Can packages clara (UNIX ocr) and gimp be installed together on the
same computer? I can't get clara installed because xlibs conflicts
with xlib6g.
Is the following true when it comes to using mkisofs? It comes from
U. of Rochester online help. If it is true, does it mean that burning
a backup CD w/ Rock Ridge attributes that mirrors my hard-drive is not
possible? I'd prefer to have a back-up CD that stores files just as
they appear on the
How to use fetchmail to connect to IMAP on a remote host while going
through a SOCKS proxy server (proxy.lafn.org:1080).
There were no matches in the Debian Mailing List Archive Search for:
"socket error while fetching"
Looking at the FAQ:
http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/fetchmail/fetchmail-FAQ.h
overruns:0 frame:1
TX packets:426 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:10
~#
-------
P.S.
Command ``ssh'' comes from:
http://packages.debian.org/stable/non-us/ssh-socks.html
Regards,
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joost Kooij) wrote:
> Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 14:51:47 +0200
[...]
> On Sun, Jun 24, 2001 at 07:00:36PM -0700, Robert Cymbala wrote:
[...]
> Or install ssh-socks, but it is a non-free package, rms doesn't like it.
I've got an unrelated, yet perhaps still
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joost Kooij) wrote:
> Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 14:51:47 +0200
[...]
> On Sun, Jun 24, 2001 at 07:00:36PM -0700, Robert Cymbala wrote:
[...]
> Or even crawling? The '-v' option to ssh is your friend, and together with
> the manpages, there's sudd
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joost Kooij) wrote:
> Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 14:51:47 +0200
[...]
> On Sun, Jun 24, 2001 at 07:00:36PM -0700, Robert Cymbala wrote:
[...]
> Or even crawling? The '-v' option to ssh is your friend, and together with
> the manpages, there's sudd
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joost Kooij) wrote:
> Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 14:51:47 +0200
[...]
> On Sun, Jun 24, 2001 at 07:00:36PM -0700, Robert Cymbala wrote:
> >
> > My remote provider (ISP-b) has enabled SSH on my account, but am still
> > getting "secure connection... r
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From: Christopher Joyce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Robert Cymbala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: fetchmail on Debian GNU/Linux
Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2001 13:56:52 -0700
Content-Type: text/plain;
charset="iso-8859
Can lynx be configured to use junkbuster? I've looked around at
- lynx "?" help screens
- Google search
- debian-user search
- /etc/lynx.cfg
but haven't found anything that suggests it can be done (with the
exception of junkbuster's package page, that suggests using lynx:
http://packag
http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/01/1540231
---
(Thanks, Dan Kegal, who posted that to LULA in L.A.).
Check again:
netstat -a | grep -i smtp
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QUEBEC CITY -- The leaders of 34 Western Hemisphere nations...
promised to create a hemisphere in which `no one is left
behind.' -- April 23. JAMES GERSTENZANG, L.A. Times
ith BIOS
version 2.70"
My best tip is this: Check your BIOS version. The computer I had was
given to me with BIOS 2.70 and it needed to be upgraded to 5.0 (big
leap). Upgrading the BIOS made the Debian disks work a lot better!
Yours,
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> Slot, my friend told me to use ALSA instead of OSS,
> can anyone tell what packages do I need to install
> ALSA besides alsaconf ?
> Thank you very much
> Sincerely,
> Reza
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QUEBEC CITY -- The leader
On Thu, 17 May 2001 23:19:48 +0100, Mark Baker wrote:
>I thought it did, but I've checked and it's only doing it on the
>retry database (in /etc/cron.daily/exim), not the others. I'll fix
>that.
Below is my /etc/cron.daily/exim (it doesn't have exim_tidydb,
though):
#!/bin/sh
# Uncomment the f
problem: disappearing emails.
Final note: exigrep reported that error messages were being
sent upon "retry timeout exceeded" but the destination domain
("@lafn.org") was one of those domains in the "retry timeout
exceeded" group. Thus, error notifications were also b
On Mon, 7 May 2001 18:58:33 -0400, Rob Mahurin wrote:
>On Mon, May 07, 2001 at 12:01:02PM -0700, Robert Cymbala wrote:
>>
>> I'm still seeing a problem. Have eliminated Emacs, by sending test
>> messages with:
>> $ echo "TEST" | mail [EMAIL PROTEC
I've finally got a concrete question that has a technical answer.
I ran this script:
http://www.lafn.org/~cymbala/photospy.html
and it created an email message.
What are the "D"s next to some addresses but not others in this mailq
output:
0m 2.3K 14wrw8-0003EP-00 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
D
Could this have something to do with it... A week ago the power
suddenly went off. Perhaps exim was doing something when the power
went off, and got messed up? In the previous post, there were retry
and wait-remote_smtp files in my _/var/spool/exim/db_ subdirectory.
* * *
I'm still seeing a problem. Have eliminated Emacs, by sending test
messages with:
$ echo "TEST" | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This time I've noticed that an email message will appear in mailq
output immediately after using mail, AND some messages just disappear
for some reason.
Here's a test scrip
Alan Shutko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Robert Cymbala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> I COULD USE some advice on where to begin trouble-shooting the
>> following problem. Sometimes email that I send from Emacs (using C-x
>> m compose-mail) does _not_ appe
I COULD USE some advice on where to begin trouble-shooting the
following problem. Sometimes email that I send from Emacs (using C-x
m compose-mail) does _not_ appear in exim. Buffer *Messages* says
"sending... done" but sometimes the email does not appear in
/var/spool/exim/input (they accumulat
More about the group, and replies to Dan Kegel's posting:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lula
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Robert Cymbala [EMAIL PROTECTED] ...or... [EMAIL PROTECTED]
QUEBEC CITY -- The leaders of 34 Western Hemisphere nations...
promised to create a hemisphere in which `no one is
Hello,
Package ``ifhp'' "is a general purpose filter for HP LaserJet III, IV
and V series printers."
What to do for an HP II? Below is original question from a friend...
I'll be sure to send John links to posted answer(s). THANK YOU...
"Robert, Do you have a link to a linux driver for an HP
in Orange County) benefit from (need it be said?)
patriarchy. (Well, maybe not all men, and especially not all men who
volunteer with un-, anti- and non-corporate projects, such as debian.)
Yours,
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GnuPG/PGP: www.L
GPswyft writes:
>Well, here goes. I have installed debian a number of
>times, never successfully.
[...]
>I install linux from the floppies.
[...]
>I can't do this with a cd because i said before I don't own a cd
>burner.
[...]
GP,
Consider using an external CD-ROM connected to the parallel
Here's the situation:
Installed potato (2.2r2) onto a 486 Compaq laptop and, as has happened
before, Zope fails to start. The attempt to start Zope is the single
longest step of the boot process, prior to getting "login:". I'd like
to skip starting (and failing to start) Zope.
Here's the solut
Cameron Matheson wrote:
>Hey,
>
>I just finished installing Debian 2.2r2 at work (boss gave me
>permission), but I don't know how to get the net working through a
>gateway. We have a linux server (192.168.0.1). I added it to the
>/etc/network/interfaces file (as the gateway), but when I try t
David Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 14:45:40 +0100
[...]
> Quoting Robert Cymbala ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
[...]
> > Just now I did a fresh install of potato (2.2r2) from CD and chose
> > these tasks:
> > [*] Dialup D
AFTER SEARCHING through about 18 months of debian-user archives and
not finding a related thread, here's a question that's been on my mind
looking for a high-level answer.
Just now I did a fresh install of potato (2.2r2) from CD and chose
these tasks:
[*] Dialup Dialup utilities
Ry wrote:
>Dear Debian Group,
>
>My ISP uses a proxy server and so prevents Lynx from working properly
>(or at least that was a possiblility that someone else suggested). I
>know for sure that my ISP uses a proxy server as they told me
>themselves. Please tell me what information I need from my IS
Michael P. Soulier wrote:
>Oh, I didn't say this one tied your hands, except for the fact
>that I find it more difficult to make my code readable, because I
>can't just split lines wherever it's logical to do so.
Can't just split lines in Python? Splitting lines where it's logical
to do so i
Why Python?
Cardinal Biggles had Eric, the infidel, in the comfy chair for over
four hours before wringing this confession from him...
by Eric S. Raymond
http://www2.linuxjournal.com/cgi-bin/frames.pl/lj-issues/issue73/3882.html
Karsten M. Self wrote:
>You can also mount a DOS formatted floppy as vfat if all you're
>interested in is long filenames.
Have been able to do that by changing "auto" to "vfat" in /etc/fstab
Upon further research (reading man pages), it appears that reading
long filenames on a DOS floppy wouldn'
Cameron Matheson wrote:
>I want to have a POP mail account very badly (I'm
>getting sick of using this online account), but I
>can't get Mozilla's mail client to work through my
>proxy server. I did everything in the directions, but
>it just didn't work. Anyone know of one that works
>(or if I'm
Dan wrote:
> To Whom It May Concern,
>
>
> I want to start the XServer Manually and not on boot. How do I do
> this. I have looked in the lilo.conf, xfree86.cong, and the inetd.cong
> thinking it was in there, but couldnt find anything. Where is it loacted?
>
> Any help will be ho
--- Keith Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am using debian potato and am trying to print a document generated
> by latex. Problem is, the print starts right at the top of the page
> (no margin) and leaves a two inch margin at the bottom of the page
> (should be one).
>
> I have
resulting leverage boggles the mind. As we shall
see later, this phenomenon even impressed Albert Einstein.
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--- Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Robert Cymbala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Last Sunday I handed a Toshiba T4700CT laptop back to a fellow LA
> > Free-Net user, who will give it to a Vietnamese friend. There's
> <80MB
> > free space
--- Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Robert,
>
> > me-e comes with emacs, or does it need to be installed?
> > Have been using RMAIL, and have considered Gnus after hearing good
> > about it.
>
> I cc'd this back to debian-user as I hope that others may also find
> it to be of use. I
Someone at LULA (linux users LA) helped me solve this one.
Question is, is SMTP listening? If not, fetchmail has no where to go.
netstat -a | grep -i smtp
If not, try the steps buried in this document:
http://www.lafn.org/~cymbala/Debian/t4700ct.html
-Rob Cymbala
--- MamoMC <[EMAIL PROTEC
Is this list an exhaustive list of places where my dial-up password is
stored? I'm about to return a laptop after installing Debian for a
friend, and want to make sure all my passwords are deleted.
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http://www.lafn.org/~cymbala/Debian/t4700ct.html#passwords
--- Joris Lambrecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> very, very strange indeed,
>
> I've installed Debian (aug. 2000 release), Win9x, WinNT or 2000 and
> QNX
> (Neutrino) all on one machine and never had a similar problem. Did you
> by
> any chance run some extraordinary installation script or
> reins
--- Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The Grand Oral Disseminator wrote:
>
> > Hi...
...
> There are other distros that are easier to install (well, actually,
> easier to get working with your modem/graphics setup/printer/etc), but
> once set up properly, Debian is the premier distro, and on
--- The Grand Oral Disseminator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ...Please provide detailed information so that
> I can understand it...
If you would do me a favor and look at some documentation
and let me know what parts are not easy to understand:
"Debian GNU/Linux on Toshiba T4700ct Notebook"
This Symantec knowledge-base solution applies equally to GNU/Linux,
... just replace "Norton SystemWorks" with "GNU/Linux" ...
Was able to "fix" by turning off power, unplugging a few things and
then power-up. Lo and behold, Win95 came back, like it had a new
life-support system or somethi
Would you consider using pon to conntect to your ISP?
It can be configured with pppconfig. Then try ``pon &''
(part of the pon/poff/plog trio).
--- Lily O'Connor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm using wvdial to connect to my ISP. It connects and starts pppd,
> but
> none of my internet apps (ly
s.
>I'm not sure your criticism is justified anymore.
>- Dan
>
>Jason Helfman wrote:
>> I couldn't agree more. I just joined the Debian Realm, and was with
>> Redhat. What a load off the shoulders!
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 05:16:39PM -0800, Robert
Will xmh work without scan and msgchk? As soon as xmh comes up,
two "notice" boxes appear:
scan command returned:
scan: (cannot execvp it)
errno = 2; No such file or directory^G
msgchk command returned:
msgchk: (cannot execvp it)
errno = 2; No such file or directory^G
This is on a
Hi ~
Here's a method that installs Debian from floppy disks and
then from a parallel port CD-ROM device (microSolutions bantam
backpack).
"Debian GNU/Linux on Toshiba T4700ct Notebook"
http://www.lafn.org/~cymbala/Debian/t4700ct.html
--- "Mahalingam, Sivendiran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
This is meant for Windows NT, but this is a good reference.
It goes step-by-step, and deals with the sgml-open catalog.
And it includes emacs LISP syntax.
"SGML for Windows NT"
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/hoenicka_markus/book1.html
--- Adam Read <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> When
With gpm and emacs20 packages, a microsoft mouse on /dev/psaux
moves the pointer within emacs (plain, no X windows). But right-click
on any menu item (( Buffers/Files/Tools/Edit/Search/Mule/Help ))
doesn't activate menu. Should it, could it?
Or is the only way to get tmm menu *Completions* bu
Two educational guides come to mind:
1.
Go to http://www.linuxdoc.org/LDP/
Choose the "lfs" folder
Choose the "LFS" folder
This book describes the process of creating your own Linux system from
scratch from an already installed Linux distribution, using nothing
but the sources of software that a
ry" and
"my home directory" are the same thing:
echo ~
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