Re: I can't believe this

1999-03-08 Thread Jesse Jacobsen
On 03/08/99 at 10:21:55, eferen1 wrote concerning "Re: I can't believe this": > it. Dos, Windows, Assembler, AppleDos, etc are all self -intuitive. Linux > is not. Absolutely not. Dos, Windows, etc. etc. are not self-intuitive. They each assume certain proficiencies, and someone who lacks them

Re: what is module net-pf-5 ?

1999-03-08 Thread Wayne Topa
Subject: RE: what is module net-pf-5 ? Date: Mon, Mar 08, 1999 at 09:48:39PM - In reply to:Pollywog Quoting Pollywog([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > On 08-Mar-99 Shaleh wrote: > > > > On 08-Mar-99 Pollywog wrote: > >> What is module net-pf-5 ? I keep getting modprobe errors about

Re: bitchx (sucks!)

1999-03-08 Thread Wayne Topa
Subject: Re: bitchx (sucks!) Date: Mon, Mar 08, 1999 at 01:30:33PM -0800 In reply to:Steve Lamb Quoting Steve Lamb([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Mon, 8 Mar 1999 19:53:26 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >Sorry about that (), but

RE: xdm question from a newbie

1999-03-08 Thread Shaleh
On 09-Mar-99 Christian Dysthe wrote: > Hello Debian-user, > > I now have Debian with X running smoothly and I want to add xdm > login. I have tried to find information about xdm, but I can not > find much (maybe I am blind?). The little I have found is > very...ummm..."cryptic" :) > >

RE: wabi

1999-03-08 Thread Shaleh
On 08-Mar-99 Craig T. Hancock wrote: > Does anyone use wabi and if so please is it better than wine wabi was win 3.x only. It required a windows license (simialr to sheep shaver for the macs). It is now officially a dead program.

Mail File Question

1999-03-08 Thread BOHICA
Does anyone know of a utility that will convert a Microsoft *.pst file to a generic mail file? I have about five years worth of saved correspondence &c that I would like to be able to access from either Pine or Messenger, problem being that MS only allows export as tab or comma separated files if

Re: Vote Linus for Person of the Century

1999-03-08 Thread Roberto Rosario
I sense another inminent Holy war comming :( Richard Harran wrote: > Oh, goodie! A religious discussion! > > Kent West wrote: > > > > At 04:13 PM 3/5/1999 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >Kevin Traas schrieb: > > >> > > >> Hey, Linus Torvalds isn't even in the top 20! Let's change that! ;-

xdm question from a newbie

1999-03-08 Thread Christian Dysthe
Hello Debian-user, I now have Debian with X running smoothly and I want to add xdm login. I have tried to find information about xdm, but I can not find much (maybe I am blind?). The little I have found is very...ummm..."cryptic" :) What I want is for xdm to start my X sessions like sta

wabi

1999-03-08 Thread Craig T. Hancock
Does anyone use wabi and if so please is it better than wine

Re: I broke my system

1999-03-08 Thread Jesse Jacobsen
Make sure you have SLIP support in your kernel. Diald uses SLIP to fake a connection when the PPP link is down. On 03/08/99 at 18:47:49, Pollywog wrote concerning "I broke my system": > I tried to install Linux kernel 2.0.36 and something went wrong. I can use > ppp but not diald and I don't k

Re: Kernel Image. Where can I Find one?

1999-03-08 Thread Andrei Ivanov
> I have tried and tried to compile a Kernel, for sound... I just can't seem > to do it. What you mean you cant seem to do it? Do you get errors when compiling, do you not know how to do it at all, or what is the problem? > Does anyone know where I can find a kernel Image with sound compiled in.

Problems with X locale.

1999-03-08 Thread Paulo J. da Silva e Silva
Hello, I`ve done an upgrade to X 3.3.2.3a-11, using apt. I am using a mix of slink and hamm and a touch of potato. Now, some applications like window-maker (0.51.0-3) and gnome (1.0.1) gives the following warning: Warning: locale not supported by Xlib, locale set to C Everything works well if

Re: /etc/modutils/ not used? (was Re: what is module net-pf-5 ?

1999-03-08 Thread Ed Cogburn
"Ralf G. R. Bergs" wrote: > > On Mon, 08 Mar 1999 16:58:55 -0500, Ed Cogburn wrote: > > [...] > > Or modules.conf, or etc/modutils/aliases. conf.modules and > >modules.conf are allegedly going away, but my system isn't reading > >anything in /etc/modutils/ so I have to keep modules.conf an

Re: CDROM

1999-03-08 Thread Gordon von Miller
Thanks. I have tried hdc=cdrom to no avail. It worked on Suse but not on Debian. If I copy files from the cdrom to the hard drive, the installation says that I can install from the hard drive. Right? Thanks. Gordon Net-Tamer V 1.10.1 - Test Drive

make-kpkg on SMP platform

1999-03-08 Thread Nathan E Norman
Hi, Am I incorrect in assuming that you need to pass the "-j 2" option to make to fully realise the benefits of compiling on an SMP platform? If so, how do I get make-kpkg to use this option? If this is a rtfm type thing which fm should I r? I suspect the solution involves environment variables

lprng from slink (Debian 2.1) so secure can't use it!!!

1999-03-08 Thread James D. Freels
The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to linux.debian.user as well. I just upgraded from hamm to slink. I have found one problem with the upgrade in the lprng package. I downgraded to the hamm version until such time as it gets fixed. Basically after instal

/etc/modutils/ not used? (was Re: what is module net-pf-5 ?

1999-03-08 Thread Ralf G. R. Bergs
On Mon, 08 Mar 1999 16:58:55 -0500, Ed Cogburn wrote: [...] > Or modules.conf, or etc/modutils/aliases. conf.modules and >modules.conf are allegedly going away, but my system isn't reading >anything in /etc/modutils/ so I have to keep modules.conf anyway. You have to invoke "update-modules

RE: what is module net-pf-5 ?

1999-03-08 Thread Pollywog
On 08-Mar-99 Shaleh wrote: >> > > conf.modules. and it is not your fault. Everything is on by default. This > has changed in slink and beyond. Thanks. I fixed that one. It's just odd that I never saw that error before even though I already recompiled the kernel twice since installing Debia

RE: Booting Linux with lilo

1999-03-08 Thread Shaleh
On 08-Mar-99 Johan Groth wrote: > Hi, > second try with my problem. > > I have a dual boot Linux/Win95 system where Linux is a RedHat 5.2 (Win95 > is in my system for the sole reason I like to play games from time to > time). The setup look like this: > Lilo should be able to boot off of any dr

symbol table has incorrect version

1999-03-08 Thread Pollywog
I found this in my syslog: Mar 8 21:59:47 lilypad kernel: Inspecting /boot/System.map Mar 8 21:59:47 lilypad kernel: Symbol table has incorrect version number. Mar 8 21:59:47 lilypad kernel: Inspecting /System.map Mar 8 21:59:47 lilypad kernel: Loaded 3911 symbols from /System.map. Mar 8 21:

Re: [Systalk] what is module net-pf-5 ?

1999-03-08 Thread Pollywog
On 08-Mar-99 George Bonser wrote: > > Because you probably built a new kernel that had different stuff built-in > than the Debian kernel you started with and you did not build these into > the new kernel yet the stuff in modconf is trying to still load them. > > net-pf-5 is that appletalk module

RE: what is module net-pf-5 ?

1999-03-08 Thread Shaleh
On 08-Mar-99 Pollywog wrote: > > On 08-Mar-99 Shaleh wrote: >> >> On 08-Mar-99 Pollywog wrote: >>> What is module net-pf-5 ? I keep getting modprobe errors about this >>> module. >>> >>> I am using Debian 2.0 (Hamm) and kernel 2.0.35 >>> >> >> Net pf 5 is apple talk, you can a) ignore the er

RE: what is module net-pf-5 ?

1999-03-08 Thread Pollywog
On 08-Mar-99 Shaleh wrote: > > On 08-Mar-99 Pollywog wrote: >> What is module net-pf-5 ? I keep getting modprobe errors about this >> module. >> >> I am using Debian 2.0 (Hamm) and kernel 2.0.35 >> > > Net pf 5 is apple talk, you can a) ignore the error, b) put alias net-pf-5 > off > in your

Re: what is module net-pf-5 ?

1999-03-08 Thread Ed Cogburn
Shaleh wrote: > > On 08-Mar-99 Pollywog wrote: > > What is module net-pf-5 ? I keep getting modprobe errors about this module. > > > > I am using Debian 2.0 (Hamm) and kernel 2.0.35 > > > > Net pf 5 is apple talk, you can a) ignore the error, b) put alias net-pf-5 off > in your conf.modules.

Booting Linux with lilo

1999-03-08 Thread Johan Groth
Hi, second try with my problem. I have a dual boot Linux/Win95 system where Linux is a RedHat 5.2 (Win95 is in my system for the sole reason I like to play games from time to time). The setup look like this: Device ContentsSCSI id /dev/sda1 Win95 C: lilo 0 /dev/sdb1

Re: Kernel Compile Attemp #2

1999-03-08 Thread Ed Cogburn
Doug Dine wrote: > > At 3/8/99 1:52:00 PM, you wrote: > >On Mon, 8 Mar 1999, Doug Dine wrote: > > > >> Well, in my second attempt now to compile my kernel > >> for sound support here is the error message after > >> "make zImage". > >> > >> make [1]: as86: Command not found > >> make[1]: *** [boot

RE: what is module net-pf-5 ?

1999-03-08 Thread Shaleh
On 08-Mar-99 Pollywog wrote: > What is module net-pf-5 ? I keep getting modprobe errors about this module. > > I am using Debian 2.0 (Hamm) and kernel 2.0.35 > Net pf 5 is apple talk, you can a) ignore the error, b) put alias net-pf-5 off in your conf.modules.

RE: ImageMagick

1999-03-08 Thread Shaleh
On 08-Mar-99 Egon Schmid wrote: > Where is ImageMagick on Debian? I installed now the source but cannot > compile it. Have someone tried to compile version 4.2.1? > Pop up dselect and click the '/' key. Then type in image. Should take you right to image magick. The '\' ketyy repeats a search.

AcceleratedX

1999-03-08 Thread Rick Knebel
Hi, I would like to put debian on my laptop but my chipset is not supported by Xfree in the accelerated mode. Will Accelerated X Laptop Server work with debian?? Thanks Rick Rick Knebel [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://woodstock.csrlink.net/~bknebel

what is module net-pf-5 ?

1999-03-08 Thread Pollywog
What is module net-pf-5 ? I keep getting modprobe errors about this module. I am using Debian 2.0 (Hamm) and kernel 2.0.35 thanks -- Andrew -- PGP Key ID 0x5EE61C37 PGP5.0 --

Re: I broke my system

1999-03-08 Thread Ed Cogburn
Pollywog wrote: > > I tried to install Linux kernel 2.0.36 and something went wrong. I can use > ppp but not diald and I don't know why, but I have suspicions: What exactly went wrong? Show us the error messages please, otherwise we have no idea how to help. > What should I have in /

ImageMagick

1999-03-08 Thread Egon Schmid
Where is ImageMagick on Debian? I installed now the source but cannot compile it. Have someone tried to compile version 4.2.1? -Egon

Re: bitchx (sucks!)

1999-03-08 Thread Steve Lamb
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 8 Mar 1999 19:53:26 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Sorry about that (), but even if the program itself is damn good, the docs >and /help really suck... further more, #bitchx SUCKS. /bhelp, not /help. /help is the ircII help files, not

Re: Vote Linus for Person of the Century

1999-03-08 Thread mike shupp
On Sat, 6 Mar 1999, Frankie wrote: > True. I agree with you about electricity. It has made a HUGE impact on > our lives. So, I nominate gallileo, because (if I'm wrong, subsitute > some ridiculously ancient bod that experimented with electricity) he > messed about with electricity and frogs legs. T

Re: I can't believe this

1999-03-08 Thread Steve Lamb
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 8 Mar 1999 11:15:02 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Again, this article was written for the person who is new to Linux, and I >agree - for the newbie - be afraid. It can be done, but it takes HOURS of >work and HOURS of reading. Most new user

Re: I can't believe this

1999-03-08 Thread Lawrence Walton
Well I have to say that setting up ppp in debian was the easyist, of all the Linux distros and any other OS I have installed. *--* Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *--* Voice: 425.739.4247 *--* Fax: 425.827.9577 *--* HTTP://www.otak-k.com/~lawrence/ -- - - - - - - O t a

Re: I can't believe this

1999-03-08 Thread Steve Lamb
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 8 Mar 1999 09:52:46 -0500, Ben Collins wrote: >> I think these criticisms are overstated in many cases. Ever try to get >> ppp running on Solaris? I have installed many distributions. The initial >> install is only a portion of the problem. T

Re: Kernel Compile Attemp #2

1999-03-08 Thread Seth M. Landsman
On Mon, Mar 08, 1999 at 01:34:21PM -0700, Doug Dine wrote: > Well, in my second attempt now to compile my kernel > for sound support here is the error message after > "make config". > > make [1]: as86: Command not found > make[1]: *** [bootsect.o] Error 127 > make[1]: Leaving directory /usr/src/k

Re: Kernel Compile Attemp #2

1999-03-08 Thread Doug Dine
At 3/8/99 1:52:00 PM, you wrote: >On Mon, 8 Mar 1999, Doug Dine wrote: > >> Well, in my second attempt now to compile my kernel >> for sound support here is the error message after >> "make zImage". >> >> make [1]: as86: Command not found >> make[1]: *** [bootsect.o] Error 127 >> make[1]: Leaving

RE: Kernel Compile Attemp #2

1999-03-08 Thread Shaleh
On 08-Mar-99 Doug Dine wrote: > Well, in my second attempt now to compile my kernel > for sound support here is the error message after > "make config". > > make [1]: as86: Command not found > make[1]: *** [bootsect.o] Error 127 > make[1]: Leaving directory /usr/src/kernel-source-2.0.34/arch/i38

Re: Kernel Compile Attemp #2

1999-03-08 Thread Scott J. Geertgens
On Mon, 8 Mar 1999, Doug Dine wrote: > Well, in my second attempt now to compile my kernel > for sound support here is the error message after > "make config". > > make [1]: as86: Command not found > make[1]: *** [bootsect.o] Error 127 > make[1]: Leaving directory /usr/src/kernel-source-2.0.34/a

Kernel Compile Attemp #2

1999-03-08 Thread Doug Dine
Well, in my second attempt now to compile my kernel for sound support here is the error message after "make config". make [1]: as86: Command not found make[1]: *** [bootsect.o] Error 127 make[1]: Leaving directory /usr/src/kernel-source-2.0.34/arch/i386/boot make: *** [zImage] Error 2 I apprecia

Re: I can't believe this

1999-03-08 Thread Michael Stenner
On Sun, 7 Mar 1999, Mark Wagnon wrote: >I can't really find any criticisms that were mentioned that reading >through the docs, or asking on this list wouldn't solve. First off, I agree with you. However, people don't want to have to read through the docs, or rather, "hunt" through the docs. Peop

Re: bitchx (sucks!)

1999-03-08 Thread homega
Thanks Lawrence and Stephen, I downloaded ircii and it looks better documented than bitchx. I still don't know how to deal with the scripts, but they look promising and fun, and I even found a mailing list for ircii. Horacio

Re: Hamm-->Slink, now fetchmail/exim behaves strangely

1999-03-08 Thread Wayne Topa
Subject: Re: Hamm-->Slink, now fetchmail/exim behaves strangely Date: Mon, Mar 08, 1999 at 07:21:36PM +0100 In reply to:Helge Hafting Quoting Helge Hafting([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > you wrote: > > Graham Ashton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > On Tuesday 02 March, Mark Phill

RE: virtual private network?

1999-03-08 Thread Shaleh
On 08-Mar-99 Lee Bradshaw wrote: > Hi, > > I need some software to allow laptop users to connect to machines on > our private network (192.168.x.x) from anywhere on the internet. Has > anyone used FreeS/WAN, Mobile IP or similar programs to set up a virtual > private network on debian? Does anyon

virtual private network?

1999-03-08 Thread Lee Bradshaw
Hi, I need some software to allow laptop users to connect to machines on our private network (192.168.x.x) from anywhere on the internet. Has anyone used FreeS/WAN, Mobile IP or similar programs to set up a virtual private network on debian? Does anyone know the development status? Some of the Mob

more modprobe errors

1999-03-08 Thread Pollywog
I am still getting these modprobe errors (diald is working). I am using 2.0.35 kernel on Hamm. thanks -- Andrew Unusual System Events =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Mar 8 19:55:49 lilypad modprobe: can't locate module net-pf-5 Mar 8 19:58:49 lilypad modprobe: can't locate module net-pf-5 Mar 8 19:58:

Re: Is Linux addictive?

1999-03-08 Thread franck . legall
-UIDL: d0ef71e79836bc686c3e4e52c6a925eb >> >> On Fri, 5 Mar 1999, Matthew Cocker wrote: >> >Linux should have to be distributed with a surgeon generals warning >> >about the possible addictive nature of Linux. >> >> What do you mean? I can quit any time I want... I just don't want to :) >> It

Re: uploading a website (reverse mirror)?

1999-03-08 Thread Frankie
oneiros wrote: > > Thus spake Frankie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > I have a slow modem. My website is ~9MB. When I change files in it, I > > don't want to have to a) upload the whole site or b) remember which > > files I've changed, and upload them manually. > > mirrordir works very nicely for thi

RE: I broke my system

1999-03-08 Thread Pollywog
On 08-Mar-99 George Bonser wrote: > On Mon, 8 Mar 1999, Pollywog wrote: > >> > In Debian, does System.map go in "/" directory and does vmlinuz go in >> > /boot? >> > >> > I went back to 2.0.35 kernel but still no diald. >> > I think the problem is /etc/modules >> >> I got things working again b

Re: Apt 0.3 lost ftp-method ???

1999-03-08 Thread servis
*- On 8 Mar, Andy Spiegl wrote about "Apt 0.3 lost ftp-method ???" > Hi, > after installing gnome-apt (with the necessary packages from potato) > onto my hamm system, apt seems to have lost the ftp method. When > I try "apt-get update" I get: > E: The method driver /usr/lib/apt/methods/ftp could

Re: CDROM

1999-03-08 Thread Kent West
At 01:56 PM 3/7/1999 -0600, Gordon von Miller wrote: > >Hello, > >I tried to install Debian 2.0.2, and it would not recognize my >cdrom which is a Nec cd-rom drive:260 ATAPI. Debian >says that it is either a cdrom or a floppy, probably a floppy. >The cdrom works in Dos and in a previous version

Re: bitchx (sucks!)

1999-03-08 Thread steven walsh
On Mon, 8 Mar 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: BitchX suffers from it's own unique form of feature creep. Use IRCII with a nice script (one you are comfortable with and hopefully has no nasty backdoors like the ircN script that mIRC had *snicker*). I hear EPIC is a nice client as we

Re: I can't believe this

1999-03-08 Thread steven walsh
On Mon, 8 Mar 1999, eferen1 wrote: > with me. I'm now taking a course in Linux. It's the only way I can learn > it. Dos, Windows, Assembler, AppleDos, etc are all self -intuitive. Linux > is not. I disagree with this. Linux is no less self-intuitive than DOS or assembler (or any lang

modprobe errors

1999-03-08 Thread Pollywog
Here are some errors I am getting. Below I include my /etc/modules. I compiled the modules into the kernel, so do I need /etc/modules at all? Unusual System Events =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Mar 8 19:31:01 lilypad kernel: registered device ppp0 Mar 8 19:30:31 lilypad modprobe: can't locate modul

RE: Running identd through a Debian firewall ?

1999-03-08 Thread Shaleh
On 08-Mar-99 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hmmm. I've recently set up a small Debian system for use as a firewall. > The only thing hiccuping is when using irc from another Debian system > *behind* the firewall, via the ip_masq_irc module. The irc servers all want > identd to be running, and it is

RE: I broke my system

1999-03-08 Thread Pollywog
On 08-Mar-99 Pollywog wrote: > I tried to install Linux kernel 2.0.36 and something went wrong. I can use > ppp but not diald and I don't know why, but I have suspicions: > > What should I have in /etc/modules ? > > In Debian, does System.map go in "/" directory and does vmlinuz go in /boot? >

Re: Re: Undersanding bootable media

1999-03-08 Thread David Wright
Quoting Ries van Twisk ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): The reply given below tells you plenty about how computers boot, but I thought I'd add a couple of points to the original question (and I don't have the original to reply to). > > At 11:16 AM 7/3/1999 -0800, you wrote: > >In my quest to understand boot

Running identd through a Debian firewall ?

1999-03-08 Thread Dean . Carpenter
Hmmm. I've recently set up a small Debian system for use as a firewall. The only thing hiccuping is when using irc from another Debian system *behind* the firewall, via the ip_masq_irc module. The irc servers all want identd to be running, and it is running on the firewall, but apparently not ans

Kernel Image. Where can I Find one?

1999-03-08 Thread Person, Roderick
I have tried and tried to compile a Kernel, for sound... I just can't seem to do it. Does anyone know where I can find a kernel Image with sound compiled in. I'm running 2.0.34 now. So I would like it to be that or higher. Roderick P. Person 'Still Have given me a title, and I'm writing Visual C++

Re: RE: Can Windows95 cause error on my Linux Drive - Other Co-existi ng OS Problems...

1999-03-08 Thread David Wright
Quoting Person, Roderick ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > This maybe true, but I have noticed that once I mount a DOS floppy in Debian > after two or three times It is unreadable by Windows. It seems to me that > Linux is Hell on floppies. Even my Debian only floppies seem to have a > extremely short life. I

Re: beowulf clusters?

1999-03-08 Thread Paul Nathan Puri
thanks... I'll check that out NatePuri Certified Law Student & Debian GNU/Linux Monk McGeorge School of Law [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ompages.com On Mon, 8 Mar 1999, Norris Preyer wrote: > Paul Nathan Puri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Do nodes in a beowulf cluster all have to have the same

Re: APT: packages held back

1999-03-08 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Mon, 8 Mar 1999, Maarten Boekhold wrote: > [Note: this is a repost, since nobody responded to it, yet I find it > hard to believe that nobody knows the answer to my question.] > > Hi, > > Yesterday I wondered how much MBs I'd have to download to upgrade my > hamm > system (plus *some* slink

Re: bitchx (sucks!)

1999-03-08 Thread Lawrence Walton
Try ircII with a script. Or even better irc-EPIC. *--* Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *--* Voice: 425.739.4247 *--* Fax: 425.827.9577 *--* HTTP://www.otak-k.com/~lawrence/ -- - - - - - - O t a k i n c . - - - - - On Mon, 8 Mar 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Sorr

bitchx (sucks!)

1999-03-08 Thread homega
Sorry about that (), but even if the program itself is damn good, the docs and /help really suck... further more, #bitchx SUCKS. I've been desperately trying to get help around, and even went to #bitchx at irc.chat.org, just to be kicked out every time I try to join it, the reason being "spammers,

I broke my system

1999-03-08 Thread Pollywog
I tried to install Linux kernel 2.0.36 and something went wrong. I can use ppp but not diald and I don't know why, but I have suspicions: What should I have in /etc/modules ? In Debian, does System.map go in "/" directory and does vmlinuz go in /boot? I went back to 2.0.35 kernel but still no d

Re: Exim configuration

1999-03-08 Thread Helge Hafting
> What do I need to add to exim.conf to be able to send mail. I have a > PPP connection to a provider and use fetchmail to get mail but I cannot > send mail except through netscape. > > > In /var/log/exim/mainlog.01 > > SMTP error from remote mailer after Mail From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> SIZE=25

Re: Hamm-->Slink, now fetchmail/exim behaves strangely

1999-03-08 Thread Helge Hafting
you wrote: > Graham Ashton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Tuesday 02 March, Mark Phillips wrote: > > > > > I've just upgraded from Hamm to Slink. Fetchmail seems to work the > > > same as before, except that now, only the first 10 messages get to my > > > mail box straight away. > > > >

Re: I can't believe this

1999-03-08 Thread eferen1
>-- > Regards, | REDMOND, WA (API) --- MICROSOFT (MSFT) announced today > . | the the official release date for the new operating > Randy | system "Windows 2000" will be delayed until the second > | quarter of 1901 due to year 2000 problems. > This is really good! I will put

Re: I can't believe this

1999-03-08 Thread eferen1
I read similar articles like this too. They are not really biased simply because they promote Redhat's Linux. The Debian system is a collection of high level puzzle pieces that an under-experienced user would have great difficulty using. On the other hand, you have Redhat and Caldera with their

RE: Setting time - Question

1999-03-08 Thread Shaleh
On 08-Mar-99 Christian Dysthe wrote: > Hello Debian-user, > > this might be a stupid newbie question, but I have really tried to > figure out how to do this. > > I would like the clock in my X-window environment to show my local > time, not GMT/UTC. When I type in "date" I get my local t

Setting time - Question

1999-03-08 Thread Christian Dysthe
Hello Debian-user, this might be a stupid newbie question, but I have really tried to figure out how to do this. I would like the clock in my X-window environment to show my local time, not GMT/UTC. When I type in "date" I get my local time, when I type in "date -u" I get GMT, but how d

Re: CDROM

1999-03-08 Thread Oleg Krivosheev
Date: Sun, 07 Mar 1999 13:56:02 -0600 Resent-from: debian-user@lists.debian.org From: Gordon von Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Resent-sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Resent-cc: recipient list not shown: ; Precedence: list X-Envelope-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-EveryThing: Net-Tamer 1

Nevermind Re: writing device drivers for fbsd

1999-03-08 Thread Wayne Cuddy
Sorry, wrong list. On Mon, 8 Mar 1999, Wayne Cuddy wrote: > Date: Mon, 8 Mar 1999 10:50:07 -0500 (EST) > From: Wayne Cuddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: debian-user list > Subject: writing device drivers for fbsd > Resent-Date: 8 Mar 1999 15:08:25 - > Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org >

Re: Color Depth [was: X & Font Problem]

1999-03-08 Thread Oleg Krivosheev
Ok, guys this is a call for help again. I solved my other problem for now. Blackbox was listed on the first line of my window-managers file. (yes, I'm very new to Linux in general). I changed that first like to Window Maker and now I'm able to get a window manager up. As for

do I need to tell any one....

1999-03-08 Thread Lawrence Walton
Do I need to tell anyone that I am going to mirror ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian? this is not a high bandwith link mostly for private use. Can someone do a df -h on ftp.debian.org? I am guessing 3 or four gigs of stuff in /debian/ am I off? ftp://ftp.otak-k.com/debian/ *--* Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Apt 0.3 lost ftp-method ???

1999-03-08 Thread Andy Spiegl
Hi, after installing gnome-apt (with the necessary packages from potato) onto my hamm system, apt seems to have lost the ftp method. When I try "apt-get update" I get: E: The method driver /usr/lib/apt/methods/ftp could not be found. Exitcode 100 What happened? Is there any cure except downgra

Re: Vote Linus for Person of the Century

1999-03-08 Thread Kirk Hogenson
Branden Robinson wrote: > > > Nope I don't think I will vote for any person on the basis of > > scientific or technical merit. A more global view is required. > > I was thinking of RMS, too. LOL - Spoken like a true Debian-ite. I'd put RMS #2, right after Mr. T. > "There is no gravity in space

Re: Compiling Kernel

1999-03-08 Thread Andrei Ivanov
> Hi, > > I am going to compile the kernel again as the first attempt > apparently didn't suceed. My users manual describes > the steps as follows. Is this correct? > > 1. change to directory /usr/src/linux > > 2. make config Or, if under X, make xconfig. Which is a GUI, lets you jump from one

Re: Vote Linus for Person of the Century

1999-03-08 Thread Keith G. Murphy
Frankie wrote: > > George Bonser wrote: > > > > On Fri, 5 Mar 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > just did, but is this list not moderated, Jesus Christ is so far I now, > > > from a different century and he is on top? > > > > > > Matth > > > > Don't even think Linus should BE the person of th

Re: Using Procmail

1999-03-08 Thread Dave Swegen
Try searching yahoo for the mail filtering faq, as it has all the info you need. Note though that if you are running exim as your MTA you need to use a different .forward. I use this: # Exim filter pipe "/usr/bin/procmail -f-" Cheers Dave On Mon, Mar 08, 1999 at 20:41 +0530, XRDLAB wrot

Re: is postgresql free?

1999-03-08 Thread Immanuel Yap
On Fri Mar 5, 1999, Eliezer Figueroa wrote: > can I have unlimited clients conected to postgresql with no licese > payment. Yes. See http://www.postgresql.org for more info. Noel

Re: Using Procmail

1999-03-08 Thread Santiago Vila Doncel
On Mon, 8 Mar 1999, XRDLAB wrote: > Currently I am using fetchmail and pine to get the mail from my isp > account and to read/send the messages respectively. As the number of > messages I am getting has increased, I > am feeling the need to use procmail to sort the mail into different > folders. H

portforwarding question

1999-03-08 Thread whbell
Hello again, I have a web site on my Debian box visible to the world. Of course this is using xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:80. I also have an internal web site visible to the world using portforwarding xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:. Question 1- Which port(s) should I forward to allow this visibility and not overrun my r

Reoccuring Problem with network

1999-03-08 Thread Jay Barbee
Well it seems to happen every 16 days or so. My home Linux box that I use as my IPmasq dial up box for my home network his not connecting with most of the standard network (client/server) apps. Now, when my system is at home and make a PPP connection to the Internet, I cannot use the clients on t

Re: Laptop install Help Needed

1999-03-08 Thread MallarJ
In a message dated 3/7/99 11:55:54 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > I'm a newbie to Linux and want to install debian on my laptop as my > > primary (only) machine, its a compaq armada 1535 w/ 3com 3c575 > > pcmcia ethernet. > > > > there is now a debian-laptop list.

Re: I can't believe this

1999-03-08 Thread MallarJ
In a message dated 3/7/99 10:45:21 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Debian GNU/Linux 2.0 ($38.95 direct) ... > ...Windows users should steer clear of Debian. I completely agree. Your forget, the targe of Windows is those people that DON'T know an IRQ from an I/O address.

Re: I can't beleive this

1999-03-08 Thread John
Hi All, Much as I hated to, I had to crank up my win95 drive (the list won't accept my linux "root" email. I know! I know!) and forward the following email to the list. I sent this last night to the PC Magazine Editor. I hope others with more experience than I with Debian also write. I think what

Re: dselect problem

1999-03-08 Thread J.H.M. Dassen
[Please disable the HTML. This is mail, not the web] On Mon, Mar 08, 1999 at 17:04:33 +0100, Mans Joling wrote: >When I use dselect and fillin in apt acquistion >[1]ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian he still says ftp_connect : Could >not connect. Can you ping ftp.de.debian.org? Can you c

Re: failing print jobs

1999-03-08 Thread Mark Wagnon
E.L. Meijer (Eric) wrote: > > Hi all, > > I have a print setup with lpr from the lpr package, and simple print > filters using gs. If for some reason gs fails, lpr keeps retrying to > print the file anyway, and the result is a loop that doesn't end until > the print job is removed with lprm. Is

Re: ppp

1999-03-08 Thread Kirk Hogenson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > *- On 5 Mar, Ole J. Tetlie wrote about "ppp" > > > I'm having a little trouble with ppp. Everything seems normal > > > until the line with "Hangup". I don't know why that happens. > > Are you using PAP or CHAP authentication? It looks li

dselect problem

1999-03-08 Thread Mans Joling
Dear Sir I have just installed debian 2.0.36 slink on hda5. I have make a connection with my '"ISP". When I use dselect and fillin in apt acquistion ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian he still says ftp_connect : Could not connect. What could be wrong. Any help would be appriciated Mans Joling

Re: Hamm --> Slink now no color ....

1999-03-08 Thread Dave Swegen
On Mon, Mar 08, 1999 at 06:00 -0500, Jonathan D. Proulx wrote: > I have recently upgraded to slink and now the following apps only display in > monochrome: > > lynx 2.8.1rel.2 > mutt 0.95.3i > slrn 0.9.5.3 > > I don't get any error mesages and the config files are set to use color. > (minicom is

Re: I can't believe this

1999-03-08 Thread Dave Swegen
On Mon, Mar 08, 1999 at 00:22 -0500, Brian Clark wrote: > > "If you're trying Linux for the first time, Red Hat is the best choice." > > If I had to choose for the first time again, there is no doubt in my mind > that I would go with Debian. Period. As horrible as it sounds I think I would have

Using Procmail

1999-03-08 Thread XRDLAB
Hi, Currently I am using fetchmail and pine to get the mail from my isp account and to read/send the messages respectively. As the number of messages I am getting has increased, I am feeling the need to use procmail to sort the mail into different folders. How do I go about putting the messages in

Re: Favorite WP/Office software...

1999-03-08 Thread Johann Spies
On Sun, 7 Mar 1999, Paul Nathan Puri wrote: > I'm curious what people feel is their favorite word processor/ office > productivity suite (i.e., star office, word perfect, lyx, TeX, siag > office, etc.). I have WP8 and Staroffice 4. I use WP8 most of the time just to read documents created by oth

writing device drivers for fbsd

1999-03-08 Thread Wayne Cuddy
What is a good reference to learn to to write device drivers for fbsd? I remember some recommended a good book a few months ago but forgot to save the message. I saw "Writing Unix Device Drivers" by George Pajari, this weekend at the store,is this a good book? Where would I look in the kernel s

Re: Smartlist not sending to sender

1999-03-08 Thread Santiago Vila Doncel
On Sat, 6 Mar 1999, Erik Forsberg wrote: > I'm using smartlist for some small mailinglists on a Debian machine (I > hope this isn't too offtopic) > > Is there a way to configure smartlist NOT to distribute a message to > the sender of the message ? I don't want my own postings. Short answer: no,

Re: I can't believe this

1999-03-08 Thread Ben Collins
On Sun, Mar 07, 1999 at 09:43:11PM -0800, George Bonser wrote: > On Mon, 8 Mar 1999, Ben Collins wrote: > > > Aside from the obvious errors, I think we should note the criticisms, > > they are actually quite true (they didn't beat around the bush when > > mentioning them either). > > Ben, > > I thi

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