CD-RW woes. Again.

1999-07-13 Thread Alisdair McDiarmid
I've been fiddling with my kernel configuration and I've tried every combination I can think of, and still I can't recreate my previous setup (before I `rm -rf /var/cache/ *'d my way into a blank hard disk). What I want is for /dev/hdc to remain an ATAPI controlled CD-ROM drive - so that cdparanoi

Re: weird log entry

1999-07-13 Thread Pollywog
On 13-Jul-99 Jim wrote: > Just looks like someone tried to connect to the afs3-fileserver port on > your machine. Perhaps inadvertently, or maybe even as part of a portscan > attempt. > > To find out the actual port #, check /etc/services. It should be defined > in there. I forgot to check /et

Re: Informacisn linux

1999-07-13 Thread Romeu
Usted puede bajar los archivos de  http://www.debian.org/releases/slink/ , que é a última versão estável. I bought mine at www.cheapbytes.com (US$ 6,99) - una caixa con 4 CD's (sources included), ou Manual com CD + 2 binary installation CD's, sem os fontes. Acho que a última opção é a melhor pra u

Re: weird log entry

1999-07-13 Thread Jim
Just looks like someone tried to connect to the afs3-fileserver port on your machine. Perhaps inadvertently, or maybe even as part of a portscan attempt. To find out the actual port #, check /etc/services. It should be defined in there. On Tue, 13 Jul 1999, Pollywog wrote: > Can anyone tell m

Re: ADSL

1999-07-13 Thread Joseph Carter
/* * This belongs in -user, directed there... */ On Tue, Jul 13, 1999 at 04:48:18PM -0400, Sera Hill wrote: > I'm a Linux newbie! I've been trying to get ADSL to work on Debian, but to > no avail. I've used winipcfg to find out the information I need, but Linux > is still having problems resol

weird log entry

1999-07-13 Thread Pollywog
Can anyone tell me what is going on here? I am not using AFS. On 13-Jul-99 root wrote: > Jul 13 21:30:05 lilypad tcplogd: afs3-fileserver connection attempt from [EMAIL PROTECTED] thanks -- Andrew

Re: ADSL

1999-07-13 Thread Sera Hill
I think I have a handle on it now. Seems I have to download the dhcp pkg. Thanks to everyone for their quick help!! -Sera

Re: ADSL

1999-07-13 Thread Robert Rati
> When I'm going through the networking setup, it asks me whether to set the > last bits at 0 or 1 or if I have a different Broadcast address. When I go > onto winipcfg, I get the following under Host Information: Node Type: > Broadcast. This doesn't tell me if it sets all last bits to 0 or 1 or

Re: ADSL

1999-07-13 Thread Sera Hill
Thanks for the ultra-fast non-condescending responses! I really *really* appreciate them. I should have told you guys more specifically what my problems were on. When I'm going through the networking setup, it asks me whether to set the last bits at 0 or 1 or if I have a different Broadcast addr

Re: pppconfig

1999-07-13 Thread Romeu
Yes. You're all right. Thanks so much. (God damn ! You discovered the IP of my ISP DNS). > 2) Use the "winipcfg" command on Win98 (or "ipconfig /all" on NT) to > figure out what IP, DNS, etc. was given by DHCP. - > FWIW I just tried it from here and here are the r

Fw: ADSL

1999-07-13 Thread Sera Hill
Last one was in HTML. Whoops! I'm a Linux newbie! I'm also a subscriber to the debian-users list and I noticed that some of you have an ADSL link. I've been trying to get it to work on Debian, but to no avail. I've used winipcfg to find out the information I need, but Linux is still having pro

Re: Sound, sblive.

1999-07-13 Thread Kjetil Ødegaard
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | My sound has been working perfectly until a couple of days ago. My setup: | Soundblaster Live! with Creative's drivers, and kernel 2.2.10. | | I copied the sblive.o into the /lib/modules/2.2.10/misc directory, | loaded soundcore using modconf, and did a insmod -f sblive.o,

Re: ADSL

1999-07-13 Thread Evan Van Dyke
> Sera Hill wrote: > > I'm a Linux newbie! I'm also a subscriber to the debian-users list and I > noticed that some of you have an ADSL link. I've been trying to get it to > work on Debian, but to no avail. > > I've used winipcfg to find out the information I need, but Linux is still > having p

Re: ADSL

1999-07-13 Thread Robert Rati
> > I've used winipcfg to find out the information I need, but Linux is still > having problems resolving webSite addresses, especially when I run dselect. > Some of the information that the network config file asks from me I also find > confusing. Like the gateway question and the Broadcast

ADSL

1999-07-13 Thread Sera Hill
I'm a Linux newbie!  I'm also a subscriber to the debian-users list and I noticed that some of you have an ADSL link.  I've been trying to get it to work on Debian, but to no avail.    I've used winipcfg to find out the information I need, but Linux is still having problems resolving webSi

Re: Newbie needs help with installation

1999-07-13 Thread Romeu
Is the cd-rom attached to the sound card? There's a few trouble about it. I had to put mines at the onboard secondary IDE, since I have Win95, Windows NT and Linux on the same machine. NT does not recognize a CD-ROM at the sound card. I think there's a way to do so in Linux - Don't know how (I'm

RE: pcmcia support and debian

1999-07-13 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 13-Jul-99 David Mussington wrote: > Hi: > > I have just purchased a used AST Ascentia 810N notebook pc. This system > doesn't have a cd rom drive, so I am forced to use a PCMCIA-enabled one to > install Debian. Could anyone tell me if the Debian 2.0 CD (I just bought > the official user guid

Re: Exim configuration question...

1999-07-13 Thread Martin Bialasinski
>> "Steve" == Steve Beitzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [ Please do linewraps at ~70 characters ] Steve> I am trying to configure exim for the following behavior: Steve> * Fully capable local delivery Steve> * No remote delivery EXCEPT to users on one specific computer Steve> on our LAN. Run e

Re: Sound, sblive.

1999-07-13 Thread wim
I emailed the [EMAIL PROTECTED] or whatever it was, and they said that new beta drivers for 2.2.10 would be coming out this week that would fix my problems. I guess I'll have to wait until then. That's the problem with propietary drivers :( On 13-Jul-99 Kjetil Ødegaard wrote: > * [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: update-menus not working? A bug?

1999-07-13 Thread Sean
I've been noticing the very same thing. I tried deleting a few files, and forcing them to be recreated, and that only partially worked. It seems to be completely ignoring what entries are located in any and all of the locations it searches ... /etc/menu, /usr/lib/menu, ~/.menu, and so on. Sean

Re: update-menus not working? A bug?

1999-07-13 Thread Phillip Deackes
Mark Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: => => You may need to restart windomaker to get it to notice the changes. => Thanks, but that doesn't work either. -- Phillip Deackes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian Linux (Potato)

Re: un-umount-able hd and irqs of pci

1999-07-13 Thread William T Wilson
On Tue, 13 Jul 1999, Peter Allen wrote: > I'll try that, thanks. > By the way, I *thought* that rather than a slot by slot basis it was > meant to be handled by the bios, but then mine doesn't, and as it > is an award bios at least half of all modern Pc's won't as well. It is supposed to be handl

Re: un-umount-able hd and irqs of pci

1999-07-13 Thread Peter Allen
Michael Merten wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 12, 1999 at 07:31:01PM +0100, Peter Allen wrote: > > Michael Merten wrote: > > > > > > On Mon, Jul 12, 1999 at 02:50:10PM +0100, Peter Allen wrote: > > > > Two questions, > > > [snip] > > > > Second, I cannot remmember how to change the interrupt request of a

Re: Offtopic - Amiga and Linux join forces?

1999-07-13 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 13 Jul, Keith G. Murphy wrote about "Re: Offtopic - Amiga and Linux join forces?" > > > Brian Servis wrote: >> >> *- On 12 Jul, Keith G. Murphy wrote about "Re: Offtopic - Amiga and Linux >> join forces?" >> > "Chrisopher D. Judd" wrote: >> >> >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> This is not Debia

Re: update-menus not working? A bug?

1999-07-13 Thread Mark Brown
On Tue, Jul 13, 1999 at 10:30:15AM +0100, Phillip Deackes wrote: > Basically my Window Maker menu is not updating as it should, even when I > install a new Debian package. If I run update-menus as a user I get a > segmentaion fault, and as root it does nothing. Manual changes to > /etc/menu have n

Re: inapropriated postgres package pre-install script?

1999-07-13 Thread Mark Brown
On Tue, Jul 13, 1999 at 11:38:11AM +0200, Bruno Boettcher wrote: > why does the pre install script hasn't the simple line pg_dumpall >backup and > the post install the line psql -e template1mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Trying to avoid grumpiness) http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~broonie/ EU

Re: Cron Jobs Don't Purge

1999-07-13 Thread Joey Hess
Nate Duehr wrote: > Are these just oversights on the package maintainer's part, or is there > a good reason they're left behind after being installed. I usually go > in and clean them up myself, but should I be logging what packages do > this and letting the maintainers know through the bug tracki

Re: network problem?

1999-07-13 Thread Timothy C. Phan
Hi, Yes. I'm using this at home with NetGear card and LinkSys (10/100) hub. This normally happened when I'm move/copy large files or a lot of files between Debian box and my Windows/NT box. The Debian box has samba running where the Windows/NT box can see a certaim directories on th

Re: pcmcia support and debian

1999-07-13 Thread Ben Cranston
David Mussington wrote: > I have just purchased a used AST Ascentia 810N notebook pc. This system > doesn't have a cd rom drive, so I am forced to use a PCMCIA-enabled one to > install Debian. Could anyone tell me if the Debian 2.0 CD (I just bought > the official user guide with the cds included

pcmcia support and debian

1999-07-13 Thread David Mussington
Hi: I have just purchased a used AST Ascentia 810N notebook pc. This system doesn't have a cd rom drive, so I am forced to use a PCMCIA-enabled one to install Debian. Could anyone tell me if the Debian 2.0 CD (I just bought the official user guide with the cds included) contains the drivers to r

Re: SB 64 Sound Card

1999-07-13 Thread Peter Allen
Petru NOTINGHER wrote: > > Hello. > > I have a SB 64 Sound Card, but I can't make it run under slink. I tried > SB 16, SB16 pro, MPU401 etc, > but apparently it doesn't work. > > Anybody has an idea ? > > Thanks. > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null If its

Re: sndconfig.rpm to .deb question

1999-07-13 Thread Mark Brown
On Tue, Jul 13, 1999 at 01:41:01AM -0500, John Foster wrote: > That is basically what sndconfig does. I think it is GPLed software, so > I wonder why we don't have it as part of Debian? Probably as much to do with nobody having sufficient interest and enthusiasm as anything else. -- Mark Brown

Re: ssh2 install prob in potato??

1999-07-13 Thread Mark Brown
On Tue, Jul 13, 1999 at 11:28:13AM +0200, Bruno Boettcher wrote: > dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/ssh2_2.0.13-2_i386.deb > (--unpack): > trying to overwrite `/usr/man/man3/zlib.3.gz', which is also in package > zlib1g-dev > Errors were encountered while processing: > /var/cache/ap

RedHat 5,2 -> RedHat 6.0

1999-07-13 Thread Rudy Broersma
Hi Y'all, My SMB.CONF file in RH 5.2 worked just fine... Everything worked out just fine. Until. I installed RH 6.0 (Not Upgraded, coz I didn't had enough diskspace on root :( ). Anyway. Anybody any ideas how to solve this? The problem is that I cannot write to the public directory. Only read.

Exim configuration question...

1999-07-13 Thread Steve Beitzel
Hello All, I am trying to configure exim for the following behavior: * Fully capable local delivery * No remote delivery EXCEPT to users on one specific computer on our LAN. I have looked at sample configuration files and read through some documentation, but I am still not sure how to

Re: network problem?

1999-07-13 Thread Ben Cranston
Timothy C. Phan wrote: > Every once in a while, I see this message appear on my Debian > box. Any idea, suggestion, comment? > eth0: Oversized Ethernet frame spanned multiple buffers > where hex_number is a 8 digits hex number. Ethernet frames are limited by convention to 1500 bytes.

Re: Offtopic - Amiga and Linux join forces?

1999-07-13 Thread Keith G. Murphy
Brian Servis wrote: > > *- On 12 Jul, Keith G. Murphy wrote about "Re: Offtopic - Amiga and Linux > join forces?" > > "Chrisopher D. Judd" wrote: > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> This is not Debian related, but if you're interested have a look at > >> http://www.amiga.com/diary/executive/linux-e.ht

Re: xdm on a headless machine

1999-07-13 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
You would edit /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers as this is the file which dictates what X servers are managed my xdm. The line for the local server tells xdm to start that server. Thus you can comment out this line to prevent xdm from starting X on the local machine (and thus "taking over the console"). "

Re: Installation package batches

1999-07-13 Thread David Wright
Quoting Eric Mak ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Hi, I was wondering how I could get a list of the packages that are given by > each of the options just before the initial post-installation use of dselect > in slink (where options for preselected package batches are given with > Admin, Workstation, Dialup e

RE: [dkarlin@coloradomtn.edu: Re: public_html directories not accessable outside of LAN]

1999-07-13 Thread David Karlin
> > Hi Jeff, > > First, thanks for the speedy response (4 minutes). > > Second, I tried your suggestion and set > > UseCanonicalName no, but after I restarted Apache, it > > refused all connections, even from the LAN. > > You need to set UseCanonicalName off, not UseCanonicalName no, or > Apache

Installation package batches

1999-07-13 Thread Eric Mak
Hi, I was wondering how I could get a list of the packages that are given by each of the options just before the initial post-installation use of dselect in slink (where options for preselected package batches are given with Admin, Workstation, Dialup etc). Thanks. Eric

Re: random()

1999-07-13 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
Shao Zhang wrote: > Reply-To: > Hi, > I have some trouble to generate a random number. Please help. > I use the current time for the seed: > > unsigned int gen_magic() > { > time_t cur; > char*cur_time; > > time(&

Re: fetchmail -k acting funny w/pop3 mailbox on VMS

1999-07-13 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
The problem likely has to do with the POP-3 LAST command. The LAST command tells the client what was the highest message number which has been accessed, i.e. it tells you which messages you've already seen. However, the LAST command was removed from the spec as of RFC 1725 (and the current stand

Re: recompiling kernal

1999-07-13 Thread Andrei Ivanov
> > Hello, > > I understand the steps to recompiling the kernal ...but... > do I have to recheck everything I need support for or just > what I need added? > > Thanks > > Ronnie Gauthier Teh default kernel contains things that you may not need. So go through every option and make sure you nee

recompiling kernal

1999-07-13 Thread Ronnie Gauthier
Hello, I understand the steps to recompiling the kernal ...but... do I have to recheck everything I need support for or just what I need added? Thanks Ronnie Gauthier

crazy screensaver problems

1999-07-13 Thread Dan Brosemer
A while ago, I posted with some problems with xscreensaver. Problem was as follows: xscreensaver wouldn't start any screensaver new screensavers in 3.x did not appear in gnome menu A kind soul (thanks) helped me out on the second count, but I'm still stuck with the first. When I originally had

Re: mutt address book

1999-07-13 Thread Michael Stenner
On Tue, Jul 13, 1999 at 03:02:04PM +0100, Patrick Kirk wrote: > My Outlook address book has over 100 entries. I'd like to be able to import > them all into the address book for mutt. > > Question is...what does Mutt use for address book? put these in your .muttrc: source ~/.mutt_aliases set ali

Re: SB 64 Sound Card

1999-07-13 Thread Samuel R. Scarano
> I just got rid of a SB32 (broken joystic port) and so I still have a > config file for one, which might conceivably work for your card on your > system. I'm pretty sure it won't. I'm pretty sure you have to run isapnpdump on your own motherboard with your own sound card. But don't worry Petru,

Help Needed for Debian Installation

1999-07-13 Thread Jianbo Zhang
Hi All, I just installed slink from the official debian CDs. Everything was fine except that the following messages: idconfig: warning: /usr/lib/libcpwrapGK.so.1 is not a symlink. idconfig: warning: /usr/lib/libomniORB2.so.6 is not a symlink. idconfig: warning: /usr/lib/libomniLC.so.2 is not a sy

Re: More fetchmail woes

1999-07-13 Thread Francois GELIS
On Tue, 13 Jul 1999, Patrick Kirk wrote: > fetchmail is fetching old and new messages again and again. My .fetchmailrc > is as follows. Can anyone suggest what I need to do to have it pick up new > messages only. I think I have read man fetchmail correctly and use the > command fetchmail On wa

RE: automagic ftp sessions?

1999-07-13 Thread David Karlin
Hi Kevin, You're 100% correct. I just checked from my room-mates computer which dials up into a different ISP, and found that the page was not updated by ip-down.d. I suppose I'll do the same thing you did and write a new poff script. Thanks for pointing that out. --D > -Original Message--

Sound: DMA (output) timed out - IRQ/DRQ config error?

1999-07-13 Thread Johann Spies
I get this error message when I use "play somefile.wav". Can somebody explain to me what does this mean and how can I correct it? Johann -- | Johann Spies Windsorlaan 19 | | [EMA

Re: xdm on a headless machine

1999-07-13 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 13 Jul, Bob C. Ruddy wrote about "xdm on a headless machine" > Who would I go about starting xdm on a machine were I didn't want it to > take over the console? > Read the xdm man page: OVERVIEW xdm is highly configurable, and most of its behavior can be controlled

Re: xdm on a headless machine

1999-07-13 Thread Steve Rothanburg
In /etc/X11/xdm/xservers comment out any line referring to servers that you really don't want it to start. I think the last line of the file says: :0 local /usr/bin/X11/X vt7 Just put a # in front of that line. "Bob C. Ruddy" wrote: > Who would I go about starting xdm on a machine were I didn'

Re: SB 64 Sound Card

1999-07-13 Thread Raymond A. Ingles
On Tue, 13 Jul 1999, Petru NOTINGHER wrote: > Hello. > > I have a SB 64 Sound Card, but I can't make it run under slink. I tried > SB 16, SB16 pro, MPU401 etc, > but apparently it doesn't work. It's almost certainly a Plug-'n'-Pray card, and thus you probably need to use isapnptools to configur

Re: Save 70% of your Inernational Faxes Cost

1999-07-13 Thread Raymond A. Ingles
On 13 Jul 1999, Martin Bialasinski wrote: > > >> "Raymond" == Raymond A Ingles wrote: > > Raymond> Hmm. Is there anyone actually doing anything about the spam > Raymond> on the Debian lists? Email inquiries I've sent have not been > Raymond> answered... > > Spam Fighting Team -- <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: i'm dying here

1999-07-13 Thread Oleg Krivosheev
On Tue, 13 Jul 1999, Wonko wrote: > is there ANY way to setup my stb v4400 AGP card with x? i'm about to Isn't v4400 being one of the Riva chipset based card? Then it is supported by both XFree and NVidia and works fine... > smash everything in my house calm down, relax, take a beer and check t

SB 64 Sound Card

1999-07-13 Thread Petru NOTINGHER
Hello. I have a SB 64 Sound Card, but I can't make it run under slink. I tried SB 16, SB16 pro, MPU401 etc, but apparently it doesn't work. Anybody has an idea ? Thanks.

Problem with lpr

1999-07-13 Thread Petru NOTINGHER
Hello ! I have just installed slink on my machine, but I don't succeed to start up the lp daemon. I get the message "Get_local_host : hostname "petru" bad". I recompiled the kernel, but the problem stays. Can anybody help me ? Thanks. Petru PS : As I have no ethernet card, but only a modem,

Re: Instalation decisions

1999-07-13 Thread Walter Logeman
Didi Thanks, as it turned out the version I had was Infomagic 1.3, and so am now getting 2.1 CDs and will use fips in the first instance. Walter > If you really need BootMagic you could buy PartitionMagic which is a > incredibly useful program to have and includes BootMagic. The limited edi

Re: [dkarlin@coloradomtn.edu: Re: public_html directories not accessable outside of LAN]

1999-07-13 Thread Rene H. Larsen
Jeff Bachtel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This was the reply sent to me when I suggested turning UseCanonicalName > off in apache, hopefully someone else will have an idea how to fix this > prob. > > jeff > > -- > Jeff Bachtel (NOC,CIS,TAMU)http://www.cepheid.nu/~jeff >

xdm on a headless machine

1999-07-13 Thread Bob C. Ruddy
Who would I go about starting xdm on a machine were I didn't want it to take over the console? Bob

Re: new logo on debian.org

1999-07-13 Thread John Foster
andreas pålsson wrote: > > I saw the new logo on www.debian.org and I'm curious.. > Exactly what is it supposed to symbolize? > > I don't have much of an artistic mind, but to me it looks like a pigs > tail. I do not care for it either. maybe there is more to the

Re: Save 70% of your Inernational Faxes Cost

1999-07-13 Thread Martin Bialasinski
>> "Raymond" == Raymond A Ingles wrote: Raymond> Hmm. Is there anyone actually doing anything about the spam Raymond> on the Debian lists? Email inquiries I've sent have not been Raymond> answered... Spam Fighting Team -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> member Craig Sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED

SAMBA: Permissions

1999-07-13 Thread Ries van Twisk
Hai All, I posted this one into the samba list (some time ago), but still no solution.. (Win95 <==> Samba on Debian 2.1) I have two people with groups: Ries (it, quality), Thijs (quality) I have two shares named: It and quality. In both shares I have (not world readable): directory mask = 0770

mutt address book

1999-07-13 Thread Patrick Kirk
Hi all, My Outlook address book has over 100 entries. I'd like to be able to import them all into the address book for mutt. Question is...what does Mutt use for address book? Patrick Kirk "Captain, I can't believe my ears" - Spock

Re: vim question

1999-07-13 Thread Samuel R. Scarano
> > insert a single(or two) tab at the beginning of the next 10 lines. > > single: 10>> Wait! Wait! You can do it in fewer keystrokes: 9>j :-D Sorry about that original post with the unoptimized vi commands. How un-vi-like of me!

network problem?

1999-07-13 Thread Timothy C. Phan
Hi, Every once in a while, I see this message appear on my Debian box. Any idea, suggestion, comment? eth0: Oversized Ethernet frame spanned multiple buffers where hex_number is a 8 digits hex number. Thank in advance! -- tcp

Re: Apache web server

1999-07-13 Thread Samuel R. Scarano
>I am thinking of configuring my linux machine to be a Apache web server and >playing around with it. Would someone like to share your experiences on That's where I was about 2 years ago. Just install it -- it's easy. When I figured out how CGI works, I was so excited I worked on CGI shells script

Re: vim question

1999-07-13 Thread Samuel R. Scarano
> insert a single(or two) tab at the beginning of the next 10 lines. single: 10>> or two: 10>>. I consider the > and < commands to be two of vi's biggest advantages over emacs. I love those commands.

Re: Save 70% of your Inernational Faxes Cost

1999-07-13 Thread Raymond A. Ingles
On 13 Jul 1999, Martin Bialasinski wrote: > Novare host the Debian list server. When a mail is send to the list, > it gets new headers. The listmasters have access to the original mail, > and they will do something against this, as debian-user is not the > only list receiving this spam. Hmm. Is

Re: overriding package dependencies ?

1999-07-13 Thread Martin Bialasinski
>> "Bruno" == Bruno Boettcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Bruno> i would like to cope myself with the jdk (BTW i have the jdk1.2 Bruno> installed, which isn't in the distrib yet...) but i didn't Bruno> found a way to tell dselect to not install the dist jdk, but Bruno> still install the tools i n

Re: Save 70% of your Inernational Faxes Cost

1999-07-13 Thread Martin Bialasinski
>> "Patrick" == Patrick Kirk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Patrick> This seems to come from novare.net the details of which are Patrick> as follows. Could we find some way of barring all mail from Patrick> these spammers? Novare host the Debian list server. When a mail is send to the list, it gets

Re: how to configure atapi cdrom?

1999-07-13 Thread Ray
On Mon, Jul 12, 1999 at 02:11:46PM -0600, David Brode wrote: > I recently purchased a new atapi cdrom (Samsung model SCR-3231) and I'm > having trouble finding a driver for it. According to the CDROM HOWTO at 3.1, > > How do I apply this? My Debian kernal (2.0.36) doesn't recognize the drive

Re: More fetchmail woes

1999-07-13 Thread Patrick Kirk
I actually need to leave copies of all messages on the POP server. Its making that option work that I am struggling with. Patrick - Original Message - From: Bud Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Debian Users Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 1999 11:44 AM Subject: Re: More fetchmail woes > On Tue,

Re: Save 70% of your Inernational Faxes Cost

1999-07-13 Thread Patrick Kirk
This seems to come from novare.net the details of which are as follows. Could we find some way of barring all mail from these spammers? Registrant: Novare International, Inc. (NOVARE2-DOM) 2808 McKinney Ave Suite 111 Dallas, TX 75220 US Domain Name: NOVARE.NET Administrative Conta

Re: More fetchmail woes

1999-07-13 Thread Bud Rogers
On Tue, 13 Jul 1999, Patrick Kirk wrote: > fetchmail is fetching old and new messages again and again. My .fetchmailrc > is as follows. Can anyone suggest what I need to do to have it pick up new > messages only. Here's what I use. This retrieves all my mail and deletes it from the server.

Save 70% of your Inernational Faxes Cost

1999-07-13 Thread fax
Dear Jone, I would like to tell you about this new technology which can make you save a lot of money! Harness the power of the Internet to send faxes anywhere in the world while saving up to 70% on all your international fax transmissions. Anyone with a fax machine(In Egypt only) or

swat and samba 2.04b

1999-07-13 Thread Olaf Conradi
Hi, I'm recently using Swat (a great tool!) to configure my samba settings. I noticed a start/stop/restart option in de status page of Swat, but it doesn't seem to work. I can use /etc/init.d/samba restart ofcourse, but why can't swat do it correctly? Or am I the only one having this problem? bye

Newbie needs help with installation

1999-07-13 Thread Gerhard S. Neugschwandtner
I have a 486DX 50Mhz with 8MB Ram. I tried to install Debian 2.1, with two boot floppies (Resc1440, Drv1440). The installation-routine cannot mount the prop. CD-Rom (SoundBlaster) successful. By configure the sbpcd Module i get following message: eval: 1: Syntax error: EOF in backquote substitut

Re: More fetchmail woes

1999-07-13 Thread Patrick Kirk
Its a dummy account. Please feel free to post to it or take from it. If you happen to delete the test messages, please do send another set up. Patrick - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 1999 11:28 AM Subject: SV: More fetchmail

More fetchmail woes

1999-07-13 Thread Patrick Kirk
Hi all, fetchmail is fetching old and new messages again and again. My .fetchmailrc is as follows. Can anyone suggest what I need to do to have it pick up new messages only. I think I have read man fetchmail correctly and use the command fetchmail Also, how would I add a server "pop.isp.com" w

Re: smbmount, random timestamp

1999-07-13 Thread Gerhard Kroder
Gerhard Kroder wrote: > found some strange behaviour of smbmount-2.2.x, is it me or is it smb? > > doing "smbmount-2.2.x '\\ntserver\user' user -U user -c 'mount > /mnt/smb/user -u myname -g 0' " mounts as expected, but touching a > file in smbmounted dir gives random timestamps instead of

smbmount, random timestamp

1999-07-13 Thread Gerhard Kroder
found some strange behaviour of smbmount-2.2.x, is it me or is it smb? doing "smbmount-2.2.x '\\ntserver\user' user -U user -c 'mount /mnt/smb/user -u myname -g 0' " mounts as expected, but touching a file in smbmounted dir gives random timestamps instead of actual time =:-( looks like thi

inapropriated postgres package pre-install script?

1999-07-13 Thread Bruno Boettcher
Hello, it now the third machine where i have to do the manipulation by hand, and when forgotten it is realy a pain each time i launch a dselect there's the horror of the possibility of an upgrade of the postgres DB often on launching the upgrade the thought comes arg did i do a backup

update-menus not working? A bug?

1999-07-13 Thread Phillip Deackes
I am using Potato and regularly update my system with apt-get. I currently have version 2.1.0-2 of menu and version 0.60.0-4 of Window Maker. Basically my Window Maker menu is not updating as it should, even when I install a new Debian package. If I run update-menus as a user I get a segmentaion f

ssh2 install prob in potato??

1999-07-13 Thread Bruno Boettcher
Hello, since some time now i do not get a clean install on my laptop due to this error: Unpacking ssh2 (from .../ssh2_2.0.13-2_i386.deb) ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/ssh2_2.0.13-2_i386.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/usr/man/man3/zlib.3.gz', which is also in package zl

overriding package dependencies ?

1999-07-13 Thread Bruno Boettcher
hello, i am using some packages like jikes, the java extensions to postgres etc all this packages need absolutely the jdk now i would like to cope myself with the jdk (BTW i have the jdk1.2 installed, which isn't in the distrib yet...) but i didn't found a way to tell dselect to not install th

Re: Needing a help...

1999-07-13 Thread Philippe HUBAUT
Hello, Read the Serial Programming HOWTO. Philippe Hubaut France ashraf soussa a écrit : > Hi all... > > I want to program the serial port through Linuxcan any one give me a URL > or something like that for begining with thati think that will be using > C,..right? > > Thakns in advance

new logo on debian.org

1999-07-13 Thread andreas pålsson
I saw the new logo on www.debian.org and I'm curious.. Exactly what is it supposed to symbolize? I don't have much of an artistic mind, but to me it looks like a pigs tail. ./Andreas - Let's say "oink!" to Linux

Needing a help...

1999-07-13 Thread ashraf soussa
Hi all... I want to program the serial port through Linuxcan any one give me a URL or something like that for begining with thati think that will be using C,..right? Thakns in advance Ashraf Sousa Computer Engineering, Egypt __ Ge

Re: Star Office 5.1 with Slink?

1999-07-13 Thread Martin Waller
I have installed and run it without a hitch on my pure slink system. Martin From: Matthew Dalton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Ben Lutgens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: Jesse Jacobsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, debian user list Subject: Re: Star Office 5.1 with Slink? Date: Thu, 08 Jul 1999 15:29:22 +1000 B

Re: public_html directories not accessable outside of LAN

1999-07-13 Thread Dan
I am telling you that it would be so much easier to go to either dyndns.org or ddns.org and get a dynamic DNS for free. Then under that variable I told you earlier, just put yourname.dyndns.org or whatever and it will always resolve to that. I don't see why you'd rather have an IP... plus you ca

Installing debian with DHCP

1999-07-13 Thread Anders . ohrt
I want to install debian at a computer of mine here at work. I'm installing over ftp from a dist site. Now, I don't have a static IP, so I'd like to use our DHCP server during the install. Is this possible? I didn't find a way... Anders Ohrt

RE: i'm dying here

1999-07-13 Thread Carley, Jason \(Australia\)
Dan, No offence but this is fundamentally untrue. All you you need is a 3.3.3 series of XFree obtainable from netgod and the stb card will work fine. As will the Diamond Viper 550 etc. Not a kernel isue at all. Regards, Jason. -Original Message- From: Dan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sen

Re: public_html directories not accessable outside of LAN

1999-07-13 Thread David Karlin
> > Perhaps the dydns.org is the solution. > > That would work. dyndns.com (fee-based) or dhs.org (free). > There are numerous such services. I don't know of a better way to do it, > other than asking your ISP for a static IP. If it is a small ISP, they might > do it for a few more dollars each

Re: i'm dying here

1999-07-13 Thread Dan
I wouldn't take my word, but AGP is so new that I am not sure the kernel supports it... I'd try searching linux.org for "AGP" or something or "stb v4400" or whatever. Check around the ftp.fi.kernel.org's ftp site too From: Wonko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject

Re: WP .debs?

1999-07-13 Thread John Foster
aidanc wrote: > > I want to download and install WordPerfect (any version), but before I > just go ahead and getting it from Corel's site, does anyone know if and > where any .debs exist? You don't need a .deb dist. WP is a self installing dist when dow

Re: i'm dying here

1999-07-13 Thread pasi savilaakso
On Tue, 13 Jul 1999, Wonko wrote: > is there ANY way to setup my stb v4400 AGP card with x? i'm about to > smash everything in my house > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > just use 3.3.3.1 or newer... works fine with mine v4400... Pasi S

i'm dying here

1999-07-13 Thread Wonko
is there ANY way to setup my stb v4400 AGP card with x? i'm about to smash everything in my house

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