Re: how to find a package that provides ____._____

2001-06-20 Thread Kevin Dalley
h .deb package provides these? -- Kevin Dalley SETI Institute [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: /etc/rc* and locate

2001-05-24 Thread Kevin Dalley
files existed last night, but are gone today, then locate will still > show them to you. Most likely they were deleted automatically when you > uninstalled the package. > > noah > > -- > ___ > | Web: http://web.morgul.net/~

Re: Debian, PCMCIA and DHCP

2000-10-28 Thread Kevin Dalley
and your network interface should get an ip address from the > dhcp server. > > [...] > > > Which packages do I need beside dhcp, dhcp-client? > > You need only one of them. There are 3 packages for dhcp clients: dhcp, > dhcp-client and pump. I use pump. > > > Andrei &

Re: locate warning . . . ?

2000-03-28 Thread Kevin Dalley
s more than 8 days > old > /usr/share/alien/patches/xf86config-glibc_1.0.0.i386-3.diff.gz > /usr/X11R6/bin/xf86config > /usr/X11R6/man/man1/xf86config.1x.gz > > --cut-- > > Any ideas about what this means? > > Thanks, > Bryan Walton > > > -- > Unsu

Re: HELP: update produces an empty db???

2000-03-15 Thread Kevin Dalley
Sorry, I screwed up an upload. The corrected version should be available soon, findutils-4.1-40. Bruno Boettcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > hello, > > i tryed it now by hand: > localhost:~# updatedb > /usr/bin/updatedb: frcode: command not found > updatedb: new database would be empty > > a

Re: Locate question

2000-01-28 Thread Kevin Dalley
acron is running after a reboot, but the > > updatedb does not locate recent files. Can somebody enlightenment me > > how things are workingtogether: > > find, locate, update, updatedb, anacron and cron. -- Kevin Dalley [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: updatedb error

2000-01-28 Thread Kevin Dalley
Just download 4.1-37. Unfortunately, there was an NMU just below the freeze date, followed by problems with my attempt to upload the fix. You don't want to change the files suggested. -- Kevin Dalley [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: updatedb not working

2000-01-28 Thread Kevin Dalley
Just download findutils-4.1-37. The stable version of findutils works fine. -- Kevin Dalley [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: gimp segfault within script-fu

1999-11-02 Thread Kevin Dalley
at any time. When it becomes unusable, file a bug report and move back to the stable. -- Kevin Dalley [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: ugh!! Why does my time keep resetting?!

1999-08-13 Thread Kevin Dalley
message > that I sent to this list So sorry about screwing up everybodies > incoming mail. Try the latest version of apmd, 3.0beta9-2. This fixes a bug which sounds a lot like your bug. -- Kevin Dalley SETI Institute [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: UMAX 1220S, SCSI card (436P?)

1999-04-27 Thread Kevin Dalley
rd I've got to work? UMAX Astro 1200S definitely works with sane, I use it. 1220S has also been reported to work with a normal SCSI adaptor. I have heard mixed reports about the SCSI adaptor which comes with the UMAX, but someone else has already reported on that. -- Kevin Dalley [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Scanner

1999-04-27 Thread Kevin Dalley
When this happens, just take another scan, and the image will be fine. -- Kevin Dalley [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Potato

1999-04-22 Thread Kevin Dalley
Avoid 2.2.1 kernel. The compiler sometimes died on my with this kernel. Under potato, I only have a handful of packages which don't work correctly now. "Madel, Kurt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello, > > For those of you using Potato, I was wondering how unstable it is. I have a > Zip Plus

Re: timezones FAQ

1999-04-08 Thread Kevin Dalley
Wayne Topa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I 'had' the same problem. The only clue I had was to read the manpage > for tzconfig. It led me to look at /etc/timezone which contained > 'EDT'. It also led me to see what /etc/localtime was pointing to, wonder > of wonders, /usr/share/zoneinfo/EDT. As

Re: XFree86 with Neomagic

1999-03-26 Thread Kevin Dalley
David Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Quoting Kevin Dalley ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > > You may also need the 2.2.x kernel. My Neomagic servers were broken > > until I upgraded the kernel to 2.2.1, from 2.0.36. Both the older > > Neomagic specific ser

Re: XFree86 with Neomagic

1999-03-26 Thread Kevin Dalley
; upgrade to Debian 2.2 (glibc2.1 apparently kills it). You may also need the 2.2.x kernel. My Neomagic servers were broken until I upgraded the kernel to 2.2.1, from 2.0.36. Both the older Neomagic specific server was broken and the newer svga server By the way, I am now using the svga server. -- Kevin Dalley SETI Institute [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: out of ptys

1999-03-24 Thread Kevin Dalley
the change in /etc/fstab? Many people will get hit with this problem. Documenting the problem is not as effictive as it might seem. The rlogind message does not make it obvious where to search for a solution to the problem. -- Kevin Dalley SETI Institute [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Intent to Party like its 1999

1999-02-27 Thread Kevin Dalley
party, it doesn't need to be near LinuxWorld. If the party is on Tuesday, it might as well be at LinuxWorld. -- Kevin Dalley [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Debian and Redhat-are most linux users missing the point?

1999-02-27 Thread Kevin Dalley
knowledge about each of its parts. -- Kevin Dalley [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Intent to Party like its 1999

1999-02-27 Thread Kevin Dalley
ich are still coming through. I just reported a critical bug against pcmcia-modules-2.0.34, which doesn't work. Our usual plan is to wait a week after packages are uploaded before releasing the system. -- Kevin Dalley [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Intent to Party like its 1999

1999-02-27 Thread Kevin Dalley
th at 7:30. Actually, there are sponsors paying for food, drink, and music at Exhibit Hall 3. Let's assume that they are celebrating the Debian release. The party lasts from 7:30-11:00. -- Kevin Dalley [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: endless loops on ThinkPad install

1999-02-27 Thread Kevin Dalley
> think I will need emacs and if I need python I can reinstalll it. In Debian 2.0, emacs does fail to compile certain elisp packages. This causes attempts at compilation after each installation, whether emacs or not. Fortunately, this problems does not exists in Debian 2.1, the slink release.

male friendships

1999-02-06 Thread Kevin Dalley
I found this on a Linux group. I'm sure that your father would enjoy it. "Alexander N. Benner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Alexander N. Benner - The Seven Promises of a Promise Keeper: -2- > > A Promise Keeper is committed to pursuing vital relationships with a > few other men, understandi

Re: cfengine cron job

1998-12-15 Thread Kevin Dalley
However, the best thing to do would be for cfengine to run without error straight from the package. Even if cfengine doesn't do anything, it shouldn't look ugly. -- Kevin Dalley [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>> "Ben" == Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: &

Re: problems with locate

1998-11-21 Thread Kevin Dalley
not world readable. There is a version of updatedb which is being investigated which records all files, with permissions. The corresponding locate only releases information which is accessible by the user. Of course, the database is larger. -- Kevin Dalley [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Is there a Debian package for SANE 0.74 or 0.73?

1998-09-10 Thread Kevin Dalley
my GIMP locks up on > startup with an xsession? error of plugin crash. So i've had to downgrade to > 0.72-1.1 Any ideas on how to fix 0.74? -- Kevin Dalley [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Netscape Dead -- forced into WinDoze!

1998-08-15 Thread Kevin Dalley
oze > in order to access the Web, including this list. > > Can anybody give me any pointers as to how I might fix this? -- -- Kevin Dalley [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Cron and find

1997-12-05 Thread Kevin Dalley
op this message > > without unmounting the filesystems? > > Hi G'razel! > > Have you tried adding the NFS mount point to PRUNEPATHS in > /etc/updatedb.conf? Check out updatedb(1). > -- Kevin Dalley [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail th

Re: nobody is running find at too high a priority

1997-07-10 Thread Kevin Dalley
Since this is an entirely individual item which cannot please everybody, I suggest that you change /etc/crontab to meet your needs. [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I guess the Debian developers are all nightowls. 7AM is *not* early enough > to be scheduling this sort of thing. -- Kevin

Re: nobody is running find at too high a priority

1997-07-10 Thread Kevin Dalley
re rebuilding databases as nobody should be > automatically niced to something that will allow X-windows to > work concurrently. -- Kevin Dalley [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: Xemacs?

1997-06-03 Thread Kevin Dalley
xemacs is back in bo. Alexander Stavitsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It seems to be withdrawn from bo distribution. Is there an explanation > somewhere? -- Kevin Dalley [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe&quo

Re: local updatedb files ... [Was: Finding files not present]

1997-04-09 Thread Kevin Dalley
at the > second command (updatedb) is _not_ executed if the first command fails. > Likewise, there is a "||" operator. See man sh, man bash, etc. > If "cd /" is not included, then the updatedb starts from the home directory of root, /root, which gives a very incomplete listing. -- Kevin Dalley [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Finding files not present (challenge to your intelligence)

1997-04-03 Thread Kevin Dalley
for a few minutes for my system.) > > Not of all files. Of files searchable by `nobody.nogroup'. > You can run updatedb manually to get a list of all files. Look at the options in the info page for more information. -- Kevin Dalley [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Locate

1997-03-15 Thread Kevin Dalley
sibility is that you are using an old, buggy version of findutils. findutils-4.1-20 is the best version, which is currently in frozen. I introduced some bugs in the early versions of the current stable release of findutils. -- Kevin Dalley [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Writing to a boot floppy.

1997-03-01 Thread Kevin Dalley
o deal more with LILO, as opposed to booting off of a floppy. > > I may not be even understanding the purpose of the boot floppy correctly, > as I am somewhat of a newbie to LINUX, do I need to alter my boot floopy > when I recompile the kernel? or change the kernel for that matter? -- Kevin Dalley [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: teTeX kind of broken

1997-03-01 Thread Kevin Dalley
el. If you put it in the > preinst script it is to late. > > > descriptive/less cryptic. Also, isn't there a workaround for the latex > > bug? I wouldn't like to see that question either, considering THERE IS a > > known solution. > > > > The only solution I know is to do it in the right order, but how do > you enforce this? > -- Kevin Dalley [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: findutils_4.1-12 makes /var/lib/locate owned by root.root

1996-12-17 Thread Kevin Dalley
rectory is installed OK but some later > makefile changed the permissions again. > -- Kevin Dalley [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Package: Base

1996-12-16 Thread Kevin Dalley
http://www.debian.org and look for bugs. Just follow the links and you will find everything you need to know about -- Kevin Dalley [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Package: Base

1996-12-15 Thread Kevin Dalley
Some of base is renamed base-files. Other parts have split up further. You should file a bug against the package which you are downloading which still depends upon base, if one hasn't already been filed against it. -- Kevin Dalley [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LI

Re: Problem with Kernal Source 2.0.27_1.00

1996-12-14 Thread Kevin Dalley
Installing a custom kernel following the direction in: /usr/doc/kernel-source-2.0.27/debian.README.gz but before you do this, you need to apply the patch described in Bug #5659. Unfortunately, this fix didn't get into the Debian-1.1 release. -- Kevin Dalley [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: What's the trick with X 3.2?

1996-12-01 Thread Kevin Dalley
Actually, you should just upgrade gwm before proceeding. gwm-1.8c-4 has the proper dependencies. This release has been out for quite a while now. The old release of gwm did not have the correct dependencies. Of course, if you are trying to upgrade gwm and the X libraries at the same time, you m

Re: package sizes

1996-11-26 Thread Kevin Dalley
If you use dselect with the ftp option, then you get the installed size of packages during the install phase. You also have an option to turn down a download on any particular file. Do you also want that informtion in the select phase of dselect? Antony F Ware <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I

Re: Oleo - Any docs?

1996-11-23 Thread Kevin Dalley
Yes, there is additional oleo documentation. Steve Fisk has written nice info pages. Unfortunately, I haven't had a chance to integrate it into the oleo release yet. Oleo development has been ignored for a couple of years now. I'm trying to update some of the configuration. I expect to have the

Re: dpkg-ftp troubles

1996-05-24 Thread Kevin Dalley
Try replacing cmpvers in /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/ftp/install with the following function. While the maintainer has not yet blessed this change, it seems to work for me. # compare two versions (taken from dpkg docs) sub cmpvers { ($a,$b) = @_; my ($cm, $ad, $bd); if( defined($a) && !def