Re: How to i check for deb 2.0

Carroll Kong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Ok. I seem to have the libc6 libs. But when i did a ldd /sbin/init , it > showed libc5.0. This is odd, eh? This just means that autoup.sh got you past the point where you install the wrong package and you computer doesn't boot anymore. You still need

XFree86 3.2.2 (was: Re: VIM 5.0)

On Sat, 7 Mar 1998, Martin Jackson wrote: > Are there plans to include VIM 5.0 in the release version of hamm? It has > been released for a while, but I haven't seen it in the update > announcements. Does it currently have a maintainer? A question related to this: Will XFree86 3.3.2 be included

Re: *.gz files

On Sat, 7 Mar 1998, Will wrote: > Quick Newbie Question: > > What are *.gz files? And what can I do to read/print/view them? They are files compressed with gzip. If they are compressed text files and you have the less package from the unstable distribution, you can put this line in your /etc/pr

Re: vmlinuz and zImage

On Fri, 6 Mar 1998, Ian Perry wrote: > Hi, > Can anyone please tell me the difference between the files vmliniz and > zImage ? > > I recompiled the kernel-2.0.32 and the new vmlinux file in the linux > directory was 1087525 bytes > while the original kernel-2.0.32 vmlinux file was 675524 bytes..

Re: xdm...

On Thu, 5 Mar 1998, Rafael Castillo Mejia wrote: > i want to setup xdm to start X11 since the first time. ¿how do i do that? > > thank for helping me... Make sure that, in /etc/X11/config, this line: no-start-xdm is changed to: start-xdm Also, make sure that in /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers there is

Re: CNAME records (was: Re: dynamic DNS within a non-dynamic domain)

On Fri, 6 Mar 1998, George Bonser wrote: > DO you have > > visible_name=blaakmeer.student.utwente.nl > > In your config file? Yes. Remco -- E-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST. Trouble? E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: Dselect

On Sat, 7 Mar 1998, Hengstberger wrote: > Hi! > I`m bloody new with linux.Partitionig my harddrive I "lost" 0,5GB, thant > means it's neither in the dos partitioning list nor in the Linux's. I don't > really need it at present. How can I access this space again, without > competely formatting the

Re: fdisk and mount (was Re: Dselect)

On Sat, 07 Mar 1998 20:42:53 +0100, "Hengstberger" wrote: > Hi! > I`m bloody new with linux.Partitionig my harddrive I "lost" 0,5GB, thant > means it's neither in the dos partitioning list nor in the Linux's. I don't > really need it at present. How can I access this space again, without > competel

Re: How to i check for deb 2.0

Carroll Kong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Ok. I seem to have the libc6 libs. But when i did a ldd /sbin/init , it > showed libc5.0. This is odd, eh? The autoup.sh script updates only the critical packages that leaves your system in condition to complete the upgrade using dselect. /sbi

Sendmail error: Operating system error: Error 0

I have just set up a Debian box with Sendmail 8.8.8. Sendmail finally appears to be configured correctly, and I am able to send mail from my machine to outside hosts. When I attempt to send mail from one user to another or from an outside account to an account on my machine however, the message doe

Re: The net

Will <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Fri, Mar 06, 1998 at 09:15:59PM -0600: > P.S. I knew a lot about computers 'till I wondered what Linux was Hehehe ain't that the truth. You will eventually come fill circle though :) -- Scott -- E-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM

olvwm

I am a newbie and I having problems installing the olvwm. Dselect tells me that it is installed but the shell do not find it. Twm runs OK. Can anybody tell me what I am doing wrong? Thanks, Al. -- E-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIS

Re: newbie setup of ppp

When [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote, I replied: It seems that your ISP is hanging up on you. My ISP doesn't use it so I can't really advise you much further, but I suspect that they may authenticate with PAP or CHAP or something. You should call them and get the details on what they require and then ge

Re: How to i check for deb 2.0

On Sat, 7 Mar 1998, Carroll Kong wrote: : Ok. I seem to have the libc6 libs. But when i did a ldd /sbin/init , it : showed libc5.0. This is odd, eh? kepler:~ $ ldd /sbin/init libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x4000e000) /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x4000) Ha

Re: fdisk and mount (was Re: Dselect)

On Sat, 07 Mar 1998 20:42:53 +0100, "Hengstberger" wrote: > Hi! > I`m bloody new with linux.Partitionig my harddrive I "lost" 0,5GB, thant > means it's neither in the dos partitioning list nor in the Linux's. I don't > really need it at present. How can I access this space again, without > competel

Re: PLIP question

Janos A Csirik wrote: > Hello, > > I am having trouble getting PLIP to work. I don't want to seem really stupid, but why do you say: > frisbee# ifconfig plip1 frisbee pointopoint piglet up > SIOCSIFADDR: No such device > SIOCSIFDSTADDR: No such device > frisbee# lsmod > Module Pages

Re: newbie setup of ppp

> Did you run seyon or dip or kermit or something to see what your ISP > presents and determine whether what you reply achieves a connection? > Did you then use the knowlege thus gained to create an appropriate > /etc/ppp/chatscript? What does /etc/ppp/connect-errors look like? > The answers to t

Re: dpkg thinks my pentium is an i486 ?

Bill Leach wrote: > Joost Kooij wrote: > > > > On Tue, 3 Mar 1998, joost witteveen wrote: > > > > [A very interesting and informative expose, thanks Joost!] > > > > As it works now (as I understand) the rules makefile effectively tries to > > make the build independent of the actual machine it i

Re: Another Newbie question

* Oleg Krivosheev -> i installed hamm using disks from unstable -> and found there is no -> PS/2 mouse device (/dev/psmouse). IIRC this is a very old name. Now it is called /dev/psaux. If you don't have that either, it can be made with: 'mknod /dev/psaux c 10 1' or '/dev/MAKEDEV psaux' (I believ

Re: Q2 with hamm

>> On Thu, 5 Mar 1998 17:34:45 +0200, "Jaakko Niemi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >> > >> > Has anyone got Q2 working in hamm with ref_soft or ref_gl? >> >> I don't have any concrete advice, as both of these renderers just work >> for me and you sound to have tried many variations. I want to ask, >

Re: [OFF-TOPIC] less with built-in grep ?

In an attempt to save the world from disaster, Ben Pfaff wrote: >With the example above, I suppose I could write some kind of macro, opening >shell output, but it gets much more interesting when I am looking at > > program | less > >and I do not want to execute program again,

Re: How to i check for deb 2.0

Ok. I seem to have the libc6 libs. But when i did a ldd /sbin/init , it showed libc5.0. This is odd, eh? Carroll Kong On Sat, 7 Mar 1998, Bernhard Rosenkraenzer wrote: > On Sat, 7 Mar 1998, Carroll Kong wrote: > > > How do I know if i have deb 2.0? I ran the autoup.sh, and i ran

Re: Commands

Will <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Were could I find a list of basic Linux commands? (ie. Linux equivs. of > > DOS's TYPE, PRINT, ect.) For the basics, there is /usr/doc/HOWTO/DOS-to-Linux-HOWTO.gz Ciao, Martin -- E-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE FRO

Re: *.gz files

On Sat, 7 Mar 1998, Will wrote: > What are *.gz files? Files compressed with gzip. > And what can I do to read/print/view them? gunzip filename.gz then read/print/view/execute as usual. If it's a textfile, you can use zless textfile.gz. LLaP bero -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ICQ/UIN 6545964 - ht

Re: Mounting a Mac CD

Devin Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > How do I mount and read a CD for the mac platform? Or is it impossible? Have a look at the hfsutils package. This migh tbe good enough for what you need to do. There is also a kernel patch to support HFS as a mountable drive, but I don't know where it c

Re: NIS on Debian?

Wow, I totally missed that package when I searched through the net section. I guess I was looking for something along the lines of "yp," which is probably why I missed the NIS package. :) Thanks to all who responded. -Ossama

Re: Transparent change of shell

When Oleg Krivosheev wrote, I replied: exec /bin/bash in your .cshrc will work to get you bash instead of your current csh shell, but I'd also request a change to bash of your sysadm - it's a trivial job, and is good for documentation and system usage statistics reasons as well as general tidines

Re: Dselect

Hi! I`m bloody new with linux.Partitionig my harddrive I "lost" 0,5GB, thant means it's neither in the dos partitioning list nor in the Linux's. I don't really need it at present. How can I access this space again, without competely formatting the entire HDD? I've tried to mount my CD-ROM (ID 2, h

Re: Another Newbie question

Hi, All i installed hamm using disks from unstable and found there is no PS/2 mouse device (/dev/psmouse). Is it knwon problem/feature? How i can correct it by hands? thanks OK -- E-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST. Trouble? E-mail to [E

Re: Network Card

STOP THIS SHIT -- > From: Chuck Peters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Collin Rose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Network Card > Date: Saturday, March 07, 1998 11:16 AM > > On Fri, 6 Mar 1998, Collin Rose wrote: > > > I have an NE 2000 Plug & Play network

Re: Transparent change of shell

STOP THIS SHIT -- > From: Oleg Krivosheev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Oleg Krivosheev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Transparent change of shell > Date: Saturday, March 07, 1998 11:08 AM > > Hi, All > > a bit off-topic question > > suppose i have system

Re: newbie setup of ppp

STOP THIS SHIT -- > From: Ralph Winslow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: newbie setup of ppp > Date: Saturday, March 07, 1998 11:08 AM > > When [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote, I replied: > > > > Hi > > > > I've just install debia

Re: fetchmail qmail inter-operability

On Sat, Mar 07, 1998 at 06:11:08AM -0500, John Kloss has written: > > I'm no expert on this (I just started using linux), but I think you might > want to say > > fetchmail ... -m "sendmail %s" > > where %s will be filled in with the user name executing the fetchmail Thanks. I've done the

Re: Transparent change of shell

Oleg Krivosheev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: OK> suppose i have system where my shell is csh OK> and i want bash. OK> OK> can i set bash as my shell without OK> dealing with sysadm? Yes; use 'chsh' to change your shell. -- _ / \ "The cat

Re: newbie setup of ppp

When [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote, I replied: > > Hi > > I've just install debian linux and I'm having problems getting ppp > working. I have the modem setup and the pon script will dial and I get > a connection but pppd just hangs up after about ten seconds. I've gone > through the FAQ's and HOW

Transparent change of shell

Hi, All a bit off-topic question suppose i have system where my shell is csh and i want bash. can i set bash as my shell without dealing with sysadm? Will putting something like "exec bash" into .login/.cshrc work ? Any thoughts are greatly appreciated thanks OK -- E-mail the word "unsubs

Re: Network Card

On Fri, 6 Mar 1998, Collin Rose wrote: > I have an NE 2000 Plug & Play network card. My Bios detects it. Putting the > line ne in my modules list doesn't work. How do I set it up? I suggest using a new kernel where ne2000 support is built in, then the kernel will detect the card and it's paramet

VIM 5.0

Are there plans to include VIM 5.0 in the release version of hamm? It has been released for a while, but I haven't seen it in the update announcements. Does it currently have a maintainer? Martin Jackson: [EMAIL PROTECTED] === Information Science Major Mankat

newbie setup of ppp

Hi I've just install debian linux and I'm having problems getting ppp working. I have the modem setup and the pon script will dial and I get a connection but pppd just hangs up after about ten seconds. I've gone through the FAQ's and HOW to's but I can't seem to figure out what I'm doing wron

Re: How to i check for deb 2.0

On Sat, 7 Mar 1998, Carroll Kong wrote: > How do I know if i have deb 2.0? I ran the autoup.sh, and i ran the > packages, although, i didn't see it do a bunch of mystical untarring or > anything! Anyway I can check if I upgraded the system and binaries properly? See if you have libc6 bina

Re: Where can I get the libgif2 package ??

On Thu, 05 Mar 1998 22:24:59 +0100, you wrote: | Dear Debian-Team | | I tried to install the KDE-Environment Beta 3 but this version depends | on the libgif2 package. Unfortinaly this package isn't on my Debian | distribution. (Kernel 2.0.29). Where can I find it ? (I've searched it | on se

PPP Connection

I am trying to set up a dial up ppp connection to my ISP. I did it before but I am trying to use a Boca 28.8 MV34.AI it doesn't seem to want to work. What can I do to make it work? In Win95 it is on com2. Could someone give me the exact thing to type i.e. pppd connect 'chat' -- E

Re: *.gz files

Will wrote: > > Quick Newbie Question: > > What are *.gz files? And what can I do to read/print/view them? They're compressed files; you can "zcat mumble.gz" to see its content or "gunzip mumble.gz" to restore the mumble file to its uncompressed state. > > -- > :::The more you know...The less

Re: NIS on Debian?

Ossama Othman wrote: > > Hi, > > I can't seem to find a Debian package for NIS. Is it under some name that > isn't obvious, or will I have to build the NIS software myself? A scan of /var/lib/dpkg.status shows the nis package in the net section. > > Thanks, > -Ossama > > _

Re: NIS on Debian?

On Sat, 7 Mar 1998, Ossama Othman wrote: : I can't seem to find a Debian package for NIS. Is it under some name that : isn't obvious, or will I have to build the NIS software myself? hamm/binary-i386/net/nis_3.2.1-3.deb(unstable) bo/binary-i386/net/nis_2.20-1.deb (stable) bye, Remc

*.gz files

Quick Newbie Question: What are *.gz files? And what can I do to read/print/view them? -- :::The more you know...The less you know::: :::If it jams, force it...If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway::: --Murphy -- E-mail the word "unsubscri

Re: Problem

> Ok. when I use the man or apropos commands I get a "bad command" kind of > > error. Any ideas? Install man-db package along with many others to statisfy dependencies. ALex Y. -- _ _( )_ ( (o___ +---+ | _ 7 |

locks and compiling mutt

Hi, I'm compiling mutt for a bo system. IIRC there was a discussion on locks a couple days ago. It appears that I should use: ./configure --enable-flock --disable-fcntl Can someone verify this? Thanks. -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- E-mail the word "unsubscribe" to

NIS on Debian?

Hi, I can't seem to find a Debian package for NIS. Is it under some name that isn't obvious, or will I have to build the NIS software myself? Thanks, -Ossama __ Ossama Othman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- PGP Keys --- Public: http:

How to i check for deb 2.0

How do I know if i have deb 2.0? I ran the autoup.sh, and i ran the packages, although, i didn't see it do a bunch of mystical untarring or anything! Anyway I can check if I upgraded the system and binaries properly? Carroll Kong -- E-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] T

Re: deltree for linux

rm -rf 'dirname' be VERY careful, this command does NOT warn you, and it will delete everything in those dirs.. and remove the dir. Irrevocably destroying everything without prompts. in other words, you run this rf -rf / ... kiss your system GOOD bye. (not sure if it'll affect mount poi

Re: Commands

Will wrote: > > Ok. when I use the man or apropos commands I get a "bad command" kind of > error. Any ideas? I'd guess that you don't have them installed. Just a WAG. A scan of /var/lib/dpkg/status shows me that they're in the package man-db in the doc section. HTH > > -- > :::The more you

Problem

Ok. when I use the man or apropos commands I get a "bad command" kind of error. Any ideas? -- :::The more you know...The less you know::: :::If it jams, force it...If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway::: --Murphy -- E-mail the word "unsub

Commands

Ok. when I use the man or apropos commands I get a "bad command" kind of error. Any ideas? -- :::The more you know...The less you know::: :::If it jams, force it...If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway::: --Murphy -- E-mail the word "unsubs

Setting up webfax_0.8

I am not much of an expert in the field, but have recently managed to install mgetty+sendfax and apache on my Debian box, thanks to the fantastic packaging system. It seems to work well. In the distribution of mgetty I discovered a front-end for sending faxes called: webfax_0.8., which is not in .

Re: Linux on an 8086

Hi: The inquiry below may well be better answered with Minix. There was a project porting Linux to the 8086. As I recall, this was intended to develop code for embedded projects. Would someone post the name, please? --David On Fri, 6 Mar 1998, Nathan E Norman wrote: > On Fri, 6 Mar 1998,

Mach64 server noise problem

Whenever I move a window, update data in a window (for example, scrolling text in xterm or rxvt) I get "static" pixel noise to the right of the window. It appears as randomly placed "flicking" lines (3-6 * 1 pixel big). The noise appears in all resolutions, and with the XF86_Mach64 3.3, 3.3.1 and X

backup the win95 registry from Linux

This script, when configured properly, will back up your windows95 registry. Problems with windows95 can be fixed sometimes by restoring a corrupted registry. You can automatically backup evertime you boot Linux, if you place a command in your .bash_profile file. You might want to backup your

Re: lynx play sound files

Paul McDermott hat gesagt: // Paul McDermott wrote: > hello everyone, I was wondering how to get lynx to play sound files ie > ..wav and .au? I know it can be done. I think it has to do with a > ..mailcap file. but i'm not sure. Thanks in advance. > Paul You have to install the mime-support pa

Re: [FAQ] Floppy's and "X"

Will hat gesagt: // Will wrote: > Ok. I'm new here. First, I have all these nifty programs sitting on > msdos floppys, but I can't find out how to access the floppies to run > dpkg. (yes I have MSDOS compat. installed, yes, I'm reading every FAQ I > can find) also, does debian come with a X wind

Re: Commands

Will hat gesagt: // Will wrote: > Were could I find a list of basic Linux commands? (ie. Linux equivs. of > > DOS's TYPE, PRINT, ect.) > It depends on how you would define the term "basic". If you hit the TAB-Key twice your shell tries to complete your not yet typed command with every comman

Re: error in fdisk/cfdisk? (part 2)

>If you are going to use linux with that drive then you must use NORMAL >mode. I noticed that number of heads affect how much DOS FDISK says size >to be use. This drive have only 9 heads and lots of cylinders, so 1024 >cylinders mean only 283 MB room for DOS. My another drive have 15 heads >and the

Re: fetchmail qmail inter-operability

On Sat, 7 Mar 1998, Richard A Leach wrote: > I've looked at fetchmail, but it seems to require smtp to be working so > it can submit the mail it has downloaded through port 25 and the normal > smtp demon (qmail-smtpd in my case). Experiments with smtp disabled and > > fetchmail ... -m "se

fetchmail qmail inter-operability

Sorry if this is more of a fetchmail question. On connecting to my IP, he automatically attempts to send me mail using smtp. There is "no way" of changing this. I have qmail working well using inetd & smtp & ppp link, but the uncontrollable rush of messages when I dial up is too much for this sm

Re: deltree for linux

Alain Toussaint wrote: > > does exist a deltree lookalike for linux (or a good way to get rid of some > directory and their files) ??? rm -r /path/to/the/directory/you_want_to_remove -or- rm -r /path/to ... See "man rm" for details. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > E-mail the word "unsubscrib

Re: deltree for linux

On Sat, Mar 07, 1998 at 04:32:01AM -0500, Alain Toussaint wrote: > does exist a deltree lookalike for linux (or a good way to get rid of some > directory and their files) ??? rm -rf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - it's a valid address w/o spam -- E-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED

deltree for linux

does exist a deltree lookalike for linux (or a good way to get rid of some directory and their files) ??? [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- E-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST. Trouble? E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: TimeZone Date String conversion?

On Fri, 6 Mar 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Does anyone know of a utility which will take a time-zone dependent date > string > such as > >Thu, 5 Mar 1998 12:33:00 -0500 > >Tue, 3 Mar 1998 08:12:00 EST > > and convert either to GMT/UST? date -d "Thu, 5 Mar 1998 12:33:00 -0500" will

sendmail delivery error

I've been getting the below error on my Debian 1.3rel6 system in the /var/log/deliver.errlog I am using sendmail 8.8.5. The server is a pretty busy mail hub. And it's happening pretty regularly now, about twice a day on different email boxes. Any suggestions? Any hints?

Re: Keyboard

>> I wanted install Debian on my computer, but it was impossible, because >> the velocity of the keyboard. When I stroke a key, the velocity was to >> high, so it was impossible to control the installation. For example when I >> have to partition my hard disk, it was very hard to inter the size o

Re: broken manpages-dev

fpolacco writes: > On Wed, Mar 04, 1998 at 12:15:16AM -0800, Luiz Otavio L. Zorzella wrote: >> >> nr# man bogus >> Updating index cache for path `/usr/man'. Wait... >> >> >> >> man: can't remove /tmp/zman21458aaa: Bad file descriptor > It's a problem with your restrictive umask and the recen

Re: dial-in / dial-out on same device

On Fri, Mar 06, 1998 at 11:01:33PM -0600, Geoff Kuchera wrote: > I seem to be having a great deal of difficulty seting up a modem on a serial > line that I can have setup for dial-in and when it's not busy be able to dial > out on it. I have in the past set this up as such. > > In inittab run a g

Re: Dselect

On Fri, Mar 06, 1998 at 06:59:37PM -0800, George Bonser wrote: > To install packages that you have downloaded manually, you probably need > to use dpkg -i > > If you want to use dselect, you are going to need a Packages file that > contains a valid path to the packages. It is not likely that you

Re: lp devices

On Fri, Mar 06, 1998 at 12:58:27AM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > bash: /dev/lp0: No such device or address > > If I understand it correctly, the above line says that you do not have the > parallel port device. > You must have a parallel port device (/dev/lp?) in order to use a printer > th

Re: Linux kernel size

On Fri, 6 Mar 1998, Albert Dorofeev wrote: > Howdy, > > I am wondering how big is the actual kernel > of Linux? > > I cannot compile it with all options turned off > for some reason, maybe someone can give me a > ready answer? > > I would like to know what would be the size of > the bare kerne

Re: dosemu and graphics

On Thu, 5 Mar 1998, David Morris wrote: > My computer runs Debian continually. However, lately, I have been needing > to reboot to dos (a 6 year old daughter who wants to play a couple dos > games who it is very hard to say 'no' to). > > I have the latest (hamm) dosemu installed for a text based

Floppy's and "X"

Ok. I'm new here. First, I have all these nifty programs sitting on msdos floppys, but I can't find out how to access the floppies to run dpkg. (yes I have MSDOS compat. installed, yes, I'm reading every FAQ I can find) also, does debian come with a X windows program? If not, where can I find a

dial-in / dial-out on same device

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Re: CNAME records (was: Re: dynamic DNS within a non-dynamic domain)

On Wed, 4 Mar 1998, George Bonser wrote: > On Thu, 5 Mar 1998, Remco Blaakmeer wrote: [question about CNAME records and MTAs rewriting the From: header when the hostname is a CNAME] > One thing to do is to make sure that you have the following in your > own /etc/hosts file: > > 130.89.222.95 bl

RE: How can I get the Emacs manual?

Thank you for the information. But what's the file's name. I saw only huge files (which I presume include the WHOLE emacs). As I had a quite slow phone link I would prefer to download the manual only. Catalin On Thu, 5 Mar 1998, Lewis, James M. wrote: > You can ftp a copy from prep.ai.mit.edu

Commands

Were could I find a list of basic Linux commands? (ie. Linux equivs. of DOS's TYPE, PRINT, ect.) Thanx again -- :::The more you know...The less you know::: :::If it jams, force it...If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway::: --Murphy -- E-

Another Newbie question

Were could I find a list of basic Linux commands? (ie. Linux equivs. of DOS's TYPE, PRINT, ect.) Thanx again -- :::The more you know...The less you know::: :::If it jams, force it...If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway::: --Murphy -- E-ma

Re: The net

> What software would I need to connect to my ISP? And where could I find > it? Thank you. You should use ppp package for that. A good bet is that youready have it installed. Read /usr/doc/ppp/README.debian.gz to set things up. (You should also have ppp support in the kernel. For that you should

Re: loading support for 2 ethernet cards

On Wed, 4 Mar 1998, Nathan E Norman wrote: > On Wed, 4 Mar 1998, Rob Goodwin wrote: > > : I am having trouble autoprobing more than one Ethernet card at boot > : time. I have compiled support for the cards I am using (they are both > : of the same type) but only one is detected at boot time. I

The net

:::Another Newbie Question::: What software would I need to connect to my ISP? And where could I find it? Thank you. P.S. I knew a lot about computers 'till I wondered what Linux was -- E-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST. Trouble? E-mail

Re: Virtual Consoles

On Wed, 4 Mar 1998, Graham Lillico +44 1785 248131 wrote: > Hi, > > Can anyone tell me why debian 1.3.1 uses agetty, instead of something like > mingetty? > > I wish to screen to clear after booting my system but using agetty this is not > possible, I have tried using mingetty and this does wh

Proc Permissions Patch

Does anyone know of a kernel/other patch for limiting the output of process informationetc ? I've heard of the 'Proc Permissions Patch' but I don't know if there is something better, or if that patch is unstable or does not work correctly. Thanks. Matthew -- E-mail the word "unsubscribe"

Re: Dselect

On Fri, 6 Mar 1998, Will wrote: > Ok. I'm new w/ linux (had it for 3 days) and have a little problem. > Whenever I try to use DSELECT to install programs i've downloaded, it > asks for the "package" file in addition to the *.deb files. What's > wrong?? The 'package' file is a master file used b

Network Card

I have an NE 2000 Plug & Play network card. My Bios detects it. Putting the line ne in my modules list doesn't work. How do I set it up? -- E-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST. Trouble? E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Dselect

Ok. I'm new w/ linux (had it for 3 days) and have a little problem. Whenever I try to use DSELECT to install programs i've downloaded, it asks for the "package" file in addition to the *.deb files. What's wrong?? Thanx a lot Will -- E-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUB

mounting win95 shares with samba.deb

Hi, I have Debian 1.3 installed on a 386 pc, and samba 1.9.17 from the msdos-386 net samba.deb. Also I added the ksmbfs.deb. Debian, Samba and win95 box work good with smbclient, but how do I mount a win95 share on my Debian linux box. I have tried smbmount //server/share /mnt but no luck. I would

Re: IDE CD-ROM IRQ

I am only guessing: 1) How does it work on DOS/WIN (assuming that you have it installed) ? 2) I would try to change what might be relevant definitions in the BIOS and see what effects these changes might have. 3) Does the HD and the CD "know" that they supose to be master and slave respectively ?

Re: HAMM Mirror

> Secondly, what is the best options to used for the mke2fs on partion used > for mirror? I formatted an ext2 partion on my syjet 1.5G cartridge drive > and it can have only 1414447 1024-blocks available. The numbers did not add > up to be 1.5G! At least under Linux, the kernel usualy keeps 5% o

Re: lp devices

> >> Are you using the default kernel or a kernel that you compiled yourself? > >I am using the default bo kernel. > > At this point I'm beginning to suspect that other kernel drivers may > be causing a problem. What other modules are loaded? (use lsmod or > cat /proc/modules) What in

Re: StarOffice seems good but it is only in German?

On Fri, 6 Mar 1998, Daniel Mashao wrote: > Hi > I wanted to try StarOffice but it is in German I presume. Can I get it to > work in English? Sure - you need to download a different package (/pub/so40/linux/01/so40_lnx_01.tar.gz or something - 01 is English, 49 is German). LLaP bero -- [EMAIL PR

Re: [Q] KDE for libc6. motif for libc6

On Fri, 6 Mar 1998, Vladislav Papayan x285 wrote: > does any one know where from I can dowload (if it exists) > the latest version of KDE (I think it is Beta 3) that > is compiled for libc6? The RedHat5 KDE package is compiled for libc6 - download it from ftp.kde.org and use alien to install it.