Re: Sendmail broken (Debian 1.3)

1997-08-05 Thread Pete Templin
On Sun, 27 Jul 1997, D. W. Wieboldt wrote: > Good suggestion. I think it is indeed timing out for want of a good > lookup. Have host name in /etc/hosts but that doesn't help. Now howto > hack sendmail into submission! Does anybody know the simple fix to the > .cf file to make it run? Thanks

Re: fingering/pgp keys

1997-08-05 Thread Paul Miller
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Everything is set right in the configuration file and there are no errors in the log file. I also set the program to mode 2755 with the group being 'www-data' (I set the home dirs readable/executable to that group for apache)... it still doesn't work... - -Paul

Re: Applixware and alien

1997-08-05 Thread George Bonser
On Mon, 4 Aug 1997, Joey Hess wrote: > > I installed > > alien from unstable, which has the appropriate patchfile. When I try > > installing Applixware, I get the following errors: > > cannot open package: No such file or directory > > cpio: premature end of archive > > Error unpacking appl

Re: bind - no binfmt-0 / too many open files.

1997-08-05 Thread Pete Templin
On Tue, 29 Jul 1997, ninjaz wrote: > Jul 29 01:52:15 www modprobe: can't locate module binfmt-0 > Jul 29 01:52:15 www modprobe: can't locate module binfmt-0 > Jul 29 01:52:28 www named[20732]: starting. named 4.9.5-REL Mon Apr 28 > 20:39:58 MET DST 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/debian/bind/bind-4.9.5/

Re: Applixware and alien

1997-08-05 Thread Adam Shand
>Has anyone tried installing Applixware 4.3 using alien? I installed >alien from unstable, which has the appropriate patchfile. When I try >installing Applixware, I get the following errors: > cannot open package: No such file or directory > cpio: premature end of archive > Error unpacking appl

Re: Unsubscribing

1997-08-05 Thread Pete Templin
On Sun, 3 Aug 1997, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > You are right, this is really high traffic here! Please read the last three > lines of your mail, or the last three lines of my mail :-) They say, that > you can get off the list via [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ^^^

Re: speed of X

1997-08-05 Thread Pete Templin
On Mon, 4 Aug 1997, Paul Wade wrote: > Linux will use a swap partition of up to 128 meg. You can add swap files > if you need more. I haven't heard anything about slowdowns. Maybe you're > thinking about windows swap usage and performance? Somebody correct me if > I'm wrong. I know that Linux (o

smail configuration?

1997-08-05 Thread Kevin M. Bealer
I am trying to configure smail. I have read the documentation, searched the source code for an hour or so, and tried to use the generic configuration script at different settings. I have been at this for several days -- my mail is still bouncing. I am on a system which does not have a permane

Re: ppp & kernel question

1997-08-05 Thread Shaleh
I found the problem with my error message. And despite linux's insisting otherwise it had nothing to do with my kernel. I mistyped my link between /dev/ttyS1 and /dev/modem, accidently using /dev/ttys1 instead. When ppp tried to connect using an invalid modem it gave the kernel error. My com2 a

Aug 4 21:54:00 carlf modprobe: can't locate module net-pf-5

1997-08-05 Thread Carl Fink
Trying to make a PPP connection to AT&T's Worldnet service, I have created a script that will dial. The modem connection is made, but ifconfig never reports a ppp0 route. The daemon.log file reports missing modules, alternating between net-pf-5 and net-pf-5, a message that on cursory examination

lpd: no daemon present?

1997-08-05 Thread Carl Fink
I'm trying to set up printing using apsfilter and lpr (from 1.3.1). All seems normal enough, I can print with lpr and lpq shows the job in the queue, but I get this message: Warning: no daemon present However, a ps -aux | grep lpd gives this: root 239 0.0 0.6 836 304 ? S 22:43

Re: smail configuration?

1997-08-05 Thread George Bonser
Your problem is that you will need to modify your hostname every time you connect to your PPP host so that your reverse lookup will match your hostname or you will never be able to send/recieve mail. There IS an alternative. If you can find someone that will act as a smarthost for you that is al

Re: Migrating from Slackware to Debian?

1997-08-05 Thread Nicolás Lichtmaier
On Mon, 4 Aug 1997, Gonzalo A. Diethelm wrote: > If I do get the Debian Linux distribution, how hard will it be to > install it in my Slakware system? My current system has been heavily > modified by installing patches, new releases of existing software > packages and new packages altogether. Will

List server going down for hardware maintenance

1997-08-05 Thread m*
hello, the Debian list server is going down at 11:05 p.m. CST for hardware maintenance. your patience is appreciated! -mark- -- "The Shining One" -- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: Netscape plugins don't work

1997-08-05 Thread Scott K. Ellis
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Mon, 4 Aug 1997, James D. Freels wrote: > A dialog box appears with an error message > > sh: -c: line 1: missing closing ')' for arithmetic expression > sh: -c: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token ';' > sh: -c: line 1: '((acroread file.pdf);rm file.pd

How I fixed my trashed Debian system

1997-08-05 Thread Rick Macdonald
On 5 Aug 1997, Martin Steigerwald wrote: > > > > Whats the trick to this? > > > I did the same thing. Ended up with about 100 broken packages. I was able > > to fix it without reinstalling from scratch. I could describe what I did > > if anybody is interested. It involved having a spare partition

Re: Netscape plugins don't work

1997-08-05 Thread Rick Macdonald
On Tue, 5 Aug 1997, Scott K. Ellis wrote: > > A dialog box appears with an error message > > > > sh: -c: line 1: missing closing ')' for arithmetic expression > > sh: -c: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token ';' > > sh: -c: line 1: '((acroread file.pdf);rm file.pdf)&' > > > > I suspect the

Re: Netscape plugins don't work

1997-08-05 Thread Anthony Fok
On Mon, 4 Aug 1997, James D. Freels wrote: > Sorry if this is a FAQ, but I haven't seen it yet in this news group. > It seems that starting with v 4 of Netscape, the plugins no longer > work. For example, when clicking a .pdf file, the script will no load [...] > sh: -c: line 1: missing closing '

Re: Which Debian bundle should I get?

1997-08-05 Thread Anthony Fok
On Mon, 4 Aug 1997, Gonzalo A. Diethelm wrote: > OK, I'm almost ready to go for Debian 1.3.1. I would like to get a CD > bundle with more stuff in it (like ftp sites archives). Who sells such > a beast? I need delivery to the LA area. Check out Cheap*Bytes (http://www.cheapbytes.com/) or Linux Sy

Weird PPP problem

1997-08-05 Thread H Huang
I've been able to established ppp connection using the following two methods: (1) pppd connect "chat -v blah blah blah blah" (2) pppd connect "chat -v -f my_chat_script_file" (All the ppp options are specified in ~/.ppprc) However I was unable to set up the connection using: (3) pppd connect

Radius Merit the ongoing battle

1997-08-05 Thread Andrew Brigham
1. I installed Merit Radius 2. I realized I wasn't allowed to use shadow passwords 3. I downloaded the source and fixed the shadow thing in the Makefile 4. I managed to get the server running nicely 5. I did a killall -HUP radiusd-merit 6. Merit stopped sending information to the logfile I retrie

X11 Display permitions

1997-08-05 Thread Luka Pravica
Hi, when I'm not logged in as root, I can start X but many programs I try to run give the following error: cannot open display. I can run the same programs as root, without any problems. Probably I have to change permitions for opening Xdisplay, but I couldn't find how. Thanks in advance, Luk

Re: dhpcd_0.5.16.1-2 - kernel 2.0.31?

1997-08-05 Thread Christoph Lameter
It looks like I have to retract that change. Linus has released another pre patch for 2.0.31 today without the SO_BINDTODEVICE patches. You can find the necessary patches at www.linuxhq.com. In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: : On Mon, 4 Aug 1997, Christoph Lameter wrote: : > : I wanted

Re: POP3 sending (was: What Linux needs)

1997-08-05 Thread Adam Shand
>I found it somewhere, let me look again. I had it, now I lost it. It was >a description of the xtnd commands for extended pop3. qpopper uses them I >know but I am not sure about cucipop. My understanding was that it was a qpopper feature rather then a extended RFC feature. Either way the prob

finger daemons

1997-08-05 Thread Paul Miller
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- I recently installed cfingerd and it doesn't work with secure home directories -- I noticed that adding support to open user files as root and then switch to nobody was *LAST* on their TODO list. Are there any other finger daemons that have this support and are

Re: POP3 sending (was: What Linux needs)

1997-08-05 Thread George Bonser
On Tue, 5 Aug 1997, Adam Shand wrote: > I don't know of one email client that supports this feature (I don't > believe that even Eudora does, although Qpopper does). RIGHT! There NEEDS to be. > spammers almost over night (if we can get it widely implemented). I know of TWO MAJOR ISP's that are

Unidentified subject!

1997-08-05 Thread George Bonser
See, though I forgot to put a subject header in the mail, I am doing this manually using Xtnd Xmit directly to my provider's pop3 port. It DOES work. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: "KTI ET32/Px Series PCI Ethernet Adapter" support?

1997-08-05 Thread Joost Kooij
Paul Miller wrote: > > I tried and messaged the company.. it is not compatible with NE2000 and > there is no Linux support (or even UNIX for that matter). The NE2000/1000 > driver thought it was a NE1000, but didnt work... Then it probably is a ne2000. The kernel just does not recognise it. Th

Re: splitting up the debian-user mailing list

1997-08-05 Thread Christian Lynbech
> "Mark" == Mark Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Mark> __What do we want to achieve?__ As I read Bruce's mail, this is also an issue of organisation. The volume here is getting too much for one list-administrator to read through all mails. Dividing it into two or three clearly orthogonal

Re: X11 Display permitions

1997-08-05 Thread A. M. Varon
On Tue, 5 Aug 1997, Luka Pravica wrote: > Hi, > > when I'm not logged in as root, I can start X but many programs I try to run > give the following error: cannot open display. > > I can run the same programs as root, without any problems. > > Probably I have to change permitions for opening Xd

Re: splitting up the debian-user mailing list

1997-08-05 Thread Mark Phillips
Bruce Perens wrote: > It's getting kind of loud here. I've been thinking of splitting the > debian-user list into several lists > > Comments? As others have pointed out, splitting the list could very well create more problems than it solves. We should not go down this road without some careful

Re: splitting up the debian-user mailing list

1997-08-05 Thread George Bonser
On Tue, 5 Aug 1997, Christian Lynbech wrote: > I like the topics idea very much, if we can get people to use it (at > least some of the time :-). It would make it very much easier to > filter the group, whether it is visually or automatically. And it is a > good idea, regardless of whether the lis

Re: finger daemons

1997-08-05 Thread A. M. Varon
On Mon, 4 Aug 1997, Paul Miller wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > I recently installed cfingerd and it doesn't work with secure home > directories -- I noticed that adding support to open user files as root > and then switch to nobody was *LAST* on their TODO list. Are there any >

Re: Migrating from Slackware to Debian?

1997-08-05 Thread Graham Hughes
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > "Kevin" == Kevin Buhr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Kevin> Upgrading a Slackware system to anything (including a newer Kevin> Slackware system) is always "absolute madness", IMHO. Quite. The Slackware package system is very hands-off after you install the

Re: splitting up the debian-user mailing list

1997-08-05 Thread Christian Lynbech
> "George" == George Bonser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: George> On Tue, 5 Aug 1997, Christian Lynbech wrote: >> >> However, I would to extend the proposal by adding the topics >> >> [] >> George> I think that this is too complicated for people, particularly George> newbies, to have to reme

Permissions (Was: Re: Debian-Lite : The Project)

1997-08-05 Thread Stig Sandbeck Mathisen
> "w" == wb2oyc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: w> I wish that someone with the skills would put together a Linux w> better suited to the single user environment where many (most?) of w> us use our home systems. Free from all the hassles of permissions, w> root privelege to do this or that, etc!

Re: splitting up the debian-user mailing list

1997-08-05 Thread Joost Kooij
Mark Phillips wrote: > > 3. In addition to calling for package maintainers, we can also call for > volunteers to form "Topic Teams". Each team would comprise people with > some expertise in the topic. Hopefully people would volunteer for more > than one team. The idea would be that you would ma

swap areas in linux

1997-08-05 Thread E.L. Meijer \(Eric\)
[...] > > I think you can have up to 16 swap files, and I think swap files can be up > to 16MB each, but I'm not sure. I was unable to create a swap file in a > IDE-based Multiple Drives (md) RAID-0 array, but YMMV. In the linux faq there is item 7.11: -

Re: Debian-Lite : The Project

1997-08-05 Thread Stig Sandbeck Mathisen
> "GH" == Graham Hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: GH> So that means that if I use a Debian-Lite install I can't ever upgrade GH> to a full installation from there? I missed the original post, but GH> keeping a dpkg/dselect around for the eventual upgrade to full Debian GH> (which may never

Re: Which Debian bundle should I get?

1997-08-05 Thread Joost Kooij
Gonzalo A. Diethelm wrote: > > OK, I'm almost ready to go for Debian 1.3.1. I would like to get a CD > bundle with more stuff in it (like ftp sites archives). Who sells such > a beast? I need delivery to the LA area. In answer to several of your questions: Get a cd from lsl or cheapbytes, from t

Re: finger daemons

1997-08-05 Thread Martin Schulze
A. M. Varon writes: > > directories -- I noticed that adding support to open user files as root > > and then switch to nobody was *LAST* on their TODO list. Are there any > > other finger daemons that have this support and are as good as cfingerd? > > > > Also, thanks to all those users who trie

Re: dhpcd_0.5.16.1-2 - kernel 2.0.31?

1997-08-05 Thread Nils Rennebarth
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Mon, 4 Aug 1997, Christoph Lameter wrote: >It looks like I have to retract that change. Linus has released another >pre patch for 2.0.31 today without the SO_BINDTODEVICE patches. You can >find the necessary patches at www.linuxhq.com. Where? I couldn't iden

installing Linux on a Compaq Deskpro 4000

1997-08-05 Thread Nico De Ranter
Hi, I'm trying to install Debian on a Compaq Deskpro 4000 M5233MMX but I can't find out what kind of network driver to use. Did anyobdy succeed in installing Debian with network support on this kind of machine? Thanks in advance, Nico -- -- Nico De Ranter Sony Objective Composer (SOCOM) Sint

smail problem

1997-08-05 Thread Per Eric Rosén
I have two things I want to do with smail : Spool remote , but not local mail for later delivery , and passing remote mail through a filter that changes some headers. How to do this ? Currently , I have written a small inetd-running ESMTP-speaking script that translates the headers in outgoing mai

xforms

1997-08-05 Thread Magic
Hehhh... I want to install xisp and # dpkg -i xisp_1.3-1.deb (Reading database ... 21024 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace xisp 1.3-1 (using xisp_1.3-1.deb) ... Unpacking replacement xisp ... dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of xisp: xisp depends o

Re: Weird PPP problem

1997-08-05 Thread Frank Barknecht
H Huang hat gesagt: // H Huang wrote: ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > However I was unable to set up the connection using: > > (3) > pppd connect chat.sh > > where chat.sh is a shell script that runs chat to make connection: > > #!/bin/sh > # my chat.sh file > > /usr/sbin/chat -v blah blah

Pine trouble - bugs or configuration ?

1997-08-05 Thread Per Eric Rosén
Hi ! I have some problems with pine , and don't know if it is a misconfiguration or bugs in the program - or maybe an intended feature ;) ? * Pine doesn't always use the specified SMTP server. I have currently an own SMTP server on port 825 , running under inetd. Pine is configured ( globally ) t

Pine trouble - bugs or configuration ?

1997-08-05 Thread Per Eric Rosén
Hi ! I have some problems with pine , and don't know if it is a misconfiguration or bugs in the program - or maybe an intended feature ;) ? * Pine doesn't always use the specified SMTP server. I have currently an own SMTP server on port 825 , running under inetd. Pine is configured ( globally ) t

Re: installing Linux on a Compaq Deskpro 4000

1997-08-05 Thread Eloy A. Paris
Nico De Ranter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: : I'm trying to install Debian on a Compaq Deskpro 4000 M5233MMX but : I can't find out what kind of network driver to use. Did anyobdy : succeed in installing Debian with network support on this kind of machine? Why don't you try "cat /proc/pci"? This c

Netscape beta install ate my bookmarks!!

1997-08-05 Thread Dave Cinege
and I was not very fucking happy about it, let me tell you. Lucky I was able to recover 99% of them with lde and dd. I'm not sure if it was the wrapper itself or netscape. I saw the install say: Found /root/.netscape/booksmarks.html But I have no idea what it did once it found them. Yes I sh

Re: speed of X

1997-08-05 Thread Paul Wade
Pete, I mentioned windows because I understand it exhibits both problems. It doesn't use a large swap space and it can slow down with the management overhead. I haven't noticed any difference in speed with Linux when I give it a 128mb swap even if 20 mb is enough. In other words, a system

Re: splitting up the debian-user mailing list

1997-08-05 Thread jghasler
Christian Lynbech writes: > This is only as an option in addition to a set of "supertopics", such as > HELP, MAIL, X11 and MODEM. They still have to understand that they must put a "supertopic" in the "Subject:" line, figure out which one, and get it right. This is too complicated. Most newbies

Applixware - off topic

1997-08-05 Thread Mario Olimpio de Menezes
Hi, I'm considering the possibility of getting Applixware. Could someone who has used it give me some comments, basically because the reader's letter I found in Linux Journal (pg 8 - issue 39 - July 97), regarding the Review of Applixware did by LJ in April 97 issue. Quoting the reader: "I

Re: splitting up the debian-user mailing list

1997-08-05 Thread Paul Wade
Yes, please create debian-help and keep it simple to use. Many of these new users will be using whatever means they have for email access while they try to get Debian running. I have received email that was sent from library workstations and the like for this reason. On 5 Aug 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: "KTI ET32/Px Series PCI Ethernet Adapter" support?

1997-08-05 Thread Paul Miller
The company said it wasn't ne2000 compatible. I'll try that patch anyway. -Paul On Tue, 5 Aug 1997, Joost Kooij wrote: > Paul Miller wrote: > > > > I tried and messaged the company.. it is not compatible with NE2000 and > > there is no Linux support (or even UNIX for that matter). The NE2000/

Re: Applixware - off topic

1997-08-05 Thread Shaya Potter
On Tue, 5 Aug 1997, Mario Olimpio de Menezes wrote: > Hi, > > I'm considering the possibility of getting Applixware. Could > someone who has used it give me some comments, basically because the > reader's letter I found in Linux Journal (pg 8 - issue 39 - July 97), > regarding the Review of

Looking for Talk - HOWTO

1997-08-05 Thread Frank Barknecht
I have a question concerning talk. I would like to talk with a friend if he and I are online. We both connect to the net via ppp. My friend gets my IP-number, say by e-Mail. Now he could talk to me by "talk [EMAIL PROTECTED], right? If he tries this, I can see a connect message in my xconsole li

Re: Netscape beta install ate my bookmarks!!

1997-08-05 Thread Rick Macdonald
On Tue, 5 Aug 1997, Dave Cinege wrote: > Lucky I was able to recover 99% of them with lde and dd. > > I'm not sure if it was the wrapper itself or netscape. I saw the install > say: > Found /root/.netscape/booksmarks.html > > But I have no idea what it did once it found them. Yes I should have

pine pgp/public keys

1997-08-05 Thread Paul Miller
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Is it possible to finger the sender's address if their key isn't on the local keyring? and/or finger a key server..? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: 2.6.3a Charset: noconv iQB1AwUBM+cvk/MRUhbnJu3lAQH0rwMAi4anXuhauQPEDw+DKrVeoSYSEalIxq79 52F46JaQvLZv6eTJ

Re: Looking for Talk - HOWTO

1997-08-05 Thread Igor Grobman
> > I have a question concerning talk. I would like to talk with a friend > if he and I are online. > We both connect to the net via ppp. > > My friend gets my IP-number, say by e-Mail. > > Now he could talk to me by "talk [EMAIL PROTECTED], right? > If he tries this, I can see a connect message

trouble with SBPCD CDROM:

1997-08-05 Thread Pat Masterson
I did an floppy disk install of 2.0.29, and things went well. But, I cant get my Creative Labs CD to mount. The sbpcd module detects the CD at 230 (IT actually lists 4 IDs for it), then records all kinds of errors, and quits. So, now I cant run dselect. I've even tried running linux from a dos

Re: Distributing a procmail filter (was: Re: splitting up the...)

1997-08-05 Thread Richard G. Roberto
On Mon, 4 Aug 1997, Brandon Mitchell wrote: > > I've been trying to get in touch with the c.o.l.a. moderator (I'm pretty > sure that's who it was) to get permission to add a modified version of > his procmail filter to /usr/doc/procmail/examples. It includes things > like blacklist, whitelist

X Error: xpaint & vgen

1997-08-05 Thread Mario Olimpio de Menezes
Hi, I'm getting the following anoying error when executing some functions of xpaint e vgen programs: X Error of failed request: BadPixmap (invalid Pixmap parameter) Major opcode of failed request: 54 (X_FreePixmap) Resource id in failed request: 0x0 Serial number of failed requ

UGENT: uucp log errors

1997-08-05 Thread Paul Miller
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- uuxqt - - (..time..) ERROR: creat (TMP0d98): Permission denied This just started happening lately.. The only thing I've installed is dosemu.66.7-1, dosfstools1.0-9, mtools3.6-1, and slang.99.38_.99.38-2.6.. one of these programs must have changed some ac

Linux box as NFS server

1997-08-05 Thread Partha Narasimhan
Hi, My home directory is on a Debian box and gets NFS mounted on all other machines. I have noticed that on Solaris clients I get the following message on the console whenever my disk partition is mounted automountd: No network locking on bounty : contact admin to install server change On other L

Re: Distributing a procmail filter (was: Re: splitting up the...)

1997-08-05 Thread Clint Adams
> at the same time. Incidentally, I think the second example > should be a pipe, e.g.: > > formail +1 -ds | procmail The pipe is unnecessary. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: installing Linux on a Compaq Deskpro 4000

1997-08-05 Thread Peter S Galbraith
> I'm trying to install Debian on a Compaq Deskpro 4000 M5233MMX but > I can't find out what kind of network driver to use. Did anyobdy > succeed in installing Debian with network support on this kind of machine? The Compaq should use a Compaq Netelligent 10/100 TX PCI UTP network adapter. It i

auctex crashes emacs

1997-08-05 Thread Alvin Birdi
Dear all The latest version of auctex (9.7n-2) supplied with Debian 3.1 crashes emacs when it searches for files in the LaTeX directory tree. Specifically, if TeX-insert-macro (C-x C-m) is used and then one enters `usepackage', auctex signals that it is "Searching for files" and crashes. The sa

qmail

1997-08-05 Thread Bruno O. M. Simoes
Hi there I took this file in www.qmail.org and doesn't seem to work: taz# tar -xzf qmail-1_01_tar.gz tar: Skipping to next file header gzip: stdin: invalid compressed data--crc error I couldn't descompress it. Does someone know either if there's a debian package compiled q

Re: dhpcd_0.5.16.1-2 - kernel 2.0.31?

1997-08-05 Thread Christoph Lameter
2.0.31-pre2 for example On Tue, 5 Aug 1997, Nils Rennebarth wrote: >-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > >On Mon, 4 Aug 1997, Christoph Lameter wrote: > >>It looks like I have to retract that change. Linus has released another >>pre patch for 2.0.31 today without the SO_BINDTODEVICE patches. You

SO_BINDTODEVICE patch for 2.0.30

1997-08-05 Thread Christoph Lameter
Due to popular demand here a post of the SO_BINDTODEVICE patch. It will enable the dhcpd package for Debian to serve multiple Network Cards. Patch and more information can be found at: http://gunpowder.Stanford.EDU/software/LinuxChanges.html On Tue, 5 Aug 1997, Trent Johnson wrote: >Hi, > >Coul

3com 3c503 jumper settings for shared memory

1997-08-05 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
I don't remember who (or even if it was someone in *this* list) who asked about this, but here's the info about 3com 3c503 jumper settings so you can rejumper your card for shared memory operation. Actually, it looks like the info you need is printed on the board. There are two blocks of jumpers.

Re: Debian-Lite : The Project

1997-08-05 Thread Kai Grossjohann
> On 05 Aug 1997, Stig Sandbeck Mathisen said: SSM> What kind of workstation are you setting up? SSM> [ ] "normal" workstation SSM> [ ] Word processor (lyx/latex/emacs ... ) SSM> [ ] X-terminal SSM> [ ] ... As I read this, the Deity project is developing something that has this

Debian-Desktop

1997-08-05 Thread Alec Clews
The work I promised to deliver by Monday is not yet complete :-(. I should be able to post it tomorrow and as it will just be a long boring list of package names I propose to put on my web site. More info to follow If Deity supports profiles then the effort will be reduced to 1) Creating profile

Re: Distributing a procmail filter (was: Re: splitting up the...)

1997-08-05 Thread Martin Schulze
On Aug 5, Richard G. Roberto wrote > On Mon, 4 Aug 1997, Brandon Mitchell wrote: > > > > > I've been trying to get in touch with the c.o.l.a. moderator (I'm pretty > > sure that's who it was) to get permission to add a modified version of > > his procmail filter to /usr/doc/procmail/examples.

Apache 1.1 docs

1997-08-05 Thread Roderick Schertler
I've switched the web server here from Freebsd to bo, and in the process from Apache 1.2 to 1.1. Does anyone know if it's possible to get a copy of the old 1.1 Apache docs? They aren't distributed with the source and the current docs on the web page don't document all of the differences between 1

memory usage

1997-08-05 Thread Paul Miller
[I have 64 RAM (EDO) and 64 swap] When I have the 'xosview' program up, it says that 97% of my memory is used and 0% swap. Of the memory about 40% is 'used' 55% is 'shared' and 1% is 'buffered' What does this mean? Am I short on ram? When I open netscape, and all six StarOffice programs (writer

Word Perfect (was: Re: Applixware - off topic)

1997-08-05 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Tue, 5 Aug 1997, Shaya Potter wrote: > I've been using a beta of Word Perfect7 for the past few weeks, and it > seems, at least to me, to be just as good as the Word Perfect for windows. > It also doesn't need Motif. I think it might be statically linked. I tried the beta but it expired after

Debian mail filtering in Netscape 4.02

1997-08-05 Thread Rick Macdonald
In order to deal with the high volume of traffic on this list, I just tried turning on the mail filtering in Netscape 4.02 (Solaris24) but it doesn't seem to do anything. Has anybody tried this? -- ...RickM... -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PR

Re: xforms

1997-08-05 Thread Kevin Traas
Just to let you know - I'm having the same problem. I'm installing off LSL "Official" Debian 1.3.1 CDROM set. Anyone with a solution? Thanks, Kevin Traas Baan Business Systems Systems Analyst Langley, BC, Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] (604) 882-8169 >Hehhh... I want to install xisp and > >

diald and netscape - unwanted connections

1997-08-05 Thread Oliver Elphick
I run diald for connection to my ISP, using dynamically-assigned IP addresses. I run Netscape 3.01, and Apache (but only for running dwww; not as an external server.) When I have been browsing out of my own domain, and shut down Netscape, unwanted connections appear on the connection queue and ca

Re: Netscape plugins don't work

1997-08-05 Thread Scott K. Ellis
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Mon, 4 Aug 1997, Rick Macdonald wrote: > On Tue, 5 Aug 1997, Scott K. Ellis wrote: > > Established bug in bash-2.00. The solution would be to upgrade to > > bash-2.01, but that is a libc6-based release available only in unstable, > > so it will be a little m

Re: Distributing a procmail filter (was: Re: splitting up the...)

1997-08-05 Thread Brandon Mitchell
[ I'm starting to think we need another list for this thread. ] On Tue, 5 Aug 1997, Richard G. Roberto wrote: > On Mon, 4 Aug 1997, Brandon Mitchell wrote: > > > > > I've been trying to get in touch with the c.o.l.a. moderator (I'm pretty > > sure that's who it was) to get permission to add a m

Re: qmail

1997-08-05 Thread Mike Schmitz
On Aug 5, Bruno O. M. Simoes wrote > Hi there > I took this file in www.qmail.org and doesn't seem to work: > taz# tar -xzf qmail-1_01_tar.gz > tar: Skipping to next file header > > gzip: stdin: invalid compressed data--crc error > I couldn't descompress it. > Does someone know

Display shutdown on laptop

1997-08-05 Thread John Barrar
I am installing 1.3.1 on a Micron XPE laptop and during the boot, I get a kernel panic and the display shuts off. If I CTRL-ALT-DEL, it comes back on and SIGKILL is sent to all processes and the reboot follows. Any ideas? I shut off power management, but that didn't help. Thanks, John P. Ba

Fw: xforms

1997-08-05 Thread Kevin Traas
>Howdy! > >I've not taken a look at this particular package, but I think I can help... >> >> Just to let you know - I'm having the same problem. I'm installing off LSL >> "Official" Debian 1.3.1 CDROM set. >> >> Anyone with a solution? >> > >Looks like xforms0 should have a Provides: xforms line i

General min/max questions

1997-08-05 Thread Shaleh
I will be using my Debian machine as a workstation. No outside access will be needed and my only networking will be through PPP. I intend to run X and basically tinker, surf, program, and enjoy not using Microsoft products. My questions is --> what can I do to minimize my memory/cpu use and maxi

dselect bug?

1997-08-05 Thread Shaleh
When I run dselect lately I am running it off of my CheapBytes CD (boots and all -- love it). When I tell dselect to use my CDROM as the source and then start giving it directories on the stable step after entering the dir and pressing enter part of the script appears (something involving find) an

oracle & debian questions

1997-08-05 Thread David Oswald
Hello all... We are investigating the possibility and options for accessing our existing oracle database running on an HP9000 from a Debian server. We would be interested in generating apache web page related reports... that would utilize SQLNET and SQLPLUS or equivalents. Are there any utilitie

Re: Distributing a procmail filter (was: Re: splitting up the...)

1997-08-05 Thread Paul Wade
The word 'newbie' just plain sucks, but why not use it anyway? We can even think of ways to 'haze' them until they are considered part of the elite! I use procmail to meet my needs, not because it is required. Some unfortunate user who is trying to install Debian because we told him it was better

lynx/slang

1997-08-05 Thread Paul Miller
Is there a package of lynx compiled w/ slang 0.99.38 instead of .34? Or is there a way I can get both of them working together? -Paul -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: oracle & debian questions

1997-08-05 Thread Eloy A. Paris
I don't remember well but if I remember well Openlink software makes some kind of drivers for Linux that allow access to several different databases. I believe the driver can be used for one or two connections without requiring to buy a license. I think I read this in an ad in the Linux Journal. E

Re: How I fixed my trashed Debian system

1997-08-05 Thread Dima
>>Rick Macdonald wrote: >OK. If this helps just one person I think it's worth typing up. I welcome >any suggestions of things I may have missed fixing or cleaning up. > >My system has been up-to-date with unstable for over a year and a half >without problems. I stopped making updates a few we

Re: Applixware - off topic

1997-08-05 Thread Sam Ockman
Message from Mario Olimpio de Menezes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) on 8-5-97: > Hi, > > I'm considering the possibility of getting Applixware. Could > someone who has used it give me some comments, basically because the > reader's letter I found in Linux Journal (pg 8 - issue 39 - July 97), > regardi