No PINE debian package?

1998-07-19 Thread Keith Alen Vance
Is there a debain package for Pine? I haven't seen one, but I could be looking in the wrong place. I have elm installed ut I prefer to use pine. If anyone know where I can get a debian package for Pine I would appreciate it. Thanks, Keith [EMAIL PROTECTED] You only get one chance at life, but

fetchmail not fetching

1998-07-19 Thread Keith Alen Vance
I can not get fetchmail to work on one of my Linux computers. When I do fetchmail I get the following message: fetchmail: 1 message at [EMAIL PROTECTED] reading message 1 (1772 bytes) .fetchmail: SMTP connect to (null) failed fetchmail: SMTP transaction error while fetching from www.naples.net fe

What file loads apache

1998-07-19 Thread Keith Alen Vance
I was wondering which file loads apache and squid and everything else I install that needs t run at startup. Thanks, Keith [EMAIL PROTECTED] You only get one chance at life, but if you do it right, you only need one. http://www.naples.net/~nfn11988 -- Unsubscribe?

Re: ppp connection

1998-07-19 Thread Keith Alen Vance
Check and make sure that your password and username are correct. I keep mine in a /etc/ppp/pap-secrets file. Keith [EMAIL PROTECTED] You only get one chance at life, but if you do it right, you only need one. http://www.naples.net/~nfn11988 On Sat, 18 Jul 1998, John Mc

elm: can't find library 'libc.so.4'

1998-07-18 Thread Keith Alen Vance
I get this message when I try to start elm. What am I missing? elm: can't find library 'libc.so.4' Thanks, Keith [EMAIL PROTECTED] You only get one chance at life, but if you do it right, you only need one. http://www.naples.net/~nfn11988 -- Unsubscribe? mail -s un

disregard my 'squid' message

1998-07-18 Thread Keith Alen Vance
I am an idiot. I realized my question was stupid after I asked it so please ignore it. Thanks, Keith [EMAIL PROTECTED] You only get one chance at life, but if you do it right, you only need one. http://www.naples.net/~nfn11988 -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [

squid

1998-07-18 Thread Keith Alen Vance
I have squid 1.1.7 installed on my Debian 1.3 machine and it loads fine, but I don't think it is caching anything. Do I have to change something in my browser, like I would for a proxy server? I am using Netscape 4.05. Keith [EMAIL PROTECTED] You only get one chance at life, but if you do it ri

Re: Drive mounting

1998-07-18 Thread Keith Alen Vance
mkdir /dos should work. Keith [EMAIL PROTECTED] You only get one chance at life, but if you do it right, you only need one. http://www.naples.net/~nfn11988 On Sat, 18 Jul 1998, Cristov Russell wrote: > Hello all. I'm very green at Linux and unfortunately no one that I

Getting Squid to work

1998-07-18 Thread Keith Alen Vance
I am trying to setup up Squid cache server. I have narrowed my erros down to one. If I type 'squid start' at the console I get the following message. IOT trap/Abort Here is part of my cache.log 98/07/18 01:31:48| FD 9: Connection from Redirector #1 is closed, disabling 98/07/18 01:31:48| FD 10:

Re: NAT

1998-07-17 Thread Keith Alen Vance
Here are a couple of urls regarding nat? I have never set up nat on Linux only Novell, this is the best I can do? http://www.radionet.com/geek/geek19980115.html http://www.netsys.com/firewalls/firewalls-9705/0523.html Keith [EMAIL PROTECTED] You only get one chance at life, but if you do it r

Re: crc error ( install )

1998-07-17 Thread Keith Alen Vance
I was curious about the problem that you people were having with crc errors. I recently recompiled my linux kernel on a machine that has been running the same kernel for about 4 months now. I have recompiled it several time without any trouble. But the last time I recompiled the kernel it gave

HELP on getting diald to work

1998-07-12 Thread Keith Alen Vance
I am trying to set up diald to connect to my isp automatically. I am running Debian 1.3 kernel 2.0.33 and I have ip masquerading setup and working. The problem is that when diald tries to connect it fails here is the error message from my /var/log/ppp.log Jul 12 15:11:50 linux42298 pppd[162]: p

proxy services what is available?

1998-07-12 Thread Keith Alen Vance
I need to setup a proxy server. What is a available and what is the easiest to configure and setup. What is the difference between TIS proxy server and the SOCKS proxy server? My main emphasis is on ease of install. If anyone out there has experience with setting up linux as a proxy server I wo

recompiled kernel now I get crc error on bootup

1998-07-12 Thread Keith Alen Vance
I recompiled my kernel on one of my linux machines but now I get a crc error when I try to load the kernel. I tried to recompile twice and get the same thing. If I copy the kernel to a floppy it loads fine. I don't mind booting off of a floppy but I am very concerned about this error. I have ne

ipmasquerade questions

1998-07-12 Thread Keith Alen Vance
I have setup ip masquerading on my network and it seems to work fine. The only question that I have is when this command: /sbin/depmod -a I get a bunch of symbol not found messages. Is this an erro or is it supposed to do that. I need to set up dial on demand also is that an option on Linux?

Re: telnet and ftp login is slow between local machines

1998-07-11 Thread Keith Alen Vance
y need one. http://www.naples.net/~nfn11988 On Sat, 11 Jul 1998, Brandon Mitchell wrote: > Make sure the machine names are in the /etc/hosts file (it may be trying > to do a name lookup, how fast is nslookup for the machines). > > HTH, > Brandon > > On Sat, 11 Jul 1998, Keith

telnet and ftp login is slow between local machines

1998-07-11 Thread Keith Alen Vance
I have set up a little test network if I try and telnet or ftp into my other Linux machine it takes like 2 minutes to get the login screen after it establishes an ftp or telnet session. After I get logged in it is fast. Is there something I can do to speed up the log in time. Thanks, Keith [E

Setting up ip network which files

1998-07-10 Thread Keith Alen Vance
I am going to set up ip on to talk to my other linux computer and would like to know which files I need to modify. In a Linux book I have, which doesn't talk about Debian none of them do, says I need to modify the rc.inet1 and the rc.inet2 files. They don't exist on my Debian system. Thanks, K

A question for a programmer

1998-07-09 Thread Keith Alen Vance
I am going through a book on Linux programming. One of the examples does not work. I was wondering if someone could take a look at the script and see why it doesn't work. The program is exactly like the example from the book, in fact I downloaded it from www.wrox.com the publisher of the book B

Micropolis

1998-07-07 Thread Keith Alen Vance
I have a Micropolis scsi drive model 3243 and was wondering if anyone new of a site or a person that may have the jumper settings for this drive. The company has filed bankcrupsy(that is spelled wrong) and is not providing any tech support for their products. I know this has nothing to do with

xfstt

1998-07-07 Thread Keith Alen Vance
I have xfstt font server thing installed and functioning. I was just wondering if I can have that load on boot. If so which file do I edit. Thanks, Keith [EMAIL PROTECTED] You only get one chance at life, but if you do it right, you only need one. http://www.naples.net/~

I hate smail and everything else!!!!

1998-07-05 Thread Keith Alen Vance
I am trying and trying and trying so hard to get my email to work on my Debian 1.3 system, but nothing I ever do seems to work. I am going nuts. Smail has somehow gotten halfway installed on my system and it wont go away. If I try and remove smail with this command: dpkg --force-remove-reinstre

Trying to install ELM

1998-07-05 Thread Keith Alen Vance
I am running Debian 1.3 and kernel 2.0.33 and I am trying to install ELM I go through the sh /Configure but when I try tail -f MAKELOG it gives me the following error message: cc -O -I../hdrs -c mcprt.c -o mcprt.o mcprt.c: In function `MCprintf': mcprt.c:64: `__builtin_va_alist' undeclared

cannot get smail to install

1998-07-05 Thread Keith Alen Vance
I am trying to install and setup smail with a debian package but it will not install. I think I tried this a month or so ago and it did not work. I think it partially had gotten installed but not configured. When I try and install the package it tries to remove the last attempt I made at instal

I screwed up my prcat file.

1998-07-01 Thread Keith Alen Vance
I was tweaking my prcat file and somehow saved it with nothing in it. I guess when I think to myself, "Maybe I should back that up before messagin with it." I should probably listen. Nevertheless could someone send me a copy of their prcat file or tell me where I can get one? Thanks, Keith [EMA

Creating a bootable floppy part 2

1998-06-02 Thread Keith Alen Vance
I recently posted a message about problems I was having with making a bootable floppy. I followed the how-to step by step and I have fallen down twice. I am not sure if I figured my RAM disk word correctly, I am using one disk so I said my ram disk word value would be 16384. I then stumbled on

Creating booteable floppy

1998-06-01 Thread Keith Alen Vance
I need to create a bootable floppy disk. I am running Debian 1.3 and have kernel 2.0.33. I went through all the instructions in the Linux How-to, but it didn't work some of the steps in the how-to did not work like the how-to clained. Does Debian have any easy way to do this. I like Linux a lot

How to configure smail

1998-05-30 Thread Keith Alen Vance
I have tried to configure my Linux system several times to pull down my Internet email and I never get it to work. I currently have to telnet in to my isp and get my mail that way. It works but I would rather get my mail like a normal person and have pine setup locally. Thanks Keith [EMAIL PRO

I need an HTML Editor

1998-05-29 Thread Keith Alen Vance
I would to get a good HTML editor for Linux. Preferrably something that utilizes xwindows, GUI. I also want something that is not like Frontpage, I like raw editing similar to Homesite, if you used that before. Thank You, Keith -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "

Netscape not resolving some domain names

1998-05-27 Thread Keith Alen Vance
I have just installed Netscape Communicator 4.05 on my Debian 1.3 system and I am having alittle trouble. Problem #1 Netscape does not resolve all domain names. It will go to the Gimp site but not AfterStep or Netscape homepage. I am assuming that it has something to do with reverse DNS or so

Xwindows not working

1998-05-25 Thread Keith Alen Vance
I have recently been screwing up my system and I am about ready to trash the whole thing and start over from scratch. I purchased a new video card Mystique 220 and I am trying to get it work with Xfree86 and AfterStep. I downloaded the files for Xfree86 3.3.1 and installed them and then setup after

Matrox Mystique 220 video card

1998-05-24 Thread Keith Alen Vance
I recently installed a Matrox Mystique video card and was wondering what files I am missinf from my xfree86 and where I can get them. I don't have a browser setup on this computer so if you could give me ftp servers that would be great. Here is the error message I get when starting xwindows with a

xwindows manager

1998-05-13 Thread Keith Alen Vance
I think I might need a windows manager. I have xwindows installed and functioning, but when I go into it all I get is shell window. I installed a couple of small programs but do not know how to start them. I am assuming that I can start them by typing a command in the shell window, but I don't

xWindows can't load

1998-05-12 Thread Keith Alen Vance
When I run startx I get the following: xauth: can't load library 'libXmu.so.6' xinit: can't load library 'libXmu.so.6' I don't think I have installed everything or set everything up. What exactly do I need to install using dselect. After I get the packages and install them what do I have to do.

Installing X Windows using dselect

1998-05-11 Thread Keith Alen Vance
I want to install xWindows using dselect. I do not know if I am using dselect properly. I have it set to go to ftp.debian.org and look in /pub/debian and search only for stable packages. I get a list of a whole ton of packages. I just don't know which one is xWindows. I selected something calle

Re: Help! Windows95? Anyone?

1998-05-07 Thread Keith Alen Vance
If you copy all of you cab files to your harddrive you can run the setup right off of the harddrive. You will need more than the cabs actually. You will need the setup files and scandisk and all that other garbage they put on the disks. Keith On Thu, 7 May 1998, James A. Bates wrote: > Hel

Web Browsers without xwindows?

1998-04-27 Thread Keith Alen Vance
I am new to Linux and have installed Debian 1.3 without xwindows. I want to do as much if not everything I can without using xwindows or some other windows like interface. I would like to know if there is a web browser that I can use that does not require some type of Windows interface. I am ju

Setting up eth0

1998-04-27 Thread Keith Alen Vance
I need to know how to set up my ne2000 as eth0. I have the card in the computer it sees it when it loads linux and I have ran utility called ne2k that verified the ne2000 is in the computer and functioning at 0x320 int 5. Keith -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of