xfree 3.3.4 debs

does anyone know where i can get xfree86 3.3.4 debs? 3.3.5 is toast for me, unfortunately. (if replying to the list, please cc me, i am not subscribed.) thanks, --p. "I can learn to resist anything but temptation" -- Rush, "Resist" PGP 5.0 key (0xE024447449) at http://cif.rochester.edu/~jpt/pubke

pack/compress?

(please cc: replies to me, i am not on this list) it strikes me as odd that the standard potato doesn't seem to include the pack huffman coder or compress lzw compressor. while these are fairly obsoleted by gzip, especially as gunzip will read .z and .Z files, they still are mildly useful. am i bl

silly question

(please cc: me to replies) is it currently possible to do a straight potato initial install, or must one first install slink's base system and then aptify? --phouchg "For a price I'd do about anything, except pull the trigger: for that I'd need a pretty good cause" -- Queensryche, "Revolution Cal

network card problem

i'm installing two new pcs at work, one with solaris x86 and one with debian so that i can show my employer how much nicer debian is. unfortunately there is one major problem: the hamm cd i have is not successfully detecting the ne2k (well, encore enl832tx, which has a realtek chipset according to

termcap/info help

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 i frequently login to a remote freebsd system. freebsd uses termcap. is there a way to convert my linux and xterm-debian entries from terminfo to termcap format? tic *claims* to be able to convert terminfo *source* to termcap but it doesn't work; even

Re: unix98 pty system

ok, so if i grab glibc2.1 i can use unix98 ptys? or will everything break on glibc2.1? --phouchg

unix98 pty system

i'm about to switch to kernel 2.2.0pre6, and in the configuration i saw that i can use the unix98 pty system rather than the old ptyxx/ttyxx. if i do this, will important things (i.e. xterm, incoming telnets) break? --jonathan 'phouchg' tomer