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Re: what is frcode?

I wrote: > But why is it undocumented? Philippe Troin writes: > This file is in /usr/lib, it's an internal command. It's most likely > you'll never have to use it by hand. It's hence undocumented. Not a good reason. It should be documented somewhere, even if only with a line or two in the update

HTTP Servers

I'm trying to learn a little about web servers, so I downloaded cern-httpd.deb and started it up. It seems to be working OK except that it errors when I try a POST command. Error 500 This server is not configured to handle POST I have put Enable POST Post/cgi-bin/* /usr/lib/cern

Re: gcc - iostream.h

[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > I recently installed the basic development files - gcc, cpp, > binutils, libs, and libs-dev. When I tried to compile a program with > just a cout line it says iostream.h: no such file... Did you invoke the compiler with g++ or gcc ? For compiling C++ programs, you s

Re: what is frcode?

On 21 Mar 1997 18:31:00 CST [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I wrote: > > But why is it undocumented? > > Philippe Troin writes: > > This file is in /usr/lib, it's an internal command. It's most likely > > you'll never have to use it by hand. It's hence undocumented. > > Not a good reason. It should

Re: what is frcode?

On Fri, 21 Mar 1997, Philippe Troin wrote: > > > you'll never have to use it by hand. It's hence undocumented. Perhaps it could be used for other purposes, By us non-gurus... or gurus-to-be. > Do you also want every package to document why every file it installs is > there, and its meaning ? [[

does debian 1.2.x support umsdos

I have an AT&T globalyst 362TPC comuter with a s3 trio 64 chip set. I am now using slackware 2.2 running linux 1.2.1 kernel as a umsdos file system. It is working fine except I can't get xfx86 running. I want to upgrade the linux kernel to 2.*. I am interested in using debian as my linux because I

Re: write-protected filesystems [Was Re: dpkg and shadow]

> "meierrj" == meierrj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> [When I mount] an Iomega Zip drive ... occasionally[,] I get >> the message: sda: Write Protect is off sda: sda4 ... Is there >> a command out there somewhere to write protect/unprotect disks? meierrj>I am not familia

errors installing with dselect/ftp

Hello again. After downloading a bunch of files in the dselect/ftp process for updating my system, I reach a point where I get the following DPKG error: [...] stable/binary-i386/doc/manpages_1.11-7.deb stable/binary-i386/doc/doc-debian_1.4-0.deb stable/binary-i386/comm/lrzsz_0.12b-1.deb Do you w

Re: what is frcode?

[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I wrote: > > But why is it undocumented? > > Philippe Troin writes: > > This file is in /usr/lib, it's an internal command. It's most likely > > you'll never have to use it by hand. It's hence undocumented. > > Not a good reason. It should be documented somewhere, eve

g++ file doesn't run

Thanks for the help - it does compile with g++ instead of gcc, but the executable produced isn't doing anything. Here's what i'm doing: //test.c #include main(){ cout << "Hello there."; } The test file doesn't print out anything when I run it. Also, I was wondering if this was a descrepenc

Re: Upgrading from slackware to debian

On Sat, 22 Mar 1997, Dima wrote: > Also, it's (Slackware's) a great "first Linux" for those who like to learn swimming in > the deep end of the pool. > Back in the pioneer days, that's all there was...a deep pool. Time flies like arrows, but fruit flies like bananas Perry Piplani

Re: what is frcode?

Philippe Troin writes: > Do you also want every package to document why every file it installs is > there, and its meaning ? [[[BIG SMILEY :-) ]]]. Yes (no smiley). Readable files such as configuration files and shell scripts can be largely self-documenting, but yes, I think every file should be

Re: does debian 1.2.x support umsdos

On Fri, 21 Mar 1997, Joseph Zieniewicz wrote: > Does debian support umsdos? Debian does not support umsdos although with a liitle hacking you can create a umsdos partition, umsync it, and put the debian base distribution on it. However, I do not reccomend this. The performance is cruddy, and it

Re: Powermanagment

On Fri, 21 Mar 1997, Stefan Walder wrote: > Hi, > > can I put down the power of my monitor when I'm running X? > Check out the try adding the line option "power_saver" to your XF86Config file where your video card is described and this will switch your monitor into standby mode after a

Re: g++ file doesn't run

On Fri, 21 Mar 1997, Jeff Shilt wrote: > //test.c > > The test file doesn't print out anything when I run it. try typing 'which test' and find out what program your really running then type 'man test' to see what it does. Then give your program a new name. Time flies like arrows, but fruit fl

Re: errors installing with dselect/ftp

On Fri, 21 Mar 1997, Ken Gaugler wrote: > NB: root's PATH should usually contain /usr/local/sbin, /usr/sbin and > /sbin. > DPKG ERROR > bash# echo $PATH > /sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin > bash# which ldconfig > /sbin/ldconfig > I don't know if this wil

Re: Metro-X ver 3.1.5

Matthew Tebbens wrote: > > Metro-X 3.1.5 > - > For those interested; I just installed Metro-X version 3.1.5 on 2 of my > debian systems and it works great. I had no problems with the install and > no problems when I configured it. The installer package that debian has is > for the old

Re: lprm says "Permission denied" (fwd)

But that still doesn't solve the problem of viewing the Unix print queue from within Windows. That works with regular lpr, but not lprng. On Mar 5, Craig Sanders wrote: > but that's not necessary at all. with samba, printers listed in > /etc/printcap appear on the Win3/Win95/etc machines prin

Unicode capable editors ?

Hello, Is there any editor for Debian or Linux in general capable to display UTF-8 without X ? -- v v Ricardas Cepas

XFree Specifications for Samsung SyncMaster 17GLsi Monitor?

Hi! Can anyone provide me with the Monitor specifications, which I need to insert into the XF86Config file, for the Samsung SyncMaster 17GLsi ? Alex. PS: Yes, I haven't got the monitor manual. :)

Re: g++ file doesn't run

On Mar 03, 1997 at 10:23:30PM -0500, Jeff Shilt wrote: > Thanks for the help - it does compile with g++ instead of gcc, but the > executable produced isn't doing anything. Here's what i'm doing: > > //test.c > #include > > main(){ > cout << "Hello there."; > } > > The test file doesn't prin

Printer trouble

I am trying to set up a NEC Silentwriter S60P-Printer for use under Debian 1.2. It is a Postscript-Printer, but I don't have any documentation. (Found the device in a factory's trash...) It works great with Win95, but I am not able to print anything with Linux. 'lpr' does nothing, and I cann

Forcing X to reread config file safely?

Hi! I'm currently trying to set the best settings for my X-Display. After changing /etc/X11/XF86Config I used to do a /etc/init.d/xdm stop followed by /etc/init.d/xdm start Using this method gets me a locked machine sometimes (Can't type anything in the tty or switch ttys). So I suspe

Problems working with bash.

I've read the man page on bash several times now, but I can't find out how to get the following to work: - In a tcsh I can do $var:r, which gives me 'name' if $var contaned 'name.ext'. How can I do this with bash? - In tcsh I can type anything on the command line and do a search on the history l

Re: g++ file doesn't run

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Hamish Moffatt writes : > On Mar 03, 1997 at 10:23:30PM -0500, Jeff Shilt wrote: > > Thanks for the help - it does compile with g++ instead of gcc, but the exec ->utable produced isn't doing anything. Here's what i'm doing: > > > > //test.c > > #include > > > > m

Re: what is frcode?

Raja R Harinath writes: > locatedb(5) has the following: > ... > ... Ok. IMHO it should be mentioned in updatedb(1L) since updatedb calls it, but that's nitpicking. At least it is documented, and updatedb itself provides a usage example. -- John HaslerThis posting is in the publi

Re: g++ file doesn't run

At 10:23 PM 3/21/97 -0500, Jeff Shilt wrote: >Thanks for the help - it does compile with g++ instead of gcc, but the executable produced isn't doing anything. Here's what i'm doing: > >//test.c Don't call it "test". -- Matt

Re: XFree Specifications for Samsung SyncMaster 17GLsi Monitor?

The following should work; use it at your own risk, but rest assured it works for me: Section "Monitor" Identifier "Primary" VendorName "Samsung" ModelName "SyncMaster17GLsi" HorizSync 30-85 VertRefresh 50-120 # 640x400 @ 70 Hz, 31.5 kHz hsync Modeline "640x400" 25

Re: what is frcode?

Sorry I asked! :-) -- Ken Gaugler N6OSK Santa Clara, California email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: http://www.wco.com/~keng "The life of a Repo Man is always INTENSE..."

Only ping works with slip.

Hi, I have this C class network: The Network ~~~ gw-1 gw-2 + -- + + -- + | Serial |---| Serial | stress || || + -- +

IDE Zip drive

Thanks to the suggestions from this list I do indeed have the IDE Zip drive working. The command mount -t msdos /dev/hdb4 /mnt is successful. Apparently I didn't try all the possible combinations previously. The web pages at http://www.torque.net/zip.html are very helpful.

Re: Problems working with bash.

On Sat, 22 Mar 1997, Alexander Lazarevic wrote: > - In a tcsh I can do $var:r, which gives me 'name' if $var contaned > 'name.ext'. How can I do this with bash? This will strip the shortest suffix that matches ".*" ${var%.*} This will strip the longest suffix that matches ".*"

Re: gcc - iostream.h

The normal debian installation automatically searches the correct directory so I'm not sure why you're having problems. To get around the problem, simply direct g++ to search in that directory: g++ -I /usr/include/g++ -- Jean Pierre On Fri, 21 Mar 1997, Jeff Shilt wrote: > I recently inst

How to get dir colors to work?

What files does one have to edit to get ls to display colors? And as a total aside, how do you get xdm working? It says starting xdm at the end of my boot but all i get is a nice console prompt. johannes martinez

gcc stuff

How do I get a program to read data from a document not a function? <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thanx and may God Bless you Seth R

Re: Only ping works with slip.

Only ping working is often a symptom of using slip when cslip is expected. Bob On Sat, 22 Mar 1997, Carlos Marcos Kakihara wrote: > > Hi, I have this C class network: > > The Network > ~~~ > gw-1 gw-2 > +

Re: Upgrading from slackware to debian

On Wed, 19 Mar 1997, Paul Christenson [N3EOP] wrote: > On Tue, 18 Mar 1997, Leandro Asnaghi-Nicastro wrote: > > > What is the difference between Red-Hat, Debian and Slackware? > > Slackware: One of the oldest distributions, and is showing its age. > Created as a "bugfixed" version of SLS (Softl

Re: gcc stuff

[how do I get a program to read data from a document] Try to glance over all of the manual pages in section 2 and 3. Do an "ls" of /usr/man/man2, and then use "man" to display the individual pages using a command like "man 2 accept". Just a glance at each page will get you started, you'll know whe

Re: lpr: connect: No such file or directory

On 18 Mar 1997, Gerd Bavendiek wrote: > Hi, > > I just tried to install another network printer. After fiddling with > /etc/printcap I got problems. To make a longer story short: I decided > to dpkg -r lpr. This went fine. So I reinstalled lpr, using > lpr_5.9-12.deb. > > After setting up rm and

lsof problem

This is my problem: # lsof lsof: kernel symbol address mismatch: init_aout_binfmt get_kernel_syms() value is 0x3842d0c; /boot/System.map-2.0.27 value is 0x130580. There were 2 additional mismatches. /boot/System.map-2.0.27 and the booted kernel may not be a matched set. /boot/

Re: A lot of errors while installing (dselecting) bo

On Tue, 18 Mar 1997, Andreas Tille wrote: > Hi, > > I'm the one who frequently asks questions about installing :-(. > > I used the ftp-method. Is it right, if I selected > [bo non-free distrib] > or should I use stable (in front of this list) too? The files are dependant on order. To update

Re: Security Issue

On Tue, 18 Mar 1997, Matthew Tebbens wrote: > > 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. Th

cfdisk: Cannot seek on disk drive

Hi, I'm trying to install Debian Linux 1.2 and things were going well until I got to the 'partition hard drive' part. The _first_ time I picked this choice I editted my partition information to include a Linux and a Linux Swap partition. When I tried to save these changes, though, I got a messa

Re: cfdisk: Cannot seek on disk drive

On Sat, 22 Mar 1997, Michael Iles wrote: > Hi, I'm trying to install Debian Linux 1.2 and things were going well until I > got to the 'partition hard drive' part. The _first_ time I picked this choice > I editted my partition information to include a Linux and a Linux Swap > partition. When I

Re: lpr: connect: No such file or directory

-- [ From: Lynn F Coker * EMC.Ver #3.2 ] -- Please delete me from your email distribution list. I am not the Lynn Coker who cares about stuff like this. Thanks. Lynn REPLY, Original message follows Date: Saturday, 22-Mar-97 02:10 PM From: Rick \ Internet:

Problem with rebuilt kernel

Hi all. I've just recompiled my kernel by going through the make menuconfig make dep make clean make zlilo procedure, but the new kernel won't boot properly. It gets as far as: ... VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly Unable to open an initial console This "Unable to open an initial

Re: Remove

On Fri, 21 Mar 1997, Engineering wrote: > How do I remove myself from recieving mail from this list? > Send an e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message body (and subject line) containing only the word: unsubscribe Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_-_- _-_-_-

Re: Problems working with bash.

Jean Pierre LeJacq <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >This will strip the shortest suffix that matches ".*" > > ${var%.*} > >This will strip the longest suffix that matches ".*" > > ${var%.*} Oops. ${var%%.*} strips the longest. And using # instead of % will strip from the begi