Re: exporting xauth

1998-01-13 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
You can find ssh on non-us.debian.org. Note that you must run sshd on the machine you're ssh'ing to. You can get the source on non-us.debian.org if necessary. You'll also need root access on the target machine in order to install sshd. Richard E. Hawkins Esq. wrote: > ok, ssh sounds like the way

Re: exporting xauth

1998-01-13 Thread Will Lowe
On Mon, 12 Jan 1998, Richard E. Hawkins Esq. wrote: > ok, ssh sounds like the way to go. It's not mirrored in the US due to copyright and US government restriction problems. Check ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/README.non-US for lists of places to download them from. Again, remember that the mach

Re: exporting xauth

1998-01-13 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
Oh, if you can't get root on the machine you're trying to run your X clients on, your best bet is probably to ftp/.netrc or rcp the data over (whichever you can get to work). You could change your .profile on the remote machine to check for such a file and do an xauth merge <"file" ; rm "file" if i

Re: Debian 1.3 and Windows NT

1998-01-13 Thread Martin Bialasinski
"Adam Greene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am trying to run Linux on my computer at work, what we are running > normally is Windows 95 OSR on a Ethernet Star configured LAN. The NIC is > 3com Etherlink XL 100baseTX (running as 10BaseT). We normally attach to a > Windows NT 4.0 server. I

Xresources, Xdefaults, and xmailbox

1998-01-13 Thread Will Lowe
I'm trying to set up xmailbox to play a .wav when I get new mail, and I've got this in .Xresources xmailbox*mailSndFile: ~/music/samples/1308.wav xmailbox*mailSndComm: /usr/bin/bplay %s But nothing happens when xmailbox is running other than the system beep. Any ideas?

Announce: Simple End-User Linux (SEUL) Project

1998-01-13 Thread arma
The SEUL Project is an organization dedicated to developing a free Linux distribution that presents a viable alternative to commercial PC operating systems. Currently based on RedHat Linux, the SEUL distribution will cover many different aspects of Linux, including: * User-friendly and consistent

Re: Xresources, Xdefaults, and xmailbox

1998-01-13 Thread Daniel Martin at cush
Will Lowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm trying to set up xmailbox to play a .wav when I get new mail, and > I've got this in .Xresources > > xmailbox*mailSndFile: ~/music/samples/1308.wav > xmailbox*mailSndComm: /usr/bin/bplay %s xmailbox may not understand about "~" - try specifying th

Re: Those things you swore you would never do

1998-01-13 Thread Daniel Martin at cush
Stephen Carpenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > heres the story... > I need sambathe samba package I got said it needed libc6...so I > tried > to install libc6 > it said libc5 was the problem and it couldn't oinstall... > so rather than thinking...I found the dpkg options to tell it to remove

Re: Announce: Simple End-User Linux (SEUL) Project

1998-01-13 Thread Stephen Gregory
Agreed. There are too many linux distributions out there already. Debian seems to have made it as one of the more popular distributions. I would recommend working on it. Debian could benifit greatly from some polishing. -- Stephen Gregory > > > George Bonser said: > I think it might be a bett

Re: SEUL distribution?

1998-01-13 Thread omega
George Bonser wrote: > I think it might be a better idea to concentrate resources on the one > currently available completely free Linux distribution and improve it > rather than further fragment the community with yet another > distribution. Our goal is not to fragment the Linux community, but to

Wordperfect with debian?

1998-01-13 Thread David Puryear
Hi, I just installed WordPerfect 7.0, and everything seems to work fine except printing. I can print, but the output is in only one font even if I use different font. Does anyone have any clue? I using Debian 1.3.1 mixed with hamm and linux 2.0.33, and printer is canon bjc-210. Thanks fo

[fvwm2] Desktops, Pagers and Backgrounds etc.

1998-01-13 Thread Sudhakar Chandrasekharan
I use fvwm2 as my window manager. I want to do a very simple thing but am confused by the terminology in the man pages. I launch FvwmPager on startup. Snippets from my /etc/X11/fvwm2/post.hook - # I want 9 seperate desks to work on DeskTopSize 3x3 # FvwmPager Customization * FvwmPagerDeskColor

RE: Using dselect and unstable packages

1998-01-13 Thread Ian & Gill Watkins
: Yes. Use an FTP site that carries unstable, and configure dpkg-ftp (through : "[A]ccess") to use the directories "dists/unstable/main", : "dists/unstable/contrib" and "dists/unstable/non-free". This is noted in Scott Ellis's libc5 ==> libc6 upgrade FAQ; it addresses many other points you will pro

Re: exporting xauth

1998-01-13 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Mon, Jan 12, 1998 at 07:00:53PM -0500, Will Lowe wrote: > On Mon, 12 Jan 1998, Richard E. Hawkins Esq. wrote: > > ok, ssh sounds like the way to go. > It's not mirrored in the US due to copyright and US government restriction > problems. Check ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/README.non-US for lists

Is there a kernel patch for Joliet CDs?

1998-01-13 Thread Andy Spiegl
Hi! I get a lot of Joliet CDs and would like to see the long, i.e. full filenames on it. Is there a way to do that? Possibly a kernel patch somewhere? Thanks a lot in advance! Andy. Andy Spiegl, University of Technology, Mue

Re: bootable Debian 1.3.1 CD

1998-01-13 Thread Andy Spiegl
According to Torsten Hilbrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Does anybody has an Adaptec AHA 2940 and was able to boot from this > (or any other) CD. I have BIOS-Version 1.21 and the ldlinux.sys died > while booting from CD. Do I need a BIOS update (I couldn't find > anything newer than 1.21 yet) or

Re: xload

1998-01-13 Thread William R. Ward
Matt Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > OK, so what happened to xload now? I just upgraded my hamm system and > xload has disappeared. Don't we go through this every once in a while? It moved to a different package. Look in Packages for 'xload' - I don't remember which package it's in, but

Re: pgp and elm

1998-01-13 Thread William R. Ward
Alex Yukhimets <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > find /usr/bin/pgp. Now I have pointed dselect both at ftp.debian.org > > and at ftp.de.debian.org (which I thought was outside the U.S.), but I > > found no package that would give me a pgp executable usable by elm. > > > > What is the solution? It

Re: Debian 1.3 and Windows NT

1998-01-13 Thread bhmit1
[ please hit the enter key every 75 char's or so. You're email program doesn't seem to do this for you. ] On Mon, 12 Jan 1998, Adam Greene wrote: > Hello, > > I am trying to run Linux on my computer at work, what we are running > normally is Windows 95 OSR on a Ethernet Star configured L

Re: Is there a kernel patch for Joliet CDs?

1998-01-13 Thread Ben Pfaff
I get a lot of Joliet CDs and would like to see the long, i.e. full filenames on it. Is there a way to do that? Possibly a kernel patch somewhere? Yes. See http://www.huwig.de/linux/mama/ for a fairly complete and up-to-date list of available Linux kernel patches. I think that the Jol

[offtopic] looking for some services in the USA

1998-01-13 Thread Hamish Moffatt
[This is offtopic. Apologies.] I'm travelling to LA in a week or two. I am looking for an ISP in the area for approximately two weeks, just to check email back here in Australia. Any debian users running ISPs in that area or can recommend theirs? I am also looking for a CD duplication company any

ns4.04 package problem in hamm

1998-01-13 Thread Shaleh
I have a problem w/ the ns 4.04 package from hamm. Java fails to work, and I get loads of errors on the cons. I did not have any of these problems in bo after installing in /usr/local using the install script. /usr/lib/netscape/netscape: can't resolve symbol 'JS_NewContext' /usr/lib/netscape/net

Re: exporting xauth

1998-01-13 Thread Aaron Denney
12 Jan 1998 18:03:21 -0600, Jens B. Jorgensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You'll also need root access on the target machine in order to > install sshd. Not _strictly_ true, but it won't work as well. You can install it under your home directory, and leave it running on a high numbered port. Lo

Re: Wordperfect with debian?

1998-01-13 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Mon, 12 Jan 1998, David Puryear wrote: > Hi, > > I just installed WordPerfect 7.0, and everything seems to work fine except > printing. I can print, but the output is in only one font even if I use > different font. Does anyone have any clue? > > I using Debian 1.3.1 mixed with hamm and linux

Re: Wmaker (hamm) and menu pkg.

1998-01-13 Thread Marcelo E. Magallon
On Mon, 12 Jan 1998, Adam Shand wrote: > > What you do want to do is to edit the /etc/menu-methods/ file for > > you window manager ("WindowMaker-- what's that? Is that a new window > > manager I didn't hear about, but does include a Menu-method? Fab!) > > It's a better Afterstep then Afterstep :

Help w/ PPP please please plase

1998-01-13 Thread jhillma2
Ok, I just installed the latest Debian install (everyone else I know went RH5.0, but hey, I like to be different). Anyway, I dl'd the install from ftp, and now I want to install the packages, but I want to do it with ftp. So the way I see it I have to: 1) Initiate a ppp connection to my ISP 2) s

Moving to libc6 X

1998-01-13 Thread Oleg Krivosheev
Hi, All what is the best way to move from libc5 based X (3.3-4) to libc6 ? Is there a particular order of upgrades? I already have libc6-2.0.6 and related stuff from hamm installed. regards OK -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . T

setting up xdm for runlevel 4

1998-01-13 Thread Shaleh
I would like to setup xdm so that it s started upon entering runlevel 4 and stopped when dropping back down to runlevel 3. How does debian handle xdm?? -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: which pgp package for international?

1998-01-13 Thread jdassen
On Mon, Jan 12, 1998 at 06:21:40PM +0100, Alex de Joode wrote: > We mirror ftp.de.debian.org/debian-non-us/ Please change your mirror settings then. The hostname "nonUS.debian.org" is preferred, and the link is /debian-non-US, US in capitals. So, please use ftp://nonUS.debian.org/debian-non-US/ A

Re: [install] hdc irq timeout problem

1998-01-13 Thread Mats Eriksson
Hi ! I had a similar problem frequently (can't remember the status and error figures though) on my old 486 with an ide-cdrom of indeterminate brand, until I figured out that the problem disappears completely if I push the reset button immediately after powering on the computer. /Mats Eriksson (

Re: [install] hdc irq timeout problem

1998-01-13 Thread tko
Ian writes: > > Hi Tim, > > Thanks for replying so quickly. > > As I said before, I'm a complete novice at Debian Linux. Once I'm set up > it'll be a bit better as I have worked on a Unix box before. > > System: > Intel 233mmx > 32Mb > HD as Primary on 1st controller > Pioneer DR-A24X CDrom as

Re: Debian and Windoze 95

1998-01-13 Thread tko
Catalin Popescu writes: > > A friend of mine has a hard-disk of 1.2Gb with 2 partions: /dev/hda1, > /dev/hda2. > > On /dev/hda1 he has Win'95. Is there any problems with booting if I help > him to insatll Debian 1.3.1 on /dev/hda2 and try to boot it with loadlin. > Actually, either method wor

Re: How to boot multiple OS

1998-01-13 Thread tko
whkye writes: > > Hi! > > Now I try to install the debian 1.3.1 package. > It seems that the debian liloconfig does not support multiple > OS boot. It does not ask me the other partition > information. You will have to hand edit the /etc/lilo.conf file and add the needed information for multi-O

Re: Networking loading on boot before PCMCIA services for network card

1998-01-13 Thread tko
Asher Haig writes: > > I have a problem when my system boots where networking loads before the > PCMCIA services that are needed to drive the network card. As a result, I > have to run /etc/init.d/network whenever I boot before networking will > work. > > Anyone have any idea why this might h

Very small installation

1998-01-13 Thread Matthias L Jugel
Hi, has anyone thought of a very small installation. Maybe using a pseudo-package? I am looking for such an installation. Leo. Matthias L. Jugel -- GMD FIRST Berlin Adlershof Tel: +49 030 6392 1821 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Es gibt zwei Arten von Narren. Der eine sagt: "Dies ist alt und desh

svgatextmode - how to use

1998-01-13 Thread Irmund Thum
I've installed svgatextmode with dselect but can't find any file or .conf. How can I use this utility? Thanks in advance __ IT -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: which pgp package for international?

1998-01-13 Thread Alex de Joode
We changed the settings accordingly. : On Mon, Jan 12, 1998 at 06:21:40PM +0100, Alex de Joode wrote: : > We mirror ftp.de.debian.org/debian-non-us/ : : Please change your mirror settings then. The hostname "nonUS.debian.org" is : preferred, and the link is /debian-non-US, US in capitals. So, pl

Re: Help w/ PPP please please plase

1998-01-13 Thread Martin Bialasinski
jhillma2 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > pon was the closest, but it kept erroring out. I know the problem is > with the way the ppp.chatscript was setup, but I don't know what the > format is (e.g., which lines tell it to wait for "foo" then send > "bar"). Could somebody please tell me the syntax

Re: setting up xdm for runlevel 4

1998-01-13 Thread Martin Bialasinski
Shaleh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I would like to setup xdm so that it s started upon entering runlevel 4 > and stopped when dropping back down to runlevel 3. How does debian > handle xdm?? > It is done with symlinks in the /etc/rc.d directories. I recommend the update-rc.d programm for alte

Re: init.d, rc0.d, ... rc6.d

1998-01-13 Thread Sen Nagata
at some point around 12 Jan 1998 07:57:06 -0600 [EMAIL PROTECTED] mentioned: > Sen Nagata writes: > > what kind of advantages does this kind of approach have compared to > > having a single file for each run level (or even one file for all > > runlevels) describing which scripts to run (as well

Re: svgatextmode - how to use

1998-01-13 Thread Jim Foltz
On Mon, Jan 12, 1998 at 07:55:16PM +0100, Irmund Thum wrote: > I've installed svgatextmode with dselect but can't find any file or > ..conf. > How can I use this utility? > Thanks in advance > __ > IT I had to un-comment the lines in /etc/rc.boot/svgatextmode to actiate it. > > > > > -- > TO

Re: svgatextmode - how to use

1998-01-13 Thread John Boggon
-Original Message- From: Irmund Thum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Tuesday, 13 January 1998 8:08 pm Subject: svgatextmode - how to use >I've installed svgatextmode with dselect but can't find any file or >.conf. >How can I use this utility? >Thanks in advanc

Aztech Telephony (and type) Boards

1998-01-13 Thread C.J.LAWSON
Hi, I was thinking of aquiring a Telephony audio (sound/answerphone/fax/modem) boards. Does anyone know of any reasons why I shouldn't and what is the best possible one to aquire Thanks Jonathan -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL P

Re: init.d, rc0.d, ... rc6.d

1998-01-13 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Sen Nagata <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >is there already some administrative command one can use to easily >enable/disable a service? i know it is possible to write scripts to do >this for various services...but perhaps there is already some existing >method? update

gated.*deb??

1998-01-13 Thread Peter Gervai
Hello, Am I right to see that there is no gated debian package? (please cc email on me) bye, peter -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: gated.*deb??

1998-01-13 Thread jdassen
On Tue, Jan 13, 1998 at 01:57:38PM +0100, Peter Gervai wrote: > Am I right to see that there is no gated debian package? Yes. There are licensing issues with gated (I don't know details; search the mailing list archives for them). HTH, Ray -- LEADERSHIP A form of self-preservation exhibited by

configuring sound card

1998-01-13 Thread Chris Keathley Keathley
I read the how to's on how to install my sound card but when I type "make config" it is giving me a msg that says something about missing target, I can't remember exactly what it said. What am I doing wrong if any thing. Is there a different procedure for debian, and if so where can it be found.

Re: configuring sound card

1998-01-13 Thread Daniel Martin at cush
Chris Keathley Keathley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I read the how to's on how to install my sound card but when I type > "make config" it is giving me a msg that says something about missing > target, I can't remember exactly what it said. What am I doing wrong > if any thing. Is there a diff

Re: Lilo ?

1998-01-13 Thread Sten Anderson
Ian Keith Setford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have Debian running fine on my first hard drive (/dev/hda) and I wish > to add another disk and install Win95 on it (bummer). My DOS/Windows boot > disks will not allow me to install Win on the second drive(/dev/hdc). > Error message says, "Remove

where did xforms go?

1998-01-13 Thread Richard E. Hawkins Esq.
suddently, xforms and xforms-dev are no longer available. Does anyone know where they went? rick -- These opinions will not be those of ISU until it pays my retainer. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL

Re: where did xforms go?

1998-01-13 Thread jdassen
On Tue, Jan 13, 1998 at 08:15:40AM -0600, Richard E. Hawkins Esq. wrote: > suddently, xforms and xforms-dev are no longer available. Does anyone > know where they went? They were to be replaced by libforms* packages. It looks like the xforms* packages have already been removed, while the libforms

kernel/modules versions and CONFIG_MOD_VERSIONS

1998-01-13 Thread Ulisses Alonso Camaro
Hi all, I think there is no good information in HOWTOs .../kernel/Documentation/*, etc... files about this subject. Where I can found more info about it? I specially interested with loading modules/kernels with mixed versions and symbols tables. Thanks in advance

Re: ? on Authorization and digest

1998-01-13 Thread tko
Noe' Franco writes: > > WE'RE USING DEBIAN GNU LINUX 1.3 > ON AUTHORIZATION : WHEN DOING THE .htaccess FILE CAN DIGEST BE USED? IS IT > SUPPORTED YET? > > I KNOWN THIS IS A ROOKIE QUESTION, WHAT IS A REALM? IT'S TALKED ABOUT BUT > NEVER EXPLAINED. > > AND FINALLY IF YOU HAVE ANY TIPS OR PLACES T

Re: Lilo ?

1998-01-13 Thread tko
Ian Keith Setford writes: > > > Yo- > > I have Debian running fine on my first hard drive (/dev/hda) and I wish > to add another disk and install Win95 on it (bummer). My DOS/Windows boot > disks will not allow me to install Win on the second drive(/dev/hdc). > Error message says, "Remove NTFS

Re: Very small installation

1998-01-13 Thread Stephen Gregory
How small do you want? I have installed a bunch of usefull stuff on less then 60MB of hard drive space. -- Stephen Gregory -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: slrnpull.conf

1998-01-13 Thread Pann McCuaig
On Mon, Jan 12, 1998 at 08:57:36PM +0200, Neilen Marais wrote: > I'm trying to install slrn with slrnpull working, but the slrnpull.conf > file that the readme says I must use as an example for writing my own > is no-where to be found, and slrnpull don't seem to do anything w/o > this file... /us

Re: Debian and Windoze 95

1998-01-13 Thread Lee Bradshaw
Thomas Kocourek wrote: > Catalin Popescu writes: > > > > A friend of mine has a hard-disk of 1.2Gb with 2 partions: /dev/hda1, > > /dev/hda2. > > > > On /dev/hda1 he has Win'95. Is there any problems with booting if I > > help > > him to insatll Debian 1.3.1 on /dev/hda2 and try to boot it with

Re: exporting xauth

1998-01-13 Thread Lee Bradshaw
"Richard E. Hawkins Esq." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > After the last round of questions & posts on the topic, I've found > that I can stably export xauthority by > > xauth list $DISPLAY > > and pasting from MIT on to > > xauth add $DISPLAY > > is there a way to pass this information automati

smail and bouncing

1998-01-13 Thread Pann McCuaig
At work I have a bo system serving in-house e-mail. Most of the client machines are running IE on Win95 and get their mail via POP3. Mail is transferred between ISP and the bo system using uucp and smail. Everything is fine. But . . . Say a message comes in for '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' instead of '[

Re: Announce: Simple End-User Linux (SEUL) Project

1998-01-13 Thread Michael Stutz
On Mon, 12 Jan 1998, George Bonser wrote: > I think it might be a better idea to concentrate resources on the one > currently available completely free Linux distribution and improve it > rather than further fragment the community with yet another distribution. One thing I've never been convinced

Debian & Win95 files...

1998-01-13 Thread smorrill
I have Win95 and Debian 1.3 on the same hard disk on my Amd 586 with Doc's Boot as an MBR. Being still pretty new to Linux, here's a question... I downloaded Netscape the other day for Linux, but had to use Winbloze to do it 'cause I _still_ haven't got ppp working... anyway, can I access the Win9

Debian & Pgp question...

1998-01-13 Thread smorrill
I have used Pgp for quite awhile with Win95, and thus have already made my secret key & id number, etc. I would like to get pgp set up with Linux as I would like to move to using Debian exclusively. Anybody out there familiar with this issue of how I would use my same 1028 bit key (created under

Re: Networking loading on boot before PCMCIA services for network card

1998-01-13 Thread Mike Miller
> "Asher" == Asher Haig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have a problem when my system boots where networking > loads before the PCMCIA services that are needed to drive > the network card. As a result, I have to run > /etc/init.d/network whenever I boot before networking will

Re: Debian & Win95 files...

1998-01-13 Thread dpk
You can mount vfat filesystems under linux. Make sure your kernel is configured for vfat support. Simply typing 'cat /proc/filesystems' will list all FS types that are supported. If you don't see vfat, run 'modconf' and load the module for vfat support. Then find out what partition Win95 is loc

Re: Debian & Pgp question...

1998-01-13 Thread Scott Ellis
On Tue, 13 Jan 1998, smorrill wrote: > I have used Pgp for quite awhile with Win95, and thus have already made > my secret key & id number, etc. I would like to get pgp set up with > Linux as I would like to move to using Debian exclusively. Anybody out > there familiar with this issue of how I

loging into NT

1998-01-13 Thread Pere Camps
Hi! I'd like to know if it's possible to have an NT box that uses the login names and passwords of a linux machine in order to log into it. I can't use linux on that machine because word and excel are a must and the people who will be using it don't know anything about unix.

NTFS driver as modul

1998-01-13 Thread Ian Watkins
MM> > I have tried all sorts of things to get around this, what have I m MM> > I have not got module versioning installed in the kernel as far as MM> MM> Try to recompile the module under new kernel v33 or insmod it with o MM> force: MM> insmod -f ntfs.o I did, a number of times MM> BT

Libc5 / Libc6

1998-01-13 Thread Ian Watkins
BN> > I want to upgrade one or two of the packages on my system beyond t BN> distribution. The newer packages are all requiring libc6, but that c BN> (in DSELECT) with libc5 which is a dependence to a _very_ large numb BN> programs. =:| BN> > BN> > What should I do? Forget it and wait? BN> One

bent lines in some applications in X

1998-01-13 Thread Richard E. Hawkins Esq.
The more I look at this, the odder it gets. In some applications, notably lyx and (sometimes) netscape, at 1024x768 I get lightly displaced horizontal lines. a coulpe of lines will indent a couple of pixels to the right, for a little bump on the edge and waver across the screen. At first i th

Whereis libXpm

1998-01-13 Thread Mario Filipe
Hi I have every package that has Xpm in it's name (except the aout one) installed, but i can't find the file libXpm. What is the package where i can get it? Mario Filipe [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://neptuno.uevora.pt/~mjnf -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail th

Re: Announce: Simple End-User Linux (SEUL) Project

1998-01-13 Thread Matthew Majka
Michael Stutz wrote: >On Mon, 12 Jan 1998, George Bonser wrote: > > > I think it might be a better idea to concentrate resources on the one > > currently available completely free Linux distribution and improve it > > rather than further fragment the community with yet another distribution. > > Cou

still .forward problem

1998-01-13 Thread Andy Spiegl
Hi! I am trying to set up a procmail filter for one of my users (kleist). I put the following in his .forward file: "|IFS=' ' && p=/usr/bin/procmail && test -f $p && exec $p -Y || exit 75 #kleist" Now when I send a test mail to him, it shows up in the queue, but doesn't get delivered. It sits th

Re: Wmaker (hamm) and menu pkg.

1998-01-13 Thread joost witteveen
> > > What you do want to do is to edit the /etc/menu-methods/ file for > > you window manager ("WindowMaker-- what's that? Is that a new window > > manager I didn't hear about, but does include a Menu-method? Fab!) > > It's a better Afterstep then Afterstep :) I swapped about two months ago > a

About incoming packages

1998-01-13 Thread Tommi Kaariainen
Ther has been some dicussion about psmisc being stuck in incoming in the master server. Is there way for a non-developer (especially for one who wants to be on the bleeding edge and thinks he know the risks) and to download packages that are in incoming, or is it so that if you have to ask you s

Re: About incoming packages

1998-01-13 Thread Scott Ellis
On 13 Jan 1998, Tommi Kaariainen wrote: > Ther has been some dicussion about psmisc being stuck in incoming in > the master server. Is there way for a non-developer (especially for one who > wants to be on the bleeding edge and thinks he know the risks) and to download > packages that are in inc

xinetd not starting -- where is rpc.portmap?

1998-01-13 Thread debian mail recipient
I've had a problem telnet-ing to my machine recently, and the reason is because xinetd is not starting. This is because the startup script (S20xinetd) checks for a file called "/usr/sbin/rpc.portmap" and, as it is not on my system, causes the startup script to exit: --- LISTING OF S20xinetd ---

Re: About incoming packages

1998-01-13 Thread Brandon Mitchell
Public mirrors exist: ftp://llug.sep.bnl.gov:/pub/debian/Incoming/ Brandon On 13 Jan 1998, Tommi Kaariainen wrote: > Ther has been some dicussion about psmisc being stuck in incoming in > the master server. Is there way for a non-developer (especially for one who > wants to be on the bleeding

How to save an extra copy of incoming mail?

1998-01-13 Thread Ben Pfaff
For a research project here at the university (Michigan State Univ.), we are doing a study of the value of different communication methods to allow distributed engineering teams to collaborate. In doing this, we'd like to have all the participants send their mail through a central server, and have

Some remarks: Interrupts and serial ports

1998-01-13 Thread Wojtek Zabolotny
Hi all! I've read a discussion about serial ports and interrupts and still have some doubts. WHY KERNEL'S SERIAL DRIVER IS WRITTEN IN THIS WAY THAT IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO SHARE INTERRUPTS? >From the hardware point of view it should be quite possible. The interrupt line is driven by a three-st

Re: Staroffice & libc5 5.4.38-0.1

1998-01-13 Thread Pedro Quaresma de Almeida
>X-Authentication-Warning: dakota.gate.net: storm owned process doing -bs >Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 13:42:06 -0500 (EST) >From: Scott Ellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >On 12 Jan 1998, Pedro Quaresma de Almeida wrote: > >> Hi >> >> I have a Linux system with libc5 (5.4.20-1) were all the Staroffice >> progr

Re: Scanner

1998-01-13 Thread Raymond A. Ingles
On Sun, 11 Jan 1998, Pure Energy wrote: > On 9 Jan 1998, Ben Gertzfield wrote: > > TWAIN is a joke. All "TWAIN compliant" means is that it comes with > > drivers for Windows. > > I have a Scantastic scanner which uses the "TWAIN compliant" > drivers. This scanner doesn't have a SCSI interf

Re: How to save an extra copy of incoming mail?

1998-01-13 Thread Peter S Galbraith
Ben Pfaff wrote: > we'd like to have all the participants send their mail through a > central server, and have the server, in addition to putting mail in > their usual mailboxes, save it in another location for use by the > researchers. How about setting up a Majordomo mailing list? Then all ma

divide the list in beginners and advanced

1998-01-13 Thread Irmund Thum
Shouln't it be possible to divide the list in beginners and advanced? It's a mess to get 70 to 120 mesages every day, more than 90 percent out of interest. Here in Europe we have to pay for our Internet-connections, means beside the phone bill there is an online charging as well. Regards __ IT htt

Re: Help w/ PPP

1998-01-13 Thread Irmund Thum
jhillma2 wrote: > Also, my ISP does PAP, so do I even need to use ppp.chatscript? Is > there an easier way? The ppp-howto and net2-howto are, IMO, vague at > best and do not necessarily coincide with the debian install (i.e., some for the same reason I'm still using W95 as my internet connectio

Re: Debian & Pgp question...

1998-01-13 Thread dg
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Tue, 13 Jan 1998, Scott Ellis wrote: > On Tue, 13 Jan 1998, smorrill wrote: > > I have used Pgp for quite awhile with Win95, and thus have already made > > my secret key & id number, etc. I would like to get pgp set up with > > Linux as I would like to move t

Re: divide the list in beginners and advanced

1998-01-13 Thread Peter S Galbraith
George Bonser wrote: >so there is no benefit from splitting them. > On Tue, 13 Jan 1998, Irmund Thum wrote: > > > Here in Europe we have to pay for our Internet-connections, > > means beside the phone bill there is an online charging as well. I think pa

Re: loging into NT

1998-01-13 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
Not at this time, at least not in the same way logging on to a domain works. In order to do this samba needs to be able to function as a "Domain Controller". The current version does not have this capability, though the samba team is working on this. When it is available though, you'll have to mai

Re: exporting xauth

1998-01-13 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
Lee Bradshaw wrote: > "Richard E. Hawkins Esq." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > After the last round of questions & posts on the topic, I've found > > that I can stably export xauthority by > > > > xauth list $DISPLAY > > > > and pasting from MIT on to > > > > xauth add $DISPLAY > > > > is ther

Benchmark systems?

1998-01-13 Thread Ian Keith Setford
Yo- I have searched the web to no avail for a page devoted to or including Linux benchmarks on various types of hardware. Like Pentium with EDO as compared to SDRAM and Pentium 200mmx versus AMD K-6 200mmx. Does anyone host or know of a page with such information? Any information appreciated

ssh and kerberos

1998-01-13 Thread Douglas Bates
The manual entries for ssh and sshd contain information about settings for Kerberos authentication but I have been unable to decide how to set up kerberos authentication with ssh. I do have a local kerberos realm and authentication server. Do I also need to have kerberos clients compiled and inst

Xfree: screen size?

1998-01-13 Thread Gregory Guthrie
I have gotten Xfree86 setup, and OK so far(!), but on my 17" screen, I have an unused margin of about 1" all around, wasted active screen area! -- what configuration parameter do I have not-perfect? (I have a S3-V card, Gateway Vivatron 17" monitor, and using the -S3v driver) --

Updates from non-debian sites? Release numbers..

1998-01-13 Thread Gregory Guthrie
1) I often see that the latest and greatest version of some package (e.g. XFree86) should always be used, and to get it from that particular home site. Is this compatible with running Debian; or must/should one wait till there is a Debian package with that version of the particular program. 2) Ho

Monitor Specs for Xfree86

1998-01-13 Thread Gregory Guthrie
Gateway informs me that my GW2000 Vivitron 17" monitor is Hscan = 30-64 Vscan = 50-100 dot-pitch = .26 but that they have never heard of dot-clock. I haden't either. :-) I looked at some of the monitors pages at Xfree86, and they also don't list this. Any hints on what else to ask

Re: Updates from non-debian sites? Release numbers..

1998-01-13 Thread Ben Pfaff
1) I often see that the latest and greatest version of some package (e.g. XFree86) should always be used, and to get it from that particular home site. Is this compatible with running Debian; or must/should one wait till there is a Debian package with that version of the particular pro

Re: Updates from non-debian sites? Release numbers..

1998-01-13 Thread Will Lowe
On Tue, 13 Jan 1998, Gregory Guthrie wrote: > Is this compatible with running Debian; or must/should one wait till there > is a Debian package with that version of the particular program. You can download the source, compile it, and install it under /usr/local/, because dpkg won't touch anythin

Re: How to save an extra copy of incoming mail?

1998-01-13 Thread dpk
Is there anything against just having an alias that includes the students and the researchers? Dennis -- dpk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Network Administrator | work: 353.4844 Division of Engineering Computing Services | page: 222.5875 On Tue, 13 Jan 1998, Ben Pfaff wrote: > For a research proj

ftp & ncftp segfaults after libc6 upgrade

1998-01-13 Thread Steve Hsieh
After upgrading to libc6 via the libc5-libc6 HOWTO, and running dselect to install all the hamm packages, ftp or ncftp no longer works. Here's what I see: kanga:[21]~% ftp Segmentation fault (core dumped) kanga:[22]~% ldd /usr/bin/ftp libreadline.so.2 => /lib/libreadline.so.2 (0x4000f000

Re: What about a "Linux" key?

1998-01-13 Thread Torsten Hilbrich
Enrico Zini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello PC users! > > What about putting a penguin sticker on top of those "Window 95" > keys on all new keyboards ? > > [some parts deleted] > > Their scancodes are already seen by Linux, but I could not find any > way to bind them to a modifier (it seem

Re: Monitor Specs for Xfree86

1998-01-13 Thread Steve Mayer
Gregory, I believe that the dot clock setting is from the video adapter and not the monitor. Steve Mayer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gregory Guthrie wrote: > Gateway informs me that my GW2000 Vivitron 17" monitor is >Hscan = 30-64 >Vscan = 50-100 >dot-pitch = .26 > > but that they have neve

Re: Announce: Simple End-User Linux (SEUL) Project

1998-01-13 Thread Erik Walthinsen
> One thing I've never been convinced of is the idea in some distribution > projects that stripping down the number of available packages to only a > relatively few "essential" applications is a good thing for new, home or > office users. With a $2 Debian CD from CheapBytes, one has access to > hun

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