Re: mail confusion

aphro wrote: > On Fri, 21 Jan 2000, paul wrote: > > paul.w >And telnet to port 25: > paul.w > > paul.w >"FUDO2:/home/guest# telnet localhost 25 > paul.w >Trying 127.0.0.1... > paul.w >Connected to dial.pipex.com. > paul.w >Escape character is '^]'. > paul.w >mail... Recipient names must be specifi

RE: dhcpcd configuration

On 21-Jan-2000 Joseph A. Martin wrote: > Hello, > I have a laptop with PCMCIA networking running Debian. The > pcmcia stuff and the networking stuff both work great. I am using > dhcpcd to get my 'net configuration as I move the laptop between home > and work. dhcpcd works great also, except

Re: help

Emmanuel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: EB> I'm trying to add a gateway on a debian Tweak /etc/init.d/network? Play with /sbin/route? EB> but there's no man on the computer. Install the man-db package. -- David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://donut.mit.edu/dmaze/ "Theoretical

Re: Directory to copy?

It's /var/cache/apt for the package database and the downloaded deb's (in /var/cache/apt/archives) and /var/state/apt for the Packages-files from the latest apt-get update. Bye Andreas On Fri, Jan 21, 2000 at 10:58:50AM -0700, Robert L. Harris wrote: > > > Ok, > Somehow I lost the email that

Re: help

On Fri, 21 Jan 2000, Emmanuel wrote: >hello > >I'm trying to add a gateway on a debian but there's no man on the computer. man route, the option is called "-gw". The NET-3-HOWTO decribes the whole procedure in more detail. HTH -- Philip Lehman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

sgml-tools, LinuxDoc, and customization

Hello, I am not sure exactly where to ask this question, but the README.Debian file for sgml-tools says that version 1 is orphaned upstream. I take that to mean that I might not get help from the upstream authors. Anyway my problem is this: I am writing a HOWTO in LinuxDoc format. I

Re: mounting zip disks and nfs

On 21 Jan 2000, Roland Mas wrote: >Philip Lehman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Is there an automount solution out there that would facilitate this? >> What I have in mind is automatic unmounting of the drive when there is >> no nfs connect and mounting it as soon someone requests it over >> nfs

Re: Booting problem with AMD Athlon

On Fri, Jan 21, 2000 at 03:51:35PM -0500, Alain Birtz wrote: > Hi, > > I recently bought Debian 2.1 and I tried to install it on my brand new > PC. > However I was not capable to make it to the installer. > > When I start from the CD-ROM, I see the boot: prompt, I hit return and > then it s

dhcpcd configuration

Hello, I have a laptop with PCMCIA networking running Debian. The pcmcia stuff and the networking stuff both work great. I am using dhcpcd to get my 'net configuration as I move the laptop between home and work. dhcpcd works great also, except for one issue: /etc/resolv.conf is not automati

LDAP Authentication Howto

Hello, Just a little note to everyone who is interested in my upcoming LDAP Authentication HOWTO. I have finally created a personal website - all skeleton pages right now - and there is a link where the HOWTO will sit eventually. The link to my website is http://www.ice-works.com/personal/L

Re: THANKS !!! HELP! mv problem

Thank you to all that responded. I sure am glad this group is here. I found the directory and all is well. I have Debian now and will begin installing later today. Thanks again. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.pacifier.com/~cedric Linux Powered

THANKS!!! with mv problem

Thanks to all that responded with help. I found the files and all is well. I have Debian now and will install later today. Thanks again. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.pacifier.com/~cedric Linux Powered

help

hello   I'm trying to add a gateway on a debian but there's no man on the computer.   Sby can heelp me ?   thks       [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Fwd: Warning: could not send message for past 4 hours]

> > Subject: man Page (NFS) > Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 00:06:34 +0100 > From: Sven Gaerner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Debian User List > > Hi, > > I installed the packages nfs-server and nfs-common. In the file /etc/exports > you > get the info to look at man exports. My system does not found this m

Re: Booting problem with AMD Athlon

99% chance i the kernel on the Cd is not compadible with athlon, you need to make your own boot disk, or, if possible it would be easier to install on a non athlon, upgrade the kernel then move the HD back to the athlon. you need linux 2.2.13 to boot on athlon.(or newer) nate On Fri, 21 Jan 2000

Re: mail confusion

On Fri, 21 Jan 2000, paul wrote: paul.w >And telnet to port 25: paul.w > paul.w >"FUDO2:/home/guest# telnet localhost 25 paul.w >Trying 127.0.0.1... paul.w >Connected to dial.pipex.com. paul.w >Escape character is '^]'. paul.w >mail... Recipient names must be specified paul.w >^] paul.w >telnet> q

Re: IBM PS/1 Consultant problem

I solved this problem by booting of CD. All you need is an old atapi-cdrom and a MS-DOS boot-disk, which loads the driver. If you have a distribution which has an loadlin environment on the cd ( debian and SuSE are the two I found working yet ) you can go to the install directory and boot it. On de

Booting problem with AMD Athlon

Hi, I recently bought Debian 2.1 and I tried to install it on my brand new PC. However I was not capable to make it to the installer. When I start from the CD-ROM, I see the boot: prompt, I hit return and then it starts loading stuff, like a normal boot does. However, when it arrives at the lin

Re: mail confusion

Gary Hennigan wrote: > Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > It`s a long story but in order to install fidogate I replaced my > > perfectly working exim with sendmail. Now when I try to collect my mail > > with fetchmail I get: > > > > reading message 1 of 10 (1598 header octets) > > fetchmail: SMT

Re: when is swap allocated

that is perfectly normal, linux is incredibly efficient at using memory. my main server has been up almost 6 months and is used _a lot_. and my mem stats: total used free sharedbuffers cached Mem:127544 119664 7880 100528 6016

Re: Dual Video Cards-

look to XF86 4.0 or Dual head accelx or dual head metro-x nate On Fri, 21 Jan 2000, Tom Warfield wrote: TWarfi >Can I run Dual Video cards? I have one that is internal and im thinking of TWarfi >adding another to a PCI slot and running two monitors. This way i can so TWarfi >my research on

Netscape's icons in 24-bit mode

Hi, I seem to remember a discussion about Netscape's icons while in 24-bit mode, but it looks like there were problems with the archives' search engine. Is there a way to fix the problem where all of Netscape's icons are displaying only in two colors (black and gray) while in 24-bit color mode wit

Invalid ELF header/java40.jar/CLASSPATH

When I tried to move java40.jar to any of the directories in my java CLASSPATH for netscape 4.61 I get an error about an invalid ELF header when I launch netscape. I moved netscape 4.08 from hdb(/hd2 on my system) to hda and it didn't work ( I originally installed it manually in /hd2/usr/local/net

Diskless from NFS --1) nfsd (rmtab); 2) /dev

Dear friends, We have got a few diskless machines so installed Linux on them, importing whole system by NFS. Everything works fine (for a long while), but some problems occurred and are still annoying. 1. While shutdown, unmount writes: "device is busy", so nfsd on the server does not rid off

problems with ppp (think it's the modem)

dear debbie's, since yesterday i have problems setting up my internet-connection. did with pppconfig, did everything as written in my book, but it didnt work at all. now today i saw when i do tail -f /var/log/messages: : abort on (VOICE) : abort on (NO DIALTONE) : abort on (NO ANSWER) : send (ATZ^

AW: when is swap allocated

Well from my point of view, I'd say be glad. And it is not so surprising. I've got three machines running Linux and one Windows NT-System - all of them with 128 Megs of RAM and - surprise surprise - the only PC that does swapping is the windows NT system. Linux has a great advantage in Memory-Usem

Re: Installin' X...

> Hi! Is there anyway somone could give me step-by-step directions on > installing a working x windows system with gnome and enlightenment? I > need to know what packages I should apt-get, and then what commands to > run after I apt-get them and install them. I would greatly appreciate > it. Thanks

Re: when is swap allocated

On Fri, 21 Jan 2000, Brian J. Stults wrote: > I was just wondering when/why swap space is used. I rooted around a bit > in the various sources of documentation, but didn't find what I was > looking for. The reason I ask is that swap is very rarely used on my > system. Most of the time, the resu

setup ip addres

hi, I'd like to know if there is a easier way to setup the network related information on a debian box without actually editing the /etc/init.d/network file (and/or others. I'd like to setup the IP address, gateway, subnet mask, hostname, DNS servers, etc. TIA! --- tcp

Report on the ORB 2.2 (Re: [OT] Removal disks for backups)

I wrote: > I'm therefore thinking of buying a removal disk for offsite > backups. > I am considering getting a Castlewood Systems (http://www.castlewood.com/) > ORB 2.2 GB external SCSI drive. See a review at > http://www8.zdnet.com/products/stories/reviews/0,4161,408937,00.html > > It's pretty

OK!

Ok! That's good! I wasn't sure if the are, because you haven't answered me so far... _ ___. adrian zurek \\ ___-- !_/ / [EMAIL PROTECTED] / \ \ \\ _//[EMAIL PROTECTED] \ -- \ \ / ___

Directory to copy?

Ok, Somehow I lost the email that had the answer. I have finally doen an "apt-get -d upgrade" pointed at potato. Someone had told me what directory to tar up and copy to my other machines to upgrade them. Can whomever re-tell me? Robert :wq! ---

Re: mounting zip disks and nfs

Philip Lehman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is there an automount solution out there that would facilitate this? > What I have in mind is automatic unmounting of the drive when there is > no nfs connect and mounting it as soon someone requests it over > nfs. Any recommendations? Yeah, like, an au

when is swap allocated

I was just wondering when/why swap space is used. I rooted around a bit in the various sources of documentation, but didn't find what I was looking for. The reason I ask is that swap is very rarely used on my system. Most of the time, the results of "free" look like this: total

Installin' X...

Hi! Is there anyway somone could give me step-by-step directions on installing a working x windows system with gnome and enlightenment? I need to know what packages I should apt-get, and then what commands to run after I apt-get them and install them. I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks a lot. By

mounting zip disks and nfs

I'm on a small home lan with a print/file server which has a zip drive connected to it; the server is running slink/potato. Mounting the zip drive and exporting it via nfs works fine but changing disks is rather inconvenient since I have to telnet into the box and unmount/remount the drive on the

Re: HELP! mv problem

> I did: > mv /home/cedric/mydocs /mnt/LS120 > so I could backup /home/cedric/mydocs to a LS120 Super > Drive that has worked fine for months. If /mnt/LS120 was an existing directory at the time you should have a /mnt/LS120/mydocs dir. If it didn't exist then your documents should be in /mnt/LS1

Re: HELP! mv problem

Quoting cedric ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I did: > mv /home/cedric/mydocs /mnt/LS120 > so I could backup /home/cedric/mydocs to a LS120 Super > Drive that has worked fine for months. If you're backing up, you want cp (I use cp -ip) not mv. > I had not mounted the LS120 yet so I did: > mount /mnt/LS12

Re: Mysql's root password

What I would do i move the current tables including mysql to a safe place and rerun scripts/mysql_install_db, that will replace the mysql table. Then put the tables back into the data directory but make sure the old mysql table is oldmysql or something different than the current mysql table. Use

RE: obsolete packages after potato upgrade...

Generally, yes. Just use dselect to do it. If it bitches about broken dependencies, put it back. Bryan On 21-Jan-2000 rich wrote: > Is it OK to remove all of the packages that dselect calls "obsolete" > after potato upgrade? > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < >

Re: HELP! mv problem

umount /mnt/LS120 mv /mnt/LS120/mydocs /home/cedric mount /mnt/LS120 mv /home/cedric/mydocs /mnt/LS120 when you mount a drive it will hide what ever was in that directory until you unmount it. Steve. cedric wrote: > > I did: > mv /home/cedric/mydocs /mnt/LS120 > so I could backup /home/cedric/m

Dual Video Cards-

Can I run Dual Video cards? I have one that is internal and im thinking of adding another to a PCI slot and running two monitors. This way i can so my research on one monitor and my implimentation on the other. So basicaly what i want to be able to is run Xwindows on both video cards at the s

Re: slink -> potato

On Fri, 21 Jan 2000, Robert Waldner wrote: > On Fri, 21 Jan 2000 07:34:18 PST, "Eric G . Miller" writes: > > > >$ apt-get -d upgrade > > > >Only downloads the debs.! No wishlist bug report required. > I think Wouter meant to download one package at a time, then > install it, then go fetch the nex

HELP! mv problem

I did: mv /home/cedric/mydocs /mnt/LS120 so I could backup /home/cedric/mydocs to a LS120 Super Drive that has worked fine for months. I had not mounted the LS120 yet so I did: mount /mnt/LS120 which worked fine. Then I did; mv /home/cedric/mydocs /mnt/LS120 and got a message telling me /home/ced

man Page (NFS)

Hi, I installed the packages nfs-server and nfs-common. In the file /etc/exports you get the info to look at man exports. My system does not found this manpage. Do I have to install an additional package? How can I fix this? Thanks. Bye, Sven

Linux and Windows PPP over a Null Modem

I've got two machines and a null modem. Both are dual bootable with Windows and Linux. I can get pppd running when they are both running Linux and I can get Direct Cable Connection to work when they're both Windows. What I can't get (and the only thing I really want) is to get pppd running on t

Re: canucmee?

Came through just fine! On Fri, 21 Jan 2000, Adrian [iso-8859-2] ¯urek wrote: > Hi all! > > Excuse me, but I don't know whether my postings arriving on this list - > could you reply > this mail? > > I want to know that, sorry again. > > Greetings every1, aDEk > >_ __

Re: slink -> potato

On Fri, 21 Jan 2000 07:34:18 PST, "Eric G . Miller" writes: >On Fri, Jan 21, 2000 at 02:37:45PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >m wrote: >> On Fri, 21 Jan 2000, Wouter Hanegraaff wrote: >> >> > Why isn't there an option for apt to let it >> > download the deb for a package only just before installing it

Re: Installing bugzilla

Mario Jorge Nunes Filipe wrote: > > Mario Jorge Nunes Filipe wrote: > > > > Hi > > > > I'm currently in the process of installing bugzilla. Taking into > > consideration that i know nothing of perl and very little of mysql is > > making things a litte bit difficult. > > > > Right now i'm running a

Re: slink -> potato

On Fri, Jan 21, 2000 at 02:37:45PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Fri, 21 Jan 2000, Wouter Hanegraaff wrote: > > > Why isn't there an option for apt to let it > > download the deb for a package only just before installing it? > > That way, upgrading small systems would be a lot easier. > >

canucmee?

Hi all! Excuse me, but I don't know whether my postings arriving on this list - could you reply this mail? I want to know that, sorry again. Greetings every1, aDEk _ ___. adrian zurek \\ ___-- !_/ / [EMAIL PROTECTED] /

Re: slink -> potato

try apt-get -d that tells apt to download ONLY and not to install. nate On Fri, 21 Jan 2000, Wouter Hanegraaff wrote: hanegr >On Thu, Jan 20, 2000 at 05:01:27PM -0600, Phil Brutsche wrote: hanegr >> No it's not safe for you to upgrade - not enough disk space. When I hanegr >> downloaded every

Re: PS/2 Mouse Port...related question

On Thu, 20 Jan 2000, David J. Kanter wrote: djkant >I have a Logitech MouseMan Wheel, yet must use the ps2 driver rather than djkant >the Logitech MouseMan driver when running XF86Setup (the Logitech driver djkant >makes the mouse jumpy). Why is that? Is my mouse schizophrenic? the mouseman driv

Re: Installing bugzilla

Mario Jorge Nunes Filipe wrote: > > Hi > > I'm currently in the process of installing bugzilla. Taking into > consideration that i know nothing of perl and very little of mysql is > making things a litte bit difficult. > > Right now i'm running a perl script wich check if everything that > bugzi

Re: Configuration of Exim

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > When I run 'fetchmail' it says something like this : >"Error 550, SMTP error, I can't relay mail for the following addresses : > " > I have seen fetchmail do this when exim is run out of inetd, but it is not setup in /etc/inetd.conf. You might try looking the

obsolete packages after potato upgrade...

Is it OK to remove all of the packages that dselect calls "obsolete" after potato upgrade?

bug in libqt2 package?

Hi all! I'm wondering how to get qt1 and qt2 working together? For example, in potato compiled kde is package kdegames which depends on qt1g and qt2. I have qt1g installed, and a few days ago, I've downloaded a libqt2 package from potato/main/binary-i386/. This package conflicts with qt2 and re

PPP and masquerading problem

Hi all! I have a problem with masquerading on PPP connection with Internet. My machine at home is in a small LAN - with a second PC connected to mine with ethernet. And I have a modem on my PC wich I use to connect to internet via PPP. I also have IP masquerading support compiled in kernel (kern

remove X

Hi all! Someone on this list suggested the way to remove xdm from executing at system start with removing links from /etc/rc*.d/ A much better way is to do: update-rc.d -f xdm remove it will remove all links automagically and when you want to get them back just do: update-rc.d xdm defaults jus

remove X

Hi all! Someone on this list suggested the way to remove xdm from executing at system start with removing links from /etc/rc*.d/ A much better way is to do: update-rc.d -f xdm remove it will remove all links automagically and when you want to get them back just do: update-rc.d xdm defaults just

Re: /usr/include/bsd where?

Ron Hale-Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Ron> I am trying to port a game called XIcehouse to GNU/Linux, but can't find Ron> /usr/include/bsd on my slink system. Which package installs it? (If the Ron> answer is "none", where else can I get it?) My (woody) system doesn't have that directory. You

Installing bugzilla

Hi I'm currently in the process of installing bugzilla. Taking into consideration that i know nothing of perl and very little of mysql is making things a litte bit difficult. Right now i'm running a perl script wich check if everything that bugzilla needs is installed. Apparently it is not. When

Re: slink -> potato

On Fri, 21 Jan 2000, Wouter Hanegraaff wrote: > Why isn't there an option for apt to let it > download the deb for a package only just before installing it? > That way, upgrading small systems would be a lot easier. > AOL! Have you already sent in a wishlist bug report?

Small bug in autofs init script?

Hi all, I wanted to check this with all of you before I count this as a bug and submit a report. This is on Debian unstable, autofs-3.1.3-2.1. I checked on bugs.debian.org, and it seems this bug is not reported. The problem: when specifying a nis map in the file /etc/auto.master, the init scr

Re: slink -> potato

On Thu, Jan 20, 2000 at 05:01:27PM -0600, Phil Brutsche wrote: > No it's not safe for you to upgrade - not enough disk space. When I > downloaded everything it was 155MB. You need to delete quite a few files > from your root file system. I had this problem too. Why isn't there an option for apt

Mysql's root password

Hi I forgot mysql's root password. Anyone has any suggestion on what I should do to be able to clear it... Thanks -- Mario Filipe [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://neptuno.sc.uevora.pt/~mjnf

bug in libqt2 package?

Hi all! I'm wondering how to get qt1 and qt2 working together? For example, in potato compiled kde is package kdegames which depends on qt1g and qt2. I have qt1g installed, and a few days ago, I've downloaded a libqt2 package from potato/main/binary-i386/. This package conflicts with qt2 and re

PPP and masquerading problem

Hi all! I have a problem with masquerading on PPP connection with Internet. My machine at home is in a small LAN - with a second PC connected to mine with ethernet. And I have a modem on my PC wich I use to connect to internet via PPP. I also have IP masquerading support compiled in kernel (kern

remove X

Hi all! Someone on this list suggested the way to remove xdm from executing at system start with removing links from /etc/rc*.d/ A much better way is to do: update-rc.d -f xdm remove it will remove all links automagically and when you want to get them back just do: update-rc.d xdm defaults jus

Re: don't want x as default startup

dear debbies, having a look at all theese reactions about this not-wanted-x-default, i was wondering if this isnt maybe some tipical debian behaviour. if it is tipical debian i would like to leave it (will need to reinstall xdm) , because that just means that i am influenced by redhat-lookandfeel

/usr/include/bsd where?

I am trying to port a game called XIcehouse to GNU/Linux, but can't find /usr/include/bsd on my slink system. Which package installs it? (If the answer is "none", where else can I get it?) XIcehouse: TIA muchly! Ron H-E -- Ron Hale-Ev

bug of pppconfig or dpkg

Hi, Can anyone help me with this: virge:/home/s2193893# dpkg --purge pppconfig (Reading database ... 35444 files and directories currently installed.) Removing pppconfig ... dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute pre-removal script: Exec format error dpkg: error processing pppconfig (--purge

Re: 3c575_cb driver

I'm using the same driver on a Dell Inspiron 3500; I coudn't make the driver work on Slink, so I'm using Potato and it works fine. On a potato, you just go /usr/sbin/pcnetconfig and configure your card; and the files go to /etc/pcmcia/; I don't know where they are on Slink, though. Good Luck. Ge

AW: slink -> potato

Hi, I usually do my installs like this: / -- 100 MB /boot -- 24 MB /usr-- 1200 MB /usr/lib-- 800 MB /var-- 200 MB -- if wanted /opt-- as wanted but the last time I used a different partioning: / -- 2400 MB /

Re: slink -> potato

The thing is that various partitioning schemes suggest having one small disk for the boot system and a larger one for the other stuff. The install process creates these as / and /usr. So /var, which can be a hog, ends up on the little partition. In the past I've used a symlink to get around this,

Package hell (again)

Okay, so I'm in different package hell this time. In trying to install a sound driver, dselect has somehow decided to remove most of the software on my computer. I'm talking as far as removing apt-get and a bunch of other system utilities. Plus, when I try to re-fetch anything with dselect, I get

slrn config question

Hi, In slrn, when displaying an article, is it possible to somehow hide the article index mode?? My next question is, I would also like to bind the same keys for moving up/down to move between articles as well as moving up/down within the articles, that is:

Re: PS/2 Mouse Port...related question

Turns out that the old Logitech mice used a proprietary protocol. That is what XFree86 refers to when it says "Logitech mouse". Gnerally, any mouse that connects to a PS/2 port will use the PS/2 protocol. Bryan On 21-Jan-2000 Nick Jennings wrote: > On Thu, Jan 20, 2000 at 05:51:39PM -0600, David

Re: Woody? when did this happen?

At 08:45 PM 1/20/00 -0500, Daniel Barclay wrote: I don't know why Debian people can't understand that releases/versions also need to be accessible by names that _don't_ change. You mean like "ham", "slink", "potato" or "woody"? I believe that "stable" and "unstable" are symbolic links to what

Re: Woody? when did this happen?

On Thu, Jan 20, 2000 at 08:45:39PM -0500, Daniel Barclay wrote: > I don't know why Debian people can't understand that releases/versions also > need to be accessible by names that _don't_ change. Gee, I had no problems at all . . . because my /etc/apt/sources.list refers to "potato" rather than

Re: don't want x as default startup

> From: John Gould <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Just remove the sym link in the default run level directory in /etc > i.e. if the default runlevel is 2, then remove the sym link to S89xdm in > the /etc/rc2.d directory. If there's a better way I'm sure others will > tell you. ... Rename the link from S

Re: Woody? when did this happen?

> From: "John Gay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ... > > I just noticed a mail in the list about Woody, and just had a look at > ftp.uk.debian.org, where my apt source list is pointing, and sure enough, > there's woody, and frozen, along with stable, unstable etc, et-al. I am > currently using unstable f

Re: curious Ethernet errors

Hi, On Fri, Jan 14, 2000 at 10:16:30AM -0600, Nathan E Norman wrote: > On Fri, 14 Jan 2000, Dean Allen Provins wrote: > > : System is Debian 2.1 (up to date) on Pentium, 64 MB, with NIC (from > : dmesg), > : > : eth0: PCnet/ISA 79C960 at 0x340, 00 00 f4 b1 84 e7, probed IRQ 12, DMA 7. > : l

Re: PS/2 Mouse Port...related question

David J Kanter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: DJK> I have a Logitech MouseMan Wheel, yet must use the ps2 driver rather than DJK> the Logitech MouseMan driver when running XF86Setup (the Logitech driver DJK> makes the mouse jumpy). Why is that? Is my mouse schizophrenic? DJK> DJK> Is the key the conn

Re: slink -> potato

At 05:05 PM 1/20/00 -0600, Phil Brutsche wrote: A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > Hi, > > My box running slink here would like to do the > potato upgrade but I'm concerned that it might run > out of disk space: > > Filesystem 1024-blocks Used Available Cap

Re: Is potatoe's exim 3.12-1 OK?

Sorry for yet more noise, but downgrading to exim_3.03-5_i386.deb fixed the problem. I still think it has something to do with the fragmenting as suggested by Wouter, because when I do a traceroute -F smtp.student.unsw.edu.au, the last hop fails with [snip] 129.654 ms !A * 119.699 ms !A I'll

Re: Woody? when did this happen?

> "Daniel" == Daniel Barclay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Daniel> I don't know why Debian people can't understand that Daniel> releases/versions also need to be accessible by names that Daniel> _don't_ change. Why refer to in in apt/sources.list as unstable or frozen when potato wo

Re: slink -> potato

On Thu, Jan 20, 2000 at 08:06:16PM -0500, Edward Kear wrote: > > > >One way to get around that problem would be to do this: > > > >rmdir /var/lib/dpkg/methods//debian > >mkdir /home/debian > >ln -s /home/debian /var/lib/dpkg/methods//debian > > > >before you start upgrading. That will alleviate yo

Re: slink -> potato

On Thu, Jan 20, 2000 at 06:43:08PM -0800, Nick Jennings wrote: > This brings up a question that i've had for sometime, but haven't > yet asked anyone. > > Why the hell does Debian insist on putting some very disk space > consuming directories in /var ?? such as: > > /var/ftp > /var/ca

Re: Sound in Debian

> I can't get my sound to work in Debian, and none of my dad's old UNIX > books have anything about sound (I'm getting Debian / GNU 2.2 Linux > Unleashed for my b-day, but that's not for another two months), so I was > wondering if it was possible to (and how I would) configure the kernel > to work

Sound in Debian

Hey everyone, I can't get my sound to work in Debian, and none of my dad's old UNIX books have anything about sound (I'm getting Debian / GNU 2.2 Linux Unleashed for my b-day, but that's not for another two months), so I was wondering if it was possible to (and how I would) configure the kernel to

Re: PS/2 Mouse Port...related question

On Thu, Jan 20, 2000 at 05:51:39PM -0600, David J. Kanter wrote: > I have a Logitech MouseMan Wheel, yet must use the ps2 driver rather than > the Logitech MouseMan driver when running XF86Setup (the Logitech driver > makes the mouse jumpy). Why is that? Is my mouse schizophrenic? > > Is the key t

Re: PS/2 Mouse Port...related question

I have a Logitech MouseMan Wheel, yet must use the ps2 driver rather than the Logitech MouseMan driver when running XF86Setup (the Logitech driver makes the mouse jumpy). Why is that? Is my mouse schizophrenic? Is the key the connector at the back of my desktop, not the label on the bottom of my m