-)] > FSDEXT2 : Second exten

Access Linux partition from W95?

I konw that I can mount W95 partitions from Linux; what aobut the inverse? Occasionally I am in windows, and want to examine, print, etc.. [So far, I only have MSOffice on Windows, not Linux! :-)] Thanks. Dr. Gregory Guthrie [EMAIL PROTE

PS/2 mouse setup; /dev/mouse?

I have a Microsoft PS/2 mouse, with a seperate port, not one of my serial ports. The XF86 config file points to /dev/mouse, which is a link to a serial port, but, my mouse is not on S0/S1. How should /dev/mouse be setup for this, in windows it is a separate port at IRQ 12. Thanks. --

Re: Package Installation....

Hi, just a quick question b4 I go to lunch. I just installed the StarOffice thing, and had two problems. The first, was mentioned in the FAQ; it wouldn't register the deamons. Unfourtunately, I have no idea how to enable the portmapper that the FAQ said I had to do. Where do I start with this? Then

Re: The Debian Gnu logo?

On Sun, Jan 11, 1998 at 10:57:53AM -0500, Michael Stutz wrote: cm >_Is_ there an official Debian logo yet? Yes. I remember several months ago it was announced on the list, but it doesn't appear on the debain.org news page so it is easy to miss. The official logo is teh red penguin with the blue e

Re: browser with strong encryption?

Am Sun, Jan 11, 1998 at 10:13:35AM -0500, meinte Lee Bradshaw: > Thanks for the pointer to v4.03. I just looked at the product specs tables > and didn't see strong encryption for linux. > I guess they just have the latest version in the tables, > even if it doesn't have all the features of previ

Re: Using dselect and unstable packages

On Sun, Jan 11, 1998 at 09:15:31PM +0500, Ian & Gill Watkins wrote: > Can you use dselect and the unstable packages vis FTP. If so how? Yes. Use an FTP site that carries unstable, and configure dpkg-ftp (through "[A]ccess") to use the directories "dists/unstable/main", "dists/unstable/contrib" and

Using dselect and unstable packages

Can you use dselect and the unstable packages vis FTP. If so how? I couldn't seem to find a Packages file with all the unstable stuff (for instance tcl8) How should I setup the FTP packages? Ian W -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Tr

NTFS driver as module

I have just built and (it would seem) successfully installed the 2.0.33 kernel. The previous version I had was 2.0.29. I had previously built and installed the NTFS read-only driver in v29 and it had worked fine. Under 33 I am getting this error message when I do the make mount: sync /sbin/ins

Re: The Debian Gnu logo?

On Sat, 10 Jan 1998, Michael [badpixel/bad sector] wrote: > Is there a site, where I can get the Debian logo in different > sizes/formats? _Is_ there an official Debian logo yet? Michael Stutz . http://dsl.org/m/ . copyright disclaimer etc stutz@dsl.org : finger for pgp : http://dsl

Re: exmh questions become exmh questions

Hi, Well the title should have been "exmh questions become smail questions." Thanks to Martin Bialasinski for suggesting setting up my own domain. Is there a domain name reserved for private networks like the reserved ip address ranges? I picked home.bradshaw, but I'd switch to the correct name

Re: browser with strong encryption?

Greg, Thanks for the pointer to v4.03. I just looked at the product specs tables and didn't see strong encryption for linux. I guess they just have the latest version in the tables, even if it doesn't have all the features of previous versions. Lee Bradshaw -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAI

Re: SVGA Web Browser?

On Sun, 11 Jan 1998, Tim Thomson wrote: > > Such a beast would be great. Alas, I don't think one exists. Perhaps if > > Mnemonic ever gets into beta, we'll see one. > > What is Mnemonic? A project to build a graphical, GPLed, buzzword-compliant Web browser: http://www.mnemonic.org http://www.wir

How to do an automated posting with leafnode

Hi there, I`m trying to do a weekly automated posting. I run a single user site connecting via dial-up and have leafnode installed. Is there a simple way to do this? I`ve tried ripping the inews bits out of Cnews but it`s far too messy. TIA Ozzy, __ _ _ / \ \ \ / / / / / |

What about a "Linux" key?

Hello PC users! What about putting a penguin sticker on top of those "Window 95" keys on all new keyboards ? They could come handy as new modifiers, for example to switch virtual consoles, leaving Alt free and providing a good alternative for Ctrl-alt(gr)-Fn in X and DosEmu; more, one could us

Re: What is SLang?

On Sun, Jan 11, 1998 at 05:35:26PM +1300, Tim Thomson wrote: > My cron.weekly came up with the message: > Terminal not powerful enough for SLang. > > What is SLang, S-Lang is a library that (among other things) provides support for cursor-addressable terminals. It is used by a number of programs,

netscape & acroread plugin?

Does anyone have netscape & the acroread plugin working together? On my setup, when you try to open a pdf file on the web, acroread will die as soon as the splash screen comes up, leaving netscape with the message "an error occured" or something not too useful of a message. Essentially, it appea

Two Net Cards problem

I have just tried adding a second network card to my linux machine, and am having a few problems. I am running all hamm software, although I think some modules have been updated since I installed it some weeks ago. The original card in the machine was a basic NE2000 clone. I have added a Racal I

Re: My man is lost!

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jeff Gutliph <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Just installed Debian last night. >bash insists that the man command can not be found. >I don't see it either. >What gives? You need to install the `man-db' package. Mike. -- Miquel van Smoorenburg | The dyslexic, agnost

Re: MagicFilter

> I have another one: How can I install and setup Magicfilter under debian? > I have a HPLJ4L printer which worked fine under Slackware having the > Magicfilter installed by hand. Which package should I install now (I did > not find one called Magicfilter, guess I've done the right search)? > I

version 0.8 of libc5 to libc6 auto-upgrade script

I just ran this script on an old system (somewhere between rex and bo) with lots of -dev packages installed. found and fixed two bugs. - libc6 conflicts with libpthread0 - i made a typo... PKGS_GPP instead of PKGS_LIBGPP. - some old version of perl's postrm didn't delete a .packlist

Re: xload

On Sun, 11 Jan 1998, Christopher Jason Morrone wrote: > Yeah I noticed that too. :) > > On Sat, 10 Jan 1998, Matt Thompson wrote: > > > OK, so what happened to xload now? I just upgraded my hamm system and > > xload has disappeared. Don't we go through this every once in a while? Yup i had a

Re: Smail and Fetchmail combo

On Sat, 10 Jan 1998, Damir J. Naden wrote: > Now, I can finally retrieve my E-mails using fetchmail from the ISP, but > the mail doesn't go into my /var/spool/mail/dnaden mailbox. As a matter After fetchmail runs, type "mailq" to see if the mail has been correctly delivered to your smail. mailq

Re: xload

Bug #16939 http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/16/16939.html Hope this one is resolved soon, Brandon On Sun, 11 Jan 1998, Christopher Jason Morrone wrote: > > Yeah I noticed that too. :) > > On Sat, 10 Jan 1998, Matt Thompson wrote: > > > OK, so what happened to xload now? I just upgraded my hamm

Re: Question re:Debian and ppp...

I'm sorry... you've lost me on this one... -- Steve Morrill Reply to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP Pub key id: 0xF2459FCD Debian LINUX Where I really want to go today! -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL

Re: xload

Yeah I noticed that too. :) On Sat, 10 Jan 1998, Matt Thompson wrote: > OK, so what happened to xload now? I just upgraded my hamm system and > xload has disappeared. Don't we go through this every once in a while? > > Matt Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] > MZI, Inc. v-206.430.3726

Re: new computer advice

> Right now, it looks like Micron is where I'll be purchasing it from (though > that isn't absolutely certain). Here's the main features of what I'm > currently planning on: Hi. Check out Net Express (http://www.tdl.com/~netex/). They have exactly what you want and in addition *very* knowledgeab

xload

OK, so what happened to xload now? I just upgraded my hamm system and xload has disappeared. Don't we go through this every once in a while? Matt Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] MZI, Inc. v-206.430.3726 707 S. Grady Wayf-206.430.3420 Renton, WA 98055 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO U

Re:libc5 to libc6 auto-upgrade script

oops. i hard-coded 'binary-i386'. mea culpa. ---cut here--- #! /bin/sh DPKG=`which dpkg` LDCONFIG=`which ldconfig` # uncomment for debugging #set -x #DPKG="echo dpkg" #DCONFIG="echo LDCONFIG" # upgrade a libc5 (bo) machine to libc6 (hamm). # based on Scott Ellis' excellent "Debian libc5 t

Re: LILO stopped working

On Sun, Jan 11, 1998 at 05:17:28PM +1300, Tim Thomson wrote: > like the system map for the old kernel, and what the system map actually > does. What do the files in the /boot dir do? The only file touched since > installing is /boot/map which (I guess) LILO had done, after I > reconfigured it. Don

Re:libc5 to libc6 auto-upgrade script

here's another update to igor's latest version. this one: - avoids duplicated code - tells the user what it's doing - has more error checking - guesses at the location of the mirror enjoy! ---cut here--- #! /bin/sh DPKG=`which dpkg` LDCONFIG=`which ldconfig` #

Smail and Fetchmail combo

I feel really stupid for asking this, but I don't know how to proceed with this thing: I posted the other day about my problems with new smail package from hamm on two different problems: -one was solved by editing /etc/smail/config to get rid of the extra white space in the script -the other one (

Re: HELP! Netscape under hamm??

Well, I've just installed the latest communicator (4.04) using the netscape install script without any problems...I've just installed all the packages netscape install script calls for, including libc5 and libg++27 from /hamm/hamm/binary-i386/oldlibs But, this report is based only on an hour of run

Re: Qmail

On Sat, 10 Jan 1998, Joey Hess wrote: : Nathan E Norman wrote: : > What is the Right Way to install qmail on a (production) hamm system? : : Install the qmail-src package. It has a build-qmail script that does all the : work, and generates a qmail.deb. : Hmm, well, that's pretty slick :) I hav

What is SLang?

Hi, My cron.weekly came up with the message: Terminal not powerful enough for SLang. What is SLang, and how do I fix this error? Thanks for any help, Tim. Would you buy a car with the hood welded shut? http://www.debian.org Debian/GNU Linux ... the maintainable operating system. -- TO UNSUBS

Re: HELP! Netscape under hamm??

On 10 Jan 1998, William R Ward wrote: > Whenever I try to run Netscape, v3 or v4, under my HAMM system I get > 'Segmentation Fault'... I suspect it's because it was compiled for > libc5 and I'm using libc6. Any way I can get it to work I've had varied results. My packages probably aren't th

Re: browser with strong encryption?

> Does anyone know of a browser with 128-bit encryption. I need access to a > site that requires 128-bit encryption (it detects 40 or 56-bit encryption > and disables features on the site) and I'd hate to have to use win95. > Does netscape plan to make Navigator or Communicator available with > 12

Re: LILO stopped working

On Sat, 10 Jan 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Oh dear, a second person that thinks I'm an expert :-) Heehee! > You should copy your 2.0.32 map file to the boot directory I think. > Someone correct me if I'm wrong. I guess these would have been in the same directory as the kernel, which will be

Integrating main, "non-us" ftp site

If I attempt to do a dselect install via ftp from a local mirror which has both the main debian distribution as well as the "non-US" stuff, it doesn't work. Not without jumping through some serious hoops, at any rate. The problem is that the Packages file on the non-US site do not follow the same

Re: Supported New Technology

> Diamond Viper v330 AGP Don't know about the others, but S.U.S.E. has put together an X server for the Diamond Viper v330 (it's an unaccelerated server, but an accelerated one is supposed to be in the works). You can look them up at http://www.suse.de/XSuSE/XSuSE_E.html -- TO UN

My man is lost!

Just installed Debian last night. bash insists that the man command can not be found. I don't see it either. What gives? Help and thanks, Jeff Gutliph [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAI

new computer advice

I'm planning to get a new (multiprocessor) computer around the end of the month, and was hoping for some advice from those of you with more knowledge than myself. I've checked the Hardware Compatibility HOWTO, and it appears that everything I'm looking at is OK (with the exception of the video car

Re: Question re:Debian and ppp...

On Sat, 10 Jan 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ** Reply to note from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri, 9 Jan 1998 21:57:44 -0500 (EST) > > > > hand, and see what happens when you get past the login. Also, make sure > > /etc/resolv.conf is set up correctly. You should see something like: > > > > Jan

Re: LILO stopped working

Oh dear, a second person that thinks I'm an expert :-) On Sun, 11 Jan 1998, Tim Thomson wrote: > On Fri, 9 Jan 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >LI The first stage boot loader was able to load the second stage boot > > loader, but has failed to execute it. This can either be caused b

[install] hdc irq timeout problem

Hi Tim, Thanks for replying so quickly. As I said before, I'm a complete novice at Debian Linux. Once I'm set up it'll be a bit better as I have worked on a Unix box before. System: Intel 233mmx 32Mb HD as Primary on 1st controller Pioneer DR-A24X CDrom as Pri on 2nd Hd as slave on 2nd The cdro

Re: Qmail

Nathan E Norman wrote: > What is the Right Way to install qmail on a (production) hamm system? Install the qmail-src package. It has a build-qmail script that does all the work, and generates a qmail.deb. -- see shy jo -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to

Re: samba -- how?

On Fri, 9 Jan 1998, Shaleh wrote: > I would like to set up samba to my winders machine at work. Is this > possible? What permissions do I need? Would it be easier to simply > setup a ftp server on it? Do you mean a samba server or client on the Linux box? Both are possible as I use both on my sy

Re: Is there an archive of this list?

On Sat, Jan 10, 1998 at 09:18:18PM -0500, Tim Sailer wrote: > Ian wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I am *really* new to this list and I'm having problems installing Linux. > > > > Is there an archive of this list I could browse? Give http://www.de.debian.org/Lists-Archives/ a try Regards Jo

Re: HELP! Netscape under hamm??

On 10 Jan 1998, William R Ward wrote: > Whenever I try to run Netscape, v3 or v4, under my HAMM system I get > 'Segmentation Fault'... I suspect it's because it was compiled for > libc5 and I'm using libc6. Any way I can get it to work > Install libc5 in addition to libc6. You can have mor

Re: debian ftp crashes redhat

Tim Sailer wrote: > I have a client (an ISP in Maine) that keeps getting a skput error, > even on a 2.0.33 kernel. This machien is running a web server (Roxen) > and squid. I wonder if it is a max files problem.. I doubt it, my webserver is lightly loaded, and that particular machine had no squid.

Re: Is there an archive of this list?

Ian wrote: > > Hi, > > I am *really* new to this list and I'm having problems installing Linux. > > Is there an archive of this list I could browse? > > Or can anyone tell me why I get endless hdc irq timeout messages (cdrom) > when I try to install? If it is a NEC or Toshiba 8X or 12X CDRom,

Re: debian ftp crashes redhat

Joey Hess wrote: > > Berni Ernst wrote: > > A RedHat Linux box (2.0.30) > > > > kernel panic: skpush: under: 001a4bf0:2 in swapper task - not syncing. > > Have you tried a newer kernel? I had my machine crash several times when I > was using 2.0.30, with this error message. (I upgraded to the 2.

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