Re: ftp install

1998-05-22 Thread Bob Hilliard
Steve Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, 22 May 1998 13:08:50 -0700, Richard Sevenich wrote: > > >I am considering a fresh install of hamm from the floppy base diskettes > >etc. Does this give me network access and ftp so I can then complete the > >installation with dselect's ftp method? >

Re: !!! URGENT !!! Can't boot back to Win95

1998-05-22 Thread Brian Weiss
On Fri, 22 May 1998, Ionut Borcoman at musa wrote: > Hi, > > Unfortunately, I've panicked and reinstalled all Win95. Fortunately, all > my personal data and files are on a different partition (sda5 and sda6) > so nothing important was lost, excepting my time and yours. With this > occasion I hav

Re: How do I find out who's using port # xxxxx

1998-05-22 Thread Luiz Otavio L. Zorzella
Martin Bialasinski writes: > > > "LOLZ" == Luiz Otavio L Zorzella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > LOLZ> complaining another process was using that port. > > LOLZ> I tryed to find out who was using it, but could not. Is there a way to > LOLZ> find it? (Just a note: I changed the numbe

Re: newsgroup, instead of mail list?

1998-05-22 Thread Rick
personall i prefere the mailing list, i dont read news grps very often, and what a few mins on the phone ?? Rick -Original Message- From: Gregory Guthrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: 22 May 1998 04:16 Subject: newsgroup, instead of mail list? >Given the vol

Re: AMD K6

1998-05-22 Thread Rick
I am running a AMD K6 233, and have had no problems at all. as was mentioned in the thred, check the serial. Rick -Original Message- From: Matt Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: 22 May 1998 07:35 Subject: AMD K6 >I just bought the above and when attempt

Re: newsgroup, instead of mail list?

1998-05-22 Thread Ed Cogburn
George Bonser wrote: > > Think of a mailing list to Unsenet as a "resource multiplier". If one > single email is read by hundreds or thousands of people, the mail servers > at both ends are given a break, only one copy needs to exist on the news > server for many to read it, the message auto-expir

NFS mount problem

1998-05-22 Thread Nick Gilliam
When attempting to mount nfs I get the following error: mount qms1:/home /mnt mount clntudp_create: RPC: Program not registered The machine I am attempting to mount is running Debian 2.0 Frozen. Tnx, Nick Gilliam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe".

RE: Kernel panic error on startup

1998-05-22 Thread Paul Mackinney
Solved! The problem was a Kernel panic error on startup, just after resetting the SCSI bus. Many thanks to Peter S. Galbraith, Bob McGowan, and Nathan Norman. Norman both identified the problem as "the (in)famous AHA-2740/2840 boot failure". He offered to build me a kernel but said he couldn't d

Re: Installation

1998-05-22 Thread Bonard B. Timmons III
It's not for everyone, but if you do not mind using a command line, you can try dpkg -i package-name.deb where package-name.deb is the file of stuff that you want to install. Look for a file called Packages.gz that contains the standard descriptions of all the .deb files you may want to install

Re: Fix my broken bo or go to hamm.

1998-05-22 Thread Ed Cogburn
R. Chris Ross wrote: > > Last night, when I booted my system it came up and asked to go > into single user mode. After running e2fsck there were several hundred > files and quite a few directories in lost+found. My dilemma is whether to > fix the system of upgrade to hamm. I have been f

Re: ssh and talk.

1998-05-22 Thread Brandon Mitchell
On Sat, 23 May 1998, Liran Zvibel wrote: > I connect to my Uni. trough ssh, and it is great! Me too. > The only problem is that when I try to talk to someone I get:; > > Who are you? You have no entry in /etc/utmp! Aborting... This is a problem on the sun side according to my univers

Re: Debian from the Stampede's POV

1998-05-22 Thread Ben Pfaff
(I didn't know until about a month ago that .deb files were just 'ar' archives -- where is this documented?) See deb(5). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Debian from the Stampede's POV

1998-05-22 Thread Avery Pennarun
On Fri, May 22, 1998 at 06:08:09PM +, Rev. Joseph Carter wrote: > On Thu, May 21, 1998 at 01:08:11PM -0700, G John Lapeyre wrote: > > > Does the stampede format even SUPPORT dependancies? > > > > > This is readily available from their web site. > > > > SLP Version 2.1 int value of 4. (Pr

ssh and talk.

1998-05-22 Thread Liran Zvibel
Hi, I connect to my Uni. trough ssh, and it is great! The only problem is that when I try to talk to someone I get:; Who are you? You have no entry in /etc/utmp! Aborting... What should I do? Is there a way to avoid putting my machine on that file? I can telnet and talk but if I don't

Re: SCSI Emulation for IDE ???

1998-05-22 Thread Greg Norris
One of the kernel options (for 2.0.33 at least) is SCSI-emulation support, and the help description sounds like it might be what you want. Look under "Floppy, IDE, and other block devices" when you generate your new kernel-configuration. I've not used it myself, so I can't really say how reliable

Re: newsgroup, instead of mail list?

1998-05-22 Thread The Gecko
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >>>"Gregory" == Gregory Guthrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Gregory> Given the volume of traffic on this list, I would certainly find a > Gregory> newsgroup more convenient. Maybe for some, but I avoid news groups. I don't have the time it takes to fire

IPX support

1998-05-22 Thread Leonardo Ruoso
SOS - EMERGENCY I'm trying to use the Linux IPX support in a Debian BOX wich should bakup out my NCPmounted servers. I've succesfully used the Red Hat with ipx support but when I've tried to execute any ipx commands (ipx_configure, ipx_interface) the system answer as cariri#ipx_

Re: newsgroup, instead of mail list?

1998-05-22 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"Gregory" == Gregory Guthrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Gregory> Given the volume of traffic on this list, I would certainly find a Gregory> newsgroup more convenient. I think a newsgroup has nothing to do with this. What it does have to do with is your choice of software. I ha

Re: newsgroup, instead of mail list?

1998-05-22 Thread Steve Lamb
On Fri, 22 May 1998 13:29:36 -0700 (PDT), George Bonser wrote: >I also never use a forged address but I have Exim with a rather impressive >list of sites, domain names, networks, and individuals that may not send >me email that I have built up over time. I get maybe a half-dozen spams >a week.

Re: I can't get tar to exclude files!!

1998-05-22 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
Admaster Communications wrote: > I'm running Debian GNU/Linux 1.3 and I've tried many permutations of > > tar -zcvf test.tar * --exclude=leave_me_out.txt > > The file I ask to be excluded is reliably INcluded!! What is the correct > syntax??? Try: tar --exclude=leave_me_out.txt -zcvf test.tar *

I can't get tar to exclude files -- 2nd request

1998-05-22 Thread Admaster Communications
I'm running Debian GNU/Linux 1.3 on a 486 clone and I've tried many permutations of tar -zcvf test.tar * --exclude=leave_me_out.txt The file I ask to be excluded is reliably INcluded. Is my syntax wrong? Please help. Looking forward to the guidance that comes from experience... If I don't he

Re: newsgroup, instead of mail list?

1998-05-22 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"George" == George Bonser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: George> It is a lot easier to follow a high-traffic list with a George> newsreader than it is a mail reader. Yes. I agree. What does this have to do with gateways, though? Why *don't* people just read mailing lists with news r

Re: Installation

1998-05-22 Thread Merlin
Hi ! Well first i need to explain what is a block device, To access diferent media (hard disk partitions, CDROM, Zip, Sound card...) Linux use block device, they are just like drive (c, d, e, ...) on DOS. So their are name which define media for programs and user. ex : hdxz (x is a let

Re: newsgroup, instead of mail list?

1998-05-22 Thread Martin Bialasinski
> "RJC" == Rev Joseph Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: RJC> On Fri, May 22, 1998 at 12:14:21PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: >> >I'm down to < 10 spam a day now. I don't want 30 again. >> >> Get some real filters in place, then. RJC> Excuse me, but I have filters. The < 10 spam I get sli[p b

Re: ftp install

1998-05-22 Thread Brandon Mitchell
On Fri, 22 May 1998, Steve Lamb wrote: > On Fri, 22 May 1998 13:08:50 -0700, Richard Sevenich wrote: > > >I am considering a fresh install of hamm from the floppy base diskettes > >etc. Does this give me network access and ftp so I can then complete the > >installation with dselect's ftp method?

Re: ftp install

1998-05-22 Thread Steve Lamb
On Fri, 22 May 1998 13:08:50 -0700, Richard Sevenich wrote: >I am considering a fresh install of hamm from the floppy base diskettes >etc. Does this give me network access and ftp so I can then complete the >installation with dselect's ftp method? The floppies, along with the base2_0.tgz (or

ftp install

1998-05-22 Thread Richard Sevenich
I am considering a fresh install of hamm from the floppy base diskettes etc. Does this give me network access and ftp so I can then complete the installation with dselect's ftp method? TIA Richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMA

Re: newsgroup, instead of mail list?

1998-05-22 Thread Steve Lamb
On Fri, 22 May 1998 19:32:52 +, Rev. Joseph Carter wrote: >> Get some real filters in place, then. >Excuse me, but I have filters. The < 10 spam I get sli[p by the filters >because of forged headers manipulated to get by filters. I get 1 per month that slip by my filters... if that.

Re: How do I find out who's using port # xxxxx

1998-05-22 Thread Martin Bialasinski
> "LOLZ" == Luiz Otavio L Zorzella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: LOLZ> complaining another process was using that port. LOLZ> I tryed to find out who was using it, but could not. Is there a way to LOLZ> find it? (Just a note: I changed the number, and it works, but I'd LOLZ> like to be able t

Re: newsgroup, instead of mail list?

1998-05-22 Thread Rev. Joseph Carter
On Fri, May 22, 1998 at 12:14:21PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > >I'm down to < 10 spam a day now. I don't want 30 again. > > Get some real filters in place, then. Excuse me, but I have filters. The < 10 spam I get sli[p by the filters because of forged headers manipulated to get by filters.

Re: Unknown PCI Ethernet card

1998-05-22 Thread Rev. Joseph Carter
On Fri, May 22, 1998 at 08:25:27PM +0200, Peter Paluch wrote: > in my school I want to install a PCI ethernet card into my Linux server > box. I am not sure about it's type although I've read all manuals to it. > It just says it is a Genius / KYE Corp. Ethernet Card which is NE2000 > compatible, I

Re: newsgroup, instead of mail list?

1998-05-22 Thread Steve Lamb
On Fri, 22 May 1998 19:12:46 +, Rev. Joseph Carter wrote: >I'm down to < 10 spam a day now. I don't want 30 again. Get some real filters in place, then. -- Steve C. Lamb | Opinions expressed by me are not my http://www.calweb.com/~morpheus| employer's.

Re: newsgroup, instead of mail list?

1998-05-22 Thread Rev. Joseph Carter
On Fri, May 22, 1998 at 08:35:53AM -0500, Goetzke, Christopher L wrote: > My local news server does indeed have linux.debian.user; I'm headed that > way now. Those of you staying email can argue about whether you want > posts gatewayed back to the list. ;-) I don't want news posts gateway'd back

Re: newsgroup, instead of mail list?

1998-05-22 Thread Rev. Joseph Carter
On Thu, May 21, 1998 at 10:15:54PM -0500, Gregory Guthrie wrote: > Given the volume of traffic on this list, I would certainly find a > newsgroup more convenient. > > 1) it maintains threads, and thus has MUCH better organization and access. Mutt does this with mail. > 2) the linear, header and

Re: X windows, Dselect, and then some...

1998-05-22 Thread Rev. Joseph Carter
On Thu, May 21, 1998 at 02:10:29PM -0500, Goetzke, Christopher L wrote: > > (1) What is the graphical configuration utility for Xfree86 > > called ( and > > where is it)? > > It's "XF86Setup". I don't recall where it lives offhand (and my > computer is in an odd state at the moment, needing re-i

Re: PGP 262

1998-05-22 Thread The Gecko
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On 22-May-98 Rev. Joseph Carter wrote: > PGP 2.6.2 is not ELF-ready. There's the non-us version as well as the > tarball source and diffs. The truly paranoid will want tarball and the diff > required to make a .deb out of it. 2.6.3 fixes many of the problems

Re: Unknown PCI Ethernet card

1998-05-22 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Fri, 22 May 1998, Peter Paluch wrote: > Hello everybody, > > > in my school I want to install a PCI ethernet card into my Linux server > box. I am not sure about it's type although I've read all manuals to it. > It just says it is a Genius / KYE Corp. Ethernet Card which is NE

Re: Overriding fvwm95 buttons in the post.hook?

1998-05-22 Thread Daniel Martin at cush
Douglas Bates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have read the documentation on fvwm95 and on FvwmButtons but I am > still at a loss to decide how I would override definitions of buttons > in > /etc/X11/fvwm95/system.fvwm95rc > > What I would like to do is to use rclock rather than

RE: Unknown PCI Ethernet card

1998-05-22 Thread The Gecko
On 22-May-98 Peter Paluch wrote: > in my school I want to install a PCI ethernet card into my Linux server > box. I am not sure about it's type although I've read all manuals to it. > It just says it is a Genius / KYE Corp. Ethernet Card which is NE2000 > compatible, I think it is something like G

Re: PGP 262

1998-05-22 Thread Rev. Joseph Carter
On Thu, May 21, 1998 at 11:44:47AM -0700, The Gecko wrote: > > On 21-May-98 Noah L. Meyerhans wrote: > > Is there a specific reason that you need to build PGP yourself? It's > > available in .deb format at > > ftp://nonus.debian.org/pub/debian-non-US/bo/binary-i386/pgp-us_2.6.3a-1.deb > None, exc

Re: Unknown PCI Ethernet card

1998-05-22 Thread Will Lowe
> It just says it is a Genius / KYE Corp. Ethernet Card which is NE2000 > compatible, I think it is something like Genius 2500. > > Who can advice me which driver should I use for this card? I don't know > which one to choose. If if says it's NE2000 compat., use the ne2000 driver. The newer dev

Unknown PCI Ethernet card

1998-05-22 Thread Peter Paluch
Hello everybody, in my school I want to install a PCI ethernet card into my Linux server box. I am not sure about it's type although I've read all manuals to it. It just says it is a Genius / KYE Corp. Ethernet Card which is NE2000 compatible, I think it is something like Genius 2

Re: Why fetchmail didn't download my e-mail ?

1998-05-22 Thread Daniel Martin at cush
Ionut Borcoman at musa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > bash-2.01$ fetchmail > fetchmail: 1 message for borco at mail.mailbox.ro. > reading message 1 of 1 (2579 bytes) fetchmail: SMTP error: 501 > <@mail.mailbox.ro > > : colon expected after route > fetchmail: SMTP error: 501 : sender address m

Installation

1998-05-22 Thread Karl Laping
All I am a LINUX newcomer and just trying to install DEBIAN Gnu/Linux 1.3.1 on a 486. As far I understood I can ask for help here. If not please tell me where to ask. The installation went very well until I came to DSELECT. First time DSELECT asked: "Insert the CD-ROM and enter the block name dev

Re: Debian from the Stampede's POV

1998-05-22 Thread Rev. Joseph Carter
On Thu, May 21, 1998 at 01:08:11PM -0700, G John Lapeyre wrote: > > Does the stampede format even SUPPORT dependancies? > > > This is readily available from their web site. > > SLP Version 2.1 int value of 4. (Production release) [..] That is gross and at best hard to use by the end users

How do I find out who's using port # xxxxx

1998-05-22 Thread Luiz Otavio L. Zorzella
Hi, I wrote a small program that listened to a sokcet port. I wanted it to never conflict with anything, so I made it listen to a port above 6. Everything worked ok, but then, one day, it stopped working, complaining another process was using that port. I tryed to find out who was using it

Re: ppp

1998-05-22 Thread Martin Bialasinski
> "KS" == Kenneth Scharf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: KS> I'd like to leave the KS> linux machine up and running all the time, KS> but not have to start PPP for my KS> wife when she sits down at the KS> windows computer and starts her browser. KS> And (of course) I only KS> want the PPP c

Overriding fvwm95 buttons in the post.hook?

1998-05-22 Thread Douglas Bates
I have read the documentation on fvwm95 and on FvwmButtons but I am still at a loss to decide how I would override definitions of buttons in /etc/X11/fvwm95/system.fvwm95rc What I would like to do is to use rclock rather than xclock for one of the buttons. (rclock can be confi

Re: PCMCIA card problems (Hamm)

1998-05-22 Thread Ian Lynagh
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Brian Mays <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >Ian Lynagh wrote: > >> I have fixed this by reinstalling and this time not using the updated >> debs. > >Since the modules in pcmcia-modules-2.0.33 need to match the kernel >exactly, releases of this package must keep pace with

gateway to linux.debian.user

1998-05-22 Thread Otavio Exel
hi all, this list used to be gatewayed to linux.debian.user and now it seems that's not true anymore; is this correct? am I missing something? please reply to me directly as I'm NOT subscribed (I used to access it through linux.debian.user) to the list; thanks! -- Otavio Exel /<\oo/>\ [EMAIL

Re: newsgroup, instead of mail list?

1998-05-22 Thread Martin Bialasinski
> "MvS" == Miquel van Smoorenburg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: MvS> Gating mail to news is NOT a good idea. Why? Because a lot of people MvS> do it. But it does work well, if it is centralised. de.alt.comm.isdn4linux is a (both-sided) gateway to a mailinglist. For me, it doesn't matter (I u

Re: ppp

1998-05-22 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Fri, 22 May 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Thanks to everyone who replied. I'm sure my problem was the /dev/ttys1 > instead of /dev/ttyS1. > I'll try this tonight. > > I'd like to connect my modem to the linux machine and then have my two > windows computers access the internet via a local

I can't get tar to exclude files!!

1998-05-22 Thread Admaster Communications
I'm running Debian GNU/Linux 1.3 and I've tried many permutations of tar -zcvf test.tar * --exclude=leave_me_out.txt The file I ask to be excluded is reliably INcluded!! What is the correct syntax??? Thanks. Adam Nelson -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubs

Re: ppp

1998-05-22 Thread CTech
> Thanks to everyone who replied. I'm sure my problem was the /dev/ttys1 > instead of /dev/ttyS1. > I'll try this tonight. > > I'd like to connect my modem to the linux machine and then have my two > windows computers access the internet via a local network to the linux box > using IP - Masquera

Re: newsgroup, instead of mail list?

1998-05-22 Thread Gregory Guthrie
>I don't know about you folks, but my newserver (news.vt.edu) has the >group, but I've never seen a single message in it > >Am I broken? > -- Mine has 6 messages total; I get 10x that each day in the mail list! Situation? Greg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

A tough file to delete

1998-05-22 Thread Paul Rightley
I have a file (actually a few files - all on the same drive) that I cannot delete. They all report in at about 3.3GB in size (all on a 2.1GB partition). [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/kernel-source-2.0.33/arch/m68k# rm console rm: remove `console', overriding mode 6467? y rm: console: Operation not

Re: where's the 'man'?

1998-05-22 Thread Will Lowe
> I'm new to debian GNU/Linux, I've just installed debian base system > into > my notebook, but I found there's no 'man' command, doesn't 'man' come > with > base command? No -- it's not on the base disks because the actual manpages are big and would take several more disks. Just install the m

ppp

1998-05-22 Thread Kenneth . Scharf
Thanks to everyone who replied. I'm sure my problem was the /dev/ttys1 instead of /dev/ttyS1. I'll try this tonight. I'd like to connect my modem to the linux machine and then have my two windows computers access the internet via a local network to the linux box using IP - Masquerading. Current

RE: slow telnet over ppp (28800 bps)

1998-05-22 Thread Ulisses Alonso
Hi Goetzke! > Some of my co-workers have had good luck using ssh with maximum > compression over a dial-up link instead of telnet. I don't know if > that's possible for you, but it's something to consider. > > Although there is probably a more fundamental problem that should be > addressed. Tha

where's the 'man'?

1998-05-22 Thread Jonah Kuo
Hello, I'm new to debian GNU/Linux, I've just installed debian base system into my notebook, but I found there's no 'man' command, doesn't 'man' come with base command? Jonah -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: A WinNT 4.0 registry editor for Un*x?

1998-05-22 Thread Ulisses Alonso
Hi Hammish! Thanks for you reply! On Fri, 22 May 1998, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > On Fri, May 22, 1998 at 11:19:39AM +, Ulisses Alonso wrote: > > Does such thing exist? > > What a perverse idea! > REGEDIT (for Win95 at least) can dump your registry to > a text file from the DOS command lin

Re: slow telnet over ppp (28800 bps)

1998-05-22 Thread Ulisses Alonso
On Fri, 22 May 1998, Jens B. Jorgensen wrote: > Ahhh yes. Once again we are reminded that bandwidth != latency. Is the > response > time slow even when telnet is the only thing running over the wire? Yes it is regards, Ulisses --

new ncurses and loss of terminfo files

1998-05-22 Thread Howard S. \('Sherm'\) Ostrowsky
Hi: I recently updated to the latest set of ncurses packages in my (mostly) "frozen" debian system. When installation finished, my system no longer understood "linux" or "rxvt" as terminal types! A search showed that the directory /etc/terminfo had been completely gutted -- all the old files had

Re: !!! URGENT !!! Can't boot back to Win95

1998-05-22 Thread Ionut Borcoman at musa
Hi, The lilo.conf it's working. So, if you have time, please just tell me how to configure the memory. TIA, Ionutz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: ppp, PII/P90, ioctl(SIOCADDRT) device route: Network is down(100)

1998-05-22 Thread Jaakko Niemi
>> May 21 13:15:07 muso pppd[1020]: rcvd [IPCP ConfReq id=0x6 > 00> ] >> May 21 13:15:07 muso pppd[1020]: sent [IPCP ConfRej id=0x6 > 195.64.64.1>] >> May 21 13:15:07 muso pppd[1020]: rcvd [IPCP ConfReq id=0x7 > 195.64.64.1 195.64.69.173> ] >> May 21 13:15:07 muso pppd[1020]: sent [IPCP ConfRej id=

Re: newsgroup, instead of mail list?

1998-05-22 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, George Bonser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Many people DO read debian-user by newsreader. As a matter of fact, there >is more traffic in the Usenet version because posts are not gatewayed back >to the mailing list. Oh that's great. Not. >Look for linux.debian.user o

Diagnostic tool recommendations?

1998-05-22 Thread Kenneth . Scharf
>First, kudos to the Debian and Linux developers. I was given a >PS/2 Model 80 (386 - Microchannel (MCA) machine) with an >MCA IDE controller. I added a 2 GB IDE drive and an ATAPI >CDROM. The debian installation went flawlessly!!! Both the >hard disk and CDROM were recognized and usable. >I'm

Re: Where I can find KDE

1998-05-22 Thread Chris Zander
The official spot to look for KDE is www.kde.org. The latest stable release is KDE Beta 4, available for hamm on the kde ftp server: ftp.kde.org. There are (I think ) 9 packages, two of which are essential (kdelibs, kdebase), however, you ought to get the others as well. Chris -Original Mess

Re: netscape4 and long keys

1998-05-22 Thread Bob Nielsen
On 22 May 1998, Douglas Bates wrote: > Is it possible to get a copy of netscape4.05 with hard encryption (128 > bit keys) for Linux 2.0? I would like to install this if possible. I > am in the U.S. and qualify to obtain such a version if it is > available. > > I seem to a recall discussion of m

RE: slow telnet over ppp (28800 bps)

1998-05-22 Thread Goetzke, Christopher L
> -Original Message- > From: Ulisses Alonso [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, May 22, 1998 6:22 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Cc: recipient list not shown > Subject: slow telnet over ppp (28800 bps) > > > Hi all, > > using http to a remote host works ok, but telneting t

netscape4 and long keys

1998-05-22 Thread Douglas Bates
Is it possible to get a copy of netscape4.05 with hard encryption (128 bit keys) for Linux 2.0? I would like to install this if possible. I am in the U.S. and qualify to obtain such a version if it is available. I seem to a recall discussion of methods of modifying the 48 bit version to create a

Re: !!! URGENT !!! Can't boot back to Win95

1998-05-22 Thread Ionut Borcoman at musa
Hi, Unfortunately, I've panicked and reinstalled all Win95. Fortunately, all my personal data and files are on a different partition (sda5 and sda6) so nothing important was lost, excepting my time and yours. With this occasion I have also changed sda1 from FAT32 to VFAT as my newly 2.0.33 kernel

Re: slow telnet over ppp (28800 bps)

1998-05-22 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
Ahhh yes. Once again we are reminded that bandwidth != latency. Is the response time slow even when telnet is the only thing running over the wire? Ulisses Alonso wrote: > Hi all, > > using http to a remote host works ok, but telneting to the same host > is horrible slow and not quite interactive

Diagnostic tool recommendations?

1998-05-22 Thread Richardson,Anthony
First, kudos to the Debian and Linux developers. I was given a PS/2 Model 80 (386 - Microchannel (MCA) machine) with an MCA IDE controller. I added a 2 GB IDE drive and an ATAPI CDROM. The debian installation went flawlessly!!! Both the hard disk and CDROM were recognized and usable. I'm impre

Re: newsgroup, instead of mail list?

1998-05-22 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
Gregory Guthrie wrote: > Given the volume of traffic on this list, I would certainly find a > newsgroup more convenient. > > 1) it maintains threads, and thus has MUCH better organization and access. Not so. News servers no nothing about threads. News clients do. What's more, I believe they use t

Re: newsgroup, instead of mail list?

1998-05-22 Thread Chris Fury
I don't know about you folks, but my newserver (news.vt.edu) has the group, but I've never seen a single message in it Am I broken? Goetzke, Christopher L wrote: > > > -Original Message- > > From: George Bonser [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, May 21, 1998 10:24 PM > > T

RE: newsgroup, instead of mail list?

1998-05-22 Thread Goetzke, Christopher L
> -Original Message- > From: George Bonser [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, May 21, 1998 10:24 PM > To: Gregory Guthrie > Cc: recipient list not shown > Subject: Re: newsgroup, instead of mail list? > > Many people DO read debian-user by newsreader. As a matter of > fact, there

RE: newsgroup, instead of mail list?

1998-05-22 Thread Goetzke, Christopher L
> -Original Message- > From: Gregory Guthrie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, May 21, 1998 10:16 PM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Cc: recipient list not shown > Subject: newsgroup, instead of mail list? > > > Given the volume of traffic on this list, I would certainly fi

Re: newsgroup, instead of mail list?

1998-05-22 Thread Bonard B. Timmons III
>Given the volume of traffic on this list, I would certainly find a >newsgroup more convenient. > >1) it maintains threads, and thus has MUCH better organization and access. Try a threading mail reader: mutt or gnus. I use gnus and I cannot imagine anything better. Bake -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, emai

Re: Kernel panic error on startup

1998-05-22 Thread Peter S Galbraith
Nathan E Norman wrote: > On 21 May 1998, Paul Mackinney wrote: > > : Booting for the first time from recovery disk, I get the following > : error just after it resets the SCSI bus: > : > : aic7xxx: (aic7xxx_isr) Encountered spurious interrupt. > : scsi0: BRKADRINT error(0x1): > : Illegal Hos

Re: A WinNT 4.0 registry editor for Un*x?

1998-05-22 Thread Stephen Carpenter
Ulisses Alonso wrote: > Hi all > > Does such thing exist? nothing exists that I know of...however...I do have a file which describes the registryit gives byte offsetts...all sorts of info possibly enough info to write an editor (somebody decided to spend a few sleepless nights and compile

Re: !!! URGENT !!! Can't boot back to Win95

1998-05-22 Thread Stephen Carpenter
Michael Beattie wrote: > On Fri, 22 May 1998, Ionut Borcoman at musa wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > It's a little bit humorous, but I'm unable to boot back to WIn95. And my > > boss is in a hurry ! I've played a little with the kernel and now it > > didn't recognize the vfat2 partition. Anything else is

Re: !!! URGENT !!! Can't boot back to Win95

1998-05-22 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Fri, May 22, 1998 at 11:50:09PM +1200, Michael Beattie wrote: > I dont want to upset you, but I _think_ you have fried your win95 > partition... I believe that your 'boot=/dev/sda1' has killed the windows > loader... I dont know how to best explain how it works, as I dont know for > sure... I u

Re: A WinNT 4.0 registry editor for Un*x?

1998-05-22 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Fri, May 22, 1998 at 11:19:39AM +, Ulisses Alonso wrote: > Does such thing exist? What a perverse idea! REGEDIT (for Win95 at least) can dump your registry to a text file from the DOS command line; if your system is hosed and you're trying to recover it from Linux, maybe you could dump it

Re: !!! URGENT !!! Can't boot back to Win95

1998-05-22 Thread Wojciech Zabolotny
I think that LILO anyway saves the old boot sector, so maybe not everything is lost ... >From 'man lilo': -s save-file When lilo overwrites the boot sector, it preserves the old contents in a file, by default /boot/boot. where

Re: !!! URGENT !!! Can't boot back to Win95

1998-05-22 Thread Nils Rennebarth
On Fri, May 22, 1998 at 11:50:09PM +1200, Michael Beattie wrote: > On Fri, 22 May 1998, Ionut Borcoman at musa wrote: > > It's a little bit humorous, but I'm unable to boot back to WIn95. And my > > boss is in a hurry ! I've played a little with the kernel and now it > > didn't recognize the vfat2

Re: !!! URGENT !!! Can't boot back to Win95

1998-05-22 Thread Michael Beattie
On Fri, 22 May 1998, Ionut Borcoman at musa wrote: > Hi, > > It's a little bit humorous, but I'm unable to boot back to WIn95. And my > boss is in a hurry ! I've played a little with the kernel and now it > didn't recognize the vfat2 partition. Anything else is working, just > this is not. I have

slow telnet over ppp (28800 bps)

1998-05-22 Thread Ulisses Alonso
Hi all, using http to a remote host works ok, but telneting to the same host is horrible slow and not quite interactive friendly Maybe this is an mtu/mru parameter issue? I did not found anything on telnet rfcs (quick search) Any addvice will be greatly appreciated... Ulisses

A WinNT 4.0 registry editor for Un*x?

1998-05-22 Thread Ulisses Alonso
Hi all Does such thing exist? regards, Ulisses - "Computers are useless. They can only give answers."Pablo Picasso -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subje

Can't use rsh + netgroup alias...

1998-05-22 Thread Kevin Squire
I tried to ask this once, but didn't get a response, so I'll try one more time... After upgrading one of our machines to hamm, I can no longer rsh to the machine. /etc/hosts.equiv consists of one line containing an nis netgroup alias (e.g. [EMAIL PROTECTED], where local_hosts are hosts in our lo

Re: Where I can find KDE

1998-05-22 Thread Michael Acklin
At 01:24 PM 5/22/98 +0200, Mauro Mazzieri wrote: >As you can understand reading the subject of this letter, my question is: where >I can find a KDE distribuition, better if in .deb format? I prefer CDs, but any >help is useful... > I just did a search of the packages at http://www.debian.

Where I can find KDE

1998-05-22 Thread Mauro Mazzieri
As you can understand reading the subject of this letter, my question is: where I can find a KDE distribuition, better if in .deb format? I prefer CDs, but any help is useful... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: seg faults /core dumps (hamm)

1998-05-22 Thread jdassen
On Fri, May 22, 1998 at 08:04:19AM +0200, Daniel Mashao wrote: > Yes I have similar problem and no I have not solved them. Actually I have > no problem with soffice but I cannot run fvwm2 and emacs so far. Old versions of fvwm2 (pre 2.0.46-BETA-1 I think) had a hardwired search path for the X libr

From Bo to Hamm. Emacs and FVWM2 seg faults but no core

1998-05-22 Thread Daniel Mashao
Any help how to get my emacs and fvwm2 to work. - /---/ Daniel J. Mashao Electrical Engineering[EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Cape Town http://www.ee.uct.ac.za/~daniel Rondebosch, 7700, S.

manually install KDE beta 4 and parallel ZIP drive

1998-05-22 Thread Mario J. Barchein Molina
Hello, just a couple of questions 1) What are the directories I have to change in KDE packages makefiles (such as ktop) to compile them in Debian? (I have installed the .deb KDE b4 distribution succesfully) 2)Is there any way to speed up parallel port ZIP drive? In my system (PII 233 o/c 266) goe

Re: first script executed

1998-05-22 Thread nico
Thanks for all your answers. I tried to look in the base files, but i didn't see anything ??? I've tried to run ps ... at the begin, but nothing appears ( it only show adduser, dselect, but not the prog which call them ???) I'm a bit confused and i'm still trying to fing some clue. Another ques

Re: Kernel reboots at startup

1998-05-22 Thread Ulisses Alonso
Hello! > > On my intel p100 when I try to boot the resq1440.bin I get a quick screen > of pci error messages and then an instant reboot. > > The motherboard is Intel-Triton TX. Award bios v.4.51PG > This is a problem with some revisions of TX chipsets The solution: On the file /usr/src/ker

!!! URGENT !!! Can't boot back to Win95

1998-05-22 Thread Ionut Borcoman at musa
Hi, It's a little bit humorous, but I'm unable to boot back to WIn95. And my boss is in a hurry ! I've played a little with the kernel and now it didn't recognize the vfat2 partition. Anything else is working, just this is not. I have installed the lilo and I cannot remove it. The method with boot

Re: XF86_S3V Problems

1998-05-22 Thread Pierre Blanchet
"TB" == Tim Buller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: TB> I have a hamm system with a STB Nitro 3D / 4MB video card, using the S3V TB> server from XFree86 3.3.2.1-1. The display is managed by xdm. TB> The problem is the about 75% of the time when I end a session (normal WM TB> is afterstep, b

hamm: libstdc++-dev: regex class?

1998-05-22 Thread Benedikt Eric Heinen
Hi there, has anyone found a good regexp class to use with the libstdc++ package (preferably one that works rather well with the basic_string class provided in libstdc++). Since libg++-dev "seemingly" no longer is a viable option, where will I find such a class then? Benedikt Windows 95: n

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