Re: Creating a new user

2001-12-26 Thread k l u r t
On Thursday 27 December 2001 12:44 am, ShlopIndustries Master wrote: > I am a newbie to Debian and Linux and wanted to know how to create a new > user. I can't load dbootstrap because the command is not found. Please help > anybody. useradd usage: useradd [-u uid [-o]] [-g group] [-G group,...]

Re: ssh and X

2001-12-26 Thread Francois Gouget
On 25 Dec 2001, Jens Müller wrote: > Since upgrading to Woody, X forwarding over ssh does not work any > longer, which is a bad thing, since I cannot run X programs as > super-user now. Finding why ssh -X does not work anymore is a good thing. But your comment that says you cannot run programs

Re: Email client programs

2001-12-26 Thread Erik Steffl
Carel Fellinger wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 05:32:31PM -0800, Erik Steffl wrote: > > Craig Dickson wrote: > ... > > I guess, I still like to see it all at once... I guess I can open few > > windows, each with it's own view:-) > > > > BTW the other annoying thing is that it requires pass

Re: debian-user-digest Digest V101 #2478

2001-12-26 Thread Kerry Dukie
On Wednesday 26 December 2001 23:39, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > debian-user-digest Digest Volume 101 : Issue 2478 > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Today's Topics: > Re: Shell scr

Creating a new user

2001-12-26 Thread ShlopIndustries Master
I am a newbie to Debian and Linux and wanted to know how to create a new user. I can't load dbootstrap because the command is not found. Please help anybody. _ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com

Re: Swap Partition/File

2001-12-26 Thread Daniel Freedman
On Wed, Dec 26, 2001, Paul A. Thomas wrote: > I've two questions tonight which seem simple but not... straight > forward. Hi Paul, > I downloaded three ISO images and burned them to CD's. > > 1: I've booted from disk (CD) 1 and 2: both state they are recovery > disk/boots... > but then allow yo

Re: evolution and printing

2001-12-26 Thread Simon Wong
On Mon, 2001-12-24 at 02:26, Marc Britten wrote: > hi, > > I have evolution-ssl w/ all the trimmings installed, when i do a print > preview on a message all i get is the header box(the darker grey box w/ > the from and to n stuff) I have a current problem with the gnome-print packages that mean I

Swap Partition/File

2001-12-26 Thread Paul A. Thomas
I've two questions tonight which seem simple but not... straight forward. I downloaded three ISO images and burned them to CD's. 1: I've booted from disk (CD) 1 and 2: both state they are recovery disk/boots... but then allow you to go into the installation applet. The only other ( very limited

Re: software install problems

2001-12-26 Thread David Z Maze
Phil Beder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: PB> I'm having trouble installing software. I have downloaded Gimp, Netscape, PB> Mozilla and others and seem to have compatibility problems with the version PB> of Debian I'm running. I thought I had 2.1.1, but in fact it returns Ver PB> 2.0.36 when issued

Re: software install problems

2001-12-26 Thread Phil Beder
At 11:34 PM 12/26/01 -0500, you wrote: >On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 11:18:31PM -0500, Phil Beder wrote: >| Hello all, >| I'm having trouble installing software. I have downloaded Gimp, Netscape, >| Mozilla and others and seem to have compatibility problems with the version >| of Debian I'm running. I

Re: C programming under linux tutorial sites..

2001-12-26 Thread Shaul Karl
> Where should i read about C programming under linux? > I need urls with download guides.. > > Petre L. Daniel,System Administrator > Canad Systems Pitesti Romania, > http://www.cyber.ro, email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Tel:+4048220044, +4048206200 > An ANSI C program is the same with any platform t

Re: Sugarplum

2001-12-26 Thread Paul 'Baloo' Johnson
On Thu, 27 Dec 2001, Shaul Karl wrote: > Searching for sugarplum* on pacakges.debian.org reports `No responses > to your query'. Right, but does anybody know of unofficial debs? -- Baloo

Re: Sugarplum

2001-12-26 Thread Shaul Karl
> Is there a debian package for Sugarplum? > http://www.devin.com/sugarplum/ > > -- > Baloo > Searching for sugarplum* on pacakges.debian.org reports `No responses to your query'. -- Shaul Karl email: shaulka(at-no-spam)bezeqint.net Please replace (at-no-spam) with an at

Re: Uninstalling Programs

2001-12-26 Thread Shaul Karl
> I am running potato for the first time on a m68k mac. I installed x windows, > which I do not want. How do I uninstall? I have never really used Debian > PLEASE HELP!!! > One way is to, as root dpkg --purge unwanted_packages Now you should ask which are the unwanted_packages to remove.

Re: Threading Mail

2001-12-26 Thread Kieren Diment
On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 09:58:11PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2001.12.26.2100 +0100]: > > I recommend just using fetchmail intstead and having exim or procmail > > sort the mail into folders for you. The advantage of using > > fetchmail+exim/procmail is t

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Re: software install problems

2001-12-26 Thread dman
On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 11:18:31PM -0500, Phil Beder wrote: | Hello all, | I'm having trouble installing software. I have downloaded Gimp, Netscape, | Mozilla and others and seem to have compatibility problems with the version | of Debian I'm running. I thought I had 2.1.1, but in fact it returns

software install problems

2001-12-26 Thread Phil Beder
Hello all, I'm having trouble installing software. I have downloaded Gimp, Netscape, Mozilla and others and seem to have compatibility problems with the version of Debian I'm running. I thought I had 2.1.1, but in fact it returns Ver 2.0.36 when issued the uname -a command. When I tried to ins

Re: Email client programs

2001-12-26 Thread Carel Fellinger
On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 05:32:31PM -0800, Erik Steffl wrote: > Craig Dickson wrote: ... > I guess, I still like to see it all at once... I guess I can open few > windows, each with it's own view:-) > > BTW the other annoying thing is that it requires password to IMAP > everytime I start it - i

Re: sound blaster

2001-12-26 Thread Brian Clark
* Marcelo B. Bianchi ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [Dec 26. 2001 21:04]: > After the reboot try load the module, > modprobe emu10k1 I recentl;y had the same problem, but put it off for a while. This is what I get (the same card, same module - but the creative sources): % modprobe emu10k1 /lib/modules/2.

Re: How do you map shell commands to keys in mutt ?

2001-12-26 Thread Brian Clark
* Karsten M. Self (kmself@ix.netcom.com) [Dec 26. 2001 15:04]: > ## Bind ricochet spam response to 'S' > macro index S "|/usr/local/bin/ricochet & \n" Note, for some versions of Mutt, or some systems, or some planets, one may have to use , as in: ## Bind ricochet spam response to 'S'

Re: CD RW problems

2001-12-26 Thread Seth Delackner
On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 07:47:28PM +, Steve Knight wrote: > I use 'mkisofs' under Debian. If you're also using cdrecord for the actual burning, I've been hit by the problem that it screws up the last couple files on any ISO. Just about the only fix someone seems to have mentioned for this myst

Re: "jumpstart" for debian?

2001-12-26 Thread Daniel Freedman
On Wed, Dec 26, 2001, Lev Lvovsky wrote: > > is there any linux/debian equivalent of "jumpstart" as there is on > Solaris? You might want to look into FAI: the Fully Automated Installer (packaged for, and, I believe, developed on, Debian). HTH, Daniel > thanks, > -lev > > -- > personal site

Taking advantage of patch_the_kernel -- advice?

2001-12-26 Thread Phil Edwards
After running 2.2.20 quite happily, I figured I'd try the 2.4 series. So I just grabbed the 2.4.17-1 source package, and I'm just about to build it when I think, hey, the "preemptible kernel" patch listed here: http://www.tech9.net/rml/linux/ looks like it could be useful. Instead of just ap

Re: Email client programs

2001-12-26 Thread dman
On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 11:46:44AM -0800, Vaughan, Curtis wrote: | I am wondering what other Debian Users recommend for an email client | program. I like mutt the best. It is good, makes good use of screen real-estate, has good threading and list support, and is light, fast, and stable. The one

Re: Email client programs

2001-12-26 Thread dman
On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 05:36:15PM -0800, Lev Lvovsky wrote: | On Thu, 27 Dec 2001, martin f krafft wrote: | | > > why the insistence on fetchmail? | > | > it's the unix philosophy -- let one program do its job and do it well, | > let other programs use that... | | hehe, really? I guess you can

Re: Threading Mail

2001-12-26 Thread John Hasler
erik writes: > email storage - where the email is stored. traditionaly this is just > files, mostly mbox or maildir. that's what is replaced by IMAP. that way > you have no email in /var/spool/mail/username or ~/mbox or wherever your > email currently is, the email is stored by IMAP (you don't care

Re: Email client programs

2001-12-26 Thread Craig Dickson
Erik Steffl wrote: > > Also, with fetchmail, you don't have to bother telling your mail client > > about your POP or IMAP server -- it's one less thing to configure if you > > provided that you want to download emails from IMAP which is not a > very good way to use IMAP. I guess it's desirable

Re: Email client programs

2001-12-26 Thread Craig Dickson
Erik Steffl wrote: > mail retrieval is indeed separate issue (and it can be both job of > fetchamil (active retrieval) and MTA (accepting delivery)) > > then there's mail storage - IMO the task for IMAP server > > only then the MUA comes in - in between user and IMAP, the actual > email ma

Sugarplum

2001-12-26 Thread Paul 'Baloo' Johnson
Is there a debian package for Sugarplum? http://www.devin.com/sugarplum/ -- Baloo

what happened to galeon (was Re: man v. info)

2001-12-26 Thread dman
On Thu, Dec 27, 2001 at 02:14:36AM +0100, Michael Mauch wrote: | Galeon 1.0 from the Debian system really is a lot faster (2 seconds | for the whole file). So maybe something went wrong with my | Galeon-0.12.7 build here (built from sources on something that once | was a SuSE-6.1). Ok, so galeon

C programming under linux tutorial sites..

2001-12-26 Thread Petre Daniel
Where should i read about C programming under linux? I need urls with download guides.. Petre L. Daniel,System Administrator Canad Systems Pitesti Romania, http://www.cyber.ro, email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel:+4048220044, +4048206200

Re: new kernel option

2001-12-26 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Thanks for response. I have a better understanding now: I was confused by the trace let by the Makefile at the very beginning of the process. Jerome BENOIT "Donald R. Spoon" wrote: > > Jerome BENOIT wrote: > > > Bonjour: > > > > Thanks for your messages: > > let me be more specific. > > I am t

Re: new kernel option

2001-12-26 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Thanks for response. I have a better understanding now: I was confused by the trace let by the Makefile at the very beginning of the process. Jerome BENOIT "Donald R. Spoon" wrote: > > Jerome BENOIT wrote: > > > Bonjour: > > > > Thanks for your messages: > > let me be more specific. > > I am t

Re: Threading Mail

2001-12-26 Thread Erik Steffl
dman wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 05:23:49PM -0800, Erik Steffl wrote: > | dman wrote: > | > > | > On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 04:21:53PM -0500, Brian Nelson wrote: > | > > | > | Not true! I switched from mutt to gnus. It's IMAP support was too weak > | > | for me, > | > > | > IMAP in mutt is

Re: sound blaster

2001-12-26 Thread Marcelo B. Bianchi
On Wed, 26 Dec 2001 01:49:43 -0500, Mike Atamas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Im having lots of problems trying to configure my soundblaster live. I > tried to use Alsa but it told me my card wasnt found. That is strange since > mandrake and redhat detected my card, and so does windows. I tried t

Re: Email client programs

2001-12-26 Thread Lev Lvovsky
On Wed, 26 Dec 2001, Craig Dickson wrote: > Lev Lvovsky wrote: > > > why the insistence on fetchmail? > > Without fetchmail or something like it, if your network is down when you > decide to run your mail client, you can't check your mail server for new > messages. Even if the network is up, you h

Re: cdrecording

2001-12-26 Thread Michael Mauch
David Gardi wrote: > I' using cdrecord 1.10-2.2, and when I record audio cds, I am able only > to speed at > 1x. My recorder is a 4x capable drive, and if I try and record at a > higher speed, the audio > plays back faster than it should. Data cds work as expected. I did not > have this problem

Re: Email client programs

2001-12-26 Thread Erik Steffl
Craig Dickson wrote: > > Lev Lvovsky wrote: > > > why the insistence on fetchmail? ... > Also, with fetchmail, you don't have to bother telling your mail client > about your POP or IMAP server -- it's one less thing to configure if you provided that you want to download emails from IMAP which

Re: Email client programs

2001-12-26 Thread Lev Lvovsky
On Thu, 27 Dec 2001, martin f krafft wrote: > > why the insistence on fetchmail? > > it's the unix philosophy -- let one program do its job and do it well, > let other programs use that... hehe, really? I guess you can count mozilla out ;) while I like the concept of modularity, I can't imagine

Re: Uninstalling Programs

2001-12-26 Thread David Gardi
ShlopIndustries Master wrote: I am running potato for the first time on a m68k mac. I installed x windows, which I do not want. How do I uninstall? I have never really used Debian PLEASE HELP!!! _ Get your FREE download of MSN Ex

Uninstalling Programs

2001-12-26 Thread ShlopIndustries Master
I am running potato for the first time on a m68k mac. I installed x windows, which I do not want. How do I uninstall? I have never really used Debian PLEASE HELP!!! _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

Re: man v. info

2001-12-26 Thread Michael Mauch
Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 04:31:12PM +0100, Michael Mauch ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > Karsten M. Self wrote: > > > This can be further mitigated by browsers that render on partial > > > load, or which allow background loading of pages (Galeon rocks for > > > this). >

Re: Threading Mail

2001-12-26 Thread dman
On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 05:23:49PM -0800, Erik Steffl wrote: | dman wrote: | > | > On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 04:21:53PM -0500, Brian Nelson wrote: | > | > | Not true! I switched from mutt to gnus. It's IMAP support was too weak | > | for me, | > | > IMAP in mutt is actually somewhat controversia

Re: Email client programs

2001-12-26 Thread Erik Steffl
Craig Dickson wrote: > > Erik Steffl wrote: > > > IMO the MUA should not handle storage of email, so this is a non an > > issue:-) [the real causality goes in the other way] > > Well, the MUA should not have to worry about retrieval from POP servers. > That's fetchmail's job. But certainly the

Re: User process killer script..

2001-12-26 Thread dman
On Thu, Dec 27, 2001 at 12:44:38AM -0800, Petre Daniel wrote: | I was thinking at a script run either from root's crontab that would check | all processes and if the users that started them are not logged in (here | i'm stucked) it would kill them all,or a inittab script that would be | spawned

Re: Email client programs

2001-12-26 Thread Craig Dickson
Lev Lvovsky wrote: > why the insistence on fetchmail? Without fetchmail or something like it, if your network is down when you decide to run your mail client, you can't check your mail server for new messages. Even if the network is up, you have to wait while the client connects to the server and

Re: Threading Mail

2001-12-26 Thread Erik Steffl
dman wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 04:21:53PM -0500, Brian Nelson wrote: > > | Not true! I switched from mutt to gnus. It's IMAP support was too weak > | for me, > > IMAP in mutt is actually somewhat controversial. The author doesn't > really like it (mutt is _just_ a MUA), but there wou

Re: gcc conflicts with gcc-doc, gpc conflicts with gpc-doc

2001-12-26 Thread dman
On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 04:59:31PM +0200, Serafim Zanikolas wrote: |Hello dear debian fellows! | |Why does gcc-2.95 conflicts with gcc-doc? It is the specific versions that conflict. The packaging was reorganized somewhat, but I don't remeber the details for those packages. -D -- the

Re: Threading Mail

2001-12-26 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Brian Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2001.12.27.0208 +0100]: > - no vi(m), unless viper-mode is adequate mh. i forgot it's emacs... -- martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) \ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:"; [EMAIL PROTECTED] sum quod eris. pgpqK

Re: easter eggs

2001-12-26 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2001.12.27.0205 +0100]: > awesome!!! but he doesn't use the console. i still installed it on all > my servers for the users' pleasures ;) xroach -- martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) \ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*>

Re: man v. info

2001-12-26 Thread dman
On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 04:31:12PM +0100, Michael Mauch wrote: | You might argue that I should use w3m or links to read those large HTML | files - but then I would have to remember the keystrokes of these | programs (i.e. I can't use my favourite browser) and I have to | install/build these progr

Re: Threading Mail

2001-12-26 Thread Brian Nelson
martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > also sprach Brian Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2001.12.27.0037 +0100]: > > > as a devoted pine user for years, and eudora for more before that, i > > > concur that mutt rocks. and you *can* (as martin points out) compose > > > and read at the same time

Re: Threading Mail

2001-12-26 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2001.12.27.0154 +0100]: > Well, fetchmail is easy enough -- you just write down what your > mail account information is. exim can be used in place of procmail > (I'm using it now) as it has filter capability. Have you gotten mutt > to automatically put list m

Re: Email client programs

2001-12-26 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Lev Lvovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2001.12.27.0144 +0100]: > > Well, the MUA should not have to worry about retrieval from POP servers. > > That's fetchmail's job. But certainly the MUA is the thing for > > interactively moving mails from one folder to another. > > why the insistence on

Re: easter eggs

2001-12-26 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Romain Lerallut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2001.12.27.0136 +0100]: > if you type 'sl' (usually instead of 'ls') you get a nice > steam-powered ascii train rolling across your terminal. awesome!!! but he doesn't use the console. i still installed it on all my servers for the users' pleasures

Re: Where do you RTFM ?

2001-12-26 Thread dman
On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 04:38:07PM -0800, Erik Steffl wrote: | dman wrote: | ... | > info2vim converter then I could be happy :-). If you don't already | > know : vim allows for hyper-links (start with :help) that can be | > followed with ^] and ^T takes you back where you were before. | | and

Re: Threading Mail

2001-12-26 Thread dman
On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 04:21:53PM -0500, Brian Nelson wrote: | Not true! I switched from mutt to gnus. It's IMAP support was too weak | for me, IMAP in mutt is actually somewhat controversial. The author doesn't really like it (mutt is _just_ a MUA), but there would be too much wailing and

Re: Threading Mail

2001-12-26 Thread dman
On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 09:58:11PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: | also sprach dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2001.12.26.2100 +0100]: | > I recommend just using fetchmail intstead and having exim or procmail | > sort the mail into folders for you. The advantage of using | > fetchmail+exim/procmail is t

Re: Canon BJC-250

2001-12-26 Thread Rich Rudnick
On Wed, 2001-12-26 at 16:28, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Wed, 26 Dec 2001, Jack Dodds wrote: > > > How can I configure it to print to my old Canon BJC-250 through a > > standard (non-ECP) parallel port? > > apt-get install cupsys cupsys-bsd cupsys-client cupsys-pstoraster > cupsomatic-ppd > O

Motorola SM56 PCI modem question

2001-12-26 Thread Steve Kieu
Hi, I found from linmodems.org that sm56 is supported; and follow the link i got the motorola page but it says there are two types and they only have driver for Motorola SM56 PCI modem (not speaker). I dont know if I could use this driver ; If anyone has used or any experience on that matter, pl

Re: Email client programs

2001-12-26 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Wed, 26 Dec 2001, Craig Dickson wrote: > > the problem with text based MUAs is that you cannot see > > folders/index/message at the same time... (AFAIK, haven't found it in > > mutt or pine) > > Right, AFAIK you can't do that in mutt. On the other hand, I don't find > that essential. GKrellM sh

Re: Email client programs

2001-12-26 Thread Lev Lvovsky
On Wed, 26 Dec 2001, Craig Dickson wrote: > Well, the MUA should not have to worry about retrieval from POP servers. > That's fetchmail's job. But certainly the MUA is the thing for > interactively moving mails from one folder to another. why the insistence on fetchmail? -lev

Re: Where do you RTFM ?

2001-12-26 Thread John Hasler
> I know that many GNU tools have nice HTML and PS/PDF documents available > on gnu.org, and the TOC resembles what I've seen in 'info'. With good reason. Try 'apt-cache show texinfo'. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI

Re: easter eggs

2001-12-26 Thread Erik Steffl
martin f krafft wrote: > > i am installing a debian system for my brother, and i need to pack it > with easter eggs and weirdities to the brim. any hints? ;) > > yes, this is satire. you need sl, you don't want to waste mistyped ls erik

Re: easter eggs

2001-12-26 Thread Romain Lerallut
Thus spake martin f krafft on Thu, Dec 27, 2001 at 01:17:03AM +0100: > i am installing a debian system for my brother, and i need to pack it > with easter eggs and weirdities to the brim. any hints? ;) In case he ever uses console, you should install 'sl' if you type 'sl' (usually instead of 'ls'

Re: Email client programs

2001-12-26 Thread Craig Dickson
Erik Steffl wrote: > IMO the MUA should not handle storage of email, so this is a non an > issue:-) [the real causality goes in the other way] Well, the MUA should not have to worry about retrieval from POP servers. That's fetchmail's job. But certainly the MUA is the thing for interactively mo

"jumpstart" for debian?

2001-12-26 Thread Lev Lvovsky
is there any linux/debian equivalent of "jumpstart" as there is on Solaris? thanks, -lev -- personal site :: www.sonous.com rave site :: raves.sonous.com I'm a DJ! site :: djkgb.sonous.com "Progess is the direct result of dissatisfaction." -Mark Rudholm

Re: Where do you RTFM ?

2001-12-26 Thread Erik Steffl
dman wrote: ... > info2vim converter then I could be happy :-). If you don't already > know : vim allows for hyper-links (start with :help) that can be > followed with ^] and ^T takes you back where you were before. and for those who really didn't know: you can 'hyperlink' your code (at least c

Re: where did zless go?

2001-12-26 Thread Rick Pasotto
On Sun, Dec 23, 2001 at 03:03:48PM -0500, Jerome Acks Jr wrote: > Rick Pasotto wrote: > > >Did a bunch of upgrading to woody yesterday and now find that > >'zless' is missing. Which upgrade deleted it and why? > > It's still in gzip package. Do you have gzip installed? The problem was that it mo

Re: Canon BJC-250

2001-12-26 Thread iehrenwald
On Wed, 26 Dec 2001, Jack Dodds wrote: > How can I configure it to print to my old Canon BJC-250 through a > standard (non-ECP) parallel port? apt-get install cupsys cupsys-bsd cupsys-client cupsys-pstoraster cupsomatic-ppd Add yourself to the lpadmin group, log out/in. Open up a web browser to

Re: Email client programs

2001-12-26 Thread Erik Steffl
David Z Maze wrote: > > Erik Steffl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > ES> what's this netscpae 4.x bashing I see repeatedly? IMO it's a fairly > ES> good email client, stable (well, as stable as browser and it's really > ES> only stable when you disable java), has the main MUA features... > > Issues

easter eggs

2001-12-26 Thread martin f krafft
i am installing a debian system for my brother, and i need to pack it with easter eggs and weirdities to the brim. any hints? ;) yes, this is satire. PS: no nori, you need not take further action... -- martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) \ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|t

Canon BJC-250

2001-12-26 Thread Jack Dodds
I am new to Linux. To get my feet wet I have installed Debian (stable) on an old 486-50, upgraded with an Overdrive processor, with 24 MByte of RAM and a 1 GB SCSI disk. It works slowly, but it works. How can I configure it to print to my old Canon BJC-250 through a standard (non-ECP) parallel po

dpkg upgrade error

2001-12-26 Thread David Gardi
Hi, I've just done an apt-get upgrade, and this is the error. Unpacking replacement gkrellmms ... Preparing to replace libdb2-util 2:2.7.7.0-2 (using .../libdb2-util_2%3a2.7.7.0-3_i386.deb) ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libdb2-util_2%3a2.7.7.0-3_i386.deb (--unpack): subpro

Re: Threading Mail

2001-12-26 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Brian Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2001.12.27.0037 +0100]: > > as a devoted pine user for years, and eudora for more before that, i > > concur that mutt rocks. and you *can* (as martin points out) compose > > and read at the same time, all of which stay happily-synchonized with > > '$'

Re: Threading Mail

2001-12-26 Thread Brian Nelson
Nori Heikkinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > on Wed, 26 Dec 2001 11:18:07PM +0100, marTin insinuated: > > > and I didn't like the single window nature of it (you can't compose > > > a message and read other mail at the same time). > > > > but you can happily spawn two hundred separate instances a

Re: Where do you RTFM ?

2001-12-26 Thread dman
On Tue, Dec 25, 2001 at 02:44:17AM +0100, Carel Fellinger wrote: ... I'm not sure where in the thread my comments belong so I'll put them here. | So what is it that makes you (and others) react so vehemently? I've tried to use info a few times, and it is always difficult. The keybindings are u

Re: Where do you RTFM ?

2001-12-26 Thread dman
On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 02:49:40PM -0600, Colin Watson wrote: | On Tue, Dec 25, 2001 at 03:25:09PM -0500, David Teague wrote: | > I LIKE emacs. We were using vi as our only text editor with System V | > machines in the late 80s. I found and installed Emacs, within one | > week everyone on my facult

Re: connecting to a debian box with networking via dchp

2001-12-26 Thread Ray
On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 01:07:12PM -0500, Faheem Mitha wrote: > > Dear People, > > I set up the networking for a Debian box via dchp. The setup asks for a > host and that is all. No domain name was asked for. Right, DHCP can feed your machine everything it needs to know about the network. > The

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2001-12-26 Thread Happy Hanukka
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Re: User process killer script..

2001-12-26 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Petre Daniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2001.12.27.0944 +0100]: > Perhaps you have too much free time on yourself..i don't. karsten has 56 hours per day. i empirically verified that. -- martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) \ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailt

Re: Email client programs

2001-12-26 Thread David Z Maze
Erik Steffl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: ES> what's this netscpae 4.x bashing I see repeatedly? IMO it's a fairly ES> good email client, stable (well, as stable as browser and it's really ES> only stable when you disable java), has the main MUA features... Issues with netscape mail at MIT: -- It h

Re: Threading Mail

2001-12-26 Thread Nori Heikkinen
on Wed, 26 Dec 2001 11:18:07PM +0100, marTin insinuated: > > and I didn't like the single window nature of it (you can't compose > > a message and read other mail at the same time). > > but you can happily spawn two hundred separate instances and point > them wherever you like... it works just fin

Re: User process killer script..

2001-12-26 Thread Petre Daniel
its a normal linuxbox,with ssh shell access and system tools access to everyone. no need to correct me if it has nothing to do with debian,and its Daniel not Petre. Perhaps you have too much free time on yourself..i don't. I was thinking at a script run either from root's crontab that would ch

gcc conflicts with gcc-doc, gpc conflicts with gpc-doc

2001-12-26 Thread Serafim Zanikolas
Hello dear debian fellows! Why does gcc-2.95 conflicts with gcc-doc? They don't share any common files ... The same applies to gpc and gpc-doc (which i've installed using ``dpkg -i --force-things conflicts gpc-doc''). morfeas:~# apt-get -s install gcc-doc Reading Package Lists... Building

Re: newbie struggling to upgrade kernel

2001-12-26 Thread Serafim Zanikolas
On Thu, Dec 20, 2001 at 09:53:40AM +, Simon R Tod wrote: > Thanks. I'd really appreciate a step by step guide to getting everything > running smoothly again. > Hello Simon! # apt-get install newbiedoc lilo-doc (from the newbiedoc package description) Current release includes:

Re: ide tape errors

2001-12-26 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Jerome Acks Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2001.12.23.2021 +0100]: > To get my ide tape to work, I had to add > > append="hdc=ide-scsi" > > to lilo.conf. that did change things. now when i insert a tape, it takes a lot longer to stop the motors after the initial winding, but now neither of

Re: problems with eth0 set-up

2001-12-26 Thread Rachel Andrew
How exactly are you pinging? Something like ping 192.168.0.XXX or ping myhost.mydomain.com? What exactly are the results when you try? neither work - my gateway for instance is 10.0.0.10 if I ping that (I then have to ctrl-C out of it): 10.0.0.10 ping statistics 4 packets transmi

help: LSR safety check engaged!

2001-12-26 Thread Saqib Shaikh
Hi Listers, I recently installed Debian 2.2R4 on my Dell Inspiron 3800 laptop which has a Pion Gold Card PCMCIA modem. During installation I wanted to update the base system using PPP, so I went through PPPSetup successfully, and it told me that it found the modem on /dev/ttyS1. This didn't surp

Re: problems with eth0 set-up

2001-12-26 Thread Rachel Andrew
On the other hand if your ISDN Router is expecting a "static" IP and eth0 is setup to use dhcp, then you probably should change it to use a "static" IP in /etc/network/interfaces. Again, you will have to have some "good" DNS servers listed in /etc/resolv.conf. I have it set up with a stati

Re: Email client programs

2001-12-26 Thread Lev Lvovsky
On Wed, 26 Dec 2001, Craig Dickson wrote: > Brian Nelson wrote: > > > > ... but I don't think I could get our users to go over to a non-GUI > > > program. > > > > Why is that? Because they've bought into the marketing pitch that > > pretty graphics == better software? That's bullshit. There's n

RE: installing debian with pppoe

2001-12-26 Thread justin cunningham
I did this before with potato and pppoe setup is part of the install setup-- it worked fine. Just make sure you have your credentials and access number handy i.e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Password xxx access number to dial. justin -Original Message- From: Vadim Kutsyy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Threading Mail

2001-12-26 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Brian Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2001.12.26.2221 +0100]: > Not true! I switched from mutt to gnus. It's IMAP support was too > weak for me, yes, IMAP is not a strength. but then again, an IMAP client isn't really a MUA on the same scale of interpretation that mutt without IMAP is on

www and ftp site

2001-12-26 Thread Petre Daniel
I have a www directory structure in /hosting of 2,7 Gb.I have additional partitions of another 6 Gb. Can i somehow link the free space on other partitions to be used and seen when browsing my ftp and www site? i use apache and proftpd.. Petre L. Daniel,System Administrator Canad Systems Pitest

Re: problems with eth0 set-up

2001-12-26 Thread Ray
On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 12:34:00PM +, Rachel Andrew wrote: > > I can ping the card and the machine name from itself but I can't ping my > gateway (ISDN router) or any other machines on the network and I can't ping > this box from any other machine. How exactly are you pinging? Something li

Re: change ethernet to ppp, routing

2001-12-26 Thread k l u r t
On Wednesday 26 December 2001 01:24 pm, Ric Otte wrote: > Yep, I did mean to write that I want to connect to the Internet with ppp, > instead of "I want to connect to the ethernet with ppp". Basically I'm > wanting to use the machine at home instead of my office. I'm sorry for the > confusion. >

RE: Where to slice a 2 gig drive ?

2001-12-26 Thread justin cunningham
This may be of good use to you. The whole book is online and answers a lot of similar questions. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/debian/chapter/ch02_01.html justin -Original Message- From: Karsten M. Self [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2001 3:44 PM To: Debian User

Re: Email client programs

2001-12-26 Thread Craig Dickson
Brian Nelson wrote: > > ... but I don't think I could get our users to go over to a non-GUI > > program. > > Why is that? Because they've bought into the marketing pitch that > pretty graphics == better software? That's bullshit. There's no good > reason any user couldn't become more proficien

Re: problems with eth0 set-up

2001-12-26 Thread Donald R. Spoon
Rachel Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: further to that last email, I just did: route and while localnet appears immediately, the default gateway takes about 5 minutes to appear. When it does appear it looks correct (as compared to my other box with a similar configuration) however I still

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