2.1.x kernels and depmod

1998-06-24 Thread Lindsay Allen
After changing two hamm boxes to my first 2.1.x kernels (2.1.106), I find that there is no mention in /lib/modules/2.1.106/modules.dep of a dependency on 8390.o by ne.o. It just shows:- /lib/modules/2.1.106/net/ne.o: instead of:_ /lib/modules/2.1.106/net/ne.o: /lib/modules/2.1.106/net/8390.o

older debian release?

1998-06-24 Thread peter
hi, i've got what may seem a strange request.. i'm looking for an older release of debian. i have a laptop w/ only 2MB RAM and i've been told that one of the older releases of debian will run under 2MB. none of the older releases are on the main ftp sites (so far as i can tell) and doing a web sea

Re: 2.0 Beta Party...

1998-06-24 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Wed, Jun 24, 1998 at 12:19:45PM -0600, Rick Macdonald wrote: > Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > > We already *did* get rid of most of the bugs, otherwise we wouldn't even > > release a beta. The point is that we think it is quite stable now, and can > > be recommended to users who can't wait any day

Re: 2 ethernet cards (more ...)

1998-06-24 Thread Ian Eure
On Wed, Jun 24, 1998 at 12:08:07PM -0700, Philippe BARBELET wrote: > Hi Debian friends, > > I have 2 ISA 3C509 ethernet cards in my PC. > > At boot time, the system says : > > 3c509: WARNING! Module load-time probing works reliably only for EISA > and MCA bus!! > loading device 'eth0'... > eth0:

Re: alternative ftp sites

1998-06-24 Thread servis
*-Bob Nielsen (24 Jun) | On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, dpk wrote: | | >Does anyone know of an alternative site that has | >the debian packages that I might try? | > | >Many thanks, | > | >Katharine Osborne | > | > Katharine, | > Try debian.egr.msu.edu (ftp.mi.us.debian.org is anoth

Re: Problem with Linux recognizing modem

1998-06-24 Thread Raymond A. Ingles
On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, Fungame Game wrote: > I have a modem that is installed on COM2, and is internal. It is > compatible with all Hayes-type commands. PPPd is setup to dial out > (using chat, using ppp-go). However, when I run it, I get something like > this: pppd[299] tcgetattr I/O error. This

Re: alternative ftp sites

1998-06-24 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, dpk wrote: >Does anyone know of an alternative site that has >the debian packages that I might try? > >Many thanks, > >Katharine Osborne > > Katharine, > Try debian.egr.msu.edu (ftp.mi.us.debian.org is another name for it). It would be nice if whoever

Re: PPP or no PPP ....

1998-06-24 Thread Michael B. Taylor
I am still using bo, but most, if not all, of my reply will be valid for hamm too. On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, Gutfraind wrote: > During hamm installation I entered the details of my modem > and of my ISP (IP, user, password..). > I have started pon and have heard the modem hand-shake, but > what's next

Re: /etc/init.d/boot message?

1998-06-24 Thread Shiraz Sayani
[edited out discussion about how this could be implimented ...] But I'm sure I used to get all the messages in /var/log/kern.log before I upgraded to hamm (see messages with subject "/etc/init.d/boot message") e.g. Jun 14 13:06:25 Bert kernel: klogd 1.3-3, log source = /proc/kmsg started. Jun 14

Re: PPP or no PPP ....

1998-06-24 Thread john
> 1) How can I check my connection status? Use the 'plog' command. If the connection has failed, you'll see something like this: Jun 24 07:06:38 hasler pppd[223]: pppd 2.3.3 started by root, uid 0 Jun 24 07:06:39 hasler chat[224]: abort on (BUSY) Jun 24

[Carrie.Appleby@NAU.EDU: linux]

1998-06-24 Thread Martin Schulze
- Forwarded message from Carrie Lynn Appleby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - i have been trying to downlad linux and have incounterd a problem downloading base-3.bin and so i havent been able to download it all. please help me [EMAIL PROTECTED] duke cox -- Please respect the privacy of this mai

again, ppp-2.3.5 and kernel 2.0.34

1998-06-24 Thread Stefan Frank
Hi, I have a problem with the mentioned combination. When i run pon to establish a ppp-connection pppd immediately exits with the error message "tcgetatt (5)" During booting it says ppp Version 2.2.0. But i installed ppp2.3.5. Now, do i need to upgrade my kernel ? I´ve seen some patches in var. n

Re: SuperDisk Drive

1998-06-24 Thread Alain toussaint
they're supported in development kernel (at least in 2.1.103 and upper),i don't know for stables kernel. Alain > Hi, > > I would like to know if the SuperDisk Drive is supported, and how to use it ? > > It's a parallel port drive using 120 Mo floppy. It can be put on the printer > port

JDK 1.1.5 Debian package

1998-06-24 Thread Marcus Johnson
Hi, I saw your questions on the Debian users list and wondered if you were aware of the java-linux mailing list. That may be a very useful resource for you. See http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux.html for more info. ttyl, Marcus -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

Re: Problem with Linux recognizing modem

1998-06-24 Thread John Kloss
On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, Fungame Game wrote: > I have a modem that is installed on COM2, and is internal. It is > compatible with all Hayes-type commands. PPPd is setup to dial out > (using chat, using ppp-go). However, when I run it, I get something like > this: pppd[299] tcgetattr I/O error. Thi

Problem with Linux recognizing modem

1998-06-24 Thread Fungame Game
I have a modem that is installed on COM2, and is internal. It is compatible with all Hayes-type commands. PPPd is setup to dial out (using chat, using ppp-go). However, when I run it, I get something like this: pppd[299] tcgetattr I/O error. This sounded like a problem talking to my modem, or a

xterm-debian?

1998-06-24 Thread Ossama Othman
Hi, What's the difference between a standard xterm and a xterm-debian terminfo/termcap entry? It is annoying to see the following when I try to remote start an xterm on a non-Debian machine (via ssh): tcsh: No entry for terminal type "xterm-debian" tcsh: using dumb terminal setti

Re: Remove user

1998-06-24 Thread Steve Mayer
Brian, Try 'man userdel' Steve Mayer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brian Morgan wrote: > > simple question: > What's the command for removing a user? I've looked in all my manuals, > but can't find it. > hamm, 2.033 kernel > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubsc

Re: Need linux for alpha

1998-06-24 Thread Andy Kahn
On Wed, Jun 24, 1998 at 03:33:47PM -0400, Will Lowe wrote: > My lab has an old Alpha 3000 sitting around (at least that's what the case > says) that's not being used for anything, and for various reasons we're > in search of a new OS to run on it. > > Can Alpha linux run here? Is there a decent

Re: debian-user-digest Digest V98 #526

1998-06-24 Thread Paul Reavis
Dennis Dixon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am trying to install the package 'jdk1.1.5-v7-libc5.tar.gz' > (downloaded from 'ce.usu.edu/pub/mirror/linus/JDK/JDK-1.1.5/i386/libc5/v7/). Just as a thought, you might try the 1.1.6 versions; I'm using v1 and it seems fine, might try v2 soon - this is o

Linux & Compaq servers?

1998-06-24 Thread Chea Prince
is Compaq shipping servers with Linux installed? is there an article somewhere outlining Compaq + Linux? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Remove user

1998-06-24 Thread Brian Morgan
simple question: What's the command for removing a user? I've looked in all my manuals, but can't find it. hamm, 2.033 kernel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: posix procs: where is it gone ?

1998-06-24 Thread Torsten Hilbrich
On: Tue, 23 Jun 1998 17:07:42 +0200 (METDST) Stelios Parnassidis writes: > > Is the old (?) ps, the one with the PS_PEERSONALITY setting, to > find under debian ? > > I'm running/poerting a huge package related to my job, which rely > very heavy on the posix conform switches of 'ps'. > > On

Re: Newbie Thinkpad question

1998-06-24 Thread John Kloss
I installed debian 1.3 on my thinkpad 760xl and as I recall it wasn't that bad if you had the external floppy drive using a port replicator. so that's about extra $300 or $400 or something (I don't remember) but the drive was (and is) recognized by debian instantly and then I was able to install t

Need linux for alpha

1998-06-24 Thread Will Lowe
My lab has an old Alpha 3000 sitting around (at least that's what the case says) that's not being used for anything, and for various reasons we're in search of a new OS to run on it. Can Alpha linux run here? Is there a decent release of it? I'm under the impression that our alpha port isn't qu

Re: alternative ftp sites

1998-06-24 Thread dpk
Does anyone know of an alternative site that has the debian packages that I might try? Many thanks, Katharine Osborne Katharine, Try debian.egr.msu.edu (ftp.mi.us.debian.org is another name for it). Dennis -- Dennis Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | phone: 353.4844 N

Re: Newbie Thinkpad question

1998-06-24 Thread Multamäki
On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, Paul Johnson wrote: > > Once the floppies are used on bootup, I believe they are not needed again > > (Makes a ramdisk). So you would boot with the floppy, and do that stuff, > > then put CD drive in when it asks for it.. > > I guess I didn't make myself clear. You cannot ho

alternative ftp sites

1998-06-24 Thread Katharine Osborne
Hi, I've been trying to download a debian package (libc6 to be specific) for quite some time but the ftp server at Debian.org is limited to 150 anonymous users and is always maxxed out. I've tried going to the international mirrors listed on the site but they all point back to the same ftp server.

Re: How do I setup /dev/cdrom ?

1998-06-24 Thread Alain toussaint
i have the same problem,my cdrom is no more accessible (though it's not a indrance for now),i have a pioneer ATAPI CD drive,a regular ide card and the drive is properly configured as slave (my Hard Drive is master),i did not have the problem before when i was having Ontrack Disk Manager but i have

Re: 2.0 Beta Party...

1998-06-24 Thread Rick Macdonald
Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > We already *did* get rid of most of the bugs, otherwise we wouldn't even > release a beta. The point is that we think it is quite stable now, and can > be recommended to users who can't wait any day longer. Here's a question for you. I'm running 1.3r8. I ran off the unst

Re: 2.0 Beta Party...

1998-06-24 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Tue, Jun 23, 1998 at 02:45:21PM +, Jay Barbee wrote: > I heard about the Debian 2.0-beta IRC party on slashdot.org... I was > wondering > at what stage is this debian group going to create the "Official CD" for 2.0? > > Will 2.0-beta be included? I would love a Hamm CD ASAP! And how

Re: Problems upgrading a2ps (hamm)

1998-06-24 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Wed, Jun 24, 1998 at 07:47:53AM -0500, Ed Cogburn wrote: > Hamish Moffatt wrote: > > > > On Tue, Jun 23, 1998 at 11:20:01PM -0700, Bob Nielsen wrote: > > > The latest packages update includes a2ps_4.10.2-4. When I try to upgrade > > > from 4.10-4 using dselect, it says that tetex-bin is recomm

JDK1.1.5 Installation

1998-06-24 Thread Dennis Dixon
Thanks to everyone for helping me with mounting my 2nd Linux partition. I'm sure on my own I would have surely screwed it up. Now, on to new problems. I am trying to install the package 'jdk1.1.5-v7-libc5.tar.gz' (downloaded from 'ce.usu.edu/pub/mirror/linus/JDK/JDK-1.1.5/i386/libc5/v7/). I pu

Re: memory usage and Netscape

1998-06-24 Thread Mark Panzer
Ed Cogburn wrote: > > Nelson Posse Lago wrote: > > > > On Tue, 23 Jun 1998, Mark Panzer wrote: > > > > > While running netscape ver 4.05 I commonly run out of memory after two > > > hours. I have 32Mbytes of RAM and a 50Mbyte swap. > > > > Netscape for linux leaks memory like hell; you may want t

Why are dump and restore setuid root?

1998-06-24 Thread Andrew Eason
I run dump and restore as root. Is there some sort of hidden feature that I am missing where it needs setuid root access? -- Andrew Eason [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Newbie Thinkpad question

1998-06-24 Thread Brandon Mitchell
On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, Paul Johnson wrote: > I guess I didn't make myself clear. You cannot hot-swap the CD-ROM and > Floppy drives, so if you boot from the floppy, you can't put the CD in > because there is no CD-ROM DRIVE in the machine. If you turn off the > ThinkPad and install the CD-ROM D

Re: Newbie Thinkpad question

1998-06-24 Thread Paul Johnson
> Once the floppies are used on bootup, I believe they are not needed again > (Makes a ramdisk). So you would boot with the floppy, and do that stuff, > then put CD drive in when it asks for it.. I guess I didn't make myself clear. You cannot hot-swap the CD-ROM and Floppy drives, so if you boot

Re: Story: How Linux Could Kill Windows NT

1998-06-24 Thread Raymond A. Ingles
On Tue, 23 Jun 1998, Brian Morgan wrote: > Below is a story by ZDnet about Linux that just came out today. Thought > you might be interested in reading it. Coincidentally, another story > came out from ZDnet today about Microsoft "winning one" in the DOJ > battle. Sounds like a good time for MS

Re: man pages problem

1998-06-24 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, Jim Harsh wrote: > At 02:49 PM 6/22/98 -0600, you wrote: > >Hi, > > > > >tried to reinstall. I get an error when dslect is tring to get > >man-db_2.3.10-64.deb from > >dists/frozen/main/binary-i386/doc stating that "No such file or dircetory." > > > I found man-db_2.3.10-65.

PPP or no PPP ....

1998-06-24 Thread Gutfraind
Hello debian users! (yes it's another lost newbie question.. :( ) During hamm installation I entered the details of my modem and of my ISP (IP, user, password..). I have started pon and have heard the modem hand-shake, but what's next? I didn't get any details of what have happened. Appearently,

PNP

1998-06-24 Thread Adam Greene
I've been out of the loop for a while and I am wondering if Plug and Play is yet in the kernel?? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: 2 ethernet cards (more ...)

1998-06-24 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, Philippe BARBELET wrote: : Hi Debian friends, : : I have 2 ISA 3C509 ethernet cards in my PC. : : At boot time, the system says : : : 3c509: WARNING! Module load-time probing works reliably only for EISA : and MCA bus!! : loading device 'eth0'... : eth0: 3c509 at 0x300 tag

Re: Newbie Thinkpad question

1998-06-24 Thread Jay Barbee
Also just to add to what Michael said... If you have any errors with your boot disks, you should try the "floppy=thinkpad" at the boot prompt. My thinkpad will not work without it (750) and I am pretty sure you will need the same think. As for the compressed Win95 drive... I would backup all

Re: dosemu

1998-06-24 Thread Ashok Gopalakrishnan
Robert Kerr wrote: > I'm having a very frustrating time with dosemu. I've gotten to the point > where I can actually type dos at the prompt and I get a very nice c: > prompt. From there I'm lost. I've read the docs, and they are very > confusing, contradictory and not very helpful. I try to l

Re: man pages problem

1998-06-24 Thread Jim Harsh
At 02:49 PM 6/22/98 -0600, you wrote: >Hi, > >tried to reinstall. I get an error when dslect is tring to get >man-db_2.3.10-64.deb from >dists/frozen/main/binary-i386/doc stating that "No such file or dircetory." > I found man-db_2.3.10-65.deb on ftp.debian.org and it installed fine. Why is dsel

2 ethernet cards (more ...)

1998-06-24 Thread Philippe BARBELET
Hi Debian friends, I have 2 ISA 3C509 ethernet cards in my PC. At boot time, the system says : 3c509: WARNING! Module load-time probing works reliably only for EISA and MCA bus!! loading device 'eth0'... eth0: 3c509 at 0x300 tag 1, 10baseT port, address 00 20 af 34 e8 44, IRQ 3. 3c509.c:1.07 6/

smalleiffel eiffel-mode for emacs?

1998-06-24 Thread Mike Miller
Has anyone got a working copy of eiffel-mode for emacs? The copy I have works somewhat, but does not do font-lock-ing properly with emacs 20.0. Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Problems upgrading a2ps (hamm)

1998-06-24 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, Miguel A. Arranz wrote: > Just one thing. Why is tetex-bin recommended with a2ps? I can't see > the relationship. I wondered about that also. From changelog.Debian.gz: a2ps (4.10.2-3) unstable; urgency=low, Closes=23352 * Added 'Recommends: groff, tetex-bin, psutils' to

Re: PalmPilot

1998-06-24 Thread Michael Taylor
I just to think the person from a previous message for sharing what he did to get the palmpilot working on his thinkpad. I had been working on it for 3 months and had not even thought of the port being turned off - fixed it last night and now all synched. -- __ __

Re: Problems upgrading a2ps (hamm)

1998-06-24 Thread Miguel A. Arranz
Just one thing. Why is tetex-bin recommended with a2ps? I can't see the relationship. Greetings ** Miguel A. Arranz Dpt. of Economics Universidad de Alicante Apdo. Correos 99 E-03080 ALICANTE SPAIN [EMAIL PROTECTED] *

Re: Problems upgrading a2ps (hamm)

1998-06-24 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, Ed Cogburn wrote: > Hamish Moffatt wrote: > > > > On Tue, Jun 23, 1998 at 11:20:01PM -0700, Bob Nielsen wrote: > > > The latest packages update includes a2ps_4.10.2-4. When I try to upgrade > > > from 4.10-4 using dselect, it says that tetex-bin is recommended, but > > > if

Adaptec Pledges to support Linux

1998-06-24 Thread Nathan E Norman
http://www.redhat.com/news/news-details.phtml?id=97 A few excerpts ... Research Triangle Park, NC--June 23, 1998--Red Hat® Software, Inc., publisher of the Red Hat Linux Operating System, announced today that Adaptec, Inc., providers of bandwidth management technologies including SCSI con

2.1.106 + kmod + netcard?

1998-06-24 Thread Marcelo E. Magallon
Hi, I just compiled 2.1.106, and I'm having this problem: Jun 23 07:56:48 pollux kernel: ne.c: module auto-load (kmod) support not present. Jun 23 07:56:48 pollux kernel: ne.c: unable to auto-load required 8390 module. Jun 23 07:56:48 pollux kernel: ne.c: try "modprobe 8390" as root 1st. Ju

Re: mouseman+ with linux

1998-06-24 Thread Mike Orr
On Tue, Jun 23, 1998 at 04:14:52PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Does anybody have any info on using the 4-button/1-wheel logitech > mouseman+ mouse with linux? See Colas Nahaboo's X Mouse Wheel Scroll Page at http://www.inria.fr/koala/colas/mouse-wheel-scroll/ and also also /usr/doc/X11/REA

Re: Postgres, php question

1998-06-24 Thread Egon Schmid
On http://ca.php.net/news.php3 there are links to some good postgres/mysql oriented articles. -Egon PS: your email adress seems not valid On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, Paul McDermott wrote: > hello my debian user friends, I've installed Postgres.deb, php3.deb, > apache.deb and www-pgsql from the slink

Re: Postgres, php question

1998-06-24 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Paul McDermott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Is there a tutorial for the php3 program? See http://www.php.net/ Mike. -- Miquel van Smoorenburg | Our vision is to speed up time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] | eventually eliminating it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [E

Postgres, php question

1998-06-24 Thread Paul McDermott
hello my debian user friends, I've installed Postgres.deb, php3.deb, apache.deb and www-pgsql from the slink area. I've done the postgres tutorial and it was great. Now i want to start on makeing a web interface for a database i put together. I read through the documentation, but i am confused.

Re: Problems upgrading a2ps (hamm)

1998-06-24 Thread Ed Cogburn
Hamish Moffatt wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 23, 1998 at 11:20:01PM -0700, Bob Nielsen wrote: > > The latest packages update includes a2ps_4.10.2-4. When I try to upgrade > > from 4.10-4 using dselect, it says that tetex-bin is recommended, but > > if I unselect tetex-bin, the dependency resolution scre

Re: dselect

1998-06-24 Thread Ed Cogburn
Michael Beattie wrote: > > Just wondering, is it safe to '_' the following packages??? > > --- Removed and no longer available packages --- > - Removed Required packages - > --- Removed Required packages in section base --- > --- Req base timezone 7.55-2

getpeername: socket error (telnetd)

1998-06-24 Thread Alan
I have suddenly experienced problems trying to telnet localhost (can't connect) and telneting from a client to this host (bad port number), and have checked all the usual config files. I have now found that if I run in.telnetd I get the message: "in telnetd: getpeername: Socket operation on non-s

Re: memory usage and Netscape

1998-06-24 Thread Ed Cogburn
Nelson Posse Lago wrote: > > On Tue, 23 Jun 1998, Mark Panzer wrote: > > > While running netscape ver 4.05 I commonly run out of memory after two > > hours. I have 32Mbytes of RAM and a 50Mbyte swap. > > Netscape for linux leaks memory like hell; you may want to install > netscape using the deb

Re: Linux & Y2K

1998-06-24 Thread Martin Bialasinski
>> "MS" == Mike Schmitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: MS> On Sun, Jun 21, 1998 at 11:03:18PM +0200, Martin Bialasinski wrote: >> >> "t" == timothy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: t> How will Debian & other distributions handle Y2K on older computers t> which don't t> have a Y2K safe BIOS? >> Check

Re: /etc/init.d/boot message?

1998-06-24 Thread Ulisses Alonso Camaro
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hi all again! > > Maybe copy /dev/vc* contents is not a good idea cause (I think so) is > > limited to video memory > > The information has to be stored somewhere. Otherwise, the shift-pageup could > not work. Just a matter of chasing down what memory buffer ho

Secure credit card transactions

1998-06-24 Thread John C. Ellingboe
Hello, Sometime ago there was a thread on the list about secure credit card transaction software. I have searched the archives and may have not reconized the subject. Could the person/s that pointed the requester in the right directions to find the required software packages please repost your r

Re: dosemu

1998-06-24 Thread Ian Stuart
Robert Kerr wrote: > > Hi all, > I'm having a very frustrating time with dosemu. I've gotten to the point > where I can actually type dos at the prompt and I get a very nice c: > prompt. From there I'm lost. I've read the docs, and they are very > confusing, contradictory and not very helpful.

Re: PPP Routing ??

1998-06-24 Thread roger ward
Hi Thanks for pointing me in the right direction re IP Masquerading. I have now got the Win95 machine connecting to the Internet via the Linux box. Also, it was the first time I have needed to re-compile the kernel so it was successful all around Thanks Roger Ward -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: Problems upgrading a2ps (hamm)

1998-06-24 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Tue, Jun 23, 1998 at 11:20:01PM -0700, Bob Nielsen wrote: > The latest packages update includes a2ps_4.10.2-4. When I try to upgrade > from 4.10-4 using dselect, it says that tetex-bin is recommended, but > if I unselect tetex-bin, the dependency resolution screen comes back > and selects it (a

Re: dosemu

1998-06-24 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Tue, Jun 23, 1998 at 11:35:24PM -0600, Robert Kerr wrote: > I'm having a very frustrating time with dosemu. I've gotten to the point > where I can actually type dos at the prompt and I get a very nice c: > prompt. From there I'm lost. I've read the docs, and they are very > confusing, contrad

Re: Newbie Thinkpad question

1998-06-24 Thread Michael Beattie
On Tue, 23 Jun 1998, Paul Johnson wrote: > I have two questions before I try to install Linux on my Thinkpad 755CD > > 1. The ~680 Meg hard-disk is currently DoubleSpaced under Windows 95 to > look like almost 1.2 Gig. Is there any way I can re-partition it to have > a dual boot, or do I need

Problems upgrading a2ps (hamm)

1998-06-24 Thread Bob Nielsen
The latest packages update includes a2ps_4.10.2-4. When I try to upgrade from 4.10-4 using dselect, it says that tetex-bin is recommended, but if I unselect tetex-bin, the dependency resolution screen comes back and selects it (and its dependencies) again. Even selecting hold for this package doe

Re: dosemu

1998-06-24 Thread Rick Macdonald
Robert Kerr wrote: > I'm having a very frustrating time with dosemu. I've gotten to the point > where I can actually type dos at the prompt and I get a very nice c: > prompt. From there I'm lost. I started to try this awhile back. I loaded a dos editor by copying it to a floppy first, then copy

Re: Linux & Y2K

1998-06-24 Thread Mike Schmitz
On Sun, Jun 21, 1998 at 11:03:18PM +0200, Martin Bialasinski wrote: > > >> "t" == timothy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > t> How will Debian & other distributions handle Y2K on older computers > t> which don't > t> have a Y2K safe BIOS? > > Check http://www.debian.org/news.html#19980104 > > C

dselect

1998-06-24 Thread Michael Beattie
Just wondering, is it safe to '_' the following packages??? --- Removed and no longer available packages --- - Removed Required packages - --- Removed Required packages in section base --- --- Req base timezone 7.55-2 - Removed Standard package

dosemu

1998-06-24 Thread Robert Kerr
Hi all, I'm having a very frustrating time with dosemu. I've gotten to the point where I can actually type dos at the prompt and I get a very nice c: prompt. From there I'm lost. I've read the docs, and they are very confusing, contradictory and not very helpful. I try to lredir my drives, but

Re: wu-ftpd-academ question ?

1998-06-24 Thread Bob Nielsen
On 24 Jun 1998, Paul Seelig wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Shtinkov) writes: > > > I have hamm and wu-ftpd-academ ver 2.4.2.16-9 installed, but when I log > > as anonymous i can't see directory listings. > > > Are you possibly running kernel-2.0.34? This very same problem > happened here on t

Menu

1998-06-24 Thread Michael Beattie
I am having a small problem with the Menu package and afterstep. Whenever update-menus is run, the menus are generated fine, but a transition of sections, like below renders the rest of the menu file unread. I cannot find what is wrong... -- ?package(xlockmore):needs="x11" section="Screen

D2

1998-06-24 Thread Patrick O'Brien
Where can I plunk down my platinum CC to get a gold CD of D2? Pat -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Newbie Thinkpad question

1998-06-24 Thread Paul Johnson
I have two questions before I try to install Linux on my Thinkpad 755CD 1. The ~680 Meg hard-disk is currently DoubleSpaced under Windows 95 to look like almost 1.2 Gig. Is there any way I can re-partition it to have a dual boot, or do I need to just scrub it and install Linux (I don't mind t

Re: Desperate for Optical Character Recognition

1998-06-24 Thread timothy
Hi, I was wondering if you have any tips geting this OCRShop thing to work. I d/led the sickeningly huge 9MB tar file. (Reminds me of Windoze software.:)). Untarred, ran ./installer, set it onto /usr/local/vividata and it installed itself. Now i'm stuck: The installer & ocrshop scripts in vividata/

Re: How to read a word 7 file?

1998-06-24 Thread sjc
On Wed, Jun 24, 1998 at 10:57:03AM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > On Tue, Jun 23, 1998 at 09:34:00AM -0700, Luiz Otavio L. Zorzella wrote: > > Why would strings show only the first, and not all of the texts? > > It will show both. However, it could show you text that, as far as Word > is concerned

Re: How to read a word 7 file?

1998-06-24 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Tue, Jun 23, 1998 at 09:34:00AM -0700, Luiz Otavio L. Zorzella wrote: > Why would strings show only the first, and not all of the texts? It will show both. However, it could show you text that, as far as Word is concerned, is no longer in the document. Also the changes might be stored such that

RE: How to read a word 7 file?

1998-06-24 Thread Ted Harding
On 23-Jun-98 Luiz Otavio L. Zorzella wrote: > > "strings" would do a good job for me, but... > > > and then edit wordfile.txt to clean it up. Raw "strings" will skip > sequences of > > fewer than 4 ASCII characters but these are unlikely to occur in a Word > > document. This method will suppre

diald w/ dynamic ip address

1998-06-24 Thread Pann McCuaig
Can someone point me to a sample configuration of diald when the caller's ip address is dynamically assigned by the ISP? I've read the fine manual but the sample configuration file is for a fixed ip address and I can't find enough hints to make things work correctly. TIA, Pann -- To UNSUBSCRI

Re: memory usage and Netscape

1998-06-24 Thread Nelson Posse Lago
On Tue, 23 Jun 1998, Mark Panzer wrote: > While running netscape ver 4.05 I commonly run out of memory after two > hours. I have 32Mbytes of RAM and a 50Mbyte swap. Netscape for linux leaks memory like hell; you may want to install netscape using the debian installer package, it preloads (or use