Re: Fresh install. Little troubles.

1998-06-09 Thread Paul McDermott
hello Julian, first we have to get your base system up. You have to decide if you want libc5 (bo) or libc6 (hamm) It is not a good idea to have half and half. To upgrade to hamm there is a howto that tells you how to upgrade from libc5 to libc6. It is on the debian site somewhere. Once you have

Re: cd writers & linux

1998-06-09 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Mon, Jun 08, 1998 at 10:38:06AM -0400, Paul Miller wrote: > What does linux support? Or is there a standard protocol for ide? SCSI would be a much better choice. I have IDE disks but felt it was worth paying a bit more for a SCSI burner. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL P

Re: Checking Ports? (fwd)

1998-06-09 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Mon, Jun 08, 1998 at 01:54:40PM +0100, David Wright wrote: > I run a very simple joystick server that writes its position to a port, say, > 50005, so that (a) multiple clients can connect to the stick (b) I can run > a fake server on machines without a stick and continue to test programs that >

Re: cd writers & linux

1998-06-09 Thread Paul Miller
I know SCSI is faster, but if the drives only write at 2X or 4X, why does it matter? ... I think the buffer size and supported functions are probably the most important. >From the FAQs, it looks like Linux supports most IDE and SCSI drives. I'm not sure about ECP/EPP parallel port drives. -Pa

Re: umsdos run on fat32 ?

1998-06-09 Thread Rev. Joseph Carter
On Mon, Jun 08, 1998 at 01:33:40PM -0400, R. Chris Ross wrote: > I have recently gotten a laptop at work that I need to run Win95 > and later, likely NT. It would be great to also load Linux in the same > partition. Can Debian be installed using an umsdos file system in a fat32 > partition?

Re: procmail woes

1998-06-09 Thread Rev. Joseph Carter
On Mon, Jun 08, 1998 at 03:01:32PM -0400, Paul McDermott wrote: > hello my debian user friends, I have just upgraded my hardware and was > doing a new install of slink. When it came to configure procmail is where > I ran into trouble. > These are the versions of procmail and smail > > smail

Re: Debian and Afterstep1.4.5.3-1

1998-06-09 Thread Rev. Joseph Carter
On Mon, Jun 08, 1998 at 02:31:59PM -0700, Phlip wrote: > I got this version ooff your site and installed it but had problems > making it the default manager. Also, is the file .steprc included in the > package? I can't seem to locate it on my system and would really > appreciate knowing where it is

Re: cd writers & linux

1998-06-09 Thread Paul Miller
On Mon, 8 Jun 1998, Stephen Carpenter wrote: > They make permanant pits iinto the disk and can not be erased (well ok... > they can be erased...just dip them in some acetone... but they can not > be erased AND re-used) After looking around on the net, I think that is right. > The re-writeable a

Re: cd writers & linux

1998-06-09 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Mon, Jun 08, 1998 at 08:33:43PM -0400, Paul Miller wrote: > > I know SCSI is faster, but if the drives only write at 2X or 4X, why does > it matter? ... I think the buffer size and supported functions are > probably the most important. > > >From the FAQs, it looks like Linux supports most ID

installation

1998-06-09 Thread Tim
How do you do? I recently got a copy of Debian Linux 2.0, unfortunately I have no documentation for it and as such installation is difficult. This will be my first Linux installation, my hardware is as follows pentium 133, 32mb of ram, and two clean 420mb hard drives, that I would like to instal

Re: installation

1998-06-09 Thread Harry Tuttle
On Tue, Jun 09, 1998 at 10:51:32AM +1000, Tim wrote: > How do you do? How do I do what? :) > > I recently got a copy of Debian Linux 2.0, unfortunately I have no > documentation for it and as such installation is difficult. This will > be my first Linux installation, my hardware is as follows

Re: installation

1998-06-09 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Tue, 9 Jun 1998, Tim wrote: > How do you do? > > I recently got a copy of Debian Linux 2.0, unfortunately I have no > documentation for it and as such installation is difficult. This will > be my first Linux installation, my hardware is as follows pentium 133, > 32mb of ram, and two clean 42

smtp error

1998-06-09 Thread Tom Malloy
If fetchmail say I have a smtp transfer error, where should I look to figure out what that means and how to fix it? Is that a fetchmail or smail problem or something else. Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: PPC linux

1998-06-09 Thread Joel Klecker
At 09:17 -0700 1998-06-03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >There are 3 motorola PPC boxes here gathering dust now that they are >Windows NT orphans. I don't know what the model number is but they are in >standard mini-tower cases with PCI/ISA mother boards with SCSI drives. >What linux distribution woul

Re: HAMM ftp proxy install / Hamm Installing / blah

1998-06-09 Thread The Darkling
Well since I'm doing it as we speak, I might as well write out what works, since I got all this nice help from the list with my problem, and in the fassion of supor models makeing their speachs ' if I had a hundred grand, I would buy everyone a puppy so they could feal the love I'm fealing now!

weird k/b problem

1998-06-09 Thread Ian Eure
hmm... i seem to be having strange problems with my keyboard... i'm running a current (updated today) hamm... seems like backspace and delete both send a delete under X, so i can't backspace at all... seems fine in console mode, at least in bash, i can backspace, and delete deletes the character un

Re: cd writers & linux

1998-06-09 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Mon, Jun 08, 1998 at 08:43:44PM -0400, Paul Miller wrote: > > BTW they seem very suceptible to IO bandwidth.. a few things: > > 1) never burn files that are not stored on a local drive > > 2) put the writer on its own IDE controller, it should not share > > a controller with another drive that

mailer question

1998-06-09 Thread Michael Roark
O.K. I'm going to go out on a limb here. I need to get one of my email servers to reject mail if the /var/spool/mail/ file is past a certain size. In so many words, I need to dole out the "mailbox full" error when needed. Is this something done with deliver or procmail, or is it a sendmail ruleset

Re: cd writers & linux

1998-06-09 Thread Paul Miller
Well, that is over a network, which has nothing to do with SCSI, IDE, or parallel ports... the network is the bottleneck instead of the interface. Benchmark your network in windows.. it'll probably be less than 10mbit -- around 600 or 700kb/s.. Besides... you were using windows, and windows (fr

Re: cd writers & linux

1998-06-09 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Mon, Jun 08, 1998 at 10:43:28PM -0400, Paul Miller wrote: > Well, that is over a network, which has nothing to do with SCSI, IDE, or > parallel ports... the network is the bottleneck instead of the interface. Yes, I am well aware of that -- I was just backing up one of Stephen's points. If you

quick question about networking

1998-06-09 Thread Ian Eure
i just need to know if there is some script (ala slackware's netconfig) that will let me reconfigure my network settings after debian has been installed- i've checked, but haven't found anything, nothing in the faq, etc. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe

Re: installation

1998-06-09 Thread M.C. Vernon
On Mon, 8 Jun 1998, Bob Nielsen wrote: > On Tue, 9 Jun 1998, Tim wrote: > I'm not sure I'd recommend 2.0 for a first-time Linux installation yet (it > isn't quite ready for release). Version 1.3 is quite stable. I have done > one fresh installation of 2.0 without problems although some others

Re: quick question about networking

1998-06-09 Thread Nathan C. Burnett
I'm not sure if there's a script for it but all the important parameters are in /etc/init.d/network you can just use an editor to change them. Nate On Mon, 8 Jun 1998, Ian Eure wrote: > i just need to know if there is some script (ala slackware's netconfig) that > will let me reconfigure my netw

D-Link DE220 Ethernet Card driver

1998-06-09 Thread V P REDDY
Please provide me with D-Link DE220 Ethernet driver. It is not available with D-Link. They have drivers for Solaris,SCO, AT&T ports only. __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wi

Re: D-Link DE220 Ethernet Card driver

1998-06-09 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Mon, 8 Jun 1998, V P REDDY wrote: > Please provide me with D-Link DE220 Ethernet driver. It is not > available with D-Link. They have drivers for Solaris,SCO, AT&T ports > only. Hm, this card is a PnP ne2000, get isapnptools to configure it and then use the ne module at the IO address you spe

web mail

1998-06-09 Thread Jorge Kinoshita
Hello, Would someone recommend me a good web mail (like hotmail) ? I do not need the "attachment" feature. I think that a good web mail could be built in Perl. Does it exist?! But, it can be written in any language. Thank you for any help, Jorge K. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, e

Re: cd writers & linux

1998-06-09 Thread sjc
On Tue, Jun 09, 1998 at 12:16:07PM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > On Mon, Jun 08, 1998 at 08:43:44PM -0400, Paul Miller wrote: > > > BTW they seem very suceptible to IO bandwidth.. a few things: > > > 1) never burn files that are not stored on a local drive > > > 2) put the writer on its own IDE c

Re: deb package for Netscape 4.05 installer on Debian 1.3.1 ?

1998-06-09 Thread Oz Dror
> glibc (libc6) and the libc5 version. The libc6 version, of course, won't > work on bo. > > Do you know how I can get 128 bin Encryption of netscape 4.05 with libc6 I can only get it with libc5. -Oz -- < NAME Oz Dro

Re: Question about xterm and rxvt

1998-06-09 Thread Mark Yobb
Thanks Ed. >Resent-Date: 8 Jun 1998 14:31:26 - >Resent-Cc: recipient list not shown: ; >X-Envelope-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Mon, 08 Jun 1998 10:34:41 -0500 >From: Ed Cogburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Debian Users >Subject: Re: Question about xterm and rxvt

Re: cd writers & linux

1998-06-09 Thread sjc
On Tue, Jun 09, 1998 at 12:45:04PM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > On Mon, Jun 08, 1998 at 10:43:28PM -0400, Paul Miller wrote: > > Well, that is over a network, which has nothing to do with SCSI, IDE, or > > parallel ports... the network is the bottleneck instead of the interface. > > Yes, I am we

Re: deb package for Netscape 4.05 installer on Debian 1.3.1 ?

1998-06-09 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Mon, 8 Jun 1998, Oz Dror wrote: > Do you know how I can get 128 bin Encryption of netscape 4.05 with libc6 > I can only get it with libc5. Fortify (see www.fortify.net) will provide 128 bit encryption with either version. Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucso

stdc++ lib

1998-06-09 Thread Phlip
Can't download libstdc++2.8 at http://cgi.debian.org/www-master/debian.org/Packages/unstable/libs/libstdc++2.8.html it's a file that the KDE base is dependant on Thanks Paul -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

bo or hamm?

1998-06-09 Thread Gerald V. Livingston lI
I have bo on CD. I'm about to install a new system. Destroying the system and rebuilding from scratch doesn't bother me as it's my home system. In the lists opinion, should I go ahead and re-install bo now, or wait for a hamm CD? Gerald V. Livingston II '69 Bug -- AirBall -- To UNSUBSC

Re: smtp error

1998-06-09 Thread Remco van de Meent
On Mon, 8 Jun 1998, Tom Malloy wrote: : If fetchmail say I have a smtp transfer error, where should I look to : figure out what that means and how to fix it? Is that a fetchmail or : smail problem or something else. Thanks You could give `fetchmail -v` a try, to determine which program is ha

Re: mailer question

1998-06-09 Thread Remco van de Meent
On Mon, 8 Jun 1998, Michael Roark wrote: : O.K. I'm going to go out on a limb here. I need to get one of my email : servers to reject mail if the /var/spool/mail/ file is past a : certain size. In so many words, I need to dole out the "mailbox full" : error when needed. Is this something done

Re: Fresh install. Little troubles.

1998-06-09 Thread Ed Cogburn
Julián Cardona wrote: > > Hi! > > I'm installing Debian (hamm) in two machines, a 386SX with > 4 MB RAM and 80 HD and a 486 with 22 MB RAM and 323 HD. > I was very pleased to see the two new (?) preselections, > a basic system that fits in about 40 MB of disk, and a > standar

Re: weird k/b problem

1998-06-09 Thread Ed Cogburn
Ian Eure wrote: > > hmm... i seem to be having strange problems with my keyboard... i'm running a > current (updated today) hamm... seems like backspace and delete both send a > delete under X, so i can't backspace at all... seems fine in console mode, at > least in bash, i can backspace, and dele

Re: bo or hamm?

1998-06-09 Thread Ed Cogburn
Gerald V. Livingston lI wrote: > > I have bo on CD. I'm about to install a new system. Destroying > the system and rebuilding from scratch doesn't bother me as it's my > home system. > > In the lists opinion, should I go ahead and re-install bo now, or > wait for a hamm CD? > > Gerald V. Liv

Re: deb package for Netscape 4.05 installer on Debian 1.3.1 ?

1998-06-09 Thread Ed Cogburn
Oz Dror wrote: > > > glibc (libc6) and the libc5 version. The libc6 version, of course, won't > > work on bo. > > > > > Do you know how I can get 128 bin Encryption of netscape 4.05 with libc6 > I can only get it with libc5. > -Oz First, get the libc6 version of Netscape from 'ftp://ftp

Weird problem: normal user can't run bash in login

1998-06-09 Thread Ed Cogburn
I've attempted to run the 2.0.34 and 2.1.105 kernels (currently running 2.0.33, Debian 2.1 hamm+slink), but have been stumped by a problem. ROOT can login normally with no problem, but a "normal" user (I have an 'ed' account for doing things that don't require root access) gets an error message du

Re: Weird problem: normal user can't run bash in login

1998-06-09 Thread Shaleh
I am running 2.0.34 w/ no problems. Could it be a permission on the tty and not the executable?? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Weird problem: normal user can't run bash in login

1998-06-09 Thread Ed Cogburn
Shaleh wrote: > > I am running 2.0.34 w/ no problems. Could it be a permission on the tty > and not the executable?? No. Remember, the login process has already started, the user ('ed') has already gotten a tty, the system has printed to it (for example to tell him he has no mail), o

Re: cd writers & linux

1998-06-09 Thread Kerry Paulson
Paul Miller wrote: > > On Mon, 8 Jun 1998, Stephen Carpenter wrote: > > > They make permanant pits iinto the disk and can not be erased (well ok... > > they can be erased...just dip them in some acetone... but they can not > > be erased AND re-used) > > After looking around on the net, I think t

A debian-user question.

1998-06-09 Thread Karsten Bolding
This is not a debian specific question - but its asked by a debian user and will be used on a debian system... I'm in the process of writing a frontend to a turbulence modelling system. For the GUI I'm thinking of either perl-tk or using the visual tcl package - any opinions? The GUI will contain

Multiple IP numbers, one for each Subnet

1998-06-09 Thread Ian Stuart
I'm using a i386 portable with 2.0.34 installed. I have a requirement to plug this machine into various subnets, depending on where I'm working within my organisation. Is there a way to configure the system so that I can use (a) 4 or 5 different gateways (only one of which will be reachable at o

Shutdown messages not visible after xdm stopped

1998-06-09 Thread Gerd Bavendiek
Hi, I recently set up a hamm-system running xdm. When shutting down, there are no messages from the moment xdm disappears and the console comes back until to the final "system halted". I disabled xdm and used startx. After beeing back from X to the console I noticed that all messages during shut

Re: Echoing another terminal

1998-06-09 Thread Jens Ritter
Matthew Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is it possible to echo the display of another terminal to the current > terminal you are on? You can use tee and tail -f for that purpose (if both terminals are of the same nature: xterm - xterm, console - console, etc). HTH, Jens --- [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: wav to mp3

1998-06-09 Thread Jens Ritter
"Timothy C. Phan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > I'd like to know if there is a tool that would convert wav file > to mp3 file! > > Thanks! package l3enc (non-free shareware trial version). HTH, Jens --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Key ID: 2048/E451C639 Jens Ritter Key

[ecogburn@greene.xtn.net: Re: Fresh install. Little troubles.]

1998-06-09 Thread Martin Schulze
- Forwarded message from Ed Cogburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: at Infodrom Oldenburg (/\##/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.12 Joey) by finlandia.Infodrom.North.DE from murphy.debian.org with smtp id ; Tue, 9 Jun 98 07:03 MET DST Received: from ([20

[ecogburn@greene.xtn.net: Re: deb package for Netscape 4.05 installer on Debian 1.3.1 ?]

1998-06-09 Thread Martin Schulze
- Forwarded message from Ed Cogburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: at Infodrom Oldenburg (/\##/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.12 Joey) by finlandia.Infodrom.North.DE from murphy.debian.org with smtp id ; Tue, 9 Jun 98 07:23 MET DST Received: from ([20

[ecogburn@greene.xtn.net: Re: bo or hamm?]

1998-06-09 Thread Martin Schulze
- Forwarded message from Ed Cogburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: at Infodrom Oldenburg (/\##/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.12 Joey) by finlandia.Infodrom.North.DE from murphy.debian.org with smtp id ; Tue, 9 Jun 98 07:59 MET DST Received: from ([20

[ecogburn@greene.xtn.net: Weird problem: normal user can't run bash in login]

1998-06-09 Thread Martin Schulze
- Forwarded message from Ed Cogburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: at Infodrom Oldenburg (/\##/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.12 Joey) by finlandia.Infodrom.North.DE from murphy.debian.org with smtp id ; Tue, 9 Jun 98 08:22 MET DST Received: from ([20

Re: A debian-user question.

1998-06-09 Thread joost
On Tue, 9 Jun 1998, Karsten Bolding wrote: > My real question concerns a package that will do real time plotting of > the results of the turbulence modelling - this is simple X-Y graphs but > they evolve over time so I need to - at run time - update the graphs > based on the results of the turbu

2.0.34

1998-06-09 Thread Hamish Moffatt
I just upgraded a Debian 1.3 (bo) machine to 2.0.34, and when I do ifconfig eth0 203.14.18.1 netmask 203.14.18.128 broadcast 203.14.18.127 (in /etc/init.d/network), I get SIOCSIFNETMASK: Invalid argument then ifconfig reports the mask is set to 255.255.255.0, which is wrong. So I get wrong rout

Re: Weird problem: normal user can't run bash in login

1998-06-09 Thread Lorens Kockum
In debian-user Ed wrote: > > No. Remember, the login process has already started, the user ('ed') > has >already gotten a tty, the system has printed to it (for example to tell him >he has no mail), only when it tries to exec the default shell does the error >occur. I can't see how tty ac

Re: 2.0.34

1998-06-09 Thread julien ORTEGA
Hamish Moffatt wrote: > > I just upgraded a Debian 1.3 (bo) machine to 2.0.34, and when I do > > ifconfig eth0 203.14.18.1 netmask 203.14.18.128 broadcast 203.14.18.127 > > (in /etc/init.d/network), I get > > SIOCSIFNETMASK: Invalid argument > > then ifconfig reports the mask is set to 255.255

Re: Echoing another terminal

1998-06-09 Thread Mike Schmitz
On Mon, Jun 08, 1998 at 01:52:47PM -0500, Matthew Myers wrote: > Is it possible to echo the display of another terminal to the current > terminal you are on? try ttysnoops -- Mike Schmitz [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.bend-or.com/~mschmitz Don't blame me - I voted libertarian!ht

Re: procmail woes

1998-06-09 Thread Santiago Vila Doncel
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Mon, 8 Jun 1998, Paul McDermott wrote: > hello my debian user friends, I have just upgraded my hardware and was > doing a new install of slink. When it came to configure procmail is where > I ran into trouble. > These are the versions of procmail and smail >

Re: 2.0.34

1998-06-09 Thread Alan Cox
> I just upgraded a Debian 1.3 (bo) machine to 2.0.34, and when I do > ifconfig eth0 203.14.18.1 netmask 203.14.18.128 broadcast 203.14.18.127 That isnt a valid netmask I think you mean 255.255.255.128 ;) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Co

Re: 2.0.34

1998-06-09 Thread Rob van Nieuwkerk
> I just upgraded a Debian 1.3 (bo) machine to 2.0.34, and when I do > > ifconfig eth0 203.14.18.1 netmask 203.14.18.128 broadcast 203.14.18.127 ^ ^ > (in /etc/init.d/network), I get > > SIOCSIFNETMASK

pop3 mail problem

1998-06-09 Thread Brian Freeze
I just upgraded my system with the latest pop3 server qpopper from the debian site. I am now getting errors when ever anyone tries to log on and get there mail. Mail client returns this: ERR maillock: '/var/spool/pop/username.pop' /var/log/messages returns this error: Jun 9 12:53:25 www in.qp

Re: auctex not happening

1998-06-09 Thread Waldemar Żurowski
Noel Yap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > .emacs file. I believe this qualifies as a Debian bug (for the auctex > package?). AFAIK it is not. AUCTeX is separate package for Emacs, and there is "native"(?) tex-mode in Emacs. In other words, if someone wants to use AuCTeX, she/he should put require t

Re: cd writers & linux

1998-06-09 Thread Kenneth . Scharf
Paul Miller wrote: > > On Mon, 8 Jun 1998, Stephen Carpenter wrote: > > > They make permanant pits iinto the disk and can not be erased (well ok... > > they can be erased...just dip them in some acetone... but they can not > > be erased AND re-used) > > After looking around on the net, I think that

Re: Echoing another terminal

1998-06-09 Thread Torsten Hilbrich
On: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 13:52:47 -0500 (CDT) Matthew Myers writes: > > Is it possible to echo the display of another terminal to the > current terminal you are on? You can use the vcs* devices for that: 7 charVirtual console capture devices 0 = /dev/vcs Current v

Re: Quake Segfaults

1998-06-09 Thread Torsten Hilbrich
On: Mon, 08 Jun 1998 09:57:10 -0500 Ed Cogburn writes: > Is there a man page/info/FAQ that explains this? Is this why its > referred to as 'sticky' or am I thinking of something else. See the info page on Fileutils/File permissions/Mode structure. The sticky bit is the t-bit for files and is pr

Re: Linux OS

1998-06-09 Thread Leandro Guimaraens Faria Corcete Dutra
Calvin T. Bowen, Jr. wrote: > > Hi, Hello! > I'm new to Linux. I would like to get have information about your software > sent to me. Please include a catalog if available. This is not a company, it's a user support list for the user community of the Debian GNU/Linux distribut

Re: procmail woes

1998-06-09 Thread Paul McDermott
hello Santiago, I did as you suggested mv .procmailrc to .procmailrc.not.yet and i still get mail delivered to my main mail box. Just a side not when i had the .procmailrc file i did have the Mail directory and still i got mail delivered to my main mail box or inbox. Do you know of any solution tha

Re: procmail woes

1998-06-09 Thread Santiago Vila
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- I would try mail -v paul to see what smail exactly does. When there is no .procmailrc file, procmail should do the delivery as usual (i.e. everything to /var/spool/mail). You can test your .procmailrc rules separately by doing something like cat mbox | formai

Re: 2.0.34

1998-06-09 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Tue, Jun 09, 1998 at 12:34:21PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > > I just upgraded a Debian 1.3 (bo) machine to 2.0.34, and when I do > > ifconfig eth0 203.14.18.1 netmask 203.14.18.128 broadcast 203.14.18.127 > > That isnt a valid netmask I think you mean 255.255.255.128 ;) > You're right, of course

Re: my machine is refusing talk

1998-06-09 Thread Nuno Carvalho
Try to update your talk command ! Download the latest package from debian which has the talk command and I think it will work ! If you don't know what's the package try something like: $ dpkg --search talk Best regards, Nuno Carvalho -

Re: pop3 mail problem

1998-06-09 Thread Michael Roark
Thus spake Brian Freeze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : > I just upgraded my system with the latest pop3 server qpopper from the > debian site. I am now getting errors when ever anyone tries to log on > and > get there mail. > > Mail client returns this: > > ERR maillock: '/var/spool/pop/username.pop' >

Re: Xinetd bug #20705

1998-06-09 Thread Mirek Kwasniak
On Mon, Jun 08, 1998 at 02:56:44PM -0400, Norbert Veber wrote: > The bug report pretty much says: > xinetd: samba 1.9.18p3-1 don't work from xinetd (from inetd is ok) > > What I need is to know if this is a real bug or just a user configuration > problem. I personally do not have/use samba, but I

[Fixed] NAS Audio spontaneously stopped working

1998-06-09 Thread Peter S Galbraith
For the benefit of others, it helps to boot another OS to debug these problems. After 2 months, I booted Win95 and it also failed to play sound, saying there wasn't a sound device. So Linux meant it when it said `No such device or address' ! I opened the case, remove the card and put it back in

Which pop3: qpopper or cucipop?

1998-06-09 Thread Rick Macdonald
How do I decide which POP3 server to run, qpopper or cucipop? I'll simply be serving mail to my wife's Win95 machine over our lan at home. I'll get her mail from her ISP over my cable modem or ADSL using fetchmail. I don't have to _send_ her outgoing mail; the Win95 box will continue to send it di

broadcasting samba messages to a workgroup

1998-06-09 Thread Paul Miller
Is it possible to broadcast a message to an entire workgroup with currently available software? I didn't see a documentation concerning the messages to a workgroup in smbclient's man page. I know it is possible, because windows can do it... Thanks -Paul -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROT

Re: Which pop3: qpopper or cucipop?

1998-06-09 Thread Steve Lamb
On Tue, 09 Jun 1998 08:29:30 -0600, Rick Macdonald wrote: >How do I decide which POP3 server to run, qpopper or cucipop? Personally I stay away from qpopper as much as possible. cucipop has been running fine for me here for weeks. -- Steve C. Lamb | Opinions expre

Re: Quake Segfaults

1998-06-09 Thread Lorens Kockum
In debian-user Torsten wrote: > >For a directory the set t-flag means that only the owner of a file may >delete it. Or the owner of the directory (but not the group of the directory). -- #includeLorens Kockum -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subj

Re: cd writer support under linux

1998-06-09 Thread Jaakko Niemi
>> >> Does Linux support the "HP SureStore 2X6 CD-Writer 7200"? >> >> The internal model uses the IDE interface and the external model uses a >> ECP or EPP parallel port. >> >> Has anyone used either of these drives (on any OS)? Any comments? According to kernel documentation (2.1.101, paride

Re: Zip and CD-rom (part two)

1998-06-09 Thread Jaakko Niemi
--- >> 1. As i mentioned I have an IDE zip-drive, it is recognized as a IDE floppy >> drive, but it looks like a driver is missing or something, because it does >> not want to read it. It says it doesn't have a msdos-file format, which it >> does. >> 2. Same message on HDA3, whe

ISO 9660 support in Hamm?

1998-06-09 Thread pedro . i . sanchez
I'm running a clean Hamm installation. Since the default kernel doesn't have support for the ISO 9660 file system used in CD-ROMs (shouldn't it be there by default?) I am recompiling the kernel. However the "make config" menus never ask if I want support for this file system or not. I remember

gcc can't compile, egcc can!??

1998-06-09 Thread servis
Hi all, I can't get gcc to compile anything but egcc can. Example: /* hello world */ #include int main(void) { printf("Hello world!\n"); return 0; } /* end hello world */ tcsh% gcc -o hello hello.c /usr/lib/crt1.o(.text+0xe): undefined reference to `__libc_init_first' /usr/lib/crt1.o(.text+

Re[4]: pop3 mail problem

1998-06-09 Thread Michael Roark
I saw another list member post that we should stay away from qpopper. I haven't heard anything - either good or bad. Do you know what the problem is with that daemon. My Debian machine is serving 600 or so dial-up connections for mail (coming and going) and authentication. If I need to switch for

Re: gcc can't compile, egcc can!??

1998-06-09 Thread servis
> Hi all, > > I can't get gcc to compile anything but egcc can. Example: > > /* hello world */ > #include > int main(void) > { > printf("Hello world!\n"); > return 0; > } > /* end hello world */ > > tcsh% gcc -o hello hello.c > /usr/lib/crt1.o(.text+0xe): undefined reference to `__libc_init

Re: Re[4]: pop3 mail problem

1998-06-09 Thread Steve Lamb
On Tue, 9 Jun 1998 11:38:04 -0500 (EST), Michael Roark wrote: >I saw another list member post that we should stay away from qpopper. I >haven't heard anything - either good or bad. Do you know what the >problem is with that daemon. My Debian machine is serving 600 or so >dial-up connections for ma

Recompiling packages

1998-06-09 Thread Chris
Hi. I was wanting to recomplie a package for use with my debian box. I have downloaded the source file (orig.tar.gz) and the diff file (.diff). I was wondering if someone could tell me an easy way to apply the diff file so that I can compile a 'debianized' version? I'm sure its pretty obvious -

Re: Recompiling packages

1998-06-09 Thread Shaleh
Chris wrote: > > Hi. I was wanting to recomplie a package for use with my debian box. > I have downloaded the source file (orig.tar.gz) and the diff file (.diff). > I was wondering if someone could tell me an easy way to apply the diff > file so that I can compile a 'debianized' version? I'm sur

HTTP Proxy for dselect

1998-06-09 Thread Chris
Does anyone know if it is possible to get dselect to use a http proxy for connecting to ftp sites? I am behind a firewall which restricts ftp, except via a squid proxy server (ie. normally via netscape). Thanks for any insights, Chris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subj

Re[6]: pop3 mail problem

1998-06-09 Thread Michael Roark
Thus spake "Steve Lamb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : > On Tue, 9 Jun 1998 11:38:04 -0500 (EST), Michael Roark wrote: > > >I saw another list member post that we should stay away from qpopper. > I > >haven't heard anything - either good or bad. Do you know what the > >problem is with that daemon. My Debia

Re: gcc can't compile, egcc can!??

1998-06-09 Thread Liran Zvibel
Hi, What does g++ say about the file? I don't use gcc (only g++). I know that at my Uni. some programs don't compile on gcc because it doesn't support some features. I think that the problem with the _environ is that it doesn't know that there is a global variable called environ that passes the e

Re: Re[6]: pop3 mail problem

1998-06-09 Thread Steve Lamb
On Tue, 9 Jun 1998 12:02:50 -0500 (EST), Michael Roark wrote: >collect: premature EOM: connection reset by dial31.planters.net >collect: I/O error on connection from dial31.planters.net >One follows the other without fail. Should I try cucipop instead? Well, that depends. I'm not sure if c

Re: Re[6]: pop3 mail problem

1998-06-09 Thread Steve Lamb
On Tue, 09 Jun 1998 09:36:04 -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: >Well, that depends. I'm not sure if cucipop impliments the nonstandard >POP send protocol. I do believe that is proprietary to qpopper and not part >of the formal RFC. Of course, I don't have them handy to confirm, so take >that all wit

Re: gcc can't compile, egcc can!??

1998-06-09 Thread servis
On 9 Jun, Liran Zvibel wrote: > Hi, > > What does g++ say about the file? > > I don't use gcc (only g++). I know that at my Uni. some programs don't > compile on gcc because it doesn't support some features. I think that the > problem with the _environ is that it doesn't know that there is a glo

Re: broadcasting samba messages to a workgroup

1998-06-09 Thread David E. Wach
On Tue, 9 Jun 1998, Paul Miller wrote: > > Is it possible to broadcast a message to an entire workgroup with > currently available software? I didn't see a documentation concerning the > messages to a workgroup in smbclient's man page. > > I know it is possible, because windows can do it... >

Re: ISO 9660 support in Hamm?

1998-06-09 Thread Stefan Frank
for newer kernels (2.0.xy ) use "make menuconfig" or make xconfig. Both are more comfortable and the option for ISO 9660 support is there too. > > However the "make config" menus never ask if I want support for this file > system or not. I remember this question was there in previous releases. A

Which packages needed for X

1998-06-09 Thread Steve Lamb
OK, this has got me stumped. I've installed XFree86 several times from scratch on my Slack system before moving to Debian but for the life of me I cannot understand why I'm erroring out under Debian. The errors I'm getting are: System: `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/xkbcomp -w 1 -R/usr/X11R6/lib/X1

XFree86 + Netscape

1998-06-09 Thread Dennis Dixon
I am presently attempting to install both XFree86 and Netscape to a Debian O/S which I recently setup. My lack of knowledge in this area leaves me with a huge amount of questions, as you can see below. Feel free to ignore any of these if its too much. My present system is a 486 CPU and Debian ver

Realtek rtl8029 PCI Network card installation

1998-06-09 Thread Andrew Hodgson
Being relatively new to Linux, I am having trouble installing a network card on my Linux system. I have four files on my driver disk, and they are:   config.in rtl8029.c space.c and a Makefile    I want to set up my network card, but I am unsure of how to go about it with these files. Any he

Re: broadcasting samba messages to a workgroup

1998-06-09 Thread Paul Miller
No, no... Send a message to the WORKGROUP, not a single computer! -Paul On Tue, 9 Jun 1998, David E. Wach wrote: > On Tue, 9 Jun 1998, Paul Miller wrote: > > > > > Is it possible to broadcast a message to an entire workgroup with > > currently available software? I didn't see a documentation

Re: gcc can't compile, egcc can!??

1998-06-09 Thread Liran Zvibel
Hi, Why don't you compile the kernel with g++ ? (I know that egcs has some problems, but I think that g++ is fine.) As I wrote before, I have never found a real need to use gcc, since everything that is writtent in the old "clasic" C can be understood by g++, but not everything can be understood b

Re: [ecogburn@greene.xtn.net: Re: weird k/b problem]

1998-06-09 Thread Ed Cogburn
Martin Schulze wrote: > > You seem to compose you mail as root. This prevents your mails > from being distributed through the lists. > > Please log in as regular user and don't compose mail as root. > > Regards, > > Joey > >[snip] I didn't know that would happen. I normally u

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