Re: I give UP

1998-07-28 Thread Havoc Pennington
On Tue, 28 Jul 1998, Paul Sellers wrote: > > How about if I install it on a Win3.1 system ?? > Linux is another kind of system. You install it on a separate disk or partition, entirely separate from Windows. Thus it is irrelevant what the original system may have been, except that you need to kn

gnome-card-games

1998-07-28 Thread B. Bell
when I run /usr/bin/sol, I get this error: guile: Could not find slib/require.scm in ("/usr/share/guile/site" "/usr/share/guile/1.2" "/usr/share/guile" ".") anybody know how to fix this/where to find require.scm ? (the contents search on www.debian.org seems to be down...) -brad -- Unsubsc

Re: Help required SB16 PnP

1998-07-28 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Tue, Jul 28, 1998 at 02:59:22PM -0500, Eric wrote: > On Tue, 28 Jul 1998, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > > The Awe cards are a good example for partially initialization by PnP BIOS. > > The pcm devices work, but for the Awe driver patch to work, isapnptools is a > > must (at least with my Bios. Ma

OFF-TOPIC: fwd: Microsoft Internet Explorer 4 Tip of the Day [Downloading multiple files - 07/27/98]

1998-07-28 Thread Frock
Sorry, I just HAD to bring this one :P > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of TipWorld > Sent: 27. juli 1998 14:10 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Microsoft Internet Explorer 4 Tip of the Day [Downloading > multiple files - 07/27/98] [...] >

Re: TeTeX and timing package

1998-07-28 Thread Gary L. Hennigan
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lee Bradshaw) writes: | Hi, | | I'm trying to use a package for drawing timing diagrams I downloaded from | CTAN. I'm pretty new to TeX and haven't figured out all the programs yet. | Specifically I don't where to place all the files in the package. I put them | in a local direc

RE: Suppressing trailer page on remote printer

1998-07-28 Thread Lewis, James M.
You must have a jetdirect... Telnet into it and do "banner: 0" (without the quotes) You can do / and it will tell you the current settings, ? gets help. jim -- From: Paul Reavis[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 1998 10:09 AM To: debian-user mailing list Cc: Th

Re: 2.0 CD images and symlinks...

1998-07-28 Thread d1temp
On 28 Jul, Jens Ritter wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >> got the CDimages for binary-i386 and contrib, md5sums check out, but >> what is supposed to be symlinks (AFAIK), for instance from inside >> binary-i386 to inside binary-all show up as zero-size plain files. >> For instance //debian/ham

RE: changing partition size

1998-07-28 Thread Frock
In a RedHat fdisk-like program, i saw an option to make it a resizable partition. Can anyone give more info about this ? /Frock > -Original Message- > From: Gerald V. Livingston lI [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 28. juli 1998 20:55 > To: Yanick MICHOU; debian-user@lists.debian.org >

RE: App, !getty on /dev/tty1?

1998-07-28 Thread Lewis, James M.
What I have done in the past is use scripts that run as part of the system startup. In the scripts you do an su to an account you want to run the program. It does not have to be a login account. The scripts do any stty commands if it is on a serial line. nohup the program and it just keeps goin

Re: changing partition size

1998-07-28 Thread Gerald V. Livingston lI
Create the extra space as a separate partition the use RAID LINEAR to join the two partitions into one, or simply move some of your current directories to the new space and symlink to them from /. On 28 Jul 98 at 18:57, debian-user@lists.debian.org wrote: > Hi ! > Is there a command to change (

Re: I give UP

1998-07-28 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Tue, Jul 28, 1998 at 06:01:05PM -0400, Paul Sellers wrote: > All I wanted was info on installilng Linus on a Win95 system. A search on > "Win95" got 18 hits, none of which (summary) mentioned Win95. > Most everything I clicked off the main page didn't load (quickly). What exactly is your proble

Re: Help required SB16 PnP

1998-07-28 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Tue, Jul 28, 1998 at 08:00:16PM +0200, count zero wrote: > > first of it if u want to laugh just go to www.soundblaster.com and telle them > your > problem: > after 3-4days u'll get a mail with the response wich sounds like this : > SORRY BUT WE DON'T SUPPORT LINUX WHY NOT TO CHANGE TO WIN95 ?

dselect missing ftp option

1998-07-28 Thread JonesMB
I am trying to update one of our Debian 1.3 systems here. It is being used by another group so will not get the upgrade to 2.0 just yet. When I run dselect I don't see ftp as one of the access methods to use. This is the first time I am seeing this. Do I need to enable something to see this

Re: Help required SB16 PnP

1998-07-28 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Tue, Jul 28, 1998 at 03:36:45PM -0600, Ehren Wilson wrote: > On Tue, 28 Jul 1998, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > Yes, I believe you are right on every count, and I beleive that my awe64 > isn't fully functional, with this clarifications. I'll have to get home > to test the midi... Ummm looking t

Re: DNS question

1998-07-28 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
Not so. What's frowned upon are CNAMEs that point to other CNAMEs. Shaleh wrote: > I was under the impression that the use of CNAME was not smiled on. Is > this the case? If so, what is the preferred way to handle CNAMEs? -- Jens B. Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe? mail -s uns

I give UP

1998-07-28 Thread Paul Sellers
All I wanted was info on installilng Linus on a Win95 system. A search on "Win95" got 18 hits, none of which (summary) mentioned Win95. Most everything I clicked off the main page didn't load (quickly). I was perusing the bootDisk #15 with Linux as the main item. How about if I install it on a Wi

Re: Help required SB16 PnP

1998-07-28 Thread count zero
Ivan wrote: > Hi EveryOne ! > > I'm trying to enable sound support on my Debian system which, according to > the reading I've done, requires recompilation of the kernel. > > Using config (the how-to or readme suggested that xconfig is not the best > to use ?) I have configured everything that I

Re: not a block device?

1998-07-28 Thread count zero
Dave Jones wrote: > Hello All: > > Compiled Kernel 2.0.35 with ppa support as a module. When I try to mount > the zip drive it returns the message "mount: the kernel does not recognize > /dev/sda4 as a block device" > > Tried changing port settings in BIOS and running MAKEDEV neither helped. > An

Re: Enlightenment Debian Package, Yet?

1998-07-28 Thread Shaleh
E was not released early enough for hamm inclusion(only a few months too late). E and all needed libs is in slink. -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null

Re: Help required SB16 PnP

1998-07-28 Thread Ehren Wilson
On Tue, 28 Jul 1998, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > On Tue, Jul 28, 1998 at 08:44:30AM -0600, Ehren Wilson wrote: > > On Tue, 28 Jul 1998, Ivan wrote: > > > > Umm Actually I believe it works fine if you have a PnP bios that assigns > > the hardware at that level. > > This is only partially true. Some

Enlightenment Debian Package, Yet?

1998-07-28 Thread Art Lemasters
Yeah, you've probably seen more than enough of this question, but I've been offlist for awhile, until now. Where can I get the Enlightenment package(s) for _hamm_ and install it(them)? ...could've swore I saw an E package in the hamm packages once...must've been having a Debian PR dream.

Re: DNS question

1998-07-28 Thread Brian Almeida
On Tue, Jul 28, 1998 at 05:20:27PM -0400, Shaleh wrote: > I was under the impression that the use of CNAME was not smiled on. Is > this the case? If so, what is the preferred way to handle CNAMEs? I just talked to our sysadmin at work -- he says CNAMEs are ok 'cept when you're talking about mail

DNS question

1998-07-28 Thread Shaleh
I was under the impression that the use of CNAME was not smiled on. Is this the case? If so, what is the preferred way to handle CNAMEs? -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null

kernel-package can't make compressed image...

1998-07-28 Thread Pat Kennedy
I'm unable to build a kernel .deb package with the 2.0.34-4 kernel source and other required/suggested packages as documented in /usr/doc/kernel-package/README. Doing make-kpkg --revision=custom.1.0 kernel_image compiled everything, but, at the linker phase... make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/sr

Re: /usr/lib/X11/xkb/keymap/xfree86

1998-07-28 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
Well, in my opinion the X server install should detect that you've changed these files and not overwrite them. I might also be so bold as to suggest that the package maintainer should add a keymap which is "normal" like we like it (does not change the tried and true meaning of the ALT key) and ma

TeTeX and timing package

1998-07-28 Thread Lee Bradshaw
Hi, I'm trying to use a package for drawing timing diagrams I downloaded from CTAN. I'm pretty new to TeX and haven't figured out all the programs yet. Specifically I don't where to place all the files in the package. I put them in a local directory and which was in my $TEXINPUTS environment varia

RE: Help required SB16 PnP

1998-07-28 Thread Patrick Ouellette
In looking at the thread, I didn't see anyone mentioning that sound should be compiled as a module, so isapnp can configure the card before the sound driver tries to talk to the card. (I have been known to miss seeing things before ) Pat -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTE

Re: are there "old" bo packages mirrored anywhere

1998-07-28 Thread Joey Hess
Jens Ritter wrote: > I intended to say: > for building a debhelper package (the deb) you need to install debhelper, > which is AFAIK not possible on a bo system. > > Joeyh: Is this now correct? Correct except you should be able to find the packages you need in bo-updates to install and use debh

Re: are there "old" bo packages mirrored anywhere

1998-07-28 Thread Jens Ritter
On Tue, 28 Jul 1998, Joey Hess wrote: > Jens Ritter wrote: > > Well, you may have to unpack the source by hand. > > > > Deb_helper packages (debian/rules contains dh_* entries) can´t be > > installed using dpkg (irc info). > > Next time I see you on IRC I'll have to set you straight. :-) Yes, de

can't see Toshiba modem

1998-07-28 Thread James D. Lowenthal
I've got Debian 1.3.1/2.0.29 on my Toshiba Tecra 520 CDT laptop, and can't seem to find the modem. Win95 finds it fine at COM2, and minicom in Linux USED to find it at /dev/ttyS1, but now it can't. I have added lots of software since then, so might have screwed something up, but can't figure out

/usr/lib/X11/xkb/keymap/xfree86

1998-07-28 Thread Lee Bradshaw
Thanks for the help Jens. I had indeed modified the X server to use xkb in order to get backspace working properly. I edited the /usr/lib/X11/xkb/keymap/xfree86 to change xkb_symbols from pc105 to pc101. As you pointed out pc105 was mapping my alt keys to alt and the non-existent windows keys to m

Booting and installing Debian 2.0

1998-07-28 Thread Allan K. Neal
I have a question about installing 2.0. I have installed it succesfully at home and on a computer here at work. I am now trying to install it on a gateway P5-60 that is all SCSI. Dos cannot see the CD-ROM drive and I get wierd results when I try to boot the CD. I have a Buslogic BT-958 SCCI Adap

Re: are there "old" bo packages mirrored anywhere

1998-07-28 Thread Joey Hess
Jens Ritter wrote: > Well, you may have to unpack the source by hand. > > Deb_helper packages (debian/rules contains dh_* entries) can´t be > installed using dpkg (irc info). Next time I see you on IRC I'll have to set you straight. :-) Yes, debhelper packages, can be installed with dpkg, the bin

Re: [Debian]: dwww/apache im Offline Betrieb

1998-07-28 Thread Martin Bialasinski
Apache bricht beim start mit "httpd: cannot determine local host name" ab. Mein Rechner hang bisher permanent als rayman.do.ma.in am Netz. Vergangene Woche habe ich auf einen Dialup-Zugang (ppp) umgestellt. Die nötige Neukonfigurtion habe ich einfach mit dem Installations- programm vorgenommen,

Re: Help required SB16 PnP

1998-07-28 Thread Eric
On Tue, 28 Jul 1998, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > The Awe cards are a good example for partially initialization by PnP BIOS. > The pcm devices work, but for the Awe driver patch to work, isapnptools is a > must (at least with my Bios. Maybe there are newer, better bios'es > available). I have a fair

Re: Help required SB16 PnP

1998-07-28 Thread Eric
On Tue, 28 Jul 1998, Christopher Barry wrote: > I have a pnp bios, and I believe that is supposed to make things easier > some how, but I know you can still get the card to work without a pnp Most PnP bioses have an option that says something like "PnP Aware OS". If you set this to 'no', the bio

Adaptec SCSI AIC7890 (Ultra2) support for Debian/GNU Linux 2.0

1998-07-28 Thread Matthias Klose
I finally could install a Debian 2.0 Linux system on an ASUS P2B-DS board (UltraWide disk). I rebuilt the Debian boot disk with support for the 7890 chip. You can find them in http://cs.tu-berlin.de/~doko/aic7xxx/ Have fun, but remember the driver has alpha status ... -- Unsubscribe?

Re: apt errors; what?

1998-07-28 Thread Martin Bialasinski
>> "IE" == Ian Eure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: IE> 0% [Err:libwraster1 0/44.6k 0%] IE> it sits here for a while, then I get these errors: IE> ickage_5.03.deb IE> The size of the file is not what I expected IE> ERROR ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/sound/cddb_2.

Re: kernel compile errors

1998-07-28 Thread Gary L. Hennigan
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris Ulrich) writes: | I just recently abandoned my own linux setup and installed debian (hamm). | This is a pretty much stock setup -- the only thing un-debian I've done so | far is change /bin/sh to point to pdksh, but that *shouldn't* be the problem | because I've compil

Re: kernel compile errors

1998-07-28 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Tue, 28 Jul 1998, Chris Ulrich wrote: : : I just recently abandoned my own linux setup and installed debian (hamm). : This is a pretty much stock setup -- the only thing un-debian I've done so : far is change /bin/sh to point to pdksh, but that *shouldn't* be the problem : because I've com

Re: dpkg

1998-07-28 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Tue, Jul 28, 1998 at 10:32:02AM -0400, G. Kaplan wrote: > In the file /var/lib/dpkg/status on my system there are several entries > under the heading : > Status: install ok not-installed > What does it mean? This means, the ppackage is requested to be installed, but it is not yet. You marked it

Re: Help required SB16 PnP

1998-07-28 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Tue, Jul 28, 1998 at 08:44:30AM -0600, Ehren Wilson wrote: > On Tue, 28 Jul 1998, Ivan wrote: > > Umm Actually I believe it works fine if you have a PnP bios that assigns > the hardware at that level. This is only partially true. Some devices are correctly initilaized by the PnP BIOS, others a

Re: cyrillic fonts in netscape?

1998-07-28 Thread Anthony Fok
On Tue, Jul 28, 1998 at 03:20:12PM +0200, E.L. Meijer Eric" wrote: > Hi, > > I recently got some Bulgarian collegues who like to read cyrillic texts > on the web. Does anyone know who to make netscape use cyrillic fonts > (and where to get them)? Install the "xfntcyr" package. It provides provi

Re: problem with RealPlayer 5

1998-07-28 Thread Anthony Fok
Nin hao! :-) > > On Sun, Jul 26, 1998 at 12:10:39AM -0500, Xiaonan Ma wrote: > > > > > > I just updated the system to hamm and tried to install rvplayer5.0, > > > however I can't make it work. After dpkg -i rvplayer_5.0-2.deb > > > and set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH virable, first I tried to run rvpla

Re: Questions

1998-07-28 Thread Anthony Fok
On Mon, Jul 27, 1998 at 07:16:50PM -0700, Chris Nelson wrote: > Hello, Im trying to learn Linux and I have no clue where to start. My > first problem is what file do I need for the Linux operating system? > The file I thought was it was had a suffix of gz and if i was correct > with that being

Re: Help required SB16 PnP

1998-07-28 Thread Christopher Barry
Hi, I have the same card, and I just set it up again 2-3 days ago. If you're using Debian 2.0 hamm you won't need to download isapnptools as it is part of the base system and already installed (it may even be for 1.3 for all I know). All the documentation I needed I found by reading the manpages

kernel compile errors

1998-07-28 Thread Chris Ulrich
I just recently abandoned my own linux setup and installed debian (hamm). This is a pretty much stock setup -- the only thing un-debian I've done so far is change /bin/sh to point to pdksh, but that *shouldn't* be the problem because I've compiled many kernels with my old setup where I didn't

Re: FHS-compliant location of X backgrounds?

1998-07-28 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Tue, Jul 28, 1998 at 12:11:30AM -0400, Shaleh wrote: > As I recall, the FHS states that lib dirs are for libs (what you define > a lib could be up for a debate) only. Someone care to wave the FHS > under my nose and show me wrong (-: I think this has to do with the fact that we now have /usr/s

Re: changing partition size

1998-07-28 Thread Adam Lazur
> Partition Magic is an _excellent_ program for resizing partitions. I have > entrusted my disk to it on numerous occasions (and so have some of my > friends) and it has never had a problem. Too bad it's a DOS/Windows > program and won't resize ext2 partitions. :( Word on the street is Parition

Re: PC Card Modem and Printer Recommendations

1998-07-28 Thread stephen . p . ryan
On 28 Jul, Justin Liu wrote: > Hi - > > I have an IBM Thinkpad 560 with Debian 1.3.1 (among other OS's) installed on > it and I was looking for some equipment recommendations. I plan an upgrade > to hamm sometime soon. > > I want to get a 56K PC card modem, hopefully one that will also work with

Re: Can only play mp3 files as root.

1998-07-28 Thread Christopher Barry
Richard L. Alhama wrote: > > On Tue, 28 Jul 1998, Christopher Barry wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > A while back before I reinstalled hamm I had X11amp working perfectly > > but having since installed it again I'm having a weird problem. When I > > run X11Amp as root everything is perfect but when runni

PC Card Modem and Printer Recommendations

1998-07-28 Thread Justin Liu
Hi - I have an IBM Thinkpad 560 with Debian 1.3.1 (among other OS's) installed on it and I was looking for some equipment recommendations. I plan an upgrade to hamm sometime soon. I want to get a 56K PC card modem, hopefully one that will also work with OS/2 and Windoze if it needs to. The Xirc

Re: Can only play mp3 files as root.

1998-07-28 Thread Christopher Barry
Hamish Moffatt wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 28, 1998 at 03:07:37AM -0700, Christopher Barry wrote: > > > I just looked at my /etc/group file for the first time. Maybe part of it > > > is wrong? I attached a copy. > > > > Okay, I did chmod 777 /dev/mixer and everything works now. Mixer is also > > root.a

Re: changing partition size

1998-07-28 Thread Eric
Partition Magic is an _excellent_ program for resizing partitions. I have entrusted my disk to it on numerous occasions (and so have some of my friends) and it has never had a problem. Too bad it's a DOS/Windows program and won't resize ext2 partitions. :( _ _ | |(_) | _| | | | |__

Re: changing partition size

1998-07-28 Thread Eric
Partition Magic is an _excellent_ program for resizing partitions. I have entrusted my disk to it on numerous occasions (and so have some of my friends) and it has never had a problem. Too bad it's a DOS/Windows program and won't resize ext2 partitions. :( _ _ | |(_) | _| | | | |__

Re: RAID Controller

1998-07-28 Thread Jens Ritter
Johnny Matthews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have a Dell Server with a PowerEdge RAID controller. It is supposed to be > able to be a bootable device. > But the install for the newest version of Debian doesn't pick it up. Does > anyone have any ideas? What modules do you include on install? Do

Re: are there "old" bo packages mirrored anywhere

1998-07-28 Thread Jens Ritter
"Stephen J. Carpenter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Jul 28, 1998 at 03:21:36PM +0200, Jan Menzel wrote: [...] > You wont really see any new packages for bo anyway now...but... > you can always get the source from hamm and build it...its not > tough. I would imagine that for most packages

Re: Booting a machine with only a cdrom ..

1998-07-28 Thread Jens Ritter
"C.J.LAWSON" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > I am not allowed to install Linux on one of the machines on the > college, however I must get the machine to run Linux in order to write a > Linux CDROM. However, the machine has a CDROM drive which I can use. I am > just wondering if it is p

Re: 2.0 CD images and symlinks...

1998-07-28 Thread Jens Ritter
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Hi, > > got the CDimages for binary-i386 and contrib, md5sums check out, but > what is supposed to be symlinks (AFAIK), for instance from inside > binary-i386 to inside binary-all show up as zero-size plain files. > For instance //debian/hamm/hamm/binary-i386/text Try

Re: Questions

1998-07-28 Thread Tom Pfeifer
Chris, The easiest by far is to get the CD as already mentioned. However if you're anxious to get going, here's a quick summary of how to get started by downloading a few files from the FTP site (I'm assuming you have a machine already running DOS/Windows): 1) On ftp.debian.org go to this directo

Re: changing partition size

1998-07-28 Thread Shaleh
There are apps to do this. However I would not trust my hard drive to them. Wipe it and start clean. Otherwise you will likely regret it. Seems rough, but at least you know it is right. I place partition stretchers in the same boat as hard drive compressors. They may work today, maybe tomorro

Floppy Install hangs on DECpc 320P notebook

1998-07-28 Thread Daniel Mendyke
I'm trying to install to a DECpc 320P notebook but the install process hangs at the line 'hde: probing with STATUS instead of ALTSTATUS' I've tried floppies made with both the file 'resc1440.bin' and 'resc1440tecra.bin' and both stop at the same point. The PC I'm trying the install on is a DEC

changing partition size

1998-07-28 Thread Yanick MICHOU
Hi ! Is there a command to change (increase) the linux partition over unallocated place on the hard disk ? My problem is that I dedicated too little place to the linux partition at the installation. I've jus't installed Hamm, Xwindow, and part of teTex so I would better not be obliged to do it all

2.0 CD images and symlinks...

1998-07-28 Thread d1temp
Hi, got the CDimages for binary-i386 and contrib, md5sums check out, but what is supposed to be symlinks (AFAIK), for instance from inside binary-i386 to inside binary-all show up as zero-size plain files. For instance //debian/hamm/hamm/binary-i386/text -r--r--r-- 1 root root5

Re: qpoper?

1998-07-28 Thread Bob Nielsen
Are you trying to install a hamm package on a bo system? Bob On Tue, 28 Jul 1998, Mikhali Mifsud wrote: > > > If I want pop access I (think) I have to install qpoper. When I try > and install it it complains libc6 and libgdbmg1 is not installed. I > checked stable/binary but couldnt find the

Re: New to debian -- question about shells & unused accounts

1998-07-28 Thread Adam Keys
On Tue, Jul 28, 1998 at 01:33:29AM -0700, Chris Ulrich wrote: > I recently got tired of taking care of my own installation of linux > and decided to install debian. So far, I've been pretty happy with it. > > I'm sure I'll have more questions later, but I've got some questions > right now. >

Re: Can only play mp3 files as root.

1998-07-28 Thread Richard L. Alhama
On Tue, 28 Jul 1998, Christopher Barry wrote: > Hi, > > A while back before I reinstalled hamm I had X11amp working perfectly > but having since installed it again I'm having a weird problem. When I > run X11Amp as root everything is perfect but when running it as a normal > user it appears on sc

Re: What should I buy ?

1998-07-28 Thread Ionut Borcoman at home
Havoc Pennington wrote: > > Get it from a Linux vendor like www.varesearch.com or build it from parts. > VA Research is an excellent company in our experience. Look in Linux > Journal for more vendors. > Actually I have to restrict to local vendors (from Romania). Most probably we will complete

Re: New to debian -- question about shells & unused accounts

1998-07-28 Thread Chris Ulrich
-- On Jul 28, 10:33am, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > Subject: Re: New to debian -- question about shells & unused accounts > On Tue, Jul 28, 1998 at 01:33:29AM -0700, Chris Ulrich wrote: > > They all have "*" in the password field by default, which means that > they can't login. Sometimes you do need to

Re: What should I buy ?

1998-07-28 Thread Havoc Pennington
On Tue, 28 Jul 1998, Ionut Borcoman at home wrote: > - 2 Mb AGP Card Might was well get 4 MB so you can do 24 bpp at high resolutions! > The problem is that I am not sure about what brands/models to look for. Get it from a Linux vendor like www.varesearch.com or build it from parts. VA Research

Re: What should I buy ?

1998-07-28 Thread aqy6633
Wow, good choice, man! Check out http://www.tdl.com/~netex/ or http://www.varesearch.com/ Alex Y. > - Dual Pentium II 300 > - 256 Mb RAM > - Two 7Gb SCSI HDDs > - 2 Mb AGP Card > - 19" Monitor > - 4x SCSI CD-Recorder > - 32x CD-ROM > - Network Card (100 Mb/s) > - SoundBlaster Clone > > - Flatbed

Re: Help required SB16 PnP

1998-07-28 Thread Ehren Wilson
On Tue, 28 Jul 1998, Ivan wrote: > Hi EveryOne ! > > I'm trying to enable sound support on my Debian system which, according to > the reading I've done, requires recompilation of the kernel. > > Using config (the how-to or readme suggested that xconfig is not the best > to use ?) I have configur

netCDF or HDF

1998-07-28 Thread Ionut Borcoman at home
Hi, I am making a program that will store some matrixes. In my Win$$ period I used to store such data in MAT files (Matlab binary files). Now I'm thinking to change to netCDF or HDF. What are the differences from them and what/why should I choose one instead of the other ? TIA, Ionutz -- Uns

How often ftp sites are updated ?

1998-07-28 Thread Ionut Borcoman at home
Hi, I am trying to make a local mirror of slink at the office. I am mirroring a nearby site which have hamm and slink. The problem is that today, when I wanted to install something, I discovered that many packages were missing. Also, making some Packages files with debian-scanpackage, I've found t

What should I buy ?

1998-07-28 Thread Ionut Borcoman at home
Hi, It is possible to obtain some money at the office for a new server. Here is the 'generic configuration' that I have in mind: - Dual Pentium II 300 - 256 Mb RAM - Two 7Gb SCSI HDDs - 2 Mb AGP Card - 19" Monitor - 4x SCSI CD-Recorder - 32x CD-ROM - Network Card (100 Mb/s) - SoundBlaster Clone

Re: apt errors; what?

1998-07-28 Thread Ehren Wilson
On Mon, 27 Jul 1998, Ian Eure wrote: > After a week-long vacation, I come back to work and do ``apt-get > update;apt-get > upgrade''. All is fine for a while, then I get these errors... > Any idea what this is? I installed the latest apt (0.1.3) and I still have > problems with it. > > /etc/apt/

dpkg

1998-07-28 Thread G. Kaplan
In the file /var/lib/dpkg/status on my system there are several entries under the heading : Status: install ok not-installed What does it mean? Other status lines that appear seem to make sense: install ok half-configured #? a dependency has not been satisfied install ok installed

[OUT OFF SUBJECT] microsoft support linux

1998-07-28 Thread Eugene Sevinian
They decided to write a program for some unix platforms. Look at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/mediaplayer/download/unix.htm Eugene Sevinian CRD, YerPhI, 375036, Armenia URL: http://crdlx5.yerphi.am/prs/sevinian.html Phone: 374-2-344873 -- Unsubscribe? mail

Suppressing trailer page on remote printer

1998-07-28 Thread Paul Reavis
I have my printing working over an ethernet connection to the HP LaserJet 5 here at the office, but I've never figured out how to suppress the trailer page, which looks something like this: User: paul Host: slackguy.partnersoft.com Class: slackguy.partnersoft.com Job: stdin from the a2ps I just r

App, !getty on /dev/tty1?

1998-07-28 Thread Kevin Traas
I'm working on a solution where the client does not want their users to have to login to Linux (at the console) before running a custom app. It's a very "vertical" solution with no need for security and there will be no need to run anything else on the box. What I want to do is replace getty on

Re: your or redhat?

1998-07-28 Thread Leandro Guimaraens Faria Corcete Dutra
Ken Gray wrote: > > thanks for the break down. i think ill get them all! ;) > i just saw a place up here were i can get redhat suse debian and slacker > +snapshots for $12 Be warned that only Debian can possibly be the Official CDs (complete distribution). RedHat, SuSe and Slackwa

Re: qpoper?

1998-07-28 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mikhali Mifsud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >If I want pop access I (think) I have to install qpoper. When I try >and install it it complains libc6 and libgdbmg1 is not installed. I >checked stable/binary but couldnt find them. Any ideas? Thanks. Yep. Stable po

Re: are there "old" bo packages mirrored anywhere

1998-07-28 Thread Stephen J. Carpenter
On Tue, Jul 28, 1998 at 03:21:36PM +0200, Jan Menzel wrote: > Hello all, > congratulations for finishing hamm, but I'm not interested > in updating because my 486er is working als firewall with IP-masquerading, > ftp-, www-, mail-, X11 and smb-file-server and is doing that very well. > So,

are there "old" bo packages mirrored anywhere

1998-07-28 Thread Jan Menzel
Hello all, congratulations for finishing hamm, but I'm not interested in updating because my 486er is working als firewall with IP-masquerading, ftp-, www-, mail-, X11 and smb-file-server and is doing that very well. So, is there a possibility to get old bo packages further?

cyrillic fonts in netscape?

1998-07-28 Thread E.L. Meijer \(Eric\)
Hi, I recently got some Bulgarian collegues who like to read cyrillic texts on the web. Does anyone know who to make netscape use cyrillic fonts (and where to get them)? Any comments appreciated, Eric Meijer -- E.L. Meijer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | tel. office +31 40 2472189 Eindhoven U

xacc brings my laptop to a crawl

1998-07-28 Thread Mike Roberts
I'm trying to use xacc in the hamm release (xacc_1.0.17-2.deb), but when I try to enter a number in the register window, the cursor blinks exceedingly fast and it brings to X server to a near standstill. I can still continue, but at a snail's pace, maybe a character every 10 seconds. This occurs

Re: Help required SB16 PnP

1998-07-28 Thread Ian Keith Setford
Yo- You will have to download and use the isapnptools package. Once you have that installed just follow along with the instructions and you should have sound. By the way, sound *must* be compiled as a module in order for the isapnptools to work properly. -Ian __

Help required SB16 PnP

1998-07-28 Thread Ivan
Hi EveryOne ! I'm trying to enable sound support on my Debian system which, according to the reading I've done, requires recompilation of the kernel. Using config (the how-to or readme suggested that xconfig is not the best to use ?) I have configured everything that I want except SOUND!!! The r

Re: xemacs not starting unless connected to the net

1998-07-28 Thread Gary L. Hennigan
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Keith) writes: | My xemacs does not start unless I am connected to the internet. I do not | use emacs for anything that needs me connected to the Net. I am assuming that | it has something to do with the email part of xemacs is there a way | to make it not try adn dial the net ev

Re: xcdroast cant find scsi

1998-07-28 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Tue, Jul 28, 1998 at 02:32:58PM +0200, Jens Lisner wrote: > xcdroast is not able to find "generic-scsi cdrom support", but it is > compiled into my kernel, and scsi driver support is enabled. > it is also possible to mount the scsi burner. > > (the faq says, there has to be a sg device in /proc

xcdroast cant find scsi

1998-07-28 Thread Jens Lisner
Hi, xcdroast is not able to find "generic-scsi cdrom support", but it is compiled into my kernel, and scsi driver support is enabled. it is also possible to mount the scsi burner. (the faq says, there has to be a sg device in /proc/devices. my scsi device is called sr there. confusing ...) need

RE: Can less read its input from the std

1998-07-28 Thread Richardson,Anthony
To switch stdout and stderr try this (in bash): program 3>&1 1>&2 2>&3 | less stderr will be paged thru less, while stdout will be sent to the display. Does any one have a cleaner solution? (I don't like using the temporary file discriptor (3)). Tony Richardson On Monday, July 27, 1998 3:25

Re: Can only play mp3 files as root.

1998-07-28 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Tue, Jul 28, 1998 at 03:07:37AM -0700, Christopher Barry wrote: > > I just looked at my /etc/group file for the first time. Maybe part of it > > is wrong? I attached a copy. > > Okay, I did chmod 777 /dev/mixer and everything works now. Mixer is also > root.audio, so I really am clueless here a

Re: New to debian -- question about shells & unused accounts

1998-07-28 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Tue, Jul 28, 1998 at 01:33:29AM -0700, Chris Ulrich wrote: > I recently got tired of taking care of my own installation of linux > and decided to install debian. So far, I've been pretty happy with it. > > I'm sure I'll have more questions later, but I've got some questions > right now. >

Re: Can only play mp3 files as root.

1998-07-28 Thread Christopher Barry
Christopher Barry wrote: > > Christopher Barry wrote: > > > > George Bonser wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, 28 Jul 1998, Christopher Barry wrote: > > > > > > > I'm added to group audio and I had the permissions of /dev/audio and > > > > /dev/dsp set to 770 so before I file a bug report should I mess wi

Re: Can only play mp3 files as root.

1998-07-28 Thread Christopher Barry
Christopher Barry wrote: > > George Bonser wrote: > > > > On Tue, 28 Jul 1998, Christopher Barry wrote: > > > > > I'm added to group audio and I had the permissions of /dev/audio and > > > /dev/dsp set to 770 so before I file a bug report should I mess with > > > anything else? If it would neither

Re: Can only play mp3 files as root.

1998-07-28 Thread Christopher Barry
George Bonser wrote: > > On Tue, 28 Jul 1998, Christopher Barry wrote: > > > I'm added to group audio and I had the permissions of /dev/audio and > > /dev/dsp set to 770 so before I file a bug report should I mess with > > anything else? If it would neither run as root nor as a user, that would >

Re: DVD support for linux

1998-07-28 Thread C.J.LAWSON
Hi, > > Hello, > > I getting ready to purchase a new system but before I do I need to know > > some stuff. First does Linux support dvd drives. > Probably not yet. And since the DVD videos will also likely be useless > ther is not much point. DVD is nice for TV's, waste of time for > comp

[Debian] keyboard stops working on Compaq EP

1998-07-28 Thread Nico De Ranter
Hi, I'm trying to install Debian 1.3.1 (can't use 2.0 for development reasons) on a new Compaq EP 6350. The Compaq has a ps2 style mouse and keyboard. Unfortunately about one time out of three when I boot the PC it hangs for a very short time after installing the PS/2 driver afterwards the keybo

Re: Can only play mp3 files as root.

1998-07-28 Thread Christopher Barry
Jens Reinsberger wrote: > > On Tue, 28 Jul 1998, Christopher Barry wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > A while back before I reinstalled hamm I had X11amp working perfectly > > but having since installed it again I'm having a weird problem. When I > > run X11Amp as root everything is perfect but when runnin

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