Re: sound card

1999-01-01 Thread Michele Bini
On Fri, Jan 01, 1999 at 06:39:59PM +0100, Darko Martic wrote: > Hi ! > > I have Yamaha OPL3-SAx sound card (SoundBlaster, SoundBlaster PRO and > Windows Sound System compatible) and I have a problem installing/using it. > After the Debian installation I manualy installed a newer kernel (from 1.3 >

Q: dpkg-ftp and socks

1999-01-01 Thread Stephan Witoszynskyj
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hi, I've got following question: I' would like to keep my system uptodate using dselect with ftp as installation source. The problem is that I have to use a Socks proxy. Is there a socksified version of dpkg-ftp? Or can anyone tell me on how to socksify dpkg-ft

Re: AMD K6-2 3D Now 300 MHz

1999-01-01 Thread Phillip Deackes
Darko Martic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi ! > > Are there any problems about using the processor from the subject with > Debian linux ? I'm buying a new processor and I think I'll buy that > one. Hi. I have a K6-2 3D Now 350 MHz and have overclocked it to 400 MHz. Works great - I have compiled

help the guys at linux-kernel-digest, please :)

1999-01-01 Thread Leon Breedt
the people at linux-kernel-digest really can learn from you people: - they need to make attachments real attachments, not inline in the digest - they need layout tips from you :) great work! leon -- Leon Breedt | Developer, Obsidian Systems | Debian 2.0 | Linux 2.2.0pre1 ht

Re: About Gnome Panel and KDE applications

1999-01-01 Thread Havoc Pennington
On Fri, 1 Jan 1999, Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira wrote: > I installed gnome-panel and gnome-session in my home computer (a mix > of hamm and slink) and the panel has n menus with all the applications > of KDE. Very ugly. Anyone know how to fix this? In the new Gnome .99 (which isn't pa

Re: modprobe: Cannot locate module char-major-10

1999-01-01 Thread Torsten Hilbrich
"Jeroen N. Witmond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The problem appeared on my box when I upgraded from the Debian hamm > kernel 2.0.34 to a 2.0.36 kernel straight from linux. The only > relevent difference in the configuration of these kernels seems to > be: > > diff -u /boot/config-2.0.34 /usr/sr

Re: during linux boot

1999-01-01 Thread Robert J. Alexander
Try: shutdown -h 0when you want to shutdown shutdown -r 0when you want to reboot Darko Martic wrote: > > Hi ! > > When I'm booting linux (from hda2 cause hda1 is swap) sometimes I get > message something like '/dev/hda2 was not unmounted .' and then it's > 'fixed' I supose. W

Re: Xfree86 instalation problems

1999-01-01 Thread Peter Bartosch
Hi! > Pozdrav ! > > I have some problems during the configuration of Xfree86. I'm guessing that > problem is in video card and monitor configuration. I have ATI 3D > Xpression+PC2TV 4MB and ADI ProVista E44 15" monitor. I chooseright video > card prom the card list and enter the right horizontal

Re: Trying to install gide

1999-01-01 Thread Peter Bartosch
Hi! > Hi Debian users, > I'm trying to install gide using apt-get and ocurrs an error: > > phantasy:/home/paulo# apt-get install gide > Updating package status cache...done > Checking system integrity...ok > The following NEW packages will be insta

Re: linux window manager

1999-01-01 Thread Peter Bartosch
Hi! > Hi ! > > Which window manager is the best? I meen, which one has graphical > configurations, which one users prefer (za one koji znaju hrvatski: koji je > najzastupljeniji) and software is specialy created for, like KPPP, and such > things? well, i´m using fvwm2 which is very configurable

Re:debian-user-digest Digest V99 #1

1999-01-01 Thread Laurie Leinow
I will be out of the office on Dec. 31, 1998.

Re: Mwave Support?

1999-01-01 Thread Michele Bini
On Wed, Dec 30, 1998 at 12:50:21AM -0600, Nils wrote: > The title pretty much explains this one. But is Mwave at all supported > in Linux or is it pretty much in vain to install? It seems to be (partially) supported. Please read Documentation/sound/mwave from the Linux kernel source tree. -Michel

mgetty and callback

1999-01-01 Thread Dan Pomohaci
Hi, I have a Debian mail server. The clients are Debian and Windows 95 computers who can contact it through phone. How can I configure the computers to use mgetty with the callback option? -- | Dan N. Pomohaci

Re: Switching X managers

1999-01-01 Thread David Natkins
This works only if you are running TCL 7.5 and TK4.0. How hard would it be to upgrade to tcl 8.0 tk 8.0? David Natkins email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] fax : (609) 896-2239 On Fri, 1 Jan 1999, Darko Martic wrote: > Hi > > I see that so

Re: modem cua1

1999-01-01 Thread Andrew Ivanov
/dev/modem is just a link to the actual device, which is /dev/ttyS* so just find out which COM the modem is on, and make a link to it named /dev/modem Andrew Never include a comment that will help | Andrew Ivanov someone else un

About Gnome Panel and KDE applications

1999-01-01 Thread Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira
Hi Debian users, I installed gnome-panel and gnome-session in my home computer (a mix of hamm and slink) and the panel has n menus with all the applications of KDE. Very ugly. Anyone know how to fix this? Have a nice happy new year,Paulo Henrique

modem cua1

1999-01-01 Thread Darko Martic
Hi ! I just make stupid thing. While I was playing with EzPPP, couse I couldn't install xisp, I delete /dev/modem and then crete 'ls -s cua1 modem' and now I can't use EzPPP so what should I do ? Could someone send origial /dev/modem file or tell me how to create one ? Thanx !

WM comfig files

1999-01-01 Thread Darko Martic
Hi If you think that your configuration file of aftrestep or windowmaker is cool I would appreciate if you send it to me. Thanx !

Re: HP deskjet 710C problems

1999-01-01 Thread Joop Stakenborg
On Fri, Jan 01, 1999 at 01:29:01PM -0500, Allan M. Wind wrote: > On 1999-01-01 11:28, Joop Stakenborg wrote: > > > I am trying to use a HP deskjet 710C printer with my debian > > box. I previously had a star matrix printer hooked up, which > > used to work fine, so the cable and driver (lp.o) seem

RE: Winmodem?

1999-01-01 Thread eferen1
Hi. I had that problem too. If it's a winmodem, forget it! Get yourself a real modem. Debian people won't write a driver for it. MS has a closed door policy on their code, and probably locks their developers in it too. Sorry. Ed -Original Message- From: Brent Hueth [mailto:[EM

RE: bash/sh scripting tutorial?

1999-01-01 Thread Vincent Murphy
On Thu, 31 Dec 1998, Evgeny Roubinchtein wrote: > On Thu, 31 Dec 1998, Shaleh wrote: > >On 31-Dec-98 Gary Singleton wrote: > >> Hi everyone, I'm starting to find a lot of things that could be made > >> easier on my system if I could write better scripts. Are there any _The UNIX Programming Enviro

Re: AMD K6-2 3D Now 300 MHz

1999-01-01 Thread wax_man
On 1 Jan, Darko Martic wrote: > Hi ! > > Are there any problems about using the processor from the subject with > Debian linux ? I'm buying a new processor and I think I'll buy that one. > > Thanx ! > > This processor works like a charm for me, and really flys.

sound card

1999-01-01 Thread Darko Martic
Hi ! I have Yamaha OPL3-SAx sound card (SoundBlaster, SoundBlaster PRO and Windows Sound System compatible) and I have a problem installing/using it. After the Debian installation I manualy installed a newer kernel (from 1.3 to 2.0.33) and for it's configuration I used 'make menuconfig' where I ch

during linux boot

1999-01-01 Thread Darko Martic
Hi ! When I'm booting linux (from hda2 cause hda1 is swap) sometimes I get message something like '/dev/hda2 was not unmounted .' and then it's 'fixed' I supose. What am I doing wrong? When I'm shuting down or rebooting I enter halt or reboot. Thanx !

AMD K6-2 3D Now 300 MHz

1999-01-01 Thread Darko Martic
Hi ! Are there any problems about using the processor from the subject with Debian linux ? I'm buying a new processor and I think I'll buy that one. Thanx !

Switching X managers

1999-01-01 Thread Darko Martic
Hi I see that some of you have a problem with switcing between several window managers, so I decided to help you :) At http://gator.naples.net/~nfn03343/XwmC.html you can download a program XwmChooser 0.5 which is in graphical form and help you switch from one wm to another.

Re: Winmodem?

1999-01-01 Thread ktb
I'm one of the lucky ones that had a winmodem and presently have a winprinter. I read there is a driver for winprinters. That's my nest big project trying to get the printer working. The driver info is at: http://metalab.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/Printing-HOWTO.html Kent "John C. Ellingboe" wrote: >

Re: Winmodem?

1999-01-01 Thread Andrew Ivanov
Unfortunately, you are. Andrew > I've just installed the base Debian system, and haven't been able to get > my modem to respond so I can install the rest. I found a description of > the problem with Winmodems (my new gateway has a "US Robotics 56K > WinModem) in the Debian installation instruction

Re: Winmodem?

1999-01-01 Thread Kent West
On Fri, 1 Jan 1999, Brent Hueth wrote: > the problem with Winmodems (my new gateway has a "US Robotics 56K > WinModem) in the Debian installation instructions, and am just wondering > Brent As in Gateway 2000? I wanted to be sure before I fired off a message telling them they just moved down a no

SVGALib and S3 Virge DX (375)

1999-01-01 Thread Jason Dawe
Hello again :) I am using a S3 Virge DX (375) and SVGALib. I have removed the # in front of the line "chipset s3" in /etc/vga/vgalib.config but SVGALib can't ID my s3 card, so it forces VGA. Is there any thing I can do to fix that?

Re: Winmodem?

1999-01-01 Thread John C. Ellingboe
Winmodems and windows printers only work with M$ windoze. The drivers are proprietary and written only for m$ stuff. John Brent Hueth wrote: > > I've just installed the base Debian system, and haven't been able to get > my modem to respond so I can install the rest. I found a description of >

Winmodem?

1999-01-01 Thread Brent Hueth
I've just installed the base Debian system, and haven't been able to get my modem to respond so I can install the rest. I found a description of the problem with Winmodems (my new gateway has a "US Robotics 56K WinModem) in the Debian installation instructions, and am just wondering if anything ha

Re: File that reads commands file?

1999-01-01 Thread D'jinnie
> Hi, I was wondering does each distribution of Linux have slightly > different commands, in say bash? I was thinking if they are different, > then the books I am looking at are off because most of them are based > on Red Hat. So if that is the case I think it would be a good idea to > find the

Problems with drive usage (Debian 1.3.1)

1999-01-01 Thread Alexander Koch
Hello Debian Users.. This mail was caught in a prevention script before going to the list. If someone could please answer this mail this would be fine. The Reply-To: is set accordingly. Thanks, Alexander ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- Alexander Koch - <>< - aka Efraim - PGP - 0xE7694969 - Hannover - Ge

Re: serial mouse problem

1999-01-01 Thread Kent West
On Fri, 1 Jan 1999, Vincent Murphy wrote: > I'm having a problem with my serial mouse. I left my machine last night > in X, and when I returned this morning, the mouse was dead. So, I killed > the Xserver, restarted it. Nothing. Rebooted in Win95, which didn't pick > up the mouse either. When

serial mouse problem

1999-01-01 Thread Vincent Murphy
I'm having a problem with my serial mouse. I left my machine last night in X, and when I returned this morning, the mouse was dead. So, I killed the Xserver, restarted it. Nothing. Rebooted in Win95, which didn't pick up the mouse either. When I rebooted into Linux, gpm started as normal, but

Re:debian-user-digest Digest V98 #1543

1999-01-01 Thread Kent West
On Fri, 1 Jan 1999, Laurie Leinow wrote: Laurie: You might want to filter out list messages from your auto-replies in the future. You're "spamming" the Debian-User list. Happy new year :-) ! > I will be out of the office on Dec. 31, 1998. > > > -- Kent West [EMAIL PROTECTED] KC5ENO - Amat

Re:debian-user-digest Digest V98 #1543

1999-01-01 Thread Laurie Leinow
I will be out of the office on Dec. 31, 1998.

Re: File that reads commands file?

1999-01-01 Thread Kent West
On Fri, 1 Jan 1999, ktb wrote: > Hi, I was wondering does each distribution of Linux have slightly > different commands, in say bash? I was thinking if they are different, > then the books I am looking at are off because most of them are based > on Red Hat. So if that is the case I think it wou

Re: Suck/INN Configuration Problem: Can't Post

1999-01-01 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jerry Gardner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >How do I get inn to stop putting references to every article it receives from >suck (via innxmit) in /var/spool/news/out.going so that rpost won't try to >post it back to my ISP? You need to put the Path: header element of y

(forw) gtk thinking it's older than it is?

1999-01-01 Thread Damo
hi. i've been having some problems with gtk and some libraries. i asked the gtk list but i was directed here for hope that someone here might understand/known what's going on. if anything could help that would be great :) - damo - Forwarded message from Damo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Date:

Re:debian-user-digest Digest V98 #1539

1999-01-01 Thread John Galt
On Thu, 31 Dec 1998, Laurie Leinow wrote: > I will be out of the office on Dec. 31, 1998. congratulationsnow read the sig > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > Pardon me, but you have obviously mistaken me for someone who gives a damn. email [EMAIL

HP deskjet 710C problems

1999-01-01 Thread Joop Stakenborg
Hi, I am trying to use a HP deskjet 710C printer with my debian box. I previously had a star matrix printer hooked up, which used to work fine, so the cable and driver (lp.o) seems OK. Now, with the deskjet, if I do a 'cat document >/dev/lp0', the printer remains silent. Shouldn't this always wo

OFF TOPIC: mh-e MIME inclusion == pine attachment?

1999-01-01 Thread Britton
Are these the same thing? If not, is there any way to do simple attachments with mh-e? __ GNU GPL: "The Source will be with you... always." Britton Kerin

Re: Can't send mail from my machine:

1999-01-01 Thread Britton
Hi Matt, I have gotten rewriting working correctly now, though I don't understand exactly why what I ended up having to do worked. My rewrite configuration in /etc/exim.conf looks like this: ## # REWRITE C

Re: Rundown on Netscape .deb packages?

1999-01-01 Thread Ed Cogburn
"Craig P. McDaniel" wrote: > > Can someone give a quick rundown on the various Netscape packages out > there? I think knowing what to download and what is needed will clear up a > lot of confusion (at least for me :) > > Here are some examples from the [frozen] list: > communicator-base-45 4.5-1

Re: multiple xservers on one machine?

1999-01-01 Thread Kent West
On Thu, 31 Dec 1998, Martin Wheeler wrote: > > On Thu, 31 Dec 1998, Vincent Murphy wrote: > > > I and a colleague share a PC. We would like to each run our own Xserver, > > which can be switched to using Ctrl-Alt-F7 and F8 > > First user logs on, starts Xserver with startx >

Re: Debian install failure on laptop. Please help ...

1999-01-01 Thread Robert Alexander
AARGG !!! Tried resc1440 from 2.1.4 (with 2.0.36 kernel) and the laptop DOES NOT boot succesfully !! I know the machine can be booted to linux OK because of tomsrtbt doing so !!! The A20 Gating failed problem was fixed BUT the boot hangs with no message whatsoever after the Lo

File that reads commands file?

1999-01-01 Thread ktb
Hi, I was wondering does each distribution of Linux have slightly different commands, in say bash? I was thinking if they are different, then the books I am looking at are off because most of them are based on Red Hat. So if that is the case I think it would be a good idea to find the files in

Re: Defragging large filesystems

1999-01-01 Thread Eric Gillespie, Jr.
On Thu, 31 Dec 1998, Oleg Krivosheev wrote: > Are you sure? ext2 is quite good to keep files allocated continiously. > > AFAIK, fragmentation percentage is not what you're > probably thinking. ext2 allocates space for file > in continious blocks which has some size limit (few megs?). > I believe

Re: Can't send mail from my machine:

1999-01-01 Thread matt
On Sun, Dec 27, 1998 at 10:43:53PM -0900, Britton wrote: > > I would try exim instead of smail, I've found it easier to set up with > nice docs. I'm trying to get address re-writing working now, but at least > I can send messages (albeit with [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a > From: address). The rewrite

Re: System lock ups

1999-01-01 Thread wax_man
On 31 Dec, To: debian-user@lists.debian.org wrote: > I'm having a rather strange problem with my system and was wondering if > anyone has an idea on what might be going on. Every so often, the load > on the system will go balistic, and basically lock the system up. If I > have top running during

System lock ups

1999-01-01 Thread wax_man
I'm having a rather strange problem with my system and was wondering if anyone has an idea on what might be going on. Every so often, the load on the system will go balistic, and basically lock the system up. If I have top running during this time, it will show loads >3; however, there is never a

RE: bash/sh scripting tutorial?

1999-01-01 Thread Evgeny Roubinchtein
On Thu, 31 Dec 1998, Shaleh wrote: > >On 31-Dec-98 Gary Singleton wrote: >> Hi everyone, I'm starting to find a lot of things that could be made >> easier on my system if I could write better scripts. Are there any >> tutorials available? I know about the O'Reilly bash book but just >> need some

Re: How to establish a semi-permanent dial-up connection?

1999-01-01 Thread jpjevans
Thanks, John! That did the trick!! :-) On 31 Dec, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> What I'm trying to setup is this: When I boot-up my system, I want to get >> a dial-up ppp connection to my ISP and grab mail. I want this to happen >> without having to manually run pon after I log in. > > Ren

Suck/INN Configuration Problem: Can't Post

1999-01-01 Thread Jerry Gardner
I'm running Debian 2.0 and am using suck/inn to pull a small newsfeed from my ISP's news server. Fetching articles works fine, posting doesn't. If I don't include a line in /etc/news/newsfeeds for my remote ISP, nothing gets posted remotely. If I do include a line in newsfeeds, everything that get