Re: Mathematica [was "What is the typical response from i-Connect?"]

1997-03-11 Thread Scott Stanley
On 10 Mar 1997, Norris Preyer wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Zachary) writes: > > > Also, has anyone experience with Mathematica 3.0 on Debian? I called and > > chatted to a nice lady at Wolfram who told me that as long as a.out and > > ELF binaries are supported, Mathematica plays nice with Li

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1997-03-11 Thread Matt Veitas
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Re: Mouse and mounting problems

1997-03-11 Thread Falk Hueffner
On Sun, 9 Mar 1997 23:14:03 +0100, you wrote: >Hello! > >Now I've almost got the mouse to work in X. It's only the middle button that >doesn't want to work. How do I make it work? There's a nice mini howto on this topic; maybe it is even included in the standard /usr/doc/..., can't check it now.

Re: kernel-config

1997-03-11 Thread Richard Morin
I'm d/l'ing 2.0.29 now, will tell you in a day or so if it helped me. Thanks for the tip Tim... Richard Morin [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Mon, 10 Mar 1997, Tim Sailer wrote: > > > > On Mon, 10 Mar 1997, Mikael Hallendal wrote: > > > > > I try to get the sound working i linux and when I do make confi

Re: diald and dctrl

1997-03-11 Thread Bob Clark
Richard Morin wrote: > > Hi Folks, > Does anyone know what the "forcing timeout" box means in dctrl? dctrl > doesn't run every time, but when it does, it has a countdown going on in > the "forcing timeout" box. To me, this means it is forcing the link down, > but how do I stop it from doing this

Re: Mouse and mounting problems

1997-03-11 Thread Richard Morin
in your XF86Config, there will be a mouse section, in mine, I have a microsoft mouse on /dev/ttyS0 I need the line from my XF86Config ... # Emulate3Buttons is an option for 2-button Microsoft mice # Emulate3Timeout is the timeout in milliseconds (default is 50ms) Emulate3Buttons E

Re: Adaptec 2940 UW

1997-03-11 Thread Susan G. Kleinmann
Hi Bernd -- You said: > The current resque disk does not work with my Adaptec 2940 UW. This does > not surprise me, as none of the Kernels above 2.0.12 (up to 2.0.27) > I tried did work. An small remark in a README in an otherwise useless > RedHat stated that Adaptec support is partially broken s

Re: Adaptec 2940 UW

1997-03-11 Thread Rob Browning
"Susan G. Kleinmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > interaction of these things (along with imperfections in the kernel) has > caused the system to hang in the past, but I didn't do enough testing > to tell you which part was at fault. FWIW, I use a 2940UW as well, and all the troubles that I have

Well what would be a good subject then?

1997-03-11 Thread Thought
Please if you have time just skim this message and maybe you can show off your knowledge :) 1) Is there a way to turn on Numlock by default, or better yet, to prevent it from being turned off? My BIOS sets Numlock to ON when I boot, but when I load the kernel (with lilo) it turns numlock off. :(

diald and dctrl

1997-03-11 Thread Richard Sharman
Richard Morin writes: > Hi Folks, > Does anyone know what the "forcing timeout" box means in dctrl? dctrl > doesn't run every time, but when it does, it has a countdown going on in > the "forcing timeout" box. To me, this means it is forcing the link down, > but how do I stop it from doing

Re: diald and dctrl

1997-03-11 Thread Randy Gobbel
[anti-spam encapsulation. Reply to user gobbel, hostname cogsci.ucsd.edu] At 4:00 PM -0500 3/10/97, Richard Morin wrote: >Hi Folks, >Does anyone know what the "forcing timeout" box means in dctrl? dctrl >doesn't run every time, but when it does, it has a countdown going on in >the "forcing timeo

Re: What is the typical response from i-Connect?

1997-03-11 Thread John Timmers
Mark Evans wrote: > > On Mon, 10 Mar 1997, John Zachary wrote: > > > I eagerly ordered the Debian CD from i-Connect last weekend, but after > I ordered a CD from them before Christmas, finally received it on Jan 20, > 1997. I tried calling them, no luck their voicemail box was full. It > took

Re: Laodable Modules

1997-03-11 Thread Rob MacWilliams
> > > > mv /lib/modules/2.0.27 /lib/modules/2.0.27.old > > mv /vmlinuz /vmlinuz.old >> I don't do this. Belt and suspenders. When I mess around with something as important as the kernel, I like to be able to undo what I did easily. > > ln -s /usr/src/linux/include/scsi scsi > > > > (lin

Re: Well what would be a good subject then?

1997-03-11 Thread Joey Hess
Thought: > 5) I just installed shadow-login_960810, shadow-passwd_960810, and > shadow-su_960810 on my system. Everything works fine, but I was wondering > if there was any way to customize 'login'. For one, if you have a 'login > incorrect' (coz of misspelt names or wrong passwords or wahtever)

Re: Mouse and mounting problems

1997-03-11 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
> "Falk" == Falk Hueffner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Falk> It may not be easy with cheap microsoft compatible Falk> mouses. I've still not found a good solution yet (I'm Falk> pluggig out and in the mouse on startup with mouse button Falk> pressed to switch it to mouseman mode

rpc portmapper dies ...

1997-03-11 Thread Marcia Takagui
Hello all, Now that I'm using Debian 1.2.x I'm having a problem that never showed up in Debian 1.1.x -- rpc portmapper dies very very frequently, and I have to reboot the system since I cannot connect to any host and cannot open any new window... "rpcinfo -p" says: "rpcinfo: can't contact portmap

SAMBA cannot connect with WIN NT 4.0 WORKSTATIO

1997-03-11 Thread Oz Dror
SAMBA version 1.9.16p9 (with and without des extension) My linux server is able to connect with WINDOWS 95. My NT WORKSTATION can connect with WINDOWS 95 My NT machine can print through net in Linux machine this means that the network setup of linux and WINDOWS NT are correct, but On network n

debian-user

1997-03-11 Thread Peng Liu
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Re: kernel-config

1997-03-11 Thread Ulf Jaenicke-Roessler
Tim Sailer wrote: > > On Mon, 10 Mar 1997, Mikael Hallendal wrote: > > > I try to get the sound working i linux and when I do make config in th > > > kernel-source I'm aksed > > > to enter the I/O-base but the only thing that happens is that it says > > > 'no help is available. > > > > > > Can

Re: Adaptec 2940 UW

1997-03-11 Thread Bernd Kreimeier
>FWIW, I use a 2940UW as well, and all the troubles that I have had >that I thought were device or kernel problems, turned out to actually >be bad cabling and/or termination. The hardware works fine with 1.3.88 up to 2.0.0. It does not work with 2.0.25 and 2.0.27 under my current installation, a

Re: Adaptec 2940 UW

1997-03-11 Thread Rob Browning
Bernd Kreimeier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The hardware works fine with 1.3.88 up to 2.0.0. It does not work > with 2.0.25 and 2.0.27 under my current installation, and with > the Debian Base rescue disk. "0 SCSI hosts detected". I do not have > a clue, but my hunch is that Adaptec sells boards

Re: kernel-config

1997-03-11 Thread Mikael Hallendal
> > On Mon, 10 Mar 1997, Mikael Hallendal wrote: > > > Hi! > > > > I try to get the sound working i linux and when I do make config in th > > kernel-source I'm aksed > > to enter the I/O-base but the only thing that happens is that it says > > 'no help is available. > > > > Can anyone help me

Re: rebuilt kernel with sbpcd

1997-03-11 Thread Michael Hill
Found it. Thanks to Peter, Daniel, Steve and Luis for the advice. I wanted access to the list of drivers found in /usr/src/linux/drivers/cdrom/Config.in. The correct selection was `CD-ROM drivers (not for SCSI or IDE/ATAPI drives)' and the process is much easier using `make menuconfig.' Mike

Re: cannot run dpkg anymore

1997-03-11 Thread Laurent Bonnaud
> "Craig" == Craig Sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Craig> Craig> try running 'ldconfig' (you need to be root to do this). Craig> Craig> from the man page: Craig> Craig> DESCRIPTION Craig>ldconfig creates the necessary links and cache (for use by Craig>the run-

Re: A young girl lost her puppy

1997-03-11 Thread Nils Rennebarth
Inspite of the &(/%/%$ subject...: On Mon, 10 Mar 1997, Thought wrote: >2) Currently I have 6 Virtual Console lines in my inittab, but I've heard >that there's a way to only have one of those lines, and to be able to >create Virtual Consoles on demand by pressing Alt-Uparrow or something. >Is ther

Installation problem

1997-03-11 Thread Garry Turkington
Hi, Ive been trying to install Debian 1.2 for the last few days with absolutely no success. The problem is occuring VERY early on in the process, while trying to boot from the initial rescue/boot floppy. The system happily displays all the device initialisation messages, and after the cd-rom is

Re: Local X application defaults

1997-03-11 Thread James W. Lynch
- Received message begins Here - (Header snipped) > > Riku Saikkonen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Can X be set to read app-defaults > > files in /usr/local/X11/app-defaults/ (or whatever) in addition to the > > normal directory? > > You could try (ab-)using XUSERFILESEARCHPA

Re: zsh vs bash

1997-03-11 Thread James W. Lynch
- Received message begins Here - This subject brings up a question I've had for a long time. Bash appears to be the shell that I get when I log in as root or do an su command. I'm from the old school and perfer vi editing of commands, but I have yet to be able to make bash use v

Re: LARRY ELLISON

1997-03-11 Thread James W. Lynch
- Received message begins Here - > > The most brilliant mind has his website: > > http://www.concentric.net/~Cclm > WARNING: An attempt to access this site killed netscape, so be careful. This may be a trojan horse and surely hasn't anything to do with Debian that can be de

Using a proxy server...

1997-03-11 Thread Philippe_Andersson
Hello, Can anybody please point me in the right direction (hints, docs, links, etc.) as to how I could tell my Linux box to use a Proxy server for outbound connections (http *AND* ftp). They just put a Proxy server on the ftp protocol, and my ncftp stopped working.

maximum mount count / pico

1997-03-11 Thread Jean-Paul Lacharme
Hi, I need to reboot my PC once or twice a day. Lately, I had a boot message displaying '/dev/hda3 has reached the maximum mount count. Checked forced' I found no option to deselect this mount count check in the mount man pages. Does anybody knows ? 2) Other topic. I unload an linux binary pac

Re: maximum mount count

1997-03-11 Thread Martin Stromberg
> > Hi, > I need to reboot my PC once or twice a day. Lately, I had a boot message > displaying '/dev/hda3 has reached the maximum mount count. Checked > forced' > I found no option to deselect this mount count check in the mount man pages. > Does anybody knows ? If it's an ext2 file system t

Re: kernel-config

1997-03-11 Thread David Wright
On Tue, 11 Mar 1997, Mikael Hallendal wrote: > > > I try to get the sound working i linux and when I do make config in th > > > kernel-source I'm aksed > > > to enter the I/O-base but the only thing that happens is that it says > > > 'no help is available. > > > Can anyone help me, please! > The

Re: LARRY ELLISON

1997-03-11 Thread trio
On Tue, 11 Mar 1997, James W. Lynch wrote: > - Received message begins Here - > > > > The most brilliant mind has his website: > > > > http://www.concentric.net/~Cclm > > WARNING: > > An attempt to access this site killed netscape, so be careful. This > may be a trojan horse

trouble with remote X app displaying to linux

1997-03-11 Thread James D. Freels
The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted as well. I am trying to execute and display (to my local Debian-Linux box) an X application compiled and linked on AIX 3.2.5. I have set the DISPLAY to my local machine and confirm that other applications will work. The

trouble with remote X app displaying to linux

1997-03-11 Thread James D. Freels
I am trying to execute and display (to my local Debian-Linux box) an X application compiled and linked on AIX 3.2.5. I have set the DISPLAY to my local machine and confirm that other applications will work. The same application works fine when displayed to the local console. I am running Debian L

Re: lesstif requirement

1997-03-11 Thread Steve Dunham
Lawrence Chim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > The newest package for timidity depends on lesstif. I own motif > > proper. Is there a way to create a stub package for motif that > > provides motif and then have timidity depend on motif. lesstif could > > provide m

Backspace/Delete irritation

1997-03-11 Thread Tom Fawcett
I'm having trouble getting a useful mapping of Backspace/Delete. I've read the Key-Setup mini-HOWTO and the xmodmap documentation and I'm still at a loss. Under X I'd like to use Backspace normally, but I'd also like to rlogin (from an rxvt terminal) and run emacs on a remote host. With the xmodma

Re: zsh vs bash

1997-03-11 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED] ;The Doctor What
Telephone Game! James W. Lynch said (on 08:43 AM 3/11/97 -0500): ->- Received message begins Here - -> ->This subject brings up a question I've had for a long time. Bash appears ->to be the shell that I get when I log in as root or do an su command. ->I'm from the old school and