Hi,
I learned (hard way) not to use root as my normal user.
but when I try to start X as ender(my user) I get this error
xinit: unexpected error 2.
How can I fix this?
now for the permisions question
in trying to fix the above X question I found that almost my entire /usr
directory is in the g
iOn Fri, 8 Aug 1997, Kevin J Poorman wrote:
> I learned (hard way) not to use root as my normal user.
>
> but when I try to start X as ender(my user) I get this error
>
> xinit: unexpected error 2.
>
> How can I fix this?
Not sure what your prob is based on the above description.
> now for th
I got it to work in color on a friend's redhat system. I forget what it is
supposed to be compatible with (IBM, LQ, or deskjet), but I printed a
webpage in color from netscape with it. I have a IIs that I primarily use
for printing email, but I have a color cartridge for it. If you don't get
it go
I have a couple of questions regarding the PPP configuration.
How should I configure PPP to dial each number in a
list until it connects.
How can I send the modem an AT command and log the result
after ppp disconnects. I wish to send my modem an ATI6 command
so I can log the length of the call,
On Sun, 10 Aug 1997, Adrian Johnson wrote:
> I have a couple of questions regarding the PPP configuration.
>
> How should I configure PPP to dial each number in a
> list until it connects.
I'll let someone else handle this one. It may involve writing a perl
script.
> How can I send the modem
Carl Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[snip]
> Is this an xemacs package problem, or have I missed something in
> configuring my system? Is anybody else using xemacs with gnus and
> mailcrypt? I looked through the bug tracking system, but I didn't see
> any related reports under either xemac
Bob Billson wrote:
>
> Has anyone already gotten magicfilter to work with the Espon Stylus Color
> II (ink jet) printer? Is is compatiable with one of the other Espon ink
> printers? I don't want to write my own configuration file if it has
> already been done.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Bob
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>
I have a procmail question that perhaps someone could help me with:
Is there a way to add an AND in the string by which procmail filters mail?
Right now, I have
:0:
* ^FROM_MAILER
IN.daemon-mail
but what I really want is all mail from daemons *except* mail with the
Subject ""
>:0:
>* ^FROM_MAILER
>IN.daemon-mail
>
> but what I really want is all mail from daemons *except* mail with the
> Subject ""
:0:
* ^FROM_MAILER
* !^Subject:
IN.daemon-mail
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What is the best pop3d? I've heard that qpopper can corrupt mail files
under even lightly loaded systems.
-Paul
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I replaced smail on my system with exim and I have a question or two:
After running eximconfig exim complains that the /etc/exim.conf has the
wrong owner/permissions. chmod g-w resolves that. Is it a bug?
How should I configure exim? My internet address is
[EMAIL PROTECTED] The name of my com
Is hello_1-13.deb still current? I am trying to learn the gentle art of
package making, but this is what happens with dpkg-source.
elm# dpkg-source -x /cdrom/stable/source/misc/hello_1.3-13.dsc
dpkg-source: extracting hello in hello-1.3
shell-init: could not get current directory: getcwd: cannot
OK. Does anyone know the answer to this:
When I download debian package files onto my PowerMac and try to
transfer them via PC-formatted floppy to my Linux box, the files are
showing up under linux all starting with "!" (i.e.
"kernel-package_3.28.deb" becomes "!kernal-package_3.28") and I can't
s
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, writes:
>"Oliver Elphick" writes:
>
>> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, writes:
>> >
>> > How can I output tabs with sed?
>> >
>> > I need something like: `s//\t'
>>
>> In theory, sed -e 's///'
>>
Lindsay Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Is hello_1-13.deb still current? I am trying to learn the gentle art of
> package making, but this is what happens with dpkg-source.
>
> elm# dpkg-source -x /cdrom/stable/source/misc/hello_1.3-13.dsc
You need to be in the same directory where you are
Dave Neuer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> When I download debian package files onto my PowerMac and try to
> transfer them via PC-formatted floppy to my Linux box, the files are
> showing up under linux all starting with "!" (i.e.
> "kernel-package_3.28.deb" becomes "!kernal-package_3.28") and I
>
On Sat, 9 Aug 1997, George Bonser wrote:
> Is there any REALLY GOOD reason for stuff like this? I know that the next
> distribution is likely to cause a lot of turmoil with the libc6 thing and
> a lot of work needs to go into recompliling the world but how about if we
> have a look at this in so
Paul writes:
> Hi folks, I want qcrack and staroffice packages any help would be muchly
> appreciated. I can't find them anywhere. I thought that staroffice was
> available over in europe. Thanks in advance.
StarWriter*.deb is located in non-free/editors
Regards
Joey
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Bob Nielsen writes:
> You can get StarOffice-3.1 from ftp.gwdg.de in the directory
> /pub/linux/staroffice. It is NOT a Debian package, however. It is easy
> to install, but carefully read the installation instructions.
Some weeks ago I wrote a Debian installer for it. Please use it, life is
m
Dave Neuer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> When I download debian package files onto my PowerMac and try to
> transfer them via PC-formatted floppy to my Linux box, the files are
> showing up under linux all starting with "!" (i.e.
> "kernel-package_3.28.deb" becomes "!kernal-package_3.28") and I ca
On Sun, 10 Aug 1997, George Bonser wrote:
> I just has a discussion on a mailing list for another distribution and a
> point was raised that I think deserves some discussion here. The main
> focus was on linux applications and difficulties in supporting the
> different distributions and versions
On Fri, 8 Aug 1997, Philippe Troin wrote:
> On Fri, 08 Aug 1997 09:15:06 BST "Magossa'nyi A'rpa'd"
> ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>
> > Is dpkg can do integrity checking based on the MD5 hashes it uses?
> > Our machine has been cracked, and we want to know which binaries have been
> > compromised.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (George Bonser) writes:
> Uhm, I actually LIKE the idea of putting the different runlevel rc.*
> directories under rc.d but that is just me, I guess. Keeps /etc a
> little less cluttered.
>
And it would introduce a major new level of compatibility between RPM
and "dpkg"! I would
There is a lengthy discussion of the Epson Color Stylus II in
/usr/doc/gs/devices.txt.gz. I'm sure it's over my head, but it does seem
there has been more support paid to the newer Epsons than to my HP.
Alan Davis
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On Aug 9, Paul Wade wrote
>
> I got it to work in color on a f
On Aug 05, Riku Saikkonen wrote
> Nikita Imennov wrote:
> >My console vs. X ratio is 50/50 and X has more fonts, while console has
> >only about 50-tops ( and they are all either asian, or arabic (in other
> >words -- not for me =). So, is there a font-sontruction package?
>
> I think I heard of
I just installed lpr on my system, and when I try to print, it gives me a
message that says something like:
lpr: cannot verify name of local host
It then exits. What's going on.
Adam Klein
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> I just has a discussion on a mailing list for another distribution and a
> point was raised that I think deserves some discussion here. The main
> focus was on linux applications and difficulties in supporting the
> different distributions and versions as linux is such a quickly moving
> target.
Hi,
ps -axf shows this:
0:00 /usr/sbin/cron
0:00 \_ /USR/SBIN/CRON
0:00 \_ (sh )
0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/sendmail -FCronDaemon -odi -oem -or0s root
The sendmail process (really smail) stays stuck like this forever
(afaik). I do have a non-empty crontab, so
Hello there!
I have just switched to Debian 1.3.1 from Suse 3 Days ago and so far i´m quite
happy with it.
Now i have some trouble with StarOffice:
I included the .sd.sh script in my .bash-profile script:
# Staroffice
source $HOME/.sd.sh
this way it worked in the Suse Distibution.
Hi [EMAIL PROTECTED]; unless Mutt is confused,on Aug 10, you wrote :
>snip<
> I included the .sd.sh script in my .bash-profile script:
> # Staroffice
> source $HOME/.sd.sh
> this way it worked in the Suse Distibution.
> But now it only works if i start i.e. swriter from the initial
>
> Hello there!
> I have just switched to Debian 1.3.1 from Suse 3 Days ago and so far i´m
> quite happy with it.
> Now i have some trouble with StarOffice:
> I included the .sd.sh script in my .bash-profile script:
> # Staroffice
> source $HOME/.sd.sh
> this way it worked in the
Carey Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Carl Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> [snip]
>
> > Is this an xemacs package problem, or have I missed something in
> > configuring my system? Is anybody else using xemacs with gnus and
> > mailcrypt? I looked through the bug tracking system, bu
I've suddenly started having difficulties compiling a kernel. Packages
are latest versions from unstable.
When I try to make a kernel, it falls over fairly early on with a
message about changelog being empty
All ideas welcome.
Andy
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On Aug 08, Rob Browning wrote
>
> I just switched over from sendmail to exim on one of my machines, and
> I was having a problem getting my mail from any other machine via
> fetchmail. If I put fetchmail in verbose mode I can see that exim is
> rejecting the SMTP command because there's no domain
On Sun, 10 Aug 1997, Adrian Johnson wrote:
> How should I configure PPP to dial each number in a
> list until it connects.
>
> How can I send the modem an AT command and log the result
> after ppp disconnects. I wish to send my modem an ATI6 command
> so I can log the length of the call, connect
On Sun, Aug 10, 1997 at 01:20:44AM -0400, Paul Miller wrote:
: What is the best pop3d? I've heard that qpopper can corrupt mail files
: under even lightly loaded systems.
I've been seeing very good things from cucipop. It's in non-free.
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I was in too much of a hurry upgrading some packages from unstable
and didn't install ncurses3.4 and my system is messed up.
I need to reboot into single user mode and can't remember what
to type at the lilo prompt.
- Sue
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> I was in too much of a hurry upgrading some packages from unstable
> and didn't install ncurses3.4 and my system is messed up.
> I need to reboot into single user mode and can't remember what
> to type at the lilo prompt.
Linux single
(just add single after your kernel name)
Joey
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I want to move the directories in /usr/local to a new partition
(just recovered from an old windows install). I thought I could do
the following:
1. copy the directory structure under /usr/local to the new
partition
2. remove the old directory structure under /usr/local
3. mount the new partiti
> From: Frank Barknecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> After upgrading to Debian 1.3.1 I encountered a serious start-up-problem.
> Some of the /etc/init.d/-scripts fail with messages like
> >-
> /etc/init.d/kerneld: /usr/sbin/start-stop-daemon: No such file or directory
> >-
I'
I wanted the Gimp so I did some updating from unstable.
I missed libncurses3.4 though. My machine was left in an
crippled state (couldn't ftp out) so I thought I'd boot into
windoze to get the .deb. Unfortunately when booting back into Linux,
even in single user mode, I get 'sh: can't load libncurs
I've put together some ideas for the debian newsletter I proposed last
week.
1) This will be a weekly summary of info from debian-user, debian-devel,
and comp.linux.announce.
2) It will probably be posted to a new list called debian-news since
people opposed the idea of cluttering up debian-a
On Aug 10, Paul Seelig wrote
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (George Bonser) writes:
> > Uhm, I actually LIKE the idea of putting the different runlevel rc.*
> > directories under rc.d but that is just me, I guess. Keeps /etc a
> > little less cluttered.
> And it would introduce a major new level of compatibi
The following is a request for comments. I put together this sample from
news this past week. I really think this should be more than a one person
project, so if anyone wants to help out, please drop me a line.
_ _
(_)
>>Dave Neuer wrote:
...
>BTW, I can't get the Linux box connected via Ethernet (no drivers) or
>modem (can't seem to find modem, and can't transfer any communications
>programs like minicom to the Linux box to test for the modem).
By default only 2 serial ports are configured. Edit /etc/rc.boot
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On Sun, 10 Aug 1997, Gary L. Dolan wrote:
> In doing a bit of experimenting before the big step, I have
> copied the directory, including permissions, to the new
> partition (which is presently mounted at /hdb4). I used
> (cd /source; tar cf - .) | (cd /dest; ta
I wrote:
> > From: Frank Barknecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > After upgrading to Debian 1.3.1 I encountered a serious start-up-problem.
> > Some of the /etc/init.d/-scripts fail with messages like
> > >-
> > /etc/init.d/kerneld: /usr/sbin/start-stop-daemon: No such file or directory
I wrote:
> I just upgraded my Debian 1.2 to Debian 1.3, and am having a problem
> with the scripts that are supposed to start kerneld.
>
> The script /etc/init.d/kerneld doesn't start kerneld (when it is run
> automatically boot time).
>
...
> So, have I misinstalled 1.3, or ...
On Sun, 10 Aug 1997, Sue Campbell wrote:
> I wanted the Gimp so I did some updating from unstable.
> I missed libncurses3.4 though. My machine was left in an
> crippled state (couldn't ftp out) so I thought I'd boot into
> windoze to get the .deb. Unfortunately when booting back into Linux,
> even
On 10 Aug, Andrew Martin Adrian Cater (Andy) wrote:
>
> I've suddenly started having difficulties compiling a kernel. Packages
> are latest versions from unstable.
>
> When I try to make a kernel, it falls over fairly early on with a
> message about changelog being empty
>
> All ideas welcome
On 10-Aug-97 Brandon Mitchell wrote:
+---
| Upgrade Notices: How to Safely Go to libc6.
Some people have reported unusuable systems after trying to upgrade to
libc6. In order to safely upgrade, the following was suggested by:
> From: "Scott K. Ellis" <[EMAI
Hamish Moffatt writes:
> Similarly I have some ideas for some electronics packages (mostly related
> to microcontrollers/microprocessors); there is one or two similar
> packages at present; is there sufficient interest for me to do some?
I'm interested.
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Paul Miller wrote:
> What is the best pop3d? I've heard that qpopper can corrupt mail
> files
> under even lightly loaded systems.
>
>
That seems to happens with an older version, I think that version 2.3 is
quite good.
I don't know if someone knows some bugs or problems.
Pablo Godel
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I have the stable 1.3.1 installed. However, as I look at unstable on the ftp,
I see lots of much more up-to-date and needed packages built with libc6.
I have browsed through the mailing list archives, and found bits and pieces
concerning the upgrade to libc6, but no definitive guide. Co
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