Re: Linux, FAT32 and a mighty odd MBR.

1997-11-01 Thread Torsten Hilbrich
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Where can one find information about /sbin/activate? I have it > on my system (Debian 1.2.18), but no man pages, How-To, or other > documentation. It does not give any meaningful response to activate -h > or activate --help. What does this program do? According

Re: Best version of tetris?

1997-11-01 Thread Torsten Hilbrich
Remco Blaakmeer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > A year ago, when I still used Slackware, I had a 'tetris for terminals', > which was really a program that could be used on any keyboard-and-screen > terminal. Only 'letter' keys (and maybe Space and Enter, I'm not sure) > were used and the ou

Re: perl and ISO-8859-1

1997-11-01 Thread Orn E. Hansen
Þann 31-Oct-97 skrifar Marcus Brinkmann: > > You are right in all points, although I don't know the meaning of "legedly" > (my dictionary does not know it, too). legedly => according to legend :-) > > I would consider a script that depends on the setting of a locale as buggy, > So I would enco

xlib6g version 3.3-5 !!! where is it??

1997-11-01 Thread Niklas Hoglund
Hello! I'm trying to install gimp, wich depends on gtk which depends on xlib6g version 3.3-5, and theres the problem - I cant find it On ftp.debian.org there is an old xlib6g 3.3-1 =( Where can I find xlib6g 3.3-5 //Regards, Niklas . Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] . URL: http://www.

Re: perl and ISO-8859-1

1997-11-01 Thread Orn E. Hansen
Þann 31-Oct-97 skrifar Pere Camps: > Orn, > > Perl doesn't complain anymour if I unset LC_CTYPE, but bash does. > It doesn't let me put latin-1 characters. > I have... LANG=is ...and just tried bash. It allowed me to enter accented characters. Even tried with LANG set to es_ES

Re: perl and ISO-8859-1

1997-11-01 Thread Orn E. Hansen
Þann 31-Oct-97 skrifar Pere Camps: > Andy, > > I only hace en_GB there, but in /usr/share/locale I have all the > others. The thing is that -I think- I have installed all the needed > packages for locale support, but perl is not getting it. Bash doesn't > complain about LC_CTYPE. In fact, i

RE: printing and samba

1997-11-01 Thread Orn E. Hansen
Þann 31-Oct-97 skrifar Paul Miller: > I have three questions: > > (2) How do I print in color? Netscape has the option of color, but it > won't print in color. I'm using a HP DJ660C shared on a win95 > machine with magicfilter's dj550c-filter. > Use postscript printing, and pipe it

Slight problem

1997-11-01 Thread William L Cooley
I am attempting to load debian linux on my hard disks in partition N. But I do not seem to be going anywhere close. Below is my partitions, their size and subject areas: A - 3.5 HD floppy drive B - 5.25 HD floppy drive C - 301 MB MDOS_PLUS D - 199 MB MDOS_PROG

Re: shell cmd: group name from gid?

1997-11-01 Thread Carey Evans
"Oliver Elphick" writes: > $ grep :27: /etc/group | awk -F: '{print $1}' > sudo That can be simpler: $ awk -F: '$3==27 {print $1}' /etc/group -- Carey Evans <*> http://home.clear.net.nz/pages/c.evans/ gc Neniu anticipas la hispanan Inkvizicion. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM

Re: Mounting Mac files...

1997-11-01 Thread Carey Evans
jd? <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > thanx for all your help thus far (i have my debian box up and running :)) > OK i have recently gotten a zip disk formated for a Mac. i was simply > wondering if and how i could mount it so that i can view the graphics > files on the disk.. Two options you ca

Question about sane

1997-11-01 Thread Kevin J Poorman
Hi, I have a general question about linux and a debian specific one ... I grabed sane-0.66 and tried to compile xscanimage... it didn't work ... so I was wondering if there was a binary debian package of sane ...? where would I get it ... (I didn't see it on ftp.debian.org or ftp.wgs.com) my gene

CGI Script

1997-11-01 Thread Collin Rose
  Can anyone tell me how to create or where I can get a CGI script that will allow me to specify the ADDRESS that appears in the URL window? Is this possible?   Collin

Debian installation made D: unreadable.

1997-11-01 Thread Pierre Sarrazin
Hi. I have installed Debian GNU/Linux 1.3.1 (from the Linux System Labs CD-ROM) and now the D: drive is unreadable by Windows 95... I have a 2-gigabyte hard disk that has more than 1024 cylinders. Since it was originally installed with a 486 motherboard with a BIOS that couldn't handle more than 1

Re: Unidentified subject!

1997-11-01 Thread Daniel J. Mashao
On Fri, 31 Oct 1997, Ron Asimi wrote: > I am running a Pentium system with a PS/2 Mouse port. I am unfamiliar with > Linux and cannot get my mouse to respond. I am just a newbie... Could > someone please tell me a little about how linux locates and assigns > resources for a mouse? You probably n

Re: xlib6g version 3.3-5 !!! where is it??

1997-11-01 Thread Anthony Fok
On Sat, 1 Nov 1997, Niklas Hoglund wrote: > Hello! > I'm trying to install gimp, wich depends on gtk which depends on xlib6g > version 3.3-5, and theres the problem - I cant find it > > On ftp.debian.org there is an old xlib6g 3.3-1 =( > > Where can I find xlib6g 3.3-5 xlib6g 3.3.1-1

Re: php with mysql support

1997-11-01 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Sat, Nov 01, 1997 at 09:17:01AM +0100, Egon Schmid wrote: > Hamish Moffatt wrote: > > Has anyone got a debian package or suitable binary&module of > > phpfi with mysql support? The debian package doesn't include it > > In the new alpha php3 source there is no option to compile ELF dynamic > lo

Can't install Debian 1.3.1

1997-11-01 Thread Jenlung Tseng
Hi Debian users: I just bought Debian 1.3.1 CDs and try to install it. I have created resuce and root disks and follow the instruction to restart my PC and boot from resuce disk. After boot: prompt shows up and I type linux. The following messages prompt repeatly. And never ask me for root d

Re: Trouble with resc1440.bin on new Ultra DMA IDE motherboard

1997-11-01 Thread liiwi
>> Hello, I've been using debian for about two years now, for work and >> home, and this is my first post ever... >> >> A friend of mine enrolled in some programming classes and just bought >> himself a new computer. We were putting the system together last night >> and I ran into a serious probl

Re: Debian installation made D: unreadable.

1997-11-01 Thread Carey Evans
Pierre Sarrazin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi. I have installed Debian GNU/Linux 1.3.1 (from the Linux > System Labs CD-ROM) and now the D: drive is unreadable by > Windows 95... > > I have a 2-gigabyte hard disk that has more than 1024 cylinders. > Since it was originally installed with a 486

netscape

1997-11-01 Thread Hamish Moffatt
Ever since I upgraded to XFree86 3.3 (in unstable), netscape won't run. First it complains that it can't find XKeysymDB, so I set that environment variable; then I get a bus error. Any ideas? thanks, Hamish Package: xbase Status: install ok installed Priority: optional Section: x11 Installed-Siz

Re: netscape

1997-11-01 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Sat, Nov 01, 1997 at 11:52:59AM +0100, Egon Schmid wrote: > > Ever since I upgraded to XFree86 3.3 (in unstable), netscape won't run. > > First it complains that it can't find XKeysymDB, so I set that > > environment variable; then I get a bus error. > > I don´t think that XFree86 3.3 is the pr

Re: chimera compile: package dependencies

1997-11-01 Thread joost witteveen
> > Hi, > > In a previous post I asked for help compiling the chimera-1.65 > web browse. When I ran xmkmf -a, I got the following message: > > bash# xmkmf -a > imake -DUseInstalled -I/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/config > Imakefile.c:3: Imake.tmpl: No such file or directory >

Re: xlib6g version 3.3-5 !!! where is it??

1997-11-01 Thread Martin Bialasinski
On Sat, 1 Nov 1997, Niklas Hoglund wrote: > Hello! > I'm trying to install gimp, wich depends on gtk which depends on xlib6g > version 3.3-5, and theres the problem - I cant find it > > On ftp.debian.org there is an old xlib6g 3.3-1 =( > +++-===-==-==

Re: perl and ISO-8859-1

1997-11-01 Thread Pere Camps
Torsten, > ...and just tried bash. It allowed me to enter accented characters. Just tried again, with this setings: export LC_ALL=es_ES export LC_MESSAGES=es_ES export LANG=es_ES And it didn't work. > try this code... Ok. With: export LC_ALL=es_ES export LC_MESSAG

RE: CGI Script

1997-11-01 Thread Ralph Winslow
On 01-Nov-97 Collin Rose wrote: > >Can anyone tell me how to create or where I can get a CGI script that will >allow me >to specify the ADDRESS that appears in the URL window? Is this possible? Sure it's possible. It's easy if you know perl and a little HTML. Do you, when you refer to "address"

RE: Debian installation made D: unreadable.

1997-11-01 Thread Ralph Winslow
On 01-Nov-97 Pierre Sarrazin wrote: >Hi. I have installed Debian GNU/Linux 1.3.1 (from the Linux >System Labs CD-ROM) and now the D: drive is unreadable by >Windows 95... > > >In terms of DOS FDISK, the primary partition covers the >first quarter. The extended partition covers the last >_half_ of

RE: CGI SCRIPT

1997-11-01 Thread Collin Rose
I mean to be able to control the URL listed in the location window. I do JavaScript and I am learning CGI/Perl but I don't know much in it yet. Collin -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: [OFF-TOPIC] linux-kernel list is down?

1997-11-01 Thread Eloy A. Paris
Yup, that was it. Thanks a lot! Does any one know why this happen? I hope not a Linux related problem (if vger runs Linux) :-) E.- > Eloy A. Paris wrote: > > My apologies for the absolutely off-topic question here, but does any > > one know if the linux-kernel mailing list is down? I haven't rec

Unrecognized message in /var/log/anacron

1997-11-01 Thread hilliard
When anacron ran this morning, it wrote the following to /var/log/anacron: anacron started at Sat Nov 1 08:49:53 EST 1997 Job cron.daily scheduled for execution in 1 minutes. Job cron.weekly scheduled for execution in 6 minutes. Job cron.monthly scheduled for execution in

other side of remote xdm

1997-11-01 Thread Rick Hawkins
We'd like to set up some boxes that come up as xterminals, to be used on the remote connections. I've found the -querey type options for startx, but not for xdm. We really just want to turn old hardware into remote heads on alphas. Can anyone make any suggestions? rick -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM

printcap filter arguments

1997-11-01 Thread Paul Miller
are are the arguments that are pasted to the print filter? -Paul -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: Debian installation made D: unreadable.

1997-11-01 Thread Brandon Mitchell
On Sat, 1 Nov 1997, Pierre Sarrazin wrote: > I have a 2-gigabyte hard disk that has more than 1024 cylinders. > Since it was originally installed with a 486 motherboard with > a BIOS that couldn't handle more than 1024 cylinders, I installed > a patch from the disk's manufacturer. Today, this hard

Re: Unidentified subject!

1997-11-01 Thread Tan Wee Yeh
Daniel J. Mashao wrote, :> I am running a Pentium system with a PS/2 Mouse port. I am unfamiliar with :> Linux and cannot get my mouse to respond. I am just a newbie... Could :> someone please tell me a little about how linux locates and assigns :> resources for a mouse? :You probably need to co

Re: netscape

1997-11-01 Thread Dima
Hamish Moffatt wrote: > On Sat, Nov 01, 1997 at 11:52:59AM +0100, Egon Schmid wrote: > > > Ever since I upgraded to XFree86 3.3 (in unstable), netscape won't run. > > > First it complains that it can't find XKeysymDB, so I set that > > > environment variable; then I get a bus error. > > > >

How to maintain a network of workstations via dselect?

1997-11-01 Thread Terrence Brannon
I have a bunch of PC's (actually two :-)) running Debian Linux. However, I want them to be exactly the same but dont want to run dselect on both machines, but would rather have any installations/removals/configs/etc affect both machines simultaneously. Is this possible? If not, shouldn't it be?

php with mysql support

1997-11-01 Thread Hamish Moffatt
Has anyone got a debian package or suitable binary&module of phpfi with mysql support? The debian package doesn't include it for licensing reasons (mysql is non-free) but I've spent hours and hours trying to recompile it myself and I'm about ready to throw my computer through the window ... Recomp