Re: /dev/ttyS00?

2001-05-16 Thread Mark Hurley
... ttyS0, ttyS1, ttyS2something like that. Actually, you can use pppd. Here is a sample line I use... /usr/sbin/pppd -detach crtscts lock local novj proxyarp passive \ 192.168.1.110:agenda /dev/ttyS0 115200 noauth local Mark Hurley

Re: mozilla, netscape and java

2001-05-15 Thread Mark Hurley
On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 01:39:06PM +0200, William Leese wrote: > > > (ftp.netscape.com has it, just find your way to netscape 6.01) > > # unzip jre.xpi -d $MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME/plugins 'jre-image-i386/*' > # cd $MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME/plugins > # ln -s jre-image-i386/plugin/i386/ns600/libjavaplugin_oji

Re: pam_condev?

2001-04-30 Thread Mark Hurley
On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 12:02:09PM -0500, Dave Sherohman wrote: > On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 11:23:01AM -0400, Noah L. Meyerhans wrote: > > > > Do you use wdm as your X login manager? > > Yep. Nope..I don't...I'm running xdm. Same error. Mark

Re: debian newbie "tip-of-the-day" signature script

2001-04-24 Thread Mark Hurley
On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 12:24:01AM -0500, will trillich wrote: > -- > DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP: > What's a "manpage"? It's the documentation you get when you enter > "man SOMETHING" such as "man ps" or "man bash" or "man apt-setup". > > ...from [EMAIL PROTECTED] I think this is a great idea where every

Re: HOWTO remove a previous wildcard file list?

2001-04-22 Thread Mark Hurley
On Sun, Apr 22, 2001 at 10:32:33PM -0400, Walt Mankowski wrote: > > Assuming you're running bash, you probably want to use !* : > >ls A*.pdf >rm !* Thank you Walt! I can't believe I didn't find that! In case anyone else wants to view more info on "history expansion" with bash...

HOWTO? Fix a term that has "space junk"

2001-04-22 Thread Mark Hurley
I'd like to think I resort to man's, HOWTO's etc. before posting. BUT.this one has been bugging me for a while now. When I run... cat *somebinaryfile* My term displays irregular ansi characters. (I've called space junk) I realize the correct information is being displayed, just sort

HOWTO remove a previous wildcard file list?

2001-04-22 Thread Mark Hurley
Anyone know of a method to easily solve this ... I *sometimes* list the files before deleting them: ls A*.pdf Ensuring I have only listed the ones I wish to delete, I then enter: rm A*.pdf Great, but anyone know of an easier why than the following? 1) Type the second command

Re: Harddisk sugguestion?

2001-04-15 Thread Mark Hurley
On Sun, Apr 15, 2001 at 04:15:23PM -0400, Daniel Freedman wrote: > On Sun, Apr 15, 2001, Chun Kit Edwin Lau wrote: > Hi. Based on current bang for the buck, I'd go for a 40 Gb rather > than 10-20Gb. It seems to be the sweet spot in pricing right now. > The 10-20Gb start at 60-70, while the 40Gb

Re: stream manipulation with time

2001-04-15 Thread Mark Hurley
On Sun, Apr 15, 2001 at 06:20:11PM +0300, Tommi Komulainen wrote: > On Sun, Apr 15, 2001 at 04:44:42PM +0200, Sebastiaan wrote: > May I suggest you use ntp or ntpdate instead. They keep the time nicely > synchronized, no time lapse either way. Hey you brought up a very good point. But can you c

Re: Cable for home network?

2001-03-31 Thread Mark Hurley
On Sat, Mar 31, 2001 at 06:19:43PM -0800, Abner Gershon wrote: > I am planning a home ethernet with one Windows and one > Linux Potatoe computer with a hub. My installed > ethernet cards are 10/100 and I would like to use the > higher 100 speed system. My cable options are 100 kHz > or Cat 5e in ei

ftp v0.17-5 w/ woody

2001-03-28 Thread Mark Hurley
anonymous, receive this after succesfully entering 'ls' -- ftp> ls ftp: setsockopt (ignored): Permission denied -- Anyone else seen this? I double checked '/etc/group', but obviously found no ftp group. Wanted to ask around before placing a bug that may be a user mis

Re: Problems upgrading from potato to woody

2001-03-27 Thread Mark Hurley
me?) that the order you specify in sources.list allows you to set the most preffered source first. (Yes see 'man sources.list' 2nd Para.) Mark Hurley

Re: Software for Webcam

2001-03-27 Thread Mark Hurley
in Debian. ;) I also have found XawTV works producing a live video image from the camera. You will find more software listed at the following site. Which is also where you can get the Philips driver for your cam: http://www.smcc.demon.nl/webcam/ Mark Hurley

Re: help in getting started

2001-03-19 Thread Mark Hurley
s are a great bunch, it's only my mistake I didn't post here earlier, but I'm stubborn at times. ;) Mark Hurley

Re: Flash Player ?

2001-03-19 Thread Mark Hurley
ned in the README file. Mark Hurley

Re: on upgrading to testing

2001-03-19 Thread Mark Hurley
cons, but I believe Woody has had more pros than cons! ;) Mark Hurley

Re: something wrong with security.debian.org?

2001-03-15 Thread Mark Hurley
omething going badly wrong? Ditto on my end...something between {us} and the server...My last response is here svgw.liacs.nl (132.229.44.254) 115.923 ms 118.064 ms 118.655 ms after that drops. Mark Hurley

Re: New Install

2001-03-12 Thread Mark Hurley
the default. I remember my first several times of installing Debian (after leaving RH), and wanting to get it just right, I too wasn't sure what to pick. Almost like an option should be present for you (STABLE|TESTING) etc. Mark Hurley