Re: difficulties with make-kpkg and 2.0.30

Hi, It would help if you mentioned what the error message said. Offhand, I'd say you need to run make-kpkg clean. manoj -- echo "ICK, NOTHING WORKED!!! You may have to diddle the includes.";; --Larry Wall in Configure from the perl distribution Manoj Srivastava

Re: Problem with exim and fetchmail.

Adrian Bridgett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I believe that exim wants a fully qualified address. Try putting this in > /etc/exim.conf: > qualify_domain = localhost > qualify_recipient = localhost I tried this, and it didn't help. > mda "exim -bm %s " This fixes the problem, but according

Problems with Debian 1.3.1 kernel rebuild

I've rebuilt my kernel and the compile goes well. However, /lib/modules/2.0.30/modules.dep does not get created properly on the first reboot. The kernel says its creating it (which it does), but its completely empty. Help -- Harmon -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the w

Incorrect /usr/include/linux and /usr/src/linux sym-links

Hello. A few problems I've encountered on installing the kernel source and headers. 1) If the source is installed first, then the headers, the /usr/src/linux symlink pointer to the headers directory instead of the source directory. Perhaps a modification to the install scripts for these pac

Re: [DEBIAN] Standardization?

On Sun, 10 Aug 1997, George Bonser wrote: [snip] > But if it means that they risk "loving it to death" (literally), some > things might have to be compromised at some point. Example, if dpkg is so > much better than rpm, why not contribute to rpm to incorporate the needed > features? Because som

Re: Incorrect /usr/include/linux and /usr/src/linux sym-links

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Harmon Sequoya Nine) writes: > Hello. A few problems I've encountered on installing the kernel > source and headers. > 1) If the source is installed first, then the headers, the > /usr/src/linux symlink pointer to the headers directory instead of > the source directory. > 2)

Re: mv directories to new partition; rm directories

On Sun, Aug 10, 1997 at 05:21:23PM -0400, Scott K. Ellis wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > On Sun, 10 Aug 1997, Gary L. Dolan wrote: > > When I attempted to remove (as root) an old subdirectory under > > /usr/local using 'rm -d', I got an "Operation not permitted" > > response. The

Re: Problems with Debian 1.3.1 kernel rebuild

Did you say "make modules modules_install" when you built the kernel? Bruce -- Can you get your operating system fixed when you need it? Linux - the supportable operating system. http://www.debian.org/support.html Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECTED] 510-215-3502 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FR

Re: splitting up the debian-user mailing list

I like the idea of topic specific lists, rather than lists like help, discussion, etc. Scope of topic names should be made easy to understand for all including newbies. There have been several suggestions here, all seem to have some merit. I do not like the idea of putting newbies and gurus in se

Re: mv directories to new partition; rm directories

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Sun, 10 Aug 1997, Gary L. Dolan wrote: > On Sun, Aug 10, 1997 at 05:21:23PM -0400, Scott K. Ellis wrote: > > On Sun, 10 Aug 1997, Gary L. Dolan wrote: > > > When I attempted to remove (as root) an old subdirectory under > > > /usr/local using 'rm -d', I got

Re: Incorrect /usr/include/linux and /usr/src/linux sym-links

>>"Harmon" == Harmon Sequoya Nine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Harmon> Hello. A few problems I've encountered on installing the Harmon> kernel source and headers. Harmon> 1) If the source is installed first, then the headers, the Harmon> /usr/src/linux symlink pointer to the headers directory Har

Re: PPP with multiple numbers and getting modem status

[ request to dial multiple numbers to connect to an isp ] > I have not tackled this problem, but I think a perl script would be the > way to go. I am not a perl programmer, so when I wanted a script to keep > trying to connect to my ISP to run my mirror in the early hours, I asked > Ralph Winslow

IP forwarding in 2.0.30 kernel??

G'day all, I've installed the 2.0.30 kernel on my box that is working (Not!) as a router. It appears to not be forwarding anything. Has IP forwarding been turned off in the 2.0.30 kernel? How can I find out what the kernel configuration options used in a packaged kernel are? Is this a known probl

Re: mv directories to new partition; rm directories

Hi, >>"Gary" == Gary L Dolan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Gary> On Sun, Aug 10, 1997 at 05:21:23PM -0400, Scott K. Ellis wrote: Scott> You ABSOLUTLY NEVER want to use the -d option to rm. That will Scott> seriously corrupt your filesystem (it deletes the directory Scott> inode without deleting th

Re: [DEBIAN] Standardization?

From: George Bonser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > It was noted that debian does its /etc/rc.* > completely different than RedHat does as an example. > Is there any REALLY GOOD reason for stuff like this? System V Unix puts them where we put them as far as I can tell. It's that way on my SGI. This is reall

Re: IP forwarding in 2.0.30 kernel??

On Mon, 11 Aug 1997, Lindsay Allen wrote: > > This might help:- > > elm# ls /proc/net > alias_typesdevip_input ip_output rt_cache tcp > aliasesip_autofw ip_masq_apprawsnmp udp > arpip_forward ip_masquerade route so

Re: PPP with multiple numbers and getting modem status

Forwarding this to the current ppp maintainer. On Sun, 10 Aug 1997, Brandon Mitchell wrote: >[ request to dial multiple numbers to connect to an isp ] > >> I have not tackled this problem, but I think a perl script would be the >> way to go. I am not a perl programmer, so when I wanted a script

IDE for C++ on Linux (Debian)

Hello there! I am looking for a good IDE for C/C++ development for Linux (Debian). Something like Turbo C++ or better, either for X or not (if it could run from both would be nice :) ) If there are other IDE for JAVA I would too like to know which one is best :) Thank you for your time. Dave

Re: [DEBIAN] Standardization?

> Within a few years everyone will be using POSIX packages. RPM and DPKG may > survive as tools, but the RPM or the DEB package formats will both die. > We're on the job, but it will take time. Is this the 1387.2 standard? Is it any good? Who's done an analysis on it to see if it is good enough

libdb questions

There is a new version of libdb available at http://www.sleepycat.com/packages/db-2.2.6.tar.gz But all of my Debian 1.3/1.3.1 boxes fail the regression tests... specificly the deadlock tests. I have communicated with SleepyCat Software, and they say that the tests complete sucessfully on a couple

Re: [DEBIAN] Standardization?

Slackware seems to be moribund, I agree, but they still have a _lot_ of users. I was in Fry's yesterday (a huge computer store in the silicon valley) and I noticed they had a $100 Linux CD set on one of the end caps. It was from Walnut Creek, and contained Slackware, Red Hat, Debian 1.2.8, a copy

Re: IDE for C++ on Linux (Debian)

> Hello there! > > I am looking for a good IDE for C/C++ development for Linux (Debian). > Something like Turbo C++ or better, either for X or not (if it could run > from both would be nice :) ) emacs!!! It might not be as pretty, but it's an incredibly productive environment once you know wha

Re: [DEBIAN] Standardization?

From: Jim Pick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Is this the 1387.2 standard? Yes. > Is it any good? It will do. We might have to extend it a bit, and get our extensions into the standard. > Who's done an analysis on it to see if it is good enough to replace dpkg > or to see if we can build upon it? I've

Default caching bind config very slow??

G'day all, I am using bind as a caching name server and have found that it seems to be very slow when doing reverse DNS lookups. In particular, it seems to be only caching them for about 5 minutes, and is very slow (up to 2 minutes) when it is not in the cache. It first showed up when using "who"

Re: [DEBIAN] Standardization?

> > I don't want to pay $72US (http://standards.ieee.org/catalog/it.html) > > to obtain the standards document (I dropped out of the IEEE) just to > > find out that it is mandating some backwards technology. > > It's tar files (or cpio archives) with control files in them, not > much different fr

Internal ISDN

I just got to the part of the mini HOWTO "PPP-over-ISDN" and it says that there are few if any _internal_ ISDN devices that are able to be used by Linux. Date: 13-APR-96 Since then, there must be something more recient. What? Thanx -- Greg. -- What do you want to spend today? Debian GNU/Linux

Re: RFC: Debian Newsletter

On Mon, 11 Aug 1997, Will Lowe wrote: > On Mon, 11 Aug 1997, Brandon Mitchell wrote: > > > > Maybe what you need is a few people to watch the news and save articles > > > that would make good announcements (esp. the upgrading, fixing, etc. > > > parts). > > > > I thought it was going the oth

Re: Samba -- netbios (solution)

Adam Shand wrote: > > >The smbmount command can't locate any servers by their name (it works > >with the IP -- also, smbclient does work w/ names). I think this has > >something to do w/ netbios. Anyone know how to get this to work? > > This does work, however the catch is that the netbios name

ide error : {DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest}

I've been getting this error a lot. When it happens, generally: 1) I'm in X, launching an app (such as Netscape or Pine) that isn't cached and needs an immediate read from the drive. 2) The system has been on for > 12 hrs (I leave it on most of the time) and often it's been idle for a while.

Re: Can't delete a file

> I have a file on my machine that I created that begins with a hyphen. > How can I delete it. rm -test says can't delete est using option -t (or > whatever). How do I tell it not to use the hyphen as a switch? Try: rm -- -test Andreas -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the wo

"Shut`er down Clancy! She's pumpin' mud!"

monday: having some hardware issues with the debian.novare.net server but i have it stabilized now. i also have a full volume backup in progress and it's completion is imperative. my apologies for any inconveniences. onward... m* -- "The Shining One" -- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING

Re: what is the best pop3d?

On Sun, 10 Aug 1997, Paul Miller wrote: > What is the best pop3d? I've heard that qpopper can corrupt mail files > under even lightly loaded systems. FWIW, I prefer to use the latest IMAP4 daemon from the University of Washington. IMAP4 is an improvement over POP3, as it allows better managemen

Re: IDE for C++ on Linux (Debian)

On Mon, 11 Aug 1997, David M wrote: > Hello there! > > I am looking for a good IDE for C/C++ development for Linux (Debian). > Something like Turbo C++ or better, either for X or not (if it could run > from both would be nice :) ) Sometime ago I was looking for something similar for my class and

Re: Can't delete a file

On Aug 11, Mike Miller wrote > I have a file on my machine that I created that begins with a hyphen. How > can I delete it. rm -test says can't delete est using option -t (or > whatever). How do I tell it not to use the hyphen as a switch? With most GNU tools, '--' means "end option processing he

Re: netscape plugin problem

On Mon, 11 Aug 1997, Paul wrote: > Hi folks, when starting netscape I get the following error. > Cant load plugin /usr/local/netscape/plugins/libnullplugin.so. Ignored. > > [paul:~/tmp:]$ldd /usr/local/netscape/plugins/libnullplugin.so > libc.so.5 => /lib/libc.so.5 > libXm.so.1.2

Re: RFC: Debian Newsletter

I think it's a _great_ idea, and I think whoever it was that suggested a web front-end is also right on the money --- that way a search of the Debian site by a newuser for (upgrade netscape) could find it ... Maybe what you need is a few people to watch the news and save articles that would make

netscape plugin problem

Hi folks, when starting netscape I get the following error. Cant load plugin /usr/local/netscape/plugins/libnullplugin.so. Ignored. [paul:~/tmp:]$ldd /usr/local/netscape/plugins/libnullplugin.so libc.so.5 => /lib/libc.so.5 libXm.so.1.2 => not found where and how do i get libXm.so.

Re: Problems with Debian 1.3.1 kernel rebuild

On Sun, 10 Aug 1997, Harmon Sequoya Nine wrote: > > I've rebuilt my kernel and the compile goes well. However, > /lib/modules/2.0.30/modules.dep does not get created properly on the first > reboot. > The kernel says its creating it (which it does), but its completely empty. I have a nearly simi

Re: splitting up the debian-user mailing list

> On Sun, 10 Aug 1997, W Paul Mills said: Paul> I do not like the idea of replying to poster, who will then Paul> give a summary. Personally I would rather see all responses to Paul> a thread. There is often more than one way to solve a Paul> problem. What is best for one case may not

Re: mv directories to new partition; rm directories

On Sun, 10 Aug 1997, Gary L. Dolan wrote: > On Sun, Aug 10, 1997 at 05:21:23PM -0400, Scott K. Ellis wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > > > On Sun, 10 Aug 1997, Gary L. Dolan wrote: > > > When I attempted to remove (as root) an old subdirectory under > > > /usr/local using 'rm -d'

Re: what is the best pop3d?

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 --

Re: Problem with exim and fetchmail.

Mail of Rob Browning: > Christoph Lameter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Put the following into /etc/exim.conf >> (customize for your setup! by default exim does not accept unqualified >> e-mail!) >> >> qualify_domain = waterf.org >> receiver_unqualified_nets = > 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0:206.1

Re: install problem: aic7xxx encountered spurious IRQ / aborting command d

Hallo Ralf, vielen Dank für Deine Antwort. > Ich hatte genau das gleiche Problem mit einem Adaptec 2842VL und der > Debian-Distribution von JF Lehmanns. > Anscheinend wird der Adaptec von anderen Modulen (vermutlich fuer andere > SCSI-Kontroller) durcheinandergebracht. Hört sich nicht gut an. Da

Re: using menu in debian 1.3.1?

On Aug 9, Joey Hess wrote > joost witteveen wrote: > > rulcmc:/usr/lib/menu$ ls |wc > > 75 75 519 > > Unless you have ls aliased to ls -l or something, that's not a very > accurate number. ;-) Bzzt. Wrong answer. You don't win the laundromat. :-) GNU ls checks whether or not it is

Re: PPP with multiple numbers and getting modem status

On Sun, 10 Aug 1997, Adrian Johnson wrote: > How should I configure PPP to dial each number in a > list until it connects. There's a script called "redialer" that comes with the ppp source package (not included in the ppp debian binary package). it's a shell script that repeatedly runs chat to di

X screen position

Anyone utility to shift the X screen (permanently?) to the right? Lawrnece -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: Debian-Lite : The Project

> "JK" == Joost Kooij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: JK> The supposed audience for Debian-{Lite,Desktop,MagazineCover,Whatever} JK> will probably want X (and giving them fvwm2-95 isn't such a bad idea JK> either.) >From what I hear, the fvwm2-95 is hard to configure. I would recommend Afterstep

Re: X screen position

> "Lawrence" == Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Lawrence> Anyone utility to shift the X screen (permanently?) to Lawrence> the right? Lawrnece Try using 'xvidtune'. If you use its 'Show' button once you've gotten your screen in the proper place, you can copy and paste the info

Can't delete a file

I have a file on my machine that I created that begins with a hyphen. How can I delete it. rm -test says can't delete est using option -t (or whatever). How do I tell it not to use the hyphen as a switch? -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

printing....

hello all... well i have a HP 560c printer to color, i trie to print a page from linux editor but i got in the paper: Unknown paper size: (letter\010s). Unrecoverable error: stackunderflow in dup

Re: RFC: Debian Newsletter

On Mon, 11 Aug 1997, Brandon Mitchell wrote: > > Maybe what you need is a few people to watch the news and save articles > > that would make good announcements (esp. the upgrading, fixing, etc. > > parts). > > I thought it was going the other way around. I can see the logic, but it > seems

Re: X screen position

Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Anyone utility to shift the X screen (permanently?) to the right? > Try xvidtune. --Curt -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: Can't delete a file

> > I have a file on my machine that I created that begins with a hyphen. > How can I delete it. rm -test says can't delete est using option -t (or > whatever). How do I tell it not to use the hyphen as a switch? > > The easiest (and more portable since not all versions of rm include the "--" o

Re: Can't delete a file

try rm "-test" Regards, | Debian GNU/ __ o .| R L / / _ _ _ _ _ __ __ Jeff | E I / /__ / / / \// //_// \ \/ / (FidoNet 1:3644/9) | D N// /_/ /_/\/ /___/ /_/\_\ ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: Can't delete a file

The universal answer comes from comp.unix.faq. Try rm ./-test This should work no matter which ls you are using. Mike Miller wrote: > > I have a file on my machine that I created that begins with a hyphen. > How can I delete it. rm -test says can't delete est using option -t (or > whatever).

Re: RFC: Debian Newsletter

On Mon, 11 Aug 1997, Will Lowe wrote: > I think it's a _great_ idea, and I think whoever it was that suggested a > web front-end is also right on the money --- that way a search of the > Debian site by a newuser for (upgrade netscape) could find it ... Mailing list are archived, and there is a

Work-Needing and Prospective Packages

Work-Needing and Prospective Packages for Debian GNU/Linux Philippe Troin, [EMAIL PROTECTED] $Id: packages.sgml,v 1.53 1997/08/11 17:26:39 phil Exp $ 1. General Questions 1.1. Before reading this document You should have read the Debian GNU/Linux FAQ . 1.2. P

X on a CL 5428 chipset

Has anyone gotten X working using on a Cirrus Logic 5428 Video card/chip. When trying to run it, it crashed my machine, no matter what resolution, RAMDAC setting, nothing helped. Any info would be greatly appreciated. TIA , ,

Re: Problem with exim and fetchmail.

Victor Torrico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > mda "exim -bm %s" Thanks for the help, but I had discovered (see one of my previous messages) that I could get it to work with this option. However, I wanted to know why it was necessary. So far everyone who has a working setup is using it, but accor

Re: Best mode for uucp over tcp.

> On Wed, 06 Aug 1997, Victor Torrico said: Victor> I'm running a ppp dialup to an ISP who uses pop3 and dynamic Victor> addressing. This is my only access to the net. I have no Victor> local net. Victor> Is it to my advantage to run uucp over tcp/ip? Both ends of a connection must

Re: Does Linux use BIOS parameters for disk?

Hamish Moffatt wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 07, 1997 at 11:03:10AM -0400, Mike Miller wrote: > > On my machine at home I'm running a 486sx33 IBM PS/1 with an old BIOS. > > For dos, I installed the western digital overlay that allows access, but > > in Linux, it ran perfect w/o it. According to WD, howev

Re: Default caching bind config very slow??

Same here: "who" takes quite a bit of time to run because it seems to be trying to do a reverse DNS lookup. There is something strange here because I have a local named process that serves my IN-ADDR.ARPA zone so reverse lookups should be local and that should be pretty fast. Anyone has any ideas

Problems with first time install of Debian 1.3

Everything seemed to go smoothly, until I rebooted.PC hangs when the hard drive is first accessed. The letters "LI" appear on the screen, with a blinking cursor after the I. If I boot from the Custom Floppy and not the Rescue/Setup floppy, I get the $ prompt. I am a new Debian user a

Re: Samba -- netbios

In your email to me, Adam Shand, you wrote: > > >The smbmount command can't locate any servers by their name (it works > >with the IP -- also, smbclient does work w/ names). I think this has > >something to do w/ netbios. Anyone know how to get this to work? > > This does work, however the catc

Re: Problems with first time install of Debian 1.3

In your email to me, STEVENS, TIM S., you wrote: > > > Everything seemed to go smoothly, until I rebooted.PC hangs when the > hard drive is first accessed. The letters > "LI" appear on the screen, with a blinking cursor after the I. If I boot > from the Custom Floppy and not the Rescue/

Re: where to set default ulimit values

"Thomas Gebhardt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > So, where can I enlarge > the maximum stack size value, which somehow defaults to 8 MB? Write a wrapper around login. Hope that bash has no buffer overflows that can be exploited this way: - /usr/local/sbin/ulogin - #!/bin/sh ulimit -s 163

Re: X on a CL 5428 chipset

Kevin J Poorman wrote: > > On Mon, 11 Aug 1997 12:19:24 -0400 Mike Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > writes: > >Has anyone gotten X working using on a Cirrus Logic 5428 Video > >card/chip. When trying to run it, it crashed my machine, no matter > >what > >resolution, RAMDAC setting, nothing helped. Any

Re: mv directories to new partition; rm directories

"Gary L. Dolan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [snip] > Thanks for the information. If this is really a *bad* idea, it ought not > to be in the info program as a viable option to rm without some explanation. Actually, because it's such a bad idea, Linux (the kernel) doesn't let you do it. From fs/

where to set default ulimit values

Hi, I am trying to enlarge the default ulimit -s (stack size) value on a debian 1.3.1 system. Obviously login isn't linked with libpam, so /etc/security/limits.conf isn't read. There is an ULIMIT entry in /etc/login.defs, but that seems to be ignored also. I can lower the ulimit -s limit in /etc/p

Re: [dpkg] web page?

On Aug 10, George Bonser wrote > Is there a web page that discusses the differences/merits of dpkg vs. rpm? Not that I'm aware of. However, this is a topic that comes up often on the Linux newsgroups. Check out http://www.dejanews.com for a great way of searching through old postings. HTH, Ray --

3C509 Problems

Help, I've got a problem with my 3C509 & Debian 1.2 (2.0.30 kernel). I've tried this card loaded in the kernel and also as a module. Until the last few weeks it has worked OK, but now it just won't load. I've not made any changes to the machine or Linux in the mean time (except re-compiling th

Re: Problem with exim and fetchmail (solved).

Actually it turns out that using receiver_unqualified_hosts=myhost.mydomain fixes the problem nicely. Assuming no one else sees a problem with this solution, I'm going to suggest it to the fetchmail FAQ maintainers to replace the current -mda "exim -bm %" solution. Thanks -- Rob -- TO UNS

Re: IP forwarding in 2.0.30 kernel??

Hi, >>"Donovan" == Donovan Baarda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> If you can find /usr/src/linux/.config it will tell you all the >> things compiled into the kernel. >> Donovan> but /usr/src/linux/.config only exists if you have installed Donovan> and compiled the kernel your self. I am using the

locale

Hey Did anyone get 'locale' to work? I don't see any differences in for example the `ls -l` output, when setting the LANG environment variable to different strings. What strings should I use exactly? Remco. -- // Remco van de Meent // email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] // www: http://oloon.stude

Re: [DEBIAN] Standardization?

Hi, George> I firmly believe that Debian is the best integrated George> distribution. It would be a shame to see it die in the future George> because of a political stance that could have been easilly George> changed. In other words, we need to make sure that we don't George> cut our noses off t

Re: Samba -- netbios

>The smbmount command can't locate any servers by their name (it works >with the IP -- also, smbclient does work w/ names). I think this has >something to do w/ netbios. Anyone know how to get this to work? This does work, however the catch is that the netbios name must match the DNS hostname.

Re: File impossible to delete

I had a bunch of these bad files when I tried to install the picons package. The installation just froze up and when I tried to remove the package, a number of files were left over. In a color-ls they showed up as yellow with the initial attribute as "c" and some "S" bits set as well. Directories

Re: [DEBIAN] Standardization?

> > 1. Debian has been growing in it's base, not shrinking. > > Growing in number of systems installed or as a PERCENTAGE of total linux > systems? The first number does not count as much as the second number. I'm guessing both. Among more experienced Linux users, I think Debian is definitely

dpkg from rescue disc

Hi! Is it possible to run dpkg from a system only booted by an rescue disc. If that libreadline package is still on the harddisc I then might be able to fix my system really easily. -- |_| _ |o _ _ Martin Steigerwald | |(/_||(_)_> http://home.pages.de/~helios -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAI

Re: Default caching bind config very slow??

Eloy A. Paris wrote: > > Same here: "who" takes quite a bit of time to run because it seems to be > trying to do a reverse DNS lookup. There is something strange here > because I have a local named process that serves my IN-ADDR.ARPA zone > so reverse lookups should be local and that should be pre

Re: Internal ISDN

In your email to me, Greg Vence, you wrote: > > I just got to the part of the mini HOWTO "PPP-over-ISDN" and it says > that there are few if any _internal_ ISDN devices that are able to be > used by Linux. > > Date: 13-APR-96 > > Since then, there must be something more recient. What? You can

Re: Problems with Debian 1.3.1 kernel rebuild

Hi, >>On Sun, 10 Aug 1997, Harmon Sequoya Nine wrote: Harmon> I've rebuilt my kernel and the compile goes well. However, Harmon> /lib/modules/2.0.30/modules.dep does not get created properly Harmon> on the first reboot. The kernel says its creating it (which it Harmon> does), but its completely em

qmail 1.01 package

Is there a qmail 1.01 package? I couldn't find one in any of the contrib/non-free/stable/unsable directories... kinda strange because qmail is already partly setup on the default installation (qmail users, etc) -Paul -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EM

Exim-error: What does this mean?

Can somebody help me to configure my exim please. There was no responses after a previous request. I have a dialup ppp-connection to an ISP. Incoming mail works without problem. Some outgoing messages also. However, there is one address (and it is one I have used several times a week with smai

Re: rxvt: can't open pseudo-tty

Struck again... bash-2.00$ rxvt rxvt: can't open pseudo-tty rxvt: aborting bash-2.00$ for i in /dev/pty* ; do echo $i; fuser -v $i ; done /dev/ptyp0 /dev/ptyp1 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/ptyp1 rhogee 168 f emacs /dev/ptyp2 US

is there tools to....?

Hi: is there some tool to add an group in Debian? (I'm locking for something like "adduser") Regards dada -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: ppp configuring with dunc

On Aug 04, Eugene Sevinian wrote > Here is what I am getting in /var/log/ppp/log: > > Aug 3 22:45:41 gdak pppd[146]: pppd 2.2.0 started by root, uid 0 > Aug 3 22:45:42 gdak chat[147]: send (atdpm0343656^M) > Aug 3 22:45:43 gdak chat[147]: expect (CONNECT) > Aug 3 22:46:28 gdak chat[147]: atd

Re: Internal ISDN

Greg Vence wrote: > > I just got to the part of the mini HOWTO "PPP-over-ISDN" and it says > that there are few if any _internal_ ISDN devices that are able to be > used by Linux. > > Date: 13-APR-96 > > Since then, there must be something more recient. What? > > Thanx -- Greg. True, there ar

Re: is there tools to....?

Try 'adduser --help' or 'addgroup --help'. Addgroup is a link to adduser. dada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > is there some tool to add an group in Debian? (I'm locking for something > like "adduser") // Heikki -- Heikki Vatiainen * [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tampere University of Techno

Re: HP DeskJet 400

To answer this question we probably need some more information: What printer filter do you use, Magicfilter or apsfilter? What printer driver of gs do you have configured? The deskjet 400 is probably a BW-printer being compatible to dj500. You should also post the relevant part of the /etc/prin

Re: xautolock not working for me

"James D. Freels" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I just discovered that xautolock is no longer working for me. I > immediately get an segmentation fault when executed. I suspect this > started to occur when I upgraded to 1.3.1 from 1.3.0 using the newer > version of Xfree86_3.3. Can anyone else

Re: magicfilter & Espon Stylus Color II

Bob Billson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 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. I had a simili

RE: Internal ISDN

Are you saying that any ISDN device will work as a modem just not a {Efficient | Fast} as it should? Is it missing the dynamic badwidth and other features? Has anyone used the Diamond SupraNetCommander ISDN? It appears to be one of the cheeper ones that might work with Linux. Thanx -- Greg.

Install Netscape

hi... i got a netscape from ftp... i dont know, how install this one, this is a .gz file... what should i do to isntall this file??? thank... RAFAEL CASTILLO MEJIA -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PRO

Re: is there tools to....?

> Hi: > > is there some tool to add an group in Debian? (I'm locking for something > like "adduser") Do "man adduser" and read a couple of lines. (adduser --group will do). Alex Y. > > Regards > dada -- _ _( )_ ( (o___ +---+ |

Re: Install Netscape

On Mon, 11 Aug 1997, Rafael Castillo Mejia wrote: > i got a netscape from ftp... i dont know, how install this one, this is a > .gz file... what should i do to isntall this file??? Hi. Get the netscape installer package from non-free, put the nescape binary file into /tmp, and install the netsca

Re: Install Netscape

>i got a netscape from ftp... i dont know, how install this one, this is a >.gz file... what should i do to isntall this file??? Anything ending in .gz is a GZIPped file. Anthing ending in .tar is a TARred file. Anything ending in .tar.gz is a GZIPped TAR file. So: - mv /tmp - cd /tmp - gunzi

Proper solution to exim and fetchmail problem.

After some further cogitation, I spoke to the fetchmail author, and it turns out that it was a problem with fetchmail. He's fixed it in the next version, soon to be released. Once that's done fetchmail users on sytems running exim shouldn't need the -mda option to fetchmail or any special workar

Rebuilding the Status file

Hi, while running X and Netscape my computer decide of its own acord to suddenly reboot. this caused me to get errors on reboot abought problems in the /etc/rc* directorys as well as a bad bash binary the core dumped (or something) when it was called on startup. so I opted to reinstall the base

Re: Internal ISDN

Greg Vence wrote: > > Are you saying that any ISDN device will work as a modem just not a > {Efficient | Fast} as it should? I'm suggesting that due to the translation which takes place turning a synchronous data stream into asynch is necessarily wasteful. Am I saying that I don't think that the

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