Also works great for me too!
I had no problems setting it up, although I was a bit scared the first
time I ran the program as it talked about what to do if you lose or can't
see any text. I'm using SVGATextMode with the S3 Trio64 video chip set.
Matthew
On Tue, 18 Mar 1997, Marcus Brinkmann wrote
Debian - Leander Berwers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Hi list
>
> After I do a 'more (binary file)' often my command prompt and everything I
> type is unreadable. This has probably something to do with ANSI. How can I
> correct this 'problem'?
>
try to avoid messing up your screen (some rec
Matthew Tebbens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>
> I'm not sure if this is normal, but it seems that any file owned by
> someone else and in one of my directories can be deleted by me even
> if I don't have the proper permissions to do so. I also can rename the
> file, but I can't alter the file.
"David B. Teague" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Matthew
>
> You could use chattr to make the file immutable. It is documented as
> chattr(1). Also see lsattr(1).
>
but keep in mind that it's an extension only valid for the ext2
filesystem.
Markus Diesmann wrote:
>
> We would like to run Debian Linux on a PC with
> all its disks connected to a
>
> Adaptec AHA 2940U/W PCI Ultra/Wide SCSI-3
>
> controller.
>
> Does anyone have experience with this controller?
> Do we have to expect any problems with the driver?
>
> Markus
I have
Last I looked, cops was not debianized. There is little reason for
it since it need _lots_ (and simple) twinking to make it work right but with
minimal results. It is not worth it.
For filesystem security, it is worth to redirect your time to cfengine and
tripwire (both are debian packages),
Lars Hallberg writes:
> I think smail refuses to rewrite the from: field.
Putting
from_field="From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ($fullname)"
in /etc/smail/config works for me.
--
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[EMAIL PROTECTED]Do with it what you will.
Danci
>
> i still can't mount remote file systems, but i think that is because the
> fle system isn't being exported to me and it will be a while before he
> (the sysadmin) can make that change
>
Depending on the type of use of the file system (e.g. for software),
maybe it is already exported (readonl
On 17:14:44 Paul Wade wrote:
>> After I do a 'more (binary file)' often my command prompt and everything I
>> type is unreadable. This has probably something to do with ANSI. How can I
>> correct this 'problem'?
>>
>sometimes the clear command solves it
>
>sometimes I logout and login again
>
>
Hello!
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> Lars Hallberg writes:
> > I think smail refuses to rewrite the from: field.
>
> Putting
>
> from_field="From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ($fullname)"
>
> in /etc/smail/config works for me.
I have the same line in my /etc/smail/config, but I feel *VERY* sick
On Mon, 17 Mar 1997, d. nathan hood wrote:
> i am having some problems mounting a remote file system on my computer.
> i have PPP up and running and am having no problems with it, but when
> i try and mount a remote file system i get an "unknown file system error"
> the command i am using is
>
>
Hi all,
I'm using xdm, which starts on boot, on my Debian system. If I login as rob
and then su, I can't
get any X apps to work. They all fail with the following error:
Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server
Initialization error: X s
>
> I'm using xdm, which starts on boot, on my Debian system. If I login as rob
> and then su, I can't
> get any X apps to work. They all fail with the following error:
>
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server
>
What I do is:
(1
On Tue, 18 Mar 1997 14:03:26 CST d. nathan hood ([EMAIL PROTECTED]
u) wrote:
> now for the question...
> i am using xdm to launch an x-server as soon as i boot the machine, this
> x-server starts in 8 bit color, and i don't seem to be able to get it to
> switch to 16 bit color no matter how hard
On Tue, 18 Mar 1997 12:24:51 PST Garrett Jost ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
> I am now using the unstable Debian release with a custom-built 1.0.27 kernel.
> A week or two ago, I somehow lost the module utilities (modprobe, insmod,
> etc.) while I was doing a dselect ftp update from unstable. It
On Tue, 18 Mar 1997 18:00:27 EST Rob MacWilliams ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
> I'm using xdm, which starts on boot, on my Debian system. If I login as rob
> and then su, I can't
> get any X apps to work. They all fail with the following error:
>
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
On Tue, 18 Mar 1997, Dale Scheetz wrote:
> > Any suggestions?
> [...]
> You then need to obtain the non-debian source for dpkg. Once you have this
> compiled and running, you need to "carefuly" install the base system,
> using dpkg -i. Start with ld.so and libc5 and the rest should go smoothly.
FYI, your mailer is broken.
The headers mention calyx.net as a return address, but there's no
calyx.net domain around...
Well, actually, there's a Calyx.net domain in WHOIS, suspended
yesterday.
Say thank you to Internic, NSF and NSI !
I'm posting on debian user, in case this message doesn't arri
Hi all,
When I try to compile a program with -l*(anything from /usr/X11R6/lib), I get
no such a file or directory error. I have /usr/X11R6/lib in my /etc/ld.so.conf,
and I have ran ldconfig -v. I'm out of ideas as to what I need to do in order to
make this error message go away. So far, I have jus
On This Day, In The Year of Our Lord 18 Mar 97, 13:23
> I wonder if it is possible to upgrade from slackware to debian, and
> keep most of my system. Is there an easy way to do this, or should I
> just fdisk the thing and start all over?
I wouldn't mind finding out myself. I am very new to Linu
On This Day, In Th
There is a program that probes a machine quite extensively for security
holes (from what I hear from trusted sources). It is called SATAN
(security analysis tool for auditing networks) Here is a few url's to get
you going...
http://www.interaus.net/1995/6/satan.html
http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/b
I have a problem that I havent been able to fix.
Since I upgraded everything from 1.2 to 1.2.7 I havent been able to telnet
into my machine. I have tried everything from deleting host.allow and
hosts.deny and then touching them to installing the new netstd and nothing
seems to help. I cant rlog
hi
does anyone know how to configure x-windows 2 display 16 bit color? i
have a diamond stealth 2400XL and i'm running the S3V Server, but it only
loads X w/ a depth of 8. thanks
dOn
hi
i have an IBM P70 Monitor and i was wondering if anyone knew where i can
get the proper sync timings for X-Windows. I'd like 2 set it up w/
1024x768. thanks
dOn
Hi,
You do not give the kernel version number, so I can't tell
whether or not you are running into the problem with sed and kernel
config scripts ...
I'm including an excerpt from /usr/doc/kernel-package/Problems.gz
manoj
===
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, writes:
>We would like to run Debian Linux on a PC with
>all its disks connected to a
>
> Adaptec AHA 2940U/W PCI Ultra/Wide SCSI-3
>
>controller.
>
>Does anyone have experience with this controller?
>Do we have to expect any problems with the dr
Hi,
>>"Richard" == Richard Morin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Richard> Hi folks, I've finally gotten around to focusing on my kernel
Richard> sound problems, and I just need some info about just how I go
Richard> about applying the patch that is mentioned in
Richard> /usr/doc/kernel-package/Problem
On Wed, 19 Mar 1997, ( Don ) wrote:
> hi
> does anyone know how to configure x-windows 2 display 16 bit color? i
> have a diamond stealth 2400XL and i'm running the S3V Server, but it only
> loads X w/ a depth of 8. thanks
> dOn
>
>
have you tried?
startx -- -bpp 16
Richard Morin
[
Hi
On a Toshiba Satellite 110CS I would like to be able to use the pointing deviec
situated on the keyboard instead of an external mouse attached to the serial
port, which I want that to use for a modem. The info I'm after is the device
and protocol to enter in XF86Setup. I guess I have to re
If someone else owns the directory that the file is in, then they
basically own the file allocation table and can rename the file to
anything they want, or remove the filename alltogether. It's basically
like they own the filecabinet, and the other person's file is in the
cabinet. Even though the
On Mar 19, Marcus Brinkmann wrote
: Hello!
:
: I have the same line in my /etc/smail/config, but I feel *VERY* sick about
: it, because *EVERY* mail gets this From: field. No! The From: field must be
: user dependent, or there is something wrong. But after spending too much
: time about too much d
> On Wed, 19 Mar 1997, ( Don ) wrote:
>
> > hi
> > does anyone know how to configure x-windows 2 display 16 bit color? i
> > have a diamond stealth 2400XL and i'm running the S3V Server, but it only
> > loads X w/ a depth of 8. thanks
> > dOn
> >
> >
>
> have you tried?
> startx -- -bpp
I have uploaded the corrected package xvmount_3.6-2
to master. It should appear in unstable as soon as
it is moved automatically out of Incoming.
Users of the previous package xvmount_3.6-1 should
upgrade as soon as possible since the old version
contains a security hole which allows normal users
> I am new at installing Linux. I have problems on how to
> proceed when trying to create the booting floppies from
> the CD set, where my Debian distribution of Linux is. I
> have look for installation instructions: not a single line
> of usefull info. Please, don't ask me to access the
www.d
Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
>
> Where I can found the package libpam0 for the samba 1.9.16p11-2?
>
> Thanks
> --
> Andrea Arcangeli
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.imola.queen.it/user/arcangeli/
>
> Debian GNU
> __ _ _ __ __ _ _ /\
> ( ) (_ _)( \( )( )( )( \/ ))(
> )(__ _)(_
> I have two critical machines using this card. For me everything works
> fine. However, I'd buy a Buslogic 958 if possible. People report that
> the 2940* extreme sensitivity to cables is somewhat substandard. Also,
> the buslogic driver seems more stable and faster. Adaptec doesn't give
> any hin
Hi,
I have tried to install a news reader but it seems to require that I install
a nntp package. Is that so? Is there any way to get a news reader that will
connect to a remote server instead of requiring that I run a server locally?
Thanks,
Luis.
--
Luis Francisco Gonzalez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
P
Philippe Troin very kindly remarked
>
> Permissions for removal/addition of files in a directory are controlled by
> the directory permissions, not the file permissions. Makes sense when
> said like this. Except_ for directories with the sticky bit set where
> only the owner of a file can remove i
Anyone know if someone maintains or is working on a new TokenRing module ?
IBM has a new TokenRing card out that I could send to someone if they want
to update or create a debian tokenring module for it.
Matthew
> Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
> >
> > Where I can found the package libpam0 for the samba 1.9.16p11-2?
They are in Incoming on master.
You need the following files:
samba_1.9.16p11-3_i386.deb
libpam0_0.56-2_i386.deb
libpam-util_0.56-2_i386.deb
libpwdb0_0.54preD-1_i386.deb
You might be able to
> Over the last couple of days, I have been noticing that I have been
> getting "Out of Memory" errors that I never got before.
>
> I just looked at my free output and it showed 18M of swap used, after
> running "swapoff /dev/hda3" and then "swapon /dev/hda3", it showed 10M
> used. I also have a
dpk writes:
>
> There is a program that probes a machine quite extensively for security
> holes (from what I hear from trusted sources). It is called SATAN
> (security analysis tool for auditing networks) Here is a few url's to get
> you going...
>
> http://www.interaus.net/1995/6/satan.html
On Wed, 19 Mar 1997, Karsten Bolding wrote:
> On a Toshiba Satellite 110CS I would like to be able to use the
> pointing deviec situated on the keyboard instead of an external
> mouse attached to the serial port, which I want that to use for
> a modem. The info I'm after is the device and protoco
Thanks to all of you who helped me on that problem.
Now everythings works fine except pari but I think that now I'll be able to
cope with it.
I have to apologize because as one of you pointed out to me there was a FAQ
answering to the most part of my problem.
Laurent.
Hi,
after reading about mutt I decided to try again (first time it would give some
sort of error). Anyway, I like it very much but sort of miss the menus in elm.
Is there any way of activating the menu display (as was possible under elm).
I have looked through the documentation but couldn't find a
On Mar 19, Nathan O. Siemers wrote
> There's no big syntax error that I can see (with my uneducated eyes)
> in that area of "available",
The section before it most likely has an entry with a ':' in the version
numbering. This is a use of the new "epoch" feature in dpkg (to deal with
packages whose
> Hi . . .
Hi. (this post belongs in debian-user, so I'll reply to it there)
> I'm potential Debian GNU/Linux user and I have some questions no covered
> by this FAQ.
> I would like to get some information about where I could find the XWIndows
> files for the newest
> version of t
Where I can found the package libpam0 for the samba 1.9.16p11-2?
Thanks
--
Andrea Arcangeli
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.imola.queen.it/user/arcangeli/
Debian GNU
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Oliver Elphick (olly@lfix.co.uk) wrote on 18 March 1997 23:13:
>In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, writes:
> >We would like to run Debian Linux on a PC with
> >all its disks connected to a
> >
> > Adaptec AHA 2940U/W PCI Ultra/Wide SCSI-3
> >
> >controller.
> >
> >Does anyone have
On Mar 19, Alexander Koch wrote
> So you may see what Mutt is like. But you should be careful. I'd say:
> stick with the Debian- MUTT- Package and you're fine. It's not as news as
> the real MUTT but it _works_ (believe me, it's a bit tricky to make it
It is. Due to unclarity wrt ITAR for package
> I reported that in recent beta gnuplots, a core dump occured in
> response to "set locale ...".
>
> After installing the debian package locale-bin, the problem has
> apparently been solved.
Yeah, someone reported that problem I think before I released
my pre-319 version, so I patched that pro
On Wed, Mar 19, 1997 at 12:19:40PM +, Luis Francisco Gonzalez wrote:
> Hi,
> I have tried to install a news reader but it seems to require that I install
> a nntp package. Is that so? Is there any way to get a news reader that will
> connect to a remote server instead of requiring that I run a
Do you have any experience running SATAN ?? I as well as others in my
department are interested in running it, however I am wondering how
affective of a tool it is because others here have previously used a very
early version which was bug-gy.
Dennis
On Wed, 19 Mar 1997, Karl Sackett wrote
Thanks to all who responded to my query on applixware. The gist of the responses
is that applixware can be installed and works. So I'll give it a try.
I need an office suite and would like to stay within Linux.
Regards, Richard
I will be there, and I'm giving two talks. I don't know if any
Debian CD sellers will be there.
Bruce
--
Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECTED] 510-215-3502
Finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP public key.
PGP fingerprint = 88 6A 15 D0 65 D4 A3 A6 1F 89 6A 76 95 24 87 B3
On Tue, 18 Mar 1997, I wrote:
> Does anybody think that it is a problem of the unstable tree. But if this
> would be the case anybody would have reported such serious errors before.
I tried to verify the problem today by installing stable. --- It was
the same ... :-(((.
> Please help. I tried ve
On 19 Mar, Alain Nadeau wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 19 Mar 1997, ( Don ) wrote:
>> > does anyone know how to configure x-windows 2 display 16 bit color? i
>> > have a diamond stealth 2400XL and i'm running the S3V Server, but it only
>> > loads X w/ a depth of 8. thanks
>> have you tried?
>> st
( Don ) wrote:
>
> hi
> i have an IBM P70 Monitor and i was wondering if anyone knew where i can
> get the proper sync timings for X-Windows. I'd like 2 set it up w/
> 1024x768. thanks
> dOn
^^^
Could we please dispense with the net.kool.doo
On Mar 19, Luis Francisco Gonzalez wrote
> after reading about mutt I decided to try again (first time it would give
> some sort of error). Anyway, I like it very much but sort of miss the
> menus in elm. Is there any way of activating the menu display (as was
> possible under elm). I have looked
When I boot up, the kernel tells me that it cannot find
/System.map. I have it as a symlink to /boot/System.map_2.0.27
and I checked that root has read permission to both.
What is wrong? I tried specifying /System.map in the line in
init.d/syslogd that starts /sbin/klogd, but cannot find the right
Debians,
I am interested in writing a Linux interface for the PS6500 Personal
Data Organizer from Texas Instruments. Before contacting TI, I would
appreciate any experience or suggestions regarding approaching manufacturers
for protocols.
Is there an TI employee on this list who
> Hi all,
>
> When I try to compile a program with -l*(anything from /usr/X11R6/lib), I get
> no such a file or directory error.
Usually, the options are:
gcc -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lX11 -lXaw -l.
>I have /usr/X11R6/lib in my /etc/ld.so.conf,
Those are for run-time linking, not for com
After a trouble-free complete 1.2 install on a new laptop, I began the
process of upgrading my 1.1 box. dpkg and dselect have broken after
the list of available packages is updated:
Uncompressing
/u/dna/usr1/people/nathan/src/debian/stable/binary-i386/Packages.gz
... done.
Replacing available pa
Marisol Garcia Valls wrote:
>
> > I am new at installing Linux. I have problems on how to
> > proceed when trying to create the booting floppies from
> > the CD set, where my Debian distribution of Linux is. I
> > have look for installation instructions: not a single line
> > of usefull info. P
On Mon, 17 Mar 1997, David Puryear wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> When I try to compile a program with -l*(anything from /usr/X11R6/lib), I get
> no such a file or directory error. I have /usr/X11R6/lib in my
> /etc/ld.so.conf,
> and I have ran ldconfig -v. I'm out of ideas as to what I need to do in orde
Over the last couple of days, I have been noticing that I have been
getting "Out of Memory" errors that I never got before.
I just looked at my free output and it showed 18M of swap used, after
running "swapoff /dev/hda3" and then "swapon /dev/hda3", it showed 10M
used. I also have a sec
On Mar 19, 8:38, Karsten Bolding wrote:
> On a Toshiba Satellite 110CS I would like to be able to use the
> pointing deviec situated on the keyboard instead of an external
> mouse attached to the serial port, which I want that to use for a
> modem. The info I'm after is the device and protocol to
Greetings.
> If you get stuck, you could always try out a commercial program called
> Partition Magic that is supposed to fix up stuff like this -
I have a copy of Partition Magic III for Win '95 that I've used to success in
getting my copy of Linux on the road.
When I found myself with 450 M
This is a really stupid question, so feel free to flame away. ;-)
I got hold of the PPP-How-To and examined it's contents with interest, it's
all quite digestable, apart from the fact that it tells you what to do but not
much about why you're doing it. I'll work that all out with other FAQ's, et
when i try to compile the following program
program andx
integer a,b
data a/11/ b/10/
print *, and(a,b)
stop
end
using g77 version 0.5.20-1 i get:
No AND implementation.
f/com.c:4884: failed assertion `"unimplemented intrinsic" == NULL'
gcc: Internal comp
> This is a really stupid question, so feel free to flame away. ;-)
There are no stupid questions - just stupid answers - like this one. :-)
> I got hold of the PPP-How-To and examined it's contents with interest, it's
> all quite digestable, apart from the fact that it tells you what to do bu
Robin Beckett wrote:
> I got hold of the PPP-How-To and examined it's contents with interest,
I read it several months ago, but when I switched to Debian ppp got a
lot easier. I quickly edited the supplied chatscript and typed pon. It
was a lot easier than 2 other distributions I tried.
> It men
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